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Jonathan Turley: Florida Grand Jury May Finally Reveal the Truth of the RussiaGate Criminal Conspiracy -- and Maybe the Consequences, Too

The Pine-Scented Druid Philosopher James Comey has been subpoenaed.

I don't know if any of this will result in anything, but my stars, I need some hope.

This week, we learned that the probe into the Russian conspiracy theory in Florida is moving forward with the disclosure that former FBI Director James Comey has been subpoenaed. What is different in this probe is that it is pursuing the real Russia conspiracy -- the creation of a false narrative to kneecap the first Trump administration.

At issue is what could be the greatest political hit job in history. Of course, the growing evidence of this conspiracy continues to be buried by one of its key components: the media. Nevertheless, the "truth will out," and it appears to be coming out in Florida.

Headed by Jason A. Reding Quiñones, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida, the investigation is building on information uncovered by House and Senate committees that was long buried by the Biden administration. That evidence appears to show a knowing effort to manufacture a Russian conspiracy hoax at the urging of Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.

Ironically, the Washington Post and the New York Times received Pulitzer Prizes for their reporting promoting this Russian conspiracy hoax. The media spent years in wall-to-wall coverage of disproven allegations, including many claims made in the debunked Steele Dossier that had been secretly funded by the Clinton campaign.

The true Pulitzer Prize-worthy story was staring the media in the face the whole time: a conspiracy to create a false conspiracy narrative to elect Clinton and later to derail the Trump administration. The latter effort succeeded with help from top intelligence figures.

...

Shortly before the 2016 presidential election, Peter Strzok, a key figure in the investigation, texted FBI lawyer Lisa Page to assure her "that there's no way [Trump] gets elected," adding that they "can't take that risk." He added that they had it all in hand because "It's like an insurance policy in the unlikely event you die before you're 40."

In fact, whether it was known to Strzok or not, there was an insurance policy in the works. In July 2016, then-CIA Director John Brennan briefed President Barack Obama on Hillary Clinton's alleged "plan" to tie then-candidate Donald Trump to Russia as "a means of distracting the public from her use of a private email server."

Brennan is believed to be a target of the current investigation, including possible perjury before Congress.

In reality, within days of that briefing on how Clinton would create this conspiracy theory, the investigation began, just as the Clinton campaign hoped it would.

Early on, the FBI was told by the CIA that its sources -- and the Steele dossier -- were unreliable. However, key FBI officials continued the surveillance and the investigation targeting the Trump campaign and key figures. One official later pleaded guilty to lying to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act court to continue surveillance without an evidentiary basis.

At the end of 2016, a CIA assessment found that "Russian and criminal actors did not impact recent U.S. election results by conducting malicious cyber activities against election infrastructure." That presidential daily brief was scheduled to be published on Dec. 9, 2016, but the office of James Clapper, Obama's Director of National Intelligence, reportedly stopped the publication "based on some new guidance."

Clapper later joined Obama, along with John Brennan, Susan Rice, John Kerry, Loretta Lynch, Andrew McCabe, and others, in a meeting that would ultimately inject the debunked theory directly into the media.

...

Back in 2016, the rewritten assessment was quickly leaked to an eagerly awaiting media. It was the perfect hit job carried out by top Obama administration officials at the very end of their time in power .

In testimony on May 23, 2017, Brennan claimed that the Steele dossier "wasn't part of the corpus of intelligence information that we had. It was not in any way used as a basis for the intelligence community assessment that was done."

Yet the declassified material appears to contradict that sworn statement. Brennan allegedly not only discussed the dossier but also insisted upon its inclusion in the new assessment Obama had requested.

Brennan and his handpicked team went to extraordinary lengths to revive the conspiracy theory that they knew was the original objective of the Clinton campaign.

Analysts complained that the reliance on the Steele Dossier "ran counter to fundamental tradecraft principles and ultimately undermined the credibility of a key judgment." One CIA analyst told investigators that Brennan "refused to remove it, and when confronted with the dossier's main flaws, [Brennan] responded, 'Yes, but doesn't it ring true?'"

...

None of this will get anyone a Pulitzer, because the politics is wrong. However, it might just force the truth into the open. With Democrats promising to resume impeachments and investigations if they retake power in the midterms, it would be useful for the public to have a full understanding of what actually occurred last time.

It is time for the public to learn whether top Obama officials and the media pulled off the greatest political hoax in history

John Brennan may be indicted for perjury. He repeatedly testified under oath that the now-heavily-discredited Steele Dossier formed no part of his fake report implicating Trump in RUSSIAN collusion, but in contemporaneous documents, he says he fought for the inclusion of the fake dossier in the report:


Meanwhile: Paul Sperry says justice is coming for Ciaramella and his handler, the IG who fast-tracked his hearsay claims into an IG investigation, ignoring department rules to do so.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:10 PM




Comments

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 02:11 PM (5bGGs)

2 Consequences?

The HELLS you say.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 02:11 PM (5bGGs)

3 Eat my dust, Blade!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 27, 2026 02:11 PM (2UnvF)

4 Dang

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 27, 2026 02:12 PM (2UnvF)

5 First!

Posted by: The Second Sphinx at March 27, 2026 02:12 PM (vhFJq)

6 i don't know if any of this will result in anything, but my stars, I need some hope.


Hahahahahahaha!

Posted by: Republican Administration at March 27, 2026 02:13 PM (peE+y)

7 Clapper later joined Obama, along with John Brennan, Susan Rice, John Kerry, Loretta Lynch, Andrew McCabe, and others, in a meeting that would ultimately inject the debunked theory directly into the media.

...


This list at the gallows would be a good start.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 02:13 PM (5bGGs)

8 A little selfish but I always want to see my Brennan Skull accompany these Brennan Threads.

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 02:13 PM (45LId)

9 If Brennan wasn't a complete ninny he would have stopped making those incriminating appearances on MSWOW a long time ago.

Where the hell are his lawyers?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 27, 2026 02:14 PM (fhCge)

10 Process. Painful, drawn out, embarrassing, expensive process, whether they get convicted or not.

Let them be on the wrong side against an entity with 25K lawyers and unlimited budget for once.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 27, 2026 02:15 PM (4NO2D)

11 It's been observed that we need to make a practice of holding Congressional hearings in red states, so when the Deep Staters perjure themselves. they can be tried in a jurisdiction other than the District of Columbia, which will never, ever, vote to convict a Democrat.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 27, 2026 02:15 PM (n1OCj)

12 For those who have been 29 for a while now, remember when the left/media used to make stories about Nat Sec types engaging in a coup here in the US based on false charges an incoming reformist politician was in fact colluding with Russia?

This whole incident would be comical if it wasn't so serious.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 27, 2026 02:15 PM (sKqQm)

13 What is funny is all this effort just led to these clowns getting bodied out of their own party and the GOP increasingly being taken over by Trump and his allies.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 27, 2026 02:16 PM (8avO+)

14 If the past is any indication, no point in holding my breath.

Posted by: huerfano at March 27, 2026 02:16 PM (98kQX)

15 I would like to hear about Comey getting rogered in a federal pen somewhere. Then being found unalive in his dank cell.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 27, 2026 02:16 PM (abIsI)

16 If Brennan wasn't a complete ninny he would have stopped making those incriminating appearances on MSWOW a long time ago.

This is how he keeps his rice bowl full. And he believes he is in no danger whatsoever.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 27, 2026 02:16 PM (sKqQm)

17 Oh, I remember Atkinson. He's the one that changed the Whstleblower rules at the 11th hour.

Posted by: Orson at March 27, 2026 02:16 PM (dIske)

18 Not that I'm happy to say it, but Paul Sperry is wrong. No... Ciaramella will not have a reckoning. He just won't... We'll see pigs flying before Ciaramella or Comey or Brennan or Hillary or any of these lawbreakers face justice... DC is too broken for any of that to happen.

But I'm glad the truth is being put out there... that's the best we can hope for

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 02:16 PM (xT8gx)

19 >>For those who have been 29 for a while now, remember when the left/media used to make stories about Nat Sec types engaging in a coup here in the US based on false charges an incoming reformist politician was in fact colluding with Russia?


Colluding with Russia was Ted Kennedy's 3rd favorite activity.

It only lost out to Sexual Assault and Murder.

Posted by: garrett at March 27, 2026 02:17 PM (W7FsI)

20 "Soon..."

Posted by: Brewingfrog at March 27, 2026 02:18 PM (7qj9z)

21 If Brennan wasn't a complete ninny he would have stopped making those incriminating appearances on MSWOW a long time ago.

Where the hell are his lawyers?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 27, 2026 02:14 PM (fhCge)


Didn't he already skip to a non-extradition country?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 02:18 PM (5bGGs)

22 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.

Posted by: Lord Comey at March 27, 2026 02:18 PM (Fbc0I)

23 We should be rebuilding the Washington DC gallows and these people should be on it.

But yeah, let’s give Democrats control of the government again. That way, the can really stick it to the American people.

Posted by: Vengeance at March 27, 2026 02:18 PM (0JFNc)

24 I am not a huge fan of some of Trump's actions or commentaries. But why do I generally support him? Because of the treasonous actions of those who were involved in this and the violations of the Constitution as in the previous post.

Trump is not an angel, and the GOPe certainly has its share of vipers that you cannot trust. But I am very grateful that I don't live anywhere near the enclaves where these loathsome cockroaches exist, lest I see one of them and decide to become Paul Kersey.

Posted by: Virginia SoCon at March 27, 2026 02:18 PM (a/dOO)

25 From corrupt judge thread:

167

Has AOP checked in yet?

Posted by: four seasons at March 27, 2026 01:53 PM (3ek7K)

I saw this morning that he wrote he was in Tonopah NV.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 27, 2026 02:19 PM (QGaXH)

26 Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI)

45,253.41 -706.70 (-1.54%)
As of 2:19:11 PM EDT. Market Open.

Posted by: DJIA Deathwatch at March 27, 2026 02:19 PM (4NO2D)

27 I find it ironic that a confirmed Gus Hall voter like Brennan would not have been allowed to mop the floors at the CIA in saner times, but he was allowed to run the place under Obama.

But then again, I find it even more ironic that 8 years after 9-11 America elected a president whose middle name is Hussein.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 27, 2026 02:19 PM (fhCge)

28
I saw this morning that he wrote he was in Tonopah NV.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 27, 2026 02:19 PM (QGaXH)


He responded in the last thread.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 02:19 PM (5bGGs)

29 But then again, I find it even more ironic that 8 years after 9-11 America elected a president whose middle name is Hussein.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 27, 2026 02:19 PM (fhCge)


And NYC elected a muslham mayor.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 02:20 PM (5bGGs)

30 >>I saw this morning that he wrote he was in Tonopah NV.


Just give him
Weed
Whites
and, Wine

Posted by: garrett at March 27, 2026 02:20 PM (W7FsI)

31 *just

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 02:20 PM (5bGGs)

32 Yep, In Tonopah, NV, on the road again in a few minutes.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 27, 2026 02:06 PM (CMKMQ)

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 27, 2026 02:20 PM (2UnvF)

33 If Brennan wasn't a complete ninny he would have stopped making those incriminating appearances on MSWOW a long time ago.

This is how he keeps his rice bowl full. And he believes he is in no danger whatsoever.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 27, 2026 02:16 PM (sKqQm)

If Trump was half as bad as they squeal about, these guys would have been whacked ages ago.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 27, 2026 02:20 PM (dK+Kv)

34 Posted by: TACO 47 at March 27, 2026 02:20 PM (garzd)


You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at March 27, 2026 02:21 PM (5bGGs)

35 Apparently the Funding is back on for the Trolls.

Posted by: garrett at March 27, 2026 02:21 PM (W7FsI)

36 Shut up, dunce.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 27, 2026 02:21 PM (4NO2D)

37 Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI)

45,253.41 -706.70 (-1.54%)
As of 2:19:11 PM EDT. Market Open.
Posted by: DJIA Deathwatch at March 27, 2026 02:19 PM (4NO2D)

I remember when the DOW was 850. It was in 1987

Posted by: Oldcat at March 27, 2026 02:21 PM (8avO+)

38 Hey TACO,
Your Mom just called and said you got her pregnant again.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 27, 2026 02:22 PM (abIsI)

39 Is this one of those 'the wheels grind slowly, but fine' kind of posts?

JackStraw's doing his damndest to convince me something - more than nothing - might happen. Events are curving in his direction. Slowly.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at March 27, 2026 02:22 PM (G1ktt)

40 Just give him
Weed
Whites
and, Wine
Posted by: garrett

Livin' on
Reds
Vitamin C
and, Cocaine

Posted by: Zombie Jerry Garcia at March 27, 2026 02:22 PM (KAi1n)

41
I remember when the DOW was 850. It was in 1987
Posted by: Oldcat at March 27, 2026 02:21 PM (8avO+)


When it crashed after 9/11, it was 7,000.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 02:22 PM (5bGGs)

42 Your Mom just called and said you got her pregnant again.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 27, 2026 02:22 PM (abIsI)


It's Ok. She mainlines the Morning After Pill.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 02:23 PM (5bGGs)

43 Nothing will happen, but hopefully that nothing will last expensively for the Bolsheviks until January 2028.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 27, 2026 02:23 PM (4NO2D)

44 If Brennan wasn't a complete ninny he would have stopped making those incriminating appearances on MSWOW a long time ago.

Where the hell are his lawyers?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 27, 2026 02:14 PM (fhCge)

Reminding him he needs to keep making the appearances so he can pay their retainers?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at March 27, 2026 02:23 PM (G1ktt)

45 Not that I'm happy to say it, but Paul Sperry is wrong. No... Ciaramella will not have a reckoning. He just won't... We'll see pigs flying before Ciaramella or Comey or Brennan or Hillary or any of these lawbreakers face justice... DC is too broken for any of that to happen.

But I'm glad the truth is being put out there... that's the best we can hope for
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 02:16 PM (xT8gx)

I've said it for quite a long time that I think DC is irreparably broken. Allen G is right. It should be burned down.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 27, 2026 02:24 PM (g8Ew8)

46 The woods remember the path you didn't take. And they will lead you there if you forget why you turned back.

Posted by: Comeyfucius Says at March 27, 2026 02:24 PM (45LId)

47 Assuming it's not already deleted, the TACO post at 30 shows the lack of comprehension. We know that some people are "too important" to ever have a reckoning (ie, Hillary). However, discrediting them into dust is a bigger punishment to them than an indictment ever would be.

Posted by: Virginia SoCon at March 27, 2026 02:24 PM (a/dOO)

48
Clapper is using the Biden defense -- that he was too pathetic and stupid to be held responsible for his actions.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 27, 2026 02:25 PM (mS8PE)

49 Consequences? I want retribution. Consequences might be no TV past 10PM. Retribution is different. Much different.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 27, 2026 02:25 PM (AkEZC)

50 The story seems like a re-run from last year. But maybe this time it will turn into something. Also, the Browns may be Super Bowl contenders this season.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 27, 2026 02:25 PM (2ap+5)

51 WILLIN'

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=RNqv85coyTw

Posted by: LITTLE FEAT at March 27, 2026 02:26 PM (W7FsI)

52 I've said it for quite a long time that I think DC is irreparably broken. Allen G is right. It should be burned down.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 27, 2026 02:24 PM (g8Ew

Break off bits and scatter them all over. Its 2026 you don't need to all have the same commute as every other bureau.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 27, 2026 02:26 PM (8avO+)

53 Florida Man to the rescue!

Posted by: 29Victor at March 27, 2026 02:26 PM (0MjtC)

54 Chaos Erupts as House Leaders Reject Senate-Passed Bill to Fund DHS as Senators Flee DC for Two-Week Recess

Bring back duelling or general mob beating.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 27, 2026 02:27 PM (abIsI)

55 From previous thread:

234 "Post 60 - Nasty piece of work.....and the post wasn't too nice either....."

Post 60 is by Martini Farmer. Maybe next time post the hash instead?
Posted by: Will Robinson at March 27, 2026 02:10 PM (cO6oP)

Will Robinson - thank you for the advice. I'll try to comply in the future.

Martini Farmer - My apologies! My comment wasn't directed at you but at a subsequently deleted post which caused renumbering.

I do wish the powers above would just write 'deleted' instead of completely deleting and renumbering.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 27, 2026 02:28 PM (QGaXH)

56 Clapper is using the Biden defense -- that he was too pathetic and stupid to be held responsible for his actions.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 27, 2026 02:25 PM (mS8PE)

Since he was/is a commie, he may have a point.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 27, 2026 02:30 PM (8avO+)

57 Is the nothing will happen guy here?

Posted by: Inogame at March 27, 2026 02:30 PM (53oGX)

58 56 Bring back duelling or general mob beating.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 27, 2026 02:27 PM (abIsI)

The problem with "Make it legal for me to kill people" is that the people you want to kill aren't going to be on board with making it legal.

Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2026 02:30 PM (FpHTM)

59
I hate a lot of these people. Like, A LOT. But John Brennan is at the top of my list. I hope to see him suffer real consequences for his crimes.

Posted by: American Hawkman at March 27, 2026 02:30 PM (6so3e)

60 and so it begins

Posted by: that guy that always thinks it's beginning at March 27, 2026 02:30 PM (aVB2+)

61 I've said it for quite a long time that I think DC is irreparably broken. Allen G is right. It should be burned down.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 27, 2026 02:24 PM

Correct...they are all swine.

Posted by: Ham N Eggers Ham N Eggers at March 27, 2026 02:30 PM (AknkO)

62 Odds that at least one out of four of the slimeballs mentioned in the post will face a serious consequence?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 27, 2026 02:31 PM (n5tGW)

63 Odds that at least one out of four of the slimeballs mentioned in the post will face a serious consequence?
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 27, 2026 02:31 PM (n5tGW)

They already are - Trump is in charge, and winning on all fronts. Even Russia told Iran to quit, and China.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 27, 2026 02:32 PM (8avO+)

64 61
I hate a lot of these people. Like, A LOT. But John Brennan is at the top of my list. I hope to see him suffer real consequences for his crimes.
Posted by: American Hawkman

He should be drawn and quartered.

Posted by: Alejandro Mayorkas at March 27, 2026 02:32 PM (abIsI)

65 I'll believe it only when I see it old cat.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 27, 2026 02:34 PM (n5tGW)

66 59
I hate a lot of these people. Like, A LOT. But John Brennan is at the top of my list. I hope to see him suffer real consequences for his crimes.
Posted by: American Hawkman at March 27, 2026 02:30 PM (6so3e)

Brennan and the Pedodesta brothers.

Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2026 02:34 PM (FpHTM)

67 He should be drawn and quartered.
Posted by: Alejandro Mayorkas

Careful what you wish for, bud.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 02:35 PM (Dv3i1)

68 Posted by: TACO 47 at March 27, 2026 02:20 PM (garzd)

Ace's beat is the mainstream media. As real news makes its way there, well, sucks to be you.

Posted by: t-bird at March 27, 2026 02:35 PM (z0cWr)

69 Russia Gate mkght be up their with the biggest lies perpetrated on the public.
A scam from the Democrats and their Propaganda Ministry as well as the FBI and CIA.

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2026 02:35 PM (Ia/+0)

70 > Martini Farmer - My apologies! My comment wasn't directed at you but at a subsequently deleted post which caused renumbering.

I do wish the powers above would just write 'deleted' instead of completely deleting and renumbering.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK)
----------
*shrugs*

I write comments that sometimes people misinterpret, or they disagree (violently) with and bitch at me or claim I'm stupid. That's different. Those people have issues.

Typos, or whatever... meh. No big deal.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 27, 2026 02:36 PM (AkEZC)

71 Regarding the side entries, just think if Tolkien had kept the ring vague in "The Hobbit." He could have added another seventeen chapters to LOTR explaining, in detail, how it wasn't just a nice ring but a pretty great one.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 27, 2026 02:36 PM (CHHv1)

72
"A Houthi spokesperson says the Yemeni Armed Forces will issue an “important statement” in the coming hours"

awesome, looking forward to this, I suggest they all gather in one place to make this very important statement!

Posted by: runner at March 27, 2026 02:38 PM (GD0B3)

73 69 Russia Gate mkght be up their with the biggest lies perpetrated on the public.
A scam from the Democrats and their Propaganda Ministry as well as the FBI and CIA.
Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2026 02:35 PM (Ia/+0)

Don't forget the January 6 "insurrection." The narrative was concocted, and the stage set and manipulated, before the first non-fed protester even showed up in DC.

Posted by: They have a lot of very big lies at March 27, 2026 02:38 PM (TbWk/)

74 I hate a lot of these people. Like, A LOT. But John Brennan is at the top of my list. I hope to see him suffer real consequences for his crimes.
Posted by: American Hawkman

How does one hang a man with no neck?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at March 27, 2026 02:38 PM (vLCsz)

75 74 I hate a lot of these people. Like, A LOT. But John Brennan is at the top of my list. I hope to see him suffer real consequences for his crimes.
Posted by: American Hawkman

How does one hang a man with no neck?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at March 27, 2026 02:38 PM (vLCsz)

Shark hooks through the Achilles tendons.

Posted by: Think outside the box! at March 27, 2026 02:39 PM (TbWk/)

76 Who got to the part in The Hobbit where the dwarf and elf have a hot sexy night together?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 27, 2026 02:40 PM (iFTx/)

77 In the past the heads of the agencies would have made the underlings disappear. The dummies didn't do that under Biden because they thought Trump was done. Hehehe

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 27, 2026 02:40 PM (mHVWR)

78 How does one hang a man with no neck?
Posted by: Northernlurker

Meat hooks.

Posted by: t-bird at March 27, 2026 02:40 PM (z0cWr)

79 Watergate is so far down the list of govt illegal spying at this point its a postscript to a footnote to a footnote.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 27, 2026 02:40 PM (n5tGW)

80 But Andy McCarthy at National Review says there is no case against Comey and he also vouched that Bob Mueller was a great guy and straight shooter, though he got pissed when Ben Domenech shoved that back in his face.

Posted by: Josh Brolin's Blistered Taint at March 27, 2026 02:40 PM (4c2RO)

81 Hopium is such a horrible drug.

Worst hallucinations ever. It makes you think somehow justice and the system works. You can keep high on it for months and the crash and burn is horrible.


I've never tried coke, meth or fentanyl, but in comparison to hopium.....

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 27, 2026 02:40 PM (Sco7b)

82 I hate a lot of these people. Like, A LOT. But John Brennan is at the top of my list. I hope to see him suffer real consequences for his crimes.
Posted by: American Hawkman

How does one hang a man with no neck?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at March 27, 2026 02:38 PM (vLCsz)

Shark hooks through the Achilles tendons.
Posted by: Think outside the box! at March 27, 2026 02:39 PM (TbWk/)
_________

Pinhead did just fine hanging a guy without using his neck ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 27, 2026 02:40 PM (iFTx/)

83 "HE'S PEEING ON HOOKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Posted by: Max Power at March 27, 2026 02:41 PM (q177U)

84 38 Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI)

45,253.41 -706.70 (-1.54%)
As of 2:19:11 PM EDT. Market Open.
Posted by: DJIA Deathwatch at March 27, 2026 02:19 PM (4NO2D)

I remember when the DOW was 850. It was in 1987
Posted by: Oldcat at March 27, 2026 02:21 PM (8avO+)

I remember 550 in the mid-70's

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 27, 2026 02:41 PM (QGaXH)

85 I gave up on Andy McCarthy long ago

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2026 02:42 PM (Ia/+0)

86 Three cheers for the House sending back the Loser Funding Bill back to the losers in the US Senate.

Posted by: mrp at March 27, 2026 02:42 PM (rj6Yv)

87 Pinhead did just fine hanging a guy without using his neck ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 27, 2026 02:40 PM (iFTx/)

Jesus...wept...

Posted by: Frank Cotton at March 27, 2026 02:43 PM (TbWk/)

88 We can't get morbidly obese muslims out of the military who vow to disobey orders to fight other muslims.

Pretty sure Comey will be just fine.

Posted by: MJ at March 27, 2026 02:43 PM (XOmY9)

89 Three cheers for the House sending back the Loser Funding Bill back to the losers in the US Senate.

Gonadless invertebrates say what?

Posted by: The House at March 27, 2026 02:44 PM (Riz8t)

90 Let's remember the great soaring romance of Peter Strzok and Lisa Page as we all group projectile harf across the room.Imagine them plotting, ecstatic in bed of blocking Trump, thinking themselves heroes. Then the defeat and Strzok's ED after the election. A sad tale with a tragic ending. I can't think of this anymore...

Then, picturing the list of corruption at the sekret meeting...my goodness what an ugly array of buffoons! With not a brain cell to share!

As if the image, seared in my retinas, of Clapper's bent ears is not enough; then we bring in Porcine Villian Face Brennan to seal the deal of eternal nausea. He really could be on Batman as a bad man. I despise every islamic cell in his ugly body.

Hang them all.

My best memory of Clapper is on an ABC interview when he had no idea of the attacks in London and was a Dumbo for the world. Spectacular!

Catherine Herridge I love, no lesbo. The ONLY reporter I respect and admire. Intelligent and relentless. Thank goodness for her!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 27, 2026 02:44 PM (WONhk)

91 Comey protected Hildabeast and her stealing thousands of government emails as well as the Secretary of State using Email server that every 2 bit country read every one in real time.

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2026 02:45 PM (Ia/+0)

92 Don't forget the January 6 "insurrection." The narrative was concocted, and the stage set and manipulated, before the first non-fed protester even showed up in DC.
Posted by: They have a lot of very big lies at March 27, 2026 02:38 PM (TbWk/)

Dewy actually did beat Truman

Posted by: Kindltot at March 27, 2026 02:45 PM (rbvCR)

93
54 Chaos Erupts as House Leaders Reject Senate-Passed Bill to Fund DHS as Senators Flee DC for Two-Week Recess

Bring back duelling or general mob beating.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 27, 2026 02:27 PM

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If this is true, if it's really as simple as that, then this outcome was arranged in advance.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 27, 2026 02:45 PM (mS8PE)

94 >>> ow does one hang a man with no neck?
Posted by: Northernlurker

Meat hooks.
Posted by: t-bird at March 27, 2026 02:40 PM (z0cWr)


^^^ This

Posted by: A Man Called Horse at March 27, 2026 02:46 PM (3uBP9)

95 I gave up on Andy McCarthy long ago

==

smart!

Posted by: runner at March 27, 2026 02:46 PM (GD0B3)

96
This list at the gallows would be a good start.......
Posted by: Sponge

Multi-gallows like on Hang 'Em High

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 27, 2026 02:46 PM (Cqx++)

97 Alrighty!

Posted by: Lizzy at March 27, 2026 02:46 PM (4KUe5)

98
What are the books about Russiagate? I've lost the thread and I need to read it all in one handy handful.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 27, 2026 02:47 PM (XJ22o)

99 From Peter St. Onge:

Cracks are spreading in the $1.8 trillion dollar private credit industry. Echoing the 2008 financial crisis but this time gutting the load-bearing walls.

On Tuesday the Financial Times reported Ares Management, which runs $623 billion, limited redemptions in one of their flagship funds.

That’s the asset management equivalent of a bank run -- investors can’t pull their money because it could spark a fire sale that could collapse the whole fund.

For scale, $623 billion would make Ares the 9th largest bank in America -- just ahead of Capital One.

======

The private credit industry, Harvard and the State are moving heaven and earth to allow regular folks the incredible opportunity to own private credit with their 401(k) money.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 27, 2026 02:47 PM (2ap+5)

100 ow does one hang a man with no neck?
Posted by: Northernlurker
Meat hooks.
Posted by: t-bird at March 27, 2026 02:40 PM (z0cWr)

Thru the anus...

Posted by: Ass Man at March 27, 2026 02:48 PM (AknkO)

101 54 Chaos Erupts as House Leaders Reject Senate-Passed Bill to Fund DHS as Senators Flee DC for Two-Week Recess

Bring back duelling or general mob beating.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 27, 2026 02:27 PM

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If this is true, if it's really as simple as that, then this outcome was arranged in advance.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 27, 2026 02:45 PM (mS8PE)

Except now the 'shutdown' is the GOP's fault, not the Dems for their intransigence.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at March 27, 2026 02:48 PM (G1ktt)

102 It’s not a Senate recess, apparently.
Thune won’t let Trump do recess appointments.

This is way past the point of unacceptable.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 27, 2026 02:48 PM (4KUe5)

103 (I apologize, I just got here.)

Nothing will happen.

Posted by: That Guy who intones, sonorously, "Nothing will happen." at March 27, 2026 02:48 PM (0sNs1)

104 didn't Hillary lose track of something like $7b while playing secretary of state? For some reason I seem to recall that.

Posted by: DanMan at March 27, 2026 02:49 PM (8uzBS)

105 Comey in FL on a beach. Finding shells to spell HELP ME HILLARY, OR I WILL TELL ALL

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 27, 2026 02:49 PM (WONhk)

106 57 Is the nothing will happen guy here?
Posted by: Inogame at March 27, 2026 02:30 PM (53oGX)

I think he's out trying to make something happen.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 27, 2026 02:49 PM (QGaXH)

107 The one at the top of my list is Barack Hussein Obama. It will never happen but he is the one behind all of it.

When the ICA was originally written it claimed that there was no collusion between Trump and Russia. Before it was published Obama order Brennan, Clapper, Comey and Rogers to rewrite it and claim the opposite and the only thing they had to use was the Steele dossier. That's how it got in there.

They are all lying, treasonous scumbags with the possible exception of Rogers, maybe, but Obama was always behind all of it.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 27, 2026 02:50 PM (viF8m)

108 104 didn't Hillary lose track of something like $7b while playing secretary of state? For some reason I seem to recall that.
Posted by: DanMan at March 27, 2026 02:49 PM (8uzBS)

Yes

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 27, 2026 02:50 PM (WONhk)

109 You know, I'm happy with no indictments.

hear me out - a trial is likely to be corrupted, and if these bozos are found innocent, it will get trumpeted to the high heavens, and if not, the story will be completely buried. It's a no win. Either way it will be painted as Trump "getting revenge" not justice.

What I want is for the whole truth to come out, for these people to be humiliated and embarrassed to a point where they can never influence public policy again. I'm positive lefties will find secure and soft-landing spots for these suckers of cock...but make such landing spots obscure and irrelevant. Effectively end their careers in the public sphere. That is the best we can hope for.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 27, 2026 02:50 PM (D7v4F)

110 Comey in FL on a beach. Finding shells to spell HELP ME HILLARY, OR I WILL TELL ALL

This strikes me as a really poor strategy. He might as well just jump into the ocean from a boat 90 miles out and covered in chum.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2026 02:51 PM (Riz8t)

111 They are all lying, treasonous scumbags with the possible exception of Rogers, maybe, but Obama was always behind all of it.

Barack Hussein Obama...mmm mmm mmm...Barack Hussein Obama...mmm mmm mmm!

Posted by: The Children Of Guilt Ridden White Liberal Woman at March 27, 2026 02:51 PM (AknkO)

112 102 It’s not a Senate recess, apparently.
Thune won’t let Trump do recess appointments.

This is way past the point of unacceptable.
Posted by: Lizzy

They are on a 2 week vacation and yet still in session? Only in Washington.

Oh by the way, I just realized I'm going on my first two week vacation this summer, the first ever while working. These senators really suck as human beings.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 02:51 PM (Dv3i1)

113 He might as well just jump into the ocean from a boat 90 miles out and covered in chum.

Comey would be covered in chum, not the boat.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2026 02:52 PM (Riz8t)

114
82

Pinhead did just fine hanging a guy without using his neck ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 27, 2026 02:40 PM

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Jesus wept...

Posted by: John Brennan at March 27, 2026 02:52 PM (mS8PE)

115 What I want is for the whole truth to come out, for these people to be humiliated and embarrassed to a point where they can never influence public policy again. I'm positive lefties will find secure and soft-landing spots for these suckers of cock...but make such landing spots obscure and irrelevant. Effectively end their careers in the public sphere. That is the best we can hope for.
==========

Shameless people clutching their ill-gotten gains. The MSM was in the thick of the deceit. They'll just ignore it, like the NYT did and does.

Posted by: mrp at March 27, 2026 02:53 PM (rj6Yv)

116 Comey would be covered in chum, not the boat.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2026 02:52 PM (Riz8t)

I think you typed an extra 'h' in there...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at March 27, 2026 02:53 PM (G1ktt)

117 That is the best we can hope for.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 27, 2026 02:50 PM (D7v4F

Instead of a corrupt trial: DEPORT DEPORT DEPORT

I'd like that. Humiliation is good, but their cronies at the MSM will keep it on the down low for them. They'll still go to hell, so there's that!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 27, 2026 02:53 PM (WONhk)

118 What I want is for the whole truth to come out, for these people to be humiliated and embarrassed to a point where they can never influence public policy again.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 27, 2026 02:50 PM

Some people may have done some things.
Mistakes may have been made.
If so, they were in the enthusiasm of the moment.
What difference, at this point, does it make?
Old news.
Time to move on.
OrangeMan Bad !!!

Posted by: (D)emocrats & the MSM at March 27, 2026 02:54 PM (0sNs1)

119 When Andy McCarthy speaks, only his upper lip moves. Can't trust a guy like that.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 27, 2026 02:54 PM (2UnvF)

120 Comey went swimming in ocean and a shark got him I would think Karma got him in the ass

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2026 02:54 PM (Ia/+0)

121 I think he's out trying to make something happen.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 27, 2026 02:49 PM

As long as it's not "fetch." That's not happening.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 27, 2026 02:55 PM (Wnv9h)

122 >>> What I want is for the whole truth to come out, for these people to be humiliated and embarrassed to a point where they can never influence public policy again.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 27, 2026 02:50 PM (D7v4F)


The left has no shame. They cannot be humiliated or embarrassed by anything but the lack of power. All means justify that end.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 27, 2026 02:55 PM (3uBP9)

123 If the Dim weasels and Rino's were trying to defund ICE in this bill to the House,then I'm glad they did not vote and fled.

ICE is funded, so I read, til 2/29. ICE scares them a lot.

All will be well. Hold.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 27, 2026 02:56 PM (WONhk)

124 This strikes me as a really poor strategy. He might as well just jump into the ocean from a boat 90 miles out and covered in chum.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2026 02:51 PM (Riz8t)

absolutely. That way he runs the chance of being picked up by the missing Cuban VIP boats

Posted by: Kindltot at March 27, 2026 02:56 PM (rbvCR)

125 Yes, Chuck Martel.
Apart from maternity leave, I have only once taken a two week vacation since entering the workforce: when I got married.

Spare us the whining about wanting to go home, backstabbing Senators!

Posted by: Lizzy at March 27, 2026 02:56 PM (4KUe5)

126 There people, for the most part, complete nobodies, have a messiah complexity talked themselves into a frenzy, then wildly misused their authority to try and attack a current and former president.

They saw themselves as the last line of defense AGAINST the will of the American people.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 27, 2026 02:57 PM (D7v4F)

Documents: Partisan DC Judge Beryl Howell Had Secret Ex Parte Conversations with Fake Special Counsel Jack Smith

In a court, all communications with the judge are supposed to include counsel for both sides. So that both sides may weigh in on proposals and motions.

But Obama appointee and Democrat ringer Beryl Howell had secret ex parte communications with Jack Smith, behind Trump's lawyers' backs.

Hans Mahncke
@HansMahncke

You may have heard that anti-Trump Judge Howell had secret communications with Jack Smith, telling him she "liked" and even "loved" an omnibus approach, meaning all executive privilege claims would be decided in one sweep. The full story is even worse.

At a hearing before those communications, Howell told Trump's lawyers she needed to review executive privilege claims on a case by case basis, probably because she wanted to create massive legal costs and keep anti-Trump investigations in the news by dragging them out.

But as soon as Smith was appointed, she saw a chance to deliver the knockout blow and completely flipped, privately telling Smith she wanted to do a swift, all-at-once ruling. Absolutely shocking misconduct, and yet nothing will happen to her.

Hans Mahncke for The Federalist:

Chief Judge Howell Privately Endorsed Jack Smith's Get-Trump Lawfare

Behind closed doors, the judge overseeing Trump's grand jury told prosecutors she 'loved' their legal strategy.

A Department of Justice briefing document released by Sen. Chuck Grassley shows that Jack Smith's special counsel team engaged in private communications with two federal judges overseeing Trump-related investigations: Chief Judge Beryl Howell and her successor, Judge James Boasberg, both Obama appointees on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and both known for their outspoken anti-Trump positions.

The document was prepared for then-Attorney General Merrick Garland on Jan. 13, 2023. It was released by Grassley ahead of this week's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the FBI's Arctic Frost investigation into the aftermath of the 2020 election. Smith took over the investigation in November 2022, and at that point, his team likely engaged in improper communications with the two judges.

According to the briefing document, Smith's team informed Garland that they had been in touch with Howell and that "She liked our approach of pursuing the executive privilege litigation in an omnibus fashion," meaning the consolidation of various motions into a single filing rather than handling each separately. The notes record that Howell was aware such a motion was coming "and loves the idea." A separate entry referenced a forthcoming meeting with Boasberg scheduled for Saturday, March 18, 2023, the day after he became chief judge, taking over from Howell.

Judges are generally not allowed to privately communicate with one party in a pending case without notifying the other party. However, there are exceptions. In the dispute over President Trump's executive privilege before Howell, the issues arose in the context of grand jury proceedings. As Chief Judge overseeing grand jury administration, she and the DOJ were technically allowed to communicate without Trump's lawyers present on matters strictly related to the grand jury. Such communications could include scheduling witness testimony, addressing procedural questions, or resolving other administrative issues necessary for the grand jury to function.

What they could not do in secret was discuss the substance of pending litigation, offer advice on prosecutorial strategy, signal support for one side's approach, or endorse a plan that would effectively pre-decide disputes between the parties. Expressing enthusiasm for the DOJ's omnibus strategy in executive privilege litigation falls clearly into that forbidden category.


...

This forced Trump's team into a defensive posture, preparing for many separate legal battles. Yet by later secretly endorsing the DOJ's omnibus plan, she green-lit a mechanism to pierce those privileges in bulk, effectively rigging the process in the government's favor.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:10 PM




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1 THE BLADE

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 27, 2026 01:11 PM (iFTx/)

2 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at March 27, 2026 01:11 PM (LdBR/)

3 This Howell bitch is no Lovey!

Posted by: Thurston Howell III at March 27, 2026 01:13 PM (oftw2)

4 In a court, all communications with the judge are supposed to include counsel for both sides. So that both sides may way in on proposals and motions.

But Obama appointee and Democrat ringer Beryl Howell had secret ex parte communications with Jack Smith, behind Trump's lawyers' backs.

How is there any way this person can be allowed to remain on the bench?

Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2026 01:14 PM (Riz8t)

5 Cen-O-biiiiite!!!!

Posted by: Jimmy JJ Walker at March 27, 2026 01:14 PM (45LId)

6 Breaking: Water is Wet!

You know that this means, don't you?

It's sternly....it's sternly written letter time!

Posted by: Leave Pam Bondi Alone! at March 27, 2026 01:14 PM (xGBkT)

7 Bukele was correct about a corrupt judiciary.

Posted by: mr tmz at March 27, 2026 01:15 PM (rJ48h)

8 Judges are generally not allowed to privately communicate with one party in a pending case without notifying the other party. However, there are exceptions.

==

I am afraid this will be considered "an exception".

Posted by: runner at March 27, 2026 01:16 PM (GD0B3)

9 In a court, all communications with the judge are supposed to include counsel for both sides. So that both sides may way in on proposals and motions.

But Obama appointee and Democrat ringer Beryl Howell had secret ex parte communications with Jack Smith, behind Trump's lawyers' backs.

How is there any way this person can be allowed to remain on the bench?
Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2026 01:14 PM (Riz8t)


Boasberg also routinely met with only the attorneys for the illegals when he was fighting Trump's deportation, off hours and even advised them on how to write their briefs to avoid them losing at once.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 27, 2026 01:16 PM (8avO+)

10 Bukele was correct about a corrupt judiciary.

100%. And he's got the results to prove it.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 27, 2026 01:16 PM (aUxYo)

11 Can someone slam the blackpiller for good ? thanks

Posted by: runner at March 27, 2026 01:17 PM (GD0B3)

12 KFC Canada is switching to halal prepared chicken, and ditching all pork products

guess why
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News from 2024? But seriously it's a little freaky how fast they move in and take over. Starts to make one think.

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 01:17 PM (45LId)

13 I believe this is covered under the But Trump Clause in Article III.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 27, 2026 01:17 PM (4NO2D)

14 * Search for "Beryl Howell"
* Click on images
* Yikes

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 27, 2026 01:17 PM (2ap+5)

15 Can someone slam the blackpiller for good ? thanks

On the last post Ace was the blackpiller so I don't know how that would work.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 27, 2026 01:17 PM (aUxYo)

16 KFC Canada is switching to halal prepared chicken, and ditching all pork products

They do know that Canada is now owned by the ChiComs and the CCP doesn't really like Muslims, right?

Posted by: Ian S. at March 27, 2026 01:18 PM (aUxYo)

17 Just like Captain Renault... I'm shocked! Shocked to find that TDS-getTrumpAtAllCosts is going on in here.

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 01:18 PM (xT8gx)

18 Gangster Judiciary.

Posted by: davidt at March 27, 2026 01:18 PM (Q+gd/)

19 "weigh in" to be pedantic.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 27, 2026 01:19 PM (n5tGW)

20 Boasberg as also part of this anti-American revolutionary cabal.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 27, 2026 01:19 PM (xEtsj)

21 sides may way in"

Ahem.

Judge Howell? Why does that ring a bell...

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 01:19 PM (XuXeR)

22 Ethics? Why would we need any ethics? Those are for the little people.

Posted by: tcn in AK at March 27, 2026 01:19 PM (DwqWV)

23 21 sides may way in"

Ahem.

Judge Howell? Why does that ring a bell...
Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 01:19 PM (XuXeR)

weigh?

Posted by: tcn in AK at March 27, 2026 01:19 PM (DwqWV)

24 Nothing will happen.

Posted by: The person who always says that at March 27, 2026 01:20 PM (wemAv)

25 Also, it would be more on brand if KFC Canada started serving kittens, to go along with Canada's new status as China's newest province.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 27, 2026 01:20 PM (aUxYo)

26 I see a red pill and I want it painted black

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 01:20 PM (45LId)

27 I for one, disagree with everything Ace has written, and furthermore, demand that my comment be inserted into Ace's own post while his broken and thoroughly immasculated writing timidly watches, from its textual cuck chair, my dominant and virile words ravaging his blog.


Respectfully yours,

Posted by: banana Dream at March 27, 2026 01:20 PM (3uBP9)

28 What does this have to do with The Hobbit?

Posted by: far cry at March 27, 2026 01:20 PM (Uy8FE)

29 >>So that both sides may weigh in on proposals and motions.


I think you meant 'Whey', ace.

Posted by: garrett at March 27, 2026 01:20 PM (W7FsI)

30 Disbarment. For Smith and the Judge.

I mean, unless you draw a bright red line, this will keep happening.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 27, 2026 01:20 PM (7E6R4)

31 Posted by: tcn in AK at March 27, 2026 01:19 PM (DwqWV)

Hey!

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 01:20 PM (45LId)

32 “A commenter asked which should be read first, The Hobbit of LOTR?”

Easy. Read neither.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 27, 2026 01:20 PM (muXU/)

33 weigh?"

Down upon the Swanee river....

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 01:20 PM (XuXeR)

34 On the last post Ace was the blackpiller so I don't know how that would work.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 27, 2026 01:17 PM (aUxYo)

you can recognize the difference between a well thought out argument and shitposting to strip the pot, yes?

Posted by: runner at March 27, 2026 01:21 PM (GD0B3)

35 Weigh?
No weigh!

Posted by: What about the hen? at March 27, 2026 01:21 PM (wemAv)

36
That is Verboten, isn't it?

Posted by: Frank Barone at March 27, 2026 01:21 PM (IifOV)

37 What does this have to do with The Hobbit?"

Have you seen the fur on it's toes?

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 01:21 PM (XuXeR)

38 Wus up?

Posted by: Nothing Will Happen at March 27, 2026 01:21 PM (qAeYZ)

39 From the cheap seats, it looks like RICO.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 27, 2026 01:22 PM (+mpku)

40 They do know that Canada is now owned by the ChiComs and the CCP doesn't really like Muslims, right?
Posted by: Ian S. at March 27, 2026 01:18 PM (aUxYo)

Bullshit. Canada is a wholly owned subsidiary of Brookfield, and any interaction with Red China is incidental.

Though I would not turn down a fourth passport from the PRC to add to my other three.

Posted by: PM Mark Carney at March 27, 2026 01:22 PM (muXU/)

41 “A commenter asked which should be read first, The Hobbit of LOTR?”

Read The Lion,the witch, and the wardrobe, or the Screwtape Letters.

Posted by: Frank Barone at March 27, 2026 01:22 PM (IifOV)

42 I don't know about the blackpillers, but I think one pill makes you larger and one pill makes you small.

Posted by: Go Ask Alice at March 27, 2026 01:22 PM (oftw2)

43 Way, Hey, and up she rises....

Posted by: tcn in AK at March 27, 2026 01:22 PM (DwqWV)

44 Jack Smith being tired in Florida, is that it ?

Posted by: runner at March 27, 2026 01:22 PM (GD0B3)

45 The Hobbit of LOTR"

"Of"?

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 01:23 PM (XuXeR)

46 Weigh?
No weigh!
Posted by: What about the hen?

Whey!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 27, 2026 01:23 PM (+mpku)

47 >>Posted by: banana Dream at March 27, 2026 01:20 PM (3uBP9)


LOL

Posted by: garrett at March 27, 2026 01:23 PM (W7FsI)

48 Little know fact - McCartney/Jackson changed their song from Way, way, way to Say, say, say because of AoS commentors.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 27, 2026 01:23 PM (n5tGW)

49 “A commenter asked which should be read first, The Hobbit of LOTR?”


Farmer Giles of Ham.

Posted by: davidt at March 27, 2026 01:24 PM (Q+gd/)

50 41 “A commenter asked which should be read first, The Hobbit of LOTR?”

Read The Lion,the witch, and the wardrobe, or the Screwtape Letters.
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 27, 2026 01:22 PM (IifOV)

Don’t bother with those either.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 27, 2026 01:24 PM (muXU/)

51 "When I use the law," Judge Howell said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean- neither more nor less."

"The question is," said the DoJ, "whether you can make the law mean so many different things."

"The question is," said Judge Howell, "which is to be master-that's all."

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 01:24 PM (Dv3i1)

52 51,

Golf clap

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 01:24 PM (XuXeR)

53 25 Also, it would be more on brand if KFC Canada started serving kittens, to go along with Canada's new status as China's newest province.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 27, 2026 01:20 PM (aUxYo)

Part of the New World Order.

Posted by: PM Mark Carney at March 27, 2026 01:25 PM (muXU/)

54 Bob Dole thinks Bob Dole will take the pill Bob Dole likes to refer to as "Bob Dole's little blue friend" and that's what Bob Dole is gonna do!

Posted by: The ghost of Bob Dole at March 27, 2026 01:25 PM (wemAv)

55 Damn. I really wish that before I brought a motion or used a legal strategy, I had secret conversations with the judge where she told me ahead of time what she thought of the strategy. That woulda saved me a lot of time and effort and won me more motions!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 27, 2026 01:26 PM (iFTx/)

56 Ace, if you're reading this, the YouTube channel In Deep Geek recently did a video about the "other" rings of power that might answer some of the questions you had in the sidebar. It's a quick listen (~10 min) and the guy really knows his Tolkien lore (and other major fantasy franchises).

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 27, 2026 01:26 PM (FvGZA)

57 42 I don't know about the blackpillers, but I think one pill makes you larger and one pill makes you small.
Posted by: Go Ask Alice at March 27, 2026 01:22 PM (oftw2)

Viagra.

Potassium nitrate.

Posted by: Alice, PharmD at March 27, 2026 01:26 PM (TbWk/)

58 “A commenter asked which should be read first, The Hobbit of LOTR?”

Dune.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 27, 2026 01:26 PM (muXU/)

59 Right to a fair trial is covered in the 5th and 6th Amendments of the Constitution. Arguably, you could say that the due process application of that is violated. Thus, the Judge violated the US Constitution.

Big deal, right? Well, that could conceivably open the door to remove sovereign immunity from the Judge and allow a civil suit for violation of Constitutional Rights. And, Trump isn't shy about civil suits.

Posted by: Orson at March 27, 2026 01:26 PM (dIske)

60 I sure would like to hear from the administration how, and when they're going to address the ongoing judicial coup. Personally, I think they're wasting valuable time throwing shit at a wall and seeing if it'll stick.

If there's doubt about the judge or any of the other legal parts to the puzzle, they've got a real problem.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 27, 2026 01:27 PM (AkEZC)

61 Judge Howell? Why does that ring a bell...

“Moolah, moolah, moolah.”

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 27, 2026 01:27 PM (EXyHK)

62 *peeks in* Holy shit!

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 27, 2026 01:27 PM (g8Ew8)

63 Oh, it's a question of "impartiality". Ok, then.

Posted by: runner at March 27, 2026 01:27 PM (GD0B3)

64 Sid is a antisemite. Who knew?

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 27, 2026 01:28 PM (muXU/)

65 Oh, wait. Wrong thread. Whoo.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 27, 2026 01:28 PM (g8Ew8)

66 One thing I'll say for the troll, this is the sentiment I see on lefty sites nowadays.

Yes we steal elections. Yes we investigate, harass, and imprison opposing politicians, yes we steal money from the government.

We have a right too for (some BS reason), and we will continue to do so. And you won't do anything to stop us.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 27, 2026 01:29 PM (sKqQm)

67 As bad as the NY Times has become, they did send around "27 of Our Best Passover Recipes" and they do look good.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 27, 2026 01:29 PM (2ap+5)

68 Judge Howell: “So, now you give Trump the benefit of law!”

MAGA voter: “Yes! What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after Trump?”

Judge Howell: “Yes, I'd cut down every law in the Country to do that!”

MAGA voter: “Oh? And when the last law was down, and Trump turned 'round on you, where would you hide, Howell, the laws all being flat? This country is planted thick with laws, from coast to coast, Man's laws, not God's! And if you cut them down, and you're just the c*nt to do it, do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I'd give Trump benefit of law, for my own safety's sake!”

Judge Howell: "Are you even aware of the GOPe?"

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 01:29 PM (Dv3i1)

69 I'm starting to think we need to burn it all down and start over.

Or herd the bad guys into one room and scare them straight with cattle prods.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 27, 2026 01:29 PM (WONhk)

70 Oh, dear me. Sid is upset and using kiddie language Wee wee. LOL. I guess the Republicans didn't do so badly after all in Congress today!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2026 01:30 PM (rZCVI)

71 Dune.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 27, 2026 01:26 PM (muXU/)
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I came back to Dune after many years (and having read it many times in my youth) and was shocked to see how poorly written it is. Perhaps my tastes have changed.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 27, 2026 01:30 PM (FvGZA)

72 How is there any way this person can be allowed to remain on the bench?

Have you seen the GOPe that controls Congress?

Posted by: 18-1 at March 27, 2026 01:30 PM (sKqQm)

73 I came back to Dune after many years (and having read it many times in my youth) and was shocked to see how poorly written it is. Perhaps my tastes have changed.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 27, 2026 01:30 PM (FvGZA)

YMMV. Imagine is Stephen King wrote it. The thing would be 20,000 pages long.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 27, 2026 01:31 PM (muXU/)

74 “A commenter asked which should be read first, The Hobbit of LOTR?”

Dune.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 27, 2026 01:26 PM (muXU/)

Dune stands out as one of very, very few of the multiple tens of thousands of books I've started reading that I did not finish. Another was a book on Roman Parthia relations in 100 BC who blamed it on US Imperialism.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 27, 2026 01:31 PM (8avO+)

75 >>> Judge Beryl Howell Had Secret Ex Parte Conversations with Fake Special Counsel Jack Smith

Kind of a 'No shit Sherlock' moment.
When you all belong to the DC Deep State Key Club it is kind of hard not to talk business between spit-roasts.

Posted by: Operator Error at March 27, 2026 01:31 PM (Hh5dq)

76 YMMV. Imagine is Stephen King wrote it. The thing would be 20,000 pages long.

And end with an underage orgy

Posted by: 18-1 at March 27, 2026 01:31 PM (sKqQm)

77 Posted by: 18-1 at March 27, 2026 01:29 PM (sKqQm)

I'm pretty certain sid - or at least certain versions of him - is not a lefty. Gives himself away.

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 01:31 PM (45LId)

78 I would like Sid to know that I have never given a second thought to having a tiny "wee wee".

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2026 01:31 PM (rZCVI)

79 68 As bad as the NY Times has become, they did send around "27 of Our Best Passover Recipes" and they do look good.
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho

How many ways are there to prepare a lamb shank bone and a matzoh?

Posted by: You don't Have To Be Jewish To Love Levy's at March 27, 2026 01:32 PM (oftw2)

80 I was going to comment on the blog-in-the-side bar but I see this thread has a few cave trolls.

Posted by: Corona_Exile at March 27, 2026 01:32 PM (3wNhr)

81 As bad as the NY Times has become, they did send around "27 of Our Best Passover Recipes" and they do look good.
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 27, 2026 01:29 PM (2ap+5)

go look in the files and see when in the 50s it was written

Posted by: Oldcat at March 27, 2026 01:32 PM (8avO+)

82 I've read The Hobbit and LOTR... The Hobbit is good, but not good enough for a re-read. The LOTR is IMHO a masterpiece. I've read it a total of 4 times (at least), the latest being a few months ago. Those readings took place over a period of 30 years... it holds up very well after all that time. It is not light reading, however... gotta concentrate a little....

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 01:33 PM (xT8gx)

83 Dune is a good novel, but it comes from a time when good SF novels were common.

Anytime I pick up SF I find myself reading things written 40+ years ago

Posted by: 18-1 at March 27, 2026 01:33 PM (sKqQm)

84 I hope Jack Smith gets jail time but I doubt the Commassar Judges will do it

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2026 01:34 PM (KyaUN)

85 I'm pretty certain sid - or at least certain versions of him - is not a lefty. Gives himself away.

The theory he is Moo Moo or someone like that is plausible, but the sentiment is accurate to what I see on lefty sites.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 27, 2026 01:34 PM (sKqQm)

86 So what?

Yes, the judge and prosecution conspired to frame the President.

But the fact remains, you fags won't do anything about it...

Posted by: Sid at March 27, 2026 01:26 PM (w41Yb)

This is what nearly every Democrat believes.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at March 27, 2026 01:34 PM (G1ktt)

87 One thing I'll say for the troll, this is the sentiment I see on lefty sites nowadays.

Yes we steal elections. Yes we investigate, harass, and imprison opposing politicians, yes we steal money from the government.

We have a right too for (some BS reason), and we will continue to do so. And you won't do anything to stop us.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 27, 2026 01:29 PM (sKqQm)

Leftists steal money, break rules, defraud elections because their heart is pure and they have a cause. The cause is to steal money, break rules and defraud elections.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 27, 2026 01:34 PM (8avO+)

88 The thing would be 20,000 pages long."

I tried!

/Asimov

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 01:34 PM (XuXeR)

89 I didn't read what the loon mayor or Toronto said regarding ice agents, not worth my time, however US CBP agents have been in numerous Canadian airports that have international flights, for decades. They do a preclearance for American citizens flying home.

I'm glad they do enforce USA immigration laws for citizens travelling back thru Canadian airports.

Posted by: old chick at March 27, 2026 01:35 PM (F3Dlr)

90 Dune stands out as one of very, very few of the multiple tens of thousands of books I've started reading that I did not finish. Another was a book on Roman Parthia relations in 100 BC who blamed it on US Imperialism.
Posted by: Oldcat


That and “Finnigan’s Wake”

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 27, 2026 01:35 PM (W2Pud)

91 If this keeps up, lawyers might get a bad reputation.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at March 27, 2026 01:35 PM (w/O5Q)

92 What does this have to do with The Hobbit?
Posted by: far cry
......

There's one hiding under Judge Beryl Howell's robe.

Posted by: wth at March 27, 2026 01:35 PM (UjdFS)

93 77 YMMV. Imagine is Stephen King wrote it. The thing would be 20,000 pages long.

And end with an underage orgy
Posted by: 18-1 at March 27, 2026 01:31 PM
+++
But enough about the Epstein files.

Posted by: Hey-oooo! at March 27, 2026 01:35 PM (wemAv)

94 The Chronicles of Narnia are also great; I've read them multiple times. Great storytelling but as literature not on as high a plane as LOTR...

IIRC, Tolkien and CS Lewis had a bit of a falling out because Tolkien didn't regard the chronicles as great literature. I think that was the direction of the "insult" and I think Tolkien was right... and I LOVE the Chronicles of Narnia but it's not great lit...

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 01:35 PM (xT8gx)

95 but I see this thread has a few cave trolls."

Well, don't knock stuff down the well, ok?

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 01:36 PM (XuXeR)

96 but I see this thread has a few cave trolls."

Well, don't knock stuff down the well, ok?
Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 01:36 PM (XuXeR)
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Fool of a Took!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 27, 2026 01:36 PM (FvGZA)

97 From the cheap seats, it looks like RICO.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 27, 2026 01:22 PM (+mpku)
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Suave'

Posted by: Darth Randall at March 27, 2026 01:37 PM (OVakp)

98 If this keeps up, lawyers might get a bad reputation."

Old Billy was right...

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 01:37 PM (XuXeR)

99 So, like, not “good behavior” for a judge?

If only there was like some Constitutional remedy for this situation that the Reps could use.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 27, 2026 01:37 PM (eerEz)

100 trumptards are trying to explain why they support their cheeto messiah after he was convicted of 34
Felony counts

Posted by: raimondo at March 27, 2026 01:37 PM (4IdQF)

101 What pill have I taken when I say I'm just disgusted as fuck that nothing is ever done about any of this?

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at March 27, 2026 01:37 PM (YxMyw)

102 How many lawyers does it take to shingle a roof?

Posted by: Depends how thin you slice them at March 27, 2026 01:38 PM (wemAv)

103 Just to clarify, I'm disgusted as fuck about the judge thing, not that this is turning into a Tolkien thread again.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at March 27, 2026 01:38 PM (YxMyw)

104 Dune stands out as one of very, very few of the multiple tens of thousands of books I've started reading that I did not finish. Another was a book on Roman Parthia relations in 100 BC who blamed it on US Imperialism.
Posted by: Oldcat


That and “Finnigan’s Wake”
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 27, 2026 01:35 PM (W2Pud)

I was warned off of that one by Physics class telling me that's where the then nonsense word Quark came from. I don't like reading books in languages I can't read.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 27, 2026 01:39 PM (8avO+)

105 If only there was like some Constitutional remedy for this situation that the Reps could use.

Kagan wrote Obamacare then ruled it was constitutional instead of recusing herself.

And no one is even discussing impeaching her.

That remedy will not be used

Posted by: 18-1 at March 27, 2026 01:39 PM (sKqQm)

106 So it's a book thread?

Posted by: Just got here at March 27, 2026 01:39 PM (wemAv)

107 I would like Sid to know that I have never given a second thought to having a tiny "wee wee".
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
.......

Not even when somebody tells a really funny joke or scares you?

Posted by: wth at March 27, 2026 01:39 PM (UjdFS)

108 goodness all the repeat loser trolls have show up together.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 27, 2026 01:39 PM (8avO+)

109
What would it take for a discovery like this to lead to action against the judge? What could actually be done?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 27, 2026 01:39 PM (mS8PE)

110 So it's a book thread?
Posted by: Just got here at March 27, 2026 01:39 PM (wemAv)
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If you are wearing pants, it's a book thread by definition.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 27, 2026 01:40 PM (ESVrU)

111 Books are for nerds. This is definitely a gun thread.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 27, 2026 01:40 PM (eerEz)

112 Hans Mahncke: Did you order the Code Orange?

Judge Howell: You're g-d d-mn right I did!

Posted by: mikeski at March 27, 2026 01:40 PM (zR9UB)

113 IIRC, Tolkien and CS Lewis had a bit of a falling out because Tolkien didn't regard the chronicles as great literature.
___

CS Lewis dabbled in SciFi - Ransom Trilogy aka Space Trilogy. The last book might be the most relatable - That Hideous Strength. Wiki says - The story involves an ostensibly scientific institute, the National Institute for Co-ordinated Experiments (N.I.C.E.), which is a front for sinister supernatural forces.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 01:41 PM (Dv3i1)

114 So it's a book thread?"

Boob.

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 01:41 PM (XuXeR)

115 I'm glad they do enforce USA immigration laws for citizens travelling back thru Canadian airports.
Posted by: old chick at March 27, 2026 01:35 PM (F3Dlr)
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Me, too.

Posted by: mrp at March 27, 2026 01:41 PM (rj6Yv)

116 I find this troll boring as he is on repeat and has a limited IQ. Possibly a furrie in a mangy squirrel outfit.

Could be a trans man with PMS for all I know or care.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 27, 2026 01:41 PM (WONhk)

117 Part of the New World Order.
Posted by: PM Mark Carney at March 27, 2026 01:25 PM (muXU/)

Mark refers to his stipend from the PRC as "muXU/ pork".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 27, 2026 01:41 PM (CMKMQ)

118 3 This Howell bitch is no Lovey!
Posted by: Thurston Howell III
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That made me LOL at the office - shame shame..

* fist bump *

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at March 27, 2026 01:41 PM (VkY89)

119 The Hideous Strength reads out like a story from during COVIDmania...

Posted by: 18-1 at March 27, 2026 01:42 PM (sKqQm)

120 If you are wearing pants, "

Shorts. It's 80, and headed to Brenham shortly...

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 01:42 PM (XuXeR)

121 Apparently, there's a second Sphinx buried under the first. The story.

https://is.gd/7BILWn

Artist's rendition of what it possibly would look like.

https://is.gd/aUo1MB

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 27, 2026 01:42 PM (ndZc7)

122 "...which is a front for sinister supernatural forces."

And a money laundering operation.

Posted by: Naturally at March 27, 2026 01:42 PM (wemAv)

123 Posted by: 18-1 at March 27, 2026 01:34 PM (sKqQm)

If you were a sufficiently butthurt "former" commenter, how would you go about trying to "anger" people here...?

There are many ways but pretending to be a leftard because you're actually just fucking stupid and spineless beyond measure is a pretty good gambit.

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 01:42 PM (45LId)

124 I'm usually an optimist, but the problems with have with our judiciary seem insoluble to me... leftist judges and judges of the John Roberts persuasion (maybe that's the same thing) are dug into the system like Alabama ticks and they've been burrowing in for at least a century....

I mean maybe some president like Trump could find an appropriate moment where he could come out and announce "I'm ignoring this SCOTUS ruling because it's wrong and they're corrupt" and then watch the shit-storm.... I think even republicans would vote to impeach (depending on the case).... long-winded way of saying there's seemingly no solution

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 01:43 PM (xT8gx)

125 I dunno... the quality of trolls we get here in the say, last year? They just aren't them same...MooMoo and that other fuckstick I can't remember at least used to interact, to try and defend the retarded things they were saying.

Now? We get aliasshitshit, who dive-bombs here, drops their payload of shit, and flies off....

Makes the place more peaceful, but a little less fun... lol

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 27, 2026 01:43 PM (dmDsy)

126 This Howell bitch is no Lovey!
Posted by: Thurston Howell III at March 27, 2026 01:13 PM

Obviously a Yale woman!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 27, 2026 01:43 PM (kgE5c)

127 55 Damn. I really wish that before I brought a motion or used a legal strategy, I had secret conversations with the judge where she told me ahead of time what she thought of the strategy. That woulda saved me a lot of time and effort and won me more motions!
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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This is much more common among judges and lawyers than people suspect.

Posted by: whig at March 27, 2026 01:44 PM (E4rtv)

128 " Absolutely shocking misconduct, and yet nothing will happen to her."

------------------------------

Egg-zactly!!!

She's 'in the club'. We're not.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 27, 2026 01:44 PM (QGaXH)

129 IIRC, Tolkien and CS Lewis had a bit of a falling out because Tolkien didn't regard the chronicles as great literature.
___

CS Lewis dabbled in SciFi - Ransom Trilogy aka Space Trilogy. The last book might be the most relatable - That Hideous Strength. Wiki says - The story involves an ostensibly scientific institute, the National Institute for Co-ordinated Experiments (N.I.C.E.), which is a front for sinister supernatural forces.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 01:41 PM (Dv3i1)

Part of why I didn't go far in CS Lewis' series of books is that they *were* allegories.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 27, 2026 01:44 PM (8avO+)

130 "long-winded way of saying there's seemingly no solution" ...

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 01:43 PM (xT8gx)

... that any of us are willing to employ.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at March 27, 2026 01:44 PM (G1ktt)

131 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 01:45 PM (5bGGs)

132 CS Lewis dabbled in SciFi - Ransom Trilogy aka Space Trilogy. The last book might be the most relatable - That Hideous Strength. Wiki says - The story involves an ostensibly scientific institute, the National Institute for Co-ordinated Experiments (N.I.C.E.), which is a front for sinister supernatural forces.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 01:41 PM (Dv3i1)

I love Lewis' space trilogy... That Hideous Strength is very prescient he seems to have anticipated our modern love of "the experts" (along with demon possession of the rich and powerful)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 01:45 PM (xT8gx)

133 " Absolutely shocking misconduct, and yet nothing will happen to her."

This calls for a strongly worded letter!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 01:45 PM (Dv3i1)

134 It's a shame no heads will roll for this blatant violation of US Law.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 01:45 PM (5bGGs)

135
Make star chambers (for corrupt judges) great again. still waiting on the burning times, wjere are they?

Posted by: BifBewalski at March 27, 2026 01:46 PM (7cgIX)

136 Apparently, there's a second Sphinx buried under the first. The story.

https://is.gd/7BILWn

Artist's rendition of what it possibly would look like.

https://is.gd/aUo1MB
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 27, 2026 01:42 PM

You see, son?! That's persistence!

Posted by: Lord of Swamp Castle at March 27, 2026 01:46 PM (kgE5c)

137 goodness all the repeat loser trolls have show up together.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 27, 2026 01:39 PM (8avO+)

It would be better if they weren't so repetitive and had their own opinion instead of trying to launder someone else's opinions on things.

Of course that would require them to not be trolls, but of course we can pray for them

Posted by: Kindltot at March 27, 2026 01:46 PM (rbvCR)

138 This here shiny nickel says that John Roberts will have not a damn thing to say about this.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 27, 2026 01:46 PM (2UnvF)

139 It's Sphinxes all the weigh down.

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 01:47 PM (45LId)

140 134 " Absolutely shocking misconduct, and yet nothing will happen to her."

This calls for a strongly worded letter!
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 01:45 PM (Dv3i1)
---

Jim Jordan is rolling his sleeves up now!

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at March 27, 2026 01:47 PM (0bjKf)

141 I love Lewis' space trilogy... That Hideous Strength is very prescient he seems to have anticipated our modern love of "the experts" (along with demon possession of the rich and powerful)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 01:45 PM (xT8gx)

Love for the 'experts' is not so modern that it wasn't rife in the 20s and 30s.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 27, 2026 01:47 PM (8avO+)

142 Apparently, there's a second Sphinx buried under the first.

So lion sex?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 27, 2026 01:47 PM (n5tGW)

143 >This calls for a strongly worded letter!

____
And no adjective is off the table.

Posted by: Harrumph! at March 27, 2026 01:47 PM (wemAv)

144 I'll just leave this here with no implication whatsoever.......


https://youtu.be/aAITxlCsj4Y

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 01:47 PM (5bGGs)

145 “A commenter asked which should be read first, The Hobbit of LOTR?”

Dune.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 27, 2026 01:26 PM (muXU/)
----
Dune stands out as one of very, very few of the multiple tens of thousands of books I've started reading that I did not finish. Another was a book on Roman Parthia relations in 100 BC who blamed it on US Imperialism.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 27, 2026 01:31 PM (8avO+)

I suppose the "thinking" proceeds along these lines:

1) The U.S. is imperialist because of the da jooos (tm)
2) Da jooos (tm) have time machines
*** Rome decided to fight Parthia

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at March 27, 2026 01:47 PM (ksbjf)

146 Apropos of nothing, I recently saw a commercial featuring Caitlin Clark (the female basketball player) and she's showing off a bare midriff... and I must say at least in that ad she is looking very HOT.... never found her hot when she's wearing her BBall uni, but that ad.... smoking

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 01:48 PM (xT8gx)

147 139 This here shiny nickel says that John Roberts will have not a damn thing to say about this.
Posted by: Duke Lowell

Not sure whether to take the bet. He might say stop picking on judges because their feelings will get hurt.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 01:48 PM (Dv3i1)

148 147 Apropos of nothing, I recently saw a commercial featuring Caitlin Clark (the female basketball player) and she's showing off a bare midriff... and I must say at least in that ad she is looking very HOT.... never found her hot when she's wearing her BBall uni, but that ad.... smoking
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Are women flattered if you call their looks 'servicable'?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 01:49 PM (Dv3i1)

149 I mean maybe some president like Trump could find an appropriate moment where he could come out and announce "I'm ignoring this SCOTUS ruling because it's wrong and they're corrupt" and then watch the shit-storm.... I think even republicans would vote to impeach (depending on the case).... long-winded way of saying there's seemingly no solution
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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There are solutions. Criminal charges, removing absolute immunity for judges from civil lawsuits, defunding staffs and buildings, disbarment, etc.

You can even eliminate or reorganize district and appellate courts--See Stuart v. Laird. (1802).

Posted by: whig at March 27, 2026 01:49 PM (E4rtv)

150 From the Sidebar Hobbit Challenge:

"The Hobbit is written as if it's for children, but one of those smart children's stories that are also for adults. Don't worry, there's also real fighting and violence and horror in it, too...."
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But there's no steamy sex scenes in it as I recall.....so blah....LOL!

I read Hobbit and LoTR years ago.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 27, 2026 01:49 PM (QGaXH)

151 Bigger sphinx have smaller sphinx upon their backs to bite 'em.
Smaller sphinx have even smaller sphinx,
And so ad infinitum.

Posted by: O. Nash at March 27, 2026 01:50 PM (wemAv)

152 Are women flattered if you call their looks 'servicable'?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 01:49 PM (Dv3i1)

Depends how big your wallet is.

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 01:50 PM (45LId)

153 I love Lewis' space trilogy...

I do too. And reading Out Of The Silent Planet was one of those perception expanding occurrences for a Young Andrew.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 27, 2026 01:50 PM (DgMqy)

154
But there's no steamy sex scenes in it as I recall.....so blah....LOL!

I read Hobbit and LoTR years ago.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 27, 2026 01:49 PM (QGaXH)


I read them in HS as a sophomore for English class.

I enjoyed them. I never revisited them again.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 01:50 PM (5bGGs)

155 House Republicans poised to reject Senate-passed DHS funding bill: ‘Shouldn’t have left town’

Posted by: SMOD at March 27, 2026 01:51 PM (RHGPo)

156 There are solutions. Criminal charges, removing absolute immunity for judges from civil lawsuits, defunding staffs and buildings, disbarment, etc.

You can even eliminate or reorganize district and appellate courts--See Stuart v. Laird. (1802).
Posted by: whig at March 27, 2026 01:49 PM (E4rtv)

Those things would require congressional action/cooperation, right? I'm not confident our republican congress will act in this direction sigh

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 01:51 PM (xT8gx)

157
Are women flattered if you call their looks 'servicable'?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 01:49 PM (Dv3i1)


I'd have a feeling it'd be similar to letting them know their stance on the binary scale.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 01:51 PM (5bGGs)

158 122 Apparently, there's a second Sphinx buried under the first. The story.

https://is.gd/7BILWn

Artist's rendition of what it possibly would look like.

https://is.gd/aUo1MB
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 27, 2026 01:42 PM (ndZc7)

Just begging for a sphincter pun......

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 27, 2026 01:51 PM (QGaXH)

159 The actions of Judge Howl and Bozoberg are illegal

Posted by: SMOD at March 27, 2026 01:52 PM (RHGPo)

160 I suppose the "thinking" proceeds along these lines:

1) The U.S. is imperialist because of the da jooos (tm)
2) Da jooos (tm) have time machines
*** Rome decided to fight Parthia
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at March 27, 2026 01:47 PM (ksbjf)

that would have made more sense. It was more like Parthia is in modern day Iraq, so anyone who fights them is as bad as George Bush who fought modern day Iraq, who of course was paying for her college professor salary all her life. She approved of that.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 27, 2026 01:52 PM (8avO+)

161 Are women flattered if you call their looks 'servicable'?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 01:49 PM (Dv3i1)

Depends how big your wallet is.
Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 01:50 PM

*crosses "serviceable" off compliment list*

Posted by: Lord of Swamp Castle at March 27, 2026 01:52 PM (kgE5c)

162 The actions of Judge Howl and Bozoberg are illegal

Posted by: SMOD at March 27, 2026 01:52 PM (RHGPo)


They're DEMOCRATS.

There ARE no laws for Democrats.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 01:52 PM (5bGGs)

163 Part of why I didn't go far in CS Lewis' series of books is that they *were* allegories.
Posted by: Oldcat

For a fun one, dig up a copy of Silverlock by John Myers Myers. Loosely, I do mean loosely modeled on John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, Myers has his protagonist stranded by a shipwreck in a world full of characters and references from classic literature.

Reads like a more modern version of Don Quixote where one thing happens after another but the fun is recognizing the places, characters, and events that the protagonist ends up in the midst of.

Posted by: whig at March 27, 2026 01:52 PM (E4rtv)

164 Are women flattered if you call their looks 'servicable'?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 01:49 PM (Dv3i1)

the term "fit to purpose" is not well received.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 27, 2026 01:52 PM (rbvCR)

165 Yabba dabba do
Its quitting time

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2026 01:53 PM (KyaUN)

166

Has AOP checked in yet?

Posted by: four seasons at March 27, 2026 01:53 PM (3ek7K)

167 OT but still funny.
Secret service agent assigned to Jill Biden had shot himself today.
How the incident was heard (maybe):

"IS THERE A DOCTOR"

"I'M A DOCTOR"

"GOD DAMNIT JILL NOT NOW"

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 27, 2026 01:53 PM (N39Ws)

168 Funny thing is it’s not even a sphinx. Sphinxes are from Greek mythology, not Egyptian, and have wings. They don’t even know what the Egyptians called it.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 27, 2026 01:53 PM (eerEz)

169 What happens in a society where judges (and law) are no longer respected...or accepted?

They'd better clean up their act.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 27, 2026 01:53 PM (2WIwB)

170 160 The actions of Judge Howl and Bozoberg are illegal
Posted by: SMOD
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Conspiracy actually. If those were actions done to further Jack Smith's illegal conspiracy to deprive the defendants of their civil rights.

Posted by: whig at March 27, 2026 01:54 PM (E4rtv)

171 The Hideous Strength reads out like a story from during COVIDmania...
Posted by: 18-1 at March 27, 2026 01:42 PM (sKqQm)
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That's when I read it and it was terrifying...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 27, 2026 01:54 PM (ESVrU)

172 Off, Monty Python sock!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 27, 2026 01:54 PM (kgE5c)

173 There's nothing untoward here. Just asking questions. Like Tucker.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 27, 2026 01:54 PM (Fbc0I)

174 It Sphinx!!

Posted by: Jay Sherman at March 27, 2026 01:54 PM (PSEDc)

175 Apparently, there's a second Sphinx buried under the first. The story.

https://is.gd/7BILWn

Artist's rendition of what it possibly would look like.

https://is.gd/aUo1MB
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 27, 2026 01:42 PM (ndZc7)

I liked the one where the two pyramids are cat ears.

I read somewhere that the Sphynx is carved out of a large solid block of rock, which caused some issues when trying to do the back parts since there was a fault or fissure there.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 27, 2026 01:54 PM (8avO+)

176 "IS THERE A DOCTOR"

"I'M A DOCTOR"

"GOD DAMNIT JILL NOT NOW"

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 27, 2026 01:53 PM (N39Ws)

Nice. There is a Bee headline in there just screaming to get out.

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 01:55 PM (45LId)

177 147 Apropos of nothing, I recently saw a commercial featuring Caitlin Clark (the female basketball player) and she's showing off a bare midriff... and I must say at least in that ad she is looking very HOT.... never found her hot when she's wearing her BBall uni, but that ad.... smoking
Posted by: LinusVanPelt


I've always thought she had something going on...

Posted by: Denny Crane - And By Something, I Mean A Really Hot Sexy Body. at March 27, 2026 01:56 PM (dmDsy)

178 Funny thing is it’s not even a sphinx. Sphinxes are from Greek mythology, not Egyptian, and have wings. They don’t even know what the Egyptians called it.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 27, 2026 01:53 PM (eerEz

Clearly it is a sirrush that some Pharaoh carved his own face on.

That or it is a Jackal. I think the jackal is the best guess.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 27, 2026 01:56 PM (rbvCR)

179 I'm usually an optimist, but the problems with have with our judiciary seem insoluble to me... leftist judges and judges of the John Roberts persuasion (maybe that's the same thing) are dug into the system like Alabama ticks and they've been burrowing in for at least a century....

I mean maybe some president like Trump could find an appropriate moment where he could come out and announce "I'm ignoring this SCOTUS ruling because it's wrong and they're corrupt" and then watch the shit-storm.... I think even republicans would vote to impeach (depending on the case).... long-winded way of saying there's seemingly no solution
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 01:43 PM (xT8gx)

Pres. Andrew Jackson ignored a SCOTUS ruliing and pushed-in the Chief Justice's fudge while doing so. Pretty much nothing happened.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at March 27, 2026 01:56 PM (ksbjf)

180 Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 27, 2026 01:53 PM (N39Ws)


I've been meaning to ask, how are you doing?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 01:56 PM (5bGGs)

181 Or herd the bad guys into one room and scare them straight with cattle prods."

I think you misspelled "flamethrowers"

Posted by: Will Robinson at March 27, 2026 01:57 PM (cO6oP)

182 Conspiracy actually. If those were actions done to further Jack Smith's illegal conspiracy to deprive the defendants of their civil rights.
Posted by: whig at March 27, 2026 01:54 PM (E4rtv)

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Given that Congress will never impeach, let alone remove this judge, indictment may be the only recourse. Is there any way to move it out of the DC circuit?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 27, 2026 01:57 PM (2UnvF)

183 Has AOP checked in yet?

Posted by: four seasons at March 27, 2026 01:53 PM (3ek7K)


Might still be asleep as he had a LONG travel day yesterday.

Or, they found is AoS posts and he's been detained by customs.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 01:57 PM (5bGGs)

184 DataRepublican keeps posting that the ICE thing is a full defunding.

Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2026 01:57 PM (iXqHn)

185 I read somewhere that the Sphynx is carved out of a large solid block of rock, which caused some issues when trying to do the back parts since there was a fault or fissure there.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 27, 2026 01:54 PM (8avO+)
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There's an HP Lovecraft story (in collaboration with Harry Houdini) where the protagonist (Houdini) goes to Egypt and finds his way deep, deep under the pyramids, where man was never meant to go, only to discover the hideous truth about the Sphynx...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 27, 2026 01:58 PM (ESVrU)

186
I've always thought she had something going on...
Posted by: Denny Crane - And By Something, I Mean A Really Hot Sexy Body. at March 27, 2026 01:56 PM (dmDsy)


You asked for it..........


https://youtu.be/p98PjtSfNWo

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 01:58 PM (5bGGs)

187

Sponge,

Thanks and lol.

Posted by: four seasons at March 27, 2026 01:58 PM (3ek7K)

188 Is there any way to move it out of the DC circuit?
------------------
Yes, a serious outbreak of dying District Judges all at once.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 27, 2026 01:59 PM (n17eQ)

189 Given that Congress will never impeach, let alone remove this judge, indictment may be the only recourse.

A rules-based world order keeps honest people honest.

Posted by: Congress at March 27, 2026 01:59 PM (vhFJq)

190 Sponge,

Thanks and lol.

Posted by: four seasons at March 27, 2026 01:58 PM (3ek7K)


Have to admit, it's a lot more entertaining than "I got nuthin...."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 01:59 PM (5bGGs)

191 DataRepublican keeps posting that the ICE thing is a full defunding.

Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2026 01:57 PM (iXqHn)

Doesn't Trump have to sign it?

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 01:59 PM (45LId)

192 that would have made more sense. It was more like Parthia is in modern day Iraq, so anyone who fights them is as bad as George Bush who fought modern day Iraq, who of course was paying for her college professor salary all her life. She approved of that.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 27, 2026 01:52 PM (8avO+)

You do know who lives in the vicinity of modern-day Iraq?

Da jooos (tm)

QED: Time-traveling Jews made Rome fight Parthia.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at March 27, 2026 02:00 PM (ksbjf)

193 >>> Artist's rendition of what it possibly would look like.

https://is.gd/aUo1MB

=====

So is the rendition based on ground penetration radar? Or just wishful thinking?

Posted by: Turn 2 at March 27, 2026 02:00 PM (CyFyf)

194 Given that Congress will never impeach, let alone remove this judge, indictment may be the only recourse.
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Key word: "may"

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 02:00 PM (45LId)

195 Defunding ICE would be the biggest clusterf*ck this country's seen since Biden.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 02:00 PM (5bGGs)

196 Are women flattered if you call their looks 'servicable'?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 01:49 PM

Workmanlike.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 27, 2026 02:01 PM (4NO2D)

197 50 41 “A commenter asked which should be read first, The Hobbit of LOTR?”

Read The Lion,the witch, and the wardrobe, or the Screwtape Letters.
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 27, 2026 01:22 PM (IifOV)

Don’t bother with those either.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 27, 2026 01:24 PM (muXU/)

James Herriott's 'Dog Stories' FTW.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 27, 2026 02:01 PM (QGaXH)

198 I know the Dems will scream "CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS!!!" because they always do, but if Trump just lays out the info on Boasberg and Howell and then says that he won't follow any of their rulings, won't it at least force the Supreme Court to kick those 2 in the ass and let them know that this shit has to stop?

Posted by: Wally at March 27, 2026 02:01 PM (65cLN)

199 >>> And you won't do anything to stop us.

I mean, they're not wrong.

Posted by: Max Power at March 27, 2026 02:02 PM (q177U)

200 I read somewhere that the Sphynx is carved out of a large solid block of rock, which caused some issues when trying to do the back parts since there was a fault or fissure there.

Umm, that's why we put the back part back there...

Posted by: The People Before The Egyptians at March 27, 2026 02:02 PM (vhFJq)

201 I know the Dems will scream "CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS!!!" because they always do, but if Trump just lays out the info on Boasberg and Howell and then says that he won't follow any of their rulings, won't it at least force the Supreme Court to kick those 2 in the ass and let them know that this shit has to stop?

Posted by: Wally at March 27, 2026 02:01 PM (65cLN)


Name a dem that's faced consequence for their actions.

Lower courts have already been told to stop. They haven't.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 02:02 PM (5bGGs)

202 Conspiracy actually. If those were actions done to further Jack Smith's illegal conspiracy to deprive the defendants of their civil rights.
Posted by: whig


Whoa!
Someone should make a law...
Maybe something deprevation of civil rights under color of law... and make sure it covers judges too

Posted by: Operator Error at March 27, 2026 02:02 PM (Hh5dq)

203 if Trump just lays out the info on Boasberg and Howell and then says that he won't follow any of their rulings, won't it at least force the Supreme Court to kick those 2 in the ass and let them know that this shit has to stop?

Posted by: Wally at March 27, 2026 02:01 PM (65cLN)

If Trump lays out the info on Boasberg and Howell and then says he won't follow any of their rulings, he'll be impeached and removed. By Republicans. With John Roberts of the Supreme Court presiding.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at March 27, 2026 02:03 PM (G1ktt)

204 If it was only one it would have been called a Sphink

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 02:03 PM (45LId)

205 Good. Maybe we can finally nail one of these MF judges.
IDC how but Trump’s people need to arrange for this bitch tried in a red state.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 27, 2026 02:04 PM (jbnUc)

206 Are women flattered if you call their looks 'servicable'?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 01:49 PM

-------------

Advice for those younger hordelings. Approach a woman and calmly say "you'll do." She'll recognize that you have high standards and will be thrilled she met them.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 27, 2026 02:04 PM (2UnvF)

207 Enough of these partisan hacks.

They have completely destroyed the respect for the rule of law.

May they live in interesting times.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 27, 2026 02:04 PM (dK+Kv)

208 59 Right to a fair trial is covered in the 5th and 6th Amendments of the Constitution. Arguably, you could say that the due process application of that is violated. Thus, the Judge violated the US Constitution.

Big deal, right? Well, that could conceivably open the door to remove sovereign immunity from the Judge and allow a civil suit for violation of Constitutional Rights. And, Trump isn't shy about civil suits.
Posted by: Orson at March 27, 2026 01:26 PM (dIske)

I keep hoping that the Grand Jury in Florida will announce a yuuuugggge RICO with numerous indictments for violating Trump's civil rights in numerous states and numerous years. Annnnd that the courts in NY finally dismiss/reverse his conviction and judgements against him and he files a 50B $ lawsuit against the state.

I also keep hoping for a puppy and a kitty.

Guess which is likely to happen......

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 27, 2026 02:05 PM (QGaXH)

209 For a fun one, dig up a copy of Silverlock by John Myers Myers. Loosely, I do mean loosely modeled on John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, Myers has his protagonist stranded by a shipwreck in a world full of characters and references from classic literature.

Reads like a more modern version of Don Quixote where one thing happens after another but the fun is recognizing the places, characters, and events that the protagonist ends up in the midst of.
Posted by: whig at March 27, 2026 01:52 PM (E4rtv)

I have read it and liked it, if not as much as Niven/Pournelle who suggested it somewhere. Possibly because I did not go as heavily into literature so didn't get all the jokes.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 27, 2026 02:05 PM (8avO+)

210 If it was only one it would have been called a Sphink
Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 02:03 PM (45LId)


What if it was owned originally by a guy named Sphink? Then, it'd be Sphink's, but they didn't have the apostrophe yet.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 02:05 PM (5bGGs)

211 An NGO is training possible jurors in DC all about jury nullification to "combat the illegal actions of President Trump"

I suspect that might be enough reason to get a change of venue.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 27, 2026 02:05 PM (rbvCR)

212 “A commenter asked which should be read first, The Hobbit of LOTR?”

Read The Lion,the witch, and the wardrobe, or the Screwtape Letters.
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 27, 2026 01:22 PM (IifOV)

Don’t bother with those either.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 27, 2026 01:24 PM (muXU/)

James Herriott's 'Dog Stories' FTW.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 27, 2026 02:01 PM (QGaXH)

Catcher in the Rye is popular around here.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 27, 2026 02:06 PM (dK+Kv)

213 Has AOP checked in yet?

Posted by: four seasons at March 27, 2026 01:53 PM (3ek7K)

Yep, In Tonopah, NV, on the road again in a few minutes.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 27, 2026 02:06 PM (CMKMQ)

214 Post 60 - Nasty piece of work.....and the post wasn't too nice either.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 27, 2026 02:06 PM (QGaXH)

215 Sid at 60 is quotable saying out loud what they really think.
But it did tone it down a bit and left out the next chapter about camps.

Posted by: Operator Error at March 27, 2026 02:06 PM (Hh5dq)

216 207 Are women flattered if you call their looks 'servicable'?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 01:49 PM

First I would laugh. Then surprise you with a left hook to your chin.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 27, 2026 02:06 PM (WONhk)

217 Why aren’t these judges hanging from lampposts?

Nobody is reigning these subversives in. Maybe it’s time for the people to do it.

Posted by: That Guy at March 27, 2026 02:06 PM (jlI90)

218
Advice for those younger hordelings. Approach a woman and calmly say "you'll do." She'll recognize that you have high standards and will be thrilled she met them.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 27, 2026 02:04 PM (2UnvF)


I think this is the best advice ever to grace the database of Minx 0.8 beta.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 02:06 PM (5bGGs)

219 This is the Senate DHS Bill, right?

https://tinyurl.com/4espwfcu

I hate the way bill are written.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 27, 2026 02:06 PM (4NO2D)

220 "DataRepublican keeps posting that the ICE thing is a full defunding."

"No additional funding..."

What's already been approved is still there. That funding runs until the end of 2028.

Posted by: Will Robinson at March 27, 2026 02:06 PM (cO6oP)

221 Guess which is likely to happen......
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 27, 2026 02:05 PM (QGaXH)

If you get them then you have to take care of them, and make sure they are cleaned up after, and kept safe. RICO cases are not for just Easter and Christmas, you know.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 27, 2026 02:07 PM (rbvCR)

222 67 One thing I'll say for the troll, this is the sentiment I see on lefty sites nowadays.

Yes we steal elections. Yes we investigate, harass, and imprison opposing politicians, yes we steal money from the government.

We have a right too for (some BS reason), and we will continue to do so. And you won't do anything to stop us.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 27, 2026 01:29 PM (sKqQm)

They understand what it takes to gain and hold onto political power.

Unfortunately, it takes being underhanded and going for constant kill shots.

And when one side cares about what happens to their immortal souls after they die, and the other side is just immoral, well...

Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2026 02:07 PM (FpHTM)

223 Catcher in the Rye is popular around here.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 27, 2026 02:06 PM (dK+Kv)


I was a replacement actor in "Catcher in the Ass."

Posted by: Barack Hussein Owebama at March 27, 2026 02:07 PM (5bGGs)

224 Synopsis of ace's next post
:

Muslim man/counttry bad.
Israel dindu nuffin'.
Tucker mean man.


7000 Bibi Bucks Achievement Unlocked

Posted by: Captain Obvioud at March 27, 2026 02:08 PM (peE+y)

225 Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 27, 2026 02:04 PM (dK+Kv)

Yo. ICYMI can I recommend last evening's Olympic post. But don't drink anything while you're reading it.

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 02:08 PM (45LId)

226

AOP,

Yay!!! Safe travels!!!

Posted by: four seasons at March 27, 2026 02:08 PM (3ek7K)

227 All trolls are Average Joe.

Posted by: toby928(c) reminds you at March 27, 2026 02:08 PM (4NO2D)

228 Yep, In Tonopah, NV, on the road again in a few minutes.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Did you stay at the Clown Motel?

Posted by: Nothing Personal at March 27, 2026 02:08 PM (oftw2)

229 Sid at 60 is quotable saying out loud what they really think.
But it did tone it down a bit and left out the next chapter about camps.
Posted by: Operator Error at March 27, 2026 02:06 PM (Hh5dq)

He knows we'd have to build them and run them for him.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 27, 2026 02:08 PM (8avO+)

230 All trolls are Average Joe.

Posted by: toby928(c) reminds you at March 27, 2026 02:08 PM (4NO2D)


HE sucks cock by CHOICE!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 02:09 PM (5bGGs)

231 $7000 buys a LOT of Shelving.

Posted by: garrett at March 27, 2026 02:09 PM (W7FsI)

232 The original Average Joe posts were pretty good. The secret imbedded 'DRINK YOUR OVALTINE' messages took a lot of work.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 27, 2026 02:09 PM (4NO2D)

233 Did you stay at the Clown Motel?
Posted by: Nothing Personal at March 27, 2026 02:08 PM (oftw2)
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Hot and cold running clowns?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 27, 2026 02:10 PM (FvGZA)

234 "Post 60 - Nasty piece of work.....and the post wasn't too nice either....."

Post 60 is by Martini Farmer. Maybe next time post the hash instead?

Posted by: Will Robinson at March 27, 2026 02:10 PM (cO6oP)

235 Yo. ICYMI can I recommend last evening's Olympic post. But don't drink anything while you're reading it.

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 02:08 PM (45LId)

I did miss it. I have been busy with children's theater and now baseball. Thanks for the tip.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 27, 2026 02:10 PM (dK+Kv)

236 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 02:11 PM (5bGGs)

237 Did you stay at the Clown Motel?
Posted by: Nothing Personal at March 27, 2026 02:08 PM (oftw2)

I think that's in Ely, or Elko?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 27, 2026 02:11 PM (CMKMQ)

238 ParisParamus, a former regular, was average joe, a pretty good troll parody to start, then he actually became a troll or at least started arguing with everyone and being angry.

This place is so fucking weird sometimes.

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 02:11 PM (45LId)

239 > "Post 60 - Nasty piece of work.....and the post wasn't too nice either....."

Post 60 is by Martini Farmer. Maybe next time post the hash instead?
Posted by: Will Robinson
-----------
I actually went back to see what I posted. Memory lapse. lol

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 27, 2026 02:12 PM (AkEZC)

240 did miss it. I have been busy with children's theater and now baseball. Thanks for the tip.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at Mar

I will always give just the tip

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 02:12 PM (45LId)

241 ParisParamus, a former regular, was average joe/i]

Thanks, I was trying to remember that.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 27, 2026 02:12 PM (4NO2D)

242 dammit

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 27, 2026 02:13 PM (4NO2D)

243 196 Are women flattered if you call their looks 'servicable'?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 01:49 PM
_______________________________

Well, you have to sell it. It's always best to start by saying "let me see your teeth."

Posted by: Orson at March 27, 2026 02:13 PM (dIske)

244 OK, I lolled at the Olympic tranny retard lamentations post. I am sure I would have lolled louder if I was familiar with what a cenobite is.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 27, 2026 02:16 PM (dK+Kv)

245 Are women flattered if you call their looks 'servicable'?
Posted by: Chuck Martel

Only if you come up with a really good answer for the follow-up question of "Serviceable for what purpose?"

Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 27, 2026 02:16 PM (a+4eV)

246 The weekend is here

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2026 02:16 PM (Ia/+0)

247 What we're seeing in the judiciary and Congress are the symptoms of a dying government.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 27, 2026 02:17 PM (g8Ew8)

248 > "Post 60 - Nasty piece of work.....and the post wasn't too nice either....."

Post 60 is by Martini Farmer. Maybe next time post the hash instead?
Posted by: Will Robinson
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I actually went back to see what I posted. Memory lapse. lol
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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D3leted

Posted by: Operator Error at March 27, 2026 02:18 PM (Hh5dq)

249 dying government.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 27, 2026 02:17 PM

Dying Republic

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2026 02:19 PM (Ia/+0)

250 The Republic is already dead. Plan for what comes after.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 27, 2026 02:20 PM (4NO2D)

251 Well if there was a will to do it, this could be solved quite quickly. I would direct the head of the US Marshals (read Attorney General of the United States) to remove all security from US district courts.

And then at the inevitable phone call, I would let the judges know that I would be making an announcement that there is no longer any security at the various federal court houses. They're basically out of business at that point.

Let them piss and moan and go on and on about constitutional crisis, blah, blah, blah

Posted by: nooneyouknowyouknow at March 27, 2026 02:23 PM (Iwv3U)

252 If it was only one it would have been called a Sphink
Posted by: ...
***
Someone is familiar with 'Carousel' lyrics.

Posted by: Thanatopsis at March 27, 2026 02:25 PM (LdBR/)

253 Not sure its dead, just Civil War II maybe just ahead.

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2026 02:29 PM (Ia/+0)

254 Oh wow, that's crazy. It's too bad that no one seems to care at all about this. If only there was someone is a position to do something, anything at all. Oh well.

Posted by: Attorney General Pam Bondi at March 27, 2026 02:55 PM (4cFWh)

Trump Announces He Will Unilaterally Fund DHS and Dares Democrats to Sue to Stop Him;
Republican Senators Offer Democrats Deal, and Democrat Senators Accept

The "deal" is exactly what you'd expect from Mitch McConnell's prison punk John Thune: Capitulation. When a Ted Cruz demands a government shut-down to advance a conservative goal, the GOPe shrieks that that's not how we do business and caves immediately. But when the Democrats shut the government down, the GOPe also caves.

Update: Commenters disagree with my hot take. I have included their dissent before the jump.

But first, Trump's declaration that he will fund DHS on his own authority, citing powers under the National Emergencies Act.

I don't know if the president is allowed to bypass Congress' chief power over the purse through the Emergencies Act or if it's still beyond his power. But it's only beyond his power if a judge rules it so after Democrats bring lawsuit to stop him, and I don't know if they'd have the balls to be so open about wanting to keep TSA agents unpaid as well as DHS counter-terrorism agents during a war with the terror state of Iran.

trumpdhsorderfull.png


Fox:


President Trump announced on Thursday he will sign an emergency order to pay TSA agents and hopefully relieve congestion at the nation's largest airports.

In a lengthy Truth Social post where he savaged Democrats for their role in refusing to fund the Department of Homeland Security, Trump said he would see that the agents are paid.

"Because the Democrats have recklessly created a true National Crisis, I am using my authorities under the Law to protect our Great Country, as I always will do!" Trump said.

"I am going to sign an Order instructing the Secretary of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin, to immediately pay our TSA Agents in order to address this Emergency Situation, and to quickly stop the Democrat Chaos at the Airports. It is not an easy thing to do, but I am going to do it!," he wrote.

His announcement came as Republicans and Democrats struggle to fund the department and as Transportation Security Administration employees faced a second month without a paycheck.

Under the National Emergency Act, the president could order unspent government funds to be used to temporarily pay TSA employees -- a move that would bypass Congress.

Republicans have the majority in the Senate but lack the 60 votes needed to advance DHS funding in the legislative process.

Rather than letting this play out, GOPe Senators caved and gave the Democrats what they wanted -- the TSA would be funded, but the parts of DHS that Democrats want to defund, ICE and the Border Patrol, will be defunded, just as the Democrats wanted.

This is a deal? Give them everything they want?

DHS shutdown breakthrough comes at cost for Republicans as funding fights nears end


Senate Republicans are eying reconciliation as a long-term solution for ICE and CBP funding

Again, Thune is pushing the idea that he'll concede everything on the vote but he'll "make it up during budget reconciliation."

But budget reconciliation requires cuts to the budget. How exactly is spending the money for CBP and ICE a budget cut? The Democrats are actually cutting the budget by defunding two agencies.


Congress is one step closer to ending the Homeland Security shutdown after the Senate advanced a new, last-minute deal, but it came at the price of Republicans ceding ground, temporarily, to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.

The Senate unanimously advanced a deal to reopen most of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the wee hours of Friday morning, 42 days into the shutdown that was spurred by the Trump administration's immigration operations in Minnesota.

It was an agreement that largely gave Schumer and Senate Democrats what they wanted -- no funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and parts of Customs and Border Protection (CBP). But it lacked the stringent reforms they desired, like requiring judicial warrants or requiring agents to unmask.

While the deal mirrors previous attempts by Democrats to pass similar legislation that carved out immigration funding, Thune argued that Democrats are still walking away empty-handed in the policy fight over immigration enforcement.

"We've been trying for weeks to fund the whole thing," Thune said. "And, I mean, in the end, this is what they were willing to agree to. But again, it's different that it has zero reforms in it. I mean, they got no reforms on DHS, which they could have had if they had been willing to work with us a little bit on that."

Schumer said that if Republicans hadn't blocked their initial attempts, "this could have been done three weeks ago."

"This is exactly what we wanted," Schumer said. "This is what we asked for, and I'm very proud of my caucus. My caucus held the line."

Now it goes to the House -- and I'm sure House conservatives aren't happy about this.

But what Thune has done is make it politically costly for conservatives to veto the deal. Now, Democrats will be able to say "It's the MAGA Republican shut-down!"

Also, Thune has given up all leverage. The Democrats want to defund ICE and CBP. They want a wide-open border. You can only force them to fund those agencies by tying that funding to something that it is costly for them to refuse to fund -- like TSA and DHS counter-terrorism operations.

But now, they have the funding for the stuff they want, and can refuse to fund the stuff they don't want with no penalty whatsoever.

And Republican Senators are already warning us: BTW, this whole "reconcilliation" thing is Failure Theater Bullshit so don't expect the funding to actually pass.

And some Republicans are already couching expectations on what can and can't be accomplished in the party-line process, given that anything in the bill has to pass muster with strict rules in the Senate.

"I think we have to set our sights a little bit lower on this reconciliation bill," Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., told Fox News Digital. "It's got to be targeted to fund ICE for 10 years, I think that's the number one thing to us."

Or possibly he's saying "I know we told you we'd pass the SAVE Act by reconciliation, which was also Failure Theater Bullshit, but now that we've got this new Failure Theater Bullshit production going, you have to accept we've got to "set our sights a little lower" and just do the ICE and CBP funding as our first-priority Failure Theater Bullshit.

It's almost as if the GOPe exists to pretend to oppose the Democrats while giving the communists everything they want, and then turning to the public and saying, "All of this was done constitutionally, because the 'opposition' party did in fact agree to all of the communists' demands."


Brilliant, Thune, you Gollum to Mitch McConnell's Sauron.

thunesaveact.jpg

Update: Commenters disagree.

They played a big bluff...and had to fold it with losses, since they are now on record as giving in as a full group...

Posted by: Nova Local


If the bill doesn't include a bar on face masks, ID requirements, and a ban on ICE going into "sensitive" locations, then it's not a GOP cave, it's a Democrat cave.

Those things were what Democrats wanted. They said so many times.

They didn't get those things.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Ace, I see this differently: it was the Democunts who caved, assuming this deal goes through. You can tell by how desperately they moved the goalposts. Cuck Schemer is now cheering that ... he got TSA funded at airports.

The shutdown wasn't about incremental funding for ICE and BP, as ICE and BP are already funded through 2028. The shutdown was about unmasking agents, identification requirements, limits on where ICE could go, and basically making their lives hell.

Dums got none of that. So they are now pretending it was always about funding TSA at airports. (Huh? They shut down the gov't over TSA?) Since TSA funding was restored -- something Trump and the GOP wanted too -- the Dums are claiming they won.

This is a win for the GOP -- albeit not a 100% complete one -- and a cave for the Dums. Not the other way around.

Posted by: Elric The Blade


The Dems didn't get anything they wanted.

Why do we have to repeat what the left media says?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:10 PM




Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 Full moon is rising, the sky is black
I heed your call, I'm coming back
The road is straight cast, wind's in my eyes
The engine roars between my thighs

From desert plains I bring you ... FIRSTS

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 27, 2026 12:09 PM (iFTx/)

2 Always the same.

Posted by: steevy at March 27, 2026 12:11 PM (YwEeS)

3 Ummm, Ace, gotta disagree on this one. Ds caved in full...thus, why they weren't willing to vote, but just went for unanimous consent and none of their requested items...nothing. All they got was defunding something already funded til 2029.

They played a big bluff...and had to fold it with losses, since they are now on record as giving in as a full group...

Posted by: Nova Local at March 27, 2026 12:12 PM (tOcjL)

4 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 12:12 PM (5bGGs)

5 In on the ground floor.

Posted by: Haste Makes Waste at March 27, 2026 12:12 PM (oftw2)

6 LUM has been nooded.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 12:12 PM (5bGGs)

7 If the bill doesn't include a bar on face masks, ID requirements, and a ban on ICE going into "sensitive" locations, then it's not a GOP cave, it's a Democrat cave.

Those things were what Democrats wanted. They said so many times.

They didn't get those things.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 12:13 PM (JmKZX)

8 Some Dem must have kompromat on Thune.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 27, 2026 12:14 PM (cWLG3)

9 Eh, the Democrats get absolutely ZERO out of this deal. Not even the watered-down "reforms" limp-dick Republicans previously conceded to.

It's not a GOP win by a long shot, but it's a HUGE Dem "L" - they get nothing for all of the pain they inflicted.

Posted by: can of spam at March 27, 2026 12:14 PM (14gFN)

10 *Waiting for TJM to tell Ace he's got it all wrong*

Oh boy! THIS is gonna be GREAT!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 12:14 PM (5bGGs)

11 "This is exactly what we wanted" Schumer

Good grief, and Thune is also grinning.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 27, 2026 12:15 PM (vbXSk)

12 @7 I hope you're right, Mr. Look on the Bright Side of Life!

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 27, 2026 12:15 PM (cWLG3)

13 Some Dem must have kompromat on Thune.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 27, 2026 12:14 PM (cWLG3)

It is not actually Kompromat when everyone is in the club and they have joint nights-out to do things. It is merely getting along with our "colleagues across the isle." [sic]

Posted by: Kindltot at March 27, 2026 12:16 PM (rbvCR)

14 Yeah, I'm pissed. Unfortunately, *both* of my squishy GOP Senators are set to retire, so even if I let them have an earful, they won't care. Well, one of them might more than the other....

Posted by: pookysgirl, doomposting slightly at March 27, 2026 12:16 PM (Wt5PA)

15 10 *Waiting for TJM to tell Ace he's got it all wrong*

Oh boy! THIS is gonna be GREAT!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 12:14 PM (5bGGs)


And it only took 7 comments!

LOL

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 27, 2026 12:17 PM (dmDsy)

16 Yeah, I'm pissed. Unfortunately, *both* of my squishy GOP Senators are set to retire, so even if I let them have an earful, they won't care. Well, one of them might more than the other....
Posted by: pookysgirl, doomposting slightly at March 27, 2026 12:16 PM (Wt5PA)


They wouldn't care if they weren't retiring. They don't care about their constituents. ALL congresspersons hate their voters. They've been shitting on them for generations.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 12:18 PM (5bGGs)

17 The GOP (not even GOPe anymore, it's every single last one of them) exists solely to be Gunt Guards for the Demoncrats.

Make sure the Demoncrats get what they want, then moan and groan and failure theater and beg for more money.

Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2026 12:18 PM (FpHTM)

18
And it only took 7 comments!

LOL
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 27, 2026 12:17 PM (dmDsy)


yeah, I was a bit slow.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 12:18 PM (5bGGs)

19 The House Freedom Caucus just said they are a no on this bill until ICE is included and the SAVE Act is amended to it.

Also, Democrats did’t get everything they wanted. This is what Republicans proposed some time ago when Democrats indicated they would not vote to fund DHS. Democrats also wanted changes to ICE operations. Then when Republicans conceded some of that, Democrats raised the bar again and made a lot of other demands. That’s when Trump said FU and declared an emergency. At that point Democrats knew they were screwed and accepted the original deal Republicans proposed.

BTW just think about this. Democrats screwed American citizens and put them through the TSA wringer to show their support for illegal aliens. There is no other way to read what they did.

Is that their midterm winning message?

Posted by: Marcus T at March 27, 2026 12:19 PM (zfkPG)

20 No funding for ICE?

So, all the new agents are getting fired, right?

There are rescissions in the funding bill that undo OBBB, right?

ICE are just going to outright stop enforcing immigration law, that which they've been doing nonstop throughout the whole shutdown to the point where they were the only DHS employees getting paid in airports when they showed up to help TSA?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 12:19 PM (JmKZX)

21 I am going to exercise my right to look on the ( somewhat ) bright side of life, and thank a few regular commentators for bringing those points up.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2026 12:19 PM (PFs9e)

22 Deem it passed.

That works for the Dems.

Posted by: garrett at March 27, 2026 12:19 PM (W7FsI)

23 Thune needs to be disposed, soonest.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at March 27, 2026 12:20 PM (Q/FnY)

24 But GOOD NEWS everyone!

The UN wants TRILLIONS from all 'slave tied' countries for reparations!

We're SAVED!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 12:20 PM (5bGGs)

25 I just want the SAVE act…. And the ability to get through security at the airport in a reasonable time

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 12:21 PM (7gm9V)

26 Thune and McConnell disgust me.

They are taxation without representation personified.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 27, 2026 12:21 PM (dK+Kv)

27 I just want the SAVE act…. And the ability to get through security at the airport in a reasonable time
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 12:21 PM (7gm9V)


YOU'LL get NOTHING and LIKE IT!!!!!

Posted by: Judge Smails at March 27, 2026 12:22 PM (5bGGs)

28 Ace, I see this differently: it was the Democunts who caved, assuming this deal goes through. You can tell by how desperately they moved the goalposts. Cuck Schemer is now cheering that ... he got TSA funded at airports.

The shutdown wasn't about incremental funding for ICE and BP, as ICE and BP are already funded through 2028. The shutdown was about unmasking agents, identification requirements, limits on where ICE could go, and basically making their lives hell.

Dums got none of that. So they are now pretending it was always about funding TSA at airports. (Huh? They shut down the gov't over TSA?) Since TSA funding was restored -- something Trump and the GOP wanted too -- the Dums are claiming they won.

This is a win for the GOP -- albeit not a 100% complete one -- and a cave for the Dums. Not the other way around.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 27, 2026 12:22 PM (iFTx/)

29 24 But GOOD NEWS everyone!

The UN wants TRILLIONS from all 'slave tied' countries for reparations!

We're SAVED!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 12:20 PM (5bGGs)
---
Put forward by Ghana and every former colonial empire in Europe abstained.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 27, 2026 12:22 PM (cWLG3)

30 Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 27, 2026 12:17 PM (dmDsy)


yeah, I was a bit slow.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 12:18 PM (5bGGs)


You kidding? You were there within a minute of the actual event!

You are hereby awarded the Nostradamus Award of the Day... Congratulations!

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 27, 2026 12:22 PM (dmDsy)

31 Even if the Save Act passed we all know it will just be tied up in emergency injunction and endless litigation. And blue states still just trust refuse to comply while Hawaiian judges give them cover.

Posted by: brak at March 27, 2026 12:23 PM (BG30B)

32
You are hereby awarded the Nostradamus Award of the Day... Congratulations!
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 27, 2026 12:22 PM (dmDsy)


#Winning!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 12:23 PM (5bGGs)

33 28
This is a win for the GOP -- albeit not a 100% complete one -- and a cave for the Dums. Not the other way around.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 27, 2026 12:22 PM (iFTx/)

======

But, you see, this bill doesn't include ICE funding, so all agents are fired as of right now.

Duh.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 12:23 PM (JmKZX)

34 The Dems didn't get anything they wanted.

Why do we have to repeat what the left media says?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 27, 2026 12:23 PM (HXT0k)

35 It may be a huge dem loss, but it will not be sold that way in the media that dem voters and people who barely pay attention to politics watch and listen to. It will be a big win for truth, justice and the American way.

Posted by: huerfano at March 27, 2026 12:23 PM (98kQX)

36 And the SAVE Act?

Posted by: RI Red at March 27, 2026 12:23 PM (l8UMQ)

37 Thune can't ever get tired of winning, because he never wins.

What a pussy!

But oh gotta save their little vacation from their thieving jobs.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 27, 2026 12:24 PM (n5tGW)

38 You should understand what Democrats are doing.

Their crazy base is energized, that’s a fact. You can hand waive off the special elections, but they put up some very larger than normal numbers of voters. They need those people for the midterms.

This may sound like an electoral death wish to you (fighting for illegal aliens). But it’s a clarion call to their base who wants this and will show up in November in big numbers if they keep getting red meat.

Posted by: Marcus T at March 27, 2026 12:24 PM (zfkPG)

39 Thune is from South Dakota. You could probably primary him and win by switching 100 votes.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 27, 2026 12:24 PM (eerEz)

40
*Waiting for TJM to tell Ace he's got it all wrong*

Oh boy! THIS is gonna be GREAT!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 12:14 PM (5bGGs)


And it only took 7 comments!

LOL
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 27, 2026 12:17 PM (dmDsy)



Where's the "calling first is annoying and childish" guy at? Teh Horde could use another mouse to bat around with our Cat Claws of Doom.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 27, 2026 12:24 PM (y9nCu)

41 31 Even if the Save Act passed we all know it will just be tied up in emergency injunction and endless litigation. And blue states still just trust refuse to comply while Hawaiian judges give them cover.

Posted by: brak at March 27, 2026 12:23 PM (BG30B)

=======

I'm not sure if it could have ever been in effect for the 2026 midterms, even if passed early last year.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 12:24 PM (JmKZX)

42 >>> 24 But GOOD NEWS everyone!

The UN wants TRILLIONS from all 'slave tied' countries for reparations!

We're SAVED!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 12:20 PM (5bGGs)

Have we started bombing the UN yet?

Posted by: a modest proposal at March 27, 2026 12:24 PM (ULPxl)

43 The GOP caves, the Democrats spelunk

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 12:24 PM (45LId)

44 As others have pointed out this morning, at least ICE won't be in Toronto. So the mayor is happy.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 27, 2026 12:24 PM (Sco7b)

45 Thanks to Elric, James Madison, Nova Local and anyone else I forgot.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2026 12:25 PM (ZeH0U)

46 28 This is a win for the GOP -- albeit not a 100% complete one -- and a cave for the Dums. Not the other way around.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 27, 2026 12:22 PM (iFTx/)

Thune letting everyone leave and doing his stupid little Two Minutes Pro-Formas with no SAVE Act is a loss.

Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2026 12:25 PM (FpHTM)

47 38 Their crazy base is energized, that’s a fact. You can hand waive off the special elections, but they put up some very larger than normal numbers of voters. They need those people for the midterms.

Posted by: Marcus T at March 27, 2026 12:24 PM (zfkPG)

======

Well, you're hand waving away the special elections where the GOP overperforms, so why can't I hand wave away the special elections where Democrats overperform?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 12:25 PM (JmKZX)

48 >>But oh gotta save their little vacation from their thieving jobs.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 27, 2026 12:24 PM

They are running for re-election. Gotta raise money sometime.

Posted by: huerfano at March 27, 2026 12:25 PM (98kQX)

49 >>>Some Dem must have kompromat on Thune.

Not even that. They're all uniparty. Simple as.

Posted by: brak at March 27, 2026 12:25 PM (BG30B)

50 Imagine the faces of Democrats when they see ICE ERO is still putting up big removal numbers. lol.

Posted by: Marcus T at March 27, 2026 12:25 PM (zfkPG)

51 Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 27, 2026 12:24 PM (Sco7b)

Is the Mayor of Toronto really that stupid?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2026 12:25 PM (ZeH0U)

52 The UN wants TRILLIONS from all 'slave tied' countries for reparations!



Past or current?

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 27, 2026 12:25 PM (Sco7b)

53 46 Thune letting everyone leave and doing his stupid little Two Minutes Pro-Formas with no SAVE Act is a loss.

Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2026 12:25 PM (FpHTM)

=======

Actual recesses require a majority vote. The majority leader can't just make them happen.

I guarantee you there are at least 10 GOP senators who would never vote for a recess because the Senate does almost nothing else but lord over appointments, and they're not giving that up.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 12:26 PM (JmKZX)

54 Hi friends- I know there is a lot going on today, but if you have a second, would you give a little prayer up for my youngest who just went under anesthesia for her wisdom teeth? Thank you!

Posted by: Piper at March 27, 2026 12:26 PM (DXIXb)

55 We all knew in November(hell we knew during his first term) the biggest obstacle for us and the Trump agenda were the Republicans. We'll be lucky if we don't take a bath in the mid terms. Another two year Trump administration possibly with his last two just being a lame duck.
At least some will be able to yell at people calling them doomers n black pill. Then if we lose big in the mid terms because of GOPe sabotage we can curse the GOPe for a while then go back to falling for the latest flavor of the month "conservative"and fight with each other over their authenticity. Then some will say I'm not voting for the bastards, then some will yell at those people asking why you would hand over a win to the enemy. Then the person we fought over IS the enemy, another Thune type. I'm to the point where I'm numb to it. Just pull the lever for an R and stfu. Hope for the best(?) I don't know anymore.

Posted by: JROD at March 27, 2026 12:26 PM (IlL6s)

56 40
Where's the "calling first is annoying and childish" guy at? Teh Horde could use another mouse to bat around with our Cat Claws of Doom.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 27, 2026 12:24 PM (y9nCu)
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There are a few "get off my lawn" types.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 27, 2026 12:26 PM (cWLG3)

57 As others have pointed out this morning, at least ICE won't be in Toronto. So the mayor is happy.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 27, 2026 12:24 PM (Sco7b)


I still want to know if she found Ford's crack stash.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 12:26 PM (5bGGs)

58 So I have to set my hair on fire again ?

Posted by: It's me donna at March 27, 2026 12:27 PM (FtULh)

59 Piper at March 27, 2026 12:26 PM (DXIXb)

Of course.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2026 12:27 PM (ZeH0U)

60 >>> Full moon is rising, the sky is black
I heed your call, I'm coming back
The road is straight cast, wind's in my eyes
The engine roars between my thighs

From desert plains I bring you ... FIRSTS
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 27, 2026 12:09 PM (iFTx/)

=====

Stop. Just stop.

Posted by: I've been first before a time or two, but not once have I said first. at March 27, 2026 12:27 PM (BPDc6)

61 Hi friends- I know there is a lot going on today, but if you have a second, would you give a little prayer up for my youngest who just went under anesthesia for her wisdom teeth? Thank you!

Posted by: Piper at March 27, 2026 12:26 PM (DXIXb)


OOOOH! Record her when she gets out. She might start spewing some REALLY silly stuff.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 12:27 PM (5bGGs)

62 i added Nova Local and TJM's disagreement to the post.

Posted by: ace at March 27, 2026 12:27 PM (1wjle)

63 Good afternoon Ace and everyone
TGIF
1 1,/2 hours to go

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2026 12:27 PM (KyaUN)

64 40 Where's the "calling first is annoying and childish" guy at? Teh Horde could use another mouse to bat around with our Cat Claws of Doom.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 27, 2026 12:24 PM (y9nCu)

Sponge is always first, no matter how much someone else claims it.

Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2026 12:27 PM (FpHTM)

65 51 Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 27, 2026 12:24 PM (Sco7b)

Is the Mayor of Toronto really that stupid?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2026 12:25 PM (ZeH0U

I haven't confirmed it but saw it several times this morning in previous threads.

And it wouldn't surprise me.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 27, 2026 12:28 PM (Sco7b)

66 >>The UN wants TRILLIONS from all 'slave tied' countries for reparations!


I have a better idea, let's just return ALL the slaves and/or their descendants to them.

Let them 'fuel' their economies.

Posted by: garrett at March 27, 2026 12:28 PM (W7FsI)

67 Posted by: I've been first before a time or two, but not once have I said first. at March 27, 2026 12:27 PM (BPDc6)


Good for you.


LGF bans people for doing it. You might be happier there.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 12:28 PM (5bGGs)

68 God bless your daughter, Piper. May she heal quickly.

Posted by: huerfano at March 27, 2026 12:28 PM (98kQX)

69 62 i added Nova Local and TJM's disagreement to the post.

Posted by: ace at March 27, 2026 12:27 PM (1wjle)

=====

Nova's fine.

But TJM?

Dude's an asshole who can't even read.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 12:28 PM (JmKZX)

70 I hope we're getting to the point in the exposure operation where people are shown the GOPe wing of the Democrats is not only complicit in the march of Marxism, it is instrumental to that choreographed march.

Because it's getting old!

Posted by: t-bird at March 27, 2026 12:28 PM (vhFJq)

71
So, there are plausible statements here saying both that this is a rout for Democrats, and a rout for Republicans.That ICE and Border Patrol were previously funded through 2028, and that their funding is being cut to make a shitty fake 'deal.' That Republicans are genuinely pissed and Democrats triumphant, and also that it's all just pretense and theater.

So which is it?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 27, 2026 12:28 PM (mS8PE)

72 They wouldn't care if they weren't retiring. They don't care about their constituents. ALL congresspersons hate their voters. They've been shitting on them for generations.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 12:18 PM (5bGGs)

One of them is Grassley. Y'all rag on him, but he's an old-school workhorse. The other is Ernst, who I am very disappointed in. I am not sure who she considers her constituents, since she doesn't do the annual 99-county tour that Grassley does.

Posted by: pookysgirl, Hawkeye 4 Life at March 27, 2026 12:28 PM (Wt5PA)

73 I'll also add to my comment above that this was all mostly a bukkake circle-jerk distraction while ICE and BP continue to do their good work.

How many shitheel hirudineans got arrested and deported, or blocked from entry, while the Democraps paraded around sucking each other's dicks with this shutdown?

Just like all the impotent mewling over Goode and Pretti, while ICE tore MN apart.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 27, 2026 12:28 PM (iFTx/)

74 >> Well, you're hand waving away the special elections where the GOP overperforms, so why can't I hand wave away the special elections where Democrats overperform?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 12:25 PM (JmKZX)

Dude I hope you are right. I hope you stand and point and laugh at me after the midterms.

It’s a long way away and we have a lot of ground to cover. If we can finish off Iran and get the economy humming than we should be ok. Provided GOP voters actually show up and we get Proof of Life from the RNC, which seems dead, Jim.

Posted by: Marcus T at March 27, 2026 12:29 PM (zfkPG)

75 Anesthesia for wisdom teeth? I just had novacaine and the gas. The gas made it kinda fun.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 27, 2026 12:29 PM (eerEz)

76 Seems to me this is one of those non-rare occasions where both sides come out looking like crap.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 27, 2026 12:29 PM (viF8m)

77 and people's hippo's dissent

Posted by: ace at March 27, 2026 12:29 PM (1wjle)

78 71
So, there are plausible statements here saying both that this is a rout for Democrats, and a rout for Republicans.That ICE and Border Patrol were previously funded through 2028, and that their funding is being cut to make a shitty fake 'deal.' That Republicans are genuinely pissed and Democrats triumphant, and also that it's all just pretense and theater.

So which is it?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 27, 2026 12:28 PM (mS8PE)

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I haven't seen anyone say that ICE and BP funding was being cut.

Only that it wasn't further expanded.

Because that's what the GOP was trying to get. Mostly support stuff.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 12:29 PM (JmKZX)

79 I realize a lot of the DC stuff is theater. I appreciate the explanations of this one.

Sounds like the dems aren't so smart after all. Trump gets credit for breaking the deadlock, and anyone with a functioning brain will realize that after a bit, at which point the democrat crazy base will start asking, hey, what happened?

And Schumer is hoping that with AOCs meltdown in Europe, he doesn't have to fear her attacks from the left.

Posted by: Black JEM at March 27, 2026 12:29 PM (GZYu7)

80 TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 12:24 PM

Thanks for the explanation of what happened.

Posted by: dantesed at March 27, 2026 12:29 PM (Oy/m2)

81 24 But GOOD NEWS everyone!

The UN wants TRILLIONS from all 'slave tied' countries for reparations!

We're SAVED!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Then Brazil is soooo f-cked. Right?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 12:30 PM (Dv3i1)

82 Probably some Historian Morons can clarify this, but I think this whole Republic went to shit when the behind-the-scenes power brokers whittled down the number of political parties to just two, sometime in the late 1800's?.

That right there made it so easy for them to manipulate the direction of American politics.

Fast-forward to today, and all the citizens are taught (through schools or life experience) that there are only democrats and republicans, nothing else....

A binary choice. The easiest for them to control.

I think we're fucked.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 27, 2026 12:30 PM (dmDsy)

83 So, Sortor and Daughtery are wrong?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 12:30 PM (5bGGs)

84
There are a few "get off my lawn" types.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 27, 2026 12:26 PM (cWLG3)


Just so long as I can sit in a lawn chair and swat the neighborhood children with my cane as they walk by.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 27, 2026 12:30 PM (y9nCu)

85 65 51 Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 27, 2026 12:24 PM (Sco7b)

Is the Mayor of Toronto really that stupid?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2026 12:25 PM (ZeH0U

I haven't confirmed it but saw it several times this morning in previous threads.

And it wouldn't surprise me.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 27, 2026 12:28 PM (Sco7b)
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Mayor of New York needs to abolish Chinese police stations.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 27, 2026 12:30 PM (cWLG3)

86 Elric The Blade at March 27, 2026 12:09 PM (iFTx/)

Gomerism, a simple man and his desire to be 'first' with a 'it's all about me' over all the rest, not even a related comment. As Ron White famously said, 'The next time you have a thought, just let it go.' You have become the butt of jokes, deservedly so.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at March 27, 2026 12:30 PM (Q/FnY)

87 74 Dude I hope you are right. I hope you stand and point and laugh at me after the midterms.

It’s a long way away and we have a lot of ground to cover. If we can finish off Iran and get the economy humming than we should be ok. Provided GOP voters actually show up and we get Proof of Life from the RNC, which seems dead, Jim.

Posted by: Marcus T at March 27, 2026 12:29 PM (zfkPG)

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Special elections are not predictive of a general election.

They never have been. And they never will be.

I'm not the only saying that they mean something. That's you.

All you're doing is cherry picking the bad ones and demanding that they be predictive which is...far from statistical analysis.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 12:30 PM (JmKZX)

88 The UN wants TRILLIONS from all 'slave tied' countries for reparations!


How much are they planning to excuse for countries like England, where William Wilberforce and other evangelical Christians were largely responsible for the abolition of the slave trade in England?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2026 12:30 PM (ZeH0U)

89 They made a movie about this that TJM gave it a thumbs down?

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2026 12:30 PM (KyaUN)

90 From desert plains I bring you ... FIRSTS
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 27, 2026 12:09 PM (iFTx/)
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First Point of Entry.

Posted by: Darth Randall at March 27, 2026 12:31 PM (f1kZG)

91 Mayor of New York needs to abolish Chinese police stations.
____

Replace them with sharia enforcement police instead.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 12:31 PM (Dv3i1)

92 Even if the Save Act passed we all know it will just be tied up in emergency injunction and endless litigation. And blue states still just trust refuse to comply while Hawaiian judges give them cover.
Posted by: brak

I'm not sure if it could have ever been in effect for the 2026 midterms, even if passed early last year.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

The best time to plant a tree.....

Posted by: mikeski at March 27, 2026 12:31 PM (zR9UB)

93 @81 I think Portugal abstained.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 27, 2026 12:32 PM (cWLG3)

94 How, specifically does this bill affect ICE and BP? What is there after this bill passes that was not there before, or what is not there after this bill passes that was there before?

All this hair-on-fire/nothing-to-see-here frightens and confuses me.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 27, 2026 12:32 PM (EXyHK)

95
Then Brazil is soooo f-cked. Right?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 12:30 PM (Dv3i1)


I just want to know if the countries that actually sold their population as commodities are going to face the brunt of that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 12:32 PM (5bGGs)

96 Thanks to Elric, James Madison, Nova Local and anyone else I forgot.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2026 12:25 PM (ZeH0U)
_____

:-)

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 27, 2026 12:32 PM (iFTx/)

97 The best time to plant a tree.....
Posted by: mikeski at March 27, 2026 12:31 PM (zR9UB)

Right after you bury a body.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 27, 2026 12:33 PM (eerEz)

98 ICE are just going to outright stop enforcing immigration law, that which they've been doing nonstop throughout the whole shutdown to the point where they were the only DHS employees getting paid in airports when they showed up to help TSA?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 12:19 PM (JmKZX)

I would think step 2 would have been to hire all the TSA agents who qualified to work for ICE and leave them at the airports, paid, and with a secondary duty of nabbing illegals.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 27, 2026 12:33 PM (rbvCR)

99 Look, if there's a loser, it's the American people who will now probably have a more radicalized DHS. Why?

This was the 2nd shutdown with missed paycheck for DHS in 6 months. Who can afford to miss paychecks multiple times a year? No one on a government salary, especially no one with a family and a single wage earner on a government salary. So, who left in these shutdowns? The conservative employees, the employees with families with kids,, the employees who COULD leave and were competent.

Who stayed? The zealots, the f&ckups, and the single folks...aka, the blue dream for government employees...

So, you now can expect a less competent, more liberally zealot, and more liberal voting crew...

Posted by: Nova Local at March 27, 2026 12:33 PM (tOcjL)

100 I saw the 4K remastered version of Ilsa, She-Wolf of the SS. Legendary in its time (although surely most of that was hype for marketing), it's fairly tame by modern standards. It's basically soft-core sex porn and soft-core torture porn.

What was most surprising is how well it was made. The budget is obviously low, but the director and crew knew how to shoot a movie. Good framing, some nice camerawork, and decent lighting for a movie with a budget about what it costs to feed the crew for a day on a modern Hollywood movie.

It's pure sleaze and schlock, but even then they had to try to dress up exploitative crap as a victory for feminism. Isla is supposedly some kind of feminist icon. Ummm ... ok.

She's a sadistic lunatic who tortures women, forced them to be raped by SS soldiers, and murders them. She violates women in the most vile manner possible, literally shoving flaming, spiked, electrified dildos up their vaginas until they die. The most abusive, misogynistic male rapist would be like "that bitch is cray-cray."

But yea, she's a victory for women. Feminists are fucked in the head.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 27, 2026 12:33 PM (iFTx/)

101 Schumer seems pretty damn happy about it. And it doesn't look like a fake emotion.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 27, 2026 12:33 PM (n5tGW)

102 I am inclined to always believe the worst of the Thunites, but in this case I haven't read the details, so I'll withhold judgement.

In the meantime, where's my fricken SAVE America Act?!

Also, PDJT is hopefully planning to land Arab troops on Kharg Island, not American. Can you imagine the consternation in Tehran if a combined force of muslim troops takes away their precious oil export platform?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 27, 2026 12:33 PM (2HgxZ)

103 The best time to plant a tree.....

Also, make them say it. Sure, the SAVE act will be tied up… when Democrats sue to tie it up. BUT MAKE THEM SUE.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 27, 2026 12:33 PM (EXyHK)

104 i added elric the blade's comment.

Maybe I had this wrong.

Posted by: ace at March 27, 2026 12:33 PM (1wjle)

105 Reposted from the Morning Outrage thread with slight edits:

121 HOLY S$$$!

I sent Friday feedback into Fox Business's Varney and Company under my nic 'ARiK' - and they showed it this morning - as ARIK!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 27, 2026 11:53 AM (QGaXH)

I gotta share these little triumphs as they occur....LOL!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 27, 2026 12:34 PM (QGaXH)

106
Right after you bury a body.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 27, 2026 12:33 PM (eerEz)


But don't make it a fruit tree.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 12:34 PM (5bGGs)

107 94
All this hair-on-fire/nothing-to-see-here frightens and confuses me.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 27, 2026 12:32 PM (EXyHK)
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 27, 2026 12:34 PM (cWLG3)

108 yum yum shit
yummy shit pebbles
in my mouth

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith... the anal behind anal sex at March 27, 2026 12:34 PM (lES6Q)

109 Schumer seems pretty damn happy about it. And it doesn't look like a fake emotion.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 27, 2026 12:33 PM (n5tGW)
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He's a professional actor. Recall that he's also the same guy who looked giddy plopping cheese on an uncooked hamburger, claiming he was about to eat it.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 27, 2026 12:35 PM (2HgxZ)

110
OOOOH! Record her when she gets out. She might start spewing some REALLY silly stuff.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 12:27 PM (

Ha! Swooping in like the long lost uncle to embarrass her!

Posted by: Piper at March 27, 2026 12:35 PM (DXIXb)

111 The UN wants TRILLIONS from all 'slave tied' countries for reparations!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

They can start by getting money from all those African countries who sold other tribes to the Euros and Arabs, and from the Arab countries who brokered all the deals and can only deny that they were involved because there aren't any blacks in their countries because they castrated all their African slaves.

Or they can sit and spin.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 27, 2026 12:35 PM (a+4eV)

112 Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer?

Being 29, I predate Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer. Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer also frightens and confuses me.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 27, 2026 12:35 PM (EXyHK)

113 If the bill doesn't include a bar on face masks, ID requirements, and a ban on ICE going into "sensitive" locations, then it's not a GOP cave, it's a Democrat cave.
Those things were what Democrats wanted. They said so many times.
They didn't get those things.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

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What they wanted, was "due process". The face masks and above was just a diversion to concede at the end.

The big get for them was having every deportation go in front of a judge. They tried this under biden, where the court would also be in DC where they had control.

Removing the judicial order to remove people was the big win for us.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 27, 2026 12:35 PM (zGM4Q)

114 It may be a huge dem loss, but it will not be sold that way in the media that dem voters and people who barely pay attention to politics watch and listen to. It will be a big win for truth, justice and the American way.

Posted by: huerfano at March 27, 2026 12:23 PM (98kQX)
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The dem voters are going to realize soon that this was a loss - and they are going to start shrieking loudly. It won't be tough to miss. The hammer was Trump essentially saying that I'm just going to pay them. Called the democrats bluff.

Posted by: Black JEM at March 27, 2026 12:35 PM (GZYu7)

115 104 i added elric the blade's comment.

Maybe I had this wrong.
Posted by: ace at March 27, 2026 12:33 PM (1wjle)


So hair fire put out again

Posted by: It's me donna at March 27, 2026 12:35 PM (FtULh)

116 104 i added elric the blade's comment.

Maybe I had this wrong.

Posted by: ace at March 27, 2026 12:33 PM (1wjle)

=======

We have a couple of decades of the GOP in DC actively stabbing us in the back.

It's just straight PTSD at this point.

But Thune should have earned a lot of respect for his machinations on getting the OBBB past the parliamentarian, and he's done nothing to undo it since.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 12:35 PM (JmKZX)

117 When was working nights in Delaware I wanted to slap a lical for keep electing Biden.
Now I want to slap a New Yorker for giving us Shummy

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2026 12:36 PM (KyaUN)

118 As someone pointed out on X:
I don't need to hear what Trump says or what the Dems say. Or what anyone says.
All I need to see is Trump's body language and behavior.
And he is in a very good mood.

But for real, while all these folks on the right are pissing their pants and bemoaning the end of America because we're going to lose the midterms, we're not going to pass the SAVE Act, Iran is going to win, the economy is suffering?
Trump is behaving just like the summer of 2024--when he knew he already won.
Happy, joking, campaigning.
While the whole media and the online right were sure Kamala had the inside advantage and was going to win.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 27, 2026 12:36 PM (HXT0k)

119
Anesthesia for wisdom teeth? I just had novacaine and the gas. The gas made it kinda fun.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 27, 2026 12:29 PM (eerEz)



Oral surgeon konked me out when I had all four wisdom teeth yanked out at 16. One moment I was laying on the gurney counting backwards from 10, the next moment I remember the red brick wall in the alley behind the building as I was being loaded into my Mom's car.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 27, 2026 12:36 PM (y9nCu)

120 @82 SSBN 656-I don't think its the two parties as much as its a cultural problem. The long march through our institutions has been successful. I think its as simple as that.

Posted by: JROD at March 27, 2026 12:36 PM (IlL6s)

121 Due process in this case is "put them on a plane and tell them to never come back"

Posted by: Kindltot at March 27, 2026 12:36 PM (rbvCR)

122 Crazy that I see that comment from Sen. Duckworth that DHS could have paid the TSA using existing funds literally last night before bed and a couple hours later the GOP capitulates to the same bill dems have proposed 11 times. Really shows you how much the entire thing was political theatre on the republican side. It’s disgusting what they’re willing to do to their fellow Americans.

So, they're passing what Democrats proposed before the 40 day shutdown. Kind of like how the goal of the war in Iran is now opening the Strait of Hormuz when it was open prior to the war.

FINALLY! I bet the House won’t pass it, or trump won’t sign it, though. Doesn't matter. Deal is on the table. Any pain after this is strictly on the GOP.

They passed it because they are taking 2 weeks off for vacation and want to be able to fly. Can we please overthrow this entire government already? They literally are worthless 

I wonder what else is buried in this bill. Republicans must have voted for it for some reason. I not really seeing them being altruistic at this point in time

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 27, 2026 12:36 PM (jo/K7)

123 Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at March 27, 2026 12:34 PM (lES6Q)


You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at March 27, 2026 12:37 PM (5bGGs)

124 >>Schumer seems pretty damn happy about it. And it doesn't look like a fake emotion.

That doesn't surprise me. What was his alternative, admit defeat? He's already hanging by a thread with the far left base.

As many of us have been saying for a long time ICE is fully funded until 2029 in the BBB. It's done. Unless there is some hidden stuff in this bill that somehow undoes ICE funding all Democrats "won" is funding the rest of DHS.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 27, 2026 12:37 PM (viF8m)

125 54 Posted by: Piper at March 27, 2026 12:26 PM

Prayers up

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 27, 2026 12:37 PM (Oq/TM)

126 >>How much are they planning to excuse for countries like England, where William Wilberforce and other evangelical Christians were largely responsible for the abolition of the slave trade in England?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2026 12:30 PM

And not just in England. The British Navy targeted slave traders ports and ships going everywhere.

Posted by: huerfano at March 27, 2026 12:37 PM (98kQX)

127 "always look on the briiiiight side of life *whistles*

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 27, 2026 12:37 PM (cWLG3)

128 And Schumer is hoping that with AOCs meltdown in Europe, he doesn't have to fear her attacks from the left.
Posted by: Black JEM

Her meltdown was related to a "world" profile. It did nothing to her "national " i.e. state profile.

She'll still troubce him. See Moudami / Houchul sucking up to himl ection and where that state is going.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at March 27, 2026 12:37 PM (oAa51)

129 113 What they wanted, was "due process". The face masks and above was just a diversion to concede at the end.

The big get for them was having every deportation go in front of a judge. They tried this under biden, where the court would also be in DC where they had control.

Removing the judicial order to remove people was the big win for us.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 27, 2026 12:35 PM (zGM4Q)

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Yeah, that was the big thing.

Turning civil matters (deportation) into criminal matters (judicial warrants) while also maintaining that deportation over civil crimes is just so wrong.

Deportation is the farkin' civil remedy. It deprives the individual not at all of liberty or property. Sending someone back to their home country is not a damage.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 12:38 PM (JmKZX)

130 SFO privatized TSA and stayed open all the way through this circus. I fervently hope all airports will draw the right lesson from that contrast, and do as the putative socialists in San Francisco have done.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 27, 2026 12:38 PM (2HgxZ)

131 If FISA gets reauthorized, highly likely unless it is successfully tied to SAVE act, what's to stop Bondi from getting FISA warrant from friendly judge to add Boasberg and other traitor judges to warrantless wiretapping lists?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 12:38 PM (Dv3i1)

132 Why do we have to repeat what the left media says?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 27, 2026 12:23 PM (HXT0k)

You are calling Ace a shill for the left-wing corporate media?

He's a shill for Big Shelf, not the media!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 27, 2026 12:38 PM (n9ltV)

133
Ha! Swooping in like the long lost uncle to embarrass her!
Posted by: Piper at March 27, 2026 12:35 PM (DXIXb)


It is my role in life.

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at March 27, 2026 12:38 PM (5bGGs)

134 The best time to plant a tree.....
Posted by: mikeski at March 27, 2026 12:31 PM (zR9UB)

Right after you bury a body.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe

When you need to pee

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at March 27, 2026 12:38 PM (oAa51)

135 SHIT.

Off day.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 12:38 PM (5bGGs)

136 just give me the cliff notes, please ( I have all the alphabet syndromes, I think)

are we happy

Posted by: Don Black at March 27, 2026 12:38 PM (ZxPkt)

137 Anesthesia for wisdom teeth? I just had novacaine and the gas. The gas made it kinda fun.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe

Prayers for Piper's little one.

I was all the way out for mine, because they had to cut holes in my gums to go find them, and jackhammer them into pieces small enough to remove. No way they were going to come in on their own without messing up my jaw; there just wasn't enough space.

Posted by: mikeski at March 27, 2026 12:38 PM (zR9UB)

138 If we're not even sure whether we "won" or not, how can we view the House of Representatives (HORs) as anything but scum?

How many thousands of actual Americans suffered for these HORs?

Posted by: Mr. Proton at March 27, 2026 12:38 PM (Wfh+h)

139 121 Due process in this case is "put them on a plane and tell them to never come back"

Posted by: Kindltot at March 27, 2026 12:36 PM (rbvCR)

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For the civil crime of being here illegally?

Yes!

Democrats keep telling me that being here illegally is just a civil crime, so why do they demand criminal judicial processes to address it?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 12:39 PM (JmKZX)

140 All you need to understand about the news is the only thing the Left cares about is winning today's news cycle. And keeping Trump from writing a narrative. That is it.

When Trump is gone they will go back to sketching pure narrative and sowing only discord because I don't think his successor will be nearly as good at batting all of it back. Vance has shown flashes but Trump is definitely one of a kind. He's a one man fucking wrecking crew. But from where we sit it doesn't always look like that.

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 12:39 PM (45LId)

141 @122 Dems seem to think they won, but they also claim Iran is winning.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 27, 2026 12:39 PM (cWLG3)

142 BREAKING — HOUSE GOP FIGHTS BACK: Speaker Johnson has reportedly proposed a 60 DAY, CLEAN funding bill that includes ICE and CBP

While the Senate GOP's Democrat compromise left out ICE and CBP

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer said PRESIDENT TRUMP backs the plan, per NOTUS

HERE WE GO!

Time to HOLD THE LINE

https://tinyurl.com/56bwude8

Posted by: redridinghood at March 27, 2026 12:39 PM (NpAcC)

143 132 You are calling Ace a shill for the left-wing corporate media?

He's a shill for Big Shelf, not the media!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 27, 2026 12:38 PM (n9ltV)

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He's just afraid of Big Shelf.

They have a history.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 12:39 PM (JmKZX)

144 Lol

MS Now
NYT: Trump wants to renovate White House Treaty Room. One of the most historic rooms in the White House.


President Trump's signature on money WAS SO 20 hours ago.
Trump 2.0 just floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee...

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 27, 2026 12:40 PM (Sco7b)

145 120 @82 SSBN 656-I don't think its the two parties as much as its a cultural problem. The long march through our institutions has been successful. I think its as simple as that.
Posted by: JROD at March 27, 2026 12:36 PM (IlL6s)

I can't disagree with your analysis. That "long march" definitely had devastating affects... I was just saying, the two-party system they devised gave them a much more controllable electorate.

Just two pieces of their nefarious plan...

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 27, 2026 12:40 PM (dmDsy)

146 136 just give me the cliff notes, please ( I have all the alphabet syndromes, I think)

are we happy
Posted by: Don Black at March 27, 2026 12:38 PM (ZxPkt


Yeah... Let me know.. I'm tired of lighting my hair on fire and putting it out..

Posted by: It's me donna at March 27, 2026 12:40 PM (FtULh)

147 No Jackstraw, what I am saying is he is actually happy about it, not what else he is going to politically say anyway.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 27, 2026 12:40 PM (n5tGW)

148 Piper, I had three impacted wisdoms pulled at the same time, and it went well. That was even though I was 30 at the time and I was still smoking.
Be very aware of the pain killers afterwards, though. They didn't think they were addictive much when they were handing them out to me.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 27, 2026 12:40 PM (rbvCR)

149 140 All you need to understand about the news is the only thing the Left cares about is winning today's news cycle. And keeping Trump from writing a narrative. That is it.

When Trump is gone they will go back to sketching pure narrative and sowing only discord because I don't think his successor will be nearly as good at batting all of it back. Vance has shown flashes but Trump is definitely one of a kind. He's a one man fucking wrecking crew. But from where we sit it doesn't always look like that.

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 12:39 PM (45LId)

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It's true.

They are willing to toss policy wins in order to win the narrative for the day.

Remember, they held up that Goode woman's death as a narrative victory for about 5 minutes. All while Trump kept deporting people.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 12:40 PM (JmKZX)

150 I'm happy... but still want more winning

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 12:42 PM (xT8gx)

151 If FISA gets reauthorized, highly likely unless it is successfully tied to SAVE act, what's to stop Bondi from getting FISA warrant from friendly judge to add Boasberg and other traitor judges to warrantless wiretapping lists?
Posted by: Chuck Martel

Because thats not who we are.

GOPe

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at March 27, 2026 12:42 PM (oAa51)

152 Thrre are a lot of head trophies to mount on the walls, he might have a point.

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2026 12:42 PM (KyaUN)

153 TJM and Elric and NOVA can confirm this:

1. ICE and BP were funded through 28, and continue to be funded.
2. GOP wanted some additional funding for stuff related to border and immigration enforcement - Thune said fine, we will strip that and run it through reconciliation
3. Dems wanted officers de-masked (exposed to threats) and judicial review of deportations
4. Trumps move to pay all TSA regardless forced the dems to give up on the things they wanted for additional ICE and BP funding that was going to come later
5. The dems think ICE is going to stop working now - boy are they going to be pissed
6. Johnson is pissed he has to herd cats in the House again - because everything there is tight

Posted by: Black JEM at March 27, 2026 12:42 PM (GZYu7)

154 So...

Hair en fuego or not?

We're waiting with gasolined locks.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 27, 2026 12:42 PM (bss/y)

155 144
President Trump's signature on money WAS SO 20 hours ago.
Trump 2.0 just floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee...
Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 27, 2026 12:40 PM (Sco7b)
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Yeah, about that. Does that mean some people will be turning down any handouts of your "Trump money"?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 27, 2026 12:43 PM (cWLG3)

156 >Schumer seems pretty damn happy about it. And it doesn't look like a fake emotion.
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Any emotion from Chuckie is as fake as a raw burger with cheese on it. The guy is literally a well practiced font of deceit.

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 12:43 PM (45LId)

157
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 27, 2026 12:33 PM (iFTx/)



On the other hand, in all of the Ilsa films, Dyanne Thorne takes a shower, which elevates them into the pantheon of great films.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 27, 2026 12:43 PM (y9nCu)

158
Hair en fuego or not?

We're waiting with gasolined locks.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 27, 2026 12:42 PM (bss/y)


I read this as 'gasolined socks' for some reason..........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 12:44 PM (5bGGs)

159 I see at Legalinsurrection.com Iran isn't letting sports teams out to visit any country out of their backing.

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2026 12:44 PM (KyaUN)

160 I don't have enough hair to ignite. I'm more of a Mr. Joshua lighter on the forearm guy.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at March 27, 2026 12:44 PM (PSEDc)

161 119 Oral surgeon konked me out when I had all four wisdom teeth yanked out at 16. One moment I was laying on the gurney counting backwards from 10, the next moment I remember the red brick wall in the alley behind the building as I was being loaded into my Mom's car.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 27, 2026 12:36 PM (y9nCu)

Same here. Woke up in my father's car, in the parking lot. Which is impressive considering the oral surgeon's office was literally 3 minutes down the road from where I lived.

Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2026 12:44 PM (FpHTM)

162 153 TJM and Elric and NOVA can confirm this:

1. ICE and BP were funded through 28, and continue to be funded.
2. GOP wanted some additional funding for stuff related to border and immigration enforcement - Thune said fine, we will strip that and run it through reconciliation
3. Dems wanted officers de-masked (exposed to threats) and judicial review of deportations
4. Trumps move to pay all TSA regardless forced the dems to give up on the things they wanted for additional ICE and BP funding that was going to come later
5. The dems think ICE is going to stop working now - boy are they going to be pissed
6. Johnson is pissed he has to herd cats in the House again - because everything there is tight
Posted by: Black JEM at March 27, 2026 12:42 PM (GZYu7)

In good news for Johnson, with the Senate just saying yes unanimously, it gives cover to the House to just do the same and get out of town...so, this herding, if he plays it right (with his "being upset") can be much simpler than normal, even with his current margins...

Posted by: Nova Local at March 27, 2026 12:45 PM (tOcjL)

163 I read this as 'gasolined socks' for some reason..........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 12:44 PM (5bGGs)

Well, I mean you could do that too. Maybe have a sock wrapped around your head.

Or light the sock first, then apply to hair.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 27, 2026 12:45 PM (bss/y)

164 It's good. It's bad. It's ugly.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 27, 2026 12:45 PM (Cqx++)

165 So, you now can expect a less competent, more liberally zealot, and more liberal voting crew...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 27, 2026 12:33 PM (tOcjL)
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Competent at what, imaging faces or drivers licenses? TSA takes pictures, and runs metal detectors. "Less competent" is meaningless, and most I run across in big airports are muslim anyway, so "zealot" is also a curious choice of word. Privatize these jobs.

The union head is frequently interviewed and (at least to my ears) he seems a very practical guy, and in this case his most aggressive comments have been directed at Democrats so I guess I am not worried the union will suddenly become a more aggressively Democrat engine.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 27, 2026 12:45 PM (qfJCX)

166 Yeah... Let me know.. I'm tired of lighting my hair on fire and putting it out.."

I know, huh? Imagonna need a new ignitable pitchfork. And we still haven't stormed the castle!

*looks up local Ace hardware*

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 12:45 PM (XuXeR)

167 i posted a Hobbit update in the sidebar, for those taking the Hobbit Challenge.

Posted by: ace at March 27, 2026 12:45 PM (1wjle)

168 @148 Also avoid accidentally sucking the pulp out of one of the empty sockets with your tongue.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 27, 2026 12:46 PM (cWLG3)

169 In good news for Johnson, with the Senate just saying yes unanimously, it gives cover to the House to just do the same and get out of town...so, this herding, if he plays it right (with his "being upset") can be much simpler than normal, even with his current margins...
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Not so fast there, buck-o!
-Thomas Massie

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 12:46 PM (Dv3i1)

170 I thought ICE was fully funded til 2029?

Can these weasels undo this?

Just getting here and haven't read comments.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 27, 2026 12:46 PM (WONhk)

171 I have not really been following this, and the democrat demands have been very vague publicly.

But what they wanted was "due process." Habeas basically. They wanted anyone captured by ICE to have government funded attorney, right to go in front of a court to determine if the state has right to hold them and deport them.

For those with deportation orders, this is second bite at apple since they were already in front of a judge.

But there are others who ICE is allowed to deport without that, and Dems wanted this "due process" for all. They are not citizens, so do not have *full* constitutional rights, but they have some and that is the big argument.

In past, the Dems have tried to do this for all immigration cases and they even wanted a special immigration court in DC (so under Dem control, dem districts, dem juries, ...)

They want this because it will (a) stop the deportations, and (b) make the legal industrial complex very rich.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 27, 2026 12:46 PM (zGM4Q)

172 They didn't let me have a general during my extraction so I was there when the dentist was hammering a chisel in my mouth.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 27, 2026 12:46 PM (RIvkX)

173 So we won? Why are Republicans not allowing recess appointments? And no vote on the Save Act? We can't have a simple vote to see who's who? No, we can't have these things because it might embarrass the RINO's. At least Cornyn is toast, no way he survives this.

Posted by: Dr Spank at March 27, 2026 12:47 PM (Y6JKj)

174 All renovations that Trump is doing were planned many years ago, some over a 100, but various administrations never had the wherewithal to do it. The ballroom, the arc, the rose garden that Melania updated I believe was based on Jackie Kennedy's designs. These bitchy complaints are Karenish.

Posted by: runner at March 27, 2026 12:47 PM (GD0B3)

175 The demasking thing is just: we want the cartels to be able to target the officers and their families so they can be terrorized or killed.

Dems/commies: We want them to be afraid to do their jobs AND we want some of them dead to get that terror.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 27, 2026 12:47 PM (bss/y)

176 >>No Jackstraw, what I am saying is he is actually happy about it, not what else he is going to politically say anyway.

I get what you're saying but I don't necessarily agree that he's truly happy. I think he would put on a smile and claim victory if someone shot him in the nuts. He's a professional liar.

Did ICE get defunded? No. Is ICE being forced to remove their masks? No. Did Democrats get any of things they were demanding to pass a DHS funding bill? No.

I don't like the deal because it sets precedent that the Senate can now fund only parts of agencies they like instead of funding everything. I'm sure that will come back to bite us at some point.

But Democrats didn't score a big win no matter what they say publicly unless there are things in this bill that haven't come to light yet.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 27, 2026 12:47 PM (viF8m)

177 This seems appropriate for some reason.......



https://youtu.be/qo28NjqPqbA

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 12:48 PM (5bGGs)

178 This issue is made, by design, to be confusing unless one takes the time and energy to dig into the facts. Something the media won't do. Instead, they (all of them) gaslight the public with pure unadulterated bullshit to push a narrative.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 27, 2026 12:48 PM (AkEZC)

179 KFC Canada is switching to halal prepared chicken, and ditching all pork products

guess why

https://tinyurl.com/2p9rd72z

Posted by: Don Black at March 27, 2026 12:48 PM (ZxPkt)

180 167 i posted a Hobbit update in the sidebar, for those taking the Hobbit Challenge.
Posted by: ace at March 27, 2026 12:45 PM (1wjle)

Got the 4 books yesterday will start reading today... I'm a very fast reader and the books aren't long

Posted by: It's me donna at March 27, 2026 12:48 PM (FtULh)

181 Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 27, 2026 12:33 PM (iFTx/)



On the other hand, in all of the Ilsa films, Dyanne Thorne takes a shower, which elevates them into the pantheon of great films.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 27, 2026 12:43 PM (y9nCu)
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Yea, there's a shower scene in the first 5 minutes of She-Wolf. It's comically cheesy and exploitative, and the very sharp 4K restoration shows something that probably nobody saw before: the outline of the breast implant balloons and the incision lines where she was cut open to insert them.

In the commentary, a much older Thorne is commenting on that scene, and on the exploitative nudity and sex in general. She's clearly embarrassed by it. But rather than say "hey, it was the 70s, I was young and getting paid to get naked," she babbles some incoherency about it all being about female empowerment.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 27, 2026 12:48 PM (iFTx/)

182 ICE was funded to $75 billion.

Until 2028

And they have only spent $10 billion of it so far.

So I think this was Thune saying "I'll let you claim victory while you get nothing."

Which is something we can argue about but its not as bad as actually defunding ICE would be.

Posted by: Harun at March 27, 2026 12:48 PM (IuIym)

183 Why do we have to repeat what the left media says?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 27, 2026 12:23 PM (HXT0k)

You are calling Ace a shill for the left-wing corporate media?

He's a shill for Big Shelf, not the media!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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LOL
But for real, I'd like to "revise and extend" my remarks.
I don't mean this as a criticism per se, it's just that ... we really have no other source.
Like, even very good conservatives are still forced to source to ... the left media.

OTOH: Ace of Spades is solid gold. Only 'cause it's the one of the last few spaces with open and honest dissent. For reals. Not puffery.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 27, 2026 12:49 PM (HXT0k)

184 I propose the same due process for deportation that they received when the walked across the border or overstayed their visa.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 12:49 PM (Dv3i1)

185 In good news for Johnson, with the Senate just saying yes unanimously, it gives cover to the House to just do the same and get out of town...so, this herding, if he plays it right (with his "being upset") can be much simpler than normal, even with his current margins...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 27, 2026 12:45 PM (tOcjL)
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Voice vote = "this stinks so bad I don't want a record of how I voted."

Posted by: WisRich at March 27, 2026 12:49 PM (G0vdT)

186 Yeah... Let me know.. I'm tired of lighting my hair on fire and putting it out..

Posted by: It's me donna at March 27, 2026 12:40 PM (FtULh)

Simple solution. Stop putting it out.

I'm kidding. Sort of. Honestly - wake up with the baseline of understanding how miserable the Left are right now, and that Trump is out front for some ungodly reason, ever the happy warrior, still fighting at 80. There is no sweeter satisfaction than knowing the Left are crying. And Trump loves to make them cry.

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 12:49 PM (45LId)

187 Flogging will commence. Be nice to Ace!

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at March 27, 2026 12:49 PM (F0XtB)

188 Can these weasels undo this?"

Hey, that's my gig!

/Judge Khammanawannalaya

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 12:49 PM (XuXeR)

189 I know it’s not in keeping with the blog, but I’m going withhold comments on this until after the smoke clears.
I know, I know.

Posted by: RI Red at March 27, 2026 12:49 PM (l8UMQ)

190 But for real, I'd like to "revise and extend" my remarks.
____

I RECLAIM MY TIME!!!!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 12:49 PM (Dv3i1)

191 173 So we won? Why are Republicans not allowing recess appointments? And no vote on the Save Act? We can't have a simple vote to see who's who? No, we can't have these things because it might embarrass the RINO's. At least Cornyn is toast, no way he survives this.

Posted by: Dr Spank at March 27, 2026 12:47 PM (Y6JKj)

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Recesses (real ones) require a majority vote from the floor. The Senate is not going to give up its power over appointments, especially this GOP.

Thune is going through the motions on the SAVE act like he did on the OBBB. It's probably all an effort to appease a handful of on the cusp GOP senators (like Collins) to make sure their vote is done.

Also, he has to go through the whole debate thing (which they're doing) in order to bypass cloture.

The SAVE act, from the outside, looks like it's being maneuvered towards passage.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 12:50 PM (JmKZX)

192 I was all the way out for mine, because they had to cut holes in my gums to go find them, and jackhammer them into pieces small enough to remove. No way they were going to come in on their own without messing up my jaw; there just wasn't enough space.
Posted by: mikeski at March 27, 2026 12:38 PM (zR9UB)


What a disturbing memory you just reminded me of!

I was getting all 4 wisdom teeth removed (all under the gum) because Navy submarine service required that you don't have them before reporting to your boat.

I had a Navy dentist, who happened to be in training. He pumped me full of Novocain, and the top two popped right out... but the bottom two required cutting deep into the gums, and the last needed, like you said, jack-hammering to break it up, and pull out the pieces...

Problem was, the Novocain was wearing off. I tried to tell him, but I had like an oil filter removal tool in my mouth... I started yelling, and I remember him saying " OK, just relax Petty Officer ******, we're almost there! He had his hand on my chest trying to get leverage to pull the fragments from my jaw...

It was quite a memorable experience.

Sorry for the TL/DR post...

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 27, 2026 12:50 PM (dmDsy)

193 and I think the Dems could always claim victory and get the media to write that.

Posted by: Harun at March 27, 2026 12:50 PM (IuIym)

194 165 So, you now can expect a less competent, more liberally zealot, and more liberal voting crew...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 27, 2026 12:33 PM (tOcjL)
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Competent at what, imaging faces or drivers licenses? TSA takes pictures, and runs metal detectors. "Less competent" is meaningless, and most I run across in big airports are muslim anyway, so "zealot" is also a curious choice of word. Privatize these jobs.

The union head is frequently interviewed and (at least to my ears) he seems a very practical guy, and in this case his most aggressive comments have been directed at Democrats so I guess I am not worried the union will suddenly become a more aggressively Democrat engine.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 27, 2026 12:45 PM (qfJCX)

All of DHS...as I've mentioned 100 times, TSA was not the only unfunded part of DHS, just the one which had the most interaction with the public. They are likely the least skilled group of DHS, and they were not the only ones quitting...

Posted by: Nova Local at March 27, 2026 12:50 PM (tOcjL)

195 President Trump could veto but the GOP faggots will vote to override3.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 27, 2026 12:51 PM (2ap+5)

196 Ace I don't know if you're around but just wanted to mention again you were in top form (top shelf?) with that cenobite post. In my opinion Hall of Fame in execution and laughs. Thanks.

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 12:51 PM (45LId)

197 >>>Got the 4 books yesterday will start reading today... I'm a very fast reader and the books aren't long

oh boy, you are mistaken! the Hobbit is not long, the others are huge! 500 pages each, and they're written in a much more serious, deep style than the Hobbit, which is written in this breezy, chatty style like it's a grandfather just telling you a story he's making up as he goes. (Though Tolkien slips in some beautiful prose into it from time to time.)

Posted by: ace at March 27, 2026 12:51 PM (1wjle)

198 >>>196 Ace I don't know if you're around but just wanted to mention again you were in top form (top shelf?) with that cenobite post. In my opinion Hall of Fame in execution and laughs. Thanks.

thank you! I might have to take the Cenobite Challenge.

Posted by: ace at March 27, 2026 12:51 PM (1wjle)

199 197 oh boy, you are mistaken! the Hobbit is not long, the others are huge! 500 pages each, and they're written in a much more serious, deep style than the Hobbit, which is written in this breezy, chatty style like it's a grandfather just telling you a story he's making up as he goes. (Though Tolkien slips in some beautiful prose into it from time to time.)

Posted by: ace at March 27, 2026 12:51 PM (1wjle)

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I expect daily updates on The Silmarillion to start soon.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 12:51 PM (JmKZX)

200 Can’t we just do like a citizens deportation like a citizens arrest?

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 27, 2026 12:52 PM (eerEz)

201 198 thank you! I might have to take the Cenobite Challenge.

Posted by: ace at March 27, 2026 12:51 PM (1wjle)

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I don't comment in the evening, but I did read it.

I larfed. A good bit.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 12:52 PM (JmKZX)

202 >>>I expect daily updates on The Silmarillion to start soon.

I tried, I failed.

Posted by: ace at March 27, 2026 12:52 PM (1wjle)

203 It's good. It's bad. It's ugly.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 27, 2026 12:45 PM (Cqx++)

Clint Eastwood. Lee Van Cleef. Eli Wallach.

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 12:52 PM (xT8gx)

204 If FISA gets reauthorized, highly likely unless it is successfully tied to SAVE act, what's to stop Bondi from getting FISA warrant from friendly judge to add Boasberg and other traitor judges to warrantless wiretapping lists?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 12:38 PM (Dv3i1)

The fact that she doesn't want to?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at March 27, 2026 12:52 PM (G1ktt)

205 >>500 pages each

That's a short Fantasy Book, though.

Posted by: garrett at March 27, 2026 12:52 PM (W7FsI)

206 202 >>>I expect daily updates on The Silmarillion to start soon.

I tried, I failed.

Posted by: ace at March 27, 2026 12:52 PM (1wjle)

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Eru Iluvatar is disappointed in you.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 12:52 PM (JmKZX)

207 Maybe I'm so cynical because I am just slight over 29 and have seen this movie so many times before. If Thune/McConnell make any type of deal with the dems we are gonna take it up the squeakhole.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 27, 2026 12:52 PM (n5tGW)

208 Maybe a better way to put it is this --

The Dems want to extend full constitutional protections to any scumbag hat happens to sneak into the country and run havoc on our land.

They want invaders and pillagers treated as citizens.

That is their long term goal and everything else - funding, masks, sensitive areas, ROE,.... it is all bullshit and means nothing.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 27, 2026 12:53 PM (zGM4Q)

209 >>>That's a short Fantasy Book, though.

i guess yeah but... prose is slower to read and dialogue is quicker, and LOTR books are mostly prose description.

Posted by: ace at March 27, 2026 12:53 PM (1wjle)

210 President Trump could veto but the GOP faggots will vote to override3.
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 27, 2026 12:51 PM (2ap+5)


He DID say he wasn't signing SHIT till the SAVE Act crossed his desk.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 12:53 PM (5bGGs)

211 69 But TJM?

Dude's an asshole who can't even read.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 12:28 PM (JmKZX)

I was a little shocked at that statement at first then I saw it was just some self-deprecating humor.

Seeing who celebrates being first and the self-humor and 'get off my lawn' stuff and harassing Ace about his shelving struggles are all part of what makes this place special in my book.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 27, 2026 12:53 PM (QGaXH)

212 Posted by: ace at March 27, 2026 12:51 PM (1wjle)


I read them years ago and I remember that.. I just finished reading Little Dorrit by Dickens and it was over 800 pages and small type...

Posted by: It's me donna at March 27, 2026 12:53 PM (FtULh)

213 Speaking of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly...

Pam Bondi is a blondi! Heh

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 12:54 PM (xT8gx)

214 Ace of Spades is solid gold. Only 'cause it's the one of the last few spaces with open and honest dissent.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

No it's not.

Posted by: somebody had to say it at March 27, 2026 12:54 PM (zR9UB)

215 It's good. It's bad. It's ugly."

You dig?

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 12:54 PM (XuXeR)

216 >>>No it's not.
Posted by: somebody had to say it

I know, we really need to have more guest posts by avowed anti-American nazis.

Posted by: ace at March 27, 2026 12:54 PM (1wjle)

217 >>i guess yeah but... prose is slower to read and dialogue is quicker, and LOTR books are mostly prose description.


Hold my Beer.

Posted by: garrettZombie Robert Jordan at March 27, 2026 12:55 PM (W7FsI)

218 216 >>>No it's not.
Posted by: somebody had to say it

I know, we really need to have more guest posts by avowed anti-American nazis.

Posted by: ace at March 27, 2026 12:54 PM (1wjle)

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We all know that ace is just a paid front for ZOG!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 12:55 PM (JmKZX)

219 I read them years ago and I remember that.. I just finished reading Little Dorrit by Dickens and it was over 800 pages and small type...
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Sounds like Dickens.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 27, 2026 12:55 PM (n17eQ)

220 A month ago...this short video...ICE fully funded through 2029. February, I think.


https://tinyurl.com/4fh5xe9n

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 27, 2026 12:55 PM (WONhk)

221 51 Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 27, 2026 12:24 PM (Sco7b)

Is the Mayor of Toronto really that stupid?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2026 12:25 PM (ZeH0U

I don't mind KFC. But in my little Canadian town, ours could use some passing by muslims to torch it so they could rebuild.


I think I'm going to take the reading challenge. It'd do me good.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 27, 2026 12:55 PM (Sco7b)

222 Sorry, bad cut paste..

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 27, 2026 12:56 PM (Sco7b)

223 Sounds like Dickens."

It was the best of times...

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 12:56 PM (XuXeR)

224 Both sides got a bit of what they really want. Talking points that play to their bases, whle covering up and confusing the plebs as usual about how the lousy sausage is made.

Posted by: Gref at March 27, 2026 12:56 PM (Kk4R3)

225 The Dems wanted to require judicial warrants to arrest illegals. That would slow grind deportations as to essentially end them.

They didn't get that but the fact that they wanted it just shows that they are anti-American motherfuckers who should rightfully be contemplating their errors on the Tree of fucking Woe.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 27, 2026 12:56 PM (4NO2D)

226 >>>I expect daily updates on The Silmarillion to start soon.

I tried, I failed.

Posted by: ace at March 27, 2026 12:52 PM (1wjle)

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Eru Iluvatar is disappointed in you.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

It would be great if someone could take the Silmarillion and other stories & threads of stories from the Appendices and Lost Tales, etc and rework them into novels.

Posted by: Josephistan at March 27, 2026 12:56 PM (y9ksN)

227 >>Recesses (real ones) require a majority vote from the floor. The Senate is not going to give up its power over appointments, especially this GOP.

Every president gets recess appointments except Trump, am I right on that?

Posted by: Dr Spank at March 27, 2026 12:57 PM (n/RyG)

228 226 It would be great if someone could take the Silmarillion and other stories & threads of stories from the Appendices and Lost Tales, etc and rework them into novels.

Posted by: Josephistan at March 27, 2026 12:56 PM (y9ksN)

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I like The Silmarillion as it is.

It's a collection of histories. I don't need someone else coming along and retelling Beren and Luthien in a different form.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 12:57 PM (JmKZX)

229
Ace I don't know if you're around but just wanted to mention again you were in top form (top shelf?) with that cenobite post. In my opinion Hall of Fame in execution and laughs. Thanks.
Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 12:51 PM (45LId)




Brown noser.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 27, 2026 12:57 PM (y9nCu)

230 It would be great if someone could take the Silmarillion and other stories & threads of stories from the Appendices and Lost Tales, etc and rework them into novels."

How 'bout movies!

/Little Stevie Colbert

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 12:57 PM (XuXeR)

231 >>It would be great if someone could take the Silmarillion and other stories & threads of stories from the Appendices and Lost Tales, etc and rework them into novels.


I think an Annotated version of the Trilogy and Hobbit that cites the refs to The Silmarillion by Page and Line, would sell well.

Posted by: garrett at March 27, 2026 12:57 PM (W7FsI)

232 I don't like the deal because it sets precedent that the Senate can now fund only parts of agencies they like instead of funding everything. I'm sure that will come back to bite us at some point.

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Breaking: Congress passes the defense appropriations with the exception of funding for the Second Battalion Fourth Marines because that's Duke Lowell's old unit and fuck that guy in particular.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 27, 2026 12:57 PM (2UnvF)

233 227 Every president gets recess appointments except Trump, am I right on that?

Posted by: Dr Spank at March 27, 2026 12:57 PM (n/RyG)

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Last real recess was under Obama. Biden didn't get them.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 12:57 PM (JmKZX)

234 I bought the hobbit on Audible.

Andy Serkis does well, but he goes a bit too hard at the very beginning. It's like 'Calm down, man. You have a ways to go.' But he did. Good voice (if commie.)

On LotR, I bought the ensemble cast version on audible (I have a ton of credits.) I'll see how it is (there is also a serkis read one.)

Personal note: I read very fast and have read all these books multiple times. I wanted to try something different this go around and just go slow and savor it (or try to.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 27, 2026 12:57 PM (bss/y)

235 500 pages each

Victor Hugo and Alexander Dumas have entered the chat.

Posted by: dantesed at March 27, 2026 12:58 PM (Oy/m2)

236 I'm kidding. Sort of. Honestly - wake up with the baseline of understanding how miserable the Left are right now, and that Trump is out front for some ungodly reason, ever the happy warrior, still fighting at 80. There is no sweeter satisfaction than knowing the Left are crying. And Trump loves to make them cry.
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Think of it this way:
The very very best the Dems can hope for this upcoming midterm is ... a narrow majority in the House.
If the Dems had the SCOTUS, the Presidency and the Senate, would you be excited that the Republicans might could possibly win a narrow majority in the House?

Again: Compare Trump in Oct. 2020, Oct. 2024 and now.
Which is he more like, 2020 or 2024?
Who is winning and knows it?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 27, 2026 12:58 PM (HXT0k)

237 Every president gets recess appointments except Trump, am I right on that?"

Recess?

/sleepyjoe

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 12:58 PM (XuXeR)

238 >>Ace I don't know if you're around but just wanted to mention again you were in top form (top shelf?) with that cenobite post. In my opinion Hall of Fame in execution and laughs. Thanks.
Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 12:51 PM (45LId)


A Few Years back, Ace would have declared you the THREADWINNER for this post.

Posted by: garrett at March 27, 2026 12:58 PM (W7FsI)

239 Every president gets recess appointments except Trump, am I right on that?
Posted by: Dr Spank at March 27, 2026 12:57 PM

Yep. Thanks to the turtle and his mini-me Thune.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 27, 2026 12:58 PM (4NO2D)

240 >>They passed it because they are taking 2 weeks off for vacation and want to be able to fly. Can we please overthrow this entire government already? They literally are worthless

One of the few statements on Reddit that recognise reality.

Posted by: Nazdar at March 27, 2026 12:58 PM (NcvvS)

241 What kind of surname is "Thune" anyway?

It sounds like one of those fahrts through a really tight sphincter. Or an off key oboe.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 27, 2026 12:58 PM (WONhk)

242 She is out. The anesthesia is making her cry. Going to drive this poor tiny thing home now.

Posted by: Piper at March 27, 2026 12:59 PM (DXIXb)

243 >>What kind of surname is "Thune" anyway?


It's Dutch.

Posted by: garrett at March 27, 2026 12:59 PM (W7FsI)

244 206 202 >>>I expect daily updates on The Silmarillion to start soon.

I tried, I failed.

Posted by: ace at March 27, 2026 12:52 PM (1wjle)

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Eru Iluvatar is disappointed in you.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 12:52 PM (JmKZX)
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The first part, the creation myth of Ea and all the celestial beings was a slog for me, but the prose is beautiful and it "makes sense" as allegory. The stories of the early heros of each people, especially the elves, are excellent though.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 27, 2026 12:59 PM (cWLG3)

245 I don't mind KFC. But in my little Canadian town, ours could use some passing by muslims to torch it so they could rebuild.


I think I'm going to take the reading challenge. It'd do me good.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 27, 2026 12:55 PM (Sco7b)

222 Sorry, bad cut paste..
Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 27, 2026 12:56 PM (Sco7b)


That's ok, thanks for the promo!

Posted by: The Colonel at March 27, 2026 12:59 PM (dmDsy)

246 242 She is out. The anesthesia is making her cry. Going to drive this poor tiny thing home now.
Posted by: Piper at March 27, 2026 12:59 PM (DXIXb)


Poor baby...

Posted by: It's me donna at March 27, 2026 12:59 PM (FtULh)

247 oh boy, you are mistaken! the Hobbit is not long, the others are huge! 500 pages each, and they're written in a much more serious, deep style than the Hobbit, which is written in this breezy, chatty style like it's a grandfather just telling you a story he's making up as he goes. (Though Tolkien slips in some beautiful prose into it from time to time.)
Posted by: ace at March 27, 2026 12:51 PM (1wjle)
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LOL! Wut?

I'm reading Fellowship right now. Just the story is around 400 pages, though there's a considerable prologue explaining hobbits.

The other two are shorter. Two Towers is around 350 pages and Return of the King is about 300 pages.

Mine are trade paperback copies, though. The mass-market paperbacks will be longer.

I also find the prose much easier to read in Lord of the Rings for the most part. I found the style of The Hobbit to be much more long-winded in places.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 27, 2026 01:00 PM (ESVrU)

248 On LotR, I bought the ensemble cast version on audible (I have a ton of credits.) I'll see how it is (there is also a serkis read one.)

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The BBC did a radio drama adaptation of LOTR years ago that was pretty good.

Posted by: Josephistan at March 27, 2026 01:00 PM (y9ksN)

249 Okay, I do have a copy of 'The Hobbit' here. Dusty.

Do I start with that or LOTRs first?

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 27, 2026 01:00 PM (Sco7b)

250
It sounds like one of those fahrts through a really tight sphincter. Or an off key oboe.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 27, 2026 12:58 PM (WONhk)


That's HOT!

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at March 27, 2026 01:00 PM (5bGGs)

251 242 She is out. The anesthesia is making her cry. Going to drive this poor tiny thing home now.
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Piper, have you been Hobo Hunting?

Posted by: pudinhead at March 27, 2026 01:00 PM (n17eQ)

252 Healing prayers for the little one Piper.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 27, 2026 01:00 PM (n5tGW)

253 Brown noser.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 27, 2026 12:57 PM (y9nCu)

You know who else have noses

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 01:00 PM (45LId)

254 >>>Andy Serkis does well, but he goes a bit too hard at the very beginning. It's like 'Calm down, man. You have a ways to go.' But he did. Good voice (if commie.)

Yeah he's okay.

on youtube I found an audio book where they have different actors speaking the lines of different characters. I'd like to find out what that version is. It was good. Like a radio play version of the book (but with all the text being read).

Posted by: ace at March 27, 2026 01:00 PM (1wjle)

255 249 Okay, I do have a copy of 'The Hobbit' here. Dusty.

Do I start with that or LOTRs first?

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 27, 2026 01:00 PM (Sco7b)

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The only place to really start is the beginning.

So, The Illiad.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 01:01 PM (JmKZX)

256 I don't need someone else coming along and retelling Beren and Luthien in a different form."

Yes you do!!

/Stephen Schwartz, W. Holzman, and G. Maguire

*too inside baseball?*

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 01:01 PM (XuXeR)

257 She is out. The anesthesia is making her cry. Going to drive this poor tiny thing home now.
Posted by: Piper at March 27, 2026 12:59 PM (DXIXb)


Well, that's not the result I was hoping for.

Poor kid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 01:01 PM (5bGGs)

258 >>>The BBC did a radio drama adaptation of LOTR years ago that was pretty good.

oh maybe that's what I heard.

Posted by: ace at March 27, 2026 01:01 PM (1wjle)

259 It's Dutch.
Posted by: garrett at March 27, 2026 12:59 PM (W7FsI)

Well, I don't like him, garrett.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 27, 2026 01:01 PM (WONhk)

260 >>>No it's not.
Posted by: somebody had to say it

I know, we really need to have more guest posts by avowed anti-American nazis.
Posted by: ace

Sid and Rainman and AliasSmurfSmurf on the front page! Perfect April Fools Day content!

.....

Please don't do this.

Posted by: mikeski at March 27, 2026 01:01 PM (zR9UB)

261 Schumer said. "This is what we asked for, and I'm very proud of my caucus. My caucus held the line."
......

Your caucus is shriveled up and limp, resting on your old man balls.

Posted by: wth at March 27, 2026 01:01 PM (UjdFS)

262 So this post says we're all fucked, quotes TJM noting that the Dems are actually the ones who are fucked, and then concludes by saying we're fucked?

As some guy says a lot, I don't get it.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 27, 2026 01:02 PM (aUxYo)

263 Calling first is annoying and childish, though, so there.

Also, the bad Cloggenstein impressions, and other Greatest Hits from 2012.

Thank you, I'll be in my bunk.

Posted by: Jocko Homo at March 27, 2026 01:02 PM (4Alum)

264 The only place to really start is the beginning.

So, The Illiad."

Dude's a Homer...

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 01:02 PM (XuXeR)

265 >>>Okay, I do have a copy of 'The Hobbit' here. Dusty.
Do I start with that or LOTRs first?

the hobbit. 1, it's chronologically the first, and 2, it's a gateway drug to get you ready for LOTR. It's a much smaller buy-in in terms of time and effort.

Posted by: ace at March 27, 2026 01:02 PM (1wjle)

266 226 It would be great if someone could take the Silmarillion and other stories & threads of stories from the Appendices and Lost Tales, etc and rework them into novels.

Posted by: Josephistan at March 27, 2026 12:56 PM (y9ksN)
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Some the stories have been rewritten as stand-alone novels. Beren and Luthien, The Fall of Gondolin, and The Children of Hurin, for example.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 27, 2026 01:02 PM (ESVrU)

267
Your caucus is shriveled up and limp, resting on your old man balls.
Posted by: wth at March 27, 2026 01:01 PM (UjdFS)


They eat raw hamburgers and cold cheese.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 01:03 PM (5bGGs)

268 262 So this post says we're all fucked, quotes TJM noting that the Dems are actually the ones who are fucked, and then concludes by saying we're fucked?

As some guy says a lot, I don't get it.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 27, 2026 01:02 PM (aUxYo)

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No one got fucked.

Democrats demanded specific things and didn't get them. It's a minor narrative of the day that ends a weeks long little drama and will be forgotten by next week.

Hey...what was the last shutdown about?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 01:03 PM (JmKZX)

269 Your caucus is shriveled up and limp, resting on your old man balls."

That's hot.

/a now 45 (?) Paris Hilton

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 01:03 PM (XuXeR)

270 257 She is out. The anesthesia is making her cry. Going to drive this poor tiny thing home now.
Posted by: Piper at March 27, 2026 12:59 PM (DXIXb)


Well, that's not the result I was hoping for.

Poor kid.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 01:01 PM (5bGGs)


Wisdom teeth? Hope it wears off soon...fluids to get it out of her.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 27, 2026 01:03 PM (WONhk)

271 Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 27, 2026 12:24 PM (Sco7b)

Is the Mayor of Toronto really that stupid?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2026 12:25 PM (ZeH0U

I don't mind KFC. But in my little Canadian town, ours could use some passing by muslims to torch it so they could rebuild.


I think I'm going to take the reading challenge. It'd do me good.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 27, 2026 12:55 PM (Sco7b)
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The post about KFC going halal was from 2024. I don't know if it actually happened. Halal chicken is ... chicken. The "halal certification" is purely in how the cow was killed, which I have no doubt is paying off some Muslim grifter to certify it regardless whether it's really halal. There was a scandal in NYC some years back over fake "kosher" certifications.

There are lots of restaurants in heavily Muslim areas who promote their menus as "halal" because if not they would lose all those customers.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 27, 2026 01:03 PM (iFTx/)

272 The Silmarillion has some great lines and stories but you can tell it was never completed for publication.

West, North, and South the children of Men spread and wandered, and their joy was the joy of the morning before the dew is dry, when every leaf is green.

But the dawn is brief and the day full often belies its
promise; and now the time drew on to the great wars of the powers of the North, when Noldor and Sindar and Men strove against the hosts of Morgoth Bauglir, and went down in ruin.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 27, 2026 01:03 PM (4NO2D)

273 @266 Which are not from the mind of JRR Tolkien.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 27, 2026 01:04 PM (cWLG3)

274 I look forward to AoS posters blaming Ted Cruz, for he is the divine object of hatred in the Senate.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 27, 2026 01:04 PM (muXU/)

275 > Ace of Spades is solid gold. Only 'cause it's the one of the last few spaces with open and honest dissent.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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HOW DARE YOU

Posted by: Don Black at March 27, 2026 01:04 PM (ZxPkt)

276 Mitch McConnell and John Thune both support Israel, and that's all that matters.

Posted by: One Issue Voter at March 27, 2026 01:04 PM (xGBkT)

277 >>So this post says we're all fucked, quotes TJM noting that the Dems are actually the ones who are fucked, and then concludes by saying we're fucked?
As some guy says a lot, I don't get it.

sorry, I'm not sure what take is right. The commenters made a lot of good points. I think maybe they're more right?

Posted by: ace at March 27, 2026 01:04 PM (1wjle)

278 Had spinal surgery about 10 years ago. Was told, later, that on the way to post-surgery, wife was there with her sister, and introduced her to the nurses as 'the quiet one'. One of the nurses asked if there was a noisy one, and apparently I said, 'You have no idea.' Was told this got shrieks of laughter.

Posted by: Nazdar at March 27, 2026 01:04 PM (NcvvS)

279
There are lots of restaurants in heavily Muslim areas who promote their menus as "halal" because if not they would lose all those customers.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 27, 2026 01:03 PM (iFTx/)


So, if we ban halal foods, will they just leave?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 01:05 PM (5bGGs)

280 Schumer said. "This is what we asked for, and I'm very proud of my caucus. My caucus held the line."

I almost feel a tiny bit bad for Schumer. He understands how to play the DC game, but his caucus is run by dopey low-IQ kids who all want the wrong side of 80/20 issues because that's what CNN and MSNOW tell them. He's expected to get primaried even harder than Fetterman at this point.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 27, 2026 01:05 PM (aUxYo)

281 Hey...what was the last shutdown about?"

Shutdown? Hey, that dentist shot a lion!

/dude in coma for the last 15 years....

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 01:06 PM (XuXeR)

282  by: Elric The Blade at March 27, 2026 01:03 PM (iFTx

Actually, noow that you mention that, I do remember the story.

There are no muslims in my area, but some of the cities around here....wow. Dearborn North...

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 27, 2026 01:06 PM (Sco7b)

283 @266 Which are not from the mind of JRR Tolkien.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 27, 2026 01:04 PM (cWLG3)
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Uh, yes they are. Christopher Tolkien used his father's notes and unfinished manuscripts to flesh out the stories for publication. Which is also what he did for The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, and The Book of Lost Tales.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 27, 2026 01:06 PM (ESVrU)

284 He's expected to get primaried even harder than Fetterman at this point.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 27, 2026 01:05 PM (aUxYo)


Oh, he's 100% AoC's bitch at this point.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 01:06 PM (5bGGs)

285 >I look forward to AoS posters blaming Ted Cruz, for he is the divine object of hatred in the Senate.

Posted by: Cow Demon
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nah
there are plenty of Senators for me to despise before I get to Cruz
the beard looks silly but whatever

Posted by: Don Black at March 27, 2026 01:06 PM (ZxPkt)

286 So, if we ban halal foods, will they just leave?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 01:05 PM (5bGGs)

I think it's more that if they don't promote their menus as halal, the locals will burn the restaurants to the ground.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at March 27, 2026 01:06 PM (G1ktt)

287 172
They didn't let me have a general during my extraction so I was there when the dentist was hammering a chisel in my mouth.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
.......

When I was having my teeth wired together in the hospital after a car accident the dentist they gave me was named Dr. Slaughter.

Posted by: wth at March 27, 2026 01:07 PM (UjdFS)

288 YOU'LL get NOTHING and LIKE IT!!!!!
Posted by: Judge Smails at March 27, 2026 12:22 PM (5bGGs

AUGUST 2002

Posted by: Meshuggah at March 27, 2026 01:07 PM (muXU/)

289 the dentist they gave me was named Dr. Slaughter."

At least it wasn't a silly name, like "muldoon" or something...

*ducks*

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 01:08 PM (XuXeR)

290 There are lots of restaurants in heavily Muslim areas who promote their menus as "halal" because if not they would lose all those customers.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 27, 2026 01:03 PM (iFTx/)


So, if we ban halal foods, will they just leave?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 01:05 PM (5bGGs)
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Go for it. It would take a gov't ban. Muslims most likely own these restaurants in question, so going to halal lines up with their beliefs.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 27, 2026 01:08 PM (iFTx/)

291
I think it's more that if they don't promote their menus as halal, the locals will burn the restaurants to the ground.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at March 27, 2026 01:06 PM (G1ktt)


But, if they can't eat because the food isn't halal AND they've burned the restaurants down, will they leave?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 01:08 PM (5bGGs)

292 ace: "Republicans always chicken out"

Rand Paul: "I'll object to this bill on conservative principles."

ace: "Wah! Wah! Rand Paul is a communist. And not supporting spending another trillion dollars is anti-Semitic! Wah! Wah!"

Posted by: One Issue Voter at March 27, 2026 01:08 PM (xGBkT)

293 It was quite a memorable experience.

Sorry for the TL/DR post...
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 27, 2026 12:50 PM (dmDsy)

Was it safe?

Posted by: Kindltot at March 27, 2026 01:08 PM (rbvCR)

294 Thune's Twitter is bragging about how he blocked the Democrat agenda.
Like he's the minority leader! Like his party isn't in power!
He doesn't listen a single thing that Senate Republicans have actually accomplished for America.

Posted by: 29Victor at March 27, 2026 01:08 PM (0MjtC)

295 nah
there are plenty of Senators for me to despise before I get to Cruz
the beard looks silly but whatever
Posted by: Don Black at March 27, 2026 01:06 PM (ZxPkt)

He is among the best of the bad guys.
Not perfect! But no one is.

Yeah. Really, Ted, lose the beard.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 27, 2026 01:09 PM (muXU/)

296 OT: Trump sent the right ICE agents to the airports...nothing like in shape friendly black guys laughing and giggling as angry liberal wannabe gay white male citizen journalists spout their nonsense on camera...one guy did try to cover his giggles, but couldn't...

See Twitchy for the lead video...

Posted by: Nova Local at March 27, 2026 01:09 PM (tOcjL)

297 Go for it. It would take a gov't ban. Muslims most likely own these restaurants in question, so going to halal lines up with their beliefs.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 27, 2026 01:08 PM (iFTx/)


RFK Jr. needs to get to work then. Find something in the halal process that is detrimental to avoiding jihad in America and drive them the f*ck out of my country.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 01:09 PM (5bGGs)

298 289 the dentist they gave me was named Dr. Slaughter."

At least it wasn't a silly name, like "muldoon" or something...

*ducks*
Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 01:08 PM (XuXeR)

Dr. Acula probably knows a lot about teeth.

Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2026 01:09 PM (iXqHn)

299 Posted by: garrett at March 27, 2026 12:58 PM (W7FsI)

People keep saying that it's important to win threads. I say it's just as important to thread wins.

And we can start today. You can start today. I can start today. Olay?

Everyone can win a thread or thread a win if we just start today. Start today. It doesn't matter when you start. It could be today or it could be tomorrow. What matters is that you do it. That you do it. That you do it.

Because what really matters isn't what's in a thread. It's what's in your heart. What's in a thread can change but what's in your heart is real. Because blood is real. Right? It has types and it is real. O. B. AB. It's real. They're all real. These other people, they're gonna go out there and tell you that blood isn't real. But it is.

It is.

It is.

I have seen blood. I know that blood is real and if you're a child or a minority and you have dreams, you don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Thank you.

Posted by: Kamala at March 27, 2026 01:09 PM (45LId)

300 the hobbit. 1, it's chronologically the first, and 2, it's a gateway drug to get you ready for LOTR. It's a much smaller buy-in in terms of time and effort.

Posted by: ace

Thanks.

And Prime Canada wanted money to see 'Hellraiser'. 'The Thing' too. And a bunch of older horror movies. It's like a tax on people who don't want to watch modern day gays and trannies.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 27, 2026 01:09 PM (Sco7b)

301 I look forward to AoS posters blaming Ted Cruz, for he is the divine object of hatred in the Senate.

Ted Cruz voted for Hubert Humphrey, and he killed Jesus.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 27, 2026 01:09 PM (EXyHK)

302 @nypost
·
1h
Murdered model's head was cut off and stolen from the cemetery https://trib.al/8lPGISX

Posted by: Don Black at March 27, 2026 01:09 PM (ZxPkt)

303 Did Piper's daughter have her wisdom teeth removed?
I can't be productive around here until I know.

Will someone please answer? Then you can go back to whatever you were doing.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 27, 2026 01:10 PM (WONhk)

304 289 the dentist they gave me was named Dr. Slaughter."

At least it wasn't a silly name, like "muldoon" or something...

*ducks*
Posted by: man

I got an Epidural Steroid Injection from a Dr. Spear.

Posted by: Lance McBoyle at March 27, 2026 01:10 PM (oftw2)

305 ace: "Wah! Wah! Rand Paul is a communist. And not supporting spending another trillion dollars is anti-Semitic! Wah! Wah!"
Posted by: One Issue Voter at March 27, 2026 01:08 PM (xGBkT)

TBF, Rand Paul is a libertarian, and nothing makes him cringe as much as this country having a military and being a superpower.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 27, 2026 01:10 PM (muXU/)

306 Rand Paul: "I'll object to this bill on conservative principles."

Rand usually objects on Libertarian Party principles, which mostly consist of "Drugs for everyone! Whoa!"

Posted by: Ian S. at March 27, 2026 01:10 PM (aUxYo)

307 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2026 12:25 PM (ZeH0U

.Stateless, I don't know what she said about KFC. I guess that was stupid too. I was speaking of her saying that she wouldn't allow American ICE at the Canadian airports.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2026 01:11 PM (Nx5jP)

308 What is Trump's take on this ?

Posted by: runner at March 27, 2026 01:11 PM (GD0B3)

309 303 Did Piper's daughter have her wisdom teeth removed?
I can't be productive around here until I know.

Will someone please answer? Then you can go back to whatever you were doing.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 27, 2026 01:10 PM (WONhk)

Yes.

Posted by: Nova Local at March 27, 2026 01:11 PM (tOcjL)

310 A Senator with principles. Now THAT is some funny shit.

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 01:11 PM (45LId)

311 The Children of Hurin might make a good movie. It was published as a novel separate from the Silmarillion.

Like LoTR, I would open with the Battle of Unnumbered Tears.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 27, 2026 01:11 PM (4NO2D)

312 It's like a tax on people who don't want to watch modern day gays and trannies.
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Snort.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 27, 2026 01:11 PM (n17eQ)

313 277 >>So this post says we're all fucked, quotes TJM noting that the Dems are actually the ones who are fucked, and then concludes by saying we're fucked?
As some guy says a lot, I don't get it.

sorry, I'm not sure what take is right. The commenters made a lot of good points. I think maybe they're more right?

Posted by: ace

I would expect the owner of the blog to better understand the rules here. One never, ever admits to possible second thoughts. One digs in one's heels and calls everyone who disagrees a RINO.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2026 01:11 PM (Riz8t)

314 There are two repub reps in that clip saying a past midnight deal with 5 senators in session is a cave.

Opinions all over the place on this one. I'm going with my well brow-beaten experience that we're getting thuned.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 27, 2026 01:12 PM (n5tGW)

315 Nude thundercunt Judge Beryl Howell

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 27, 2026 01:12 PM (iFTx/)

316 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 27, 2026 01:10 PM (WONhk)

Piper asked for prayers about half and hour ago when her daughter was undergoing anesthesia for that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2026 01:12 PM (Nx5jP)

317 283 @266 Which are not from the mind of JRR Tolkien.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 27, 2026 01:04 PM (cWLG3)
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Uh, yes they are. Christopher Tolkien used his father's notes and unfinished manuscripts to flesh out the stories for publication. Which is also what he did for The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, and The Book of Lost Tales.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 27, 2026 01:06 PM (ESVrU)
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I was referring to the standalone books derived from chapters of the Silmarillion. The extra content would have been abstracted from a book that was completed using his father's notes, correct? I assumed they were akin to adaptations of short stories.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 27, 2026 01:12 PM (cWLG3)

318 Murdered model's head was cut off and stolen from the cemetery

Posted by: Don Black at March 27, 2026 01:09 PM (ZxPkt)

No points for guessing what was done with the head.

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 01:12 PM (45LId)

319 Murdered model's head was cut off and stolen from the cemetery"

Black Dahlia 2.0?

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 01:12 PM (XuXeR)

320 This bill is dead in the House.
Now Democrats can say they tried to fund the TSA with a bipartisan bill and Republicans blocked it.

Thune turned Republicans' biggest current political asset into a political liability.

Posted by: 29Victor at March 27, 2026 01:12 PM (0MjtC)

321 313 I would expect the owner of the blog to better understand the rules here. One never, ever admits to possible second thoughts. One digs in one's heels and calls everyone who disagrees a RINO.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2026 01:11 PM (Riz8t)

=======

Been a while since anyone called me glowie.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 01:12 PM (JmKZX)

322 320 This bill is dead in the House.
Now Democrats can say they tried to fund the TSA with a bipartisan bill and Republicans blocked it.

Thune turned Republicans' biggest current political asset into a political liability.

Posted by: 29Victor at March 27, 2026 01:12 PM (0MjtC)

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The Freedom Caucus stamping its feet means nothing, to be honest.

It'll easily pass the House.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 01:13 PM (JmKZX)

323 Do I start with that or LOTRs first?
Posted by: Stateless

The Hobbit takes place before the LoTR, so that's where most start. Or if you want to torture yourself, read the 10k year history of middle earth in the Silmarillion.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 27, 2026 01:14 PM (diia5)

324 300 And Prime Canada wanted money to see 'Hellraiser'. 'The Thing' too. And a bunch of older horror movies. It's like a tax on people who don't want to watch modern day gays and trannies.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 27, 2026 01:09 PM (Sco7b)

As opposed to old gays and troons?

Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2026 01:14 PM (iXqHn)

325 KFC Canada is switching to halal prepared chicken, and ditching all pork products

guess why

https://tinyurl.com/2p9rd72z
Posted by: Don Black at March 27, 2026 12:48 PM (ZxPkt)

Well, KFC will now be a hard "No" for me, but I cannot remember the last time I entered one of them.

I am in Tonopah, NV this morning, got in late last night, Coffee and shower, and back on the road soon.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 27, 2026 01:14 PM (CMKMQ)

326 Been a while since anyone called me glowie.

I thought you only glowed for Prometheus.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 27, 2026 01:14 PM (aUxYo)

327 From Page Six - Heather Graham slams ‘awkward’ new reality of Hollywood sex scenes
....
“One time, I had an intimacy coordinator, and they started directing me on, like, how to have sex in a scene,” Graham remembered. “They were like, ‘When you do this, you can do this.’ And I was like, ‘You’re not the director, OK? I’m not asking for notes on how to have sex in the scene.'”

“I just felt, like, ‘Shut up,’” she added. “I’m like, ‘You can just tell this to the director… because I don’t want to have two different people directing me.’ It’s confusing.”

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 01:14 PM (Dv3i1)

328 by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2026 01:11 PM (Nx5j

Hi FenelonSpoke.

KFC was an older story.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 27, 2026 01:14 PM (Sco7b)

329 File under Shit Happens.

Jill Biden's Secret Service agent shoots himself in the leg with "negligent discharge" at airport

https://is.gd/0i8p5T

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 27, 2026 01:15 PM (ndZc7)

330 Bu my PRINTHIPLETH!!!@!@@!

I hate Trump! Epsetein! My primary opponent says he hates Trump! Epstein! PRINTHIPLETH!!!

FUCK THE JEWS! GO HAMAS! PRINTHIPLETH!!!

Posted by: Tommy Masshole at March 27, 2026 01:15 PM (4Alum)

331 311 The Children of Hurin might make a good movie. It was published as a novel separate from the Silmarillion.

Like LoTR, I would open with the Battle of Unnumbered Tears.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 27, 2026 01:11 PM (4NO2D)

Turin son of Hurin is one of the most tragic characters in Tolkien's myths.

Posted by: davidt at March 27, 2026 01:15 PM (Q+gd/)

332 179 KFC Canada is switching to halal prepared chicken, and ditching all pork products

guess why

https://tinyurl.com/2p9rd72z
Posted by: Don Black at March 27, 2026 12:48 PM (ZxPkt)

Mega City One (h/t, Unacceptable Fringe)

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 27, 2026 01:16 PM (muXU/)

333
Will someone please answer? Then you can go back to whatever you were doing.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 27, 2026 01:10 PM (WONhk)


Daughter is out, teeth removed, but the anesthesia made her cry, so they were going home.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 01:16 PM (5bGGs)

334 330 Posted by: Tommy Masshole at March 27, 2026 01:15 PM (4Alum)

Oh no, Tawmee from Quinzee has escaped containment at Kissing Suzy Kolber.

Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2026 01:16 PM (iXqHn)

335 >>>I'm reading Fellowship right now. Just the story is around 400 pages, though there's a considerable prologue explaining hobbits.

I don't think you can exclude the long prologue.

>>>The other two are shorter. Two Towers is around 350 pages and Return of the King is about 300 pages.
Mine are trade paperback copies, though. The mass-market paperbacks will be longer.

You are right on the page count (now that I check) but LOTR is written more densely than the Hobbit. The pages literally are packed with more words. My version of The Hobbit has a low word count per page.

>>>I also find the prose much easier to read in Lord of the Rings for the most part. I found the style of The Hobbit to be much more long-winded in places.

I think this is probably a minority position!

The Hobbit does waffle about but amusingly, like a Bernie Wooster story.

Posted by: ace at March 27, 2026 01:17 PM (1wjle)

336 332 179 KFC Canada is switching to halal prepared chicken, and ditching all pork products

guess why

https://tinyurl.com/2p9rd72z
Posted by: Don Black at March 27, 2026 12:48 PM (ZxPkt)

Mega City One (h/t, Unacceptable Fringe)
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 27, 2026 01:16 PM (muXU/)

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They only have Muslim health inspectors in Canada?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 27, 2026 01:17 PM (cWLG3)

337 Afternoon Ace.
Thune is better than McConnell. That's not a high bar

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 27, 2026 01:18 PM (mHVWR)

338 Last of all Hurin stood alone. Then he cast aside his shield, and wielded an axe two-handed; and it is sung that the axe smoked in the black blood of the troll-guard of Gothmog until it withered, and each time that he slew Hurin cried: 'Aure entuluva! Day shall come again!' Seventy times he uttered that cry; but they took him at last alive, by the command of Morgoth, for the Ores grappled him with their hands, which clung to him still though he hewed off their arms; and ever their numbers were renewed, until at last he fell buried beneath them. Then Gothmog bound him and dragged him to Angband with mockery.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 27, 2026 01:18 PM (4NO2D)

339 What kind of surname is "Thune" anyway?

It sounds like one of those fahrts through a really tight sphincter. Or an off key oboe.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 27, 2026 12:58 PM (WONhk)

He is descended from Tulsa Thune, who needed no irony to control the minds of men.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 27, 2026 01:19 PM (rbvCR)

340 Thune has probably arranged for a few Republicans senators to be conveniently absent during the vote.

Posted by: Occasional Commenter at March 27, 2026 01:20 PM (1IwXo)

341 @339 That's the "modern" pronunciation of Sune

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 27, 2026 01:20 PM (cWLG3)

342 Without a clear path to final bill that includes funding for ICE and CBP, and ready for signature by the President, yeah, it's Failure Theater. Without ICE and CBP fully funded, we are back to open borders and Cartel domination in Blue cities.

The House and Senate would have to go back to conference to thrash out the 2.0 funding bill. That makes the President's bold move to fund immigration enforcement by EO timely. It's a stink bomb lobbed into the conference room, not to mention forcing the Dems to make all sorts of obnoxious noises about opposing funding for federal agencies that protect US citizens and their jobs.

Sure, Chuck, take it to court. Throw DJT into that briar patch and see what happens.

Posted by: mrp at March 27, 2026 01:20 PM (rj6Yv)

343 Florida Man Leaves AA Meeting, Does Coke, Smokes Pot, Drinks, Crashes Through Airport Gate, Tries To Steal Plane

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Doo dah! Doo dah!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 27, 2026 01:21 PM (ndZc7)

344
Meachum: "Are You Out of Your Damn Mind? I Am a United States Senator!"

Swagger: "Exactly." *BLAM*

Posted by: wth at March 27, 2026 01:21 PM (UjdFS)

345 >>>338 Last of all Hurin stood alone. Then he cast aside his shield, and wielded an axe two-handed; and it is sung that the axe smoked in the black blood of the troll-guard of Gothmog until it withered, and each time that he slew Hurin cried: 'Aure entuluva! Day shall come again!' Seventy times he uttered that cry; but they took him at last alive, by the command of Morgoth, for the Orcs grappled him with their hands, which clung to him still though he hewed off their arms; and ever their numbers were renewed, until at last he fell buried beneath them. Then Gothmog bound him and dragged him to Angband with mockery.

thanks for the quote.

Posted by: ace at March 27, 2026 01:22 PM (1wjle)

346 @343 There should be a Guinness Book of Florida-Man records.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 27, 2026 01:23 PM (cWLG3)

347 Wisdom teeth? Hope it wears off soon...fluids to get it out of her.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 27, 2026 01:03 PM (WONhk)

My mom had me put teabags over the holes to sop up bleeding which helped a lot.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 27, 2026 01:23 PM (8avO+)

348 "Florida Man Leaves AA Meeting, Does Coke, Smokes Pot, Drinks, Crashes Through Airport Gate, Tries To Steal Plane"

Overachiever

Posted by: fd at March 27, 2026 01:24 PM (eswSc)

349 339 He is descended from Tulsa Thune, who needed no irony to control the minds of men.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 27, 2026 01:19 PM (rbvCR)

Explains why he's such a snake.

Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2026 01:25 PM (iXqHn)

350 Daughter is out, teeth removed, but the anesthesia made her cry, so they were going home.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 01:16 PM (5bGGs)

Thank you. Everyone is different on anesthesia. She should be better soon. Fluids get rid of the anesthesia.

We had both sons done the same day. One was a pale, groggy, sleepy mess. The other would not shut up in glee and I told him this was why he was bleeding more than his brother. Their father and I had to walk them to their rooms (at this point both were taller than me).

At the time, over 20yrs ago, the HS rumor was a Frosty would cure it all. No nutrition but we got them Frosty from Wendy's. No straws as sucking straws dislodges clot.

They did have other stuff from nurse Mom for protein.

One thing that kept swelling down was ice. I'd put a soft ice wrap on both sides, tie a towel around that, and did this for the first day. They looked like bunnies but let me do what I wanted to them and it worked. Once they revived they played video games and I have a photo of them in this condition.

If you have her email, tell her this, please. I am always late to the party.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 27, 2026 01:26 PM (WONhk)

351 SO WHAT YAHOO WAS TELLING ME WAS RIGHT?


If everything is funded until 2029 through the BBB....how is it now DEfunded?

None of this makes sense....except when viewed through the lense of another manufactured GOP cave and surrender to hobble the president and any congressman that actually wants to do their job(s).

Good on Trump for seeing the GOPe+Commie plan to fuck us.

This fight (to find agencies that are already funded for the next several years (huh??) will decide if Dems take the Senate.

But, the GOP wants the Dems to take th Senate....so they'll probably take the Senate.

Posted by: GigantorX at March 27, 2026 01:26 PM (geQNm)

352 What kind of surname is "Thune" anyway?


It's Dutch.
Posted by: garrett at March 27, 2026 12:59 PM (W7FsI)

And.....it's pronounced...Toona"

Posted by: Will Robinson at March 27, 2026 01:27 PM (cO6oP)

353 "It's pronounced Men Ghee Lee"

Posted by: Kindltot at March 27, 2026 01:31 PM (rbvCR)

354 Eh, the Democrats get absolutely ZERO out of this deal. Not even the watered-down "reforms" limp-dick Republicans previously conceded to.

It's not a GOP win by a long shot, but it's a HUGE Dem "L" - they get nothing for all of the pain they inflicted.
Posted by: can of spam at March 27, 2026 12:14 PM (14gFN)

That's how I see it too. The Donks just put DHS through Hell for 6 weeks over for a whole of nothing. The entire "defund ICE" is a smoke-screen for the Dem CHUDs ... umm ... fully funded until 2029, the so future will have to take care of itself.

For all the blather from Democrats about "protecting our precious democracy (tm)" they're doing more to ensure that future Presidents will have to take action without any sort of fig-leaf approval from the U.S. Congress. The Ship-of-State has to keep sailing. These drones are just demonstrating that they are useless and a hindrance to good governance.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at March 27, 2026 01:33 PM (ksbjf)

355 Apparently, there's a second Sphinx buried under the first. The story.

https://is.gd/7BILWn

Artist's rendition of what it possibly would look like.

https://is.gd/aUo1MB

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 27, 2026 01:35 PM (ndZc7)

356 If you have her email, tell her this, please. I am always late to the party.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 27, 2026 01:26 PM (WONhk)


I do not.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 01:42 PM (5bGGs)

357 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 01:42 PM (5bGGs)

Well, you still won My Moron of the Day Contest!
XXXX

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 27, 2026 02:05 PM (WONhk)

THE MORNING RANT: Illegally Logged Wood for Wind Energy is Deforesting the Amazon Rainforest

It would seem odd that the environmental-left is now fully in favor of destroying the environment to produce boutique forms of non-renewable energy, but that is where we are. Of course, the reason we are here is that the high priests of the climate cult have issued their version of “just war doctrine” – specifically that whale killing, bird slaughter, and strip mining are now considered righteous and holy acts when done as sacraments of the faith.

Wind farms are especially awful. They produce zero kilowatts of baseline electricity, and they require 100% backup from reliable sources of electricity. Even worse, wind farms are causing widespread death of whales, including the endangered North Atlantic Right Whale. Millions of bats and birds are also killed by wind turbines each year, including raptors and eagles whose killing is otherwise illegal.

But somehow, the story keeps getting worse regarding the damage done by the wind industry.

“Half a Million Balsa Trees Illegally Logged in Amazon Rainforest Every Year to Feed Global Wind Turbine Demand” [The Daily Sceptic – 3/17/2026]

Over half a million balsa hardwood trees are being illegally logged in the Amazon rainforest every year to feed the massive demand for wind turbines in many parts of the world. Balsa is a lightweight but strong wood that is commonly used in the core of giant turbine blades.

The annual loss of balsa trees in virgin rainforests is unnecessary ecological rape traceable back to ideologues driving a hard-Left Net Zero fantasy.

Outside of farmed plantations, balsa trees have a very low density of just one or two per acre, therefore half a million trees being cut from the wild indicates vast areas being cleared of any native balsa trees. Just one three-bladed wind turbine requires about 40 balsa trees.


*****

Other Stuff I’m Writing About

My latest piece at the The American Spectator has been published. “Texas and Florida Shatter the ABA’s Gatekeeping Power” discusses how Texas and Florida just became the first states to revoke the ABA’s monopoly power to grant accreditation to law schools. This matters, because only graduates of accredited law schools may take the bar exam, and the ABA has been force-feeding a woke agenda onto law schools.

By 2021, to maintain accreditation, law schools had to “demonstrate by concrete action a commitment to diversity and inclusion.” This included having faculty and student bodies that were “diverse with respect to gender, race, and ethnicity.”


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




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1 We had to kill the rainforest to save the rainforest?

Sounds about right.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 27, 2026 11:01 AM (AkEZC)

2 "Balsa is a lightweight but strong wood that is commonly used in the core of giant turbine blades."

And fuselages for rubber band airplanes.

Posted by: fd at March 27, 2026 11:02 AM (vFG9F)

3 Oh, and to the annoyance of someone, first!

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 27, 2026 11:02 AM (AkEZC)

4 The ABA is a marxist front group, amazingly enough.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 27, 2026 11:02 AM (yvk+0)

5 And fuselages for rubber band airplanes.

And some more serious airplanes.

The de Havilland Mosquito, known as the "Wooden Wonder" of WWII, was primarily constructed from a plywood sandwich featuring Ecuadorian balsa wood (for the core) and birch plywood (for the outer/inner layers). The airframe also used Sitka spruce for the wing spars, European ash for structural members, and Douglas fir.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2026 11:04 AM (Riz8t)

6 Why is everyone saying bad things about ABBA. I love their music!

What? Oh....

Never mind.

Posted by: Emily Litella at March 27, 2026 11:04 AM (eOFY+)

7 “Half a Million Balsa Trees Illegally Logged in Amazon Rainforest Every Year to Feed Global Wind Turbine Demand” [The Daily Sceptic – 3/17/2026]

Well, crap. There goes the price of model airplanes.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 27, 2026 11:04 AM (kgE5c)

8 And some more serious airplanes.

The de Havilland Mosquito, known as the "Wooden Wonder" of WWII, was primarily constructed from a plywood sandwich featuring Ecuadorian balsa wood (for the core) and birch plywood (for the outer/inner layers). The airframe also used Sitka spruce for the wing spars, European ash for structural members, and Douglas fir.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2026 11:04 AM

If you haven't seen it, watch The Fat Electrician's video on the Mosquito.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 27, 2026 11:05 AM (kgE5c)

9 Great news on the ABA .

Posted by: Socks The Cat at March 27, 2026 11:05 AM (qAeYZ)

10 Commenting present while I am working

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2026 11:06 AM (KyaUN)

11 The AI generated pic of Florida guy needs some running. He’s holding two sledge hammers instead of one. 😀

Posted by: Socks The Cat at March 27, 2026 11:07 AM (qAeYZ)

12


Don't forget the slaughter of birds!!

American Audubon Society loves to rail about bird dying because they get confused and crash into tall buildings, yet are mysteriously silent on wind farms and solar farms.

They regularly kill protected birds that you or I would go to jail for killing (not that we'd ever want to).

It is a total inversion of their stated goals.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 27, 2026 11:08 AM (Suwql)

13 Good stuff, Buck. I wonder what concern troll Greta thinks about all of this....

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 11:08 AM (xT8gx)

14 The giant wind turbines have one SMALL useful purpose. If a group that purports to be for wildlife or the environment does not oppose them its a sure sign that the group is just a communist agitator and cares less about critters or the environment.

Well over a decade ago some research was done and they found that Ducks Unlimited actually helped ducks and geese by arranging leases with farmers to keep marshy ponds in their farmland and so on. The rest of the groups basically did nothing but pay lobbyists to wine and dine politicians

Posted by: PaleRider at March 27, 2026 11:09 AM (+89TD)

15
Why can't balsa wood be replaced with plastic foam?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 27, 2026 11:09 AM (mS8PE)

16 My son graduated law school and passed the bar in the last few years. He went to law school in a very red state and yet... that law school was far-out, freakazoid lefty... the voters in that state probably have no idea what they're funding....

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 11:09 AM (xT8gx)

17 The left is like water under pressure and a submarine; it will always find ANY opportunity to enter where it doesn't belong, and then cause havoc.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2026 11:11 AM (Riz8t)

18 Good Morning Horde

Thank you Buck for content. Looks excellent as always. I'll go back and read it all.

You Hordians don't want to know where my mind went as I read the first few lines of the headline 'Illegally Logged Wood.....'

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 27, 2026 11:11 AM (QGaXH)

19 Most, if not all of those wind turbines are built in China.
The same nation that leads the world, by a large margin, in coal fired electrical generation with over 1,200 of them. With another 200+ planned or under construction.
By comparison, the US has less than 250 of those left in operation.
So, while the Amazon is being de-forested, and lithium is being mined under horrendous environmental conditions in Africa, then shipped across the ocean to China where the EV batteries are made. Then those batteries are shipped across the ocean again to North American or European assembly plants to be put into EV cars.
The entire "Green" religion is a scam and we pay thru the nose for the costs while China spews the most CO2 of any nation worldwide.
A sick fucking joke.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at March 27, 2026 11:12 AM (MNCvZ)

20 I had no idea that balsa was used in turbine blades. I thought they were fiberglass, which has plenty of negatives of its own.

Posted by: PaleRider at March 27, 2026 11:12 AM (+89TD)

21 My son graduated law school and passed the bar in the last few years. He went to law school in a very red state and yet... that law school was far-out, freakazoid lefty... the voters in that state probably have no idea what they're funding....
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

This is education writ large. You can be in the deepest red area and the local school district is full of woke teachers and administrators.

Posted by: Socks The Cat at March 27, 2026 11:13 AM (qAeYZ)

22 only graduates of accredited law schools may take the bar exam

Isn't this the real problem?

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 27, 2026 11:13 AM (4NO2D)

23 The largest wind turbine in the world, off the coast of southern China, was shut down for a period of time when it was discovered it created its own "micro-climate."

It affected some offshore aqua-farming and IIRC a tourist area in a negative way.

When spinning, and it's raining, most wind turbines disrupt the natural flow of rain and disperse it unevenly in the area. A whole "wind farm" can totally disrupt any sort of agriculture or wildlife in the immediate area.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 27, 2026 11:13 AM (AkEZC)

24 Our old boat had balsa cored hull and deck. Deck maintenance was always a primary concern. Kept me up at night at times thinking about where I missed using bedding compound.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 27, 2026 11:14 AM (abIsI)

25 .
.
Thank you.

Posted by: Marooned at March 27, 2026 11:14 AM (kt8QE)

26 I live just down the road from a Vestas faciltiy that manufactures windmill parts. My district elected a conservative, the lefties attacked him for reducing the jobs there by voting to cut wind energy subsidies, I think as part of the Big Beautiful Bill.

Posted by: PaleRider at March 27, 2026 11:15 AM (+89TD)

27 Last time I read a story involving balsa logs was when I read "Kon Tiki " the story of Thor Heyerdahl and his merry band of Skandahoovian misfits sailing across the Pacific on 9 freshly filled balsa logs held together with hemp ropes.

Posted by: Sharkman at March 27, 2026 11:15 AM (z1ru3)

28 We seldom pass a bar!
*Hic*

Posted by: Hillary and Kamala at March 27, 2026 11:16 AM (oftw2)

29 The requirement that one has to attend ANY law school to take the bar needs to go away.

Posted by: Socks The Cat at March 27, 2026 11:16 AM (qAeYZ)

30 By all accounts, Abe Lincoln was a brilliant lawyer before he went into politics. The system was much different back then... he didn't go to law school, but IIRC apprenticed under a practicing attorney. I don't think they had the equivalent of a bar exam either... and yet law was practiced competently.... Go back to 19th century practices?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 11:17 AM (xT8gx)

31 Whoa, I read Buck's entire piece, the link to the ABA article AND a link from there and comments are still at 16?

I guess everyone's getting ready for No Kings Day.

That's great about Texas and Florida. Power moves to the State Supreme courts. I guess the ABA can eventually be weakened by losing all the conservative states.

I'm really not a big fan of accreditation agencies. Aren't there some for hairdressing?

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 27, 2026 11:17 AM (Sco7b)

32 Just like farmland being turned into forests just so companies or cuntries to score better on reducing their carbon footprint.

It is never about the environment, it's all about power and money.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 27, 2026 11:17 AM (2GVsD)

33 I saw a few of the huge windmill blades being transported by truck last year. They bend the tips over at the rear as not to be as long. Amazing they could do that without snapping the composites.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 27, 2026 11:18 AM (abIsI)

34 "Last time I read a story involving balsa logs was when I read "Kon Tiki " the story of Thor Heyerdahl and his merry band of Skandahoovian misfits sailing across the Pacific on 9 freshly filled balsa logs held together with hemp ropes.

Posted by: Sharkman"

I made a model of the Kon Tiki in 6th grade for a school project. After that we tried floating it down the ditch and it fell apart and everybody died.

Posted by: fd at March 27, 2026 11:18 AM (vFG9F)

35 TANSTAAFL

or

Matter cannot be created nor destroyed

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 11:18 AM (45LId)

36 I made a model of the Kon Tiki in 6th grade for a school project. After that we tried floating it down the ditch and it fell apart and everybody died.

Did the cannibals get them?

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 27, 2026 11:19 AM (2GVsD)

37 I made a model of the Kon Tiki in 6th grade for a school project. After that we tried floating it down the ditch and it fell apart and everybody died.

TBF, that might have been because you and all your buddies stood around chucking dirt clods at the raft.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2026 11:19 AM (Riz8t)

38 companies or cuntries

Willie Nelson

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 27, 2026 11:19 AM (Kt19C)

39 I despise the ABA and want it dead. It's good that some states think the same thing. But no sane law student will go to a law school that's not accredited by the ABA, unless that student has no choice.

Why? Because it will be a career-killer unless you are absolutely 100% sure you will open your own practice in that state and will never leave.

Each state has its own credentials to be a member of a bar of that state (and thus allowing you to practice law in that state). So if you gain admission to the TX bar after graduating from a non-accredited law school, that allows you to practice in TX alone.

If you ever leave the state, you would need to get licensed or admitted to practice in whatever state you move to. If that state requires ABA-accredited law schools, then you're shit out of luck.

Very risky career choice, IMO.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 27, 2026 11:20 AM (iFTx/)

40 39 I despise the ABA and want it dead.
---

Now do the AMA.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 27, 2026 11:22 AM (aBoGB)

41 Weird that mat-science guys haven't come up with some plastic foam or something to replace the balsa.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 27, 2026 11:22 AM (diia5)

42 Gosh, why do they not use a state of tbe art very low density closed cell plastic foam to fill the blades? Plastic is made from chemicals made from evil crude oil is why. We need to cram all the anti-oil at any cost wackos and the Chinese who fund them into discarded wind turbine blades, seal the blades so they float, and set them adrift off Cape Horn.

Posted by: Gref at March 27, 2026 11:23 AM (h0+D0)

43 I believe it was the Dutch who figured out there is no pay off with windmill energy since even if its working another coal fired generator has to be on to back stop the drop in current winds. Ergo - Double the cost and Stupid.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 27, 2026 11:23 AM (n17eQ)

44 Only the finest old growth balsa will do to save the planet.

Posted by: fd at March 27, 2026 11:23 AM (vFG9F)

45 I despise the ABA and want it dead. It's good that some states think the same thing. But no sane law student will go to a law school that's not accredited by the ABA, unless that student has no choice.

Why? Because it will be a career-killer unless you are absolutely 100% sure you will open your own practice in that state and will never leave.

Very risky career choice, IMO.

IANAL, but I agree. In the long run, the only solution is to go after the ABA for some sort of monopoly or election law charge, or perhaps violating the conditions for violating its tax exempt status.

The American Bar Association (ABA) is
not a 501(c)(3) organization; it is classified as a 501(c)(6) tax-exempt business league. As a professional association, it is not eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions for membership dues. However, its charitable arm, the Fund for Justice and Education (FJE), is a 501(c)(3)

Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2026 11:24 AM (Riz8t)

46 Only the finest old growth balsa will do to save the planet.

Would it have to be encased in real Corinthian leather?

Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2026 11:25 AM (Riz8t)

47 Did the cannibals get them?
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 27, 2026 11:19 AM (2GVsD)

The worst is when they keep you alive as they chop off your balls.

Who wants to die a Democrat....

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 27, 2026 11:26 AM (Sco7b)

48 I despise the ABA and want it dead.
-------

Waterloo was catchy

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 11:26 AM (45LId)

49 Nuke the unborn baby whales for Jesus.

Posted by: Always a popular bumper sticker at March 27, 2026 11:27 AM (2Ez/1)

50 34 "Last time I read a story involving balsa logs was when I read "Kon Tiki " the story of Thor Heyerdahl and his merry band of Skandahoovian misfits sailing across the Pacific on 9 freshly filled balsa logs held together with hemp ropes.

Posted by: Sharkman"
-------------------
DNA of the Indians living in the Amazon forests reveals they are descended from New Guinea and Australia area. They didn't get to the Amazon by Land Bridge.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 27, 2026 11:27 AM (n17eQ)

51 The purpose of the Kon-Tiki adventure was to prove that white caucasians were the first to settle Polynesia by floating over from Peru. He proved it could be done. Of course, even then that was considered racially offensive, so he was considered an asshole.

Since then, all evidence that whites were the first in the Americas or Polynesia has been buried and/or destroyed. Personally, I don't think the evidence is compelling, but it calls into question the alleged "consensus" that the original settlers were not white.

There's enough evidence supporting Heyerdahl's theory to warrant further research, but that will never happen.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 27, 2026 11:28 AM (iFTx/)

52 C5 and C6 Corvettes had floor pans made from a balsa wood/fiberglass composite.

Posted by: far cry at March 27, 2026 11:29 AM (Uy8FE)

53 What, no "Texas Hammer" in the Pic?

/Jim Adler

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 11:29 AM (XuXeR)

54 OT:
A Secret Service agent assigned to Jill Biden shot himself in the leg while accompanying the former first lady through Philadelphia airport.

top people!!

Posted by: Admirale's Mate at March 27, 2026 11:30 AM (/enuJ)

55 "Last time I read a story involving balsa logs was when I read "Kon Tiki " the story of Thor Heyerdahl and his merry band of Skandahoovian misfits sailing across the Pacific on 9 freshly filled balsa logs held together with hemp ropes.

Posted by: Sharkman"
-------------------
DNA of the Indians living in the Amazon forests reveals they are descended from New Guinea and Australia area. They didn't get to the Amazon by Land Bridge.

Heyerdahl was attempting to prove that Polynesia could have been settled by "whites" then living in South America, who sailed on the prevailing easterly winds. Thus, he was going in the opposite direction to Polynesians populating S. America.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2026 11:30 AM (Riz8t)

56 Save the Rainforest !... We need Balsa trees for our windmills....F' the Rainforest !

Posted by: It's me donna at March 27, 2026 11:30 AM (FtULh)

57 *Would it have to be encased in real Corinthian leather?*

In the all new Chrysler Cordoba!

https://youtu.be/uvyTTx33PPQ

Posted by: Ricardo Montalban at March 27, 2026 11:30 AM (2Ez/1)

58 54 OT:
A Secret Service agent assigned to Jill Biden shot himself in the leg while accompanying the former first lady through Philadelphia airport.

top people!!
------------
Another Hunter hire?

Posted by: pudinhead at March 27, 2026 11:31 AM (n17eQ)

59 A Secret Service agent assigned to Jill Biden shot himself in the leg while accompanying the former first lady through Philadelphia airport

Posted by: Admirale's Mate at March 27, 2026 11:30 AM (/enuJ)

Damn.

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 11:31 AM (45LId)

60 OT:
No Kings is uniting with No Dinosaurs and No Unicorns for a combined No Brains Rally this weekend.

TRex hardest hit!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 27, 2026 11:31 AM (S/Y4j)

61 There probably is some suitable man made material that would substitute for balsa but it's a lot cheaper to just cut down trees.

Posted by: fd at March 27, 2026 11:31 AM (vFG9F)

62 58 54 OT:
A Secret Service agent assigned to Jill Biden shot himself in the leg while accompanying the former first lady through Philadelphia airport.

top people!!
------------
Another Hunter hire?
Posted by: pudinhead at March 27, 2026 11:31 AM (n17eQ)

He missed...

Posted by: It's me donna at March 27, 2026 11:32 AM (FtULh)

63 I despise the ABA and want it dead. It's good that some states think the same thing. But no sane law student will go to a law school that's not accredited by the ABA, unless that student has no choice.

Why? Because it will be a career-killer unless you are absolutely 100% sure you will open your own practice in that state and will never leave.

Very risky career choice, IMO.

IANAL, but I agree. In the long run, the only solution is to go after the ABA for some sort of monopoly or election law charge, or perhaps violating the conditions for violating its tax exempt status.

The American Bar Association (ABA) is
not a 501(c)(3) organization; it is classified as a 501(c)(6) tax-exempt business league. As a professional association, it is not eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions for membership dues. However, its charitable arm, the Fund for Justice and Education (FJE), is a 501(c)(3)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2026 11:24 AM (Riz8t)
____

Yes, 100%. I think all of these "tax exempt" associations and charities are operating illegally by being straight-up political actors actively favoring -- and funding -- Democrap cocksuckers.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 27, 2026 11:33 AM (iFTx/)

64 One would think this would be a no-brainer:

Do not use ChapGPT or other LLMs to help with legal cases.

Because a person's life and liberty are at stake.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 27, 2026 11:34 AM (2GVsD)

65 > A Secret Service agent assigned to Jill Biden shot himself in the leg while accompanying the former first lady through Philadelphia airport.

top people!!
----------
Turn about's fair play. The Secret Service agents assigned to Trump after his 1st term, and while he campaigned for his 2nd were the bottom of the agency's barrel. Remember Butler, PA?

Hopefully the *biden's get a taste of their incompetence. They and/or their minions did it to Trump.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 27, 2026 11:35 AM (AkEZC)

66
"Last time I read a story involving balsa logs was when I read "Kon Tiki " the story of Thor Heyerdahl..."
---------

Pfffft. Pikers.

https://tinyurl.com/4z8svf5b

Posted by: The Zumwalt Class destroyer at March 27, 2026 11:35 AM (2Ez/1)

67 Even before government regulation, American fisheries were colluding to control harvesting in order to prevent depletion. They still do it.

Similarly, timber and paper mills developed best practices to prevent deforestation, once places like my AO got deforested, and had to be replanted and cultivated at horrible cost.

But that's America. These dirty foreigners wouldn't bother recultivating, let alone developing best practices for future resource conservation. They have slovenly agricultural practices and are first-order thinkers.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 27, 2026 11:36 AM (BI5O2)

68 54 OT:
A Secret Service agent assigned to Jill Biden shot himself in the leg while accompanying the former first lady through Philadelphia airport.

top people!!
Posted by: Admirale's Mate at March 27, 2026 11:30 AM (/enuJ)
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Wonder if the agent was carrying a Sig P320...

Posted by: ballistic at March 27, 2026 11:36 AM (oqH4h)

69 Speaking of post-modern idiocy...

@libsoftiktok 17m
In response to years of disruptive and violent protests on freeways, California installed gates on freeway ramps to keep deranged protesters out.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 27, 2026 11:36 AM (diia5)

70 California installed gates?

How much per gate?

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 27, 2026 11:36 AM (2GVsD)

71 *No Kings is uniting with No Dinosaurs and No Unicorns for a combined No Brains Rally this weekend.*

++++++++++

No yellow!

Posted by: H. Biden at March 27, 2026 11:37 AM (2Ez/1)

72 As we saw in Butler, Secret Service agents have a hard time holstering their sidearm.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 27, 2026 11:37 AM (2UnvF)

73 Nice. A lady just won a car on 'The Price is Right. Good for her. I hope it makes life easier for her.

If inflation is theft, I watch older episodes on PlutoTV and cars were $2000 US. Damn. Buy gold...

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 27, 2026 11:37 AM (Sco7b)

74 I remember the Scottish forest that was chopped down to put a solar farm on it and then a hail storm took out 85% of the solar panels.

Environmentalism is both a cult and a mental illness.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at March 27, 2026 11:37 AM (xvV+O)

75 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 11:37 AM (5bGGs)

76 One would think this would be a no-brainer:

Do not use ChapGPT or other LLMs to help with legal cases.

Because a person's life and liberty are at stake.

My daughter's firm refused to use AI for a long time, but finally caved. However, they've made it VERY clear that an actual attorney must check every cite and make sure everything is correct. I imagine a failure to do so that ended up embarrassing the company would be a firing offense.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2026 11:37 AM (Riz8t)

77 Moral of the story:

The left sucks.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 11:37 AM (5bGGs)

78 The last images of Renee Good were so creepy. Her face betrayed deep mental illness. The elitists at the top of the leftist pyramid are focused on grabbing all the money they can, but the vast majority of the leftist laity are weak-minded gibbering psychos with no coherent goals or principles. Some of the best people I have had the privilege of knowing in my life were leftist environmentalists (only one facet of their lives). I love them to this day and refuse to believe they would turn their backs on their environmentalism and love for animals due to changing political "winds".

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 27, 2026 11:38 AM (2ap+5)

79 I used to build those model planes and rockets out of balsa wood. If you built them right, they would fly quite impressively. If you built them wrong, all the dozens if not 100s of hours you spend building the thing went to shit because they would crash almost instantly. I had a few rockets blow up on the launching pad too.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 27, 2026 11:38 AM (iFTx/)

80 > *No Kings is uniting with No Dinosaurs and No Unicorns for a combined No Brains Rally this weekend.*

++++++++++

No yellow!
----

NO WIRE HANGERS!

Posted by: Don Black at March 27, 2026 11:38 AM (ZxPkt)

81 How much per gate?
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 27, 2026 11:36 AM (2GVsD)

---------------

1.8 billion per gate and it'll take ten years to install.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 27, 2026 11:39 AM (2UnvF)

82 51
‘ Since then, all evidence that whites were the first in the Americas or Polynesia has been buried’

I saw a video alleging a crossing from Europe to America thousands of years ago. It was based on the apparently identical too and weapon making methods used by both Stone Age Europeans and Stone Age Clovis people (red Indians).

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 27, 2026 11:39 AM (jbnUc)

83 The ABA is a marxist front group, amazingly enough.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 27, 2026 11:02 AM (yvk+0)


Jack Smith still holds his license to practice law. That mutherf*cker violated every possible statute, law and overall moral code........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 11:39 AM (5bGGs)

84 psst

Climate change is a scam
pass it on!

Posted by: Don Black at March 27, 2026 11:39 AM (ZxPkt)

85 Balsa wood? I thought that was used for model airplanes.

Posted by: dantesed at March 27, 2026 11:40 AM (Oy/m2)

86 Agenda 21 is a scam to hobble and impoverish the First World put forth by commies.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 27, 2026 11:40 AM (2GVsD)

87 ----

NO WIRE HANGERS!
Posted by: Don Black at March 27, 2026 11:38 AM (ZxPkt)


NO SHELVING!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 11:40 AM (5bGGs)

88 84 psst

Climate change is a scam
pass it on!

Posted by: Don Black at March 27, 2026 11:39 AM (ZxPkt)

=====

More importantly, it's getting in the way of new data centers.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 11:40 AM (JmKZX)

89 Alternate title:

The Left Talks Like a Fag and Their Shit's All Retarded, Vol. MCMXXXVII

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 11:41 AM (5bGGs)

90 governments do stupid shit all the time
local example:

the city built a roundabout in front of a high school
problem is, the roundabout was too tight for school buses

Posted by: Don Black at March 27, 2026 11:42 AM (ZxPkt)

91 Today is World Theater Day?

The whole world is a stage full of idiots

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 27, 2026 11:42 AM (2GVsD)

92 There's speculation that LLM's could be "trained" in all things legal and do a pretty good job. Again, it depends on what sort of material they're fed for training. But if it was legit, and the LLM was fluent in the law as applied to the situation at hand, it might not be all that bad.

I still wouldn't trust it. Or a lawyer either.

*shrugs* Hope I never have to.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 27, 2026 11:43 AM (AkEZC)

93
69 Speaking of post-modern idiocy...

@libsoftiktok 17m
In response to years of disruptive and violent protests on freeways, California installed gates on freeway ramps to keep deranged protesters out.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 27, 2026 11:36 AM

--------

Protestors can't figure out how to get past the gates? I forsee malfunctioning gates blocking traffic, unperturbed protestors, and contractors with friends in high places installing the gates.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 27, 2026 11:43 AM (mS8PE)

94 We can save these Dodo Birds by making Omelets!

Posted by: garrett at March 27, 2026 11:45 AM (W7FsI)

95 92 There's speculation that LLM's could be "trained" in all things legal and do a pretty good job. Again, it depends on what sort of material they're fed for training. But if it was legit, and the LLM was fluent in the law as applied to the situation at hand, it might not be all that bad.

I still wouldn't trust it. Or a lawyer either.

*shrugs* Hope I never have to.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 27, 2026 11:43 AM (AkEZC)

======

They all STILL hallucinate things.

LLMs are not designed for unchecked, reliable work.

Something else may come along that can do it, but it's not the existing LLMs. They're designed to lie.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 11:45 AM (JmKZX)

96 psst

Climate change is a scam
pass it on!

Posted by: Don Black at March 27, 2026 11:39 AM (ZxPkt)

=====

More importantly, it's getting in the way of new data centers.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 11:40 AM (JmKZX)
____________

A 400-acre auto racing facility in PA (PittRace) was just sold to developers for a datacenter. Too bad. PittRace was a fun track to drive, really well developed and kept, and in a nice isolated area.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 27, 2026 11:45 AM (iFTx/)

97 Well over a decade ago some research was done and they found that Ducks Unlimited actually helped ducks and geese by arranging leases with farmers to keep marshy ponds in their farmland and so on. The rest of the groups basically did nothing but pay lobbyists to wine and dine politicians
Posted by: PaleRider at March 27, 2026 11:09 AM (+89TD)

FARMERS AND RANCHERS DON'T LIKE GOING TO THE GOOD RESTAURANTS!!! THIS MATTERS MORE THAN DUCKS!

Posted by: Kindltot at March 27, 2026 11:45 AM (rbvCR)

98 Carbon sequestration farms
Balsa wood deforestation
Data centers altering the environment

Always go back to the German National Socialist Workers Party wanting to build the factory to build the People's Car.

The party sent out a guy to do an environmental survey of the proposed site. He writes a report detailing all the valuable flora and fauna that would be impacted.

He was shuffled off and the factory built anyway.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 27, 2026 11:46 AM (2GVsD)

99 You guys that had balls wood to make planes had it good. I made my own airplane designs out of egg cartons and meat packages. They flew pretty good. Won a few contests for distance in junior high.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at March 27, 2026 11:47 AM (xvV+O)

100 73 Nice. A lady just won a car on 'The Price is Right. Good for her. I hope it makes life easier for her.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 27, 2026 11:37 AM (Sco7b)

A lot of times people don’t get the car. You have to pay income tax on the value of the car right away. . Most people don’t have the money.

I have a friend who was involved with this kind of thing. Not a game show but same type of thing, charity car raffles, casino giveaways, etc. He said dealers make money on this. They’ll sell the car to the company running the charity at full price, buy the car from the winner at a discount, allowing the winner to pay taxes, then sell the car again at full price because it’s still a new car. Easiest $10k for a dealer to make, it’s just paperwork.

Posted by: Socks The Cat at March 27, 2026 11:47 AM (qAeYZ)

101 They're designed to lie.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 11:45 AM (JmKZX)

They're not designed to lie. It's genuinely a weakness in the existing architecture.

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 11:48 AM (45LId)

102 Kash Patel's email hacked by Iranian-linked hacking group, DOJ confirms


Top men.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 27, 2026 11:49 AM (abIsI)

103 You guys that had balls wood to make planes had it good. I made my own airplane designs out of egg cartons and meat packages. They flew pretty good. Won a few contests for distance in junior high.

You were the German guy in Flight of the Phoenix?

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 27, 2026 11:49 AM (2GVsD)

104 Confiscate the assets of greentards to pay for the dismantling and disposal of every single "wind farm". Stuff the commie shits into the various parts of the windmill and dump the parts into the Marianas Trench.

Posted by: a modest proposal at March 27, 2026 11:49 AM (ULPxl)

105 Kash Patel's email hacked by Iranian-linked hacking group, DOJ confirms


Top men.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 27, 2026 11:49 AM (abIsI)


His password was Pa55w04d1!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 11:50 AM (5bGGs)

106 101 They're designed to lie.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 11:45 AM (JmKZX)

They're not designed to lie. It's genuinely a weakness in the existing architecture.

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 11:48 AM (45LId)

======

Systems are what they do.

LLMs have been public resources for more than 5 years, and things like systems for legal work are still hallucinating cases.

I don't think it's a weakness. I think it's what the systems are designed to do: provide answers even when there aren't any. Which means...to lie.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 11:50 AM (JmKZX)

107 AI and ChatGPT are already being used by lawyers and law firms.

Only a fool would use it without having someone who knows what they are doing check it thoroughly. But AI does a very good job of pulling together materials, facts, and formats to create a "first draft." It's exceptionally good at taking piles of facts from piles of sources, and assembling them into a coherent summary.

AI is basically doing what a first-year lawyer or experienced paralegal would be doing before.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 27, 2026 11:50 AM (iFTx/)

108 Okay, it's passed 100... Is it true that the Republicans have agreed to a deal with the Dems to fund Homeland security but not ICE and Border Patrol ?

Posted by: It's me donna at March 27, 2026 11:50 AM (JOQH4)

109 And Jill Biden gets Secret Service protection that manages to shoot themselves in the leg.

Dude, stop playing with your pistol. Gun safety ya dig?

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 27, 2026 11:51 AM (2GVsD)

110 Okay, it's passed 100... Is it true that the Republicans have agreed to a deal with the Dems to fund Homeland security but not ICE and Border Patrol ?
Posted by: It's me donna at March 27, 2026 11:50 AM (JOQH4)


The 100 comment rule is only in place for The Art Thread and weekend specialty threads, fyi.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 11:51 AM (5bGGs)

111 DNA of the Indians living in the Amazon forests reveals they are descended from New Guinea and Australia area. They didn't get to the Amazon by Land Bridge.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 27, 2026 11:27 AM (n17eQ)

This is not a complete comment. Some populations, and this includes some populations that are of extinct lineages, have marker genes of australasian populations, and those markers do not show in any other populations in the new world.
This was considered "possibly because as that population passed from Beringia after the Younger Dryas they left no trace" say because they migrated by boat down the West coast without settling on land where their remains could be found, and then managed to cross the Andes to get to the Amazon, but it now appears that the peopling of the New world goes back to either the Younger Dryas and possibly to the Boelling interstadial (warm period) prior and would have had to have been by boat.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 27, 2026 11:52 AM (rbvCR)

112
The 100 comment rule is only in place for The Art Thread and weekend specialty threads, fyi.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 11:51 AM (5bGGs)


I didn't want to step on the thread

Posted by: It's me donna at March 27, 2026 11:52 AM (JOQH4)

113 And Jill Biden gets Secret Service protection that manages to shoot themselves in the leg.

Dude, stop playing with your pistol. Gun safety ya dig?
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 27, 2026 11:51 AM (2GVsD)


It's Jill.

He was OBVIOUSLY playing with his junk and accidentally misfired.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 11:52 AM (5bGGs)

114 Current LLMs are very good at playing GIGO.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 27, 2026 11:52 AM (2GVsD)

115 I have a crazy ass plan, but hear me out.

SoCal cities could put together a group of guys who are allowed to enforce traffic laws. They could arm them, and even provide them with vehicles and fancy sumptuary that denotes their status, and then they could roam around the highways patrolling for traffic violators. These staffers could be drawn from the existing payroll, with no extra cost.

I don't see a need for a gating system. Jus' sayin'.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 27, 2026 11:52 AM (BI5O2)

116 108 Okay, it's passed 100... Is it true that the Republicans have agreed to a deal with the Dems to fund Homeland security but not ICE and Border Patrol ?
Posted by: It's me donna

It's what we do.

Posted by: GOP at March 27, 2026 11:52 AM (abIsI)

117 And Jill Biden gets Secret Service protection that manages to shoot themselves in the leg.

Dude, stop playing with your pistol. Gun safety ya dig?
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 27, 2026 11:51 AM (2GVsD)

Or else this was the equivalent of a trapped animal chewing off its own leg to escape.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 27, 2026 11:52 AM (rbvCR)

118 108 Okay, it's passed 100... Is it true that the Republicans have agreed to a deal with the Dems to fund Homeland security but not ICE and Border Patrol ?

Posted by: It's me donna at March 27, 2026 11:50 AM (JOQH4)

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How many times must it be explained that ICE was funded and appropriated through 2028 by the OBBB?

There are some minor support functions, apparently, and some expanded spending (like some holding centers) that the GOP eyed that didn't get funded, but enforcement from OBBB is still around.

The shutdown wasn't about expanded ICE funding, though. It was about policy changes like masks and IDs and not being allowed near "sensitive" locations.

Did Democrats get any of those things?

No, they did not. So, why are people acting like the GOP caved?

Because Democrats declared victory and people believe them for some reason.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 11:52 AM (JmKZX)

119 I despise the ABA and want it dead.
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Waterloo was catchy
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I always loved the ABA. Dr. J was the original Michael Jordan.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at March 27, 2026 11:52 AM (Lo97M)

120 Does she still get introduced as Dr. Jill Biden?

Posted by: dantesed at March 27, 2026 11:53 AM (Oy/m2)

121 HOLY S$$$!

I sent Friday feedback into Fox's Varney and Company under my nic 'ARiK' - and they showed it this morning!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 27, 2026 11:53 AM (QGaXH)

122 The all-time OG of idiotic gun skills is that DEI black dude with FBI or something. He's giving a lecture about gun use and safety at a school.

He brags that "I'm the only one here with the skill to handle this gun."

He then cocks the gun and ... shoots himself in the foot. Not joking. It's all on video.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 27, 2026 11:53 AM (iFTx/)

123
I didn't want to step on the thread
Posted by: It's me donna at March 27, 2026 11:52 AM (JOQH4)


These threads are made for steppin.'

Posted by: Patsy Cline at March 27, 2026 11:53 AM (5bGGs)

124 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 11:52 AM (JmKZX)


I know about ICE, but what about Border Patrol ?

Posted by: It's me donna at March 27, 2026 11:53 AM (JOQH4)

125 78
‘ refuse to believe they would turn their backs on their environmentalism and love for animals due to changing political "winds".’

That’s a triumph of Hope over Experience.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 27, 2026 11:54 AM (jbnUc)

126 Hell...we are deforesting here too. Drive into many rural areas in the northeast and you will see acres of solar panels where there was once forest and farmland.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 27, 2026 11:55 AM (n9ltV)

127 Does she still get introduced as Dr. Jill Biden?
Posted by: dantesed
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Yes. But now they do the air quotes with their fingers when they say doctor.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at March 27, 2026 11:55 AM (Lo97M)

128 Heyerdahl was attempting to prove that Polynesia could have been settled by "whites" then living in South America, who sailed on the prevailing easterly winds. Thus, he was going in the opposite direction to Polynesians populating S. America.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2026 11:30 AM (Riz8t)

There is some evidence that the Polynesians who settled Easter Island reached South America, because at the earliest level of habitation they have found Cana Lily and a few other plant remains only native to South America

Posted by: Kindltot at March 27, 2026 11:55 AM (rbvCR)

129 124 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 11:52 AM (JmKZX)


I know about ICE, but what about Border Patrol ?

Posted by: It's me donna at March 27, 2026 11:53 AM (JOQH4)

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Yes, BP was funded the same was as ICE in the OBBB.

This "victory lap" is Democrats acting like they never asked for anything they actually asked for.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 11:55 AM (JmKZX)

130 People forget Hillary Clinton's SoS protection detail, one getting into a gunfight at a McDonald's in Hawai'i.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 27, 2026 11:55 AM (2GVsD)

131 These threads are made for steppin.'
Posted by: Patsy Cline at March 27, 2026 11:53 AM (5bGGs)

Wrong singer.

Posted by: dantesed at March 27, 2026 11:55 AM (Oy/m2)

132 Yes, BP was funded the same was as ICE in the OBBB.

This "victory lap" is Democrats acting like they never asked for anything they actually asked for.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 11:55 AM (JmKZX)


Okay... Hair fire put out

Posted by: It's me donna at March 27, 2026 11:56 AM (JOQH4)

133 I sent Friday feedback into Fox's Varney and Company under my nic 'ARiK' - and they showed it this morning!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 27, 2026 11:53 AM (QGaXH)

What was your feedback? Negative or positive?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 11:56 AM (OoFl2)

134 The shutdown wasn't about expanded ICE funding, though. It was about policy changes like masks and IDs and not being allowed near "sensitive" locations.

Did Democrats get any of those things?

No, they did not. So, why are people acting like the GOP caved?

Because Democrats declared victory and people believe them for some reason.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 11:52 AM (JmKZX)
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It was actually the Democraps who caved, assuming this deal goes through. You can tell by how desperately they moved the goalposts.

The shutdown was all about ICE and the changes you mentioned. Dums got none of that. So they are now pretending it was always about funding TSA at airports," and since they got that -- which the GOP wanted too -- they won. Pathetic, but sadly even some on our side will fall for it.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 27, 2026 11:57 AM (iFTx/)

135 don't think it's a weakness. I think it's what the systems are designed to do: provide answers even when there aren't any. Which means...to lie.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 11:50 AM (JmKZX)

No. It's a weakness in an emergent technology. I tool around with LLM's in my spare time. It wasn't designed to lie or be wrong. Buggies weren't designed to be bumpy they were designed to get you from A to B. The ride had to be resolved as time went on.

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 11:57 AM (45LId)

136 They’ll sell the car to the company running the charity at full price, buy the car from the winner at a discount, allowing the winner to pay taxes, then sell the car again at full price because it’s still a new car. Easiest $10k for a dealer to make, it’s just paperwork.

Posted by: Socks The Cat at March 27, 2026 11:47 AM (qAeYZ)

Thank you. I knew they had to pay taxes and a lot would take cash. As I recall Oprah's audience had issues after the big giveaway.

I'm surprised the government is that petty.

Canada's a shithole, but when you win the lottery here, it is tax free. HOWEVER, in keeping with our communist nature, they limit the jackpots.

The Lotto Max is capped at $80 million dollars. And they then have extra million dollar prizes so the money gets spread around. Still $80 million would still let you live in BC, Toronto or Montreal if you wanted.....

Posted by: Stateless - Day 8 of 14 at March 27, 2026 11:57 AM (Sco7b)

137 96 A 400-acre auto racing facility in PA (PittRace) was just sold to developers for a datacenter. Too bad. PittRace was a fun track to drive, really well developed and kept, and in a nice isolated area.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 27, 2026 11:45 AM (iFTx/)

As long as the Dirt Tracks in South-Central PA don't get sold off...

Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2026 11:57 AM (uEmCf)

138 134 It was actually the Democraps who caved, assuming this deal goes through. You can tell by how desperately they moved the goalposts.

The shutdown was all about ICE and the changes you mentioned. Dums got none of that. So they are now pretending it was always about funding TSA at airports," and since they got that -- which the GOP wanted too -- they won. Pathetic, but sadly even some on our side will fall for it.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 27, 2026 11:57 AM (iFTx/)

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It's a messaging battle that will last until this afternoon after which everyone will forget it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 11:57 AM (JmKZX)

139
Wrong singer.
Posted by: dantesed at March 27, 2026 11:55 AM (Oy/m2)


I did it better...

https://youtu.be/qEn-_OvYcK4.....

Posted by: Patsy Cline at March 27, 2026 11:58 AM (5bGGs)

140 Wind farms are a bigger joke than solar. Solar costs more and requires more maintenance. Neither will give you the baseline power requirements we need.

Coal and gas. Wake the fuck up. The next generation is not building nuclear so they're stuck with what works. Or live in the dark.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 27, 2026 11:58 AM (Fbc0I)

141 Jennifer Lopez is not a whore.

https://tinyurl.com/4uymu62k

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 27, 2026 11:59 AM (aBoGB)

142 Patsy Cline at March 27, 2026 11:58 AM (5bGGs)

You do have a better voice.

Posted by: dantesed at March 27, 2026 11:59 AM (Oy/m2)

143 Jennifer Lopez is not a whore.

https://tinyurl.com/4uymu62k

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 27, 2026 11:59 AM (aBoGB)


Taco flavored kisses.......

Posted by: Patsy Cline at March 27, 2026 12:00 PM (5bGGs)

144 118 Because Democrats declared victory and people believe them for some reason.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 11:52 AM (JmKZX)

And because the GOPe exist to be Gunt Guards for the Dems.

Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2026 12:00 PM (uEmCf)

145 So much for that......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 12:00 PM (5bGGs)

146 Because Democrats declared victory and people believe them for some reason.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 11:52 AM (JmKZX)

And because the GOPe exist to be Gunt Guards for the Dems.
Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2026 12:00 PM (uEmCf)


Because we're all f*cked.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 12:00 PM (5bGGs)

147 ABA accreditation is such a ridiculous joke.

It's literally "grease the right palms" and everyone knows it.

One time, I saw a law school up for re-accreditation.

They did goofy shit like polish all the wood railings, bannisters and steps.
So the whole school reeked of Lemon Pledge.

'Cause that's how you know it is too a reel skool of learing:
The wood is polished to a fine sheen.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 27, 2026 12:00 PM (HXT0k)

148 @BillMelugin_57m

Because Senate Democrats didn’t end up accepting the Republican offer on DHS funding & negotiations fell apart yesterday,
Dems will get *zero* of the ICE reforms they had been demanding, including ones that GOP had already agreed to, like showing ID, increased Congressional oversight, agreements to not hit sensitive locations, etc.

These reforms were the reason Dems started the shutdown in the first place, and now instead of getting a few concessions on their demand list, they get none.

The only thing they secured was no funding for CBP & ICE, which are largely already funded via the OBBB, and Republicans will seek to fund them even further without Dem votes in reconciliation instead.

As for the Dem’s demand list on ICE reforms?

“That ship has sailed,” Sen. Majority Leader John Thune said this morning. “They kissed that opportunity goodbye by failing to provide funding for those agencies.”

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 27, 2026 12:00 PM (aBoGB)

149 AI is basically doing what a first-year lawyer or experienced paralegal would be doing before.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 27, 2026 11:50 AM (iFTx/)

Here's one of the interesting issues with this.

If AI is doing the work of first-year lawyers, journalists, etc, then you have a lot of people not getting the basic experience needed to do the higher level jobs that AI can't do yet.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 8 of 14 at March 27, 2026 12:00 PM (Sco7b)

150 133 I sent Friday feedback into Fox's Varney and Company under my nic 'ARiK' - and they showed it this morning!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 27, 2026 11:53 AM (QGaXH)

What was your feedback? Negative or positive?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 11:56 AM (OoFl2)

I would call it neutral. I suggested they do the 'Grammar Quiz' more frequently but Stu and Ashley kind of pooh-poohed it.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 27, 2026 12:00 PM (QGaXH)

151 The left is like water under pressure and a submarine; it will always find ANY opportunity to enter where it doesn't belong, and then cause havoc.
Posted by: Archimedes
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Termites

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 27, 2026 12:01 PM (XeU6L)

152 144 118 Because Democrats declared victory and people believe them for some reason.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 11:52 AM (JmKZX)

And because the GOPe exist to be Gunt Guards for the Dems.

Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2026 12:00 PM (uEmCf)

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And people can't take in new information, it seems.

Thune walked all over Democrats in the OBBB battle.

But that doesn't matter because McConnell sucked for a decade.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 12:01 PM (JmKZX)

153 Jennifer Lopez is not a whore.

https://tinyurl.com/4uymu62k

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 27, 2026 11:59 AM (aBoGB)

She really is quite the ass. Heh.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at March 27, 2026 12:01 PM (5xuJ/)

154 A 400-acre auto racing facility in PA (PittRace) was just sold to developers for a datacenter. Too bad. PittRace was a fun track to drive, really well developed and kept, and in a nice isolated area.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 27, 2026 11:45 AM (iFTx/)

As long as the Dirt Tracks in South-Central PA don't get sold off...
Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2026 11:57 AM (uEmCf)
_____

Places like Williams Grove should be fine for now. They are much smaller facilities. The lure of the big, full-size racetracks for developers is they usually sit on 100s of acres of mostly empty but usable land and are already properly zoned for commercial use.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 27, 2026 12:01 PM (iFTx/)

155 As for the Dem’s demand list on ICE reforms?

“That ship has sailed,” Sen. Majority Leader John Thune said this morning. “They kissed that opportunity goodbye by failing to provide funding for those agencies.”
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 27, 2026 12:00 PM (aBoGB)


Hey Thune... No thanks to you...

Posted by: It's me donna at March 27, 2026 12:01 PM (JOQH4)

156 They all STILL hallucinate things.

LLMs are not designed for unchecked, reliable work.

Something else may come along that can do it, but it's not the existing LLMs. They're designed to lie.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 11:45 AM (JmKZX)

The human brain goes through a development period in which, during childhood and puberty, the brain prunes connections to help focus and control how it perceives and interacts with reality. This is evident during early language acquisition, and later learning as the individual matures. One of the theories of schizophrenia is that the pruning is short circuited or neglecte, which causes all sorts of misconnections leading to hallucinations and bad reality matching.
I wonder if LLMs have the same problem.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 27, 2026 12:02 PM (rbvCR)

157 155
Hey Thune... No thanks to you...

Posted by: It's me donna at March 27, 2026 12:01 PM (JOQH4)

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Why no thanks to him?

There were like 7 votes on amendments to reopen TSA et al WITH the policy changes, and Thune kept his senators in line enough to prevent any of the changes from getting through the Senate. Even at the peak of the whole "airports are nothing but lines" media attack.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 12:03 PM (JmKZX)

158 HAL 9000, Attorney at Law

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 27, 2026 12:03 PM (2GVsD)

159
“That ship has sailed,” Sen. Majority Leader John Thune said this morning. “They kissed that opportunity goodbye by failing to provide funding for those agencies.”
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 27, 2026 12:00 PM (aBoGB)


Pass the SAVE Act, you nutless wonder. F*cking worthless GOP assholes........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 12:03 PM (5bGGs)

160 132 Yes, BP was funded the same was as ICE in the OBBB.

This "victory lap" is Democrats acting like they never asked for anything they actually asked for.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 11:55 AM (JmKZX)


Okay... Hair fire put out
Posted by: It's me donna at March 27, 2026 11:56 AM (JOQH4)

What really torques my nads is that The Daily Liberty is trumpeting this as a GOP "cave"....

What the fuck happened over there? Do conservative news aggregation sites always turn left?

I know, I answered my own question - everything does eventually.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 27, 2026 12:04 PM (dmDsy)

161 Hell...we are deforesting here too. Drive into many rural areas in the northeast and you will see acres of solar panels where there was once forest and farmland.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 27, 2026 11:55 AM (n9ltV

Dude I have seen these atrocities on a small scale in Western NC. And I've seen them on a gigantic scale in KS. Though that's prairie getting wrecked instead of forests.

My mom & dad lived in a particularly beautiful little place for a long time. We went back a few years ago and she saw the panels: "what have they done," she said.

It's the modern strip mining.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 27, 2026 12:04 PM (BI5O2)

162 Because Senate Democrats didn’t end up accepting the Republican offer on DHS funding & negotiations fell apart yesterday,
Dems will get *zero* of the ICE reforms they had been demanding, including ones that GOP had already agreed to, like showing ID, increased Congressional oversight, agreements to not hit sensitive locations, etc.

These reforms were the reason Dems started the shutdown in the first place, and now instead of getting a few concessions on their demand list, they get none.

The only thing they secured was no funding for CBP & ICE, which are largely already funded via the OBBB, and Republicans will seek to fund them even further without Dem votes in reconciliation instead.

As for the Dem’s demand list on ICE reforms?

“That ship has sailed,” Sen. Majority Leader John Thune said this morning. “They kissed that opportunity goodbye by failing to provide funding for those agencies.”
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 27, 2026 12:00 PM (aBoGB)
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Then why is Speaker Johnson and the WHIP reportedly hopping mad?

Posted by: WisRich at March 27, 2026 12:04 PM (G0vdT)

163 I wonder if LLMs have the same problem.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 27, 2026 12:02 PM (rbvCR)

They are probability engines, they deal in math. Unfortunately the outputs aren't subject to an internal verification process because in the end it's just a very good guess as to what it should be saying. It's kind of like speaking without thinking. Sort of.

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 12:04 PM (45LId)

164 What really torques my nads is that The Daily Liberty is trumpeting this as a GOP "cave"....

What the fuck happened over there? Do conservative news aggregation sites always turn left?

I know, I answered my own question - everything does eventually.
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 27, 2026 12:04 PM (dmDsy)


I've been noticing that as well.

What's up with that fat asianlooking dude that runs the place? He getting leftist money to go full Drudge?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 12:05 PM (5bGGs)

165 162
Then why is Speaker Johnson and the WHIP reportedly hopping mad?

Posted by: WisRich at March 27, 2026 12:04 PM (G0vdT)

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They're making theater, blaming Democrats for not providing the expanded funding of ICE and BP that Republicans tried to get passed as a means of prepping the rhetorical battleground for the reconciliation push.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 12:06 PM (JmKZX)

166 Everything coming from the media is an op wrapped in lies.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 27, 2026 12:06 PM (2GVsD)

167 Then why is Speaker Johnson and the WHIP reportedly hopping mad?
Posted by: WisRich at March 27, 2026 12:04 PM (G0vdT)

B/c they have to vote again when they already passed the bill...and for theater to help get Dems votes they need to pass this (b/c remember, he doesn't have 218 right now)...

Posted by: Nova Local at March 27, 2026 12:07 PM (tOcjL)

168 Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 27, 2026 12:04 PM (dmDsy)


I've been noticing that as well.

What's up with that fat asianlooking dude that runs the place? He getting leftist money to go full Drudge?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 12:05 PM (5bGGs)


YES!

That's fucking JD Rucker... he used to be a pretty reliable conservative, but lately, things have changed...

Thanks, man! I thought I was the only one seeing this!

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 27, 2026 12:07 PM (dmDsy)

169 Everything coming from the media is an op wrapped in lies.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 27, 2026 12:06 PM (2GVsD)


The media is the enemy of the people. Trump was right and they keep proving it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 12:07 PM (5bGGs)

170 >>>She really is quite the ass. Heh.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy

>That is one thirsty woman. She feels it slipping away. I'd still do her, but would kick out onto the street after I'm finished.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 27, 2026 12:08 PM (Fbc0I)

171 They're making theater, blaming Democrats for not providing the expanded funding of ICE and BP that Republicans tried to get passed as a means of prepping the rhetorical battleground for the reconciliation push.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 12:06 PM (JmKZX)
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So they're pretending that they have to eat a sh*t sandwich.

Posted by: WisRich at March 27, 2026 12:08 PM (G0vdT)

172
Thanks, man! I thought I was the only one seeing this!
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 27, 2026 12:07 PM (dmDsy)


*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 12:09 PM (5bGGs)

173 171 So they're pretending that they have to eat a sh*t sandwich.

Posted by: WisRich at March 27, 2026 12:08 PM (G0vdT)

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Everything that comes out of DC is theater without meaning except the wording of final bills.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 12:10 PM (JmKZX)

174 Torqued nads?

Posted by: Owww at March 27, 2026 12:10 PM (2Ez/1)

175 I'm pissed at Thune for his handling or mishandling of the SAVE Act

Posted by: It's me donna at March 27, 2026 12:10 PM (FtULh)

176 AI is basically doing what a first-year lawyer or experienced paralegal would be doing before.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 27, 2026 11:50 AM (iFTx/)
==
What are the first year lawyers going to do now?

Posted by: Black JEM at March 27, 2026 12:10 PM (GZYu7)

177 Thanks, man! I thought I was the only one seeing this!
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 27, 2026 12:07 PM (dmDsy)


*fistbump*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 12:09 PM (5bGGs)


*Boom*

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 27, 2026 12:11 PM (dmDsy)

178
>That is one thirsty woman. She feels it slipping away. I'd still do her, but would kick out onto the street after I'm finished.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 27, 2026 12:08 PM (Fbc0I)


The best Lopez discussion......


https://youtu.be/MzV8wrnLfS4

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 12:11 PM (5bGGs)

179 175 I'm pissed at Thune for his handling or mishandling of the SAVE Act

Posted by: It's me donna at March 27, 2026 12:10 PM (FtULh)

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He's doing it the same way he dealt with the OBBB.

Will it pass?

I don't know, but we're not anywhere close to "it's over."

Probably has to do a long song and dance to make certain GOP senators happy that the process was followed correctly.

All we have is that they're in the middle of debate on amendments (well, they just went on recess, sort of) and implications that there are other paths that they could follow.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 12:12 PM (JmKZX)

180 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 12:12 PM (5bGGs)

181 I'm pissed at Thune for his handling or mishandling of the SAVE Act
Posted by: It's me donna at March 27, 2026 12:10 PM (FtULh)

Just handling; he did his job, which was to defeat the act. No malfeasance.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 27, 2026 12:12 PM (BI5O2)

182 175 I'm pissed at Thune for his handling or mishandling of the SAVE Act
Posted by: It's me donna at March 27, 2026 12:10 PM (FtULh)
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Especially the "we'll get it through reconciliation" failure theatre.

Posted by: WisRich at March 27, 2026 12:12 PM (G0vdT)

183 Since then, all evidence that whites were the first in the Americas or Polynesia has been buried
--
The current controversy I'm seeing is a very obvious Roman individual bust/carving was found buried deep inside an undisturbed Central American tomb of some royalty.

And all the "first nations only and forever" assholes are all over trying to dismiss it.
Because Europeans with 2000+ year old tech were the first to ever sail across the Atlantic in 1492.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 27, 2026 12:13 PM (HXT0k)

184 176 What are the first year lawyers going to do now?
Posted by: Black JEM at March 27, 2026 12:10 PM (GZYu7)

Put the fries in the bag.

Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2026 12:13 PM (FpHTM)

185
Wind farms are a bigger joke than solar. Solar costs more and requires more maintenance. Neither will give you the baseline power requirements we need.

Coal and gas. Wake the fuck up. The next generation is not building nuclear so they're stuck with what works. Or live in the dark.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 27, 2026 11:58 AM (Fbc0I)



I've been listening to a lot of Sarah Paine's geopolitical/historical analysis on yootoob and she's quite good. However, she has two blind spots. First is an overreliance on the idea of foreign allies; and an absolute faith that alternative energy is the wave of the future. And since the Chinee are building most of the alt energy parts and equipment, she thinks that it's a harbinger of Chinese power in the near future.

What she doesn't get is that the Chinee aren't stupid enough to rebuild their whole domestic energy grid and expecting it to run on wind and solar. They're heavily investing in coal/nat gas power stations, like a sane country.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 27, 2026 12:13 PM (y9nCu)

186 Democrats won on the shutdown:

They forced ICE to withdraw from Toronto!!!

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 27, 2026 12:18 PM (HXT0k)

187 Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 27, 2026 12:18 PM (HXT0k

LOL

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 12:23 PM (45LId)

188 You cannot trust the GOPe. Nothing that passes at 3am is valid.

Posted by: TJ jackson at March 27, 2026 12:39 PM (bXvrr)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

Gonzales Mirror1.jpg


The Full-length Mirror
Eva Gonzalès

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM




Comments

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1 1

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2026 09:30 AM (KyaUN)

2 Plump

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 27, 2026 09:30 AM (AkEZC)

3 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

4 Too.
Much.
Clothing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

5 Good morning good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 27, 2026 09:31 AM (cYBz/)

6 st!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 27, 2026 09:31 AM (kgE5c)

7 Very nicely done

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2026 09:31 AM (KyaUN)

8 Damn. The connection is slow this morning.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 27, 2026 09:31 AM (kgE5c)

9 "Yep, I've made myself as plain as possible. Mission Accomplished!"

Posted by: Tonypete at March 27, 2026 09:31 AM (cYBz/)

10 If that ribbon is where her waist is, there's 3 inches from her pube to her boob.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

11 Very pretty. That's a very nice painting. I'll look uo more details after coffee.

This doesn't make me think of necrophilia at all.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 27, 2026 09:32 AM (Sco7b)

12 Nice. A bit bland. But nice.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 27, 2026 09:32 AM (bss/y)

13 That's a low-quality mirror... or, it needs a good washing.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 27, 2026 09:32 AM (dmDsy)

14 It's the Mirror of Erised, they told me. It will show you your deepest desire. This look is NOT my deepest desire!

Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2026 09:32 AM (Riz8t)

15 That dress does not help her figure.

Posted by: No Name Today at March 27, 2026 09:32 AM (8mulE)

16 What do they do with all that space behind the mirror?

That's also an odd couch.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 27, 2026 09:33 AM (bss/y)

17 Preggers

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 27, 2026 09:33 AM (Kt19C)

18 Can't really say why, but I like it. It looks as if she's been doing some gardening.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 27, 2026 09:33 AM (kgE5c)

19 Possibly preggers? I'm frustrated that most of the reflection is so...less. We don't really get to meet the subject.

Posted by: RandomDave at March 27, 2026 09:33 AM (aJQbY)

20 The mirror was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at March 27, 2026 09:34 AM (2Ez/1)

21 Nice color contrast between her white, black and gray clothing and the red sofa, and I appreciate the fact that she's not too happy with her appearance . Weight? Dress is not flattering? It's honest. I also enjoy seeing a woman artist whom I wad not familiar with . Thanks, CBD.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2026 09:34 AM (lQ+/f)

22 I'd pinch her bottom. If I could find it.

Posted by: Grabass Gary at March 27, 2026 09:34 AM (oftw2)

23 This is beyond Meh.

The subject is boring, but at least the colors are washed out and dull.

Posted by: Don Black at March 27, 2026 09:35 AM (ZxPkt)

24 Crappy mirror.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 27, 2026 09:35 AM (aBoGB)

25 Do these stripes make my hips look thinner?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 27, 2026 09:35 AM (XvL8K)

26 >>>What do they do with all that space behind the mirror?

That's where the bad hide-and-go-seekers hide.

Posted by: No Name Today at March 27, 2026 09:35 AM (8mulE)

27 I like the gold leaf.

Posted by: Trying To Be Positive at March 27, 2026 09:35 AM (oftw2)

28 Wide birthing hips.

Posted by: Discriminating suitors at March 27, 2026 09:36 AM (2Ez/1)

29 I believe they call those 'birthing hips.'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 09:36 AM (Zz0t1)

30 Thinking she needs to change outfits.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 27, 2026 09:36 AM (NpAcC)

31 The artist died in childbirth. Her teacher was Manet. You can really see his influence in some of her paintings.

Posted by: Tuna at March 27, 2026 09:36 AM (lJ0H4)

32 Can't do feet -- from the front or the back.

Posted by: red speck at March 27, 2026 09:36 AM (Ve/HL)

33 Let the hair down, sweetie.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 09:36 AM (Zz0t1)

34 16 What do they do with all that space behind the mirror?

That's also an odd couch.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 27, 2026 09:33 AM (bss/y)

That space is how you get to Narnia.

Posted by: tubal at March 27, 2026 09:36 AM (/HeZH)

35 Is that a stain on her blue dress?

Posted by: red speck at March 27, 2026 09:37 AM (Ve/HL)

36 Yes, the outfit makes your left side look fat.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 27, 2026 09:37 AM (NpAcC)

37 Lotta' junk in that trunk.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 27, 2026 09:37 AM (AkEZC)

38 Premenstrual bloating.

Posted by: But, alas at March 27, 2026 09:37 AM (2Ez/1)

39 The color of her dress matches the color of the wall. Dull and plain grey.

Posted by: dantesed at March 27, 2026 09:38 AM (Oy/m2)

40 Hey, if she looks plump, that's because the artist had a lot of room to paint.

"The Full-length Mirror," painted by Eva Gonzalès around 1869–70, depicts her sister Jeanne contemplating her reflection in a simple room. This work is notable for its subdued color palette and is part of the Impressionist tradition of portraying women at their mirrors."

Size: approximately 165 × 111 cm (65 × 44 in)

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 27, 2026 09:39 AM (Sco7b)

41 35 Is that a stain on her blue dress?
Posted by: red speck at March 27, 2026 09:37 AM
###

Don't look at me.

Posted by: B.J. Clinton at March 27, 2026 09:39 AM (2Ez/1)

42 35 Is that a stain on her blue dress?
Posted by: red speck at March 27, 2026 09:37 AM (Ve/HL)
****
She's hoping no one will notice.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 27, 2026 09:39 AM (NpAcC)

43 28 Wide birthing hips.
Posted by: Discriminating suitors at March 27, 2026 09:36 AM

29 I believe they call those 'birthing hips.'
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 09:36 AM

Hordemind...beautiful and terrible.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 27, 2026 09:40 AM (kgE5c)

44 There's a bustle in her hedgerow.

Posted by: L. Zeppelin at March 27, 2026 09:41 AM (2Ez/1)

45 31 >>>The artist died in childbirth. Her teacher was Manet. You can really see his influence in some of her paintings.


Well then, for a dead chick, she is a very good painter.

Posted by: red speck at March 27, 2026 09:42 AM (Ve/HL)

46 Not to nitpick but it looks like she's hovering a little off the ground.

Not unpleasant to look at. I deem satisfactory.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 27, 2026 09:42 AM (DgMqy)

47 "...there's 3 inches from her pube to her boob.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 09:31 AM"

"from her pube to her boob"


Now that's some prime limerick material right there, that is!

Posted by: Limerick Lover at March 27, 2026 09:45 AM (2Ez/1)

48 Sad the poor artist died young in childbirth. She had artistic talent.

Posted by: Brush With Greatness at March 27, 2026 09:45 AM (oftw2)

49 Don't need TSA to know what she's smuggling under that frock

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 09:46 AM (45LId)

50 Except for a missing onion, this appears to be in the style of the time.

Posted by: Will Robinson at March 27, 2026 09:46 AM (cO6oP)

51 >41 35 Is that a stain on her blue dress?
>Posted by: red speck at March 27, 2026 09:37 AM
>###
>Don't look at me.
>Posted by: B.J. Clinton at March 27, 2026 09:39 AM (2Ez/1)

Don't look at me, either.

Posted by: Hillary! at March 27, 2026 09:46 AM (U3fVU)

52 Don't look at me, either.

Posted by: Hillary!

Oh honey, nobody does that voluntarily.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2026 09:47 AM (Riz8t)

53 Looks like a maid using her mistress's full-length mirror, since she doesn't have one in her attic room.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 09:48 AM (wzUl9)

54 Plump
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 27, 2026

***
That apron and full skirt would make Ariana Grande look plump.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 09:48 AM (wzUl9)

55 So the woman - "society" - knew where to find it. But the mirror - that was a revolution.

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 09:48 AM (45LId)

56 Sad the poor artist died young in childbirth. She had artistic talent.
Posted by: Brush With Greatness

Yes it is. Her other paintings are quite good.

Posted by: Tuna at March 27, 2026 09:48 AM (lJ0H4)

57 Countdown.
3.
2.
1.
IT'S A MAN, BABY!

Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2026 09:49 AM (uEmCf)

58 I am … aren't I … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at March 27, 2026 09:50 AM (ayRl+)

59 What do they do with all that space behind the mirror?

That's also an odd couch.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 27, 2026
*
That space is how you get to Narnia.
Posted by: tubal at March 27, 2026

***
The emergency entrance, for when the wardrobe is locked.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 09:50 AM (wzUl9)

60 Mirror, mirror on a stand.
Who's the fairest in the land?

Posted by: Snow White wannabe at March 27, 2026 09:51 AM (2Ez/1)

61 Mirror pivots on a center-line axis allowing her to see different angles.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 27, 2026 09:51 AM (aBoGB)

62 > 44 There's a bustle in her hedgerow.

And a hedgerow in her bustle. Unless she trimmed it.

Posted by: WaitingForMartel at March 27, 2026 09:51 AM (U3fVU)

63 Does my ass make these stripes look big … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at March 27, 2026 09:52 AM (ayRl+)

64 Woman: "Why is there a full length mirror in this doctor's waiting room?"

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 09:52 AM (45LId)

65 Since the canvas is 5 feet, five inches by 3 foot, 8 inches, it's almost a full size painting of her sister.

Who does look like she's dreading bikini season.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 27, 2026 09:53 AM (Sco7b)

66 No one will notice the little wiggle of her pert ass under all that stupid fabric.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 27, 2026 09:53 AM (g8Ew8)

67 @ 64 Woman: "Why is there a full length mirror in this doctor's waiting room?"
__________________________________________

Well, it's the proctologist's examination room … the 'wait' is just a little 'something extra'.

Posted by: Dr_No at March 27, 2026 09:54 AM (ayRl+)

68 It's not just a pose, there's a mood to this painting. Yes, she's very good. I do wonder how long her sister had to levitate during the sketching process.

Posted by: t-bird at March 27, 2026 09:54 AM (vhFJq)

69 Boring.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 27, 2026 09:55 AM (A5RD0)

70 Whatcha gonna do with all that junk up in that trunk?

Posted by: BIP at March 27, 2026 09:56 AM (HcoTw)

71 This is close to being the ultimate in self-deprecating humor …

Posted by: Dr_No at March 27, 2026 09:56 AM (ayRl+)

72 In olden days, a glimpse of stocking
Was looked on as something shocking

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 27, 2026 09:56 AM (ndZc7)

73 69 Boring.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 27, 2026 09:55 AM (A5RD0)

Looks like someone gave her a good boring

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 09:57 AM (45LId)

74 100 comment rule. [CBD]

Posted by: M. Gaga at March 27, 2026 09:58 AM (KiBMU)

75 It's a pic that would be hanging in a female's dressing room.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 27, 2026 09:58 AM (g8Ew8)

76 In olden days, a glimpse of stocking
Was looked on as something shocking
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster!

Now heaven knows
Anything goes

Posted by: Tuna at March 27, 2026 09:59 AM (lJ0H4)

77 The artist died in childbirth. Her teacher was Manet.

Really? I would never have considered this a contemporary of Manet. It looks more like something Vettrano would have painted.

And I suspect you all know, but something wonderful happened to me this morning.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at March 27, 2026 10:02 AM (ufSfZ)

78 > 68 It's not just a pose, there's a mood to this painting. Yes, she's very good. I do wonder how long her sister had to levitate during the sketching process.

They cut off my legs, now I'm an amputee, God damn you

Posted by: Flagpole Sitta at March 27, 2026 10:02 AM (U3fVU)

79 I like the detail on the mirror and really like the subtle use of color in the clothing. The relatively indistinct reflection of her face and hair is bothersome, discordant, against the more realistic features of the woman and furnishings. I don't know if that was deliberate.

I wouldn't hang it. There is a 'so what' quality, like a snap shot without context. It doesn't make the viewer, at least not this viewer, think of a story line to go with the image. It's not a bad painting, just not inspiring.

Posted by: JTB at March 27, 2026 10:03 AM (yTvNw)

80 77 The artist died in childbirth. Her teacher was Manet.

Really? I would never have considered this a contemporary of Manet. It looks more like something Vettrano would have painted.

And I suspect you all know, but something wonderful happened to me this morning.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at March 27, 2026

***
It does seem like a Jack Vettriano at that!

And no, I don't know about this news. Wait until after 100 and tell us.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 10:04 AM (wzUl9)

81 Ya know, for some reason, I want to like this, but.....

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 27, 2026 10:04 AM (dmDsy)

82 "...there's 3 inches from her pube to her boob.
Posted by: Sponge

Now that's some prime limerick material right there, that is!

***********

Cut Out The Middle, Man! - a limerick

A surgeon named Malcolm van Vroob
Had a body-sculpting vid on YouTube
He reduced a girl's torso
Seven inches, maybe more so
Left 3 inches from her pube to her boob

Posted by: muldoon at March 27, 2026 10:04 AM (qgHp7)

83 This seems more like practice than art, if you know what I mean. It's well executed, but .. err .. storyless, if that is a term.

Posted by: toby928 at March 27, 2026 10:05 AM (4NO2D)

84 It was red, velvet-trimmed
And it fit me good
And starin' back from the lookin' glass
Was a woman where a half-grown kid had stood

"Here's your one chance, Fancy, don't let me down
Here's your one chance, Fancy, don't let me down
Lord, forgive me for what I do (Please)
But if you want out, well it's up to you...

Posted by: Bobbie Gentry at March 27, 2026 10:06 AM (AknkO)

85
It has a Paint By Numbers look to it.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 27, 2026 10:06 AM (xG4kz)

86
Cut Out The Middle, Man! - a limerick

A surgeon named Malcolm van Vroob
Had a body-sculpting vid on YouTube
He reduced a girl's torso
Seven inches, maybe more so
Left 3 inches from her pube to her boob
Posted by: muldoon at March 27, 2026 10:04 AM (qgHp7)


You are a national treasure. And my hero!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 10:06 AM (Zz0t1)

87 Love it, muldoon!

Each line better than the last.

Posted by: Limerick Lover at March 27, 2026 10:07 AM (2Ez/1)

88
She's sporting a "Who's the Baby Daddy?" facial expression.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 27, 2026 10:07 AM (xG4kz)

89 The Title Doesn't Check Out - a limerick

There once was a girl named Louise
Who said, "Someone explain for me please.
If that''s a full-length mirror
Then why does it appear
To cut me off right at the knees?"

Posted by: muldoon at March 27, 2026 10:10 AM (qgHp7)

90
Who will step forward out if the crowd of starving artists to claim the appellation "Trans-Manet"?

The world wonders.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 27, 2026 10:10 AM (xG4kz)

91 100 comment rule. [CBD]

Posted by: M. Gaga at March 27, 2026 10:10 AM (KiBMU)

92 A twofer!

Posted by: Limerick Lover at March 27, 2026 10:11 AM (2Ez/1)

93 It was red, velvet-trimmed
And it fit me good
And starin' back from the lookin' glass
Was a woman where a half-grown kid had stood

"Here's your one chance, Fancy, don't let me down
Here's your one chance, Fancy, don't let me down
Lord, forgive me for what I do (Please)
But if you want out, well it's up to you...
Posted by: Bobbie Gentry at March 27, 2026

***
One of the great songs of the '60s, along with her "Ode to Billie Joe."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 10:12 AM (wzUl9)

94
This work is notable for its subdued color palette and is part of the Impressionist tradition of portraying women at their mirrors."

They portrayed mirrored women,
but not the vampire mirrored women.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 27, 2026 10:14 AM (xG4kz)

95 And starin' back from the lookin' glass
Was a woman where a half-grown kid had stood

The 60s seemed to have a lot of songs about girls on the cusp of womanhood.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at March 27, 2026 10:14 AM (ufSfZ)

96
I guess that today is slacker Friday.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 27, 2026 10:14 AM (xG4kz)

97 She's kinda homely. No like....

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 10:14 AM (xT8gx)

98
hunnert

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 27, 2026 10:15 AM (xG4kz)

99
huntered

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 27, 2026 10:15 AM (xG4kz)

100
one hundred

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 27, 2026 10:15 AM (xG4kz)

101 They portrayed mirrored women,
but not the vampire mirrored women.

As Kevin James said on The King of Queens, "For a guy who can't see himself in the mirror, Dracula's pretty well-groomed."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at March 27, 2026 10:15 AM (ufSfZ)

102
Jeebus, you people ...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 27, 2026 10:15 AM (xG4kz)

103 93 45 mins to get to 100.
Art thread is kinda gay guys.
Posted by: Zoolander

+++++

Lighten up, Francis.
We just got "pube" and "boob" together in a Limerick.

Posted by: Limerick Lover at March 27, 2026 10:15 AM (2Ez/1)

104 media gaslighting is working

@CBSNews
·
15h
Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) said the U.S. should exit the war in Iran, telling reporters Thursday, "It's time to come home."

Posted by: Don Black at March 27, 2026 10:16 AM (ZxPkt)

105 "...there's 3 inches from her pube to her boob.
Posted by: Sponge

*********

WARNING: "Objects in mirror may appear closer together than the really are"

Posted by: muldoon at March 27, 2026 10:17 AM (qgHp7)

106 It's not likely for 1869, but it could be that the woman is with child but unmarried, and is looking mournfully at her expanding waistline -- knowing everybody will guess at her shameful condition.

Or it could be that the artist's sister *is* married and pregnant, and doesn't want to be for whatever reason. Maybe her doctor warned her, "One more child will kill you." Or her husband has died or deserted her.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 10:17 AM (wzUl9)

107 And I suspect you all know, but something wonderful happened to me this morning.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at March 27, 2026

---------------------

*Judge Smails voice*

Well, we're waiting!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 27, 2026 10:17 AM (2UnvF)

108 So, MP4? the floor is yours....

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 27, 2026 10:18 AM (dmDsy)

109 I got curious and looked it up. This picture was painted around 1870... it does have that old look to it

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 10:18 AM (xT8gx)

110 They portrayed mirrored women,
but not the vampire mirrored women.

As Kevin James said on The King of Queens, "For a guy who can't see himself in the mirror, Dracula's pretty well-groomed."
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at March 27, 2026

***
Hey, he brushed his hair straight back and used pomade. Not too complicated. And I'm sure after a human lifetime he knew how to tie his tie by feel.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 10:19 AM (wzUl9)

111 Am I now a socialist commie RINO who hates America?

Posted by: Sen. Kennedy at March 27, 2026 10:19 AM (qAeYZ)

112 Because I was lurking on pixy's thread this morning, I now know MP4's real name (or at least his pen name). Found your Amazon page, MP4. Thumbs up

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 10:20 AM (xT8gx)

113
Hey, he brushed his hair straight back and used pomade.

Dapper Dan or Fop?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 27, 2026 10:20 AM (xG4kz)

114 The wheels are closing in.
The walls are coming off.

Posted by: Media at March 27, 2026 10:20 AM (2Ez/1)

115 OK, past 100. Forgive me for the post, but I needed the boost today:

I woke up about half an hour ago, and, as is my routine, checked for e-mail and texts, then pulled up The Comics Curmudgeon and Instapundit.

Imagine my joy to see, before a 7.05am post from Stephen Green about the murder of Sheridan Gorman, a post from Sarah Hoyt noting that she is re-reading and enjoying my first novel, The Director's Cut!

I don't know how to post a link, but it's there. Perhaps someone more savvy than I can mention it on the Book Thread?

Anyway, perhaps I'll have more sales? It makes me happy, and that's such a rare feeling that I'm going to the cofveve shop with my notebook and write.

Hope you all have a lovely day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at March 27, 2026 10:20 AM (ufSfZ)

116 Am I now a socialist commie RINO who hates America?
Posted by: Sen. Kennedy at March 27, 2026 10:19 AM (qAeYZ)

Well, let's see.....yes.

Posted by: Make War , Not Peace at March 27, 2026 10:20 AM (AknkO)

117 112 Because I was lurking on pixy's thread this morning, I now know MP4's real name (or at least his pen name). Found your Amazon page, MP4. Thumbs up
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 10:20 AM (xT8gx)


I thought we all knew that already.... hell, I bought one of his books. Really good, too! Gonna get more...

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 27, 2026 10:21 AM (dmDsy)

118 Hey, he brushed his hair straight back and used pomade.
*
Dapper Dan or Fop?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 27, 2026

***
Whatever he could get in Transylvania. Or London, later on.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 10:21 AM (wzUl9)

119 Am I now a socialist commie RINO who hates America?

Posted by: Sen. Kennedy

I know many here find him amusing and wry, but I think he's tedious. The aw shucks, cornpone routine is beyond old.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2026 10:21 AM (Riz8t)

120 And I suspect you all know, but something wonderful happened to me this morning.
Posted by: Mary Poppins'

**********

The new phone books are here!!

Posted by: muldoon at March 27, 2026 10:21 AM (qgHp7)

121 Extreme Hakeem takes a victory lap.

Hakeem Jeffries
@hakeemjeffries
Democrats have forced the administration to Pay TSA agents.
And end the airport chaos.
Difficult takes a day, impossible takes a week.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 27, 2026 10:21 AM (ndZc7)

122 Imagine my joy to see, before a 7.05am post from Stephen Green about the murder of Sheridan Gorman, a post from Sarah Hoyt noting that she is re-reading and enjoying my first novel, The Director's Cut!

I don't know how to post a link, but it's there. Perhaps someone more savvy than I can mention it on the Book Thread?

Anyway, perhaps I'll have more sales? It makes me happy, and that's such a rare feeling that I'm going to the cofveve shop with my notebook and write.

Hope you all have a lovely day.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at March 27, 2026

***
Yes, somebody posted the link from Instapundit on the Tech Thread. Congratulations!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 10:22 AM (wzUl9)

123 Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow who’s from Hong Kong tells ICE to stay out of Toronto
“Stay out ICE! We do not need you here.”

-------

Ok, here's my answer to this: wait for the dead of winter in Toronto, with sustained subzero temps. Then, divert half the C-5Ms at Dover to fly day-and-night sorties, dropping crushed ice over Toronto for a week. Then say it was an accident. And let Operation Unleash Hail be a warning to future Chinese interlopers.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 27, 2026 10:22 AM (BI5O2)

124 I guess that today is slacker Friday.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 27, 2026 10:14 AM (xG4kz)

You are not kidding. This week has been brutal. Everything I touch turns to shit. I am the new Shit Midas. But I have a long weekend coming and at the mo I am kind of taking it easy today already.

Why am I telling you this

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 10:23 AM (45LId)

125
I know many here find him amusing and wry, but I think he's tedious. The aw shucks, cornpone routine is beyond old.
Posted by: Archimedes

"Ah say! Ah say!"

-- zombie Sam Ervin and zombie Fritz Hollings

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 27, 2026 10:23 AM (xG4kz)

126 The new phone books are here!!
Posted by: muldoon at March 27, 2026

***
I remember when Bell, or the printing company I guess, would leave the new white and yellow pages volumes on the doorstep during the last week or so of the year.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 10:23 AM (wzUl9)

127 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at March 27, 2026

Well done!!!!!

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 10:23 AM (45LId)

128 Glenn Reynolds (Instapundit) can bring the heat when he wants to. In describing Jimmy Kimmel's contemptuous dismissal of Markwayne Mullins as merely a plumber, Reynolds says:

You do a decent job of retailing class-snobbery for downwardly mobiles, though, which is what most of your audience is actually there for.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2026 10:24 AM (Riz8t)

129 https://instapundit.com/785593/#disqus_thread

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 27, 2026 10:24 AM (dmDsy)

130 Extreme Hakeem takes a victory lap.

Hakeem Jeffries
@hakeemjeffries
Democrats have forced the administration to Pay TSA agents.
And end the airport chaos.
Difficult takes a day, impossible takes a week.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 27, 2026 10:21 AM (ndZc7)

Kinda like the Iran victory laps in the Economist. Yeah Hakeem.... you pummeled Trump's fist with your face!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 10:25 AM (xT8gx)

131 Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow who’s from Hong Kong tells ICE to stay out of Toronto
“Stay out ICE! We do not need you here.”


ICE needs to stay out of Canada? What am I missing here?

Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2026 10:25 AM (Riz8t)

132 Sorry, forgot to say the link below is to MP4's mention on Insta...

https://instapundit.com/785593/#disqus_thread

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 27, 2026 10:24 AM (dmDsy)

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 27, 2026 10:25 AM (dmDsy)

133 https://instapundit.com/785593/#disqus_thread

***
Three comments (and one spam) already!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 10:25 AM (wzUl9)

134 The aw shucks, cornpone routine is beyond old.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2026 10:21 AM (Riz8t)

Well, that is his accent. And I think it is effective.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 27, 2026 10:26 AM (n9ltV)

135 And I suspect you all know, but something wonderful happened to me this morning.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at March 27, 2026

Ah. So you took my advice, published a trashy potboiler under the pseudonym "Cornelia Flickbean," and are now a billionaire. Congratulations!

Jokes aside, I'm glad you got the signal boost and I hope you move a shitload of units so I can brag that I knew you before you were famous

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 27, 2026 10:26 AM (BI5O2)

136 36 Yes, the outfit makes your left side look fat.
Posted by: redridinghood

Maybe repurposing the comforter as clothing wasn't such a good idea...

Posted by: Woman in Painting at March 27, 2026 10:27 AM (JCZqz)

137 Posted by: Don Black at March 27, 2026 10:16 AM (ZxPkt)

The "end the war" stuff is just the simplest way to play both sides. That's why Dems have started the chant.

Every day the war doesn't end they have the high ground. Then when it does they still have the high ground and Trump "listened" to them.

It's not gonna go on nearly as long as people fear, I don't think. They already know. That's why the story keeps morphing. Now they will settle on "end the war" for a while.

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 10:27 AM (45LId)

138
The media is composing the narrative right now-
'this Iran operation will be the next Vietnam'
bank it, book it

Posted by: Don Black at March 27, 2026 10:27 AM (ZxPkt)

139 15h
Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) said the U.S. should exit the war in Iran, telling reporters Thursday, "It's time to come home."
---

Most important thing to Kennedy is the camera.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 27, 2026 10:27 AM (aBoGB)

140 The aw shucks, cornpone routine is beyond old.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2026 10:21 AM (Riz8t)

Well, that is his accent. And I think it is effective.

It's less the accent, and more the stuttering and country sayings that irritate me. The endings of Colombo episodes were less predictable and more authentic.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2026 10:28 AM (Riz8t)

141 Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow who’s from Hong Kong tells ICE to stay out of Toronto
“Stay out ICE! We do not need you here.”

-------

Huh?? Bitch be stupid.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 27, 2026 10:28 AM (g8Ew8)

142
I remember when Bell, or the printing company I guess, would leave the new white and yellow pages volumes on the doorstep during the last week or so of the year.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Time was when it was a real treat to return to our summer place down in Sussex only to find a thoroughly sodden telephone book encased in plastic on the front stoop. It was our first offering to the trash can for the new summer season.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 27, 2026 10:28 AM (xG4kz)

143 Congrats on the good review on Insty, MP4! (Well deserved, having read the book myself--I should give it a re-read sometime soon; as Mrs. Hoyt said, it holds up well!)

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 27, 2026 10:29 AM (OUMaO)

144 In a chamber with 100 dishonest, degenerate grifters, Sen. Kennedy of LA is not anywhere near the top of "the worst" list... Heck, he's probably in the top 20 best. You have to consider his peers...

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 10:29 AM (xT8gx)

145 Well, he lasted longer than most of them.

BREAKING: General Ahmad Vahidi who was appointed as commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on March 1, 2026, reporadaly has been ELIMINATED in U. S. & Israel strikes.

https://is.gd/3jsvZO

Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2026 10:30 AM (Riz8t)

146 I just heard a funny story on the WOR 710 conservative Mark Simone program:

Trump uses a sharpie -and has for years- to sign things. They pass out a bunch of these after Trump signs a bill. Trump called up the CEO of Sharpie- who didn't believe it was Trump, at first and , "I like your pens, but they're kind of dull. Do you think you put a White House logo in gold (and maybe his name ) and the guy is doing it. I think that's hysterical and as Mark Simone said, "It will drive the lefty kooks up a wall." He likes to use the term "Lefty Kooks." 😉 He uses it frequently.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2026 10:30 AM (DiLbP)

147 Ahmad the dead terrorist.

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 10:30 AM (45LId)

148 I’ll give Trump credit, he tried. But in the end no one man can beat the DC machine.

Posted by: Socks The Cat at March 27, 2026 10:31 AM (qAeYZ)

149 Alternate title - Taylor Lorenz the Early Years

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 27, 2026 10:31 AM (2GVsD)

150 Alternate title - Taylor Lorenz the Early Years
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 27, 2026 10:31 AM (2GVsD)

I don't care who ya are; that right thar is funny!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 10:32 AM (xT8gx)

151 >>Am I now a socialist commie RINO who hates America?

Posted by: Sen. Kennedy
__
No. But if you believe inaction is preferable to Islamists achieving their goal of developing and using a nuclear weapon, you're just stupid.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at March 27, 2026 10:32 AM (bNf8H)

152 I'm picturing her in lingerie with a cell phone covering half her face. Classic social media.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 27, 2026 10:32 AM (Fbc0I)

153 It makes me happy, and that's such a rare feeling that I'm going to the cofveve shop with my notebook and write.

Hope you all have a lovely day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at March 27, 2026 10:20 AM

Outstanding, sir!

Go and write great things.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 27, 2026 10:32 AM (kgE5c)

154 It's a quagmire.

Posted by: The media we all ignore now at March 27, 2026 10:32 AM (2Ez/1)

155 Hey, he brushed his hair straight back and used pomade. Not too complicated. And I'm sure after a human lifetime he knew how to tie his tie by feel.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

But you'll never see a vampire with a bow tie, though.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 10:33 AM (Dv3i1)

156
Why doesn't Kimmie Jimmel say his middle name, WhippedPussy?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 27, 2026 10:34 AM (xG4kz)

157 Sand is getting in the tank treads.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 27, 2026 10:34 AM (aBoGB)

158 Why am I telling you this
Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 10:23 AM (45LId)

I hope things go better for you, seriously. Eat a chocolate ice cream or something

Posted by: gKWVE at March 27, 2026 10:34 AM (gKWVE)

159 She looks like Tucker Carlson. Would not hang.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 27, 2026 10:35 AM (abIsI)

160
Gotta go make some calls

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 27, 2026 10:35 AM (xG4kz)

161 That dress makes her ass look big. Don't tell her, though.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 27, 2026 10:35 AM (n17eQ)

162 “The Mirror” by Dream Theater is spam apparently.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 27, 2026 10:36 AM (muXU/)

163 Why do people think that stopping US from the occasional bombing and strafing run 'ends the war'? What's left of IRGC will regroup and continue the war they've waged on the US and their neighbors for 47 years and counting. Stupid.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 10:36 AM (Dv3i1)

164 161 That dress makes her ass look big. Don't tell her, though.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 27, 2026 10:35 AM (n17eQ)

That’s because she probably has a very fat ass.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 27, 2026 10:36 AM (muXU/)

165 The Empress will have you laughing: "he is navigating Texas using dead woodland animals instead of GPS"

https://tinyurl.com/3pdu6dfv

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 27, 2026 10:37 AM (l1LhX)

166 163 Why do people think that stopping US from the occasional bombing and strafing run 'ends the war'? What's left of IRGC will regroup and continue the war they've waged on the US and their neighbors for 47 years and counting. Stupid.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 10:36 AM (Dv3i1)

A supreme expert like you should be at CENTCOM.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 27, 2026 10:37 AM (muXU/)

167 Hey, he brushed his hair straight back and used pomade. Not too complicated. And I'm sure after a human lifetime he knew how to tie his tie by feel.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
*
But you'll never see a vampire with a bow tie, though.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026

***
Lugosi's Dracula always seemed to wear white (bow) tie and tails with his opera cloak.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 10:38 AM (wzUl9)

168 Pretty certain she's suffering from a small caliber gunshot wound.

Posted by: Weasel at March 27, 2026 10:38 AM (vt7xw)

169 BREAKING: General Ahmad Vahidi who was appointed as commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on March 1, 2026, reporadaly has been ELIMINATED in U. S. & Israel strikes.

https://is.gd/3jsvZO
Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2026 10:30 AM (Riz8t)
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Next in line...Amir Ghasemi, mule-skinner, third class.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 27, 2026 10:38 AM (ESVrU)

170 That’s because she probably has a very fat ass.
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Not that this is a bad thing.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 27, 2026 10:38 AM (n17eQ)

171 But you'll never see a vampire with a bow tie, though.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 10:33 AM (Dv3i1)

Apart from Tucker, anyway.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 27, 2026 10:38 AM (gKWVE)

172 But you'll never see a vampire with a bow tie, though."

My hair is perfect.

/werewolf

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 10:39 AM (XuXeR)

173 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at March 27, 2026 10:20 AM

I am so glad to hear your happy news. I read that book of yours and enjoyed it .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2026 10:40 AM (vY9Lp)

174 Next in line...Amir Ghasemi, mule-skinner, third class"

"Hello, private Achmed?"

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 10:40 AM (XuXeR)

175 A supreme expert like you should be at CENTCOM.
Posted by: Cow Demon

Call it something else then, "one-sided cease-fire" is more correct than "end the war"

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 10:40 AM (Dv3i1)

176 Olivia Chow - you go go home now ICE !!! You been here Fo’ Days!! You arrest everyone!!!

Posted by: tubal at March 27, 2026 10:41 AM (/HeZH)

177 BREAKING: General Ahmad Vahidi who was appointed as commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on March 1, 2026, reporadaly has been ELIMINATED in U. S. & Israel strikes.

https://is.gd/3jsvZO
Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2026 10:30 AM (Riz8t)
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Next in line...Amir Ghasemi, mule-skinner, third class.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 27, 2026 10:38 AM (ESVrU)

And then, Cookie-in-Training.

Posted by: LASue at March 27, 2026 10:42 AM (lCppi)

178 OK, how about "punch in the face"

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 10:42 AM (XuXeR)

179 someone once said 'no plan survives contact with the enemy'

Posted by: Don Black at March 27, 2026 10:42 AM (ZxPkt)

180 170 That’s because she probably has a very fat ass.
------------
Not that this is a bad thing.
Posted by: pudinhead

👍

Posted by: Sir Mix-a-lot at March 27, 2026 10:44 AM (JCZqz)

181 180 170 That’s because she probably has a very fat ass.
------------
Not that this is a bad thing.
Posted by: pudinhead

👍
Posted by: Sir Mix-a-lot at March 27, 2026 10:44 AM (JCZqz)

Well, they DO make the Rockin’ World Go Round.

Posted by: tubal at March 27, 2026 10:44 AM (/HeZH)

182 The Empress will have you laughing: "he is navigating Texas using dead woodland animals instead of GPS"

https://tinyurl.com/3pdu6dfv
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 27, 2026 10:37 AM

Never. Not. Funny.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 27, 2026 10:45 AM (kgE5c)

183 Am I the only one that knew this conflict in Iran wouldn't be decided without troops on the ground?

Air power alone CANNOT win wars.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 27, 2026 10:45 AM (g8Ew8)

184 I never say anything nice about a Senator, but credit where it's due - Kennedy is much smarter than most GOP dullards, he's much smarter than he lets on, and he uses the accent & party affiliation to maximum effect in that regard. He wants people to think he's a dummy.

Barbour was much the same, but more evil.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 27, 2026 10:45 AM (BI5O2)

185 Iran is turning into tariffs 2.0. One day it’s on the it’s off then delayed then un-delayed.

Meanwhile gas is $4 and rising, Nasdaq is down 10% for the year and Dems are leading the generic ballot by almost 6 points.

Time to cut our losses and be done with it. Possible to salvage the midterms so it doesn’t turn into a complete bloodbath. Voters do have a short memory. Clock is ticking fast.

Posted by: Socks The Cat at March 27, 2026 10:45 AM (qAeYZ)

186 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. The art is a great reflection on today's thread.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 27, 2026 10:46 AM (2WIwB)

187 I hear the Senate passed its DHS bill.
Thune didn't let ICE get any money.
The House will see the bill next.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 27, 2026 10:46 AM (gKWVE)

188 https://youtu.be/X53ZSxkQ3Ho?si=4XJlQSJzE-S9jf3p

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 10:46 AM (xT8gx)

189 So, it’s not too late to turn our victory into defeat???

Posted by: tubal at March 27, 2026 10:46 AM (/HeZH)

190 183 Am I the only one that knew this conflict in Iran wouldn't be decided without troops on the ground?

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 27, 2026 10:45 AM (g8Ew

Or in 4 weeks....

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 27, 2026 10:47 AM (Sco7b)

191 Extreme Hakeem takes a victory lap.

Hakeem Jeffries
@hakeemjeffries
Democrats have forced the administration to Pay TSA agents.
And end the airport chaos.
Difficult takes a day, impossible takes a week.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 27, 2026 10:21 AM (ndZc7)


Next, Democrats will force the administration to give Hakeem a swirly.

Posted by: LASue at March 27, 2026 10:47 AM (lCppi)

192 183 Am I the only one that knew this conflict in Iran wouldn't be decided without troops on the ground?

Air power alone CANNOT win wars.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 27, 2026 10:45 AM (g8Ew

You know everything, as you have repeatedly indicated in every post, but this is about removing barriers for the Iranian people to do it themselves, NOT us, The ground forces will be the people on the ground there already who are sick of the regime and will knock them off once they see they are disarmed and unable to direct resistance.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 27, 2026 10:48 AM (muXU/)

193 183 Am I the only one that knew this conflict in Iran wouldn't be decided without troops on the ground?

Air power alone CANNOT win wars.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 27, 2026 10:45 AM (g8Ew

***

Nope. It will take people. Armed and trained.
Doesn't need to be Americans though.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 27, 2026 10:48 AM (2WIwB)

194 193 Nope. It will take people. Armed and trained.
Doesn't need to be Americans though.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 27, 2026 10:48 AM (2WIwB)

=====

Saudi Arabia has said they would do part of it.

Iran has, like, no friends in the region.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 10:49 AM (JmKZX)

195 Damned woodpeckers!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at March 27, 2026 10:49 AM (2WIwB)

196 After weeks of negotiations, Republican's caved to our demands to fund DHS without a blank check for ICE and CBP. - Chuck Schumer

Our Republican party folks.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 27, 2026 10:49 AM (abIsI)

197 I hope things go better for you, seriously. Eat a chocolate ice cream or something

Posted by: gKWVE at March 27, 2026 10:34 AM (gKWVE)

That's nice. I'm hoping for some rest for my weary mind. An ice cream sounds good. I can pretend I'm Joe Biden and watch the world slip away.

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 10:49 AM (45LId)

198 I liked Jeremy Kauffman's comment to a complaint about Netflix raising subscription rates - "I can cancel Netflix. What can I do if the US government raises its rates?"

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 27, 2026 10:49 AM (2ap+5)

199 Am I the only one that knew this conflict in Iran wouldn't be decided without troops on the ground?

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 27, 2026 10:45 AM (g8Ew

So like every other war in the history of warfare?

Posted by: Socks The Cat at March 27, 2026 10:49 AM (qAeYZ)

200 > 44 There's a bustle in her hedgerow.
Posted by: L. Zeppelin at March 27, 2026 09:41 AM (2Ez/1)

Also quite the hedgerow in her bustle.

Brazilians hadn't been invented yet.

Gonzales: when Edvard Munch just isn't creepy enough.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 27, 2026 10:49 AM (IG3/x)

201 Darn. We'll get 'em next time!

Posted by: John Thune at March 27, 2026 10:50 AM (gKWVE)

202 I thought ICE was fully funded through 2029? Am I mistaken??

Posted by: tubal at March 27, 2026 10:50 AM (/HeZH)

203 and your US Senate has now blown town

@NancyMace
·
22m
The Senate left for vacation without passing the SAVE America Act.

Posted by: Don Black at March 27, 2026 10:50 AM (ZxPkt)

204 @sentdefender . 7m

The Israeli Air Force bombed two of Iran’s largest steel factories a short while ago, Khuzestan Steel near Ahvaz and Mobarakeh Steel in Isfahan, both which are partially owned by IRGC,...and state Fars News.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 27, 2026 10:50 AM (aBoGB)

205 Raise your hand if you are even the least bit surprised the gop caved?

Hold your hands up.

Ok the count I have is zero.

Posted by: Socks The Cat at March 27, 2026 10:51 AM (qAeYZ)

206 And I should have been more clear: Kennedy is also smarter than most Democrats. He's a very smart person. But in the GOP he might as well be a Solon.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 27, 2026 10:51 AM (BI5O2)

207 196 After weeks of negotiations, Republican's caved to our demands to fund DHS without a blank check for ICE and CBP. - Chuck Schumer

Our Republican party folks.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 27, 2026 10:49 AM (abIsI)

======

So, the Democrat demands that ICE has to go without masks and can't be near sensitive locations (like polling places) are part of what the Senate passed?

Oh, they're not?

Weird.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 10:51 AM (JmKZX)

208 There is a bustle in her hedgerow.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 27, 2026 10:51 AM (ufFY8)

209 Republican's caved to our demands to fund DHS without a blank check for ICE and CBP. - Chuck Schumer"

Ah, chuckles, they're already funded. And no apostrophe there, ok?

Now quit hitting yourself in the face

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 10:51 AM (XuXeR)

210 202 I thought ICE was fully funded through 2029? Am I mistaken??
Posted by: tubal

I thought so too. Who knows.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 27, 2026 10:51 AM (abIsI)

211 202 I thought ICE was fully funded through 2029? Am I mistaken??

Posted by: tubal at March 27, 2026 10:50 AM (/HeZH)

======

There's some support element that's not.

But otherwise, the enforcement side of things is fully funded through 2028.

ICE is not suddenly defunded.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 10:52 AM (JmKZX)

212 I think the bustle was intended to completely obscure a woman's curves, in the name of decency

Posted by: Don Black at March 27, 2026 10:52 AM (ZxPkt)

213 205 Raise your hand if you are even the least bit surprised the gop caved?

Hold your hands up.

Ok the count I have is zero.

Posted by: Socks The Cat at March 27, 2026 10:51 AM (qAeYZ)

======

Raise your hand if you believe anything Chuck Schumer says.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 10:52 AM (JmKZX)

214 I thought ICE was fully funded through 2029? Am I mistaken??"

Hey, we'll have none of that around here! Light your pitchforks!

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 10:53 AM (XuXeR)

215 GOP Betrayal > Anime Betrayal

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 27, 2026 10:53 AM (XV/Pl)

216 It's amusing... the shit show foisted on the public by the Democrats is somehow now a Republican cave to Democrat demands.

According to the gaslight media.

*sighs*

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 27, 2026 10:53 AM (AkEZC)

217 What we need is high heels on the ground.

Posted by: Sam Brinton at March 27, 2026 10:54 AM (2Ez/1)

218 You know everything, as you have repeatedly indicated in every post, but this is about removing barriers for the Iranian people to do it themselves, NOT us, The ground forces will be the people on the ground there already who are sick of the regime and will knock them off once they see they are disarmed and unable to direct resistance.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 27, 2026 10:48 AM (muXU/)

Oh, you mean a near-total unarmed population is going to put down a still significant number of armed-to-the-teeth IRGC army?

If you believe that, I've got a really big bridge I'd like to sell to you.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 27, 2026 10:54 AM (g8Ew8)

219 > I remember when Bell, or the printing company I guess, would leave the new white and yellow pages volumes on the doorstep during the last week or so of the year.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 10:23 AM (wzUl9)

There was an episode of Cheers where Cliff walked into the bar bent over, and obviously in pain.

"What's wrong, Cliff?"

"Sears Catalog day."


That's a joke that would go right over the head of Today's Youth.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 27, 2026 10:54 AM (IG3/x)

220 Cruz is the other smart GOP Senator. I can't think of a third.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 27, 2026 10:54 AM (BI5O2)

221 It is always well to remember the real purpose of the GOP.

Posted by: tubal at March 27, 2026 10:54 AM (/HeZH)

222 >> "I like your pens, but they're kind of dull. Do you think you put a White House logo in gold (and maybe his name ) and the guy is doing it. I think that's hysterical and as Mark Simone said, "It will drive the lefty kooks up a wall."


Love it!

Posted by: Lizzy at March 27, 2026 10:54 AM (Suwql)

223 Chuckles really relies on people being lazy and dumb which I guess explains his success in the democrat party

Posted by: LASue at March 27, 2026 10:55 AM (lCppi)

224 > 220 Cruz is the other smart GOP Senator. I can't think of a third.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 27, 2026 10:54 AM (BI5O2)


Mike Lee is pretty sharp sometimes.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 27, 2026 10:55 AM (IG3/x)

225
Schrodinger’s ICE. It’s funded and unfunded simultaneously.

Posted by: Socks The Cat at March 27, 2026 10:56 AM (qAeYZ)

226 The war needs to go on until I don't have to ever again worry about what the apocalyptic cult in Tehran is going to do. Anything else is just kicking the can at great expense.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 27, 2026 10:56 AM (4NO2D)

227 223 Chuckles really relies on people being lazy and dumb which I guess explains his success in the democrat party

Posted by: LASue at March 27, 2026 10:55 AM (lCppi)

======

Chuck is facing revolt from within his party that could threaten his spot as leader and his senate seat itself.

He has to project strength, hence his constant bleating that he won something when he didn't actually get anything he demanded.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 10:56 AM (JmKZX)

228 You think Trump has any intention of this lasting to even a month before the big 250th? Let alone anywhere near the midterms?

Nope. And I would bet a lot on it.

Unless Israel and our deep intelligence here rolled him, which is *possible* but very unlikely. Israel has its own survival at stake.

What Trump is demonstrating more than anything is true leadership, something sorely lacking in the modern world. To the point where people don't even recognize it until the shape is completely revealed.

Putting his entire legacy on the line, and to some extent the future of the country, not to mention the hopes and cares of everyone who voted for him, all to do what he believes is right and will work.

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 10:56 AM (45LId)

229 I love the part where Trump is going to be the signatory on all US currency going forward during his tenure. This will BURN for many.

Posted by: tubal at March 27, 2026 10:56 AM (/HeZH)

230 Dang, I get here late, and find that my comment was late to the party, as 44 beat me to it.


Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 27, 2026 10:56 AM (ufFY8)

231 229 I love the part where Trump is going to be the signatory on all US currency going forward during his tenure. This will BURN for many.

Posted by: tubal at March 27, 2026 10:56 AM (/HeZH)

====

That's one way to contract the M2 money supply, I guess.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 10:57 AM (JmKZX)

232 But otherwise, the enforcement side of things is fully funded through 2028.

ICE is not suddenly defunded.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 10:52 AM (JmKZX

Good. Thank you.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 27, 2026 10:57 AM (Sco7b)

233 Cruz is the other smart GOP Senator. I can't think of a third.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 27, 2026 10:54 AM (BI5O2

Kamala

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 10:58 AM (45LId)

234 > Oh, you mean a near-total unarmed population is going to put down a still significant number of armed-to-the-teeth IRGC army?

Remember when the US intelligence community wasn't utterly worthless and did things like design mass-produced single-shot pistols that could be air dropped to defenseless populations?

Pepperidge Farms remembers.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 27, 2026 10:58 AM (IG3/x)

235 ICE is funded -- Much to the dismay of the dems. The dem demands that they used to hold up DHS funding were procedural - ICE masks, deployment areas, etc.

Posted by: LASue at March 27, 2026 10:58 AM (lCppi)

236 ICE is not suddenly defunded."

So, not today? Darn.

*puts out pitchfork*

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 10:58 AM (XuXeR)

237 236 ICE is not suddenly defunded."

So, not today? Darn.

*puts out pitchfork*

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 10:58 AM (XuXeR)

=====

EVERY DAY!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 10:59 AM (JmKZX)

238 What's wrong, Cliff?"

"Sears Catalog day."

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 27, 2026 10:54 AM (IG3/

Teenage me wants to thank Sears for the bra section because the internet wasn't born yet.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 27, 2026 10:59 AM (Sco7b)

239 yum yum shit
yummy shit pebbles
in my mouth

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at March 27, 2026 11:00 AM (+fl90)

240 you mean a near-total unarmed population is going to put down a still significant number of armed-to-the-teeth IRGC army?"

They have armed teeth? Wow.

And I don't give...whatever... what they do there. No "nation building " crap.

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 11:00 AM (XuXeR)

241 Cruz is the other smart GOP Senator. I can't think of a third.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

They've avoided the lamp posts so, they're all pretty smart. Who's the suckers?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 27, 2026 11:01 AM (abIsI)

242 Shut up, dunce.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 27, 2026 11:01 AM (4NO2D)

243 > Teenage me wants to thank Sears for the bra section because the internet wasn't born yet.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 27, 2026 10:59 AM (Sco7b)

Ah, yes. I was quite the connoisseur. I seem to recall that Wards was the best, with Sears and Penneys serving as useful backups.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 27, 2026 11:01 AM (IG3/x)

244 Teenage me wants to thank Sears for the bra section because the internet wasn't born yet."

/ The National Geographic whimpers

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 11:01 AM (XuXeR)

245 When I get a bump from a troll I know I am over the target.

Posted by: tubal at March 27, 2026 11:02 AM (/HeZH)

246 Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI)

45,615.74 -344.37 (-0.75%)
As of 11:02:20 AM EDT. Market Open.

Posted by: DJIA Deathwatch at March 27, 2026 11:02 AM (4NO2D)

247 I have no problem with US forces "boots on the ground". That's where they belong.

At this point in the war, well, that's the next step, and it makes sense. They will go in there to remove the last vestiges of the islamic regime, the armed ground forces of the IRNG (or whatever, who cares?) which will allow the real people of Iran to come together in some sort of equitable governing system.

And it's not like we are sending our boys to their certain deaths... quite the fucking opposite. They are the best trained and best equipped force ever seen. They won't be beaten.

Yes, it's dangerous, and of course some may give their lives, but isn't that what war, and peace, is all about?

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 27, 2026 11:03 AM (dmDsy)

248 Imagine just commenting to hear yourself talk.

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 11:03 AM (45LId)

249 Well, they're down another "commander", so...

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 11:04 AM (XuXeR)

250 248 Imagine just commenting to hear yourself talk.

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 11:03 AM (45LId)

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I don't say out loud what I write, tho.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 11:04 AM (JmKZX)

251 Occupying Kharg Island with some local muzzie forces. Good idea or bad, Horde?

Posted by: tubal at March 27, 2026 11:04 AM (/HeZH)

252 I can't time comments worth a shit.... lol

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 27, 2026 11:05 AM (dmDsy)

253 Imagine just commenting to hear yourself talk.

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 11:03 AM

I have a tendency to blurt when I'm on the HQ.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 27, 2026 11:05 AM (4NO2D)

254 250 248 Imagine just commenting to hear yourself talk.

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 11:03 AM (45LId)

=====

I don't say out loud what I write, tho.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 11:04 AM (JmKZX)

Reverse Tourette’s.

Posted by: tubal at March 27, 2026 11:06 AM (/HeZH)

255 Rumor has it, the USAF has been testing a couple of the
F-47's on a few select bombing missions.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 27, 2026 11:07 AM (abIsI)

256 > Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 11:04 AM (JmKZX)


Hammer Films are where I discovered that vampires are apparently breast men.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 27, 2026 11:08 AM (IG3/x)

257 They've avoided the lamp posts so, they're all pretty smart. Who's the suckers?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 27, 2026 11:01 AM (abIsI)

Intelligence isn't necessarily an important quality in any given position, any more than strength is. It's often a detractor.

Most of our ruling class are borderline retarded, because most of them *have to be* for the system to keep working.

Look, for instance, at Jim Comey and John Brennan. A couple of dull normals (to be generous, particularly in Brennan's case) heading up our spy agencies.

As a general rule, it's preferable that American elected and appointed officials are paste-eating window lickers.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 27, 2026 11:10 AM (BI5O2)

258 Four weeks of daily combat has to be wearing on our flight crews, even with air defenses suppressed. Do they do any rotation? Get to sleep in once a week?

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 27, 2026 11:10 AM (4NO2D)

259 Nudity

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 27, 2026 11:11 AM (4NO2D)

260 @BillMelugin_57m

Because Senate Democrats didn’t end up accepting the Republican offer on DHS funding & negotiations fell apart yesterday, Dems will get *zero* of the ICE reforms they had been demanding, including ones that GOP had already agreed to, like showing ID, increased Congressional oversight, agreements to not hit sensitive locations, etc.

These reforms were the reason Dems started the shutdown in the first place, and now instead of getting a few concessions on their demand list, they get none.

The only thing they secured was no funding for CBP & ICE, which are largely already funded via the OBBB, and Republicans will seek to fund them even further without Dem votes in reconciliation instead

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 27, 2026 11:12 AM (aBoGB)

261 What we need is to drop the 82nd on Kharg Island, and turn 'em loose to run a Number Six on the locals

I kid, of course

Posted by: Don Black at March 27, 2026 11:13 AM (ZxPkt)

262 It's simple, Trump will pivot the invasion force and besiege NYC and SF. Landslide Election.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 27, 2026 11:19 AM (n17eQ)

263 >>>Am I the only one that knew this conflict in Iran wouldn't be decided without troops on the ground?
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons

>Who said we're at war? The president can use the marines at his 'pleasure'. Only Congress can declare war. Hence the war powers resolution. 90 days. It's all about global commerce now.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 27, 2026 11:35 AM (Fbc0I)

264 In the book 'jaws" Brody picked his wife based on her "breeders hips"

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at March 27, 2026 12:19 PM (LOZbR)

265 The maid is wondering how long she can hide it, and if the mistress, when she catches on, is going to throw her out on her keister in month 8, or what is going to happen to her. Poor thing. I hope everything worked out for her. Perhaps the baby was sent to some good people on a farm in another county, and grew up to love his mommy and hold a steady job. I like to think so, anyway.

Posted by: Persnickety at March 27, 2026 01:50 PM (NXsA/)

The Morning Report — 3/27/26

PoohPoohChina.jpg

Good morning kids. Well, there are foreign invaders of the illegal alien variety and then there are foreign invaders!

Was there just an attempt to carry out a mass casualty attack at CENTCOM headquarters?

MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida is where the headquarters of CENTCOM, the United States Central Command are located. CENTCOM oversees U.S. military operations in the Middle East, Central Asia, and some areas of South Asia, and that means that it is involved in U.S. actions against the Islamic Republic of Iran. Recently, an improvised explosive device was discovered outside a gate at MacDill; it didn’t go off, but if it had, the damage could have been extensive. Was someone targeting CENTCOM? And if so, who?The more one examines this story, the more questions multiply. . . It all started on March 10, when “a 911 call warned of a bomb near the base’s visitor center. At the time, no device had been located.” Who made the call? No one knew at the time, but it turned out to be Alen Zheng, using a burner phone he bought at Best Buy. He apparently made the call in the hope of terrorizingthe people at MacDill. At the time of the call itself, however, no one at MacDill appeared to be particularly concerned about it, as nothing was found, and the people on the base went about their business. . .Were the Zhengs acting alone, out of some personal animus, or were they agents of the Chinese Communist government? Was this an attempt to disrupt CENTCOM’s operations, or just a couple of leftist nuts acting upon their hatred of the United States? If the People’s Republic was behind it, there are all sorts of reasons to downplay the incident at this time, but will any response be made? Could we at least get that program to bring over 500,000 Chinese nationals canceled?

Heaven forfend, lest we be accused of resurrecting the "Yellow Peril" tropes of the 19th century.

Too late, Tom Cotton went there!

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) compared President Ronald Reagan’s characterization of the Soviet Union to the reality of modern-day China, telling Breitbart News that the country is an “evil empire” and calling President Xi Jinping a “Marxist.” . . . China’s infamous Belt and Road Initiative “is just an example of how they’re trying to extend Communist Chinese influence around the world,” Cotton added. 

NB there are several other stories in the links about Chi-Com subversion obviously all interrelated to this one.

Modern China, which aside from the trappings of 21st century technology like Islam has always had a toxic mix of imperialism and xenophbia that drives its ambitions not only to control those within its sphere of influence by keeping foreign ideas and cultures at bay by every means at their disposal, from massive walls to genocide and wars of conquest fought with both armies and by subversion.

If only Truman nuked Beijing the moment the PLA crossed the Yalu River way back when, or let MacArthur Go all the way instead of sacking him. Oh well, here we are 70 odd years later.

The Chinese Communist Party have in many ways far exceeded their Russian Soviet mentors and role models in this regard. Both combined have over the past century degraded our own society to the point where we are forced to endure this kind of insanity:

Over the last few years, we have seen how American universities have been shifting into a rhetoric that not only accepts “Death to America,” but is openly chanting the same slogans of the oppressive regime . . . When professors, like Samer Alatout, and academic figures use their authority to defend or legitimize the Islamic Republic of Iran, they are reinforcing the narrative of a regime defined by repression, executions, support for militant groups, and decades of promoting “Death to America.” . . . The question facing universities is not whether professors are allowed to express political views. Academic freedom protects that right. The deeper concern is what happens after students leave the classroom. When narratives promoted by professors begin to mirror the messaging of an authoritarian regime that openly calls for America’s destruction, those ideas do not remain confined to campus debates.

Let's be clear. Academia, the so-called cultural elite, the Left and the Democrat Party are not merely against our attacking Iran. They have been collectively and continually shrieking "Death to America" in both word and deed for nearly 200 years. They hate America, its history, heritage, culture and people as much if not more than the Mullahs.

And speaking of which and shifting gears, as CBD and I discussed on the latest episode of the podcast, linked here and in the sidebar as well as the popular outlets listed below, things are getting muddled in Iran vis a vis what our final objective is or should be.

And as we both have stated and written many many times, US boots on the ground is to say the very least not a good idea, and yet the 82nd Airborne and possibly many more are on their way to the Middle East. Could be kharg Island or perhaps somewhere else as this latest development suggests:


Yemen’s Houthi rebels said Thursday that they are ready to stand with Iran against the US and Israel, threatening to open a new front along the Red Sea that serves as a key global trade route. The Iran-backed terror group said that it would be ready to enter the fight at a moment’s notice following Tehran’s warning that the war could spread to the Bab al-Mandab Strait if the US launches a ground invasion. “We stand fully militarily ready with all options,” a Houthi leader told Reuters, suggesting the rebel group was in direct coordination with Iran.

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1 Gut shabbes, JJ, and a happy weekend!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 27, 2026 07:43 AM (MIIRH)

2 Happy Fricking Friday

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 27, 2026 07:43 AM (gbOdA)

3 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 27, 2026 07:44 AM (1o8D5)

4 >>> centered <<<

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 27, 2026 07:44 AM (MIIRH)

5 Justified!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 27, 2026 07:44 AM (1o8D5)

6
ESPONJA!11!!!!!!!

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 27, 2026 07:45 AM (tljrc)

7 Front and center!

Posted by: fd at March 27, 2026 07:45 AM (vFG9F)

8 This almost happened again:

https://tinyurl.com/zy5tn8c7

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 27, 2026 07:45 AM (1o8D5)

9 Center stage!

Posted by: NR Pax at March 27, 2026 07:45 AM (RjOoY)

10 This is a new look for the morning thread.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 27, 2026 07:45 AM (ZPDpH)

11 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 27, 2026 07:46 AM (u82oZ)

12 It's Flapjack Friday!

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 27, 2026 07:46 AM (0N4FZ)

13 Good morning again dear horde and happy birthday JJ

Now to the Barrel with you.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 27, 2026 07:47 AM (RIvkX)

14 Left or right? I don't like the middle.

Last day to make a deal or we go boom boom, and I think it'll be the oil island.

Posted by: M Gaga at March 27, 2026 07:47 AM (KiBMU)

15 Centered on an early Friday work day

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at March 27, 2026 07:47 AM (oAa51)

16 "Detroit pedophile who murdered 13-year-old he groomed and impregnated is found dead in prison"

I'm guessing this guy did not kill himself.

Posted by: fd at March 27, 2026 07:48 AM (vFG9F)

17 The cases are strikingly similar: a promising young woman with her whole life ahead of her is dead, the suspect is an illegal immigrant, and Democrats will point the finger at everyone but themselves.

Democrats believe that their philosophy is perfect and beautiful. Every time proof is offered at the damage being done from it only gets them to double down. Unfortunately, we have to live with the end results.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 27, 2026 07:49 AM (RjOoY)

18 >Yemen’s Houthi rebels said Thursday that they are ready to stand with Iran against the US and Israel,
----

shortly after which, they will die against the US and Israel

seriously, let's just kill everybody over there
we'd be doing the world a huge favor

Posted by: Don Black at March 27, 2026 07:49 AM (ZxPkt)

19 I'm guessing this guy did not kill himself.
Posted by: fd

I'm betting there are a few prisoners who have a large balance in their commissary accounts right now.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 27, 2026 07:49 AM (RjOoY)

20 Has AoSHQ moved to the center?

Also, in addition to the CENTCOM attempted bombing - the B-52 air base in Louisiana was swarmed by drones that are beyond the technological capability of Iran to deploy. Yet nobody is talking about it. The operations at the base had to be suspended.

The tools are readily available for drone defense - I don't know why more emphasis hasn't been put on it. There's a mobile deployable system that uses airburst Bushmaster cannon rounds to neutralize drone swarms thats already proven - why they're not ubiquitously installed is beyond me.

Posted by: Defenestratus at March 27, 2026 07:50 AM (WYStd)

21 Fen? Where are you, Fen?

Have your "no kings" friend look at who really wants to be king. Former CIA - aren't many of them?!

From DataRepublican, of course:

https://tinyurl.com/55s6b79u

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 27, 2026 07:51 AM (1o8D5)

22 Hey, I always miss the ONT thread. Since last night’s ONT discussed both great bad movies and automotive paint colors, let me remind y’uns:

In 1971, Plymouth offered a color called “I am curious Yellow” on some of their little hot rods.

Posted by: Fenderbender at March 27, 2026 07:51 AM (1FEc1)

23 There's a podcast?

Posted by: He Asked Incredulously at March 27, 2026 07:52 AM (oftw2)

24 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 07:53 AM (Zz0t1)

25 Don't ask me. I just got here.

Posted by: Incredulously at March 27, 2026 07:53 AM (2Ez/1)

26 Ok. That Rube Goldberg music video in the Tech Thread was insane.........I didn't really even hear the song because of the video.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 07:54 AM (Zz0t1)

27 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at March 27, 2026 07:55 AM (53oGX)

28 The GOPe will drag their feet and then come up with a version of the SAVE act that passes. And it will be late enough where there is tiny fine print postponing implementation until 2028. This gives their Dem buddies time to crank up the cheat machine in '26, they win, and SAVE act goes bye bye.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 27, 2026 07:55 AM (gm9Sb)

29 Your Therapist Is Being Told To ‘Affirm’ Child Transgenderism

I know a woman who took her teenage son to a therapist because the boy was having a rough time. He made a joking remark about being as emotional as a girl about certain things.

The therapist's immediate response was "Do you think you're a girl? I can get you started on hormone treatments."

She took her kid out of therapy that instant.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 27, 2026 07:56 AM (RjOoY)

30 I'm guessing this guy did not kill himself.
Posted by: fd

Jarvis was taking away the responsibilities of public school teachers and illegal invaders everywhere by grooming and raping the victim himself.

Should have slowed his roll and stayed in his lane.

Posted by: The democrat Party at March 27, 2026 07:57 AM (AknkO)

31 If millions of illegals can invade us depends on what “In” means. (Quarter inch past Sotomayor's ass cheeks - jjs)

She prolly got hail damage twice that deep.

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 27, 2026 07:57 AM (gbOdA)

32 China seems to forget.........

ALL we have to do is throw and M80 at the Three Gorges Dam and 1/2 that country is gone.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 07:59 AM (Zz0t1)

33 Say her Name

Sheridan Gorman is becoming the new name that Democratic political leaders would like to quickly forget.

Gorman was an 18-year-old college student at Loyola University. She was gunned down last week while walking with friends by the lake.

And her life was allegedly taken by Jose Medina, an illegal alien from Venezuela.

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 27, 2026 08:00 AM (gbOdA)

34 Good morning Horde thx JJ . Happy Friday
The left will find it a tragedy that the child with the 13 year old mother will grow up without a father

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 27, 2026 08:01 AM (mHVWR)

35 Houthi rebels should sit this one out.

I again advocate for CENTCOM planners to look at 6 bomb lines on the Houthi capital.

Use B-52 and inexpensive (and indiscriminate) gravity bombs, make each bomb line part of a triangle. Use two triangles, with points opposed. Put the Star of David in bomb damage lines on the capital.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 27, 2026 08:01 AM (u82oZ)

36 Looks like ASS is on the heavy-duty, extra-strength brown acid this morning.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 27, 2026 08:02 AM (ESVrU)

37 A park in MD was shut this week b/c 9 IEDs were found throughout it...no one has any idea why they picked that park (or they aren't saying) b/c it's not one of the crazy busy ones (although that does make it easier to plant IEDs without being seen). No one has yet been caught for the event.

Posted by: Nova Local at March 27, 2026 08:03 AM (tOcjL)

38 or just a couple of leftist nuts acting upon their hatred of the United States?
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Is this a trick question?

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 08:04 AM (fZhmC)

39 That story about a judge preventing RFK Jr's vaccine panel from even meeting. Scratching my head... judges just don't know how to stay in their lane. It's a big problem. I mean Boasberg thinks he's Emperor

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 08:04 AM (xT8gx)

40 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 27, 2026 08:04 AM (AkEZC)

41 Amid all this yammer about TSA agents not getting paid, I have yet to see anyone -- other than here -- advocate the simplest thing: Abolish the TSA. Get sky marshals or ICE people in all airports, profiling the likely terrorists and bombers, and let the people get aboard their already overpriced, crowded, and unpleasant flights without additional waiting time.

In my plan to visit Kansas, I checked some flight prices. They are ridiculous. And the idea of waiting four hours or more in a line? I'd rather drive three days.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 08:05 AM (wzUl9)

42 https://wtop.com/prince-georges- county/2026/03/ maryland-park-closed-after-5-devices-resembling -pipe-bombs-found/

Original story - they eventually found 9, and you can see a pic of one they found...

Posted by: Nova Local at March 27, 2026 08:05 AM (tOcjL)

43 Looks like ASS is on the heavy-duty, extra-strength brown acid this morning.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 27, 2026 08:02 AM (ESVrU)


I mean, I just got here.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 08:06 AM (Zz0t1)

44 My hate feed wanted me to know Trump went on another racist rant.

See, calling Somali's low-IQ garbage people from a low-IQ garbage country is racist.

My 2nd favorite part of their hysterics was the only quotes opposite Trump were Keith Ellison and the howls of some hypheneted last name faggot.

But my absolute favorite part was they gave not a single bit of proof that Somali's are not low-IQ garbage people from a low-IQ garbage country.

Because any Somali who isn't low-IQ despises the rest.
And no one disagrees that Somalia is a garbage country except the low-IQ garbage people.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 27, 2026 08:06 AM (HXT0k)

45 Deploying troops to a region is not the same as deploying troops to combat. Are we that stupid? Anticipation and anxiety are power things. Gear up!

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 27, 2026 08:06 AM (Fbc0I)

46 This almost happened again:

https://tinyurl.com/zy5tn8c7
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 27, 2026 07:45 AM (1o8D5)


Why is the military doing training missions around civilian airports?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 08:07 AM (Zz0t1)

47 29 Your Therapist Is Being Told To ‘Affirm’ Child Transgenderism

I know a woman who took her teenage son to a therapist because the boy was having a rough time. He made a joking remark about being as emotional as a girl about certain things.

The therapist's immediate response was "Do you think you're a girl? I can get you started on hormone treatments."

She took her kid out of therapy that instant.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 27, 2026 07:56 AM (RjOoY)

Do I live in the last place in this country that DOESN'T do that?

Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2026 08:07 AM (iXqHn)

48 41 Amid all this yammer about TSA agents not getting paid, I have yet to see anyone -- other than here -- advocate the simplest thing: Abolish the TSA. Get sky marshals or ICE people in all airports, profiling the likely terrorists and bombers, and let the people get aboard their already overpriced, crowded, and unpleasant flights without additional waiting time.

In my plan to visit Kansas, I checked some flight prices. They are ridiculous. And the idea of waiting four hours or more in a line? I'd rather drive three days.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 08:05 AM (wzUl9)

TSA aren't the only folks not being paid - they just have the most visible function to the public, and are among the lowest paid government workers (it's why them quitting and not showing up is not a surprise - they make $40Kish/year, which is a number you can find in almost any job)...

Posted by: Nova Local at March 27, 2026 08:07 AM (tOcjL)

49 Good morning horde! Happy Friday!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 27, 2026 08:07 AM (ExV1e)

50 12 It's Flapjack Friday!
Posted by: Mister Scott

I remain unenthused and downtrodden.

Posted by: Rachel Corrie at March 27, 2026 08:08 AM (oftw2)

51
But my absolute favorite part was they gave not a single bit of proof that Somali's are not low-IQ garbage people from a low-IQ garbage country.

Because any Somali who isn't low-IQ despises the rest.
And no one disagrees that Somalia is a garbage country except the low-IQ garbage people.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 27, 2026 08:06 AM (HXT0k)


Avg. IQ = 68

68 IQ = functionally retarded

functionally retarded = low IQ garbage country


Seems the math works.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 08:08 AM (Zz0t1)

52 Elon Musk offered to pay the TSA agents... why not take him up on the offer? He can afford it... He could probably afford to give them all a raise...

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 08:09 AM (xT8gx)

53 online talk today seems to be all Kharg Island this, Kharg Island that.

I think this is all misdirection orchestrated by this administration to get the remaining Iranian leadership to focus all its attention there. But the actual action, when it takes place, is going to happen somewhere else completely.

Look at a map of the Straits of Hormuz, there’s a big island there from which all traffic can be monitored and controlled.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 27, 2026 08:09 AM (ZPDpH)

54 46 This almost happened again:

https://tinyurl.com/zy5tn8c7
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 27, 2026 07:45 AM (1o8D5)


Why is the military doing training missions around civilian airports?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 08:07 AM (Zz0t1)

In DC, which is not allowed anymore, it was about emergency transport of elected and important officials out of DC if needed. One of the emergency routes used to go right by the airport (now it won't)...

Posted by: Nova Local at March 27, 2026 08:09 AM (tOcjL)

55 TSA aren't the only folks not being paid - they just have the most visible function to the public, and are among the lowest paid government workers (it's why them quitting and not showing up is not a surprise - they make $40Kish/year, which is a number you can find in almost any job)...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 27, 2026

***
At that pay they'd probably make more cleaning floors. Which is what most of them are probably (barely) qualified for.

It's the Totally Standing Around crew that has been causing lines at airports for twenty years and more. Time to dump the whole agency.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 08:09 AM (wzUl9)

56 Justified!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 27, 2026 07:44 AM (1o8D5)

Fire in the Hole!!

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 08:10 AM (fZhmC)

57 I'm gonna have to fly soon so I want this TSA mess sorted out posthaste... my destination would be a 20 hour drive; don't wanna do that

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 08:10 AM (xT8gx)

58 In my plan to visit Kansas, I checked some flight prices. They are ridiculous. And the idea of waiting four hours or more in a line? I'd rather drive three days.

Here at Spirit Airlines, we provide all the class, comfort and pricing any traveler desires. We also include in flight entertainment which includes loud, uncouth passengers yelling the F bomb, in flight fights and pushing and shoving matches all the while having your bags stolen from the overhead bins.

Spirit Airlines, Less Money, More Go!

Posted by: Dave Davis, Spirit Airlines CEO at March 27, 2026 08:10 AM (AknkO)

59 It seems Somalia = Idiocracy

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 08:10 AM (Zz0t1)

60 52 Elon Musk offered to pay the TSA agents... why not take him up on the offer? He can afford it... He could probably afford to give them all a raise...
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 08:09 AM (xT8gx)

Apparently, it's not legal...or not legal in a way he could be paid back (the more important part)...

Posted by: Nova Local at March 27, 2026 08:10 AM (tOcjL)

61 41 Amid all this yammer about TSA agents not getting paid, I have yet to see anyone -- other than here -- advocate the simplest thing: Abolish the TSA. Get sky marshals or ICE people in all airports, profiling the likely terrorists and bombers, and let the people get aboard their already overpriced, crowded, and unpleasant flights without additional waiting time.

In my plan to visit Kansas, I checked some flight prices. They are ridiculous. And the idea of waiting four hours or more in a line? I'd rather drive three days.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 08:05 AM (wzUl9)

And yet, what's probably going to happen is that Thune will betray us be defunding ICE.

Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2026 08:10 AM (iXqHn)

62 Elon Musk offered to pay the TSA agents... why not take him up on the offer? He can afford it... He could probably afford to give them all a raise...
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026

***
Have him fund terrorist spotters on the Israeli model.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 08:11 AM (wzUl9)

63 Yemen’s Houthi rebels said Thursday that they are ready to stand with Iran against the US and Israel, threatening to open a new front along the Red Sea "

Ok, that's funny right there.

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 08:11 AM (XuXeR)

64 In terms of the filibuster, Thune just needs to go back to 2022. That is when two Dems, Manchin and Sinema, stopped Schumer from eliminating the buster. Both had to retire. The Dems will get rid of it day one in a future trifecta anyways.

Posted by: Jonah at March 27, 2026 08:11 AM (YCxFk)

65 In DC, which is not allowed anymore, it was about emergency transport of elected and important officials out of DC if needed. One of the emergency routes used to go right by the airport (now it won't)...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 27, 2026 08:09 AM (tOcjL)


The posted incident was in California, tho.

Is it time to ban ALL military flight exercises from incroaching on civilian airports?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 08:11 AM (Zz0t1)

66 The left and their mouthpieces are just desperate for a US defeat, of any sort. Rooting for the enemy.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 27, 2026 08:12 AM (0U5gm)

67 So is this funding deal bad for us from yesterday? Did not see JJ's take on it?

Posted by: Jonah at March 27, 2026 08:12 AM (YCxFk)

68 Spain allows Noelia Castillo Ramos, 25, euthanasia after gang rape by African migrants in state care

--

I have a solution that might help this poor woman. Instead of choosing euthanasia, give her the opportunity to have the gang rapists lined up and give her a gun. Blow each one's face off one by one, then she may be able to heal.

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 27, 2026 08:12 AM (qBdHI)

69 >>> It's Flapjack Friday!
Posted by: Mister Scott

I remain unenthused and downtrodden.

Posted by: Rachel Corrie

> I thought it was International Whiskey Day. Let's toast the good life.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 27, 2026 08:13 AM (Fbc0I)

70 65 In DC, which is not allowed anymore, it was about emergency transport of elected and important officials out of DC if needed. One of the emergency routes used to go right by the airport (now it won't)...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 27, 2026 08:09 AM (tOcjL)


The posted incident was in California, tho.

Is it time to ban ALL military flight exercises from incroaching on civilian airports?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 08:11 AM (Zz0t1)

A better ban would be to limit to non-civilian flight hours (aka 12am-5am)...b/c some of those routes might be needed in an emergency.

Posted by: Nova Local at March 27, 2026 08:13 AM (tOcjL)

71 Apparently, it's not legal...or not legal in a way he could be paid back (the more important part)...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 27, 2026 08:10 AM (tOcjL)

I wonder why illegal? I would think it would be perfectly legal for anyone to make a donation of any size to the fed guv.... that goes in the general fund and presto send it over to TSA

Of course I'm not a lawyer they always make things complicated

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 08:13 AM (xT8gx)

72 Personally, I'm not all that surprised that there are purported "terrorist" attack attempts here. During *biden's reign thousands of Middle Eastern and Chinese single men were observed crossing, illegally, the wide open southern border.

AFAIK not one was vetted. Not one was tracked. Not one's whereabouts are currently known.

People will downplay this as a low level, low possibility threat. Until it's not.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 27, 2026 08:14 AM (AkEZC)

73 advocate the simplest thing: Abolish the TSA."

You mean no TSA? Like at San Francisco Int?

Hmmm.

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 08:15 AM (XuXeR)

74 I'm gonna have to fly soon so I want this TSA mess sorted out posthaste... my destination would be a 20 hour drive; don't wanna do that
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026

***
I didn't want to drive three days. A flight, theoretically, would put me at my destination in five or six hours -- not counting the wait in lines. But then I'd have to rent a car -- $100/day now. And I'd have to go through the entire torture scenario on the way home, and pay for my car's parking at my home airport, or a cab both ways. Can you say "no flippin' way"? I knew you could.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 08:15 AM (wzUl9)

75 Sheridan Gorman's parents ripped Fat Boy Pritzker to shreds yesterday.

Posted by: Jonah at March 27, 2026 08:15 AM (YCxFk)

76 In 1971, Plymouth offered a color called “I am curious Yellow” on some of their little hot rods.
Posted by: Fenderbender

Ford offered Anti-Establish Mint. Dodge had Plum Crazy.

Posted by: Children of Coler at March 27, 2026 08:15 AM (oftw2)

77 Jarvis Butts, 43. . . killed himself in federal prison — just weeks into serving his decades-long sentence.

-

In the good old days, his fellow prisoners knew how to treat a child molester and would not have given him the chance to off himself.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 27, 2026 08:18 AM (0U5gm)

78 I didn't want to drive three days. A flight, theoretically, would put me at my destination in five or six hours -- not counting the wait in lines. But then I'd have to rent a car -- $100/day now. And I'd have to go through the entire torture scenario on the way home, and pay for my car's parking at my home airport, or a cab both ways. Can you say "no flippin' way"? I knew you could.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 08:15 AM (wzUl9)

I remember the first time I ever flew (as a teenager) I found he whole experience so exciting... wanted to window seat to look out. Now... after many hundreds of flights over the years and the general degradation of the quality of the experience I simply dread going to the airport, even when there's not a TSA problem... it's torture

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 08:18 AM (xT8gx)

79 On the Senate bill, Dems gave in...
NBC4.com

"Senators worked through the night on the deal that would fund much of the rest of the department, including the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Coast Guard and TSA, but without funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Customs was funded, but Border Protection was not.

The package puts no new limits on immigration enforcement, which has remained largely uninterrupted by the shutdown. The GOP’s big tax cuts bill that Trump signed into law last year funneled billions in extra funds to DHS, including $75 billion for ICE operations, ensuring the immigration officers are still being paid despite the lapse."

Posted by: Nova Local at March 27, 2026 08:18 AM (tOcjL)

80 I miss colorful paint jobs on cars. Every vehicle now, at least on domestics, is gray, silver, black, or white, with the occasional dark brown, bronze, or dark blue. One of the reasons I bought, and love, my Buick is its ruby-red color. BMW and Mercedes still offer some real colors here and there, I think.

And don't get me started on nothing but gray and black interiors.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 08:19 AM (wzUl9)

81 That story about a judge preventing RFK Jr's vaccine panel from even meeting. Scratching my head... judges just don't know how to stay in their lane. It's a big problem. I mean Boasberg thinks he's Emperor
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

This is the type of story Rs put on BLAST and lay the groundwork for the case judges are overstepping their lane.

Repeat again and again. Start the process to ignore future BS opinions.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at March 27, 2026 08:19 AM (oAa51)

82 Air travel: take one of the most incredible advancements in human history and make it as miserable as possible.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 27, 2026 08:19 AM (2Ez/1)

83 after many hundreds of flights over the years"

This. My current rule on drive/fly is one day...

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 08:19 AM (XuXeR)

84
Who made the call? No one knew at the time, but it turned out to be Alen Zheng, using a burner phone he bought at Best Buy.

--------

A burner phone which was identified immediately.

Thanks, Alen!

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 27, 2026 08:20 AM (lsrsS)

85 Sheridan Gorman's parents ripped Fat Boy Pritzker to shreds yesterday.
Posted by: Jonah at March 27, 2026 08:15 AM (YCxFk)


As they should. Good for them.

F*ck that fat f*ck. I only wish he meets his demise by the hand he dealt his state. What an evil prick that fat f*ck is.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 08:20 AM (Zz0t1)

86 Sitting right here, boss.

Posted by: Earl Scheib at March 27, 2026 08:21 AM (2Ez/1)

87 In the good old days, his fellow prisoners knew how to treat a child molester and would not have given him the chance to off himself.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 27, 2026

***
In the novel of Silence of the Lambs, we're told Hannibal Lecter talked one night to an obviously crazy inmate in the next cell. Next thing everybody knew, the guy had offed himself. Maybe we need a few articulate "encouragers" to deal with these child molesters. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 08:21 AM (wzUl9)

88 55 It's the Totally Standing Around crew that has been causing lines at airports for twenty years and more. Time to dump the whole agency.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Amen. Airlines can fund their own security. The surprise about this whole affair is that these guys seem to represent a core Democrat constituency.

Posted by: Auspex at March 27, 2026 08:21 AM (Y8DZL)

89 Flying is something I endure. Just pure misery. My old rule ( think 8 or ten years ago was under 1000 miles we drive ). Now it is if there is not an ocean in the way, we drive.

Posted by: tubal at March 27, 2026 08:21 AM (/HeZH)

90 When I was on business travel, everything was paid for. My only concern was how fast I could make this rental car run. I put the pedal to the metal, baby.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 27, 2026 08:22 AM (Fbc0I)

91 YAHOO as been telling me:

Senate GOP ready to totally surrender to Commies. Will fund DHS/TSA and not ICE. They want to end the hurt that the 40 day shutdown has caused.

More and more of this stuff, feels like battlefield prep....Say it ain't so!

Posted by: GigantorX at March 27, 2026 08:22 AM (x8k2o)

92 Air traffic controllers are notoriously understaffed. And probably overworked. The mickey mouse horseshit with the various budgets isn't helping either. Plus the currently level of training, and more importantly, experience really went downhill under *biden.

Here, there's a KY ANG base right next to the main Louisville airport. Less than 4 miles away is Ft. Knox. Military air traffic and civilian air (especially UPS) is almost nonstop. Other than the accident UPS had with a MD-11 earlier, it's been pretty safe.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 27, 2026 08:22 AM (AkEZC)

93 I'm regrouting the shower in the master bath.

Word to the wise. Do NOT buy the premix in a bucket shit from your local hardware store. It isn't good. The polyblend stuff I'm mixing now works out MUCH better.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 08:22 AM (Zz0t1)

94 Senate actually advanced their package unanimously with no vote - thus, why it seems Dems just quit...they didn't want to have to fly back Delta with the rest of us...

Posted by: Nova Local at March 27, 2026 08:22 AM (tOcjL)

95 Pritzker should meet the same fate as Sheridan Gorman. This would be justice.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 27, 2026 08:22 AM (RIvkX)

96 "miss colorful paint jobs on cars. Every vehicle now, at least on domestics, is gray, silver, black, or white, with the occasional dark brown, bronze, or dark blue."

There are some really ugly colors now. I have taken to naming them, like "Swamp Water", "Diaper Green", and "Sewage Foam".

Posted by: fd at March 27, 2026 08:23 AM (vFG9F)

97 Senate GOP ready to totally surrender to Commies. Will fund DHS/TSA and not ICE. They want to end the hurt that the 40 day shutdown has caused.

More and more of this stuff, feels like battlefield prep....Say it ain't so!
Posted by: GigantorX at March 27, 2026 08:22 AM (x8k2o)


ICE is already funded through the end of the year.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 08:23 AM (Zz0t1)

98 Yellow for car paint jobs should be restricted to small, sporty cars. A yellow on a big Buick SUV would be pretty silly-looking. The same for some greens -- though a dark forest green over a light tan interior would be sharp on almost any car.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 08:23 AM (wzUl9)

99 Pam Bondi is on F&F.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 27, 2026 08:23 AM (NpAcC)

100 Pritzker should meet the same fate as Sheridan Gorman. This would be justice.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 27, 2026 08:22 AM (RIvkX)


Eye for an eye, n' shit.......Do unto others......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 08:23 AM (Zz0t1)

101 “He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; he seats them with princes and has them inherit a throne of honor. “For the foundations of the earth are the Lord’s; on them he has set the world.“

1 Samuel 2:8

Posted by: Marcus T at March 27, 2026 08:23 AM (zw+xd)

102 Pam Bondi is on F&F.
Posted by: redridinghood at March 27, 2026 08:23 AM (NpAcC)


WHAT?!?!?!? NO WAY!!!!!!!


I'm shocked by this.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 08:23 AM (Zz0t1)

103 Abolish the TSA.
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Mass transit security should be handled and paid for by the company that runs the transport.
Give them police power and limited official immunity (as the left will launch a thousand discrimination cases to get their union members rehired).

Why should I pay for your security at the airport even though I'm not flying?

And why is a federal agency required? Is there magic detection ability in their brass badge?

Airline can run KYC through the federal database pre-purchase, the ticket QR code can embed link to that biometrics that pulls up when scanned. Facial and pattern recognition AI to track you through the airport from check in.
Zero lines. Zero security needed.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 27, 2026 08:24 AM (HXT0k)

104 YAHOO as been telling me:

Senate GOP ready to totally surrender to Commies. Will fund DHS/TSA and not ICE. They want to end the hurt that the 40 day shutdown has caused.

More and more of this stuff, feels like battlefield prep....Say it ain't so!
Posted by: GigantorX at March 27, 2026 08:22 AM (x8k2o)

What Yahoo doesn't tell you is that last year's BBB provided enough funds for ICE to keep it going until at least 2029

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 08:24 AM (xT8gx)

105 “He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; he seats them with princes and has them inherit a throne of honor. “For the foundations of the earth are the Lord’s; on them he has set the world.“

1 Samuel 2:8
Posted by: Marcus T at March 27, 2026 08:23 AM (zw+xd)


Yeah man....we like royalty n' shit......

Posted by: Homeless NYC Crack Addicts at March 27, 2026 08:24 AM (Zz0t1)

106 101 “He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; he seats them with princes and has them inherit a throne of honor. “For the foundations of the earth are the Lord’s; on them he has set the world.“

1 Samuel 2:8
Posted by: Marcus T at March 27, 2026 08:23 AM (zw+xd)

The sovereignty of God. Wish more people considered that.

Posted by: tubal at March 27, 2026 08:24 AM (/HeZH)

107 I saw a new Mitsubishi SUV the other day with a really nice Candy Apple red paint job.

Posted by: fd at March 27, 2026 08:25 AM (vFG9F)

108 Today Is International Whiskey Day. 🥃

Posted by: redridinghood at March 27, 2026 08:25 AM (NpAcC)

109 The surprise about this whole affair is that these guys seem to represent a core Democrat constituency."

Let's see: Federal. Unionized...

Yep. 100% Dim.

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 08:25 AM (XuXeR)

110 And TSA PreCheck has been normal-ish for me and I fly basically every week.

ORD was a bit longer than usual (I counted 25min vs the usual 10-15min on a Sunday afternoon) but it was Spring Break time.

Fully staffed and all checks openn.

Posted by: GigantorX at March 27, 2026 08:25 AM (x8k2o)

111 Objection: there is no big Buick SUV.

Posted by: Counsel for the defendant at March 27, 2026 08:25 AM (2Ez/1)

112 Spirit Airlines successfully copied the Greyhound/Trailways model for travel. Brawling, drunken riders, KFC boxes in the aisle, chicken bones rolling backwards on takeoff, moving to the front on landing. The hair dressings and pomades on seatbacks, also a bonus.

Posted by: The Wings of Man at March 27, 2026 08:26 AM (oftw2)

113 With a name like Butts, it's understandable

Posted by: PG at March 27, 2026 08:26 AM (kma5t)

114 The GOP’s big tax cuts bill that Trump signed into law last year funneled billions in extra funds to DHS, including $75 billion for ICE operations, ensuring the immigration officers are still being paid despite the lapse."
Posted by: Nova Local at March 27, 2026

***
We *need* ICE. We don't need the crowd of low-IQ people rifling through your luggage and patting down grandmas in wheelchairs.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 08:26 AM (wzUl9)

115 YAHOO as been telling me:"

Hmm. Might have spotted a slight problem there, mate...

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 08:26 AM (XuXeR)

116 110 And TSA PreCheck has been normal-ish for me and I fly basically every week.

ORD was a bit longer than usual (I counted 25min vs the usual 10-15min on a Sunday afternoon) but it was Spring Break time.

Fully staffed and all checks openn.
Posted by: GigantorX at March 27, 2026 08:25 AM (x8k2o

That’s positive talk!!

Posted by: tubal at March 27, 2026 08:26 AM (/HeZH)

117 Objection: there is no big Buick SUV.
Posted by: Counsel for the defendant at March 27, 2026

***
Exhibit A: The Enclave. Not a small vehicle -- no, not as big as a Suburban, but it's pretty hefty. The first gen, when in white, looked like a pregnant whale.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 08:27 AM (wzUl9)

118 Today Is International Whiskey Day. 🥃
Posted by: redridinghood at March 27, 2026 08:25 AM (NpAcC)


Celebrated early last night.

Posted by: Homeless NYC Crack Addicts at March 27, 2026 08:27 AM (Zz0t1)

119 With a name like Butts, it's understandable
Posted by: PG at March 27, 2026 08:26 AM (kma5t)
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Tell me about it.

Posted by: Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz at March 27, 2026 08:27 AM (RIvkX)

120 Dadgummit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 08:27 AM (Zz0t1)

121 Hey! Let's see you run a cabinet level department from the Fox News green room.

Posted by: Pam Blondie at March 27, 2026 08:28 AM (2Ez/1)

122 With a name like Butts, it's understandable
Posted by: PG at March 27, 2026 08:26 AM (kma5t)


Piker.

Posted by: Smucker's at March 27, 2026 08:28 AM (Zz0t1)

123 There are No Kings protests being organized around the country tomorrow. They are not just a bunch of old, liberal, white women spontaneously deciding to march around making fools of themselves. It's part of an organized Color Revolution that has been going on in the US since Trump's first term. It never really went away.

And the worst part of it is that we are paying for much of it with our own tax dollars combined with money from CCP cutouts like Neville Singham.

DataRepublican lays out in this long and very detailed thread how this one group of ex-intel scumbags are still trying the thwart the will of the people and take down Trump. It's long but well worth your time.

https://tinyurl.com/3pv3u2ny

Posted by: JackStraw at March 27, 2026 08:29 AM (viF8m)

124 104. Thank You Linus. And by getting funding out of the way, we can confirm some judges and concentrate more on Iran

Posted by: Jonah at March 27, 2026 08:29 AM (YCxFk)

125 104 YAHOO as been telling me:

Senate GOP ready to totally surrender to Commies. Will fund DHS/TSA and not ICE. They want to end the hurt that the 40 day shutdown has caused.

More and more of this stuff, feels like battlefield prep....Say it ain't so!
Posted by: GigantorX at March 27, 2026 08:22 AM (x8k2o)

"What Yahoo doesn't tell you is that last year's BBB provided enough funds for ICE to keep it going until at least 2029


"ICE is already funded through the end of the year."

So what's the catch? GOP doesn't want ICE funded either or any immigration enforcement....so what's the catch, dog? Stuff like this is what the GOP surrenders best at....

I gotta bad feelin' about this drop!

Posted by: GigantorX at March 27, 2026 08:30 AM (x8k2o)

126 I prefer domestic whiskey.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 27, 2026 08:30 AM (qFwJc)

127 The Washington Redskins in their 80s and 90s heyday had a defensive tackle by the name of Dave Butz. I always thought that was a perfect name for a defensive lineman. Good player

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 08:30 AM (xT8gx)

128 With a name like Butts,"

Whew. Glad we don't have the "s" at the end...

/H.E.B.

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 08:31 AM (XuXeR)

129 Senate Passes DHS Funding Bill To End Airport Chaos After Trump Announces ‘Emergency’ Measure To Pay TSA Agents

… the party of shutdowns, perverts and death fails again

Posted by: SMOD at March 27, 2026 08:31 AM (p6xxx)

130 123. Well Said Jack. in my affluent chi burb area, all the protestors have white hair and 400 dollar shoes.

Posted by: Jonah at March 27, 2026 08:31 AM (YCxFk)

131 Dude... how much is the No Kings thing payin' tomorrow?

Posted by: Stoner living in his parent's basement at March 27, 2026 08:31 AM (2Ez/1)

132 Remember: TSA is deliberately incompetent, inefficient and ineffective.

Because W wanted so desperately to be loved by Dems and prove he wasn't "one of those Republicans" he held over Clinton's Secretary of Transportation.

Who literally cried on 60 Minutes justifying his policy of random body cavity searches of white men and grandma's-- but not towel-head muslims--because otherwise was racial profiling just like when his grandparents were detained during WWII.

No really. That was his actual argument: we must not focus our limited time and resources on the most likely terrorists because that would be mean.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 27, 2026 08:31 AM (HXT0k)

133 > Today Is International Whiskey Day. 🥃
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Pretty much every day around here.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 27, 2026 08:32 AM (AkEZC)

134 And They Wonder Why The Working Class Abandoned Them

Posted by: SMOD at March 27, 2026 08:32 AM (p6xxx)

135 Originally from NYC. There were lots of Cadillac land barges sold in yellow. Seemed to be favored by those of Italian heritage.

Posted by: Arthur Avenue, The Bronx at March 27, 2026 08:32 AM (oftw2)

136 Good morning JJ and horde

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2026 08:32 AM (KyaUN)

137 >Tell me about it.

Posted by: Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz
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I know, right?
-Dave Butz, Washington Redskins DL

Posted by: Don Black at March 27, 2026 08:33 AM (ZxPkt)

138 94. Right Nova. Dem elite Reps did not want to fly with the great unwashed

Posted by: Jonah at March 27, 2026 08:33 AM (YCxFk)

139 That means tonight is Whiskey Eve.

Posted by: Celebrate responsibly at March 27, 2026 08:33 AM (2Ez/1)

140 Because W wanted so desperately to be loved by Dems and prove he wasn't "one of those Republicans" he held over Clinton's Secretary of Transportation."

There's actually whispering around some to drop the "bush" name at IAH.

I'd laugh, laugh, and laugh some more if that were done. Bushes all need to go back to New England.

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 08:33 AM (XuXeR)

141 This "shutdown" never made any sense. Yes, ICE is already fully funded... so all the dems wanted to do (as usual) was generate chaos. They used the only leverage they had and knew that the media would shill for them... past GOP prez's would've folded like cheap suits. Fortunately, Trump has some cajones

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 08:34 AM (xT8gx)

142 ell me about it.

Posted by: Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz
----

I know, right?
-Dave Butz, Washington Redskins DL
Posted by: Don Black at March 27, 2026 08:33 AM (ZxPkt)


Buy my book!

Posted by: Seymore Butz at March 27, 2026 08:34 AM (Zz0t1)

143 Spirit Airlines, the bedbugs and lice are our free gift to you!

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 27, 2026 08:34 AM (0U5gm)

144 Spirit Airlines successfully copied the Greyhound/Trailways model for travel. Brawling, drunken riders, KFC boxes in the aisle, chicken bones rolling backwards on takeoff, moving to the front on landing. The hair dressings and pomades on seatbacks, also a bonus.
Posted by: The Wings of Man at March 27, 2026 08:26 AM (oftw2)

There was an interview with some ghetto hoochie where she explained she flew to party places on the weekends as her EBT and other freebies paid her bills so she and her 4 kids could enjoy the travelling lifestyle. So basically, Spirit takes EBT as payment.

Posted by: Paid For By You, The Taxpayer at March 27, 2026 08:34 AM (AknkO)

145 Is this about us?

Posted by: Bertha and her sisters at March 27, 2026 08:34 AM (2Ez/1)

146 143 Spirit Airlines, the bedbugs and lice are our free gift to you!
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 27, 2026 08:34 AM (0U5gm)

Scabies, don’t forget the scabies.

Posted by: tubal at March 27, 2026 08:34 AM (/HeZH)

147 127, 137 - Horde mind with an NFL history twist

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 08:35 AM (xT8gx)

148 This "shutdown" never made any sense. Yes, ICE is already fully funded... so all the dems wanted to do (as usual) was generate chaos. They used the only leverage they had and knew that the media would shill for them... past GOP prez's would've folded like cheap suits. Fortunately, Trump has some cajones
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 08:34 AM (xT8gx)


Didn't Bugeyes Jeffries basically say that Americans sometimes need to feel pain to get things they want done?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 08:35 AM (Zz0t1)

149 The yellow Lincoln in Once Upon A Time In Hollywood

belongs to Vince Vaughn

Posted by: Don Black at March 27, 2026 08:35 AM (ZxPkt)

150 76 - I had a 1974 Ford Pinto wagon that was Monkey Shit Brown.

Posted by: Jaimo at March 27, 2026 08:35 AM (BCuCF)

151 So, other newz source says, and I quote: "The last-ditch deal does not include any of the demands Democrats have placed on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)"

You know, yadahooo newz might not be on the up and up.

Shocking, I know. Next you'll tell me that CNN isn't, either.

/vapors

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 08:36 AM (XuXeR)

152 Posted by: JackStraw at March 27, 2026 08:29 AM (viF8m)

I thought that was very interesting. I have a friend-retired high school math teacher and her husband- retired engineer, both in their 70's who are going to a "No Kings" protest in NYC tomorrow. When she told me about her plans I said, "Umm .Ahh" because what would be the point of arguing ? I would send her the Data Republican thing but she would believe none of it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2026 08:36 AM (ix8EF)

153 76 - I had a 1974 Ford Pinto wagon that was Monkey Shit Brown.
Posted by: Jaimo at March 27, 2026 08:35 AM (BCuCF)


Had a 74 Maverick of a similar color.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 08:36 AM (Zz0t1)

154 I remember the first time I ever flew (as a teenager) I found he whole experience so exciting... wanted to window seat to look out. Now…”

First time I flew it was on my birthday and I was 7 years old. I was allowed to go up front and visit the pilot just like that kid in Airplane. He gave me this little silver AA pin; but he didn’t ask me about Turkish baths or anything.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 27, 2026 08:36 AM (ZPDpH)

155 Posted by: Arthur Avenue, The Bronx at March 27, 2026 08:32 AM (oftw2)
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I took Mrs. F. to Arthur Avenue to eat about 20 years ago.

After we parked the car, the ever-cautious Mrs. F. asked one of the elderly Italo-American gentlemen seated nearby on their lawn chairs, "is it safe to park here?"

He considered briefly, then wagged his finger at her, "Lady, no one bothers the cars in this neighborhood."

Posted by: Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz at March 27, 2026 08:36 AM (RIvkX)

156 The GOPe will drag their feet and then come up with a version of the SAVE act that passes. And it will be late enough where there is tiny fine print postponing implementation until 2028. This gives their Dem buddies time to crank up the cheat machine in '26, they win, and SAVE act goes bye bye.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 27, 2026 07:55 AM (gm9Sb)

Assuming that a SAVE Act were enacted into law, repeal after the 2026 election would require Trump to sign off. I don't see that happening.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 27, 2026 08:37 AM (ExV1e)

157 /old man racist sock off

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 27, 2026 08:37 AM (RIvkX)

158 He gave me this little silver AA pin"

I still have my PanAm and Pacific Airlines pins...

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 08:37 AM (XuXeR)

159 Didn't Bugeyes Jeffries basically say that Americans sometimes need to feel pain to get things they want done?
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Does Bugeyes know that, at a minimum, roads have two way traffic?

Posted by: pudinhead at March 27, 2026 08:38 AM (n17eQ)

160 Johnny have you ever seen a grown man naked?

Posted by: Victor Vector at March 27, 2026 08:38 AM (2Ez/1)

161 Democrats folded because Trump’s move fully funded TSA and gave Democrats zero.

They ended up getting a separate budget conversation on funding ICE and CBP, which they want to shut down because it is deporting their voters. BTW Republicans agreed to do that some time ago. But Democrats kept pressing for more.

ICE and CBP will continue to operate for years because they are fully funded.

Under Biden Democrats helped millions of illegal aliens invaded our country, steal taxpayer money and defraud the government. Did you really think they would let the invaders and criminal get deported without a fight?

Now Democrats get to stand up and defend illegal aliens for the midterms.

Bold move, Cotton. Let’s see how it works out.

Posted by: Marcus T at March 27, 2026 08:39 AM (zw+xd)

162 Elon Musk offered to pay the TSA agents... why not take him up on the offer?

It's illegal.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 27, 2026 08:39 AM (ExV1e)

163 142 ell me about it.

Posted by: Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz
----
I know, right?
-Dave Butz, Washington Redskins DL
Posted by: Don Black at March 27, 2026 08:33 AM (ZxPkt)

Buy my book!”
Posted by: Seymore Butz at March 27, 2026 08:34 AM (Zz0t1)

Just use your initials, it’ll be fine.

Posted by: Howard E. Butts at March 27, 2026 08:39 AM (ZPDpH)

164 Posted by: Howard E. Butts "

Who are you?

/Howard Edward Butt

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 08:41 AM (XuXeR)

165 150 76 - I had a 1974 Ford Pinto wagon that was Monkey Shit Brown.
Posted by: Jaimo

You're so lucky! 74s also had the gigantic 5MPH bumpers decreed by the Feds. Ford did them poorly at first. Made the cars look worser by far.

Posted by: Malaise Era Mike at March 27, 2026 08:41 AM (oftw2)

166 > DataRepublican lays out in this long and very detailed thread how this one group of ex-intel scumbags are still trying the thwart the will of the people and take down Trump.
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She had a thread earlier... maybe last week where she outlined there were about 30 ex-intel types all poised for state/national elected offices. "Poised." As in "pre-selected" most likely.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 27, 2026 08:42 AM (AkEZC)

167 Ford did them poorly at first. Made the cars look worser by far.
---------------
MG and Triumph wish to be heard.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 27, 2026 08:42 AM (n17eQ)

168 I'm worried that someone doesn't seem to be worried enough. That is truly worrisome.

Worry harder, people!

Posted by: Will Robinson at March 27, 2026 08:42 AM (cO6oP)

169 gigantic 5MPH bumpers decreed by the Feds"

Think of all the money we saved you!

/your betters at FedGov, who are smahta than u.

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 08:43 AM (XuXeR)

170 >> I would send her the Data Republican thing but she would believe none of it.

Most people I know have no idea what's going on outside what they hear from mainstream sources. They think this talk of Color Revolutions is a crazy conspiracy theory and USAID was used to feed orphans in Africa.

USAID was a laundromat used to siphon our tax dollars into organizations both foreign and domestic to work hand in hand with the deep state and uniparty politicians to carry out missions that supported their preferred policies and attacked anyone like Trump who opposed them. Gutting that corrupt organization was a huge blow to them but they are far from dead. All these anti-ICE protests are professionally funded and organized just like BLM and antifa.

The most disturbing part is their partnership with scumbags like Neville Singham who is a marxist in league with the CCP. And it's all real.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 27, 2026 08:44 AM (viF8m)

171 It takes a worried man.

https://youtu.be/X1q0LNb8irA

Posted by: The Kingston Trio at March 27, 2026 08:44 AM (2Ez/1)

172 My favorite car I ever owned was my first car... because it was my first car. I paid $300 of my own money for a used 1972 Chevy Impala... pale green and I thought it was the coolest thing ever. Loved using that thing to take girls on dates. When the engine burned out I was... upset

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 08:44 AM (xT8gx)

173 Uhh. OK.

Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow who’s from Hong Kong tells ICE to stay out of Toronto
“Stay out ICE! We do not need you here.”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 27, 2026 08:45 AM (ndZc7)

174 I wonder why illegal? I would think it would be perfectly legal for anyone to make a donation of any size to the fed guv.... that goes in the general fund and presto send it over to TSA

The Antideficiency Act prohibits federal agencies from accepting voluntary services or using private funds to cover budget shortfalls for core functions like payroll.

Further, 18 U.S.C. § 209, forbids any outside person, organization, or entity from contributing to or supplementing the salary of a government official or employee for their services.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 27, 2026 08:45 AM (ExV1e)

175 GWB left office hated by the entire country. He knew when Trump steamrolled his weird little retard brother that he'd never regain the goodwill of his own erstwhile voters, and thought he could burnish his shabby legacy by going full-tilt NeverTrump. But the Left will never embrace him.

It would be hilarious if they started renaming all his stuff after various homosexual perverts.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 27, 2026 08:45 AM (BI5O2)

176 Quite a collection of links here regarding China and their subversion. You'd almost think they might be an enemy.

Posted by: Yellow Peril! at March 27, 2026 08:46 AM (oftw2)

177 Does Bugeyes know that, at a minimum, roads have two way traffic?
Posted by: pudinhead at March 27, 2026 08:38 AM (n17eQ)


When do Democrats ever really suffer consequences?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 08:46 AM (Zz0t1)

178 Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow who’s from Hong Kong tells ICE to stay out of Toronto
“Stay out ICE! We do not need you here.”

So, "room temp" beverages then?

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 08:46 AM (XuXeR)

179 Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh

WOW! Persian Americans wave USA flags and hold up photos of our fallen heroes while chanting "thank you, Trump!" in Texas

Victory is near

https://tinyurl.com/35beheb6

Posted by: redridinghood at March 27, 2026 08:47 AM (NpAcC)

180 @libsoftiktok
Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow who’s from Hong Kong tells ICE to stay out of Toronto
“Stay out ICE! We do not need you here.”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 27, 2026 08:45 AM (ndZc7)


She find Ford's crack stash?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 08:47 AM (Zz0t1)

181 The second vehicle I bought was a Jeep CJ. It was white, which I thought might need to repaint, until I saw it splashed with mud. It looks good that way.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 27, 2026 08:47 AM (0U5gm)

182 “Stay out ICE! We do not need you here.”
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Sounds better in Cantonese.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 27, 2026 08:47 AM (RIvkX)

183 >>Military veterans are sounding off about a Democratic congressional candidate who they say inflated his Navy record and used a deceased Korean War vet’s gravesite as a campaign prop.

Reading this dude's writeup on Wiki, he seems to have a history that's "problematic" along with a grandfather, who was targeted for assassination by Mossad for his role in the Munich attack.

Also claims to have converted from Islam to Christianity, yet the photos of him in uniform show him wearing a beard. Last I knew, beards are generally not allowed under BUPERS grooming regulations except under medical waiver or religious exemption (and Special Force personnel where warranted).

We know he isn't SPECFOR and it's unlikely he has a medical waiver.

Any ideas which religion mandates beards?

Posted by: one hour sober at March 27, 2026 08:47 AM (Y1sOo)

184 Quite a collection of links here regarding China and their subversion. You'd almost think they might be an enemy."

Perhaps, as the man once said, they are asshoe.

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 08:48 AM (XuXeR)

185 Debate on who is winning and losing the war is so juvenile, fitting for the MSM. If we were actually losing we'd just blow them the fuck up. We are being merciful.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 27, 2026 08:48 AM (aBoGB)

186 @EricLDaugh

WOW! Persian Americans wave USA flags and hold up photos of our fallen heroes while chanting "thank you, Trump!" in Texas

Victory is near

https://tinyurl.com/35beheb6
Posted by: redridinghood at March 27, 2026 08:47 AM (NpAcC)


I'm betting those in attendance aren't here illegally.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 08:48 AM (Zz0t1)

187 Pam Bondi is on F&F.

Queue the whining.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 27, 2026 08:48 AM (ExV1e)

188 176 - my Dad would call it the Journal Inquirer car, as the local paper had all their cars that yellow mustard cheesy golden color. I didn't pick it. He did and then sold it to me for $500 when I turned 18 after he was done with it.

Posted by: Jaimo at March 27, 2026 08:49 AM (BCuCF)

189
*Victory is near*

So is the sheriff.

Posted by: Laurel and hearty handshake at March 27, 2026 08:49 AM (2Ez/1)

190 Today Is International Whiskey Day. 🥃
Posted by: redridinghood at March 27, 2026 08:25 AM (NpAcC)

I shall be celebrating with some fine Texas whiskey this evening.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 27, 2026 08:49 AM (ExV1e)

191 > Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow who’s from Hong Kong tells ICE to stay out of Toronto
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Toronto? Canada? Hong Kong? ICE? WTF?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 27, 2026 08:50 AM (AkEZC)

192 Pam Bondi is on F&F.

Queue the whining.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 27, 2026 08:48 AM (ExV1e)
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Noem is hotter.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 27, 2026 08:50 AM (RIvkX)

193 *Victory is near*

So is the sheriff.
Posted by: Laurel and hearty handshake at March 27, 2026 08:49 AM (2Ez/1)


I shot him.......But I didn't shoot the deputy.

Posted by: Eric Clapton at March 27, 2026 08:50 AM (Zz0t1)

194
I shall be celebrating with some fine Texas whiskey this evening.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 27, 2026 08:49 AM (ExV1e)


Which one?

Posted by: Eric Clapton at March 27, 2026 08:51 AM (Zz0t1)

195 Ugh......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 08:51 AM (Zz0t1)

196 Posted by: JackStraw at March 27, 2026 08:44 AM (viF8m)

I think it's just one of those things, "That you can't reason people out of a view they weren't reasoned into." I understand. I was a Democrat voter until BO ran the first time and I did investigation on my own. It makes me sad because aside from her politics she is a very smart woman as is her husband and they kind Christian people, not anti theist weirdos with purple hair and nose rings.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2026 08:52 AM (rZCVI)

197 91 YAHOO as been telling me:

Senate GOP ready to totally surrender to Commies. Will fund DHS/TSA and not ICE. They want to end the hurt that the 40 day shutdown has caused.

More and more of this stuff, feels like battlefield prep....Say it ain't so!

Posted by: GigantorX at March 27, 2026 08:22 AM (x8k2o)

======

That people have to keep being reminded that ICE was fully funded and appropriated through the OBBB through 2028 is honestly embarrassing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 08:53 AM (JmKZX)

198 I'm pretty sure this is racist. Black Snape.

https://is.gd/z9tkaS

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 27, 2026 08:53 AM (ndZc7)

199 American education is so different from the 50s and 60s. Poor education leads to uninformed, "Jay Leno on the street" voters, and the of the American decline follows.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 27, 2026 08:54 AM (4+cmr)

200 *Quietly enters the back and sits down*

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 27, 2026 08:54 AM (wVcYX)

201 My favorite car I ever owned was my first car... because it was my first car. I paid $300 of my own money for a used 1972 Chevy Impala... pale green and I thought it was the coolest thing ever. Loved using that thing to take girls on dates. When the engine burned out I was... upset
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026

***
My first car was a new '75 Ford Maverick, the four-door version with the bigger (ha!) six-cylinder, plus A/C and power steering. Really it was my then-fiancee's car. But I learned to drive on it, drove it to work, and taught myself a lot about regular auto maintenance by working on it.

No doubt I'd find it cheap and tinny today, after decades of auto development. After years of riding buses and cadging rides from friends, though, I loved it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 08:54 AM (wzUl9)

202 171 It takes a worried man.

https://youtu.be/X1q0LNb8irA
Posted by: The Kingston Trio
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Is but too funny. Joe Walsh is still giggling.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 27, 2026 08:55 AM (aBoGB)

203 Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow who’s from Hong Kong tells ICE to stay out of Toronto
“Stay out ICE! We do not need you here.”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 27, 2026 08:45 AM (ndZc7)

She's already internally accepted Canada being a state.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 27, 2026 08:55 AM (ExV1e)

204 “Victory!”

*flails t-Rex arms and breath through mouth*
- Chuck Schumer

If this is what victory looks like, please give him more. He just got pants’d by Trump. Democrats had a long list of demands they were putting travelers through hell to get. They got zero. None. What they got is a separate budget conversation on the fully funded ICE. Thune agreed to that weeks ago.

Lololol. Imagine your party put citizens through all that pain to protect illegal aliens.

Posted by: Vengeance at March 27, 2026 08:55 AM (9kGtu)

205 I'm sure none of those Jay Leno man-in-the-street interviews were ever staged.

Posted by: Gullible and naive at March 27, 2026 08:55 AM (2Ez/1)

206 I'm pretty sure this is racist. Black Snape.

https://is.gd/z9tkaS
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 27, 2026 08:53 AM (ndZc7)


I just wish autotune would be the destructor of the music industry........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 08:56 AM (Zz0t1)

207 Posted by: JackStraw at March 27, 2026 08:44 AM (viF8m)

I think it's just one of those things, "That you can't reason people out of a view they weren't reasoned into." I understand. I was a Democrat voter until BO ran the first time and I did investigation on my own. It makes me sad because aside from her politics she is a very smart woman as is her husband and they kind Christian people, not anti theist weirdos with purple hair and nose rings.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2026 08:52 AM (rZCVI)

Fen - I'm ambivalent about such people. Yes, I know they're nice during interpersonal interactions... but at the same time their voting is ruining the country. I'm not gonna scream at anyone, but I'm not sure I wanna be friends with this group of people or even particularly friendly...

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 08:56 AM (xT8gx)

208 204 If this is what victory looks like, please give him more. He just got pants’d by Trump. Democrats had a long list of demands they were putting travelers through hell to get. They got zero. None. What they got is a separate budget conversation on the fully funded ICE. Thune agreed to that weeks ago.

Lololol. Imagine your party put citizens through all that pain to protect illegal aliens.

Posted by: Vengeance at March 27, 2026 08:55 AM (9kGtu)

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This is like his last victory that got him nothing but a couple of governorships that they were probably going to win already. The actual underlying policy fight just ended up with Democrats losing.

I can't wait for the next one when one corner of, like, the Department of Energy gets shut down for 3 weeks and Booker goes wide eyed about how ICE doesn't belong in nuclear power plants, or something.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 08:57 AM (JmKZX)

209 I'm betting those in attendance aren't here illegally.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 08:48 AM (Zz0t1)
******
I have been seeing a lot of interviews with Iranians whose parents escaped the regime when they were young and these people are now citizens.

They are very westernized and do not wear the hijab.
They all need to remember to vote red in November if they really want to show their support for Trump.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 27, 2026 08:57 AM (NpAcC)

210 Nationwide power outage in Cuba started about a week ago, right? You'd think news of mass starvation would be coming out now. Anyway, MLB opening day was yesterday, how did do?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 08:57 AM (Dv3i1)

211 176 - my Dad would call it the Journal Inquirer car, as the local paper had all their cars that yellow mustard cheesy golden color. I didn't pick it. He did and then sold it to me for $500 when I turned 18 after he was done with it.
Posted by: Jaimo at March 27, 2026

***
I *dreamed* that my father would sell (or even give) me his '66 Chevy Impala Super Sport coupe. It was six years old when I started college, and that was about the point where he usually bought another and newer car. But nooooo.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 08:58 AM (wzUl9)

212 I'm sure none of those Jay Leno man-in-the-street interviews were ever staged.
Posted by: Gullible and naive"

Neither is reality TV!

/winemom

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 08:58 AM (XuXeR)

213 I shall be celebrating with some fine Texas whiskey this evening.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 27, 2026 08:49 AM (ExV1e)

Which one?
Posted by: Eric Clapton at March 27, 2026 08:51 AM (Zz0t1)

Probably Balcones Lineage. That's pretty much my go-to.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 27, 2026 08:58 AM (ExV1e)

214 Jesse Watters has a guy doing man-in-the-street and I am always amazed at how little so many people know about anything outside their own bubbles. No history, geography, economics, mathematics, politics, etc.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 27, 2026 08:58 AM (RIvkX)

215 ...new '75 Ford Maverick, the four-door version with the bigger (ha!) six-cylinder, plus A/C and power steering.... I loved it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
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Exactly, mine was yellow, stick shift with a/c too.
Got 27 mpg in the desert one night. Mysterious.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 27, 2026 08:59 AM (aBoGB)

216 214 Jesse Watters has a guy doing man-in-the-street and I am always amazed at how little so many people know about anything outside their own bubbles. No history, geography, economics, mathematics, politics, etc.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 27, 2026 08:58 AM (RIvkX)

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There was a video recently of a reporter asking EU officials to identify Iran on a map.

Same thing.

They kept pointing to Saudi Arabia, mostly.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 08:59 AM (JmKZX)

217 how did "local team" do. Apparently the brackets above the "." and "," keys and what's between them aren't accepted in the comments.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 08:59 AM (Dv3i1)

218 We're f*cked.

The Economist
@TheEconomist.
A month of bombing Iran has achieved nothing. Will Donald Trump escalate, or talk? For now, at least, the advantage lies with the Islamic Republic.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 27, 2026 08:59 AM (ndZc7)

219 ***
My first car was a new '75 Ford Maverick, the four-door version with the bigger (ha!) six-cylinder, plus A/C and power steering. Really it was my then-fiancee's car. But I learned to drive on it, drove it to work, and taught myself a lot about regular auto maintenance by working on it.

No doubt I'd find it cheap and tinny today, after decades of auto development. After years of riding buses and cadging rides from friends, though, I loved it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 08:54 AM (wzUl9)


I loved the '74 Maverick we had. My dad owned an autoparts store at the time and he let the clown behind the counter install a oil fed pressure gauge under the dash. Unbeknownst to my brother who was driving it at the time, the hose broke at the block and blew oil out.

Ended up throwing a rod through the side of the straight 6.........It did happen in front of a new Infinity, so that guy putting his washers on was funny.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 08:59 AM (Zz0t1)

220 Focusing on terrorists would mean watching leftards closely now too.

Hell, they already did it to us.

Remember that report that came out under Obama in 2009 singling out white male veterans as the biggest domestic threat?

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 08:59 AM (45LId)

221 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 27, 2026 08:53 AM (ndZc7)

I saw that. It was well done except that I couldn't understand all the lyrics. Maybe that's just a feature with rap. I do not understand-as far as the media. ( -I understand the reason for the parody-) changing the ethnicity of a character ( Snape) who was clearly written as a white Englishman and was portrayed as such in the Harry Potter movies.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2026 09:00 AM (Nx5jP)

222 @TheEconomist.
A month of bombing Iran has achieved nothing. Will Donald Trump escalate, or talk? For now, at least, the advantage lies with the Islamic Republic.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 27, 2026 08:59 AM (ndZc7)


The Economist.

HA!!!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 09:00 AM (Zz0t1)

223 218 We're f*cked.

The Economist
@TheEconomist.
A month of bombing Iran has achieved nothing. Will Donald Trump escalate, or talk? For now, at least, the advantage lies with the Islamic Republic.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 27, 2026 08:59 AM (ndZc7)

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Sinking a navy, eliminating leadership, destroying massive stockpiles, getting Saudi Arabia to outright agree to help in a ground invasion (should it ever happen), and even Israel not losing a single soldier is nothing.

Got it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 09:00 AM (JmKZX)

224 The Economist makes an excellent bird cage liner

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 09:02 AM (xT8gx)

225 Balcones Lineage"

Pretty good beverage, there. Especially with a cigar

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 09:02 AM (XuXeR)

226 There was a video recently of a reporter asking EU officials to identify Iran on a map.

Same thing.

They kept pointing to Saudi Arabia, mostly.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 08:59 AM (JmKZX)
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I saw that. That was criminal.

Some 20 year old airhead smoking a j in Washington Sq? I have lower expectations.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 27, 2026 09:02 AM (RIvkX)

227 I thought that was very interesting. I have a friend-retired high school math teacher and her husband- retired engineer, both in their 70's who are going to a "No Kings" protest in NYC tomorrow. When she told me about her plans I said, "Umm .Ahh" because what would be the point of arguing ? I would send her the Data Republican thing but she would believe none of it.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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A big part of No Kings is Anti ICE, maybe all of it.
A si.ple thought exercise - if SHTF, the Big Igloo Boogaloo, bone fide CWII breaks out. Lets not worry about who shot who first... what is each side fighting for?

Some people do really want to fight over letting in alien invaders and are unclear why those who object might consider them to br traiters. This my friends is why treason carries a death penalty - they will always go back to the same thing, do it publically, and proudly.

Posted by: Operator Error at March 27, 2026 09:02 AM (4viQd)

228 ( Snape) who was clearly written as a white Englishman and was portrayed as such in the Harry Potter movies.
____

Decades of watching entertainment made in the US and you know that a white Englishman with RP accent is the most evil person in the show.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 09:02 AM (Dv3i1)

229 new '75 Ford Maverick, the four-door version with the bigger (ha!) six-cylinder, plus A/C and power steering.... I loved it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
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Exactly, mine was yellow, stick shift with a/c too.
Got 27 mpg in the desert one night. Mysterious.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 27, 2026

***
The best I ever saw was about 16 or so on the highway. Auto transmission, though. At .55/gal. in those days, that wasn't too bad.

It had power steering, but not power brakes. It didn't matter much, as the ca. 100-hp car was not going to need heavy braking, and it didn't. The radio was only AM; I bought a Pioneer Supertuner with cassette player and had it put in *under* the dash, like that big circular plotter Sulu had at the helm of the Enterprise.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 09:03 AM (wzUl9)

230 appropriated through the OBBB through 2028 is honestly embarrassing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 08:53 AM (JmKZX)

I know you are not going to "get this" but the HQ has had is share of low-info-commenters since it was founded way back in the 60s.

It's something to worry about if not downright concerning.

Posted by: Will Robinson at March 27, 2026 09:03 AM (cO6oP)

231 >> Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 08:57 AM (JmKZX

I’m watching Democrats try to spin this as a win. It’s hilarious. For weeks they put people through immense stress and pain in TSA lines. They said that was necessary to win on this issue.

The issue? Protecting illegal aliens from deportation. Yeah thats a winner.

Then when Trump finally had enough, they folded like a cheap suit. Their entire list of demands went out the window.

Posted by: Vengeance at March 27, 2026 09:03 AM (9kGtu)

232 A month of bombing Iran has achieved nothing.
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LOL primo "journalisming'

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 09:03 AM (45LId)

233 Economist.

HA!!!!!!!

I know, huh?
/ The Lancet

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 09:03 AM (XuXeR)

234 110 And TSA PreCheck has been normal-ish for me and I fly basically every week.

ORD was a bit longer than usual (I counted 25min vs the usual 10-15min on a Sunday afternoon) but it was Spring Break time.

Fully staffed and all checks openn.
Posted by: GigantorX at March 27, 2026 08:25 AM (x8k2o)

Have flown twice in the past month. Once to DC, once to Orlando - both from my little regional airport in Portland ME.

In my airport, there were absolutely no lines for Precheck.
DC there was 3 people in front of me in the Precheck line.
Orlando last week there was that sh*t show of a storm that blew through the east coast and canceled everything the day I was supposed to fly, so Wednesday morning at 430AM (I had to stay in the airport two days) I was in a 10 minute line at Precheck. The normal line at B terminal was a mile long at least.

I simply don't understand why people don't get Precheck. Its ridiculously easy hoop to jump through, you don't have to do all of the bullsh*t with the body scanners (can't remember the last time I had to do that) can leave your shoes on, your laptops in their bags and just walk through the metal detector. Thats in addition to the shorter lines.

Posted by: Defenestratus at March 27, 2026 09:04 AM (WYStd)

235 230 I know you are not going to "get this" but the HQ has had is share of low-info-commenters since it was founded way back in the 60s.

It's something to worry about if not downright concerning.

Posted by: Will Robinson at March 27, 2026 09:03 AM (cO6oP)

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I'm mostly surprised that conservatives still take MSM narratives at face value.

"The NYT said it, so it must be happening," and "The NYT isn't reporting on it, so it's not happening."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 09:04 AM (JmKZX)

236 The all-time best names NFL defensive line list:

Dave Butz
Otis Sistrunk
Refrigerator Perry
John Matuszak

Two Raiders on that list...

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 09:05 AM (xT8gx)

237 This is maybe too late. First response to the impasse should have been to shut down Washington National (Reagan) airport completely, to prioritize TSA manpower elsewhere (at airports less convenient for congress critters).
Next choice would have been to put all congresscritters on a “no fly” list.

Posted by: Fenderbender at March 27, 2026 09:05 AM (1FEc1)

238 That people have to keep being reminded that ICE was fully funded and appropriated through the OBBB through 2028 is honestly embarrassing.
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I barely speak about politics with anyone because 99+% have no idea what they are talking about.

The best way I can explain it, and I'm not trying to be an asshole, is the feeling you get when you know a group of people are talking about football or something and it's obvious that someone is kind of playing along. It's ok not to know but pretending is just embarrassing for everyone. The key difference is that in politics people never see it. They seem to think an opinion is all that matters regardless of actual knowledge.

Dunno, maybe it's like that with sports talk too. But imagine someone walked up to you and started talking about movies with all the confidence in teh world and was totally clueless, which is a great movie btw.

Posted by: MJ at March 27, 2026 09:05 AM (XOmY9)

239 Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 09:02 AM (Dv3i1)

I only read the first and maybe second book and saw the fist and second movie, but didn't Snape turn out to be sort of good guy after all? And Alan Rickman- I just can't see someone replacing his brilliant performance

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2026 09:06 AM (ix8EF)

240 One of the first and most important steps in regime change or control without military is control of the narratives. That's why the deep state started years ago partnering and leaking to the media. It's also why they hate Elon so much for buying Twitter and opening it up to free speech and removing government censors.

That's how you get garbage media like The Economist claiming that despite the US and Israel laying waste to Iran and no dictating terms of surrender really means Trump is losing. And no matter how absurd it is a very large number of people will go along with it.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 27, 2026 09:06 AM (viF8m)

241 but the HQ has had is share of low-info-commenters since it was founded way back in the 60s."

So, does Pixy still have the tapes, or was that on punchcards?

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 09:06 AM (XuXeR)

242 The Maverick was intended to be Ford's replacement for the outgoing Falcon, and in fact the chassis was probably the same. It was also intended to be a fairly simple car that owners could work on themselves. I changed the oil multiple times (the old 3K mile change then), changed the coolant and once an upper radiator hose, the fuel filter (which screwed into the carburetor), the air filter, all those things.

The four-door to me looked like a four-door Mustang -- which was also probably Ford's intention.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 09:06 AM (wzUl9)

243 The best thing ever from NFL films (also a Raiders thing):

https://youtu.be/Rh6E4Cks1W4?si=6o2EMnjW4X7zSogp

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 09:07 AM (xT8gx)

244
Also, in addition to the CENTCOM attempted bombing - the B-52 air base in Louisiana was swarmed by drones that are beyond the technological capability of Iran to deploy. Yet nobody is talking about it. The operations at the base had to be suspended.

The tools are readily available for drone defense - I don't know why more emphasis hasn't been put on it. There's a mobile deployable system that uses airburst Bushmaster cannon rounds to neutralize drone swarms thats already proven - why they're not ubiquitously installed is beyond me.
Posted by: Defenestratus at March 27, 2026 07:50 AM (WYStd)

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Was this a scouting mission? Surely gathered a lot of intel. We've seen in the Ukraine war what armed drones can do to a fleet of aircraft.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 27, 2026 09:07 AM (K2NAE)

245 238 Dunno, maybe it's like that with sports talk too. But imagine someone walked up to you and started talking about movies with all the confidence in teh world and was totally clueless, which is a great movie btw.

Posted by: MJ at March 27, 2026 09:05 AM (XOmY9)

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The worst conversation I ever had was with loyal conservative Republican voters at a victory party for a local primary race like 16 years ago.

Imagine people who only took Breitbart headlines as their news source.

They had literally no idea what they were talking about. I mean, it was all, "Yeah...I agree with you in principle, but you don't know like anything about what you're talking about."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 27, 2026 09:07 AM (JmKZX)

246 Was this a scouting mission? Surely gathered a lot of intel. We've seen in the Ukraine war what armed drones can do to a fleet of aircraft.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 27, 2026 09:07 AM (K2NAE)

The scary thing is we don't even know whose responsible for it.

It's probably the Chinese given the level of sophistication of the swarm.

Posted by: Defenestratus at March 27, 2026 09:08 AM (WYStd)

247
***
My first car was a new '75 Ford Maverick, the four-door version with the bigger (ha!) six-cylinder, plus A/C and power steering. Really it was my then-fiancee's car. But I learned to drive on it, drove it to work, and taught myself a lot about regular auto maintenance by working on it.”

I remember those, my first time entry into auto mods. Good friend had one that was a year old, wanted a skylight over the front seat, but it cost a lot to have one installed. So 17 year old him decided he could probably do it himself, and 17 year old me said “that’s a great idea, I can bring my dad’s tools, we’ll do it together!” So we went to Western Auto and bought a cheap car skylight, and went after the cars roof with a hacksaw.

It actually turned out surprisingly well. Not without a few worrisome moments; as was my habit at the time, I had not considered the possible downsides of our actions until we were well into the cutting.

Posted by: Howard E. Butts at March 27, 2026 09:08 AM (ZPDpH)

248 Question: Can the government over rule the 13th amendment by passing the National Slavery Act? $10,000 tax stamp, Registration, and Fingerprinting, keep your tax stamp with you at all times or any Democrat can claim you as their personal slave. 100% as legal as the NFA. Go ahead Whig, try doing a legal tap dance on how that is unconstitutional but the NFA is just hunky dory. That should be amusing. The government could even assign enforcement of the National Slavery Act to the ATF extending their formal name to Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms Explosives Congressionally Enabled Slavery or BATFECES.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at March 27, 2026 09:08 AM (Da7Vv)

249 John Facenda - The voice of God...

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 09:10 AM (xT8gx)

250 I simply don't understand why people don't get Precheck. Its ridiculously easy hoop to jump through, you don't have to do all of the bullsh*t with the body scanners (can't remember the last time I had to do that) can leave your shoes on, your laptops in their bags and just walk through the metal detector. Thats in addition to the shorter lines.
Posted by: Defenestratus at March 27, 2026

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On my return trip from LA in '14, they simply tapped me for PreCheck -- apparently they had a lottery and I won, or they were seeing long lines and wanted to cut them down, or something. It was a breeze. And since my flight each way was non-stop, again the trip was very pleasant.

That was twelve years ago, though. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 09:10 AM (wzUl9)

251 Off sock

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 27, 2026 09:10 AM (ZPDpH)

252 Burgum on Venezuela: I literally think they’re going to put up a statue of President Trump

Trump: That would be a great honor

*2 mins of updates later*

Burgum: Their oil now flows to our refineries

Trump: Forget that. When are they going to do the statue?

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We'll need a Persian statue too.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 27, 2026 09:10 AM (ndZc7)

253 The best thing ever from NFL films (also a Raiders thing):"

Needs Otis' steaming head..

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 09:11 AM (XuXeR)

254 And isn't racist to replace characters who are clearly white Englishman with a black guy? People who are various ethnicities than white can't relate to Harry Potter or Hermione Gingold and their struggles and joys without the outside "matching" their own ethnicity?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2026 09:11 AM (ix8EF)

255 > One of the first and most important steps in regime change or control without military is control of the narratives.
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It's likely the reason the MSM is full of subversive little shits.

Well, that and those people are full of themselves.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 27, 2026 09:11 AM (AkEZC)

256 Next hoice would have been to put all congresscritters on a “no fly” list.
Posted by: Fenderbender

Can't help but think that the Delta CEO who said no more niceties for congress TSA pass thru and Easter recess played a role.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at March 27, 2026 09:12 AM (oAa51)

257 It's probably the Chinese given the level of sophistication of the swarm."

Based on what we've seen, Chinese drones would've crashed...

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 09:12 AM (XuXeR)

258 The worst conversation I ever had was with loyal conservative Republican voters at a victory party for a local primary race like 16 years ago.

Imagine people who only took Breitbart headlines as their news source.

They had literally no idea what they were talking about. I mean, it was all, "Yeah...I agree with you in principle, but you don't know like anything about what you're talking about."
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Oh man. Totally. A pretty good friend is a total Trump guy and he sort of pretends it's edgy or something. And he falls for every Dem trick and is always 'concerned' about everything. He's always so concerned about the next election and how this might hurt Trump, this time, for real.

If you haven't learned that only Trump can hurt Trump, I can't help you. It really clears out the noise when you cross that threshold but until then conversations at kiddo school things are painful.

Posted by: MJ at March 27, 2026 09:12 AM (XOmY9)

259 Can't help but think that the Delta CEO who said no more niceties for congress TSA pass thru and Easter recess played a role.
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at March 27, 2026 09:12 AM (oAa51)

I was thinking that very thing.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 27, 2026 09:13 AM (ExV1e)

260 Sorry; Hermione Gingold was an English actress.
I don't know what the last name of the Harry Potter character is.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2026 09:13 AM (ix8EF)

261 I remember those, my first time entry into auto mods. Good friend had one that was a year old, wanted a skylight over the front seat, but it cost a lot to have one installed. So 17 year old him decided he could probably do it himself, and 17 year old me said “that’s a great idea, I can bring my dad’s tools, we’ll do it together!” So we went to Western Auto and bought a cheap car skylight, and went after the cars roof with a hacksaw.

It actually turned out surprisingly well. Not without a few worrisome moments; as was my habit at the time, I had not considered the possible downsides of our actions until we were well into the cutting.
Posted by: Howard E. Butts at March 27, 2026

***

Skylight? You mean those roughly square rubber-rimmed bubble things J.C. Whitney sold, that you could install yourself?

I'm more than glad my Buicks and my Oldsmobiles did not have sunroofs. Not only does it give you less headroom, you have to worry about leaks and rattles. On one of my Mercedes, I had a rattle from the sunroof. It turned out to be an acorn that had gotten trapped between the outer surface and the inner one.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 09:13 AM (wzUl9)

262 Sorry; Hermione Gingold was an English actress.
I don't know what the last name of the Harry Potter character is.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2026 09:13 AM (ix8EF)

Granger, IIRC.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 27, 2026 09:14 AM (ExV1e)

263 The all-time best names NFL defensive line list:

Dave Butz
Otis Sistrunk
Refrigerator Perry
John Matuszak

Two Raiders on that list...
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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A linebacker, but Hacksaw Reynolds stuffed Pete Johnson on fourth and goal in Super Bowl XVI against my Bengals.

Fucker.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 27, 2026 09:14 AM (XvL8K)

264 Sorry; Hermione Gingold was an English actress.
I don't know what the last name of the Harry Potter character is.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2026

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I had to look it up, Fen. Hermione's last name was "Granger," pronounced like the parts and supply company that says it's for "the ones who get it done"; that's "Grainger."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 09:15 AM (wzUl9)

265 Maduro Returns to NYC Court, Argues U.S. Blocking His Funds Violate His Rights

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He stole that money fair and square!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 27, 2026 09:16 AM (ndZc7)

266 A linebacker, but Hacksaw Reynolds stuffed Pete Johnson on fourth and goal in Super Bowl XVI against my Bengals.

Fucker.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 27, 2026 09:14 AM (XvL8K)

I've always believed the Bengals lost that game because they were still thawing out from the Ice Bowl in the AFC Championship at Riverfront... the human body can only take so much

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 09:16 AM (xT8gx)

267 Thanks, Wolfus. My aged brain couldn't recall.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2026 09:16 AM (PFs9e)

268 Was this a scouting mission? Surely gathered a lot of intel. We've seen in the Ukraine war what armed drones can do to a fleet of aircraft.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 27, 2026 09:07 AM (K2NAE)

The scary thing is we don't even know whose responsible for it.

It's probably the Chinese given the level of sophistication of the swarm.
Posted by: Defenestratus at March 27, 2026 09:08 AM (WYStd)

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And the Biden administration let in many thousands of unvetted Chinese.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 27, 2026 09:16 AM (BFPZy)

269 "So, does Pixy still have the tapes, or was that on punchcards?"

His newest copies exist on carbon paper. He hasn't had time to upgrade yet. He says, give him two weeks.

Posted by: Will Robinson at March 27, 2026 09:17 AM (cO6oP)

270 >>Yemen’s Houthi rebels said Thursday that they are ready to stand with Iran against the US and Israel


Months ago, saw a diagram on X of Yemen population growth thanks to UN food aid. Decades of us feeding them has increased their population at least 5x, IIRC.

And this is the thanks we get?
But really, shame on us for ignoring human nature, thinking we could overcome it.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 27, 2026 09:17 AM (Suwql)

271 Although it’s intuitive what many people don’t realize is that Biden and Democrats illegal aliens invasion permitted a lot of very bad actors to cross into our country undetected. There are some estimates but they don’t even scratch the surface. They are undertaking recon, surveillance HUMIT operations that are not effective by satellite. It’s speculated the are behind some of the drone incursions over sensitive sites, and are testing certain defenses.

They are here in numbers. Just remember that next time you here Democrats and sanctuary city buffoons talk about protecting them from deportation.

Posted by: Marcus T at March 27, 2026 09:17 AM (ATSTk)

272 >>It's likely the reason the MSM is full of subversive little shits.

>>Well, that and those people are full of themselves.

It's exactly why. CIA Operation Mockingbird started back in the early 60s with the intent of infiltrating the media and controlling the narrative. It's still going on and we all got a ringside seat for the Russia hoax where both print and broadcast media were nothing more than mouthpieces for the intel community.

It's pretty easy to be cocky and confident when you are partnered with the federal government. That's also why they hate Trump and us so much. It's really the first serious threat to uniparty government and their pets in the media in decades.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 27, 2026 09:17 AM (viF8m)

273 Miss Linda and I are going to a thrift store in a nearby neighborhood this morning. Funny, since I just dropped off a bunch of her old thrift-store stuff yesterday . . . at another thrift store.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 09:17 AM (wzUl9)

274 The Economist was founded by Fabian Socialists.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 27, 2026 09:17 AM (qFwJc)

275 Nancy Mace Poised to Side with Democrats to Pass War Powers Resolution: 'War with Iran Needs to End'

https://tinyurl.com/592sxzsm

Posted by: redridinghood at March 27, 2026 09:17 AM (NpAcC)

276 Burgum: Their oil now flows to our refineries

Trump: Forget that. When are they going to do the statue?
_______

That's hilarious!

Humorless scolds though will screetch that Trump thinks he's a king or some such nonsense. I hate being around soulless leftists.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 09:18 AM (Dv3i1)

277 Emma Watson (aka Hermione Granger) is a whacked out leftist... she was cute in those movies

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 09:18 AM (xT8gx)

278 Just ask me.

Posted by: IMDB at March 27, 2026 09:18 AM (2Ez/1)

279 I had a friend who had an early Maverick. He got a load of bad gas, which caused the engine to excite a resonance in the car's suspension, and caused the car to hop down the road like a bucking bronco. I've never seen anything like it since.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at March 27, 2026 09:18 AM (Da7Vv)

280 The all-time best names NFL defensive line list:

Dave Butz
Otis Sistrunk
Refrigerator Perry
John Matuszak

Two Raiders on that list...
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
+++
Night Train Laine was a great NFL name.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at March 27, 2026 09:19 AM (Lo97M)

281 Nancy Mace Poised to Side with Democrats to Pass War Powers Resolution: 'War with Iran Needs to End'
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It takes two sides to end a war, idiot. God save us from low IQ people.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 09:19 AM (Dv3i1)

282 The Houthis have limited capability given we destroyed most of their missiles and anything they could light off some time ago. With the forces we have in the battle space expect a lot of FAFO. A-10’s will be destroying everything that floats down to a dhow.

Posted by: Marcus T at March 27, 2026 09:20 AM (ATSTk)

283 I've always believed the Bengals lost that game because they were still thawing out from the Ice Bowl in the AFC Championship at Riverfront... the human body can only take so much
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
__________

Maybe that, plus Archie Griffin.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 27, 2026 09:20 AM (XvL8K)

284 Newton's law of the conservation of thrift store stuff.

Posted by: Real Science at March 27, 2026 09:20 AM (2Ez/1)

285 Nancy Mace Poised to Side with Democrats to Pass War Powers Resolution: 'War with Iran Needs to End'
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It takes two sides to end a war, idiot. God save us from low IQ people.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 09:19 AM (Dv3i1)

But she has nice hooters...

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 09:21 AM (xT8gx)

286 I had a friend who had an early Maverick. He got a load of bad gas, which caused the engine to excite a resonance in the car's suspension, and caused the car to hop down the road like a bucking bronco. I've never seen anything like it since.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at March 27, 2026

***
Was that still in the leaded gas days?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 09:21 AM (wzUl9)

287 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 09:18 AM (xT8gx)

I had read that. I wish actors would shut up about their politics. Multi millionaires political whining does not impress me. I was more interested in why the change in ethnicity for certain characters It's facile.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2026 09:21 AM (PFs9e)

288 Newton's law of the conservation of thrift store stuff.
Posted by: Real Science at March 27, 2026

***
Stolen!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 09:21 AM (wzUl9)

289 The scary thing is we don't even know whose responsible for it.

It's probably the Chinese given the level of sophistication of the swarm.
Posted by: Defenestratus
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The dumb thing is they didn't shotgun some of them to be analyzed.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 27, 2026 09:22 AM (aBoGB)

290 His newest copies exist on carbon paper. He hasn't had time to upgrade yet. He says, give him two weeks."

Mimeograph machine broken?

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 09:22 AM (XuXeR)

291 Night Train Laine was a great NFL name.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at March 27, 2026 09:19 AM (Lo97M)

Absolutely. He should go on the cornerbacks list...

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 09:22 AM (xT8gx)

292 Nancy Mace Poised to Side with Democrats to Pass War Powers Resolution: 'War with Iran Needs to End'
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South Carolina always elects Republicans. But they're the squishiest damn Republicans you will ever see.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at March 27, 2026 09:23 AM (Lo97M)

293 273 Miss Linda and I are going to a thrift store in a nearby neighborhood this morning. Funny, since I just dropped off a bunch of her old thrift-store stuff yesterday . . . at another thrift store.
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You two are very thrifty.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 27, 2026 09:23 AM (n17eQ)

294 It takes two sides to end a war, idiot. God save us from low IQ people.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 09:19 AM (Dv3i1)
*****
And she's running for governor in SC.
I really hope she doesn't win her primary.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 27, 2026 09:23 AM (NpAcC)

295 A little good news plus boobs.

https://is.gd/GqH1y7

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 27, 2026 09:24 AM (ndZc7)

296 Nancy Mace Poised to Side with Democrats to Pass War Powers Resolution: 'War with Iran Needs to End'

Didn't the Senate already vote their version down?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 27, 2026 09:24 AM (ExV1e)

297 I'm standing right here.

Posted by: Ed Too Tall Jones at March 27, 2026 09:24 AM (2Ez/1)

298 I'm standing right here.
Posted by: Ed Too Tall Jones"

Here, have a Coke...

/MJG

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 09:26 AM (XuXeR)

299 32 China seems to forget.........

ALL we have to do is throw and M80 at the Three Gorges Dam and 1/2 that country is gone.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

I truly hope that Taiwan has that in the forefront of their planning when China invades.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 27, 2026 09:26 AM (RjOoY)

300 Oakland Raiders LB Ted Hendricks was known as The Mad Stork

Posted by: Don Black at March 27, 2026 09:26 AM (ZxPkt)

301 Thanks Mean Joe!

Posted by: The kid with the Coke at March 27, 2026 09:27 AM (2Ez/1)

302 227 I thought that was very interesting. ... "No Kings" ..

A big part of No Kings is Anti ICE, maybe all of it.
..

ALL of it is cointelpro Palantir id'ing the non-paid fools, agitators and joiners so that they can be rolled up like a line of ants with a piece of scotch tape.

LIB's proudly do unto their own people precisely what they forbid us to do to our adversaries... NO MORE.

All these NO KINGs people, Iranian street celebrators, do you really think they know what-it-takes to run a country, let alone the world?

It should be intuitively obvious China can't invade Taiwan without Iran/Oil but definitely WILL mine the strait immediately after Trump takes Kharg Island (the neutron-bomb nuclear way or not) if-and-only-if Hegseth fully deploys fully effect ASW (anti-submarine warfare) to destroy the remaining Iranian 30 mini-subs, and mine deploying trawlers (an extra 6 neutron bombs would take care of them too), but effective ASW will forever close the window on China's annexing of Tawain

intuitively obvious that once this happens Zelensky is toast, because Russia will do the same thing, and NoodleHeadedMacron won't prevail against Russia any more than Napoleon

forWAR'd!

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at March 27, 2026 09:27 AM (4dFV6)

303
For Xi, the Three Gorges Dam is a device for holding China hostage.

Posted by: Auspex at March 27, 2026 09:29 AM (Y8DZL)

304 MP4 gets a plug on Insty.

Posted by: Oddbob at March 27, 2026 09:29 AM (vTZFs)

305 Weather's getting warmer. Protest season draweth nigh.

Posted by: Like sparrows to Capistrano at March 27, 2026 09:29 AM (2Ez/1)

306 hobo ass is the best tasting ass

Posted by: Sad! at March 27, 2026 09:30 AM (qpQFJ)

307 ART CRITICS UPSTAIRS WE HAZ A NOOD

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2026 09:30 AM (KyaUN)

308 Researchers Discover ‘Cocaine Sharks’ in the Bahamas

Whoa.

Posted by: Asylum Films at March 27, 2026 09:31 AM (4NO2D)

309 "Airport Wait Times Eliminated After TSA Checkpoints Taken Over By Chick-Fil-A"

Posted by: Babylon Bee headline at March 27, 2026 09:32 AM (2Ez/1)

310 Are we really screwed in November?

Posted by: Jaimo at March 27, 2026 09:33 AM (BCuCF)

311 War with Iran Needs to End'
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LOL Democrats want to take control of the narrative for when the war ends. They know it's gonna end and Trump will get the credit. They "win" either way. They are so transparent.

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 09:35 AM (45LId)

312 ... They seem to think an opinion is all that matters regardless of actual knowledge.

Dunno, maybe it's like that with sports talk too. But imagine someone walked up to you and started talking about movies with all the confidence in teh world and was totally clueless, which is a great movie btw.
Posted by: MJ at March 27, 2026 09:05 AM (XOmY9)


The majority of people are incapable of comprehending that everthing is not "just a matter of opinion". This include most judges, especially those who not biologists.

Posted by: Operator Error at March 27, 2026 09:36 AM (4viQd)

313 President Ronald Reagan’s speech before the National Association of Evangelicals in Orlando, Florida, where he labeled the Soviet Union an “evil empire.”

... Reagan was told and put off this speech for months, but ultimately did finally do it. He was told it would be devicive.

Posted by: SMOD at March 27, 2026 09:37 AM (RHGPo)

314 A large teen gathering in downtown Chicago descended into chaos Wednesday night—prompting a curfew enforcement order and intensifying the debate over how to stop repeat takeovers in the Loop. The activity centered on State and Lake streets, where witnesses described crowds of young people running through the area, climbing on vehicles and engaging in fights. Alderman Brian Hopkins said conditions escalated quickly before officials intervened. In a post on X, Hopkins said the situation was "out of control" before a curfew enforcement order was issued around 10 p.m.

... but not to worry as Chicago's mayor is protected by 150 police at $30 million a year.

Posted by: SMOD at March 27, 2026 09:45 AM (RHGPo)

315 Good morning, all, and thank you, J.J.

Regarding Zheng 1 and Zheng 2, South China Morning Post, in its article, 'Siblings who fled to China charged over bomb planted outside US Air Force base,' is the following:

"Alen Zheng remains at large, while Ann Mary Zheng was arrested after she returned to the US; their mother has been detained for deportation."

Reportedly, Ann and Alen Zheng are US citizens. Their mother was detained for deportation, having overstayed her visa. The device Alen left March 10th was outside the Visitor's Center, not inside McGill's security gates.

Arizona's Family: "Then he and his sister sold their Mercedes-Benz SUV, bought tickets to China, and were gone by March 12th."

Why Ann returned to the US and whether she and her brother hold dual citizenship with China? 🤷‍♀️
---
Zheng is a common surname in China and other countries.
Here's another recent Zheng FBI Press Release:

Chinese National and Two U.S. Citizens Charged with Conspirating to Smuggle Artificial Intelligence Technology to China, Wednesday, March 25, 2026

It begins, "Stanley Yi Zheng, Matthew Kelly and Tommy Shad English have been charged with conspiring to commit

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 27, 2026 09:46 AM (NFX2v)

316 smuggling and export control violations. (MUCH MORE FOLLOWS; reading suggested.)

This investigation may be from the Atlanta, GA region.

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Funeral for a good family man who had also served in Vietnam.

Good weekend! 🤗

Prayers for US military and Israel. 🙏

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 27, 2026 09:46 AM (NFX2v)

317 Miss Linda and I are going to a thrift store in a nearby neighborhood this morning. Funny, since I just dropped off a bunch of her old thrift-store stuff yesterday . . . at another thrift store.
-------------------
You two are very thrifty.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 27, 2026

***
She buys stuff there. I can rarely find anything for me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 09:47 AM (wzUl9)

318 Pritzker should meet the same fate as Sheridan Gorman.

Sheridan Gorman appeared to be a genuinely fun and attractive person, but it needs to be said, and you heard it here first:
One day very soon, Dems will haul out the "fat chick" jokes.
They need to unperson her, and they can't not-do it.

And it has to be a severe strain on Pritzker's heart, so to speak, to keep his Ozempic intake ahead of that curve, because backlash will be a mothering bitch. So cross your fingers; there could be one positive outcome. He might just waist away.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at March 27, 2026 09:50 AM (zdLoL)

319 I suspected the US might take Kharg Island, but the thing that has turned me skeptical about that is that an upcoming invasion there seems to be common knowledge.

But as far as Iran-backed terror groups go, expect them to lose their mojo as time marches forward. They can't function without money, and the money is being cut off.

Posted by: MrExcitement at March 27, 2026 09:51 AM (ovdkm)

320 I've never understood why an omnipotent god needs the help of this misfit band of Jihadists.
Then again, they say that Christians are polytheist, but can Allah split into three persons ? Some omnipotent god .. can't split into three instances.

Posted by: SMOD at March 27, 2026 09:51 AM (RHGPo)

321 I suspect we’re about to find out what 9/11 + 12/7 equals.

Posted by: epador at March 27, 2026 10:22 AM (TRnzq)

322 I think calling the PRC Marxist is misleading. I think there socialism has a much more nationalistic character. I think it's far, far more dangerous that the communism.

Posted by: meh at March 27, 2026 10:31 AM (N462N)

323 .
.
That bad orange president has shrunk the U.S. debt?
.
https://tinyurl.com/USAdebtUSA
.

Posted by: Marooned at March 27, 2026 10:37 AM (kt8QE)

324 “Fewer undocumented immigrants arriving at or between ports of entry”

In other words, illegal aliens who break our immigration laws.

Even the Fed at San Francisco is staffed with people who are VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY UPSET at the fact that to enter the United States, you HAVE to show a passport to a CBP official at a PoE.

That’s all you say about yourself when you use a
Long winded phrase like that or talk of “undocumented immigrants”.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 27, 2026 10:43 AM (muXU/)

325 Sheridan Gorman appeared to be a genuinely fun and attractive person, but it needs to be said, and you heard it here first:
One day very soon, Dems will haul out the "fat chick" jokes.
They need to unperson her, and they can't not-do it.

And it has to be a severe strain on Pritzker's heart, so to speak, to keep his Ozempic intake ahead of that curve, because backlash will be a mothering bitch. So cross your fingers; there could be one positive outcome. He might just waist away.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at March 27, 2026 09:50 AM (zdLoL)

She was a U.S. citizen. That is enough reason for the Left to unoerson her or anyone else. They deeply hate their own citizens.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 27, 2026 10:45 AM (muXU/)

326 Noellia Castillo in Spain, and Sheridan Gorman in Chicago, are the same story.

Anarchoterrorist leaders bent on Western Christian civilizational suicide invited and paid for brutal invaders--whether they be from Muslim North Africa or Tren de Aragua Venezuela or whatever--to hunt the old, the helpless, and especially women, destabilize society, and lead to the collapse of Spain, and the U.S., and England, and France, . . . The woman was slaughtered, and in the case of Noelia, literally butchered, to the dark gods. These girls are fed to these wolves as ... snacks.

I couldn't sleep last night, thinking about this.

Posted by: Gorthanc at March 27, 2026 10:54 AM (8Q86n)

Daily Tech News 27 March 2026

Top Story

  • Intel has been delivering interesting new products lately, with the Core 250K and Core 270K processors and the B70 Pro graphics card all providing solid performance at unmatched prices. The Core 290K processor, though - the planned new top of the line - has been unceremoniously - and now, officially - cancelled. (Tom's Hardware)

    The 290K was to replace the existing 285K. But since the new 270K has already been upgraded to match the core counts of the 285K, the 290K could only offer higher clock speeds... And Intel can't offer higher clock speeds, not with these particular chips.


  • Also spoiling Intel's plans is AMD with its long-awaited Ryzen 9950X3D2. (Tom's Hardware)

    AMD's X3D chips have what they call "3D V-Cache", because it has triple the usual amount of cache memory, with a second memory die stacked on top of the CPU - or in the latest iteration, underneath it. Vertically. In 3D. Which is slightly redundant, yes.

    The new X3D2 variant applies that to both the CPU dies in a 16-core processor. The increased cache provides its biggest performance gains for computer games - often running 30% faster than anything else - which only really use eight cores since that's what the current generation of consoles have.

    The 9950X3D2 is aimed more at workstation users and for most tasks will be barely faster (and possibly slightly slower) than the existing 9950X3D.

    AMD plans a breakthrough with its upcoming Zen 6 family, which will offer 50% more of everything, cores and cache alike.


Tech News


Musical Interlude



Both videos, because they're both great.



Disclaimer: Do not OK Go, do not collect $200, unless you really want to.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM




Comments

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1 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 27, 2026 04:09 AM (bQ4nt)

2 BOING!

Switched overnight to DST.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 27, 2026 04:12 AM (1o8D5)

3 Those were two cool videos.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at March 27, 2026 04:15 AM (ff+1J)

4 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2026 04:15 AM (Ia/+0)

5 I was just watching this Beatles video of "The Night Before" that someone linked, and the video quality is amazing. 4K widescreen and perfect. I assume it was enhanced with AI, since it's apparently from the Help! movie, which was allegedly not shot with that great of a camera. As long as originals are also available, I'm glad to have a nicer-looking version (if you can ignore the text scroll that the enhancer DRMPLX put directly on the image at one point). How do other people feel about that use of the technology?

The Beatles - The Night Before [4K Widescreen]
https://youtu.be/d2FIKMwhf4w

Posted by: SciVo at March 27, 2026 04:15 AM (Sy6m/)

6 No marching bands before coffee

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2026 04:18 AM (Ia/+0)

7 Farmers choir performs beautifully on Britain's Got
Talent:

https://tinyurl.com/5e9p8w46

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2026 04:23 AM (rZCVI)

8 Mornin' Horde. Up early. Brain fog.

Coffffeeeeee

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 27, 2026 04:24 AM (O7YUW)

9 Lovely devotional on "God in the details" based on
Nehemiah 9:19-21 . It is followed by a prayer and a reflection:

https://tinyurl.com/mvnjrjjn

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2026 04:28 AM (rZCVI)

10 Grandma's plea about a missing toy boy inspires many people who don't even know him:

https://tinyurl.com/4z6p3rxd

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2026 04:31 AM (rZCVI)

11 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 27, 2026 04:31 AM (Xr4QU)

12 I would like to ask prayers today for two people I know. One of my congregants, D, is having a colonoscopy and endoscopy today. She is a dear person and is rather nervous. Prayers that it would all go smoothly and the results be o.k
The other one is for K. K is a funny, nice man and in our local Republican group. He is having a total knee replacement. Prayers that God be with him in the entire procedure and recovery.

Thanks and God bless you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2026 04:36 AM (rZCVI)

13 "The attack on LiteLLM was indirect via Trivy and GitHub, so users of the software probably were safe... Right up until the entire project was compromised."

Close watertight doors 1-5...

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at March 27, 2026 04:46 AM (/HDaX)

14 Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2026 04:18 AM (Ia

Do, what did you do, Skip? Shove the entire band in the closet before your coffee? 😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2026 04:47 AM (PFs9e)

15 You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.” – Isaiah 26:3

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2026 04:51 AM (PFs9e)

16 Little boy with autism plays piano like a pro despite never having lessons. Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/h2s99eh5

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2026 04:58 AM (ix8EF)

17 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at March 27, 2026 05:12 AM (AN2gy)

18 My friend of a number of years is going into NY. She told me she is -in part- going to a "No Kings" protest. She is a very dear and generous person and fellow Christian so I just respond "Ahh. Ummm" and don't say anything else.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2026 05:15 AM (rZCVI)

19 Greetings and good morning everyone. As I mentioned yesterday, I was dealing with only getting about 1.5 hours of sleep on account of being in a lot of pain. Things cleared up later that day and ibuprofen is proof God loves us. When I went to sleep last night, my body realized how bad the sleep deficit was and I was out within a few minutes of hitting the pillow AND my insomnia did not bother me.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 27, 2026 05:26 AM (RjOoY)

20 She told me she is -in part- going to a "No Kings" protest.

I suppose congratulating her when she gets back over the fact that our country doesn't have a king because of those protests would not be well received? -:-)

Posted by: NR Pax at March 27, 2026 05:27 AM (RjOoY)

21 >>> My friend of a number of years is going into NY. She told me she is -in part- going to a "No Kings" protest.

Isn't Brooklyn Kings County? I wonder how the hipsters feel about that.

Posted by: fluffy at March 27, 2026 05:28 AM (AN2gy)

22 Prayers up. Well a few. More later. Good news NR Pax.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 27, 2026 05:31 AM (qFwJc)

23 TGIF
Close job at first, farther away in opposite direction after that
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2026 05:34 AM (Ia/+0)

24 Good morning morons up two hours early and wondering why.

The "No Kings" thing is weird, I guess they tell each other Trump acts like a king or something.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 27, 2026 05:35 AM (RIvkX)

25 Good news NR Pax.

Posted by: no one of any consequence

Despite the pain, I am feeling more motivated to keep going to the gym if sleeping better is going to be one of the things that happens.

OK, there is also the motivation at being locked in a one year contract there as well.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 27, 2026 05:35 AM (RjOoY)

26 Posted by: NR Pax at March 27, 2026 05:27 AM (RjOoY)

No, probably not well received 😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2026 05:36 AM (Nx5jP)

27 Posted by: NR Pax at March 27, 2026 05:26 AM (RjOoY

Glad to hear that you are doing better.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2026 05:39 AM (Nx5jP)

28
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 27, 2026 05:40 AM (tljrc)

29 Glad to hear that you are doing better.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Thanks. I really have to remind myself that I'm not in my 20s any more and build things up slowly.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 27, 2026 05:40 AM (RjOoY)

30 Better Living Through Chemistry

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 27, 2026 05:41 AM (RIvkX)

31 You think we have fake news. The state media in Iran is telling people that Tel Aviv has been totally destroyed.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2026 05:43 AM (+nEug)

32 It's Friday, it's Friday! Happy, happy Friday!

*twirl*

Posted by: Rosasharn at March 27, 2026 05:45 AM (PzBTm)

33 AltonJackson, please send me your mailing address. I have it but I want to double check.

Big hug

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2026 05:45 AM (+nEug)

34 Thanks Pixy, I have never seen the marching band version of the video. It's entertaining, too.

Been loving the Rube Goldberg version since it came out *checks date* sixteen(!) years ago.

Good lord how time flies.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 27, 2026 05:47 AM (6ydKt)

35 I'm just here for the twirling.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 27, 2026 05:49 AM (RIvkX)

36 England should have No Queens protests, with Two-Tier Keir's face crossed out

Posted by: SciVo at March 27, 2026 05:50 AM (Sy6m/)

37
Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2026 05:45 AM

will do, Ben Had

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 27, 2026 05:51 AM (tljrc)

38 Posted by: NR Pax at March 27, 2026 05:40 AM

That sounds like wise thinking.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2026 05:51 AM (rZCVI)

39 Nothing can be controlled. Put away your faith for a moment and realize that the world is too big. Also that the world is too small. Our journey is special. And you carve out your space.

Rise and shine.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 27, 2026 05:52 AM (Fbc0I)

40 Watching Coleman Hughes ask Glenn Greenwald to convince him with facts and evidence to support his claim that Israel forced the U.S. to attack Iran.

He couldn't. Glenn Greenwald is full of sh*t.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 27, 2026 05:52 AM (RIvkX)

41 @31/Ben Had: "You think we have fake news. The state media in Iran is telling people that Tel Aviv has been totally destroyed."

Sure, the Israelis could counter that with actual information (like getting themselves photographed with the current day's newspaper and a perfectly intact Tel Aviv behind them) - and some are!

Better yet though, and far more amusing to me, are those Israelis who are generating memes to counter the Iranian state media showing Godzilla (or other fictitious beings) destroying Tel Aviv.

I'd love for someone to make up a really awful looking paper mache mock-up of Tel-Aviv and then go stomping about in it on video, and hold up a sign saying "We're the Iranian State Media, totally accurate, trust us bro!"

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 27, 2026 05:53 AM (O7YUW)

42 @32/Rosasharn: "It's Friday, it's Friday! Happy, happy Friday!

*twirl*"

So it is! Outstanding.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 27, 2026 05:54 AM (O7YUW)

43 Grumpy and Recalcitrant, perfect use of AI, maybe?

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2026 05:55 AM (+nEug)

44 An Iranian soldier on a flying Persian rug got in a dogfight with a U.S. fighter jet, and shot it down with his rifle. I saw it on the internet!

Posted by: SciVo at March 27, 2026 05:56 AM (Sy6m/)

45 Evening and morning, AoSHQ adherents and satellites! 'Tis Friday, the consummation devoutly to be wished!

Is there such a thing as Plexaderm for the brain? Wait, no, it would *smooth out* the wrinkles, and the last thing you'd want to be is smooth-brained. Cancel my order, then.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 05:57 AM (wzUl9)

46 School, hahahaha

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2026 05:57 AM (+nEug)

47 SciVo, apologies.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2026 05:58 AM (+nEug)

48 There is a part of me that really hopes this women is joking but I am also aware of the state of our educational system:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X75b3fa0YtI

Posted by: NR Pax at March 27, 2026 05:58 AM (RjOoY)

49 LOL. I love that youtube video of the guy flying on a magic carpet with a machine gun.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 27, 2026 05:59 AM (qFwJc)

50 That sounds like wise thinking.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Yeah, but it's up against my impatience.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 27, 2026 05:59 AM (RjOoY)

51 Cartoon on Elon Musk and judges:

https://tinyurl.com/mbkuddyv

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2026 06:00 AM (rZCVI)

52 At the mechanic shop yesterday, turns out I need two new tires. Actually just the left front, which is five years old, but its two-year-old companion is worn down quite a bit too. Good idea to replace tires in pairs. So I'll shell out some dough next week.

I've always heard "put your best rubber on the drive wheels," and the Buick is front-wheel-drive. But nowadays tire companies recommend putting new tires only in the back regardless. What say you?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 06:01 AM (wzUl9)

53 "The soul of a new machine" came out in 1981. Back in the days of mainframes and mini computers, two types of hardware.You almost never hear of anymore.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 27, 2026 06:02 AM (yMyMm)

54 I'm just here for the King-bashing.

Posted by: Guy who hates Stephen King at March 27, 2026 06:02 AM (Ucgf4)

55 @43/Ben Had: "perfect use of AI, maybe?"

"I'll allow it!" -- Judge Mills Lane.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 27, 2026 06:03 AM (O7YUW)

56 Wolfus, I go with the front for new. A blow out in the back is easier to deal with than one on a front tire.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2026 06:04 AM (+nEug)

57 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 27, 2026 05:53 AM (O7YUW

That's funny!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2026 06:05 AM (rZCVI)

58 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 06:01 AM (wzUl9)

Is the land yacht an AWD model?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 27, 2026 06:06 AM (3Ope8)

59 When I was doing a lot of hauling I would do all four at the same time.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2026 06:07 AM (+nEug)

60 @53/JM in Illinois: "... Back in the days of mainframes and mini computers, two types of hardware.You almost never hear of anymore."

Mainframes used to be an entire machine room with an operations room above or nearby. Now the mainframe is just rack-sized:

https://youtu.be/RnpvyJaX4Q4

Tech has gotten weird.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 27, 2026 06:07 AM (O7YUW)

61 >>>I've always heard "put your best rubber on the drive wheels," and the Buick is front-wheel-drive. But nowadays tire companies recommend putting new tires only in the back regardless. What say you?

>Why hassle and haggle? Do it and get it done. It's all about your safety. Do what you can afford, but the life you save may be your own.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 27, 2026 06:08 AM (Fbc0I)

62 Wolfus, I go with the front for new. A blow out in the back is easier to deal with than one on a front tire.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2026

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There's that, and the fact your rears generally track the front and benefits from the siping/clearing of water already done by the fronts.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 06:09 AM (wzUl9)

63 Now Tucker is spouting CCP talking points about "sharing power with a rising China". How does he square that with being America First?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 27, 2026 06:09 AM (RIvkX)

64 54 I'm just here for the King-bashing.

Yeah. The Sacramento Kings do not impress me.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 27, 2026 06:09 AM (RjOoY)

65 I've always heard "put your best rubber on the drive wheels," and the Buick is front-wheel-drive. But nowadays tire companies recommend putting new tires only in the back regardless. What say you?

>Why hassle and haggle? Do it and get it done. It's all about your safety. Do what you can afford, but the life you save may be your own.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 27, 2026

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No, Rev, I'm not disagreeing with the shop's advice; I'll happily buy the new tires. My only question is, where should the new tires go. Most of my driving life (which will make a half-century next month), I'd heard the drive wheels advice, but now I get conflicting answers.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 06:12 AM (wzUl9)

66 @52/Wolfus: You want your best/deepest tread on the wheels that govern your direction (ie, where the steering is): The front.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 27, 2026 06:12 AM (O7YUW)

67
Is the land yacht an AWD model?
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 27, 2026

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No, it's FWD.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 06:13 AM (wzUl9)

68 Wolfus, replace the tires on the driving wheels in pairs so that the drivetrain uses the same amount of torque to drive each wheel. Different tread depths (unequal wheel radius) and different treads (different coefficients of friction) will make the drivetrain work harder and out of balance.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 27, 2026 06:17 AM (3Ope8)

69 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Go to jail. Go directly to jail.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 27, 2026 06:18 AM (60TZk)

70 You want your best/deepest tread on the wheels that govern your direction (ie, where the steering is): The front.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

On trucks, anyway, it's illegal to put retreads on the steering wheels. So, by extension, he's probably right.
Best rubber up front.

Posted by: MkY at March 27, 2026 06:19 AM (q6tQZ)

71 Wolfus, replace the tires on the driving wheels in pairs so that the drivetrain uses the same amount of torque to drive each wheel. Different tread depths (unequal wheel radius) and different treads (different coefficients of friction) will make the drivetrain work harder and out of balance.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 27, 2026

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Right. I hate to throw away a two-year-old tire, the RF, but the fronts wear faster, esp. being on the drive wheels. So it's as if the RF, though age two, is actually more than three, and the LF is over five.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 06:21 AM (wzUl9)

72 @71/Wolfus: "I hate to throw away a two-year-old tire"

Transfer the better of the two to "spare duty". Beats having the tiny doughnut. You might need to purchase a steel rim to accomplish this. Also make sure you can fit a full sized spare tire where the doughnut is right now before you commit to this idea.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 27, 2026 06:25 AM (O7YUW)

73 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 27, 2026 06:26 AM (MIIRH)

74 sock_rat, Good morning. How's the hiking?

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2026 06:27 AM (+nEug)

75 Afternoon stovetop coffee made just in time for the incoming missile alert.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 27, 2026 06:27 AM (1o8D5)

76 Sounds the wear problem comes from a difference in quality of the tire.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2026 06:28 AM (+nEug)

77 Now a days, driving is like a fucking video game. people have no regard or respect for fellow travelers. Watch your six, it's crazy out there. I see pile-ups and think, well, there you go.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 27, 2026 06:29 AM (Fbc0I)

78 @76/Ben Had: Can also be a bad alignment.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 27, 2026 06:29 AM (O7YUW)

79 @77/Rev. Wishbone: I remind my wife to "watch out for crazy, it's everywhere" practically every morning when she heads off for work.

Me, I see crazy out there every day when I'm driving, tons of it.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 27, 2026 06:30 AM (O7YUW)

80 Biden's Dog, have you had any damage to your place in the North?

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2026 06:30 AM (+nEug)

81 Go to jail. Go directly to jail.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 27, 2026 06:18 AM

Bartleby the scrivener rejoiner:

" I would prefer not to."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2026 06:31 AM (ix8EF)

82 Wolfus: "I hate to throw away a two-year-old tire"

Transfer the better of the two to "spare duty". Beats having the tiny doughnut. You might need to purchase a steel rim to accomplish this. Also make sure you can fit a full sized spare tire where the doughnut is right now before you commit to this idea.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 27, 2026

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Yeah, I don't think the regular tire will fit in that under-the-trunk-floor space where the compact is.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 06:33 AM (wzUl9)

83 Sounds the wear problem comes from a difference in quality of the tire.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2026

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They are both the same brand and model, Ben Had, Continentals. Just bought three years apart.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 06:34 AM (wzUl9)

84 @82/Wolfus: Ah well. Modern vehicles. *sighs*

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 27, 2026 06:35 AM (O7YUW)

85 > Afternoon stovetop coffee made just in time for the incoming missile alert.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey
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Get small and stay well

Posted by: Don Black at March 27, 2026 06:37 AM (ZxPkt)

86 OLIGACHY!!!

Posted by: Bernie Sanders at March 27, 2026 06:37 AM (Ucgf4)

87 Bernie's off his meds.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 27, 2026 06:37 AM (60TZk)

88 Biden's Dog, have you had any damage to your place in the North?

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2026 06:30 AM (+nEug)
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Now not but last spring/summer we had roof damage from large stones hurled quite a distance from a missile impact in the area. Fixed within a few days.

In early 2024, an incoming intercepted missile scattered a rain of shrapnel over a large area. We have 2 half dollar size souvenirs on display in the house.

At present, the missile came in north of Jerusalem. So Mrs. BD and I are enjoying our coffees from the comfort of our home. First reports are the missile was intercepted and no reports yet of know damage or injured.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 27, 2026 06:42 AM (1o8D5)

89 In fairness, Senator Sanders has been screetching that word for several decades now, so we just roll our eyes and move on. His first-class airline flights aren't going to book themselves.

Posted by: Senator Sanders's congressional aide at March 27, 2026 06:42 AM (Ucgf4)

90 Get small and stay well

Posted by: Don Black at March 27, 2026 06:37 AM (ZxPkt)
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But I don't want to shrink!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 27, 2026 06:42 AM (1o8D5)

91 Biden's Dog, I continue to pray for your and all of Israel's safety.

I just found out about babka.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2026 06:45 AM (+nEug)

92 w00t late

Posted by: m at March 27, 2026 06:45 AM (fNISR)

93 Good morning everyone.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at March 27, 2026 06:46 AM (u7Cty)

94 I'm just here for the King-bashing.

Fuck you.

Posted by: Elvis at March 27, 2026 06:46 AM (iO7jp)

95 So I just had three deer at the bird feeders.

The buck kept an eye on me. I assume it was the buck as it was noticeably larger.

He was slurping up sunflower seed from the woodpecker feeder.

Posted by: fluffy at March 27, 2026 06:47 AM (AN2gy)

96 fluffy, hunting season open?

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2026 06:48 AM (+nEug)

97 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at March 27, 2026 06:50 AM (2Ez/1)

98 Decisions. Cinnamon babka or chocolate croissant?

Both.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2026 06:51 AM (+nEug)

99 Local media sort of says 'be there, or be square' about the huge (so they say) no kings day in the city. Maybe they should have Kathy Hochul or Gavin Newsom give a speech or something to make it entertaining. Besides its going to be cold and whats the point, am I missing something.??

Posted by: Colin at March 27, 2026 06:51 AM (e8qy3)

100 100

Posted by: m at March 27, 2026 06:51 AM (fNISR)

101 I didn't know we had too many Israeli morons lurking here. You take care and at least know some of us have your back.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 27, 2026 06:52 AM (Fbc0I)

102 Ben Had, not until December.

Besides, my backyard is a wildlife sanctuary, not a wildlife management area.

Posted by: fluffy at March 27, 2026 06:52 AM (AN2gy)

103

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 27, 2026 06:55 AM (DDJSl)

104 I just found out about babka.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2026 06:45 AM (+nEug)
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All these years not knowing. You poor thing!

We have a boutique bakery up north that makes the meanest babka with butter. Hard to stop slicing off pieces and eating the whole thing.

Thanks all for well-wishes. Us and pups are all doing fine, including our pups in uniform. Mrs. BD just got a big thanks video from unit friends of our youngest pup who get to nibble on the batches of choc. chip cookies Mrs. BD sends in their direction as often as possible.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 27, 2026 06:57 AM (1o8D5)

105 I just got an email from my campus theater...

I can get 25% off tickets to see Menopause The Musical 2: Cruising Through "The Change"

I swear I am not making this up.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 27, 2026 07:02 AM (ESVrU)

106 mornin yall. Wolfus, get two new front tires and an alignment. The rear tires in a FWD vehicle are just along for the ride.

Bruno goes back to the vet this morning for a biopsy on his lymph nodes. We hope it's not lymphoma. Please say a prayer for my buddy.

Posted by: fd at March 27, 2026 07:03 AM (vFG9F)

107 Hey hey hey. MP4 makes the top of the page at Insty:

https://instapundit.com/

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 27, 2026 07:05 AM (Ucgf4)

108 fd, prayers ascending and a gentle head rub for your special guy.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2026 07:06 AM (+nEug)

109 Almost outta first job

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2026 07:06 AM (azhP/)

110 "Menopause The Musical 2"

How will you know what is going on if you didn't see the first one?

Posted by: fd at March 27, 2026 07:06 AM (vFG9F)

111 Perfessor, what will the temperature be set to in the theater?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 27, 2026 07:07 AM (Ucgf4)

112 Thank you Ben Had. I'm wondering if I should be looking at Ivermectin.

Posted by: fd at March 27, 2026 07:08 AM (vFG9F)

113 fd, I 'm not sure but I can ask.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2026 07:11 AM (+nEug)

114 Apple is discontinuing the Mac Pro because the are already offering workstation level performance in their other products so their really is no market for it.

Also their design aesthetic for it, does not fit with the rest of their products.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 27, 2026 07:11 AM (XV/Pl)

115 who could make up such nonsense, Perfessor? how?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 27, 2026 07:14 AM (MIIRH)

116 6 No marching bands before coffee
Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2026 04:18 AM (Ia/+0)

I was gonna say! I ain't turnin' that on.

Posted by: m at March 27, 2026 07:16 AM (fNISR)

117 31 You think we have fake news. The state media in Iran is telling people that Tel Aviv has been totally destroyed.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 27, 2026 05:43 AM (+nEug)

jeez

Posted by: m at March 27, 2026 07:19 AM (fNISR)

118 116 6 No marching bands before coffee
Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2026 04:18 AM (Ia/+0)

I love the sound of a Sousaphone in the morning!

Posted by: from the reboot of Apocalypse Now at March 27, 2026 07:19 AM (Ucgf4)

119 >>>Thank you Ben Had. I'm wondering if I should be looking at Ivermectin.

Posted by: fd

>Can you take a paste out of a syringe? I had to open my horses mouths wide for the injection but they didn't seem to mind much.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 27, 2026 07:20 AM (Fbc0I)

120 Off to a new adventure

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2026 07:22 AM (azhP/)

121 I usually play Pixy's video, but didn't today

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2026 07:23 AM (azhP/)

122 Chocolate babka:
https://youtube.com/shorts/twKiZCNwbww

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at March 27, 2026 07:25 AM (2Ez/1)

123 @107 Who'd a-thunk Sarah Hoyt would dox a regular?

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at March 27, 2026 07:26 AM (zdLoL)

124 No Rube-Goldberg mechanisms before coffee, either.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 27, 2026 07:27 AM (2Ez/1)

125 Back from my workout, all. Yes, two new tires on the front, then an alignment. I definitely do not want tire problems on my Kansas trip next month!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 07:28 AM (wzUl9)

126
77 Now a days, driving is like a fucking video game. people have no regard or respect for fellow travelers. Watch your six, it's crazy out there. I see pile-ups and think, well, there you go.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 27, 2026 06:29 AM (Fbc0I)

I was driving into Dallas on I-20 last weekend, near Terrell it looked like people had been playing bumper cars at 80 mph, badly smashed up cars scattered on both sides of the road.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 27, 2026 07:28 AM (ZPDpH)

127 Hoped JJ would show up, oh well
Have a good one

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2026 07:29 AM (azhP/)

128 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 27, 2026 07:29 AM (u82oZ)

129 Hoped JJ would show up, oh well
Have a good one
Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2026

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He's been as early as 6 am Central and as late as 6:45, if I recall aright.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 07:31 AM (wzUl9)

130 "Perfessor" Squirrel

You can take one of your coterie of female friends to that show, and bond with her. If that is what kids today are calling it.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 27, 2026 07:31 AM (u82oZ)

131 >>123 @107 Who'd a-thunk Sarah Hoyt would dox a regular?

She didn't. No nic appears in her post, just the author's name.

Posted by: EatChootaDroid at March 27, 2026 07:32 AM (NcvvS)

132 This is gonna be willowed, but OK Go is to videos as Shakespeare is to sonnets.

Posted by: tankdemon at March 27, 2026 07:33 AM (I40CQ)

133 /off cranky droid sock.

Posted by: Nazdar at March 27, 2026 07:34 AM (NcvvS)

134 I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper

That was nice of Sarah Hoyt.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 27, 2026 07:34 AM (u82oZ)

135 driving is like a fucking video game. people have no regard or respect for fellow travelers."

Hey, I'm texting here...

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 07:34 AM (XuXeR)

136 tankdemon

If I start one of their videos, I will be late for my next adventure. They are sublime.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 27, 2026 07:35 AM (u82oZ)

137 The perfessor has a coterie?

Posted by: Wish I had a coterie at March 27, 2026 07:35 AM (2Ez/1)

138 Wish I had a coterie

Oops. Broke OPSEC. He probably has a tweed sports coat with leather patches on the sleeves, so he can look like a Humanities professor.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 27, 2026 07:37 AM (u82oZ)

139 In local news, Arinzechukwu Okwu got picked up for dog fighting. His defense will probably be he was traumatized by his Scrabble bag name.

Posted by: fd at March 27, 2026 07:38 AM (vFG9F)

140 136 tankdemon

If I start one of their videos, I will be late for my next adventure. They are sublime.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 27, 2026 07:35 AM (u82oZ)

Watching an OK Go video is a perfectly reasonable excuse for being late.

Posted by: tankdemon at March 27, 2026 07:38 AM (I40CQ)

141 Maybe that's a "nom de plume?"

I mean, why not?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 27, 2026 07:39 AM (qFwJc)

142 Arinzechukwu Okwu"

Gesundheit

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 07:40 AM (XuXeR)

143 MP4 has had his books mentioned here and if you purchased one you know his non HQ name. Sarah Hoyt didn't dox him, she promoted his book without mentioning his nic.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at March 27, 2026 07:40 AM (2NHgQ)

144 MP4's nom de plume is known.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 27, 2026 07:42 AM (RIvkX)

145 Still, we should probably have her kneecaps broken.

Posted by: You know, as an example at March 27, 2026 07:42 AM (J1d9K)

146 posse>entourage>coterie

Posted by: Don Black at March 27, 2026 07:43 AM (ZxPkt)

147 I'm worried thst perhaps somebody's jub was cut too severely.

Posted by: tankdemon at March 27, 2026 07:43 AM (I40CQ)

148 nood!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 27, 2026 07:44 AM (MIIRH)

149 JJ hath arrived

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2026 07:45 AM (wzUl9)

150
JJ es nood

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 27, 2026 07:45 AM (tljrc)

151 J.J. on runway 030.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 27, 2026 07:46 AM (u82oZ)

152 Congratulations, MPPPP!

Posted by: m at March 27, 2026 07:54 AM (fNISR)

153 Drones flew over Barksdale air base from March 9 to 15 for about 4 hours a night. Home to B-52 bombers. Scouting mission?

Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 27, 2026 09:01 AM (5EGt7)

Thursday Overnight Open Thread - March 26, 2026 [Doof]

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From Earth

Greetings, Hordelings! Thanks for stopping by tonight's ONT. Open thread, as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?

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Make currency great again!

Exclusive: Trump signature to appear on US currency, ending 165-year tradition

U.S. paper currency will bear ‌President Donald Trump's signature starting this summer, the first time a sitting president has signed American money, the Treasury Department said on Thursday.

The redesigned notes, planned to mark the 250th anniversary of American independence, will also for the first time in 165 years drop the signature of ​the U.S. treasurer, who reports to the Treasury Secretary and oversees the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the U.S. ​Mint and other Treasury functions.

The first $100 bills with Trump's signature and that of U.S. Treasury ⁠Secretary Scott Bessent will be printed in June, followed by other bills in subsequent months. The new bills may take ​several weeks to circulate through banks.
The Treasury is still producing notes bearing the signatures of former President Joe Biden's Treasury secretary, Janet ​Yellen, and former Treasurer Lynn Malerba.
Malerba will be the last of an unbroken line of treasurers whose signatures have appeared on U.S. federal currency since 1861, when the U.S. government first issued it.

The signature change is the latest effort by the Trump administration and its allies to put ​the president's name on buildings, institutions, government programs, warships and coins. A federal arts panel, whose members Trump appointed, approved ​last week the design for a commemorative gold coin with Trump's image.

This will make the leftists push even harder for a cashless society. I don't know about you, but I now want to go back to cash transactions even m ore now!

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Dino, not sure if you've seen this...

World’s Largest Dinosaur needs a new home

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Anyone in the market to take ownership of the World’s Largest Dinosaur? The 86-foot-tall, 145,000-pound Tyrannosaurus rex named Tyra resides in the small town of Drumheller in the Canadian Badlands about 84 miles northeast of Calgary. If it helps sweeten the deal, surveyors recently certified her as, “safe, stable, and ready to welcome visitors,” even after over 25 years of hosting as many as 12 guests at a time inside its mouth/viewing platform.

Taking custody of the popular tourist attraction near the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology is serious business, but the town is on a tight schedule. Last year, the Drumheller and District Chamber of Commerce (DDCC) announced it would end its lease on the property in 2029, leaving the fiberglass and steel dinosaur’s future uncertain. However, officials made it clear that they weren’t leaving Tyra in a lurch.

“Completing a structural assessment was identified as the first step to better understand the attraction’s condition and expected longevity, so partners could begin to explore long-term options for the dinosaur,” the Chamber of Commerce explained in an update on March 20th.

In addition to a comprehensive review of the property’s integrity, Drumheller also recently invested a final $310,000 in exterior repainting and restoration to safeguard the T. rex through her last era under town oversight.

C'mon brother -- you just GOTTA acquire this!

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Got one of these laying around? Could be time to sell it!

This '80s Decor Gem Was Once In Countless Homes — Now It's A Lucky Thrift Store Find

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From "Miami Vice" neons to glass block walls, there are certain interior design features that should stay in the '80s. However, fiber optic lamps are a decor gem once found in countless homes, and now becoming a lucky thrift store find as '80s-themed rooms become this year's answer to the maximalist trend. Maybe you happily unwrapped a fountain-shaped fiber optic lamp right after getting a pair of jelly shoes or cassette player for your birthday. Or perhaps your grandma had a fancy floral version sitting inside its pristine clear-and-black plastic box on her mantel. If you can still put your hands on one of them, you might be surprised to learn just how valuable vintage fiber optic lamps are today, with many selling for hundreds of dollars.

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If you happen to spot a vintage fiber optic lamp at your local thrift store, you'll probably want to buy it even if it's not exactly your style. Authentic ones in working condition can sell for hundreds of dollars on sites like Etsy and eBay. As with many vintage pieces, size and uniqueness will play a big role in how much you can expect to spend or make. Smaller retro floral versions like grandma had may only be worth between $50 to $100. However, large fountain-style and space age-inspired designs with substantial bases typically sell for between $150 and around $350. Midcentury Modern "UFO" base lamps are listed on Etsy for over $500, and exceptionally large and detailed versions can fetch over $700.

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Always keep your head on a swivel!


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Fistbump to a fellow Marylander!


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What happened to color??


DJ Doof - Today's Birthdays Edition
from thisdayinmusic.com

Born on this date in 1968: Kenny Chesney, US country singer / songwriter


Born on this date in 1968: James Jonas Iha, guitarist with American alternative rock band, Smashing Pumpkins


Born on this date in 1948: Steven Tyler, multi-instrumentalist, best known as the frontman and lead singer of Aerosmith, known as the 'Demon of Screamin'.

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1 Life has inherent capacity for the mobilization and transmutation of universal energy.
—Archie Angelo and the Power Centers

Posted by: mindful webworker ree ree ree ree ree at March 26, 2026 10:00 PM (jrd4M)

2 Nd

Posted by: Rex B at March 26, 2026 10:00 PM (DqQS/)

3 Ouch

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 10:00 PM (jAisO)

4 Sorry I'm late, I was looking for the turkey, but it ends up that was actually in a pile of hay.

Posted by: tankdemon at March 26, 2026 10:01 PM (I40CQ)

5 Thought experiment: Is Flash Gordon the best worst movie of all time?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 26, 2026 10:01 PM (XV/Pl)

6 I am holding Scampydog completely responsible for certain section of this ONT....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at March 26, 2026 10:03 PM (cCn4/)

7 Nood!

I'm too lazy to go downstairs.

Posted by: Rex B at March 26, 2026 10:04 PM (DqQS/)

8 Maryland?!?

Posted by: LASue at March 26, 2026 10:05 PM (lCppi)

9 Top pic: Where are the three men??

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 26, 2026 10:05 PM (1Ff7Z)

10 Thought experiment: Is Flash Gordon the best worst movie of all time?
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Plan 9 from Outer Space

Posted by: Tonypete at March 26, 2026 10:06 PM (cYBz/)

11 A woman in Maryland hired a company which employed illegals to fix her roof then called ICE and had them wait there to arrest them


Dumbass.
Should have waited for them to finish the job.
Now her roof is tore up and no crew to finish it.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 26, 2026 10:06 PM (/lPRQ)

12 Barbecue tonight! Should I bring potato salad?

Posted by: tankdemon at March 26, 2026 10:06 PM (I40CQ)

13 Currently in Pittsburgh during a huge thunderstorm (not orange on the radar, but magenta!), where they have a tv runner warning you to stay away from windows, and where are we? Glued to the huge picture window to watch the storm! We've become the people that cause all these warning labels....oh well, it is quite a scene outside.

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at March 26, 2026 10:07 PM (cCn4/)

14 Or perhaps:

Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens

Posted by: Tonypete at March 26, 2026 10:07 PM (cYBz/)

15 In the main, all of my vehicles have been blue or orange.

First vehicle was an ascot blue 72 Impala.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 26, 2026 10:07 PM (XV/Pl)

16 Evening, Horde...How goes it?

The Fellowship of the Ring has just arrived at the Gates of Moria on the western slopes of the Misty Mountains.

As I read through the description of their approach to the gate, I'm once again in awe of the level of detail that the developers of Lord of the Rings Online have taken in crafting the details of the virtual Middle-Earth.

The outer gates of Moria and the surrounding terrain are *exactly* as described in the books.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 10:08 PM (ESVrU)

17

Doof,

You posting the Freedom sign is great.

Hubby and I were talking a couple of days ago about how much stuff is *ucked up in our country and how our grandchildren will not experience America like we and our kids did.

It's very sad.

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 10:09 PM (3ek7K)

18 Good evening morons ותודה דיסקו!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 10:09 PM (RIvkX)

19 I am holding Scampydog completely responsible for certain section of this ONT....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba
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Cannot take credit for any of the content, but I LOVE it!

Posted by: scampydog at March 26, 2026 10:09 PM (41CYW)

20 That guy that got rammed by the ram… that looked incredibly painful. Concussion territory

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 10:10 PM (xT8gx)

21 Quadruple amputee cornhole player waives hearing in murder case

He does not have a leg to stand on.
Posted by: r hennigantx
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Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 26, 2026 10:10 PM (/lPRQ)

22 Good evening Horde and thanks Disco.

I, for one, welcome our new 86 foot tall overlord.

Posted by: TRex - talent scout dino at March 26, 2026 10:10 PM (cCn4/)

23 Sorry I'm late, I was looking for the turkey, but it ends up that was actually in a pile of hay.
Posted by: tankdemon at March 26, 2026 10:01 PM (I40CQ)

The straw. Turkey in the straw.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 26, 2026 10:10 PM (1Ff7Z)

24 Thanks for the Thursday Night ONT, Doof!

Great photo up top with fantastic colors.

T Rex should pass on the Canuck dino. Surely there are more realistic (and slightly smaller) versions closer to home....

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at March 26, 2026 10:10 PM (vrNzf)

25 .
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The Barrel

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 26, 2026 10:10 PM (/lPRQ)

26 I wonder if Kenny Chesney has a professional hat folder upper. They all seem to wear those ridiculous affectations, as if it wasn't clear that they're a "country" singer.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 10:11 PM (Riz8t)

27 This will make the leftists push even harder for a cashless society. I don't know about you, but I now want to go back to cash transactions even m ore now!
I already have a Christmas card with his signature. Now I can get money with his signature. YeeHaw!

Posted by: nerdygirl at March 26, 2026 10:11 PM (0Htd1)

28 Should have done that last image in "lost its color" with a B&W tv for the full contrast.

Posted by: GWB at March 26, 2026 10:11 PM (x9vBb)

29 My cool cousins out on Long Island had one of those fiber optic lamps. And shag carpeting. And a sunken living room.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 10:11 PM (RIvkX)

30 Nicely played, IAB!

Posted by: LRob in OK at March 26, 2026 10:11 PM (7D3Aa)

31 Can't have color in the home, it'll affect resale value!

Feh. I say bring it back, bring it ALL back. 50's aqua, 60's puce, 70's Aztec gold, 80's black and chrome.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 26, 2026 10:12 PM (kpS4V)

32 Quadruple amputee cornhole player waives hearing in murder case

He does not have a leg to stand on.

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 10:12 PM (gbOdA)

33 Did she get her roof fixed?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 26, 2026 10:12 PM (Cqx++)

34 20 That guy that got rammed by the ram… that looked incredibly painful. Concussion territory
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 10:10 PM (xT8gx)

That had to hurt.

Posted by: Joemarine at March 26, 2026 10:12 PM (y171U)

35 Trump's signature on cash is asinine. I agree with most of what he does, but this is a waste of time and money and does nothing but feeds the left's "narcissist/dictator" narrative.

Posted by: Bert G at March 26, 2026 10:12 PM (VARTN)

36 Thanks for the ONT, Doof!!

Posted by: LRob in OK at March 26, 2026 10:12 PM (7D3Aa)

37 Love the picture on top, Doof!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 26, 2026 10:12 PM (S/Y4j)

38 Is Flash Gordon the best worst movie of all time?

No. Flash Gordon is a genuinely good movie. It not only does what it sets out to do, it does so with style and panache. It is a swashbuckling science fiction story and is even true to its source material.

I have some guilty pleasures in movies, but Flash Gordon isn’t one of them.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 26, 2026 10:13 PM (EXyHK)

39 I, for one, welcome our new 86 foot tall overlord.
Posted by: TRex - talent scout dino
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It will look lovely in your yard. Probably should have a Dino friend. Like beer...if one is good, two is usually better.

Posted by: scampydog at March 26, 2026 10:13 PM (41CYW)

40 Bruce Springsteen needs to update his image. He should shave his head, and become Mr. Spring Clean.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 26, 2026 10:13 PM (S/Y4j)

41 Doesn't that Tyler guy have a daughter? I thought so.

Posted by: LRob in OK at March 26, 2026 10:13 PM (7D3Aa)

42 That guy that got rammed by the ram… that looked incredibly painful. Concussion territory
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 10:10 PM (xT8gx)

That had to hurt.

Getting rammed from behind like that would only appeal to Pete Buttigieg.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 10:13 PM (Riz8t)

43 Judge said you can sue but it will cost you and arm and a leg.

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 10:13 PM (gbOdA)

44

Eris,

I agree. Color adds so much to life.

This house we bought a couple of years ago is so drab. everything is gray and white.

We're going to repaint, it's depressing, especially in winter.

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 10:14 PM (3ek7K)

45 I, for one, welcome our new 86 foot tall overlord.
Posted by: TRex - talent scout dino
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Never happening short armed one....listen to Legally Sufficient...listen to anyone who speaks reason - and not Doggo, who I know sent this in for Doof to use....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at March 26, 2026 10:14 PM (cCn4/)

46 My sister in law's billy goat almost killed her a couple of months ago. He crushed her leg from hip to ankle, broke six ribs and caused internal organ damage.

Four surgeries, two months in rehab, and now she's home. The goat's still alive and stares at her when she goes out on the back porch. She said that as soon as she doesn't need the walker any more, she's going to have some target practice with her rifle.

Posted by: moki at March 26, 2026 10:14 PM (wLjpr)

47 Thought experiment: Is Flash Gordon the best worst movie of all time?
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Plan 9 from Outer Space
Posted by: Tonypete

Troll 2

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 26, 2026 10:14 PM (kpS4V)

48 I’m reading a book about some folks who through hiked Grand Canyon. Very difficult. He outlined numerous ways people get killed at GC over the years. In addition to the usual heat stroke and lightning strikes, and merely falling off the edge, supposedly a Bighorn sheep head butted somebody over the side to his death. That would not be optimal

Posted by: Common Tater at March 26, 2026 10:14 PM (/ZwW5)

49 /punchline

I rang the doorbell bitch

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 10:14 PM (gbOdA)

50 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 26, 2026 10:14 PM (Xr4QU)

51 Has there ever been a living person on US currency?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 26, 2026 10:15 PM (Cqx++)

52 In the main, all of my vehicles have been blue or orange.
First vehicle was an ascot blue 72 Impala.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

I've owned three colorful ones and four monochrome (black, white, or gray) ones.

Posted by: mikeski at March 26, 2026 10:16 PM (VHUov)

53 46 My sister in law's billy goat almost killed her a couple of months ago. He crushed her leg from hip to ankle, broke six ribs and caused internal organ damage.

Four surgeries, two months in rehab, and now she's home. The goat's still alive and stares at her when she goes out on the back porch. She said that as soon as she doesn't need the walker any more, she's going to have some target practice with her rifle.
Posted by: moki at March 26, 2026 10:14 PM (wLjpr)

Come se dice cabrito?

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 10:16 PM (gbOdA)

54 Has there ever been a living person on US currency?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

I sit on my wallet all the time.

Posted by: mikeski at March 26, 2026 10:16 PM (VHUov)

55 What if Earth has lost its colour?
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Sounds like the plot of the next Rainbow Brite reboot movie...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 10:16 PM (ESVrU)

56 @38

>> I have some guilty pleasures in movies, but Flash Gordon isn’t one of them.

Another thought experiment: Imagine it with a different soundtrack.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 26, 2026 10:17 PM (XV/Pl)

57 Four surgeries, two months in rehab, and now she's home. The goat's still alive and stares at her when she goes out on the back porch. She said that as soon as she doesn't need the walker any more, she's going to have some target practice with her rifle.
Posted by: moki at March 26, 2026 10:14 PM (wLjpr)

Pfft. Sell it to a goatf'ker.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 26, 2026 10:17 PM (1Ff7Z)

58
Some interesting perhaps SMOD-adjacent news. The first quarter of 2026 saw a big uptick in the number of large meteor fireballs. The biggest surge was this month, and you have may seen some videos of those. Question is if this real or some reporting artifact, and if it is real, if it is significant. Here's a report on this by the American Meteor Society, not to be confused with the American Meteorological Society, which are two very different things:

https://is.gd/aI6Q9jO

As you can see, it's complicated. But there appears to be a genuine spike in the number of large fireballs, and it's coming from the antihelion area (region of the sky opposite the sun at any given time), and also from very high declinations, meaning objects on highly inclined orbits. These are small, and don't pose any impact threat or anything.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 26, 2026 10:17 PM (w6EFb)

59 The Queen was on bills so long they had to learn how to print in Grey.

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 10:17 PM (gbOdA)

60 39 It will look lovely in your yard. Probably should have a Dino friend. Like beer...if one is good, two is usually better.

Posted by: scampydog at March 26, 2026 10:13 PM
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Agreed.

"For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them."

I wouldn't want to argue with the good book.

Posted by: TRex - dino theologian at March 26, 2026 10:17 PM (cCn4/)

61 "What if Earth has lost its color?"

Brought to you by the same people who gave us brutal modernist architecture in government buildings, libraries, and museums.

Posted by: Joemarine at March 26, 2026 10:18 PM (y171U)

62 Collectors' bidding on the Trump-signed $100 bills is already at $350 a bill.

!!

In our safety deposit box, I have a small stack of bank notes from the Bank of Dewey Oklahoma, bearing the signature of my grandfather, then President of the bank. A stack of Trump bills would go nicely with them.

Posted by: mindful webworker hoarding cash at March 26, 2026 10:18 PM (jrd4M)

63 A woman in Maryland hired a company which employed illegals to fix her roof then called ICE and had them wait there to arrest them

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That's cold

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 26, 2026 10:18 PM (Qf511)

64 26 I wonder if Kenny Chesney has a professional hat folder upper. They all seem to wear those ridiculous affectations, as if it wasn't clear that they're a "country" singer.
Posted by: Archimedes
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Corporate country

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 10:18 PM (jAisO)

65 Thought experiment: Is Flash Gordon the best worst movie of all time?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 26, 2026 10:01 PM (XV/Pl)

The original Road House

Posted by: Doof at March 26, 2026 10:19 PM (QMAsf)

66 Getting rammed from behind like that would only appeal to Pete Buttigieg.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 10:13 PM (Riz8t

and to Flash Gordon fans

Posted by: just a man, with a man's courage at March 26, 2026 10:19 PM (gKWVE)

67 supposedly a Bighorn sheep head butted somebody over the side to his death. That would not be optimal
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Bad for the human, sure, but I bet it was on the bighorn sheep's bucket list and his buddies high hoofed him.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 26, 2026 10:19 PM (kpS4V)

68 The “signature on bills” thing sounds like it is being done as part of the 250th celebration. This is perfectly reasonable. I’m pretty sure the beltway crowd would prefer to ignore this patriotic and jingoistic anniversary celebration. This may actually be a guilty pleasure but one of the things I’m glad of about 2024 was that someone willing to celebrate it would be in the White House.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 26, 2026 10:19 PM (EXyHK)

69
Dude turned his back on goats -- what did he expect?

I remember being in a pen at a "children's zoo" with goats that "could be petted". Those bastards were expert pickpockets and would clean out your pockets unless you kept your wits about you.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at March 26, 2026 10:19 PM (xG4kz)

70 63 A woman in Maryland hired a company which employed illegals to fix her roof then called ICE and had them wait there to arrest them

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That's cold
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 26, 2026 10:18 PM (Qf511)

She could have shot them and taken their tools and tacos.

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 10:19 PM (gbOdA)

71 Pro Tip: That goat should have marinating in red wine this whole time!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 10:20 PM (RIvkX)

72 My eldest is birthday buddies with Steven Tyler? I did not know that.
He shares a birthday with my late youngest brother, as well- nineteen years apart. My mom and I thought that was really special.
Happy B-day, T.!

Posted by: sal at March 26, 2026 10:20 PM (f+FmA)

73 The straw. Turkey in the straw.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 26, 2026 10:10 PM (1Ff7Z)

Being a city boy, I don't know how to differentiate hay and straw. To me, hay is what youbsaybto get somebody attention, and straw is that thing you drink through.

Posted by: tankdemon at March 26, 2026 10:20 PM (I40CQ)

74 Evening Hordemates.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 26, 2026 10:20 PM (2WIwB)

75 I blame Trump for the uptick in meteor fireballs.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 26, 2026 10:20 PM (Cqx++)

76 mindful, I wander over to Dewey now and then for car shows or swap meets. You near there?

Posted by: LRob in OK at March 26, 2026 10:20 PM (7D3Aa)

77 The original Road House
Posted by: Doof at March 26, 2026 10:19 PM (QMAsf)

Man that hurts dont it

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 10:20 PM (gbOdA)

78 Checking in. Hope everyone is well.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 26, 2026 10:21 PM (V7RDD)

79 I have a friend killed by the moving rocks of death valley.

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 10:22 PM (gbOdA)

80 I’m reading a book about some folks who through hiked Grand Canyon. [...] supposedly a Bighorn sheep head butted somebody over the side to his death.
Posted by: Common Tater

Killed by a sheep? You're not getting into Valhalla like that!

Posted by: bjornski at March 26, 2026 10:22 PM (VHUov)

81 46
Payback's a bitch.

Posted by: wth at March 26, 2026 10:22 PM (BT3km)

82
A woman in Maryland hired a company which employed illegals to fix her roof then called ICE and had them wait there to arrest them

Will she be getting some type of decoration from MarkWayne in a couple of weeks?

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at March 26, 2026 10:23 PM (xG4kz)

83 and where are we? Glued to the huge picture window to watch the storm! We've become the people that cause all these warning labels....oh well, it is quite a scene outside.
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba
One of my earliest memories was standing at a window looking outside during a tornado warning. The thing took out a bunch of homes that were alongside our farm.

Posted by: nerdygirl at March 26, 2026 10:23 PM (0Htd1)

84 Evenin' Doof. Howdy, Horde!

Have any other Morons discovered the unadulterated joyknown as the "Habitual Linecrosser" channel on Ewetoob? Has me grinning & giggling....

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at March 26, 2026 10:23 PM (qVGoX)

85 If that goat isn't a prime breeder there'd be a Kristi Noam right between its eyes.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 10:24 PM (jAisO)

86 We've got a new Indian (dot) restaurant in town. They serve some pretty good goat curries. Best place for the goat above.

Posted by: LRob in OK at March 26, 2026 10:24 PM (7D3Aa)

87 >>>Always pay attention to you surroundings

I hope he did have some BBQ that night.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 26, 2026 10:24 PM (syz1S)

88
Here's a video of one over Texas on March 21:
https://is.gd/KToi6Y

A piece of it hit this lady's house:

https://is.gd/uBKqYZ

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 26, 2026 10:24 PM (w6EFb)

89 Orangent, thats not a bad idea. A present to the new Ayatollah, maybe?

Posted by: moki at March 26, 2026 10:25 PM (wLjpr)

90 Gorgeous photo on top. Thanks, Doof.

That lady in Maryland has more courage than the rest of the nation to call ICE before her roof was finished.

I have noticed there are not as many espanol speaking men coming to our door, leaving their cards, looking for work. A good sign!

Also, the one rental house on our street is a roofing business, and you guessed it, Hispanics. They've been very quiet since May 5, 2025 and a wild party. I hope they move when their lease is up. I guess better than Haitians eating cats.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 26, 2026 10:25 PM (WONhk)

91 Yeah I miss color

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 26, 2026 10:25 PM (DoBxX)

92 Another thought experiment: Imagine it with a different soundtrack.

Maybe the Eurythmics!

You’re right. The soundtrack is a great example. Every part of that movie is right on target.

It is such an amazing movie that someone else went and made another unrelated great movie based on one throwaway line. And got Queen to do the soundtrack for that movie too!

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 26, 2026 10:25 PM (EXyHK)

93 34 20 That guy that got rammed by the ram… that looked incredibly painful. Concussion territory
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 10:10 PM (xT8gx)

That had to hurt.

Posted by: Joemarine at March 26, 2026 10:12 PM (y171U)

Well, it's AI, so no real pain . . .

Posted by: a.moron at March 26, 2026 10:25 PM (X5Jzz)

94
"What if Earth has lost its color?"

How green was my valley?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 26, 2026 10:26 PM (Cqx++)

95 That clip on a colorful era vs the bland era today says something.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 10:26 PM (jAisO)

96 Regarding the amputee, one might say he’s unarmed and dangerous.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at March 26, 2026 10:27 PM (IX8iX)

97 "Is Flash Gordon the best worst movie of all time?"

Showgirls

Posted by: davidt at March 26, 2026 10:27 PM (Q+gd/)

98
Vehicle colors today are boring as fook -- white, gray, silver and black. Just look around you while stopped at a traffic light.

Someone tried getting school bus yellow onto the stage, not that that was an improvement, but that seems to have been strangled in its crib.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at March 26, 2026 10:27 PM (xG4kz)

99 Is Flash Gordon the best worst movie of all time?
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Absolutely

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 26, 2026 10:27 PM (dE3DB)

100 When I was a kid, on long family trips in the car we’d play a counting game… everyone picked a color and you’d count the number of cars that were your color. Biggest number wins…. Blue always seemed to win; sometimes green, maybe red or white

Occasional arguments about what color that one was… it was a shade of green! No… that was a shade of blue!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 10:27 PM (xT8gx)

101
Make Avocado and Harvest Gold kitchens great again!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at March 26, 2026 10:29 PM (xG4kz)

102 64 26 I wonder if Kenny Chesney has a professional hat folder upper. They all seem to wear those ridiculous affectations, as if it wasn't clear that they're a "country" singer.
Posted by: Archimedes
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Corporate country

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 10:18 PM (jAisO)

Corporate country >>> Country rap

Posted by: a.moron at March 26, 2026 10:29 PM (X5Jzz)

103 The original Road House
Posted by: Doof at March 26, 2026 10:19 PM (QMAsf)

Man that hurts dont it
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 10:20 PM (gbOdA)

Pain don't hurt

Posted by: Doof at March 26, 2026 10:29 PM (QMAsf)

104 Archimedes, I thought that the purpose of the country singer's cowboy hat was to cover up baldness.

Posted by: nerdygirl at March 26, 2026 10:29 PM (0Htd1)

105 I would have waited until they finished the roof job.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 26, 2026 10:30 PM (Fbc0I)

106 Dory or dinghy? You be the judge.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 10:30 PM (+HNx/)

107 >Quadruple amputee cornhole player waives hearing in murder case

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found out the defense would cost an arm and a leg
doesn't have an arm or a leg

Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 10:31 PM (ZxPkt)

108 Wow... the Nick Sorter assault trial? Woman tracked him down and helped assault him... found not guilty.

Main Defense? That he was an out of state provocateur.

So, I guess it's OK to assault someone if your politics say he deserves it....

OK then...

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 26, 2026 10:31 PM (mP0Kj)

109
Corporate country >>> Country rap

Posted by: a.moron at March 26, 2026 10:29 PM (X5Jzz)

This.

Posted by: moki at March 26, 2026 10:31 PM (wLjpr)

110 I walked off a cliff in the desert southwest back in the 80s marveling at the stars. A short cliff thankfully, but … farther than I thought decent. It helped that I didn’t know how far it was, maybe. I didn’t tense up. When the wind started to roar a little bit in my ears I thought “Uh-oh … this is going to hurt” and I hit the ground right then. None the worse for wear. More than a few campers at GC and similar canyonlands have wandered off cliffs to their death getting up in the middle of the night to piss.

Also after ice storms. The sandstone hoodoos have nothing to grab onto. Horrible way to go

I heard a story about a lady weeding her garden and such on her knees with her third point of contact in the air. Their goat thought this too good to be true, and knocked her pretty good. She was pretty upset and that goat was made into lambchops by COB that day. LOL

Posted by: Common Tater at March 26, 2026 10:32 PM (zh/Tt)

111 If we're going to have early Aerosmith, couldn't the selection be My Big 10-inch Record?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 10:32 PM (+HNx/)

112 >>Well, it's AI, so no real pain . . .

You mean a ram didn't really hit him hard enough from behind to drive him headfirst through a wall without even musing his hair?

Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 10:32 PM (viF8m)

113 I know Doof posted the pic up top, but I'm pretty sure it's Weird Dave who has the little dinghy.

Posted by: Hesh and Heidi's Nautical Nosh at March 26, 2026 10:32 PM (oftw2)

114 107 >Quadruple amputee cornhole player waives hearing in murder case

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found out the defense would cost an arm and a leg
doesn't have an arm or a leg
Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 10:31 PM (ZxPkt)

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The prosecution can't tear him limb from limb, so there's that.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 10:33 PM (+HNx/)

115
Brought to you by the same people who gave us brutal modernist architecture in government buildings, libraries, and museums.
Posted by: Joemarine

Go to any university campus on which there is a school of architecture. Find the ugliest building there. I guar-an-damn-tee that it will house the school of architecture.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at March 26, 2026 10:34 PM (xG4kz)

116 I am holding Scampydog completely responsible for certain section of this ONT....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba
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Cannot take credit for any of the content, but I LOVE it!
Posted by: scampydog at March 26, 2026 10:09 PM (41CYW)

Doggo is innocent (this time). The algorithm is to blame!

Posted by: Doof at March 26, 2026 10:35 PM (QMAsf)

117 There is iron in the words of Lemmons Trucking LLC.

Posted by: Chief Wild Eagle at March 26, 2026 10:35 PM (+HNx/)

118 I would have waited until they finished the roof job.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

That rewards the contractor who was hiring illegals. He gets the money for the roofing job, and doesn't have to pay his deported laborers.

I assume he's in just as much trouble with the law either way.

Posted by: mikeski at March 26, 2026 10:35 PM (VHUov)

119 "Perfessor" Squirrel:
What if Earth has lost its colour?
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Sounds like the plot of the next Rainbow Brite reboot movie

Been done: Beatles' Gray Submarine

And what's with the "colour" bit? er, Brit?

Posted by: mindful webworker don' need no steenking extra 'u' at March 26, 2026 10:36 PM (jrd4M)

120 If we're going to have early Aerosmith, couldn't the selection be My Big 10-inch Record?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 10:32 PM (+HNx/)

Same album. I was VERY close to going with Big 10 inch record!

Posted by: Doof at March 26, 2026 10:36 PM (QMAsf)

121 Re: color

When we showed the kids the Zillow pics of the new house, which had been completely Magnolia-fied by the sellers, they were "Mom, are you going to be okay with this?"
We didn't realize how used we had become to the blah-ness of it until we painted the great room a lovely shade of warm cream.

I think it's because society is depressed, as a whole.

Posted by: sal at March 26, 2026 10:36 PM (f+FmA)

122 114 107 >Quadruple amputee cornhole player waives hearing in murder case

----
found out the defense would cost an arm and a leg
doesn't have an arm or a leg
Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 10:31 PM (ZxPkt)

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The prosecution can't tear him limb from limb, so there's that.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 10:33 PM (+HNx/)

So, Defense just rolled over?

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 26, 2026 10:37 PM (mP0Kj)

123 Same album. I was VERY close to going with Big 10 inch record!
Posted by: Doof at March 26, 2026 10:36 PM (QMAsf)

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Adams Apple would have made a superb choice also.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 10:37 PM (+HNx/)

124 So, I guess it's OK to assault someone if your politics say he deserves it....
——-

What’s so great about all these depredations, for some reason leftists can’t ever imagine that all their “rules” will ever possibly boomerang back upon them. History is very clear on this.

They will be outraged, naturally. And no one will GAF. No one. History is also very clear on that. Stupid bastards.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 26, 2026 10:37 PM (zh/Tt)

125 My favorite worst movie was The Haunting in Connecticut. It was one of those horror movies where the characters, for some inexplicable reason, stay in the haunted house.

Posted by: nerdygirl at March 26, 2026 10:37 PM (0Htd1)

126 105 I would have waited until they finished the roof job.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 26, 2026 10:30 PM (Fbc0I)

#MeToo

We bought this place almost 11yrs ago and remodeled the entire thing over 3yrs of subcontractors just before the plandemic. Our roofer was probably American who had illegals, as I never heard English. Roof, furnace/AC and deck were the first major stuff within months of torture to replace.

Every morning and at quitting time one roofer guy would have an operatic song at the top of his lungs. Espanol music blasting all day. I think they were done in 2-3 days, so pretty fast and no complaints. I stayed in the basement the entire time and prayed it would soon be over. Which is how I handled the gutting of our kitchen as well on the main floor.

Worth it but I doubt I could do it again. My husband replaced all of the doorknobs and hinges, so it's all ours now.

The crazy chy knee woman who sold it had it painted 40 Shades of Mustard & installed beige sort of shag carpeting before the sale. That was the first to go. The paint was different in every room and a neighbor said she hired HS kids to do it...and it showed. Hideous!
Yet I saw hope and it's lovely now.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 26, 2026 10:37 PM (WONhk)

127 I know Doof posted the pic up top, but I'm pretty sure it's Weird Dave who has the little dinghy.
Posted by: Hesh and Heidi's Nautical Nosh at March 26, 2026 10:32 PM (oftw2)

Well he does live next to a lake. Maybe the dinghy is little because the water is cold?

Posted by: Doof at March 26, 2026 10:38 PM (QMAsf)

128 Corporate country >>> Country rap
Posted by: a.moron

This.
Posted by: moki

That's at the level of

Kicked in the nuts by Chuck Norris >>> Knocked into the Grand Canyon by a sheep

Posted by: mikeski at March 26, 2026 10:38 PM (VHUov)

129 110 I heard a story about a lady weeding her garden and such on her knees with her third point of contact in the air. Their goat thought this too good to be true, and knocked her pretty good. She was pretty upset and that goat was made into lambchops by COB that day. LOL
Posted by: Common Tater at March 26, 2026 10:32 PM (zh/Tt)

I might not know the difference between hay and straw, but I am pretty sure you can't get lamb chops from a goat.

Posted by: tankdemon at March 26, 2026 10:39 PM (I40CQ)

130 found out the defense would cost an arm and a leg
doesn't have an arm or a leg
Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 10:31 PM (ZxPkt)

In the cosmic scheme of ideas people ask for JUSTICE
JUSTICE Lord
The family really wants VENGENCE
VENGENCE Lord
The guilty wants MERCY
MERCY Lord

A Savoir offered Peace and Life

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 10:39 PM (gbOdA)

131 I have two old vehicles and made sure to paint them bright colors. Offbeat vehicles need offbeat colors. The 63 Corvair Monza convertible is the same color as Squad 51 and my 60 VW Westfalia is two tone-very light gray on top and a medium bright almost neon metalflake green on bottom. It was painted Forest Green but my wife said it blended into the greenery too much around here.

Posted by: True Colors at March 26, 2026 10:40 PM (oftw2)

132 I thought that the purpose of the country singer's cowboy hat was to cover up baldness
_-_
Definitely why I wear one...that and a passionate hatred of ball caps.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 26, 2026 10:40 PM (UajcV)

133 Brought to you by the same people who gave us brutal modernist architecture in government buildings, libraries, and museums.
Posted by: Joemarine

And that Obama monstrosity. I mean the building, not Obamacare.

Posted by: nerdygirl at March 26, 2026 10:40 PM (0Htd1)

134 I might not know the difference between hay and straw, but I am pretty sure you can't get lamb chops from a goat.

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You just have to know the goat's weak point.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 10:40 PM (+HNx/)

135 Being a city boy, I don't know how to differentiate hay and straw. To me, hay is what youbsaybto get somebody attention, and straw is that thing you drink through.
Posted by: tankdemon at March 26, 2026 10:20 PM (I40CQ)

Well, I'm really only a dazzling suburbanite, but the family was on the farm two generations ago. Straw is the dry stuff you see around Halloween in bales, and hay gets eaten by livestock.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 26, 2026 10:41 PM (1Ff7Z)

136 A woman in Maryland hired a company which employed illegals to fix her roof then called ICE and had them wait there to arrest them

I'd be concerned for her safety. Just sayin'.

Posted by: nerdygirl at March 26, 2026 10:42 PM (0Htd1)

137
My husband is watching Cheers reruns.

He's laughing his ass off.

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 10:42 PM (3ek7K)

138 Orangent, thats not a bad idea. A present to the new Ayatollah, maybe?
Posted by: moki at March 26, 2026 10:25 PM (wLjpr)

Oops, was reading about Query Tracker for agents.

I'd bet in his condition, Ayatolla would probably be the passive one in that relationship.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 26, 2026 10:42 PM (1Ff7Z)

139 I'd be concerned for her safety. Just sayin'.
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 26, 2026 10:42 PM (0Htd1)


Yeah, I thought of that as well. She's brave, that's for sure.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 26, 2026 10:43 PM (WONhk)

140
Oops, was reading about Query Tracker for agents.

I'd bet in his condition, Ayatolla would probably be the passive one in that relationship.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 26, 2026 10:42 PM (1Ff7Z)

Did you find one you can work with?

Posted by: moki at March 26, 2026 10:43 PM (wLjpr)

141 Freight will be one of the first to tell you which way the economy is going.

Craig Fuller@FreightAlley . Mar 25

You are not bullish enough.

The trucking market is an 11 out of a 10 right now, with some the strongest charts since COVID.

The resurgence of the US industrial economy and manufacturing renaissance is real, along with tightening capacity.

I told Bloomberg Open Interest that I am an 11 out of 10 about how bullish the signals are in domestic freight

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 10:44 PM (jAisO)

142 Is Flash Gordon the best worst movie of all time?
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Absolutely
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 26, 2026 10:27 PM (dE3DB)

Wait. Are we talking Flash or Flesh Gordon??

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 26, 2026 10:44 PM (1Ff7Z)

143 To be country specific, straw is the leftover stems of harvested grains. Hay is the entire plant above ground, either grass or probably alfalfa hay. Both can be baled or not. Be better, horde!

Posted by: LRob in OK at March 26, 2026 10:44 PM (7D3Aa)

144 I wander over to Dewey now and then for car shows or swap meets. You near there?
Posted by: LRob in OK

South of the town south of Dewey.

Dewey's main street was named after my granddad. I was named after the street. Don't tell anyone any of this. Opsec, you know.

Posted by: mindful webworker is in cognitaugh at March 26, 2026 10:44 PM (jrd4M)

145
Don't Look In The Basement from 1971 is pretty darn bad, but I enjoyed it. Old lady who might be a bit daft and talked too much had her tongue cut out. Seemed reasonable somehow.

Posted by: No Oscar Nominations at March 26, 2026 10:45 PM (oftw2)

146 Dory or dinghy? You be the judge.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 10:30 PM (+HNx/)

Both, actually.

Posted by: Nemo at March 26, 2026 10:46 PM (1Ff7Z)

147 That top pic looks just like when I took Daisy Dog for a walk this evening.

Except not the boat.

Nor the lake.

But we had cattle.

Posted by: mindful webworker is in cognitaugh at March 26, 2026 10:46 PM (jrd4M)

148 mindful, come up to Dewey around May 1. I'll wear my TxMoMe nametag. You'll find me.

Posted by: LRob in OK at March 26, 2026 10:47 PM (7D3Aa)

149 Flash Gordon the best worst movie of all time?
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Absolutely
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 26, 2026 10:27 PM (dE3DB)

Wait. Are we talking Flash or Flesh Gordon??
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Flash Gordon. Flesh Gordon is worst best movie of all time.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 26, 2026 10:48 PM (glnUu)

150 When I hear Flash Gordon I think of Saturday serial at the movies

Posted by: Javems at March 26, 2026 10:48 PM (zFsEm)

151 Vehicle colors today are boring as fook -- white, gray, silver and black. Just look around you while stopped at a traffic light.

Someone tried getting school bus yellow onto the stage, not that that was an improvement, but that seems to have been strangled in its crib.
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot

===

WTH were they thinking when all the manufacturers came out with the earth tone model clay colors?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 26, 2026 10:48 PM (/lPRQ)

152 146 Dory or dinghy? You be the judge.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 10:30 PM (+HNx/)

Both, actually.
Posted by: Nemo at March 26, 2026 10:46 PM (1Ff7Z)


The two boats on my Dad's lake are called: boats. But we are rednecks, so nothing fancy. Fishin' for large mouth bass or bream boats.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 26, 2026 10:49 PM (WONhk)

153 147 That top pic looks just like when I took Daisy Dog for a walk this evening.

Except not the boat.

Nor the lake.

But we had cattle.

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So, basically the sky was the same.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 10:49 PM (+HNx/)

154 Dory or dinghy? You be the judge.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 10:30 PM (+HNx/)

It's Dory in the dinghy with Oscar on the oars.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 26, 2026 10:50 PM (S/Y4j)

155 There’s this weird building on the University of Iowa campus, because of the odd slope of various roof structures, it drops huge sheets of ice off onto unsuspecting people on the ground in the winter. The inside is weird too, kind of maze, nonstandard dimensions in the halls and offices.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 26, 2026 10:50 PM (zh/Tt)

156 WTH were they thinking when all the manufacturers came out with the earth tone model clay colors?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

Suburban camo. They blend right in to the HOA neighborhoods with "earth tones only" rules for houses.

Posted by: mikeski at March 26, 2026 10:50 PM (VHUov)

157 The LA Dodgers are going to be a problem this year. It is only opening day and the LAD took right to beating up the DBacks.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 26, 2026 10:51 PM (glnUu)

158 You'll find me.

And if things work out OK this month and next, I'll have my hot rod there. Red 23T roadster. Easy to spot.

Posted by: LRob in OK at March 26, 2026 10:51 PM (7D3Aa)

159 Row well, dinghy person, and you will live.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 10:52 PM (+HNx/)

160 Did you find one you can work with?
Posted by: moki at March 26, 2026 10:43 PM (wLjpr)

Haven't joined yet. The editor suggested self-pub. I've already made the changes and rewrites, but Sarah Hoyt says she'll make me a cover for free. Trying to decide whether to look for an agent, or wait until the cover. Sarah is being very generous to me by making the cover, so I don't want to pull the rug out from under Indie publishing it.

Posted by: Nemo at March 26, 2026 10:52 PM (1Ff7Z)

161 137
My husband is watching Cheers reruns.

He's laughing his ass off.

Posted by: four seasons


Who would have thought that Woody f'ing Harrison would turn out to be a great actor. Still blows my mind.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 26, 2026 10:53 PM (Xr4QU)

162 Pirates scored 7 runs and had Skenes pitching, and lost today. So, they're in mid season form already.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 26, 2026 10:54 PM (Xr4QU)

163
The two boats on my Dad's lake are called: boats. But we are rednecks, so nothing fancy. Fishin' for large mouth bass or bream boats.

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I thought rednecks we're all in fer them pontoon party boats.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 10:54 PM (+HNx/)

164
The old shows are great because they are about making people laugh.

No politically correct shit.

Posted by: fourseasons at March 26, 2026 10:55 PM (3ek7K)

165 Wandering off. Might be back. Don't drink all the beer.

Posted by: mindful webworker wanders off at March 26, 2026 10:55 PM (jrd4M)

166 I love wearing hats. No, I don't hide any hair loss,- I've got hair like Fabio, - but it helps me regulate heat and it keeps the sun and the frigging bugs out of my face.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 26, 2026 10:56 PM (Fbc0I)

167 Sarah is being very generous to me by making the cover, so I don't want to pull the rug out from under Indie publishing it.

Indie the first, use it to practice marketing and developing a fan base, and then you can take that experience to the table with Randy and subsequent books!

Posted by: moki at March 26, 2026 10:56 PM (wLjpr)

168 Night yall, sleep well, stay safe, avoid goats. For a lot of reason.

Posted by: moki at March 26, 2026 10:56 PM (wLjpr)

169 Brought to you by the same people who gave us brutal modernist architecture in government buildings, libraries, and museums.
Posted by: Joemarine

Lincoln Tower and Morrill Tower on THE Ohio State campus have entered the chat. Real garbage dorms with nary a straight hallway or parallel wall within them.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 26, 2026 10:56 PM (cYBz/)

170 Two-tone cars went out around 1960. I thought they looked sharp. Some 50's models were three-tones. Usually a white roof, then two different matching colors above and below a belt line. Some things used to be more fun than now.

Posted by: I See A Red Door, And.... at March 26, 2026 10:57 PM (oftw2)

171 My dad bought a two-tone Ford in 1980.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 10:59 PM (RIvkX)

172 Indie the first, use it to practice marketing and developing a fan base, and then you can take that experience to the table with Randy and subsequent books!
Posted by: moki at March 26, 2026 10:56 PM (wLjpr)

Thanks. Probably the best way to go about it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 26, 2026 10:59 PM (1Ff7Z)

173 I thought rednecks we're all in fer them pontoon party boats.
Posted by: Cicero

Only if they have the money to afford installing a stripper pole and enough one dollar bills to entice an exotic dancer who isn't a 1st or 2nd cousin on board.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 26, 2026 11:00 PM (glnUu)

174 I put glass blocks in the stub wall of my shower when I remodeled. The alcove the sink and toilet were in was too dark if the light was off

Posted by: Kindltot at March 26, 2026 11:00 PM (rbvCR)

175 101 Make Avocado and Harvest Gold kitchens great again!
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"Harvest Gold and Avocado Green" can be sung to the tune of Brown Sugar:
Harvest Gold and Avocado Green, sold in the market down in New Orleans...

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at March 26, 2026 11:00 PM (0bjKf)

176 I thought rednecks we're all in fer them pontoon party boats.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 10:54 PM (+HNx/)

They are cajuns, I think, in bigger bodies of water. Probably have cajun cousins who did this after I moved West.

Brothers, sons, husband,etc fish in the boat and row it to shore, haul it up and that's it. Nothing fancy, and mud is ok. My only participation in my distant youth was to drink beer in the boat with my brother.

My father tried to teach me to fish as a toddler. I have a memory of catching a fish and running up the hill with the fish and him laughing. It was a cane pole. Then he tried to get me to bait the hook and I said no and that was the end of it.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 26, 2026 11:00 PM (WONhk)

177 Only if they have the money to afford installing a stripper pole and enough one dollar bills to entice an exotic dancer who isn't a 1st or 2nd cousin on board.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 26, 2026 11:00 PM (glnUu)

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Under the law, second cousins have a name:

FAIR.

GAME.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 11:01 PM (+HNx/)

178 WWII killed the Art Deco and ornamental styles in commercial architecture. Gold leaf building lobbies, fancy brass fittings all went to the International Style minimalist boring steel and glass structures. Building lobbies were works of art, then poof!

Posted by: Old Fossil at March 26, 2026 11:02 PM (oftw2)

179 I miss vinyl car roofs and even/odd gasoline fill up day, max 10 gallons.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 26, 2026 11:02 PM (glnUu)

180
A few years ago husband wanted to buy a pickup. He was going to buy a gray one. Boring.

A car carrier pulled in to the lot and had a bright red truck.

I told him there's your truck. It's sharp looking, not drab.

It's easy to find in parking lots now that everything is drab.

Posted by: fourseasons at March 26, 2026 11:03 PM (3ek7K)

181 164
The old shows are great because they are about making people laugh.

No politically correct shit.

Posted by: fourseasons at March 26, 2026 10:55 PM (3ek7K)

Agree! And after a writer's strike, too many drugs and homo life, no one can write comedy or anything any more. Finding a show to watch around here is a chore.

There is one series we mock and most of the time my dude won't watch. Our own dialogue is pretty funny. It was so sweet this year it was enough to give you the di-a-be-tus. I watched it anyway.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 26, 2026 11:04 PM (WONhk)

182 Brown Sugar has been banned by the Misogyny Police. Don't think the Stones play it anymore, but I think they are finally done touring anyway

Posted by: Mel's Rockpile at March 26, 2026 11:05 PM (oftw2)

183
People want to relax and be entertained, not watch all that homo and PC shit.

There's not enough laughter anymore.

Posted by: fourseasons at March 26, 2026 11:07 PM (3ek7K)

184 Uncle Salty was my favorite song from what I consider to be the best album ever. Toys in the Attic was bottled lightning.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, at March 26, 2026 11:08 PM (0aYVJ)

185 (oftw2)


What is the current record for socks in a single ONT? You've got to be close!!

Posted by: LRob in OK at March 26, 2026 11:08 PM (7D3Aa)

186 Killed by a sheep? You're not getting into Valhalla like that!
Posted by: bjornski at March 26, 2026 10:22 PM (VHUov)

My Favorite Murder by Ambrose Bierce was based around the supposed in court confession of how the accused got vengeance on his rival by beating him unconscious and then suspending him in a gunny sack from a tree branch where the ram could but him to death

Posted by: Kindltot at March 26, 2026 11:09 PM (rbvCR)

187 >>People want to relax and be entertained, not watch all that homo and PC shit.
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Yeah, there's enough of that crap *everywhere else* and people want to get away from it!

Posted by: JQ at March 26, 2026 11:09 PM (rdVOm)

188 If you're a fan of the work DataRepublican does I highly recommend bookmarking this thread she posted a little while ago and reading it when you have time. The deep state is still very much alive.

The woman is incredible. I hope she has the best security.

https://tinyurl.com/3pv3u2ny

Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 11:09 PM (viF8m)

189 This house we bought a couple of years ago is so drab. everything is gray and white.
Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 10:14 PM (3ek7K)

I don't mind white walls too much, as I have LOTS of things to hang on said walls that provide color and contrast.

Posted by: GWB at March 26, 2026 11:09 PM (x9vBb)

190 It's easy to find in parking lots now that everything is drab.

Posted by: fourseasons

That's great fourseasons. Once in a while, you see a brilliant blue, red, even orange or copper car and it's a relief. Doubt the dealers want too many oddballs, because they could be hard to sell. I love bright and different.

Posted by: Odd Fellow at March 26, 2026 11:10 PM (oftw2)

191
GWB,

Good point.

Posted by: fourseasons at March 26, 2026 11:10 PM (3ek7K)

192 A lot of people thought Aerosmith were sort of the Temu Rolling Stones.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 26, 2026 11:11 PM (zh/Tt)

193 179 I miss vinyl car roofs and even/odd gasoline fill up day, max 10 gallons.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions.
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Working nights, at 2 AM, they don't GAS what day it is.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 11:11 PM (jAisO)

194 a friend is having the darnedest time getting a company to come pressure wash his roof and clear his gutters. The companies he has engaged in the last year seem to go on vacation to Mexico and never come back.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 26, 2026 11:11 PM (rbvCR)

195 goodnight, pixel people

Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 11:11 PM (ZxPkt)

196 192 A lot of people thought Aerosmith were sort of the Temu Rolling Stones.

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Who are these people? I want names.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 11:13 PM (+HNx/)

197 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_ijc7A5oAc

Posted by: Desinex at March 26, 2026 11:13 PM (jrgJz)

198
JQ,

Are you enjoying your privacy now?

Posted by: fourseasons at March 26, 2026 11:14 PM (3ek7K)

199 Jeb! endorses mid tone gray.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 26, 2026 11:14 PM (glnUu)

200 Good night, morons and ettes!

Posted by: LRob in OK at March 26, 2026 11:14 PM (7D3Aa)

201 What is the current record for socks in a single ONT? You've got to be close!!
Posted by: LRob in OK

Miklos and Ciampino own records that will never be broken. I'm an also-ran, a Harold Stassen, a Gus Hall.

Posted by: Way Below Average at March 26, 2026 11:14 PM (oftw2)

202 199 Jeb! endorses mid tone gray.

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But what does the PUPPET SHOW say?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 11:14 PM (+HNx/)

203 The video about the disapearance of color reminded me of the story by Ursula LeGuin called The Lathe of Heaven, about a man who has "effective dreams", that is, what he dreams becomes reality. When a psychiatrist finds out about this power, he trays to play God by making hypnotic suggestions to his patient. One suggestion is to erase racism. The next day, everyone in the world is gray.

Posted by: MichiCanuck at March 26, 2026 11:16 PM (79W4W)

204 That goat would die by every gun in the house.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 26, 2026 11:16 PM (snZF9)

205 178 WWII killed the Art Deco and ornamental styles in commercial architecture. Gold leaf building lobbies, fancy brass fittings all went to the International Style minimalist boring steel and glass structures. Building lobbies were works of art, then poof!
Posted by: Old Fossil at March 26, 2026 11:02 PM (oftw2)

I never thought WW2 was the reason Art Deco died, but it makes sense.

Posted by: Joemarine at March 26, 2026 11:17 PM (y171U)

206 Donald Trump needs to go for the jugular. Fuck signing currency. The man needs an aircraft carrier.

I don’t know about you but I’d rather see the USS Donald J Trump than the USS William J. Clinton.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 11:17 PM (hJH5n)

207 JQ,
Are you enjoying your privacy now?
Posted by: fourseasons
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Mere words cannot express how much I am *relishing* the absence of that freeloader...

Posted by: JQ at March 26, 2026 11:17 PM (rdVOm)

208 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H71FciBvXrU

Posted by: Desinex at March 26, 2026 11:18 PM (jrgJz)

209
Awesome JQ!

Posted by: fourseasons at March 26, 2026 11:18 PM (3ek7K)

210 A lot of people thought Aerosmith were sort of the Temu Rolling Stones.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 26, 2026 11:11 PM (zh/Tt)

Aerosmith in their prime a jillion times over The Stones in their prime.

Posted by: Doof at March 26, 2026 11:18 PM (QMAsf)

211 196 192 A lot of people thought Aerosmith were sort of the Temu Rolling Stones.

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Who are these people? I want names.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 11:13 PM (+HNx/)

Aerosmith was much better shooting up high on heroin. When they were cleaned up they sucked.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 11:19 PM (hJH5n)

212 So just to bring everybody down, I'm up thinking about that poor girl in Spain.

Posted by: Gorthanc at March 26, 2026 11:20 PM (xKjWc)

213 If that goat isn't a prime breeder there'd be a Kristi Noam right between its eyes.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 10:24 PM (jAisO)

I don't give a fuck if it could feed a small african country. It dies where it stands. That dude is lucky he didn't break his neck.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 26, 2026 11:20 PM (snZF9)

214 Won't be surprised if the Trump signed $100 bill becomes a high demand collectible that will be worth way over face value.

Posted by: Joemarine at March 26, 2026 11:21 PM (y171U)

215 Mere words cannot express how much I am *relishing* the absence of that freeloader...

Posted by: JQ at March 26, 2026 11:17 PM (rdVOm)

A naked snoopy dance, or else you're not relishing enough. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 26, 2026 11:22 PM (snZF9)

216 212 So just to bring everybody down, I'm up thinking about that poor girl in Spain.
Posted by: Gorthanc at March 26, 2026 11:20 PM (xKjWc)

Me too. Very disturbing. I tried not to think about it.

Posted by: Joemarine at March 26, 2026 11:22 PM (y171U)

217 Miklos and Ciampino own records that will never be broken. I'm an also-ran, a Harold Stassen, a Gus Hall.
Posted by: Way Below Average at March 26, 2026 11:14 PM (oftw2)

Pat Paulson?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 26, 2026 11:23 PM (1Ff7Z)

218 A naked snoopy dance, or else you're not relishing enough. lol
Posted by: Berserker
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*shifty eyes*

Thought I disabled the webcam....

Posted by: JQ at March 26, 2026 11:23 PM (rdVOm)

219 This may actually be a guilty pleasure but one of the things I’m glad of about 2024 was that someone willing to celebrate it would be in the White House.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 26, 2026 10:19 PM (EXyHK)

I agree. We have someone in the White House who loves the country for the quarter of a millennium celebration. That’s important.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 11:24 PM (hJH5n)

220 Won't be surprised if the Trump signed $100 bill becomes a high demand collectible that will be worth way over face value.
Posted by: Joemarine

A proper Trump note world worth $1,000,000.00

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 26, 2026 11:24 PM (glnUu)

221 Won't be surprised if the Trump signed $100 bill becomes a high demand collectible that will be worth way over face value.
Posted by: Joemarine at March 26, 2026 11:21 PM (y171U)

He's not personally signing each one. Don't see how it's worth more than any other. If it's in general circulation, that is.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 26, 2026 11:25 PM (1Ff7Z)

222 20 That guy that got rammed by the ram… that looked incredibly painful. Concussion territory
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 10:10 PM (xT8gx)

Rekt is a good term for that...that was impressive

Posted by: a dude in MI at March 26, 2026 11:26 PM (+I6Y/)

223 35 "does nothing but feeds the left's "narcissist/dictator" narrative."

and drive them Batshit Crazy so all good

Posted by: Pikov Andropov at March 26, 2026 11:26 PM (y7zkd)

224 He's not personally signing each one. Don't see how it's worth more than any other. If it's in general circulation, that is.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Make it a limited edition. Like all those goofy quarters.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 26, 2026 11:27 PM (/lPRQ)

225 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Going tomorrow for a consultation with a radiologist - one of my smaller tumors has grown a little (all of the others have stayed the same). The oncologist thinks they may be able to kill this new growth with a few sessions of radiation. Will know more after we talk with the radiologist.

The good news is that everything is still confined to my liver - no metastasis to any other parts of my body.

Oncologist says I probably have at least 6-12 more months; maybe longer, depending on how the treatment I am currently on continues to work. So far, I am still feeling fine (apart from gaining weight due to the steroids that are part of this protocol) 👍👍👍

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 26, 2026 11:27 PM (SRRAx)

226 I forgot to add...AI is getting better

Posted by: a dude in MI at March 26, 2026 11:27 PM (+I6Y/)

227 A naked snoopy dance, or else you're not relishing enough. lol
Posted by: Berserker

*shifty eyes*
Thought I disabled the webcam....
Posted by: JQ

I thought that violated the ONT terms of service.

.....not tonight?

Posted by: mikeski at March 26, 2026 11:28 PM (VHUov)

228 221 He's not personally signing each one. Don't see how it's worth more than any other. If it's in general circulation, that is.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 26, 2026 11:25 PM (1Ff7Z)

I get that. Unless they print a gazillion copies I don't think $100 bills get circulated much in commerce so they are probably limited to begin with, and MAGA fans will increase the demand.

Posted by: Joemarine at March 26, 2026 11:29 PM (y171U)

229 It's easy to find in parking lots now that everything is drab."

I've got a vivid yellow/orange Bronco Sport with the gray roof. I can spot it a mile off in a sea of white SUVs and F150s...

Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 11:31 PM (XuXeR)

230 Ok, ok, ok...

youtu.be/tTF4gN6XhF0

Posted by: JQ at March 26, 2026 11:31 PM (rdVOm)

231 Teresa, good luck with the consult tomorrow!

Posted by: Joemarine at March 26, 2026 11:32 PM (y171U)

232 Thought I disabled the webcam...."


/NSA Bob laughs and laughs...

Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 11:32 PM (XuXeR)

233 Damn, yeah earth definitely lost it's color. Don't exactly miss the color of the kitchens back then, but everything else definitely got lame. Kitchens actually have a lot of available colors these days though. Not so much in the appliances unless you buy one of the pricey commercial stoves, but the cabinets come in a shit ton of colors. It would be nice if people actually frigging used them.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 26, 2026 11:32 PM (snZF9)

234 I have always preferred black for all my vehicles (bikes, cars), black/white/gray for clothes and non primary colors for the home. Accessories /paintings is where I bring in the color.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 11:35 PM (V4IXI)

235 but the cabinets come in a shit ton of colors. It would be nice if people actually frigging used them.

Posted by Berserker-Dragonheads Home Decor Division

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 26, 2026 11:36 PM (glnUu)

236 That guy that got rammed by the ram… that looked incredibly painful. Concussion territory
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 10:10 PM (xT8gx)

Rekt is a good term for that...that was impressive

Posted by: a dude in MI at March 26, 2026 11:26 PM (+I6Y/)

I watched it a few times. He's lucky he didn't get seriously fucked up. At that point he could be and not even have known it yet. Either way, that ram would die immediately, and horribly. For the safety of everybody there it needs to be frigging detonated.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 26, 2026 11:36 PM (snZF9)

237 Good luck, Teresa. Keep a positive attitude.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 11:37 PM (+HNx/)

238 lot of people thought Aerosmith were sort of the Temu Rolling Stones.

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Who are these people? I want names.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 11:13 PM (+HNx/)

Aerosmith was much better shooting up high on heroin. When they were cleaned up they sucked.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 11:19 PM (hJH5n)

Toys in the Attic was peak Aerosmith.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 11:38 PM (V4IXI)

239 226 I forgot to add...AI is getting better
Posted by: a dude in MI
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I've got to admit it's getting better (Better)
A little better all the time (It can't get no worse)
I have to admit it's getting better (Better)
better all the time

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 11:38 PM (jAisO)

240 My beastly Honda Trail 125 aka Piglet is bright yellow. It makes a statement when I pull up and park with all the Harleys.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 26, 2026 11:39 PM (glnUu)

241 I get that. Unless they print a gazillion copies I don't think $100 bills get circulated much in commerce so they are probably limited to begin with, and MAGA fans will increase the demand.
Posted by: Joemarine at March 26, 2026 11:29 PM (y171U)

I'd certainly try to get one. Casinos run on hundos.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 26, 2026 11:39 PM (1Ff7Z)

242 TiFW-- they can do wonders with 'targeted radiation'.

Prayers continue.

Posted by: JQ at March 26, 2026 11:39 PM (rdVOm)

243 190 It's easy to find in parking lots now that everything is drab.

Posted by: fourseasons
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Button on old Ford's fob would sound the horn.
Two floors in a stacked parking lot when it was new.
It doesn't work any more.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 11:40 PM (jAisO)

244 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 26, 2026 11:36 PM (snZF9)

It was kind of impressive. Only thing stronger than retard strength is corn fed farm boy strength.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 11:40 PM (V4IXI)

245 I have always preferred black for all my vehicles (bikes, cars), black/white/gray for clothes and non primary colors for the home. Accessories /paintings is where I bring in the color.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 11:35 PM (V4IXI)

I don't mind black cars or motorcycles, 2 of my bikes are black, but there's a lot of chrome or polished billet aluminum. Some of these bikes though are blacked out to the extreme. Black forks, black handlebars, completely black engines, oil tanks, shocks, along with the dull black satin paint. Its just too much.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 26, 2026 11:41 PM (snZF9)

246 I don't mind black cars or motorcycles, 2 of my bikes are black, but there's a lot of chrome or polished billet aluminum. Some of these bikes though are blacked out to the extreme. Black forks, black handlebars, completely black engines, oil tanks, shocks, along with the dull black satin paint. Its just too much.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Plus it hides the oil leaks.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 26, 2026 11:42 PM (glnUu)

247 My beastly Honda Trail 125 aka Piglet is bright yellow. It makes a statement when I pull up and park with all the Harleys.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 26, 2026 11:39 PM (glnUu)

We need to solve that. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 26, 2026 11:42 PM (snZF9)

248
A proper Trump note world worth $1,000,000.00
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram

Woodrow Wilson was on the $100,000 bill.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 26, 2026 11:42 PM (Cqx++)

249 Agustín Antonetti
@agusantonetti
·
20m
Translated from Spanish
Attention. Two vessels that were part of the Cuban regime's VIP flotilla have been lost at sea and cannot be located.

The Mexican Navy has just activated an emergency plan to try to find and rescue them. The anti-U.S. activist convoy has also requested help from the United States to manage to save them.

There were nine crew members.

Posted by: 13times at March 26, 2026 11:42 PM (Gt/Tc)

250 Some of these bikes though are blacked out to the extreme. Black forks, black handlebars, completely black engines, oil tanks, shocks, along with the dull black satin paint. Its just too much.
Posted by: Berserker

Yeah, why would a biker want to be visible to automobiles? Blacktop camo FTW!

Posted by: mikeski at March 26, 2026 11:43 PM (VHUov)

251 The anti-U.S. activist convoy has also requested help from the United States to manage to save them.
Posted by: 13times

Where's President Rorschach to whisper "no" when you need him?

Posted by: mikeski at March 26, 2026 11:45 PM (VHUov)

252 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 26, 2026 11:41 PM (snZF9)

Heh I never had the blacked out bike with the satin paint but I have to admit I wanted one. My plan was to do it to a fat boy but then I moved to Houston and gave up riding bikes. ( I didn't have a death wish) .

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 11:45 PM (V4IXI)

253 Black forks, black handlebars, completely black engines, oil tanks, shocks, along with the dull black satin paint. Its just too much.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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It's the metalhead style.



_ ... I had to say that

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 11:47 PM (jAisO)

254 Houston just about has Illinois right where they want them.

ILL 46 HOU 33 2nd Half - 8 minutes left.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 26, 2026 11:47 PM (glnUu)

255 248 Woodrow Wilson was on the $100,000 bill.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 26, 2026 11:42 PM (Cqx++)

I knew Wilson was on a bill but wasn't sure of the denomination. Was Wilson alive at the time of issue? Has there ever been a living person on US currency?

Posted by: Joemarine at March 26, 2026 11:48 PM (y171U)

256 I thought they were going to put Harriet Tubman on a bill.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 11:49 PM (V4IXI)

257 Plus it hides the oil leaks.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 26, 2026 11:42 PM (glnUu)

Actually no it doesn't, oil is glossy. They haven't leaked since 1985 though, getting rid of the chain oilers was a major deal. Somebody at harley thought it was a good idea to have taps on the oil pump to oil the rear chain. Yeah where does it go after that, in the street, all over the bottom of the bike so it can gather in a few different areas and drop off the frame in 6 different spots. Do the owners ever adjust the oiler for minimum output? Nope, just let it drip. My 4 are all from the late 80's and earlier 90's. Never a drop under them.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 26, 2026 11:49 PM (snZF9)

258 My Street Scrambler 350 was chrome, real chrome.
Fenders, forks, handlebars, handlebar brace, headlight everything but the tank and the seat.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 11:50 PM (jAisO)

259 Houston just about has Illinois right where they want them.

ILL 46 HOU 33 2nd Half - 8 minutes left.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 26, 2026 11:47 PM (glnUu)
==
We can blow that lead with the best of them.

Posted by: Black JEM at March 26, 2026 11:50 PM (UVyKP)

260 My preference for car colors is one that announces to the world - here I am so get the heck put of my way

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 26, 2026 11:50 PM (tcsrY)

261 Arizona is rolling.

Posted by: Black JEM at March 26, 2026 11:50 PM (UVyKP)

262 A few years ago husband wanted to buy a pickup. He was going to buy a gray one. Boring.
Posted by: fourseasons at March 26, 2026 11:03 PM (3ek7K)

There's this new semi-gloss gray on last year's cars (and this year's, I think). It's like it's intentionally trying to hide, shamed for its owner. It is so very blecch. And it's THE new car color it seems. What sort of post-modern progressive nihilist thought this was a good idea?

If I had enough money I'd put a semi-modern engine, suspension, and exhaust in a 1959 Duesenberg or something. Paint it something like candy apple red with some stripes. Or a black with lots of chrome and brass fittings to make it pop. (And a wood dashboard.)

Posted by: GWB at March 26, 2026 11:52 PM (x9vBb)

263 My father OBM had a dark emerald green Ford LTD, followed by a metallic silver Buick Le Sabre, with a maroon hardtop and maroon crushed corduroy seats and power everything.

I got the Le Sabre later on as my university car, when my father retired with a navy blue Cadillac De Ville sedan with light blue leather interior and super everything.

Beside the colors, they were so huge!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 11:52 PM (1o8D5)

264
A woman in Maryland hired a company which employed illegals to fix her roof then called ICE and had them wait there to arrest them

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Isn't she worried that the wetbacks' friends and relatives will take revenge? Send the crew to the address of someone you don't like, preferably a house occupied by other wetbacks. Then in addition to the dozen or so roofers, ICE will also get the thirty illegals living in the house.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 26, 2026 11:52 PM (mS8PE)

265 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 11:53 PM (bss/y)

266 My preference for car colors is one that announces to the world - here I am so get the heck put of my way
Posted by: vmom

A retired ambulance?

Posted by: mikeski at March 26, 2026 11:53 PM (VHUov)

267 My preference for car colors is one that announces to the world - here I am so get the heck put of my way

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 26, 2026 11:50 PM (tcsrY)

Yup, my car is candy read, my classic car is scorch red, I usually have a candy red bike. Right now 2 are blue, 2 are black, and one of them is going red.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 26, 2026 11:54 PM (snZF9)

268 I watched it a few times. He's lucky he didn't get seriously fucked up. At that point he could be and not even have known it yet. Either way, that ram would die immediately, and horribly. For the safety of everybody there it needs to be frigging detonated.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 26, 2026 11:36 PM (snZF9)

...but the ram did a real number on the dude's hammer.

Posted by: Average Guy at March 26, 2026 11:54 PM (lPHZZ)

269
Arizona is rolling.
Posted by: Black JEM

Those damn Japs!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 26, 2026 11:54 PM (Cqx++)

270 Actually no it doesn't, oil is glossy. [Insert PhD dissertation about Harley chain oilers here.]

Geezh, Bers. Your're killing my set. I'm going to need counseling.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 26, 2026 11:55 PM (glnUu)

271 266 My preference for car colors is one that announces to the world - here I am so get the heck put of my way
Posted by: vmom

A retired ambulance?
Posted by: mikeski at March 26, 2026 11:53 PM (VHUov)

I remember there was a vette I saw once. New model (at the time) in a burnt orange- almost copper. It was beautiful. BUT. I thought you might get tired of it, day after day.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 11:55 PM (bss/y)

272 There's this new semi-gloss gray on last year's cars (and this year's, I think). It's like it's intentionally trying to hide, shamed for its owner. It is so very blecch. And it's THE new car color it seems. What sort of post-modern progressive nihilist thought this was a good idea?
Posted by: GWB

Someone around here called it "industrial floor gray."

Posted by: mikeski at March 26, 2026 11:55 PM (VHUov)

273 The anti-U.S. activist convoy has also requested help from the United States to manage to save them.
Posted by: 13times

I'd check Miami, or Puerto Rico, first.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 26, 2026 11:56 PM (rbvCR)

274 What do you can a man with no arms and no legs in prison?
.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 26, 2026 10:10 PM (/lPRQ)

I’m thinking….pincushion.

Oh, and Toys in the Attic is one of the greatest albums ever.
I was 14 when I got it. Just about half my age currently…

Posted by: Gunslinger at March 26, 2026 11:56 PM (HZfH/)

275 Had a bike, the 350, but don't know bikes. That was it. The 350 was fast, entering a freeway I could look in the mirror and see perfect smoke rings where I shifted gears. It was zippy, few cars...

One day I was given the opportunity to take a Harley chopper for a ride. I have never set on so much power.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 11:56 PM (jAisO)

276 "I assume he's in just as much trouble with the law either way."

I don't. Though it's impossible to know the full picture, no indications I know of that by far the most important and effective part of re-establishing rule of law in immigration - enforcement against employers - is happening at any level above the casual low level we've seen for years.

DHS does PSAs and such warning employers about enforcement. But AFAIK no chickens have been killed to scare the monkeys. Including large corporate criminals (meat-packing). A handful of raids, here and there.

Employer enforcement is not only, by far, the most effective/high leverage enforcement tool, it also is the one that *might* begin to rebuild some respect for the rule of law, if only through fear.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 26, 2026 11:57 PM (U/Byj)

277 273 The anti-U.S. activist convoy has also requested help from the United States to manage to save them.
Posted by: 13times

I'd check Miami, or Puerto Rico, first.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 26, 2026 11:56 PM (rbvCR)

Oh, boy. I dunno. We're not sure how to find you... how does this circular thing with the sweep line work?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 11:57 PM (bss/y)

278 A retired ambulance?
Posted by: mikeski

Might be fun
Specially if i can use the sirens

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 26, 2026 11:58 PM (tcsrY)

279 Restormel Castle.

xtwitter - https://tinyurl.com/3an38vt6

Posted by: 13times at March 26, 2026 11:58 PM (Gt/Tc)

280 Illinois just answered the Houston run.

Posted by: Black JEM at March 26, 2026 11:59 PM (UVyKP)

281 In Southern New Mexico the drab vehicle color has been solved by lifting pickups up to the point all you see is the chrome bumper in your rear view mirror when they are tailgating.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 27, 2026 12:00 AM (glnUu)

282 If I had enough money I'd put a semi-modern engine, suspension, and exhaust in a 1959 Duesenberg or something. Paint it something like candy apple red with some stripes. Or a black with lots of chrome and brass fittings to make it pop. (And a wood dashboard.)

Posted by: GWB at March 26, 2026 11:52 PM (x9vBb)

That sounds pretty cool. I did a bike last year, a 56 panhead chopper that a few different shades of candy greens, and we did a lot of little brass accents, like brass acorn nuts, and bolts. Instead of the stainless braided oil lines we did brass braided lines. It was pretty sharp. I wasn't sure I was going to like the brass, but it worked.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 27, 2026 12:00 AM (snZF9)

283 Blazing Saddles is the best movie of all time.

I'm partial to comedies.

Posted by: Case at March 27, 2026 12:00 AM (pvf3X)

284 Including large corporate criminals (meat-packing). A handful of raids, here and there.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 26, 2026 11:57 PM (U/Byj)

Trump 1.0 commuted the sentence of the largest employer of illegals. I would like to believe Trump 2.0 would not have done that.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 27, 2026 12:00 AM (V4IXI)

285 273 The anti-U.S. activist convoy has also requested help from the United States to manage to save them.
Posted by: 13times
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Don't know what you're talking about but I like it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 27, 2026 12:00 AM (jAisO)

286 Some of these bikes though are blacked out to the extreme. Black forks, black handlebars, completely black engines, oil tanks, shocks, along with the dull black satin paint. Its just too much.
Posted by: Berserker

Yeah, why would a biker want to be visible to automobiles? Blacktop camo FTW!
Posted by: mikeski

A couple years back heading south on I-95 and just north of West Palm Beach some guy had his bike, saddle bags, fairing, helmet, matching jacket and pants. All done in maybe 80% very bright yellow and the rest black. Back of his jacket in big bold letters,
"Can You See Me Now"

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 27, 2026 12:01 AM (/lPRQ)

287 Bers, I actually learned something about HDs tonight. Your the best. Thank you.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 27, 2026 12:01 AM (glnUu)

288 "I assume he's in just as much trouble with the law either way."

I don't. Though it's impossible to know the full picture, no indications I know of that by far the most important and effective part of re-establishing rule of law in immigration - enforcement against employers - is happening at any level above the casual low level we've seen for years.
Posted by: rhomboid

That was part of the joke..... "just as much trouble either way," as in "none either way."

He'll have some docs showing he checked a magic government database and they were all cleared to work.

Posted by: mikeski at March 27, 2026 12:01 AM (VHUov)

289
Where is AOP? This is the second or third night missing. Not like him to do that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 27, 2026 12:02 AM (jAisO)

290 Yes, the new *putty* colors on cars & trucks are so very ugly!

There's *plumbers' putty grayish off-white* and *moldy putty sort-of greenish* and the afore-mentioned *industrial floor gray* that I find particularly hideous.

Posted by: JQ at March 27, 2026 12:02 AM (rdVOm)

291 Braenyard-- AOP is on the road back to Alberta. He'll check in when he's able, I'm sure.

Posted by: JQ at March 27, 2026 12:03 AM (rdVOm)

292 Where is AOP? This is the second or third night missing. Not like him to do that.

Posted by: Braenyard


He is likely on his way to Alberta to pick up that T-Rex.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 27, 2026 12:03 AM (glnUu)

293 271 266 My preference for car colors is one that announces to the world - here I am so get the heck put of my way
Posted by: vmom

A retired ambulance?
Posted by: mikeski at March 26, 2026 11:53 PM (VHUov)
_____________________________

A family I knew well had a dairy farm which they used to make their own ice cream brand (really delicious). Then, they set up a very nice miniature golf course with a restaurant and ice cream stands as well as a driving range. THEN, they bought an very old fire engine and used to give kids and parents rides around the area for free. It was a nice thing to keep the kids under control, and get a nice breeze on a hot summer night. Sirens, flashing lights, the whole 9 yards. Great fun at that place.

Posted by: Orson at March 27, 2026 12:04 AM (dIske)

294 One day I was given the opportunity to take a Harley chopper for a ride. I have never set on so much power.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 11:56 PM (jAisO)

They make them scary these days. I test drove one I worked on. It was a 117 inch engine on a hardtail frame. I whacked the throttle on it and it almost threw me off. I held on and hit 2nd gear and it snapped my head back hard enough where my helmet came off and was hanging behind my head. Scariest thing I ever rode. It felt like it had a car engine in it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 27, 2026 12:04 AM (snZF9)

295
A couple years back heading south on I-95 and just north of West Palm Beach some guy had his bike, saddle bags, fairing, helmet, matching jacket and pants. All done in maybe 80% very bright yellow and the rest black. Back of his jacket in big bold letters,
"Can You See Me Now"
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

Bee Bopper

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 27, 2026 12:05 AM (Cqx++)

296 Iran is charging ships a toll to pass through Hormuz. Weird since Trump says Iran’s navy is destroyed.


So much winning.

Posted by: Sad! at March 27, 2026 12:05 AM (oU4V8)

297 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL6MaEz90x8

Posted by: Desinex at March 27, 2026 12:06 AM (jrgJz)

298 Houston won't go away though.

Posted by: Black JEM at March 27, 2026 12:06 AM (UVyKP)

299 Trump 1.0 commuted the sentence of the largest employer of illegals. I would like to believe Trump 2.0 would not have done that.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg
--

Can't tear down a thing you're trying to build up.
He gave 'em a spanking.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 27, 2026 12:07 AM (jAisO)

300 I was reading the Las Cruces jail roster the other night. Some guy got stopped by the cops and managed to rack up three DWIs in a single stop. How is that possible?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 27, 2026 12:07 AM (glnUu)

301 Has there ever been a living person on US currency?

Spencer M. Clark, Superintendent of the National Currency Bureau and appeared on the third issue of Five Cent Fractional Currency note in 1864 and Treasurer Francis Spinner appeared on the 50-cent note. The Thayer Amendment of 1866 prohibits representing a living person on US currency.

Posted by: Chuck C at March 27, 2026 12:07 AM (D0HYP)

302 es, the new *putty* colors on cars & trucks are so very ugly!

There's *plumbers' putty grayish off-white* and *moldy putty sort-of greenish* and the afore-mentioned *industrial floor gray* that I find particularly hideous.
Posted by: JQ

But it is glossy putty.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 27, 2026 12:08 AM (/lPRQ)

303
Where is AOP?

He took off to the great white north.
It's a beauty way to go.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 27, 2026 12:08 AM (Cqx++)

304 But it is glossy putty.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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Yeah. Fresh dog shit can be glossy, too. Doesn't mean it looks good.

Posted by: JQ at March 27, 2026 12:10 AM (rdVOm)

305 Illinois missing FTs. Houston has a definite chance to win this thing.

Posted by: Black JEM at March 27, 2026 12:11 AM (UVyKP)

306 Another Las Cruces arrest was some 5' 100lb woman led the cops on a merry high speed chase around town. When it was all said and done, she racked up four or five felony eluding charges and three felony assault on a police officer charges. She had black eye in her mugshot.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 27, 2026 12:12 AM (glnUu)

307 Don't be Sad!

A large Chinese vessel in the Strait of Hormuz lost its signal entirely. The operating ship experienced a total GPS signal blackout; the clock was running unusually fast ...

https://tinyurl.com/4w7hpffm

Posted by: 13times at March 27, 2026 12:12 AM (Gt/Tc)

308 Evening.

So quick update on my gout which I've been complaining about from time to time.

So it's been pretty bad the last two months or so. Just keep acting up. Ends up bad enough I either can't walk or I can only painfully shuffle like a 90 year old man. Honestly, there are times I wish I had a walker. Allopurinol basically just stopped working. Taking NSAIDS has been advised against cuz of the ulcerative colitis but fuck it. But I've also noticed unlike a typical gout attack my feet don't hurt constantly. Gout flare ups are very painful whether you're on or off your feet. But right now if I'm off my feet it's like no problem. Also, I've been getting fever and chills when it starts acting up. So I'm guessing infection. Did you know gout can cause infections? I looked it up. News to me.

So I've got a tentative doctor's appointment in a week, assuming I can get home by then. But my dispatch fucked me hard and I'm stuck north of Fort Worth because they gave me the wrong fucking appointment time for a delivery. Now I have to wait until Tuesday. Cocksuckers.

Anyway, hopefully something can get done for my gout cuz this shit has been freaking unbearable.

Posted by: Robert at March 27, 2026 12:13 AM (Z2yLo)

309 BTW, the video of the guy getting rammed by the ram was AI.

I know, I was disappointed.

Posted by: Robert at March 27, 2026 12:14 AM (Z2yLo)

310 I was reading the Las Cruces jail roster the other night. Some guy got stopped by the cops and managed to rack up three DWIs in a single stop. How is that possible?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram

"Here's your summons. Leave the car here and call an Uber."

* drives off *

"Here's your summons. Let's try again. Leave the car here and call a f--king Uber."

* drives off *

"Here's your handcuffs....."

Posted by: mikeski guesses at March 27, 2026 12:14 AM (VHUov)

311 I was reading the Las Cruces jail roster the other night. Some guy got stopped by the cops and managed to rack up three DWIs in a single stop. How is that possible?

He must have submitted to a breath test.
Most likely, Count One is DWI based on erratic driving and officer observing the trinity of slurred speech, bloodshot watery eyes, and the smell of alcohol; Count Two would be driving with a BAC over 0.08;Count Three might be something like BAC over 0.15, or possibly mixing alcohol and other drugs.

Posted by: Chuck C at March 27, 2026 12:15 AM (D0HYP)

312 Chinese state media had claimed that in the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. GPS navigation system had failed, while only BeiDou was functioning normally ...

... stranded in the Strait of Hormuz said that the BeiDou satellite navigation system could no longer receive any signal.

https://tinyurl.com/9fvb3jmp

Posted by: 13times at March 27, 2026 12:17 AM (Gt/Tc)

313 Sorry you're in such pain, Robert! Hope your Dr. can get you fixed up soon.

Posted by: JQ at March 27, 2026 12:17 AM (rdVOm)

314 oh, wait, "single stop."

Maybe *drives off* was just *gets back in the car*.

Posted by: mikeski re-guesses at March 27, 2026 12:17 AM (VHUov)

315 He must have submitted to a breath test.
Most likely, Count One is DWI based on erratic driving and officer observing the trinity of slurred speech, bloodshot watery eyes, and the smell of alcohol; Count Two would be driving with a BAC over 0.08;Count Three might be something like BAC over 0.15, or possibly mixing alcohol and other drugs.
Posted by: Chuck C

I've never seen this before. Normally you either get one DUI or an aggravated DUI per stop. The breath test is mandatory by state law. It's a weird one.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 27, 2026 12:17 AM (glnUu)

316 @303 Where is AOP?

Think he is on a road trip.

Posted by: Case at March 27, 2026 12:17 AM (pvf3X)

317 The anti-U.S. activist convoy has also requested help from the United States to manage to save them.
Posted by: 13times

I'd check Miami, or Puerto Rico, first.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 26, 2026 11:56 PM (rbvCR)

Check Gitmo, in case some Marines and sailors got bored

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 27, 2026 12:18 AM (S/Y4j)

318 From last night's ONT:

363 Well, thread is slowing down, and so am I. Hitting the road tomorrow to go home by devious means. Night, Horde.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 26, 2026 02:09 AM (8zz6B)

Posted by: JQ at March 27, 2026 12:19 AM (rdVOm)

319 Both sides agree freedom comes out of a barrel of a gun. The top 1% own 98% of the wealth. Both left and trump populists agree the rich do evil things with their wealth what ever side you think jeffery epstein was on.

Posted by: raimondo at March 27, 2026 12:24 AM (ttNeH)

320 Will Havana have an MLB team by 2035, and if so, what will be the name of the team?

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at March 27, 2026 12:25 AM (w/O5Q)

321 Posted by: Robert at March 27, 2026 12:13 AM (Z2yLo)

Hoping you find out what's going on and find some relief.

AI ? Now I'm going to have to watch it again . I was questioning how he took that hit. AI makes sense of him just popping back up.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 27, 2026 12:25 AM (V4IXI)

322 Will Havana have an MLB team by 2035, and if so, what will be the name of the team?
Posted by: Bilwis

57 Chevys or just 57s.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 27, 2026 12:26 AM (glnUu)

323 Thinking about AOP.

https://youtu.be/9cK--Mt5iKE

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 27, 2026 12:26 AM (jAisO)

324 "Both sides agree freedom comes out of a barrel of a gun. (ttNeH)"

You dope.


Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun - Mao.

Posted by: 13times at March 27, 2026 12:27 AM (Gt/Tc)

325 BTW, the video of the guy getting rammed by the ram was AI.

I know, I was disappointed.

Posted by: Robert at March 27, 2026 12:14 AM (Z2yLo)

I'm kinda happy its AI. I was thinking that dude had injuries he wasn't even aware of yet.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 27, 2026 12:27 AM (snZF9)

326 That's some good AI. Only thing I question besides the guy popping up almost immediately was his sunglasses don't move on his face at all.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 27, 2026 12:30 AM (V4IXI)

327 RIP rambro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk1fUzkqwbQ

Posted by: Desinex at March 27, 2026 12:37 AM (jrgJz)

328 Normally you either get one DUI or an aggravated DUI per stop.

It's just three different ways to charge basically the same offence. Even if convicted on all three, it counts as one DUI and the sentence would be for just one of the charges, not all three. At least that's how they do it in Illinois.

Posted by: Chuck C at March 27, 2026 12:38 AM (D0HYP)

329 Will Havana have an MLB team by 2035, and if so, what will be the name of the team?
Posted by: Bilwis

Havana Singaos

Posted by: Kindltot at March 27, 2026 12:41 AM (rbvCR)

330 Havana will have an MLB team no later than 2030
named Besame Culo Communistos.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 27, 2026 12:42 AM (jAisO)

331 207 JQ,
Are you enjoying your privacy now?
Posted by: fourseasons
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Mere words cannot express how much I am *relishing* the absence of that freeloader...

- - - - - -
Probably be a good idea to change the locks anyway...

Posted by: As Not Seen On TV at March 27, 2026 12:43 AM (6Q9Tl)

332 Probably be a good idea to change the locks anyway...
Posted by: As Not Seen On TV
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Not necessary. I didn't give him a key. Kept my main key set with me at all times and the spares kept in my car during his stay. He had no access to any keys.

Posted by: JQ at March 27, 2026 12:46 AM (rdVOm)

333 Hello all.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 27, 2026 12:47 AM (CHHv1)

334
I sat on a jury about six months ago , where we had two different charges associated with one dui. I have a vague recollection that the second one seemed to reinforce the first. Like, he did it , and he really did it.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at March 27, 2026 12:49 AM (XJ22o)

335 104 Archimedes, I thought that the purpose of the country singer's cowboy hat was to cover up baldness.
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 26, 2026 10:29 PM (0Htd1)

I thought that's what yarmulkes were for, and that's why Ben Shapiro's keeps getting bigger

Posted by: SciVo at March 27, 2026 12:51 AM (Sy6m/)

336 Old friend got a DWI and a trip to county.
He was at a stop sign; car in gear, clutch depressed, face in hamburger on the steering wheel.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 27, 2026 12:52 AM (jAisO)

337 Hi, BeckoningChasm! How are you tonight? How's Robert the Cat?

Posted by: JQ at March 27, 2026 12:59 AM (rdVOm)

338 Who said today...I shouldn't say
...well Lisa Murkowski is a stupid person, a really stupid person?

Any guesses?

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at March 27, 2026 01:03 AM (55Qr6)

339 Robert the Cat (c) is doing great. As always. He thanks you for asking.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 27, 2026 01:04 AM (CHHv1)

340 How are YOU, BeckoningChasm?

Posted by: JQ at March 27, 2026 01:05 AM (rdVOm)

341 There is a comet which might be visible to the naked eye during the day from around April 4 - 13.

C/2026 A1 MAPS.

Posted by: Archer at March 27, 2026 01:05 AM (wvc0i)

342 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVWfqOSdzs4

Posted by: Desinex at March 27, 2026 01:09 AM (jrgJz)

343 Me? I am...ME. I've always been me. So, yeah, doing OK. How are you?

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 27, 2026 01:09 AM (CHHv1)

344 Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said a US insurance program meant to boost shipping through the Strait of Hormuz will begin soon, a move that may help revive flows of much of the world’s oil and gas supplies.

Bessent’s predictions, delivered Thursday during a meeting of President Donald Trump’s cabinet at the White House, come weeks after the president first announced the US International Development Finance Corporation would provide insurance guarantees with naval escorts to help ensure safe passage for oil tankers and other vessels through the strait.
----

Hello London. - Is this Lloyds KMA?
Lloyds might kick Starmer in the... or not?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 27, 2026 01:13 AM (jAisO)

345 There was a cool little stray cat around here for awhile.. had a short tail, but not a tiny nub as if "born that way". Looked like it had been cut off at 3 or 4 inches length due to injury perhaps.

We (I and the nearest neighbors) called him "Bob." He was a brown tabby and very affectionate. Problem was that he'd recently sprouted balls and marked *everything* *all the time* so I could never let him indoors, though he begged and begged. Somebody dumped him out here, I think. Poor baby.

Posted by: JQ at March 27, 2026 01:14 AM (rdVOm)

346 So, it's a little after midnight and there's three of us here? What's up with that?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 27, 2026 01:14 AM (jAisO)

347 I'm doing great, BeckoningChasm. Better every day!

Posted by: JQ at March 27, 2026 01:15 AM (rdVOm)

348 @345 That's sad. Hopefully he will find a lovenest to nestle into.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 27, 2026 01:16 AM (CHHv1)

349 @347 great to hear that!!!

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 27, 2026 01:17 AM (CHHv1)

350 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwhPOlIuSXM

Posted by: Desinex at March 27, 2026 01:17 AM (jrgJz)

351 Anyway, hopefully something can get done for my gout cuz this shit has been freaking unbearable.
Posted by: Robert at March 27, 2026 12:13

That really sucks Robert. Been in similar circumstances recently, prayers up from hre.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at March 27, 2026 01:19 AM (55Qr6)

352 And off to try to sleep. Glad to hear you are doing well, JQ!

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 27, 2026 01:20 AM (CHHv1)

353 "Serious fear remains in the market, with our panic index registering a 9.14 / 10 as of the close yesterday, led by a small uptick in S&P 1m put-call skew" - Goldman
--

This is ZH quoting Sachs, they both love hysteria.
Transportation is up; flat beds and chemicals, that means the economy is in motion. Businesses are selling things and others are buying things and in order to obtain them they are put on tractor trucks and hauled and they are hauling ass.


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 27, 2026 01:20 AM (jAisO)

354 BeckoningChasm, poor little Bob had gotten into a fight and had deep scratches on one side that were starting to ooze.. neighbor treated him with topical antibiotic but the poor cat wasn't healing.

I took him to get scanned for chip, but nothing... and shelter was "full" they said & wouldn't accept him.

So, waited a few days and called "animal control" and THEY took him to the (local no-kill) shelter. Saw couple weeks later on their web page, Bob was available for adoption. His picture was gone in a week. I'm sure he found a nice loving home.

Posted by: JQ at March 27, 2026 01:22 AM (rdVOm)

355 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f8V1QSf7yg

Posted by: Desinex at March 27, 2026 01:22 AM (jrgJz)

356 The retard part is that goats and rams get mouthy, and pushy and aggressive and you have to give a smack once and a while. Turning your back is not recommended.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 27, 2026 01:28 AM (Fbc0I)

357 We must have a dozen cats hanging around the one shop I work out of. Its crazy they seem to increase every year. You walk around the back and all you see is cats scatter. A house nearby has a nice dog, kinda big, but gentle. The cats don't seem to scatter when she's around. There is a lot of deer there too, I counted 15 on the property one day, and the cats seem fascinated by them.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 27, 2026 01:29 AM (snZF9)

358 161 137
My husband is watching Cheers reruns.

He's laughing his ass off.
Posted by: four seasons

Who would have thought that Woody f'ing Harrison would turn out to be a great actor. Still blows my mind.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 26, 2026 10:53 PM (Xr4QU)

I think my favorite was when Woody (the character) finally got laid, and everyone could tell. Half-fabricated vague memory:

"What do you mean?"
"Well... You haven't stopped smiling."
"No..."
"Yes, really."
"Okay, I'll stop."
/beat
"You're still smiling like a mad dog."

What put it over the top was the fairly obvious gentle dig at Woody (the actor) and his lack of emotive range. Plus, he was game and turned in the most solidly one-note performance of his career... but on purpose. And then had some actual dramatic expression later in the episode.

Posted by: SciVo at March 27, 2026 01:34 AM (Sy6m/)

359 >>>We must have a dozen cats hanging around the one shop I work out of. Its crazy they seem to increase every year. You walk around the back and all you see is cats scatter. A house nearby has a nice dog, kinda big, but gentle. The cats don't seem to scatter when she's around. There is a lot of deer there too, I counted 15 on the property one day, and the cats seem fascinated by them.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

>I'd be you have no mice or vermin around so that nice. Too many cats is not a good thing.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 27, 2026 01:36 AM (Fbc0I)

360 We had a cat-boom right after the Coof fiasco let-up a bit. Seemed like a dozen showed up overnight. Damn people anyway, so selfish and ignorant. Sure, just discard this sweet animal that trusted you-- "it'll be ok out here, there's plenty of mice/birds/rats for them to eat..." and coyotes to eat them, and ferals to fight them, and raccoons to compete with them for whatever some idiots leave outside for their pets...

My own Cat appeared about that time, too. I figured he was also dumped. Little did I know, a house nearby had new occupants that he originally belonged to, but Cat decided he liked my yard better and simply moved here, LOL)

Posted by: JQ at March 27, 2026 01:41 AM (rdVOm)

361 >I'd be you have no mice or vermin around so that nice. Too many cats is not a good thing.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 27, 2026 01:36 AM (Fbc0I)

Yeah no mice problems thats for sure. No rabbits or chipmunks either, or birds. Not sure I remember seeing many squirrels either lately. Yeah, just deer and cats and occasionally a dog.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 27, 2026 01:51 AM (snZF9)

362 I love cats and rescuing a cat is cool.

But they want to be there. They are odd creatures.

Multitudes of feral cats are a hazard and should be dealt with humanly and appropriately.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 27, 2026 01:52 AM (Fbc0I)

363 Interesting question; you don't see shelters where people go to adopt feral cats. Why is that? Cats are pretty cool. I dig them, but I won't have one in my house. Something to think about.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 27, 2026 01:58 AM (Fbc0I)

364 One cold day, after I'd let Cat out after his daily wet-food snack, I watched out the window to see where he would go. He took a quick "bath" and set off toward the yard...

Little Bob kitty came out of hiding and followed him. Probably smelled Cat's snack! So, a few steps later, Cat stopped-- turned quickly around to see Bob-- *SLAP SLAP SLAP!* and then continued on his way.

Poor little Bob sat for a moment, stunned, and then began following Cat again. *Repeat the stop/slap & walk away*

Poor Bob. Not the brightest, but at least Cat didn't go into Full Attack Mode on him. Bob finally stopped following.

Posted by: JQ at March 27, 2026 01:58 AM (rdVOm)

365 Interesting question; you don't see shelters where people go to adopt feral cats. Why is that? Cats are pretty cool. I dig them, but I won't have one in my house. Something to think about.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
---------

Our local shelter has a "barn cat" program. Outdoor cats for those who want a mouser. Spayed/neutered, reasonably friendly, but not suitable for indoor companionship.

Posted by: JQ at March 27, 2026 02:01 AM (rdVOm)

366 Ducking back in to duck back out for the night. 🦆

It's good to see everyone here tonight. Glad JQ has her privacy back (webcam notwithstanding). Hoping Teresa keeps getting good news and keeps going strong. Nice to see… wow, too late and tired to keep calling folks out. Beck, Braen, Farmer, Morticia, everyone. You know who you are. The Mighty Ace Horde players. Award-winning.

It's wonderful.
https://youtu.be/MLI8mj0i07M

G'nite, y'all. 💤

Posted by: mindful webworker getting all mushy at March 27, 2026 02:06 AM (jrd4M)

367 Hi/bye Mindful! Sleep well!

Posted by: JQ at March 27, 2026 02:08 AM (rdVOm)

368 'S Wonderful, nice. Old timers, Ella, Sinatra, eta al, always did that into to the song they don't do that anymore. Good closer.
JQ, Mindeful, and all it's folding time - Debbie Doberman didn't make it tonight - time for me.
Carry on.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 27, 2026 02:27 AM (jAisO)

369 'Night, Braenyard. Sweet dreams.

Posted by: JQ at March 27, 2026 02:28 AM (rdVOm)

370 *Places bottle of Chivas and rocks glass on the bar*

In case Debby stops by...

I'll stick around for a little while, but sleep may overtake me before I can say "good night"

Posted by: JQ at March 27, 2026 02:34 AM (rdVOm)

371 Big up to da boom boom time ra ra Shaka boomba klat.

Posted by: Boy I know it at March 27, 2026 02:44 AM (ig8By)

372 The neighbors cat is a sweetie and she/he comes and hunts in my yard daily. Leaves me surprises at the door step. What triggers that behavior? She (I'm thinking she) never comes close enough for direct contact.

This is probably a topic for the pet thread.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 27, 2026 02:46 AM (Fbc0I)

373 Our local shelter has a "barn cat" program. Outdoor cats for those who want a mouser. Spayed/neutered, reasonably friendly, but not suitable for indoor companionship.

Posted by: JQ at March 27, 2026 02:01 AM (rdVOm)

We can't figure out just what cats are what. Some seem domesticated. We think they're from one of the houses nearby. Supposedly some woman feeds them and has some of her own, so the cats might be all mixed up with some being pets and some being interlopers. Some don't run from you, some keep their distance. Like they might get spooked, but don't actually go very far. Its strange. Its also why the shop owner isn't so fast to do anything with them because he don't know which ones are pets.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 27, 2026 02:47 AM (snZF9)

374 Rev Wishbone-- you should feel honored! Kitty is sharing her bounty with you, "providing" for you...

Hard to say what triggers it, but seems cats will bring presents to those whom they favor.

Perhaps it's a thanks for the hunting rights?

Posted by: JQ at March 27, 2026 02:51 AM (rdVOm)

375 Hard to say, Bers. Some cats will walk up to anyone at all, others not so much even if they're "domesticated."

Posted by: JQ at March 27, 2026 02:55 AM (rdVOm)

376 The neighbors cat is a sweetie and she/he comes and hunts in my yard daily. Leaves me surprises at the door step. What triggers that behavior? She (I'm thinking she) never comes close enough for direct contact.

This is probably a topic for the pet thread.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 27, 2026 02:46 AM (Fbc0I)

My neighbor has an orange cat that constantly patrols my yard. I find him everywhere. Under the pickup sleeping, on the roof of the car, in the front yard under the tree, everywhere. He has a huge range. i see him at another neighbor across the street, or walking down the 800ft driveway that goes to a farm across he street. he's everywhere, but he seems to like my yard. One day a friends daughter stopped by with her jeep because I had to look at something. She popped the hood and left it open and came inside. We went back out and there the cat was, laying on her air cleaner. He left a dead mouse outside the drivers door of mrs B's car one time. She wasn't amused. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 27, 2026 03:02 AM (snZF9)

377 Hard to say, Bers. Some cats will walk up to anyone at all, others not so much even if they're "domesticated."

Posted by: JQ at March 27, 2026 02:55 AM (rdVOm)

yeah my neighbor's orange cat is like that. He don't come up to you, but he'll lay down 5 ft from you and sleep like no big deal.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 27, 2026 03:04 AM (snZF9)

378 Cats are a trip...

G'night, horde. Fallin' asleep here LOL

Posted by: JQ at March 27, 2026 03:13 AM (rdVOm)

379 https://youtu.be/dSQ40d8uoOI

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 27, 2026 03:48 AM (1o8D5)

380 After all this time, watching a video for The Night Before, I finally realized that Paul McCartney's goofy violin-looking guitar is a bass. Now I'm picking his playing and vocals out together with my ear, and appreciating him more.

Posted by: SciVo at March 27, 2026 03:59 AM (Sy6m/)

381 Pixy's nood.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 27, 2026 04:10 AM (bQ4nt)

Cenobite Cafe

parisatnightbrassai.jpg
Paris at night, Brassai

Finally, someone impressed by magic.

Dogs are happy to see their rescuer again. Lost dog reuinted with master. The dog starts crying with happiness.

Well dressed puppies.

Dogs sometimes think they're playing a game when really they're being little criminals.

Puppy "helps."

Big hike in China.

Dog is a mudder.

Boeing 747 trailing contrails, or, as Tucker Carlson insists, chemtrails.

Dog brought a dog to a cat fight.


This is what I imagine Duncanthrax to be:

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:52 PM




Comments

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1 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2026 07:54 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Hellraiser 2022 drinking game: every time some character shouts "SORRY!".

Posted by: gKWVE at March 26, 2026 07:54 PM (gKWVE)

3 Thanks ace. Great Olympic thread.

My friends' cat was sleeping on my lap while I was watching tv. I shifted, she woke up and had a "Where the heck am I?" look.

It was really cute...

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 07:54 PM (Sco7b)

4 Let's bitch for an hour or two about chemtrails.....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 26, 2026 07:55 PM (AkEZC)

5 Let's bitch for an hour or two about chemtrails.....
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 26, 2026 07:55 PM

Better than bitching about chemjeffs.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2026 07:57 PM (0sNs1)

6 That picture up top. I don't much care for photos of Paris sights.

Posted by: Hank the Hookworm at March 26, 2026 07:59 PM (oftw2)

7
Trump's signature will soon be on the one dollar bills.

It's a first for a sitting president.

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 08:00 PM (3ek7K)

8 Evening, Horde...How goes it?

Day 2 of "Tolkien Reading Day" continues...

I'm at the Council of Elrond in The Fellowship of the Ring.

I don't know why, but it's one of my favorite chapters in the whole book.

It's just a bunch of characters telling stories, but there's so much lore and history revealed, it's fascinating.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 08:00 PM (ESVrU)

9 The puppies have different colors to tell thrm apart

Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2026 08:01 PM (Ia/+0)

10 Better than bitching about chemjeffs.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2026 07:57 PM (0sNs1)

Ha! Now, I may have to dig up Jim SND's epic smackdown of chemjeff.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 26, 2026 08:02 PM (zYpTz)

11 It's just a bunch of characters telling stories, but there's so much lore and history revealed, it's fascinating.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

You wearing pants?

Posted by: Ah Cain't Reed Good at March 26, 2026 08:02 PM (oftw2)

12

Dash,

That was hilarious!

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 08:03 PM (3ek7K)

13 Picture up top made me think of a Film Noir

Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2026 08:03 PM (Ia/+0)

14 Now I'm in the mood for Applebee's....

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 08:04 PM (Sco7b)

15 at the Council of Elrond"

Try the Council of Schwarzeneggers....

Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 08:04 PM (XuXeR)

16 My two kittens love to rough and tumble, but sometimes they do it at two in the morning on the bed.

*sigh*

Posted by: Kindltot at March 26, 2026 08:04 PM (rbvCR)

17 Dash,

That was hilarious!

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 08:03 PM (3ek7K)

It's a masterpiece. I'm going to post it. In Jim SND's memory.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 26, 2026 08:04 PM (zYpTz)

18 You wearing pants?
Posted by: Ah Cain't Reed Good at March 26, 2026 08:02 PM (oftw2)
----
Last I checked today was Thursday, not Sunday.

Draw your own conclusions...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 08:05 PM (ESVrU)

19 four seasons, left a possible solution to the yellow jacket problem at the end of the last thread.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 26, 2026 08:05 PM (+nEug)

20 Oh fuck, that's a sea lion.
Oh FUCK THAT'S A SEA LION!!!!

Posted by: Startled penguin at March 26, 2026 08:05 PM (TbWk/)

21 Favorite Paris at night was peeing in the middle of the sidewalk.
They used to have circular urinals, feet and above chest height visible. Maybe that's where their absurdist humor stems from.
In a beautiful historic city, treasure of many of mankind's greatest art, architecture, food and wine, you peed in public with just enough modesty.
Absurd!

Posted by: Elect me because i'm dyslexic and racist at March 26, 2026 08:08 PM (bexpN)

22 This is what I imagine Duncanthrax to be:

==

hahah !!!

not this ??

https://tinyurl.com/ytwcfjhf


Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 08:08 PM (GD0B3)

23

I never had the pleasure of meeting Jim.

I loved reading his comments. He was a great man and will always be missed here and many other places.

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 08:10 PM (3ek7K)

24 Trump Bucks are coming!

Posted by: Elect me because i'm dyslexic and racist at March 26, 2026 08:10 PM (bexpN)

25 Never been to France, no chance of going now

Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2026 08:10 PM (Ia/+0)

26 chemjeff's steaks are legendary, even in hell

Posted by: gKWVE at March 26, 2026 08:10 PM (gKWVE)

27 In case it wasn't answered on the prior thread, no, senators do not require photo ID to vote. The Capitol Police memorize the new senators (assume it's the same on the high school, er, House side, dunno = plus they wear those little pins on their lapels) once they're seated after elections. Of course they've long known the incumbents, so it's not that many new faces to get to know every two years.

Senators can enter the floor from any of 3 or 4 doors. Personal and committee staff come in through one door off the big lobby next to the VP's office. This staff shows Senate photo ID to access the floor.

Voting in the Senate is from the clerk recognizing a senator who's seeking recognition for this purpose, senator then calls out aye or no. It can happen from anywhere on the floor, as long as the clerk sees them. No additional ID required.

This is all as it was forever, dunno if changed since I was there.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 26, 2026 08:12 PM (U/Byj)

28 Remember when Oregon rolled out the Real ID the first time and then didn't do it because they couldn't figure out how to not issue it to illegals while registering them to vote?

I don't actually remember that but it doesn't surprise me. I got the one step down version, which is probably the illegals loophole, because I am not going to fly anywhere.

But I basically had to prove I was born here anyway

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 26, 2026 08:13 PM (PYyV9)

29 21, not absurd; a great recognition of basic human rights!

Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 26, 2026 08:14 PM (MIIRH)

30 Ok. Bat canned on the sidebar. Hilarious. Winning.

Posted by: Simplemind at March 26, 2026 08:14 PM (YrUlT)

31 This is all as it was forever, dunno if changed since I was there.

From the video I saw, they use some kind of card in a console to vote

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 26, 2026 08:14 PM (PYyV9)

32 Evenin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 08:15 PM (77rzZ)

33 Part 1 of 2:

951 ..So, as you can probably tell, I was not actually banned from this place. I left of my own accord, back in 2016.
Posted by: chemjeff at December 11, 2020 11:49 PM (6xXcT)


No, you didn't "leave of your own accord". Let's set the record straight, there.
Rather, you Flounced Out, being driven off by the countless keyboards of enraged regulars who were well and truly sick of your shit and sick of your schtick.
And you now return, post-election, voicing the exact same rhetorical dodges, dives and what is in YOUR mind, "Socratic Questioning".

In. Your. Mind.

In our minds, in our ears, on our screens?

Same old bullshit, ever as before.

Go burn a steak, asshole.

You thought the keyboards hounded you away the last time? That was the warm up act.

They've had a landslide election stolen from them, and you show up here to gloat, in your self-righteous "non-gloating" way.
Those keyboards are soon to make you, and your mental state, a far less stable place that you might ever have imagined.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 26, 2026 08:15 PM (zYpTz)

34 Never been to France, no chance of going now
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2026 08:10 PM (Ia/+0)
===

Listening to some Three Dog Night after reading that.

I've been to Oklahoma, too.

Posted by: mrp at March 26, 2026 08:16 PM (rj6Yv)

35 Ì better get to bed
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2026 08:17 PM (Ia/+0)

36

Dash,

Thank you for that!!!

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 08:17 PM (3ek7K)

37 Part 2
They've had a landslide election stolen from them, and you show up here to gloat, in your self-righteous "non-gloating" way.
Those keyboards are soon to make you, and your mental state, a far less stable place that you might ever have imagined.
You know and I know, that I met up with you at The Arms Room in League City, TX, where I tried to give you a turn at the firing line, and a basic "orientation" as to safety, shooting, and even a modicum of marksmanship.

But you're the only "man" I've ever brought to the line, who SCREAMED LIKE A GIRL, at the first shot from a Browning Buckmark .22 LR.
That's a fact, and you know it.

Go scream like a girl, somewhere else, while you burn your fucking steak.
Fucking Professariot Psuedo-Commie (socialist) Elitist "expert-class" towering tub of non-accomplishment. Publish or Perish, while your Chemical Betters work in the actual industry of producing compounds, polymers, matrixes and formulations which improve the lives of us all.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 26, 2026 08:17 PM (zYpTz)

38 One amusing (to me) Senate voting story from waaay back (late 80s). A federal judge was being impeached (yes, it actually used to happen). The accused sits in the well of the Senate during voting (essentially, the voting of the jury).

As usual I was sitting right next to one door, the one most used by senators entering/leaving the floor.

In walks Dave Durenberger (R-MN) - always a cheerful and friendly sort. He walks in just to the first row of senators' seats, stops, and gets the eye of the clerk. Clerk doesn't say anything. Durenberger smiles and gives a forceful "thumbs up" (= aye). Defendant (judge) slumps a bit. Sad!

Presiding officer reminds all that in impeachment votes, senators vote from their seats, and that the votes are "guilty" or "not guilty". Durenberger rushes to his seat, is recognized, stands up, "guilty". Then rushes off the floor back to whatever he was doing.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 26, 2026 08:17 PM (U/Byj)

39 Last part:

You're not fit to stand under Rhomboid's shadow.

And you but stand before a herd of unknowing undergrads, and postulate. IF that is, you're not having a Teaching Assistant do that bit for you.

Office Hours? Yeah. That's when you lecture the poor white male students about their privilege, and such.

Go find another, different herd who you think "suckers".

We're wise TO you here, and weary OF you.

Begone, real-life-troll.

Begone.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston TX

Posted by: Jim at December 12, 2020 12:34 AM (QzJWU)

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 26, 2026 08:18 PM (zYpTz)

40 If you had any doubts about how evil those mephitic Spheniscidae are, that video should dispel them tout suite!

A guy's taking a little nap, literally as chill as a mammalian lifeform can be, and those smelly birds arrive to crap all over your R&R.

Seals are Western Civilization's first line of defense against those mephitic flocks, and we need to support them.

Magna Spheniscidae delenda est

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2026 08:18 PM (0sNs1)

41

Sleep well Skip.

The weekend will be here soon!!

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 08:18 PM (3ek7K)

42 Wow, I really missed something. Dash was on fire earlier.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 08:19 PM (77rzZ)

43 Thanks Dash.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 08:19 PM (Sco7b)

44 thanks for the memories, Dash!

lol, that was epic!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 26, 2026 08:19 PM (MIIRH)

45
I think I peed myself when I read when Jim posted that, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 08:20 PM (3ek7K)

46 42 Wow, I really missed something. Dash was on fire earlier.
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 08:19 PM (77rzZ)

Not me, Bulg. That was zombie Jim Sunk New Dawn, may he rest eternal.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 26, 2026 08:21 PM (zYpTz)

47 Holy shit. Chemjeff? Do I have to run your stupid pass agIn?

Posted by: Simplemind at March 26, 2026 08:21 PM (YrUlT)

48 Listening to some Three Dog Night after reading that."

No Hoyt Axton?

Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 08:21 PM (XuXeR)

49

Bulg,

I don't know if you were around here when Jim was here. If not, you missed so many great comments.

He was one of a kind.

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 08:22 PM (3ek7K)

50 I miss Jim SND. And others not with us.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 26, 2026 08:22 PM (y+Apl)

51 The Olympic thread was awesome.

I still am not tired of watching highlights of Canadians getting their souls ripped from them as the United States won the gold medal in men's hockey...

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 08:23 PM (hJH5n)

52 House uses cards and machines. Pretty sure Senate still uses "open outcry" voting, with the clerk recognizing senators. Guess I'd have to watch C-SPAN to confirm. But I doubt such a renowned and prestigious club would use something tacky like credit card machines to vote.

Recall the infamous (truly) thumbs-down McCain (spit) vote on partial O-care repeal.

Thumbs up/down was not uncommon. The clerk calls out the vote, "Mr Ace, aye". Rarely there are "present" votes where conflict of interest considerations call for it (in the senator's estimation, not a rule).

But my favorite were Bob Dole's hand signals. His most famous was the "T" time-out signal he would use to have a quorum call. Presiding officer understood the signal and proceeded with the standard "The lack of a quorum having been suggested, the clerk will call the roll".

Posted by: rhomboid at March 26, 2026 08:24 PM (U/Byj)

53 There I was sleeping and penguins tried to jump in my mouth. No really.
L. Seal

Posted by: Eromero at March 26, 2026 08:25 PM (LHPAg)

54 Speaking of dogs . . .

Marjorie Taylor Greene
@mtgreenee
I’d like to congratulate two time Congressional candidate loser Laura Loomer, MIGA foreign op Mark Levin, and Neocon murdering psycho Senator Lindsey Graham for leading Republicans into slaughter going into midterms.
Your incessant lies to President Trump have destroyed all faith in the GOP.
I’d also like to remind everyone that when I led the party on the campaign trail fighting for America First in ‘22 and ‘24, all the GOP did was win win win!
But after Trump called me a traitor and said he would destroy me for releasing the Epstein files, I refuse to fight for Trump and the Republican Party that defends the Epstein class, wages pointless foreign wars, and pursues America LAST.
I never changed, Trump and the GOP betrayed their voters and took in the trash we threw out of the party.
Loomer, Levin, and Lady Lindsey are the BEST political consultants the Democrat Party could ever imagine!!!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 08:25 PM (ndZc7)

55 46 Noted, Dash.

I regret that my last my last interaction with Jim SND here was an antagonistic one.

*raises glass to Jim SND*

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 08:25 PM (77rzZ)

56 Jim SND certainly had a way with words.

He is missed.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at March 26, 2026 08:25 PM (nz1sK)

57 28 Remember when Oregon rolled out the Real ID the first time and then didn't do it because they couldn't figure out how to not issue it to illegals while registering them to vote?

I don't actually remember that but it doesn't surprise me. I got the one step down version, which is probably the illegals loophole, because I am not going to fly anywhere.

But I basically had to prove I was born here anyway
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 26, 2026 08:13 PM (PYyV9)

Last time I went to TX DPS I took my passport with me to prove my citizenship.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 08:25 PM (hJH5n)

58 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 08:25 PM (ndZc7)

she kinda looks like a scabby rat

Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 08:27 PM (GD0B3)

59 I still am not tired of watching highlights of Canadians getting their souls ripped from them as the United States won the gold medal in men's hockey...
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 08:23 PM (hJH5n

And women's hockey.
And paralympics sled hockey.
And World Series.

I'm fine with that. After covid oppression, we don't deserve nice things.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 08:27 PM (Sco7b)

60 Trump's signature will soon be on the one dollar bills.
It's a first for a sitting president.

Posted by: four seasons

This will drive the leftist absolutely bonkers.


Well, further bonkers - if that is possible.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 26, 2026 08:28 PM (cYBz/)

61 Marjorie Taylor Greene
===
Delusional narcissistic hose beast. Do not approach or make eye contact. God an gamma globulin help you if yo make genital contact.

Posted by: Simplemind at March 26, 2026 08:29 PM (YrUlT)

62

Tonypete,

The next thing the assholes will try to ban is the dollar bill.

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 08:29 PM (3ek7K)

63 Willowed from a couple of threads back...

> Ace (if you're still here), _Hellraiser_ is available on Prime, plus some
> free sites:
> https://watch.plex.tv/movie/hellraiser-1987
> https://tinyurl.com/yp93f8tr
> https://tubitv.com/search/Hellraiser

Posted by: 6eyes at March 26, 2026 08:29 PM (n/le7)

64 Schlürpo holds my future, watch it unfold!

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 08:30 PM (hJH5n)

65 And World Series.

I'm fine with that. After covid oppression, we don't deserve nice things.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 08:27 PM (Sco7b)

Remind me what the World Series is again?

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 08:31 PM (hJH5n)

66 Taylor Greene or as Trump calls her "Traitor Brown." And we all understand that the "brown" he was talking about is not a color.

Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 08:31 PM (GD0B3)

67 Cenobite, if you wish true pain and degradation, it awaits in oral genital contact with MTG.

Posted by: Simplemind at March 26, 2026 08:32 PM (YrUlT)

68 Last time I went to TX DPS I took my passport with me to prove my citizenship.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 08:25 PM (hJH5n)


Yes. And I had my birth certificate, even though I am a retarded married woman who was born in a knuckledragging redneck state. And it was super hard to get a birth certificate in the nineties. I had to go on the interwebz. Those were kinda new then. Find the appropriate department in the backwards state of my birth that dealt with birth certificates. I did so, and paid money! Online! In the nineties!. And I got a glorious piece of mail in the US Mail. It didn't take weeks. Just days.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 26, 2026 08:35 PM (w5FC4)

69 Remind me what the World Series is again?

"Is it REALLY the world series if we aren't involved? huh? Huh?"
--Europeans

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 26, 2026 08:37 PM (PYyV9)

70 And I had my birth certificate, even though I am a retarded married woman who was born in a knuckledragging redneck state.

Unpossible! I was assured women are too stupid to get their marriage certificate or get any ID whatsoever! Its beyond their simple girlish capabilities!

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 26, 2026 08:39 PM (PYyV9)

71

Look up Richard Channing Sheely.

The pervert needs drastic punishment.

How many school administrators and administrators are involved in this evil evil shit?

Monitor your kid's schools and the people running them.

Oh, he has a website if you can access it talking about what a wonderful Christian he is and he was a pastor of a church.

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 08:39 PM (3ek7K)

72 oh, hey here is why MTG is ranting, she was exposed for funneling campaign cash to her retarded family !!

From Loomer :
"The same day I exposed @mtgreenee for funneling over $60,000 to her family in campaign funds immediately after she announced her resignation from Congress, MTG is now going on an insane rant blaming me for other candidates who I have never met losing their races…

She goes on to say that I am leading Republicans to slaughter ahead of the midterms even though I’m the one who is constantly calling out and exposing bad candidates and secret democrats who are infiltrating the GOP. I’m the one who has stayed loyal to the President while she has sided with the Radical Left and Soros funded organizations to launch attacks against President Trump on a daily basis.."

etc. Loomer's been sounding the alarm about the traitors who are backstabbing Trump and his administration, MTG being one of them, and now low IQ MTG is exposed and BIG MAD! lol , sad whore

Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 08:40 PM (GD0B3)

73 MTG is a 59 on Hot Crazy matrix.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 08:40 PM (V4IXI)

74 33ash my lace wigs!

Heh! I 'memba.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 26, 2026 08:41 PM (Xr4QU)

75 y'all like ugly chicks

Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 08:41 PM (GD0B3)

76 Unpossible! I was assured women are too stupid to get their marriage certificate or get any ID whatsoever! Its beyond their simple girlish capabilities!

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 26, 2026 08:39 PM (PYyV9)

If you put a bunch of us on a typewriter with a bunch of monkeys, we'd write Shakespeare. Or one of those dirty Minotaur books.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 26, 2026 08:43 PM (w5FC4)

77
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 08:43 PM (3ek7K)

78 "y'all like ugly chicks
Posted by: runner"

Watch out. There's a lot more ugly folks than good looking folks. Present company excluded, of course.

Posted by: fd at March 26, 2026 08:43 PM (vFG9F)

79 39: Jim Sunk New Dawn

He was an absolute sublime wordsmith. RIP. He's certainly missed around here.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 26, 2026 08:46 PM (Xr4QU)

80

I only dated blind guys, lol.



Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 08:46 PM (3ek7K)

81 I was just reading Joe Kent is possibly going to testify in the Charlie Kirk murder for the defense. I live in Washington state and I voted for the fucker twice. Yes there is a real possibility of this degenerate POS fouling the jury pool.

Posted by: Sherpa_K2 at March 26, 2026 08:46 PM (rOnpd)

82 Penguin chicks are not only ugly they have an aroma best described as "mephitic".

Posted by: Penguin Facts at March 26, 2026 08:46 PM (vFG9F)

83 No Hoyt Axton?
Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 08:21 PM (XuXeR)
====

Now Hoyt Axton. A great song, so good the lounge acts sound like pros.

Posted by: mrp at March 26, 2026 08:47 PM (rj6Yv)

84 Ace, I'm sorry I missed your earlier Hellgate thread. You are in prime form. Brings a tear to my gay homosexual faggot eyes but, like, in a straight way. Man.

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 08:48 PM (vE0+H)

85 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 08:43 PM (3ek7K)

Definitely true. Lot of celebrity woman I'm supposed to find hot that I do not. And vice versa.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 08:49 PM (V4IXI)

86 If you put a bunch of us on a typewriter with a bunch of monkeys, we'd write Shakespeare. Or one of those dirty Minotaur books.

is that where they come from?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 26, 2026 08:50 PM (PYyV9)

87

Harry,

Exactly! We all have our preferences.

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 08:50 PM (3ek7K)

88 Marjorie Taylor Greene

Calm down, woman, and let the men work.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 26, 2026 08:50 PM (Xr4QU)

89 It's just a bunch of characters telling stories, but there's so much lore and history revealed, it's fascinating.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 08:00 PM (ESVrU)
---
What sells it is how they interact with one another. Without spelling it all out, without long asides or expositions, we get the alienation of all the Free People from each other shown clearly. Hobbits are a joke, dwarves and elves have bad memories of each other, yet everyone understands what is at stake.

And Elrond is there to remind us that this is a battle as old as time itself...

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 26, 2026 08:51 PM (ZOv7s)

90 The thing about the beautiful people is the beauty is fleeting and they have to deal with losing it whereas us ugly folks dealt with it long ago.

Posted by: fd at March 26, 2026 08:51 PM (vFG9F)

91 Sigh. Jim SND, may he rest with the Lord or feast in Valhalla, whichever. We could do longer comments in those days, back before one thread too many got copied and pasted in entire...

Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at March 26, 2026 08:51 PM (FIwBs)

92

fd,

LMAO!!!!

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 08:52 PM (3ek7K)

93 "eye of the beholder" is really talking about attraction, that is based on who knows what - animal instinct, chemistry or whatever; recognizing beauty is a higher form of development. just because you are attracted to something, does not mean it is beautiful

Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 08:52 PM (GD0B3)

94 Sealskin makes excellent mittens, boots, moccasins, hats. And club the baby seals, too.

Posted by: Penguin Defense Fund 501c3 at March 26, 2026 08:53 PM (oftw2)

95 If you put a bunch of us on a typewriter with a bunch of monkeys, we'd write Shakespeare. Or one of those dirty Minotaur books.

is that where they come from?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

They're on to us!

Posted by: ChatGPT: Great Primate Typewriters at March 26, 2026 08:53 PM (FIwBs)

96 "The next thing the assholes will try to ban is the dollar bill."


whoa, Whoa, WHOA!!

Posted by: Strippers Everywhere at March 26, 2026 08:54 PM (Q+gd/)

97 There is a musical group named Hot Tuna, basically Jack Casady and Jorma Kaukonen; bassist (hot in his day) and guitar/lyricist/singer from the original Jefferson Airplane.

Then there is the special version tuna canned by the Israelis for the Basij;

Israelis planted explosives in canned tuna
Today. Mined cans of canned food. Photo: social network X Members of the Iranian Basij militia in the province of Fars received tuna rations that contained explosives and began to explode when they tried to open them. Iranian oppositionists are happy...
_eadaily.com/en/news/...2026/03/26/ ...israelis-planted-explosives -in-canned-tuna

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 08:54 PM (jAisO)

98 "just because you are attracted to something, does not mean it is beautiful
Posted by: runner"

Tell it, brother!

Posted by: The Hunchback of Notre Dame at March 26, 2026 08:54 PM (vFG9F)

99 A vespasienne - named after the Emperor Titus Flavius Vespasianus:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pissoir

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 26, 2026 08:54 PM (NWwW8)

100 Jim SND took his imminent passing like every man hopes to do. Fearless good humor.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 08:54 PM (V4IXI)

101

Beauty applies to a lot of stuff.

It's like when we were shopping for a new couch a few years ago and I found one that I thought was beautiful.

Hubby told me it looked like dogs had shit all over it, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 08:55 PM (3ek7K)

102 The thing about the beautiful people is the beauty is fleeting and they have to deal with losing it whereas us ugly folks dealt with it long ago.

Posted by: fd at March 26, 2026 08:51 PM (vFG9F)


Being average has its benefits. I don't care about much. I try to be clean and presentable in public. That is all.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 26, 2026 08:55 PM (w5FC4)

103 I mean it's ok, be attracted to MTG, but don't tell me she is "hot" or some shit.

Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 08:56 PM (GD0B3)

104

Mary,

You don't go out in public with your ass and boobs hanging out????

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 08:56 PM (3ek7K)

105 " I mean it's ok, be attracted to MTG, but don't tell me she is "hot" or some shit.
Posted by: runner"

I would let her ring my bell.

Posted by: The Hunchback of Notre Dame at March 26, 2026 08:57 PM (vFG9F)

106 🤣🤣

She'll cut your bell off, fd

Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 08:58 PM (GD0B3)

107 Dog brought a dog to a cat fight.

Kitteh used Hundred Paw Slap!

The move had no effect.

Posted by: mikeski chooses puppeh at March 26, 2026 08:58 PM (VHUov)

108 99, thanks !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 26, 2026 09:00 PM (MIIRH)

109

We never saw people out shopping in their pjs until we were locked down.

Things have gone further down the shit hill since then.

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 09:00 PM (3ek7K)

110 Penguin chicks are not only ugly they have an aroma best described as "mephitic".
Posted by: Penguin Facts at March 26, 2026 08:46 PM

As always, Penguin Facts brings the truth.

Can you handle the truth?

Posted by: Colonel Jessup at March 26, 2026 09:00 PM (0sNs1)

111 5.25-3.42=1.83 1.83/3.42=54%
Is your income up 54% since 2020. US Treasury is.
Tax collections are not the PROBLEM FY 2025 $5.25 trillion FY 2024 $4.91 trillion FY 2023 $4.44 trillion FY 2022 $4.90 trillion FY 2021 $4.05 trillion FY 2020$3.42 trillion

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 09:01 PM (gbOdA)

112 Four Seasons, LOL. Lordy no.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 26, 2026 09:01 PM (w5FC4)

113 I would let her ring my bell.
Posted by: The Hunchback of Notre Dame at March 26, 2026 08:57 PM

But would you let her hump you?

Posted by: Quasi at March 26, 2026 09:02 PM (M6Opu)

114 Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
---

Damn girl, lay it out. Bravo.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 09:02 PM (jAisO)

115 "5.25-3.42=1.83 1.83/3.42=54%"

What are these strange symbols?

*throws gargoyle*

Posted by: The Hunchback of Notre Dame at March 26, 2026 09:03 PM (vFG9F)

116

Mary,

I'm old. When I decide to face the crazy world out there I have to keep my sagging boobs and ass covered.

Unfortunately a lot of women don't do the same, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 09:03 PM (3ek7K)

117 >>>
But I basically had to prove I was born here anyway
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
--

Me too, when I came out in the Dr.s hands, he and the nurses all said, that kid's not from around here.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 09:07 PM (jAisO)

118 We just stood in the front yard for a while listening to a siren. City folks can laugh,, but you don't hear them much in the boonies. You notice them when they are there. Ambulance. It took a while til we saw it go by.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 26, 2026 09:08 PM (w5FC4)

119 Damn girl, lay it out. Bravo.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 09:02 PM (jAisO)

Just a rememory--reposting a Jim SND classic.

Must turn in now. Good night, horde.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 26, 2026 09:10 PM (zYpTz)

120

Mary,

It is the same here. We are very rural and rarely hear sirens.

Our first thought is where are our kids and grandkids.

Usually there is an accident out on I-80.

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 09:10 PM (3ek7K)

121 MTG is a 59 grifter who knows exactly what she's doing. Had me fooled for a while. That I ran the family business horse shit.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 09:11 PM (jAisO)

122 I finally googled "lace wigs." I've heard it mentioned hundreds of times here but it always sounded weird. A wig made from lace? Anyway it appears they are normal wigs. The "lace" must be a description of how they are assembled I assume. They are not literally lace.

Posted by: Max Power at March 26, 2026 09:13 PM (q177U)

123 118 - I do the same thing sometimes, from our back deck that overlooks the road ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 26, 2026 09:13 PM (MIIRH)

124 We never saw people out shopping in their pjs until we were locked down.

Things have gone further down the shit hill since then.

Posted by: four seasons

Word. I had to wear joggers out yesterday for a scan but had stuff to do afterwards. I brought real pants to change into.

Posted by: She Hobbit at March 26, 2026 09:13 PM (ftFVW)

125 I finally googled "lace wigs."

==

Now you are ready to google "machines for sale".

Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 09:14 PM (GD0B3)

126

A couple of years ago we heard sirens.

Someone called the police because there was a moose in a very large fenced in pasture. He wasn't threatening and was contained.

We figured the people who called the police are some wacko invaders from somewhere they need to go back to, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 09:14 PM (3ek7K)

127 Four Seasons, the last time we heard sirens, sheriff's deputies were trying to round up loose cattle. There aren't a lot of emergencies out here. We do hear the train siren. That is different and cool.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 26, 2026 09:14 PM (w5FC4)

128 "A wig made from lace?"

There are many different kinds.

Posted by: The stuff you learn here at March 26, 2026 09:15 PM (vFG9F)

129

Dash,

Good night and sleep well.

Thank you so much for reposting Jim's rant.

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 09:15 PM (3ek7K)

130 Max, around here "lace wigs" refers to a long-ago comment-spammer whose ads offered them.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 26, 2026 09:16 PM (MIIRH)

131

We lived a couple of miles from Ft. Jackson in Columbia.

We loved hearing the bugle. I always yelled "America"

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 09:17 PM (3ek7K)

132 I finally googled "lace wigs." I've heard it mentioned hundreds of times here but it always sounded weird. A wig made from lace? Anyway it appears they are normal wigs. The "lace" must be a description of how they are assembled I assume. They are not literally lace.
Posted by: Max Power

They're not faux dreadlocks made of old shoelaces? I am disappoint.

Posted by: mikeski at March 26, 2026 09:17 PM (VHUov)

133 I recall rhe lace wig spammer who isn't the nice Dash my Lace Wigs 'ette.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 26, 2026 09:18 PM (w5FC4)

134 Ugg Boots.

Posted by: davidt at March 26, 2026 09:18 PM (Q+gd/)

135

She Hobbit,

That is acceptable, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 09:19 PM (3ek7K)

136 What's all this now about Marjorie Chemjeff Greene?
____🫨____

Dear Mister Wikipedia, what is a 'Cenobite'?

Cenobitic monasticism… one of several forms of monasticism, distinguished from the eremitic life of a hermit, or the skete and lavritic forms developed in Eastern Christianity.

As someone so famously said, I don't get it. Also, sorry I asked.

"Images for Cenobite" show it to be a very strange-looking bunch, though!
🙄

Posted by: mindful webworker is not up on all the latest hipster lingo and tropes at March 26, 2026 09:22 PM (jrd4M)

137
Just throwing it out that every James Bond movie has a Jules Verne villain.

Posted by: Auspex at March 26, 2026 09:22 PM (Y8DZL)

138

Our neighborhood is all Mormons.

The other night hubby was trying to get the dogs in and he hollered "GD it".

We're really on the shit list now because some of them were out in their yards, lol.

I scolded him but he'll do it again.

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 09:24 PM (3ek7K)

139 Algorithm for lace wings is taken over by some ethnic hair aesthetic. Didn't use to be that way.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 09:24 PM (jAisO)

140 Maury's Wigs > Lace Wigs

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 26, 2026 09:24 PM (y+Apl)

141 Our neighborhood is all Mormons.

The other night hubby was trying to get the dogs in and he hollered "GD it".

We're really on the shit list now because some of them were out in their yards, lol.

I scolded him but he'll do it again.

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 09:24 PM (3ek7K)

***

My BNL.married into the Mormons.
He knows better than to piss me off.
Bad words would be a given.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 26, 2026 09:26 PM (2WIwB)

142 I mean it's ok, be attracted to MTG, but don't tell me she is "hot" or some shit.
Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 08:56 PM (GD0B

Since your comment came right after mine I assume you misread the hot crazy rating.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 09:26 PM (V4IXI)

143 50- yeah, me too. I’ve been coming here almost 22 years now, lost some good internet friends in that time- but it was a pleasure and privilege to know them.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at March 26, 2026 09:26 PM (IX8iX)

144 50- yeah, me too. I’ve been coming here almost 22 years now, lost some good internet friends in that time- but it was a pleasure and privilege to know them.
Posted by: Farmer Bob

Amen.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 26, 2026 09:28 PM (y+Apl)

145 I scolded him but he'll do it again.

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 09:24 PM (3ek7K)


Lol. No one can hear if we swear. I don't think. Maybe if the wind is blowing ever so.

Mr Scary insists on peeing off the front porch. Not likely anyone will see him either. But he's made a dead yellow patch in the grass. Sigh.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 26, 2026 09:28 PM (w5FC4)

146

Diogenes,

Hubby and I have foul mouths, lol. When we sit out on the patio we have to be very careful about our language.

They've tried to convert us but it didn't take, lol.

I wish we lived on acreage.

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 09:29 PM (3ek7K)

147 Watching the Brazil movie "The Secret Agent" and I am low-key annoyed at how meandering it is.
The 70s setting is very well done, however.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 26, 2026 09:29 PM (fb0M4)

148 Watching the Brazil movie "The Secret Agent" and I am low-key annoyed at how meandering it is.
The 70s setting is very well done, however.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 26, 2026 09:29 PM (fb0M4)

I'm watching TransSiberian again after I was reminded of it earlier today in the comments. Really good.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 09:32 PM (V4IXI)

149 Today a CCP owned judge in commiefornia blocked the Trump Admin from designating Anthropic as a security threat forcing the government to open the military to infiltration.

The government isn't even allowed to handle basic security threats now. Our hundred strong politburo of activist judges run everything.

Sure, sure, it will be overturned after a very long time and then 5 milliseconds later they will make another ruling.

During Trump's presidency, when you add it all up at the end, we will probably enjoy a grand total of 7 minutes of actual Trump executive action, with the remaining 99.9997% of our lives under the dictates of our communist politburo.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 26, 2026 09:33 PM (3uBP9)

150 Longhorns has a good run

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 09:33 PM (gbOdA)

151

The one living next door likes to come over and tell us what we need to do in our yard.

Husband is 80 and I'm in my 70's and we ain't doing shit out there. We have a lawn service that keeps everything mowed, weeded and cleaned up.

He can fuck off.

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 09:34 PM (3ek7K)

152 I finally googled "lace wigs.…"
Posted by: Max Power

Egad! There goes all the mystery and magic of a major classic AoSHQ trope. Why would you do that?

It's like telling Perfesser Squirrel that Hobbits aren't real.

Which they totally are.

Posted by: mindful webworker remembers at March 26, 2026 09:35 PM (jrd4M)

153 It's like telling Perfesser Squirrel that Hobbits aren't real.

Which they totally are.
Posted by: mindful webworker remembers at March 26, 2026 09:35 PM (jrd4M)
----
Indeed they are.

Professor Tolkien spends the entire prologue of Fellowship of the Ring discussing the nature of hobbits.

Surely a learned man such as he would not lead me astray...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 09:38 PM (ESVrU)

154 149 During Trump's presidency, when you add it all up at the end, we will probably enjoy a grand total of 7 minutes of actual Trump executive action, with the remaining 99.9997% of our lives under the dictates of our communist politburo.
Posted by: banana Dream at March 26, 2026 09:33 PM (3uBP9)

Just wait until Boesberg blocks Trump's EO paying TSA agents.

Posted by: Joemarine at March 26, 2026 09:38 PM (y171U)

155 Welcome to the War Department

"We see ourselves as part of this negotiation as well.
We negotiate with bombs"
_Pete Hegseth

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 09:38 PM (jAisO)

156 They've tried to convert us but it didn't take, lol.

I wish we lived on acreage.
Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 09:29 PM (3ek7K)

***

Well, i wished I lived on acreage as well, but not today.
The inlaws know very well where I stand. Rhey don't bother me.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 26, 2026 09:39 PM (2WIwB)

157

Pete Hegseth is awesome.

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 09:39 PM (3ek7K)

158 I like neighborly neighbors. Those who are kind and helpful to each other. You can be friends, even. But none of the Karen McKaren lawn and bush trimming police.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 26, 2026 09:40 PM (w5FC4)

159

Most people want to be left alone.

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 09:41 PM (3ek7K)

160 Pete Hegsex, I say.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 26, 2026 09:41 PM (w5FC4)

161 This Anthropic thing, haven't looked at details but unless there's some specific mechanical step that was botched, how in the F review a national security decision by the executive?

Semi-rhetorical question. There has been wholesale usurpation of executive authority since Jan. '25 on a range of issues, including executive discretion on national security and national interest.

But I'm fairly confident the existential trainwreck that is the judiciary and the Legal Cult crippling the country will not be materially reduced under Trump. And the bow-wave of alien indoctrinated idiotic law grads is just starting to appear. Prospects dim, getting dimmer.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 26, 2026 09:41 PM (U/Byj)

162

Mary that is the way to be.

We don't stick our noses into other's business and we expect the same thing.

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 09:42 PM (3ek7K)

163 "We see ourselves as part of this negotiation as well.
We negotiate with bombs"
_Pete Hegseth

"Anyone else want to negotiate?"
—Pete Korben Dallas Hegseth

Posted by: mindful webworker big badda boom at March 26, 2026 09:43 PM (jrd4M)

164 157 Pete Hegseth is awesome.

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 09:39 PM (3ek7K)

Remember when they said he was a drunk? They said the same thing about U.S. Grant 150 years ago.

Posted by: Joemarine at March 26, 2026 09:44 PM (y171U)

165

Mary,

Looking at photos of Hegsex, I can't tell how tall he is.

He is a good looking man.

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 09:44 PM (3ek7K)

166 Posted by: rhomboid at March 26, 2026 09:41 PM (U/Byj

The judiciary will be constrained to rule against the executive once a Dem is in office again.

I think that when the shit will hit the fan.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 09:44 PM (V4IXI)

167 the horror version of cenobite is "coenobite", because Clive Barker is a Brit.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 26, 2026 09:45 PM (gKWVE)

168 Husband is 80 and I'm in my 70's and we ain't doing shit out there. We have a lawn service that keeps everything mowed, weeded and cleaned up.

He can fuck off.
Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 09:34 PM (3ek7K)


I only met her once but I bet you and my grandma would really have gotten along.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 26, 2026 09:46 PM (2WIwB)

169

Joemarine,

yep, I remember. See the evil people knew he would kick ass and they tried everything to tear him down.

May he live a long healthy life and keep kicking ass.

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 09:46 PM (3ek7K)

170 Looking at photos of Hegsex, I can't tell how tall he is.

He is a good looking man.

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 09:44 PM (3ek7K)

If i werent an old married lady, I wouldn't kick him out of the sack for eating crackers.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 26, 2026 09:47 PM (w5FC4)

171

We've been so cowed the last couple of decades. People are so afraid of being slammed on social media.

Fuck that, stand up for what you believe.

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 09:48 PM (3ek7K)

172 Sometimes you just need to get back to basic rock and roll.

https://shorturl.at/htNvf

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 26, 2026 09:48 PM (Fbc0I)

173
Mary,

same here, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 09:49 PM (3ek7K)

174 Out here at Rancho Webworks, we do hear sirens not infrequently. I can't really tell them apart by sound, but I know if it's just one, it's probably an ambulance on its way to one of our elderly neighbors'. If it's a series of them, especially this time of year, it's probably firefighters on their way to a burning pasture.

Always a call for prayers in either case.
https://bit.ly/reminders-to-love

Posted by: mindful webworker ree ree ree ree ree at March 26, 2026 09:50 PM (jrd4M)

175

mindful,

yes, we always pray it's not something horrible.

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 09:51 PM (3ek7K)

176 Thursday, the Chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission(FMC), Commissioner Laura DiBella, said they are closely monitoring a surge in inspections and detentions of Panama-flagged ships at Chinese ports—actions that appear to go well beyond normal port state control practices and may be tied to escalating tensions between Beijing and Panama.

The developments follow Panama’s decision earlier this year to strip Hong Kong–based CK Hutchison Holdings of its long-standing concessions to operate the Balboa and Cristóbal container terminals at either end of the canal.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 09:54 PM (jAisO)

177 mindful, wildfires are my greatest fear. For anyone rural, remember to donate to your local fire department. If they are volunteers, they may not get much local funding. Depends on the area.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 26, 2026 09:54 PM (w5FC4)

178 I scolded him but he'll do it again.

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 09:24 PM (3ek7K)

Fuck that!

Reward him!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 09:55 PM (n9ltV)

179 149 Today a CCP owned judge in commiefornia blocked the Trump Admin from designating Anthropic as a security threat forcing the government to open the military to infiltration.
---

Ban the judge as a security risk.
Better
Lock him up.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 09:56 PM (jAisO)

180 Just wait until Boesberg blocks Trump's EO paying TSA agents.
Posted by: Joemarine

He may motivate some underpaid TSA agents to form a vigilance committee to appeal his decision.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 26, 2026 09:56 PM (/lPRQ)

181

Mary,

We already have red flag warnings here in March.

We've had no snow and no rain. It's so dry here. We do have some trees leafing out. They must have deep roots because we ain't had any moisture.

I'm terrified of wildfires too.

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 09:57 PM (3ek7K)

182 I remember thinking Jorma Kaukonnen must be some large Hawaiian, playing slack key guitar.
He’s of Finnish extraction, among other things. His dad was a State Department guy, so he grew up in DC. Got involved with guitar during the Folk Scare in the early 60s and gave lessons to make ends meet.

Then he got involved with Jefferson Airplane. He’s a lefty though not obnoxious about it. There’s some excellent YT videos of him giving guitar lessons for many tunes, including his own. The Water Song is really fun to play, he’s an excellent instructor.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 26, 2026 09:57 PM (r09E4)

183
CBD,

You are correct, as always. I should have done that.

The neighbors don't have anything to do with anyways, lol.

I will follow your advice.

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 09:58 PM (3ek7K)

184 MTG is kinda MILFy.
Dumb as a rock. But still.

Posted by: Heroq at March 26, 2026 09:59 PM (ppdC5)

185
She is a loon along with Nancy Mace.

South Carolina needs to pray Mace isn't the next governor.

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 10:01 PM (3ek7K)

186 81 I was just reading Joe Kent is possibly going to testify in the Charlie Kirk murder for the defense. I live in Washington state and I voted for the fucker twice. Yes there is a real possibility of this degenerate POS fouling the jury pool.
Posted by: Sherpa_K2 at M

I dont know what he could testify to from personal knowledge that would be relevant.

Posted by: LASue at March 26, 2026 10:01 PM (lCppi)

187 I dont know what he could testify to from personal knowledge that would be relevant.
Posted by: LASue
--

He could lie.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 10:05 PM (jAisO)

188 Is the trial in SLC? If so I can see Kirk’s killer getting a hung jury. SLC is Berkeley but with snow.

Posted by: Heroq at March 26, 2026 10:05 PM (ppdC5)

189 Quadruple amputee cornhole player waives hearing in murder case

He does not have a leg to stand on.

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 10:08 PM (gbOdA)

190 Quadruple amputee cornhole player waives hearing in murder case

Judge rules he does not have right to arms

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 10:10 PM (gbOdA)

191 'S Wonderful, nice. Old timers, Ella, Sinatra, eta al, always did that into to the song they don't do that anymore. Good closer.
JQ, Mindeful, and all it's folding time - Debbie Doberman didn't make it tonight - time for me.
Carry on.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 27, 2026 02:26 AM (jAisO)

Quick Hits

Cynical Publius
@CynicalPublius

America was nearly lost to a cabal of NGOs, think tanks, foundations, specialty media organizations, compromised mainstream media organizations, quasi-governmental organizations and all other manner of other well-funded (often with taxpayer dollars) players dedicated to preserving extra-governmental controls over the average American, all outside the scope of what Americans vote for.

The men and women behind these organizations claim to want to benevolently advance public policy, when in reality their singular purpose is to maintain and grow the nefarious personal power they have achieved. Above all else they must defend their fiefdoms, the good of the nation be damned.

When reformers try to undo any part of this cabal, those reformers are inevitably smeared, libeled, slandered and threatened. The goal is to prevent them from engaging in that necessary reform by intimidating them into silence.

Food for thought.

Of course: Some people have the right to commit felonies and you're a racist for disagreeing.

Andy Ngo
@MrAndyNgo

37m

A BLM leader who was named the "Bostonian of the Year" has been ordered to pay back $224k of donations she stole after being convicted in a sweetheart deal. Monica Cannon-Grant pleaded guilty to 18 crimes but was not sent to prison. She is among a long list of BLM and leftist fraudsters who became rich on white guilt and lies.

Article here.

Speaking of people allowed to commit felonies with impunity: "Big Tish" James.

The director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has again referred New York Attorney General Letitia James to the U.S. Department of Justice for criminal prosecution, proffering allegations that New York's top cop may have falsified information on her homeowner's insurance application.

...

In a letter to the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Jason Quinones, Pulte points to a court exhibit, an application for home insurance submitted to Ft. Lauderdale-based Universal Property Insurance, which appears to show that James claimed her Norfolk, Virginia home would be unoccupied for five months out of the year.

However, James' niece reportedly told the grand jury that she was living rent-free in the home. The niece Nakia Thompson lived there for five years while she was wanted in North Carolina for failing to complete her probation, The New York Post reported.

"[It] appears Ms. James made false representations that her property would be unoccupied five months out of the year," Pulte wrote. "According to the post, this was false. The house was, in fact, occupied year-round by her niece."

In a separate letter to the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, Pulte says that one court document shows that James appears to have claimed to Allstate, which is based in that state, that her Virginia home would only be occupied by one individual, when public reporting indicates her niece lived there with three children.

"[It] appears Ms. James made representations that the house would be occupied by a single adult, with no children. Instead, according to the post, she knew the house was actually occupied by four people - three children and her niece," Pulte wrote to U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros.

"As such, it appears Ms. James may have defrauded the Illinois-based insurance company. We kindly request you authenticate and investigate this matter, if you deem appropriate," Pulte added.

You may say this is a ticky-tack violation that is really about two parties entering a commercial transaction and that the proper punishment, if any is needed, would consist of the aggrieved party suing the other.

But that's exactly the bullshit that "Big Tish" charged Donald Trump with -- overestimating the value of his properties as collateral in seeking a loan from Deutsche Bank. (Deutsche Bank -- Nazis!)_

And she claimed that that violation was worth, checks notes, a half-billion dollar penalty for "defrauding" Deutsche Bank in a loan that Trump paid back without incident.

Chuck Schumer says he doesn't oppose asking for photo ID at the ballot box, just... proof of citizenship.

Well, our cuck Senators tested his claim out and proposed an amendment requiring photo ID (but no proof of citizenship).

All Democrats voted against it, of course.


Washington -- An amendment that would require voters to show photo identification to cast a ballot failed to advance in the Senate on Thursday, despite Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer saying last week that Democrats were not opposed to such a requirement.

The amendment to the elections bill needed 60 votes to advance. It was defeated in a 53 to 47 vote.

The vote came during the second week of a marathon debate over a controversial elections bill known as the SAVE America Act, which would require proof of citizenship to register to vote and certain forms of photo ID to cast a ballot. The legislation does not have enough support to clear the 60-vote threshold in the upper chamber, but President Trump has dialed up the pressure on Senate Republicans to find a way to force it through.

Schumer condemned the amendment on Thursday before the vote, arguing it would "impose the single strictest voter ID law in America."

"This radical amendment would toss out every single voter ID requirement in all 50 states for federal elections and put in an overly restrictive, one-size-fits-all approach," the New York Democrat said.

GOP Sen. Jon Husted of Ohio offered the amendment, which lists valid forms of photo ID as a driver's license, state-issued identification, passport, military ID or tribal ID.

"The types of IDs that are sitting in wallets right now, that the American people use on a regular basis," Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a South Dakota Republican, said in a floor speech Wednesday.

Ahead of the vote, Husted called the amendment "clean, simple, straightforward," adding that there are "no additional restrictions, no tricks, no games, no prohibition on absentee voting."


Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:47 PM




Comments

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1 almost?

Posted by: barbarausa at March 26, 2026 06:47 PM (enw9G)

2 Ha! will nood

Posted by: barbarausa at March 26, 2026 06:48 PM (enw9G)

3 Who is SAVE controversial to? Only elected Democrats .

Posted by: steevy at March 26, 2026 06:49 PM (YwEeS)

4 Well, our cuck Senators tested his claim out and proposed an amendment requiring photo ID (but no proof of citizenship).

All Democrats voted against it, of course.
_________
Which is exactly what Thune wanted. "We tried, and we did get them on record. Send more money."

Posted by: Eeyore at March 26, 2026 06:51 PM (AlhUl)

5 Well, our cuck Senators tested his claim out and proposed an amendment requiring photo ID (but no proof of citizenship).

All Democrats voted against it, of course.



C'mon dickheads!
BE LIKE CANADA!

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 06:52 PM (Sco7b)

6 "Who is SAVE controversial to?"

We have to protect our phony baloney jobs!

Posted by: Politicians in general at March 26, 2026 06:52 PM (vFG9F)

7 SECRETARY RUBIO on the G7: I don�t work for France or Germany or Japan. I get along with all of them on a personal level and we work with those governments very carefully.

But the people I'm interested in making happy are the people of the United States. I work for them. pic.twitter.com/auBGLFYeqZ

— Department of State (@StateDept) March 26, 2026

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Based !

Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 06:52 PM (GD0B3)

8 3 Who is SAVE controversial to? Only elected Democrats .
--------------------
Anyone who depends on voter fraud to continue their grift. So a lot of Dim voters would count as well - the ones who need taxpayer money to keep their "NGO" afloat.

Posted by: the lower depths at March 26, 2026 06:52 PM (GSy5R)

9 Is it true that Senators have to have their photo ID card to cast votes in the Senate?

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 06:55 PM (V4IXI)

10 Who is SAVE controversial to? Only elected Democrats .
Posted by: steevy at March 26, 2026 06:49 PM (YwEeS)
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It's existential. They've go so far overboard because they knew they had fraud in place and would never answer to voters again. Now they have to stick it out to the bitter end. None of them won honest elections, so it doesn't matter how much support they lose. They have to hold the line till the midterms, but even that is risky because "Election Month" is going to be gone, and there will be actual federal oversight.

Plus losing candidates can sue and do discovery. So even if they hold the line, they still might suffer historic losses beyond the cheat. This is also why they want ICE to stop and keep robitically demanding the ICE promise to stay away from polling places.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 26, 2026 06:55 PM (ZOv7s)

11 This be outrayjus!

Posted by: Nav Gewsom at March 26, 2026 06:56 PM (UjdFS)

12 Which is exactly what Thune wanted. "We tried, and we did get them on record. Send more money."
Posted by: Eeyore at March 26, 2026 06:51 PM

Gosh darn it, many people simply don't understand what it takes to expand our majority into something that will get things done. Give me 75 Republican Senators, and the bean soup served at the Capitol will become even more efficacious! But we need money to do it. Your money.

Posted by: John Thune (R-SD) at March 26, 2026 06:57 PM (0sNs1)

13 I have to say, amongst a team of all stars, Rubio stands head and shoulders. Every word out of his mouth is golden.

How did we get so fucking lucky?

Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 26, 2026 06:57 PM (vOtXJ)

14 I thought Don Lemon was in jail.

Because he should be in jail.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 06:58 PM (RIvkX)

15 That old fag Don Lemon never learned to not ask the question if you don't know the answer.

Also, he never learned to not suck dicks, but mostly....


Well, he sucks dicks.

Posted by: tcn in AK at March 26, 2026 06:58 PM (DwqWV)

16 omitted: don lemon to iranian guy: "would you like to go in back and see my bunker buster?"

Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 26, 2026 06:58 PM (CWTWj)

17 May they all be Nibbled to Death by Ducks ...

Posted by: Adriane the Type, Think Twice, Hit Refresh Button Critic . . . at March 26, 2026 06:58 PM (3ZUWJ)

18 This be outrayjus!
Posted by: Nav Gewsom at March 26, 2026 06:56 PM (UjdFS)

I think you meant

hTis eb uotaryjus

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 06:59 PM (V4IXI)

19 13 I have to say, amongst a team of all stars, Rubio stands head and shoulders. Every word out of his mouth is golden.

How did we get so fucking lucky?
Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 26, 2026 06:57 PM (vOtXJ)

Careful. We don't want Ace going through his trash again.

Posted by: tcn in AK at March 26, 2026 06:59 PM (DwqWV)

20 It must be Hell on Obama watching his legacy reduced to ashes.

Posted by: Eeyore at March 26, 2026 06:59 PM (AlhUl)

21 I AM THE VANCE! DESTORYER OF HOSPICES!

Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 26, 2026 07:00 PM (vOtXJ)

22 9 Is it true that Senators have to have their photo ID card to cast votes in the Senate?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 06:55 PM (V4IXI)

Why, yes, yes it is true.

Just like any Federal employee, they have Federal IDs issued after having a background check.

But hey, they are better than we are, so there's that.

Posted by: tcn in AK at March 26, 2026 07:00 PM (DwqWV)

23 DailyKos has an Olympic article up.

There's a lot of angst over 0.000001% of the population.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 07:00 PM (Sco7b)

24 KNEEL BEFORE THE VANCE!

Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 26, 2026 07:01 PM (vOtXJ)

25 Chuck Schumer says he doesn't oppose asking for photo ID at the ballot box, just... proof of citizenship.

Well, our cuck Senators tested his claim out and proposed an amendment requiring photo ID (but no proof of citizenship).

All Democrats voted against it, of course.

Trump is having an easier time negotiating with a bunch of Mahdi-Apocalypse Die-Hard mullahs and their pet revolutionaries in the IRGC than Chuck & the Dems.

At this point I really wouldn't mind if Hegseth dropped some Delta Force at Chuck & Hakeem's house and ended the negotiations Maduro-style.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 26, 2026 07:01 PM (6ydKt)

26 Now this is how you fight.

>>@JakeSherman
·
27m
>>🚨🚨🚨BREAKING — TRUMP SAYS HES INSTRUCTING DHS TO PAY TSA

Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 07:01 PM (viF8m)

27 Read long ago BLM never filed a tax form for the billions it took in

Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2026 07:01 PM (Ia/+0)

28 Oh. you were lied to and you believed them

Return to the Church.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 26, 2026 07:01 PM (qFwJc)

29 We have to protect our phony baloney jobs!
Posted by: Politicians in general at March 26, 2026 06:52 PM (vFG9F)

I didn't get a harrumph outta you!

Posted by: tcn in AK at March 26, 2026 07:02 PM (DwqWV)

30 Other than me, WTF is a "home health provider"? I live in a home and provide for my health, such that it is.)

English is just TOO HARD for people.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 07:02 PM (hJH5n)

31 Elissa Slotkin claims the 2024 election was stolen and...votes against SAVE

You have to laugh...

Posted by: 18-1 at March 26, 2026 07:02 PM (sKqQm)

32 But the people I'm interested in making happy are the people of the United States. I work for them.

I don't think we've heard a Secretary of State talk like that since Thomas Jefferson.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 26, 2026 07:02 PM (6ydKt)

33 A Guide to responding to progressive relatives:

Never say "f*cking idiot." Say this instead.

Polite English
"I'm afraid you're not thinking very clearly."

Formal English
"You're being profoundly incompetent."

Witty English
"Ignorance has never looked so confident."

Gentlemanly English
"I fear the matter has slipped entirely past your comprehension."

Victorian English
"I speak now not in malice but in earnest despair, for the conclusion you have drawn is of such astonishing simplicity that it grieves me more than I can readily convey; and yet I'm moved less to anger than to sorrow, so profoundly indeed that I find myself unable to discern whether your words arose from haste, from a species of naivety, or from a mind altogether too content with its first and poorest notion.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2026 07:02 PM (0sNs1)

34 OMG, they want to see my ID to vote? You know who else made people show ID? The NAZIs, that's who!

If I say I'm a 99-year-old white lady from Minnesota, how dare you question that.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 26, 2026 07:03 PM (vOtXJ)

35 Well, damn, so much for my e-mails earlier today.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 07:03 PM (hJH5n)

36 Over at Twitchy there is a vid of a trans attorney going batshit crazy in court. Worth six minutes

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 26, 2026 07:03 PM (mHVWR)

37 The left: Our elections are pure, there is no need to require identification or proof of citizenship

Also the left: If you NAZIs require identification or proof of citizenship millions who can vote now won't be able to vote!

Posted by: 18-1 at March 26, 2026 07:04 PM (sKqQm)

38 The Del of War is negotiating with bombs. I love Hegseth.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 26, 2026 07:04 PM (+nEug)

39 OMG, they want to see my ID to vote? You know who else made people show ID? The NAZIs, that's who!

If I say I'm a 99-year-old white lady from Minnesota, how dare you question that.

As a 120 year old voter from WI, I echo your concerns.

I mean I can't get ID. And I'm totally not dead. Honest.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 26, 2026 07:05 PM (sKqQm)

40 I think we need to collapse that pos currency called the yuan.

Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 07:05 PM (GD0B3)

41 36 Over at Twitchy there is a vid of a trans attorney going batshit crazy in court. Worth six minutes
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 26, 2026 07:03 PM (mHVWR)

Saw that. It is fabulous.

If anyone had ever told her NO in her life, she probably wouldn't be a bearded lady with a bad attitude, but as it is, I guess handcuffs and being hauled out is the best we can hope for.

At no time during that entire video did she speak the truth.

Needs a sharp strike from the clue bat, I suppose.

Posted by: tcn in AK at March 26, 2026 07:05 PM (DwqWV)

42 10 Who is SAVE controversial to? Only elected Democrats .
Posted by: steevy at March 26, 2026 06:49 PM (YwEeS)
---
It's existential. They've go so far overboard because they knew they had fraud in place and would never answer to voters again. Now they have to stick it out to the bitter end. None of them won honest elections, so it doesn't matter how much support they lose. They have to hold the line till the midterms, but even that is risky because "Election Month" is going to be gone, and there will be actual federal oversight.

Plus losing candidates can sue and do discovery. So even if they hold the line, they still might suffer historic losses beyond the cheat. This is also why they want ICE to stop and keep robitically demanding the ICE promise to stay away from polling places.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 26, 2026 06:55 PM (ZOv7s)

Agree 100%

Posted by: Joemarine at March 26, 2026 07:06 PM (y171U)

43 At this point I really wouldn't mind if Hegseth dropped some Delta Force at Chuck & Hakeem's house
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 26, 2026 07:01 PM

Dialog at Chuck's house as they arrive:

"Cheeseburger, no fries, no Coke; Pepsi!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2026 07:06 PM (0sNs1)

44 Victorian English
"I speak now not in malice but in earnest despair, for the conclusion you have drawn is of such astonishing simplicity that it grieves me more than I can readily convey; and yet I'm moved less to anger than to sorrow, so profoundly indeed that I find myself unable to discern whether your words arose from haste, from a species of naivety, or from a mind altogether too content with its first and poorest notion.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2026 07:02 PM (0sNs1)

Me on a good day: Fuck off you ignorant twat.

Posted by: tcn in AK at March 26, 2026 07:06 PM (DwqWV)

45 Victorian English
"I speak now not in malice but in earnest despair, for the conclusion you have drawn is of such astonishing simplicity that it grieves me more than I can readily convey; and yet I'm moved less to anger than to sorrow, so profoundly indeed that I find myself unable to discern whether your words arose from haste, from a species of naivety, or from a mind altogether too content with its first and poorest notion.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2026 07:02 PM (0sNs1)

You talk like a fag and your shit's all retarded.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 26, 2026 07:07 PM (6ydKt)

46 That hyperspace bypass is looking better all the time.

I welcome our interdimensional mouse overlords.

Stephen Colbert's LotR script is all about Sam's daughter Elenor. Here we go again.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 26, 2026 07:07 PM (2GVsD)

47 Needs a sharp strike from the clue bat, I suppose.
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 26, 2026 07:05 PM

Would a projectile splat to the face from the clue penguin suffice?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2026 07:07 PM (0sNs1)

48 Trump has been and continues to be VERY fortunate in his foes.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 26, 2026 07:08 PM (cxFcK)

49 Stephen Colbert's LotR script is all about Sam's daughter Elenor. Here we go again.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 26, 2026 07:07 PM (2GVsD)

My 1961 Ford Falcon is named Elinor. I think I will stick with her rather than anything from Colbert.

Posted by: tcn in AK at March 26, 2026 07:08 PM (DwqWV)

50 Little known fact. A form of electoral fraud in the 1800s involved Cooping. Gangs kidnapped citizens off the street and forced them to vote, often repeatedly, for an election candidate. They would ply them with alcohol or beat them to get them to comply. Often their clothing or other aspects of their appearance would be altered to fool voting officials, enabling them to vote multiple times. Many of the victims of cooping were either homeless or immigrants

Fortunately, we wisely started requiring registration and IDs to vote...and um...ahem...er...

It was implicated in the death of Edgar Allen Poe.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 26, 2026 07:08 PM (vOtXJ)

51 The SAVE act will put guard rails on the Pedocrats. It will pull them to the center. They'll have to actually try to appeal to American voters with reasonable positions and policies, instead of just depending on the cheat.

It would be nice to know that losing an election is not an existential threat to the republic.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 26, 2026 07:10 PM (cxFcK)

52 CynicalPublius reads like Buckley on the topic. It's much more enjoyable to just call these groups, and those that support them, Quangos (quasi-autonomous non-governmental organizations), as vtuber Leaflit does.

Posted by: Kevin in ABQ at March 26, 2026 07:10 PM (O38oM)

53 Stephen Colbert's LotR script is all about Sam's daughter Elenor. Here we go again.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 26, 2026 07:07 PM (2GVsD)

Going for the female audience again.
Because everybody knows every woman on the planet loves LotR as much as men do.

Did they learn nothing from Kathleen Kennedy Star Wars?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 26, 2026 07:12 PM (6ydKt)

54
Who is SAVE controversial to? Only elected Democrats
Posted by: steevy

America itself is controversial to these buttheads.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 26, 2026 07:12 PM (Cqx++)

55 Don Lemon...what a fuckin' clown.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 26, 2026 07:14 PM (Wnv9h)

56 LoTR, Frodo needed a kick in the ass.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 26, 2026 07:15 PM (+nEug)

57

Iran says they have one million fighters primed for US Invasion.

Probably most of them are already here.

Sleeper cells anyone?

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 07:17 PM (3ek7K)

58 The video where they dubbed in an English accent for Trump in a real interview transcript was hilarious.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 07:19 PM (V4IXI)

59 four seasons, Iran is full of shit. They are recruiting kids from age 12 to man the basij checkpoints. The have sunk the USS Abraham Lincoln four times now.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 26, 2026 07:20 PM (+nEug)

60 End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
It's now been 2 years since Key Bridge fell in Baltimore. This is how much is rebuilt:

https://is.gd/zkk5To

-
Bonus!

Initial cost projection: $1.7 billion
Updated cost projection: $5.2 billion

Opening day moved from 2028 to 2030

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 07:20 PM (ndZc7)

61 Iran says they have one million fighters primed for US Invasion.

- Trump announces an amphibious invasion of Iran at (insert location here)
- Iranian forces mass at that location to repel the invaders
- We bomb the shit out of the massed forces
- Like Desert Storm, no amphibious landing occurs

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 07:21 PM (ExV1e)

62 Don Lemon - the dumbest man on the internet.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 26, 2026 07:21 PM (Xr4QU)

63 Iran says they have one million fighters primed for US Invasion.----

Baghdad Bob is their spirit animal.


Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 07:21 PM (V4IXI)

64

Ben Had,

I read that on the Daily Mail and laughed.

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 07:21 PM (3ek7K)

65 How can any one voter id law be more restrictive than another? It’s binary. You need to show ID or you don’t. There’s no scale of more or less onerous.

More failure theater by the gop. They deserve to lose in November. Get rid of the filibuster or fuck off.

Posted by: Heroq at March 26, 2026 07:22 PM (ppdC5)

66 Iran couldn't gain an inch of land in their 8 year war with Saddam. They have been measured and found wanting.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 07:22 PM (V4IXI)

67 Happy Greek Independence Day!

Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 07:23 PM (GD0B3)

68 Don Lemon needs to go back to smearing his taint grease under the noses of bartenders.

Posted by: What an utter disgrace at March 26, 2026 07:23 PM (TbWk/)

69
"Iran says they have one million fighters primed for US Invasion."
Unless Iran has 1 million people already here and still loyal to the IRGG, IRGC whatever (ROFL) that is the silliest claim in the world. We wiped out their navy and their air force. Do they think we'll transport their troops to our shores to be sporting? LOL, the country that did a guerrilla type attack Dec 26th at dawn while our foes were drunk from their Christmas party? the USA doesn't do 'sporting' when its a war.

Posted by: PaleRider at March 26, 2026 07:23 PM (+89TD)

70 Katarameni Turki!

Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 07:24 PM (GD0B3)

71 four seasons, I know you don't fall for the bullshit.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 26, 2026 07:24 PM (+nEug)

72
LOL

I wondered how they would get here.

Propaganda

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 07:25 PM (3ek7K)

73 Iran says they have one million fighters primed for US Invasion."

===


are they all 12 years old ??

Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 07:25 PM (GD0B3)

74 Initial cost projection: $1.7 billion
Updated cost projection: $5.2 billion

Opening day moved from 2028 to 2030
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 07:20 PM (ndZc7)

It’ll be $25B minimum by the time it’s complete.

Posted by: Heroq at March 26, 2026 07:25 PM (ppdC5)

75

Ben Had,

No I don't. I do think it is funny. Who writes those stupid articles?

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 07:26 PM (3ek7K)

76 Even Uganda's generals are laughing at IRGC "forces" .

Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 07:26 PM (GD0B3)

77 53 Stephen Colbert's LotR script is all about Sam's daughter Elenor. Here we go again.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 26, 2026 07:07 PM (2GVsD)

Going for the female audience again.
Because everybody knows every woman on the planet loves LotR as much as men do.

Did they learn nothing from Kathleen Kennedy Star Wars?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 26, 2026 07:12 PM (6ydKt)
_______
Of course they did. They learned that a strong woman don't need no man.

Posted by: Eeyore at March 26, 2026 07:27 PM (AlhUl)

78 Quick Hits
—Disinformation Expert Ace
Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius
America was nearly lost to a cabal of NGOs,

“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.

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 07:27 PM (gbOdA)

79 More failure theater by the gop. They deserve to lose in November. Get rid of the filibuster or fuck off.
Posted by: Heroq


Get a real filibuster and make those octogenarians stand for hour after hour babbling on, and no bathroom breaks or diapers allowed. If not it moves to the floor for vote.

The 60 / 40 cloture vote is to boot the senile shit soiled old dolt off the stand.


The fake 'filibuster' is BS.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 26, 2026 07:27 PM (/lPRQ)

80 73 Iran says they have one million fighters primed for US Invasion."

===


are they all 12 years old ??
Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 07:25 PM (GD0B3)

Minnesota rules. One fighter can vouch for up to 8 others, who can each vouch for 8 others and so on.

Posted by: Call it creative accounting at March 26, 2026 07:27 PM (TbWk/)

81 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.”

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 07:27 PM (gbOdA)

82 It’ll be $25B minimum by the time it’s complete.
Posted by: Heroq at March 26, 2026 07:25 PM

Pffft.

Posted by: California Democrats at March 26, 2026 07:28 PM (0sNs1)

83 I would be willing to go with straight normal ID to vote and then add proof of citizenship later (even if its back doored like the RealID act). Just get ID in there, that's gonna eliminate a good 30% or more of fraud by eliminating the vote by mail scam.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 26, 2026 07:29 PM (PYyV9)

84 ID first, then check after citizenship

Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2026 07:30 PM (Ia/+0)

85 The NGOer has never signed the front of a check.
The NGOer has never sat down with a customer to ask their needs.
The NGOer has never met with a vendor or sub to fix a problem.
The NGOer has never wondered if there was money in the account to pay an employee, or a sub, or a wholesaler.

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 07:30 PM (gbOdA)

86 Synopsis I have seen is: As Sam, Merry, and Pippin embark to retrace their journey; Sam's daughter Eleanor discovers a secret that almost doomed the journey before it began.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 26, 2026 07:30 PM (2GVsD)

87 Oh I guess I mis-read the Iran claim. "primed for U.S. Invasion" was probably meant to imply primed for fighting us invading Iran, not that they presumed to invade us.

But I don't want us to invade Iran, just keep sending drones to take out their leaders until they run out of fanatics.



Posted by: PaleRider at March 26, 2026 07:30 PM (+89TD)

88 Stephen Colbert's LotR script is all about Sam's daughter Elenor. Here we go again.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 26, 2026 07:07 PM (2GVsD)

Going for the female audience again.
Because everybody knows every woman on the planet loves LotR as much as men do.

Did they learn nothing from Kathleen Kennedy Star Wars?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 26, 2026 07:12 PM (6ydKt)

Or Starfleet Academy. I guess the lesson is no matter how gay and retarded the show they'll still find someone to greenlight it.

Posted by: It's a write-off Jerry! at March 26, 2026 07:31 PM (TbWk/)

89

What is the point of letting them vote and later check citizenship status?

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 07:32 PM (3ek7K)

90 Report from the Road: With the elimination of the IRGC Navy Admiral the price of gasoline dropped 20 cents per gallon.

How many Ayatollahs and IRGC commanders do we need to get gas down to $1 per gallon? It's worth a couple of hundred of MOABs.

Posted by: Minuteman at March 26, 2026 07:33 PM (47/pr)

91 What is the point of letting them vote and later check citizenship status?

Yeah it should be up front: you cannot vote unless you have ID that proves you are a citizen, but I can live with just starting with ID. RealID pretty much proves you're a citizen to begin with, the pile of stuff you have to have to show who you are is astounding.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 26, 2026 07:35 PM (PYyV9)

92 89

What is the point of letting them vote and later check citizenship status?

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 07:32 PM (3ek7K)

So they can count all the illegal votes, then say it's too unwieldy to do anything once it's discovered they're illegal, or some other excuse.

Posted by: More of the same at March 26, 2026 07:35 PM (TbWk/)

93 Told you he was an intel asset.

>>@C__Herridge

>>EXCLUSIVE: New Files Examined By Law Enforcement/Intelligence Analyst Reveal Jeffrey Epstein Allegedly Acted as Go-Between to Block 9/11 Victim Families From Suing Saudi Arabia And Details Possible FARA Violations

Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 07:35 PM (viF8m)

94 The NGOer growls at the Hampton Inn reservation when the Embassy is right down the road.
The NGOer knows his Delta milage but does not know his kids principal.
The NGOer knows that illegals are more just, and worthy, and deserving of living in the US that any Citizen from Longview, or Provo, or Lima.

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 07:35 PM (gbOdA)

95 Point of correction, Latit James did not charge Trump with defrauding Deutsche Bank, in fact there was no real complainant in the case, the theory of the case was that by “inflating” his properties and getting a loan based on “fraud” it injured the people of NY.

I hope LeTit goes down harder that a hooker at the point.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 26, 2026 07:36 PM (XV/Pl)

96 One guy pointed out that Elon took $10 billion and put 300 satellites in orbit. California spent $11 billion for a super duper train with no tracks.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 26, 2026 07:37 PM (cxFcK)

97 What is the point of letting them vote and later check citizenship status?

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 07:32 PM (3ek7K)

Shut up, h8ter. Sorry you dont get lefty logic.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 26, 2026 07:37 PM (w5FC4)

98 They may have "millions" , but until they resolve that little exploding cans of tuna problem, they may not make it to the final battle! As the man said, an army marches on its stomach !

Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 07:37 PM (GD0B3)

99

One stop voting.

I bet there are lots of illegals that have Real ID.

Look how many have illegal driver's licenses.

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 07:37 PM (3ek7K)

100 Aww, poor widdle faggot didn't get what he wanted from the swarthy man. His wetness dried up when his lust object said he was straight, I mean, a Trump supporter. Lemon probably went home and cried into his Barbie pillow.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 26, 2026 07:38 PM (1Ff7Z)

101
Hiya Mary and lol

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 07:38 PM (3ek7K)

102 Hope you and yours are well, four seasons!

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 26, 2026 07:39 PM (w5FC4)

103 The NGOer knows that illegals are more just, and worthy, and deserving of living in the US that any Citizen from Longview, or Provo, or Lima.
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 07:35 PM (gbOdA)
=====
LI-mah or LEE-mah?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 07:39 PM (RIvkX)

104 the theory of the case was that by “inflating” his properties and getting a loan based on “fraud” it injured the people of NY.

I hope LeTit goes down harder that a hooker at the point.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 26, 2026 07:36 PM (XV/Pl)

It was a bookkeeping error done 34 times and then made a felony.
We still do not know the felony.

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 07:39 PM (gbOdA)

105 How are IRGC guys going to know it's just the tuna?

Posted by: Ben Had at March 26, 2026 07:40 PM (+nEug)

106

Thanks Mary and right back at you!

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 07:40 PM (3ek7K)

107 Stephen Colbert's LotR script is all about Sam's daughter Elenor. Here we go again.

Looks like, yeah. Its not stated outright but she's brought up as a major character and the old hobbits are going to go on a trip with her, so you know how that turns out

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 26, 2026 07:40 PM (PYyV9)

108 @104

>>It was a bookkeeping error done 34 times and then made a felony.
We still do not know the felony.


That was the Alvin Bragg case, which was also total bullshit.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 26, 2026 07:41 PM (XV/Pl)

109 57
Iran says they have one million fighters primed for US Invasion.
Probably most of them are already here.

Sleeper cells anyone?

Posted by: four seasons
---

Back home they are down to twelve year old's.
They are probably calling here telling them to
come home and fight.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 07:41 PM (jAisO)

110 I would be willing to go with straight normal ID to vote and then add proof of citizenship later (even if its back doored like the RealID act). Just get ID in there, that's gonna eliminate a good 30% or more of fraud by eliminating the vote by mail scam.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 26, 2026 07:29 PM (PYyV9)

Remember when Oregon rolled out the Real ID the first time and then didn't do it because they couldn't figure out how to not issue it to illegals while registering them to vote?

I do, that is why I still don't have Real ID

Posted by: Kindltot at March 26, 2026 07:41 PM (rbvCR)

111 Who wants to see my roastie? Uh, who hasn’t already seen it.

Short line.

*shrugs*

Posted by: Sids Mom at March 26, 2026 07:43 PM (f4tQo)

112 As Sam, Merry, and Pippin embark to reclaim their queerdom; Sam's daughter Elmer discovers xis inner masculinity.

Posted by: Plots we expect to see at March 26, 2026 07:43 PM (vFG9F)

113 I bet there are lots of illegals that have Real ID.

Look how many have illegal driver's licenses.
Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 07:37 PM (3ek7K)

And that right there is the only reason your ID is not good enough to register to vote. This is why they have to prove citizenship.

If we're giving documents to the "undocumented," then we are now forced to require citizenship documents.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 26, 2026 07:43 PM (zYpTz)

114 My little Drivers' Liscense office in Bumfuck, TX is pretty awesome. Had to renew in person this year. Had my passport and birth certificate ( that I could get despite being a dumbass woman.). It went great. They did turn away a swarthy young fella without documentation. So good for them

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 26, 2026 07:43 PM (w5FC4)

115 Made beef and onions with mushrooms.
We'll see how it tastes.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at March 26, 2026 07:44 PM (xcxpd)

116 99

One stop voting.

I bet there are lots of illegals that have Real ID.

Look how many have illegal driver's licenses.
Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 07:37 PM (3ek7K)

like this

https://tinyurl.com/4yph5j4v

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 07:44 PM (gbOdA)

117 "How are IRGC guys going to know it's just the tuna?
Posted by: Ben Had"

The Spam cans are probably ok.

Posted by: Plots we expect to see at March 26, 2026 07:44 PM (vFG9F)

118 Made beef and onions with mushrooms.
We'll see how it tastes.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at March 26, 2026 07:44 PM (xcxpd)

I made another pot pie. I hope your dinner is tasty!

Posted by: Kindltot at March 26, 2026 07:45 PM (rbvCR)

119 You have to somewhat admire BLM. They wielded racism like a weapon, and used liberal white guilt to milk major corporations like a giant tit.

Posted by: Sids Mom at March 26, 2026 07:46 PM (f4tQo)

120 At this point I really wouldn't mind if Hegseth dropped some Delta Force at Chuck & Hakeem's house and ended the negotiations Maduro-style.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 26, 2026 07:01 PM (6ydKt)


I would never be able to ride a motorcycle again. It would look like jousting with harleys.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 26, 2026 07:47 PM (snZF9)

121 That was the Alvin Bragg case, which was also total bullshit.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 26, 2026 07:41 PM (XV/Pl)

LeTits was bank fraud
If a (D) get a chance to fuck the little guy or the big bank
the little guy gets fucked.

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 07:48 PM (gbOdA)

122 Can't do govt work w/out real ID.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 07:48 PM (jAisO)

123 I’m waiting for the exploding toilet paper.

Posted by: Sids Mom at March 26, 2026 07:48 PM (f4tQo)

124 Plots, hahahaha, How hungry are you, Mahmud?

Posted by: Ben Had at March 26, 2026 07:48 PM (+nEug)

125

Since it's kinda slow here, I have a question about how people control outdoor flies.

We have chickens and geese right behind our fence and a block away are twelve horses. The fly population is terrible, usually during summer and fall but fly season has started early here since we haven't had a cold winter.

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 07:48 PM (3ek7K)

126 115 Made beef and onions with mushrooms.
We'll see how it tastes.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo

You added the carrots already, right?

Posted by: Root Crop Growers Union at March 26, 2026 07:49 PM (oftw2)

127 You have to somewhat admire BLM. They wielded racism like a weapon, and used liberal white guilt to milk major corporations like a giant tit.
Posted by: Sids Mom

And they're not even Somali!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 07:50 PM (ndZc7)

128 I'm at the point I have limited empathy and not much guilt.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 26, 2026 07:50 PM (w5FC4)

129 BLM reminds of those homeless guys who target the little geeky libs and intimidate $20 out of them.

Posted by: Sids Mom at March 26, 2026 07:51 PM (f4tQo)

130 Tried to renew a trademark the other day. All I really needed to do was tell them, yes, I'm still using it, but had to do three-factor authentication to get into the website, then it insisted on this id.me crap where you take a picture of the front and the back of your driver's license, and it was about to do the multiple pictures of my head when it decided that my phone could not do it. I gave up for now ... Requiring a photo id to register to vote is NOTHING. You want to vote? Man up, get your shit together, and go register in advance!

Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 26, 2026 07:51 PM (ydsvH)

131 four seasons, in your situation I would use the pheromone solution hanging fly traps.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 26, 2026 07:52 PM (+nEug)

132 We have chickens and geese right behind our fence and a block away are twelve horses. The fly population is terrible, usually during summer and fall but fly season has started early here since we haven't had a cold winter.
Posted by: four seasons

I use a fly trap over my trashcans outside my detached garage. It's kind of an alley and I catch thousands per year which get buried in my compost. Cuts down the numbers a lot. Doesn't do anything for biting flies, though, which you get around horsies.

Posted by: Fly By Night at March 26, 2026 07:53 PM (oftw2)

133 Since it's kinda slow here, I have a question about how people control outdoor flies.


four seasons, we used to keep those flystrips on the porch when cattle were in the pasture. There aren't any cattle anymore
Sometimes we still put those up. The hanging bags for Yellow jackets work a treat. Great for yellow jackets and flies.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 26, 2026 07:53 PM (w5FC4)

134 milk major corporations like a giant tit.
Posted by: Sids Mom at March 26, 2026 07:46 PM

You're aware that mammalian mammiform protuberances aren't lactatious all the time, right?

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at March 26, 2026 07:53 PM (0sNs1)

135 We have chickens and geese right behind our fence and a block away are twelve horses. The fly population is terrible, usually during summer and fall but fly season has started early here since we haven't had a cold winter.
Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 07:48 PM (3ek7K)

look up bag fly traps on Amazon

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 07:54 PM (gbOdA)

136

Ben Had,

We'll try those. It's strange to have that problem in a neighborhood but where we live there isn't any zoning about livestock and poultry. I don't have any problem with people having them except for the bastard flies.

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 07:54 PM (3ek7K)

137 LE CAFE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS

Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2026 07:54 PM (Ia/+0)

138 I don't have any white guilt or care if anyone thinks I have white privilege.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 26, 2026 07:55 PM (+nEug)

139
Yellow jackets are already out here.

We have had no freezing weather and no snow which usually keeps the population down.

Little bastards are already dive bombing us on the covered patio.

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 07:56 PM (3ek7K)

140 four seasons, one of the bug assault guns would be a fun way to get rid of the yellow jackets.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 26, 2026 08:02 PM (+nEug)

141 I think Iran is a 60-40 issue, not a big winner but right now people are basically with the president. But if it takes too long or he sends in waves of troops on the ground... I think that easily will be reversed.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 26, 2026 08:07 PM (PYyV9)

142 Left says voter id is a poll tax.

Ok fine add to the bill that anyone who registers to vote can automatically get a voter id for free, as long as they show up to the county registrar to get the photo taken. Oh but what if you don’t have a car the Dems will say? No problem we’ll pay for an Uber there and back. But what if you don’t have a phone with the uber app? No problem someone from the local RNC office will drive you.

Take on every one of their objections. Make them defend the indefensible.

Posted by: Heroq at March 26, 2026 08:12 PM (ppdC5)

143 141 I think Iran is a 60-40 issue, not a big winner but right now people are basically with the president. But if it takes too long or he sends in waves of troops on the ground... I think that easily will be reversed.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 26, 2026 08:07 PM (PYyV9)

All the polling says it is reverse now. 40% is on board.

Posted by: Heroq at March 26, 2026 08:13 PM (ppdC5)

144 I'm definitely with the President on Iran. But the more this drags on.....the Senate is then out at risk.

Finish the job, but there are domestic consequences to this. At this point it's how mad the House gets. Senate still "safe" although I think the GOP will act to piss away a few seats on purpose to make the margins even thinner.

Any sniff of a surrender on deportations and enforcement will be nuclear.

Is what it is.

Posted by: GigantorX at March 26, 2026 08:18 PM (7SKBU)

145 I'm glad Pam Bondi did something about the fraud in California...oh wait, that was JD? Well slap my ass and call me Susan!

Posted by: Cray Cray at March 26, 2026 08:47 PM (EES2L)

146 Often say Fraud is baked right into every government program.

I am thinking lately if all fraud never happened the budget wouldn't be in the red

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2026 05:01 AM (Ia/+0)

Olympics Committee: We Are Reserving Women's Sports For -- and This is a Genuine Twist -- Women

The policy actually isn't 100% solid. They say that men will be excluded from women's sports -- again, what an innovation -- in sports involving "strength, power, and endurance."

So that means that transgenders would be allowed to compete in... like shooting sports and ice-dancing, maybe?

Whatever.

I'm linking ESPN/AP because their tears are so unfathomly delicious.


GENEVA -- Transgender women athletes are now excluded from women's events at the Olympics after the IOC agreed to a new eligibility policy Thursday that aligns with U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order on sports ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Games.

They're all crying about that -- that this policy aligns with the Bad Orange Man's executive order, so, of course, this is a corrupt decision made by cowards who Hate Transwomen and want to Erase Their Existence.

I just turned into Pinhead the Cenobite. Your pain, your pain is exquisite!


"Eligibility for any female category event at the Olympic Games or any other IOC event, including individual and team sports, is now limited to biological females," the International Olympic Committee said, to be determined by a mandatory gene test once in an athlete's career.

How I howl in ecstasy! Your excrutiations thrill me to the marrow!


It is unclear how many, if any, transgender women are competing at an Olympic level. No woman who transitioned from being born male competed at the 2024 Paris Summer Games, though weightlifter Laurel Hubbard did at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 without winning a medal.

The eligibility policy that will apply from the L.A. Olympics in July 2028 "protects fairness, safety and integrity in the female category," the IOC said.

I just leveled up this Lament Configuration. I unlocked the Drink the Blood of Your Soul Achievement.

pinheadwithlamentconfiguration.jpg


"It is not retroactive and does not apply to any grassroots or recreational sports programs," said the IOC; its Olympic Charter states that access to play sport is a human right.

After an executive board meeting, the IOC published a 10-page policy document that also restricts women athletes such as two-time Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya with medical conditions known as differences in sex development, or DSD.

Like that Iranian boxer who had a Y chromosome but claimed he was a woman because his genitals were improperly formed?

How delicious! Your cries for mercy echo sweetly in my ears!


The IOC and its president, Kirsty Coventry, have wanted a clear policy instead of continuing to advise sports' governing bodies, which previously have drafted their own rules.

"At the Olympic Games, even the smallest margins can be the difference between victory and defeat," Coventry, a two-time Olympic gold medalist in swimming, said in a statement. "So, it is absolutely clear that it would not be fair for biological males to compete in the female category."

ohhh ahhhh ooooh

I just made a mess on my Lament Configuration. Is it supposed to buzz and blink? I think I broke the hellgate.

I'm still "game," if you know what I mean.

But there's no way I can go again. This isn't college.

Wait -- what's this? An article from NPR! Let's see if they can "inspire" me!

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will ban transgender athletes from competing in women's events, based on the results of mandatory genetic screening.

MANDATORY GENETIC SCREENING! WHOOO, REFRACTORY PERIOD BE GONE! I'M FLYING LIKE AN ENGORGED HELLBAT AGAIN!

The topic of transgender participation in sports -- from school teams to the world stage -- has been a cultural flashpoint in recent years, though it's unclear how many transgender women currently compete at the Olympic level.

Ah, we went from "it's not happening" to "it's good that it's happening" and now back to "it's not happening" again. They were forced to retreat.

Every nerve in my body is ringing like a guitar string strummed by a Heavy Metal Godling.

Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard made history as the first openly transgender woman to do so in Tokyo in 2021, though no woman who transitioned after being assigned male at birth is known to have participated in an Olympics since.

Nevertheless, controversy ballooned in Paris 2024 when right-wing politicians and commentators called into question the sexes of two female boxers who had been previously disqualified from boxing world championships after failing eligibility tests. One of them was cleared for competition after approval last week, while the other -- who has repeatedly identified herself as a cisgender woman -- is challenging the World Boxing testing requirement in court.

I like how they refuse to say why this person would object to a genetic test. You can tell from implication, but they cannot bring themselves to write it out.

SING! SING TO ME OF YOUR BLESSED DAMNATION!



While the accusations were not proven true, they sparked a global debate over gender eligibility and prompted the IOC to begin the review that led to this policy. The IOC says the new rule is based on scientific evidence and "protects fairness, safety and integrity in the female category."

Um, what about the court that found the Iranian boxer was indeed a male? Just because you refuse to say it doesn't mean that it's not true.

But experts say the testing raises a multitude of concerns.

EXPERTS! EXPERTS! AH YES, WHAT I WAS MISSING WAS "EXPERTS!"

I'VE GOT THE LAMENT CONFIGURATION IN FUCKED-UP POSITIONS IT WAS NEVER DESIGNED FOR!

There are questions about the reliability and cost of the testing...

LOL, the most basic blood test in the world is unfair because of "costs."

This is like when they claim you can't tell someone's a dude without "reaching under her skirt and feeling her genitals." Um, yeah, except athletes have to routinely take blood tests to show they're not taking performance enhancing drugs. That blood can be tested cheaply for chromosomes as well.

Your anguish is intoxicating.

I just started a Tumblr account under the name "PIN-DADDY."

...as well as the interpretation and finality of its results.

We have to "interpret" the results of a test that has two possibilities: XX chromosomes or XY. There's so much line-drawing needed! It's like a Rorschach test -- you only see what you bring to it!

Critics of the policy say it invades the privacy of all women, and that it discriminates against intersex people whose reproductive or sexual anatomy do not fit binary definitions of male or female.

I JUST BECAME A 20th-LEVEL CENOBITE

I CAN NOW SUMMON HELLDRAGONS WITH A MAGIC WHISTLE

AND THAT WHISTLE IS THIS REPORTER'S SKULL


And even though the IOC says its policy does not apply to "grassroots or recreational" sports programs, some experts told NPR they fear it could affect more than just Olympic hopefuls.

"If a woman suspects that she might not pass this screening, she might be deterred from pursuing sport altogether," said Jaime Schultz, a sports historian and professor of kinesiology at Pennsylvania State University. "It doesn't just affect the people that are being tested, but it affects all women athletes."

Yeah but it mostly affects the male "women athletes," wouldn't you say? Not so much the female women athletes.

Whew! That was hot. That was sexual fire, baby.

Now I have to clean this puzzle box off and get it back to Pinhead before he realizes it's missing.

From last year. I guess the Olympics committee made some kind of preliminary ruling last year.

This Mannish Woman's dolor is turning me on again.

The uptalk and the assertion that "I'm right because I'm a 'journalist'" combined with the mini-bangs, Birth Control Glasses, and gigantic Canadian Mountie Chin is so perfect.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:41 PM




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1 $*&%(#@* Ace!!!

Posted by: I was JUST about to post an OT funny at March 26, 2026 05:42 PM (ULPxl)

2 You ok, ace?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 26, 2026 05:43 PM (zZu0s)

3 >>>You ok, ace?

i'm blissed out, man. You?

Posted by: refractory period ace at March 26, 2026 05:43 PM (1wjle)

4 The cruelty of this post will be legendary, even in hell!

Posted by: We have such sights to show you! at March 26, 2026 05:43 PM (TbWk/)

5 Shit. There goes my comeback.

Posted by: "Kaitlyn" Jenner at March 26, 2026 05:44 PM (KvulR)

6 Lol. Just seems like you had a hard time punching the clown there.

Moisturize and hydrate.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 26, 2026 05:44 PM (zZu0s)

7 if I was sports equipment I want to be the sports bra

Posted by: Desinex at March 26, 2026 05:45 PM (jrgJz)

8 Well I didn't expect a post on tranny athletes to turn into Hellraiser porn, but Ace is in one of his more creative moments.

Posted by: the lower depths at March 26, 2026 05:45 PM (GSy5R)

9 But women born as men can still present as "male experts", right? RIGHT!?!?

Because I refuse to submit to the indignity of a genetic test before experting! No! I stand with trans-perts!

Posted by: Tom Nichols at March 26, 2026 05:46 PM (3wPtZ)

10 "I'm, like, a journalist?"

Oh good, now I can preemptively dismiss everything you're about to say as total bullshit.

Posted by: I like efficiency at March 26, 2026 05:46 PM (TbWk/)

11 You know I never saw Hellraiser- or Phantasm (the flying bladed clear pool ball was cool. Clackers. IYKYK.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 26, 2026 05:46 PM (zZu0s)

12 The uptalk and the assertion that "I'm right because I'm a 'journalist'" combined with the Birth Control Glasses and gigantic chin is so perfect.
-----------------
And bird hands

And "look at my hulking shoulders don't you find me so cute?"

Posted by: the lower depths at March 26, 2026 05:46 PM (GSy5R)

13 But I was told that the best women started out as men!!

President Trump is on the phone with 'The Five.'

'I like your show. I like all your shows actually. I'm glad Jessica'a not there today.'

On Newsom 'He's a stupud guy. We don't need a stupid guy.'

Man, Trumps on fire.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 05:46 PM (Sco7b)

14 >>>11 You know I never saw Hellraiser- or Phantasm (the flying bladed clear pool ball was cool. Clackers. IYKYK.)

I saw the first hellraiser when it was first out on video and I remember nothing about it. People say it's good but I remember being sub-meh on it.

Posted by: refractory period ace at March 26, 2026 05:47 PM (1wjle)

15 There are questions about the reliability and cost of the testing...

I can see here that we've reached the "grasping at straws" phase of the argument. Let me try...

Also, it is well known that women are too stupid to figure out how to get tested.

Wait. Where have I heard this one before?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 05:47 PM (fhCge)

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 05:47 PM (fhCge)

17 The chick with the sandblasting googles really helps the normal flow of the discussing left.

Should be a campaign ad

Posted by: Get out of my fucking shot at March 26, 2026 05:48 PM (jZ3ZM)

18 This woman (?)
.....

is a man, baby.

Posted by: wth at March 26, 2026 05:48 PM (UjdFS)

19 I will consent to opine about this outrageous sports decision! It is not "local crime", it is international! And I will opine policy-wise!!

Posted by: Sarah Kliff at March 26, 2026 05:48 PM (3wPtZ)

20 Ace just took gold in the gooning event

Posted by: No room for second place at March 26, 2026 05:48 PM (TbWk/)

21 Ace just took gold in the gooning event
Posted by: No room for second place at March 26, 2026 05:48 PM (TbWk/)

He worked for it. But the preparation and workouts helped a lot.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 26, 2026 05:49 PM (zZu0s)

22 Holy crap. I'm reading the pist and ace is on fire too.

Whoa....
Sweet.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 05:49 PM (Sco7b)

23 if I was sports equipment I want to be the sports bra
Posted by: Desinex


I want to be the athletic supporter.

Posted by: Mayo Pete at March 26, 2026 05:49 PM (UjdFS)

24 i love the "but experts say there is no science to show that men aren't women" part

Posted by: refractory period ace at March 26, 2026 05:49 PM (1wjle)

25 I'm somewhat surprised that the Olympics are a borderline "thing."

I gave up caring decades ago when it became a wokefest for Eurotrash. And American Karen's.

OTOH... if they had a "deathrace" type event.... 💀

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 26, 2026 05:50 PM (AkEZC)

26 Plus, he had garret as his corner man.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 26, 2026 05:50 PM (zZu0s)

27 I can't listen to idiot-ass leftwing women.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 26, 2026 05:50 PM (nESHF)

28 I have no knowledge about a series about alien cenobites and they all look weird anyway, so all I can think of is when you say you're a cenobite is an Eastern Orthodox celibate monastic . St . Pachomius ( born around 346) was a famous one. So you're becoming an Eastern Orthodox monk, Ace?😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 05:50 PM (7RYym)

29 What is that thing wearing the Mr. Potatohead glasses anyway?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 05:50 PM (fhCge)

30 Even worse than suspicion? Ermagerd!

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at March 26, 2026 05:50 PM (w6EFb)

31 The IOC and its president, Kirsty Coventry

No more games, Kirsty!

Posted by: Pinhead at March 26, 2026 05:51 PM (TbWk/)

32 Several of our tastiest interns are trans-Bulwarkian and this policy will unfairly tarnish their enormous efforts! Their sweaty, lusty, persistent efforts! Night and day they work at my house helping my wife, while I observe! And I love them!

Posted by: Bill Kristol at March 26, 2026 05:51 PM (3wPtZ)

33 the claim that science doesn't support the idea that men are now women reminds me of Always Sunny (as most things do)

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LMMiSRjFC98

Posted by: refractory period ace at March 26, 2026 05:51 PM (1wjle)

34 "I JUST BECAME A 20th-LEVEL CENOBITE
I CAN NOW SUMMON HELLDRAGONS WITH A MAGIC WHISTLE
AND THAT WHISTLE IS THIS REPORTER'S SKULL"

Ordering a custom t-shirt now with this on it. And no, I'm not going to explain it to anybody. I'm just going to feel all warm and fuzzy every time I wear it.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at March 26, 2026 05:51 PM (k9OZB)

35 I think Ace needs a cigarette.

Posted by: Mayo Pete at March 26, 2026 05:52 PM (UjdFS)

36 28 I have no knowledge about a series about alien cenobites

Angels... to some.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 26, 2026 05:52 PM (gKWVE)

37 Olympics Committee: We Are Reserving Women's Sports For -- and This is a Genuine Twist -- Women
—Disinformation Expert Ace

Doomed to failure. The Olympics Committee is based in Communist Europe. I am pretty sure, based on the my observations of the USA Communists, that not one of them is able figure out what a woman is.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at March 26, 2026 05:53 PM (mrZ4x)

38 My retcon is Event Horizon and Hellraiser exist in the same hopefully fictional universe.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 26, 2026 05:53 PM (l5dSG)

39 Now this really sucks.

Posted by: East German "Women" Athletes from the 1980s at March 26, 2026 05:53 PM (fhCge)

40 The Olympic athletes' oath proscribes "doping".

Trannies therefore (logically) are out. Or should be.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 05:53 PM (hJH5n)

41 >>>Angels... to some.

lol

I didn't know this, because i'm an uneducated heathen, but.. the movie didn't make up the term cenobite. it just means a monk.

I know I should have known that, but I did not.

Posted by: refractory period ace at March 26, 2026 05:53 PM (1wjle)

42 Pinheads are people, too!

Posted by: Schlitzie the Pinhead at March 26, 2026 05:53 PM (oftw2)

43 Odds that these genetic tests show that there are an awful lot more biological men competing as women than they are telling us? High, very high.

So far, we only know about the “out and proud” freaks who brag about being born male but “transitioning” to women. They are the stupid ones. The smart ones keep their heads down, their dicks tucked, and never let on they’re men.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 26, 2026 05:53 PM (2pYam)

44 To think. I hesitated reading this post.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 26, 2026 05:54 PM (gKWVE)

45 if a thousand trannies commit suicide because of this policy, I'll ask, "were there not 2 thousand, 3 or more?"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 26, 2026 05:54 PM (HXT0k)

46 Don't make fun of her nose. It came attached to those glasses.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 05:54 PM (W7FsI)

47 36 28 I have no knowledge about a series about alien cenobites

Angels... to some.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 26, 2026 05:52 PM (gKWVE)

Explorers in the further regions of experience.

Posted by: Pinhead at March 26, 2026 05:54 PM (TbWk/)

48 Olympics says Men are different than women,
AND bonus finding, 2+2 does NOT = 5.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 26, 2026 05:54 PM (vbXSk)

49 Every nerve in my body is ringing like a guitar string strummed by a Heavy Metal Godling.
---
Instant classic.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 26, 2026 05:54 PM (ZOv7s)

50 38 My retcon is Event Horizon and Hellraiser exist in the same hopefully fictional universe.
Posted by: banana Dream at March 26, 2026 05:53 PM (l5dSG)

The reality is much worse.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 26, 2026 05:54 PM (gKWVE)

51 i just don't think there's any science supporting that

Posted by: Charlie Kelly, Bird Lawyer at March 26, 2026 05:54 PM (1wjle)

52 Either you let me compete in the Olympics with the gender I want or I'M GONNA KILL MYSELF!!!

Posted by: Trannies Everywhere All The Time at March 26, 2026 05:54 PM (hJH5n)

53 35 I think Ace needs a cigarette.
Posted by: Mayo Pete at March 26, 2026 05:52 PM (UjdFS)

500 cigarettes.

Posted by: Bortas at March 26, 2026 05:55 PM (TbWk/)

54 boy you guys sure know a lot of Hellraiser quotes!

I do not, but I can tell they're right from Hellraiser.

Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 05:56 PM (1wjle)

55 All hail Judge Van Dyke's "swinging dicks" callout of this perverted transgender bullshit! All hail President Trump's plainspoken rejection of the said perverse mental disorders.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at March 26, 2026 05:56 PM (YlWIZ)

56 What's wrong with doping?

Posted by: GDR Olympic Committee at March 26, 2026 05:56 PM (hJH5n)

57 THIS WILL LITERALLY KILL MILLIONS OF MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE!!!!

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at March 26, 2026 05:56 PM (xvV+O)

58 Would you rather have a dead son or a Gold Medal Winning Women's Athlete?

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 05:56 PM (W7FsI)

59 Don’t be disappointed when there are lawsuits over this and the IOC folds like a cheap drag queen bustier.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 26, 2026 05:56 PM (2pYam)

60 What is that thing wearing the Mr. Potatohead glasses anyway?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
.......

I have no idea.
Unless aliens have finally landed.

Posted by: wth at March 26, 2026 05:56 PM (UjdFS)

61 There are purposely mixed gender events - such as sailing.

My buddy did an olympic sailing campaign for the Brazil olympics. He got so sick after one of the qualifying events in the mega-polluted bay there that he missed 2 months of practice and didn't recover physically in time to really compete at the level he was capable of.

He said they would sail past the dead carcasses of animals regularly on their way from the docks to the race course.

Posted by: Defenestratus at March 26, 2026 05:56 PM (WYStd)

62 Angels... to some.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 26, 2026 05:52 PM (gKWVE)

Well; I hope they look better than the "angel"
up top, but if not, that would explain why people in the Bible are told to not be afraid when an angel appears before them.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 05:57 PM (ix8EF)

63 The uptalk and the assertion that "I'm right because I'm a 'journalist'" combined with the mini-bangs, Birth Control Glasses, and gigantic Canadian Mountie Chin is so perfect.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:41 PM

I've seen Airmen in Basic that look better with their BCGs than this persyn.

Posted by: pookysgirl married a hot one at March 26, 2026 05:57 PM (Wt5PA)

64 ace, that was great. Thank you.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 05:57 PM (Sco7b)

65 "though no woman who transitioned after being assigned male at birth"

------

Oh my god go fuck yourself with a running chainsaw covered in salt which is also on fire.

This is a mangling of the english language and everything we know about science worse than the mangling that happens when one of these freaks gets their Johnson chopped off.

Posted by: ballistic at March 26, 2026 05:57 PM (oqH4h)

66 52 Either you let me compete in the Olympics with the gender I want or I'M GONNA KILL MYSELF!!!
Posted by: Trannies Everywhere All The Time at March 26, 2026 05:54 PM (hJH5n

Isn't that the "your terms are acceptable" meme?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at March 26, 2026 05:57 PM (YlWIZ)

67 Agreed. That was Prime Ace Material.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 05:57 PM (W7FsI)

68 If a woman suspects that she might not pass this screening
wait the w .... the what now?

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 26, 2026 05:57 PM (j+aD2)

69 that was delicious Ace

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 26, 2026 05:58 PM (j+aD2)

70 Eyes and ears and funny noses,
You can put them in so many poses.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 26, 2026 05:58 PM (nESHF)

71 >>>up top, but if not, that would explain why people in the Bible are told to not be afraid when an angel appears before them.

they're not angels, they're just weird interdimensional demons who get off on pain

but a good example of an angel that will terrify you is the angel of death at the end of Raiders

Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 05:58 PM (1wjle)

72 This woman (?) does insane mental gymnastics to rationalize why men should be able to invade women’s sports.


Damn. Uptalk plus vocal fry. With bird hands it would have been a TikTok trifecta.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 05:58 PM (fhCge)

73 I wonder if Ilona Maher will be able to play

lol she's a tad suss

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 26, 2026 05:58 PM (j+aD2)

74 WTF has ace been smoking this afternoon?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 05:58 PM (ESVrU)

75 "And to think, I hesitated."

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 26, 2026 05:59 PM (xcxpd)

76 If the 12 Y/o Ragheads want to meet Allah.... Well then Uncle Donny is here to help....

Anyway, what can a 12 Y/O do with 72 Virgins.....

They cannot even get a Hard on long enough to satisfy them !!!!

This also proves Beef is healthier than Fish !!!!!

Posted by: Howard Stienhofer at March 26, 2026 05:59 PM (cAEZx)

77 What's in the box?

Posted by: Darth Randall at March 26, 2026 05:59 PM (f1kZG)

78 Ace's schadenboner just caused a tsunami that created a new waterway through Arabia.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 26, 2026 05:59 PM (ZOv7s)

79 Well I didn't expect a post on tranny athletes to turn into Hellraiser porn, but Ace is in one of his more creative moments.
Posted by: the lower depths at March 26, 2026 05:45 PM (GSy5R)

Rocking chairs are rejuvenating.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 06:00 PM (ExV1e)

80 And Ace...very funny stuff

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 26, 2026 06:00 PM (xcxpd)

81 > If a woman suspects that she might not pass this screening, she might be deterred from pursuing sport altogether

"Women" don't suddenly decide to "pursue sport" and compete in the Olympics. Most of those people at the Olympics started pursuing sport at 3-5 years of age. We call 3-5 year old females, "girls." At that age, they're not deciding to pursue sport based on whether or not they can pass some genetic test at the Olympics.

IF they show ridiculous promise, they're going to look for a high level coach, and that coach is most likely going to cost many orders of magnitude more than a genetic test.

Posted by: bonhomme at March 26, 2026 06:00 PM (mkw2N)

82 EXPERTS! EXPERTS! AH YES, WHAT I WAS MISSING WAS "EXPERTS!"

I'VE GOT THE LAMENT CONFIGURATION IN FUCKED-UP POSITIONS IT WAS NEVER DESIGNED FOR!
----

I read that as Lamont configuration and it was still funny

Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 26, 2026 06:00 PM (zafwz)

83 This post is about swinging dicks.

Posted by: Judge VanDyke at March 26, 2026 06:00 PM (TbWk/)

84 Pinhead was the hero of those movies

Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 26, 2026 06:01 PM (2pYam)

85 Woman does insane mental gymnastics.
-

She ordered those glasses special.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 06:01 PM (jAisO)

86 >>>84 Pinhead was the hero of those movies

he punishes the humans who are the real villains, right?

Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 06:01 PM (1wjle)

87 I saw the first hellraiser when it was first out on video and I remember nothing about it. People say it's good but I remember being sub-meh on it.
Posted by: refractory period ace at March 26, 2026 05:47 PM (1wjle)
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I made the mistake of watching Hellraiser and John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness on the same Halloween night in 1992, when I was a college freshman.

I've NEVER had stranger dreams in my life...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 06:02 PM (ESVrU)

88 82 EXPERTS! EXPERTS! AH YES, WHAT I WAS MISSING WAS "EXPERTS!"

I'VE GOT THE LAMENT CONFIGURATION IN FUCKED-UP POSITIONS IT WAS NEVER DESIGNED FOR!
----

I read that as Lamont configuration and it was still funny
Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 26, 2026 06:00 PM (zafwz)

Kirsty, you big dummy!

Posted by: Pinhead at March 26, 2026 06:02 PM (TbWk/)

89 >>"Women" don't suddenly decide to "pursue sport" and compete in the Olympics...


They're fighting the Patriarchy.

Just ignore them, they'll eventually have to go home and feed their cats.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 06:02 PM (W7FsI)

90 What is that thing wearing the Mr. Potatohead glasses anyway?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
......

THATS MRS POTATOHEAD ASSHOLE

Posted by: wth at March 26, 2026 06:02 PM (UjdFS)

91 I was going to look at the last video but decided not to waste those precious moments on such utter bullshit.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 26, 2026 06:02 PM (+nEug)

92 Ace, the anti-doping effort on the international sports stage is unbelievably expensive. They spend something like $5,000/test/athlete, and some of them are tested multiple times/year.

The idea that this is in any way difficult is laughable. As you point out, simple testing for XX or XY chromosomes is cheap. They can do PCR testing for $25.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 06:02 PM (n9ltV)

93 That female Olympic boxer in Blurle said the boxer in Red (the MALE) hit her harder than she had ever been hit in her life.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 26, 2026 06:02 PM (PzOF6)

94 The fact we're even having this discussion reveals just how insane some people are.

Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at March 26, 2026 06:03 PM (pE12i)

95 pinhead (and all of them) punish people who choose to visit hell

people who want the pain bc they are past it with normal sensations, generally

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 26, 2026 06:03 PM (j+aD2)

96 The uptalk and the assertion that "I'm right because I'm a 'journalist'" combined with the mini-bangs, Birth Control Glasses, and gigantic Canadian Mountie Chin is so perfect.
===

Poetry Ace, pure poetry as fine as I have ever read.

P-O-E-T-R-Y!

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at March 26, 2026 06:03 PM (xvV+O)

97 Thank you, Riley Gaines.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 26, 2026 06:03 PM (+nEug)

98 My retcon is Event Horizon and Hellraiser exist in the same hopefully fictional universe.
Posted by: banana Dream at March 26, 2026 05:53 PM (l5dSG)

Dont forget Warhammer 40k.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 26, 2026 06:03 PM (zZu0s)

99 >>That female Olympic boxer in Blurle said the boxer in Red (the MALE) hit her harder than she had ever been hit in her life.


She sounds like a nice girl who never once overcooked the chicken.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 06:03 PM (W7FsI)

100 Well I didn't expect a post on tranny athletes to turn into Hellraiser porn, but Ace is in one of his more creative moments.
Posted by: the lower depths at March 26, 2026 05:45 PM (GSy5R)

Rocking chairs are rejuvenating.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 06:00 PM (ExV1e)
----
The lures he's whittling are designed to attract Cenobites...

One of the features of the box included spitting out fishhooks on chains that would tear into your flesh.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 06:03 PM (ESVrU)

101 The uptalk and the assertion that "I'm right because I'm a 'journalist'" combined with the mini-bangs, Birth Control Glasses, and gigantic Canadian Mountie Chin is so perfect.
===

Oh.

So that's what those are.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 06:03 PM (RIvkX)

102 You know I never saw Hellraiser- or Phantasm (the flying bladed clear pool ball was cool. Clackers. IYKYK.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 26, 2026 05:46 PM (zZu0s)

If you like horror, Hellraiser is pretty good. Admittedly, it's dated now, but it's pretty good.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 06:04 PM (ExV1e)

103 I made the mistake of watching Hellraiser and John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness on the same Halloween night in 1992, when I was a college freshman.

I've NEVER had stranger dreams in my life...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 06:02 PM (ESVrU)
---
I remember it being on at a party and finding it dull, but I hate horror movies. Most of them can be solved with a pocket revolver except for the ones were just not summoning inter-dimensional demons also works.

Never read from the Book of the Dead out loud.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 26, 2026 06:04 PM (ZOv7s)

104 Is that Waldo?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 26, 2026 06:04 PM (Cqx++)

105 The word you're looking for is transexual.
Gender refers to possessive pronouns: his, hers, theirs, its.

Like you learned in fourth grade.

Posted by: Word nerd at March 26, 2026 06:04 PM (2Ez/1)

106 Cenobites sound like something you would farm in WoW.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 06:04 PM (W7FsI)

107 I thought you guys liked hot redheads.

Posted by: wth at March 26, 2026 06:04 PM (UjdFS)

108 Pinhead was the hero of those movies

he punishes the humans who are the real villains, right?
Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 06:01 PM (1wjle)
——

IIRC, it’s a bit more complicated than that, but he spares a few innocents and brings the assfuck down on all those who deserve it.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 26, 2026 06:05 PM (2pYam)

109 Lol

The journalist

"This decision is bad for all women because it means that anybody who doesn't fit a normative white idea of femininity is subject to suspicion, questioning or even worse."

Can we start a list.....

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 06:05 PM (Sco7b)

110 The Critical Drinker on tje En$hitification of the Lord of the Rings.


https://is.gd/TOumEi


Posted by: Boss Moss at March 26, 2026 06:05 PM (u1ket)

111 "Like that Iranian boxer who had a Y chromosome but claimed he was a woman because his genitals were improperly formed?

How delicious! "


Ace. Please. Phrasing.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at March 26, 2026 06:05 PM (oAa51)

112 Lew Wasserman called and he wants his glasses back.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 06:05 PM (fhCge)

113 Dont forget Warhammer 40k.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 26, 2026 06:03 PM (zZu0s)
---
This. Event Horizon discovered the Warp, but without a Navigator to guide them and their own psykers to ward them, they succumbed to Chaos demons. I'd say a mix of Khorne and Slaanesh.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 26, 2026 06:06 PM (ZOv7s)

114 ever notice that these women who choose deliberately-unattractive hairstyles and glasses to "defeat the male gaze" were already pretty much defeating the male gaze with what God already gave them?

Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 06:06 PM (1wjle)

115 Well; I hope they look better than the "angel"
up top, but if not, that would explain why people in the Bible are told to not be afraid when an angel appears before them.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 05:57 PM (ix8EF)

Pinhead was the approachable one.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 06:06 PM (ExV1e)

116 Birth Control Glasses, didn't see that b/4.
Excellent.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 06:06 PM (jAisO)

117 111 "Like that Iranian boxer who had a Y chromosome but claimed he was a woman because his genitals were improperly formed?



the concept that a malformed and injured MALE is a female is incredibly humiliating and insulting to actual females.

we are not deformed males

also third world, be a little more cautious with the fancy circumcision stuff maybe

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 26, 2026 06:07 PM (j+aD2)

118 Pinheads are only a possible trouble in my life. Pinworms are the immediate threat.

Posted by: Itchy Ban at March 26, 2026 06:07 PM (oftw2)

119 Its from the 70s- of course people were the real monsters.

Doesn't pinhead start out as a regular, but evil dude?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 26, 2026 06:07 PM (zZu0s)

120 114 ever notice that these women who choose deliberately-unattractive hairstyles and glasses to "defeat the male gaze" were already pretty much defeating the male gaze with what God already gave them?
Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 06:06 PM (1wjle)

I see this every day on the job.

Posted by: GDR Olympic Committee at March 26, 2026 06:07 PM (hJH5n)

121 Good grief. She will die alone on her couch being eaten by her cats.

Posted by: wth at March 26, 2026 06:07 PM (UjdFS)

122 I dunno, the ‘birth control glasses’ can look very hot on a hot girl. Not that sexually ambiguous louse in the video, but a hot girl.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 26, 2026 06:07 PM (2pYam)

123 Explorers in the further regions of experience.
Posted by: Pinhead at March 26, 2026 05:54 PM (TbWk/)

That scene is on youtube and I just rewatched it. Although the big man gets the most quotable lines, the most chilling IMO is the cenob-ette who responds to Kirsty. She's panicked because she's just summoned these fiends, to remove the undead child molester who has escaped hell.
"Perhaps we prefer YOU."
... yeah, the movie was scary

Posted by: gKWVE at March 26, 2026 06:07 PM (gKWVE)

124 IIRC, it’s a bit more complicated than that, but he spares a few innocents and brings the assfuck down on all those who deserve it.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 26, 2026 06:05 PM (2pYam)
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In Hellraiser II Pinhead explicitly lets the young woman who opened the box off the hook. She was simply acting as a conduit for the psychologist who was "treating" her.

HE'S the one who really wanted to experience the pleasures of the box...and his wish was granted in typical Cenobite fashion.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 06:07 PM (ESVrU)

125 Is there a separate division for wahmyn with penises?

Posted by: Boss Moss at March 26, 2026 06:07 PM (u1ket)

126
Have the Olympic committee Define "Woman" first. Because the libs love to play word games.

Posted by: Frank Barone at March 26, 2026 06:07 PM (IifOV)

127 Die, GDR sock...

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 06:07 PM (hJH5n)

128 61 There are purposely mixed gender events - such as sailing.

My buddy did an olympic sailing campaign for the Brazil olympics. He got so sick after one of the qualifying events in the mega-polluted bay there that he missed 2 months of practice and didn't recover physically in time to really compete at the level he was capable of.

He said they would sail past the dead carcasses of animals regularly on their way from the docks to the race course.
Posted by: Defenestratus at March 26, 2026 05:56 PM (WYStd)

Dirtiest waters I ever sailed? Persian Gulf.

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 26, 2026 06:08 PM (mP0Kj)

129 Honestly, I'm disappointed at this decision. The most entertaining thing about Olympic women's sports is when a half-disguised male gets in there and screws it all up. I don't sit on my porch hoping for a car crash. BUT, I wouldn't look away if one happened.

I was, secretly, hoping that just about every female World and Olympic record would be compromised by the cosplaying males who couldn't make it competing against their own sex. It's hard to prolong an interest in women's sports. But, I'd watch an entire race if some guy trashed the whole field and then pretends that it's perfectly normal. It's good for my self-esteem to realize just how may retards are running around out there.

Side Note: I'm beginning to think that the Oversized Power Glasses were someone's idea of a great practical joke. Something like bellbottoms was in the 70's.

Posted by: Orson at March 26, 2026 06:08 PM (dIske)

130 The "women" above with the big glasses looks like a lighter haired Rachael Maddow...

Posted by: It's me donna at March 26, 2026 06:08 PM (FtULh)

131 I take it the moral is, don't summon demons, they're dangerous.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 26, 2026 06:08 PM (gKWVE)

132 Pinhead was the approachable one.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 06:06 PM (ExV1e)

Glad I missed that show or movie.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 06:08 PM (rZCVI)

133 Cenobites sound like something you would farm in WoW.
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 06:04 PM (W7FsI)
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Yeah, so imagine growing up irreligious and being aware of the films (I watched at least part of one) and then you become Catholic and read that a saint was a Cenobite and ,you're like "Hey now, WHAT?!"

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 26, 2026 06:08 PM (ZOv7s)

134 WTF has ace been smoking this afternoon?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Something in his new rocking chair is outgassing some zany chemicals. He'll be fine in a few days once it's all done curing.

Posted by: mikeski at March 26, 2026 06:08 PM (VHUov)

135 115 Well; I hope they look better than the "angel"
up top, but if not, that would explain why people in the Bible are told to not be afraid when an angel appears before them.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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Tell that to Abraham.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 06:08 PM (jAisO)

136 were already pretty much defeating the male gaze with what God already gave them?

Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 06:06 PM (1wjle)

Well, at least she was trying. She took off those neck-stretching hoops from that weird tribe in Africa.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 06:09 PM (n9ltV)

137 Is there a separate division for wahmyn with penises?

Look for the "Cs w/ Ds" banner.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 06:09 PM (fhCge)

138 116 Birth Control Glasses, didn't see that b/4.
Excellent.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 06:06 PM (jAisO)

I always understood that to be Birth Control Goggles. That's old military slang. My father used to make them back in the day.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 06:09 PM (hJH5n)

139 oh my, my tears for these transgender athletes are just...
non-existent. totally dry, like the wind of the Sahara and the cooch of a canadian journalist.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 26, 2026 06:09 PM (n5tGW)

140 there's a Pinhead knockoff in Cabin in the Woods. Bro's got a circular sawblade sticking out of his head.

Also there's a knockoff Lament Configuration in the basement where they choose the form of the destructor.

Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 06:09 PM (1wjle)

141 ***Nerk*** taking about Jacob

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 06:10 PM (jAisO)

142 Well, at least she was trying. She took off those neck-stretching hoops from that weird tribe in Africa.

She'd be hotter with big ceramic plates in her lips.

Posted by: The Guy Who Thinks Chicks Are Hotter With Ceramic Plates In Their Lips at March 26, 2026 06:10 PM (fhCge)

143 How would you like waking up to that shpiel every morning?
I bet she's fun at parties.

Posted by: wth at March 26, 2026 06:10 PM (UjdFS)

144 I was hoping for the green dildo toss next time around.
Still could happen.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 26, 2026 06:10 PM (abIsI)

145 Birth Control Glasses, didn't see that b/4.
Excellent.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 06:06 PM (jAisO)

Time to kill the smart military blog moniker.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 26, 2026 06:11 PM (zafwz)

146 Those Taylor swift bangs don't look good on anybody.

Posted by: NCKate at March 26, 2026 06:11 PM (uQzkA)

147 IIRC, it’s a bit more complicated than that, but he spares a few innocents and brings the assfuck down on all those who deserve it.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 26, 2026 06:05 PM (2pYam)

As I recall he's really a sympathetic figure having called down upon himself his curse, being an explorer or something and then opening some sort of Egyptian artifact or something that unleashes his curse? At least that's how I remembered it - haven't seen that story in many decades.

Posted by: Boswell at March 26, 2026 06:11 PM (j10i6)

148 Yeah, so imagine growing up irreligious and being aware of the films (I watched at least part of one) and then you become Catholic and read that a saint was a Cenobite and ,you're like "Hey now, WHAT?!"
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 26, 2026 06:08 PM (ZOv7s)
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As I recall, "Pinhead" isn't even the main villain's name. He's actually known as "Lead Cenobite" or sometimes referred to as "Hell Priest."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 06:11 PM (ESVrU)

149 The uptalk and the assertion that "I'm right because I'm a 'journalist'" combined with the mini-bangs, Birth Control Glasses, and gigantic Canadian Mountie Chin is so perfect.

Oh.
So that's what those are.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

I thought "birth control glasses" implied that, once they were removed, you'd want to boink the hot librarian underneath.

Can't see that as a possibility, here.

Posted by: mikeski at March 26, 2026 06:11 PM (VHUov)

150 I got a hunski that says the person with bangs and a Mountie chin thinks wearing Birth Control Glasses is giving the other girls a chance at the boys because she is such a 9.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at March 26, 2026 06:11 PM (xvV+O)

151 Im pretty sure a white normative identity is also a black normative identity as well as a brown normative identity.

And a yellow normative identity.
Hunter Biden

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at March 26, 2026 06:11 PM (oAa51)

152 On the movie related front...

Saw Project Hail Mary today. Would recommend.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 06:12 PM (ExV1e)

153 I think the courts are in line for some attenuation of authority, action and attitude by Congress. You know, another branch of government with checks and balances in minds. Perhaps the "swinging dicks" rhetorical nadir will be taken as a hint.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at March 26, 2026 06:12 PM (YlWIZ)

154 Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?

Posted by: that goat from a different movie at March 26, 2026 06:12 PM (1wjle)

155 NY Post: Half-naked twerking Texas spring breaker hurled from Jeep in viral video has died

Posted by: Mark1971 at March 26, 2026 06:12 PM (CNl8/)

156 Also there's a knockoff Lament Configuration in the basement where they choose the form of the destructor.
Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 06:09 PM (1wjle)
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Do we know for sure it's a knockoff?

Multiple boxes were constructed, as shown in Hellraiser II...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 06:12 PM (ESVrU)

157 146 Those Taylor swift bangs don't look good on anybody.



hmm

take a look at Linda Cardellini in DTF St Louis

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 26, 2026 06:12 PM (j+aD2)

158 I just finished 'A Human Centipede - first sequence' half an hour ago. Not as bad as I imagined. Maybe I'll check oit 'Hellraiser.'

During 'A Serbian Film' yesterday, full 144 minute version. I started thinking they were trying too hard - doing things even muslims wouldn't do. It was like Hollywood film-makers doing their best to piss off Catholics imagining the big box-office dollars.

Later, I was reading up on it and that was the point of the film. They were protesting EU censorship and how only 'nice' Serbian movies would get funding. So they made the most offensive movie possible. But if you figure it out or know why, much less disturbing.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 06:13 PM (Sco7b)

159 As I recall he's really a sympathetic figure having called down upon himself his curse, being an explorer or something and then opening some sort of Egyptian artifact or something that unleashes his curse? At least that's how I remembered it - haven't seen that story in many decades.
Posted by: Boswell at March 26, 2026 06:11 PM (j10i6)

I recall that being the case although it seems like he was a bit skeevy in his explorer period. That scene happened in Hellraiser 2, IIRC.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 06:14 PM (ExV1e)

160 Ahh I see Perfessor Squirrel explains it at 124...

Posted by: Boswell at March 26, 2026 06:14 PM (j10i6)

161 The uptalk and the assertion that "I'm right because I'm a 'journalist'" combined with the mini-bangs, Birth Control Glasses, and gigantic Canadian Mountie Chin is so perfect.
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:41 PM

Those are some serious shoulder muscles.
Looks like a male swimmer's neck.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 26, 2026 06:14 PM (6ydKt)

162 I got a hunski that says the person with bangs and a Mountie chin thinks wearing Birth Control Glasses is giving the other girls a chance at the boys because she is such a 9.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious
.......

A Dr. Pimple Popper 9 maybe.

Posted by: wth at March 26, 2026 06:14 PM (UjdFS)

163 That final video caused the sudden and complete retraction of my testicles. I could probably compete in women's sports now. If only there were a sport I didn't suck at.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 26, 2026 06:14 PM (2ap+5)

164 The Marxists will howl

Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2026 06:14 PM (Ia/+0)

165 Also there's a knockoff Lament Configuration in the basement where they choose the form of the destructor.
Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 06:09 PM (1wjle)

13 Ghosts (done by the same guys as Ghost Ship) also played on the same theme as far as body horror. Horrible movie, but had some creepy scenes.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 26, 2026 06:14 PM (zZu0s)

166 Dear God, I would take BCGs over the stupid glasses that thing is wearing.

What are considered fashionable frames now are just hideous. That and it being cool to go out in public looking like you just woke up...wake me when the world gets back to normal.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 06:15 PM (hJH5n)

167 When the guy was beating women in the Olympics, I went on for and called it out . At least five women I know began screeching that I didn't know science, that I was a hater and sent me ridiculous sci articles.
I'm happy events have proven me correct. They're onto their next outrage

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 26, 2026 06:15 PM (mHVWR)

168 Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 06:12 PM (ExV1e)

Thanks. I think my husband and spouse are planning to go, so I appreciate the recommendation.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 06:15 PM (PFs9e)

169 Why watch horror movies when you have history?

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 06:15 PM (hJH5n)

170 169 Why watch horror movies when you have history?
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 06:15 PM (hJH5n

Or current news.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 06:17 PM (Sco7b)

171 I always understood that to be Birth Control Goggles. That's old military slang. My father used to make them back in the day.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 06:09 PM (hJH5n)
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Yep, goes back a while. Because my eyesight was particularly bad, I never got issued any by the Army. They were always on back order. Of course, as anyone will tell you, they are completely ineffective, especially as the weeks of coed basic training wear on.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 26, 2026 06:17 PM (ZOv7s)

172 FLYING LIKE AN ENGORGED HELLBAT AGAIN

Long-lost collab of Ozzy and Meatloaf

Posted by: Cock of the Walk at March 26, 2026 06:17 PM (RMFMN)

173 Nobody watches the news anymore.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 26, 2026 06:18 PM (2Ez/1)

174 I think my husband and spouse are planning to go

What kind of throuple situation is Fen into?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 26, 2026 06:19 PM (n5tGW)

175 ''The uptalk and the assertion that "I'm right because I'm a 'journalist'" combined with the mini-bangs, Birth Control Glasses, and gigantic Canadian Mountie Chin is so perfect.''



Yup, good ol' Dudley Do-right with the ass at the end of her chin.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 26, 2026 06:19 PM (snZF9)

176 Thanks. I think my husband and spouse are planning to go, so I appreciate the recommendation.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
.......

You're in a plural marriage? Wowee.

Posted by: wth at March 26, 2026 06:20 PM (UjdFS)

177 Why watch horror movies when you have history?
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 06:15 PM (hJH5n)
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Precisely because it's not real. So it's fake being scared or something. I never cared for it.

However, drama has it's place. I mean is "Jaws" a horror movie or just riveting drama?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 26, 2026 06:20 PM (ZOv7s)

178 I think my husband and spouse are planning to go

What kind of throuple situation is Fen into?
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 26, 2026 06:19 PM (n5tGW)
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Wow. Freudian slip?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 26, 2026 06:21 PM (ZOv7s)

179 Perhaps Fen has a "nesting partner."

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 26, 2026 06:21 PM (2Ez/1)

180 Ace just nuked it from orbit.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 26, 2026 06:22 PM (KwvKR)

181 Perhaps Fen has a "nesting partner."
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 26, 2026 06:21 PM (2Ez/1)
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Sister wife.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 26, 2026 06:22 PM (ZOv7s)

182 "White idea of femininity?" I think I'll just ignore her (?) entire white-splaining screed.

Posted by: Racially Ambiguous Honky at March 26, 2026 06:22 PM (X5FXP)

183 Posted by: wth at March 26, 2026 06:20 PM

Of course; I'm a clergy woman. 😉

LOL. That was a typo. FenSpouse who BTW, is male and "son"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 06:22 PM (PFs9e)

184 The altar boys are lined for confession.

The first one goes in.

"Father, I've committed an impure act with one of my female classmates."

"Was it Bridget Flaherty?"

"I'm sorry, Father. I can't say."

"Was it Maureen O'Shaughnessy?"

"I'm sorry, Father. I can't say."

"Was it Caitlin Murphy?"

"I'm sorry, Father. I can't say."

"What you did was wrong, but I do admire your loyalty. Pray the rosary 10 times, and I'm not going to let you help at Mass for a month."

The altar boy leaves. His companions ask "What did you get?"

"A month off and three good prospects."

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 26, 2026 06:23 PM (IG3/x)

185 LOL. That was a typo. FenSpouse who BTW, is male and "son"
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 06:22 PM (PFs9e)

*takes away Fen's shovel*

Posted by: gKWVE at March 26, 2026 06:23 PM (gKWVE)

186 I thought "birth control glasses" implied that, once they were removed, you'd want to boink the hot librarian underneath.

Can't see that as a possibility, here.
Posted by: mikeski

I have reconsidered this position. If I wear a necktie around my waist, it's still a necktie, not a belt. So even if a girl with no need of male-gaze-averting BCGs is wearing them, they are still BCGs.

Posted by: mikeski at March 26, 2026 06:24 PM (VHUov)

187 That final video caused the sudden and complete retraction of my testicles.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 26, 2026 06:14 PM (2ap+5)

Mine suddenly learned to ride a harley and are 2 states over by now.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 26, 2026 06:24 PM (snZF9)

188 ‘Hellraiser’

[Grins]

— Ozzy

Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 26, 2026 06:24 PM (2pYam)

189 Ace, the post was hilariously genius. Bravo…

IMHO forget the genetic testing… the test should be a Crocodile Dundee crotch grab. If he determines you’re male, you’re banned

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 06:24 PM (xT8gx)

190 They're onto their next outrage
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 26, 2026 06:15 PM (mHVWR)

I'd find new outrages coming along every 10 minutes tiring.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 06:24 PM (Sco7b)

191 LOL. That was a typo. FenSpouse who BTW, is male and "son"
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 06:22 PM (PFs9e)

*shakes head sadly*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 26, 2026 06:24 PM (zZu0s)

192 How many intersex people do you know?

No, really, how many?

Oh. None. That's likely, since there are about 1 per 20 million out there. And very few of them are Olympic class athletes. If any.

So fuck off with the one-off exceptions.

Posted by: tcn in AK at March 26, 2026 06:25 PM (DwqWV)

193 I was super pissed at the new Hellraiser movie because they (of course) mad pinhead female. I really hate to say this but that actress knocks it out of the park. She's basically the star of the film. It's a very dumb movie like all but the first Hellraiser films, but I enjoyed it immensely. Special kudos to the filmmakers inventing all these new configurations of the puzzle box. I think it is on Netflix maybe?

Posted by: Max Power at March 26, 2026 06:25 PM (q177U)

194 Mine suddenly learned to ride a harley and are 2 states over by now.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 26, 2026 06:24 PM (snZF9)

Those are some seriously talented testicles.

Posted by: tcn in AK at March 26, 2026 06:26 PM (DwqWV)

195 In a generation we've gone from liberal women fighting for women's sports to liberal women fighting to end women's sports.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 06:26 PM (viF8m)

196 *takes away Fen's shovel*
Posted by: gKWVE at March 26, 2026 06:23 PM (gKWVE)
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You are doing the Lord's work.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 26, 2026 06:26 PM (ZOv7s)

197 We could have used Genetic Screening back in the 60's and 70's when any "female" member of the East German Olympic Team was seriously suspected as being a guy. Some of the horridly so.

Posted by: TXMarko at March 26, 2026 06:26 PM (7flhA)

198 >>>What are considered fashionable frames now are just hideous. That and it being cool to go out in public looking like you just woke up...wake me when the world gets back to normal.
Posted by: Cow Demon
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If a female is up for the cause and down with the plan she's wearing BCGs.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 06:26 PM (jAisO)

199 That final video caused the sudden and complete retraction of my testicles.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 26, 2026 06:14 PM (2ap+5)

Mine suddenly learned to ride a harley and are 2 states over by now.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 26, 2026 06:24 PM (snZF9)

Yeah, that broad and her uptalking is unbearable… I got far enough in the video to notice she’s not wearing a wedding ring. Shocked!!!!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 06:27 PM (xT8gx)

200 I think it is on Netflix maybe?
Posted by: Max Power at March 26, 2026 06:25 PM (q177U)

Sites were saying Netflix was raising prices in the US.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 06:27 PM (Sco7b)

201 Just grab 'em by the pussy, you'll know.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 06:27 PM (jAisO)

202 Yep, goes back a while. Because my eyesight was particularly bad, I never got issued any by the Army. They were always on back order. Of course, as anyone will tell you, they are completely ineffective, especially as the weeks of coed basic training wear on.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 26, 2026 06:17 PM (ZOv7s)

What I really enjoyed was The Argument I Would Always Win But People Wanted To get Into Anyway. It went like this: I was told that I needed gas mask inserts. I said "No, I can see fine without them. My vision is impaired on one side, when I am not wearing glasses I rely on the one good eye." (Truth.) I am then told that I WILL WEAR MY GAS MASK INSERTS OR ELSE. I say again "You are wasting taxpayer's money. Don't make them for me. I can see fine. If I can't I will let you know immediately." This goes back and forth for however long...

And eventually I hear "yeah, it has been determined your vision isn't bad enough to warrant inserts." Me: "Toldya".

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 06:27 PM (hJH5n)

203 It's not just power, strength and endurance.

Men have better spatial skills than women. That's why men are still better at pool, darts, golf short game, etc.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 06:28 PM (V4IXI)

204 yeah, hellraiser 2022 is presently ranked second-best on RT, after the first one. The first one is going to be difficult to dethrone because of the nostalgia.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 26, 2026 06:28 PM (gKWVE)

205 182 "White idea of femininity?" I think I'll just ignore her (?) entire white-splaining screed.
Posted by: Racially Ambiguous Honky at March 26, 2026 06:22 PM (X5FXP)

What does having a dick have to do with being white or feminine?

Posted by: tcn in AK at March 26, 2026 06:28 PM (DwqWV)

206 > How many intersex people do you know?

So fuck off with the one-off exceptions.
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 26, 2026 06:25 PM (DwqWV)

Right. They always trot out those unfortunates, most of whom spend their lives just trying to get by, playing the shitty hand they've been dealt.

They're not the ones having parades or filing lawsuit.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 26, 2026 06:29 PM (IG3/x)

207 We could have used Genetic Screening back in the 60's and 70's when any "female" member of the East German Olympic Team was seriously suspected as being a guy. Some of the horridly so.
Posted by: TXMarko at March 26, 2026 06:26 PM (7flhA)
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That National Lampoon cover is evergreen.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 06:29 PM (60TZk)

208 SING! SING TO ME OF YOUR BLESSED DAMNATION!

From chuckling to 🤣 I've gone. Outdoing yourself, you are you are.

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Can urine be used for the test?

Elaine, according to your urine analysis, you're menopausal. You have the metabolism of a 68-year old woman and possible osteoporosis.

Posted by: L - No nic at March 26, 2026 06:30 PM (NFX2v)

209 I had BCGs in basic training and I hated ‘em…. Couldn’t understand why they wouldn’t let me wear my civilian eyeglasses but that was out of the question. I was so terrified of the drill sargents I didn’t even ask

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 06:30 PM (xT8gx)

210 I think crocodile Dundee. These lovers are not going to go all the way with their identification. If you are a dude at all in there, you are not going to want anyone cutting on the ferret.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 26, 2026 06:30 PM (zZu0s)

211 Perhaps Fen has a "nesting partner."
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 26, 2026 06:21 PM

It's Russian dolls all the way down.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 26, 2026 06:30 PM (Wnv9h)

212
I have reconsidered this position. If I wear a necktie around my waist, it's still a necktie, not a belt. So even if a girl with no need of male-gaze-averting BCGs is wearing them, they are still BCGs.
Posted by: mikeski at March 26, 2026 06:24 PM (VHUov)

You have read A Separate Peace, I see. Phineas did that if I am not mistaken.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 06:30 PM (hJH5n)

213 182 "White idea of femininity?" I think I'll just ignore her (?) entire white-splaining screed.

Posted by: Racially Ambiguous Honky at March 26, 2026 06:22 PM (X5FXP)

They can complain all they want but when it comes to women-type things (fashion, beauty standards, education, social power, feminism, etc.) white Western women have been leading the way around the world for a few millennia now, at least back to the Greeks & Romans.

Only recently have East Asian & African-American women had any influence world-wide. That's mostly thanks to K-Pop, J-Pop and Hip-Hop & Rap and those ladies are copying and iterating on Western female standards themselves.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 26, 2026 06:30 PM (6ydKt)

214 I'd find new outrages coming along every 10 minutes tiring.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 06:24 PM (Sco7b)

From John Konrad's excellent X essay on anger:

The great irony: people consuming and sharing these shortcuts believe they're saving time and thought. They end up consumed by it. The shortcut doesn't conserve cognitive energy. It injects a slow-burning emotional cost that has to be serviced continuously. You have to keep feeding the assumption. Keep reinforcing the story. Keep the anger alive, because if it dies, you'd have to go back and actually read those three pages of policy analysis you skipped.

https://tinyurl.com/bdhkyu75

Posted by: pookysgirl, sometimes philosphical at March 26, 2026 06:31 PM (Wt5PA)

215 Only white people think those with a Y chromosome are males. Follow the Science!

Posted by: Racially Ambiguous Honky at March 26, 2026 06:31 PM (X5FXP)

216 Yeah, that broad and her uptalking is unbearable… I got far enough in the video to notice she’s not wearing a wedding ring. Shocked!!!!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 06:27 PM (xT8gx)

You might want to notice "her" exceptional shoulders which "she" is showing off, and "her" complete lack of breasts.

I think "she" is the one who is upset at not being allowed to play in the Olympics, but he really doesn't have a shot, anyway.

Posted by: tcn in AK at March 26, 2026 06:31 PM (DwqWV)

217 And eventually I hear "yeah, it has been determined your vision isn't bad enough to warrant inserts." Me: "Toldya".
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 06:27 PM (hJH5n)
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Yeah, so in addition to not getting BCGs, I also didn't get inserts. So putting on my pro mask left me effectively blind, lost in a world of blurs. During the FTX, we're moving through the woods and we hit a place where there was a small fire, all blackened and we stop, turn to the drill sergeant who says nothing, and then we all are like "GAS! GAS! GAS!" and fumble for our masks, and now I'm blind, and have to hang on something LBE strap as we stumbled forward to the other side. Finally the drill sergeant is able to stop laughing long enough to shout "ALL CLEAR!"

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 26, 2026 06:31 PM (ZOv7s)

218 We could have used Genetic Screening back in the 60's and 70's when any "female" member of the East German Olympic Team was seriously suspected as being a guy. Some of the horridly so.
Posted by: TXMarko at March 26, 2026 06:26 PM (7flhA

I think that was a result of filling those women with testosterone and steroids.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 06:32 PM (V4IXI)

219 I should clarify, it wasn't simulated chemical attack, but he thought it was funny, so just let us roll with it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 26, 2026 06:32 PM (ZOv7s)

220 Just grab 'em by the pussy, you'll know.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 06:27 PM

Too right, mate.

Posted by: Mick "Crocodile" Dundee at March 26, 2026 06:32 PM (Wnv9h)

221 Internet says the original Clive Barker Pinhead was androgynous.



Ackshually.

Posted by: eleven at March 26, 2026 06:32 PM (fV+MH)

222 Elaine and the poppy seed muffins:

https://youtube.com/shorts/dpHy_SEsBcU

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at March 26, 2026 06:33 PM (2Ez/1)

223 Perhaps Fen has a "nesting partner."
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

It's Russian dolls all the way down in.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

FIFY.

Posted by: mikeski doubles the entendre at March 26, 2026 06:33 PM (VHUov)

224 I am not forming an opinion on any of this until Taylor Lorenz opines, and the ladies of the view weigh in ( get it ? ).

Posted by: tubal at March 26, 2026 06:33 PM (/HeZH)

225 Fen, are you nesting??? Like, gathering twigs and stuff?

Posted by: tubal at March 26, 2026 06:34 PM (/HeZH)

226 That "female" "journalist" in the video at the end looks like a cross between Hilary Swank and the gyrocopter pilot in "The Road Warrior."

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at March 26, 2026 06:35 PM (5YmYl)

227 anyone mention this? very funny video if you have 6 minutes. (take out the space)

https://twitchy.com/justmindy/2026/03/26/ trans-lawyer-hissy-fit-court-n2426480

Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 26, 2026 06:35 PM (CWTWj)

228 I was super pissed at the new Hellraiser movie because they (of course) mad pinhead female. I really hate to say this but that actress knocks it out of the park. She's basically the star of the film. It's a very dumb movie like all but the first Hellraiser films, but I enjoyed it immensely. Special kudos to the filmmakers inventing all these new configurations of the puzzle box. I think it is on Netflix maybe?

Posted by: Max Power at March 26, 2026 06:25 PM (q177U)

"Hellraiser
is widely regarded as a queer horror classic, rooted in the sensibility of its openly gay creator, Clive Barker, and his exploration of kinky, transgressive sexuality. The franchise is celebrated for incorporating sadomasochistic themes, queer subtext, and breaking heteronormative standards, rather than focusing on a single gay character"

In the 2022 Hellraiser reboot, Pinhead was portrayed by trans actress Jamie Clayton to honor the androgynous, non-binary, and ethereal nature of the Cenobites in Clive Barker's original novella, The Hellbound Heart. The filmmakers wanted to create a fresh, "darker" interpretation, separating the new performance from Doug Bradley’s iconic male portrayal.

Uh...pass.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 26, 2026 06:35 PM (snZF9)

229 Nightly News

ABC....Helicopter and Jet almost collide. First TSA.
NBC....Guthrie
CBS....Near miss Jet. Now 20 year old fleeing to China after explosive device at Air Force Base

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 06:35 PM (Sco7b)

230 224 I am not forming an opinion on any of this until Taylor Lorenz opines, and the ladies of the view weigh in ( get it ? ).
Posted by: tubal at March 26, 2026 06:33 PM

+++
*ahem*

Posted by: Tay-Tay Swift at March 26, 2026 06:35 PM (2Ez/1)

231 "So far, we only know about the “out and proud” freaks who brag about being born male but “transitioning” to women. They are the stupid ones. The smart ones keep their heads down, their dicks tucked, and never let on they’re men.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 26, 2026 05:53 PM (2pYam)

Word!

Posted by: Tanya Harding at March 26, 2026 06:35 PM (cO6oP)

232 >>>And eventually I hear "yeah, it has been determined your vision isn't bad enough to warrant inserts." Me: "Toldya".
Posted by: Cow Demon
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Sounds like you qualify for a quality Bauch & Lomb replacement part.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 06:35 PM (jAisO)

233 Actually, Starfleet says an officer should always don the proper sock when using "Actually"

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at March 26, 2026 06:35 PM (RIvkX)

234 I had BCGs in basic training and I hated ‘em…. Couldn’t understand why they wouldn’t let me wear my civilian eyeglasses but that was out of the question. I was so terrified of the drill sargents I didn’t even ask
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 06:30 PM (xT8gx)
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I was sent on a detail to do something at one point and the cadre paused and said I must be something special to be allowed to wear civilian glasses. I did get out of training a couple of times to go see if they were ready, which was nice. Better sitting on a bus than a road march, amirite?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 26, 2026 06:35 PM (ZOv7s)

235 "(take out the space)"

You just blew the margins by an extra space. Thanks!

Posted by: Tanya Harding at March 26, 2026 06:36 PM (cO6oP)

236 Uh...pass.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 26, 2026 06:35 PM (snZF9)

Agreed.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 26, 2026 06:37 PM (zZu0s)

237 Uh...pass.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 26, 2026 06:35 PM (snZF9)

Yeah. Me too. Plenty of other stuff out there.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 06:37 PM (Sco7b)

238
Fen, are you sitting on the nest?

Posted by: Jimmy Stewart at March 26, 2026 06:37 PM (2Ez/1)

239 Finally the drill sergeant is able to stop laughing long enough to shout "ALL CLEAR!"
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 26, 2026 06:31 PM (ZOv7s)

I had a massive screwup in basic that I now look back on and laugh. There was a small brick building filled with tear gas… we all had to go in with our gas masks… well I didn’t properly seal mine so after 5 seconds in there I can’t breathe…. I panic and run for the door. The drill sargent tries to block me but I’m so panicked I just run right over him in my desperation to breathe. He didn’t even punish me…. He looked at me on my knees retching and probably figured that was punishment enough. I laugh now but it wasn’t funny in the moment. Moral of the story - Seal your gas mask properly stupid!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 06:38 PM (xT8gx)

240 Who is muy macho, Clive Barker or Neil Gaiman?

Posted by: tubal at March 26, 2026 06:38 PM (/HeZH)

241 226 That "female" "journalist" in the video at the end looks like a cross between Hilary Swank and the gyrocopter pilot in "The Road Warrior."
Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto
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You really know how to hurt a queen's feelings.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 06:38 PM (jAisO)

242 Fen, are you sitting on the nest?
Posted by: Jimmy Stewart at March 26, 2026 06:37 PM (2Ez/1)
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In the Lament Configuration?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 26, 2026 06:38 PM (ZOv7s)

243 What that retarded thing left out in the last video is all these tranny athletes competing against women all still have their junk.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 06:38 PM (V4IXI)

244

Just saw a commercial on FNC for "Support Birthright Citizenship" sung to the tune of Born In the USA.

Sponsored by the ACLU

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 26, 2026 06:39 PM (Cqx++)

245 What does this have to do with exploding tuna cans?

Posted by: wth at March 26, 2026 06:39 PM (UjdFS)

246 245 What does this have to do with exploding tuna cans?
Posted by: wth at March 26, 2026 06:39 PM (UjdFS)

Or LotR ??

Posted by: tubal at March 26, 2026 06:40 PM (/HeZH)

247 243 What that retarded thing left out in the last video is all these tranny athletes competing against women all still have their junk.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 06:38 PM (V4IXI)

Well, this one think women can have "lady cocks" so that doesn't really bother her.

They are completely convinced their estrogen pills have magically transformed them into females and we're crazy for believing otherwise.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 26, 2026 06:41 PM (6ydKt)

248 That "female" "journalist" in the video at the end looks like a cross between Hilary Swank and the gyrocopter pilot in "The Road Warrior."
Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto
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Fun fact: Bruce Spence, who played the Gyro Captain, also played The Mouth of Sauron in "The Return of the King."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 06:41 PM (60TZk)

249 He looked at me on my knees retching and probably figured that was punishment enough. I laugh now but it wasn’t funny in the moment. Moral of the story - Seal your gas mask properly stupid!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 06:38 PM (xT8gx)
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I mean it's part proficiency, part discipline. Make sure it's good and sealed. See, isn't this nice. Gas everywhere, but we're breathing just fine.

Now take it off.

When I went through, Saddamite Iraq was the expected enemy with chemical weapons, so we got hit with CS a lot. With glasses, I had to move fast to get the geek strap off, pocket the frames and then mask fast enough to keep it out. I did, although one time I a little got in, but I was able to clear it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 26, 2026 06:41 PM (ZOv7s)

250 Fun fact: Bruce Spence, who played the Gyro Captain, also played The Mouth of Sauron in "The Return of the King."
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 06:41 PM (60TZk)
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He must have had some work done.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 26, 2026 06:42 PM (ZOv7s)

251 Well, this one think women can have "lady cocks" so that doesn't really bother her.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 26, 2026 06:41 PM (6ydKt)
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She has to take what she can get.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 26, 2026 06:43 PM (ZOv7s)

252 .. Of course, as anyone will tell you, they are completely ineffective, especially as the weeks of coed basic training wear on.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 26, 2026 06:17 PM (ZOv7s)

Coed Army BCT? I was in the 1st coed Basic Combat Training at Fort Dix, NJ in the Fall of 1978. Delta-Five-Three Dragons. We had Press covering us, etc. Sound familiar?

Posted by: TXMarko at March 26, 2026 06:43 PM (7flhA)

253 Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 26, 2026 06:41 PM (6ydKt)

I've always believed if the compromise was presented that you can compete as a female only if you were fully transitioned there would no longer be any tranny female athlete competitors.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 06:44 PM (V4IXI)

254 Fun fact: Bruce Spence, who played the Gyro Captain, also played The Mouth of Sauron in "The Return of the King."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 06:41 PM (60TZk)

It's a good thing he got a credit because nobody would be able to identify him otherwise.

It's not exactly a a great headshot he can add to the portfolio.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 26, 2026 06:44 PM (6ydKt)

255 Trump surrenders again on Strait of Hormoz
New rd line date April 6


😡BUT THIS TIME HE REALLY REALLY MEANS IT!

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at March 26, 2026 06:45 PM (l1aSU)

256 The boys in girls sports ban is a 90-10 issue.

This should be our issue. It should be beaten to death, like the left beats the drums of abortion “rights” every time an election nears.

Any father with a daughter who is involved in sports will object to having his daughter share locker rooms with and competing against boys. The athletes want a fair playing field.

It really is a 90-10 issue.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 26, 2026 06:45 PM (ie65O)

257 Ah ace! This deserves a spot on the greatest hit list man!

Posted by: McDirty at March 26, 2026 06:45 PM (RWXeq)

258 I was busy today and just saw this. Fucking brilliant. Kaboom level writing. Instant sidebar save. Love it.!!!!

Posted by: Simplemind at March 26, 2026 06:46 PM (YrUlT)

259 This is great news, Trump's signature will appear on all currency! In addition to Sec Treas signature. Best troll ever!!

Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 06:46 PM (GD0B3)

260 253 Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 26, 2026 06:41 PM (6ydKt)

I've always believed if the compromise was presented that you can compete as a female only if you were fully transitioned there would no longer be any tranny female athlete competitors.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 06:44 PM (V4IXI)

I imagine 75% would have so many health complications after the surgery that they wouldn't be able to compete anyhow.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 26, 2026 06:46 PM (6ydKt)

261 Kevin Dalton
@TheKevinDalton

1h
There is zero election integrity in Gavin Newsom’s lawless California.

Again, JJ Smith catches fraudsters paying homeless people in San Francisco $5 to sign a multitude of petitions.

How is it that JJ can find these guys but law enforcement cannot?

Posted by: 13times at March 26, 2026 06:46 PM (Bukd2)

262 Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at March 26, 2026 06:45 PM (l1aSU)
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Nah, he's got the mullahs on the ropes.

And the ceiling. The floor. That wall a quarter mile away...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 06:47 PM (60TZk)

263 Coed Army BCT? I was in the 1st coed Basic Combat Training at Fort Dix, NJ in the Fall of 1978. Delta-Five-Three Dragons. We had Press covering us, etc. Sound familiar?
Posted by: TXMarko at March 26, 2026 06:43 PM (7flhA)
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By 2000 the big issue was cadre sleeping with trainees, and they had all sorts of rules about not touching trainees at all, instead directed other privates to adjust gear. The females had their own floor, which was on the top floor in the previous cycle, but they lowered bedsheets down and they guys climbed up during the night and got freaky. They were dimed out by the one chick who couldn't find a date.

During my cycle they had to Article 15 a few couples, but the smart ones waited until we were in the woods, though that sex would have been gruesome after a road march and sleeping in a hole.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 26, 2026 06:47 PM (ZOv7s)

264 We be alls herd that Trump is now bombing chilrin collet hospitals in th a ts Iraun place. This bothers us and calls on Presdent Obana dew something abouts this now !

Posted by: Mary Cloggistein from Brattleboro, Vt at March 26, 2026 06:48 PM (PuIbQ)

265 NOOD quick hits

Posted by: barbarausa at March 26, 2026 06:48 PM (enw9G)

266 I imagine 75% would have so many health complications after the surgery that they wouldn't be able to compete anyhow.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 26, 2026 06:46 PM (6ydKt

They aren't cutting off their dick because they don't really want to physically be a woman. They just want to role play.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 06:48 PM (V4IXI)

267 "If a woman suspects that she might not pass this screening, she might be deterred from pursuing sport altogether."

Suspects? Suspects? That word is doing a LOT of heavy lifting here. I think the "woman" in question KNOWS what the answer is before the est is even done.

And by the fucking way, if their test comes up XY they can still fucking compete...against the men. And since men and woman are equal, and anything a man can do a woman can do better, this should be no problem, eh?

Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 26, 2026 06:49 PM (vOtXJ)

268 God be with you, troll. Jesus loves you. He is waiting for you. You don't have to do this.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 26, 2026 06:49 PM (ZOv7s)

269 Face it, you have a Y, you are a guy.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 26, 2026 06:50 PM (vOtXJ)

270 A blood test will discourage married women from competing because they may be unable to find one of their X chromosomes.

Posted by: 29Victor at March 26, 2026 06:50 PM (0MjtC)

271 We be alls herd that Trump is now bombing childrin coller hospitals in thats Irun place.

This bothers us and we be calls on Presdent Obana dew something abouts this now !

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at March 26, 2026 06:50 PM (geT9b)

272 One word of caution - we are celebrating the fact that the IOC adopted the most sane and logical solution. That we have to have multiyear debates over perfectly sane and rational solutions is part of the problem.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 26, 2026 06:51 PM (vOtXJ)

273 Ace (if you're still here), _Hellraiser_ is available on Prime, plus some free sites:
https://watch.plex.tv/movie/hellraiser-1987
https://tinyurl.com/yp93f8tr
https://tubitv.com/search/Hellraiser

Posted by: 6eyes at March 26, 2026 06:52 PM (n/le7)

274 Nood.

Quick hits.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 06:52 PM (Sco7b)

275 269 Face it, you have a Y, you are a guy.

Disagree... If you have a Real Y down yonder you are a biological Female. And if you have a Slong and Ball Sack you are a Biological Male...

Posted by: Jackson K. at March 26, 2026 06:53 PM (geT9b)

276 To crush your enemies. To drive them before you. To ban the lament configurations of their transwomen.

Posted by: Conan the Olympian at March 26, 2026 06:54 PM (yFLFB)

277 227 anyone mention this? very funny video if you have 6 minutes. (take out the space)

https://twitchy.com/justmindy/2026/03/26/ trans-lawyer-hissy-fit-court-n2426480
Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 26, 2026 06:35 PM (CWTWj)

Fabulous! That is one worthless twat right there. Fat woman with a beard, assumes the world owes her respect, finds out you have to earn it. Maybe if she had learned that earlier, like, from her parents, she wouldn't be a bearded freak now.

I appreciate how very patient everyone was with her. No reason they should have been, except for manners, which she clearly lacked.

Posted by: tcn in AK at March 26, 2026 06:55 PM (DwqWV)

278 "Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 26, 2026 06:47 PM (ZOv7s) By 2000 the big issue was cadre sleeping with trainees..."

Oh, the stories I could tell. All that happened in 1978 (including the Road March and Bivouac hookups). Lots of weed smoking by the Drill Instructors as they were all Vietnam Vets, but they were tough, just the same.

I need to read your Blog, A.H. Lloyd...

Posted by: TXMarko at March 26, 2026 06:59 PM (7flhA)

279 A glimmer of sanity from the IOC. Maybe. Maybe they are hoping someone will issue a legal challenge and that will give them an excuse to let trannys compete against actual women.

Its so obvious that anyone born male has a huge physical advantage over actual women that it boggles my mind that the IOC and college athletic programs ever allowed it. If they had to protect the tranny feelz they could have just made name changes to XX and XY divisions.

Posted by: PaleRider at March 26, 2026 07:03 PM (+89TD)

280 Newsom 'He's a stupud guy. We don't need a stupid guy.'

Man, Trumps on fire.
===
When you speak truth into chaos, it brings order. Jordan Peterson.

The Word. Think about it.

Then consider Ace of spades HQ. Ace is doing God's work. Order into chaos. Thanks buddy. It's important.

Posted by: Simplemind at March 26, 2026 07:06 PM (YrUlT)

281 And for the last time, just because you find you have a Y chromosome DOESN'T mean you can't compete.

It means you compete with the men.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 26, 2026 07:12 PM (vOtXJ)

282 Ejaculations? 4.5

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 26, 2026 07:28 PM (4NO2D)

283 A glimmer of sanity from the IOC. Maybe. Maybe they are hoping someone will issue a legal challenge and that will give them an excuse to let trannys compete against actual women.

Its so obvious that anyone born male has a huge physical advantage over actual women that it boggles my mind that the IOC and college athletic programs ever allowed it. If they had to protect the tranny feelz they could have just made name changes to XX and XY divisions.
Posted by: PaleRider at March 26, 2026 07:03 PM (+89TD)

I think the sanity was that Trump told them that sweet US corporate money and ads were on the line if they pulled that crap.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 26, 2026 08:14 PM (RRloY)

284 There are questions about the reliability and cost of the testing...

I will gladly put my track record as a human male in the identification of human females up against the track record of any journalist, or any "expert" put forth by a journalist, on any subject of public controversy from the past ten years.

Posted by: DaveL at March 27, 2026 06:10 AM (IQqp7)

The 83-Year-Old Veteran Pushed Into the Subway Tracks by an Illegal Alien With a Long Criminal History Has Now Died of His Injuries

RIP.

You defended our country, but our country refused to defend you.

He wasn't actually hit by a subway -- another man was also pushed into the subway tracks, and he ignored his own pain to get the 83-year-old veteran on to the platform before a train could run them over.

But when an 83-year-old takes a headlong fall into a seven foot trench filled with hard steel tracks, he's probably not going to survive.

This happened in Manhattan -- Soros DA Alvin Bragg's fiefdom.

The 83-year-old US Air Force veteran who was randomly shoved onto the subway tracks by an illegal migrant on the Upper East Side has died from his injuries -- and his alleged killer has been charged with murder.

Grandfather Richard Williams succumbed to his injuries March 17 after he was allegedly pushed onto the tracks with another man while waiting for a train at the Lexington Avenue-63rd Station just before noon March 8, authorities and sources said.

His alleged attacker, Honduran national Bairon Hernandez, 34, was arrested March 10 at a homeless shelter -- and his charges have been upgraded to second-degree murder following Williams' death, court records show.

Second-degree murder in NY is the equivalent of first degree murder in most jurisdictions. They reserve first degree murder for murders of cops and judges and public officials. It's not great, but this isn't the second degree murder you're probably thinking of.


Prosecutors had said Williams was "brain-dead," and Williams' daughter, Debbie Williams, told The Post days after the attack her father was not likely to pull through.

The medical examiner declared his death a homicide.

John Pena, 30, was also shoved onto the tracks by Hernandez but ignored his own injuries and heroically helped pull Williams back onto the platform moments before a train rolled into the station.

Chilling cellphone footage of the attack, apparently shot by Pena from the train tracks, shows the suspect casually strolling along the platform after pushing both men onto the subway bed.

Prosecutors had previously said Williams was left "brain-dead" and his daughter, Debbie Williams, told The Post days after the attack her father was not likely to "wake up."

She declined to comment Thursday on her father's death, which the medical examiner ruled a homicide.

Williams' daughter previously had some choice words for the accused murderer.

"I want him to go to the Venezuela prison, the worst place he could go to," she said. "I want him to suffer for the rest of his life. Prison justice would be appropriate."

Williams, a retired Air Force pilot, had just won a five-year battle with prostate cancer six months ago and had found a new lease on life, she said.


...

Hernandez is a "serial criminal" with a lengthy rap sheet of at least 15 charges, including aggravated assault, possession of a weapon, and domestic violence, according to the US Department of Homeland Security.

Maybe the two men thrown in front of a subway by a serial criminal illegal alien were just in the "wrong place at the wrong time"?

Regarding the Chicago Alderman who said that Sheridan Gorman was "in the wrong place at the wrong time," minimizing the fact that an illegal alien who actually was in the wrong place -- get the f*** out of my country -- murdered her for nothing.

This Alderwoman claimed Sheridan Gorman "startled" her killer. See, she shouldn't go startling illegal aliens out hunting co-eds. The onus was on her to not startle the illegal alien.


Libs Of Chicago
@Libs_OfChicago

Alderman Maria Hadden has temporarily closed her office because she claims conservatives are calling & threatening her.

While I don't completely condone that I understand why & so should she.

When you say that someone killed by an illegal alien was at the wrong place & wrong time & that the community is safe despite the killer not caught by police at the time then you should expect ppl to be angry.

Brad Slager: CNN+ Lifetime Subscriber
@MartiniShark


So she is the victim in this, not the murdered co-ed.

Got it...

Julie Kelly
@julie_kelly2

A shattered family from New York is trying to figure out how to get their daughter's body back home from Chicago after she was executed by an illegal. A wife is in labor right now without her husband by her side because he was killed in a fire set by a repeat criminal in Chicago. Dozens of "teens" terrorized parts of the city last night.

Pay attention to what state and city leaders--especially those who think they can run Chicago--are talking about and posting on social media. If you see meaningless posts about snow plows, March Madness, and e-scooters, you have a right to be furious at their cowardice, their fecklessness, and even worse, their inhumanity at this moment.

They make heroes of demons and demons, of course, of heroes.


Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:42 PM




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1 Horrific

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 04:43 PM (zjgNU)

2 "But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security"

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 04:44 PM (zjgNU)

3 But Hakeem Jeffries said ICE agents were in airports to "kill people". Could it be he is just a lying POS?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 26, 2026 04:45 PM (U+tJ3)

4 at least i have no reason to go into nyc these days

Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 26, 2026 04:46 PM (CWTWj)

5 They make heroes of demons and demons, of course, of heroes.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:42 PM

Because they are of their father, the devil.

"Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!"

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 04:46 PM (zjgNU)

6 "They reserve first degree murder for murders of cops and judges and public officials. "

Ahh. The important people.

Posted by: fd at March 26, 2026 04:47 PM (vFG9F)

7 Regarding the Chicago Alderman who said that Sheridan Gorman was "in the wrong place at the wrong time," minimizing the fact that an illegal alien who actually was in the wrong place -- get the f*** out of my country -- murdered her for nothing.


What don't you get about "she startled him"?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 04:47 PM (fhCge)

8 It's tweets like these that make me wonder why Brandon Johnson thinks he needs such a large security detail.

Posted by: Octochicken at March 26, 2026 04:48 PM (oCS0o)

9 They make heroes of demons and demons, of course, of heroes.


And kill babies along the way for fun.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 04:48 PM (fhCge)

10 Until the people bringing in the illegals pay a personal price this will continue.

Its great Trump is deporting illegals, but where are the charges for the people that brought them here, the people that put them on welfare, and the people that let them commit violent crime with impunity?

Posted by: 18-1 at March 26, 2026 04:48 PM (sKqQm)

11 Hey! I got the wrong place at the wrong time in my pants! No Joke.

Posted by: Joe Biteum at March 26, 2026 04:48 PM (vFG9F)

12 I can't believe that POS Brandon Johnson held a press conference to show off his puerile little trash truck.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 04:49 PM (fhCge)

13 >>But Hakeem Jeffries said ICE agents were in airports to "kill people".


Next up on Reddit: After he saved that kids life, the ICE agent them transported him 50 miles outside of town and left it alone. In a Blizzard.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 04:50 PM (W7FsI)

14 My God, Pritzker is fat! He's in Jabba the Hutt territory... JB, lay off the fries dude

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 04:51 PM (xT8gx)

15 Setting aside arguments about victim blaming, "Chicago: come for the pizza, stay because you got murdered" was a meme like 10 fucking years ago. No rational, informed person goes there without understanding you may get killed basically anywhere.

People need to wake the fuck up and stop sleep walking through the dem-generated dystopias on autopilot.

Posted by: heya at March 26, 2026 04:51 PM (QNm27)

16 Saw an article recently about facial recognition cameras put in a certain neighborhood in the UK to assist with the crime problems.

HOWEVER, now the same people who insisted on this "police state" act are demanding that they be removed because an overwhelming majority of the offenders identified and documented turned out to be immigrants (people holding more melanin in their skin that hometown residents). It proved the wrong narrative, and they did a full 180 on their value.

Posted by: Orson at March 26, 2026 04:51 PM (dIske)

17 Its great Trump is deporting illegals, but where are the charges for the people that brought them here, the people that put them on welfare, and the people that let them commit violent crime with impunity?

Posted by: 18-1

What would you charge them with?

Seriously--what would the charge be? Would it hold up in court? Would it even get past that bullshit "Congressional immunity" or other "qualified immunity" doctrine that prevents any and all accountability?

This is not a system problem, it is a people who lack a conscience problem. You cannot solve that with laws and procedures.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 26, 2026 04:51 PM (OUMaO)

18 John Pena, 30, was also shoved onto the tracks by Hernandez but ignored his own injuries and heroically helped pull Williams back onto the platform moments before a train rolled into the station.


>>>I feel bad not just for Williams' family but for Pena too. He probably feels a lot of guilt that he wasn't able to completely save Williams.

Posted by: pookysgirl, taking a break at March 26, 2026 04:52 PM (Wt5PA)

19 Libs Of Chicago
@Libs_OfChicago
Alderman Maria Hadden has temporarily closed her office because she claims conservatives are calling & threatening her.

They always claim this but I have never seen them produce any evidence of actual threats.

Posted by: They're always the real victims at March 26, 2026 04:53 PM (TbWk/)

20 Incredibly sad for that elderly man. Thankful for the young man who tried to save him.

Also thankful for the ICE agent that saved a choking baby. Everyone should know CPR for all ages. It's not hard and you no longer have to breathe into a hobo's mouth (should this be a bumper sticker?).

Chicago is a lost cause. Unreal. Who would want to go there? My weirdest niece and her even weirder atheist husband were there for 8yrs and certainly thrived in rabid liberalism. Totally wacko.

Sometimes the "world is too much with us."

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 26, 2026 04:53 PM (WONhk)

21 >>>What don't you get about "she startled him"?

i forgot that part!

Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 04:53 PM (1wjle)

22 What would you charge them with?

At a high level: theft, theft, and treason

It isn't legal to spend government funds on an activity that is illegal.

Well, bringing in illegals is...illegal.

No this won't count the fake refugee cases, but this would deal with the straight up illegals.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 26, 2026 04:53 PM (sKqQm)

23 Democrats are demonic ghouls wearing meatsuits.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 04:53 PM (ESVrU)

24 I would say all of this is a demonic big push globally but that commentary has no legs, so maybe just say it’s a damned shame and somebody ought to stop all this. That’s the mantra.

Posted by: tubal at March 26, 2026 04:53 PM (b6QZU)

25 That alderman was accidentally correct

All of Chicago is the wrong time and place. Just don't fucking go there and you won't be murdered in Chicago.

Same for NYC, LA, etc.

Posted by: heya at March 26, 2026 04:54 PM (QNm27)

26 Fkin Marxists keep sicking criminals and Illegals on the public

Shame execution wasn't on the table anymore

Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2026 04:54 PM (Ia/+0)

27 Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson: “We cannot put people in jail anymore. It’s racist.”

>>>>>>>

I'm more than willing to debate ways to avoid the cost of jailing at least SOME criminals.

We should bring back corporal punishments and shaming. Caning. Flogging. Pillory. Stocks.

Oh, what's that? You mean we should just have NO punishment for crimes?

What a surprise.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 04:55 PM (zjgNU)

28 21 >>>What don't you get about "she startled him"?

i forgot that part!
Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 04:53 PM (1wjle)


Well, he was behind a tree stalking her. I guess surprised when he noticed her and killed her.

BS! It's all insane BS!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 26, 2026 04:55 PM (WONhk)

29 Fucking hell.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 26, 2026 04:56 PM (zZu0s)

30 My daughter did her first year of law school in downtown Chicago. After an incident on the train in which she escaped from an altercation with a local "youth" on her own with no assistance from the other riders who just happened to look like the "youth", she finished her degree elsewhere.

Posted by: Cosda at March 26, 2026 04:56 PM (WmJ2H)

31 >>>Well, he was behind a tree stalking her. I guess surprised when he noticed her and killed her.
BS! It's all insane BS!

Yup, they will defend the animals of their pack no matter what.

I wonder what would happen if we all took that same position...

Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 04:56 PM (1wjle)

32 Perhaps they startled the pusher.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 26, 2026 04:56 PM (4NO2D)

33 Alderman Maria Hadden has temporarily closed her office because she claims conservatives are calling & threatening her.

Let me guess - they are shouting "THIS IS MAGA COUNTRY" in startlingly mellifluous accents?

Posted by: gKWVE be irie, mon at March 26, 2026 04:57 PM (gKWVE)

34 "I'm more than willing to debate ways to avoid the cost of jailing at least SOME criminals.

We should bring back corporal punishments and shaming. Caning. Flogging. Pillory. Stocks.

Oh, what's that? You mean we should just have NO punishment for crimes?

What a surprise.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 04:55 PM (zjgNU)"

Well sure, but show me a goverment you'd trust to implement those.

I'd sooner rely on an armed poplulace to stop most acts, strong borders, and a governments dragging feet about vigilantism sometimes

Posted by: heya at March 26, 2026 04:57 PM (QNm27)

35 31 >>>Well, he was behind a tree stalking her. I guess surprised when he noticed her and killed her.
BS! It's all insane BS!

Yup, they will defend the animals of their pack no matter what.

I wonder what would happen if we all took that same position...

Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 04:56 PM (1wjle)

You would be a racist, and that is the unforgivable sin.

Posted by: tubal at March 26, 2026 04:57 PM (/HeZH)

36 Thank God we have the Democrats to allow more criminal, felonious aliens into our country. Killing citizens is a priority for the Democrat Party.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 26, 2026 04:58 PM (Fbc0I)

37 .22LR is very cheap and can be an answer to many problems applied appropriately.

Posted by: ...Rats, Vermin, Etc. at March 26, 2026 04:59 PM (oftw2)

38 At one point illegal aliens came here to work hard and send money home. They did everything they could to avoid even minor brushes with the law.

Those aren't the illegal aliens we're getting now.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 26, 2026 04:59 PM (IG3/x)

39 That Chicago Alderman criticizing his party and Biden is amazing. I'd like to think he is reading the room and hearing from his constituents and the dam is about to burst on this insanity.

A man can still dream, right?

Posted by: Ripley at March 26, 2026 04:59 PM (GUOwU)

40 Killing a politician should result in public condemnation commendation.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 26, 2026 05:00 PM (2ap+5)

41 >>At one point illegal aliens came here to work hard and send money home. They did everything they could to avoid even minor brushes with the law.


We call those The Salad Picking Days.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 05:00 PM (W7FsI)

42 We can't have these ice nazis unmurdering our children!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 26, 2026 05:00 PM (Cqx++)

43 I heard Blago claim the murder of the girl in Chicago was part of a gang initiation. Probably part of the reason Fat Pritzker and Johnson are trying to downplay it.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 05:01 PM (viF8m)

44 21 >>>What don't you get about "she startled him"?

i forgot that part!
Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 04:53 PM (1wjle)
______________________________

Medical examiners report said she was shot in the back of the neck as she was running away from him. IOW, he didn't want her to report him (which "startled" him)...so he shot her.

Posted by: Orson at March 26, 2026 05:01 PM (dIske)

45 Oh, what's that? You mean we should just have NO punishment for crimes?
____

Well, the victims and their families and friends are punished, at least.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 05:01 PM (Dv3i1)

46 Trump should go to the veteran’s funeral. Bring some attention to the cultural enrichment.

Posted by: CTHillary at March 26, 2026 05:02 PM (Vpqw1)

47 HOWEVER, now the same people who insisted on this "police state" act are demanding that they be removed because an overwhelming majority of the offenders identified and documented turned out to be immigrants (people holding more melanin in their skin that hometown residents). It proved the wrong narrative, and they did a full 180 on their value.
Posted by: Orson at March 26, 2026 04:51 PM (dIske)

Proving that the British learned nothing from the push to equip police in the US with body cameras.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 05:03 PM (ExV1e)

48 What would you charge them with?

With regard to illegal aliens, knowingly bringing in, transporting, harboring, concealing, shielding from detection or encouraging to enter the US unlawfully are all federal crimes.

www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1324

Posted by: With big fines and prison time attached at March 26, 2026 05:03 PM (TbWk/)

49 The Day of the Lord can't be far off. The world has forgotten the face of their Father; holy fire to cleanse the world of this evil.

Posted by: kingsman at March 26, 2026 05:03 PM (ehY6c)

50 This is pretty much the reason I get door to door transportation when I go to NYC.

I'm not risking getting into a fight for my life.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 26, 2026 05:03 PM (XV/Pl)

51
Libs Of Chicago
@Libs_OfChicago
Alderman Maria Hadden has temporarily closed her office because she claims conservatives are calling & threatening her.

They always claim this but I have never seen them produce any evidence of actual threats.
Posted by: They're always the real victims

Hey, have you heard the noose?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 26, 2026 05:04 PM (Cqx++)

52 WHY wouldn't you want 2,000 criminals sent home?

This is the easiest, simplest way imaginable to reduce crime rates in your city - ship out 2,00 people who are not citizens and who commit crimes.

You also reduce your costs, because I have little doubt each and every one is a burden on city welfare services. My guess is you'll save $20 million a year.

Less crime and mroe tax dollars.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 26, 2026 05:04 PM (vOtXJ)

53 38 At one point illegal aliens came here to work hard and send money home. They did everything they could to avoid even minor brushes with the law.

Those aren't the illegal aliens we're getting now.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
=======
Not true. I used to do criminal sentencing work and the fact is that illegals got it easy for a long time now despite federal criminal charges. They often got undeserved downward departures from the federal sentencing guidelines because they and their families would get deported otherwise.

Ended up in a weird quirk where Hispanics did best under the Federal Sentencing Regulations than any other demographic because of it. Most of the charges were related to drug dealing.

Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 05:05 PM (E4rtv)

54
This is pretty much the reason I get door to door transportation when I go to NYC.

I'm not risking getting into a fight for my life.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

I heard right here on this site that you have a better chance of getting struck by lightning than being attacked in NYC.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 26, 2026 05:06 PM (Cqx++)

55 At one point illegal aliens came here to work hard and send money home. They did everything they could to avoid even minor brushes with the law.

Based on the economic impacts we are seeing with Trump's deportations it looks like maybe 10% of illegals have some non-crime type job.

And pretty much 100% are on at least one form of welfare.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 26, 2026 05:06 PM (sKqQm)

56 Less crime and mroe tax dollars.
____

Then the orangeman wins and where would that leave us?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 05:06 PM (Dv3i1)

57 Chicago Mayor is a Marxist

Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2026 05:07 PM (Ia/+0)

58 Come November, the electorate is poised to put the Democrats back in power.
Once that happens, the impeachments will follow, and the media will trumpet the effort to marginalize Trump 24/7.
Many Americans, mostly those that still watch the "news" will tire of the circus and simply unplug from current events.
This will serve the purposes of the Democrats as an uninformed, ignorant electorate is exactly what they need to pursue their power grab.
And the Project 2029 will proceed to band sites like this one, make opposition to the Progressive Agenda a "hate crime" and the American Experiment will follow Spain, England and the rest of Europe into a new Dark Age.
We will look back at 2025/2026 as the last gasp of any real freedom and liberty.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at March 26, 2026 05:07 PM (MNCvZ)

59 44 21 >>>What don't you get about "she startled him"?

i forgot that part!
Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 04:53 PM (1wjle)
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Sure, there's an epidemic of young white females sneaking up on gang bangers.

Posted by: WisRich at March 26, 2026 05:08 PM (G0vdT)

60 This will go well.

@IfindRetards 5m
Australian police now doing recruitment drives in foreign languages. Cooked.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 26, 2026 05:08 PM (diia5)

61 Alderman Maria Hadden has temporarily closed her office because she claims conservatives are calling & threatening her.[\i]

I'll take 'Complete Bullshit' for $500 Alex.

Posted by: Beelzebubba at March 26, 2026 05:08 PM (bufu1)

62 I heard Blago claim the murder of the girl in Chicago was part of a gang initiation. Probably part of the reason Fat Pritzker and Johnson are trying to downplay it.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 05:01 PM (viF8m)

Hey, ese, we got no gangs in our hood. Gangs is bitches, we all cartel. -- Brandon Johnson

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 05:08 PM (ExV1e)

63 Bet if you are attacked in one of these Illegals crimes you will get the hammer and sent to prison.

Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2026 05:09 PM (Ia/+0)

64 52 WHY wouldn't you want 2,000 criminals sent home?

This is the easiest, simplest way imaginable to reduce crime rates in your city - ship out 2,00 people who are not citizens and who commit crimes.

You also reduce your costs, because I have little doubt each and every one is a burden on city welfare services. My guess is you'll save $20 million a year.

Less crime and mroe tax dollars.
Posted by: The Whine Guy

The Democrat system in Chicago used to be embedded with Capone and Mafia cronies. That changed now to ethnic criminal gangs and the gangs go free because they support their local Dems in office, many gang members are often loosely employed by them via grants, etc., The gangs do the dirty for the Dems like vote fraud, ballot harvesting, fake registrations, intimidation, etc. so that the gangs can do their drug dealing, etc. without hindrance from the cops.

Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 05:09 PM (E4rtv)

65 Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at March 26, 2026 05:07 PM (MNCvZ)

Perhaps you should go into psychic predictions online? You have no idea what will happen and either this is a left wing troll or you are completely demoralized and depressed, need to get off the internet and gets some meds for depression.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 05:11 PM (ix8EF)

66 Why fight for illegals?

1. Create the need for a police state.
2...
3. Profit!

Posted by: davidt at March 26, 2026 05:11 PM (Q+gd/)

67 The Democrat system in Chicago used to be embedded with Capone and Mafia cronies. That changed now to ethnic criminal gangs and the gangs go free because they support their local Dems in office, many gang members are often loosely employed by them via grants, etc., The gangs do the dirty for the Dems like vote fraud, ballot harvesting, fake registrations, intimidation, etc. so that the gangs can do their drug dealing, etc. without hindrance from the cops.
____

The Chicago Way, bitches!
-Barak Hussein Obama, Mmm, Mmm, Mmm

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 05:11 PM (Dv3i1)

68 39 That Chicago Alderman criticizing his party and Biden is amazing. I'd like to think he is reading the room and hearing from his constituents and the dam is about to burst on this insanity.

A man can still dream, right?

Posted by: Ripley
========
They have a lot of alderman and a few areas of the city are still sane. Crime heat maps show where the worst of it is. But wildings happen on occasion via flash mobs in the best of areas nowadays.

Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 05:12 PM (E4rtv)

69 The Democrat system in Chicago used to be embedded with Capone and Mafia cronies. That changed now to ethnic criminal gangs and the gangs go free because they support their local Dems in office, many gang members are often loosely employed by them via grants, etc., The gangs do the dirty for the Dems like vote fraud, ballot harvesting, fake registrations, intimidation, etc. so that the gangs can do their drug dealing, etc. without hindrance from the cops.
Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 05:09 PM (E4rtv)
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Political backscratching 101

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 05:12 PM (ESVrU)

70

How stupid are the black gangs that they allow this to go on? Don't they see what happened in Compton and Watts? What is the demographic breakdown of those sections of Los Angeles now?

Posted by: imp at March 26, 2026 05:13 PM (g6TN6)

71 Prisons and nuthouses were emptied allover the world during Biden Debacle. Countries dumped their expensive problems on us. Places like Congo dumped them all here through Mexico. A Foreign Invasion of low IQ people with no conscience.

Posted by: Treason On Steroids at March 26, 2026 05:13 PM (oftw2)

72 62 I heard Blago claim the murder of the girl in Chicago was part of a gang initiation. Probably part of the reason Fat Pritzker and Johnson are trying to downplay it.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 05:01 PM (viF8m)

Yep! Bonus is that President Trump commuted his prison sentence February 18, 2020. Which probably adds to Pritzker's and Johnson's hatred.

He knows where the bodies are buried.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 26, 2026 05:14 PM (WONhk)

73 4 21 >>>What don't you get about "she startled him"?

i forgot that part!
Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 04:53 PM (1wjle)
-----------

Sure, there's an epidemic of young white females sneaking up on gang bangers.
Posted by: WisRich at March 26, 2026 05:08 PM (G0vdT)

Illegals are easily startled! We must stop this epidemic, so just be compaassionate- wear a bell around your neck while in public.

Posted by: LASue at March 26, 2026 05:14 PM (lCppi)

74 Hispanics are going to vote 60% for the GOP presidential candidate in 2028. The dems are fucked. There goes the census, and with it any control of legislature. Not that the remaining GOPe's won't strive to help them.

Posted by: Black JEM at March 26, 2026 05:14 PM (GZYu7)

75 Launch in just over an hour. from now

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 17-17
SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: March 26, 2026 PDT
Launch Time: 4:03 p.m. PDT (2303 UTC (March 27, 00:03 CET)

https://youtu.be/ynflw-treNE

Posted by: Joyenz at March 26, 2026 05:15 PM (2F0/Y)

76 Trump is on The Five. via telephone

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 26, 2026 05:17 PM (Cqx++)

77

Treason, I don't know if you ever saw the 4chan thread on psychopaths in the California prison system, but it was pretty enlightening. Basically the most common psychopath is simply a person who lacks the intellectual capacity, the processing power, to envision another person's mind/feelings.

Posted by: imp at March 26, 2026 05:17 PM (g6TN6)

78 1. Create the need for a police state.
2...
3. Profit!

1. Release untouchable criminals on the locals
2. Punish the locals for self defense
3. The locals beg for government intervention
4. Pass laws giving government more power
5. People in government collect power and profit

Posted by: bonhomme at March 26, 2026 05:17 PM (mkw2N)

79 Johnson will double down. Two dead college students coming right up

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 26, 2026 05:19 PM (mHVWR)

80 What I think is fascinating is that these democrats think this is helping them in the fall.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 26, 2026 05:20 PM (0U5gm)

81 The absolute callousness of these people is just unimaginable. How they can make light of and offer up ridiculous excuse after excuse for murder, is incredibly both shocking and dispiriting. In other words, depressing as all get-out - that they even exist, let alone hold reins of power and position.

Posted by: washrivergal at March 26, 2026 05:21 PM (xjfHr)

82

No bonhomme, the plan is far simpler

1. Import criminals
2. Let them rum amok, w/ no citizen self defense
3. Immiserate the populace to usher in communistvrevolution

Literally, that is the actual playbook

Posted by: imp at March 26, 2026 05:22 PM (g6TN6)

83 I can't believe that they actually charged him with murder. I would have bet money that they would have ignored this.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 26, 2026 05:22 PM (0N4FZ)

84 Julie Kelly, the daughter was not executed, she was murdered.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 05:23 PM (jAisO)

85 3. Immiserate the populace to usher in communistvrevolution


I've had this conversation with younger lefty LIVS:

LIV: Its not fair housing is so expensive the government needs to reduce the cost!

Me: Didn't you say immigration is a right and you welcomed all the immigrants coming in?

LIV: What does that have to do with housing costs?

Me: You realize they have to live somewhere right? If you bring in say a 1000 people to your area that's a 1000 more people competing with you for housing right?

LIV: Like, no this isn't about the immigrants this is about why there isn't enough housing

/conversation repeats for a while then I get called racist

Posted by: 18-1 at March 26, 2026 05:25 PM (sKqQm)

86 1. Import criminals
2. Let them rum amok, w/ no citizen self defense
3. Immiserate the populace to usher in communistvrevolution

I think we're saying basically the same thing. Create chaos -> disallow individual response to chaos -> individuals vote for more more gov't control -> use gov't control to bring about the commie revolution

Posted by: bonhomme at March 26, 2026 05:27 PM (mkw2N)

87 Treason, I don't know if you ever saw the 4chan thread on psychopaths in the California prison system, but it was pretty enlightening. Basically the most common psychopath is simply a person who lacks the intellectual capacity, the processing power, to envision another person's mind/feelings.
Posted by: imp

I have a neighbor who is former law enforcement, who says the same thing.

You ask one of these thugs who just beat the crap out of some elderly person, "how would you like it if someone did that to you?"

They answer, "nobody did that to me."

They literally can't envision the hypothetical. It's beyond what their brain can do.

Posted by: mikeski at March 26, 2026 05:28 PM (VHUov)

88 70 How stupid are the black gangs that they allow this to go on? Don't they see what happened in Compton and Watts? What is the demographic breakdown of those sections of Los Angeles now?
Posted by: imp
---

They aren't stupid they're dead. Only a remnant remains.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 05:29 PM (jAisO)

89 These pro-illegal alien Democrats simply are not my countrymen. I can fully appreciate how civil wars start because we cannot live together and I refuse to be their victim.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at March 26, 2026 05:30 PM (gLikB)

90 How stupid are the black gangs that they allow this to go on? Don't they see what happened in Compton and Watts? What is the demographic breakdown of those sections of Los Angeles now?
Posted by: imp at March 26, 2026 05:13 PM (g6TN6)

I was gonna go to the mattresses...

But then i got high

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 26, 2026 05:30 PM (Ot/FD)

91 1. Import criminals
2. Let them rum amok, w/ no citizen self defense
3. Immiserate the populace to usher in communist revolution

Literally, that is the actual playbook
Posted by: imp at March 26, 2026 05:22 PM (g6TN6)
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Anarcho-tyranny.

That's exactly what they're planning. The commies want the retarded illegals to stay because they think they're going to be their foot soldiers in the civil war against the normies when they kick it off. It will probably work in the big blue cities where the judicial system is already owned lock, stock, and barrel by the Marxists.

But, as someone once said, try that in a small town. See how far you make it down that road.

Posted by: ballistic at March 26, 2026 05:31 PM (oqH4h)

92 "But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security"
====

That object being the destruction of the Constitution.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 05:33 PM (RIvkX)

93 Oh cool the coprophage is here again.

Posted by: ballistic at March 26, 2026 05:33 PM (oqH4h)

94 The Crips are EOEs, including Latinx, Samoans and Whiggers.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at March 26, 2026 05:34 PM (wBaIH)

95 Who let the retard in?

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 26, 2026 05:34 PM (dCMcd)

96 92 NYC stopped counting murders to keep their stats down.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at March 26, 2026 05:35 PM (wBaIH)

97 I guess MUMR code is lost ?

Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 05:36 PM (GD0B3)

98
LIV: Like, no this isn't about the immigrants this is about why there isn't enough housing

Ask them for their solution to housing shortage and affordability.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 26, 2026 05:36 PM (Cqx++)

99 "NYC has a homicide rate lower than most states."

Translation: It isn't a homicide if there's no arrest and/or conviction.

Posted by: davidt at March 26, 2026 05:36 PM (Q+gd/)

100 Government regulations have made home building uneconomical for small builders and starter homes. Thus the survivors are national builders and luxury apartment/condos.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at March 26, 2026 05:40 PM (wBaIH)

101 What don't you get about "she startled him"?

i forgot that part!
Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 04:53 PM (1wjle)
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Sure, there's an epidemic of young white females sneaking up on gang bangers.
Posted by: WisRich at March 26, 2026 05:08 PM (G0vdT)
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It's not so much it's stupid. It is.

It is that she seeks to minimize the murder by eliding it with the victim's behavior.

When you see it through leftist eyes, it has got to be her fault somehow.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 05:40 PM (RIvkX)

102 I tell you I did not think my opinion of the media could be lower yet their war coverage has them reaching a new depth.

Posted by: steevy at March 26, 2026 05:40 PM (YwEeS)

103 I heard right here on this site that you have a better chance of getting struck by lightning than being attacked in NYC.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 26, 2026 05:06 PM (Cqx++)

Well, that settles it. I'm not going there.

Posted by: Zombie Lee Trevino at March 26, 2026 05:40 PM (zafwz)

104 The upper echelons of NYC government are FILLED WITH GLEE.

They should next order NYPD to kill every last American citizen in NYC.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 05:41 PM (hJH5n)

105
I took a read of The Gulag Archipelago recently. Solzhenitsyn has a couple of chapters on the privileged place that common criminals occupied in the communist system.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 26, 2026 05:41 PM (mS8PE)

106 Translation: It isn't a homicide if there's no arrest and/or conviction.
Posted by: davidt at March 26, 2026 05:36 PM (Q+gd/)
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Statistically speaking the troll's a Dummy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 05:41 PM (RIvkX)

107 How could Biden and Harris let in 15 million illegal criminal invaders when we know, KNOW that there are only a total of 13 million illegal criminal invaders since 2002?

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at March 26, 2026 05:42 PM (xvV+O)

108 Who let the retard in?
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 26, 2026 05:34 PM (dCMcd)

Again, there's only going to be a couple dozen of us wondering who you mean.

In my defense, there's no cover charge and it's raining.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 26, 2026 05:43 PM (zafwz)

109 I heard right here on this site that you have a better chance of getting struck by lightning than being attacked in NYC.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Well, that settles it. I'm not going there.
Posted by: Zombie Lee Trevino

They'd arrest you for openly carrying a weapon, anyway, Mr. One-Iron.

Posted by: mikeski at March 26, 2026 05:43 PM (VHUov)

110 NYC has a lower homicide rate than most states is a lie. NYC homicide rate is 1.2 times the national rate. And that is straight from the NYC government webpage.


Add in the fact that in NYC the police are prohibited from officially reporting murders until they go through the review process. Most murders are not reported to the fib as murders.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 26, 2026 05:44 PM (0N4FZ)

111 There is no defense for an illegal killing someone and for a leftist there can be no admission of wrong doing. Admitting that destroys their whole argument.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 26, 2026 05:45 PM (+nEug)

112 Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 26, 2026 05:41 PM

Read the 3 long versions and think of that often with out Marxists letting criminals prey on citizens

Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2026 05:46 PM (Ia/+0)

113 >>I heard right here on this site that you have a better chance of getting struck by lightning than being attacked in NYC.


Grok says this is true. Unless, you are a beloved Subway Michael Jackson Impersonator.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 05:47 PM (W7FsI)

114 Ask them for their solution to housing shortage and affordability./i]

The government builds more houses and pays for them.

Oh, here is another fun one. I saw a news story go by arguing that the reason housing was affordable in the past is that it let people build triple deckers and other cheap crowded housing anywhere and the question was why can't we just do it now? And the answers, from other liberals were hilarious:

1) That violates the Americans with Disability Act! I can't climb two flights of stairs!

2) I really don't think that would fit in with my parent's suburban neighborhood and its already too crowded here anyway

Posted by: 18-1 at March 26, 2026 05:47 PM (sKqQm)

115 Have seen a guess Illegals are 30 - 40 millionhere

Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2026 05:47 PM (Ia/+0)

116 U.S. intercepted Ukraine government messages discussing plot to route money to Biden re-election: _justthenews.com/government/s

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 05:48 PM (jAisO)

117 NOOD

Posted by: I was JUST about to post an OT funny at March 26, 2026 05:48 PM (ULPxl)

118 NYC has a homicide rate lower than most states.@92

NYC is a city, not a whole state. So that is not saying much.
It's a blue city hell hole like most large cities in the country, not fit to live in. And prosecution in these cities are suspect anyway. Thanks to Soros.

Posted by: Case at March 26, 2026 05:50 PM (pvf3X)

119 Uh oh. Trump’s in trouble again.

Trump: "I don't care about the Democrats. The Democrats hate our country."

-

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 05:52 PM (ndZc7)

120 "A Communist system can be recognized by the fact it spares the criminals and criminalizes political opponents."
- A Solzhenitsyn

This is what's at stake in November.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at March 26, 2026 05:53 PM (MNCvZ)

121 The unspoken secret of AWFLs and suburban liberals in general is that they've used the euphemism of "affordable housing" to mean exporting ghettos to new areas for so long that when a developer actually brings forward a plan as innocuous as 1400sq ft ranches on 8000 sq ft lots, they immediately shoot it down for the most specious of reasons.
They created a fear of affordable housing by supporting the bastardized definition of the phrase.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 26, 2026 05:54 PM (zafwz)

122 I'm afraid that I've become immune to the shock and anger that these news stories stimulate in me.

I guess I really have become one with the black pill, because we can't even agree with the Democrats that criminals and evil people are worth removing from society.

I just don't see any way out of this mess.

Posted by: Defenestratus at March 26, 2026 05:54 PM (WYStd)

123 " Who let the retard in?
Posted by: nurse ratched"

The screen door was unlatched.

Posted by: Joe Biteum at March 26, 2026 05:55 PM (vFG9F)

124 77 Treason, I don't know if you ever saw the 4chan thread on psychopaths in the California prison system, but it was pretty enlightening. Basically the most common psychopath is simply a person who lacks the intellectual capacity, the processing power, to envision another person's mind/feelings.
Posted by: imp at March 26, 2026 05:17 PM (g6TN6)

I did not see that thread, but I've seen plenty of evidence. What blew my mind was one guy, I think the judge was trying to explain the seriousness of the offense to him, why he was being sentenced the way he was. I forget what it was, so imagine it was something like driving drunk, speeding, at night, blowing stoplights, on the wrong side of the street, and the judge was trying to explain that IF someone HAD BEEN going the other way, he WOULD HAVE caused a brutal head-on collision. And he simply couldn't grasp it. "But I didn't hit nobody!"

He could get up, get dressed, and even drive a car (badly). But he couldn't grasp unactualized endangerment, because to him the counterfactual was a lie, not a hypothetical that COULD HAVE happened. Literally retarded, and behind the wheel, armed (with a motor vehicle) and dangerous.

Posted by: SciVo at March 26, 2026 06:08 PM (Sy6m/)

125 Have seen a guess Illegals are 30 - 40 millionhere

Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2026 05:47 PM


I am gonna go out on a limb and say that the illegal population in the US is about 40,000,000. biden let in over 15,000,000 that they admitted to. Pretty sure they were not counting the ones that just walked across the border in that number, that is probably another 5 million.


Add that to the estimated 20 million that were already here and we have about 40 million illegals living in this country. We are talking well over 10% of our population is illegals and they consume a tremendous amount of public welfare benefits.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 26, 2026 06:17 PM (0N4FZ)

126 sock change

Posted by: Will Robinson at March 26, 2026 06:38 PM (cO6oP)

127 58 Come November, the electorate is poised to put the Democrats back in power.
Once that happens, the impeachments will follow, and the media will trumpet the effort to marginalize Trump 24/7.
Many Americans, mostly those that still watch the "news" will tire of the circus and simply unplug from current events.
This will serve the purposes of the Democrats as an uninformed, ignorant electorate is exactly what they need to pursue their power grab.
And the Project 2029 will proceed to band sites like this one, make opposition to the Progressive Agenda a "hate crime" and the American Experiment will follow Spain, England and the rest of Europe into a new Dark Age.
We will look back at 2025/2026 as the last gasp of any real freedom and liberty.
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at March 26, 2026 05:07 PM (MNCvZ)

Defeatist cynicism is an arrogance that we know an outcome - we do not. Our Creator expects us to fight for good until HE ends the game, not us.

Posted by: Robert W. Pratt at March 26, 2026 08:39 PM (hJH5n)

Operation Sorry, Charlie: Reports Claim Israel Packs Explosives Into Canned Tuna Intended for Revolutionary Guards Forces, Kills At Least Five, Injures Dozens, Puts Many Off Fish Forever

Iran's winning so much they're getting tired of all the winning!

Before the Food-Borne Illness Attack: Iran's Naval chief, in charge of shutting down the Strait of America and harassing ships and killing people for the past decade has himself been
"opened" by Israeli missiles.

The elite Iranian naval commander who authorized the closure of the Strait of Hormuz to ship traffic was killed in an Israeli airstrike along with the service's top intelligence official, the Jewish state's military announced Thursday.

Alireza Tangsiri, leader of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGC-N), was eliminated in an overnight strike on the fleet's home port of Bandar Abbas, Defense Minister Israel Katz said during a morning assessment alongside military officials.

Tangsiri, 64, became the latest high-profile Iranian official to have been rubbed out after the assassinations earlier this month of IRGC spokesperson Ali Mohammad Naini, the regime's de facto leader Ali Larijani, and Gen. Gholamreza Soleimani, commander of the paramilitary Basij forces.

Katz said the strike was meant to send a "message" to the IRGC: "The IDF will hunt you down and eliminate you one by one."

In a separate statement, Adm. Brad Cooper, the leader of US Central Command (CENTCOM), said Tangsiri's death "makes the region safer" and called on members of the IRGC-N to "immediately abandon their post and return home to avoid further risk of unncecessary injury or death."

"Since the commencement of Operation Epic Fury, 92% of the large ships in the Iranian Navy have been eliminated," Cooper noted. "As a result, IRGC-N has completely lost their ability to project power in the Middle East or around the world. Now, with the loss of their long-time leader, the IRGC-N is on an irreversible decline."

The media will be quick to celebrate this, as it only proves that Drumpf! and his Puppet-Master Netanyahu are "getting desperate" and are isolated because they "have no Iranians left to lie to."

winningiran.jpg

In further proof that the Islamic Occupiers of Iran are moving from strength to strength: They're now recruiting child soldiers to man the Basij checkpoints because the adult Basij thugs have either been killed or are refusing to stand at the checkpoints.

So Iran will staff them with 12-year-old Li'l Basij guards, and if we kill them, Iran will claim "The Americans and Jews are murdering innocent children for just manning army checkpoints we are too cowardly to man ourselves."


Iran International English
@IranIntl_En

9h

An official from Iran's Revolutionary Guards said the minimum age for participation in war-related support roles has been lowered to 12, according to remarks aired on state media.

Rahim Nadali, a cultural official with the Guards in Tehran, said an initiative called "For Iran" was recruiting participants to assist with activities such as patrols, checkpoints and logistics.

"Given that the age of those coming forward has dropped and they are asking to take part, we lowered the minimum age to 12," he said, adding that 12- and 13-year-olds could now take part if they wished.

The comments were broadcast as part of state coverage of the war effort.

The move comes despite Iran's commitments under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which prohibits the use of children in military activities.


Truly the Islamic Occupiers of Iran should be proud of their honorable and courageous service.

The Economist should be so proud, too:

iranwinningsohardyouguys.jpg

tryhardeconomist.jpg

blindfury.jpg

The Economist is Real Media, Mr. President.

Before Glenn Greenwald and his ass-puppet Tucker Carlson say that the reports of Brave Gay Mullahs recruiting 12 year olds as child thugs are "just Jew Cabal Propaganda," Islamic Occupier state TV reported on the recruitment of children as young as 12 to be "Defenders of the Homeland."

Supposedly, we're now flying drones designed to look like eagles. I don't mean overrated soft-rock clowns, I mean the physical embodiment of American power.

May the wings of liberty never lose a feather, Jack.


Now, for the food can attack. Only five are known to be dead, but that number may rise. "Dozens" were injured by the exploding cans.

I can't confirm this, and no "reputable" media (LOL) has confirmed it. But Mahyar Tousi ran it, and that's good enough for me.

This account, which seems to be an Iranian propaganda site, accidentally confirms the attack, even though they make up stories about US and Israeli warplanes "dropping" the cans of explosive tuna on to poor civilians.

Sure. We're dropping cans of fucking tuna out of bombers. Sure.

American and Israeli warplanes carried out a new attack in parts of southern Iran by dropping explosive devices disguised as food cans over civilian areas in Shiraz, killing several residents and injuring others.

According to field reports, the devices were released over the southern outskirts of Shiraz, particularly around Kafri village, where several civilians were killed. The attack came after the enemy's failure to achieve its objectives through earlier military strikes, in what local sources described as a blind and criminal act targeting populated areas.

The suspicious objects were described as resembling ready-made food cans and being slightly larger than standard tuna tins. The devices contain explosive material and are designed to detonate when opened or handled, making them especially dangerous to unsuspecting civilians.

Videos circulating on social media show urgent warnings instructing residents not to approach, touch, or attempt to open the objects. Citizens have been strongly advised to keep a safe distance, avoid gathering near any suspicious device, and immediately report its exact location to security and intelligence authorities.

The explosive cans of tuna are designed to blow up if "opened or handled," but they... did not blow up after being dropped from bombers to the ground?


A video which some claim ran on Iran state TV and others claim is unverified from unknown sources shows them safely exploding one of the cans.

CHICKEN OF THE C-4~~!!

Posted by: weft cut-loop

These Gay Islamic Coward Savages are winning so hard they gave Trump what he called a "beautiful present." That present? They gave him eight boats filled with oil.

Then they decided that wasn't a nice enough gift so they gave him two more boats filled with oil.

I guess this is intended to be a bribe?

US propaganda media proclaimed, "Everything's coming up Mojtaba!!!"

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:32 PM




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1 moar

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 03:31 PM (zjgNU)

2 Also, ace posting from his time machine again.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 03:32 PM (zjgNU)

3 Must have been some seriously concentrated explosives to fit in a tuna can!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 03:32 PM (zjgNU)

4 Ok, I guess I oughtta nood.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 03:33 PM (zjgNU)

5 And back

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 03:33 PM (zjgNU)

6 Blade's pretty rusty on this one

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 03:33 PM (zjgNU)

7 But I'm feeling pretty spongey

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 03:33 PM (zjgNU)

8 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 03:34 PM (Zz0t1)

9 Japan was winning when we were burning down one of their cities every night.

Posted by: steevy at March 26, 2026 03:34 PM (YwEeS)

10 Bad tuna?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 26, 2026 03:34 PM (AkEZC)

11 Once Israel weaponizes pron, it's game over man!

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 03:35 PM (Sco7b)

12 Mohammedans are more than happy to use children to murder or be used a cannon fodder.

The palestinians are not outliers. All the musselmen will sacrifice their children.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 03:35 PM (zjgNU)

13 >>>Bad tuna?

If I were in a metal band, I'd write a song called "Smelly Garden."

Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 03:35 PM (1wjle)

14 10 Bad tuna?
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Smells like Candace Oven's hoohaa.

Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 03:35 PM (E4rtv)

15 Sharks on cocaine and tuna with bombs. What the hell is going on today.

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 03:36 PM (HyaXg)

16 I'm guessing that many of those 12 year olds "volunteered" at gunpoint.

The musselmen ones have been brainwashed to be eager to die. But the Persian ones likely didn't have a choice.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 03:37 PM (zjgNU)

17 Now Iran will change their tuna!

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 03:37 PM (HyaXg)

18 10 Bad tuna?

Big Tuna

Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 26, 2026 03:37 PM (DgMqy)

19 My Lil Sharia Action Figures--winning!

Posted by: Chic Shiekh at March 26, 2026 03:37 PM (r26b/)

20 That's rather odd- explosives in canned food, but your headline made me laugh, Ace. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 03:38 PM (Nx5jP)

21 Wait until they deploy the boobytrapped goats...

Posted by: steevy at March 26, 2026 03:38 PM (YwEeS)

22 Blade's pretty rusty on this one
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 03:33 PM (zjgNU)
____

The Blade is reluctant to continue FIRST combat because of the scolding from some troll in the last thread. The Blade was disciplined, chastised, and is very sorry and learned his lesson.

NOT! The Blade just was late to this thread.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 26, 2026 03:38 PM (iFTx/)

23 Socialism islhamic terrorism. At some point, you run out of other people's money children.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 03:38 PM (Zz0t1)

24 I must be missing something but most canned tuna is not halal. Why would they be passing out that?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 26, 2026 03:38 PM (0N4FZ)

25 Not buying the canned tuna thing. Bombs disguised as food are just too unreliable in target selection, and doesn't sound like something our side would do. Smacks of those bombs disguised as kid toys.

Posted by: MartynWW at March 26, 2026 03:38 PM (M9zxq)

26

Husband and I have stopped eating canned tuna for a few years.

It is not tuna, it is some awful tasting canned something now.

We won't be worried about being blown up with canned tuna, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at March 26, 2026 03:38 PM (3ek7K)

27 Tangsiri, 64, became the latest high-profile Iranian official to have been rubbed out
......

Are we still talking about Mayo Pete?

Posted by: wth at March 26, 2026 03:38 PM (UjdFS)

28 Anyone underwhelmed by Iran's 'gift'?
I guess it's a start.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 03:38 PM (Sco7b)

29 8 plus 2 boats of oil were supposedly fact checked as "no evidence of these boats found upon review of tracking sites".

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 03:38 PM (Dv3i1)

30 Where were these guys when we were trying to blow up Castro? For crying out loud

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 26, 2026 03:39 PM (PYyV9)

31 >>>25 Not buying the canned tuna thing. Bombs disguised as food are just too unreliable in target selection, and doesn't sound like something our side would do. Smacks of those bombs disguised as kid toys.

but the propaganda site claiming we're dropping tuna cans out of the sky on to civilians does lend a lot of credence...

Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 03:39 PM (1wjle)

32 11 Once Israel weaponizes pron, it's game over man!
Posted by: Stateless
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Already there. Mossad set up the Man Goat Love Association for IRGC and mullahs. Online dating app like Hinge where you can swipe through comely goats in your area willing to throw down. No strings attached, just hot sweaty bestiality.

Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 03:39 PM (E4rtv)

33 No, no, no! You're supposed to use REAL cans of food to bait the enemy into breaking cover, then you shoot him.

Remember, it's not a war crime the first time.

- Canadian Army.

Posted by: PabloD at March 26, 2026 03:39 PM (B7k2N)

34 Planting bombs in tuna cans and bombs in pagers? Wtf will these crafty sneaky Jews think of next? Poison needles in goat rectums?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 26, 2026 03:40 PM (iFTx/)

35 The Economist used to be a good read. But I killed my subscription to them in 2017. Perfect timing.

Time was when it was THE go to source for happenings in The Outside World that the media refused to report on. Its U.S. section was wretched, populated as it is with U.S. correspondents that are your typical Leftist media types. Then the rot simply continued until it became unreadable, and not to mention the writing itself was inexcusably poor.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 03:40 PM (464q3)

36 Was it Weemsco Tuna?

Posted by: Pug Mahon at March 26, 2026 03:40 PM (PSEDc)

37 First, Do No Haram.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 03:40 PM (W7FsI)

38 Rahim Nadali, a cultural official with the Guards in Tehran, said an initiative called "For Iran" was recruiting participants to assist with activities such as patrols, checkpoints and logistics.
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Definitions of "volunteer" now include "ripping children from their family's care and shoving them out into bombing raids"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 26, 2026 03:40 PM (RnaE2)

39 Hey Charlie? What's the best exploding tuna?

Posted by: C4 Of The Sea at March 26, 2026 03:40 PM (vFG9F)

40 The explosive cans of tuna are designed to blow up if "opened or handled," but they... did not blow up after being dropped from bombers to the ground?




Mini parachutes.


Either that, or it's a rendition of the story after WWII about Geronimo the beaver........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 03:41 PM (Zz0t1)

41 Supposedly, we're now flying drones designed to look like eagles. I don't mean overrated soft-rock clowns
___

Get the fuck out of my cab.

Posted by: The Nigerian at March 26, 2026 03:41 PM (qUkBO)

42 Sorry, Charlie Abdul, only good-tasting tuna gets to be Star-Kist

Posted by: Chuck C at March 26, 2026 03:41 PM (D0HYP)

43 "Bad tuna?
Posted by: Martini Farmer"

How can you tell?

Posted by: fd at March 26, 2026 03:41 PM (vFG9F)

44 I like the contrast. Islamic murderers using indiscriminate pressure-cooker IEDs to kill any Jews or other infidels they can find and Israel using sophisticated explosives smuggled into to target specific malefactors.

Couldn't highlight the differences between the Western world and the backwards demon-worshippers any better.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 03:41 PM (zjgNU)

45 When this is all redone as an 80's action movie, AI Arnold as Trump will deliver the death blow with a "Now Starkist your ass goodbye!"

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 03:42 PM (HyaXg)

46 Exploding cans of tuna?
Shoulda checked the "Best if used by" date.

Posted by: wth at March 26, 2026 03:42 PM (UjdFS)

47 The only reason the Germans recruited 12 year olds for the Wehrmacht was because they were winning too. In fact everything I'm writing now is in German, we only think it is in English.

Posted by: Darth Randall at March 26, 2026 03:42 PM (f1kZG)

48 "I don't mean overrated soft-rock clowns," <-- no lies detected.

Posted by: nooneyouknowyouknow at March 26, 2026 03:42 PM (Iwv3U)

49 35 The Economist used to be a good read. But I killed my subscription to them in 2017. Perfect timing.

Time was when it was THE go to source for happenings in The Outside World that the media refused to report on. Its U.S. section was wretched, populated as it is with U.S. correspondents that are your typical Leftist media types. Then the rot simply continued until it became unreadable, and not to mention the writing itself was inexcusably poor.

Posted by: Cow Demon
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Globalism but I'll wager that most of the swells that bought it never actually read much of it. They just wanted the prestige when it was shipped to the office. Internet made it obsolete like the NYT.

Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 03:42 PM (E4rtv)

50 Sorry, Charlie

Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 03:42 PM (ZxPkt)

51 I was happy when the taxi driver kicked the Dude out of his cab. Creedence is terrible, by the way.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 26, 2026 03:42 PM (2ap+5)

52 >>>45 When this is all redone as an 80's action movie, AI Arnold as Trump will deliver the death blow with a "Now Starkist your ass goodbye!"

He was Big Tuna... now, no tuna.

Posted by: Arnold Schwarzenegger at March 26, 2026 03:42 PM (1wjle)

53 "Given that the age of those coming forward has dropped and they are asking to take part, we lowered the minimum age to 12," he said, adding that 12- and 13-year-olds could now take part if they wished.
_________

What was the minimum age before? The point about 12 and 13 years old now eligible suggested the old minimum was 14. Still obscenely young and I doubt any civilized society would allow it.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 26, 2026 03:42 PM (iFTx/)

54 I must be missing something but most canned tuna is not halal. Why would they be passing out that?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 26, 2026 03:38 PM (0N4FZ)

Forget it we're rolling

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 03:43 PM (HyaXg)

55 >>>50 Sorry, Charlie

lol

i'll put that in the headline

Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 03:43 PM (1wjle)

56

The guys who wrote Airplane and Naked Gun are Jewish, and I think one of them is based.

Are they the ones working up these scenarios?

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz Miller at March 26, 2026 03:43 PM (54Efn)

57 Exploding cans of tuna?

Sorry, Charlie

Posted by: dantesed at March 26, 2026 03:43 PM (Oy/m2)

58 What's missing from this post is a picture of the Economist's staff all biting pillows.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at March 26, 2026 03:43 PM (/HDaX)

59 You can tuna piano but you can't tuna mullah.

Wait, that's not it...

Posted by: REO Speedwagon at March 26, 2026 03:43 PM (AkEZC)

60 >>Not buying the canned tuna thing. Bombs disguised as food are just too unreliable in target selection, and doesn't sound like something our side would do.


IRGC Rations, not Tuna.

And it is pretty easy to target with Rations.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 03:44 PM (W7FsI)

61 The Ayatollah's last words: "There's something fishy about this"

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 03:44 PM (HyaXg)

62 not 1st with that, I see

Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 03:44 PM (ZxPkt)

63 The Tuna C-rat was my favorite. You could eat everything in the box. Good Times.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 03:44 PM (n17eQ)

64 This is just a brilliant marketing device for Jorma Kaukonen to re-introduce his band Hot Tuna to a whole new Persian audience.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 26, 2026 03:44 PM (kAwT5)

65 "Given that the age of those coming forward has dropped and they are asking to take part, we lowered the minimum age to 12," he said, adding that 12- and 13-year-olds could now take part if they wished.

"And report your little sisters to the mosque for ... special duty."

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 26, 2026 03:44 PM (PYyV9)

66 I was listening to a WSJ podcast and they were selling hard that Iran is in a stronger position than they were before this war and that they are winning.

That they'll own Hormuz and be allowed to take tolls from the rest of the world forever. All Trump's fault, etc

It was jaw dropping.

Posted by: Leupold at March 26, 2026 03:44 PM (eIzlH)

67 They hate these cans!

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 03:44 PM (HyaXg)

68 Dolphin Safe

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 03:44 PM (W7FsI)

69 I know it's very routine for me to walk around my neighborhood and see cans of tuna laying around and of course my first instinct when I see them is to pick them up and attempt to eat the contents! So yeah... it makes perfect sense that the IDF would drop cans of tuna from the sky and just know that civilians would pick them up. They also solved the non-trivial problem of getting these cans to not explode when dropped from 30,000 feet when they hit the ground but then explode when a human hand applies 1 pound of force... no problem!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 03:44 PM (xT8gx)

70 Sorry, Charlie!

Posted by: Amy Schumer at March 26, 2026 03:44 PM (Zz0t1)

71 Exploding cans of tuna are strictly forbidden by the Geneva Convention.

Posted by: wth at March 26, 2026 03:44 PM (UjdFS)

72 Gefilte with a heavy side of kugel would get the job done.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 26, 2026 03:44 PM (gm9Sb)

73 * shakes fist at Don Black*

Posted by: dantesed at March 26, 2026 03:45 PM (Oy/m2)

74 Definitions of "volunteer" now include "ripping children from their family's care and shoving them out into bombing raids"
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 26, 2026 03:40 PM (RnaE2)

That's also plan B for Obama's presidential Library of Doom if they can't find their 100 unpaid volunteers.

Opening in 85 more days!
Get your tickets now.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 03:45 PM (Sco7b)

75 They don't want tuna with good taste. They want tuna that blows up good. Blows up real good.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 26, 2026 03:45 PM (Cqx++)

76 Do the Rockefellers still own some of the Economist?

Posted by: Goatweed at March 26, 2026 03:45 PM (jK3NL)

77 64 This is just a brilliant marketing device for Jorma Kaukonen to re-introduce his band Hot Tuna to a whole new Persian audience.
--------------
I liked those guys. Still can't pronounce Kaukonen. Jack Cassidy is easy.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 03:45 PM (n17eQ)

78 Ah, an example on the cover of The Econimist’s poor writing.

“Economists’ odd aversion to sex work”

It’s WHORING or PROSTITUTION, you morons! One, I guess writing those words is just TOO HARD. Or, two, they don’t sound Marxist enough.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 03:45 PM (464q3)

79 I love tuna fish salad sandwiches, but is it better with celery, sweet pickle or dill pickle? It's a tough choice.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 26, 2026 03:45 PM (Fbc0I)

80 Creedence is terrible, by the way.
___

Some parts of some of their songs are ok.

Posted by: 2/10 at March 26, 2026 03:45 PM (qUkBO)

81 If you don't know Jorma, you don't know Jack.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 03:45 PM (W7FsI)

82 I was listening to a WSJ podcast and they were selling hard that Iran is in a stronger position than they were before this war and that they are winning.

Two months from now people will be going "Straits of what?" and only remember vaguely that the news was stupid and wrong, again.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 26, 2026 03:46 PM (PYyV9)

83 66 I was listening to a WSJ podcast and they were selling hard that Iran is in a stronger position than they were before this war and that they are winning.

That they'll own Hormuz and be allowed to take tolls from the rest of the world forever. All Trump's fault, etc

It was jaw dropping.

Posted by: Leupold
=======
Rupert Murdoch and Sons have ruined everything they touch in news outlets with their TDS and the WSJ is no exception.

Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 03:46 PM (E4rtv)

84 They don't want tuna with good taste. They want tuna that blows up good. Blows up real good.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 26, 2026 03:45 PM (Cqx++)


*Lyrics in Salt N' Pepa's trash can.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 03:46 PM (Zz0t1)

85 A reference above to Candance Owens hoohah should be out of bounds! Yellow flag... 15 yard penalty

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 03:46 PM (xT8gx)

86 He was Big Tuna... now, no tuna.
Posted by: Arnold Schwarzenegger at March 26, 2026 03:42 PM (1wjle)

"Its not a tuna!"

Posted by: Boswell at March 26, 2026 03:46 PM (j10i6)

87 Opening in 85 more days!
Get your tickets now.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 03:45 PM (Sco7b

Get your tickets or be convicted of insolence.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 03:46 PM (464q3)

88 >> I love tuna fish salad sandwiches, but is it better with celery, sweet pickle or dill pickle? It's a tough choice.


Try cucumber.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 03:46 PM (W7FsI)

89 29 "8 plus 2 boats of oil were supposedly fact checked as 'no evidence of these boats found upon review of tracking sites'"


I would think ships going through the Hormuz Gauntlet would switch their tracking transpoders off a long time before they made the run.

Posted by: MartynWW at March 26, 2026 03:46 PM (M9zxq)

90 dolphin safe

What if dolphins are delicious? I want extra dolphin in my tuna.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 26, 2026 03:47 PM (PYyV9)

91 They should have got suspicious when the pull tab had a pin in it.

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 03:47 PM (HyaXg)

92 If you ignore the flag and just read the news stories, you can't tell whether you are reading the WSJ or the NY Times.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 26, 2026 03:47 PM (2ap+5)

93 I shouldn't have the fish.

Posted by: James Bond in a reference no one will get because it's from Never Say Never Again at March 26, 2026 03:47 PM (1wjle)

94 What's next? Exploding boxes of Tuna Helper??

Posted by: dantesed at March 26, 2026 03:47 PM (Oy/m2)

95 Both Jorma and Jack were State Department kids in DC. Then they both moved to SF and became famous.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 03:47 PM (n17eQ)

96
That they'll own Hormuz and be allowed to take tolls from the rest of the world forever. All Trump's fault, etc

Go back and get a shitload of dimes.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 26, 2026 03:47 PM (Cqx++)

97 I was listening to a WSJ podcast and they were selling hard that Iran is in a stronger position than they were before this war and that they are winning.

Two months from now people will be going "Straits of what?" and only remember vaguely that the news was stupid and wrong, again.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 26, 2026 03:46 PM (PYyV9)
_____

"Tell us about it"

-- The two retards in MN killed by ICE

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 26, 2026 03:47 PM (iFTx/)

98 67 They hate these cans!

They're defective!

Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 26, 2026 03:48 PM (DgMqy)

99 I really have to reach back in my memory... but IIRC I believe this is true - During the Iran/Iraq war in the 1980s the Iranians sent unarmed kids through minefields to clear the mines.... the Mullahs have a long tradition of throwing kids into the meatgrinder of war

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 03:48 PM (xT8gx)

100 80 Creedence is terrible, by the way.
___

Some parts of some of their songs are ok
____

Tom Fogerty, who created the sound of CCR, left the band to go solo and CCR sued him because his solo work sounded too much like CCR. They of course, won their suit.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 03:48 PM (Dv3i1)

101 Trump Always Chicken of the Seas Out

No? Ok

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 03:48 PM (HyaXg)

102 Mmmm tuna melt

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 26, 2026 03:48 PM (Kt19C)

103 A squad of 12 y.os standing on a street corner, armed with Kalashnikovs.

A near-limitless supply of orphaned slaves of the state awaiting death, while the leadership scurry from one rat hole to another.

Posted by: mrp at March 26, 2026 03:48 PM (rj6Yv)

104 We might win faster if they just played Hotel California on repeat across their airwaves.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 26, 2026 03:49 PM (n5tGW)

105 This is just a brilliant marketing device for Jorma Kaukonen to re-introduce his band Hot Tuna to a whole new Persian audience.

Canned Heat would be a better choice.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 03:49 PM (Riz8t)

106 I just checked the pantry yesterday in preparing for a grocery order/delivery. Why does a can of tuna say "this side towards enemy"?

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 26, 2026 03:49 PM (gm9Sb)

107 I like on X how Iran is doing so much winning their defenders are building "what-ifs" where the US loses.

Current one I saw was, how Iran was going to booby-trap and mine Karg Island and garrison 1000s of soldiers there who will slaughter the Marines if they dare land.

Or we could, you know, blockade the island and wait them out until they starve ....

TACO!!! nO pLAn!!! Squawk, squawk!!

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 26, 2026 03:50 PM (HXT0k)

108 Well mother don't you stop prayin'
Father keep right on prayin'
Don't you stop prayin' for this old world is almost done
Keep your lamps trimmed and burning
Keep your lamps trimmed and burning
Keep your lamps trimmed and burning
For this old world is almost done...

Posted by: Hot Tuna at March 26, 2026 03:50 PM (ej+CS)

109
achmed: what's this?
hadji: some tuna. supposed to be good for you
achmed: you try it?
hadji: I'm not gonna try it, you try it
achmed: I'm not gonna try it
hadji: let's get mohammed to try it
achmed: yeah! he won't eat it, he hates everything!
hadji: He likes it! hey mohammed!
achmed: aw man, he blew up! Hey mohammed!

Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 03:50 PM (ZxPkt)

110 Canned Heat would be a better choice.
-----------------
One hit wonder.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 03:50 PM (n17eQ)

111 >>>Tom Fogerty, who created the sound of CCR, left the band to go solo and CCR sued him because his solo work sounded too much like CCR. They of course, won their suit.

john fogerty.

and the band didn't sue, whoever owned the rights to the song sued. And I don't know if they won or lost, but eventually, maybe on appeal, he won. (or "won," because lawsuits are grueling.) He set a precedent that you cannot be sued for plagiarism just for sounding *like yourself.(

Posted by: James Bond in a reference no one will get because it's from Never Say Never Again at March 26, 2026 03:50 PM (1wjle)

112 . Why does a can of tuna say "this side towards enemy"?

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 26, 2026 03:49 PM (gm9Sb)

I love this place

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 03:51 PM (HyaXg)

113 I really have to reach back in my memory... but IIRC I believe this is true - During the Iran/Iraq war in the 1980s the Iranians sent unarmed kids through minefields to clear the mines.... the Mullahs have a long tradition of throwing kids into the meatgrinder of war

They absolutely did. However, they also gave the kids a blanket to wear into the minefield so that when they were blown to bits, it would be easier and less traumatic for the others to retrieve the bits of their friends. The mullahs were considerate that way.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 03:51 PM (Riz8t)

114 Using kids for cannon fodder is an Iranian tradition. The mullahs had children march across mine fields to clear them during the Iran-Iraq War. And had unarmed boys attack Iraqi machine guns in trenches. Nice people.

Posted by: Martin Tell at March 26, 2026 03:51 PM (sFNX2)

115
Seems cruel to sink all the guy's ships before sinking him.

Posted by: Auspex at March 26, 2026 03:51 PM (Y8DZL)

116 Do you wonder if Israel does this because it's actually effective or purely for PsyOps to make their enemies be scared of anything and everything?

I'm sure the answer is both.

Posted by: Leupold at March 26, 2026 03:51 PM (eIzlH)

117 Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 03:48 PM (HyaXg)

That was funny. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 03:51 PM (rZCVI)

118 Warning to IRGC! Avoid tuna cans playing the song "Burning Down The House" when you are served out your rations.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 26, 2026 03:51 PM (kAwT5)

119 achmed: what's this?
hadji: some tuna. supposed to be good for you
achmed: you try it?
hadji: I'm not gonna try it, you try it
achmed: I'm not gonna try it
hadji: let's get mohammed to try it
achmed: yeah! he won't eat it, he hates everything!
hadji: He likes it! hey mohammed!
achmed: aw man, he blew up! Hey mohammed!
Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 03:50 PM (ZxPkt)



Perfect spin on an old classic. Nicely done.

My brain had the full beards and everything in the image.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 03:51 PM (Zz0t1)

120 I just noticed in the content that ace called the Eagles overrated soft-rock clowns!

I must disagree, Sir... The Eagles were a top-tier, legendary band

But what do I know, I'm just another anonymous pamphleteer...

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 03:51 PM (xT8gx)

121 Did they drop those little jars of mayo too?

Posted by: wth at March 26, 2026 03:52 PM (UjdFS)

122 My memory is a bit hazy, but didn't Iran have child soldiers during the Iran-Iraq war?

I think they gave them plastic "keys to Paradise" and they were sent to clear out mine fields or something to that effect.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 03:52 PM (ESVrU)

123 85 A reference above to Candance Owens hoohah should be out of bounds! Yellow flag... 15 yard penalty
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

John Fogerty of Creedence wrote a lesser known song about it. "I Fear a Bad Smell Arising."

Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 03:52 PM (E4rtv)

124 Canned Heat were a filthy blues band. Great stuff.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 03:52 PM (W7FsI)

125 >>>I must disagree, Sir... The Eagles were a top-tier, legendary band

i mostly meant the rapist don henely and the jerkoff Glen Frey.

I liked don felder and Joe Wash, of course. and I like some of their songs.

but i hate henley and frey. they're real assholes and complete leftwing jerkoffs to boot

Posted by: James Bond in a reference no one will get because it's from Never Say Never Again at March 26, 2026 03:53 PM (1wjle)

126 Any jokes about canned chili yet?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 26, 2026 03:53 PM (n5tGW)

127 CHICKEN OF THE C-4~~!!

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 26, 2026 03:53 PM (diia5)

128
Current one I saw was, how Iran was going to booby-trap and mine Karg Island and garrison 1000s of soldiers there who will slaughter the Marines if they dare land.

They really don't get the whole modern way of war at all, do they.

IRGC: I know, instead of dispersing and hunkering down, we'll concentrate everyone in a small area so that the enemy knows exactly where they are. It can't lose!

Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 03:53 PM (Riz8t)

129 "Tell us about it"

-- The two retards in MN killed by ICE
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 26, 2026 03:47 PM (iFTx/)

I think they receive leftist martyrdom Saturday during 'No King's Day' celebrations funded by whoever.

"Totally worth it!" - Rachel Corrie

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 03:53 PM (Sco7b)

130 StarKist... now with Xtra 'Splodey!

Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 26, 2026 03:53 PM (DgMqy)

131 Just more crimes from this criminal regime.

Barbarians. Their last day cannot come soon enough.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 03:53 PM (RIvkX)

132 Houthis on one side and the Mullahs on the other. Plan could work. Next dem president will sign off on it as reparations

Posted by: Accomack at March 26, 2026 03:53 PM (FqNtp)

133 79 I love tuna fish salad sandwiches, but is it better with celery, sweet pickle or dill pickle? It's a tough choice.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 26, 2026 03:45 PM (Fbc0I)

Dill pickle. Sweet is just ghastly. And chopped up boiled egg, with salt, pepper, garlic/onion powder and a hint of cayenne. Tony Chachere's would also work.

Posted by: moki at March 26, 2026 03:53 PM (wLjpr)

134 When I was in the army and was trained in the use of claymore mines, I never looked at a claymore and thought: Hey that looks like a can of tuna!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 03:53 PM (xT8gx)

135 >>I must disagree, Sir... The Eagles were a top-tier, legendary band


I can't stand that era of California Sound.

I prefer Carl Perkins.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 03:54 PM (W7FsI)

136
but i hate henley and frey. they're real assholes and complete leftwing jerkoffs to boot
Posted by: James Bond in a reference no one will get because it's from Never Say Never Again at March 26, 2026 03:53 PM (1wjle)


While I'm sure he still votes left, Frey is dead.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 03:54 PM (Zz0t1)

137 The move comes despite Iran's commitments under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which prohibits the use of children in military activities.

Age is just a number, bigots!

Posted by: Tranny bodega rapist at March 26, 2026 03:54 PM (TbWk/)

138 127 CHICKEN OF THE C-4~~!!

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 26, 2026 03:53 PM (diia5)

Okay, you win!

Posted by: moki at March 26, 2026 03:54 PM (wLjpr)

139 I really have to reach back in my memory... but IIRC I believe this is true - During the Iran/Iraq war in the 1980s the Iranians sent unarmed kids through minefields to clear the mines.... the Mullahs have a long tradition of throwing kids into the meatgrinder of war

Correct...there are interviews with Iraqi officers after the war who watched wave after wave of iranian children being mowed down with MG fire during their human wave attacks that the machine gunners and officers had nervous breakdowns from killing so many iranian children.

Posted by: Keep Shooting Until They Change Shape Or Catch Fire at March 26, 2026 03:54 PM (ej+CS)

140 This is just a brilliant marketing device for Jorma Kaukonen to re-introduce his band Hot Tuna to a whole new Persian audience.

Canned Heat would be a better choice.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 03:49 PM (Riz8t)
-----------
A Tuna Christmas.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 03:55 PM (60TZk)

141 Israel is just messing with these guys heads now.

Posted by: Eddie Baby at March 26, 2026 03:55 PM (KwZYR)

142 Any jokes about canned chili yet?
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
........

They only drop those in the Hormel straight.

Posted by: wth at March 26, 2026 03:55 PM (UjdFS)

143 Explosive Flavor

Damn

Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 26, 2026 03:55 PM (DgMqy)

144 CHICKEN OF THE C-4~~!!


The commercial has Charlie playing golf.


"Chicken of the Sea! FORE!!!!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 03:55 PM (Zz0t1)

145 >>CHICKEN OF THE C-4~~!!


Close her up. We have a winner.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 03:55 PM (W7FsI)

146 The "tuna cans" kind of look like cluster bomb sub-munitions to me. Unexploded Ordnance, in other words.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 26, 2026 03:55 PM (wLsnt)

147 i've said this before but the History of Eagles parts 1 and 2 are a must-watch. The doc was produced by the Eagles -- meaning, glenn frey and Don henley -- but it nevertheless reveals them as the most monstrous, controlling narcissists and bastards. I wonder what was left on the cutting room floor!

(Probably Don Henley's rape of a child.)

Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 03:55 PM (1wjle)

148 Iran and Iraq both used children for various tasks, mine collection one of them

Iran and Iraq gassed the hell out of each other as well. Mostly Nerve gas supplied to both sides by the soviets and chinese

Posted by: Desinex at March 26, 2026 03:56 PM (jrgJz)

149 Israel Packs Explosives Into Canned Tuna Intended for Revolutionary Guards Forces, Kills At Least Five

The lawyerese in that recall notice is going to be something to behold.

Posted by: mikeski at March 26, 2026 03:56 PM (I0x/R)

150 I am guessing the 10 boats were to show Trump that they were negotiating with the actual people in power, because we've basically killed so many in iran's winning.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 26, 2026 03:56 PM (n5tGW)

151
(Probably Don Henley's rape of a child.)
Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 03:55 PM (1wjle)


He didn't mean it, tho.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 03:56 PM (Zz0t1)

152 Canned Heat would be a better choice.
-----------------
One hit wonder.

Incorrect.
1) On The Road Again
2) Going Up The Country

Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 03:56 PM (Riz8t)

153 @111 - you are correct, sir. Thanks for clearing that up.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 03:57 PM (Dv3i1)

154 boom tuna in a can >> Prince Albert in a can

Posted by: Cock of the Walk at March 26, 2026 03:57 PM (5bSVK)

155 Know who else recruited young men to defend the homeland?

Posted by: I gotta ask at March 26, 2026 03:57 PM (Co4qK)

156 Live Canned Heat is some good shit. Not lying.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 03:57 PM (W7FsI)

157 I made tuna, veggies, and noodles. It did not blow up. It was very good though.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 26, 2026 03:57 PM (sAmhv)

158 Canned Heat were a filthy blues band. Great stuff.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 03:52 PM (W7FsI)

I requested them on K Rock one night in the 80's and they were like "dude really?"

But they played it

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 03:57 PM (HyaXg)

159 KABOOM(TM) brand tuna...

Exactly what it says on the tin.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 03:58 PM (ESVrU)

160 I knew there was mercury in the tuna, but not that it was fulminated.

Posted by: Tuna go boom at March 26, 2026 03:58 PM (TbWk/)

161 I made tuna, veggies, and noodles. It did not blow up. It was very good though.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 26, 2026 03:57 PM (sAmhv)


Did not blow up, yet.........There's still digestion to come.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 03:58 PM (Zz0t1)

162 You'd better let him out!!

Posted by: Just the punchline at March 26, 2026 03:58 PM (Co4qK)

163 but i hate henley and frey. they're real assholes and complete leftwing jerkoffs to boot
Posted by: James Bond in a reference no one will get because it's from Never Say Never Again at March 26, 2026 03:53 PM (1wjle)


While I'm sure he still votes left, Frey is dead.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 03:54 PM (Zz0t1)

I watched a documentary at one point in time and I came away with the opinion that Glen Frey was a real dick... he would mercilessly whale away at Felder (and other band members); on one occasion they were arguing on stage DURING a concert and almost came to blows backstage afterwards. He was a real control freak... but no denying the songwriting talent

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 03:58 PM (xT8gx)

164
I like the contrast. Islamic murderers using indiscriminate pressure-cooker IEDs to kill any Jews or other infidels they can find and Israel using sophisticated explosives smuggled into to target specific malefactors.

Couldn't highlight the differences between the Western world and the backwards demon-worshippers any better.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 03:41 PM (zjgNU)



A couple of days ago, some Iranian cocksucker mullah was whining about how the Americans and Joos won't come down and fight face to face, like men.

Reminds me of Pappy Boyington flying against the Japanese. They got on the radio once and in perfect English and procedure asked for his position (trying to set him up for an ambush). He gave them the position, but altered so that Pappy and his pilots could themselves spring an ambush. Next day, the Japs tried again, but he couldn't resist laughing. The Jap intel officer got frustrated and told him "well, why don't you come down here, tough guy?"

Pappy did. Flew down alone and strafed the shit out of the airfield, and transmitted "Okay, I came down to you. Why don't you come up to meet ME." The Japs declined.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2026 03:58 PM (y9nCu)

165 152 Canned Heat would be a better choice.
-----------------
One hit wonder.

Incorrect.
1) On The Road Again
2) Going Up The Country
------------
Willy Nelson wrote On The Road Again.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 03:58 PM (n17eQ)

166 Or, Willie Nelson.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 03:59 PM (Zz0t1)

167 Wait until they deploy the boobytrapped goats...
Posted by: steevy at March 26, 2026 03:38 PM (YwEeS)

They are deployed, but Mossad made one mistake;
They inserted the detonators 4 inches inside the goats.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 26, 2026 03:59 PM (zafwz)

168 This account, which seems to be an Iranian propaganda site, accidentally confirms the attack, even though they make up stories about US and Israeli warplanes "dropping" the cans of explosive tuna on to poor civilians.

The Geneva Convention specifically prohibits the use of tuna-based munitions.

Sorry Charlie. It's a war crime.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 03:59 PM (fhCge)

169 128
IRGC: I know, instead of dispersing and hunkering down, we'll concentrate everyone in a small area so that the enemy knows exactly where they are. It can't lose!

Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 03:53 PM (Riz8t)

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Well, I mean...look at their leadership.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 04:00 PM (gYVzu)

170 I'd love to hear what the left thinks about the child warriors Iran is shoving out the door. Where, exactly, are these kids expected to fight?

I suspect the mullahs will turn the kids loose on the public long before they're used elsewhere.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 26, 2026 04:00 PM (AkEZC)

171 CHICKEN OF THE C-4~~!!

Posted by: weft cut-loop

Bastard too good

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 04:00 PM (HyaXg)

172 166 Or, Willie Nelson.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 03:59


That's the middle one.

Posted by: Just the punchline at March 26, 2026 04:00 PM (Co4qK)

173 Man, I had a rough day and I hate the fuckin' Eagles!

Posted by: The Dude at March 26, 2026 04:00 PM (60TZk)

174 147 i've said this before but the History of Eagles parts 1 and 2 are a must-watch. The doc was produced by the Eagles -- meaning, glenn frey and Don henley -- but it nevertheless reveals them as the most monstrous, controlling narcissists and bastards. I wonder what was left on the cutting room floor!

(Probably Don Henley's rape of a child.)

Posted by: ace


Heh! I watched that too. Thought it was well done. Pretty much what I thought too. What surprised me about it was that Glenn Frey was WORSE than Don Henley. I wasn't expecting that.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 26, 2026 04:00 PM (sAmhv)

175 I did not know Don Henley raped a child. Not surprised... many of these rock stars are/were complete degenerates...

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 04:00 PM (xT8gx)

176 I don't watch MSM.

Are they really saying that we're losing the war to a bunch of gay cosplay goat fuckers?

Posted by: MJ at March 26, 2026 04:01 PM (XOmY9)

177 A couple of days ago, some Iranian cocksucker mullah was whining about how the Americans and Joos won't come down and fight face to face, like men.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2026 03:58 PM (y9nCu)
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If you are engaged in a "fair fight" during war, you are doing it wrong.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 04:01 PM (ESVrU)

178

That's the middle one.
Posted by: Just the punchline at March 26, 2026 04:00 PM (Co4qK)


I thought you were confusing Willie Nelson with is cousin, Willy Nilly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 04:01 PM (Zz0t1)

179 159 KABOOM(TM) brand tuna...

Exactly what it says on the tin.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 03:58 PM (ESVrU)

++++

LOL. The horde is a laugh riot today with the tuna can blow-up jokes.

Posted by: washrivergal at March 26, 2026 04:01 PM (xjfHr)

180 New IRCG militia rule: "You may not take your teddy bear to work at check points"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 26, 2026 04:02 PM (AfHQU)

181 Are they really saying that we're losing the war to a bunch of gay cosplay goat fuckers?

Posted by: MJ at March 26, 2026 04:01 PM (XOmY9)

All they want to do is win any given news cycle. Nothing else matters to them as long as it helps destroy the country.

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 04:02 PM (HyaXg)

182 You won't like me when I'm fulminated.

Posted by: mercury at March 26, 2026 04:02 PM (fV+MH)

183 I trash The Economist whenever I can because they enjoy an unreasonably positive reputation with my kids.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 04:02 PM (RIvkX)

184 Well, I mean...look at their leadership.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 04:00 PM (gYVzu)
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I would, but it's scattered all over the place...on the walls, floor, ceiling--oh, look! Some of it splattered outside!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 04:02 PM (ESVrU)

185 170 I'd love to hear what the left thinks about the child warriors Iran is shoving out the door. Where, exactly, are these kids expected to fight?

I suspect the mullahs will turn the kids loose on the public long before they're used elsewhere.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 26, 2026 04:00 PM

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Any tactics to fight imperialism are just and good. These children would rather die gloriously to defeat Trump, the Orange Man, rather than live under a monarchy that only exists because the Orange Man deemed it so.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 04:03 PM (gYVzu)

186 If you are engaged in a "fair fight" during war, you are doing it wrong.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 04:01 PM (ESVrU)

Remember how America had 19 fleet carriers at the Battle for Okinawa while Japan only had one left?

Unfairness is how we won that war.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 04:03 PM (fhCge)

187 ----
I would, but it's scattered all over the place...on the walls, floor, ceiling--oh, look! Some of it splattered outside!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 04:02 PM (ESVrU)


Glidden. Wall to wall coverage.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 04:03 PM (Zz0t1)

188 Two songs entitled On the Road Again.

Canned Heat: https://is.gd/HPHctt

Willie Nelson: https://is.gd/LMIeTR

Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 04:03 PM (Riz8t)

189 CHICKEN OF THE C-4~~!!

Posted by: weft cut-loop

Very good. You deserve a bonus for whatever you normally get for your jokes on here.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 04:03 PM (PFs9e)

190 I missed the concert at the Warehouse when The de'Moralizers opened for Can of Whoop Ass in summer of '70. Epic

Posted by: kingsman at March 26, 2026 04:04 PM (ehY6c)

191 Imagine the causalities had the Israelis spammed texts and emails filled with tuna melt recipes 48 hours beforehand.

Posted by: mrp at March 26, 2026 04:04 PM (rj6Yv)

192 pallets of tuna > pallets of cash

Posted by: wth at March 26, 2026 04:04 PM (UjdFS)

193 I remember a longshit time ago when we used to say Democrats were on the side of terrorists and they would cry that no, they only cared about America and muh freedoms.

No we were right they were definitely actually only on the side of terrorists.

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 04:05 PM (HyaXg)

194 171 CHICKEN OF THE C-4~~!!

Posted by: weft cut-loop

Lol. Thanks.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 04:05 PM (Sco7b)

195 Next up - canned southwest taco bowls from Chipotle...talk about explosive!

Posted by: Boswell at March 26, 2026 04:05 PM (j10i6)

196
Johnhadi Tremain!

Posted by: Auspex at March 26, 2026 04:05 PM (Y8DZL)

197 Two songs entitled On the Road Again.

Canned Heat: https://is.gd/HPHctt

Willie Nelson: https://is.gd/LMIeTR
Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 04:03 PM (Riz8t)


Unpossible. There's no way two songs can have the same name. It's just crazytalk.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 04:05 PM (Zz0t1)

198 Most things can be weapons.

I remember 1985, 86, 87 when Russia was accused of dropping toys and other objects that could explode in the hands of Afghans, especially children.

Ukraine has been accused of such in its war with Russia.

There have been child soldiers in all the Great Wars; unfortunately in so very many wars.

Vietnam with its trip bombs & other weapons with women & children engaged in fighting.

Even now, Africa accounts for approximately 40% of the world’s child soldiers, with tens of thousands of boys and girls recruited by armed groups and government forces in nations like South Sudan, the Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Often abducted or driven by poverty, these children serve as combatants, messengers, and lookouts. (AI Overview)

Warriors are one thing, children and other innocents: no, never. 😭

Just me.

Posted by: L - No nic at March 26, 2026 04:05 PM (NFX2v)

199 144 "Chicken of the Sea! FORE!!!!"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 03:55 PM

A chicken playing a links course????

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 04:05 PM (WsJuq)

200 The 12-year old recruits is just one more example of what countries turn to when they are really desperate.

But when will we start sending arms to the Iranian people?

Posted by: Eeyore at March 26, 2026 04:05 PM (AlhUl)

201
Islamic Occupier state TV reported on the recruitment of children as young as 12 to be "Defenders of the Homeland."

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I don't think 12 year olds are being "recruited." They're being made to do it.

Exploding tuna -- if real, maybe the IRGC is forcing civilians to open the cans. Like having a food taster.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 26, 2026 04:05 PM (lsrsS)

202 186 Remember how America had 19 fleet carriers at the Battle for Okinawa while Japan only had one left?

Unfairness is how we won that war.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 04:03 PM (fhCge)

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Wars are terrible and should be fought as rarely as possible.

Also, because wars are terrible, we must implement rules that makes wars always last forever without real goals and constant worry about proportionality so that the misery can last for decades.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 04:06 PM (gYVzu)

203 Very good. You deserve a bonus for whatever you normally get for your jokes on here.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 04:03 PM (PFs9e)

+++++

LOL, Fenelon. It was funny.

Posted by: washrivergal at March 26, 2026 04:06 PM (xjfHr)

204
What surprised me about it was that Glenn Frey was WORSE than Don Henley. I wasn't expecting that.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 26, 2026 04:00 PM (sAmhv)



If memory serves, Frey basically fired Felder because the Eagles were playing an Alan Cranston fund raiser and Felder had the audacity to mention that it'd probably be better not to mix music with politics. At least, that's the way I remember it.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2026 04:06 PM (y9nCu)

205 Isn't arming food tins on the Geneva Convention Checklist?

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at March 26, 2026 04:06 PM (wBaIH)

206 New Can In Town

Posted by: Tunagles at March 26, 2026 04:06 PM (qUkBO)

207 193 I remember a longshit time ago when we used to say Democrats were on the side of terrorists and they would cry that no, they only cared about America and muh freedoms.

No we were right they were definitely actually only on the side of terrorists.

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 04:05 PM (HyaXg)

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Conservatives are the American Taliban because we oppose abortion, you know.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 04:06 PM (gYVzu)

208 183 I trash The Economist whenever I can because they enjoy an unreasonably positive reputation with my kids.
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They were something around the early 70s and then became what they are - shit heads.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 04:06 PM (n17eQ)

209 If a can of tuna dropped from an airplane happened to hit you in the head, well that's just bad luck.

Posted by: wth at March 26, 2026 04:06 PM (UjdFS)

210 Funny thing about documentaries on the Eagles... they were constantly feuding and arguing because Frey and Henley were such dicks... but Joe Walsh always got along with everybody because he was constantly high/drunk... and apparently he's a friendly drunk and is constitutionally incapable of being argumentative.... I laugh when I watch interviews with the guy because he seems likeable but its clear that about half his brain cells have been fried... (not "frey'd" heh)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 04:07 PM (xT8gx)

211 >Are they really saying that we're losing the war to a bunch of gay cosplay goat fuckers?
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same as when Cronkite pronounced the war in Vietnam as 'unwinnable'

Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 04:07 PM (ZxPkt)

212 Wondering now if the chy knees used a tuna can IED at MacDill. The male of the duet escaped back to chy na.

Since chy na is helping Iran, I'd like all flights in and out of chy na stopped, please President Trump.

Read that Putin is sending drones to Iran, after sending 1000 to the Youcrane. I would think he did not have many to spare.

Obviously I know nothing except that I am thankful the chy nee IED did not work at MacDill.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 26, 2026 04:07 PM (WONhk)

213 If the Iranians just embraced Veganism, they'd have nothing to worry about. But, they are content to murder fish.

Posted by: Orson at March 26, 2026 04:07 PM (dIske)

214 That Life cereal ad never made sense to me. The kids aren't sure they want to eat the new cereal so their solution is to... give it to Mikey, the kid who hates everything. Why would you do that??

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 26, 2026 04:07 PM (PYyV9)

215
"As God as my witness, I thought tuna could fly."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 04:07 PM (Zz0t1)

216 206 New Can In Town

Charlie Come Lately?

Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 26, 2026 04:07 PM (DgMqy)

217 But when will we start sending arms to the Iranian people?
Posted by: Eeyore at March 26, 2026 04:05 PM (AlhUl)

Some of us don't have that option!

*sniff*

Posted by: Michelle Fields at March 26, 2026 04:08 PM (fhCge)

218 The 12-year old recruits is just one more example of what countries turn to when they are really desperate.

No - Iran has 95 million people, after all.

The Iranian government wants dead 12-year-olds so that they can say that we are killing children.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 26, 2026 04:08 PM (n1OCj)

219 So if explosives were found in the tuna cans, did OrangeManBad misplace tuna into all those bombs?

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at March 26, 2026 04:08 PM (gLikB)

220 211 >Are they really saying that we're losing the war to a bunch of gay cosplay goat fuckers?
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same as when Cronkite pronounced the war in Vietnam as 'unwinnable'

Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 04:07 PM (ZxPkt)

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All Iran has is the psyops war trying to convince America to stop punching them in the face because it's immoral.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 04:08 PM (gYVzu)

221 I'd mix in a little bacon fat just to add the Pershing touch.

Posted by: Josh Brolin's Blistered Taint at March 26, 2026 04:08 PM (58P09)

222 Very good. You deserve a bonus for whatever you normally get for your jokes on here.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke
......

maybe some assorted canned food?

Posted by: wth at March 26, 2026 04:08 PM (UjdFS)

223 ThE nAzIs UsEd ChIlD sOlDiErS jUsT bEfOrE tHeY wOn!

Posted by: tHe EcOnOmIsT at March 26, 2026 04:08 PM (qUkBO)

224 That Life cereal ad never made sense to me. The kids aren't sure they want to eat the new cereal so their solution is to... give it to Mikey, the kid who hates everything. Why would you do that??
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 26, 2026 04:07 PM (PYyV9)
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My mom bought Life cereal once and only once.

None of us kids liked it.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 04:09 PM (ESVrU)

225 I think the Israelis should name another canned or boxed every week that they placed explosives in.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 04:09 PM (PFs9e)

226 Joe Walsh - Life's been good to me so far.. yeah, yeah, yeah

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 04:09 PM (xT8gx)

227 I've never understood why they don't make all the garbage bag wearing ladies into s bombers.



Posted by: MJ at March 26, 2026 04:09 PM (XOmY9)

228 209 If a can of tuna dropped from an airplane happened to hit you in the head, well that's just bad luck.
Posted by: wth at March 26, 2026 04:06 PM (UjdFS)
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As God is my witness, I thought tuna could fly.

Posted by: WisRich at March 26, 2026 04:10 PM (G0vdT)

229 None of us kids liked it.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 04:09 PM (ESVrU)

You can call me Mikey. I liked Life cereal

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 04:10 PM (xT8gx)

230 All Iran has is the psyops war trying to convince America to stop punching them in the face because it's immoral.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 04:08 PM (gYVzu)
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Unfortunately, they have the worldwide Dem/Media complex on their side, which does give them a significant boost, if not an advantage.

They just have to outlast President Trump to declare victory.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 04:10 PM (ESVrU)

231 The Economist sounds like it written by a bunch off window lickers.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 04:10 PM (WsJuq)

232 Funny thing about documentaries on the Eagles... they were constantly feuding and arguing because Frey and Henley were such dicks... but Joe Walsh always got along with everybody because he was constantly high/drunk... and apparently he's a friendly drunk and is constitutionally incapable of being argumentative.... I laugh when I watch interviews with the guy because he seems likeable but its clear that about half his brain cells have been fried... (not "frey'd" heh)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 04:07 PM (xT8gx)
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He's just a knucklehead.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 04:10 PM (60TZk)

233 Anybody on a Pixel phone? After an update I can't read this website, the margins are totally fucked. When I search how to fix I just get advice about "zooming in."

Posted by: Max Power at March 26, 2026 04:10 PM (Hucnr)

234 I've never understood why they don't make all the garbage bag wearing ladies into s bombers.

Posted by: MJ at March 26, 2026 04:09 PM (XOmY9)
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They need them as brood sows to pump out more jihadists.

That's their only purpose in life, according to Islam.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 04:11 PM (ESVrU)

235 "That Life cereal ad never made sense to me. The kids aren't sure they want to eat the new cereal so their solution is to... give it to Mikey, the kid who hates everything. Why would you do that??
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor "


Why does Flo sell so damn much insurance?

Posted by: eleven at March 26, 2026 04:11 PM (fV+MH)

236 You can call me Mikey. I liked Life cereal
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 04:10 PM (xT8gx)

It was good but you had to a shit ton of sugar to it first.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 04:11 PM (fhCge)

237 Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 26, 2026 04:07 PM (PYyV

Mikey didn't hate anything he was just very discriminating.

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 04:12 PM (HyaXg)

238 You can call me Mikey. I liked Life cereal
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 04:10 PM (xT8gx)
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Me, too. Sugar and oats. Another favorite is Rice Chex.

Posted by: mrp at March 26, 2026 04:12 PM (rj6Yv)

239 Life Cereal was pretty good. Not like the Captain Crunch Razor Blade stuff.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 04:12 PM (n17eQ)

240 My mom bought Life cereal once and only once.
None of us kids liked it.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

The cinnamon version was pretty good. But you didn't dare let it sit otherwise it becomes a bowl of mush.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 26, 2026 04:12 PM (diia5)

241 "and the band didn't sue, whoever owned the rights to the song sued. And I don't know if they won or lost, but eventually, maybe on appeal, he won. (or "won," because lawsuits are grueling.)"

As I recall the circs, while still in CCR Foggerty sold rights to all his hits to manager/producer Zantz and after sobering up (somewhat) regretted it. After he went solo, for years he would not play any of the aforementioned hits. In his first solo album, Foggerty included a piece, "Vanz kant danz." Zantz sued for ldefamation and won. Zantz also sued for copyright violation for another song on that album, claiming it was a steal from "Run Through the Jungle," that Zantz owned by that time. Foggerty won that case.

Posted by: Martin Tell at March 26, 2026 04:13 PM (sFNX2)

242 That Life cereal ad never made sense to me. The kids aren't sure they want to eat the new cereal so their solution is to... give it to Mikey, the kid who hates everything. Why would you do that??
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 26, 2026 04:07 PM (PYyV9)
________

The background is that Life was marketed as "good for you," and the two kids assumed that meant it tasted like shit. So they fed it to Mikey because neither of them want to try it. The punchline is that if a kid who "hates everything" likes a healthy cereal, then it must taste great.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 26, 2026 04:13 PM (iFTx/)

243 but Joe Walsh always got along with everybody because he was constantly high/drunk...
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Kent State attendee!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 04:13 PM (Dv3i1)

244 A couple of days ago, some Iranian cocksucker mullah was whining about how the Americans and Joos won't come down and fight face to face, like men.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2026 03:58 PM (y9nCu)

That's particularly hilarious because the entirety of Islamic history is a record of how they glorify backstabbing and treachery.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 04:14 PM (zjgNU)

245 >>I laugh when I watch interviews with the guy because he seems likeable but its clear that about half his brain cells have been fried

He's living a life of illusion.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 04:14 PM (viF8m)

246 Speaking of canned food, did they open up the Hormel straights yet?

Posted by: wth at March 26, 2026 04:14 PM (UjdFS)

247 The Cafe thread yesterday

7. Cafe! A raised glass to a nation of 8 million people that are giving their all to free 90 million.
Posted by: Ben Had

Glass raised 🍷

Posted by: L - No nic at March 26, 2026 04:14 PM (NFX2v)

248 Life Cereal was pretty good. Not like the Captain Crunch Razor Blade stuff.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 04:12 PM (n17eQ)

I LOVED Captain Crunch... so much so that I was willing to put up with the bloody mouth that came with eating it... I liked the peanut butter captain crunch even more

I don't wanna know how many bazillion grams of sugar were in those cereals...

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 04:14 PM (xT8gx)

249 The background is that Life was marketed as "good for you," and the two kids assumed that meant it tasted like shit. So they fed it to Mikey because neither of them want to try it. The punchline is that if a kid who "hates everything" likes a healthy cereal, then it must taste great.

Good executive summary. My job here is done.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at March 26, 2026 04:15 PM (fhCge)

250 Was the tuna kosher?

Posted by: Rabbi Smelt at March 26, 2026 04:15 PM (7S15B)

251 I like how all the sugar you dumped on your cereal made it's way down to the bottom of the bowl to make a silky milky sugar slush.

Mmmmm! Mmmmm!

Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 26, 2026 04:15 PM (DgMqy)

252 I heard a rumor that Israeli-owned construction companies in Iran built explosives into most every mosque built over the decade or two.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 26, 2026 04:15 PM (yeRBj)

253 The background is that Life was marketed as "good for you," and the two kids assumed that meant it tasted like shit. So they fed it to Mikey because neither of them want to try it. The punchline is that if a kid who "hates everything" likes a healthy cereal, then it must taste great.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 26, 2026 04:13 PM (iFTx/)
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I think Kix had a better tagline: "Kid tested, mom approved." It also tasted better. Slightly sweet compared to most cereals, but not bad.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 04:15 PM (ESVrU)

254 225 I think the Israelis should name another canned or boxed every week that they placed explosives in.
__

They should announce they have put bombs in the IRGC's toothpaste. They won't brush and will get gingivitis and, eventually, heart disease followed by eventual death. Play the long game.

Posted by: Dr. Dental at March 26, 2026 04:15 PM (qUkBO)

255 I LOVED Captain Crunch... so much so that I was willing to put up with the bloody mouth that came with eating it... I liked the peanut butter captain crunch even more

I don't wanna know how many bazillion grams of sugar were in those cereals...
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 04:14 PM (xT8gx)
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Crunch Berries > Peanut Butter Crunch > Captain Crunch

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 04:16 PM (ESVrU)

256 I've never understood why they don't make all the garbage bag wearing ladies into s bombers.

Posted by: MJ at March 26, 2026 04:09 PM (XOmY9)
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They need them as brood sows to pump out more jihadists.

That's their only purpose in life, according to Islam.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
===

And Duncan Idaho clones.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 26, 2026 04:16 PM (/lPRQ)

257 (ok, ok, I had this ready to go)

OLD AND BUSTED: EXPLODING PAGERS
NEW HOTNESS: EXPLODING CANNED FOOD

Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 04:16 PM (GD0B3)

258 The Hormel strait.... that's funny!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 04:16 PM (xT8gx)

259 @188: Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 04:03 PM (Riz8t)
******
"Going Up the Country" by Canned Heat has always been one of my favorites.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at March 26, 2026 04:17 PM (dzD53)

260 Kix tasted like the cereal box

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 04:17 PM (HyaXg)

261 I really liked Honeycomb cereal there for a while.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 04:17 PM (n17eQ)

262 Do they have any birds that scream in Iran. Because hearing an eagle scream and then seeing some shit blow up would be terrifying.

Posted by: DaveA at March 26, 2026 04:18 PM (FhXTo)

263 The mullahs apparently haven't heard the age-old expression: All is fair in love and war... especially war

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 04:18 PM (xT8gx)

264 Don Henley is circling around 12 year olds? since when is this news

Posted by: gKWVE at March 26, 2026 04:18 PM (gKWVE)

265 On the subject of breakfast cereal marketing, the vast majority was not intended to convince kids that it tasted good. Most of the cereals of the day were so high in sugar and flavor additives they were basically sweet desserts. Kids ate it like candy. No need to convince them of anything.

The advertising was aimed at moms and tried to convince them the piles of sugar they set in front of their kids every day was actually good for them. Hence all the bullshit and hype about vitamins and minerals added to these cereals.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 26, 2026 04:18 PM (iFTx/)

266 You can tell Iran is winning because they're eating canned food dropped by the enemy.

Posted by: CNN at March 26, 2026 04:18 PM (UjdFS)

267 You know when you've added enough sugar when you can eat the milk with a fork.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 04:18 PM (fhCge)

268 Hamas rigged children's toys and backpacks, btw.

Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 04:18 PM (GD0B3)

269 "Going Up the Country" by Canned Heat has always been one of my favorites.
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Is it true that the guy that sings it is castrated?

Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 04:18 PM (n17eQ)

270 The only rule of war is.... Win

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 04:18 PM (xT8gx)

271 Weapons stash under every mosque, school and hospital in Iran. Lets go for broke and bomb them. Give no quarter for none shall be given. Maybe leaflet warning because we're the good guys.

Posted by: kingsman at March 26, 2026 04:18 PM (ehY6c)

272 Since we're now talking cereals...

Cocoa Pebbles or Fruity Pebbles?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 04:18 PM (ESVrU)

273 (Probably Don Henley's rape of a child.)
Posted by: ace
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Dirty Laundry was Henley bitching at press coverage of that particular event. Including the kid ODing and the ambulance having to show up at his place.

Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 04:18 PM (E4rtv)

274 Supposedly, we're now flying drones designed to look like eagles. I don't mean overrated soft-rock clowns, I mean the physical embodiment of American power.



No official comment...

Posted by: Taylor at March 26, 2026 04:19 PM (SVCFM)

275 I really liked Honeycomb cereal there for a while.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 04:17 PM (n17eQ)
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Nothing special for me, although it had a decent ad jingle.

Posted by: mrp at March 26, 2026 04:19 PM (rj6Yv)

276 According to our media, winning equals not getting paid for three pay periods, being gunned down by hoplophilic eagles, having your AWOL and deceased comrades replaced by children, and not being able to eat lunch for fear of having your shit explode due to something other than diarrhea all while not even having anyone to shoot back at.

Whereas your enemy is eating steak and lobster while wearing inflatable T-Rex outfits and dancing to Godzilla by Blue Oyster Cult.

Posted by: Thatch at March 26, 2026 04:19 PM (AKhi9)

277 270 The only rule of war is.... Win

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 04:18 PM (xT8gx)

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"You are a bad Christian. We must punish our side harsher than we fight the other side in order to make sure that we fight wars as humanely and softly as possible. If I put away 100 innocent soldiers to just get one who accidentally killed a child, then my job was done well."
-David French, former JAG officer

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 04:19 PM (gYVzu)

278 You know when you've added enough sugar when you can eat the milk with a fork.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 04:18 PM (fhCge)

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Apparently several of us attended the Calvin and Hobbes School of Cereal Cuisine.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 04:20 PM (ESVrU)

279 "Blowing Up The Country"

Posted by: Canned Heat at March 26, 2026 04:20 PM (qUkBO)

280 I love the smell of tuna in the morning. It smells like... victory.

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 04:20 PM (HyaXg)

281 greaseman

https://youtu.be/6og0uLKOqAI

Posted by: DaveA at March 26, 2026 04:20 PM (FhXTo)

282 "beautiful present." That present? They gave him eight boats filled with oil.

Then they decided that wasn't a nice enough gift so they gave him two more boats filled with oil.

I guess this is intended to be a bribe?




==

and he burned them on live TV!

Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 04:20 PM (GD0B3)

283 Kix tasted like the cereal box

Seriously. I pretty much liked all cereal as a kid. Wheaties, Life, Captain Crunch, Corn Flakes, Cheerios, Rice Krispies, even Grape-nuts. Kix I never understood. Even with sugar, all the sugar did was enhance the nothingness of the flavor, and the texture was neither crunch nor soft.

Wasn’t there a peanut butter Kix at some point, though? I seem to recall that was decent.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 26, 2026 04:21 PM (EXyHK)

284 Is there a code for Fear of tuna cans?

I bet many despotic leaders are freaking out about all the ways they can be killed.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 26, 2026 04:21 PM (OWEbr)

285 I loved Captain Crunch. Then sometimes my mom would buy Wheat Chex because my dad liked it. What the heck? Where's my candy in a bowl!

Posted by: washrivergal at March 26, 2026 04:21 PM (xjfHr)

286 I still have over 600 cans of sardines, sardine fillets, canned ham, canned turkey and tuna fish in my Armagheddon supply..

I'll remember this thread for awhile.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 04:21 PM (Sco7b)

287 Good executive summary. My job here is done.
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at March 26, 2026 04:15 PM (fhCge)

I think not. Your job is to explain why it is funny.
By golly, I'm beginning to think you may not actually be Ben.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 26, 2026 04:21 PM (zafwz)

288 Do they have any birds that scream in Iran. Because hearing an eagle scream and then seeing some shit blow up would be terrifying.
Posted by: DaveA at March 26, 2026 04:18 PM (FhXTo)
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The "eagle scream" so beloved of movie sfx is actually a red-tailed hawk.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 04:21 PM (60TZk)

289 Then sometimes my mom would buy Wheat Chex because my dad liked it. What the heck? Where's my candy in a bowl!

Wheat Chex was the best of the Chex. But they were all good.

Of course, it helped to add brown sugar.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 26, 2026 04:22 PM (EXyHK)

290 Batter OUT!
Next batter up to the plate

Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2026 04:22 PM (Ia/+0)

291 What? No jokes about Kaboom cereal on this thread?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 04:22 PM (7RYym)

292 175 I did not know Don Henley raped a child. Not surprised... many of these rock stars are/were complete degenerates...
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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Possibly statutory rape but IIRC, the kid was 15 or 16 and doing drugs with Henley and another slightly older girl. Girl OD'ed. I think Henley wrote a letter in the early 90's describing the event that somehow leaked.

Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 04:23 PM (E4rtv)

293 "it helped to add brown sugar"

How come it tasted so good?

Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 26, 2026 04:23 PM (DgMqy)

294 Do they have any birds that scream in Iran? Not anymore.

Posted by: kingsman at March 26, 2026 04:23 PM (ehY6c)

295
kingsman,

I bet the mosques in our country are also loaded up with weapons and explosives.



Posted by: fourseasons at March 26, 2026 04:23 PM (3ek7K)

296 I mean...this is all good news but I don't know if The Eagles are overrated. They're assholes but they pretty well earned their fame.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 26, 2026 04:23 PM (xcxpd)

297 I like a good frosted flakes sugar high on occasion.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 26, 2026 04:23 PM (n5tGW)

298 No love for Cheerios, heathens.

Posted by: eleven at March 26, 2026 04:23 PM (fV+MH)

299 A member, former and numerous times chair of the UN Human Right council is recruiting children to fight for the jihadi cause. perfect.

Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 04:23 PM (GD0B3)

300 Count Chocula or Lucky Charms

But only if you saved all the marshmallows for last.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 04:24 PM (Sco7b)

301 As I recall the Don Henley rape thingy, he feed a bunch of ludes to a 15 year old ("I swear officer, I thought she was 18!") and did her. Afterwards, she was lounging by the pool when Henley just let the cops in. Not the brightest bulb. Henley did write a good song about it, slamming the media," Dirty Laundry," so there's that. I suppose Whoopee would say it was not rape-rape, but dang she was underage.

Posted by: Martin Tell at March 26, 2026 04:24 PM (sFNX2)

302 A member, former and numerous times chair of the UN Human Right council is recruiting children to fight for the jihadi cause. perfect.
Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 04:23 PM (GD0B3)
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Kinda sums up the UN.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 04:24 PM (60TZk)

303 298 No love for Cheerios, heathens.
Posted by: eleven at March 26, 2026 04:23 PM (fV+MH)
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Honey Nut? Yep

Posted by: WisRich at March 26, 2026 04:25 PM (G0vdT)

304 A member, former and numerous times chair of the UN Human Right council is recruiting children to fight for the jihadi cause. perfect.

Didn't the last head honcho get busted for slavery?

One has to laugh.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 04:25 PM (fhCge)

305 So, which Iranian leader is next up for an Economist cover story?

Posted by: Israeli Targeting AI at March 26, 2026 04:25 PM (SZbHY)

306 You can tell Iran is winning because they're eating canned food dropped by the enemy.
Posted by: CNN at March 26, 2026 04:18 PM (UjdFS)

Winning is being forced by your enemies to eat only locally sourced fresh food from the produce aisle at Whole Foods or explode!

See, the IDF and America just wants you Healthy, Abdul!

Posted by: Boswell at March 26, 2026 04:25 PM (j10i6)

307 > Tangsiri

For some reason my brain first suggested "transgirl" for this.

> CHICKEN OF THE C-4~~!!


Char-Kissed.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 26, 2026 04:25 PM (IG3/x)

308 298 No love for Cheerios, heathens.
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They give you atrocious bad breath.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 04:25 PM (n17eQ)

309 Do they have any birds that scream in Iran. Because hearing an eagle scream and then seeing some shit blow up would be terrifying.
Posted by: DaveA at March 26, 2026 04:18 PM (FhXTo)
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The "eagle scream" so beloved of movie sfx is actually a red-tailed hawk.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 04:21 PM (60TZk)
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The true sound of eagles is a weak, impotent chirping like a tiny flower bird. It would not scare or intimidate anyone.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 26, 2026 04:25 PM (iFTx/)

310 305 So, which Iranian leader is next up for an Economist cover story?
Posted by: Israeli Targeting AI at March 26, 2026 04:25 PM (SZbHY)

Please be Hasan Piker....

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 26, 2026 04:25 PM (xcxpd)

311 My favorite cereal was discontinued in the early 70's. It was Kellogg's Concentrate. It came in this very small gold box and was one of first cereals to focus on health benefits of vitamins and nutrients. Oddly, it tasted really good, but was expensive.

The funny thing was that it had something like a cult following. A lot of people were upset when it disappeared. Kelloggs said it cost too much to produce, but sold really, really well.

Posted by: Orson at March 26, 2026 04:26 PM (dIske)

312 So, which Iranian leader is next up for an Economist cover story?

==

Next one to hold an index finger up, is my guess.

Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 04:26 PM (GD0B3)

313 I still have over 600 cans of sardines, sardine fillets, canned ham, canned turkey and tuna fish in my Armagheddon supply..

I'll remember this thread for awhile.
Posted by: Stateless

Maybe not that long depending where you got them from.

Posted by: Kratwurst at March 26, 2026 04:26 PM (cMU4o)

314 307 > Tangsiri

For some reason my brain first suggested "transgirl" for this.

> CHICKEN OF THE C-4~~!!


Char-Kissed.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 26, 2026 04:25 PM (IG3/x)
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Bumble-BLAM!

Posted by: WisRich at March 26, 2026 04:26 PM (G0vdT)

315 Was it Phil Silvers who did the voice of Charlie the Tuna, or just somebody imitating Phil Silvers?

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 04:26 PM (77rzZ)

316 The true sound of eagles is a weak, impotent chirping like a tiny flower bird. It would not scare or intimidate anyone.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 26, 2026 04:25 PM (iFTx/)

I have bald eagles in my neighborhood. They are very whiny birds. Whiny.

Pretty though.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 26, 2026 04:26 PM (xcxpd)

317 I believe Henley didn't rape the 15 year old in that event. Because she ODed before any hanky panky could happen.
What it does suggest is that Henley had delivered drugs and "consensually" done whatever-deeds before that mishap, to other girls.
Who the hell gives drugs to 15 year olds? Is that just something we accept all men like to do? Maybe in Polanski's world. Well, that's Henley's world

Posted by: gKWVE at March 26, 2026 04:26 PM (gKWVE)

318 I did not know Don Henley raped a child. Not surprised... many of these rock stars are/were complete degenerates...
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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Possibly statutory rape but IIRC, the kid was 15 or 16 and doing drugs with Henley and another slightly older girl. Girl OD'ed. I think Henley wrote a letter in the early 90's describing the event that somehow leaked.
Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 04:23 PM (E4rtv)
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IIRC, Henley ordered some prostitutes and these girls showed up and they were all drugged out of their skulls.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 26, 2026 04:27 PM (iFTx/)

319 I used to go through of lucky charms after I poured a bowl and put extra charms in the bowl. My sister would be so pissed, because she'd just get the brown stuff and maybe a gold star.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 26, 2026 04:27 PM (n5tGW)

320 I remember when the Fat Guy in Canned Heat was on stage and given a hit of something from a girl in the audience and he dropped dead.

No narcan in those days.

Posted by: Canned Dead at March 26, 2026 04:28 PM (ej+CS)

321 The true sound of eagles is a weak, impotent chirping like a tiny flower bird. It would not scare or intimidate anyone.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 26, 2026 04:25 PM (iFTx/)

That's why they use me fas voice-over for every raptor bird.
Even owls

Posted by: Redtail Hawk at March 26, 2026 04:28 PM (zafwz)

322 because she'd just get the brown stuff and maybe a gold star.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 26, 2026 04:27 PM (n5tGW)

She deserved a gold star for just getting the brown stuff...

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 04:29 PM (Sco7b)

323 IIRC, Henley ordered some prostitutes and these girls showed up and they were all drugged out of their skulls.

This is why you never order hookers online.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 04:29 PM (fhCge)

324 The true sound of eagles is a weak, impotent chirping like a tiny flower bird. It would not scare or intimidate anyone.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 26, 2026 04:25 PM (iFTx/)

I have bald eagles in my neighborhood. They are very whiny birds. Whiny.

Pretty though.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 26, 2026 04:26 PM (xcxpd)
_______

Yea, super majestic too. Never saw one up close until I was snowmobiling in Montana. "Look, there's a bald eagle!" "Where?" I asked. "Right there!" "Where?" "THERE!"

I then realized the eagle was right there, but it was so yuge compared to birds I normally see that my mind didn't process it. Then it took off like a fucking dragon -- not all flappy flappy, but more like a big swoooosh.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 26, 2026 04:30 PM (iFTx/)

325 had a decent ad jingle.

Meatin beatin honeycomb

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 26, 2026 04:30 PM (Kt19C)

326 Frey also liked underage girls. He just didn't feed them drugs, so he escaped trouble of the Henley sort.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 26, 2026 04:30 PM (SZbHY)

327 This war, for which we didn't elect Trump, is fine and all as long as not a single Iranian is given asylum into this country. If anyone should be accepting asylum seekers it should be Israel or other countries in the ME.

Posted by: resist_we_much at March 26, 2026 04:31 PM (cpys8)

328 Maybe I'm the only one, but I always like Grape Nuts... not grape and not nuts, but they were very filling and I liked the taste and crunchiness

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 04:31 PM (xT8gx)

329 I then realized the eagle was right there, but it was so yuge compared to birds I normally see that my mind didn't process it. Then it took off like a fucking dragon -- not all flappy flappy, but more like a big swoooosh.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 26, 2026 04:30 PM (iFTx/)
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Turkey vultures are really big, too. Not as pretty, though.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 04:32 PM (60TZk)

330 Meet the Mets!

1 down, 161 to go.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 04:32 PM (viF8m)

331 IIRC, Henley ordered some prostitutes and these girls showed up and they were all drugged out of their skulls.

This is why you never order hookers online.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 04:29 PM (fhCge)

Try telling that to Charlie Harper!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 04:32 PM (xT8gx)

332 Maybe I'm the only one, but I always like Grape Nuts... not grape and not nuts, but they were very filling and I liked the taste and crunchiness
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 04:31 PM (xT8gx)
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Napoleon gave that mob a whiff of grape nuts.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 04:33 PM (60TZk)

333 323 IIRC, Henley ordered some prostitutes and these girls showed up and they were all drugged out of their skulls.

This is why you never order hookers online.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 04:29 PM (fhCge)
_________________________

TEMU hookers are the worst. One boob, and not anatomically correct, batteries not included, but on a positive note, they do your laundry. Cheap though.

Posted by: Orson at March 26, 2026 04:33 PM (dIske)

334 1 down, 161 to go.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 04:32 PM (viF8m)

The Pirates aren't exactly a juggernaut of competitiveness apparently...

Posted by: Boswell at March 26, 2026 04:35 PM (j10i6)

335 The best part of Honeycomb Cereal was knowing that kids like Ace were stuck with Kaboom.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 04:35 PM (W7FsI)

336 This war, for which we didn't elect Trump

===

to be honest, the war was started by Iran 47 years ago, you just pretended it was not going on

Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 04:35 PM (GD0B3)

337 Like a lot of cereals, Life is better dry out of the box than in milk.

And yeah I like Grape Nuts too. That one does need milk

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 26, 2026 04:35 PM (PYyV9)

338 305 So, which Iranian leader is next up for an Economist cover story?

Posted by: Israeli Targeting AI


Tucker and Candace?

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 26, 2026 04:36 PM (sAmhv)

339 sorry, was that a troll? WAZ I RESPONDING TO A TROLL?? fkng difficult to keep track of all the name changes

Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 04:37 PM (GD0B3)

340 So Trump just pushed out his deadline to April 6th. I'm already seeing "TACO" X posts.

Oh brother, libs complain when Trump takes military action and then complain when he doesn't.

Posted by: WisRich at March 26, 2026 04:38 PM (G0vdT)

341 Boats of oil?

Like P Diddy?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 26, 2026 04:38 PM (zZu0s)

342 The Pirates aren't exactly a juggernaut of competitiveness apparently...
Posted by: Boswell at March 26, 2026 04:35 PM (j10i6)
===========================
Paul Skenes not good enough for you?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 26, 2026 04:38 PM (lIvnD)

343 >>The Pirates aren't exactly a juggernaut of competitiveness apparently...

They're actually supposed to be pretty decent this year. First year ever with a $100 million roster and arguably the best pitcher in the National League.

Who the Mets took down in the 1st inning with 5 runs.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 04:38 PM (viF8m)

344 Maybe One of the Squad should go for some of these Iranian jobs that are available.

Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2026 04:38 PM (Ia/+0)

345 There was like a 3-4 second window, after you added milk, when Cinnamon Life was really good.

Then it just turned into pulpy mess.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 04:38 PM (W7FsI)

346 I used to care about MLB. Cubs fan... then the universe ended in 2016 when they won the World Series (after suffering the Bartman incident in 2003). After that, ironically, my passion kinda went away... I figured you can only win the lottery once... plus I'm a traditionalist and interleague play and now electronic replay checking the umpires and it all blows

I'll always have memories of Ryne Sandberg and the magical summer of 1984 (which also ended in heartbreak)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 04:38 PM (xT8gx)

347 Costco has some good cereal.
Very high fiber stuff too.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 04:38 PM (Sco7b)

348 330 Meet the Mets!

1 down, 161 to go.

Posted by: JackStraw


Pirates are in mid season form already!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 26, 2026 04:39 PM (sAmhv)

349 IIRC, Henley ordered some prostitutes and these girls showed up and they were all drugged out of their skulls.

This is why you never order hookers online.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
.......

Depends on whether you like them with teeth or not.

Posted by: wth at March 26, 2026 04:39 PM (UjdFS)

350 Oh, and hey, Happy Greek Independence Day!

Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 04:39 PM (GD0B3)

351 There's a Big Bear Lake live cam on YouTube of a couple of bald eagles in their nest. Jackie and Shadow take turns sitting on the two eggs high up in a pine tree. Camera 2 taken from a different angle shows just how high the nest is perched.

Posted by: washrivergal at March 26, 2026 04:40 PM (xjfHr)

352 The true sound of eagles is a weak, impotent chirping like a tiny flower bird. It would not scare or intimidate anyone.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 26, 2026 04:25 PM (iFTx/)

That's why they use me fas voice-over for every raptor bird.
Even owls
Posted by: Redtail Hawk at March 26, 2026 04:28 PM (zafwz)

I love to see a Stuka shaped drone with the Jericho Tumpet siren

Posted by: Beartooth at March 26, 2026 04:40 PM (tYGL3)

353 That was a damn good World Series.

Posted by: eleven at March 26, 2026 04:40 PM (fV+MH)

354 This is why you never order hookers online.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
.......

Depends on whether you like them with teeth or not.
Posted by: wth at March 26, 2026 04:39 PM (UjdFS)

I immediately pictured Jesse's hooker "girlfriend" in Breaking Bad... that methhead broad was disgusting...

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 04:40 PM (xT8gx)

355 " First year ever with a $100 million roster and arguably the best pitcher in the National League."

Heh, that's the Dodgers bat boy contract...

Posted by: Boswell at March 26, 2026 04:40 PM (j10i6)

356 345 There was like a 3-4 second window, after you added milk, when Cinnamon Life was really good.

Then it just turned into pulpy mess.
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 04:38 PM (W7FsI)
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Same for Raisin Bran which is why I prefer the "Crunch" version.

Posted by: WisRich at March 26, 2026 04:41 PM (G0vdT)

357 I saw Canned Tuna open for the Ham & Eggers back in 95 at the Brazzerie.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 26, 2026 04:41 PM (Fbc0I)

358 Independence from the Ottomans I might add. Katarameni Tourki!!

Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 04:41 PM (GD0B3)

359 64 This is just a brilliant marketing device for Jorma Kaukonen to re-introduce his band Hot Tuna to a whole new Persian audience.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 26, 2026 03:44 PM (kAwT5

And you tell me over and over again my friend
We're on the eve of destruction.

Alt
Calling all survivors of the visionary school.
Calling all the witnesses trying to tell the truth.

Posted by: Reforger at March 26, 2026 04:41 PM (xrmkX)

360 Maybe they were cans of surstromming?

Posted by: Rob Crawford at March 26, 2026 04:42 PM (93YsA)

361 Same for Raisin Bran which is why I prefer the "Crunch" version.
Posted by: WisRich at March 26, 2026 04:41 PM (G0vdT)

All thanks to Clark Griswold's non-nutritive cereal varnish.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at March 26, 2026 04:43 PM (PSEDc)

362 353 That was a damn good World Series.

Posted by: eleven at March 26, 2026 04:40 PM (fV+MH)

Broke Canadian hearts so yes, yes it was.

I like LA because of Ohtani and the Yankees because of Judge.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 04:43 PM (Sco7b)

363 Those "tuna" cans look a lot like unexploded cluster munitions.

Posted by: scruboak at March 26, 2026 04:43 PM (jQpx0)

364
That Life cereal ad never made sense to me. The kids aren't sure they want to eat the new cereal so their solution is to... give it to Mikey, the kid who hates everything. Why would you do that??
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 26, 2026 04:07 PM

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Nobody liked it. Insipid and weird. That the fictional little Mikey in the commercial was such a mutant throwback that he wolfed the stuff down made plausible the false story years later that same child actor ate so many Pop Rocks that he burst and died.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 26, 2026 04:43 PM (mS8PE)

365 I never liked Henley, nor a lot of the Eagles music (I do like a few songs).

That said, it bums me out about Frey.

So I guess I'll take a nap in my post viral war. Yesterday I felt great! Today I am dragging. Thanks for those on the ONT the other night who made some energy restorations with nutrition.

I guess I'm in for an up and down energy for another week or so. I blame chy na for this, too.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 26, 2026 04:44 PM (WONhk)

366 Those "tuna" cans look a lot like unexploded cluster munitions.
Posted by: scruboak

They only look like tuna cans if you've never seen a tuna can.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 26, 2026 04:44 PM (a+4eV)

367 >>>>>>Turkey vultures are really big, too. Not as pretty, though.
********
Bald eagles are pretty much vultures dressed for the prom.

Posted by: Cosda at March 26, 2026 04:44 PM (WmJ2H)

368 I'mangry enough without going to the

NOOD.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 04:45 PM (Sco7b)

369 Wiki coverage of Henley,

Henley was charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor and drug possession, eventually pleading no contest, receiving a $2,500 fine, and serving two years of probation.

While Henley claimed he did not know the girl's age and had no sexual contact with her, the incident involved a prostitute who had overdosed, leading to a media frenzy.

Incident Date: November 20-21, 1980
Charges: Contributing to the delinquency of a minor, possession of cocaine, Quaaludes, and marijuana
Outcome: Two years probation, $2,500 fine, drug diversion program

Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 04:45 PM (E4rtv)

370 I immediately pictured Jesse's hooker "girlfriend" in Breaking Bad... that methhead broad was disgusting...
____

When Walter watched her choke on her own vomit and not helping while Jessie was lying next to her in a drugged stupor (and closing off another off-ramp for Jessie) was a turning point in the audience's ability to put up with Walter's actions in his downward spiral into ruthless criminal.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 04:46 PM (Dv3i1)

371 Loved the Eagles - actually saw them at the Sphere. Excellent concert. They have 2 of 3 biggest selling albums.

Frey was an asshole. Henley is a pretentious twat.

But the music is solid.

Posted by: Black JEM at March 26, 2026 04:46 PM (GZYu7)

372 and he burned them on live TV!
Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 04:20 PM (GD0B3)

That is what you are supposed to do with potlach gifts

Posted by: Kindltot at March 26, 2026 04:58 PM (rbvCR)

373

Almost 400 comments, in no Lebowski reference. I has sad

Posted by: imp at March 26, 2026 05:09 PM (g6TN6)

374 Original drones did look like members of the Eagles, but Americans, Israelis, and IRGC soldiers all kept firing at the Don Henley drone.

Posted by: Wally at March 26, 2026 05:31 PM (KvulR)

375 This proves that eating beef is healthier than eating fish !!

Posted by: Jackson K. at March 26, 2026 05:54 PM (xl8DV)

376 If the 12 Y/o Ragheads want to meet Allah.... When then Uncle Donny is here to help....

Anyway, what can a 12 Y/O do with 72 Virgins.....

They cannot even get a Hard one long enough to satisfy them !!!!

Posted by: Howard Stienhofer at March 26, 2026 05:56 PM (cAEZx)

377 Rothschilds owned a chunk of The Economist.

AI reports they sold it in March of this year, now.

Any speculation as to why the got rid of it?

Posted by: Goatweed at March 26, 2026 06:19 PM (jK3NL)

Of Course: Pete Buttigieg Permitted Trucker Schools to "Self-Certify" That They Were Qualified to Instruct People In How to Drive Many-Ton Trucks on Our Highways

I think he said the cost for opening a "school" was $800. You paid $800, "self-certified" yourself as qualified, and you could start "training" drivers.

Oh, and of course they ignored the law requiring English language proficiency for drivers.


Below: I posted this a couple of days ago. Here, a Florida cop stops a "migrant" truck driver to ask him questions. He speaks no English and is even unable to say what a "No Right Turn" sign means. He literally speaks no English and his only answer is "No, no."


Related:

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:53 PM




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1 Foist?

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 26, 2026 02:53 PM (mP0Kj)

2 BLADE STRIKES FIRST

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 26, 2026 02:53 PM (iFTx/)

3 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at March 26, 2026 02:54 PM (LdBR/)

4
Firth of Forth

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2026 02:54 PM (y9nCu)

5
Of Whisky.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2026 02:56 PM (y9nCu)

6 I could use a 5th right about now

Posted by: 496 at March 26, 2026 02:56 PM (8r3SU)

7 Still lots of disgraced people in power, with intent to harm the country.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 26, 2026 02:57 PM (vbXSk)

8 This is the kind of story that the right has to keep hammering because its personal.

LIVs tune out numbers and in depth analysis so make it simple.

This woman died because Spanburger and the Dems kept her killer here and protected him. But hey at least we get cheap nannies and good tacos right?

Posted by: 18-1 at March 26, 2026 02:58 PM (sKqQm)

9 7 Still lots of disgraced people in power, with intent to harm the country.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 26, 2026 02:57 PM

For America haters and Democrats (BIRM), that is a feature, not a bug.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 26, 2026 02:58 PM (HlyYF)

10 Enemies of the people.

Posted by: steevy at March 26, 2026 02:59 PM (YwEeS)

11 Do better, Virginia, do much, much better.

Spanberger has the timing down to the microsecond. She throws out some BS answer, knowing full well it's an abject lie, but shuts the car door before the reporter (and it is actually a reporter here, doing his job) can point out that she's lying.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 02:59 PM (Riz8t)

12 One of the many reasons the Left hates Trump is that he proves that WE DON'T HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THIS!

Posted by: pookysgirl, deport deport deport at March 26, 2026 03:00 PM (Wt5PA)

13 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 03:00 PM (Zz0t1)

14 Again, these people want us dead and replaced.

They don't care about safety on the roads.

They don't care about infrastructure.

They want power and they want you dead to ensure they keep it.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 03:00 PM (zjgNU)

15 Fag.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 03:01 PM (Zz0t1)

16 A couple of years ago MA was in the news because a "refugee" raped a 14 year old.

When the governor of MA was asked about it she rolled her eyes and said, "Well you know these things happen" then she changed the topic

Posted by: 18-1 at March 26, 2026 03:01 PM (sKqQm)

17 Pete Buttigieg Permitted Trucker Schools to "Self-Certify" That They Were Willie Nelson

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 26, 2026 03:01 PM (Kt19C)

18 Kids continuing "first" wars out talk really look all an trying to your help do to we clever jack then really juvenile the tedious

Posted by: annoyed by my own smell at March 26, 2026 03:02 PM (RqMDa)

19 Is there anyway at all to go after Buttigieg for this malfeasance?

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 03:02 PM (Oq/TM)

20 Again, these people want us dead and replaced.

They don't care about safety on the roads.

They don't care about infrastructure.

They want power and they want you dead to ensure they keep it.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 03:00 PM (zjgNU)


This.

They want America to be a third world shithole so they can rule like tyrants and be the only ones with money and power.

F*ck them where they live.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 03:02 PM (Zz0t1)

21 "Self-Certify." Is that like someone saying that they identify as a driving school?

Posted by: Frasier Crane at March 26, 2026 03:03 PM (bNf8H)

22 I heard the new VA governor is a member of the Iranian IRGC.

We need Daleks in pursuit.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2026 03:03 PM (u82oZ)

23 the illegal truck driver is actually claiming the "keep right" means "exit"

Posted by: the dandy at March 26, 2026 03:03 PM (8l8nW)

24 These continuing "FIRST" wars were people are now not only trying to be first but to out clever each other are juvenile and tedious.
Posted by: annoyed at March 26, 2026 03:02 PM (RqMDa)


I'll have to respectfully ask you to get over yourself.

Just because others have decided to steal the 'shtick' I've been doing for decades doesn't mean you get to insult me.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 03:03 PM (Zz0t1)

25 And after 32 years, finally displacing Crack Whore for the worst job in the world.....

Cocaine Shark Tester

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 03:04 PM (HyaXg)

26 Probably mostly payofffs

Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2026 03:04 PM (Ia/+0)

27 The Democrats shutdown the airports so this could happen.

NEW: A 4x previously deported Honduran illegal alien has been charged with murder after he allegedly shoved an 83-year-old U.S. Air Force veteran onto subway tracks in NYC's upper east side. He died from his injuries. The alien has a lengthy rap sheet.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at March 26, 2026 03:04 PM (BSeur)

28 what a nightmare that entire administration was

Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 03:04 PM (GD0B3)

29

They want power and they want you dead to ensure they keep it.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 03:00 PM (zjgNU)


Wrong order. They want us dead, and they want the power to make it so.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2026 03:05 PM (y9nCu)

30 24 Sponge

* fist bump *

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at March 26, 2026 03:05 PM (VkY89)

31 All those rules and regulations are racist. You cannot expect someone to come here from a 3rd world country and have to learn them all and obey them all while driving. These rules and regs are simply in place to keep brown and black people down and unemployed while The Man makes bank.

Posted by: Race Card Joe at March 26, 2026 03:05 PM (ej+CS)

32 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 03:03 PM (Zz0t1)

Yours is funny, Sponge. Been enjoyed it for years.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 03:05 PM (PFs9e)

33
Why not just make Banks "Honor Banks" and can withdraw what you want, as long as you leave an IOU.

Posted by: Frank Barone at March 26, 2026 03:06 PM (IifOV)

34
Pete Fuckmeinthe ass is a piece of shit.

Does anyone think they care about taxpayers?

I bet he is getting kickbacks from the "schools "

Posted by: fourseasons at March 26, 2026 03:06 PM (3ek7K)

35 Posted by: 18-1 at March 26, 2026 03:01 PM (sKqQm)

At this point what difference does it make.

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 03:06 PM (HyaXg)

36 Well ace said " "No Right Turn" sign means." so we should take away his license.

Posted by: annoyed at March 26, 2026 03:06 PM (RqMDa)

37 Yes, but The Hershey Highway was safe. Amirite?

Posted by: That Guy at March 26, 2026 03:07 PM (klxjG)

38 IllTemperedCur

OPSEC. But have a plan.

The Left in Power is vulnerable, with the right plan.
Self-defense, really.

Hint: LeMay had the answer.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2026 03:07 PM (u82oZ)

39 Is there anyway at all to go after Buttigieg for this malfeasance?
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 03:02 PM (Oq/TM)

I expect he would enjoy a thorough rectal probing.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 26, 2026 03:07 PM (8zz6B)

40 18 These continuing "FIRST" wars were people are now not only trying to be first but to out clever each other are juvenile and tedious.
Posted by: annoyed at March 26, 2026 03:02 PM

All I can say is:

FIRST!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 03:07 PM (Oq/TM)

41 > Again, these people want us dead and replaced.

They don't care about safety on the roads.

They don't care about infrastructure.

They want power and they want you dead to ensure they keep it.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian
------------
Sadly, and not at all surprising, "these people" include quite a few Republicans.

"We" do not have representation in our government.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 26, 2026 03:07 PM (AkEZC)

42 Mine actually goes back to the LGF days when it's seat missing cyclist programmer wrote his code to ban anyone saying 'first' in the first 25 comments of every new thread.

Those that know, know.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 03:07 PM (Zz0t1)

43 24 These continuing "FIRST" wars were people are now not only trying to be first but to out clever each other are juvenile and tedious.
Posted by: annoyed at March 26, 2026 03:02 PM (RqMDa)


I'll have to respectfully ask you to get over yourself.

Just because others have decided to steal the 'shtick' I've been doing for decades doesn't mean you get to insult me.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 03:03 PM (Zz0t1)

If people would just concede that Sponge is always First, this wouldn't be a problem.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at March 26, 2026 03:07 PM (xcxpd)

44 Did Pete Buttigieg do ANYTHING positive for America in his role as transportation secretary? And this incompetent idiot is gong to run for President again?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 03:07 PM (PFs9e)

45 2 BLADE STRIKES FIRST
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 26, 2026 02:53 PM (iFTx/)

It's a sad day in Mudville...

Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 26, 2026 03:07 PM (zafwz)

46 All I can say is:

FIRST!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 03:07 PM (Oq/TM)



*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 03:07 PM (Zz0t1)

47 All those rules and regulations are racist. You cannot expect someone to come here from a 3rd world country and have to learn them all and obey them all while driving. These rules and regs are simply in place to keep brown and black people down and unemployed while The Man makes bank.

This is a pretty accurate take on what I see people posting on leftwing sites.

But...the same people bitch endlessly about "those damn kids" or "stupid white men driving to work" doing 32 on "their" 30 MPH side road

Posted by: 18-1 at March 26, 2026 03:07 PM (sKqQm)

48 Congrats to Virginians who are getting exactly what they voted for.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 26, 2026 03:08 PM (2ap+5)

49
If people would just concede that Sponge is always First, this wouldn't be a problem.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at March 26, 2026 03:07 PM (xcxpd)


I find it increasingly difficult to argue with your viewpoint, sir.

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 03:08 PM (Zz0t1)

50 FenelonSpoke and FenelonSpouse.

Hope you two lovebirds are enjoying spring.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2026 03:08 PM (u82oZ)

51 Posted by: Sid at March 26, 2026 03:07 PM (VwtX3)


You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at March 26, 2026 03:08 PM (Zz0t1)

52 Pete Buttigieg Permitted Trucker Schools to "Self-Certify" That They Were Willie Nelson
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats

If there were three schools in a row, the middle one could certify that.

Posted by: mikeski at March 26, 2026 03:08 PM (I0x/R)

53
These continuing "FIRST" wars were people are now not only trying to be first but to out clever each other are juvenile and tedious.
Posted by: annoyed at March 26, 2026 03:02 PM (RqMDa)



Nuh uhn! I for one am NOT tedious.

You might want to go start your own blog, though. Teach us a lesson by banning claims of "First!".

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2026 03:08 PM (y9nCu)

54 If people would just concede that Sponge is always First, this wouldn't be a problem.

I will not concede.

FIRST forever!

Posted by: 18-1 at March 26, 2026 03:09 PM (sKqQm)

55 40 I expect he would enjoy a thorough rectal probing.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 26, 2026 03:07 PM

Dammit, now I have to get that image out of my head!!

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 03:09 PM (Oq/TM)

56 Congrats to Virginians who are getting exactly what they voted for.
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 26, 2026 03:08 PM (2ap+5)


Being as the new Governor outlawed doing any investigation into voter fraud in the last election, we'll never REALLY know if that's true or not.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 03:09 PM (Zz0t1)

57 How the fvck do you "self certify" anything? I paid $1,800 to go to CDL school for 8 weeks just to get my class A license.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 26, 2026 03:09 PM (0N4FZ)

58 >>"We" do not have representation in our government.

We got a POTUS who seems to like us and so do his cabinet members. They still have decades of crap to wade through but they are definitely making progress.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 03:10 PM (viF8m)

59 Good ol' Pete Buttgag. Remember that picture of him carefully eating a chicken wing, biting into it to avoid the bone?

https://tinyurl.com/3hac28yj

problem is, that's not a chicken wing. Its a tiny piece of a cinnamon roll he tore off. That's how he eats a pastry.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 26, 2026 03:10 PM (PYyV9)

60 I've been on the road with these motherfuckers and they're all over the road. 18 wheelers are no joke and you have to blow past them for your own safety.

Or stay back and watch spectacle. You can stop faster than they can.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 26, 2026 03:10 PM (Fbc0I)

61 Being as the new Governor outlawed doing any investigation into voter fraud in the last election, we'll never REALLY know if that's true or not./i]

Just once I'd like to see a red stronghold in a purple state do the "oh lookie we just found enough votes to put our candidate on top, well, you know how hard it is to keep track of all these darn legal votes!" thing

Posted by: 18-1 at March 26, 2026 03:10 PM (sKqQm)

62 Still a better than even shot they make him the nominee in 2028.

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 03:11 PM (HyaXg)

63 44 24 These continuing "FIRST" wars were people are
...
If people would just concede that Sponge is always First, this wouldn't be a problem.

concede: SPINGE IS FRIST.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at March 26, 2026 03:11 PM (u0/lf)

64 If I asked you how many CDL schools there were in the USA, what would your answer be? Mine would be a few thousand at most.

But by some estimates, there are over 20,000 of them in the country. There are at least 16,000 "registered" ones.

That is an insane amount of CDL schools. By contrast, there are only about 5,000 colleges in the country. And those colleges have 20 million or so students enrolled. There are only about 3.5 million CDL truck drivers in the country.

So there are 4x as many CDL schools serving a small fraction of the students as colleges are. What possible reason could there be for this? This is a yuge scandal in and of itself.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 26, 2026 03:11 PM (iFTx/)

65
Pete Buttigieg inspections involve rubber gloves, astroglide, and Rohypnol so you won't remember.

Posted by: Frank Barone at March 26, 2026 03:11 PM (IifOV)

66 Another Trump lie. Pete WILL be president.

Posted by: Sid at March 26, 2026 03:07 PM (VwtX3)

Yeah. Of the Cum-Guzzling Gutter Slut Association.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at March 26, 2026 03:11 PM (G1ktt)

67 47 *fistbump*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 03:07 PM

Counting down the days until October. Now if I can just get rid of the wobbly shit on my new rifle I just might hit that last target at the ranch. ;-)

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 03:11 PM (Oq/TM)

68 It really sort of baffles me how these people who enthusiastically embrace Replacement Theory--especially politicians--think it's going to work out well for them in the long run.

Once the demographics increase to some unspecified level in the future, tribalism will take over and the people who are in charge NOW are going to lose their jobs to their replacements.

Look at NYC for a prime example.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 03:12 PM (ESVrU)

69 This post really is begging for the pic of Pete and his Man-Bride in the swing.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 03:12 PM (W7FsI)

70 Pete Buttigieg inspections involve rubber gloves, astroglide, and Rohypnol so you won't remember.

*groggy* Where am I? And why does my ass hurt?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 26, 2026 03:12 PM (PYyV9)

71 I take a route home from work and travel through the same intersection every time.

It's a merge onto a freeway frontage road, where the road is 1 lane and the incoming lane gets it's own continuing lane. There's a sign there that shows one lane becoming 2 lanes, so you don't have to yield or stop, you can just drive in your continuing lane.

People stop there ALL THE TIME if there's a vehicle in the other lane.

Drives me nuts. You need more than ONE LANE to continue onto the now 2 lane road?

Dipshits......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 03:13 PM (Zz0t1)

72 49 Congrats to Virginians who are getting exactly what they voted for.
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 26, 2026 03:08 PM (2ap+5)

And as with Morons in New York, California, and Illinois, it's not what I voted for.

Still, when I moved here, it was either Maryland or Virginia. I still think I made the right call, even if we seem to lurch ever closer to Maryland only to momentarily regain sanity (ie, the Youngkin years).

Posted by: Virginia SoCon at March 26, 2026 03:13 PM (a/dOO)

73 Virginia will go the way of California
1 party rule

Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2026 03:13 PM (Ia/+0)

74 Counting down the days until October. Now if I can just get rid of the wobbly shit on my new rifle I just might hit that last target at the ranch. ;-)
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 03:11 PM (Oq/TM)


I look forward to watching you try, sir.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 03:13 PM (Zz0t1)

75 It's almost as if insane people have been running things for decades.

Posted by: Sharkman at March 26, 2026 03:14 PM (nYO6r)

76 Once the demographics increase to some unspecified level in the future, tribalism will take over and the people who are in charge NOW are going to lose their jobs to their replacements.

Among themselves they argue that if they have "generational wealth" that the new changes won't affect them. Sure explicitly racialist parties will be winning elections, but Joe Whitebread Smith III will still have his family wealth that Joe Whitebread Smith I past down...

Posted by: 18-1 at March 26, 2026 03:14 PM (sKqQm)

77 Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2026 03:08 PM (u82oZ

Thanks. We've seen better days. Major car issues of second of two remaining vehicles and I'm
Not feeling well, but life goes on, eh? And I did see some forget me nots outside and they are lovely.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 03:14 PM (n3VHW)

78 69 Look at NYC for a prime example.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 03:12 PM

Huh? **nervously looks over both shoulders** Me?

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 03:14 PM (Oq/TM)

79 Well, I am shutting down this PC, and getting ready to hit the tarmac for home, by way of Seattle and Victoria. Will check in when I can. Later.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 26, 2026 03:15 PM (8zz6B)

80 Just because others have decided to steal the 'shtick' I've been doing for decades doesn't mean you get to insult me
.---

Yours was bad enough but tolerable because it was unique but you inspired others so you are now included in my rant. I would prefer never seeing ANY of the "first, cd, rd" crap. Yes, you can put letters after the numbers to simulate words, very clever, after seeing it every post it is no longer clever.

Posted by: annoyed at March 26, 2026 03:15 PM (RqMDa)

81 This post really is begging for the pic of Pete and his Man-Bride in the swing.
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 03:12 PM (W7FsI)


Who can forget THIS classic........


https://is.gd/1MCq7Y

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 03:15 PM (Zz0t1)

82
If people are queer that isn't my business.

My business is about not letting fags run our country with their laws.

I'm so sick of the queer shit being pushed on us.

Posted by: fourseasons at March 26, 2026 03:15 PM (3ek7K)

83 Among themselves they argue that if they have "generational wealth" that the new changes won't affect them. Sure explicitly racialist parties will be winning elections, but Joe Whitebread Smith III will still have his family wealth that Joe Whitebread Smith I past down...
Posted by: 18-1 at March 26, 2026 03:14 PM (sKqQm)
---
...until the new tribal leaders jack up taxes into the stratosphere on that generational wealth so they can steal it for themselves.

See NYC for an example.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 03:15 PM (ESVrU)

84 Its easy to think the "streets are safe" as you sit in an armor plated, bullet-proof Escalade; surrounded by armed agents who drop you off a half block from "work" for a photo-op...

Posted by: pahound at March 26, 2026 03:16 PM (B6RK+)

85
concede: SPINGE IS FRIST.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at March 26, 2026 03:11 PM (u0/lf)


I've been replaced? WTF??

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 03:16 PM (Zz0t1)

86 And as with Morons in New York, California, and Illinois, it's not what I voted for.

Posted by: Virginia SoCon at March 26, 2026 03:13 PM (a/dOO)

=====

Democracy is so wonderful and perfect. There is no better system, that's why God forced the Israelites to adopt it.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 26, 2026 03:16 PM (2ap+5)

87 75 I look forward to watching you try, sir.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 03:13 PM

I was able to do it in NH with the old rifle. Just got to get back to the FUNdamentals.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 03:16 PM (Oq/TM)

88
AOP,

Safe travels.

Posted by: fourseasons at March 26, 2026 03:16 PM (3ek7K)

89 Huh? **nervously looks over both shoulders** Me?
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 03:14 PM (Oq/TM)
---
Aren't you working on an exit strategy?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 03:16 PM (ESVrU)

90 Trump and his administration has a HUGE mess on their hands.
Thank God for all of them working hard to fix the disaster and damage the Democrats did to this country.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 26, 2026 03:17 PM (NpAcC)

91 The illegal truck driver thing worse than you think.

Posted by: Reforger at March 26, 2026 03:17 PM (xrmkX)

92 So there are 4x as many CDL schools serving a small fraction of the students as colleges are. What possible reason could there be for this? This is a yuge scandal in and of itself.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 26, 2026 03:11 PM


I don't know about all of the other CDL schools but when I started my class there were about 30 of us. When we finished there were 8 left.


Granted my school was legitimate and actually did the crazy stuff like drug and alcohol testing on an almost daily basis and made us pass the state mandated driving test 3 times before they would certify us to take the actual state road test.


I am not sure how a fake CDL school can get a person a CDL unless the state in engaged in some serious kick backs or fraud.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 26, 2026 03:17 PM (0N4FZ)

93 Gimp Thune and Republicans surrendered to Democrats on DHS funding. They will not only be not funding ICE, but they included a provision that keeps CBP and HSI from assisting with removals. Democrats wanted that because it’s been very successful in getting the deportation numbers up.

Once again we take it in the ass.

Posted by: Vengeance at March 26, 2026 03:17 PM (jlI90)

94 Frau Spanberger is Heydrich's twin sister

Posted by: Avi at March 26, 2026 03:18 PM (ieodf)

95 I think the Dems got the idea of crazy truck drivers from the Canadians.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 03:18 PM (n17eQ)

96 A number of years ago I had a job on the other side of a wealthy leftist town. Traffic patterns had changed and so there were a lot of jobs in the towns on one side, and a lot of housing in the towns on the other side.

So what did the wealthy leftist town do? They get a half a dozen stoplights placed on the main artery that passed through their town so traffic stopped to a crawl for the 1 or 2 cars going the other way at those lights.

But this only worked for so long...when GPS came out guess what it directly me and everyone else to do? Drive through the side roads in their town.

Oh the fun! Suddenly it became a problem that people were stuck in gridlock...in their town instead of on the outskirts. Walking the dog or driving to Starbucks was now no longer a simple affair.

And I had to laugh and laugh

Posted by: 18-1 at March 26, 2026 03:18 PM (sKqQm)

97 Well, I am shutting down this PC, and getting ready to hit the tarmac for home, by way of Seattle and Victoria. Will check in when I can. Later.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 26, 2026 03:15 PM (8zz6B)

Safe travels.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at March 26, 2026 03:18 PM (PSEDc)

98 Spamburger runs away as fast as she can.

You know that Trump, leader of the mightiest nation the world has ever seen, would have engaged with the reporter regardless of the question. Because he knows who he works for.

Spamburger, a lowly governor of a backwater corrupt state, however is too mighty and important to deal with a mere reporter.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 03:19 PM (Dv3i1)

99 NJ and VA are now officially AWFL Mommy states.

Congratulations.

Posted by: Vengeance at March 26, 2026 03:19 PM (jlI90)

100 AOP Godspeed. Hope to hear from you soon enough

Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2026 03:19 PM (Ia/+0)

101 "I think he said the cost for opening a 'school' was $800. You paid $800, 'self-certified' yourself as qualified, and you could start 'training' drivers."

Ace, I listened to Duffy and think he was talking about the cost of the CDL license from these sham schools, not the cost of opening a school. That is consistent with other reporting that you could pay $800 to $1,200 to one of these "schools," and they hand you a certificate that you are qualified for CDL.

$800 for a CDL course is itself a red flag. Reputable CDL schools charge 5x to 10x more than that.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 26, 2026 03:19 PM (iFTx/)

102 90 Aren't you working on an exit strategy?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 03:16 PM

Yes I am. But it does not happen until after August of next year, unless I win the lottery or lets say 300k of tax free dollars fell into my lap. Then I am GONE!!!!

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 03:19 PM (Oq/TM)

103 Virginia's downfall began with Maccaca.

Posted by: Frank Barone at March 26, 2026 03:20 PM (IifOV)

104 Virginia's downfall began with Maccaca.

You had the 1-2 punch of Obama arresting the VA R governor and the maccaca crap...

Posted by: 18-1 at March 26, 2026 03:20 PM (sKqQm)

105 Safe travels AOP

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 03:21 PM (Oq/TM)

106
43 Mine actually goes back to the LGF days when it's seat missing cyclist programmer wrote his code to ban anyone saying 'first' in the first 25 comments of every new thread.

Those that know, know.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 03:07 PM

--------

I think what he had going for him for a while is that most people couldn't believe a grown man would be such a petty, prissy backbiting little bitch. He eventually made it impossible to look away ("Why I Parted Ways with the Right)."

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 26, 2026 03:21 PM (lsrsS)

107
Nick Minock
@NickMinock

New: Stephanie Minter’s family saw Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s response to my question. Stephanie’s mother is very disappointed and angry about Spanberger’s response.

Stephanie’s mom told me

@ICEgov
did what they were supposed to do under the law, and that Spanberger needs to check her story because it’s inaccurate and misleading.

https://tinyurl.com/2jv59ez5

Posted by: redridinghood at March 26, 2026 03:21 PM (NpAcC)

108 There are, or were, a bunch of legal loopholes that permitted over the road trucking companies to setup an office in Mexico. Recruit and "train" drivers there. Register the trucks there. Pay the minimal taxes there. But DoT regs permitted the trucks to run on US highways.

If those get delt with, the regulations, and this practice becomes more difficult or expensive, then we'll see some real change.

Right now, it's whack-a-mole with the drivers. And they're increasingly finding back roads to avoid those pesky authorities. I see them here, running the back roads to get from KY into IN or TN without hitting a weigh station.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 26, 2026 03:22 PM (AkEZC)

109 After his wife died, Thomas Jefferson was know to ride on his horse for hours through the woods. I’m kinda hoping his ghost comes back like that except with a Sabre.

Posted by: Vengeance at March 26, 2026 03:22 PM (jlI90)

110 Big rugged truckers. I'll certify you - Buttgiggle looking for rough trade

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 26, 2026 03:22 PM (mHVWR)

111 Remember we were laughing about the story about Meidas which is some new leftwing news outlet?

I went over to LGF and he has a bunch of "news" articles from Meidas...

Posted by: 18-1 at March 26, 2026 03:23 PM (sKqQm)

112 Virginia barely survived Terry Mcauliffe, this Spanberger broad should finish it off.

Posted by: Frank Barone at March 26, 2026 03:23 PM (IifOV)

113 Nuh uhn! I for one am NOT tedious.

You might want to go start your own blog, though. Teach us a lesson by banning claims of "First!".
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2026 03:08 PM (y9nCu)

I should not have to. I was here when ace himself posted how he disliked seeing all of the 'first' posts. Unfortunately he either gave up or gave in.

Posted by: annoyed at March 26, 2026 03:23 PM (RqMDa)

114 Spamburger don't give a shit.

Posted by: wth at March 26, 2026 03:23 PM (UjdFS)

115 And now Virginia Gov has adopted the new Democratic blame & talking point:

'Outrage as Pritzer blames Trump after alleged immigrant murder'

YouTube, The ‘Outnumbered’ panel discusses Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker’s comments after a Loyola Chicago student was allegedly killed by an illegal migrant. 1 day ago

"Failure of the President"

Posted by: L - No nic at March 26, 2026 03:23 PM (NFX2v)

116 100 NJ and VA are now officially AWFL Mommy states.

Congratulations.
-----------------
The Yankees started their boll weevil assualt on MD and VA during the 60s. There were a shit ton of Brooklyn/Bronx teachers in NOVA schools even then. MD went down the fastest (they are the captive state to begin with) and then VA. They took down the Confederate statue in Old Town roughly 10-15 years ago. Then they went on a rampage at VMI and all Historical Markers.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 03:23 PM (n17eQ)

117 A lesbian pro-abortionist is now "the Archbishop of Canterbury".

The Anglican Church was already on its deathbed, guys. No need to keep kicking the corpse.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 26, 2026 03:24 PM (IG3/x)

118 My old apartment manager, no longer with us, was an OTR driver, he with his own small company (three trucks). He passed a couple years ago and saw it coming, seeing things we civilians wouldn't. A neighbor with about 20 years driving says he gets terrified just getting on I 40 from Fort Smith to Roland OK. Myself, frequenting a couple local casinos and just hitting the travel centers because of access to the slot parlor, it seems like the fuckin' UN. Sikhs, and wetbacks, and gooks, oh my.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 26, 2026 03:24 PM (gm9Sb)

119 But hey at least we get cheap nannies and good tacos right?"

What? I like Chipotle!

/winemom

Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 03:24 PM (cGjQu)

120 Spanberger is very high on the unlikeable scale

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 03:24 PM (xT8gx)

121 Yes, the people who want to kill your baby in the womb, force vaccinate your children against their will, fill schoolchildren with filth and propaganda, and support mutilation that cuts off their privates, totally care when they are murdered or abused by illegal immigrants.

Said nobody ever.

Posted by: Vengeance at March 26, 2026 03:25 PM (jlI90)

122 Spambooger, folks.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 03:25 PM (n17eQ)

123 The Yankees started their boll weevil assualt on MD and VA during the 60s"

Douglas Wilder agrees...

Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 03:26 PM (cGjQu)

124 If Geddy Lee went transgender, he would look like Spanberger

Posted by: Vengeance at March 26, 2026 03:26 PM (jlI90)

125 I went over to LGF

I hope you went through a 3 stage decontamination protocol before coming back in here.

Posted by: Frank Barone at March 26, 2026 03:26 PM (IifOV)

126 Pete Bootyjuice: "A man so bad at his job that people actually knew who the Secretary of Transportation was."

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 26, 2026 03:26 PM (wLsnt)

127 Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 03:12 PM (ESVrU)

The Left doesn't have a long run. They are in it for the Now Grift. When they're dead it's all blackness anyway so they don't give a fuck about anything else.

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 03:26 PM (HyaXg)

128 Anyone bitching about the people doing the FIRST thing...

Guys, it takes like 0.25 seconds to scroll past it. You already know that there's not likely to be any real thoughtful commentary in the first 10-15 posts anyway, so save your righteous indignation for something that actually fucking matters and just move on with your day.

Some of y'all are softer than Charmin.

Posted by: ballistic at March 26, 2026 03:26 PM (oqH4h)

129 I worked for a company that self-certified its drivers (they came from the labor ranks within the company).

It was a point of significant pride that our drivers were better than 99% of the others on the road.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 03:27 PM (n9ltV)

130 Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 26, 2026 03:24 PM (IG3/x)

She is not a lesbian. She is married to a man and has two grown children. I don't know about her politics except for the fact she's a liberal because it is irrelevant to me .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 03:27 PM (Nx5jP)

131 Big rugged truckers. I'll certify you - Buttgiggle looking for rough trade
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 26, 2026 03:22 PM (mHVWR)

First I'm gonna rape him then I'm gonna kill him.

Here's your happy place!

Posted by: Sea Bass at March 26, 2026 03:28 PM (ej+CS)

132 Wow.

The rot is more putrid than I thought. Scary. DEPORT DEPORT DEPORT
Arrest Arrest Arrest those who supported this

The squatty governor of VA reminds me of Hillary.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 26, 2026 03:28 PM (WONhk)

133 82 This post really is begging for the pic of Pete and his Man-Bride in the swing.
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 03:12 PM (W7FsI)


Who can forget THIS classic........


https://is.gd/1MCq7Y

can't check from work, so i'm'a just assume it's naked testicle spiderman.

Posted by: anachronda at March 26, 2026 03:28 PM (oY6Yp)

134 Pete Bootyjuice: "A man so bad at his job that people actually knew who the Secretary of Transportation was."
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 26, 2026 03:26 PM (wLsnt)


Nothing is valid in the leftist world unless everybody knows your name. It's that inherent desire for fame and fortune they have.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 03:28 PM (Zz0t1)

135 > She is married to a man

That proves nothing.

At all.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 26, 2026 03:29 PM (IG3/x)

136 can't check from work, so i'm'a just assume it's naked testicle spiderman.
Posted by: anachronda at March 26, 2026 03:28 PM (oY6Yp)


HA! But no. It's the two blushing fags after giving birth to the twins.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 03:29 PM (Zz0t1)

137 The illegal truck driver thing worse than you think.
Posted by: Reforger at March 26, 2026 03:17 PM (xrmkX)

I'm happily engaged in watching the "Idiots in Cars" series on UT00b and yes, some of the things truckers pull are spectacular indeed.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at March 26, 2026 03:29 PM (/HDaX)

138 I have this vague memory that when bootygig was transportation secretary he was "caught" getting a ride about 95% of the way to his office... he then got out of the vehicle and was handed his bike, which he rode the last 2 blocks or so to his office. He wanted to get credit, you see, for being "green" and cycling to work rather than using those planet-killing automobiles.

Everything about the guy is fake and gay... literally!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 03:29 PM (xT8gx)

139 Wow.

The rot is more putrid than I thought. Scary. DEPORT DEPORT DEPORT
Arrest Arrest Arrest those who supported this

The squatty governor of VA reminds me of Hillary.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 26, 2026 03:28 PM (WONhk


Sounds like you support DEI too.

Deport
Every
Illegal

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 03:30 PM (Zz0t1)

140 Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 26, 2026 03:29 PM (IG3/x)

Unless you know some lesbian who's had sex with her it probably proves that she is a married woman married to a man. Why even speculate unless she's said she's a lesbian?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 03:30 PM (Nx5jP)

141 Pete doing what he does best--B-F'ing all over America

Posted by: ben dover at March 26, 2026 03:31 PM (r26b/)

142 > She is married to a man

That proves nothing.

At all.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 26, 2026 03:29 PM (IG3/x)

Very true. Candace Owens is married to a gay guy (at least that's the rumor)...

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 03:31 PM (xT8gx)

143 Mine actually goes back to the LGF days when it's seat missing cyclist programmer wrote his code to ban anyone saying 'first' in the first 25 comments of every new thread.

Those that know, know.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 03:07 PM

So, you're working out your trauma at bicycle boi's hands.

Now it makes sense.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at March 26, 2026 03:31 PM (/HDaX)

144 And the Anglican Church in North America is the most conservative branch and has more members, I believe.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 03:32 PM (Nx5jP)

145
Pete Bootyjuice: "A man so bad at his job that people actually knew who the Secretary of Transportation was."
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

===========

😆
He thinks he can be president.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at March 26, 2026 03:32 PM (XJ22o)

146 > Everything about the guy is fake and gay... literally!
---------
There was also some dog and pony show with EV's that couldn't make the full trip to... wherever so the feds trailered them into range for some photo op.

That could have been under the JEF or *biden, I don't remember which.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 26, 2026 03:32 PM (AkEZC)

147 Nood

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 03:33 PM (zjgNU)

148
So, you're working out your trauma at bicycle boi's hands.

Now it makes sense.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at March 26, 2026 03:31 PM (/HDaX)


20+ years and the damage is still visible, I know.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 03:34 PM (Zz0t1)

149 Spambooger, folks.
Posted by: pudinhead
......

Much better name.
Spamburgers are actually pretty tasty with melted cheese and tomato.

Posted by: wth at March 26, 2026 03:34 PM (UjdFS)

150 I have a longtime friend who went dumb lib because he watches John Steward and John Olver.

Anyway one day during the election season he starts going on and on about RFK and starts getting angry with me that there are people who "don't believe in vaccines". He said "my kids have to go to school with their kids!!"

I said so why don't you care that Democrats are letting in millions of illegals, none of whom are vaccinated or tracked. I never see you getting angry about them but your kids are going to school with them. In fact all you usually do is defend them.

Three months later he voted Trump.

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 03:35 PM (HyaXg)

151 I hope everyone is having a lovely spring day.
I have decided that the Dems wanted Trump to win. They sacked Biden and ran Kamala just to be sure. None of this matters to their voters and I doubt any of this has changed a single vote. Thune and the Senate will have more impact than these revelations.
Why have Trump win?
They will say that they have given the voters what they wanted good and hard.
Anyways.

Posted by: Accomack at March 26, 2026 03:35 PM (FqNtp)

152
I have this vague memory that when bootygig was transportation secretary he was "caught" getting a ride about 95% of the way to his office... he then got out of the vehicle and was handed his bike, which he rode the last 2 blocks or so to his office. He wanted to get credit, you see, for being "green" and cycling to work rather than using those planet-killing automobiles.

Everything about the guy is fake and gay... literally!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 03:29 PM

the jimmy carter empty suitcase gambit

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 26, 2026 03:36 PM (tljrc)

153
I should not have to. I was here when ace himself posted how he disliked seeing all of the 'first' posts. Unfortunately he either gave up or gave in.
Posted by: annoyed at March 26, 2026 03:23 PM (RqMDa)




Teh Ewok's email is right over there, I'm sure that he'll appreciate someone lecturing him over how he runs his own blog.

And I've been here long enough that I remember ace telling us to "knock it off with all the Ewok shit". So what? Just because I've been around the HQ for near 20 years doesn't give me any special insight or privileges. If it annoys him bad enough, he'll tell us to change, and he'll make it stick.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2026 03:36 PM (y9nCu)

154 Axios, Jul 29, 2019 -
Politics & Policy
Scoop: Buttigieg hires McAuliffe adviser Michael Halle to senior staff

"Halle, who also ran Hillary Clinton’s 2016 battleground-state strategy, has impeccable connections to the Democratic establishment and extensive experience working on major campaigns. His hire is the latest in a steady drumbeat of big names that Buttigieg has brought on, with the campaign telling Axios to expect other personnel announcements in the coming days."

Halle, former husband to Tara McGowan, a Soros' favorite. McGowan is an American Democratic political strategist and former journalist. She is the founder and/or co-founder and CEO of multiple organizations.

Posted by: L - No nic at March 26, 2026 03:36 PM (NFX2v)

155 circa 2022-2023 - I'm upgrading a radio in one of my cars and while I'm waiting I'm watching a truck driving school taking place at an abandoned mall. It looks like chaos.
Few weeks later I'm at the same place getting windows tinted and again see the same bullshit.

This was happening at the intersection of Westheimer at Hwy 6 in Houston. I'll bet this was the same shit that was happening in most states during the Biden error.

I had never seen truck driving training before that.

Posted by: DanMan at March 26, 2026 03:38 PM (8uzBS)

156 "There is a bad element that immigrates to this country that are criminals, gang members, etc, and obviously we don't want them. But there are a lot of hardworking decent immigrants just looking for a better life.

We don't want them, either"

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 26, 2026 03:38 PM (2ap+5)

157 Too many Truck Learing centers.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 26, 2026 03:39 PM (Cqx++)

158 MEANWHILE, IN SPAIN...

Every detail surrounding the death of Noelia Castillo Ramos gets worse and worse and worse. 1) Spain's depressed
economy b/c massive welfare for foreign invaders + communism. 2) Father loses job, family homeless. 3) Government takes daughters away, put her in facility with young male Muslim invaders. 4) Gang raped, gang raped again. 5) No action taken against rapists. 6) Girl depressed, throws herself from 5th-floor window, is now paraplygic in pain. 7) Noelia, now 25, wants MAID assisted suicide. Family tries to stop; government refuses. 9) Apparently tried to stop/delay execution. Gov said, No, because her organs are already promised for harvesting, and the slaughter has to happen now. 10) Government butchers her and takes her organs for someone more deserving.

Posted by: Gorthanc at March 26, 2026 03:39 PM (8Q86n)

159 >>>Very true. Candace Owens is married to a gay guy (at least that's the rumor)...

Posted by: LinusVanPelt

>This might explain the vitriol. She could just cuck the dude and ameliorate her insanity and anger.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 26, 2026 03:40 PM (Fbc0I)

160 68 It really sort of baffles me how these people who enthusiastically embrace Replacement Theory--especially politicians--think it's going to work out well for them in the long run.

Once the demographics increase to some unspecified level in the future, tribalism will take over and the people who are in charge NOW are going to lose their jobs to their replacements.

Look at NYC for a prime example.

Akin to the idea that nepo class rich have that if they collapse society the end result will be they rule as kings. Wrong. Their security head will.

Posted by: Azjaeger at March 26, 2026 03:40 PM (kVoLy)

161 I know its off-topic from Mayor Pete, but the story coming out of Spain about the slaughter of Noelia is shocking, horrifying. Impossible to imagine it getting any worse, and it keeps getting worse.

Posted by: Gorthanc at March 26, 2026 03:41 PM (8Q86n)

162
143

So, you're working out your trauma at bicycle boi's hands.

Now it makes sense.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at March 26, 2026 03:31 PM

----------

Churlish didn't traumatize anyone. He made a lot of people embarrassed that a man could sink that low.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 26, 2026 03:43 PM (mS8PE)

163 I know its off-topic from Mayor Pete, but the story coming out of Spain about the slaughter of Noelia is shocking, horrifying. Impossible to imagine it getting any worse, and it keeps getting worse.

This is exactly what the left wants. Get rid of those useless native Spaniards and replace them without easier to control.

Behind this story are thousands of stories not as bad but giving the left the same Great Replacement they want so badly - one guy never gets his career going and ended up smoking pot and playing video games all day, a woman finds she isn't "financially stable" enough to have a kid until she is too old, another guy is groomed and raped and now "gay" and will never have the family he otherwise would have and on and on

Posted by: 18-1 at March 26, 2026 03:45 PM (sKqQm)

164 Ma yek karavan kheyli bozorg darim

aint she a beautiful sight

Posted by: Ayatollah Kristofferson at March 26, 2026 03:49 PM (FhXTo)

165 "Virginia's downfall began with Maccaca."

Watch VA to see what is being tested--we've had the fed drones here for so long it is baked in the cake, but it really started with the CIA, Washington Post, and diplomatic bigwigs having houses "in the country" a short drive from DC, so they could play with their horses when they weren't at Langley or on Capitol Hill.

Macaca guy was the first of the "gotcha" campaign stalkers, and no doubt an example to David Hogg: Macaca got into the Ivies with his essay beginning "I am Macaca.", and little else in the text.

The CIA is now running my state for real, instead of just having John Warner marry Liz Taylor while she was drunk, in order to have their first Senator here.

Posted by: barbarausa at March 26, 2026 03:49 PM (enw9G)

166 Pete Buttigieg inspections involve rubber gloves, astroglide, and Rohypnol so you won't remember.

*groggy* Where am I? And why does my ass hurt?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 26, 2026 03:12 PM (PYyV9)
****
Neuralyzer works best.

Posted by: Will Smith at March 26, 2026 03:50 PM (eq1u8)

167
158 MEANWHILE, IN SPAIN...

Every detail surrounding the death of Noelia Castillo Ramos gets worse and worse and worse.

[....]

Posted by: Gorthanc at March 26, 2026 03:39 PM

--------

When I see some of the news out of Spain, it appears that after Franco was gone, the communists eventually won.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 26, 2026 03:53 PM (lsrsS)

168 I am not sure how a fake CDL school can get a person a CDL unless the state in engaged in some serious kick backs or fraud
---
If I understand correctly, the $800 dollar certificate means, you and whoever you want (for some amount of money) can now be determined to be qualified per a credited school.

I could become a certified school with this certificate and now "I am the captain" - I will tell the country who is qualified. (Whoever gives me money).

Pretty devious and perhaps inevitable as the regulations strangle all productivity.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at March 26, 2026 03:54 PM (RkOfE)

169 I am not sure how a fake CDL school can get a person a CDL unless the state in engaged in some serious kick backs or fraud.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 26, 2026 03:17 PM (0N4FZ)

------

I can't say for CDL but when I was at the DMV one of the testers came out during my 3 hour wait and asked if there were any people there "certified" by a driving instructor. A few hispanics got up gave them some paper work and they were out in five minutes.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 26, 2026 03:58 PM (Vh9CX)

170 That was my comment way up above, I suspect lots were kickbacks and slipped the paperwork though the system, probably lots were fake jobs on the background

Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2026 04:11 PM (Ia/+0)

171 I'm happily engaged in watching the "Idiots in Cars" series on UT00b and yes, some of the things truckers pull are spectacular indeed.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at March 26, 2026 03:29 PM (/HDaX)

In 6 years in shipping my dock was rendered inoperable by truck drivers. Guess which language not one of them spoke.

I had a Ukranian take out a guard and when I confronted him he mumbled some shit into his phone and handed it to me. It started translating and it was nonsence.

Posted by: Reforger at March 26, 2026 04:15 PM (xrmkX)

172 *Checks in fr the exploding fish puns.*

Posted by: Bob...no...the other Bob. at March 26, 2026 04:21 PM (45/dC)

173 I still say the bitch looks like Reinhard Heydrich's bastard child.

Posted by: Beverly at March 26, 2026 09:56 PM (reMys)

Trans Illegal Alien Rapes 14-Year-Old Boy, Gets Sweetheart Deal for No Jail Time from Soros DA who Persecuted Trump (and of course Probably Won't Even Be Deported)

He just wants to breathe.

Why won't you let him breathe, Bigot?

An illegal trans immigrant admitted Tuesday to molesting a 14-year-old boy inside the bathroom of a Manhattan bodega last year -- but won't have to do any more time behind bars.

Nicol Alexandra Contreras-Suarez, a 31-year-old Colombian immigrant who was born male, pleaded guilty to second-degree rape in Manhattan Supreme Court for sexually assaulting the teen in East Harlem last year and was promised a sentence of just six months -- which has already been served.

That is, he was held in jail pre-trial, and the judge sentenced him to "time served" already -- meaning, he waltzes out of the courtroom, free to rape another child.


That means the creep will be free to go at sentencing on April 27 -- unless federal immigration agents are there to slap on the cuffs again to deport them.

And of course the Soros DA will attempt to hide him from ICE.

The Manhattan District Attorney's Office said the resolution was reached in close consultation with the victim's family, sparing the teenager from having to testify to both the grand jury and over several days at trial.

"We expect the defendant to remain detained and be deported following sentencing, due to the felony conviction," a spokesperson for the DA's Office said in a statement.

We'll see.

So this is one of those Mostly Peaceful illegal aliens who didn't commit any crimes before raping a child.

Well, he committed a whole bunch of "non-violent" crimes, but illegal aliens are allowed to commit those, right?


Suarez, who was already wanted in Massachusetts on robbery, prostitution, and weapons charges, followed the teenager into a bodega across the street from Thomas Jefferson Park on Feb. 11, 2025, and raped him, according to prosecutors.

Robbery is theft by force or coercion -- mugging with a gun, for example --and I imagine the gun charges are related to the robbery.

But non-violent, I'm sure.

Maybe it wasn't "rape-rape"...?

Nope, the boy ran out of the bathroom after his rape and screamed for help:


The young victim flagged down bystanders after the attack. Suarez was arrested the next day and charged.

Officials at US Immigration and Customs Enforcement later obtained a detainer to take the sex fiend into custody for deportation once the criminal case is done.

"This creep should've never been released into our country," Tricia McLaughlin, then-Department of Homeland Security assistant secretary, said in a statement after the arrest.

It's unbelievable. And if you think the Soros DA will honor that detainer, you're a more trusting soul than I am.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:48 PM




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1 She dashed by me in painted on jeans
And all heads turned cause she was the dream
In the blink of an eye, I knew her number and her name
She said I was the FIRST she wanted to tame

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 26, 2026 01:48 PM (iFTx/)

2 Wonderful. I would like him to see a single spark of divinity and then eternity in damnation.

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 01:50 PM (HyaXg)

3 When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another.....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 26, 2026 01:50 PM (AkEZC)

4 Robbery is theft by force or coercion -- mugging with a gun, for example --and I imagine the gun charges are related to the robbery.

But non-violent, I'm sure.

it's not violent-violent until he actually hits your or shoots you. until then, it's just free speech.

Posted by: anachronda at March 26, 2026 01:51 PM (oY6Yp)

5 You can't rape a child on stolen land.

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 01:51 PM (HyaXg)

6 GASSSSSSS

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 26, 2026 01:52 PM (Kt19C)

7 Release the Fagz and make him disappear, painfully.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 01:52 PM (n17eQ)

8 But like you say in the headline this is the same DA who wanted Trump in prison. For years.


I know I'm a broken record but we don't fix this Constitutionally. IMHFO.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at March 26, 2026 01:52 PM (KQmzo)

9 If Soros DAs can nullify justice then so can juries if anything bad should happen to a Soros DA. I'm for rule of law and against vigilantism, but without the former, you get the latter.

Posted by: Josh Brolin's Blistered Taint at March 26, 2026 01:52 PM (4c9ac)

10 How many childless people were involved in this decision? No parent I know would let this piece of scum walk free.

Posted by: pookysgirl, Amam Bear married to a Papa Bear at March 26, 2026 01:52 PM (Wt5PA)

11 Soon to be speaking at CPAC with Elijah Schaeffer.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 26, 2026 01:52 PM (gKWVE)

12 I see these stories and I got to a very dark, *medieval* place. One involving a lot of creativity... and tarps on the floor.

Posted by: Bram Stoker's Chocula at March 26, 2026 01:53 PM (hh1bX)

13 Illegal immigrant and tranny are the newest get out of jail free cards. Come to the United States! No papers, no problem! One free rape minimum! Want to swing your dick around women's locker rooms? We got that too, just identify as female!

Posted by: The country is sick at March 26, 2026 01:54 PM (TbWk/)

14 These are the kinds of things that infuriate me, not that I have any power to change things. Maybe that's the infuriating part.

Posted by: huerfano at March 26, 2026 01:54 PM (98kQX)

15 We're gonna need more woodchippers.

Posted by: ballistic at March 26, 2026 01:54 PM (oqH4h)

16 I see these stories and I got to a very dark, *medieval* place. One involving a lot of creativity... and tarps on the floor.
Posted by: Bram Stoker's Chocula


I live in those dark places.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2026 01:55 PM (KKI6+)

17 Harbor freight sells rope for pretty cheap as well as machetes, hatchets, and double-bitted hickory-handled axes.

Cheaply.


Something something solutions modern situation thingy.

Posted by: Inspector Cussword at March 26, 2026 01:55 PM (lFFaq)

18 Suarez, who was already wanted in Massachusetts on robbery, prostitution, and weapons charges,

Of course...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 26, 2026 01:55 PM (kgE5c)

19 It'd be a real shame if someone in Rikers found out that this guy is a kid toucher and took offense to that.

Posted by: ballistic at March 26, 2026 01:56 PM (oqH4h)

20 No sex is illegal on stolen land!

Posted by: The new rape defense at March 26, 2026 01:56 PM (TbWk/)

21 He needs to be deported in a helicopter.

(If you know what I mean.)

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 26, 2026 01:56 PM (alOqB)

22 Have trannies existed long enough to have their own culture? If so child rape , thievery and mass shootings is a helluva culture

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 26, 2026 01:56 PM (mHVWR)

23 Not the loyal opposition.

Not our countrymen.

Domestic enemies.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 01:57 PM (N1DT3)

24 that's part of the kink for the Soros DAs: "oh, we want to spare the poor victim the horror of testifying", so they can make deals for lesser punishment.
When Loudoun had its Soros hag, a family I know went through this on a murder charge.
They had adopted three siblings, whose mother had been abused for years by their father. He eventually killed her when he discovered she was planning to take the children and leave.
He cut her throat so deep she was nearly beheaded.
Her body was discovered by the oldest, then a young teen.
By the time he came to trial, she was 16, and next sib 14.
They very much wanted to testify, because they knew that someday he would come after them if he ever had a chance.
The Soros CA refused to let them speak on the grounds of that fake compassion (this while she was prosecuting the dad of the trans-raped girl), and the family who adopted the kids had to go to court on their behalf, at their request, to secure their right to testify.
These are the people, the Soros tools, who need to summarily meet a lamppost or woodchipper.

Posted by: barbarausa at March 26, 2026 01:57 PM (enw9G)

25 It'd be a real shame if someone in Rikers found out that this guy is a kid toucher and took offense to that.
Posted by: ballistic at March 26, 2026 01:56 PM (oqH4h)
---
I hear there's a guy serving 16 life sentences that's taken up a new hobby...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 01:57 PM (ESVrU)

26 Lola, L-O-L-A Lola. We’ve come a long way, baby!!

Posted by: tubal at March 26, 2026 01:57 PM (/HeZH)

27 IMHFO.
Posted by: Chairborne!

IMHFO?

?? I must have frozen oranges!
I have no idea.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 26, 2026 01:57 PM (alOqB)

28 Can we bring back maiming?

Posted by: Kratwurst at March 26, 2026 01:58 PM (cMU4o)

29 The only thing that surprises me is that it happened in a "Bodega" and not a public restroom.

Posted by: wth at March 26, 2026 01:58 PM (UjdFS)

30 “ I have seen their ways, but I will heal them;
I will guide them and restore comfort to Israel’s mourners, creating praise on their lips.
Peace, peace, to those far and near,”
says the Lord. “And I will heal them.”

Isaiah 57:18-19

Posted by: Marcus T at March 26, 2026 01:58 PM (XD+PD)

31 Suarez, who was already wanted in Massachusetts on robbery, prostitution, and weapons charges

I thought you had to be an expert in these skills to serve in that Legislature.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 26, 2026 01:58 PM (gKWVE)

32 When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another.....
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 26, 2026 01:50 PM (AkEZC)

...That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government...

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 01:58 PM (N1DT3)

33 How many childless people were involved in this decision? No parent I know would let this piece of scum walk free.
Posted by: pookysgirl,
---------

[recollects Gary Plauché]

On March 16, 1984, Gary Plauché waited at the airport for Jeff Doucet, who had kidnapped his son, Jody — then shot him dead as cameras rolled.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 26, 2026 01:58 PM (XeU6L)

34 And now you know why I am here.

Posted by: Dexter at March 26, 2026 01:58 PM (dmDsy)

35 It'd be a real shame if someone in Rikers found out that this guy is a kid toucher and took offense to that.
Posted by: ballistic
---
I hear there's a guy serving 16 life sentences that's taken up a new hobby...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel


Yeah. But he's in Arizona.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2026 01:59 PM (KKI6+)

36 30 “ I have seen their ways, but I will heal them;
I will guide them and restore comfort to Israel’s mourners, creating praise on their lips.
Peace, peace, to those far and near,”
says the Lord. “And I will heal them.”

Isaiah 57:18-19
Posted by: Marcus T at March 26, 2026 01:58 PM (XD+PD)

Keep fighting the Good Fight, Marcus.

Posted by: tubal at March 26, 2026 01:59 PM (/HeZH)

37 In My Humble F*cking Opinion.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at March 26, 2026 01:59 PM (KQmzo)

38 A 100% legal entry on an internal bookkeeping ledger, never intended for public view, was 34 felonies--enough to see the man die in prison plus a few decades for good measure.

But raping a boy?

No big deal, not even worth jail time.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 26, 2026 01:59 PM (HXT0k)

39 Can we bring back maiming?

Posted by: Kratwurst at March 26, 2026 01:58 PM (cMU4o)
-

Way too slow.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 02:00 PM (1o8D5)

40 These are the people, the Soros tools, who need to summarily meet a lamppost or woodchipper.
Posted by: barbarausa at March 26, 2026 01:57 PM (enw9G)

Not the loyal opposition.

Not our countrymen.

Domestic enemies.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 01:57 PM (N1DT3)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 02:00 PM (N1DT3)

41 “ But the wicked are like the tossing sea,
which cannot rest,
whose waves cast up mire and mud.
“There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”

Isaiah 57:20-21

Posted by: Marcus T at March 26, 2026 02:00 PM (XD+PD)

42 Guess Nicol still has a dingus.

Posted by: tubal at March 26, 2026 02:00 PM (/HeZH)

43 And now you know why I am here.
Posted by: Dexter



I watched all your shows. You were EXTREMELY pedestrian in your approach. Nowhere near creative enough.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2026 02:00 PM (KKI6+)

44 >> Keep fighting the Good Fight, Marcus.
Posted by: tubal at March 26, 2026 01:59 PM (/HeZH)

Amen my friend. Amen.

Posted by: Marcus T at March 26, 2026 02:00 PM (XD+PD)

45 37 In My Humble F*cking Opinion.
Posted by: Chairborne!...

so no oranges then.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 26, 2026 02:00 PM (alOqB)

46 “There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”

Money don't grow on trees
I got bills to pay, I got mouths to feed
There ain't nothing in this world for free

Posted by: Cage the Elephant at March 26, 2026 02:01 PM (TbWk/)

47 This guy needs to be keel hauled the length of the Atlantic Ocean.

Posted by: dantesed at March 26, 2026 02:01 PM (Oy/m2)

48 38 A 100% legal entry on an internal bookkeeping ledger, never intended for public view, was 34 felonies--enough to see the man die in prison plus a few decades for good measure.

But raping a boy?

No big deal, not even worth jail time.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 26, 2026 01:59 PM (HXT0k)

The left makes the crimes to fit the person: Bespoke crimes. Bill of Attainder? Never heard of it...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 26, 2026 02:01 PM (ynpvh)

49 Listen. A lot of great people in history were trans. Like.....

And....

And ummm....

And uhhhh....

You know and the guy, the guy with the stuff who did that thing. Where would be without him???

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 02:01 PM (HyaXg)

50 I'm beginning to think the only way out is federal marshal law across all 50 states and summary trials and executions.

Not just for violent and street criminals. Reach higher up. Way higher.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 02:01 PM (1o8D5)

51 Not the loyal opposition.

Not our countrymen.

Domestic enemies.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 01:57 PM (N1DT3)


Yep. The enemy is INSIDE the wire. We've been overrun.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at March 26, 2026 02:01 PM (KQmzo)

52 Remember:
The AWFLs know this is a two-tier justice system.
They want it.

Because they believe they will always be the ones enforcing it against you.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 26, 2026 02:02 PM (HXT0k)

53 I am hoping as part of the deal with the family that the deportation was part of that.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 26, 2026 02:02 PM (n5tGW)

54 so no oranges then.
Posted by: bob

What’s that guy got against oranges?

Posted by: Kratwurst at March 26, 2026 02:02 PM (cMU4o)

55 Suarez, who was already wanted in Massachusetts on robbery, prostitution, and weapons charges,

The left: We need to ban guns, all these do is kill people. And we need to be willing to kill anyone that won't give up their guns. For the children.

Also the left: Oh this guy has an illegal gun? That's just like a minor thing so don't even worry about punishment

Posted by: 18-1 at March 26, 2026 02:02 PM (sKqQm)

56 I could use a story about some bad guy getting tortured to death about now. I would settle for pictures of puppies.

I was thinking about "why I care", because it's wrong thats why.

Posted by: connected and litigious at March 26, 2026 02:02 PM (cS1cw)

57 46 “There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”

Money don't grow on trees
I got bills to pay, I got mouths to feed
There ain't nothing in this world for free

Posted by: Cage the Elephant at March 26, 2026 02:01 PM (TbWk/)

I hear our money has quite a bit of cotton in it, so not entirely grown on trees...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 26, 2026 02:02 PM (ynpvh)

58 Where I am most disturbed, or maybe scared, is the democrat party refuses to acknowledge monsters like this should be deported. Hakeem Jeffries REFUSES to say scum like this do not deserve to be here. When you are willing to accept this level of depravity because someone, somewhere decided Democrats are supporters of illegal immigration, how do you manage that? Unless you are John Thune or Lisa Murkowski, how do you co exist with people like this?

Posted by: Piper at March 26, 2026 02:02 PM (p4NUW)

59 >>>Why won't you let him breathe, Bigot?

>The only hole this one should be allowed to breathe thru is the hole punched in his trachea.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 26, 2026 02:02 PM (Fbc0I)

60 Posted by: Dexter



I watched all your shows. You were EXTREMELY pedestrian in your approach. Nowhere near creative enough.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2026 02:00 PM (KKI6+)


I am so sorry you were disappointed!

What was your address again?

Posted by: Dexter at March 26, 2026 02:03 PM (dmDsy)

61 blue city DAs are repeatedly spinning the plots of any number of 70s revenge movies in real life. It's amazing there aren't torch wielding mobs roaming around at this point.

Posted by: UGAdawg at March 26, 2026 02:03 PM (4MsaP)

62 That poor kid now has to live with this in his past.
And I've seen women on Reddit how they think of male rape survivors. "AITA bc I lost respect for my husband when I found out". NAWALT and all that but it won't take this kid meeting a lot of those women to end up embittered and suicidal.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 26, 2026 02:03 PM (gKWVE)

63 The AWFLs know this is a two-tier justice system.
They want it.

Because they believe they will always be the ones enforcing it against you.

Yep.

No amount of explaining it to them is going to matter. They want trannies on the street raping kids. They want illegals breaking into YOUR house. They want Somalia taking your tax dollars.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 26, 2026 02:03 PM (sKqQm)

64 54 so no oranges then.
Posted by: bob

What’s that guy got against oranges?

Posted by: Kratwurst at March 26, 2026 02:02 PM (cMU4o)

Maybe it's the oranges that are green...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 26, 2026 02:03 PM (ynpvh)

65 Nope, the boy ran out of the bathroom after his rape and screamed for help:
......

So it was in a bathroom. These weirdos are obsessed with bathrooms. Maybe it's the smell.

Posted by: wth at March 26, 2026 02:03 PM (UjdFS)

66 When the star chambers start, I will not complain.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 26, 2026 02:03 PM (4NO2D)

67 51 Not the loyal opposition.

Not our countrymen.

Domestic enemies.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 01:57 PM (N1DT3)


Yep. The enemy is INSIDE the wire. We've been overrun.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at March 26, 2026 02:01 PM (KQmzo)

They're loyal, just not to the country they pretend to serve.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 26, 2026 02:04 PM (ynpvh)

68 Serious crime: Parading in the People's House

Non-serious crime: Raping a 14 year old in NYC, Gunning down a white person in Philly.

Posted by: The left at March 26, 2026 02:05 PM (sKqQm)

69 65 Nope, the boy ran out of the bathroom after his rape and screamed for help:
......

So it was in a bathroom. These weirdos are obsessed with bathrooms. Maybe it's the smell.
Posted by: wth at March 26, 2026 02:03 PM (UjdFS)

Probably where they were raped back in the day.

Posted by: tubal at March 26, 2026 02:05 PM (/HeZH)

70 so no oranges then.
Posted by: bob

What’s that guy got against oranges?

Posted by: Kratwurst at March 26, 2026 02:02 PM (cMU4o)

Maybe he's one of those weirdos who prefers grapefruit.

Posted by: I'm bitter enough as it is at March 26, 2026 02:06 PM (TbWk/)

71 Guess Nicol still has a dingus.
Posted by: tubal
......

The Angry Inch

Posted by: wth at March 26, 2026 02:06 PM (UjdFS)

72 Remember the story about the school girl raped by a tranny in VA?

Not only did they not charge the rapist, they initially charged the father for demanding the school do something to keep the rapist away from his daughter

Oh and the leftist take on it? Of course the girl was asking for it - she went into the women's room alone where obviously the tranny was going to follow and rape her

Posted by: 18-1 at March 26, 2026 02:06 PM (sKqQm)

73 Remember that Jesus loves you. Even the mouth-breathing trolls.

Posted by: Marcus T at March 26, 2026 02:06 PM (XD+PD)

74 Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has effectively halted plans for EPIC City, a proposed Muslim-majority planned community in Collin County, Texas, amid accusations of it imposing Sharia law.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 02:06 PM (1o8D5)

75 Born male, identifies as 'trans'. raped a boy. Yes I know that a female 'can' sodomize a weaker male, using something other than the penis she doesn't have. But this pervert is not trans, he's just a homosexual pervert, who used the trans label for leniency.

Posted by: PaleRider at March 26, 2026 02:07 PM (+89TD)

76 Listen. A lot of great people in history were trans. Like.....

And....

And ummm....

And uhhhh....

You know and the guy, the guy with the stuff who did that thing. Where would be without him???
Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 02:01 PM (HyaXg)
----------
Heliogabalus?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 02:07 PM (60TZk)

77 BTW, that elderly man pushed on the subway tracks by the illegal alien has died.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 26, 2026 02:07 PM (n5tGW)

78 Today Trump revealed what the "Big Present" was that the Islamic Republic mullahs who are trying to negotiate with the US gave. I laffed. He totally trolled them.

Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 02:07 PM (GD0B3)

79
Since the New Yawkers want to be all nice-nice with him because OrangeManBad, deport his ass back to Colombia.

What? You mean we put him on a plane for Monrovia, and dropped him among the Africans with no passport or cash? Damn, that sucks. Our bad.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2026 02:08 PM (y9nCu)

80 BTW, that elderly man pushed on the subway tracks by the illegal alien has died.

He was just killing the old white plebs that Americans won't. Really it is an act of love

Posted by: Jeb Bush at March 26, 2026 02:08 PM (sKqQm)

81 It would be a damn shame if something happened to that guy. And that DA. And that judge.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 26, 2026 02:09 PM (3Ope8)

82 80 BTW, that elderly man pushed on the subway tracks by the illegal alien has died.

He was just killing the old white plebs that Americans won't. Really it is an act of love
Posted by: Jeb Bush at March 26, 2026 02:08 PM (sKqQm)

Maybe they will compost him in Oklahoma.

Posted by: tubal at March 26, 2026 02:09 PM (/HeZH)

83 Problems like this with the judiciary are not going to be remedied by using the judiciary. Just like the issues with our congressional betters won't get fixed through voting and elections.

Other methods will have to be employed as the systems themselves are corrupted, broken and unsalvageable.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 26, 2026 02:09 PM (AkEZC)

84 I dunno I don’t get it. People in New York just shrug about these things. Same in Chicago, San Francisco, etc.

They hate us so much they’d rather be raped and killed than admit we’re right. It’s the only explanation I can think of.

Posted by: Heroq at March 26, 2026 02:09 PM (ppdC5)

85
All convicted pedophiles should be used to find anti-personel mines on battlefields.

Posted by: Frank Barone at March 26, 2026 02:10 PM (IifOV)

86 Marcus T, I know you are right. God is very good, and he is holding us. I should not worry, because I do walk with Jesus. But I am not Jesus, and I am not perfect. And there is absolute spiritual battle happening in front of us, and I do not want my children, your children, any children to hurt or be scared.

Posted by: Piper at March 26, 2026 02:10 PM (p4NUW)

87 29 The only thing that surprises me is that it happened in a "Bodega" and not a public restroom.
Posted by: wth at March 26, 2026 01:58 PM (UjdFS)

I watch some online channels on "CyTube" and one of the shows been watching is L&O:SVU. I still haven't figured out what the difference is between a "bodega" and a grocery store is.

Posted by: Thrawn at March 26, 2026 02:10 PM (9Ovst)

88 Reuters: Iran hardliners ramp up calls for a nuclear bomb, sources say

https://t.co/5gcYvWnUTs

הבא להרגך, השכם להרגו

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 02:10 PM (1o8D5)

89 83 Problems like this with the judiciary are not going to be remedied by using the judiciary. Just like the issues with our congressional betters won't get fixed through voting and elections.

Other methods will have to be employed as the systems themselves are corrupted, broken and unsalvageable.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 26, 2026 02:09 PM (AkEZC)

Foxes watching the hen house. Gov't very rarely finds that Gov't was wrong.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 26, 2026 02:10 PM (ynpvh)

90
The way these stories are worded, it sounds like an illegal alien convicted of a crime that has a penalty of say, 20 years for a citizen, can be deported instead of doing the 20 years. That can't be right. Do the 20 years and then get deported, right?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 26, 2026 02:10 PM (mS8PE)

91 Remember when the left insisted that America, and college campuses in particular, was a "rape culture?"
Anything was sexual assault. Asking a girl out was assault. Two people getting drunk together and having sex was sexual assault on the guy's part. Some chick with a mattress on her back was a guest at the SotU, iirc.

But now? When immigrants are raping our women and boys? They don't make a peep about it. They burry the stories and call people "racist" for citing them.

It's almost as if they never really cared about rape or women or boys at all.

Posted by: 29Victor at March 26, 2026 02:10 PM (0MjtC)

92 75 Born male, identifies as 'trans'. raped a boy. Yes I know that a female 'can' sodomize a weaker male, using something other than the penis she doesn't have. But this pervert is not trans, he's just a homosexual pervert, who used the trans label for leniency.
Posted by: PaleRider at March 26, 2026 02:07 PM (+89TD)

This assumes there is such a thing as "trans" which has an ever-changing definition based entirely on the subjective needs of the person claiming the status. And it's usually a circular or reflexive definition - "anyone who identifies as trans" - much like they'll say "anyone who identifies as a woman" is a woman. We are reaping the post-modernist linguistic whirlwind.

Posted by: They can't define it but claim it vociferously at March 26, 2026 02:11 PM (TbWk/)

93 Problems like this with the judiciary are not going to be remedied by using the judiciary. Just like the issues with our congressional betters won't get fixed through voting and elections.

Other methods will have to be employed as the systems themselves are corrupted, broken and unsalvageable.
Posted by: Martini Farmer


They better fix them toot sweet with those methods.

Because I guarantee they won't like my methods.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2026 02:11 PM (KKI6+)

94 You know, it occurs to me that when justice is subverted by those swore to deliver it on our behalf, justice must still be done.

If the perpetrator is allowed to escape justice, maybe those who facilitate it should pay the price in their stead.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 26, 2026 02:11 PM (zafwz)

95 I watch some online channels on "CyTube" and one of the shows been watching is L&O:SVU. I still haven't figured out what the difference is between a "bodega" and a grocery store is.
Posted by: Thrawn at March 26, 2026 02:10 PM (9Ovst)
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Isn't a bodega basically a convenience store?

Maybe with slightly more options than a gas station convenience store...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 02:11 PM (ESVrU)

96 Well stated Piper

Posted by: Kratwurst at March 26, 2026 02:11 PM (36bTp)

97 Posted by: 18-1 at March 26, 2026 02:06 PM (sKqQm)

I think that dad of the rape victim no joke became the model for villains and terrorists in various movies, shows, and video games.

And of course classroom demonstrations of how to handle "terrorism".

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 02:11 PM (HyaXg)

98 Foxes watching the hen house. Gov't very rarely finds that Gov't was wrong.

Like clockwork we get regular reports from the government on its investigation of the government and the results range from

Noting to see here, move along

to

Mistakes were made, training documents will be updated

Posted by: Jeb Bush at March 26, 2026 02:11 PM (sKqQm)

99 Reuters: Iran hardliners ramp up calls for a nuclear bomb, sources say


===

as opposed to...3 weeks ago? they are more amped up !

🤣

Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 02:11 PM (GD0B3)

100 88 Reuters: Iran hardliners ramp up calls for a nuclear bomb, sources say

https://t.co/5gcYvWnUTs

הבא להרגך, השכם להרגו
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 02:10 PM (1o8D5)

Good luck assembling that among all the ruins.

Posted by: Thrawn at March 26, 2026 02:12 PM (9Ovst)

101 It's almost as if they never really cared about rape or women or boys at all.

Posted by: 29Victor at March 26, 2026 02:10 PM (0MjtC)

Now you're thinking like a Democrat!

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 02:12 PM (HyaXg)

102 >>>Manhattan bodega

those are one of those blessing of diversity new yorkers like to tell the rest of us we're missing out on because we only have "convenience stores"

Posted by: brak at March 26, 2026 02:12 PM (jGJov)

103 "3 weeks ago there were 50/50, but now they are super serious! "

Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 02:12 PM (GD0B3)

104 I still haven't figured out what the difference is between a "bodega" and a grocery store is.

Posted by: Thrawn at March 26, 2026 02:10 PM (9Ovst)
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Plantain versus bananas.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 02:12 PM (1o8D5)

105 They want a bomb, give ‘em one.

Posted by: tubal at March 26, 2026 02:13 PM (/HeZH)

106 as opposed to...3 weeks ago? they are more amped up !

🤣

Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 02:11 PM (GD0B3)

Now it's a super serious nuclear bomb

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 02:13 PM (HyaXg)

107 Remember when the left insisted that America, and college campuses in particular, was a "rape culture?"
Anything was sexual assault. Asking a girl out was assault. Two people getting drunk together and having sex was sexual assault on the guy's part. Some chick with a mattress on her back was a guest at the SotU, iirc.

Also: Sure I said yes at the time, hell I started it but now I kind of feel he took advantage of me when he didn't call back...

Posted by: 18-1 at March 26, 2026 02:13 PM (sKqQm)

108 >>>88 Reuters: Iran hardliners ramp up calls for a nuclear bomb

you keep calling, and we keep telling you, we don't have any

also, you have to order through the app

Posted by: Doordash at March 26, 2026 02:13 PM (jGJov)

109
BTW, that elderly man pushed on the subway tracks by the illegal alien has died.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 26, 2026 02:07 PM (n5tGW)



All the wicked smahrt New Yawkers, a word of advice. STOP STANDING ON THE SUBWAY PLATFORM 2 FEET FROM THE TRACKS, YOU IDIOTS. Stand against the wall and make the cocksucker work for it if he really wants to kill you and you can't put up much resistance because of age/infirmity.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2026 02:13 PM (y9nCu)

110 > I still haven't figured out what the difference is between a "bodega" and a grocery store is.

Bodegas are small, locally owned corner stores that mostly have the same things as gas station stores and a few staple food items. Grocery stores are larger and more food centric.

Posted by: bonhomme at March 26, 2026 02:13 PM (mkw2N)

111 >>Iran hardliners ramp up calls for a nuclear bomb, sources say


Their guys are getting blown up by their rations.

They can call for whatever they want, their days are through.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 02:13 PM (W7FsI)

112 Bodegas ain’t cheap, si??

Posted by: tubal at March 26, 2026 02:14 PM (/HeZH)

113 > > I still haven't figured out what the difference is between a "bodega" and a grocery store is.


You can buy your weed at the Bodega.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 02:14 PM (W7FsI)

114 I watch some online channels on "CyTube" and one of the shows been watching is L&O:SVU. I still haven't figured out what the difference is between a "bodega" and a grocery store is.
Posted by: Thrawn


A grocery store is usually a chain of stores that is rather large.
A bodega usually has a single owner and the store is smaller than a 7/11. And nowhere near the selections and choices.

At least from everything I've seen.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2026 02:14 PM (KKI6+)

115 >>> That means the creep will be free to go at sentencing on April 27 -- unless federal immigration agents are there to slap on the cuffs again to deport them.
And of course the Soros DA will attempt to hide him from ICE.

Then he would be harboring an illegal, even if ut one quaunta of time it takes to walk out the door.*

Only hard part is getting a grand joury...

*"pre-meditaded murder has no time duration required, same with harboring fugatives.

Posted by: Operator Error at March 26, 2026 02:15 PM (eWg54)

116 >> Posted by: Piper at March 26, 2026 02:10 PM (p4NUW)

The human condition is to worry, it is to have anxiety, it is to have doubt. Nobody escapes that no matter how much you believe in Him. It’s only a matter of degrees. It’s why He told us not to worry, for why would He say that if it wasn’t a simple truth. What He wants from us is to not yield to it. That we can do. Never yield to fear, embrace it knowing tha He is with us. He will never leave us, even when we think He isn’t there. He never rests. Never fails. All is done according to His will.

>> So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”

Isaiah 41:10

Posted by: Marcus T at March 26, 2026 02:15 PM (XD+PD)

117 It's almost as if they never really cared about rape or women or boys at all.

91: Of course a man that told a dirty joke to a woman should be bared from being on the supreme court

98: Of course a man is allowed to have sex with his underlings and even demand "they kiss it" I mean can't a president have a sex life?

16: Do you know Trump talked about golddiggers in a private conversation! We can't have a man like that in office!

Posted by: Democrats man, democrats at March 26, 2026 02:15 PM (sKqQm)

118 The book thread ended? Oh, ok.

Restorative Justice. First for kids, now spreading throughout adult convictions.

For example, see NYSDA org: Restorative Justice.

Here's Philly's restorative Justice theories: Restorative justice in Philadelphia focuses on community healing and accountability over punishment through diversion programs for youth and adults, aiming to reduce recidivism and address harms like sexual violence. Key initiatives include the Healing Futures program for youth, the Restorative Response Program (RRP) for adults, and arts-based programs via Mural Arts Philadelphia.

More: Restorative justice in Milwaukee focuses on repairing harm through community-based dialogue, school-based restorative practices, and diversion programs for youth and adults. Key initiatives include Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) fostering restorative cultures, the Andrew Center for Restorative Justice at Marquette Law School, and programs targeting youth accountability to reduce recidivism.

🤷 At least it cuts down the odds judges and lawyers are assaulted or killed. Probably.

Posted by: L - No nic... at March 26, 2026 02:15 PM (NFX2v)

119
100 88 Reuters: Iran hardliners ramp up calls for a nuclear bomb, sources say

https://t.co/5gcYvWnUTs

הבא להרגך, השכם להרגו
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 02:10 PM (1o8D5)

Good luck assembling that among all the ruins.
Posted by: Thrawn at March 26, 2026 02:12 PM

-------

That would be for the glorious future they imagine, after the US loses interest, and lets the regime continue as before. They figure, all they have to do is wait us out.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 26, 2026 02:15 PM (mS8PE)

120 The only thing that surprises me is that it happened in a "Bodega" and not a public restroom.
Posted by: wth at March 26, 2026 01:58 PM (UjdFS)

I watch some online channels on "CyTube" and one of the shows been watching is L&O:SVU. I still haven't figured out what the difference is between a "bodega" and a grocery store is.
Posted by: Thrawn at March 26, 2026 02:10 PM (9Ovst)
______

Bodega is generally a small grocery store or deli in a heavily hispanic (and often poor) neighborhood. This rape happened in one of the most heavily hispanic neighborhoods in NYC. The victim was almost certainly hispanic, and as I've been saying, Democraps don't give a shit about dead hispanics unless it can be blamed on a white guy. Black-on-black or brown-on-brown crime? Nobody cares.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 26, 2026 02:16 PM (iFTx/)

121 All the wicked smahrt New Yawkers, a word of advice. STOP STANDING ON THE SUBWAY PLATFORM 2 FEET FROM THE TRACKS, YOU IDIOTS. Stand against the wall and make the cocksucker work for it if he really wants to kill you and you can't put up much resistance because of age/infirmity.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur


And when he tries, SPARTAN KICK.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2026 02:16 PM (KKI6+)

122 58 Where I am most disturbed, or maybe scared, is the democrat party refuses to acknowledge monsters like this should be deported. Hakeem Jeffries REFUSES to say scum like this do not deserve to be here. When you are willing to accept this level of depravity because someone, somewhere decided Democrats are supporters of illegal immigration, how do you manage that? Unless you are John Thune or Lisa Murkowski, how do you co exist with people like this?
Posted by: Piper
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This is happening simultaneously across the West. It is not an accident, it is intentional and it is directed by those with money that can call out politicians as marionettes to do their dance of death. I think it is aimed at collapsing all popularly elected government so that these ersatz 'nobles' can directly run things like in the Middle Ages. Deformed and debased pseudo aristocracy based on wealth.

Same as the splitters that idiotically think that destroying the GOP by voting Dems will hasten the burning times and those represent opportunity for a revolution. Hint, most if not all revolutions leave countries and their citizens worse off in the aftermath. Idiotic utopian thinking.

Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 02:16 PM (E4rtv)

123 >>A bodega usually has a single owner and the store is smaller than a 7/11. And nowhere near the selections and choices.


A Bodega will usually have a decent selection of items from the owner's native country. And then the normal selection of cheaply made/overpriced staples.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 02:16 PM (W7FsI)

124 I still haven't figured out what the difference is between a "bodega" and a grocery store is.
Posted by: Thrawn

AFAIK a bodega doesn't have to follow any of the money laundering laws because it's owned by foreigners, and that's really the only difference.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 26, 2026 02:17 PM (a+4eV)

125 All the wicked smahrt New Yawkers, a word of advice. STOP STANDING ON THE SUBWAY PLATFORM 2 FEET FROM THE TRACKS, YOU IDIOTS

They voted to make America a low trust society but they still don't get it.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 26, 2026 02:17 PM (sKqQm)

126 Bodegas are more likely to be money-laundering fronts and perpetrators/facilitators of SNAP and EBT fraud.

Posted by: Smokes? Sure we'll ring it up as milk and cereal at March 26, 2026 02:17 PM (TbWk/)

127
I still haven't figured out what the difference is between a "bodega" and a grocery store is.
Posted by: Thrawn at March 26, 2026 02:10 PM (9Ovst)



Square footage, and most of the offerings are past their "sell-by" date.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2026 02:17 PM (y9nCu)

128 I have to admit that if I'm a 14 year old kid living in East Harlem, and I get raped in a bathroom by some guy wearing a dress, I'm not going to be interested in testifying in Court and advertising that event. Peers (especially in that setting and neighborhood) can be brutal.

And, if the primary witness is the kid that got raped with little other evidence, I don't care how good or bad a DA you are. You're lucky to get the six months.

Posted by: Orson at March 26, 2026 02:17 PM (dIske)

129 [recollects Gary Plauché]

On March 16, 1984, Gary Plauché waited at the airport for Jeff Doucet, who had kidnapped his son, Jody — then shot him dead as cameras rolled.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 26, 2026 01:58 PM (XeU6L)

"Why Gary, why?"

Because it was the right thing to do...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 26, 2026 02:18 PM (xcxpd)

130 bodega, but Korean:

http://tiny.cc/bow0101

Posted by: brak at March 26, 2026 02:18 PM (jGJov)

131 I see these stories and I got to a very dark, *medieval* place. One involving a lot of creativity... and tarps on the floor.
Posted by: Bram Stoker's Chocula

I live in those dark places.
Posted by: rickb223

Hello, Darkness, my old friend
I've come to bleach the room again.....

Posted by: mikeski at March 26, 2026 02:18 PM (I0x/R)

132 Yesterday we were discussing the ens***ification of LoTR that is sure to follow from having Steven Colbert as a writer.

Critical Drinker has weighed in, and it looks like we're all in agreement.

https://youtu.be/uMYo4g65CMg

Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 02:18 PM (Riz8t)

133 This is happening simultaneously across the West. It is not an accident, it is intentional and it is directed by those with money that can call out politicians as marionettes to do their dance of death. I think it is aimed at collapsing all popularly elected government so that these ersatz 'nobles' can directly run things like in the Middle Ages. Deformed and debased pseudo aristocracy based on wealth.


I think it is more directly that causing fear among the populace is good. Because then they'll vote to give the government more power.

So bring in thugs and protect them and then you can claim to be a law and order Democrat (and in my area they all claim that). Note - then you just bring in more illegals and argue both there is no crime and the crime is due to Trump

Posted by: 18-1 at March 26, 2026 02:18 PM (sKqQm)

134 101 It's almost as if they never really cared about rape or women or boys at all.

Posted by: 29Victor at March 26, 2026 02:10 PM (0MjtC)

Now you're thinking like a Democrat!

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 02:12 PM (HyaXg)

I think you're wrong; they're enthusiastic about it.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 26, 2026 02:18 PM (ynpvh)

135 >>Bodegas are more likely to be money-laundering fronts and perpetrators/facilitators of SNAP and EBT fraud.


Most Bodegas are paying a local organized crime group for protection and for product from hijacked shipping.

They also are happy to exchange counterfeit bills for real money, at a negotiated rate.

On top of all those others.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 02:19 PM (W7FsI)

136 Hello, Darkness, my old friend
I've come to bleach the room again.....
Posted by: mikeski



Stolen.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2026 02:19 PM (KKI6+)

137 I guess its up to the kid's relatives to get justice... or himself.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 26, 2026 02:19 PM (PYyV9)

138 77 BTW, that elderly man pushed on the subway tracks by the illegal alien has died.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

Well, then maybe he shouldn't have pissed off the Undocumented American - the best of all Americans.
-Dem Assemblyman (probably)

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 02:19 PM (Dv3i1)

139 Did not have CCP IEDs on my 2026 bingo card

U.S.
Brother, sister indicted in alleged IED plot at Florida base tied to Iran war; one suspect in China
https://tinyurl.com/4vyk7y5v

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 26, 2026 02:19 PM (diia5)

140 104 I still haven't figured out what the difference is between a "bodega" and a grocery store is.

Posted by: Thrawn at March 26, 2026 02:10 PM (9Ovst)
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Plantain versus bananas.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 02:12 PM (1o8D5)

Plantains are starchier, bananas are sweeter. They are different if you've ever tasted both.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 26, 2026 02:20 PM (ynpvh)

141 Here ya go, one nuclear bomb, slightly used. Enjoy.

Posted by: wth at March 26, 2026 02:20 PM (UjdFS)

142 And so we see the oppression stack updated:

Illegals are at the top now, above "young rape victims"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 26, 2026 02:21 PM (PYyV9)

143 127
I still haven't figured out what the difference is between a "bodega" and a grocery store is.
Posted by: Thrawn at March 26, 2026 02:10 PM (9Ovst)



Square footage, and most of the offerings are past their "sell-by" date.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2026 02:17 PM (y9nCu)

Is that why the shrimp is selling so cheap?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 26, 2026 02:21 PM (ynpvh)

144 The dog had to go out.

I'm halfway through "The Human Centipede." I think I've found a suitable punishment for the DA, Soros, the tranny and their bloodlines.

Sadly, even the doctor in this movie would probably think trying to change a man into a woman or vice versa is messed up.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 02:21 PM (Sco7b)

145 When the system is corrupt, vigilantism seems like a reasonable alternative.

Posted by: Seems Legit at March 26, 2026 02:21 PM (aZm/F)

146 Maybe somebody can explain what a bodega is to you in a limerick. What rhymes with bodega?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 26, 2026 02:22 PM (Fbc0I)

147 The Democrat Party is a cult of evil. That’s not hyperbole it’s demonstrably true. They pursue godless policies and often use religion as a means to cloak it. The Bible tells us all about them. It told us they would live among us. If you pursue policies that are anti human, anti liberty and undermine biblical teaching that are very clear, you’ve crossed the rubicon to the other side. When you mislead people as to your true intentions and lie about your misdeeds you are truly in league with satan.

There is good and there is evil. There are no grey areas as the try to make you believe. There are very simple tests of the truth, and almost everything they speak of fails them all.

That’s just the way it is.

Posted by: Marcus T at March 26, 2026 02:22 PM (XD+PD)

148 What? You mean we put him on a plane for Monrovia, and dropped him among the Africans with no passport or cash? Damn, that sucks. Our bad.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
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I hear the headhunters left in Papau New Guinea mountains can be right hospitable to newcomers. Same as the Andamen Islands.

Long Pork, It's What's for Dinner.

Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 02:22 PM (E4rtv)

149 I still haven't figured out what the difference is between a "bodega" and a grocery store is.

Its a pretentious NYC name for a convenience store. Its 7/11 with a new name to sound better.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 26, 2026 02:22 PM (PYyV9)

150 138 77 BTW, that elderly man pushed on the subway tracks by the illegal alien has died.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
______________________

Read about that one. Air Force Vet. 83 years old. The illegal had been deported 4 previous times and had a long arrest record. I think they said he was from Honduras.

Posted by: Orson at March 26, 2026 02:22 PM (dIske)

151 Plantains are starchier.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 26, 2026 02:20 PM (ynpvh)

Plaintains and saltfish. Pretty good.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 02:23 PM (Sco7b)

152 Where is this kid’s father? Where are his uncles? Grandfathers?

Why hasn’t his mother rectified the situation?

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 26, 2026 02:23 PM (EafTE)

153 Plantains are starchier, bananas are sweeter. They are different if you've ever tasted both.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 26, 2026 02:20 PM (ynpvh)
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That was my point.

Plantain is excellent for a flambe. Holds up better than a banana.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 02:23 PM (1o8D5)

154 It's almost as if they never really cared about rape or women or boys at all.

Posted by: 29Victor at March 26, 2026 02:10 PM (0MjtC)

Now you're thinking like a Democrat!

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 02:12 PM (HyaXg)

I think you're wrong; they're enthusiastic about it.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 26, 2026 02:18 PM (ynpvh)

They have their own organizations dedicated to legalizing the rape of boys - NAMBLA anyone? - that just got real far below the radar. The gays used to march hand in hand with them, quite literally, during the 70s, early 80s until they realized it squicked out the normies too much and cut them loose.

Posted by: They have no problem with chomos other than optics at March 26, 2026 02:24 PM (TbWk/)

155 Too messy.

Aquamation.

States (at least 25) that have authorized this eco-friendly alternative to flame cremation include California, Florida, Minnesota, Illinois, Colorado, Maryland, and Washington. AI Overview)

Good enough for hoodlums years ago, now adopted as mortuary services.

Posted by: L - No nic... at March 26, 2026 02:25 PM (NFX2v)

156 The gays used to march hand in hand with them, quite literally, during the 70s, early 80s until they realized it squicked out the normies too much and cut them loose.

CA is trying to legalize underage prostitution and its a gay guy leading the charge.

He argued paying a 17 year old for a beejer shouldn't be a crime. That's his argument.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 26, 2026 02:25 PM (sKqQm)

157 Here's Philly's restorative Justice theories: Restorative justice in Philadelphia focuses on community healing and accountability over punishment through diversion programs for youth and adults, aiming to reduce recidivism and address harms like sexual violence.
_____

Restoring crime victims by forcing them to go through diversion programs doesn't seem fair. Or are you telling me that crime victims aren't restored, but the criminals are?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 02:25 PM (Dv3i1)

158 I do not think we will ever get our country back if this is still being allowed to happen.

Medieval torture is to good for these sick people

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 02:25 PM (WsJuq)

159 Maybe somebody can explain what a bodega is to you in a limerick. What rhymes with bodega?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone


Rusty Vega.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2026 02:26 PM (KKI6+)

160 There once was a corner store grand,
Called a bodega throughout the land.
It sells snacks with delight,
Coffee and beer late at night,
A New Yorker's quick shopping stand!

Posted by: Marcus T at March 26, 2026 02:27 PM (XD+PD)

161 Cut his dick off. It's just that simple. Just ask Lorena.

Posted by: John Bobbitt at March 26, 2026 02:27 PM (Uy/WF)

162
I hear the headhunters left in Papau New Guinea mountains can be right hospitable to newcomers. Same as the Andamen Islands.

Long Pork, It's What's for Dinner.
Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 02:22 PM (E4rtv)



Word.

Posted by: Zombie Michael Rockefeller at March 26, 2026 02:27 PM (y9nCu)

163 I still haven't figured out what the difference is between a "bodega" and a grocery store is.
---
It's like how they call them "washateria" instead of laundromat.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 26, 2026 02:27 PM (HXT0k)

164 I think it is more directly that causing fear among the populace is good. Because then they'll vote to give the government more power.

So bring in thugs and protect them and then you can claim to be a law and order Democrat (and in my area they all claim that). Note - then you just bring in more illegals and argue both there is no crime and the crime is due to Trump
Posted by: 18-1
======
I think it beyond that. Most of these leftist drones in office have the minds of idiots, they are being herded in a direction for the cause. And I think the real story can be found in what the WEF was promoting before it became too controversial to discuss in public. These wealthy and satanic oligarchs want the system to collapse and they plan on being elsewhere in hidey hole bunkers when it does.

The argument for authoritarian regimes will always come under the guise of safety and that is what these assholes need to collapse popularly elected governments (and even populations) that might resist. All so they can enjoy living without 90 percent of the rest of humanity. They figure it can be done now with robots and AI.

Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 02:27 PM (E4rtv)

165 He argued paying a 17 year old for a beejer shouldn't be a crime. That's his argument.
____

What, you don't want him to get paid? What is it about a living wage that you don't understand?
-Gay California Politician

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 02:27 PM (Dv3i1)

166 A grocery store is a place with good where you go to shop. A bodega is a place with food that you stay out of.

I'm just kidding I love my Mexican friends.

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 02:28 PM (HyaXg)

167 He argued paying a 17 year old for a beejer shouldn't be a crime. That's his argument.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 26, 2026 02:25 PM

Let me guess...this one's personal for him.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 26, 2026 02:28 PM (kgE5c)

168 When the system is corrupt, vigilantism seems like a reasonable alternative.
Posted by: Seems Legit


When the system is corrupt, vigilantism IS the answer.
Nothing in the Constitution or founding documents says we have to live like this or accept this.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2026 02:28 PM (KKI6+)

169 A bodega? What is it???!

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 02:28 PM (HyaXg)

170 Before heading back... Zerohedge. This was Iran's big gift.

"Trump claimed Iran had planned to send over eight large vessels of oil as a show of good faith related to potential peace negotiations. He then described hearing of media headlines which said eight ships were moving through the Strait of Hormuz. He also stated his team is having "very substantial talks" with Tehran to resolve the conflict - but at this point it appears merely indirect via Pakistani mediation. As for the 'gift', some factcheckers have begun investigating the claim:

Tanker tracking data compiled by Bloomberg shows no sign of the eight big boats full of oil that are going right up the middle of the Hormuz strait that President Trump just mentioned in his briefing."


Mighty white of them if it happens. I'm underwhelmed.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 02:29 PM (Sco7b)

171 152. Why hasn’t his mother rectified the situation?

I wonder about that, too, and always think of Marianne Bachmeier (1950–1996).

On March 6, 1981, she shot and killed 35-year-old Klaus Grabowski in a Lübeck, West Germany, courtroom during his trial for the murder of her 7-year-old daughter, Anna.

Posted by: L - No nic... at March 26, 2026 02:29 PM (NFX2v)

172 > Maybe somebody can explain what a bodega is to you in a limerick. What rhymes with bodega?

Noriega. Talladega.

Posted by: bonhomme at March 26, 2026 02:29 PM (mkw2N)

173
The POS needs to have his dick cutoff in public.

Posted by: fourseasons at March 26, 2026 02:29 PM (3ek7K)

174 One of the reasons DOGE was so successful was that it worked outside of the institutions it was tasked to audit. Had DOGE simply tasked the rank and file at the various Bureau/Department/Office they looked into, it's a sure bet "nothing would have happened."

Same goes for the judiciary and congress.

Those institutions cannot be rehabilitated using the judiciary and elections. It just makes no sense.

The left understands "outside power" that operates detached from the base. We'd better get with the program. What little we've leveraged in that vein has really thrown the left off balance.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 26, 2026 02:29 PM (AkEZC)

175 Hint, most if not all revolutions leave countries and their citizens worse off in the aftermath. Idiotic utopian thinking.
Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 02:16 PM (E4rtv)

I can tell you from personal experience that know you'll get your ass kicked won't stop a person angry enough to need to inflict some level of punishment.
I'll take the hit just to be able to give one, in a nutshell.

The founders worded the Declaration well in noting that most people are willing to put up with some level of abuse, but there is a limit

Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 26, 2026 02:30 PM (zafwz)

176 The pictures at the link are no bueno. As in yuck face.

Posted by: MaxPower at March 26, 2026 02:30 PM (FeNQl)

177 157. Posted by: Chuck Martel

So it frequently seems in this region.

Posted by: L - No nic... at March 26, 2026 02:30 PM (NFX2v)

178 Here is an example-


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Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
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BREAKING: The Ohio House just passed the Indecent Exposure Modernization Act, which criminalizes s*xually explicit performances in front of CHILDREN.

Every single Democrat voted AGAINST it.

We aren’t going to fix this one vigilante act at a time.

Posted by: Piper at March 26, 2026 02:30 PM (p4NUW)

179 I once knew a man named Vega
He worked in a plant for Ortega
He tripped on a root
They settled his suit
And now he owns a bodega!

Posted by: Denny Crane - I Am Hearing Voices. at March 26, 2026 02:30 PM (dmDsy)

180 Forget boots on the ground in Iran. I want them in New York, Minnesota and California to start...

Posted by: steevy at March 26, 2026 02:30 PM (YwEeS)

181 What rhymes with bodega?
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Fried Chicken.

Posted by: Meghan McCain at March 26, 2026 02:31 PM (HyaXg)

182 Maybe somebody can explain what a bodega is to you in a limerick. What rhymes with bodega?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 26, 2026 02:22 PM (Fbc0I)

There once was a man named Ortega
Who sold goods at the local bodega
"We've got Takis and Coke
and all kinds of smokes
And tinactin if athlete's foot plagues ya"

Posted by: Made to order and served hot at March 26, 2026 02:31 PM (TbWk/)

183 The POS needs to have his dick cutoff in public.

Posted by: fourseasons at March 26, 2026 02:29 PM (3ek7K)

torn

Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 26, 2026 02:31 PM (zafwz)

184 146 What rhymes with bodega?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 26, 2026 02:22 PM

Rutabaga

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 02:32 PM (WsJuq)

185 This kind of crap makes my head hurt.

And my heart as well.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 26, 2026 02:33 PM (8TJgL)

186 BREAKING: The Ohio House just passed the Indecent Exposure Modernization Act, which criminalizes s*xually explicit performances in front of CHILDREN.
Every single Democrat voted AGAINST it.

Take note, John Thune. The way to support legislation is to vote for it. Not to play games with "reconciliation" or whatever the excuse is this week.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 26, 2026 02:33 PM (gKWVE)

187 I watch some online channels on "CyTube" and one of the shows been watching is L&O:SVU. I still haven't figured out what the difference is between a "bodega" and a grocery store is.
Posted by: Thrawn at March 26, 2026 02:10 PM (9Ovst)
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Isn't a bodega basically a convenience store?

Maybe with slightly more options than a gas station convenience store...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 02:11 PM (ESVrU)

In older cities you have groceries ranging from smaller super markets size down to a convenience store size but with inventory less tilted towards snacks and pops and more toward staples and such. So they might have some meats and veges, say.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 26, 2026 02:33 PM (RRloY)

188 @Rickisback_ON_X
For those that missed it, because the MSM is not reporting it: The Special Election in California last November, where Prop 50 passed and the redistricting is occurring, is under investigation. Apparently several Advocacy groups obtained information online that shows there were approximately 50K more ballots counted than what the SOS reported.

The AG, Rob Bonta, attempted to put an end to the Investigation being run by the Riverside County Sheriff's Department. Bonta sued and the judge denied his motion to quash the investigation. The judge further ordered that a Special Master be appointed to count the ballots.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 02:33 PM (Dv3i1)

189 The POS needs to have his dick cutoff in public.

Posted by: fourseasons at March 26, 2026 02:29 PM (3ek7K)

torn
Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 26, 2026 02:31 PM

Chewed off by mangy chihuahuas

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 02:34 PM (WsJuq)

190
Scuba,

I have a chihuahua who would participate.

Posted by: fourseasons at March 26, 2026 02:35 PM (3ek7K)

191 The Ohio House just passed the Indecent Exposure Modernization Act, which criminalizes s*xually explicit performances in front of CHILDREN.

They needed a new law for that? Its already illegal, isn't it?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 26, 2026 02:35 PM (PYyV9)

192 Joe ('smell the child') Biden believes some child molestation here and there is a small price to pay for a pile of democrat votes.

Posted by: LASue at March 26, 2026 02:35 PM (lCppi)

193 What rhymes with bodega?
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Willie Nelson

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 26, 2026 02:36 PM (Kt19C)

194 185.

Yes, it's painful.

It's the one unfortunate thing that comes with truly caring.

Posted by: L - No nic... at March 26, 2026 02:36 PM (NFX2v)

195 Chewed off by mangy chihuahuas
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 02:34 PM (WsJuq)
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That's weirdly specific.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 02:36 PM (60TZk)

196 We aren’t going to fix this one vigilante act at a time.
Posted by: Piper

You won’t fix anything if you don’t start somewhere.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 26, 2026 02:36 PM (8TJgL)

197 I still haven't figured out what the difference is between a "bodega" and a grocery store is.
Posted by: Thrawn at March 26, 2026 02:10 PM (9Ovst)

One follows labor, tax and immigration laws. The other doesn’t.

Posted by: Heroq at March 26, 2026 02:37 PM (ppdC5)

198 Just the fact that this rape took place inside a "bodega" tells you all you need to know what is wrong with this country.

Posted by: A&P Grocery Store at March 26, 2026 02:37 PM (ej+CS)

199 Don't bodega that joint my friend
pass it over to me
you've been hanging on to it
and I sure would like a hit

Posted by: wth at March 26, 2026 02:37 PM (UjdFS)

200 judge further ordered that a Special Master be appointed

That's racist

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 26, 2026 02:37 PM (Kt19C)

201 Nicely done. You all get free loosies and a forty of malt liquor.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 26, 2026 02:37 PM (Fbc0I)

202 We aren’t going to fix this one vigilante act at a time.

I suspect a vigilante dealing with this in a red area and then not being charged would resolve a lot of issues...not all but...you'd quickly see behavior change outside of the hive cities

Posted by: 18-1 at March 26, 2026 02:38 PM (sKqQm)

203 195 Chewed off by mangy chihuahuas
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 02:34 PM (WsJuq)
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That's weirdly specific.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 02:36 PM

Better than pampered bichon frise

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 02:38 PM (WsJuq)

204 Are nude, adult bike races in Philly and other communities Sexually Explicit?

AI Overview: Naked bike rides are generally not considered sexually explicit, but rather focus on body positivity, environmental awareness, and celebrating human vulnerability. While participants may be fully nude, these events typically have codes of conduct that prohibit lewd gestures, sexual harassment, or sexually charged behavior, ensuring the environment is celebratory rather than explicitly sexual.

Posted by: L - No nic... at March 26, 2026 02:41 PM (NFX2v)

205 We must take care to not project these events into anything beyond simple local crime stories.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 26, 2026 02:41 PM (2ap+5)

206
We aren’t going to fix this one vigilante act at a time.
Posted by: Piper

===============

Well, maybe we can if the vigilantes keep a low profile...

I heard that assaults on the subway (maybe even assaults in general) plunged after Bernard Gertz plugged those guys.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 26, 2026 02:41 PM (XJ22o)

207 I can tell you from personal experience that know you'll get your ass kicked won't stop a person angry enough to need to inflict some level of punishment.
I'll take the hit just to be able to give one, in a nutshell.

The founders worded the Declaration well in noting that most people are willing to put up with some level of abuse, but there is a limit
Posted by: OneEyedJack
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OTOH, the Mexican Revolution, the English Civil War which was a failed revolution, the Chinese Revolution, the Spanish Civil War (failed revolution/coup), the French Revolution, and the Russian Revolution. Iranian Revolution did not work out so well either as we can see.

Meet the New Boss, Just the Same as the Old Boss. The best way is still patient reform and persuasion over time to change the system. Trying to crash it results in a lot of people getting hurt and killed and more than likely things going sideways.

Civil wars are bloodbaths and it will get a lot of the 'goods' as well as the 'baddies' and it is very well possible that the 'baddies' win.

Our Founders were aware of all this and rolled the dice and got lucky. Other places and times, not so much.

Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 02:42 PM (E4rtv)

208 I suspect a vigilante dealing with this in a red area and then not being charged would resolve a lot of issues...not all but...you'd quickly see behavior change outside of the hive cities

Yeah it would not actually take very many and very log to make significant changes. Look at how the left treats Islam.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 26, 2026 02:43 PM (PYyV9)

209 Sadly there are no consequences for making bad choices. Until Dems feel the pain of their misguided policies nothing will change.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 02:44 PM (WsJuq)

210 One point in all this that sticks out - the left has functionality decriminalized all sorts of things that would get you a formal arrest/jail sentence or just ..disappeared...years ago.

Now they are legally protected and often funded by the government.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 26, 2026 02:44 PM (sKqQm)

211 While participants may be fully nude, these events typically have codes of conduct that prohibit lewd gestures, sexual harassment, or sexually charged behavior, ensuring the environment is celebratory rather than explicitly sexual.
Posted by: L - No nic... at March 26, 2026 02:41 PM (NFX2v)
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They are IMPLICITLY very, very sexual.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 02:44 PM (ESVrU)

212 I would deal with both of them in my own way.

Posted by: Paul Kersey at March 26, 2026 02:45 PM (abIsI)

213 They are IMPLICITLY very, very sexual.

From the pictures I have seen, not very :/

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 26, 2026 02:45 PM (PYyV9)

214 The old ways are the best ways.

Posted by: Meghan McCain at March 26, 2026 02:46 PM (HyaXg)

215 While participants may be fully nude, these events typically have codes of conduct that prohibit lewd gestures, sexual harassment, or sexually charged behavior, ensuring the environment is celebratory rather than explicitly sexual.

Flashing your junk at a kid on the city streets = not sexual at all

Asking that girl in HR out on a date = sexual harrassment

Posted by: 18-1 at March 26, 2026 02:46 PM (sKqQm)

216 They are IMPLICITLY very, very sexual.

From the pictures I have seen, not very :/
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 26, 2026 02:45 PM (PYyV9)
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True...but it's most definitely implied there's a sexual element to a bunch of nudists riding around in the buff.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 02:46 PM (ESVrU)

217
Aren't there laws against public nudity?

You're nude in public you should be arrested.

Posted by: fourseasons at March 26, 2026 02:47 PM (3ek7K)

218 While participants may be fully nude, these events typically have codes of conduct that prohibit lewd gestures, sexual harassment, or sexually charged behavior, ensuring the environment is celebratory rather than explicitly sexual.
Posted by: L - No nic... at March 26, 2026 02:41 PM (NFX2v)

Except when they remove the bike seat.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 02:49 PM (Sco7b)

219 Sharks Are Testing Positive For Cocaine And Caffeine in The Bahamas

Let's have a nude swimming event!

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 26, 2026 02:50 PM (abIsI)

220 Good afternoon Ace and everyone

Personally I would cut off his fking nuts.

Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2026 02:50 PM (Ia/+0)

221 "Globalist State-Sanctioned Suicide: Spain to Euthanize 25-Year-Old Gang-Rape Victim Abandoned in Migrant-Filled Juvenile Center"

Problem solved, easy peasy.

Over at Gateway

Posted by: javems at March 26, 2026 02:50 PM (2LWv6)

222 And remember with Trump in charge nominally these are the GOOD times.

Don't forget it because pain is coming.

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 02:51 PM (HyaXg)

223 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 02:51 PM (Zz0t1)

224
And if you think the Soros DA will honor that detainer, you're a more trusting soul than I am.


Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace

================

Can someone tell me why and how this is permitted to continue? That Soros DA is breaking the damn law, isn't s/he?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 26, 2026 02:51 PM (XJ22o)

225 Where are you Paul Kersey? You're our only hope.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 02:51 PM (Zz0t1)

226 Sharks Are Testing Positive For Cocaine And Caffeine in The Bahamas
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Well the ocean was fun while it lasted.

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 02:53 PM (HyaXg)

227 I'll just leave this here.

Open for interpretation and not meant as anything specific, mind you.......


https://youtu.be/aAITxlCsj4Y

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 02:53 PM (Zz0t1)

228 You'll get as much as you're willing to take as a norm.

It's mostly up to you how to respond and when, unless it comes to a child, person of special needs, elderly.

Posted by: L - No nic... at March 26, 2026 02:53 PM (NFX2v)

229 Leftist are generally depraved and when they gather en masse, doubly so.

When you had the Wisconsin riots, the one with Kyle Rittenhouse, you used to be able to see raw video coverage of the chaos, invariably, you would see a dude blowing another dude in the background among other acts of primitivism.

Leftist are f****g degenerate animals.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 26, 2026 02:53 PM (zWn86)

230 Sharks Are Testing Positive For Cocaine And Caffeine in The Bahamas

Let's have a nude swimming event!
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 26, 2026 02:50 PM (abIsI)


They'll blame Trump because he's been blowing up transport boats from drug cartels.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 02:54 PM (Zz0t1)

231 225 Where are you Paul Kersey? You're our only hope.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 02:51 PM

I've dug a thousand tunnels...with this face.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 02:54 PM (Oq/TM)

232 Sadly there are no consequences for making bad choices. Until Dems feel the pain of their misguided policies nothing will change.
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 02:44 PM (WsJuq)
*******
All the Democrats see is that they are winning and flipping red seats because their base is motivated and our base is staying home and being encouraged to do so by the so-called very far right.

Why should they change anything when they are being rewarded.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 26, 2026 02:54 PM (NpAcC)

233
How many rapes of children aren't reported because the child thinks he did something wrong?

our society is sick.

Posted by: fourseasons at March 26, 2026 02:54 PM (3ek7K)

234
pain is coming.
Posted by: ...

================

I'm optimistic about President Rubio. Two terms, bay-bay, chock-full of laws and judges that see us well into the future and cause the Dems to self-cleanse and marginalize their fanatics.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 26, 2026 02:54 PM (XJ22o)

235 218. Except when they remove the bike seat.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so

You're bouncing back well. That's great!

Posted by: L - No nic... at March 26, 2026 02:55 PM (NFX2v)

236 Sugar Plum Fairy. Guilty.

Posted by: Eromero at March 26, 2026 02:55 PM (LHPAg)

237 So cocaine addicted sharks will start robbing swimmers to get more cocaine

Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2026 02:55 PM (Ia/+0)

238 How many rapes of children aren't reported because the child thinks he did something wrong?

our society is sick.

Posted by: fourseasons at March 26, 2026 02:54 PM (3ek7K)

I think the education system stats would be shocking anywhere in the West.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 02:55 PM (Sco7b)

239
How many rapes of children aren't reported because the child thinks he did something wrong?

our society is sick.

Posted by: fourseasons

=================

I'm pretty sure the shame and guilt felt by rape victims is as old as civilization.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 26, 2026 02:55 PM (XJ22o)

240 I'm optimistic about President Rubio. Two terms, bay-bay, chock-full of laws and judges that see us well into the future and cause the Dems to self-cleanse and marginalize their fanatics.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Maybe he'll chose an AG that will actually do something.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 26, 2026 02:55 PM (abIsI)

241 The IRS owes me money. My taxes have been submitted online. 2.5 weeks later, they update and reject my entry because of 'invalid pin.' The pin is what they list on the website. Wife has her own pin. Log in and get the pin and it's the same damn pin they reject.

F*ck you, IRS. Give me my go*damn money you overstole from me. But run everything else because you're sofa king incompetent.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 02:56 PM (Zz0t1)

242 226 Sharks Are Testing Positive For Cocaine And Caffeine in The Bahamas
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Well the ocean was fun while it lasted.
Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 02:53 PM

The only time I ever felt apprehension doing a dive, was hanging on the anchor line doing decompression stops at night. I could almost hear the Jaws theme going through my mind.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 02:56 PM (Oq/TM)

243
If you buy a secondhand bike, sanitize the seat orbuy a new one.



Ya never know.

Posted by: fourseasons at March 26, 2026 02:56 PM (3ek7K)

244
I've dug a thousand tunnels...with this face.
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 02:54 PM (Oq/TM)


I'm confused by this.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 02:57 PM (Zz0t1)

245 Once destiny ossifies into fate there is no going back.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 26, 2026 02:57 PM (2ap+5)

246 So cocaine addicted sharks will start robbing swimmers to get more cocaine
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2026 02:55 PM (Ia/+0)
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Do we even know if cocaine has any effect on shark biology?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 02:57 PM (ESVrU)

247 211. They are IMPLICITLY very, very sexual.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Agreed. Our next battle.

Posted by: L - No nic... at March 26, 2026 02:58 PM (NFX2v)

248 @244

>>I'm confused by this.......

Let your mind wander.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 26, 2026 02:58 PM (zWn86)

249 Except when they remove the bike seat.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so


This is about me, isn't it........

Posted by: Charels Jonhson at March 26, 2026 02:58 PM (Zz0t1)

250 Sharks Are Testing Positive For Cocaine And Caffeine in The Bahamas
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Simple solution. Don't test them.

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 02:58 PM (HyaXg)

251 >>I'm confused by this.......

Let your mind wander.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 26, 2026 02:58 PM (zWn86)


I misread. Understand now. My brain's mistake.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 02:58 PM (Zz0t1)

252 244 I've dug a thousand tunnels...with this face.
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 02:54 PM (Oq/TM)


I'm confused by this.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 02:57 PM

The Great Escape

Actually I remember it as a bit done by a comedian many, many moons ago before I was 29

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 02:58 PM (Oq/TM)

253 Where are you Paul Kersey? You're our only hope.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 02:51 PM (Zz0t1)

Lemme make the best case against vigilantism, and not based on a Christian code that says vengeance is for the Lord, but more on the practical aspects of not getting caught.
Paul Kersey didn't live in a panopticon surveillance state, nor carry a personal tracking device in his pocket. The odds of not being seen are slim and none, and slim is at the bus station leaving town.
Don't forget, law enforcement does NOT like competition, especially not effective competition, so the entirety of the "justice system" will be mobilized to put an end to it.

Just some thoughts because certain cases do make one angry enough to entertain taking matters into ones own hands.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 26, 2026 02:58 PM (zafwz)

254 New tread

Posted by: 496 at March 26, 2026 02:59 PM (mn8NH)

255 Where are you Paul Kersey? You're our only hope.

I don't know if its in the movie, but at the end of the book, a cop literally catches him at it, doffs his cap, then turns away, saw nothing.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 26, 2026 02:59 PM (PYyV9)

256 Nood.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 03:00 PM (Sco7b)

257 Don't forget, law enforcement does NOT like competition, especially not effective competition, so the entirety of the "justice system" will be mobilized to put an end to it.

Just some thoughts because certain cases do make one angry enough to entertain taking matters into ones own hands.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 26, 2026 02:58 PM (zafwz)


BLaMtifa showed that all you have to do is wear a mask and hoodie and you can get away with everything.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 03:00 PM (Zz0t1)

258 I'm optimistic about President Rubio. Two terms, bay-bay, chock-full of laws and judges that see us well into the future and cause the Dems to self-cleanse and marginalize their fanatics.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Maybe he'll chose an AG that will actually do something.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 26, 2026 02:55 PM (abIsI)
*******
He'd be great, but he says he isn't running if his best friend, JD runs.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 26, 2026 03:00 PM (NpAcC)

259 250 Sharks Are Testing Positive For Cocaine And Caffeine in The Bahamas
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Simple solution. Don't test them.
Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 02:58 PM

I had a simple rule with sharks when I was a diver. I don't eat them, they don't eat me.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 03:00 PM (Oq/TM)

260 And after 32 years, finally displacing Crack Whore for the worst job in the world.....

Cocaine Shark Tester

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 03:02 PM (HyaXg)

261 A bodega? What is it???!
Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 02:28 PM

It's a small grocery store, usually in Spanish neighborhoods, but that's not important right now.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 26, 2026 03:06 PM (kgE5c)

262 I had a simple rule with sharks when I was a diver. I don't eat them, they don't eat me.
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 03:00 PM

I never had to worry about that...professional courtesy.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 26, 2026 03:07 PM (kgE5c)

263 See I'm just a bigot and a hater I WANT them DEAD. Capitol D and a big old Dead at the end.

Posted by: Pamazon at March 26, 2026 03:26 PM (b5MGU)

264 I hope an inmate in prison takes this demon out.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 26, 2026 03:29 PM (WONhk)

265 When this is all redone as an 80's action movie, AI Arnold as Trump will deliver the death blow with a "Now Starkist your ass goodbye!"

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 03:41 PM (HyaXg)

Biden Deliberately Turned Off Money-Tracing/Payment Verification Systems for Welfare and Medicaid Payments to Fraudsters, and Minnesota Disabled Money Tracing For Welfare Funds Siphoned Out of the Country to Foreign Fraudsters

I had a big whoopsie on the first version of the post-- I see that I just covered what Charlie Brown's Dildo covered. I always forget to check!

So let me just include the stuff I think CBD didn't include.


Does this sound familiar to anyone else? I recall the DNC and Obama deliberately turning off location verification for donations -- thus allowing foreigners to donate millions of dollars to them, illegally but untraceably -- and I'm also reminded of the following new revelation, that Biden deliberately turned off all money-tracing on the billions he pumped out to his Democrat fraudster voters and illegal alien pirates.

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh

HOLY CRAP. Health Sec. RFK Jr. revealed that the Biden White House ORDERED HHS to ignore fraud -- and just focus on enrolling as many people on welfare as possible, legal or illegal

"One of the things that I found out from people in my agency was they were ordered by the Biden White House not to do program integrity -- in other words, not to enforce against fraud."

"And they said, they were told we want to focus on only enrollment and getting more and more people into the system!"

This is a jaw-dropping betrayal of America. Root out all the fraud!

And the entire state of Minnesota deliberately disabled its ability to check for welfare/Medicaid fraud:


Wall Street Apes
@WallStreetApes

HOLY CR*P 🚨 Minnesota Rep Krista Knudsen says they just found out the state TURNED OFF tracking for money being sent overseas

They turned it on for 2 weeks. Saw all the money leaving, and Democrats quickly SHUT OFF TRACKING to allow it to keep happening

READ THAT AGAIN

"Today in the fraud committee, the Department of Human Services testified that they haven't been tracking the IP addresses of money that's being literally flown out of our state and where it's going.

They did turn on that reporting for 2 weeks, and they found that yes, a lot of those IP addresses were tied to overseas computers, and then they quickly shut it off after just 2 weeks of seeing where this money is actually going"

"Every time we turn around, it's just more and more fraud scandals in our state"

Hello everyone!

Anyone else doing the Hobbit challenge? I got through three chapters. It took me a while to finish the Agatha Christie Miss Marple story, or I would have gotten further.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:35 PM




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1 First???

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 12:34 PM (4q/mG)

2 Huh.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 26, 2026 12:34 PM (4NO2D)

3 wait, wut?? are we losing threads again??

Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 12:35 PM (GD0B3)

4 Yes!!!! Time to nood

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 12:35 PM (4q/mG)

5 I had a big whoopsie on the first version of the post-- I see that I just covered what Buck covered. I always forget to check!

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Ace reads the blog?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 12:35 PM (gYVzu)

6 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 12:35 PM (p/Ri7)

7 I was not expecting this.

Posted by: The Spanish Inquisition at March 26, 2026 12:35 PM (4NO2D)

8 danger! danger!

Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 12:35 PM (GD0B3)

9 The more that comes to the light, the more I'm thinking we need to get a lot of rope.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 12:35 PM (svLOV)

10 Working now?

Posted by: Turn 2 at March 26, 2026 12:35 PM (CyFyf)

11 howdy

Posted by: doug at March 26, 2026 12:35 PM (Hy+R4)

12 Just weird!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 26, 2026 12:35 PM (RDqo2)

13 Anyone else doing the Hobbit challenge? I got through three chapters. It took me a while to finish the Agatha Christie Miss Marple story, or I would have gotten further.

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I read 6 cantos of the Inferno.

Italian poetry about Hell is practically the same thing as The Hobbit, right?

Both Dante and Tolkien were Catholic, so the same thing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 12:35 PM (gYVzu)

14 That was CBD, not Buck, ace.

Did you see where the "teens" in downtown Chicago got really excited for Midnight Basketball last night?

Posted by: one hour sober at March 26, 2026 12:35 PM (Y1sOo)

15 As we roll northward on I65, we are once again reminded that there is no concentration of stupidity as dense as an indiana driver and an interstate passing lane.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at March 26, 2026 12:36 PM (pJCk/)

16 Democrats are buying favor with the world so they'll have a seat at the table in the New World Order.


They won't.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 12:36 PM (p/Ri7)

17 Yikes! That is one scary picture of that chick.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 12:36 PM (77rzZ)

18 Wait - CBD is Buck?

Posted by: Frasier Crane at March 26, 2026 12:36 PM (bNf8H)

19 Ace reads the blog?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 12:35 PM (gYVzu)

Well, someone needs to.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 12:36 PM (bss/y)

20
Ace reads the blog?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Yeah!
It's almost like content matters!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 26, 2026 12:36 PM (RDqo2)

21 19 Ace reads the blog?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 12:35 PM (gYVzu)

Well, someone needs to.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 12:36 PM (bss/y)

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"False."
-Zombie Breitbart

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 12:37 PM (gYVzu)

22 >>Wait - CBD is Buck?
Posted by: Frasier Crane at March 26, 2026 12:36 PM (bNf8H)
__
Never mind. Fixed.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at March 26, 2026 12:37 PM (bNf8H)

23 "False."
-Zombie Breitbart
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 12:37 PM (gYVzu)

'Should'?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 12:37 PM (bss/y)

24 Is there a Buck post we missed?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2026 12:37 PM (0sNs1)

25 I challenge every hobbit I see.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 26, 2026 12:38 PM (Cqx++)

26 I hope Scott Bessent had the Treasury save all the receipts.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 26, 2026 12:38 PM (rbvCR)

27 Anyone else doing the Hobbit challenge?
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace

Got down my copy yesterday.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 26, 2026 12:38 PM (RDqo2)

28 24 Is there a Buck post we missed?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2026 12:37 PM (0sNs1)

All your kind look the same to me.

Posted by: Ewok at March 26, 2026 12:39 PM (bss/y)

29 It took me a while to finish the Agatha Christie Miss Marple story, or I would have gotten further.

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A friend gave me his copy of Agatha Christie's autobiography like a decade ago and said it was a really great read -- and it still sits on my bookshelf unread (with innumerable other books).

Since I'm finally retiring next week, I have no excuse now not to read them.

Posted by: ShainS at March 26, 2026 12:39 PM (SgYCn)

30 28 All your kind look the same to me.

Posted by: Ewok at March 26, 2026 12:39 PM (bss/y)

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Left hand picture: Karen Gillen

Right hand picture: Late stage Helen Thomas

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 12:39 PM (gYVzu)

31 What do you mean you people?

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 26, 2026 12:40 PM (4NO2D)

32 Is this post a keeper, or am I wasting my pixels commenting?

Posted by: Pixelated at March 26, 2026 12:40 PM (oftw2)

33 They got Capone for tax evasion. So that and claw back the dough. Release the CPA's.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at March 26, 2026 12:40 PM (YlWIZ)

34
Anyone else doing the Hobbit challenge? I got through three chapters.



Just wait until the Battle of the Five Baskerville Hounds

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2026 12:40 PM (y9nCu)

35 Holy Crap, it's not only the MSM that copy paste.
Holy Crap!

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 12:40 PM (jAisO)

36 >>>18 Wait - CBD is Buck?

I fixed it. Look, it was a scramble to get something up again.

I think I'll post my original thread later today or tomorrow. I know it's a repeat but whatevs.

I just don't want a repeat right after the first post about the story.

Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 12:41 PM (1wjle)

37 >>>32 Is this post a keeper, or am I wasting my pixels commenting?

I'll repost it a later as an "In Case You Missed It."

Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 12:41 PM (1wjle)

38 Does this sound familiar to anyone else? I recall the DNC and Obama deliberately turning off location verification for donations -- thus allowing foreigners to donate millions of dollars to them, illegally but untraceably ...

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I'm pretty sure all that goes back to at least the '90s with Bubba Clinton (and subsequently Hillary) & Algore -- and their ChiComm Paymasters.

Posted by: ShainS at March 26, 2026 12:41 PM (SgYCn)

39 I used to think fraud and theft was maybe 15% of the entire GNP.

Then I saw a lot more fraud and theft than I expected. So I upped it to 25%. Then more fraud. 35%. Still more fraud. More theft.

I currently think fraud and theft is 50% of GNP. Not joking.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 26, 2026 12:42 PM (iFTx/)

40 31 What do you mean you people?
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 26, 2026 12:40 PM (4NO2D)

What do YOU mean you people?

Posted by: Ewok at March 26, 2026 12:42 PM (bss/y)

41 No Controlling Legal Authority

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 26, 2026 12:42 PM (4NO2D)

42 So, who's surprised we're nearly $40 Trillion Dollars in debt?

Beuller?

Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 12:42 PM (XuXeR)

43 No time for anything except the decades-long effort to get through Decline of the West.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 26, 2026 12:43 PM (2ap+5)

44 Ace, how's the new rocking chair working out?

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 12:43 PM (77rzZ)

45 I fixed it. Look, it was a scramble to get something up again.

The Paolo, he was minding his own business, when suddenly Mrs. French was at the door. It was, as you say, a scramble to get something up after that.

Posted by: The Paolo at March 26, 2026 12:44 PM (2ocoG)

46 Meanwhile my adult autistic son can get enrolled into a day program a couple a days a week because there ain't enough money.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 26, 2026 12:44 PM (Vh9CX)

47 >>What do YOU mean you people?

What do you mean YOU PEOPLE?

Posted by: EatChootaDroid at March 26, 2026 12:44 PM (NcvvS)

48 >>>44 Ace, how's the new rocking chair working out?

good, thanks for asking. I've been using it as I've been putting together and cleaning my Weber grill, which I haven't used for ten years due to stupid HOA regulations. Now I can use it again.

Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 12:44 PM (1wjle)

49
How is shutting off tracking of government money transfers even legal? How is it even an option?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 26, 2026 12:45 PM (lsrsS)

50 48 >>>44 Ace, how's the new rocking chair working out?

good, thanks for asking. I've been using it as I've been putting together and cleaning my Weber grill, which I haven't used for ten years due to stupid HOA regulations. Now I can use it again.

Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 12:44 PM (1wjle)

=====

Just remember, Serenity Now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 12:45 PM (gYVzu)

51 I'm so old, I remember when Bill Clinton was getting Chinese money.

Posted by: huerfano at March 26, 2026 12:45 PM (98kQX)

52 Anyone else doing the Hobbit challenge? I got through three chapters. It took me a while to finish the Agatha Christie Miss Marple story, or I would have gotten further.

Nah, though I have never read all the books back to back.
Maybe I should give it a whirl.

I do something similar on Memorial Day, I watch every episode of Band of Brothers and also The Pacific.

And maybe starting this year on July 20th watch every episode of From The Earth to the Moon.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 12:46 PM (Oq/TM)

53 Just wait until the Battle of the Five Baskerville Hounds"

Is that the one with Deadpool or Hermione?

Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 12:46 PM (XuXeR)

54 Man, I wish Robert Kennedy could get a Stephen Hawking-type voice device.... he has so much information to give, yet the delivery (through no fault of his own, of course) just kind of diminishes his message...


Am I being a bigot?

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 12:46 PM (dmDsy)

55
Is anything going to happen?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 26, 2026 12:46 PM (XJ22o)

56 I seem to recall hearing about Democrat funding horseshit during the *biden reign... so this sort of sounds familiar. Probably still in effect. They all do it.

And steal from the public.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 26, 2026 12:46 PM (AkEZC)

57 So now you fully understand why Walz was intended to be VP after they got rid of Trump.

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 12:46 PM (HyaXg)

58 No worries, Ace. We're here for you.

Any update(s) on l'affaire des rocking-chairs du porche?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2026 12:47 PM (0sNs1)

59 Not sure what the Hobbit is, but I've sat through it twice - once with my girls and once with my boys.

It's not a favorite.

Right now, the boys are enjoying Waiting for Godot (b/c we're doing plays this year, and they loved American Buffalo, so I stepped back and through this in b/c it inspired American Buffalo).

I probably have the only kids who liked American Buffalo better than Glengarry Glen Ross. But if you read the originals of both, it is better b/c Alec Baldwin didn't exist in the original GGR, and his speech is so necessary.

Posted by: Nova Local at March 26, 2026 12:47 PM (tOcjL)

60 I need to get me one of the IP's that receive shit tons of money. Does TEMU sell them?

Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 12:47 PM (n17eQ)

61 Anyone else doing the Hobbit challenge? I got through three chapters.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace

I read the LOTR and Hobbit books shortly before watching their respective movies as they were originally released in theaters. I may read the LOTR trilogy again at some point, but I may have PTSD from how awful the Hobbit movies were in comparison.

I did pick up two books this past weekend:'The Truth' by Terry Pratchett, what looks to be the Discworld's take on the media, and 'Project Hail Mary' by Andy Weir. I've heard good things about the adapted movie and would like to read it before I see it.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at March 26, 2026 12:47 PM (AXdFA)

62 Walz made NO SENSE as a pick. None.

Until you find out what role he played in Democrat malfeasance and putrescence.

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 12:47 PM (HyaXg)

63 >>>Just remember, Serenity Now.

I try. At some point I might try blogging out there, rocking on my chair.

It's a good chair, I think. Ninety buck on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DCJRNDMT?

ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title

I see now that the chair advertises it can support 380 pounds, so it's built for a more generous frame. That's why it's so big.

Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 12:47 PM (1wjle)

64
How is shutting off tracking of government money transfers even legal? How is it even an option?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

===============

That's the question, how is it even an option? Who designed this software?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 26, 2026 12:47 PM (XJ22o)

65 Is this post a keeper, or am I wasting my pixels commenting?
Posted by: Pixelated
+++
I made one of my best posts ever at the top. But now it's lost like tears in rain.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at March 26, 2026 12:47 PM (Lo97M)

66 That's right bitches! I did a lot of illegal things. So what?

No one is going to do nothing jack! Most Americans are too fat and stupid to care, let alone spell "CAT" if I spotted them the C and the A. Burisma called and they want Hunter to have his old job back! LOL

Asufutimaehaehtfutbw! FTW!

Posted by: Joe Biden, Old Sex Pest at March 26, 2026 12:48 PM (ej+CS)

67 Meanwhile my adult autistic son can get enrolled into a day program a couple a days a week because there ain't enough money"

Yeah. We've got to go thru all of our assets, then get a pittance.

Gotta keep those Fairfax/Loudoun real estate values up!

Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 12:48 PM (XuXeR)

68 through = threw...damn typing fingers

Posted by: Nova Local at March 26, 2026 12:48 PM (tOcjL)

69 my Weber grill, which I haven't used for ten years due to stupid HOA regulations. Now I can use it again.
Posted by: ace

Wow, who runs your HOA, Kim Jung-un?


Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 12:48 PM (77rzZ)

70 Afternoon Ace
How much were the Dem pols and Biden bureaucrats paid for turning them things off? Follow the money

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 26, 2026 12:48 PM (mHVWR)

71 Is anything going to happen?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 26, 2026 12:46 PM

We won't know until either Brian "Sex Machine" Tater, or one of the That Guy bros show up.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2026 12:48 PM (0sNs1)

72 57 So now you fully understand why Walz was intended to be VP after they got rid of Trump.
Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 12:46 PM (HyaXg)

He was bringing home the bacon. Payoff for the payoff.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 12:48 PM (bss/y)

73 Flash Email Traffic

Vortex SPARC AR 2 MOA Red Dot Sight - SPC-AR2

$249.99 $74.99

https://tinyurl.com/3dfkms4j

I don't know if these are good or not but that's a helluva discount.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 26, 2026 12:48 PM (4NO2D)

74 50 48 >>>44 Ace, how's the new rocking chair working out?

good, thanks for asking. I've been using it as I've been putting together and cleaning my Weber grill, which I haven't used for ten years due to stupid HOA regulations. Now I can use it again.

Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 12:44 PM (1wjle)


Wait a sec, so you're rocking in a chair and assembling a grill at the same time? Fuck, that's next level, man, that's way beyond any shelving project!!!

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 12:48 PM (dmDsy)

75 Can we just arrest entire state givernments?

Posted by: steevy at March 26, 2026 12:48 PM (YwEeS)

76 53 Just wait until the Battle of the Five Baskerville Hounds"

Is that the one with Deadpool or Hermione?
Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 12:46 PM

Ricochet Rabbit

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 12:48 PM (Oq/TM)

77 I currently think fraud and theft is 50% of GNP. Not joking.

I hesitate to say this, but it’s starting to look like cutting out the fraud throughout the system would make welfare actually affordable.

Last year, spending was $7.01 trillion and income was $5.3 trillion. If fraud is only 25% of spending, we don’t have a spending problem. We have a fraud problem. And that’s not even taking into account how much of that $5.3 trillion is interest payments on the fraud of previous years.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 26, 2026 12:48 PM (EXyHK)

78 Anyone else doing the Hobbit challenge?
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace

I am. I'm on chapter 9.

Posted by: Tuna at March 26, 2026 12:48 PM (lJ0H4)

79 >>nyone else doing the Hobbit challenge?


Nope. Bad Timing.
I did finish Book 1 of The Faithful and the Fallen series by J. Gwynne.

Got about 4 Chapters into Book 2 before I fell asleep.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 12:49 PM (W7FsI)

80 63 I see now that the chair advertises it can support 380 pounds, so it's built for a more generous frame. That's why it's so big.

Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 12:47 PM (1wjle)

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That 300 pounds of muscle you carry should feel safe, I suppose.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 12:49 PM (gYVzu)

81 >>> I may read the LOTR trilogy again at some point, but I may have PTSD from how awful the Hobbit movies were in comparison.

As I wrote in the now-deleted post (which I'll post again tomorrow), if anyone was put off by the Hobbit movies, don't even worry about it mate, the movies were padded ridiculously to give them the same weight and slower pace of LOTR. The book itself is short and very fast.

Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 12:49 PM (1wjle)

82 As a troll, the content is irrelevant to my comment.

More at 11.

Posted by: Just The Tip at March 26, 2026 12:49 PM (RIvkX)

83 >>>I am. I'm on chapter 9.

Nice. What is that, Beorn? Or maybe the wood elves?

Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 12:49 PM (1wjle)

84 How is shutting off tracking of government money transfers even legal? How is it even an option?"

Easy.

/judge Kammanhawannalaya

Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 12:50 PM (XuXeR)

85 Man, I wish Robert Kennedy could get a Stephen Hawking-type voice device.... he has so much information to give, yet the delivery (through no fault of his own, of course) just kind of diminishes his message...


Am I being a bigot?
Posted by: SSBN 656

No, I can't stand listening to him, either.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 12:50 PM (77rzZ)

86 The Paolo, he was minding his own business, when suddenly Mrs. French was at the door. It was, as you say, a scramble to get something up after that.
Posted by: The Paolo

I'm sure your lunch obliged.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at March 26, 2026 12:50 PM (AXdFA)

87 I may have PTSD from how awful the Hobbit movies were in comparison.

If you can get over the weird accents and the generally poor cutting, the Rankin-Bass cartoon is very enjoyable. The art is strongly reminiscent of Tolkien’s own.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 26, 2026 12:50 PM (EXyHK)

88 The Hobbit was the best of the lot, in my opinion. LOTR, while not as bad as Dune, was not a fun read.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 26, 2026 12:50 PM (2ap+5)

89 Turns out 10% for 'the Big Guy' was only a portion of the grift.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 12:50 PM (p/Ri7)

90 Democrats are a clear and present danger to the Republic.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 26, 2026 12:50 PM (OWEbr)

91 81 As I wrote in the now-deleted post (which I'll post again tomorrow), if anyone was put off by the Hobbit movies, don't even worry about it mate, the movies were padded ridiculously to give them the same weight and slower pace of LOTR. The book itself is short and very fast.

Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 12:49 PM (1wjle)

======

*Freedom of Speech meme*

The Hobbit movies are more like histories of Middle Earth roughly 60 years before the events of The Lord of the Rings, and I enjoy them on that level.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 12:50 PM (gYVzu)

92 OMG! I am actually laughing through the disgust. Govt workers pulling the ol' bury the head in the sand when they see a problem instead of fixing it.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 26, 2026 12:51 PM (n5tGW)

93 >>if anyone was put off by the Hobbit movies

Warning: There's no Rocket Powered Rabbit Sleds in the book.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 12:51 PM (W7FsI)

94 The Democrat-Communist Party has always been a Criminal Syndicate -- with branches like the Clinton, Gore, Kerry, Obama, Biden, Feinstein, Pelosi, Newscum, et. al. Crime Families.

Posted by: ShainS at March 26, 2026 12:51 PM (SgYCn)

95 Can we just arrest entire state givernments?
Posted by: steevy at March 26, 2026 12:48 PM (YwEeS)
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Just the electeds and top appointeds. Three hundred people max to restore our freedom.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 12:51 PM (RIvkX)

96 I also just went crazy buying three collections of Robert E. Howard's stories, *and not the stories you would expect.* I got his El Borak desert warrior collection, his western tales collection, and one I think is just his horror stories. It says it has "Skull-Face" in it, which I've always heard of as a major story but I've never read.

I guess those will be waiting a while.

Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 12:51 PM (1wjle)

97 sorry still in (book three) of my re-reading of the Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons. Each book is like 800 pages lol. And complex.

but topical right now, and really really good stuff!

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 26, 2026 12:51 PM (j+aD2)

98 So, Ewoks vs. Hobbits. Who wins?

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 12:51 PM (77rzZ)

99 ace at March 26, 2026 12:47 PM (1wjle)

That's a big rocking chair, Ace.

Posted by: dantesed at March 26, 2026 12:52 PM (Oy/m2)

100 OMG! I am actually laughing through the disgust. Govt workers pulling the ol' bury the head in the sand when they see a problem instead of fixing it.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 26, 2026 12:51 PM (n5tGW)
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Plausible deniability means no accountability.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 12:52 PM (RIvkX)

101 padded ridiculously to give them the same weight and slower pace of LOTR.

This, too, is the story of Prometheus.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2026 12:52 PM (0sNs1)

102 >>>The Hobbit movies are more like histories of Middle Earth roughly 60 years before the events of The Lord of the Rings, and I enjoy them on that level.

I have learned to appreciate them for what they are but they are just not as much fun or as exciting as the book. And it's a rare case where there's a much smaller time commitment for the book than for the movie(s).

The Hobbit is legit one of my favorite books.

Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 12:52 PM (1wjle)

103 Stephen Colbert writing Lord of the Rings is like Gollum writing for Vogue.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 26, 2026 12:52 PM (OWEbr)

104 Nice. What is that, Beorn? Or maybe the wood elves?
Posted by: ace at March 26

Thorin captured by the wood elves and Bilbo and co. Just got away from the spiders.

Posted by: Tuna at March 26, 2026 12:52 PM (lJ0H4)

105 I wonder when the inflection point for stealing everything started? Probably when the debt really started to take off.

I thought I read somewhere that as bureaucracies die, stealing eveything was one of the last steps.

From Grok...

No, there is no well-known historical law or famous quote that says “as bureaucracies die, stealing everything is one of the last steps.”

However, the underlying pattern you’re thinking of is real and well-documented in political science, history, and economics. When complex bureaucratic systems (empires, states, large organizations) enter terminal decline, elite corruption, asset-stripping, and self-enrichment often become prominent in the final phases. It’s not always literally “the last step,” but it is a common late-stage symptom.

Why This Pattern Appears

As institutions weaken, the normal checks (accountability, oversight, shared long-term incentives) erode. The people inside the bureaucracy realize the system is collapsing and begin treating public or institutional resources as personal loot before the doors close. This is sometimes called a “bank-run on the state” — everyone grabs what they can while they still can

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 12:52 PM (Sco7b)

106 Anyone else doing the Hobbit challenge?
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace

Yes. I had second breakfast, elevensies and lunch.

Posted by: Josephistan at March 26, 2026 12:52 PM (y9ksN)

107 88 The Hobbit was the best of the lot, in my opinion. LOTR, while not as bad as Dune, was not a fun read.
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 26, 2026 12:50 PM (2ap+5)

My thoughts exactly - and yes, I've made it through the LOTR books twice, too.

I much preferred the Lewis books if I want fantasy...short, sweet, to the point...

It was WAY easier to sit through The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe twice vs LOTR...

Posted by: Nova Local at March 26, 2026 12:53 PM (tOcjL)

108 I don't know if these are good or not"

They are. I think they're equal to the Sig Romeo...

Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 12:53 PM (XuXeR)

109 103 Stephen Colbert writing Lord of the Rings is like Gollum writing for Vogue.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 26, 2026 12:52 PM (OWEbr)

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Colbert has long been a huge Tolkien nerd.

Honestly, I trust him more than I trust Andy Serkis who is all around a terrible filmmaker.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 12:53 PM (gYVzu)

110 I'm one of those people that is proud I don't read. Kind of like the ones who say they grew up without a TV or whatever, and no one gives a fuck?

Well I grew up without reading. Actually I *didnt* grow up without reading. Or should that be I didn't grow up WITH reading.

I don't know. Maybe I should have read more. Or grown up.

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 12:53 PM (HyaXg)

111 Are the gits demanding moar Hobbit shit?

Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 12:53 PM (n17eQ)

112 IIRC, there was a small town in Upstate NY that had a Paul Bunyan style Rocking Chair.

Somewhere I have a picture of a yonug me sitting in it.
It's like 20' tall.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 12:54 PM (W7FsI)

113 Turns out 10% for 'the Big Guy' was only a portion of the grift.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 12:50 PM

Everyone up and down the line was paying tribute to someone. There's a lot of friction in organized crime.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 26, 2026 12:54 PM (4NO2D)

114 No rocker is complete without a headrest like Amos McCoy had on The Real McCoys. It said....

Posted by: ...Rest Thy Head at March 26, 2026 12:54 PM (oftw2)

115 Being a Tolkien nerd does not equate to being a good writer.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 26, 2026 12:55 PM (OWEbr)

116 Songs From The Big Rocking Chair - AceofSpades (1983)

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 12:55 PM (W7FsI)

117 The Hobbit movies"

Ever try the "Tolkien Edit"?

Not bad...

Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 12:55 PM (XuXeR)

118 I really dislike fantasy. The closest I've ever come to reading fantasy was Watership Down in Middle School.

I read Frankenstein last fall, but that's sci-fi. Actually takes place in our world rather than a completely made-up one.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 12:55 PM (77rzZ)

119 110 I'm one of those people that is proud I don't read. Kind of like the ones who say they grew up without a TV or whatever, and no one gives a fuck?

Well I grew up without reading. Actually I *didnt* grow up without reading. Or should that be I didn't grow up WITH reading.

I don't know. Maybe I should have read more. Or grown up.
Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 12:53 PM (HyaXg)

Most classics I didn't read til adulthood. You can always pick up the habit at any point.

Like this was my 1st time with Mamet and Beckett. And I have to say - Marlowe needs WAY more credit for Dr Faustus than he gets. It rivals anything Shakespeare did, and has just as much effect on later artistic and written works...

Posted by: Nova Local at March 26, 2026 12:55 PM (tOcjL)

120 115 Being a Tolkien nerd does not equate to being a good writer.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 26, 2026 12:55 PM (OWEbr)

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He's cowriting with his son, who is a screenwriter, and Peter Jackson is producing.

They're not going to take the first unfocused thoughts from Stephen's word processor and film it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 12:56 PM (gYVzu)

121 103 Stephen Colbert writing Lord of the Rings is like Gollum writing for Vogue.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 26, 2026 12:52 PM (OWEbr

If anyone missed it, Colbert was also a computer voice on Starfleet Academy!!

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 12:56 PM (Sco7b)

122 I'm a big fan of Lord of the Rings. Big fan. Read it 20 times! Me, Mary.

Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein from the Ladies' Auxiliary in Brattleboro, VT at March 26, 2026 12:56 PM (RIvkX)

123 Andy Serkis who is all around a terrible filmmaker."

And he beats fish!

Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 12:56 PM (XuXeR)

124 I remember when every couch and chair had a head doily because lots of men used the pomade.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 26, 2026 12:56 PM (4NO2D)

125 118 I really dislike fantasy. The closest I've ever come to reading fantasy was Watership Down in Middle School.

I read Frankenstein last fall, but that's sci-fi. Actually takes place in our world rather than a completely made-up one.
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Where does Big Fish fit in? I really liked that.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 12:56 PM (n17eQ)

126 I suggest you check out the MemeCopium (youtube) 'Rangs of Power' recap series.

It's well worth the time wasted.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 12:56 PM (W7FsI)

127 What is best in life?

Dwarven women with finely groomed beards.

Posted by: Gimli at March 26, 2026 12:57 PM (0sNs1)

128 Man, I wish Robert Kennedy could get a Stephen Hawking-type voice device.... he has so much information to give, yet the delivery (through no fault of his own, of course) just kind of diminishes his message...

Am I being a bigot?

Posted by: SSBN 656

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"Guilty of throat privilege."

/obligatory Linda Lovelace and Mark Felt (a Deep Stater before it was cool)

Posted by: ShainS at March 26, 2026 12:57 PM (SgYCn)

129 I've read LOTR 3 times. Even did an independent study project paper on it at a college ace knows.

I'm not sure I can bring myself to read it again.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 12:57 PM (viF8m)

130 Military Tribunals is the only fix to this tyranny.

Followed by public hangings.

This is beyond fraud. It is treason.

If this is cause for Civil War, bring it on now. It will be the only reckoning and rectification for the diabolical communism that has taken hold of our country.

Posted by: Minuteman at March 26, 2026 12:57 PM (4sOFt)

131 I hate when AI gets all

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Akshually you don't know that shit you know.

Why it matters
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FUCK YOU

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 12:57 PM (HyaXg)

132 my Weber grill, which I haven't used for ten years due to stupid HOA regulations. Now I can use it again.
Posted by: ace

I had an HOA that banned the use of charcoal grills (we could use propane ones) because retards were dumping hot coals in the communal dumpsters. The HOA was taking pictures of resident's patios and balconies that had a grill, so I found an empty propane bottle and placed it underneath mine.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at March 26, 2026 12:57 PM (AXdFA)

133 I remember when every couch and chair had a head doily because lots of men used the pomade.
Posted by: toby928(c)

Fop or Dapper Dan?

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 12:57 PM (77rzZ)

134 Andy Serkis who is all around a terrible filmmaker."

And he beats fish!
Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 12:56 PM

The love that dare not speak its name.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 26, 2026 12:57 PM (4NO2D)

135 Actually takes place in our world rather than a completely made-up one."

So it's not ab normal?

Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 12:57 PM (XuXeR)

136 >>> The Hobbit was the best of the lot, in my opinion. LOTR, while not as bad as Dune, was not a fun read.

I think LOTR is very rewarding but things that are very fulfilling are sometimes hard to get through. But the Hobbit is a breeze to get through.

Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 12:57 PM (1wjle)

137 "Guilty of throat privilege."
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Don't knock it til you've tried it

Posted by: Kamala at March 26, 2026 12:57 PM (HyaXg)

138 Can we start collecting money to pay back taxpayers for the fraud? E.g., confiscate Walz's paychecks until he pays off the $9,000,000,000 in fraud he enabled?

Posted by: Dave at March 26, 2026 12:57 PM (sbsMc)

139 Oregon has twice the share of population signed up for food stamps that Idaho does, and it seems evident that Oregon is ignoring food stamp fraud as a matter of policy.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 26, 2026 12:58 PM (n1OCj)

140 I've read LOTR once while in High School. That was enough.

Posted by: dantesed at March 26, 2026 12:58 PM (Oy/m2)

141 I too appreciate the fine writing and literature of Lord of the Rings. It holds my interest as much as trolling AoS.

Posted by: dumbaindo at March 26, 2026 12:58 PM (RIvkX)

142 With no way to scrape the money back from the fraudsters, as much probably moved out of the country, it's time to implement a system to get the money back by taking it from those who deliberately allowed it.

Posted by: Rbastid at March 26, 2026 12:58 PM (FSDri)

143 Why This Pattern Appears

As institutions weaken, the normal checks (accountability, oversight, shared long-term incentives) erode. The people inside the bureaucracy realize the system is collapsing and begin treating public or institutional resources as personal loot before the doors close. This is sometimes called a “bank-run on the state” — everyone grabs what they can while they still can

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 12:52 PM

cf. Pournelle's Law

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2026 12:58 PM (0sNs1)

144 >>I'm one of those people that is proud I don't read.

I can't even imagine this.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 12:59 PM (W7FsI)

145 129 I've read LOTR 3 times. Even did an independent study project paper on it at a college ace knows.

I'm not sure I can bring myself to read it again.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 12:57 PM (viF8m)

See, I did an independent project on Orwell (and I've read his works now 3-4 times?)...and I could still read them again.

Yes, he's still one of my favorites...

Posted by: Nova Local at March 26, 2026 12:59 PM (tOcjL)

146 109 103 Stephen Colbert writing Lord of the Rings is like Gollum writing for Vogue.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 26, 2026 12:52 PM (OWEbr)

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Colbert has long been a huge Tolkien nerd.

Honestly, I trust him more than I trust Andy Serkis who is all around a terrible filmmaker.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 12:53 PM (gYVzu)


Sorry, man, but being a "Tolkien Nerd" is not enough to gain him any credence (in my mind), given the last 10 years of his absolutely horrific and downright false takes on the world today...

Yes, I know his show was a product of the network and his writers, but the mere fact that he so willingly debased himself nightly makes me want to just punch him in the face.

Repeatedly.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 12:59 PM (dmDsy)

147 What is best in life?

Dwarven women with finely groomed beards.

Posted by: Gimli at March 26, 2026 12:57 PM (0sNs1)

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I always expected the Klingon babes to have beards ...

Posted by: ShainS at March 26, 2026 12:59 PM (SgYCn)

148 Fraud vitiates all things. This goes back to 2020 and before.

The accounts require balancing. And necks require stretching.

Posted by: Minuteman at March 26, 2026 12:59 PM (4sOFt)

149 rectification for the diabolical communism"

It's that like the Vuldronaii?

Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 01:00 PM (XuXeR)

150 three dots! it's never too late

graphic novels are a good way to start. Art Speigelman's Maus is an idea.

OR

poetry compilations, or something short and sweet like The Dubliners by Joyce or Four Quartets by TS Eliot

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 26, 2026 01:00 PM (j+aD2)

151 All posts are transitory.

Posted by: The Deli Llama at March 26, 2026 01:00 PM (7Q0e+)

152 can't even imagine this.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 12:59 PM (W7FsI)

Imagine you can't concentrate on anything you don't really really really want to for more than three seconds without feeling like you're going to be swallowed by a vortex full of black holes. That's me.

Posted by: Kamala at March 26, 2026 01:00 PM (HyaXg)

153 Sorry, man, but being a "Tolkien Nerd" is not enough to gain him any credence (in my mind), given the last 10 years of his absolutely horrific and downright false takes on the world today...


and his son is just a nepot, with nothing to speak of as far as a screenwriting resume.

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 26, 2026 01:01 PM (j+aD2)

154 Not Kamala. Me.

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 01:01 PM (HyaXg)

155 All posts are transitory.
Posted by: The Deli Llama at March 26, 2026 01:00 PM

Except for noods.

The Nood abides.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2026 01:01 PM (0sNs1)

156 Batman Fires The Batman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs66p5jQ9dM

Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 01:01 PM (1wjle)

157 You rang?

Posted by: A Large and Moving Torg at March 26, 2026 01:01 PM (4NO2D)

158 Marlowe needs WAY more credit for Dr Faustus than he gets. It rivals anything Shakespeare did, and has just as much effect on later artistic and written works...
Posted by: Nova Local
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Agreed.

Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 01:01 PM (E4rtv)

159 cf. Pournelle's Law
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2026 12:58 PM (0sNs1)

Sucks to see it live....

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 01:01 PM (Sco7b)

160 > I remember when every couch and chair had a head doily because lots of men used the pomade.

Soul Glow?

Posted by: bonhomme at March 26, 2026 01:01 PM (mkw2N)

161 146 Sorry, man, but being a "Tolkien Nerd" is not enough to gain him any credence (in my mind), given the last 10 years of his absolutely horrific and downright false takes on the world today...

Yes, I know his show was a product of the network and his writers, but the mere fact that he so willingly debased himself nightly makes me want to just punch him in the face.

Repeatedly.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 12:59 PM (dmDsy)

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There's a world of difference between writing an adaptation of a work he loves and performing (and probably writing) material on topical matters.

Does that mean Colbert will inject politics into the story? Honestly, I don't know either way. He could do it. He could decide that Tolkien unburdened by modern political lenses are preferable, like how Jackson, his producer on this project, did in the original movies.

I'm just saying, Colbert's fandom is a positive, and people act like it doesn't exist.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 01:01 PM (gYVzu)

162 Stephen Colbert writing Lord of the Rings is like Gollum writing for Vogue.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 26, 2026 12:52 PM (OWEbr)

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Colbert has long been a huge Tolkien nerd.

Honestly, I trust him more than I trust Andy Serkis who is all around a terrible filmmaker.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 12:53 PM (gYVzu)


Sorry, man, but being a "Tolkien Nerd" is not enough to gain him any credence (in my mind), given the last 10 years of his absolutely horrific and downright false takes on the world today...

Yes, I know his show was a product of the network and his writers, but the mere fact that he so willingly debased himself nightly makes me want to just punch him in the face.

Repeatedly.
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 12:59 PM (dmDsy)
_____

The final version of this script will have about 13 words written by Colbert. Maybe 14 words. The script will be wipe-your-ass-with-it terrible, but Colbert will have no hand in that. He got this gig for marketing and to reward him for years of faithful leftwing service. But they don't intend to actually use his script, assuming he even writes one.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 26, 2026 01:02 PM (iFTx/)

163 Where does Big Fish fit in? I really liked that.

Wonderful movie. Probably magical realism, but part of its charm is that it is its own category.

Wikipedia says “fantasy drama” which is really just an acknowledgment that whoever wrote that doesn’t know what they’re talking about. IMDB gives it four categories: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance. Why not add anime in, too, cover all the bases.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 26, 2026 01:02 PM (EXyHK)

164 you cannot claw back the fraud!

income tax must end!

at LEAST stop punishing the non-thieves who are productive.

you have to stop the beatings

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 26, 2026 01:02 PM (j+aD2)

165 All posts are transitory.
Posted by: The Deli Llama"

I'll have the smoked turkey. Thanks

Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 01:02 PM (XuXeR)

166
I always expected the Klingon babes to have beards ...

Posted by: ShainS at March 26, 2026 12:59 PM (SgYCn)

Mooch did....

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 01:02 PM (Sco7b)

167 >>Not Kamala. Me.

I can't read alone, in a quiet room.

But, add music or a crowded room and I can drill down for hours at a time.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 01:03 PM (W7FsI)

168 Just to Bandwagon-

I've read The Hobbit and LOTR several times each. It's been a while since.

Among my fave all-time reads.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 26, 2026 01:03 PM (DgMqy)

169 >>Plausible deniability means no accountability.

Honestly, read this as Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark lyrics.

Posted by: EatChootaDroid at March 26, 2026 01:03 PM (NcvvS)

170 Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 01:03 PM (W7FsI)

Yeah I use music to do most work or creative stuff.

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 01:04 PM (HyaXg)

171 I thought I read somewhere that as bureaucracies die, stealing everything was one of the last steps.

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I always assumed that the phrase "The Looting of the Republic Stage" goes back at least to the Roman Empire.

Posted by: ShainS at March 26, 2026 01:04 PM (SgYCn)

172 you have to stop the beatings"

Why? Has the morale improved?

Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 01:04 PM (XuXeR)

173 Imagine you can't concentrate on anything you don't really really really want to for more than three seconds without feeling like you're going to be swallowed by a vortex full of black holes. That's me.


then my suggestions are sound!

poetry compilations (like interesting ones, eliot, Carrington)

or graphic novels (shortish ones with great art)

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 26, 2026 01:04 PM (j+aD2)

174 The Nood abides.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2026 01:01 PM (0sNs1)
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Please Note: this is not an actual nood.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 01:04 PM (RIvkX)

175 One day this war will end...





*abruptly walks off*

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 26, 2026 01:04 PM (4NO2D)

176 rectification for the diabolical communism"

It's that like the Vuldronaii?
Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 01:00 PM

I've seen things...

Posted by: Zuul at March 26, 2026 01:05 PM (kgE5c)

177 phrase "The Looting of the Republic Stage" goes back at least to the Roman Empire."

Look at the cycles of Egyptian empires...

Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 01:05 PM (XuXeR)

178 The point of government is to take money from the productive class, anything all the government does is incidental.

And immigrants, especially illegal ones, are the greatest grift the government has ever found

Posted by: 18-1 at March 26, 2026 01:05 PM (sKqQm)

179 Stephen Colbert writing Lord of the Rings is like Gollum writing for Vogue.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 26, 2026 12:52 PM (OWEbr)


I can smell the stink 50 miles from NYC

Posted by: Nicless at March 26, 2026 01:05 PM (nPp6w)

180 Anyone else doing the Hobbit challenge? I got through three chapters.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace

Ok
I will borrow an audio book version

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 26, 2026 01:05 PM (gDlxJ)

181 I'm just saying, Colbert's fandom is a positive, and people act like it doesn't exist.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 01:01 PM (gYVzu)


Now that is a narrow point we can agree on... if he loves the source material, I guess I can give him the benefit of the doubt.


Still gonna punch him, tho...

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 01:05 PM (dmDsy)

182 Got a summary of benefits for American Express Premium Car Rental Protection today. There is only one listed prohibition on them canceling the policy:

We may not cancel or non-renew this Policy based solely on the fact that the Covered Person is an elected official.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 26, 2026 01:05 PM (EXyHK)

183 Please Note: this is not an actual nood.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 01:04 PM

You went and looked, didn't you?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 26, 2026 01:05 PM (kgE5c)

184 >>and his son is just a nepot, with nothing to speak of as far as a screenwriting resume.

It'll be mostly Philippa Boyens writing it with a little assistance from Colbert's son, Peter McGee. Colbert himself will just sit there saying, "sounds good, sounds good" and get a writer's credit out of it.

Posted by: one hour sober at March 26, 2026 01:05 PM (Y1sOo)

185 42 So, who's surprised we're nearly $40 Trillion Dollars in debt?

Beuller?
Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 12:42 PM (XuXeR)

If we stop having a military and a State Department and seal off America from all evil foreigners, it will magically go away!!!

Posted by: Isolationists and Code Pinkers at March 26, 2026 01:05 PM (464q3)

186 Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 26, 2026 01:04 PM (j+aD2)

Yes I.thought they were excellent but I already told you you are a genius

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 01:06 PM (HyaXg)

187 >>I use music to do most work or creative stuff.

Music, Talk Radio / Podcasts.

Every Winter I listen to the entire LOTR BBC Production while I butcher my Deer / Elk / Antelope.

13 CDs worth of BBC Drama makes 2 days of cutting and wrapping tolerable.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 01:06 PM (W7FsI)

188 173 Imagine you can't concentrate on anything you don't really really really want to for more than three seconds without feeling like you're going to be swallowed by a vortex full of black holes. That's me.


then my suggestions are sound!

poetry compilations (like interesting ones, eliot, Carrington)

or graphic novels (shortish ones with great art)
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 26, 2026 01:04 PM (j+aD2)

Short stories -

The Lottery (by Shirley Jackson) or Harrison Bergeron (by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.) are both 10 minutes of reading (15 on the outside) and enough to make your skin crawl...and to show the magic that even a short story can bring...

Posted by: Nova Local at March 26, 2026 01:06 PM (tOcjL)

189 Too bad voters are in the dark about the Democrats raping their constituents.

This should be a huge story, but since it shows Democrats in a bad light, crickets.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 26, 2026 01:06 PM (NpAcC)

190 Two "classic" books I would not mind seeing purged from any curriculum as they are horrible reads are:

Catcher in the Rye
A Separate Peace

What gawd awful crap!!

Two other classics that were a struggle reading (but made great movies!!!)

Moby Dick
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 01:06 PM (4q/mG)

191 I don't know if these are good or not but that's a helluva discount.
Posted by: toby928(c)
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Vortex makes decent optics. But so do others now at approximately the same price point.

Vortex, unless it has slipped lately, does have good warranty service which some of its competitors at that price point may or may not have.

Caveat Emptor though.

Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 01:06 PM (E4rtv)

192 Hunt for Gollum looks ... really stupid and boring. Who cares what happened in the period between the birthday party and the fellowship?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 26, 2026 01:06 PM (iFTx/)

193 If you don't know whose pocket the money came from it was yours. If you do know and they're bragging it was yours too.

Posted by: DaveA at March 26, 2026 01:06 PM (FhXTo)

194 You went and looked, didn't you?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 26, 2026 01:05 PM (kgE5c)
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I always like to check my facts.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 01:07 PM (RIvkX)

195 118 I really dislike fantasy. The closest I've ever come to reading fantasy was Watership Down in Middle School.

I read Frankenstein last fall, but that's sci-fi. Actually takes place in our world rather than a completely made-up one.
---------------
A.B. Gutherie's The Big Sky and The Way West were my adolescent version of fantasy reading.

Posted by: Cosda at March 26, 2026 01:07 PM (WmJ2H)

196 I don’t even like LOTR and the thought of Colbert writing anything for it is repulsive.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 01:07 PM (464q3)

197 I see now that the chair advertises it can support 380 pounds, so it's built for a more generous frame. That's why it's so big.

Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 12:47 PM (1wjle)

Tank abrams can crush it just with her under arm fat.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 26, 2026 01:07 PM (snZF9)

198 Free Hobbit audiobook (might as well have it be exciting when you listen...and free)...

https://archive.org/details/TheHobbitAudiobook

Posted by: Nova Local at March 26, 2026 01:07 PM (tOcjL)

199 I'm watching the Mets
. Not that I like them but I'm on the couch in agony from gout. Also because I couldn't watch the Yankees last night

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 26, 2026 01:07 PM (mHVWR)

200 181 Now that is a narrow point we can agree on... if he loves the source material, I guess I can give him the benefit of the doubt.


Still gonna punch him, tho...

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 01:05 PM (dmDsy)

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"His hiring doesn't make sense!"

"He loves Tolkien and even got a cameo in the second Hobbit movie, so he already knows Jackson."

"It doesn't make sense!"

I mean...I feel no excitement or anything towards the affair. My enthusiasm for more Tolkien adaptations were drained out with the Hobbit (which I do enjoy). I've never even watched a minute of Rings of Power I care so little.

But in the world we have, Colbert adapting Tolkien is better than the people who made Rings of Power who seem to have open contempt for Tolkien.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 01:07 PM (gYVzu)

201 15 As we roll northward on I65, we are once again reminded that there is no concentration of stupidity as dense as an indiana driver and an interstate passing lane.
Posted by: 2009Refugee
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Not going to disagree being a Hoosier and all but having driven from The Crossroads to B'more and back last weekend, I can say there are a lot of folks competing for darwin awards.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at March 26, 2026 01:07 PM (VkY89)

202 I could never get through the LOTR books. I made it about a quarter of the way through book 2 and gave up. At least 3 times.

I watched the movie trilogy once.


Once.

Posted by: Danny Vermin at March 26, 2026 01:07 PM (4Alum)

203 The funny part of this is we are only talking about the fraud because the governing class has gotten SO greedy.

There has always been a large amount of fraud in the government, it is inevitable.

But starting under Barky they pushed the pedal to the metal, and then under Biden they just started grabbing money from the public till straight in our faces.

Remember Biden almost doubled the federal budget and ALL of that increase was stolen.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 26, 2026 01:08 PM (sKqQm)

204 I read all the Hornblower books as a preteen. I'm not sure where I am going with this comment but there it is.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 26, 2026 01:08 PM (4NO2D)

205 I'm just saying, Colbert's fandom is a positive, and people act like it doesn't exist.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 01:01 PM (gYVzu)


Now that is a narrow point we can agree on... if he loves the source material, I guess I can give him the benefit of the doubt.


Still gonna punch him, tho...
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 01:05 PM (dmDsy)
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I've heard many times before how a director or screenwriter loves, just loves certain source material. Then they make a movie that shits on the source material. I'm not buying any of this.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 26, 2026 01:08 PM (iFTx/)

206 northward on I65, we are once again reminded that there is no concentration of stupidity as dense as an indiana driver and an interstate passing lane.
Posted by: 2009Refugee

Wait for the enhancements.

Posted by: Rollover wind speeds cooking up mid-Illlinois at March 26, 2026 01:08 PM (FhXTo)

207 I remember when every couch and chair had a head doily because lots of men used the pomade.

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I once heard a stewardess an airline attendant say that the nastiest place on an airplane was the headrest.

Posted by: ShainS at March 26, 2026 01:08 PM (SgYCn)

208 I think I mentioned it yesterday, but Brian Mclelland: Powder Mage Trilogy and related stories/novellas are well worth the time.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 01:08 PM (W7FsI)

209 three dots that is very sweet to say

I have a favorite book that I don't actually have anymore because I always give them away. especially to "non-readers" - The Dictionary of the Khazars (who I assumed were fictional and learned HERE that they existed!). it's basically a book of poetry but organized as a dictionary. it's something you can just randomly open and find something interesting to think about. It's like The Devil's Dictionary (but nicer) so that is another great idea for you (Bierce is also fantastic).

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 26, 2026 01:09 PM (j+aD2)

210 196 I don’t even like LOTR

Heathen

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 01:09 PM (4q/mG)

211 Late to this but just gotta say I've turned into one of those who says "NOTHING IS GOING TO FUCKING COME OF THIS!"


But Susan Rice is gonna come after us for neglected parking tickets once they come back into power.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at March 26, 2026 01:09 PM (KQmzo)

212 69 my Weber grill, which I haven't used for ten years due to stupid HOA regulations. Now I can use it again.
Posted by: ace

Wow, who runs your HOA, Kim Jung-un?


Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 12:48 PM (77rzZ)

HOAs in America are the equivalent of CDRs in Cuba.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 01:10 PM (464q3)

213 Every Winter I listen to the entire LOTR BBC Production while I butcher my Deer / Elk / Antelope.

13 CDs worth of BBC Drama makes 2 days of cutting and wrapping tolerable.
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 01:06 PM

Cassette tapes in my case, but that made a cross country drive tolerable.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 26, 2026 01:10 PM (kgE5c)

214 Everyone relax.

Colbert can only improve LOTR.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 01:10 PM (RIvkX)

215 The LotR movies are a pale imitation of the books.

Posted by: tubal at March 26, 2026 01:10 PM (/HeZH)

216 205 I've heard many times before how a director or screenwriter loves, just loves certain source material. Then they make a movie that shits on the source material. I'm not buying any of this.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 26, 2026 01:08 PM (iFTx/)

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This isn't "I got hired and now I'm saying I love the source material."

Colbert has long, long loved it. It's been a very public thing.

And, as you yourself pointed out, Colbert's contributions are going to be filtered through other people.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 01:10 PM (gYVzu)

217 Moby Dick

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 01:06 PM (4q/mG)

Melville REALLY knew a lot about whaling, whale processing, and whales...

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 01:10 PM (Sco7b)

218 156 Batman Fires The Batman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs66p5jQ9dM
Posted by: ace


Holy shit. What was that?

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 26, 2026 01:11 PM (W2Pud)

219 Posted by: Nova Local at March 26, 2026 01:06 PM (tOcjL)

I did do Bergeron. I can sort of digest a short story. Sort of.

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 01:11 PM (HyaXg)

220 I've heard many times before how a director or screenwriter loves, just loves certain source material. Then they make a movie that shits on the source material. I'm not buying any of this.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 26, 2026 01:08 PM (iFTx/)

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As Ace mentioned yesterday, look at how they recently turned "Animal Farm" into a pro-socialist / anti-capitalist film.

And IIRC, that was produced by Angel Studios of all places!

Posted by: ShainS at March 26, 2026 01:11 PM (SgYCn)

221 Please Note: this is not an actual nood.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 01:04 PM

"This is a test of the Emergency Nood System. The bloggers of your area in voluntary cooperation with the Federal, State and local blogging authorities have developed this system to keep you informed in the event of an nood. If this had been an actual nood, (optional -- commenters may mention the types of noods likely to occurr in their area) the Attention Signal you just heard would have been followed by official information, news or instructions. This blog (optional -- insert blog name) serves the (operational area name) area. This concludes this test of the Emergency Nood System."

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2026 01:11 PM (0sNs1)

222 75 Can we just arrest entire state givernments?
Posted by: steevy at March 26, 2026 12:48 PM (YwEeS)

I’m tellin ya, revert MN to Territory status.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 01:11 PM (464q3)

223 Of course it was to steal as much as possible from the US taxpayer and Clovin-Piven the country. But another aspect is that THEY MUST SPEND ALL THE MONEY OR RISK GETTING LESS. RISK TAKING LESS FROM AMERICANS.

I think that is a major motivation. There should be an immediate across the board 25% cut of all federal government funding. Then we start targeting certain departments for their 50-80% cuts.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at March 26, 2026 01:11 PM (xvV+O)

224 Sorry I sidetracked the Tolkien thread.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at March 26, 2026 01:12 PM (KQmzo)

225 I am not reading LOTR because every time I think things are sort of settled, something weird happens in my life. Like my friend, who is pretty high up on the cute / crazy matrix, is marrying a man she met 3 months ago - she also works for me and during the short time between the last husband and this guy, she picked up a ton of the classes. New guy is a lawyer so she is deciding she doesn’t need to work. She is “prioritizing herself”. I was worried about her rushing into this, because she is just an awful picker of men, but now I wonder if I should be worried about him. 😂

Posted by: Piper at March 26, 2026 01:12 PM (OoFl2)

226 Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 26, 2026 01:09 PM (j+aD2)

Noted. I have never heard of any of these!

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 01:12 PM (HyaXg)

227 220 And IIRC, that was produced by Angel Studios of all places!

Posted by: ShainS at March 26, 2026 01:11 PM (SgYCn)

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Animal Farm was independently produced, and then they couldn't find anyone to buy the distribution rights.

Angel bought the distribution rights, probably for very cheap, long after post-production was finished.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 01:12 PM (gYVzu)

228 204 I read all the Hornblower books as a preteen. I'm not sure where I am going with this comment but there it is.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 26, 2026 01:08 PM

Check out the Aubrey/Maturin series by Patick O'Brian. Two of the books were the basis of the movie Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 01:12 PM (4q/mG)

229 But starting under Barky they pushed the pedal to the metal"

Yeah. That administration really let the freak flag fly...

Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 01:13 PM (XuXeR)

230 >>Moby Dick
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

If you like Moby Dick and haven't read it try In The Heart of The Sea. Easier to read and true.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 01:13 PM (viF8m)

231 As Ace mentioned yesterday, look at how they recently turned "Animal Farm" into a pro-socialist / anti-capitalist film.

And IIRC, that was produced by Angel Studios of all places!

Posted by: ShainS at March 26, 2026 01:11 PM (SgYCn)

Anything can be anything if you have no conscience.

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 01:13 PM (HyaXg)

232 Tousi wishes to remind Tucker & Co. that Trump has been calling for action against Iran for 47 years. As have I.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 01:14 PM (RIvkX)

233 219 Posted by: Nova Local at March 26, 2026 01:06 PM (tOcjL)

I did do Bergeron. I can sort of digest a short story. Sort of.
Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 01:11 PM (HyaXg)

You can move yourself up from short stories to novellas and plays. Most plays are only 60-80 pages (as are novellas)...

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a good novella to move up with...you know the concept, but you don't know the story, and so it makes for something easy to stay attached to.

Posted by: Nova Local at March 26, 2026 01:14 PM (tOcjL)

234 >>Cassette tapes in my case, but that made a cross country drive tolerable.


Nice. I no longer have a car with a cassette player in it.

Which sucks as I have about 1.5k Cassettes of Concert Boots in my collection.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 01:14 PM (W7FsI)

235 129 I've read LOTR 3 times. Even did an independent study project paper on it at a college ace knows.

I'm not sure I can bring myself to read it again.
Posted by: JackStraw
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I can sympathize with that view. Fwiw, if you want a fun pastiche of characters from throughout the world of literature, try picking up a copy of Silverlock by John Myers Myers.

Even sends literature graduate students to the stacks for its references and characters.

Easy read, especially for an allegory based loosely on A Pilgrim's Progress by Bunyan except much less serious (and religion is largely absent here) on the surface. Filksinging of some of the passages used to be a feature at cons back in the day. Think Poul Anderson's wife among others was responsible for putting some of the poems within to music.

Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 01:14 PM (E4rtv)

236 I'm not doing the Hobbit challenge. I'm listening to the Hail Mary audiobook.

The first three chapters are riveting.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at March 26, 2026 01:14 PM (Zst8M)

237 >>Check out the Aubrey/Maturin series by Patick O'Brian. Two of the books were the basis of the movie Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Read all of them. Twice.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 01:14 PM (viF8m)

238 I was snide about hijacking the thread but I want to say that Tolkien was actually a big influence in my life. And still is.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at March 26, 2026 01:14 PM (KQmzo)

239 217 Melville REALLY knew a lot about whaling, whale processing, and whales...

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 01:10 PM

Waaay to much

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 01:14 PM (4q/mG)

240 Animal Farm is another good move up novella...if you prefer the dystopian to the gothic...

Posted by: Nova Local at March 26, 2026 01:14 PM (tOcjL)

241 Which sucks as I have about 1.5k Cassettes of Concert Boots in my collection.
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 01:14 PM

What percentage of them are Deads?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2026 01:14 PM (0sNs1)

242 But in the world we have, Colbert adapting Tolkien is better than the people who made Rings of Power who seem to have open contempt for Tolkien.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 01:07 PM (gYVzu)


Again, a good point, as long as you think someone like a Stephen Colbert can, regardless of his "love of the source material", will actually produce something worthwhile.

While we are at it, what exactly is the point of him doing this? I seem to have forgot the over-arching theme of this discussion.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 01:15 PM (dmDsy)

243 118 I really dislike fantasy. The closest I've ever come to reading fantasy was Watership Down in Middle School.

My fourth grade teacher, who was otherwise an amazing human being, read The Chronicles of Narnia to us. What she was doing unwittingly was killing any taste I had for fantasy.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 01:15 PM (464q3)

244 Nice. I no longer have a car with a cassette player in it.

Which sucks as I have about 1.5k Cassettes of Concert Boots in my collection.
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 01:14 PM

This was about 30 years ago. Hell, my new car doesn't even have a cd player, which annoys me.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 26, 2026 01:15 PM (kgE5c)

245 >>>I read all the Hornblower books as a preteen. I'm not sure where I am going with this comment but there it is.

are they good? I saw the Brit TV production, with Ioan Gruffeld (or whatever, he played Mr. Fantastic) and really liked those.

Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 01:15 PM (1wjle)

246 242 While we are at it, what exactly is the point of him doing this? I seem to have forgot the over-arching theme of this discussion.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 01:15 PM (dmDsy)

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I believe it started talking about the Treasury Department investigating illicitly given out funds under the Biden regime.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 01:16 PM (gYVzu)

247 Like this was my 1st time with Mamet and Beckett. And I have to say - Marlowe needs WAY more credit for Dr Faustus than he gets. It rivals anything Shakespeare did, and has just as much effect on later artistic and written works...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 26, 2026 12:55 PM (tOcjL)

Yeah but are we always quoting Marlowe?

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 01:16 PM (464q3)

248 230 If you like Moby Dick and haven't read it try In The Heart of The Sea. Easier to read and true.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 01:13 PM

I saw the movie (and liked it), will check out the book. Thanks!!

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 01:16 PM (4q/mG)

249 Angel bought the distribution rights, probably for very cheap, long after post-production was finished.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 01:12 PM (gYVzu)
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They should have sh*tcanned it rather than distribute corrupted material.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 01:16 PM (RIvkX)

250 Yes, the Hornblower books are good. Very good. While not absolutely required, I suggest you read them in order.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2026 01:17 PM (0sNs1)

251 I am having scary visions of ace INSIDE rocking himself to sleep in his comfy rocking chair while OUTSIDE his tomahawk steak burns to black on the Weber.

Posted by: washrivergal at March 26, 2026 01:17 PM (lUfIe)

252 Patrick Stewart did a Narnia reading set a while ago. I don't like audio books but I used to have it on for the kids when they were little, driving them around

they loved it! and still remember those books fondly

the movies were ok. kind of meh. Narnia is best imagined.

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 26, 2026 01:17 PM (j+aD2)

253 158 Marlowe needs WAY more credit for Dr Faustus than he gets. It rivals anything Shakespeare did, and has just as much effect on later artistic and written works...
Posted by: Nova Local
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Agreed.
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Agreed, too.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 01:17 PM (n17eQ)

254 Yeah but are we always quoting Marlowe?
Posted by: Cow Demon


No, you're quoting me.
-- The Earl of Oxford

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 01:17 PM (77rzZ)

255 Melville REALLY knew a lot about whaling, whale processing, and whales...

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 01:10 PM (Sco7b)
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Shipped on a whaler, so it stands to reason.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 01:17 PM (CVAWM)

256 Anyone else doing the Hobbit challenge? I got through three chapters. It took me a while to finish the Agatha Christie Miss Marple story, or I would have gotten further.
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I finished The Hobbit and started Fellowship of the Ring.

I also just bought two Agatha Christie books: Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 01:17 PM (ESVrU)

257 247 Like this was my 1st time with Mamet and Beckett. And I have to say - Marlowe needs WAY more credit for Dr Faustus than he gets. It rivals anything Shakespeare did, and has just as much effect on later artistic and written works...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 26, 2026 12:55 PM (tOcjL)

Yeah but are we always quoting Marlowe?
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 01:16 PM (464q3)

When we mention folks making deals with the devil, we effectively are...

Posted by: Nova Local at March 26, 2026 01:17 PM (tOcjL)

258 236 I'm listening to the Hail Mary audiobook.

The first three chapters are riveting.
Posted by: Cybersmythe at March 26, 2026 01:14 PM

You will not be disappointed. I am looking to check out the movie. Hearing good things about it.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 01:18 PM (4q/mG)

259 249 Angel bought the distribution rights, probably for very cheap, long after post-production was finished.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 01:12 PM (gYVzu)
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They should have sh*tcanned it rather than distribute corrupted material.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 01:16 PM (RIvkX)

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It doesn't seem to fit with their overall mission, so I like to assume it was just a purely financial decision, just some cheap investment that they felt like they could make back x times over to help them fund other things.

Or, they watched it and were really excited about turning Animal Farm from an anti-Tsarist and anti-communist thing into an anti-capitalist thing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 01:18 PM (gYVzu)

260 I finished The Hobbit and started Fellowship of the Ring.

I also just bought two Agatha Christie books: Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 01:17 PM

Your pants dry-cleaning bills must be impressive.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2026 01:18 PM (0sNs1)

261 agreed on Kit Marlowe

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 26, 2026 01:18 PM (j+aD2)

262 So, no love for Dickens?

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 01:18 PM (77rzZ)

263 If you like Moby Dick and haven't read it try In The Heart of The Sea. Easier to read and true.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 01:13 PM (viF8m)


Great book. It was an inspiration for Melville to write 'Moby Dick'

Posted by: Nicless at March 26, 2026 01:18 PM (nPp6w)

264 246 242 While we are at it, what exactly is the point of him doing this? I seem to have forgot the over-arching theme of this discussion.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 01:15 PM (dmDsy)

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I believe it started talking about the Treasury Department investigating illicitly given out funds under the Biden regime.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 01:16 PM (gYVzu)


Well, of course! Thanks for getting me back on track!!!

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 01:19 PM (dmDsy)

265 >>While we are at it, what exactly is the point of him doing this?

Colbert isn't going to be writing shit. It's a sympathy thing because he's going to be unemployed soon. Look up who the lead writer is going to be. That is who will be mostly writing the script, maybe with a little help from Colbert's son.

Posted by: one hour sober at March 26, 2026 01:19 PM (Y1sOo)

266 Patrick Stewart did a Narnia reading set a while ago. I don't like audio books but I used to have it on for the kids when they were little, driving them around

they loved it! and still remember those books fondly

the movies were ok. kind of meh. Narnia is best imagined.
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 26, 2026 01:17 PM (j+aD2)
_____

I recently rewatched the Narnia movies. Better than I remembered. I think with better casting for some of the characters (too many were whiny and annoying), it could have been really good.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 26, 2026 01:20 PM (iFTx/)

267 237 Read all of them. Twice.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 01:14 PM

As have I. And after I finished I read the entire Sharpe series for the first time.

I was stuck in the Napoleonic era for a while.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 01:20 PM (4q/mG)

268 262 So, no love for Dickens?
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 01:18 PM (77rzZ)

His best story is his novella...I can't stand his long stuff...I know it was for the time to keep folks occupied, but I am not of that time, and he could use an editor (like Tolkien could) to remove a couple hundred pages to get to the real stories...

Posted by: Nova Local at March 26, 2026 01:20 PM (tOcjL)

269 If you like Moby Dick and haven't read it try In The Heart of The Sea. Easier to read and true.
Posted by: JackStraw

That's the one about the killer sperm whale that took out the Essex, right?

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 01:20 PM (77rzZ)

270 the massive fraud is keeping blue cities afloat (among other things)

remember before Barky when all the news articles were freaking out about the fact that there was one working teacher to three plus retired ones? and that was only going to get worse? and the blue model was failing, and failing hard.

well they figured something out

they LOVE all those empty "daycares" and "hospices" because they get kickbacks and fed matching from that

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 26, 2026 01:20 PM (j+aD2)

271 It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at March 26, 2026 01:21 PM (Co4qK)

272 >>What percentage of them are Deads?

A large percentage are Dead Tapes from 65-72.
Lots of Hot Tuna, too. Recorded by the same guy.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 01:21 PM (W7FsI)

273 Nerds!

Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 01:21 PM (GD0B3)

274 Call me Ishmael. Greatest opening line.

Posted by: tubal at March 26, 2026 01:21 PM (/HeZH)

275 Breaking News: Former first lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is scheduled to visit New Hampshire on April 25 to serve as the keynote speaker at the New Hampshire Democratic Party’s McIntyre-Shaheen Dinner in Nashua.

The visit will mark Clinton’s first public appearance in New Hampshire since 2019. She previously campaigned extensively in the state during her presidential runs, winning the Democratic primary there in 2008 and finishing second in 2016.

Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at March 26, 2026 01:21 PM (0sNs1)

276 274 Call me Ishmael. Greatest opening line.

Posted by: tubal at March 26, 2026 01:21 PM (/HeZH)

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It was an odd turn from that into the rest of Run, Spot, Run, but the author pulled it off.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 01:21 PM (gYVzu)

277 Quick question:

Was Dinky Hocker's little brother called Fudge?

Or was he from a whole nother place?

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 01:22 PM (dmDsy)

278 So, no love for Dickens?"

The Paolo, he laughs...

Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 01:22 PM (XuXeR)

279 Animal Farm is another good move up novella...if you prefer the dystopian to the gothic...

Posted by: Nova Local at March 26, 2026 01:14 PM (tOcjL)

You have to understand I have zero imagination. None. Animal Farm is another one I really did read - at the suggestion of Brit Lass because she thought it would help me understand communism better (this was sometime back). She's a good girl.

It was definitely an "easy" book. Could I really fully read it? Not really.

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 01:22 PM (HyaXg)

280 Flash Email Traffic

Vortex SPARC AR 2 MOA Red Dot Sight - SPC-AR2

$249.99 $74.99

https://tinyurl.com/3dfkms4j

I don't know if these are good or not but that's a helluva discount.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 26, 2026 12:48 PM (4NO2D)

Good price. I've been looking at red dots. I found that for $30 more on amazon you can get the GenII version, $105. Could be why these are getting clearanced.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 26, 2026 01:22 PM (snZF9)

281 268 262 So, no love for Dickens?
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 01:18 PM (77rzZ)

His best story is his novella...I can't stand his long stuff...I know it was for the time to keep folks occupied, but I am not of that time, and he could use an editor (like Tolkien could) to remove a couple hundred pages to get to the real stories...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 26, 2026 01:20 PM (tOcjL)

Just finished Little Dorrit Tough read... I have the 4 Hobbit books arriving today

Posted by: It's me donna at March 26, 2026 01:22 PM (FtULh)

282 253 158 Marlowe needs WAY more credit for Dr Faustus than he gets. It rivals anything Shakespeare did, and has just as much effect on later artistic and written works...
Posted by: Nova Local
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Agreed.
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Agreed, too.
Posted by: pudinhead
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I mentioned Silverlock as a fun pastiche of characters in literature. Myers has a demon named Faustopheles and he puts the protagonist being guided into Dante's Hell by Faustopheles to complete the pilgrimmage.

And you get a bit of Milton and Greek myths in that same chapter.

Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 01:22 PM (E4rtv)

283 > Vortex, unless it has slipped lately, does have good warranty service which some of its competitors at that price point may or may not have.
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I had to purchase a "kit" from Vortex with spare screws, 4 batteries and a tiny allen wrench to re-mount a laser to one of my handguns. Shipping was more than the kit.

Not a warranty issue. A "me" issue. But it was exactly what I needed.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 26, 2026 01:22 PM (AkEZC)

284 When I traveled on business years ago I would always take one of the LoTR volumes with me. At night in the hotel I'd just let it drop open wherever it opened and read a few pages and then fall asleep.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at March 26, 2026 01:23 PM (KQmzo)

285 When we mention folks making deals with the devil, we effectively are...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 26, 2026 01:17 PM (tOcjL)
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"The face that launched a thousand ships."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 01:23 PM (CVAWM)

286 >>That's the one about the killer sperm whale that took out the Essex, right?

Yep. And as noted above the Essex was the inspiration for Moby Dick.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 01:23 PM (viF8m)

287 Cassette tapes in my case, but that made a cross country drive tolerable.
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Oddly, to be read to is the only way to enjoy Dickens. His wrote for an audience that worked in sweat shops. Actually reading him is tedious.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 01:23 PM (n17eQ)

288 The visit will mark Clinton’s first public appearance in New Hampshire since 2019. She previously campaigned extensively in the state during her presidential runs, winning the Democratic primary there in 2008 and finishing second in 2016.

Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at March 26, 2026 01:21 PM (0sNs1)

You don't think......

Nahhhhhhhhhhh

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 01:23 PM (HyaXg)

289 127 What is best in life?

Dwarven women with finely groomed beards.
Posted by: Gimli

Moochelle? Nvm, she's too tall to be a dwarf.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 01:23 PM (Dv3i1)

290 *Was Dinky Hocker's little brother called Fudge?

Or was he from a whole nother place?*

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Sitting right here, boss.

Posted by: The Internet at March 26, 2026 01:24 PM (Co4qK)

291 "The face that launched a thousand ships."
Posted by: Captain Obvious

Great. Now I've that earworm. Thanks.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 01:24 PM (77rzZ)

292 If you can get over the weird accents and the generally poor cutting, the Rankin-Bass cartoon is very enjoyable. The art is strongly reminiscent of Tolkien’s own.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 26, 2026 12:50 PM (EXyHK)
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I really enjoy that movie. Saw it on TV when it first aired on the TV in the 70s. My 4th grade teacher was reading it to the class at the time which was pretty cool.

Posted by: Darth Randall at March 26, 2026 01:24 PM (RxMnM)

293 274 Call me Ishmael. Greatest opening line.
Posted by: tubal at March 26, 2026 01:21 PM

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" was not to bad. And actually a good read from Dickens.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 01:24 PM (4q/mG)

294 His best story is his novella...I can't stand his long stuff...I know it was for the time to keep folks occupied, but I am not of that time, and he could use an editor (like Tolkien could) to remove a couple hundred pages to get to the real stories...
Posted by: Nova Local
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Like Dumas, Dickens got paid by the word for serialization of many of his works. Dumas tends to carry it off a bit more heroically.

But yes, I find Dickens at time rather dull and preachy at times. For me Dumas > Dickens which makes me a traitor to my English side of ancestry I guess.

Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 01:24 PM (E4rtv)

295 Great. Now I've that earworm. Thanks.
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 01:24 PM (77rzZ)
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Blame Marlowe.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 01:25 PM (CVAWM)

296 My thoughts exactly - and yes, I've made it through the LOTR books twice, too.

I much preferred the Lewis books if I want fantasy...short, sweet, to the point...

It was WAY easier to sit through The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe twice vs LOTR...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 26, 2026 12:53 PM (tOcjL)

Well, that's because the Hobbit and the Narnia series were both written for children while LOTR was written for adults....

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 01:25 PM (N1DT3)

297
It was the worst of times,

Posted by: It was the breast of times at March 26, 2026 01:25 PM (Co4qK)

298 When we mention folks making deals with the devil, we effectively are...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 26, 2026 01:17 PM (tOcjL)

One example. The Bard has many. The Bard’s impact on English is unmistakable.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 01:25 PM (464q3)

299 Please Note: this is not an actual nood.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Had it been an actual nood, it would have been accompanied by the sound of a half dozen Corgis scrambling through the kitchen.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 26, 2026 01:25 PM (XeU6L)

300 Sitting right here, boss.
Posted by: The Internet at March 26, 2026 01:24 PM (Co4qK)


Oh, you!

I just wanted to see if anyone knew either of those names...


You silly Internet!

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 01:25 PM (dmDsy)

301 Nowadays I like Volume 3 because it has the Appendices, which I enjoy reading a lot.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at March 26, 2026 01:25 PM (KQmzo)

302 I wonder if Miss Marple could uncover whatever schemes Tom Bombadil was involved in?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 26, 2026 01:26 PM (cWLG3)

303 How much of this hospice fraud was opened up by ObamaCare? How much of the daycare fraud was opened up by other bullshit they passed in the last 20 years?

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 01:26 PM (HyaXg)

304 Dickens Bandwagon-

Not going to quote it here, but the ending of Little Dorritt is sooo good.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 26, 2026 01:27 PM (DgMqy)

305 One example. The Bard has many. The Bard’s impact on English is unmistakable.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 01:25 PM (464q3)
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Marlowe was killed just as he was really hitting his stride. Another "what if".

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 01:27 PM (CVAWM)

306 274 Call me Ishmael. Greatest opening line.
Posted by: tubal at March 26, 2026 01:21 PM (/HeZH)

It was a cold day in April, and the clock struck 13.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 01:27 PM (464q3)

307 One example. The Bard has many. The Bard’s impact on English is unmistakable.
Posted by: Cow Demon
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Getting stabbed and killed early in his career put a damper on Marlowe's output. I suspect had he not died nor killed himself by drinking and whoring, that Marlowe would have been the equal of Will.

And Will turned out a fair amount of snoozers as well as some outright turds like Titus Andronicus.

Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 01:28 PM (E4rtv)

308 Edith Pargeter's historical novels are very good. Her endings are particularly satisfying. (Ellis Peters was her pseud for writing mysteries.)

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 01:28 PM (CVAWM)

309 281 268 262 So, no love for Dickens?
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 01:18 PM (77rzZ)

+++++

I have read several Dickens books. I think you have to be in the right state of mind and to accept what you're getting into to tackle them, though.

Posted by: washrivergal at March 26, 2026 01:28 PM (lUfIe)

310
On page 98 of 1028 pages 'Excecutive Action', Clancy. This may take a while...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 26, 2026 01:29 PM (XeU6L)

311 "Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun."

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 01:29 PM (4q/mG)

312 262 So, no love for Dickens?
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 01:18 PM (77rzZ)

Two words: Great Expectations. Fuck Dickens.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 01:29 PM (464q3)

313 This is just more evidence that shows how the Democratic Party (and Republican Party) is just organized crime. They have different mob families that fight sometimes, but its always the mob vs the world.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 26, 2026 01:29 PM (PYyV9)

314 Any good reviews of Ethan Frome?

Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 01:29 PM (n17eQ)

315 Like Dumas, Dickens got paid by the word for serialization of many of his works. Dumas tends to carry it off a bit more heroically.

But yes, I find Dickens at time rather dull and preachy at times. For me Dumas > Dickens which makes me a traitor to my English side of ancestry I guess.
Posted by: whig

The last Dickens I read was Our Mutual Friend, his penultimate novel, and last finished one. I read one chapter where the writing was so good, it blew me away. I decided that nothing else in the book would be as good as that, and so I stopped reading right there. Never have gone back to finish it.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 01:29 PM (77rzZ)

316 Oddly, to be read to is the only way to enjoy Dickens. His wrote for an audience that worked in sweat shops. Actually reading him is tedious.
Posted by: pudinhead
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I can see that. Dickens was famous for his appearances before audiences to read his works back in the day.

Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 01:29 PM (E4rtv)

317 are they good? I saw the Brit TV production, with Ioan Gruffeld (or whatever, he played Mr. Fantastic) and really liked those.
_____

This was fantastic, highly recommend it. An old fashioned adventure story for boys, like they used to make before all the queer stuff infected everything (please God, don't let Netflix get the rights for a remake)

As for Ioan Gruffudd, I assumed the ladies will like the cut of his jib.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 01:29 PM (Dv3i1)

318 306 274 Call me Ishmael. Greatest opening line.
Posted by: tubal at March 26, 2026 01:21 PM (/HeZH)

It was a cold day in April, and the clock struck 13.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 01:27 PM (464q3)


I felt a pressure. I farted. The pressure was gone. This is how my three-week battle with the invading army began.

Posted by: Denny Crane - Did I Tell You I Write Books? at March 26, 2026 01:29 PM (dmDsy)

319 "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 01:29 PM (ESVrU)

320 So, no love for Dickens?

Charles Dickens is a good author with interesting ideas but his style is very dated and incredibly padded. Oliver Twist, for example: nice short story stretched out to be a novel.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 26, 2026 01:30 PM (PYyV9)

321 >>"Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun."


Thought of that one instantly.

One of my faves is from the aformentioned Powder Mage Trilogy:

"It's a bloody business, overthrowing a King."

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 01:30 PM (W7FsI)

322 Call me Fucked in the Head.


My suggested opening line if any trannie is planning to write a book.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at March 26, 2026 01:30 PM (KQmzo)

323 From the adaptations I can tell you Jane Austen was a genius and in my mind simply does not get enough credit as she is often lumped in with other female writers. Class by herself.

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 01:30 PM (HyaXg)

324 319 "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 01:29 PM (ESVrU)

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I'm going to be honest, I've never understood why Austen started Sense and Sensibility like this.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 01:30 PM (gYVzu)

325
And Will turned out a fair amount of snoozers as well as some outright turds like Titus Andronicus.
Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 01:28 PM (E4rtv)

Hey, even The Bard can shit the bed. I’m just sayin we do quote him in every day speech. I won’t pretend everything he did was good.

But I rather enjoyed Macbeth and Hamlet most of all.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 01:31 PM (464q3)

326 I have read several Dickens books. I think you have to be in the right state of mind and to accept what you're getting into to tackle them, though.
Posted by: washrivergal

That's true. He is an investment.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 01:31 PM (77rzZ)

327 The last Dickens I read was Our Mutual Friend, his penultimate novel, and last finished one. I read one chapter where the writing was so good, it blew me away. I decided that nothing else in the book would be as good as that, and so I stopped reading right there. Never have gone back to finish it.
Posted by: Bulg
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Never read it so thanks for the referral.

Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 01:31 PM (E4rtv)

328 How much of this hospice fraud was opened up by ObamaCare? How much of the daycare fraud was opened up by other bullshit they passed in the last 20 years?
Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 01:26 PM (HyaXg)

This is bad. Very bad. At least our voting process is secure.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 26, 2026 01:31 PM (wVcYX)

329 I can see that. Dickens was famous for his appearances before audiences to read his works back in the day.
Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 01:29 PM (E4rtv)
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He shows up in an early episode of "Bonanza," of all places.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 01:31 PM (CVAWM)

330
I felt a pressure. I farted. The pressure was gone. This is how my three-week battle with the invading army began.
Posted by: Denny Crane - Did I Tell You I Write Books? at March 26, 2026 01:29 PM (dmDsy)

If you have to fart, fart! You will feel much better for it.

Posted by: Mao at March 26, 2026 01:32 PM (464q3)

331 But I rather enjoyed Macbeth and Hamlet most of all.
Posted by: Cow Demon

I love Macbeth, but take Hamlet on sufferance.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 01:32 PM (77rzZ)

332 312 262 So, no love for Dickens?
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 01:18 PM (77rzZ)

Two words: Great Expectations. Fuck Dickens.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 01:29 PM (464q3)

I think I wanted to kill Pip by the end of that in 11th grade...ways to make school children hate literature pt 12 (this is why I've read so many classics as an adult...I needed distance from the garbage)...

Posted by: Nova Local at March 26, 2026 01:32 PM (tOcjL)

333 324 319 "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 01:29 PM (ESVrU)

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I'm going to be honest, I've never understood why Austen started Sense and Sensibility like this.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 01:30 PM (gYVzu)


And they used that for the opening line of the script for "Deep Throat"... what were they thinking?

Posted by: Denny Crane - Did I Tell You I Wrote Books? at March 26, 2026 01:32 PM (dmDsy)

334 323 From the adaptations I can tell you Jane Austen was a genius and in my mind simply does not get enough credit as she is often lumped in with other female writers. Class by herself.

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 01:30 PM (HyaXg)

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I've read some major works by other female writers of the time, and honestly, Austen is head and shoulders above, like, all of them.

Fanny Burey is absolute trash.
Most of the Bronte sisters work I've read (like Vilette) is good but not great.
Elizabeth Gaskell is pretty good.

Austen, though? Just fun to read.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 01:32 PM (gYVzu)

335 >>Any good reviews of Ethan Frome?


The image of a Sled on the Cover made promises to a young male reader that Edith Wharton made NO effort to satisfy.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 01:32 PM (W7FsI)

336 Les Miserables opening line was a mad lib -

An hour before sunset, on the evening of a day in the beginning of October, 1815, a man traveling afoot entered the little town of D______.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 01:33 PM (Dv3i1)

337 Never read it so thanks for the referral.
Posted by: whig

Just keep in mind that I was in my cups at the time.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 01:33 PM (77rzZ)

338
The Lottery (by Shirley Jackson) or Harrison Bergeron (by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.) are both 10 minutes of reading (15 on the outside) and enough to make your skin crawl...and to show the magic that even a short story can bring...
Posted by: Nova Local

Examination Day by Henry Slesar

https://t.ly/tHrcV

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 26, 2026 01:33 PM (Cqx++)

339 "It was the best of times. It was the blurst of times."

Posted by: Dark Litigator at March 26, 2026 01:33 PM (KAi1n)

340 Aaah!

Hot potato, orchestra stalls, Puck will make amends!

Oooow!

Posted by: Keanrick and Mossop at March 26, 2026 01:34 PM (CVAWM)

341 339 "It was the best of times. It was the blurst of times."

Posted by: Dark Litigator at March 26, 2026 01:33 PM (KAi1n)

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Those one million monkeys will come up with something great eventually.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 01:34 PM (gYVzu)

342 332 I think I wanted to kill Pip by the end of that in 11th grade...ways to make school children hate literature pt 12 (this is why I've read so many classics as an adult...I needed distance from the garbage)...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 26, 2026 01:32 PM

I felt the same about Holden Caufield.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 01:34 PM (4q/mG)

343 I really enjoy that movie. Saw it on TV when it first aired on the TV in the 70s. My 4th grade teacher was reading it to the class at the time which was pretty cool.

Oh, and I forgot to add. There is an unfucked version on the Internet Archive. “The Hi-Fi Hobbit.” It restores the original soundtrack. As far as I know, the current DVD, and going back to the first DVD of the movie, somehow managed to lose the track that includes many of the sound effects. Which makes for a very weird and unsatisfying experience.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 26, 2026 01:35 PM (EXyHK)

344 Honestly, for Shakespeare, I enjoy Julius Caesar more than most of his famous tragedies...it's a much more attractive read to teen boys as well (I read different Shakespeare with my girls and boys to try and give them something they'd like)...

Posted by: Nova Local at March 26, 2026 01:35 PM (tOcjL)

345 Back when I was a kid, my dad would pick up sci-fi and horror books that were way too adult for me. But I read them anyway. One of them, IIRC, started with the opening line of:

"Fuck you!"

Not joking. It was some really crappy book about a runaway panther in a big city, tearing up the local populace. Very explicit sex scenes that I didn't understand at my young age. The book was so crappy it might have had the super-thoughtful name of "Panther" or something like that.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 26, 2026 01:35 PM (iFTx/)

346 Those one million monkeys will come up with something great eventually.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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No need, we have AI to do it for us.

Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 01:35 PM (E4rtv)

347 Do we have auditors anymore? Even one honest auditor?

Put yourself on the payroll, and fuggedaboudit.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 26, 2026 01:35 PM (Fbc0I)

348 are they good? I saw the Brit TV production, with Ioan Gruffeld (or whatever, he played Mr. Fantastic) and really liked those.

Yes, and no. They are entertaining, fun, and uplifting. They are the kind of thing boys should watch. But they take some liberties with the story, more and more each series. So watch them and enjoy, then read the books which are even better.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 26, 2026 01:35 PM (PYyV9)

349 Austen, though? Just fun to read.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

My wife made me watch The Pride and Prejudice that came out in the 90s, with Colin Firth and Jennfier Ehle. Despite my reservations about watching a "chick flick," I really enjoyed it.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 01:36 PM (77rzZ)

350 So, no love for Dickens?
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 01:18 PM (77rzZ)

I have plenty of love for Dickins

Posted by: Barry Soetero at March 26, 2026 01:36 PM (HyaXg)

351
I can see that. Dickens was famous for his appearances before audiences to read his works back in the day.
Posted by: whig
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He shows up in an early episode of "Bonanza," of all places.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea

With Jonathan Harris (Dr. Smith) as Dickens

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 26, 2026 01:37 PM (Cqx++)

352 Just keep in mind that I was in my cups at the time.
Posted by: Bulg
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Eh, that is true of a lot of writers when they wrote as well. The trick, as Winston Churchill said, is to get more out of the alcohol than it does from you.

Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 01:37 PM (E4rtv)

353 Yes, and no. They are entertaining, fun, and uplifting. They are the kind of thing boys should watch. But they take some liberties with the story, more and more each series.
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Inserting a dumb love story into "Hornblower, the Frogs and the Lobsters" really frosted me.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 01:37 PM (CVAWM)

354 He shows up in an early episode of "Bonanza," of all places.

Dickens' work was super popular in the late 1800s, and cowboys who could get his stuff loved it for reading over winter for example. The fact that it was really wordy and long worked well for that kind of thing. He got paid by the word, and it shows.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 26, 2026 01:37 PM (PYyV9)

355 349 Austen, though? Just fun to read.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Love Austen.. read all her books... More than once...

Posted by: It's me donna at March 26, 2026 01:37 PM (FtULh)

356 "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit."
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
.......

Until the gophers drove him out.

Posted by: wth at March 26, 2026 01:38 PM (UjdFS)

357 335 >>Any good reviews of Ethan Frome?


The image of a Sled on the Cover made promises to a young male reader that Edith Wharton made NO effort to satisfy.
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Touché. This book almost killed any desire in me to read. Thank God for John D. MacDonald.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 01:38 PM (n17eQ)

358 I sit on a hill. I have sat here, it seems to me, for all eternity. Occasionally, I realize there must be a reason for my existence.

I know a gal that lives on a hill.
If she won't do it then her sister will.
When she boogies.

Posted by: A. E. Van Top at March 26, 2026 01:39 PM (wVcYX)

359 I can see that. Dickens was famous for his appearances before audiences to read his works back in the day.
Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 01:29 PM (E4rtv)

There was an English prof. at Michigan, Bert Hornback, who would dress up as Dickens and do a public reading of "A Christmas Carol" every December.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 01:39 PM (77rzZ)

360 "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit."
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
.......

Until the gophers drove him out.
Posted by: wth at March 26, 2026 01:38 PM (UjdFS)

Gophers?

Posted by: Carl Spackler at March 26, 2026 01:40 PM (wVcYX)

361 I can see why Austen is regarded as an example of an excellent author. Her plotting is excellent, well written and vivacious characters, and she had a keen eye for detail of her social setting.

That being said, not a big consumer of romances as of yet. Reading Emma and Pride and Prejudice was enough for me.

Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 01:40 PM (E4rtv)

362 LOL, John Cornyn is announcing an endorsement from Dade Phelan.
He's the drunk goof who was speaker for the legislature in Texas, but got turfed out for being a drunken goof.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 26, 2026 01:40 PM (gKWVE)

363
Most of the Bronte sisters work I've read (like Vilette) is good but not great.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison

================

If that's what you think of the Brontes, then you have never truly read Wuthering Heights.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 26, 2026 01:40 PM (XJ22o)

364 Inserting a dumb love story into "Hornblower, the Frogs and the Lobsters" really frosted me.

Yeah, like I said, each new series got further and further away from the original stories. Ioan Gruffud was great in them though, liked him in everything I have seen him in even when he's miscast (like Reed Richards). He had a fun series called Forever that was unfortunately canceled.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 26, 2026 01:40 PM (PYyV9)

365 359 I can see that. Dickens was famous for his appearances before audiences to read his works back in the day.
Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 01:29 PM (E4rtv)


There's a great movie about Dickens... The Man who Invented Christmas I believe...

Posted by: It's me donna at March 26, 2026 01:40 PM (FtULh)

366 Not joking. It was some really crappy book about a runaway panther in a big city, tearing up the local populace. Very explicit sex scenes that I didn't understand at my young age. The book was so crappy it might have had the super-thoughtful name of "Panther" or something like that.
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I found Blow Baby Blow literally in the gutter. Read it from cover to cover. Several times, too.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 01:41 PM (n17eQ)

367 I can see that. Dickens was famous for his appearances before audiences to read his works back in the day.
Posted by: whig
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He shows up in an early episode of "Bonanza," of all places.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea

With Jonathan Harris (Dr. Smith) as Dickens
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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It's interesting to read the account of Oscar Wilde doing readings in Leadville, Colorado.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 26, 2026 01:41 PM (XeU6L)

368 >>This book almost killed any desire in me to read.


My memory of that book is essentially the same as the 'Uncle Vanya' bit from Seinfeld.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 01:41 PM (W7FsI)

369 Austen, though? Just fun to read.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

My wife made me watch The Pride and Prejudice that came out in the 90s, with Colin Firth and Jennfier Ehle. Despite my reservations about watching a "chick flick," I really enjoyed it.
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 01:36 PM (77rzZ)

The version with zombies was *chef's kiss*.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 26, 2026 01:41 PM (wVcYX)

370 363 If that's what you think of the Brontes, then you have never truly read Wuthering Heights.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 26, 2026 01:40 PM (XJ22o)

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I will be shocked if I enjoy Wuthering Heights that much.

The adaptations I've seen make Heathcliff and Catherine as insane.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 01:41 PM (gYVzu)

371
Reading Emma and Pride and Prejudice was enough for me.
Posted by: whig

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As far as I'm concerned, you needn't read the others. Persuasion maybe, but the stories and characters in the others aren't as fun and interesting as Emma and P&P.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 26, 2026 01:42 PM (XJ22o)

372 364 He had a fun series called Forever that was unfortunately canceled.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 26, 2026 01:40 PM

I watched that show because of Alana de la Garza....... :-)

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 01:42 PM (4q/mG)

373 We are not tax payers anymore. We are fraud victims and as such, should sue the Federal Government and our State Governments. I know, I know.

Posted by: Cheri at March 26, 2026 01:43 PM (oiNtH)

374
I will be shocked if I enjoy Wuthering Heights that much.

The adaptations I've seen make Heathcliff and Catherine as insane.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

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I was thinking of offering Quillette an article on the utter failure of cinema wrt Wuthering Heights. I'm not sure it should ever be made into a movie.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 26, 2026 01:43 PM (XJ22o)

375 There was an English prof. at Michigan, Bert Hornback, who would dress up as Dickens and do a public reading of "A Christmas Carol" every December.
Posted by: Bulg

Hal Holbrook on stage doing his Mark Twain shows was sublime as well. Mark Twain had a rather similar, but later, career as Dickens. And given I am more American than English, I prefer Twain over Dickens. And O. Henry for his short stories.

The Ransom of Red Chief was and is outstanding in its comedic effect. And yet, O. Henry could provoke tears with the Gift of the Magi or Georgia's Ruling.

Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 01:43 PM (E4rtv)

376 Evidently the most recent version of Wuthering Heights has very little to do with the book except for a few names.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 26, 2026 01:44 PM (PYyV9)

377 Interesting... Judges did NOT squash any of the FISA Warrants to spy on Trump and his allies...

But a Judge just squashed the Subpoenas to get evidence of FBI shenanigans in the Trump Mara Lago raid.

But really... we don't have a problem with the Judiciary!

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 26, 2026 01:45 PM (mP0Kj)

378 Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte is good... depressing but good...

Posted by: It's me donna at March 26, 2026 01:45 PM (FtULh)

379 The Ransom of Red Chief was and is outstanding in its comedic effect. And yet, O. Henry could provoke tears with the Gift of the Magi or Georgia's Ruling.
Posted by: whig

Decent candy bars too. Peanuts, caramel, and fudge coated in chocolate. I wonder why they stopped making them.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 01:45 PM (Dv3i1)

380 We are not tax payers anymore. We are fraud victims and as such, should sue the Federal Government and our State Governments. I know, I know.
Posted by: Cheri
.......

either that or revert to the Old Ways
Tar, feathers, lamp posts, town square humiliation at the very least.

Posted by: wth at March 26, 2026 01:45 PM (UjdFS)

381 I will be shocked if I enjoy Wuthering Heights that much.

The adaptations I've seen make Heathcliff and Catherine as insane.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Pretty much a dark tale of star crossed lovers without the charm of the characters killing themselves theatrically like in Romeo and Juliet.

I think you could do an adaptation crossing into horror of Wuthering Heights in a Fall of the House of Usher kind of way.

Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 01:46 PM (E4rtv)

382 Jane Austen understood everyday human psychology at a tremendous level. She just "got" people.

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 01:46 PM (HyaXg)

383 Mark Twain annoys me because he spends too much time and effort being a curmudgeon and mocking everything. He can tell a great story but its always twisted and warped with his spite toward all humanity. Every book is basically: here's how everyone but me is stupid and everyone sucks and you're all wrong.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 26, 2026 01:46 PM (PYyV9)

384 Yes, it's true.

How to prove it was Biden? He was senile from the very beginning or not? (And 'auto pen')

And this:
Xavier Becerra has served as the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) under President Joe Biden since March 2021. As the 25th HHS Secretary and first Latino in the role, he has managed the federal health response to the COVID-19 pandemic and focused on expanding access to affordable healthcare.

Key HHS Leadership under Biden:
Secretary of HHS: Xavier Becerra (2021–present).
Assistant Secretary for Health: Dr. Rachel Levine (2021–present), the first openly transgender official confirmed by the Senate.

Who minds the piggy bank? Congress.

This is all true for the Labor Department, the State Department & others under that administration, true?
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Wasn't the FARA registration for certain administration related non-profits also called into Q years ago?

We may come to regret - some day - HC didn't become Pres when either O & Joe did.(Those socialist guys and their foreign friends; undeniable.) I'll go hide now.

Posted by: L - No nic... at March 26, 2026 01:46 PM (NFX2v)

385 either that or revert to the Old Ways
Tar, feathers, lamp posts, town square humiliation at the very least.
____

There is a simpler way. Hear me out....

Posted by: Vlad Tepes at March 26, 2026 01:46 PM (Dv3i1)

386 Headline (Fox News):

"Dems go silent, pull Women's Month resolution after GOP asks for simple definition"

Excerpt:

"The bill, from state Rep. Carol Hill-Evans, D-York, recognized March as Women’s History Month in Pennsylvania. Hill-Evans wrote in her presentation of the bill that it "celebrat[es] the extraordinary accomplishments of women," which "too often go unacknowledged.""

Posted by: mrp at March 26, 2026 01:47 PM (rj6Yv)

387 If agents of the federal government refuse to follow the same banking and money tracking laws that Congress forced on literally everyone else in the entire country, which we have to follow on pain of ruinous financial penalties and prison time, then they should get the same penalties that everyone else gets.

Maybe all federal employees should get the military lectures about what constitutes an unlawful order.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 26, 2026 01:47 PM (a+4eV)

388 Mark Twain annoys me because he spends too much time and effort being a curmudgeon and mocking everything. He can tell a great story but its always twisted and warped with his spite toward all humanity. Every book is basically: here's how everyone but me is stupid and everyone sucks and you're all wrong.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

Does he comment here?

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 01:47 PM (77rzZ)

389 The Ransom of Red Chief was and is outstanding in its comedic effect. And yet, O. Henry could provoke tears with the Gift of the Magi or Georgia's Ruling.
Posted by: whig
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He is buried just up the street, in Riverside cemetery, also, Thomas Wolfe.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 26, 2026 01:47 PM (XeU6L)

390 Decent candy bars too. Peanuts, caramel, and fudge coated in chocolate. I wonder why they stopped making them.
Posted by: Chuck Martel

Probably the same reason that a lot of things disappear. Companies get bought out, decline into bankruptcy, and products get enshittified until no one wants them anymore.

You could always check at a Cracker Barrel to see if someone is making replicas again.

Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 01:48 PM (E4rtv)

391 Interesting... Judges did NOT squash any of the FISA Warrants to spy on Trump and his allies...

But a Judge just squashed the Subpoenas to get evidence of FBI shenanigans in the Trump Mara Lago raid.

But really... we don't have a problem with the Judiciary!
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 26, 2026 01:45 PM (mP0Kj)

Straight-shootin' ham-n-eggers they be.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 26, 2026 01:48 PM (wVcYX)

392 383 Mark Twain annoys me because he spends too much time and effort being a curmudgeon and mocking everything. He can tell a great story but its always twisted and warped with his spite toward all humanity. Every book is basically: here's how everyone but me is stupid and everyone sucks and you're all wrong.
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I agree with this. Sort of the same with Hemingway, too.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 01:48 PM (n17eQ)

393 I like Persuasion as a story. Kind of agonizing. The 2007 adaptation is the best I've seen.

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 01:48 PM (HyaXg)

394 Hey, anyone want to talk about LotR???

Posted by: tubal at March 26, 2026 01:48 PM (/HeZH)

395 I agree with this. Sort of the same with Hemingway, too.
Posted by: pudinhead

I can't stand Hemingway just because of his style. All those short, simple sentences. Very boring.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 01:49 PM (77rzZ)

396 Every book is basically: here's how everyone but me is stupid and everyone sucks and you're all wrong.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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Try reading A Life on the Mississippi. Huckleberry Finn nor Tom Sawyer demonstrate that quality as well.

Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 01:49 PM (E4rtv)

397 He is buried just up the street, in Riverside cemetery, also, Thomas Wolfe.
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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Interesting juxtaposition.

Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 01:50 PM (E4rtv)

398 Hey, anyone want to talk about LotR???
Posted by: tubal at March 26, 2026 01:48 PM (/HeZH)
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That was so yesterday...try to keep up!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 01:50 PM (ESVrU)

399 Wow. Mets knock out Skenes in the 1st inning.

Didn't see that one coming.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 01:51 PM (viF8m)

400 Try reading A Life on the Mississippi. Huckleberry Finn nor Tom Sawyer demonstrate that quality as well.
Posted by: whig

Had a HS English teacher who thought that Huck Finn was the greatest book ever written. I never got it, myself.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 01:51 PM (77rzZ)

401 There is a simpler way. Hear me out....
Posted by: Vlad Tepes
.......

Teach us, O wise one.

Posted by: wth at March 26, 2026 01:51 PM (UjdFS)

402 Does he comment here?

mmmmm...could beeee...

I can't stand Hemingway just because of his style. All those short, simple sentences. Very boring.

Most overrated author in history. Thankfully people seem to be figuring that out, he's lost a lot of popularity and respect over time. Everything people praised him for, Dashiell Hammett did better.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 26, 2026 01:51 PM (PYyV9)

403 Headline (Fox News):

"Dems go silent, pull Women's Month resolution after GOP asks for simple definition"

Excerpt:

"The bill, from state Rep. Carol Hill-Evans, D-York, recognized March as Women’s History Month in Pennsylvania. Hill-Evans wrote in her presentation of the bill that it "celebrat[es] the extraordinary accomplishments of women," which "too often go unacknowledged.""
Posted by: mrp at March 26, 2026 01:47 PM (rj6Yv)

Right on!

Posted by: Octo Mom at March 26, 2026 01:52 PM (wVcYX)

404 NOOD. Trigger warning.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 01:52 PM (77rzZ)

405 Hey, anyone want to talk about LotR???
Posted by: tubal
......

Think I'll wait for a Disney thread.

Posted by: wth at March 26, 2026 01:52 PM (UjdFS)

406 Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte is good... depressing but good...
Posted by: It's me donna
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A passage I keep in mind from Jane Eyre:

Mr. Rochester states, "Dread remorse when you are tempted to err, Miss Eyre; remorse is the poison of life,"

A lesson often learned too late in life.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 26, 2026 01:52 PM (XeU6L)

407 400 Try reading A Life on the Mississippi. Huckleberry Finn nor Tom Sawyer demonstrate that quality as well.
Posted by: whig

Had a HS English teacher who thought that Huck Finn was the greatest book ever written. I never got it, myself.
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 01:51 PM (77rzZ)

White trash kid eking by in life. Can I say that?

Posted by: tubal at March 26, 2026 01:53 PM (/HeZH)

408 Sorry but Congress doesn't enforce them on and in Congress, nor can they ever not be paid during government shutdowns.

The perks are the job.

Posted by: L - No nic... at March 26, 2026 01:53 PM (NFX2v)

409 Had a HS English teacher who thought that Huck Finn was the greatest book ever written. I never got it, myself.
Posted by: Bulg

Similar to Don Quixote or Tom Jones--picaresque adventure of one encounter after another. The problem with Huck Finn is at the end of the book when Twain simply did not know how to finish it. He chose comedy rather than continuing into uncharted waters of biracial friendship of two outcasts of society.

But a lot of autobiographical details of Twain's writings ended up in his works.

Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 01:56 PM (E4rtv)

410 Great expectations. When you picked up Twain were you expecting Shakespeare? Poe? Lovecraft?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 26, 2026 01:56 PM (Fbc0I)

411 White trash kid eking by in life. Can I say that?
Posted by: tubal
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Very definition of picaresque.

Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 01:56 PM (E4rtv)

412 Funny think with Musk, and Doge. Musk said the fraud levels were astounding, and that we could save over $1 trillion per year. Everyone scoffed at that....but...?

I think he was exactly right.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 26, 2026 02:01 PM (vOtXJ)

413 All these bastards need to be put in the stocks for a fortnight, so they can be pelted with garbage and publicly ridiculed; then frog-marched onto a ship to Devil's Island, and there incarcerated permanently.

Posted by: Beverly at March 26, 2026 02:36 PM (reMys)

414 Kill them and kill the judges.

Posted by: Pamazon at March 26, 2026 03:19 PM (b5MGU)

415 This sadly explains why the money went missing as it could not be traced.

I won't type what I am thinking about Obungo, Biden and all who did this. My thoughts are that bad.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 26, 2026 03:31 PM (WONhk)

416 Not much to help deficit, but convict Joe Biden's shell, take away all pensions and benefits and jail him with a one pudding per day diet.

Posted by: Elect me because i'm dyslexic and racist at March 26, 2026 10:17 PM (bexpN)

The Morning Rant: Why USAID Needed To Be Destroyed

punk-monkey.jpg

Here is EXACTLY why USAID needed to be burned to the ground. It was an easy conduit for massive amounts of money to be funneled to every illicit pet project of the D.C. elites and the permanent administrative state that has grown like some malignant tumor in the body of our republic.

The obvious possibility of graft and domestic manipulation with what was obviously a Democrat slush fund is simply a reflection of the disconnect between our political masters and the original intent of our founders.

U.S. intercepted Ukraine government messages discussing plot to route money to Biden re-election

“The Ukrainian Government and unspecified U.S. Government personnel, through USAID in Kyiv, reportedly developed a plan that would provide hundreds of millions of US taxpayer dollars to fund an infrastructure project for Ukraine that would be used as a cover to send approximately 90% of funds allocated to the DNC to fund Joe Biden’s reelection campaign,” the declassified summary of the intercepts stated.

“They were confident the project would be funded initially, even though at some time in the future the project would be disapproved as unnecessary. At this time, the money would already be allocated and impossible to return or use for a different purpose,” the report added.


That is most likely a tried-and-true method of funding domestic political efforts, and if the usual suspects were investigated, does anyone think that they wouldn't be found to have taken taxpayer money laundered this way? BLM, probably Antifa, the thousands of voter-registration and vote-casting scams run in the inner cities, the homeless boondoggle, transsexual lunacy in our schools, academia's frantic rush to the left...all funded by American taxpayers!

“The plan included details of how subcontractors would be funded through U.S. companies so that how the funds were spent and allocated would be difficult to track,” the declassified summary stated. “Additionally, contracts would be executed that would be difficult to verify. In this manner, most of the U.S. funding would be diverted to Joe Biden’s election campaign without the ability to track where exactly the funds came from.”

I wonder whether the unelected bureaucrats who spent so much of our money had a stable of pet companies that were willing to participate in these money-laundering escapades for a cut? Biden's 10% might have been peanuts! I want the names of those companies!

[Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter and X/Twitter]. If you folks who are on X/Twitter would follow us it would be much appreciated!

Posted by: CBD at 11:00 AM




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1 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at March 26, 2026 11:01 AM (NcvvS)

2 Not 1st.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 11:01 AM (77rzZ)

3 We created the Barbary Pirates in Ukraine.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 11:01 AM (bss/y)

4 MINKEE!

Posted by: LASue at March 26, 2026 11:02 AM (lCppi)

5 It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at March 26, 2026 11:02 AM (2Ez/1)

6 MN refuses to be outdone in the corruption sweepstakes.

HOLY CR*P 🚨 Minnesota Rep Krista Knudsen says they just found out the state TURNED OFF tracking for money being sent overseas

They turned it on for 2 weeks. Saw all the money leaving, and Democrats quickly SHUT OFF TRACKING to allow it to keep happening

READ THAT AGAIN

“Today in the fraud committee, the Department of Human Services testified that they haven't been tracking the IP addresses of money that's being literally flown out of our state and where it's going.

They did turn on that reporting for 2 weeks, and they found that yes, a lot of those IP addresses were tied to overseas computers, and then they quickly shut it off after just 2 weeks of seeing where this money is actually going”

https://tinyurl.com/yc5avze2

Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 11:03 AM (Riz8t)

7 What was it that Barron whispered to Sleepy Joe at the inauguration -- "We got you" ?

Posted by: LASue at March 26, 2026 11:03 AM (lCppi)

8 Morning.

Posted by: Robert at March 26, 2026 11:03 AM (Z2yLo)

9 I know it's pointless, but I will take the bullet. Ukraine was doing what it thought it had to do to keep the funding that allowed it to continue existing. The fault here is with Biden and the Democrats.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 11:04 AM (Riz8t)

10 Good rant. Thanks.

Again, it would be the most amazing job to track every last dollar of government funding to every last bank account, every last company. Either Cnada or the US.

I imagine I'd be amazed at the corruption. Before my fatal car accident or my unexpected suicide with 5 bullets to the back of my head.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 11:05 AM (Sco7b)

11 The obvious possibility of graft


lol, more like the absolute certainty of graft, and it being the central point of all of this.

Pretending to care about Ukraine's infrastructure is the thinnest fig leaf imaginable for what was clearly a scheme by deep state actors to make sure they keep their phony-baloney jobs.

Posted by: ballistic at March 26, 2026 11:05 AM (oqH4h)

12 It's not government funding.
It's taxpayer funding.

Posted by: Let's be clear at March 26, 2026 11:05 AM (2Ez/1)

13 MONKEY!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 11:05 AM (N1DT3)

14 This is one reason why I don’t care if Russia “wins” its war in Ukraine. Because the Ukrainian government is corrupt (almost as much as ours!!) and not our friend. I put the word win in parentheses because I never believed Putin would drive on to Berlin…. He wants a certain amount of Ukrainian territory and if he gets it I won’t lose sleep over that “win”

I wouldn’t be surprised if 70% or more of the taxpayer money we sent Ukraine was stolen by grifters (including the Biden’s)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 11:06 AM (xT8gx)

15 They did turn on that reporting for 2 weeks, and they found that yes, a lot of those IP addresses were tied to overseas computers, and then they quickly shut it off after just 2 weeks of seeing where this money is actually going”

https://tinyurl.com/yc5avze2
Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 11:03 AM (Riz8t)

Fraud does not exist (or hurt Democrats) if people cannot look.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 11:06 AM (bss/y)

16 Will there still be any chance to follow the money?

Posted by: Nazdar at March 26, 2026 11:06 AM (NcvvS)

17 >>Ukraine was doing what it thought it had to do to keep the funding that allowed it to continue existing.


Fuck Ukraine.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 11:07 AM (Klk40)

18 Ukraine was doing what it thought it had to do to keep the funding that allowed it to continue existing.

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And you know this how?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 26, 2026 11:07 AM (2UnvF)

19 Our ruling class is wholly corrupt. I'm not sure how we can replace them, though.

We've made politics a place where only shameless scammers can survive.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 11:07 AM (N1DT3)

20 9 I know it's pointless, but I will take the bullet. Ukraine was doing what it thought it had to do to keep the funding that allowed it to continue existing. The fault here is with Biden and the Democrats.
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This started a lot earlier than Biden. Ukraine is all about NATO and Dems and likely Putin milking a fabricated war. See Hillary and Victoria for the details.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 11:07 AM (n17eQ)

21 Ukraine was just stealing that money to feed its family!

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 11:07 AM (Klk40)

22 9 I know it's pointless, but I will take the bullet. Ukraine was doing what it thought it had to do to keep the funding that allowed it to continue existing. The fault here is with Biden and the Democrats.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 11:04 AM (Riz8t)

And I'll call bullshit. We installed this government to do exactly what it is doing. Funnel money to the right people with people in charge who were ok with just wetting their beaks on the slipstream.

Z-man became a problem when that flow was threatened to be cut off. He is fucking threatening other european leaders who are skeptical of the project for fuck's sake.

There is nothing noble here.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 11:08 AM (bss/y)

23 stable of pet companies

Ralston Purina?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 26, 2026 11:09 AM (Kt19C)

24 Say, when is Ukraine going to hold its next election?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 26, 2026 11:10 AM (2UnvF)

25 >>Ralston Purina?


When the horses die in the stable...yes, them.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 11:10 AM (Klk40)

26 @9 Edit: Ukraine was participating in this fraud or else (the Dems would alter the war-funding deals further).

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 26, 2026 11:11 AM (cWLG3)

27
Fraud does not exist (or hurt Democrats) if people cannot look.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 11:06 AM (bss/y)

/whistles nonchalantly

Posted by: Georgia Elections at March 26, 2026 11:11 AM (w/O5Q)

28 If we just stopped all of the fraud and the grift from the dems, we could probably fund free health care for a decade.

Posted by: LASue at March 26, 2026 11:11 AM (lCppi)

29 My question has always been- how do I, an everyday citizen, Navy vet, and loyal taxpayer, get into the river of money coming out of Washington? Why can't I have at least a tiny bit?

These foreign fuckers are taking the profits from schemes that we Americans would take!

Bastards!!!

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 11:12 AM (dmDsy)

30 Archimedes still in the pocket of Big Keeeev. Might be a Zelenskyyyy himself.

Posted by: Rushin' Hands, Roamin' Fingers at March 26, 2026 11:12 AM (oftw2)

31 /whistles nonchalantly
Posted by: Georgia Elections at March 26, 2026 11:11 AM (w/O5Q)

Or Virginia. Washington state. Arizona. Etc. Etc.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 11:12 AM (bss/y)

32 28 If we just stopped all of the fraud and the grift from the dems, we could probably fund free health care for a decade.
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We've already done that for Europe.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 11:12 AM (n17eQ)

33 9 Edit: Ukraine was participating in this fraud or else (the Dems would alter the war-funding deals further).
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 26, 2026 11:11 AM (cWLG3)


Vindaman!! Hunter Biden!! Joe Biden!!!! Of course that Manlet cosplay general is complicit.

Posted by: LASue at March 26, 2026 11:13 AM (lCppi)

34 Fuck Ukraine.
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 11:07 AM (Klk40)

This. I could not care any less about that shithole than I do right now. Let Putin have it.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at March 26, 2026 11:13 AM (2J/Lj)

35 The main problem with all of this is that if the Dems get control, USAID will suddenly reappear and it will be argued that it's covered under The Constitution and it can never be removed.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 11:13 AM (svLOV)

36 And I'll call bullshit. We installed this government to do exactly what it is doing. Funnel money to the right people with people in charge who were ok with just wetting their beaks on the slipstream.


and Ukraine isn't the only one

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 26, 2026 11:13 AM (j+aD2)

37 24 Say, when is Ukraine going to hold its next election?
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An election in Ukraine would be a threat to Our Precious Democracy!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 11:13 AM (Dv3i1)

38 My question has always been- how do I, an everyday citizen, Navy vet, and loyal taxpayer, get into the river of money coming out of Washington? Why can't I have at least a tiny bit?
Posted by: SSBN 656

Hey, I told you how to do it years ago! But did you listen to me? Noooooooooo...
-- Zombie Matthew Lesko

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 11:14 AM (77rzZ)

39
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And you know this how?

I suppose Joe Biden telling us that that's what he was doing is a pretty good indicator.

https://is.gd/hGKyTt

Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 11:14 AM (Riz8t)

40 There are so many government slush funds that only a death penalty will keep politicians from continuing to create them. It's been a risk free venture for a century now.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 11:14 AM (V4IXI)

41 I will always love Manlet.

Ace at peak wit.

Posted by: LASue at March 26, 2026 11:14 AM (lCppi)

42 Paging never-gonna-happen guy!

PAGING NEVER-GONNA-HAPPEN GUY!!!!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 11:14 AM (1o8D5)

43 30 Archimedes still in the pocket of Big Keeeev. Might be a Zelenskyyyy himself.
Posted by: Rushin' Hands, Roamin' Fingers at March 26, 2026 11:12 AM (oftw2)

Nah. I think this is more: we created this bullshit and they were unwitting victims of our schemes. My point is that they are all (the ones left) witting thugs and grifters. We essentially installed a 'friendly' crime syndicate at the head of a country.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 11:14 AM (bss/y)

44 "... the D.C. elites and the permanent administrative state that has grown like some malignant tumor in the body of our republic."


Also known as "public servants" which we are supposed to honor and respect. That expression was started and cultivated by Clinton back in the 90's and always makes me want to gag up when I hear it. Yet untold millions buy into that premise.

Posted by: Ripley at March 26, 2026 11:14 AM (GUOwU)

45 >>If we just stopped all of the fraud and the grift from the dems, we could probably fund free health care for a decade.


We could definitely balance the budget. Which would be sensible and useful.

Free Healthcare would just start the scamming all over again.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 11:14 AM (Klk40)

46 These foreign fuckers are taking the profits from schemes that we Americans would take!



oh sorry! the law applied to you

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 26, 2026 11:14 AM (j+aD2)

47 Be interesting to see if any of that money went to Harris. It always was suspicious she could raise over $1 billion in a few weeks.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 11:15 AM (viF8m)

48 26 @9 Edit: Ukraine was participating in this fraud or else (the Dems would alter the war-funding deals further).

Yup. That was my point.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 11:15 AM (Riz8t)

49 MN refuses to be outdone in the corruption sweepstakes.

...

SNIP: (Evidence of how Minnesota knew the fraud was going on, but purposely allowed it)

....

https://tinyurl.com/yc5avze2
Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 11:03 AM (Riz8t)

The left supports stealing your money and giving it to third worlders. (Either in this country or in another.)

YOU deserve to be stolen from because the only reason you have anything is that you and your ancestors stole it from the third wolders. Without you stealing everything, they'd be rich.

Logic doesn't matter. Pointing out they've NEVER had wealth so there was nothing to steal will not matter. YOU (and America) stole everything in the world and deserve to be stolen from.

These people are not our countrymen. They are enemies who want us dead.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 11:16 AM (N1DT3)

50 I agrees with you Archimedes

just fyi

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 26, 2026 11:16 AM (j+aD2)

51 @42 The "and so it begins" guy is on hiatus. So much has already begun.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 26, 2026 11:16 AM (cWLG3)

52 40 There are so many government slush funds that only a death penalty will keep politicians from continuing to create them. It's been a risk free venture for a century now.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 11:14 AM (V4IXI)

I'd venture a guess that most would still like their odds...

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 11:16 AM (Sco7b)

53 47 Be interesting to see if any of that money went to Harris. It always was suspicious she could raise over $1 billion in a few weeks.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 11:15 AM (viF8m)

She probably caught a very small amount, but I am betting this was ... what's the right term? The ediface of the dems. She DID NOT spend 2 billion on that election- I do not care how many times she hired Beyonce to shake her ass.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 11:16 AM (bss/y)

54 Also known as "public servants"
Posted by: Ripley at March 26, 2026 11:14 AM (GUOwU)

When are they supposed to start serving the public? I want to put that on my calendar so I can watch. Should be a great five minutes!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at March 26, 2026 11:17 AM (2J/Lj)

55 👍 On point, CBD!

You're so much more succinct and logical, but even I have sensed something is up with a great deal of US taxpayers dollars supporting less than honorable endeavors in both nation and out politics.

Mea Culpa. From today's art thread:
408 Interfax-Ukraine (Ukrainian News Agency) also posted: 26.03.2026

'Trump reposts article on alleged intercept of Ukraine and USAID plans to fund Biden’s 2024 campaign'

Who knows? Maybe all the missing democratic presidential campaign $ is sitting in Europe.

But the Dems/progressives are in a scorched earth mentality over USAID and will forever seek retribution for every and all "Trump created" agency including, but not limited to, DOGE and ICE.

And it keeps the Daily Beast and others of its ilk busy.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 26, 2026 11:17 AM (NFX2v)

56 Be interesting to see if any of that money went to Harris. It always was suspicious she could raise over $1 billion in a few weeks.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 11:15 AM (viF8m)

Washed through Beyonce and Oprah, no doubt.

Posted by: LASue at March 26, 2026 11:17 AM (lCppi)

57 >>She DID NOT spend 2 billion on that election- I do not care how many times she hired Beyonce to shake her ass.


Whatever her coffers held, she likely spent 2-3x that amount.

That's just part of the scam.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 11:18 AM (Klk40)

58 I know it's pointless, but I will take the bullet. Ukraine was doing what it thought it had to do to keep the funding that allowed it to continue existing. The fault here is with Biden and the Democrats.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 11:04 AM (Riz8t)

There's got to be a pony somewhere in that pile of shit, right?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 26, 2026 11:18 AM (8zz6B)

59 17
‘ Fuck Ukraine.’

Fuck Iran.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 26, 2026 11:18 AM (jbnUc)

60 Ukraine was participating in this fraud or else (the Dems would alter the war-funding deals further).

Yup. That was my point.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 11:15 AM (Riz8t)

But you left out that Ukrainian officials were using some of that funding as their personal bank account.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 11:18 AM (V4IXI)

61 I agrees with you Archimedes

just fyi

Thanks. It can get a bit lonely.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 11:19 AM (Riz8t)

62 56 Be interesting to see if any of that money went to Harris. It always was suspicious she could raise over $1 billion in a few weeks.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 11:15 AM (viF8m)

Washed through Beyonce and Oprah, no doubt.
Posted by: LASue at March 26, 2026 11:17 AM (lCppi)
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Ewwwwww.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 26, 2026 11:19 AM (cWLG3)

63 And keep in mind: USAID is just a small part of the fraud.

Every government agency, from the feds on down, has degrees of fraud built in.

The Democrat Party didn't become the party of big government because people like government.

They became the party of bigger and bigger government because they paid people.
Lots and lots and lots and lots of people.
With your money.
And those people want more government.
No one supports the Democrat Party who isn't being or doesn't expect to be, paid, directly or indirectly, by the government.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 26, 2026 11:19 AM (HXT0k)

64
Choose the form of the USAID destructor.

I choose:

MUNKEY

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2026 11:19 AM (y9nCu)

65 I wonder whether the unelected bureaucrats who spent so much of our money had a stable of pet companies that were willing to participate in these money-laundering escapades for a cut? Biden's 10% might have been peanuts!

CBD, you are too tender of years to be so cynical.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2026 11:19 AM (0sNs1)

66 I assume Ben Stiller was paid by US taxpayers for the photo op trip to Kiev.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 11:20 AM (Dv3i1)

67 Archimedes at March 26, 2026 11:19 AM (Riz8t)

Are you saying we got screwed by Ukraine??

Posted by: dantesed at March 26, 2026 11:20 AM (Oy/m2)

68 @66 but his confession about wishing he were black was pro bono.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 26, 2026 11:21 AM (cWLG3)

69 Sean Hannity has promised me that there is a huge investigation out of Florida, and that we just need to be patient because the Wheels of Justice grind slowly.

Posted by: RI Red at March 26, 2026 11:21 AM (eoT7c)

70 If the entirety of government magically disappeared tomorrow, 70% of the country would be just fine.

But that 30% that relies on money and employment directly and indirectly from government?

They would have no prospects because they all lack any marketable skills outside of leaching off of the 70%.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 26, 2026 11:21 AM (HXT0k)

71 Whatever her coffers held, she likely spent 2-3x that amount.

That's just part of the scam.
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 11:18 AM (Klk40)

Spent on what (and whom) is the thing though. CGI gets 5 mil for ... consulting. 5 mil goes to Robert Reich because he needs a new high chair. 5 mil goes to NYT because they gave me a nice glazing. 5 mil goes to Jimmy Kimmel so he can find his balls. 5 mil goes to Dr Jill for those lovely yoga pants. 5 mil goes to...

2 BILLION makes a lot of payoffs.

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

72 Ailiasshitshit is off it's meds again... can't even post a cogent comment.

Yeah, I know, when could it?

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 11:22 AM (dmDsy)

73 66 I assume Ben Stiller was paid by US taxpayers for the photo op trip to Kiev.
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Well, he is well known in Manhattan. He is also very greasy.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 11:22 AM (n17eQ)

74 We should reduce govt spending to Coolidge admin levels.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 11:22 AM (Dv3i1)

75 65 I wonder whether the unelected bureaucrats who spent so much of our money had a stable of pet companies that were willing to participate in these money-laundering escapades for a cut? Biden's 10% might have been peanuts!

CBD, you are too tender of years to be so cynical.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2026 11:19 AM (0sNs1)

Well, we know Miss Lindsey and Romney were involved. Pretty much any fucker who flew there over the past 5 years for a photo op got paid.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 11:23 AM (bss/y)

76 'I want the names of those companies!'

I want the names of the perps. On grave markers.

Posted by: Eromero at March 26, 2026 11:23 AM (LHPAg)

77 50
‘ I agrees with you Archimedes’

Same, more or less. There is no argument made regarding intervening in Iran that could not be made about Ukraine. It’s just a matter of preference.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 26, 2026 11:23 AM (jbnUc)

78 CBD, you are too tender of years to be so cynical.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2026 11:19 AM (0sNs1)

Hah!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 11:24 AM (n9ltV)

79 >>There is no argument made regarding intervening in Iran that could not be made about Ukraine.



That's retarded, Sir.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 11:24 AM (Klk40)

80 "A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury."

Would you be surprised that the Reddit Retards have a problem with that opinion?

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 11:24 AM (V4IXI)

81 Urban yutes ran wild last night in the Loop in downtown Chicago, deploying bear mace and tasers against each other and innocent bystanders.

{O-O}

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2026 11:25 AM (0sNs1)

82 OK, that is twice in the last week that I saw an alias post just a second before it was disappeared....


Have I been given some awesome new interwebs Power???


I will be beneficent.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 11:25 AM (dmDsy)

83 Suddenly, one after the other (and more) being posted today -

WaPo Pentagon considers diverting Ukraine military aid to the Middle East
A shift would highlight the growing trade-offs required for the U.S. to sustain its war with Iran as the conflict depletes the military’s critical munitions. minutes ago

Ukrainian News: Pentagon considers redirecting military aid to Ukraine to Middle East - WP

Pravda: NATO secretary general dismisses claims about US redirecting weapons intended for Ukraine to Middle East

Reuters: Exclusive: US links security guarantees to Ukraine giving up Donbas, Zelenskiy says

Newsweek: US Hits Back At Zelensky Comments on Ukraine Peace Deal

Rigzone: Ukraine Says It Attacked Russia's Kirishi Refinery
by Bloomberg| Bloomberg News | Thursday, March 26, 2026 |

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 26, 2026 11:25 AM (NFX2v)

84 7 What was it that Barron whispered to Sleepy Joe at the inauguration -- "We got you" ?

Indeed.
Remember who did this.

IceKingJOE gave Iran $6Billion to play nice.
"What is the National Security Interest?" IceKingJOE.

It should be intuitively obvious that Iran is going to destroy Kharg Island just as spider-hole/S.Hussein though the damage would be irreparable and an any kind of disincentive and impairment to air operations.

It's better if the Iranian's blow their own island up (Mad Max/RoadWarrior-style), and in fact, we should help them, unless of course we indict -- about 8 neutron warheads detonated concentrically and simultaneously/disabling all but the mechanical self destruct mechanisms they've already planed (gee, what-if they should go of pre-maturely accidentally?)

One way or another, robots would be on the ground in 24-72hrs, human jumpers within a week to assess/supress and bring the island back online in 3-6 months as Floating Production Storage Offload (FSPO, converted oiltankers) come on line in much less than that.

Guess who's heavily vested in that? and pre-positioned?
Yes, the *IS* profit in WAR, but only at a distance.

forWAR'd !!!

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at March 26, 2026 11:25 AM (u0/lf)

85 Archimedes at March 26, 2026 11:19 AM (Riz8t)

Are you saying we got screwed by Ukraine??

If I understand your question correctly, Ukraine gave money to the Dems, which is obviously a screwing, but they didn't WANT to do it (they needed every shekel , after all), they did it because they were worried the Dems would cancel all their funding if they didn't, and that funding was keeping them aliove. You know, just like Biden threatened to do if he didn't get his way over the Uke prosecutor investigating his son.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 11:25 AM (Riz8t)

86 Ukraine is no better than the UK. Countries that teamed up with the evil DC regime in their war against America.

They can all eat my ass.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 26, 2026 11:25 AM (BI5O2)

87 There is no analog at all between the Ukraine/Russia conflict and the Iranian situation. Literally none.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 11:25 AM (Klk40)

88 Know how you get $38T in debt and 100's of billions in fraud?

Steal from the taxpayers every year.

Not a little bit. All of it. Every last fucking cent. Print what you need to fill in the gaps.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 26, 2026 11:26 AM (AkEZC)

89 79.
I’ll defer to you as an expert on retardation.

Maybe you could list significant differences instead of expecting automatic agreement?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 26, 2026 11:26 AM (jbnUc)

90 There is no argument made regarding intervening in Iran that could not be made about Ukraine...,


When did Ukraine become the largest exporter of terrorism in the world? Holy crap we need to send Putin military aid asap!

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 11:26 AM (V4IXI)

91 79 >>There is no argument made regarding intervening in Iran that could not be made about Ukraine.



That's retarded, Sir.
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 11:24 AM (Klk40)

I agree... Is Ukraine the sponsor of terror across the world? Do they fund Hezbollah and the Huttis and other terrorist groups ?

Posted by: It's me donna at March 26, 2026 11:26 AM (//8Ft)

92 Thx CBD
I would like to see how much money ended up in the pockets of European elites. Boris Johnson didn't scuttle the treaty for kicks and giggles

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 26, 2026 11:27 AM (mHVWR)

93 >>Sean Hannity has promised me that there is a huge investigation out of Florida, and that we just need to be patient because the Wheels of Justice grind slowly.

Even the Washington Post admits it. Because it's true.

Hannity is a gas bag but he's not always wrong.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 11:27 AM (viF8m)

94 84 7 What was it that Barron whispered to Sleepy Joe at the inauguration -- "We got you" ?

And, of course, China won't be able to afford a Taiwan invasion, and their supply chain disruption will permanently cripple them.

Thanos was Right;
Real Stable Genious.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at March 26, 2026 11:27 AM (u0/lf)

95
In the middle of his Democrat, Republican, Democrat, Personal Injury Lawyer, Democrat flip-flop phase, Charlie Crist did a press conference where he whined "but I just want to SERVE the public!"

How about you give someone else a chance to serve, and go get yourself a real job? I swear, that asshole flip-flopped more than a beached sea grouper swatting sunbathers with his tail at Pismo Beach.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2026 11:28 AM (y9nCu)

96 Same, more or less. There is no argument made regarding intervening in Iran that could not be made about Ukraine. It’s just a matter of preference.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 26, 2026 11:23 AM (jbnUc)
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Maybe lay off the bong hits this early my dude

Posted by: ballistic at March 26, 2026 11:28 AM (oqH4h)

97 Enough about grift and graft.

The Obama Presidential Library of Doom opens in 85 days! And you can win tickets!

Privately funded you know. Out of people's admiration of Obama and his basketball, weight-lifting and umbrella-opening skills.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 11:29 AM (Sco7b)

98 Same, more or less. There is no argument made regarding intervening in Iran that could not be made about Ukraine. It’s just a matter of preference.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 26, 2026 11:23 AM (jbnUc)

Strongly disagree. With Iran we have 47 years of backstory.

Ukraine is fake (and gay.) Has been a manufactured op from the beginning that too many cold warriors fell into by transferring cold war animus into the conflict. The rest of the social media push? Ukraine flags in bio? All that bullshit. BILLIONS of dollars flowing to Ukraine with virtually NO oversight? 'Stand with Ukraine! Stay inside!'

Ukraine and Covid go hand in hand. And yet, you are saying Iran is the same thing? Just a preference? A manufactured thing?

That's horseshit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 11:29 AM (bss/y)

99 73 66 I assume Ben Stiller was paid by US taxpayers for the photo op trip to Kiev.
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Well, he is well known in Manhattan. He is also very greasy.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 11:22 AM (n17eQ)


Sunnyvale Trailer Park greasy?

LOL

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 11:29 AM (dmDsy)

100 Europeans have been at war with each other off and on for all of recorded history. They ought to be pretty good at it by now. Time to let them fight their own battles.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 26, 2026 11:29 AM (2UnvF)

101 Hannity is a gas bag but he's not always wrong.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 11:27 AM (viF8m)

I believe Hannity and Mark Levin are good friends. Can you imagine trying to get a word in edgewise when those two get together? I can imagine them talking past each other all night…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 11:30 AM (xT8gx)

102 Archimedes at March 26, 2026 11:19 AM (Riz8t)

Are you saying we got screwed by Ukraine??
____

I assumed this was a play on the nic, as in how do you raise money? The same way you raise water.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 11:30 AM (Dv3i1)

103 I'm still basically rootin' for Putin.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 11:30 AM (77rzZ)

104 Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 11:25 AM (Riz8t)

Again you ignore the money /aid that went into Ukrainian pockets or non military pet projects/social programs.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 11:32 AM (V4IXI)

105 103 I'm still basically rootin' for Putin.
Posted by: Bulg

You are Putin's stooge. That's right, I SAID IT!!!

Posted by: Ol' Yeller Levin at March 26, 2026 11:32 AM (Dv3i1)

106 Europeans have been at war with each other off and on for all of recorded history.
Posted by: Duke Lowell

Hey! Don't forget about us!
-- Middle Easterners, Africans, South Asians, East Asians, American Indians, etc.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 11:33 AM (77rzZ)

107 Who the hell said anything about invading Ukraine?
I don’t know whether some folks are intentionally misinterpreting my argument. But no I mean intervention to prevent Russia from overrunning Ukraine and whatever other country it decides it wants.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 26, 2026 11:33 AM (jbnUc)

108 Sunnyvale Trailer Park greasy?
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SSBN 656, I've never seen Sunnyvale Trailer Park. Is it available on one of the streaming thingies? I have smokes with a Canadian BGen. He is from that area. Maybe I should take a peek?

Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 11:33 AM (n17eQ)

109 >>I believe Hannity and Mark Levin are good friends. Can you imagine trying to get a word in edgewise when those two get together? I can imagine them talking past each other all night…

Way back at the start of the Russia crap Hannity was about the only person reporting that the whole thing was fake and one of his featured guests on some nights was John Solomon. No reporter was more on top of the hoax back then that Solomon, the guy who broke this story about Ukraine.

I tried to watch only on nights when Solomon was on and I'd invariably end up screaming at my TV for Hannity to shut the fuck up and let Solomon talk. Incredibly annoying.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 11:33 AM (viF8m)

110 One of the things we learned about USAID was that most of the money spent stayed within the Beltway.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 26, 2026 11:34 AM (n1OCj)

111 Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 26, 2026 11:33 AM (jbnUc)

Now I still don't understand your comparison. Quit while you're behind.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 11:34 AM (V4IXI)

112 The government has no respect at all for the hard earned money they steal from the citizenry at gunpoint. In my head, USAID is related to government censorship operations for some reason. The Stanford Internet Observatory, which helped launch the Russia collusion hoax, has been shuttered, but Stanford's censorship efforts continue. Based on my own observation, it seems like they are limiting right wing influence on social media by boring us to death.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 26, 2026 11:34 AM (2ap+5)

113 107 Who the hell said anything about invading Ukraine?
I don’t know whether some folks are intentionally misinterpreting my argument. But no I mean intervention to prevent Russia from overrunning Ukraine and whatever other country it decides it wants.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 26, 2026 11:33 AM (jbnUc)

And that is what I am talking about. The entire Ukrainian Project has been an op since we threw the color revolution back in... 2013?14?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 11:34 AM (bss/y)

114 I also doubt it's a coincidence that as soon as USAID is shut down, leftist commie swine start losing elections in South America. USAID was funding commies and assorted remoras all over the world. Good riddance.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 26, 2026 11:35 AM (iFTx/)

115 I assumed this was a play on the nic, as in how do you raise money? The same way you raise water.

I admit it; I completely missed that.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 11:35 AM (Riz8t)

116 And that is what I am talking about. The entire Ukrainian Project has been an op since we threw the color revolution back in... 2013?14?
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Yep.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 11:35 AM (n17eQ)

117 And yes, of course Ukraine played dirty pool to save their mangy hides. They cast their lots with my enemy, and stole that money on their behalf from me. I don't care about their reasoning, or what I might do in their shoes. I'm in *my* shoes, and I want to stomp a mudhole in them for it.

Cut ALL funding to Ukraine NOW. Enough of these impertinent Slavic pisspot sneakthieves. Let Europe's gopnik fend for himself.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 26, 2026 11:36 AM (BI5O2)

118 114 I also doubt it's a coincidence that as soon as USAID is shut down, leftist commie swine start losing elections in South America. USAID was funding commies and assorted remoras all over the world. Good riddance.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 26, 2026 11:35 AM (iFTx/)

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There was an article out over the last few days bemoaning that campuses have gotten quiet, the heyday of campus protest being, seemingly in the past.

Completely unrelated. I don't know why I bring it up.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 11:36 AM (gYVzu)

119 101 Hannity is a gas bag but he's not always wrong.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 11:27 AM (viF8m)

My late mother LOVED Hannity. And I'd watch too occassionally - much less since I stopped drinking.

I don't think President Trump had a bigger ally in the media than Hannity though. Whatever you think of him, Hannity always had Trump's back.

To whomever? was listening...

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 11:36 AM (Sco7b)

120 ‘ With Iran we have 47 years of backstory.’

With Russia we had the Cold War and beyond (some 80 years)to restrain their expansionism. I believe that ought to be opposed. At least to the extent we supply arms to Ukraine and make invasions expensive.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 26, 2026 11:37 AM (jbnUc)

121 Hannity is a gas bag but he's not always wrong.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 11:27 AM (viF8m)

True, but 5% right and 95% gas bag is a bad look. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 26, 2026 11:37 AM (snZF9)

122 14 This is one reason why I don’t care if Russia “wins” its war in Ukraine. Because the Ukrainian government is corrupt (almost as much as ours!!) and not our friend. I put the word win in parentheses because I never believed Putin would drive on to Berlin…. He wants a certain amount of Ukrainian territory and if he gets it I won’t lose sleep over that “win”
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 11:06 AM (xT8gx)

Putin is Schrodinger's Hitler: a powerful maniac hell-bent on world conquest when people want to convince you that he's an existential threat that must be fought directly or else he will drive to Paris, and a sad gas-station clown with nukes when they want to convince you that it would be safe and practical to drive to Moscow and divvy up the Russian Federation's assets among Bill Kristol's grifting friends.

I doubt he will stop before Odessa, and I also doubt that he even wants all of Ukraine, let alone to continue on. The Galician part would just be a never-ending hotbed of terrorism guerrilla warfare; destroying all its weapon production and leaving it as a landlocked rump state would suffice for his purposes.

Posted by: SciVo at March 26, 2026 11:37 AM (Sy6m/)

123 There is no argument made regarding intervening in Iran that could not be made about Ukraine.



That's retarded, Sir.
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 11:24 AM (Klk40)

The mullahs: installed by Jimmy Carter
Zelensky: installed by Obama

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 26, 2026 11:38 AM (8zz6B)

124 Let's not forget that our wonderful and esteemed congress critters voted down any attempts to audit the money trail in Ukraine.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 26, 2026 11:38 AM (2UnvF)

125 With Russia we had the Cold War and beyond (some 80 years)to restrain their expansionism. I believe that ought to be opposed. At least to the extent we supply arms to Ukraine and make invasions expensive.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 26, 2026 11:37 AM (jbnUc)

How does that compare to anything regarding to our military action against Iran?

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 11:38 AM (V4IXI)

126 Hell, Putin could only improve Berlin and Paris.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 11:38 AM (77rzZ)

127 Willie Nelson.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 26, 2026 11:39 AM (Kt19C)

128 126 Hell, Putin could only improve Berlin and Paris.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 11:38 AM (77rzZ)

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Muslim population is higher in Russia than in Western Europe.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 11:39 AM (gYVzu)

129 Cynical Publius is one of the better commenters.

America was nearly lost to a cabal of NGOs, think tanks, foundations, specialty media organizations, compromised mainstream media organizations, quasi-governmental organizations and all other manner of other well-funded (often with taxpayer dollars) players dedicated to preserving extra-governmental controls over the average American, all outside the scope of what Americans vote for.

The men and women behind these organizations claim to want to benevolently advance public policy, when in reality their singular purpose is to maintain and grow the nefarious personal power they have achieved. Above all else they must defend their fiefdoms, the good of the nation be damned.

When reformers try to undo any part of this cabal, those reformers are inevitably smeared, libeled, slandered and threatened. The goal is to prevent them from engaging in that necessary reform by intimidating them into silence.

https://is.gd/Yc6YlJ

Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 11:40 AM (Riz8t)

130 Time to take a good hard look into the twisted homosexual sadist and obligate fraudivore Lindsey Graham's finances.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 26, 2026 11:40 AM (BI5O2)

131 With Russia we had the Cold War and beyond (some 80 years)to restrain their expansionism. I believe that ought to be opposed. At least to the extent we supply arms to Ukraine and make invasions expensive.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 26, 2026 11:37 AM (jbnUc)

We opposed the Soviets. There IS a difference in kind and quantity between the Soviets and Russia now.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 11:40 AM (bss/y)

132 Biden started the Ukraine/Russia war, probably with intent to run this USAID scam.

Not old Joe himself, but his minions had plans.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 26, 2026 11:41 AM (vbXSk)

133 130 Time to take a good hard look into the twisted homosexual sadist and obligate fraudivore Lindsey Graham's finances.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 26, 2026 11:40 AM (BI5O2)

THIS. Well past time. How much of this filthy lucre has stuck to his clammy, weak hands?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 11:41 AM (bss/y)

134 Hannity is a gas bag but he's not always wrong.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 11:27 AM (viF8m)

Neither is a stopped clock.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 26, 2026 11:41 AM (N39Ws)

135 SSBN 656, I've never seen Sunnyvale Trailer Park. Is it available on one of the streaming thingies? I have smokes with a Canadian BGen. He is from that area. Maybe I should take a peek?
Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 11:33 AM (n17eQ)

Hi! It's called Trailer Park Boys, it's on Netflix. It's a really raunchy comedy about a group of moronic but well-meaning criminals in a trailer park. It's funny, as long as you appreciate comedic shows that include a lot of cursing and drug and alcohol abuse.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 11:41 AM (dmDsy)

136 125
‘ How does that compare to anything regarding to our military action against Iran?’

Both are foreign wars that we could have stayed out of.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 26, 2026 11:41 AM (jbnUc)

137 132 Biden started the Ukraine/Russia war, probably with intent to run this USAID scam.

Not old Joe himself, but his minions had plans.
Posted by: illiniwek at March 26, 2026 11:41 AM (vbXSk)

'I'd be ok with a limited incursion.' was that the line? Something like that.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 11:42 AM (bss/y)

138 Posted by: Rushin' Hands, Roamin' Fingers at March 26, 2026 11:12 AM (oftw2)

You can disagree with Archimedes, but don't be a dick about it.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 11:42 AM (n9ltV)

139 One of the things we learned about USAID was that most of the money spent stayed within the Beltway.

Michael McFaul, Trump-hater, Ukraine booster, and former Ambassador to Russia, once boasted that he made nearly a million dollars a year, in a quickly deleted tweet around the time Trump came into office.

I always wondered how much of that was USAID money - probably most of it.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 26, 2026 11:42 AM (n1OCj)

140 Muslim population is higher in Russia than in Western Euro
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Well, yes. Because the Russians conquered a lot of Muslim peoples who were already present. But, since Chechnya was pacified, how much mischief do we see Russian Muslims making over there? Putin knows how to handle them.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 11:42 AM (77rzZ)

141 The front lines in Ukraine have been relatively static for the last three years, but sure, if we don't help Ukraine Putin will roll tanks all the way to the English Channel.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 26, 2026 11:42 AM (2UnvF)

142 How much of this filthy lucre has stuck to his clammy, weak hands?

I saw Clammy, Weak Hands open for the KungFu Grip in Trading Places.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 11:42 AM (Riz8t)

143 Hannity is a gas bag but he's not always wrong.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 11:27 AM (viF8m)
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It's genetic. Hannity's cousin is a good friend of mine, and her nicknames since childhood are Motor Mouth and Daily News.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at March 26, 2026 11:42 AM (3ImbR)

144 Mark Levin lost his way with Ukraine because he's descended from Ukrainian Jews but goes to great lengths to claim that he's not a "Special pleader" for Ukraine.

Okay pal, just like you're not a special pleader for war with Iran.

Have your opinions, whatever, just be honest about your own biases. You're not a neutral observer here, buddy.

Posted by: ballistic at March 26, 2026 11:43 AM (oqH4h)

145 140 Muslim population is higher in Russia than in Western Euro
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Well, yes. Because the Russians conquered a lot of Muslim peoples who were already present. But, since Chechnya was pacified, how much mischief do we see Russian Muslims making over there? Putin knows how to handle them.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 11:42 AM (77rzZ)

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The population is even growing because the Russian Christians aren't procreating. Should be 30% of the population in about 15 years.

I keep hearing that 10% is all that's necessary for conquest.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 11:43 AM (gYVzu)

146 And Russia has actually decreased its footprint in the world since 1980 . I see no expansion except involvement in elections of its former states to make sure they are pro Russian. And that is the proximate cause of the Uke/Russian conflict.

Ukraine coup planners didn't like a legitimately elected Pro Russian President,

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 11:43 AM (V4IXI)

147 >>And that is what I am talking about. The entire Ukrainian Project has been an op since we threw the color revolution back in... 2013?14?

It goes back further than that. At the NATO Summit in Bucharest in 2008 George Bush floated the idea of NATO membership for both Georgia and Ukraine. Putin warned that membership for either country was a red line for him and he would attack if it happened.

To prove his point he then attacked Georgia. Didn't get nearly the media coverage that Ukraine has received but Putin wasn't screwing around about attacking if once again NATO broke its work and expanded eastward.

Multiple things can be true at the same time. Putin is a brutal and corrupt dictator but NATO always knew what would cause him to attack and did it anyway.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 11:44 AM (viF8m)

148 >>Mark Levin lost his way with Ukraine because he's descended from Ukrainian Jews


No. He lost his way because like most people of his generation he can't disconnect the USSR from Russia.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 11:44 AM (W7FsI)

149 131
‘ There IS a difference in kind and quantity between the Soviets and Russia now’

In quantity yes. In kind, it looks like the same threats and aggression I grew up watching.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 26, 2026 11:44 AM (jbnUc)

150 Practical fusion power will be achieved before Hannity and Levin could conduct an intelligible discussion with each other. OTOH, if the entertainment quotient could be harnessed....

Posted by: Dark Litigator at March 26, 2026 11:44 AM (KAi1n)

151 Protection from violence is the raison d'être for the State. At present, the state is releasing violent lunatics onto the public and prosecuting the public for defending itself from violent lunatics. The state is illegitimate and we should be talking about post-state systems, not how we are going to fine tune the crime syndicate we have now.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 26, 2026 11:44 AM (2ap+5)

152 No. He lost his way because like most people of his generation he can't disconnect the USSR from Russia.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 11:44 AM (W7FsI)
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Why not both?

Posted by: ballistic at March 26, 2026 11:44 AM (oqH4h)

153 The population is even growing because the Russian Christians aren't procreating. Should be 30% of the population in about 15 years.

I keep hearing that 10% is all that's necessary for conquest.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Yeah, too bad. I keep hearing about Russia's demographic decline, but I assume that that doesn't apply to Russian Muslims.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 11:45 AM (77rzZ)

154 >>It's genetic. Hannity's cousin is a good friend of mine, and her nicknames since childhood are Motor Mouth and Daily News.

Well look who has rejoined the party. How are you feeling?

Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 11:45 AM (viF8m)

155 There is no argument made regarding intervening in Iran that could not be made about Ukraine.

But Russia's already doing the hard part. We just need to stop the money and weapons and Brennan-allied intelligence.

Posted by: t-bird at March 26, 2026 11:45 AM (/IZKJ)

156 But is USAID really dead?

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at March 26, 2026 11:46 AM (s1NDj)

157 Muslim population is higher in Russia than in Western Europe.

But considerably lower if you don't include the Muslim provinces in the Caucasus.

There is a concerted effort to claim that Moscow and Saint Petersburg are being overwhelmed by Muslim immigration - the evidence for that is rather dubious.

The Russian Federation continues to be about three-quarters Russian.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 26, 2026 11:46 AM (n1OCj)

158 Also IMO regardless of why the Ukraine shindig kicked off, we haven't done much to end it because we're busy learning a shit load of lessons about the new battlefield that leans heavily on drone warfare and coopting that into our own doctrine.

Posted by: ballistic at March 26, 2026 11:46 AM (oqH4h)

159 Russian muslim population is almost completely confined to the caucuses. They’ve already shown them what happens if they start any crap with Mother Russia. It’s why their warlords get sent out to take out the trash in regions where Russia has an interest and they need a militia type force.

They ain’t rising up and controlling anything in Russia. They know it will be there end.

Posted by: Vengeance at March 26, 2026 11:46 AM (zw+xd)

160 >>Why not both?

Because the Jewish Diaspora from Ukraine has ZERO desire to aid Ukraine and/or return to Ukraine.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 11:46 AM (W7FsI)

161 No. He lost his way because like most people of his generation he can't disconnect the USSR from Russia.
Posted by: garrett

There is actually a lot of geopolitical continuity between the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 11:47 AM (77rzZ)

162 Paging Buck Throckmorton:
THE EV BUBBLE CONTINUES TO DEFLATE: Honda And Sony Are Killing Their Two Afeela Electric Cars.

It's my guess they cancelled the cars because of their ridiculous name.

https://is.gd/xqTaCu

Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 11:47 AM (Riz8t)

163 Archimedes has been consistent in his position on Ukraine and I believe he's arguing in good faith. I just think he's wrong. The great thing about this site is that we can disagree without being dicks. Except that one guy. He knows who he is.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 26, 2026 11:47 AM (2UnvF)

164 Hi! It's called Trailer Park Boys, it's on Netflix. It's a really raunchy comedy about a group of moronic but well-meaning criminals in a trailer park. It's funny, as long as you appreciate comedic shows that include a lot of cursing and drug and alcohol abuse.
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Thanks SSBN 656. I have Netflix and will dive right in. I've watched too many Antique Roadshows. I bet my wife will like it, too.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 11:47 AM (n17eQ)

165 151 Protection from violence is the raison d'être for the State. At present, the state is releasing violent lunatics onto the public and prosecuting the public for defending itself from violent lunatics. The state is illegitimate and we should be talking about post-state systems, not how we are going to fine tune the crime syndicate we have now.
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 26, 2026 11:44 AM (2ap+5)


Good point!

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 11:47 AM (dmDsy)

166 Huh?

Islamist extremist groups have conducted numerous attacks in Russia, driven by conflicts in the North Caucasus (Chechnya, Dagestan) and Russia's military intervention in Syria. Major recent attacks include the March 2024 Crocus City Hall shooting (140+ dead) and June 2024 attacks on Dagestan houses of worship, both linked to ISIS-K.

Much more detailed followed.

AI Overview

Posted by: L - No nic... at March 26, 2026 11:48 AM (NFX2v)

167 Archimedes is a poopy head with bad taste in translations of Italian literature.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 11:48 AM (gYVzu)

168 The population is even growing because the Russian Christians aren't procreating. Should be 30% of the population in about 15 years.

Sigh.

According to the US Department of State in 2017, Muslims in Russia numbered 14 million or roughly 10% of the total population

Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 26, 2026 11:48 AM (n1OCj)

169 Ukraine and Iran are the same?

Tell me you’re have a turd in your dome, without telling me you have a turd in your dome.

Posted by: Vengeance at March 26, 2026 11:49 AM (EIe8H)

170 In quantity yes. In kind, it looks like the same threats and aggression I grew up watching.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 26, 2026 11:44 AM (jbnUc)

And I completely disagree. What's a good analogy?

When the soviet union fell, you went from a nominally ideological empire to... almost like a consortium of gangsters. Oil Plutocrats. Then Putin rises up and is trying to make all the plutocrats work toward 'his' idea of what was good about the Soviets- National pride. Solidarity. That kind of thing. But the ideological roots of the Soviets (exporting Marxism) went away. He is STILL paranoid about his borders though. Hence georgia and ukraine. But both of those are in responses to diplomatic aggression.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 11:49 AM (bss/y)

171 167 Archimedes is a poopy head with bad taste in translations of Italian lit

It's a fair cop.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 11:50 AM (Riz8t)

172 Because the Jewish Diaspora from Ukraine has ZERO desire to aid Ukraine and/or return to Ukraine.
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 11:46 AM (W7FsI)
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There are exceptions to every rule, I guess. I just think it's odd that he makes a point to talk about how his family is from Ukraine BUT BUT BUT that has no bearing on his opinion that anyone who isn't full-throatedly behind the US backing Ukraine is a PUTIN STOOGE.

Posted by: ballistic at March 26, 2026 11:50 AM (oqH4h)

173 Hannity says a lot of things. That somehow he's "dialed in" on matters like who's being subpoenaed and when or who's going to be indicted is silly.

Gossip is the primary form of currency in the capitol city.

Graft is the primary form of payout.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 26, 2026 11:50 AM (AkEZC)

174 Time to take a good hard look into the twisted homosexual sadist and obligate fraudivore Lindsey Graham's finances.

Brilliant pitch! Have your agent get in touch with us!

Posted by: NetFlix at March 26, 2026 11:50 AM (rJjpq)

175 There is actually a lot of geopolitical continuity between the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union.
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 11:47 AM (77rzZ)

The Soviets were all about exporting their revolution all over the world. Modern Russia is mostly concerned with its borders.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 26, 2026 11:50 AM (8zz6B)

176 I wonder how many Republican's in congress were in on the grift.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 26, 2026 11:51 AM (abIsI)

177 Thanks SSBN 656. I have Netflix and will dive right in. I've watched too many Antique Roadshows. I bet my wife will like it, too.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 11:47 AM (n17eQ)


You're welcome, pudinhead, it's a funny show, again, as long as extreme cursing doesn't offend. Ricky will say shit that you probably could never imagine! Although it's not gross or blasphemous, just...cursy. And funny.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 11:51 AM (dmDsy)

178 Except that one guy. He knows who he is.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 26, 2026 11:47 AM (2UnvF)


*hearty fistbump*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 11:51 AM (bss/y)

179 >>There is actually a lot of geopolitical continuity between the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union.


What Russian Empire?

Our State Department couldn't let go of the notion of bilateral Superpowers. So, they decided to make Russia into the enemy that had just been defeated.

Once Russia dropped Communism, they ceased being a concern. We were fighting the expansion of Communism with the Soviet Union.
What were we fighting once the Communists were defeated?

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 11:51 AM (W7FsI)

180 168
Sigh.

According to the US Department of State in 2017, Muslims in Russia numbered 14 million or roughly 10% of the total population

Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 26, 2026 11:48 AM (n1OCj)

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Sigh...

That was a decade ago.

Muslims in Russia have higher birthrates, and the white Russian birthrate is crashing (supposedly about 1.1 right now).

Again...the point I made was that Russia has a higher Muslim population than Western Europe. 10% is...higher than the 6% of Western Europe that's Muslim.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 11:51 AM (gYVzu)

181 171 167 Archimedes is a poopy head with bad taste in translations of Italian lit

It's a fair cop.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 11:50 AM (Riz8t)

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He's a witch!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 11:52 AM (gYVzu)

182 176 I wonder how many Republican's in congress were in on the grift.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 26, 2026 11:51 AM (abIsI)

Safe to say: all of them. That's how they stayed.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 11:52 AM (bss/y)

183 Muslim population is higher in Russia than in Western Euro
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Well, yes. Because the Russians conquered a lot of Muslim peoples who were already present. But, since Chechnya was pacified, how much mischief do we see Russian Muslims making over there? Putin knows how to handle them.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 11:42 AM (77rzZ)

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The population is even growing because the Russian Christians aren't procreating. Should be 30% of the population in about 15 years.

I keep hearing that 10% is all that's necessary for conquest.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 11:43 AM (gYVzu)
_______

I think it depends in part on the 10%. One thing I've noticed about the Euro and especially UK Muslims is the woman are mostly dressed in burkas. That's a hardcore, virulent form of Islam.

By contrast, the USA definitely has a Muslim problem too, but you rarely see burkas here. Some hijabs, yes, but it's rare to see a burka.

In Asian muslim countries like Indonesia they have somehow managed to avoid most Muslim barbarism, and there you almost never see a burka.

I don't think this is a coincidence.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 26, 2026 11:52 AM (iFTx/)

184 170
‘ Hence georgia and ukraine. But both of those are in responses to diplomatic aggression.’

That sounds better in some ears than saying that he wants to reclaim all former Soviet land.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 26, 2026 11:52 AM (jbnUc)

185 Come on, let's focus on two important items:

1) There's too much pollen on my car.
2) MLB Opening Day is today.


How long will it take the Mets to eliminate themselves from the postseason?

Posted by: dantesed at March 26, 2026 11:53 AM (Oy/m2)

186 He's a witch!

I wasn't sure anyone would get that.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 11:53 AM (Riz8t)

187
It's funny, as long as you appreciate comedic shows that include a lot of cursing and drug and alcohol abuse.
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 11:41 AM (dmDsy)



So, a MoMe...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2026 11:53 AM (y9nCu)

188 What were we fighting once the Communists were defeated?
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Breaking Rice Bowls is hard. Losing big chunks of budget is even harder.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 11:53 AM (n17eQ)

189 186 He's a witch!

I wasn't sure anyone would get that.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 11:53 AM (Riz8t) \

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I'm a Millennial movie nerd.

Of course I got that.

Although, I'm convinced she says "fair court".

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 11:54 AM (gYVzu)

190 185 Come on, let's focus on two important items:

1) There's too much pollen on my car.
2) MLB Opening Day is today.
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Never forget, It Is My Birthday!

Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 11:54 AM (n17eQ)

191 I know I'll get slammed for this, but I don't hate Russia as much as I probably should. We do have a lot in common with them. They lean conservative for the most part and we did treat them like shit when the USSR shit the bed. Much more in common than countries like China. I also don't have an issue with Russia wanting its Russian regions back and if they want to go to war to get it, so be it. Ukraine has been a money laundering institution for decades, don't really care what happens there that much.

Posted by: Jaimo at March 26, 2026 11:54 AM (BCuCF)

192 As I have said for years, this 10% reference was and admission of something much greater. The $10,000,000 for the Big Guy that we know about, thanks to the smartest man on the planet Huntie, is grossly understated. Move the decimal at least on place, or more likely two.

Posted by: Idiocracy Participant at March 26, 2026 11:54 AM (D4I2r)

193 10% is...higher than the 6% of Western Europe that's Muslim.

And again, much of that Muslim population is in Chechnya, Dagestan, and nearby areas on the periphery of the country.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 26, 2026 11:55 AM (n1OCj)

194
Let's not forget that our wonderful and esteemed congress critters voted down any attempts to audit the money trail in Ukraine.
Posted by: Duke Lowell

===============

Such knowledge is not meant for man to know.

Posted by: Cop Over Smoking Ruins of Mad Scientist's Laboratory at March 26, 2026 11:55 AM (XJ22o)

195 How long will it take the Mets to eliminate themselves from the postseason?
Posted by: dantesed at March 26, 2026 11:53 AM (Oy/m2)

You shut your whore mouth!

Every year (on Opening Day) is the Mets year!!!!

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 11:55 AM (dmDsy)

196 What Russian Empire?
Posted by: garrett

The Tsarist one that fell in 1917.

Peter the Great and Stalin had a lot in common.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 11:55 AM (77rzZ)

197 What were we fighting once the Communists were defeated?
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 11:51 AM (W7FsI)
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We were fighting for careerists in the State Department/CIA to keep their bullshit jobs where they pretended to go spy on the Russians and the Russians pretended to keep tabs on them, so that they could go to parties with Russian women. In exchange, the Russians sent people here to pretend to spy on us so they could go shopping and rub elbows at DC cocktail parties.

The entire Cold War from the late 70s until the fall of the USSR was just one big make-work program for "intelligence" officers on both sides. A complete gentlemen's agreement.

Posted by: ballistic at March 26, 2026 11:56 AM (oqH4h)

198 That sounds better in some ears than saying that he wants to reclaim all former Soviet land.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 26, 2026 11:52 AM (jbnUc)

And that is where the territorial buffers come in- a lot of which was set up by Stalin who WAS a paranoid evil fucktard. BUT he also had the political expansionism of exporting communism. Putin does not have that aspect. You are conflating ideology between the two phases and that is just not the case.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 11:56 AM (bss/y)

199 Why aren't Russian Christians having more children? Orthodox families in the US tend to have lots of kids.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 26, 2026 11:56 AM (2ap+5)

200 It's funny, as long as you appreciate comedic shows that include a lot of cursing and drug and alcohol abuse.
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 11:41 AM (dmDsy)



So, a MoMe...
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2026 11:53 AM (y9nCu)


LOL! I can't wait until I can get to one...

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 11:56 AM (dmDsy)

201 Never forget, It Is My Birthday!
Posted by: pudinhead

Have you started the celebratory day-drinking yet?

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 11:57 AM (77rzZ)

202 Well, yes. Because the Russians conquered a lot of Muslim peoples who were already present. But, since Chechnya was pacified, how much mischief do we see Russian Muslims making over there? Putin knows how to handle them.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 11:42 AM (77rzZ)

“The Hun is always either at your throat or at your feet.”

Replace "Hun" with Mohammedan and the statement still holds true.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 11:57 AM (N1DT3)

203 >>There are exceptions to every rule, I guess. I just think it's odd that he makes a point to talk about how his family is from Ukraine BUT BUT BUT that has no bearing on his opinion that anyone who isn't full-throatedly behind the US backing Ukraine is a PUTIN STOOGE


I'm not taking Levin's side in this. He is wrong.

What he should want, imo, is the destruction of the Nazi Aligned factions of the Ukrainian People/Government/Military.

That would place him in the same camp of the other Jewish Diaspora from Ukraine.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 11:57 AM (W7FsI)

204 199 Why aren't Russian Christians having more children? Orthodox families in the US tend to have lots of kids.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 26, 2026 11:56 AM (2ap+5)

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6% of Russian Orthodox attend church weekly.

Weekly attendance has more predictive power over family size than the overall label of religious.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 11:57 AM (gYVzu)

205 SSBN, October 16/17 coming up.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 26, 2026 11:57 AM (+nEug)

206 There was an article out over the last few days bemoaning that campuses have gotten quiet, the heyday of campus protest being, seemingly in the past.

Oh no! Now they have to go to classes and earn their degrees.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 11:58 AM (svLOV)

207 Russia warned us about the Chechnya brothers but our esteemed intelligence services basically ignored the warnings.

On another note, Look who are the biggest supporters of Ukraine. Soros and the entire European Left.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 11:58 AM (V4IXI)

208 >>The Tsarist one that fell in 1917.


Well, you get Ace to give you the keys to the Time Machine that he Totally Doesn't Have (TM) and we can talk bout that.

There is no Russian Empire, today. That was my point.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 11:59 AM (W7FsI)

209 “The Hun is always either at your throat or at your feet.”

Replace "Hun" with Mohammedan and the statement still holds true.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian

I'm starting to get an idea about how to handle the Minnesota problem...

Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 11:59 AM (svLOV)

210 Weekly attendance has more predictive power over family size than the overall label of religious.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

I did not know that. Interesting.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 11:59 AM (77rzZ)

211 The population is even growing because the Russian Christians aren't procreating. Should be 30% of the population in about 15 years.

I keep hearing that 10% is all that's necessary for conquest.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 11:43 AM (gYVzu)

10% isn't necessary for conquest. I'd put that at 30%, minimum.

10% is what is necessary for them to start getting violent and murdering the citizens of the country they plan to conquer. (They are not "fellow countrymen". They are an invading force EVERYWHERE they go that isn't already musselmen, and sometimes even there.)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 12:00 PM (N1DT3)

212 198
‘ You are conflating ideology between the two phases and that is just not the case.’

I didn’t mention ideology. But it’s a matter of public record that Putin grieves the USSR. Not because of ideology but because he wants it to be the biggest, baddest ass on the Eurasian land mass.
Everything he’s done is in the direction of of restoring that.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 26, 2026 12:00 PM (jbnUc)

213 The oddest thing I have ever seen and heard of recently was the Right Sector in Ukrainian politics includes a Jewish paramilitary group

Posted by: Kindltot at March 26, 2026 12:00 PM (rbvCR)

214 earn their degrees.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 11:58 AM (svLOV)
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Let's not get hasty, here.

Posted by: ballistic at March 26, 2026 12:00 PM (oqH4h)

215 210 Weekly attendance has more predictive power over family size than the overall label of religious.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

I did not know that. Interesting.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 11:59 AM (77rzZ)

=====

4 generations of a government actively working to make religion as minimal as possible has an effect.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 12:00 PM (gYVzu)

216 205 SSBN, October 16/17 coming up.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 26, 2026 11:57 AM (+nEug)


*strokes chin*

Interesting... by that time I very well may be situated to where I could take a trip...

Where is the October one?

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 12:01 PM (dmDsy)

217 Same money laundering happens in Canada.
Government workers have set up their own companies carefully designed to win bids on gov contracts.
The government pays for the most ridiculous foreign aid queer projects, all the same flavour as the USAID projects.
Federal payments software "Phoenix Pay" has cost billions in budget overruns so far and they estimate it will cost billions more to complete. Complete fucking scam. People and companies are being given money to do nothing at all, because a payroll system does NOT cost that much money.
Projects get the same hours get billed over and over by multiple companies.
The covid travel app ArriveCan cost $52M or something atrocious. A very simple app that a couple developers could have built in 1-2 weeks.
The "long gun registry" cost $500M and got scrapped.

Posted by: fb at March 26, 2026 12:01 PM (D/cuw)

218 Archimedes has been consistent in his position on Ukraine and I believe he's arguing in good faith. I just think he's wrong. The great thing about this site is that we can disagree without being dicks. Except that one guy. He knows who he is.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 26, 2026 11:47 AM (2UnvF)

I'm pretty sure I can't even agree without being one.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 12:01 PM (N1DT3)

219
I don't hate Russia as much as I probably should.

Posted by: Jaimo

===============

I truly don't know if we treated them bad after the Soviet Union collapsed, but the Russkies themselves seem talented and industrious. God only knows what they could do if they weren't ruled by thugs -- but maybe being ruled that way is some flaw in their national character.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 26, 2026 12:01 PM (XJ22o)

220 An orthodox, anarchist, capitalist world would be as close to Eden as we can get.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 26, 2026 12:02 PM (2ap+5)

221 Where is the October one?
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 12:01 PM (dmDsy)


Duh I can just look in the sidebar.....

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 12:02 PM (dmDsy)

222 Makes sense Morticia. They just seem normal for the most part and really aren't we all ruled by thugs now?

Posted by: Jaimo at March 26, 2026 12:03 PM (BCuCF)

223 >>I truly don't know if we treated them bad after the Soviet Union collapsed


It was, essentially, a gang rape of a semi-conscious victim.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 12:03 PM (W7FsI)

224 Government workers have set up their own companies carefully designed to win bids on gov contracts.

[ . . . ]
Posted by: fb at March 26, 2026 12:01 PM (D/cuw)

This sort of barely legal fraud is pretty much why Sec Noem got dumped from DHS and got the gilded potato of being head of Shield, doing what Rubio tells her to do.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 26, 2026 12:03 PM (rbvCR)

225 By contrast, the USA definitely has a Muslim problem too, but you rarely see burkas here. Some hijabs, yes, but it's rare to see a burka.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 26, 2026 11:52 AM (iFTx/)

Visit Dearborn.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 12:03 PM (N1DT3)

226 There is no Russian Empire, today. That was my point.
Posted by: garrett

Not in its governing structure. But it is still the largest country on Earth. That qualifies it as a de facto empire in my book.

But I think that we're in basic agreement. The US and Tsarist Russia generally had good relations, due to both countries' rivalry with Britain. There's no reason, post-communism, that we can't have good relations again.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 12:03 PM (77rzZ)

227 >>> to send approximately 90% of funds allocated to the DNC to fund Joe Biden...

Used to be 10% for kickbacks,
But 90% for The Big Guy ?
Dang!

Posted by: Operator Error at March 26, 2026 12:04 PM (eWg54)

228 Everything he’s done is in the direction of of restoring that.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 26, 2026 12:00 PM (jbnUc)

And he did not DO anything about it until we told him both that he could and we did what we said we would not do (expand NATO.)

There is an element of: we believe we can do whatever we want without acting in good faith. Look at the wildly different policies between Biden Junta and Trump for example. We are schizophrenic. AND we have the best and most effective military.

So, we are the insane neighbor who has maxim machine gun nests set up on his second floor. AND we launch drones to bomb the neighbors occasionally. But different neighbors depending on which of our personalities are dominant for this four year stretch.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 12:04 PM (bss/y)

229 Here is EXACTLY why USAID needed to be burned to the ground.
Well, aside from the fact the government shouldn't be giving away money to ANYONE.

In this manner, most of the U.S. funding would be diverted to Joe Biden’s election campaign without the ability to track where exactly the funds came from.
Ummm, wasn't this the exact sort of investigation Biden called Ukraine about NOT investigating in the first place?

Posted by: GWB at March 26, 2026 12:04 PM (x9vBb)

230 I don't hate Russia as much as I probably should.

Posted by: Jaimo

===============

I truly don't know if we treated them bad after the Soviet Union collapsed, but the Russkies themselves seem talented and industrious. God only knows what they could do if they weren't ruled by thugs -- but maybe being ruled that way is some flaw in their national character.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 26, 2026 12:01 PM (XJ22o)


I don't want to get all "Depeche Mode" here, but people are people, and I think all a pretty big majority of us humans want to just live, and let live.

No matter where they are, or what governmental system they were born under.

[/deep thoughts]

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 12:05 PM (dmDsy)

231 A power vacuum will always see the worst of the worst take advantage. That's what happened when the USSR fell. Organized Crime ran Russia until Putin took over.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 12:06 PM (V4IXI)

232 President Trump talking now.

Whoa, even CNN and MS Now are airing it.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 12:06 PM (Sco7b)

233 It was, essentially, a gang rape of a semi-conscious victim.
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 12:03 PM (W7FsI)

This. Russia after the fall was ugly as hell. Think Reconstruction but with a lot more alcoholism and looting.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 12:06 PM (bss/y)

234 But I think that we're in basic agreement. The US and Tsarist Russia generally had good relations, due to both countries' rivalry with Britain. There's no reason, post-communism, that we can't have good relations again.
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 12:03 PM (77rzZ)

There is a very broad train of thought in the US government and international finance that feels that there can never be a reconciliation between the West and the Russian state after everything we have done to them.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 26, 2026 12:06 PM (rbvCR)

235 126 Hell, Putin could only improve Berlin and Paris.
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 11:38 AM (77rzZ)

I wouldn't go that far -- the solution to the depradations of "cultural enrichment" is not more of a different kind -- but that reminds me of another point I meant to make. The paradox of the Schrodinger's Hitler is resolved by recognizing that Europe is hopelessly corrupt: aside from Poland, the rest not only don't have enough military to make a speedbump, they are also incapable of building it up. They could try, but >85% of any money going in would just be stolen, like a California freeway coyote/butterfly bridge.

Posted by: SciVo at March 26, 2026 12:06 PM (Sy6m/)

236 I know it's pointless, but I will take the bullet. Ukraine was doing what it thought it had to do to keep the funding that allowed it to continue existing. The fault here is with Biden and the Democrats.

I don't fault people for taking free money when it's offered, even if you personally think it should not be. Zelensky is a moron and a stooge, but the fault lies in DC.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 26, 2026 12:07 PM (2ocoG)

237 >>I think that we're in basic agreement. The US and Tsarist Russia generally had good relations, due to both countries' rivalry with Britain. There's no reason, post-communism, that we can't have good relations again.


My only contention here is that we missed that opportunity and then doubled down on that mistake for 25+ years.

Trump was right in his first campaign, there was NO reason that we should not have been reaching out to Russia to make them (more of) an ally / partner.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 12:07 PM (W7FsI)

238
Let's not get hasty, here.
Posted by: ballistic

Imagine the progress that could be made if you simply expelled the protesters and banished them from your school system for three years. And once that happened, the bill for their loans was due.

I think you'd see attitude changes but unfortunately, groups like the ACLU would scream about it.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 12:07 PM (svLOV)

239 >>2) MLB Opening Day is today.

Who self-immolates first? Mets or (sigh) White Sox?

Late sister (serious Cub fan) had a bet as to which of our teams would be eliminated first - six-pack of beer, not exactly high stakes. She usually had to pay up. A little sorry that she didn't get to see them win the Series.

Posted by: Nazdar at March 26, 2026 12:07 PM (NcvvS)

240 228
‘ And he did not DO anything about it until we told him both that he could and we did what we said we would not do (expand NATO.)’

I look at this as a legitimate grievance too.
And a convenient excuse for expansion at the same time.
It seems like there is a parallel somewhere in history. It escapes me right now.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 26, 2026 12:08 PM (jbnUc)

241
I know I'll get slammed for this, but I don't hate Russia as much as I probably should. We do have a lot in common with them.

Posted by: Jaimo at March 26, 2026 11:54 AM (BCuCF)



Meh. I could care less about Russia for the most part, as long as they continue exporting strippers and oil, their two main export resources. The only thing that worries me about them is that they were stupid enough to attack the Ukes and get bogged down, leaving Siberia open to invasion and occupation by the Chinee, who are the real bad actors in the non-mohammedan world. When China gets their hands on Siberia it solves a lot of their problems for at least a generation or two.

One of the things in the Marvel Universe that pisses me off is the stupid schoolyard notion that "strength invites challenge" as Vision puts it. Bullshit, it's weakness that invites challenge, and I think it's only a matter of time until the Chinee move into Siberia, knowing that the Russians don't have the strength to effectively oppose them.

That is, unless the Chinee collapse first. Which is a distinct possibility.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2026 12:08 PM (y9nCu)

242 >>I don't want to get all "Depeche Mode" here, but people are people, and I think all a pretty big majority of us humans want to just live, and let live.


People ARE People.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 12:08 PM (W7FsI)

243 I don't want to get all "Depeche Mode" here, but people are people, and I think all a pretty big majority of us humans want to just live, and let live.

No matter where they are, or what governmental system they were born under.

[/deep thoughts]
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 12:05 PM (dmDsy)

/looks at human history

I'm fairly certain you're wrong.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 12:08 PM (N1DT3)

244 Not in its governing structure. But it is still the largest country on Earth. That qualifies it as a de facto empire in my book.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 12:03 PM (77rzZ)
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Looking at area alone isn't really a good measure of anything. 95% of Russia is uninhabitable useless frozen tundra.

Just like how Australia gets too much credit for being large but 90% of that continent is uninhabitable useless desert.

Posted by: ballistic at March 26, 2026 12:08 PM (oqH4h)

245 after everything we have done to them.
Posted by: Kindltot


What the hell have we done to them? Gave them the Lend-Lease stuff that they beat Hitler with?

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 12:09 PM (77rzZ)

246 199 Why aren't Russian Christians having more children? Orthodox families in the US tend to have lots of kids.
____

Vodka and despair. Have you read their literature?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 12:09 PM (Dv3i1)

247 SSBN, Corsicana. Texas

Posted by: Ben Had at March 26, 2026 12:10 PM (+nEug)

248 There is actually a lot of geopolitical continuity between the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union.

Posted by: Bulg

Sort of like how the PRC is just the latest Chinese imperial dynasty...

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 26, 2026 12:10 PM (OUMaO)

249 Up! Up with people!
You meet ‘em wherever you go
Up! Up with people!
They’re the best kind of folks we know
If more people were for people
All people ev’rywhere
There’d be a lot less people to worry about
And a lot more people who care
There’d be a lot less people to worry about
And a lot more people who care

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 26, 2026 12:10 PM (2ap+5)

250 >>Just like how Australia gets too much credit for being large but 90% of that continent is uninhabitable useless desert.


I am increasingly of the belief that we should strip Australia of its status as a Continent.

If Pluto can be deemed and asteroid, I want Australia deemed to be just an Island.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 12:10 PM (W7FsI)

251 >>Everything he’s done is in the direction of of restoring that.

He will not live long enough. Doubt that his successor will have his 'skills'.

Posted by: Nazdar at March 26, 2026 12:10 PM (NcvvS)

252 >>>These people are not our countrymen. They are enemies who want us dead.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian
---

What's the proper thing to do with these people?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 12:10 PM (jAisO)

253 I don't want to get all "Depeche Mode" here, but people are people, and I think all a pretty big majority of us humans want to just live, and let live.

No matter where they are, or what governmental system they were born under.

[/deep thoughts]
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 12:05 PM (dmDsy)

As a further explanation:

The Pax Romana was a BIG DEAL because it was a very long period of time when conquering wars didn't happen and most people lived in peace.

The natural state of man is not "you leave me alone, I'll leave you alone".

The natural state of man is "Hey, that tribe has great land/houses/women/etc... Let's take them!"

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 12:10 PM (N1DT3)

254 What were we fighting once the Communists were defeated?

Americans.

Posted by: t-bird at March 26, 2026 12:11 PM (T7fic)

255 My only contention here is that we missed that opportunity and then doubled down on that mistake for 25+ years.

Trump was right in his first campaign, there was NO reason that we should not have been reaching out to Russia to make them (more of) an ally / partner.
Posted by: garrett

Completely agree.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 12:11 PM (77rzZ)

256 I don't want to get all "Depeche Mode" here, but people are people, and I think all a pretty big majority of us humans want to just live, and let live.

No matter where they are, or what governmental system they were born under.

[/deep thoughts]
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 12:05 PM (dmDsy)

/looks at human history

I'm fairly certain you're wrong.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian

It only takes a determined few to make things miserable for anyone else. Just pointing that out here.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 26, 2026 12:11 PM (OUMaO)

257 >>Americans.


McCarthy was always right.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 12:11 PM (W7FsI)

258 248
‘ Sort of like how the PRC is just the latest Chinese imperial dynasty...’

There is a lot of continuity to be found.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 26, 2026 12:11 PM (jbnUc)

259 Canada is the second largest country in the world.

I don't think their Empire is that significant.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 12:12 PM (V4IXI)

260 Sort of like how the PRC is just the latest Chinese imperial dynasty...
Posted by: Brother Tim

Yep.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 12:12 PM (77rzZ)

261 Happy birthday puddin

Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 12:12 PM (HyaXg)

262 Putin wants to get along with Islamists there are Islamic states in Russia. But they must reciprocate by getting along with Putin otherwise he will kill them. It is very clear.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 12:12 PM (jAisO)

263 The Pax Romana was a BIG DEAL because it was a very long period of time when conquering wars didn't happen and most people lived in peace.

Rome was only not at war for about ten years total during that period. There are always barbarians to deal with, after all.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 26, 2026 12:12 PM (OUMaO)

264 Speaking of baseball, there are 5 teams that have never won a World Series:

Seattle Mariners
Milwaukee Brewers
San Diego Padres
Colorado Rockies
Tampa Bay Rays

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 12:12 PM (WsJuq)

265 >>Posted by: Kindltot at March 26, 2026 12:06 PM (rbvCR)

Considering that those exact people are the ones who did 'everything we have done to them', that is mind-boggling stupidity in plain sight.

Posted by: Nazdar at March 26, 2026 12:13 PM (NcvvS)

266 I truly don't know if we treated them bad after the Soviet Union collapsed, but the Russkies themselves seem talented and industrious. God only knows what they could do if they weren't ruled by thugs -- but maybe being ruled that way is some flaw in their national character.

Russians are smart and do good work. But the peasant mindset is ingrained in them deeply, even moreso than it is for a lot of the rest of Europe.

As for the post-collapse treatment, Mike Benz laid that out on Rogan. Once the USSR collapsed, the CIA set about trying to expand NATO and completely surround Russia. Bill Clinton largely prevented that on the basis that it would just antagonize them.

At the same time, George Soros, assisted by the State Department, started buying a bunch of property in Russia.

So basically the Clinton administration was largely friendly to Russia but the rest of FedGov was involved in schemes that were not so friendly.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 26, 2026 12:13 PM (2ocoG)

267 Hannity is annoying but he had Obama pegged as a scumbag a year before the zDems nominated him.

Posted by: Cosda at March 26, 2026 12:13 PM (WmJ2H)

268 Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 12:05 PM (dmDsy)

/looks at human history

I'm fairly certain you're wrong.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 12:08 PM (N1DT3)


In all of history, I think you're right.

Guess I am talking about us, today, the people that are raised under, at the very least, a sort of free society. Sure, there are countries that still oppress their people, but I think they are doomed to fail, because the human spirit will eventually win out.

Of course, I could be completely wrong.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 12:13 PM (dmDsy)

269 Looking at area alone isn't really a good measure of anything. 95% of Russia is uninhabitable useless frozen tundra.

Just like how Australia gets too much credit for being large but 90% of that continent is uninhabitable useless desert.
Posted by: ballistic at March 26, 2026 12:08 PM (oqH4h)

In both cases, those "uninhabitable" areas are storehouses of valuable resources.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 26, 2026 12:13 PM (8zz6B)

270 Sure, we exploited the Russians during and after the USSR's death throes. We still treated them more charitable than probably any other defeated military empire in history. It's not like we burned Persepolis or anything.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 26, 2026 12:13 PM (BI5O2)

271 261
‘ Happy birthday puddin’

I thought he was kidding.
That’s a coincidence.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 26, 2026 12:13 PM (jbnUc)

272 I am increasingly of the belief that we should strip Australia of its status as a Continent.

If Pluto can be deemed and asteroid, I want Australia deemed to be just an Island.

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 12:10 PM (W7FsI)

Yup.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 26, 2026 12:14 PM (snZF9)

273 Rome was only not at war for about ten years total during that period. There are always barbarians to deal with, after all.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 26, 2026 12:12 PM (OUMaO)

*waves*

Posted by: Trajan at March 26, 2026 12:14 PM (bss/y)

274 259 Canada is the second largest country in the world.
____

Judges would have accepted "Canada is China's largest colony".

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 12:14 PM (Dv3i1)

275 259 Canada is the second largest country in the world.

I don't think their Empire is that significant.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg
----

Japan is one of the smallest countries in the world.
They punch above their weight.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 12:14 PM (jAisO)

276 247 SSBN, Corsicana. Texas
Posted by: Ben Had at March 26, 2026 12:10 PM (+nEug)


*makes an actual note on paper*

Thanks Ben

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 12:14 PM (dmDsy)

277 Poll in Maine shows Platner with massive lead. Nazi on track to win Dem Nomination.

More at 11

Posted by: Just The Facts at March 26, 2026 12:15 PM (ppdC5)

278 CNN and MS Now cut away from President Trump.

Narratives were being challenged.

FoxNews headline

"Trump: We're the party of common sense.
Dems are the party of insanity."

Lol

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 12:15 PM (Sco7b)

279 I want Islam to leave me alone. But I don't want Islam to leave you alone!

Posted by: Leftists at March 26, 2026 12:15 PM (Dv3i1)

280 Poll in Maine shows Platner with massive lead. Nazi on track to win Dem Nomination.

Dems do as they're told.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 26, 2026 12:16 PM (2ocoG)

281 Sure, we exploited the Russians during and after the USSR's death throes. We still treated them more charitable than probably any other defeated military empire in history. It's not like we burned Persepolis or anything.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Propping up that drunken buffoon Yeltsin for so long was probably a mistake, but he was kinda the best thing we had to work with at the time.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 12:16 PM (77rzZ)

282 277
‘ Poll in Maine shows Platner with massive lead. Nazi on track to win Dem Nomination.’

Screw that. How are we doing in Iran?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 26, 2026 12:16 PM (jbnUc)

283 280 Poll in Maine shows Platner with massive lead. Nazi on track to win Dem Nomination.

Dems do as they're told.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 26, 2026 12:16 PM (2ocoG)

=====

Schumer got the current ME governor (Mills) to run because the establishment wants Platner to lose the primary because they know he's going to be toxic in the general election in a senate race that should be one of their key pickup opportunities.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 12:17 PM (gYVzu)

284 Oh good, something else Pam Bondi can prove herself useless over.

Posted by: Thatch at March 26, 2026 12:17 PM (AKhi9)

285 Speaking of Russia, I think a very underrated movie is TransSiberian.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 12:18 PM (V4IXI)

286 >>Speaking of baseball, there are 5 teams that have never won a World Series:

Seattle Mariners
Milwaukee Brewers
San Diego Padres
Colorado Rockies
Tampa Bay Rays
**************
When it was announced that the NFL was awarding Houston an expansion team, I bet my brother, a huge Detroit Lions fan, $100 that the Texans would make it to the Super Bowl before the Lions. He accepted the bet.

That was over 20 years ago and the wager is still yet to be claimed by either of us.

(Cleveland and Jacksonville are the other two teams that have never been to the Super Bowl).

Posted by: one hour sober at March 26, 2026 12:18 PM (Y1sOo)

287 Poll in Maine shows Platner with massive lead. Nazi on track to win Dem Nomination.

Dems do as they're told.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 26, 2026 12:16 PM (2ocoG)

Curiously, most of the Nazi party's platform planks comport quite well with Democrat platform planks, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 26, 2026 12:19 PM (8zz6B)

288 285 Speaking of Russia, I think a very underrated movie is TransSiberian.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 12:18 PM (V4IXI)


The Orchestra made a movie?

COOL!

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 12:19 PM (dmDsy)

289 Guess I am talking about us, today, the people that are raised under, at the very least, a sort of free society. Sure, there are countries that still oppress their people, but I think they are doomed to fail, because the human spirit will eventually win out.

Of course, I could be completely wrong.
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 12:13 PM (dmDsy)

That's pretty different from "No matter where they are, or what governmental system they were born under."

The world is being influenced still by the Pax Americana after WWII. That's the overarching government system.

The most violence and rapacity comes, generally, within countries because that system (for the past 80ish years) has been working to prevent one country invading another. (With exceptions, but mostly.)

Without the "world police", we'd be back in the normal state of the world.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 12:19 PM (N1DT3)

290 Speaking of Russia, I think a very underrated movie is TransSiberian.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 12:18 PM (V4IXI)

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A film about transsexual husky furries?

/Sounds interesting -- will check it out, thanks.

Posted by: ShainS at March 26, 2026 12:20 PM (SgYCn)

291 199 Why aren't Russian Christians having more children? Orthodox families in the US tend to have lots of kids.
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Vodka and despair. Have you read their literature?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 12:09 PM (Dv3i1)

And the beards. Ohhh, those beards.

Posted by: LASue at March 26, 2026 12:20 PM (lCppi)

292 >>Sure, we exploited the Russians during and after the USSR's death throes. We still treated them more charitable than probably any other defeated military empire in history.


I'd agree, if we had defeated them through direct military conflict.
We didn't do that. We bankrupted them.

What we failed to do, post collapse, was give them a chance to recuperate their populus from the poison that is Communism.

We had a great opportunity and we allowed our 'betters' to serve themselves rather than serve the people of Russia.



Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 12:20 PM (W7FsI)

293 Poll in Maine shows Platner with massive lead. Nazi on track to win Dem Nomination.

Dems do as they're told.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 26, 2026 12:16 PM (2ocoG)

I did nazi that coming.

Posted by: Obligatory at March 26, 2026 12:20 PM (bss/y)

294 Curiously, most of the Nazi party's platform planks comport quite well with Democrat platform planks, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

The Nazis had better uniforms, though.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 12:20 PM (77rzZ)

295 Apparently there was an election in President Trump's Florida district and the Dems won?!?!

There's been a lot of exuberance about that the last day or so.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 12:21 PM (Sco7b)

296 A just a quick reminder of how awful polling is, especially in Maine:

https://is.gd/nhLcXt

Collins didn't lead a single poll after June 2020. She tied one (42-42).

She won by 8 points.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 12:21 PM (gYVzu)

297 What the hell have we done to them? Gave them the Lend-Lease stuff that they beat Hitler with?
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 12:09 PM (77rzZ)

looted them from 1990 to when Putin won. Then slapped them with embargos and pushed color revolutions in the various states. And the Magnitsky act.

and if you say, "that was the oligarchs" then the answer is "Oh its just the Cartels in Mexico, nothing to do with the banks, the various governments and the sort of governmental actors who are profiting from it"

Posted by: Kindltot at March 26, 2026 12:21 PM (rbvCR)

298 Yeltsin was a drunk, but not a buffoon. He gets a bad rap. He was the only Communist who stood up for Russian people. It should count for something. He cracked under the strain of leadership in a dying empire, and took to the bottle, big time. I see him as a tragic figure.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 26, 2026 12:21 PM (BI5O2)

299 Curiously, most of the Nazi party's platform planks comport quite well with Democrat platform planks, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 26, 2026 12:19 PM (8zz6B)

I never thought there was much of a difference to start with.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 26, 2026 12:22 PM (snZF9)

300 286 When it was announced that the NFL was awarding Houston an expansion team, I bet my brother, a huge Detroit Lions fan, $100 that the Texans would make it to the Super Bowl before the Lions. He accepted the bet.

That was over 20 years ago and the wager is still yet to be claimed by either of us.

(Cleveland and Jacksonville are the other two teams that have never been to the Super Bowl).
Posted by: one hour sober at March 26, 2026 12:18 PM

I am a diehard Dolphins fan, but I always had a soft sport for the Lions. I always wonder what could have been if Barry Sanders had played for the Dolphins during the Marino years. They would have FINALLY had a running game

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 12:22 PM (4q/mG)

301 Curiously, most of the Nazi party's platform planks comport quite well with Democrat platform planks, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

National Socialists had things in common with Democrats?

Knock me over with a feather

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 12:22 PM (V4IXI)

302 "When it was announced that the NFL was awarding Houston an expansion team..."
Posted by: one hour sober at March 26, 2026 12:18 PM (Y1sOo)


Isn't it funny? I mean, weren't the Oilers one of the first AFL teams? But then they have to come back as an "expansion team"

I dunno, I think it's funny...

Posted by: Denny Crane - I Tole Warren Moon The Bills Would Beat Him...He Didn't Listen. at March 26, 2026 12:23 PM (dmDsy)

303
The Biden family stole so many millions, but now they have very little money. Where did it all go? Hunter Biden's appetites can't account for it, and the family money was largely beyond his control anyway. Did their 'friends' take it?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 26, 2026 12:23 PM (lsrsS)

304 People ARE People.
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 12:08 PM (W7FsI)

So is Soylent Green.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 26, 2026 12:23 PM (wLsnt)

305 But is USAID really dead?

USAID will never be dead, so long as politicians are gay and innocent and heartless.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 26, 2026 12:25 PM (EXyHK)

306 Curiously, most of the Nazi party's platform planks comport quite well with Democrat platform planks, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

National Socialists had things in common with Democrats?

Knock me over with a feather
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 12:22 PM (V4IXI)

* Zombie Margaret Sanger has entered the chat.*

Posted by: LASue at March 26, 2026 12:25 PM (lCppi)

307 Yeltsin was a drunk, but not a buffoon. He gets a bad rap. He was the only Communist who stood up for Russian people. It should count for something. He cracked under the strain of leadership in a dying empire, and took to the bottle, big time. I see him as a tragic figure.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Interesting take. There's no doubt that he was incredibly brave, at least at the beginning.

And he's the one who chose Putin to succeed him.

But he was capable of public buffoonery that the Russian people thought was a bad look for their country.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 12:25 PM (77rzZ)

308
Shouldn't tracking of federal funds be turned on, all the time, by law?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 26, 2026 12:26 PM (lsrsS)

309 USAID will never be dead, so long as politicians are gay and innocent and heartless.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 26, 2026 12:25 PM (EXyHK)

*buzzer*

'Innocent'? You mean corrupt as fuck, right?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 12:26 PM (bss/y)

310 I hated the first year of the Texans. They could have run a wide open offense and had no wins and the fans would have still loved it.

Instead they ran the most boring conservative offense in history and still lost. I stopped watching.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 12:26 PM (V4IXI)

311 Soylent Red is full of commies.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 26, 2026 12:26 PM (OWEbr)

312 I'm guessing Ace is struggling with the relocation of his porch rocking chair.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2026 12:26 PM (0sNs1)

313 311 Soylent Red is full of commies.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 26, 2026 12:26 PM (OWEbr)

===

On the bright side: no people in it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 12:27 PM (gYVzu)

314 >>> 246 199 Why aren't Russian Christians having more children? Orthodox families in the US tend to have lots of kids.
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Vodka and despair. Have you read their literature?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 12:09 PM (Dv3i1)

English Literature: I will die for Honor.
French Literature: I will die for Love.
American Literature: I will die for Freedom.
Russian Literature: I will die.

Posted by: that guy is right at March 26, 2026 12:28 PM (ULPxl)

315 What we failed to do, post collapse, was give them a chance to recuperate their populus from the poison that is Communism.

We had a great opportunity and we allowed our 'betters' to serve themselves rather than serve the people of Russia.

Posted by: garrett
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Yeltsin came over here with the best of intentions.
Made his case for US / Russia co-operation for help to make Russia a democracy and they insulted him.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 12:28 PM (jAisO)

316 Yeltsin was a drunk, but not a buffoon. He gets a bad rap. He was the only Communist who stood up for Russian people. It should count for something. He cracked under the strain of leadership in a dying empire, and took to the bottle, big time. I see him as a tragic figure.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 26, 2026 12:21 PM (BI5O2)

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I was always my opinion too, YD.

Some find courage in a bottle ...

Posted by: ShainS at March 26, 2026 12:28 PM (SgYCn)

317 *THAT was always my opinion ...

Posted by: ShainS at March 26, 2026 12:28 PM (SgYCn)

318 312 I'm guessing Ace is struggling with the relocation of his porch rocking chair.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Couldn't put it on the porch til he got a chain and padlock for it.

Posted by: Rockin' Mel Slirrup at March 26, 2026 12:29 PM (oftw2)

319 I was always my opinion
Posted by: ShainS at March 26, 2026 12:28 PM

Aren't we all? ;-)

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2026 12:29 PM (0sNs1)

320 English Literature: I will die for Honor.
French Literature: I will die for Love.
American Literature: I will die for Freedom.
Russian Literature: I will die.

Posted by: that guy is right at March 26, 2026 12:28 PM (ULPxl)

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Well-Played.

Posted by: ShainS at March 26, 2026 12:30 PM (SgYCn)

321 Without the "world police", we'd be back in the normal state of the world.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 12:19 PM (N1DT3)

Given how we have organized government and societies over these "past 80 years", I would argue that the more primitive "They have better land, let's take it!" mentality has been erased, or at least subdued, by time passing, norms being established, and just the fact that it's easy for us all to see which way is better.

Again, though, I'll say my thoughts may be 100% wrong, and that Man writ large could instantly revert to savagery if given the chance.

Posted by: Denny Crane - I Tole Warren Moon The Bills Would Beat Him...He Didn't Listen. at March 26, 2026 12:30 PM (dmDsy)

322 I was always my opinion
Posted by: ShainS at March 26, 2026 12:28 PM


And you are unanimous in that!

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 12:30 PM (77rzZ)

323 Propping up that drunken buffoon Yeltsin for so long was probably a mistake, but he was kinda the best thing we had to work with at the time.
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 12:16 PM (77rzZ)

And unlike Putin, Yeltsin was completely incapable of resisting the Duma that was captured by the Oligarchs politically and economically.
One of the West's greatest hatreds of Putin stems from him forcing the Oligarchs to stop stealing assets and selling them to the Europeans, made them run the industries they stole and pay their employees, and killed them only if they started getting political.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 26, 2026 12:30 PM (rbvCR)

324 Aren't we all? ;-)

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2026 12:29 PM (0sNs1)

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lol

Using voice translation on my phone and not always doing a good job of proofreading.

Posted by: ShainS at March 26, 2026 12:31 PM (SgYCn)

325 She won by 8 points.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 12:21 PM (gYVzu)

And no fraud?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 12:31 PM (n9ltV)

326 303
The Biden family stole so many millions, but now they have very little money. Where did it all go? Hunter Biden's appetites can't account for it, and the family money was largely beyond his control anyway. Did their 'friends' take it?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

The low rent types that live in office for decades figure that they will always have enough political pull to get new grifting money. So their cash burn rate is enormous. Essentially, public money directed toward them is their pension plan. The Bidens probably figured that his term as President would have generated at least as much as the Clintons or Carters did post presidency via Institutes, speaking fees, lobbying, board memberships, etc.

When he started shitting his pants literally and metaphorically as prezzie, he destroyed his own family's grifting abilities once out of office.

Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 12:31 PM (E4rtv)

327 325 She won by 8 points.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 12:21 PM (gYVzu)

And no fraud?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 12:31 PM (n9ltV)

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I dunno.

Just that Collins wins her re-elections, no matter what the polling says.

And 2026 is not going to be as fraud filled as 2020 was.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 12:32 PM (gYVzu)

328 I'm shocked, shocked to find graft in this establishment.

Posted by: Your Vigorish, Sir at March 26, 2026 12:32 PM (4NO2D)

329 Lol!
While Democrats were spying on and arresting their political opponents, Republican lawmakers were fighting for more money for Ukraine that was then used to fund Democrats.

Morons.

Posted by: 29Victor at March 26, 2026 12:33 PM (0MjtC)

330 Ace is magic.

There was a NOOD but now it's gone.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 12:33 PM (Sco7b)

331 Ace posted then flounced, it seems

Posted by: one hour sober at March 26, 2026 12:33 PM (Y1sOo)

332 I'm guessing Ace is struggling with the relocation of his porch rocking chair.

Posted by: Duncanthrax

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I'm imagining it collapsing in a heap when he first sits in it.

Posted by: ShainS at March 26, 2026 12:33 PM (SgYCn)

333 "revert to savagery if given the chance"

"You are a silly little boy" said The Lord of The Flies

Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 26, 2026 12:33 PM (DgMqy)

334 When he started shitting his pants literally and metaphorically as prezzie, he destroyed his own family's grifting abilities once out of office.
Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 12:31 PM

No beau geste there, eh?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2026 12:34 PM (0sNs1)

335
I'm guessing Ace is struggling with the relocation of his porch rocking chair.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2026 12:26 PM (0sNs1)




He built the shelves in a circle around the chair so that it can't be moved.

The horror. The horror.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2026 12:35 PM (y9nCu)

336 Ace has returned.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 12:35 PM (77rzZ)

337 Nood.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 12:35 PM (bss/y)

338 Nood appears up.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2026 12:35 PM (0sNs1)

339 Nood for real

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 12:35 PM (4q/mG)

340 331 Ace posted then flounced, it seems
Posted by: one hour sober at March 26, 2026 12:33 PM (Y1sOo)


The old "Post and Flounce"..... a pretty high-level blogging move, kudos Ace!

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 12:35 PM (dmDsy)

341 'Innocent'? You mean corrupt as fuck, right?

Points for two out of three?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 26, 2026 12:35 PM (EXyHK)

342 Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 12:31 PM (E4rtv)

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Haven't been around much lately -- have you fully recovered from your surgery?

Posted by: ShainS at March 26, 2026 12:36 PM (SgYCn)

343 Tried to first and then read the content as per site regs but the content disappeared.

Posted by: Clay at March 26, 2026 12:37 PM (acuyW)

344 The traditionial Democrat machine used a combination of high paying no-show jobs, along with over hiring in various departments (6 guys in the street, leaning on shovels,watch two guys dig a ditch) to staff the party's organization, paid for by the taxpayers, hidden in plain sight in the budgets of various branches of that government entity.
Today, those party functions have been outsourced to the ludicrously named NON Governmental Organizations, who revive vast amounts of taxpayer dollars. Unencumbered by restraints such as the Hatch Act, funded by "Grants" -your tax dollars just given away- they now perform the functions of a political machine.
Until we can forbid tax dollars going to private organizations for anything, no matter how good it sounds (for the children!) that doesn't perform a real government function, like roads,and not social spending, the Democrats will have a large structural edge over their opponents.

Posted by: buddhaha at March 26, 2026 07:01 PM (rJ+qD)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

Wilde reconsidered1.jpg

Work Reconsidered #1
John Wilde

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM




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1 yow!

Posted by: cmeat at March 26, 2026 09:30 AM (R11M+)

2 Sick

Posted by: torabora at March 26, 2026 09:30 AM (KtOUo)

3 wtf??

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 09:30 AM (gbOdA)

4 Corpse.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 26, 2026 09:31 AM (Kt19C)

5 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

6 simon john ritchie, being edgy and clever.

Posted by: cmeat at March 26, 2026 09:31 AM (R11M+)

7 Alien, from space.

Posted by: huerfano at March 26, 2026 09:31 AM (98kQX)

8 The butterflies were angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at March 26, 2026 09:32 AM (2Ez/1)

9 Bring out yer dead!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)

10 Someone get that person some food.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 09:32 AM (svLOV)

11 Art Reconsidered #1

Posted by: t-bird at March 26, 2026 09:32 AM (i+Wsn)

12 Is she offering to arm wrestle?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 09:32 AM (ESVrU)

13 Are those butterfly bandages?

Posted by: Stinky at March 26, 2026 09:32 AM (OyvBB)

14 Work Reconsidered #1

Saying it doesn't make it so.

Posted by: Delurker at March 26, 2026 09:32 AM (gtcuf)

15 Um...yeah. The artist does need to reconsider his work.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 26, 2026 09:32 AM (kgE5c)

16 What classic portrait does this remind me of. What, what, what? Argh...

Posted by: Tuna at March 26, 2026 09:32 AM (lJ0H4)

17 Dat ugly, no hang!

Posted by: Art Maven at March 26, 2026 09:32 AM (oftw2)

18 Sometimes a weird-ass painting is just a weird-ass painting.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at March 26, 2026 09:33 AM (0bjKf)

19 What's the AOS Style guide's take on undead, sexually ambiguous underboob?

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 09:33 AM (Sco7b)

20 Work your fingers to the bone and whaddya get?

Posted by: Bony fingers! at March 26, 2026 09:33 AM (2Ez/1)

21 Gay gay gay gay gay.

Did I mention that this is very gay?

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 09:33 AM (77rzZ)

22 Don't touch that.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 09:33 AM (n17eQ)

23 What's that thing to the left of the sardine?

Posted by: Delurker at March 26, 2026 09:33 AM (gtcuf)

24 Well... that's a thing. Definitely.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 09:33 AM (ExV1e)

25 absolutely grotesque
would burn

Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 09:33 AM (ZxPkt)

26 Too much brown acid.

Posted by: davidt at March 26, 2026 09:34 AM (Q+gd/)

27 oh, my... that is a bewb. so, nancy spungen being edgy and clever.

Posted by: cmeat at March 26, 2026 09:34 AM (R11M+)

28 Although I don't much care for this, I admit that there is something captivating about her eyes.

If she were ginger, I'd think she was trying to steal my soul.

Maybe she dyes her hair.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 09:34 AM (ESVrU)

29 Glad I didn't pursue painting like my brother did.

Posted by: Oscar Wilde at March 26, 2026 09:34 AM (2Ez/1)

30 absolutely grotesque
would burn
Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 09:33 AM (ZxPkt)

Don't be silly. Sell it to a leftist art collector and buy yourself something nice. Like 30yo scotch.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 09:34 AM (ExV1e)

31 Well... that's a thing. Definitely.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 09:33 AM

Definitely one of the artworks of all time.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 26, 2026 09:35 AM (kgE5c)

32 Should have reconsidered some more.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 26, 2026 09:35 AM (wVcYX)

33 Suddenly, my oatmeal tastes different.

Posted by: RI Red at March 26, 2026 09:35 AM (Edxq2)

34 Oh, so it's a chick, huh?

But still gay. In addition to lesbo.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 09:35 AM (77rzZ)

35 Early onset AIDS.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 09:35 AM (Zz0t1)

36 sullivangoss.com

Work Reconsidered" is a series of artworks by John Wilde that reflects on his experiences and artistic journey, often incorporating autobiographical elements. The pieces explore themes of identity, memory, and the passage of time, showcasing Wilde's unique style influenced by surrealism and magic realism.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 26, 2026 09:36 AM (NpAcC)

37 this is so bad

Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 09:36 AM (ZxPkt)

38 Apple and sardine, the breakfast of champions.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 26, 2026 09:36 AM (wVcYX)

39 Why?

Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 26, 2026 09:36 AM (DgMqy)

40 Someone get that person some food.
Posted by: NR Pax

No! I've got an apple and a sardine already. Watching my figure.

Posted by: Woman Reconsidered #1 at March 26, 2026 09:36 AM (/IZKJ)

41 Nice hat.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 09:36 AM (nWPIJ)

42 Did I mention that this is very gay?

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 09:33 AM (77rzZ)

Compensating much?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 09:37 AM (n9ltV)

43 Bony, ugly, covered in insects is no way to go through life. I hope somebody didn't pay good money for this travesty.

Posted by: Someone Please Burn This Mess at March 26, 2026 09:37 AM (oftw2)

44 Whitney Museum of American Art

Not on view

Date
1950

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil on wood

Dimensions
Overall: 30 1/8 × 25 in. (76.5 × 63.5 cm)

Accession number
2006.83

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 09:37 AM (gbOdA)

45 That apple looks like it's got a worm in it.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 09:37 AM (77rzZ)

46 Is this a new addition to the "punish the horde" rotation?

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at March 26, 2026 09:37 AM (0bjKf)

47 Honestly, I think John's going to lose the arm wrestling match...

Dude looks wiry but strong.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 09:37 AM (Sco7b)

48 I see there is a scratch and sniff version of this for sale in the museum store.

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 09:37 AM (gbOdA)

49 OBJECTA
e. Dv.

Website under construction.

Posted by: RI Red at March 26, 2026 09:37 AM (Edxq2)

50 Reconsidered is an understatement.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 26, 2026 09:37 AM (AkEZC)

51 Those butterflies will strip your flesh right down to the bone if you let them.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 09:37 AM (nWPIJ)

52 sullivangoss.com

Work Reconsidered" is a series of artworks by John Wilde that reflects on his experiences and artistic journey, often incorporating autobiographical elements. The pieces explore themes of identity, memory, and the passage of time, showcasing Wilde's unique style influenced by surrealism and magic realism.
Posted by: redridinghood at March 26, 2026 09:36 AM (NpAcC)

He dabbled in necrophilia?

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 26, 2026 09:38 AM (wVcYX)

53 Shoot

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 26, 2026 09:38 AM (wVcYX)

54 The “Work Reconsidered” in the title is John Wilde’s own drawing. This painting from 1950 is based on a “bridal” portrait that Wilde had made of his wife, Helen, in 1943. Its exacting realism and compressed perspective, as well as the subject’s pose and inscrutable expression, recall the Northern and Italian Renaissance portraits that inspired Wilde. He added surrealist details to these traditions: the butterflies on the woman’s body and head, the isolated food items on the table, and the moody landscape background create and otherworldly effect.

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 09:39 AM (gbOdA)

55 Isn't "magic realism" an oxymoron?

Posted by: Delurker at March 26, 2026 09:40 AM (gtcuf)

56 Compensating much?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Hey, I'm not the one who picked this glory-hole art, Mr. Dildo.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 09:40 AM (77rzZ)

57 A geisha, smelt, apple, bugs, butterflies, a couple of notes and what looks like a broken eggshell.

I don't get it.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 26, 2026 09:40 AM (NpAcC)

58 If I painted this on the side of my FREE CANDY van it would kill my business entirely.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 09:40 AM (nWPIJ)

59 Speed Kills

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 09:40 AM (jAisO)

60 She's dead, Jim.

Posted by: Bones McCoy at March 26, 2026 09:40 AM (wVcYX)

61 He added surrealist details to these traditions.
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 09:39 AM (gbOdA

Mission accomplished.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 09:40 AM (Sco7b)

62 She's nekkid so that represents the Garden of Eden. The apple represents original sin. The little fish represents, well, you know... As far as the various insects and the goofy hair...dunno. And what's on the paper? Latin?

Posted by: Rank amateur analysis at March 26, 2026 09:40 AM (2Ez/1)

63 Hair is like roots... pupils mismatched, sign of concussion or drug use (we'll go with drug use, she be trippin'). Damaged pillars in the background with no building...

Butterflies using you as a perch is actually fun (BTDT! It's awesome!), but you could not get me to do the same for beetles, not now that I'm older than 6, and never so close to my ear or nose.

I wonder if the pendants in the pearl rope are supposed to signify anything? Maybe there were only 8 known planets when this was painted?

Posted by: RandomDave at March 26, 2026 09:41 AM (aJQbY)

64 This woman will be at the NoKings rally on 3/28.
Wouldn't hang. Too unpleasant looking.
Thx as always CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 26, 2026 09:41 AM (mHVWR)

65 Suggested title: Must Hate Women

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 09:41 AM (RIvkX)

66 It's not AI, so rest assured the drool on her lip is from a sustained diet of eating moths.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 26, 2026 09:41 AM (Fbc0I)

67 62 And what's on the paper? Latin?

Tijuana Bible.

Posted by: Delurker at March 26, 2026 09:42 AM (gtcuf)

68 54 The “Work Reconsidered” in the title is John Wilde’s own drawing. This painting from 1950 is based on a “bridal” portrait that Wilde had made of his wife, Helen, in 1943.

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"Please John, let me see it."

Posted by: Just Before The Shit Hit The Fan at March 26, 2026 09:42 AM (nWPIJ)

69 I like the colors. I like the fortune from inside an apple. I like those monoliths. I like her going pew-pew-pew...

Yeah, I'd find a place for it somewhere....

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 09:42 AM (dmDsy)

70 Many times when a particular artwork is-Not On View-there are valid reasons.

Posted by: I'm Curatin' Ova Heare at March 26, 2026 09:42 AM (oftw2)

71 "OBJECTA"? I certainly object!

Who would have thought a painting with butterflies could be so ugly?

Wait, is that Jame Gumbo, from Silence of the Lambs? It all makes sense now.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at March 26, 2026 09:42 AM (BHrzb)

72 Pretty sure this is a woman, or supposed to be. TBWDNB. Nice butterflies tho.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 26, 2026 09:42 AM (II20+)

73 I wouldn’t hang this in my home, but I’d like to spend time considering it in person. It is very interesting and a little bit creepy but well executed. I like it quite a bit.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 26, 2026 09:42 AM (A5RD0)

74 Work Reconsidered #1?

More like Garbage Reconsidered #1

Posted by: dantesed at March 26, 2026 09:42 AM (Oy/m2)

75 Hey, I'm not the one who picked this glory-hole art, Mr. Dildo.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 09:40 AM (77rzZ)

You really didn't learn, did you.

Read Muldoon's comment in the sidebar.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 09:42 AM (n9ltV)

76 She's no Mona Lisa Vito.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 26, 2026 09:43 AM (wVcYX)

77 Mona Lisa Vito is a lovely, lovely, lovely witness.

Posted by: Vinny Gambini at March 26, 2026 09:44 AM (nWPIJ)

78 Whitney Museum of American Art

Not on view
======================
A decision we can all understand

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 26, 2026 09:44 AM (+PwsD)

79 Those butterflies will strip your flesh right down to the bone if you let them.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 09:37 AM (nWPIJ)

Who knew! The knowledge of The Horde is amazing!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 09:45 AM (n9ltV)

80 I actually like the butterflies. The rest of the painting is obscure to the point of stupidity and is just unattractive. I can't believe he let this thing get out of the studio.

His style is called 'magic realism'. There may be some enjoyable examples in that style of art but, based on this one and some others, it seems to be an excuse for crappy and unattractive paintings.

Posted by: JTB at March 26, 2026 09:45 AM (yTvNw)

81 What classic portrait does this remind me of. What, what, what? Argh...

Portrait of a Lemur

Posted by: t-bird at March 26, 2026 09:45 AM (/IZKJ)

82 Jame Gumb, I meant.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at March 26, 2026 09:45 AM (BHrzb)

83 I didn't see anything from "No dog. Not art.' guy.

Too conflicted?

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 09:45 AM (Sco7b)

84 Many times when a particular artwork is-Not On View-there are valid reasons.

Posted by: I'm Curatin' Ova Heare at March 26, 2026 09:42 AM (oftw2)

Sadly, too often those reasons are political.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 09:45 AM (n9ltV)

85 Corpse

**********

Alternate Title - a limerick

A malnourished woman named Beth
Who frequently smoked too much meth
With bugs in her hair
and a thousannd-yard stare
I call it "Still Life With Death"

Posted by: muldoon at March 26, 2026 09:46 AM (qgHp7)

86 At least he left out the Adam's Apple.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 09:46 AM (nWPIJ)

87 80-plus comments in and no one cleverly used "The Butterfly Effect"?

Posted by: Denny Crane - Because of That, There Will Be a Massive Hurricane In Japan. at March 26, 2026 09:46 AM (dmDsy)

88 Read Muldoon's comment in the sidebar.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

I can't find it.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 09:46 AM (77rzZ)

89 Work Reconsidered" is a series of artworks by John Wilde that reflects on his experiences and artistic journey, often incorporating autobiographical elements. The pieces explore themes of identity, memory, and the passage of time, showcasing Wilde's unique style influenced by surrealism and magic realism.
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When art became crap, it became necessary to hire a marketing firm to convince the expert class that there is a hidden meaning that elevates the crap back into art. This often doesn't work on the rubes, giving a reason for experts to mock them, and besides the rubes don't have enough money to buy art.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 09:46 AM (Dv3i1)

90 She looks like she's about to commit pesticide.

Posted by: muldoon at March 26, 2026 09:47 AM (qgHp7)

91 Beetles will crawl up your nose and ears and lay eggs.

Posted by: Hatch A Batch at March 26, 2026 09:47 AM (oftw2)

92 I might have titled this one "Sardine and Apple Sans Dog"

Warhol would have appreciated that title.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 26, 2026 09:47 AM (+PwsD)

93 where is the muldoon comment

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 09:47 AM (gbOdA)

94 He looks nice....////

Posted by: lin-duh at March 26, 2026 09:48 AM (EneHm)

95 She starvin' herself.

Posted by: Eromero at March 26, 2026 09:48 AM (LHPAg)

96 where is the muldoon comment
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 09:47 AM (gbOdA)

In the sidebar.

Posted by: dantesed at March 26, 2026 09:48 AM (Oy/m2)

97 This work of art is neither beautiful nor calming, but ugly and disturbing. Would not hang.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 26, 2026 09:48 AM (O7YUW)

98 Good Lord.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 26, 2026 09:48 AM (2UnvF)

99 I didn't see anything from "No dog. Not art.' guy.

Too conflicted?
Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 09:45 AM (Sco7b)
====

Not until Easter

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 09:48 AM (RIvkX)

100 What did you people do to piss off CBD?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 26, 2026 09:48 AM (2UnvF)

101 100

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 26, 2026 09:48 AM (O7YUW)

102 If that's what you're getting at the glory hole, you really should stop expecting to get laid at roadside rest stops outside of Newark.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 09:49 AM (PpBto)

103 Darn it.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 26, 2026 09:49 AM (O7YUW)

104 More gaslighting.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 09:49 AM (V4IXI)

105 Mona Lisa Vito, an expert on Classic Cars!

Posted by: Pete in Texas at March 26, 2026 09:49 AM (BHrzb)

106 I get the vibe here that John Wilde really didn't care too much for the wimmen.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 09:49 AM (nWPIJ)

107 Main Page sidebar, probably

Posted by: Denny Crane - Now I'm Just Commenting On Things I Know Nothing About. Otherwise, Thursday. at March 26, 2026 09:49 AM (dmDsy)

108 With apologies to Rodney Dangerfield:

"That's no work of art, that's my wife!"

Posted by: JML at March 26, 2026 09:49 AM (EtRph)

109 Alternate Title - a limerick

A malnourished woman named Beth
Who frequently smoked too much meth
With bugs in her hair
and a thousannd-yard stare
I call it "Still Life With Death"
Posted by: muldoon at March 26, 2026 09:46 AM (qgHp7)
*****
Yeah, that about sums it up.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 26, 2026 09:49 AM (NpAcC)

110 cervical cap, brisling sprat, oprah's honeycrisp, dry cleaning ticky. peggy notebaert. barrow wights in the background.

Posted by: cmeat at March 26, 2026 09:49 AM (R11M+)

111 where is the muldoon comment
Posted by: r hennigantx

Second comment under the pic of the Warthog.

Posted by: Tuna at March 26, 2026 09:50 AM (lJ0H4)

112 When art became crap, it became necessary to hire a marketing firm to convince the expert class that there is a hidden meaning that elevates the crap back into art. This often doesn't work on the rubes, giving a reason for experts to mock them, and besides the rubes don't have enough money to buy art.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 09:46 AM (Dv3i1)

I wonder whether a fair amount of modern art being touted and sold for ridiculous sums is simply the secondary market, and has very little to do with quality. Churning these works through the art world makes money for the dealers and the sellers.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 09:50 AM (n9ltV)

113 91 Beetles will crawl up your nose and ears and lay eggs.
Posted by: Hatch A Batch


I irrigated a spider out of an old guy’s ear back in family practice some years ago.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 26, 2026 09:50 AM (A5RD0)

114 Founder and ceo of onlyfans dead at 43.

More at 11

Posted by: Just The Facts at March 26, 2026 09:50 AM (IZ33s)

115 Enough crapping on this. Here's some AI information on Mr. Wilde.

Work Reconsidered #1 — John Wilde

Background: John Wilde (1919–2006) was an American painter associated with Magic Realism and Surrealism. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and later at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he became part of a circle of artists and writers interested in detailed, dreamlike imagery grounded in everyday objects and landscapes. "Work Reconsidered #1" is held by the Whitney Museum of American Art and reflects Wilde’s lifelong interest in combining autobiographical elements with fantastical, often satirical scenes.

Style: Wilde’s style is highly detailed and meticulous, with fine linework and careful texturing that give surfaces a tactile, almost engraving-like quality. His compositions often blend realistic domestic or rural settings with surreal, symbolic, or grotesque figures and motifs. He used a limited, often muted palette punctuated by sharper accents, and his work displays a precise draftsmanship influenced by printmaking techniques and classical illustration

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 09:50 AM (Sco7b)

116 The two most popular artists in the 20th century aren't featured in any of the prominent museums.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 09:51 AM (V4IXI)

117 If that's what you're getting at the glory hole, you really should stop expecting to get laid at roadside rest stops outside of Newark.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 09:49 AM (PpBto)
====

No good places until Exit 7 way way away from Newark.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 09:51 AM (RIvkX)

118 Read Muldoon's comment in the sidebar.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

I did. Doesn't seem to apply here. He was talking about sexualizing images of children. No kids in this painting.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 09:51 AM (77rzZ)

119 Uhhh

She seems. . . interesting

*crosses self then leaves the room*

Posted by: Lizzy at March 26, 2026 09:51 AM (Suwql)

120 From the right hand sidebar:

"[A]n asshole is somebody who looks at a painting of two toddlers doing something totally normal for toddlers and decides that it represents homosexuality and then thinks that publicly saying that is somehow edgy and clever. Instead it is doing what we accuse the Left of, that is sexualizing young children. If that describes you, own it.
Muldoon"

Posted by: This has been a Public Service Announcement at March 26, 2026 09:51 AM (2Ez/1)

121 I wonder whether a fair amount of modern art being touted and sold for ridiculous sums is simply the secondary market, and has very little to do with quality.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 09:50 AM (n9ltV)

My Hunter Biden feces collection may be worthless?
Tough year.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 09:52 AM (Sco7b)

122 "Butterflies Rip My Flesh"

Posted by: Frank Z at March 26, 2026 09:52 AM (Q+gd/)

123 I wonder whether a fair amount of modern art being touted and sold for ridiculous sums is simply the secondary market, and has very little to do with quality. Churning these works through the art world makes money for the dealers and the sellers.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Kind of like the equities market.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 09:52 AM (Dv3i1)

124 I get the vibe here that John Wilde really didn't care too much for the wimmen.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 09:49 AM (nWPIJ)

He led a pretty typical life...married with kids. This piece is definitely one of his weirder ones, but I think he was a capable artist.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 09:53 AM (n9ltV)

125 79 i have heard the beetles eating the flesh off of bone specimens wanted for display at the field museum. they are fond of gangrene and do a thorough job.

Posted by: cmeat at March 26, 2026 09:53 AM (R11M+)

126 I speculate John Wilde liked tying his own flies when fishing.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 26, 2026 09:53 AM (+PwsD)

127 Founder and ceo of onlyfans dead at 43.

====

Three days ago but I look forward to your daily mentions of it in perpetuity.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 09:54 AM (RIvkX)

128 The heartbreak of forearm roaches.

Posted by: Delurker at March 26, 2026 09:54 AM (gtcuf)

129 126 I speculate John Wilde liked tying his own flies when fishing.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 26, 2026 09:53 AM (+PwsD)


You missed out on the bonus points for not mentioning the rocking chair....

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 09:54 AM (dmDsy)

130 where is the muldoon comment
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 09:47 AM (gbOdA)

Beneath the A-10 photo.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 09:55 AM (ExV1e)

131 Should reconsidered again.

Posted by: From about That Time at March 26, 2026 09:55 AM (sl73Y)

132 The two most popular artists in the 20th century aren't featured in any of the prominent museums.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 09:51 AM (V4IXI)

Alberto Vargas? LeRoy Neiman?

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 26, 2026 09:55 AM (wVcYX)

133 >>>Style: Wilde’s style is highly detailed and meticulous, with fine linework and careful texturing that give surfaces a tactile, almost engraving-like quality. His compositions often blend realistic domestic or rural settings with surreal, symbolic, or grotesque figures and motifs. He used a limited, often muted palette punctuated by sharper accents, and his work displays a precise draftsmanship influenced by printmaking techniques and classical illustration

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 - extreme dog care
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Yup, just what the promoters and middle men would say to boost up their sale.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 09:55 AM (jAisO)

134 D A F U Q

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 26, 2026 09:55 AM (OUMaO)

135 Founder and ceo of onlyfans dead at 43.

More at 11
Posted by: Just The Facts at March 26, 2026 09:50 AM

Oh, no!


Anyway...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 26, 2026 09:55 AM (kgE5c)

136 She is bathing with ze bugs!!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 09:55 AM (CVAWM)

137 Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 09:51 AM (77rzZ)

Extrapolate the message.

This is not a democracy, and this forum is Ace's business. Take the hint.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 09:55 AM (n9ltV)

138 i have heard the beetles eating the flesh off of bone specimens wanted for display at the field museum. they are fond of gangrene and do a thorough job.
Posted by: cmeat


There is a whole subfield of forensics dedicated to estimating when a person died based on the creepy-crawlies feasting on the corpse.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 09:56 AM (77rzZ)

139 aos commenters try to out snark each other which leads to offending others unintentionally.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 09:56 AM (V4IXI)

140 "Hey, honey. This is you."

Yikes.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 26, 2026 09:56 AM (DgMqy)

141 "I wonder whether a fair amount of modern art being touted and sold for ridiculous sums is simply the secondary market, and has very little to do with quality."

####
It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at March 26, 2026 09:56 AM (2Ez/1)

142 Wait, wait … ees choke, jess … ? What IS this? "The wheels on the bugs go 'round and 'round" … or sump'm. It's kinda like watching a waking dope dream in action … on the other hand, some (but few) of the textural touches are kinda-sorta 'nice'-ish.

Posted by: Dr_No at March 26, 2026 09:57 AM (ayRl+)

143 The heroin works must be under the table.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at March 26, 2026 09:57 AM (QaH55)

144 Anyway...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 26, 2026 09:55 AM (kgE5c)

I am perfectly content to have never seen "Only Fans," and I will endeavor to keep it that way.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 09:57 AM (n9ltV)

145 What, no Shelley Duvall jokes?

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at March 26, 2026 09:57 AM (zUsHt)

146 Alberto Vargas? LeRoy Neiman?

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 26, 2026 09:55 AM (wVcYX)

Both hang in museums.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 09:57 AM (V4IXI)

147 >>Founder and ceo of onlyfans dead at 43.


World's biggest pimp, with a heavy assist from decades of feminism telling women that sexual decadence (divorced from love and child-bearing) is "empowering").

Posted by: Lizzy at March 26, 2026 09:57 AM (Suwql)

148 "I wonder whether a fair amount of modern art being touted and sold for ridiculous sums is simply the secondary market, and has very little to do with quality."

Conspicuous consumption.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 09:57 AM (ExV1e)

149 What, almost a half hour and no one has mentioned she needs a sandwich?

Who ARE you people?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 09:58 AM (bss/y)

150 I don't like the colors in this painting. Too dull.

Posted by: dantesed at March 26, 2026 09:58 AM (Oy/m2)

151 In the immortal words of Moe Szyslak: "It's Po-Mo! Post-modern! Yeah, all right, weird for the sake of weird."

Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 09:58 AM (Riz8t)

152 aos commenters try to out snark each other which leads to offending others unintentionally.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

Think of it the way they do in rasslin' and other carny sideshows: The only real failure is when the crowd shows apathy.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 26, 2026 09:58 AM (OUMaO)

153 Second look...

That hair style going down her forehead is also pretty cool.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 09:58 AM (dmDsy)

154 139 aos commenters try to out snark each other which leads to offending others unintentionally.
_____

That could lead to a prison sentence in Airstrip One. Remember, think carefully before you post.

Posted by: Big Brother Loves You, Really, Really Loves You at March 26, 2026 09:58 AM (Dv3i1)

155 >>The two most popular artists in the 20th century aren't featured in any of the prominent museums.


Norman Rockwell and . . . ?

Posted by: Lizzy at March 26, 2026 09:58 AM (Suwql)

156 War crimes and crimes against humanity

BREAKING: Päivi Räsänen unanimously acquitted for her Bible tweet, but convicted of “hate speech” for a 20+ year-old church pamphlet [on marriage]

The conviction is under the “war crimes and crimes against humanity” section of Finland’s criminal code, alongside Bishop Juhana Pohjola.

-
The Bible verse concerned proves the Apostle Paul was a time traveler.

https://is.gd/Wzg4MF

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 09:58 AM (ndZc7)

157 I am perfectly content to have never seen "Only Fans," and I will endeavor to keep it that way.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 09:57 AM

*well-adjusted human fistbump*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 26, 2026 09:59 AM (kgE5c)

158 What, no Shelley Duvall jokes?
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at March 26, 2026 09:57 AM (zUsHt)
-------
What about Kate Capshaw?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 09:59 AM (CVAWM)

159 My Hunter Biden feces collection may be worthless?
Tough year.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 09:52 AM (Sco7b)

no shit?

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 09:59 AM (gbOdA)

160 Alberto Vargas? LeRoy Neiman?

Norman Rockwell and whoever drew Bugs Bunny?

Posted by: t-bird at March 26, 2026 09:59 AM (/IZKJ)

161 149 What, almost a half hour and no one has mentioned she needs a sandwich?

--

She?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 26, 2026 09:59 AM (DoBxX)

162 "I wonder whether a fair amount of modern art being touted and sold for ridiculous sums is simply the secondary market, and has very little to do with quality."

Money laundering by other names.

The two most popular artists in the 20th century aren't featured in any of the prominent museums.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

Thomas Kinkade and Bob Ross?

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 26, 2026 10:00 AM (OUMaO)

163 139 aos commenters try to out snark each other which leads to offending others unintentionally.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 09:56 AM (V4IXI)

dont jump the snark

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 10:00 AM (gbOdA)

164 That neck made the Guillotine guy in the black mask go "Mon Dieu!"

Posted by: Boswell at March 26, 2026 10:00 AM (j10i6)

165 Alberto Vargas? LeRoy Neiman?

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 26, 2026 09:55 AM (wVcYX)

Both hang in museums.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 09:57 AM (V4IXI)

I did not know that. I guess I'd have to actually go to a museum to learn art stuff and absorb culture and all.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 26, 2026 10:00 AM (wVcYX)

166 whoever drew Bugs Bunny?
Posted by: t-bird at March

That was Chuck Jones, right?

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 10:00 AM (77rzZ)

167 Thomas Kinkade and Bob Ross?
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 26, 2026 10:00 AM (OUMaO)


That might be the winner.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 10:00 AM (dmDsy)

168 149 What, almost a half hour and no one has mentioned she needs a sandwich?
--
She?

There is the hint of a bosom, so I'll say yes.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 10:00 AM (Riz8t)

169 Bwahahahahahahaha!!!

Liberal "activist" Alyssa Milano decided to leave the country after all, according to a post on her Instagram page. Unfortunately, she didn't get far.

Milano was stopped near the Canadian border crossing in Barron, Vermont, for a routine check. Border Patrol officers discovered that the B-lister is still on probation in California for her little Tesla protest.

She's not supposed to leave the state, never mind the country.

"We informed her that she'd be turned away by the Canadians," said CBP Officer Jon Raebro, "We also informed her that while we don't handle those kinds of things, she's also committing a crime by being out of state."

Raebro says after a lot of crying, Milano turned her Mercedes around and headed home.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2026 10:00 AM (KKI6+)

170 'Only Fans' … what KIND of fans? Ceiling? Exhaust? Window? Be PACIFIC!

Posted by: Dr_No at March 26, 2026 10:00 AM (ayRl+)

171 He is very precise and very skilled, but I don't think he liked beauty.

Posted by: t-bird at March 26, 2026 10:01 AM (/IZKJ)

172 Norman Rockwell and . . . ?

Bob Ross?

Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 10:01 AM (XuXeR)

173 Mortuary flies can find corpses quite quickly after death.

Posted by: Goodbury and Graves, Ltd. at March 26, 2026 10:01 AM (oftw2)

174 Ugly as shit and a waste of resources!

Posted by: Bonecrusher at March 26, 2026 10:01 AM (JNTt1)

175 convicted of “hate speech” for a 20+ year-old church pamphlet [on marriage]
____

Wait until Finland's supreme court sees what is in the koran regarding marriage!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 10:01 AM (Dv3i1)

176 Bob Ross and Thomas Kinkade .

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 10:02 AM (V4IXI)

177 He is very precise and very skilled, but I don't think he liked beauty.

Posted by: t-bird

Or he simply had idiosyncratic ideas of it, eye of the beholder and all that.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 26, 2026 10:02 AM (OUMaO)

178 World's biggest pimp, with a heavy assist from decades of feminism telling women that sexual decadence (divorced from love and child-bearing) is "empowering").
Posted by: Lizzy at March 26, 2026 09:57 AM (Suwql)

It's basketball for women. A quick fix. Easy cash.

You see the same type of psychology with streamers. I play video games all the time. Why not try to make money at it.

The thing is, in all of these... jobs. The good ones are actually gifted. Maybe at not playing video games, but being able to play a video game to a decent level while also keeping an eye on the comments and generating engaging commentary.

For basketball, the competition is fierce and at least back in the day the pros were like different animals. The smooth movements. Like pro golf players vs amateurs. Fred Couples was always my biggest example.

For the women, I won't get too much into this but it is all of these things but even more so and less definable.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:02 AM (bss/y)

179 Milano was stopped near the Canadian border crossing in Barron, Vermont, for a routine check. Border Patrol officers discovered that the B-lister is still on probation in California for her little Tesla protest.

At this point, I think "B-lister" is being very kind.

Raebro says after a lot of crying, Milano turned her Mercedes around and headed home.

Methinks she may not be completely stable.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 10:02 AM (Riz8t)

180 There is the hint of a bosom, so I'll say yes.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 10:00 AM


We would also have accepted "sideboob."

Posted by: The judges at March 26, 2026 10:02 AM (2Ez/1)

181 Raebro says after a lot of crying, Milano turned her Mercedes around and headed home."

That's a long drive. And who beat me to the Bob Ross bit?

Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 10:02 AM (XuXeR)

182 >>"I wonder whether a fair amount of modern art being touted and sold for ridiculous sums is simply the secondary market, and has very little to do with quality."



"I know, right?"
-- Hunter Biden

Posted by: Lizzy at March 26, 2026 10:02 AM (Suwql)

183 Speaking of wood clippers . . .

Portly U.S. soldier in hijab suggests she would "refuse commands" if her orders went against Muslims. Here's more info about her.

https://is.gd/KnwIOp

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 10:03 AM (ndZc7)

184 150 I don't like the colors in this painting. Too dull.
Posted by: dantesed at March 26, 2026 09:58 AM (Oy/m2)

The green cast makes you think of disease. Decay. Corpse.

NOT attractive (and I mean the painting as a whole.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:03 AM (bss/y)

185 Just a thought... Painters don't always try to make "beautiful" paintings- they paint what makes them feel exactly how they are feeling during the creation.


Meh, must be the ketamine... lol

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 10:03 AM (dmDsy)

186 He is very precise and very skilled, but I don't think he liked beauty.

Posted by: t-bird at March 26, 2026 10:01 AM (/IZKJ)

That's fair, but take a look at some of his other work.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 10:03 AM (n9ltV)

187 It occurs to me that the meeting of Air Force vets Bob Ross and Chuck Norris in the hereafter may have been an interesting one.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 26, 2026 10:03 AM (OUMaO)

188 Just because I was curious. Here are the dimensions.

Overall: 30 1/8 × 25 in. (76.5 × 63.5 cm)


For some reason, I always imagine everything CBD posts as 3 by 4 feet.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 10:03 AM (Sco7b)

189 A case of "vigilante justice" behind bars has sparked a firestorm online.

Ricky Wassenaar, a 62-year-old inmate already serving 16 life sentences, carried out a calculated triple h*m*cide at the ASP-Tucson complex, targeting only convicted child s** offenders.

On April 4, 2025, Wassenaar st**ngled his cellmate before using a makeshift flail—a rock inside a laundry bag—to k*ll two more men in the prison mess hall.

Wassenaar, who has since confessed to the k*llings, expressed zero remorse, stating his goal was to "pay his debt to society" by eliminating those he deemed "monsters."

Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2026 10:03 AM (KKI6+)

190 word of the day: sexploitated. example: "...regardless of whether they were sexploitated". heard on fox news this morning.

Posted by: anachronda at March 26, 2026 10:04 AM (oY6Yp)

191 You think OF is bad. I had no idea that there was a market place specializing in selling gross ,as in really icky, things

Posted by: Ben Had at March 26, 2026 10:04 AM (+nEug)

192 Georgia just opened the door to drone-assisted hunting, and at first glance that sounds like a massive mistake in how states are handling wildlife. Gov. Brian Kemp signed HB 946 after it passed big, and the law now allows drones to be used to locate animals, removes some license restrictions for trappers, and even loosens rules on taking animals from motor vehicles on private land. This isn’t for deer, turkeys, or anything else hunters are picturing first, it’s for feral hogs, the invasive pigs tearing up Georgia agriculture, where officials say the damage tops $150 million a year.

— Stephen Ziegler
Outdoor writer | Owner, DeLong Lures



C'mon Governor Hot Wheels. You're falling behind!

Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2026 10:05 AM (KKI6+)

193 A case of "vigilante justice" behind bars has sparked a firestorm online.
____

Well, good.

also

Tempest in a teacup>>>firestorm online

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 10:05 AM (Dv3i1)

194 190 word of the day: sexploitated. example: "...regardless of whether they were sexploitated". heard on fox news this morning.
Posted by: anachronda at March 26, 2026 10:04 AM (oY6Yp)

*eyeroll*

Hmmm, sexploitation (i.e. Russ Meyer.) Ok.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:05 AM (bss/y)

195 Stocks retreat as Iran talks sour and oil pushes higher.

More at 11

Posted by: Just The Facts at March 26, 2026 10:06 AM (IZ33s)

196 Well, according to Tom, if they placed them in ICE beds, the illegals would have a mandatory court date in about a month. So, to make sure that didn’t happen, Homan says the Biden regime placed them in hotels so they stayed in the dark and could move into our communities unnoticed.

EVIL

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 10:06 AM (gbOdA)

197 Ricky Wassenaar, a 62-year-old inmate already serving 16 life sentences

What exactly is the point of giving him 16 life sentences? Just shoot him already.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 10:06 AM (Riz8t)

198 "Money laundering by other names."

So, you finally figured out the art world?

Posted by: Hunter Biden, Artist at March 26, 2026 10:06 AM (zG4BR)

199 191 You think OF is bad. I had no idea that there was a market place specializing in selling gross ,as in really icky, things
Posted by: Ben Had at March 26, 2026 10:04 AM (+nEug)

And I do not want to know.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:06 AM (bss/y)

200 BREAKING: Päivi Räsänen unanimously acquitted for her Bible tweet, but convicted of “hate speech” for a 20+ year-old church pamphlet [on marriage]

The conviction is under the “war crimes and crimes against humanity” section of Finland’s criminal code, alongside Bishop Juhana Pohjola.

-
The Bible verse concerned proves the Apostle Paul was a time traveler.

https://is.gd/Wzg4MF
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 09:58 AM (ndZc7)
===========================
Amazing.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 26, 2026 10:06 AM (ivLWF)

201 From what I've read, feral hogs are a big problem in a lot of states.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 10:06 AM (77rzZ)

202 Ricky Wassenaar, a 62-year-old inmate already serving 16 life sentences, carried out a calculated triple h*m*cide at the ASP-Tucson complex, targeting only convicted child s** offenders.

Wassenaar, who has since confessed to the k*llings, expressed zero remorse, stating his goal was to "pay his debt to society" by eliminating those he deemed "monsters."
Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2026 10:03 AM (KKI6+)
----
He is serving 16 life sentences. The state can only kill him once.

What does he have to lose?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 10:07 AM (ESVrU)

203 >>Wassenaar, who has since confessed to the k*llings, expressed zero remorse, stating his goal was to "pay his debt to society" by eliminating those he deemed "monsters."


Convicted mass murderer has a far keener understanding of justice that the entire Democrat party.
Yup, 2026 is weird.

*Reminds me of Robert Downey after serving time, he had the ultimate reality check/accountability for his past BS behavior/views.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 26, 2026 10:07 AM (Suwql)

204 I think every ENT doc or pediatrician has a display or diorama of things pulled from ears and noses. Cockroaches and Palmetto Bugs are popular. My two year old son had to have something removed from his nose, it was way up there. It was a chunk of kitchen sponge.

Posted by: Nostrildamus at March 26, 2026 10:07 AM (oftw2)

205 188 For some reason, I always imagine everything CBD posts as 3 by 4 feet.

that's even bigger than paolo's, how you say, post.

Posted by: anachronda at March 26, 2026 10:07 AM (oY6Yp)

206 From what I've read, feral hogs are a big problem in a lot of states.
Posted by: Bulg


They are a HUGE problem in Texas & Oklahoma.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2026 10:07 AM (KKI6+)

207 Somewhat disturbing and entertaining -

Women should not take testosterone.
https://tinyurl.com/87fvex7c

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 10:07 AM (Dv3i1)

208 *Reminds me of Robert Downey after serving time, he had the ultimate reality check/accountability for his past BS behavior/views.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 26, 2026 10:07 AM (Suwql)

Which, oddly enough was facilitated by Mel Gibson.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:08 AM (bss/y)

209 C'mon Governor Hot Wheels. You're falling behind!

Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2026 10:05 AM (KKI6+)

Are there restrictions on pig hunting? Amazing!

They already hunt from helicopters using full-auto, so what else does Texas need to do?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 10:08 AM (n9ltV)

210 That's Wilde!!!

Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:08 AM (+YA9H)

211 Aetius, I didn't either. Somehow my business partner saw it and was reading some of the stuff. Put me off my lunch.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 26, 2026 10:08 AM (+nEug)

212 Indians [dot, not feather] pour milk into Texas waterway, leave trash scattered everywhere for Hindu ritual

https://is.gd/DldEaY

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 10:09 AM (ndZc7)

213 It's basketball for women. A quick fix. Easy cash.

You see the same type of psychology with streamers. I play video games all the time. Why not try to make money at it.

The thing is, in all of these... jobs. The good ones are actually gifted. Maybe at not playing video games, but being able to play a video game to a decent level while also keeping an eye on the comments and generating engaging commentary.

Playing video games and basketball don't, generally, have permanent and negative impacts on your life and mental health.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 10:09 AM (ExV1e)

214 Wassenaar, who has since confessed to the k*llings, expressed zero remorse, stating his goal was to "pay his debt to society" by eliminating those he deemed "monsters."

Yeah, sure, that was his motive. Or maybe he just likes killing people and it was a slow day.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 10:09 AM (Riz8t)

215 C'mon Governor Hot Wheels. You're falling behind!
Posted by: rickb223
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Texas allows pretty much any means of eliminating feral hogs. I know helicopter hunting is popular. Drones can't be far behind...

Posted by: lin-duh at March 26, 2026 10:09 AM (EneHm)

216 Portly U.S. soldier in hijab suggests she would "refuse commands" if her orders went against Muslims. Here's more info about her.

https://is.gd/KnwIOp
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 10:03 AM

Meal Team 6.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 26, 2026 10:09 AM (kgE5c)

217 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. That's some ugly art today. What did we do?
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 26, 2026 10:09 AM (2WIwB)

218 "Teens" (also known as "youths") got busy in downtown Chicago last night.

Midnight basketball, anyone?

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

Wild footage captured the moment hundreds of lawless Chicago teens overran the city and attacked random people in the street.

The mob was seen violently stomping a shirtless man and flying into a frenzy in videos captured during the takeover of the downtown Loop district on Wednesday night.

Several police cars were seen stationed nearby, yet they apparently failed to intervene, video showed.

Private security group Community Intelligence Unit (CIU) reported at least one teen was beaten unconscious, a number of vehicles were destroyed and several people were arrested.

The group also reported that bear mace was used during the melee, and footage showed several rioters appearing to use tasers to zap each other and innocent victims.

Posted by: one hour sober at March 26, 2026 10:09 AM (Y1sOo)

219 16 What classic portrait does this remind me of. What, what, what? Argh...
Posted by: Tuna at March 26, 2026 09:32 AM (lJ0H4)

Marie Antoinette or somebody royal'ish?

Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:11 AM (+YA9H)

220 Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2026 10:03 AM (KKI6+)

As a former prison guard how do you feel about that? My personal opinion is that if we don't kill them ourselves and incarcerate instead, we have a duty to protect them while incarcerated. I don't feel sorry for them but it ain't up to criminals to administer what they think is justice. How many times has the rumor mill in prison been wrong?

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 10:11 AM (V4IXI)

221 Church of England Installs First-Ever Female Archbishop at Canterbury

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 10:11 AM (gbOdA)

222 186 He is very precise and very skilled, but I don't think he liked beauty.

Posted by: t-bird
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Define a draftsman.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 10:11 AM (jAisO)

223 Milano was stopped near the Canadian border crossing in Barron, Vermont

There is no Barron, Vermont, that I can find, but driving 3000 miles to evade capture shows dedication!

Posted by: t-bird at March 26, 2026 10:11 AM (/IZKJ)

224 Playing video games and basketball don't, generally, have permanent and negative impacts on your life and mental health.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 10:09 AM (ExV1e)

I would actually argue against that. It most definitely can negatively impact your life is you don't develop any other skills or necessary social skills. The ability to handle money, for instance. Or interact with people on a regular basis.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:11 AM (bss/y)

225 From what I've read, feral hogs are a big problem in a lot of states.
Posted by: Bulg

Particularly in Hollywood.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 10:12 AM (ndZc7)

226 Can I rename this piece to "Mrs. Renfield"?

Posted by: Gunslinger at March 26, 2026 10:12 AM (R2gO3)

227 Wild footage captured the moment hundreds of lawless Chicago teens overran the city and attacked random people in the street.


Before robbing the bookstores of textbooks and educational materials? Or after?

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 10:12 AM (Sco7b)

228
World's biggest pimp, with a heavy assist from decades of feminism telling women that sexual decadence (divorced from love and child-bearing) is "empowering").

Posted by: Lizzy at March 26, 2026 09:57 AM (Suwql)

He also appears to have facilitated filmed depictions of child abuse for those with such a predilection in "special" chat rooms of his website. He was a despicable individual.

Posted by: moki at March 26, 2026 10:12 AM (wLjpr)

229 Ugly, yeah- but it got us talking.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:12 AM (bss/y)

230 What, no Shelley Duvall jokes?
Posted by: Zombie Robbo

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

No Shelley Duvall jokes quite yet
But we'll find a few, you can bet
So here's the first of many"
"Shelley Duvall is so skinny
She has t' run 'round in the shower to get wet!"

Posted by: muldoon at March 26, 2026 10:12 AM (qgHp7)

231 220 As a former prison guard how do you feel about that? My personal opinion is that if we don't kill them ourselves and incarcerate instead, we have a duty to protect them while incarcerated. I don't feel sorry for them but it ain't up to criminals to administer what they think is justice. How many times has the rumor mill in prison been wrong?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 10:11 AM (V4IXI)

Agreed. And I haven't read the comment(s) to which you're responding.

Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:13 AM (+YA9H)

232 Wild footage captured the moment hundreds of lawless Chicago teens
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Footage? No. Wordage? Yes.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 10:14 AM (jAisO)

233 175 convicted of “hate speech” for a 20+ year-old church pamphlet [on marriage]
____

Wait until Finland's supreme court sees what is in the koran regarding marriage!

that can't be hate speech because islam is a religion of peace

Posted by: anachronda at March 26, 2026 10:14 AM (oY6Yp)

234 There is no Barron, Vermont, that I can find, but driving 3000 miles to evade capture shows dedication!

Posted by: t-bird at March 26, 2026 10:11 AM (/IZKJ)

It's the media...they couldn't be bothered to check.

Barton, VT.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 10:14 AM (n9ltV)

235 @ CBD if you're around...

Can you take my home network hash (oqH4h) out of the no-no pile please? I'd like to not have to be at work to post.

Thank you.

Posted by: ballistic at March 26, 2026 10:14 AM (3BwY8)

236 Ha! I inspired Muldoon!

Good day.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at March 26, 2026 10:15 AM (zUsHt)

237 Work Reconsidered #1
John Wilde
Born December 12, 1919, Wisconsin
Died March 9, 2006 (age 86 years), Evansville, WI

Hopefully, this is meant to be a light-hearted kick off to the weekend.

>Worley Gig Arts and Culture
Modern Art Monday Presents: John Wilde’s Work Reconsidered #1, Jan. 2017

The “Work Reconsidered” in the title is John Wilde’s own drawing. This painting from 1950 is based on a “bridal” portrait that Wilde had made of his wife, Helen, in 1943. Its exacting realism and compressed perspective, as well as the subject’s pose and inscrutable expression, recall the Northern and Italian Renaissance portraits that inspired Wilde. He added surrealist details to these traditions: the butterflies on the woman’s body and head, the isolated food items on the table, and the moody landscape background create and otherworldly effect.

>Wikipedia: John Wilde was an American painter, draughtsman, and printmaker from Wisconsin. He spent the majority of his life in his home state and taught at The University of Wisconsin–Madison for over 35 years. Wilde is often associated with the Magic Realist and Surrealist art movements in the United States.

An interesting artist but would pass.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 26, 2026 10:15 AM (NFX2v)

238 I'd like to not have to be at work to post.

Posted by: ballistic at March 26, 2026 10:14 AM (3BwY

What did you do?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 10:16 AM (n9ltV)

239 That's his wife?!? Did she like this painting?

Posted by: Wally at March 26, 2026 10:16 AM (zG4BR)

240 For some reason, I always imagine everything CBD posts as 3 by 4 feet.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care

I own a piece of art from 1941 that measures 7'X9'. Art Deco style fresco on oak panel. Enamel paint and lots of gold leaf. Louis Ross is the artist. He did lots of murals for the 39 NY World's Fair. Worked with Hildreth Meiere, who was one of the first to bring Art Deco to America. She was studying in Paris 1918-22. I rescued the panel from demolition in a building across the street from Madison Square Garden in 1982.

Posted by: Big Art Can Be Good Art at March 26, 2026 10:16 AM (oftw2)

241 Chicago
Videos show large teen gatherings in downtown Chicago
By NBC Chicago Staff • Published March 28, 2025 • Updated on March 28, 2025 at 10:32 pm

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

Oh, they were large "teen gatherings." I see.

Posted by: one hour sober at March 26, 2026 10:17 AM (Y1sOo)

242 97 This work of art is neither beautiful nor calming, but ugly and disturbing. Would not hang.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 26, 2026 09:48 AM (O7YUW)
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I concur.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 26, 2026 10:17 AM (cWLG3)

243 What did you do?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 10:16 AM (n9ltV)
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You and I got into an argument about something dumb a couple years back and you banned me because I was being an ass.

Posted by: ballistic at March 26, 2026 10:17 AM (3BwY8)

244 Are there restrictions on pig hunting? Amazing!

They already hunt from helicopters using full-auto, so what else does Texas need to do?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Only use is for locating. Not hunting.
Can you use a drone to hunt feral hogs in Texas?
Yes, you can use a drone to hunt feral hogs in Texas, but only under specific conditions.

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission has approved the use of drones to locate
feral hogs for hunting purposes.

Here are the key points to consider:
Location: Drones can be used to locate feral hogs at night for hunters on the ground.

Permit: Hunters must obtain an aerial wildlife management permit to use drones for this purpose.

No Take: The use of drone-mounted weapons is prohibited; drones can only be used to locate hogs.

Ethics: The use of drones for hunting is subject to ethical considerations and must comply with fair chase principles.

There is no "fair chase" principles when hunting feral hogs on private land.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2026 10:18 AM (KKI6+)

245 Morning.

Fuck, tell that chick to eat a steak and a potato and hit the gym.

Would not hang.

Posted by: Robert at March 26, 2026 10:18 AM (Z2yLo)

246 Posted by: ballistic at March 26, 2026 10:17 AM (3BwY

Okay.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 10:19 AM (n9ltV)

247 Good news! One week ago today at this time I was buying my 14 year old dog his last meal at Arby's. He fell out of bed and was limping horribly. I was going to let the vet decide if it was time.

The miraculous healing powers of Arby's meat completely animated him as she fed him. She examined him, gave him pills for pain and a week later Ralphy's bouncing around like anything.

I'm still keeping him off his leg as much as possible to help it fully heal without stress. He's about 40 pounds. Not too hard to lift. Still has a lot of life in him....

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 10:19 AM (Sco7b)

248 Playing video games and basketball don't, generally, have permanent and negative impacts on your life and mental health.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Day of shame. I really liked the video game Life Is Strange even though it's all girly. A sequel is releasing today and I'm going to play it!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 10:19 AM (ndZc7)

249 > Liberal "activist" Alyssa Milano decided to leave the country after all, according to a post on her Instagram page. Unfortunately, she didn't get far.
------------
There are videos and other accounts of Americans trying to "flee to Canada" only to find out;
- it's not as easy as they think
- costs more than they think
- has a number of draconian rules to follow
- typically ends in a sobbing return to the states

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 26, 2026 10:19 AM (AkEZC)

250 Okay.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 10:19 AM (n9ltV)
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Muchas gracias. I will keep the being an ass thing to a minimum.

Posted by: ballistic at March 26, 2026 10:19 AM (3BwY8)

251 No Take: The use of drone-mounted weapons is prohibited; drones can only be used to locate hogs.

Ethics: The use of drones for hunting is subject to ethical considerations and must comply with fair chase principles.

There is no "fair chase" principles when hunting feral hogs on private land.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2026 10:18 AM (KKI6+)

You know what that last bit means?

What would be the best automatic weapon for a drone? Drop hand grenades?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:19 AM (bss/y)

252 219 16 What classic portrait does this remind me of. What, what, what? Argh...
Posted by: Tuna at March 26, 2026 09:32 AM (lJ0H4)

Marie Antoinette or somebody royal'ish?
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:11 AM (+YA9H)

Anne Boleyn?

Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:20 AM (+YA9H)

253 I would actually argue against that. It most definitely can negatively impact your life is you don't develop any other skills or necessary social skills. The ability to handle money, for instance. Or interact with people on a regular basis.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:11 AM (bss/y)

Lots of people never gain the ability to handle money, or interact with people on a regular basis. The job isn't the thing doing it.

OF, OTOH, does. Girls who do it will tell themselves that they're not whores but most of the rest of society disagrees. And, unlike traditional whores, they cannot move to a new city and put their past behind them.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 10:20 AM (ExV1e)

254 What would be the best automatic weapon for a drone? Drop hand grenades?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:19 AM (bss/y)
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Given a large enough drone platform, I'd take the ball turret from a B-17.

Posted by: ballistic at March 26, 2026 10:21 AM (3BwY8)

255 Give Alyssa a break. She was going up there to ask the nice Canadians to contribute to her son's school trip.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 10:21 AM (77rzZ)

256 Of all the drawings Wilde brought home to give to his grandma, this is one that never made it to the refrigerator.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 26, 2026 10:21 AM (2WIwB)

257 I don’t even know you people…

Side boob. Bunk.

Posted by: Theyjustwriteitoff at March 26, 2026 10:22 AM (sUTO1)

258 @244 so drones can't be used to drop grenades on hogs? bummer

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 26, 2026 10:22 AM (cWLG3)

259 I’m confused. I can make money online playing basketball? Do I gotta be nekkid?

Posted by: Heroq at March 26, 2026 10:22 AM (+47n7)

260 OF, OTOH, does. Girls who do it will tell themselves that they're not whores but most of the rest of society disagrees. And, unlike traditional whores, they cannot move to a new city and put their past behind them.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 10:20 AM (ExV1e)
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The internet doesn't forget your butthole once it's been seen.

Posted by: ballistic at March 26, 2026 10:22 AM (3BwY8)

261 Lots of people never gain the ability to handle money, or interact with people on a regular basis. The job isn't the thing doing it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 10:20 AM (ExV1e)

Interesting point: So the job just enables their worst impulses? I like it as an explanation.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:22 AM (bss/y)

262 What classic portrait does this remind me of. What, what, what? Argh...
Posted by: Tuna at March 26, 2026 09:32 AM (lJ0H4)

Marie Antoinette or somebody royal'ish?
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:11 AM (+YA9H)

Anne Boleyn?
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:20 AM (+YA9H)
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Jean-Paul Marat?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 10:22 AM (CVAWM)

263 Wild footage captured the moment hundreds of lawless Chicago teens

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Let's Go Brandon is on it!

Chicago's mayor just unveiled an "Abolish ICE" snowplow. For real.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 10:22 AM (ndZc7)

264 The internet doesn't forget your butthole once it's been seen.
Posted by: ballistic at March 26, 2026 10:22 AM (3BwY

I'll drink to that.

Posted by: Goatsy at March 26, 2026 10:23 AM (Z2yLo)

265 259 @244 so drones can't be used to drop grenades on hogs? bummer
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 26, 2026 10:22 AM (cWLG3)

On 'public' land.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:23 AM (bss/y)

266 You know what that last bit means?

What would be the best automatic weapon for a drone? Drop hand grenades?
Posted by: Aetius451AD


Brian Pigman Quaca sits in a tree and drops a spear thru them. You could do the same from a drone. But they won't let you.

But I can put a jug full of tannerite and ball bearings in a pile of corn and blow them up. On private land.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2026 10:23 AM (KKI6+)

267 264 Wild footage captured the moment hundreds of lawless Chicago teens

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Let's Go Brandon is on it!

Chicago's mayor just unveiled an "Abolish ICE" snowplow. For real.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 10:22 AM (ndZc7)

Clockwork Orange.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:23 AM (bss/y)

268 7wHeU

Looks like someone is begging for the Banhammer 5K.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 26, 2026 10:23 AM (kgE5c)

269 That is not an attractive zombie woman

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at March 26, 2026 10:23 AM (xcxpd)

270 But I can put a jug full of tannerite and ball bearings in a pile of corn and blow them up. On private land.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2026 10:23 AM (KKI6+)

Homemade claymores.

I love this place.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:24 AM (bss/y)

271 What classic portrait does this remind me of. What, what, what? Argh...
Posted by: Tuna at March 26, 2026 09:32 AM (lJ0H4)

Marie Antoinette or somebody royal'ish?
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:11 AM (+YA9H)

Anne Boleyn?
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:20 AM (+YA9H)
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Jean-Paul Marat?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea

Portrait of Dorian Gray?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 10:24 AM (ndZc7)

272 263 What classic portrait does this remind me of. What, what, what? Argh...
Posted by: Tuna at March 26, 2026 09:32 AM (lJ0H4)

Marie Antoinette or somebody royal'ish?
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:11 AM (+YA9H)

Anne Boleyn?
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:20 AM (+YA9H)
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Jean-Paul Marat?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 10:22 AM (CVAWM)

Ooh, good one.

Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:24 AM (+YA9H)

273 270 That is not an attractive zombie woman
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at March 26, 2026 10:23 AM (xcxpd)
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I was thinking robot geisha.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 26, 2026 10:25 AM (cWLG3)

274 One of his better works.

Posted by: javems at March 26, 2026 10:25 AM (zFsEm)

275 Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care


Awesome news!

Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2026 10:25 AM (KKI6+)

276 Link to DM piece about the "youths" in Chicago getting excited about Midnight Basketball:

https://tinyurl.com/44cxbmja

Couple of imbeds to X accounts with video.

Posted by: one hour sober at March 26, 2026 10:26 AM (Y1sOo)

277 247 Good news! One week ago today at this time I was buying my 14 year old dog his last meal at Arby's. He fell out of bed and was limping horribly. I was going to let the vet decide if it was time.

The miraculous healing powers of Arby's meat completely animated him as she fed him. She examined him, gave him pills for pain and a week later Ralphy's bouncing around like anything.

I'm still keeping him off his leg as much as possible to help it fully heal without stress. He's about 40 pounds. Not too hard to lift. Still has a lot of life in him....
Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 10:19 AM (Sco7b)

That is great news!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at March 26, 2026 10:27 AM (xcxpd)

278 Haven't read anything about it, but gonna venture a guess that the OF guy's death had something to do with things that rhyme with Bookers and Sloe.

Posted by: ballistic at March 26, 2026 10:27 AM (3BwY8)

279 Couple of imbeds to X accounts with video.
Posted by: one hour sober at March 26, 2026 10:26 AM (Y1sOo)
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I read that as"inbreds".

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 10:27 AM (CVAWM)

280 Never discount the power of a good serving of meat!

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at March 26, 2026 10:27 AM (bss/y)

281 Bravo muldoon!

Posted by: Limerick lover at March 26, 2026 10:27 AM (2Ez/1)

282 Woohoo!
Today is a make up day for Geezer Golf since it was raining too hard on Tuesday. It's beautiful this morning, albeit chilly.
Aiming fluid is in the bag!

Posted by: Diogenes at March 26, 2026 10:28 AM (2WIwB)

283 @280 it's the power of love, and Arby's.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 26, 2026 10:28 AM (cWLG3)

284 282 Couple of imbeds to X accounts with video.
Posted by: one hour sober at March 26, 2026 10:26 AM (Y1sOo)
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I read that as"inbreds".
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 10:27 AM (CVAWM)

So you've met our trolls.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:28 AM (bss/y)

285 Interesting point: So the job just enables their worst impulses? I like it as an explanation.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:22 AM (bss/y)

Same with any other thing in life which affords you money. You're shielded from a lot of the consequences of your decisions and you surround yourself with people who tell you what you want to hear.

Of course, 90%+ of OF girls pay the price without ever really getting any of the benefit.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 10:28 AM (ExV1e)

286 Stateless, that's a great story. What breed is your pup?

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 10:28 AM (77rzZ)

287 221 Church of England Installs First-Ever Female Archbishop at Canterbury

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On the positive side, she's no longer available to direct the next theatrical release of Star Wars.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 10:28 AM (+HNx/)

288 277 Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care

I was so happy when you started posting again. I was sure you were deceased under a snowbank somewhere.

Posted by: Penguin Liberation Front at March 26, 2026 10:28 AM (oftw2)

289 First thought was to burn it.
Second thought was to burn it and re-burn the ashes.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 10:28 AM (jAisO)

290 286 @280 it's the power of love, and Arby's.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 26, 2026 10:28 AM (cWLG3)

https://tinyurl.com/yxm8snk2

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:29 AM (bss/y)

291 290 221 Church of England Installs First-Ever Female Archbishop at Canterbury

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On the positive side, she's no longer available to direct the next theatrical release of Star Wars.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 10:28 AM (+HNx/)
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"Installs" makes me think they just replaced the firmware.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 26, 2026 10:29 AM (cWLG3)

292 What's that saying about not wrestling with retards? You just get muddy and the retard likes it.
Posted by: Goatsy at March 26, 2026 10:26 AM (Z2yLo)

True, but some things shouldn't be left unanswered. Even if it accomplishes nothing.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 10:30 AM (ExV1e)

293 I took a look at some of his other work. I do not like "Magic realism" or whatever his style is called . I sort of liked a picture of a red barn until I looked above and saw a nude woman who looks likes she's committing suicide or being killed and going out a barn window.

I like this one with raspberries and blackberries:

https://tinyurl.com/yzr2zjwa

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 10:30 AM (Nx5jP)

294 Of course, 90%+ of OF girls pay the price without ever really getting any of the benefit.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 10:28 AM (ExV1e)

Right. But the lure of the quick fix is what draws them.

People inherently lazy a lot of times.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:30 AM (bss/y)

295 Haven't read anything about it, but gonna venture a guess that the OF guy's death had something to do with things that rhyme with Bookers and Sloe.
Posted by: ballistic at March 26, 2026 10:27 AM (3BwY

Cancer.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 10:30 AM (ExV1e)

296 295 290 221 Church of England Installs First-Ever Female Archbishop at Canterbury

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On the positive side, she's no longer available to direct the next theatrical release of Star Wars.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 10:28 AM (+HNx/)
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"Installs" makes me think they just replaced the firmware.

Inst'allah.

Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:31 AM (+YA9H)

297 Alleged First World country New Zealand now projected to run out of fuel in three weeks

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Kiwi shortage?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 10:31 AM (ndZc7)

298 And then there's that saying about not quoting trolls.
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:28 AM (+YA9H)

CBD hasn't bitched at me about anything in a while. I wouldn't want him to get out of practice.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 10:31 AM (ExV1e)

299 The Paolo never has to, how you say, replace the firmware.

Posted by: The Paolo at March 26, 2026 10:32 AM (77rzZ)

300 Inst'allah.
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:31 AM (+YA9H)

*golfclap*

Which will be the result.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:32 AM (bss/y)

301 302 And then there's that saying about not quoting trolls.
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:28 AM (+YA9H)

CBD hasn't bitched at me about anything in a while. I wouldn't want him to get out of practice.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 10:31 AM (ExV1e)

ha!

Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:32 AM (+YA9H)

302 Reconsider further.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 10:32 AM (464q3)

303 303 The Paolo never has to, how you say, replace the firmware.
Posted by: The Paolo at March 26, 2026 10:32 AM (77rzZ)

The Paolo is... how you say... a Legacy system.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:32 AM (bss/y)

304 Dogs Playing Poker

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 10:32 AM (464q3)

305 Fun fact: the Archbishop of York is the Primate of England. The Archbishop of Canterbury is the Primate of ALL England.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 10:33 AM (CVAWM)

306 Damn heavy right-wing agenda!

Jay-Z Warns “Heavy Right-Wing Agenda” Is Silencing Voices in the Culture

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 10:33 AM (ndZc7)

307 301 Alleged First World country New Zealand now projected to run out of fuel in three weeks

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Kiwi shortage?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 10:31 AM (ndZc7)

Isn’t this wonderful???

Posted by: Jacinda Ardern at March 26, 2026 10:33 AM (464q3)

308 The Paolo is... how you say... a Legacy system.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Snort.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 10:34 AM (77rzZ)

309 Beyond the pale.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 26, 2026 10:34 AM (8zz6B)

310 Church of England Installs First-Ever Female Archbishop at Canterbury

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On the positive side, she's no longer available to direct the next theatrical release of Star Wars.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 10:28 AM (+HNx/)
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"Installs" makes me think they just replaced the firmware.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 26, 2026 10:29 AM (cWLG3)

So is the Church of England like Windows where people bitch loudly with every new version but keep using it anyway?

Posted by: Robert at March 26, 2026 10:34 AM (Z2yLo)

311 309 Fun fact: the Archbishop of York is the Primate of England. The Archbishop of Canterbury is the Primate of ALL England.
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Aren't we all primates?

Posted by: Charles Darwin at March 26, 2026 10:34 AM (Dv3i1)

312 There's a painting/portrait that has a butterfly or maybe a dragonfly on a girl's lips ...?

Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:35 AM (+YA9H)

313 Hideous art! Did John Wilde wake up from a nightmare and put it down on canvas?

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 26, 2026 10:36 AM (qBdHI)

314 315 309 Fun fact: the Archbishop of York is the Primate of England. The Archbishop of Canterbury is the Primate of ALL England.
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Aren't we all primates?
Posted by: Charles Darwin at March 26, 2026 10:34 AM (Dv3i1)

The C of E puts the Homo in Homo Sapiens.

Posted by: tubal at March 26, 2026 10:36 AM (/HeZH)

315 There's a painting/portrait that has a butterfly or maybe a dragonfly on a girl's lips ...?
Posted by: m

You mean the poster for that Hannibal Lecter flick?

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 10:36 AM (77rzZ)

316 Tiger is like Paolo.

Tiger Woods and Vanessa Trump Pack on the PDA as Legend Returns to Competitive Golf

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 10:36 AM (ndZc7)

317 Elvis wearing a sombrero on black velvet.

Posted by: Doodle Dude at March 26, 2026 10:37 AM (vneJl)

318 There's a painting/portrait that has a butterfly or maybe a dragonfly on a girl's lips ...?
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:35 AM (+YA9H
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There's one where there's a fly on the lady's headdress.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 10:37 AM (CVAWM)

319 318 There's a painting/portrait that has a butterfly or maybe a dragonfly on a girl's lips ...?
Posted by: m

You mean the poster for that Hannibal Lecter flick?
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 10:36 AM (77rzZ)

Yes!

Tuna, is that it?

16 What classic portrait does this remind me of. What, what, what? Argh...
Posted by: Tuna at March 26, 2026 09:32 AM (lJ0H4)

Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:37 AM (+YA9H)

320 I would actually argue against that. It most definitely can negatively impact your life is you don't develop any other skills or necessary social skills. The ability to handle money, for instance. Or interact with people on a regular basis.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:11 AM (bss/y)

Yeah but that’s assuming that’s ALL you do.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 10:37 AM (464q3)

321 The OF guy watched the Girls Gone Wild guy and said, "Hold my beer."

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 26, 2026 10:37 AM (wVcYX)

322 302 And then there's that saying about not quoting trolls.
Posted by: m
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That troll management rule comes from Usenet days before bots, etc. Certain personality type gets off on engagement and gets bored wandering away if ignored.

Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 10:37 AM (E4rtv)

323 Fun fact: the Archbishop of York is the Primate of England. The Archbishop of Canterbury is the Primate of ALL England.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 10:33 AM (CVAWM)

So...like...they check each other for ticks?

Posted by: Robert at March 26, 2026 10:38 AM (Z2yLo)

324 308 Fun fact: the Archbishop of York is the Primate of England. The Archbishop of Canterbury is the Primate of ALL England.

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Attsa one big monkey!

Posted by: Chico Marx at March 26, 2026 10:38 AM (+HNx/)

325 321 There's a painting/portrait that has a butterfly or maybe a dragonfly on a girl's lips ...?
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:35 AM (+YA9H
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There's one where there's a fly on the lady's headdress.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 10:37 AM (CVAWM)

That one I don't know, I don't think.

Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:38 AM (+YA9H)

326 So is the Church of England like Windows where people bitch loudly with every new version but keep using it anyway?
Posted by: Robert at March 26, 2026 10:34 AM (Z2yLo)

I liked 95, 98, XP (the GOAT) and 7.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 10:39 AM (464q3)

327 "This is probably just an "isolated incident," and we urge you not to demonize unruly teens."
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Don't demonize unruly teens. What do you do with them?


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 10:39 AM (jAisO)

328 I set the Horde up for primate jokes and they do not disappoint.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 10:39 AM (CVAWM)

329 Jay-Z Warns “Heavy Right-Wing Agenda” Is Silencing Voices in the Culture

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Says the "oppressed" ugliest $billionaire in America.

I often wonder how someone can so easily lie like this.

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 26, 2026 10:39 AM (qBdHI)

330 324 The OF guy watched the Girls Gone Wild guy and said, "Hold my beer."

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Seems like there's money to be made in naked wimmen.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 10:39 AM (+HNx/)

331 Don't cut and paste troll droppings.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 10:40 AM (n9ltV)

332 331 I set the Horde up for primate jokes and they do not disappoint.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 10:39 AM (CVAWM)

We're simple folk.

Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:40 AM (+YA9H)

333 I set the Horde up for primate jokes and they do not disappoint.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Se


Here's your banana.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 26, 2026 10:40 AM (2WIwB)

334 316. 316 There's a painting/portrait that has a butterfly or maybe a dragonfly on a girl's lips ...?
Posted by: m

Silence of the Lambs, 1991 film, Death-head Hawk Moth across her lips?

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 26, 2026 10:41 AM (NFX2v)

335 333 Don't cut and paste troll droppings.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 10:40 AM (n9ltV)

That's what I meant. You put it better.

291 And then there's that saying about not quoting trolls.
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:28 AM (+YA9H)

Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:41 AM (+YA9H)

336 People used to accuse Hefner of being Jewish, too.

He was a Methodist of German, Swedish, and English ancestry.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 10:41 AM (77rzZ)

337 Inside Basketball With LeBron James!

“After we signed him [Austin Reaves], I went back and watched a lot of his Wichita State highlights and games and then a lot of his Oklahoma highlights and games as well,” James said. “The first thing I noticed, it’s kind of funny… he didn’t play like a white boy. It was very different. His wiggle was very different.”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 10:42 AM (ndZc7)

338 From the "Learing Center" files, Nick Shirley video shows sign on the door hospice center named "Holly Angels."

Posted by: one hour sober at March 26, 2026 10:42 AM (Y1sOo)

339 Chicago's mayor just unveiled an "Abolish ICE" snowplow. For real.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 10:22 AM (ndZc7)

So, we pull all CBP from ORD, MDW (if it has any), and the port, and tell him “You got your wish”. Nothing from another country can directly enter Chicago.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 10:43 AM (464q3)

340 338 From the "Learing Center" files, Nick Shirley video shows sign on the door hospice center named "Holly Angels."
Posted by: one hour sober at March 26, 2026 10:42 AM (Y1sOo)

Christmassy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:43 AM (bss/y)

341 338 From the "Learing Center" files, Nick Shirley video shows sign on the door hospice center named "Holly Angels."

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She does amazing things on the pole.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 10:44 AM (+HNx/)

342
Shitty Day OT:

Lovely.

Yesterday, I received a text that US Bank had opened an account for me, and had linked the money transfer service Xe to it. I'm with a different bank entirely. Figured that it was the usual banking scam thing so I didn't click any links. Woke up this morning to find that someone had gotten into my ACTUAL bank account and did an ACH transfer of over $5k to some random fourth company. Checking further on my banks site, I found that US Bank and Xe had been added as linked apps yesterday, so I suspect they are involved.

Fuckers. Now I have to spend all day fucking around with the bank to get things fixed, and hopefully get my money back.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2026 10:44 AM (y9nCu)

343 So is the Church of England like Windows where people bitch loudly with every new version but keep using it anyway?
Posted by: Robert
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Welp, CoE keeps gaining by subtraction as the pews empty and this will end up severing more of the Anglican community abroad just like the pro homo troonism will. CoE, like the UK, is reaching the point of total destruction of their heritage because they are corrupted by the society hellscape that they helped create.

Only so long having an identity as NOT Catholic can be sustained while keeping the vestiges of its Catholic underpinnings.

State churches are almost always a bad idea for both religious faith and for the state. Even Iran failed at it.

Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 10:44 AM (E4rtv)

344 “The Ukrainian Government and unspecified U.S. Government personnel, through USAID in Kyiv, reportedly developed a plan that would provide hundreds of millions of US taxpayer dollars to fund an infrastructure project for Ukraine that would be used as a cover to send approximately 90% of funds allocated to the DNC to fund Joe Biden’s reelection campaign,” the declassified summary of the intercepts stated.

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 10:44 AM (gbOdA)

345 I set the Horde up for primate jokes and they do not disappoint.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Se

You know us, we're always up for some monkey business. Just like Gary Hart.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 26, 2026 10:44 AM (OUMaO)

346 334 316. 316 There's a painting/portrait that has a butterfly or maybe a dragonfly on a girl's lips ...?
Posted by: m

Silence of the Lambs, 1991 film, Death-head Hawk Moth across her lips?
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 26, 2026 10:41 AM (NFX2v)

Yeah; Bulg got it, too:

315 You mean the poster for that Hannibal Lecter flick?
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 10:36 AM (77rzZ)

Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:45 AM (+YA9H)

347 From the "Learing Center" files, Nick Shirley video shows sign on the door hospice center named "Holly Angels."
Posted by: one hour sober at March 26, 2026 10:42 AM (Y1sOo)

Christmassy.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:43 AM (bss/y)
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"Santa, what do you want me to do with this tree?"
---just the punchline.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 10:45 AM (CVAWM)

348 336) Is hedonism a religion? I. e. Hugh Hefner.

Posted by: Doodle Dude at March 26, 2026 10:45 AM (eqOBU)

349 State churches are almost always a bad idea for both religious faith and for the state. Even Iran failed at it.
Posted by: whig

Yep. Very bad idea for the state to get involved in religion. The Founders knew what they were doing with the first amendment.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 10:47 AM (77rzZ)

350 Found the answer on Chip Roy.

Donald Trump publicly criticized Chip Roy, stating that he "has not done a great job."

Trump expressed his support for Elise Stefanik, who was running against Roy for the same leadership role.

Roy's past actions, such as voting to certify the 2020 election and criticizing Trump after the January 6 insurrection, have contributed to his strained relationship with the former president.
_Bingo

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 10:47 AM (jAisO)

351 do not reference nancy spungen.

Posted by: cmeat at March 26, 2026 10:47 AM (R11M+)

352 Hi!

I'm a troll spreading fear, uncertainty, and doubt.

(Translated from Mandarin.)

Posted by: Just The Tip at March 26, 2026 10:47 AM (RIvkX)

353 Hello, Troll.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:48 AM (bss/y)

354 *settles in for a boring story*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:48 AM (bss/y)

355 315 You mean the poster for that Hannibal Lecter flick?
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 10:36 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:45 AM (+YA9H)

There are Deaths Head photographs where the skull is actually five naked women.

Posted by: tankdemon at March 26, 2026 10:48 AM (I40CQ)

356 would be used as a cover to send approximately 90% of funds allocated to the DNC to fund Joe Biden’s reelection campaign,
____

Since Dementia Joe ended up not running for re-election, where did the funds go? Kamala's re-election campaign?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 10:48 AM (Dv3i1)

357 Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2026 10:44 AM (y9nCu)

Yikes! Good luck!

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 10:49 AM (77rzZ)

358 344 “The Ukrainian Government and unspecified U.S. Government personnel, through USAID in Kyiv, reportedly developed a plan that would provide hundreds of millions of US taxpayer dollars to fund an infrastructure project for Ukraine that would be used as a cover to send approximately 90% of funds allocated to the DNC to fund Joe Biden’s reelection campaign,” the declassified summary of the intercepts stated.
Posted by: r hennigantx
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That is what fraud in government is all about--aiming the stream of government money at your friends, family, and your political supporters. GOPe does it too except they tend to stick to legal graft rather than blatant fraud.

E.g. MTG transferred about 60k of her campaign funds to her family for 'consulting' just before she retired. Same practice as Maxine Waters and a number of other High Plains Grifters do. Legal but unethical. Same as insider trading that MTG did before leaving. Legal but unethical.

Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 10:50 AM (E4rtv)

359 Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 10:44 AM (gbOdA)

That's the topic of my rant...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 10:50 AM (n9ltV)

360 286 Stateless, that's a great story. What breed is your pup?
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 10:28 AM (77rzZ)

We're not sure. Ralphy is a rescue dog.


I was so happy when you started posting again. I was sure you were deceased under a snowbank somewhere.

Posted by: Penguin Liberation Front at March 26, 2026 10:28 AM (oftw2)

Thanks so much. No, I've just been biding my time waiting to score with Alyssa Milano.

After the youth and anti-crazy potions kick in.



Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 10:50 AM (Sco7b)

361 351 do not reference nancy spungen.
Posted by: cmeat at March 26, 2026 10:47 AM (R11M+)
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What was the origin of "spongeworthy?" I'm just glad it's fallen out of use.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 26, 2026 10:50 AM (cWLG3)

362 He's on a publicity tour of sorts.

Jay-Z is headlining the 2026 Roots Picnic in Philadelphia, marking his first major festival performance in years. (I can't imagine him appearing w/o family on that occasion.)

You probably can't imagine how Philadelphia is largely a hellish experience from almost mid-June through the 4th of July, dependent upon entertainment tastes and physical & mental tolerances, of course. All, imo.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 26, 2026 10:50 AM (NFX2v)

363 Embarrassing.

WOAH: U.S. Intercepted Messages from Ukraine Gov’t Discussing Plan to Send Money to Biden Re-Election

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 10:51 AM (ndZc7)

364
If there's something strange
In your neighborhood
Who you gonna call?
Trollzappers!

If there's something weird
And it don't look good
Who you gonna call?
Trollzappers!

Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:51 AM (+YA9H)

365 I set the Horde up for primate jokes and they do not disappoint.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 10:39 AM (CVAWM)
-

You rang?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 10:51 AM (1o8D5)

366 Since Dementia Joe ended up not running for re-election, where did the funds go? Kamala's re-election campaign?
Posted by: Chuck Martel

Some is used to buy fraud in election districts, some is sucked up by campaign managers getting their hands on generational wealth, some goes to the different DNC committees, and some goes to key politicians disguised as donations from unemployed or retired people whose identity via ActBlue has been smurfed.

And undoubtedly hookers and blow are involved too.

Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 10:52 AM (E4rtv)

367
*settles in for a boring story*
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:48 AM (bss/y)



You know I'm right here reading everything you're typing, don't you?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2026 10:52 AM (y9nCu)

368 IllTemperedCur,
That blows!!!

Posted by: lin-duh at March 26, 2026 10:53 AM (EneHm)

369 What was the origin of "spongeworthy?" I'm just glad it's fallen out of use.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO
=====
Episode of Seinfeld where Elaine complains about a sponge contraceptive being discontinued. Thus, she had to consider each new male as whether they were spongeworthy of her having sex with them using her dwindling supply.

Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 10:53 AM (E4rtv)

370 Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 10:41 AM (77rzZ)

And departed from his religious background after his youth. Wikipedia has info on it and the internet talks about his conversations with Lee Strobel, the Christian apologetics guy

Of course, Hefner was mild with his magazines with lovely nude ladies in comparison to the utter **** out on the internet today, such as Only Fans

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 10:53 AM (ix8EF)

371 363 Embarrassing.

WOAH: U.S. Intercepted Messages from Ukraine Gov’t Discussing Plan to Send Money to Biden Re-Election
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 10:51 AM (ndZc7)

In addition to the 10% for the big guy.
No offense Paolo...

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 10:53 AM (Sco7b)

372
And undoubtedly hookers and blow are involved too.
Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 10:52 AM (E4rtv)



Well, at least the money wasn't ALL wasted.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2026 10:53 AM (y9nCu)

373 368 IllTemperedCur,
That blows!!!
Posted by: lin-duh at March 26, 2026 10:53 AM (EneHm)

We had something similar happen to us a couple of years ago and yes it is a pain clearing it up

Posted by: It's me donna at March 26, 2026 10:54 AM (//8Ft)

374 I thought "spongeworthy" had something to do with being FIRST!!!

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 10:54 AM (77rzZ)

375 Homelessness solved!

California Manages to Spend $1M PER UNIT on Homeless Housing

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 10:54 AM (ndZc7)

376 OT: I hate Saturday Night Fever

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:55 AM (bss/y)

377 This picture made me think of the girl with the dragon tattoo and I have no idea why because there’s nothing that would connect them… they’re both disturbing, but lots of things are…. The tattoo book (and movie) both interesting. My mind works in strange ways sometimes (or doesn’t work)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 10:55 AM (xT8gx)

378 California Manages to Spend $1M PER UNIT on Homeless Housing
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 10:54 AM (ndZc7)
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How many cardboard boxes did they buy?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 10:55 AM (ESVrU)

379 370 Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 10:41 AM (77rzZ)

And departed from his religious background after his youth. Wikipedia has info on it and the internet talks about his conversations with Lee Strobel, the Christian apologetics guy

Of course, Hefner was mild with his magazines with lovely nude ladies in comparison to the utter **** out on the internet today, such as Only Fans
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 10:53 AM (ix8EF)
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And the lack of production values, atrocious.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 26, 2026 10:55 AM (cWLG3)

380 361 elaine.

Posted by: cmeat at March 26, 2026 10:56 AM (R11M+)

381 Of course, Hefner was mild with his magazines with lovely nude ladies in comparison to the utter **** out on the internet today, such as Only Fans
Posted by: FenelonSpoke


Yes. I have some wonderful memories of Playboy girls from my college days.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 10:56 AM (77rzZ)

382 375 Homelessness solved!

California Manages to Spend $1M PER UNIT on Homeless Housing
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 10:54 AM (ndZc7)
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Taxpayer-funded luxury condos for the homeless?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 26, 2026 10:56 AM (cWLG3)

383 Spongeworthy:

https://youtu.be/8qt70xMsvdM

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at March 26, 2026 10:57 AM (2Ez/1)

384 I received one of those texts yesterday. Preview said LMCU has charged my checking account. I belong to NFCU, not LMCU, so I deleted it, marking it as spam.

But you can bet that I immediately went to NFCU's portal to check my account. Nothing suspicious.

Posted by: one hour sober at March 26, 2026 10:57 AM (Y1sOo)

385 >>California Manages to Spend $1M PER UNIT on Homeless Housing


'We'll make it up in volume.'

Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 10:57 AM (Klk40)

386 376 OT: I hate Saturday Night Fever
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:55 AM (bss/y)



Me, too!

Posted by: Horse in the "Well, ol Paint, it's Saturday night again" porno comic at March 26, 2026 10:57 AM (dmDsy)

387 OT: I hate Saturday Night Fever
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:55 AM (bss/y)

I watched the movie recently for the first time. It’s not good… but I love the music (always have). The Bee Gees made some great music I still enjoy

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 10:57 AM (xT8gx)

388 Saturday Night Fever is another one of those big hit movies that I've never seen.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 10:58 AM (77rzZ)

389 @383 well there you go. I haven't seen that one in ages.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 26, 2026 10:58 AM (cWLG3)

390 Roy's past actions, such as voting to certify the 2020 election and criticizing Trump after the January 6 insurrection, have contributed to his strained relationship with the former president.
_Bingo
Posted by: Braenyard
=====
Roy created all kinds of issues on spending bills, etc. Posing for the cameras if you will.

The sad truth is that quite a few 'colorful' GOP members are actually pieces of shit that will stab you in the back in a NY minute if it affects their grift.

And that is the problem with narrow majorities taht the GOPe likes--it gives defectors tremendous bargaining power that does not exist when the margins are more like 20-30 seats in the House and 5-6 seats in the Senate. The Corrupticans have a lot less flouncing bargaining power in those circumstances.

Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 10:58 AM (E4rtv)

391
Episode of Seinfeld where Elaine complains about a sponge contraceptive being discontinued. Thus, she had to consider each new male as whether they were spongeworthy of her having sex with them using her dwindling supply.
Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 10:53 AM (E4rtv)



Does everyone in Manhattan not know how a $1.25 condom works? What a bunch of rubes.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2026 10:58 AM (y9nCu)

392 The Bee Gees made some great music I still enjoy
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Their pre-disco stuff is very good.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 10:59 AM (77rzZ)

393 Yes. I have some wonderful memories of Playboy girls from my college days.
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 10:56 AM (77rzZ)


Then Penthouse came along, they got a little more... graphic.

Then, of course, came Hustler.

Posted by: Denny Crane - Are You Going Through My Magazine Pile? at March 26, 2026 10:59 AM (dmDsy)

394 more on Chip Roy

opposed efforts (including some GOP lawsuits) to overturn results.

_ said Trump engaged in “clearly impeachable conduct” over Jan. 6

_Backed DeSantis in 2024:

_voted against a Trump-endorsed spending/debt-ceiling bill

_Calls for Paxton resignation

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 10:59 AM (jAisO)

395 342
Shitty Day OT:

Lovely.

Yesterday, I received a text that US Bank had opened an account for me, and had linked the money transfer service Xe to it. I'm with a different bank entirely. Figured that it was the usual banking scam thing so I didn't click any links. Woke up this morning to find that someone had gotten into my ACTUAL bank account and did an ACH transfer of over $5k to some random fourth company. Checking further on my banks site, I found that US Bank and Xe had been added as linked apps yesterday, so I suspect they are involved.

Fuckers. Now I have to spend all day fucking around with the bank to get things fixed, and hopefully get my money back.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2026 10:44 AM (y9nCu)

Report back when you learn more, please.

Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:59 AM (+YA9H)

396 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at March 26, 2026 11:00 AM (NcvvS)

397 *Does everyone in Manhattan not know how a $1.25 condom works? What a bunch of rubes.*

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I was in the pool!

Posted by: George at March 26, 2026 11:00 AM (2Ez/1)

398 Episode of Seinfeld where Elaine complains about a sponge contraceptive being discontinued. Thus, she had to consider each new male as whether they were spongeworthy of her having sex with them using her dwindling supply.
Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 10:53 AM (E4rtv)

Does everyone in Manhattan not know how a $1.25 condom works? What a bunch of rubes.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2026 10:58 AM (y9nCu)

Never gonna look at Sponge the same way.

Posted by: Robert at March 26, 2026 11:00 AM (Z2yLo)

399 rant's up

The Morning Rant: Why USAID Needed To Be Destroyed
—CBD

Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 11:00 AM (+YA9H)

400 Does everyone in Manhattan not know how a $1.25 condom works? What a bunch of rubes.
-------------------
Just pull out and give her a pearl necklace.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 11:01 AM (n17eQ)

401 Fuckers. Now I have to spend all day fucking around with the bank to get things fixed, and hopefully get my money back.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2026 10:44 AM (y9nCu)


Holy shit, that sucks!!!!

Good luck man!

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 11:01 AM (dmDsy)

402
Posted by: one hour sober at March 26, 2026 10:57 AM (Y1sOo)


Be sure to check out the list of vendors who have your account linked for ACH transfers. Wouldn't surprise me if you find some badness there.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2026 11:02 AM (y9nCu)

403 381 Of course, Hefner was mild with his magazines with lovely nude ladies in comparison to the utter **** out on the internet today, such as Only Fans
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
======
Hugh was a pig. And he kept a vast video and film collection of him with his 'girls' and his guests with his 'girls' at the mansion for blackmail purposes.

Horrible tales of nasty practices inside the mansion. Example, "Pig Night" was a weekly Thursday night ritual at the Playboy Mansion where Hugh Hefner hosted prostitutes brought in by pimps for celebrity guests to engage in sexual activities. "

Hefner's kids supposedly destroyed the Hugh's archives in the vault after his death.

Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 11:02 AM (E4rtv)

404 @395 In addition to not clicking on links in unsolicited emails, do not acknowledge (or click on links in) any unsolicited text messages.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 26, 2026 11:03 AM (cWLG3)

405
387 OT: I hate Saturday Night Fever
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:55 AM (bss/y)

I watched the movie recently for the first time. It’s not good… but I love the music (always have). The Bee Gees made some great music I still enjoy
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 10:57 AM (xT8gx)

It doesn't hold up well except as a comedy but I thought it was very good at the time it was released.

I also still like the sequel Staying Alive. I think it holds up well,

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 11:04 AM (V4IXI)

406
BeeGees and Deep Purple mashup

You Should Be Smoking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLNjVvJAiCw

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2026 11:04 AM (y9nCu)

407 399 rant's up

The Morning Rant: Why USAID Needed To Be Destroyed
—CBD
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 11:00 AM (+YA9H)
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Oooh, this NOOD ought to be good!

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 26, 2026 11:05 AM (cWLG3)

408 Interfax-Ukraine (Ukrainian News Agency) also posted: 26.03.2026
'Trump reposts article on alleged intercept of Ukraine and USAID plans to fund Biden’s 2024 campaign'

Who knows? Maybe all the missing democratic presidential campaign $ is sitting in Europe.

But the Dems/progressives are in a scorched earth mentality over USAID and will forever seek retribution for every and all "Trump created" agency including, but not limited to, DOGE and ICE.

And it keeps the Daily Beast and others of its ilk busy.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 26, 2026 11:07 AM (NFX2v)

409 Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 11:02 AM (E4rtv

I'm imagine he was not a not the nicest man. I was just saying that in comparison to the junk which followed "Playboy" his stuff was rather tame. I've never seen "Hustler" but things tend to go downwards rather expeditiously

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 11:08 AM (PFs9e)

410 @427 (me)
I was expecting more words.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 26, 2026 11:08 AM (cWLG3)

411 I expect this artist might produce wonderful work, if he took up another line of work.

Posted by: Persnickety at March 26, 2026 11:09 AM (NXsA/)

412 Reconsidered? Reconsidered? Are you serious?

OF COURSE!


Professor Erwin Cory
The World's Foremost Authority

Posted by: Ries Gorthanes at March 26, 2026 11:13 AM (uNwvV)

413 Clear influence of Hieronymus Bosch.
Not to my taste, but very skilful.
This guy knows how to paint!

Posted by: Clovis Sangrail at March 26, 2026 11:55 AM (rrmR5)

414 Are we sure Wilde didn't actually title this "Woke Reconsidered #1"?

Posted by: Dr_No at March 26, 2026 12:19 PM (ayRl+)

415 Would not paint on the side of my Free Candy van.

Posted by: toby928 at March 26, 2026 12:24 PM (4NO2D)

416
And what was the "reconsideration"?

To burn this or not?

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The Morning Report — 3/26/26

Morning Report intro.jpg

Good morning kids. RIght off the bat here are two degenerate scumbags who need to swing.


First up, degenerate scumbag one:

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) doubled down on protecting illegal aliens, a week after 18-year-old Loyola University student Sheridan Gorman was allegedly murdered by an illegal alien. During a press conference on Wednesday, where Johnson unveiled an “Abolish ICE” snowplow, Johnson was asked if he had reconsidered “rescheduling this event” after the death of Gorman. “This is a terrible tragedy, and what I’ve said from the very beginning, I’m going to continue to use every single tool that’s available to me to protect the residents of the city of Chicago,” Johnson said. “This tragedy is not going to deter us from our work. In fact, it’s going to challenge us all to double down on our efforts to ensure that we are protecting every single individual across neighborhoods.” The unveiling of the snowplow with “Abolish ICE” on it came after a “citywide contest to name six new salt trucks,” according to the Chicago Tribune.“Abolish ICE” was “submitted over 9,000 times,” according to the outlet.

And next there's this slithering cancer:

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner (D) threatened to prosecute U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents deployed at the airport if they acted inappropriately. . . “I will put you in handcuffs and I will put you in a courtroom, and if necessary, I will put you in a jail cell…” Krasner has a long history of threatening federal immigration agents, comparing them to Nazis and stating that he will “hunt them down.”

Meh, we're going to need a bigger gallows! Much much bigger!!!!

Democrat lies will get us killed.

The false narratives they peddle through their media handmaidens end up distorting reality and poisoning people’s minds.

Exhibit A is their rancid defamation campaign about Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, which mirrors precisely their long-running lies about “systemically racist police” that led to the deadly riots of 2020 and Defund the Police policies that drove up the homicide rate and endangered communities across the country.

We see how it works this week as the mendacious trio of Connecticut Democrat Sen. Richard Blumenthal, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate counterpart Chuck Schumer claimed in unison that ICE agents helping ease TSA lines at airports this week will “brutalize and kill” you and kidnap your children.

In fact, ICE agents are kindly giving stranded passengers bottles of water, helping with their luggage, and performing tasks that free up TSA workers who have just missed their third paycheck — thanks to the Democrats. . . The sole aim of Democrats is to punish Americans for voting Trump into office.

Dems get away with it by shameless lying and then pretending they are paragons of truthfulness.

They smear ICE agents as ­Gestapo, white supremacists, ­Nazis and “secret police” with the objective of turning the American public against them.

Trump’s gambit of placing ICE in airports to ease the pain of travelers is a challenge to the lies, because now people can see the agents are not the monsters they have been painted. . .

Democrat lawmakers like Jamie Raskin and Adam Schiff and their slavish legal minions use their ­silver tongues to tell the most corrosive lies and cover up Democrat crimes.

Whether it’s falsely accusing Trump of being a Russian agent and “inciting an insurrection,” or lying that Joe Biden was innocent despite slam-dunk evidence he was up to his neck in his family’s lucrative foreign-influence peddling, or pretending “the border is closed” and that the botched Afghanistan withdrawal was a “success,” or claiming that defunding the police will make communities safer — they always find a way to excuse the inexcusable, and flip the script. . . Then there are the little cheating, self-aggrandizing lies that Dems like Elizabeth “Pocahontas” Warren and Tim “Stolen Valor” Walz and Joe “Corn Pop” Biden indulge in.

Sheridan Gorman was walking with friends on the Chicago lake shore where Pritzker once filmed a video extolling the safety of his crime-ridden sanctuary city.
Hadden said Gorman and friends “might have unintentionally startled” a masked gun-toting Jose Medina-Medina into allegedly jumping out of the bushes and shooting Gorman in the back as she ran from him.
Don’t blame us!
Hadden later apologized but her point was clear.
Don’t blame the Democrats for sanctuary city policies.
It’s your own fault if you get killed.

. . . They don’t necessarily kill anyone but they add to the miasma of dishonesty we are drowning in.

At their worst, Democrat lies that are laundered for years through once-trusted media outlets are the cause of polarization and political violence tearing this country apart.


I have to disagree with the estimable Miranda Devine's assertion that "They don’t necessarily kill anyone" - - abortion alone has snuffed out thousands of lives. The grisly former abattoir of Kermit Gosnell all by itself butchered scores of infants, many actually born alive on his table. Tragically he's just one example.

"It cannot be stated often and loudly enough. Everything wrong with this country, all the pain, misery, suffering, death, bloodshed, violence, discord, dissolution and wastage of life and human potential is the fault of Leftist Democrats and their policies. They have lain waste to America for over 200 years in their goal of seizing and maintaining absolute power.

Unless and until the Anti-American Left and its epicenter of political power the Democrat Party is utterly demolished, we and our children and grandchildren shall never know a moment's peace and will face an existential, generational threat to our lives and liberty for all time. Ditto Islam, of course.

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1 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 07:30 AM (ExV1e)

2 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 07:30 AM (1o8D5)

3 And BOOM!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 07:30 AM (1o8D5)

4 Hiya!

Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 07:31 AM (NR6c1)

5 I haz nooded.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 07:31 AM (ExV1e)

6 thirsty thursday

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 07:31 AM (gbOdA)

7 They smear ICE agents as ­Gestapo, white supremacists, ­Nazis and “secret police”

None of those insults mean anything any more. Especially when you see how the cities are getting cleaned up by them.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 07:32 AM (NR6c1)

8 Thank you, JJ!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 26, 2026 07:32 AM (MIIRH)

9 NATO Stands Back as Trump Pushes for Real Action in the Gulf

NATO stands back... party's over, time for the US to go home.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 07:34 AM (ExV1e)

10 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 26, 2026 07:34 AM (AkEZC)

11 Thank you Senor Sefton! Outstanding rant today.

Also, thanks to Sidney Sweeney for sending her "love and thanks" to our deployed military, including her brother. She's a patriot.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 26, 2026 07:35 AM (9nadL)

12 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2026 07:35 AM (u82oZ)

13 "It cannot be stated often and loudly enough ... ... "

and from your keyboard to His ears!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 26, 2026 07:37 AM (MIIRH)

14 Have a great day, everyone.

Smite evil Dems (all of them, actually) with illegal aliens and non-peaceful islamics.

A solution to a barbarian problem.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2026 07:38 AM (u82oZ)

15 Vince Vaughn nails it. Well said.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 26, 2026 07:38 AM (9nadL)

16 Mike Pence Thinks He’s the ‘Lifeguard’ of the American Right

Unearthed letters show that Benedict Arnold thought he was the lifeguard of the colonies.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 07:39 AM (ExV1e)

17 My lazy ass needs some exercise. Be back later. Thanks again JJ.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 26, 2026 07:39 AM (9nadL)

18 Venturing to NYC today, it's overcast and dreary.

I will have Sushi for lunch, so that's something.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 26, 2026 07:40 AM (zWn86)

19 Morning all

Something seriously wrong with this Krasner guy. WTF

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 07:40 AM (xT8gx)

20 Johnson said. “This tragedy is not going to deter us from our work.

Work Doing the Work Our Work

None of this is work in the sense that value is created for the person or others.

This WORK is just another long progressive Gramsci march through what most considered cultural norms of government and society.
Every murder is another chance to double down on the idea that on the whole idea that the new citizenship is better than you.
Look at the post on X, or Facebook, or Yahoo about how the illegal is more law abiding than the citizen. The illegal provides more economic value. The illegal uses less social services.
The WORK is to convince you that YOU ARE THE PROBLEM.

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 07:41 AM (gbOdA)

21 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at March 26, 2026 07:41 AM (53oGX)

22 Legal eagles were baffled by the slap-on-the-wrist plea deal the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office struck with Nicol Alexandra Contreras-Suarez

Why would they be shocked? He's a gay man pretending to be a woman and an immigrant. That puts him higher up in the caste system of intersectionality than the boy he attacked.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 07:41 AM (NR6c1)

23 So, first we find out the LDS church is supporting Hamas.
Then Utah's new senator turns out to be even worse than Mitt Romney.
WTF Utah?

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 26, 2026 07:44 AM (vtf3E)

24 >>Meh, we're going to need a bigger gallows! Much much bigger!!!!

Lampposts, they're not just for hanging garland during the Christmas season.

Posted by: one hour sober at March 26, 2026 07:44 AM (Y1sOo)

25 Mike Pence Thinks He’s the ‘Lifeguard’ of the American Right

I'm sorry but who are you? And yes, I am going to eat that. Move along, hobo.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 07:45 AM (NR6c1)

26 NATO's going to have quite the fight on its hands with their Muslim hordes they've let in.

*shrugs*

That's too bad.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 26, 2026 07:45 AM (AkEZC)

27 24 Lampposts, they're not just for hanging garland during the Christmas season.
Posted by: one hour sober

We hang the malefactors in July and by October, we have skeletons for Halloween.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 07:46 AM (NR6c1)

28
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 26, 2026 07:46 AM (tljrc)

29 Hollywood Is Eating Itself Alive, And You Should Care

Admittedly, I only skimmed the article but I never discovered why I should care.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 07:48 AM (ExV1e)

30 We're behind you all the way, Trump! ...way, way back here behind you.

Posted by: NATO at March 26, 2026 07:49 AM (3arSl)

31 To my way of thinking, a tornado or earthquake is a tragedy.

What da mayor of Chicago is describing is an atrocity; one of the hallmarks of these con artists is the inability or unwillingness to use the correct words to describe anything. It’s always vague, euphemistic bullshit artistry. It’s a tell.

“These things happen”, as if these “tragedies” simply fall out of the sky. That’s the outrageous part.

They effect this state of affairs, they caused it - and then publicly scold the victims. “Wrong place at the wrong time”. It’s your fault, you’re the problem - for noticing. For complaining. Left unstated, mostly, is their belief that you deserve it. Never forget that.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 26, 2026 07:50 AM (Fn30I)

32 Some interesting things from X:

- There are now allegations that Candace Owens' husband is gay and her marriage is a sham arranged by the boy's father.

- Owens, meanwhile, is attacking... Nick Shirley?! She claims he's a fake and Somalis are wonderful people.

- Laura Loomer posted that she got leaked info from FedGov that Erdogan and Turkey are the ones paying Carlson and Owens. The government of Turkey has formally demanded Elon take down her post.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 26, 2026 07:50 AM (aUxYo)

33 ....but the agency has been looking for ways to decentralize its power and slash its workforce while waiting on GOP lawmakers to deliver on Trump’s campaign promise.

--

Should I laugh now or save it for later? The GOP lawmakers aren't going to deliver bumpkis on Trump's campaign promises.

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 26, 2026 07:52 AM (qBdHI)

34 Owens, meanwhile, is attacking... Nick Shirley?! She claims he's a fake and Somalis are wonderful people.

So, is she transitioning to her "whitey is the devil" phase or is this just "Somalis are muslims, not Jews, so they're great"?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 07:53 AM (ExV1e)

35 Admittedly, I only skimmed the article but I never discovered why I should care.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

I read it and came away with the same thought. Unfortunately for Hollywood, technology has advanced to where people don't need them for movies. And if AI keeps getting improved on, they will be even more worthless.

And I'm surprised the article didn't mention Timothée Chalamet other heresy: He said he wants a wife and children. The reaction to this was to call him a white supremacist and a Nazi.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 07:54 AM (NR6c1)

36 Human remains as fertilizer...in the USA...in Oklahoma of all places. Utterly ghastly. What a world we're living in. Sometimes, I find it all so hard to believe what's happening right before my eyes.

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 26, 2026 07:54 AM (qBdHI)

37 Interesting that the UN has been unusually quiet about the goings on in Iran. Think they got the SD/ STFU message?

Posted by: Ben Had at March 26, 2026 07:55 AM (+nEug)

38
So, is she transitioning to her "whitey is the devil" phase or is this just "Somalis are muslims, not Jews, so they're great"?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 07:53 AM

embrace the power of "and"

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 26, 2026 07:55 AM (tljrc)

39 Thune is as useless as tits on a bull. Why is he there exactly?

Posted by: Jaimo at March 26, 2026 07:55 AM (BCuCF)

40 - Owens, meanwhile, is attacking... Nick Shirley?! She claims he's a fake and Somalis are wonderful people.

On the other hand, Candace Owens doesn't matter. At all.

Posted by: t-bird at March 26, 2026 07:57 AM (6VEkT)

41 Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner (D) threatened to prosecute U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents deployed at the airport if they acted inappropriately. . . “I will put you in handcuffs and I will put you in a courtroom, and if necessary, I will put you in a jail cell…” Krasner has a long history of threatening federal immigration agents, comparing them to Nazis and stating that he will “hunt them down.”


Enabling illegal immigration....check
Insufferable Nazi references......check
Weaponizing legal system....check

Enough there for me to skip the confirmation on the Wikipedia Early Life section.

Posted by: One Issue Voter at March 26, 2026 07:57 AM (xGBkT)

42 We need an Article V convention
a few changes:
17th Amendment is repealed
2nd Amendment re-written: the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. Period.
Art I Sec 5, the clause saying each House may determine its own rules is struck. There shall be a strict rule-based framework for how legislative business is to be conducted.
Term limits. 2 for Senate, 6 for House, 10 for all federal judgeships.
The President shall have the power to dismiss any Executive branch employee.

There's room for more. Haven't even scratched the surface of dealing with rogue courts.

Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 07:57 AM (ZxPkt)

43 Thune is as useless as tits on a bull. Why is he there exactly?
Posted by: Jaimo at March 26, 2026 07:55 AM (BCuCF)

I don't come to defend Thune but it's possible that he doesn't have 50 votes to move things forward.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 07:57 AM (ExV1e)

44 It’s clear where all this is trending.

UK Christian School Teaches Islamic Prayer to Schoolchildren

This has been happening all over the United States as well. Texas, Florida, Utah, Michigan, Minnesota, NYC, you name it.

Amy Mek on X has been highlighting this for years.

Amy Mek on X: https://bit.ly/3PAIc0U

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at March 26, 2026 07:59 AM (P5BPp)

45 Unless and until the Anti-American Left and its epicenter of political power the Democrat Party is utterly demolished, we and our children and grandchildren shall never know a moment's peace and will face an existential, generational threat to our lives and liberty for all time.

Don't expect the GOPe to help, J.J.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 26, 2026 08:00 AM (1Ff7Z)

46 Interesting that the UN has been unusually quiet about the goings on in Iran. Think they got the SD/ STFU message?

Posted by: Ben Had at March 26, 2026 07:55 AM (+nEug)
-

Not true.

1. Yesterday, UN chief Guttermess called upon the US and Israel to stop this silly war.

2. Notice how no SC meeting are convened to condemn Iran for indiscriminately attacking civilian targets or for using cluster bombs?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 08:00 AM (1o8D5)

47 Mornin’, All. Happy Thursday.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 08:01 AM (77rzZ)

48 Hollywood Is Eating Itself Alive, And You Should Care

Care? Of course, I care. In fact, I'll do anything I can to help!

Posted by: t-bird at March 26, 2026 08:02 AM (6VEkT)

49 Krasner smeared ICE agents as “wannabe Nazis,” and vowed to prosecute them.“If we have to hunt you down the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will find your identities; we will find you; we will achieve justice,” he said at the time.

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 08:03 AM (gbOdA)

50 "It cannot be stated often and loudly enough. Everything wrong with this country, all the pain, misery, suffering, death, bloodshed, violence, discord, dissolution and wastage of life and human potential is the fault of Leftist Democrats and their policies." .......

No, no, no, no, no, no and no.

UNIPARTY Republicans want all the same wicked things and make the satanic policies of Democrats possible.

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at March 26, 2026 08:03 AM (mjb1b)

51
S o
H appy
I t's
T hursday

Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 08:03 AM (ZxPkt)

52 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at March 26, 2026 08:04 AM (2Ez/1)

53 The ONT was headed by a photo of the nose of a B-1 bomber. Then there were wisecracks about the song “ Danger Zone”. The correct ear bug when seeing the B-1 is George Thorogood’s “ Bad to the Bone”

B- 1. Equals B-one equals BONE

Posted by: Fenderbender at March 26, 2026 08:04 AM (1FEc1)

54 Biden's Dog, I saw the comment from the UN secretary but they normally have their gums flapping everyday.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 26, 2026 08:04 AM (+nEug)

55 I have faith that the pubs will keep the house and senate in spite of gatekeeper thune stick in the mud behavior.

Posted by: kingsman at March 26, 2026 08:04 AM (ehY6c)

56 Also, Owens wrote a column titled "Why straight women are marrying gay men". It doesn't actually admit to being autobiographical, but it's kinda specific.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 26, 2026 08:04 AM (QZThv)

57 S o
H appy
I t's
T hursday

Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 08:03 AM (ZxPkt)
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I'm a fan!

/ducks

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 08:05 AM (1o8D5)

58 Good morning dear morons and happy birthday JJ

House sparrows in the birdbath yesterday

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 08:05 AM (RIvkX)

59 Wildest thing I've never noticed before, pulling into the PA, there is a sign for Metro Baptist Church, in English it says, All Are Welcome, there is Arabic writing at the bottom. Don't know what it says but that is very weird.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 26, 2026 08:06 AM (zWn86)

60 The arabic on the baptist sign says we surrender.

Posted by: kingsman at March 26, 2026 08:07 AM (ehY6c)

61 Has the Bengali troll showed up yet spewing Nazi nonsense?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 08:07 AM (RIvkX)

62 Unless and until the Anti-American Left and its epicenter of political power the Democrat Party is utterly demolished, we and our children and grandchildren shall never know a moment's peace and will face an existential, generational threat to our lives and liberty for all time.

Just think of us as their escort vessels, but painted in your colors.

Posted by: The GOPe at March 26, 2026 08:07 AM (3arSl)

63 I see Oklahoma (of all places) is trying to catch up with the UK, where they put aborted fetuses into the trash incinerator to help heat NHS hospitals.

I don't know how anyone can see all this obviously demonic shit and be an atheist.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 26, 2026 08:08 AM (QZThv)

64 37 Interesting that the UN has been unusually quiet about the goings on in Iran. Think they got the SD/ STFU message?
Posted by: Ben Had at March 26, 2026 07:55 AM (+nEug)

You would think the UN could have the ball to say it is their goal to keep trade open and fair.
I count 11 or 12 countries touching the Straights of Hormouz.
Why are they not demanding the UN actually WORK?

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 08:09 AM (gbOdA)

65 27, good to see long-term planning at work!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 26, 2026 08:09 AM (MIIRH)

66 I think the UN is more "comfortable" operating in NYC and in and around urban centers not embroiled in actual conflict.

The food's better.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 26, 2026 08:09 AM (AkEZC)

67 there is Arabic writing at the bottom. Don't know what it says but that is very weird.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 26, 2026 08:06 AM (zWn86)

Allah Ackbar

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 08:10 AM (gbOdA)

68 We hang the malefactors in July and by October, we have skeletons for Halloween.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 07:46 AM (NR6c1)

Ravens and Buzzards and Crows oh my

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 08:10 AM (gbOdA)

69 IT IS OPENING DAY!

and it's beautiful out here in Southeastern PA!

also Krasner is horrible but he also can't do the things he's saying. well I'd like to see him try!

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 26, 2026 08:11 AM (j+aD2)

70 Interesting that the UN has been unusually quiet about the goings on in Iran. Think they got the SD/ STFU message?

One of the WEF types said recently that we will have a world government, the UN, with subordinate regional bodies like the EU. Nice of them to give the entire game away.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 26, 2026 08:11 AM (QZThv)

71 Also, Owens wrote a column titled "Why straight women are marrying gay men". It doesn't actually admit to being autobiographical, but it's kinda specific.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 26, 2026 08:04 AM (QZThv)

They probably don't want the sex anymore. Then wonder why guys won't commit.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 26, 2026 08:11 AM (1Ff7Z)

72 "Democrat lies are getting us killed."

Not exactly. Media lies are getting us killed. The media aren't the handmaidens, they're the drivers. They take the raw mendacious material and shape it, customize it, test it and mass produce and distribute it. Without the media, the democrat lies have the lifespans of fruit flies. Yes, it's a symbiosis, but the media are the ones with the real narrative power.

Posted by: Ordinary American at March 26, 2026 08:11 AM (b4LBp)

73 49 Krasner smeared ICE agents as “wannabe Nazis,” and vowed to prosecute them.“If we have to hunt you down the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will find your identities; we will find you; we will achieve justice,” he said at the time.


so I guess he's reiterating the Left's Project 2029 thing

it is a very scary thing. I hope people are getting this.

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 26, 2026 08:12 AM (j+aD2)

74 a slight edit to 42"

"2nd Amendment re-written: the right of the people to keep and bear any kind of arms shall not be infringed. Period.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 26, 2026 08:12 AM (MIIRH)

75 Update on my post at the tech thread:

I'm not hurting as badly, the coffee is helping and I will try to remember to not push so hard for a while.

That being said, not being able to sleep on account of pain sucks.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 08:13 AM (NR6c1)

76 Doesn’t Candy O have a couple of kids?

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 08:13 AM (77rzZ)

77 Bruce Springsteen, Joan Baez, Jane Fonda, and Bernie Sanders, who have an average age IQ of 83, and where Springsteen is the ‘young guy’ are going to Minnesota to protest the existence of kings. For some reason.

fixks it

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 08:13 AM (gbOdA)

78 We see how it works this week as the mendacious trio of Connecticut Democrat Sen. Richard Blumenthal, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate counterpart Chuck Schumer claimed in unison that ICE agents helping ease TSA lines at airports this week will “brutalize and kill” you and kidnap your children.

In fact, ICE agents are kindly giving stranded passengers bottles of water, helping with their luggage, and performing tasks that free up TSA workers who have just missed their third paycheck — thanks to the Democrats. . . The sole aim of Democrats is to punish Americans for voting Trump into office.

Dems get away with it by shameless lying and then pretending they are paragons of truthfulness.
------------

I cannot believe the Deomocrats have not yet planted a few Hispanics and blacks, with children, with boarding passes in TSA lines in Blue jurisdictions across the country, to make a scene when an ICE agent is close and claim ICE is brutalizing them and their chirrrun!

Perhaps today, or perhaps I've missed the reporting of staged brutalizations.

Posted by: Gref at March 26, 2026 08:13 AM (5rh/l)

79 so I guess he's reiterating the Left's Project 2029 thing

it is a very scary thing. I hope people are getting this.
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 26, 2026 08:12 AM (j+aD2)

They won't hear anything about it from us!

Posted by: GOPe ads Election '26 at March 26, 2026 08:13 AM (1Ff7Z)

80 >>I count 11 or 12 countries touching the Straights of Hormouz.

*Strait (singular, because there is only one there)

Posted by: one hour sober being pedantic at March 26, 2026 08:14 AM (Y1sOo)

81 Left unstated, mostly, is their belief that you deserve it. Never forget that.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 26, 2026 07:50 AM (Fn30I)
=====

This this this.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 08:14 AM (RIvkX)

82 I count 11 or 12 countries touching the Straights of Hormouz.

*Strait (singular, because there is only one there)'

Counter fact...

Straights of Hormouz because there is one going each way.

Posted by: Will Robinson at March 26, 2026 08:15 AM (cO6oP)

83 Right - the standard trope is that the media outlets are in bed with Democrats, carrying their water.

Sometimes it’s more accurate to say that Democrats are merely the legislative wing of the big media conglomerates.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 26, 2026 08:15 AM (l4gBO)

84 The gays of Hormuz all got thrown off rooftops.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 08:15 AM (77rzZ)

85 64 37 Interesting that the UN has been unusually quiet about the goings on in Iran. Think they got the SD/ STFU message?
...
Why are they not demanding the UN actually WORK?

Since when do LOOTERs work?

Kharg Island is precisely what the Israeli Neutron Bomb was made for. Too long they have stayed their hands: NO MORE.

https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-LIBGavinsRealityBomb
And the dust will become atoms, and the atoms will become NOTHING...

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at March 26, 2026 08:16 AM (Gfr2y)

86 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:16 AM (Zz0t1)

87 @75

>>That being said, not being able to sleep on account of pain sucks.

What are you taking for the pain?

My nighttime regime when dealing with pin, before bed, a glass of brioche, 3 baby aspirin, 2 extended release Tylenol, 3 5mg melatonin.

Sleep like a baby.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 26, 2026 08:16 AM (zWn86)

88 Can the government over rule the 13th amendment by passing the National Slavery Act? $10,000 tax stamp, Registration, and Fingerprinting, keep your tax stamp with you at all times or any Democrat can claim you as their personal slave. Every bit as legal as the NFA.

Ok Whig, tell us why the NFA is legal but the above NSA wouldn't be. Your legal tap dancing on that subject ought to be really entertaining.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at March 26, 2026 08:16 AM (Da7Vv)

89 The grisly former abattoir of Kermit Gosnell all by itself butchered scores of infants, many actually born alive on his table. Tragically he's just one example.


One example, however, Earth is a better place with him no longer on it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:17 AM (Zz0t1)

90 Also, Owens wrote a column titled "Why straight women are marrying gay men". It doesn't actually admit to being autobiographical, but it's kinda specific.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 26, 2026 08:04 AM (QZThv)

I assume that the answer is:

- all the financial support of being married
- no marital expectation of sex
- I can get my hoe on

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 08:17 AM (ExV1e)

91 Interesting that the UN has been unusually quiet about the goings on in Iran. Think they got the SD/ STFU message?
Posted by: Ben Had at March 26, 2026 07:55 AM (+nEug)
====

I have been deafened by the condemnations of targeting civilian populations and using illegal weapons.

One of the latent effects of current events is the UN has been shown to be utterly useless.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 08:17 AM (RIvkX)

92 Counter fact...

Straights of Hormouz because there is one going each way.

*****

*Strait

Posted by: one hour sober being pedantic at March 26, 2026 08:17 AM (Y1sOo)

93 Hollywood Is Eating Itself Alive, And You Should Care

Care? Of course, I care. In fact, I'll do anything I can to help!
Posted by: t-bird at March 26, 2026 08:02 AM (6VEkT)

Do they need mustard?

Posted by: Joe Kidd at March 26, 2026 08:18 AM (nbLIj)

94 Interesting haircut you got there, Kim:

https://tinyurl.com/2wddjzms

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 08:18 AM (1o8D5)

95 Wife had severe tooth infection, dentist prescribed 400 ibuprofen and one tylenol, provided impressive relief according to Mrs Kingsman.

Posted by: kingsman at March 26, 2026 08:19 AM (ehY6c)

96 "It cannot be stated often and loudly enough. Everything wrong with this country, all the pain, misery, suffering, death, bloodshed, violence, discord, dissolution and wastage of life and human potential is the fault of Leftist Democrats and their policies. They have lain waste to America for over 200 years in their goal of seizing and maintaining absolute power.


This.

It can't be said loudly enough. If you support Democrats, THIS is your mantra. THIS is the code you live by. THIS makes you evil. May ye reap what ye sow.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:19 AM (Zz0t1)

97 Hollywood Is Eating Itself Alive, And You Should Care

Care? Of course, I care. In fact, I'll do anything I can to help!
Posted by: t-bird


Do they need condiments?

Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2026 08:20 AM (KKI6+)

98 Hmm knowing the horde best state that it was 400 mg ibuprofen not 400 pills. Words.

Posted by: kingsman at March 26, 2026 08:20 AM (ehY6c)

99 “The Iranians are winning!!”. Somebody please step up and take the trophy.

*looks around*

“Anybody?”.

“Where did everyone go?”.

Posted by: Vengeance at March 26, 2026 08:20 AM (mr1OZ)

100 Interesting haircut you got there, Kim:

https://tinyurl.com/2wddjzms
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 08:18 AM (1o8D5)


It looked like he knew a bit about the rifle. The dry fire was a bit awkward, but......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:20 AM (Zz0t1)

101 87 What are you taking for the pain?
Posted by: Thomas Bender

At the moment, ibuprofen. Melatonin doesn't work well with me; I'll be deeply asleep for about two hours and then I'm suddenly wide awake.

This was probably just a one time thing. I've only just started hitting this gym and I'm forcing myself to stick to three days/week until I build up more.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 08:20 AM (NR6c1)

102 Wife had severe tooth infection, dentist prescribed 400 ibuprofen and one tylenol, provided impressive relief according to Mrs Kingsman.

Posted by: kingsman at March 26, 2026 08:19 AM (ehY6c)
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400 ibuprofen?

I don't think so, Jan.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 08:21 AM (1o8D5)

103 so I guess he's reiterating the Left's Project 2029 thing

it is a very scary thing. I hope people are getting this.
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 26, 2026 08:12 AM (j+aD2)
===
If I was Pam Blondi he would already be arrested and under questioning for conspiracy against civil rights under color of state authority.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 08:21 AM (RIvkX)

104 Alex Pretti and Renea Good were at the wrong place at the wrong time.

Maybe they shouldn't have startled the ICE agents and they'd still be alive today.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 26, 2026 08:22 AM (HXT0k)

105 dentist prescribed 400 ibuprofen and one tylenol, provided impressive relief
——-

Well, right. But the downside is she’s dead, I expect. That’s way too many.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 26, 2026 08:22 AM (l4gBO)

106 The gays of Hormuz all got thrown off rooftops.
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 08:15 AM (77rzZ)


Ahmadinejad SWORE to us there were no homos in Iran.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:22 AM (Zz0t1)

107 Opps. 400mg of motrin. Who needs a liver anywho?

Posted by: kingsman at March 26, 2026 08:23 AM (ehY6c)

108 My nighttime regime when dealing with pin, before bed, a glass of brioche, 3 baby aspirin, 2 extended release Tylenol, 3 5mg melatonin.

----

You take a glass of bread?

Posted by: Josephistan at March 26, 2026 08:23 AM (y9ksN)

109 what does Pam Bondi do all day?

Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 08:23 AM (ZxPkt)

110 Wife had severe tooth infection, dentist prescribed 400 ibuprofen and one tylenol, provided impressive relief according to Mrs Kingsman.

Posted by: kingsman at March 26, 2026 08:19 AM (ehY6c)
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May've reduced the pain, but did nothing for the infection.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:23 AM (Zz0t1)

111 Do they need condiments?"

And some extra virgin olive oil. As there's a lack of ... virgin.

Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 08:23 AM (XuXeR)

112 Alex Pretti and Renea Good were at the wrong place at the wrong time.

Maybe they shouldn't have startled the ICE agents and they'd still be alive today.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 26, 2026 08:22 AM (HXT0k)


Pretti Good advice........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:24 AM (Zz0t1)

113 96 "It cannot be stated often and loudly enough. Everything wrong with this country, all the pain, misery, suffering, death, bloodshed, violence, discord, dissolution and wastage of life and human potential is the fault of Leftist Democrats and their policies. They have lain waste to America for over 200 years in their goal of seizing and maintaining absolute power.
...
This.
...
It can't be said loudly enough. If you support Democrats, THIS is your mantra. THIS is the code you live by. THIS makes you evil. May ye reap what ye sow.

LIBs plead for a Morality which holds COMPROMISE as its standard of Value, making it possible to judge Virtue on the basis of the number of Values which one is willing to Betray.

The LIBs ceaseless quest for the unearned remains forever ceaseless because the Value Illicitly Obtained retains no Value.

“Such a consequential president of the United States, a Mount Rushmore kind of president of the United States,” Pelosi'24 feeling that she's getting real on IceKingJOE

"Every aspect of our lives must be subjected to an inventory" -- Shameless Politico THUG, Nancy Pelosi'09 in Red China

Been there, done that. Long before anyone cared.
Kharg Neutron Now!

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at March 26, 2026 08:24 AM (ByVUY)

114 Philadelphia homicide rate
2011 to 2017 (Pre-Krassner) average: 18.5
2018 to 2024 (Krassner era) average: 28.9

Posted by: Malcolm Kirkpatrick at March 26, 2026 08:24 AM (tTFsZ)

115 106 Of course there aren’t. They all got thrown off rooftops.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 08:24 AM (77rzZ)

116 Just read the ONT. Yeah, Guinness world records are trash now. Bought a book in the sixties, wouldn't ever again.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 26, 2026 08:24 AM (YqdGw)

117 Pain first and the orthodontist saved the tooth. American dentistry is uniformly excellent.

Posted by: kingsman at March 26, 2026 08:25 AM (ehY6c)

118 “AWFUL,” responded Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, an advocate with a pro-migration advocacy group, to news of the court ruling. “This will effectively foreclose most of the [bond hearing] habeas lawsuits coming out of Minnesota, and hands ICE a major win.”

Well duh! How can you have a Bond Hearing (aka be released) when the proscribed action is Deportation?
This was the work of Bill Clinton's 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act.
When the (D) were somewhat normal.

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 08:25 AM (gbOdA)

119 > 400 ibuprofen?

I don't think so, Jan.
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800mg is the max daily (24 hr) dose generally regarded as "safe." I take 200mg for inflammation pain from arthritis. Usually only once in 24hrs.

YMMV

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 26, 2026 08:25 AM (AkEZC)

120 when dealing with pin"

Try a magnet...

Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 08:25 AM (XuXeR)

121 One example, however, Earth is a better place with him no longer on it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:17 AM (Zz0t1)
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It would be even better if his name was never said or written again. His crimes remembered, his name erased.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 08:26 AM (RIvkX)

122 what does Pam Bondi do all day?
Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 08:23 AM (ZxPkt)

Inhabit many Moron's dreams, I think.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 26, 2026 08:26 AM (1Ff7Z)

123 ---------
800mg is the max daily (24 hr) dose generally regarded as "safe." I take 200mg for inflammation pain from arthritis. Usually only once in 24hrs.

YMMV
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 26, 2026 08:25 AM (AkEZC)


I have military issue 800 mg ib tablets. Took 2 once before a round of golf.

Freest my swing has been in decades.

Never took that much again, however.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:27 AM (Zz0t1)

124 Inhabit many Moron's dreams, I think."

Hey, I just had my first coffeve. Give me a sec....

/now a boob thread?

Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 08:27 AM (XuXeR)

125 97 Hollywood Is Eating Itself Alive, And You Should Care

Care? Of course, I care. In fact, I'll do anything I can to help!
Posted by: t-bird


Do they need condiments?
Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2026 08:20 AM (KKI6+)

Ill bring a fava beans and Chianti.

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 08:27 AM (gbOdA)

126 Never took that much again, however.
Posted by: Sponge "

Whew!

/SpongeLiver

Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 08:28 AM (XuXeR)

127
It would be even better if his name was never said or written again. His crimes remembered, his name erased.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 08:26 AM (RIvkX)


Valid, but I believe that everyone should know his name, his crimes and his overall essence of evil so as to never repeat it again.

May he burn in Hell eternally.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:28 AM (Zz0t1)

128 123 ---------
800mg is the max daily (24 hr) dose generally regarded as "safe." I take 200mg for inflammation pain from arthritis. Usually only once in 24hrs.

YMMV
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 26, 2026 08:25 AM (AkEZC)


I have military issue 800 mg ib tablets. Took 2 once before a round of golf.

Freest my swing has been in decades.

Never took that much again, however.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:27 AM (Zz0t1)

I think 2 4 isobutylphenal proprionic acid may be dosed up to 3200 mg daily.

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 08:28 AM (gbOdA)

129 Whew!

/SpongeLiver
Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 08:28 AM (XuXeR)


Yeah. The one time I've actually listened to him.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:29 AM (Zz0t1)

130 And some extra virgin olive oil. As there's a lack of ... virgin.
Posted by: man

Dammit, Paolo!

Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 08:29 AM (NR6c1)

131 "Why straight women are marrying gay men"
--

If a woman marries a homosexual man, she's not really straight is she?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 08:29 AM (jAisO)

132 what does Pam Bondi do all day?
Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 08:23 AM (ZxPkt)


"There's so much to do around here, I don't know where to start!"

* Never Starts *

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:30 AM (Zz0t1)

133 And some extra virgin olive oil. As there's a lack of ... virgin.
Posted by: man

For some reason, "filthy whore" never took off as an olive oil variety

Posted by: Josephistan at March 26, 2026 08:30 AM (y9ksN)

134 "UNIPARTY Republicans want all the same wicked things and make the satanic policies of Democrats possible."

And to go even further, there are a lot of people who have chosen to support The State in this. It would seem in the long (and short) run, that this is a stupid/evil position for people to take.

Lots of people are evil and stupid.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 26, 2026 08:30 AM (DgMqy)

135 Wife had severe tooth infection, dentist prescribed 400 ibuprofen and one tylenol, provided impressive relief according to Mrs Kingsman.
Posted by: kingsman at March 26, 2026 08:19 AM (ehY6c)
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My dentist prescribes the same thing - 1 ibuprofen and 1 Tylenol.

He says you get much better pain relief than you do with 2 of either. I can confirm that works.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 08:31 AM (ESVrU)

136 At its peak, the ‘O’Hare Clinic Lab’ had allegedly submitted 1.36 million false claims for more than 1 million fake patients in 3 months.

Some of the Muslim men involved in the nearly $1 billion scheme initially fled to Dubai.

This is where I think the CIA could help.
Hunt them down, find the money, then kill everyone involved.

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 08:31 AM (gbOdA)

137 We need an Article V convention

OK can we presume that you know that the purpose of Art V to is propose amendments, just as they can be introduced in the chambers? And that you aren't sitting around with submachine guns in fatigues dictating How It Gonna Be? Convening under Art V does not do away with anything we already have, or put anything into effect without old-fashioned ratifications.

Sounds like what you want is not an Article V convention.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at March 26, 2026 08:32 AM (zdLoL)

138
/now a boob thread?
Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 08:27 AM (XuXeR)



Sportsbra!!!! Go Boobs!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:32 AM (Zz0t1)

139 Good morning Horde thx JJ.
Great news. Steven Colbert is writing a new LoTR movie. I'll have to not see that one. Nerdrotic had a great chat about it

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 26, 2026 08:33 AM (mHVWR)

140 Great news. Steven Colbert is writing a new LoTR movie. I'll have to not see that one. Nerdrotic had a great chat about it
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 26, 2026 08:33 AM (mHVWR)


But he's a true LOTR NERD!!!! There's NO WAY he'd screw up the franchise because he's a liberal douchetard that does nothing but spew hate and division...........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:33 AM (Zz0t1)

141 Every thread is a boob thread.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 08:34 AM (77rzZ)

142 600 mg is the standard prescription amount of Ibuprohen. Used to pass them out like candy on the dock. Much eagerness ensued.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 08:34 AM (jAisO)

143 Great to see Gen. Flynn finally get the settlement with the DOJ he deserves. I hope Carter Page get paid soon.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 08:34 AM (viF8m)

144 For some reason, "filthy whore" never took off as an olive oil variety"

Hey, try the new "Lurida Puttana" Olive Oil!

It's Cold Pressed and Organic!

Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 08:35 AM (XuXeR)

145 Today Is National Spinach Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 26, 2026 08:36 AM (NpAcC)

146 But he's a true LOTR NERD!!!!"

So he'll bring the same level of value to the franchise as did Stacy "I'll eat 'em all" did to Star Bleech?

Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 08:37 AM (XuXeR)

147 >>Great news. Steven Colbert is writing a new LoTR movie

With his son, who is a screenwriter. He brought dad in because dad is about to be unemployed. Token writer's credit for the unfunny Colbert.

Posted by: one hour sober at March 26, 2026 08:37 AM (Y1sOo)

148 Today Is National Spinach Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 26, 2026 08:36 AM (NpAcC)


Well blow me down......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:37 AM (Zz0t1)

149 ----
My dentist prescribes the same thing - 1 ibuprofen and 1 Tylenol.

He says you get much better pain relief than you do with 2 of either. I can confirm that works.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Read up on acetaminophen and your liver.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 08:37 AM (jAisO)

150 With no bloc securing a majority, coalition talks with the Moderates as kingmakers are underway in Copenhagen.
Danish PM Frederiksen’s Social Democrats Suffer Worst Election Results in over Century, Copenhagen Coalition Talks Commence
____

The article said that a coalition with the left parties is just as likely as one with the 'moderate' parties. So there is a chance that the increase by the remigration party could actually result in a ruling coalition that moves leftward. These multi-party parliamentary democracies are odd. Probably designed that way in order to thwart the evils of 'populism'.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 08:37 AM (Dv3i1)

151 ED noted that its student loan portfolio stands at nearly $1.7 trillion with fewer than 40 percent of borrowers in repayment and almost 25 percent of borrowers in default. The department said student loan debt is “roughly twice the size of all American university endowments combined and is larger than either our nation’s cumulative credit card debt or cumulative auto debt,” and that the department was “never intended to operate what would be the fifth-largest commercial bank in the United States, distributing over $100 billion each year in Federal student loans and grants.”

Ho lee fook Batman

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 08:38 AM (gbOdA)

152
Read up on acetaminophen and your liver.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 08:37 AM (jAisO)


I thought ibuprofen attacked your liver and that attacked your stomach.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:38 AM (Zz0t1)

153 Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) doubled down on protecting illegal aliens,

Reading leftwing sites their reaction to this murder is "don't care, people get murdered all the time why does it matter if an illegal did it?"

Posted by: 18-1 at March 26, 2026 08:39 AM (sKqQm)

154 142 600 mg is the standard prescription amount of Ibuprohen. Used to pass them out like candy on the dock. Much eagerness ensued.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 08:34 AM (jAisO)

Right before it went OTC several companies had an 800 mg.

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 08:39 AM (gbOdA)

155 ED noted that its student loan portfolio stands at nearly $1.7 trillion with fewer than 40 percent of borrowers in repayment and almost 25 percent of borrowers in default.

Seize college assets to pay these loans.

We've talked about making colleges co-sign loans - let's just "deem" it so.

This would be an example of the sort of economic warfare we should be doing. The colleges and their employees are close to 100% leftwing. The students in debt are generally leftwing but easily bribeable and since they are young likely easier to re-position politically.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 26, 2026 08:41 AM (sKqQm)

156 Probably designed that way in order to thwart the evils of 'populism'."

"Probably"?

Heh

Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 08:41 AM (XuXeR)

157 The US justice department has reached a financial settlement with Donald Trump's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, after he sued the government alleging wrongful prosecution...
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Wasn't in my news feed.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 08:41 AM (jAisO)

158 😂😂

"The government’s failure to retain a majority forced Frederikson to resign on Wednesday morning as she seeks to form a new coalition.

In contrast, the biggest growth seen by any party was the populist Danish People’s Party, led by the popular former Member of the European Parliament Morten Messerschmidt, whose strident anti-mass migration rhetoric helped the party pick up 11 seats, increasing its vote share by 6.5 per cent over 2022. According to DR, the populist party increased its support in all 92 constituencies of the country."

are y'all as a mused as I am at the name? and the fate of Fru Frederikson ?

Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 08:41 AM (GD0B3)

159 roughly twice the size of all American university endowments combined "

Who needs an endowment when you're siphoning off of the current (and future) taxpayers?

Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 08:42 AM (XuXeR)

160 ICE @airports headcount: 0

Posted by: SMOD at March 26, 2026 08:42 AM (RHGPo)

161 139 Great news. Steven Colbert is writing a new LoTR movie. I'll have to not see that one. Nerdrotic had a great chat about it

Why? Imagine the LIB Depravity! Perversion!
Scantly clad HUMA as Sauron, AOC dancin on Sauromon's Tower! Gavin Gollum? NO MORE!

Ring of Fire: Ring of Simultaneous Neutron Airburst surrounding Kharg's/Mordor... Evil Defeated, once and for ALL!

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at March 26, 2026 08:42 AM (v7BS8)

162 ED noted that its student loan portfolio stands at nearly $1.7 trillion with fewer than 40 percent of borrowers in repayment and almost 25 percent of borrowers in default. The department said student loan debt is “roughly twice the size of all American university endowments combined and is larger than either our nation’s cumulative credit card debt or cumulative auto debt,” and that the department was “never intended to operate what would be the fifth-largest commercial bank in the United States, distributing over $100 billion each year in Federal student loans and grants.”
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Obama nationalized the student loan industry so the Party would have yet one more means of financial control over its constituents.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 08:42 AM (RIvkX)

163 Reading leftwing sites their reaction to this murder is "don't care, people get murdered all the time why does it matter if an illegal did it?"
___

Also read that her parents are maga (I have no idea if true, commies and truth are like oil and water), so therefore she deserved it.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 08:43 AM (Dv3i1)

164 It looked like he knew a bit about the rifle. The dry fire was a bit awkward, but......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:20 AM (Zz0t1)

I'm sure that he's personally executed a few people in his day.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 08:43 AM (ExV1e)

165 Morten Messerschmidt,"

Well, at least he's not a Fokker...

Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 08:43 AM (XuXeR)

166 >Great news. Steven Colbert is writing a new LoTR movie.
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do we need one?

Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 08:44 AM (ZxPkt)

167 John Jingle Joseph Messerschmidt.

His name is my name too.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:44 AM (Zz0t1)

168 Late night talk shows are a total waste and should all be shitcanned.

They only promote political division and could mostly care less about giving the audience some insight into the product that the entertainment industry putting out.

The hosts are all superstar narcissist fuckwads.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 26, 2026 08:44 AM (Fbc0I)

169 Great to see Gen. Flynn finally get the settlement with the DOJ he deserves. I hope Carter Page get paid soon.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 08:34 AM (viF8m)
******
1,25 million was not enough. The man lost everything including his home.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 26, 2026 08:44 AM (NpAcC)

170 Reading leftwing sites their reaction to this murder is "don't care, people get murdered all the time why does it matter if an illegal did it?"
Posted by: 18-1 at March 26, 2026 08:39 AM (sKqQm)
===

Translation: "she would have been murdered anyway, stupid."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 08:44 AM (RIvkX)

171 I'm sure that he's personally executed a few people in his day.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 08:43 AM (ExV1e)


Gotta build up that cred, yo.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:44 AM (Zz0t1)

172 Steven Colbert is writing a new LoTR movie.
---

do we need one?"

Nah. Better off without a Colbert.

/oh

Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 08:45 AM (XuXeR)

173 If I was Pam Blondi he would already be arrested and under questioning for conspiracy against civil rights under color of state authority.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 08:21 AM (RIvkX)

A judge would have him on the street within 30 minutes.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 08:45 AM (ExV1e)

174 >>Wasn't in my news feed.

It's getting a lot of play on X. Regime talking heads at the NYT and WaPo are feigning outrage and taking incoming.

Tearing apart the Russia hoax is necessary. We all may know the truth but a significant amount of the public still thinks it was real. Getting the truth out will go a long way toward exposing how corrupt the Obama/Biden regime along with Hillary and the deep state have been.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 08:45 AM (viF8m)

175 It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at March 26, 2026 08:46 AM (2Ez/1)

176 Dang polar bears are trying to steal my buckets of fish this morning...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 08:46 AM (ESVrU)

177 Markwayne Mullin is an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation. Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. congratulated Mullin on his nomination.

Posted by: SMOD at March 26, 2026 08:47 AM (RHGPo)

178 A judge would have him on the street within 30 minutes.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 08:45 AM (ExV1e)
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Making the judge a co-conspirator. Easy peasy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 08:47 AM (RIvkX)

179 Tearing apart the Russia hoax is necessary. We all may know the truth but a significant amount of the public still thinks it was real. Getting the truth out will go a long way toward exposing how corrupt the Obama/Biden regime along with Hillary and the deep state have been.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 08:45 AM (viF8m)


Only if the media actually reports on it. They still think the Russia hoax wasn't a hoax because of the media.


LONG uphill battle, that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:47 AM (Zz0t1)

180 The FCC has prohibited the import of consumer routers manufactured outside the United States, effectively blocking the majority of networking devices from entering the American market. The danger of Chinese hackers to everyday Americans has caused the government to label foreign-made routers an “unacceptable risk” to the security of the nation.

Hey Amazon has a 300 dollar Netgear Nighthawk for around 200. I am junking my Asus.

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 08:47 AM (gbOdA)

181 what does Pam Bondi do all day?
Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 08:23 AM (ZxPkt)

She manages. That's her job.

If you're wondering what the DOJ is doing, here's their press release page: https://www.justice.gov/news/press-releases

If you're just wanting to bitch... carry on, I guess.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 08:47 AM (ExV1e)

182 >>1,25 million was not enough. The man lost everything including his home.

Flynn seems please with the outcome. I agree he deserves more but if Flynn is ok with it then it's ok by me.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 08:47 AM (viF8m)

183 Flynn is garbage, the C for C is his organization. He's been pushing groypers for years. He hangs out with Ovens and Cucker and the rest of them. The Russians knew what hey were doing when they targeted him - dumb enough for their type of persuasion.

Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 08:47 AM (GD0B3)

184 It would take a lot of pulverizing to make human bodies into actual fertilizer. Rotting corpses are quite caustic to plant life. It's a dumb idea.

Posted by: My Body, My Choice at March 26, 2026 08:47 AM (oftw2)

185 Markwayne Mullin is an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation. Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. congratulated Mullin on his nomination"

*sets Paul Revere & The Raiders on the turntable*

Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 08:48 AM (XuXeR)

186
I thought ibuprofen attacked your liver and that attacked your stomach.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
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Acetaminophen is a liver poison, ibuprofen is rough on the stomach but no problem if you eat something before taking. You don't have to eat a meal just not have an empty stomach.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 08:48 AM (jAisO)

187 Philadelphia homicide rate
2011 to 2017 (Pre-Krassner) average: 18.5
2018 to 2024 (Krassner era) average: 28.9
Posted by: Malcolm Kirkpatrick at March 26, 2026 08:24 AM (tTFsZ)

Damn Trump!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 08:48 AM (ExV1e)

188 > Steven Colbert is writing a new LoTR movie.
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This is how you can tell the industry has zero new material and zero creativity.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 26, 2026 08:48 AM (AkEZC)

189 @166 whether we need a new LOTR movie were getting at least two

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 26, 2026 08:48 AM (mHVWR)

190 I don't come to defend Thune but it's possible that he doesn't have 50 votes to move things forward.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 07:57 AM (ExV1e)
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He does not. Buybthats because he has spent his whip years cajoling and persuading. He leads now. He should say what they are going to do and issue instructions and threats to anyone who doesn't follow. Use Cornyn as an example. And stop funding him too.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 26, 2026 08:48 AM (9nadL)

191
If you're wondering what the DOJ is doing, here's their press release page: https://www.justice.gov/news/press-releases

If you're just wanting to bitch... carry on, I guess.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 08:47 AM (ExV1e)


All that seems small fish compared to the big boys in DC committing treason all over the place.

But busy, so it's fine.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:49 AM (Zz0t1)

192 >>LONG uphill battle, that.

It always has been. And not an easy one. But we seem to be chipping away.

That's why the conspiracy case being built in Florida is so important. That one will be hard to ignore.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 08:49 AM (viF8m)

193 *sets Paul Revere & The Raiders on the turntable*
Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 08:48 AM (XuXeR)

Would be funny to play that in the background when Liawatha speaks.

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 08:50 AM (gbOdA)

194 he has spent his whip years cajoling and persuading. He leads now"

Yep. Level of his incompetence and all that...

Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 08:50 AM (XuXeR)

195
Acetaminophen is a liver poison, ibuprofen is rough on the stomach but no problem if you eat something before taking. You don't have to eat a meal just not have an empty stomach.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 08:48 AM (jAisO)


My brain is dyslexic I guess. Noted. Thanks for the info.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:50 AM (Zz0t1)

196 Making the judge a co-conspirator. Easy peasy[./i]

Yep - that's the answer. The law assumes that judges will act in a responsible manner, but leftwing judges just do whatever helps advance the narrative

The problem is that Trump is not going to do that. He's not going to go George Washington or even Pinochet.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 26, 2026 08:50 AM (sKqQm)

197 cherokeephoenix.org:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Confirmation by the U.S. Senate on March 23 elevated Cherokee Nation citizen and Oklahoma Republican Markwayne Mullin to one of the most potent law enforcement posts in the federal government – secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.

Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. said the confirmation is significant to the CN and Indian Country overall.

“As a Cherokee Nation citizen, his service on the national stage carries deep meaning,” Hoskin said “We will miss his leadership in the Senate but know he will serve the country well in such a critical role on the world and national stage.”

Posted by: SMOD at March 26, 2026 08:50 AM (RHGPo)

198 184 It would take a lot of pulverizing to make human bodies into actual fertilizer. Rotting corpses are quite caustic to plant life. It's a dumb idea.

Soylent green (1973) was set in the year 2022.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa8ZNyL-kxk

But this one is guaranteed to be more FUN!
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-HereComeTheDRUMS
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-LIBsHalftimeAmerica250

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at March 26, 2026 08:51 AM (baff2)

199 That's why the conspiracy case being built in Florida is so important. That one will be hard to ignore.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 08:49 AM (viF8m)


Hard? A walk in the park. They'll ignore it like never before.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:51 AM (Zz0t1)

200 >>Hard? A walk in the park. They'll ignore it like never before.

You really believe if Comey or Brennan gets indicted they will ignore it? I don't.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 08:52 AM (viF8m)

201 ED noted that its student loan portfolio stands at nearly $1.7 trillion with fewer than 40 percent of borrowers in repayment and almost 25 percent of borrowers in default. The department said student loan debt is “roughly twice the size of all American university endowments combined and is larger than either our nation’s cumulative credit card debt or cumulative auto debt,” and that the department was “never intended to operate what would be the fifth-largest commercial bank in the United States, distributing over $100 billion each year in Federal student loans and grants.”

Might help if we stopped giving student loans for people working on degrees in "this is never going to get me a job".

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 08:52 AM (ExV1e)

202
You really believe if Comey or Brennan gets indicted they will ignore it? I don't.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 08:52 AM (viF8m)


You must first believe either one of those get indicted. I don't.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:53 AM (Zz0t1)

203 Seize college assets to pay these loans.

We've talked about making colleges co-sign loans - let's just "deem" it so.

That works. Tuition rates would drop pretty quickly once it was implemented.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 08:53 AM (svLOV)

204 Triton 2,710 Largest moon of Neptune, retrograde orbit
Earth's Moon 3,474 Largest relative to its planet
Ganymede (Jupiter) 5,268 Largest moon in the Solar System
Titan (Saturn) 5,151 Thick atmosphere, lakes of methane

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 08:54 AM (gbOdA)

205 >>You must first believe either one of those get indicted. I don't.

John Solomon, one of the best reporters on the Russia hoax and good friend of Kash Patel's does. Brennan seems to think he's in serious trouble as well.

Florida is not DC.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 08:54 AM (viF8m)

206 >If you're just wanting to bitch... carry on, I guess.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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wow
you really put me in my place, huh
big day for you

Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 08:54 AM (ZxPkt)

207 Might help if we stopped giving student loans for people working on degrees in "this is never going to get me a job"."

"work smahter, not haahdah"...

/someone's got to support the Administrative staff. And the women's kickball team.

Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 08:55 AM (XuXeR)

208 I thought ibuprofen attacked your liver and that attacked your stomach.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:38 AM (Zz0t1)

Ibuprofen, acetaminophen, aspirin.

As I understand it, one if bad for your liver, one for your kidneys, and one for your stomach. I'm not a doctor so that may be incorrect and I'm not gonna try to say which is which but...

Everyone is gonna die from something. Pain sucks. Whatever you do to deaden pain has a drawback.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 08:55 AM (ExV1e)

209 >>>Steven Colbert is writing a new LoTR movie.
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This is how you can tell the industry has zero new material and zero creativity.

Posted by: Martini Farmer

>The industry is sadly in the shitter. Let's do a remake. Let's do a rewrite.

I know, let's make a movie about making movies because that's all we know. There is nothing more boring than a movie about making movies. Lame.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 26, 2026 08:55 AM (Fbc0I)

210 BREAKING: A 2-1 victory for the Trump administration on ICE's mass detention policy at the 8th Circuit Court of appeals (think Minnesota).

While district court judges have overwhelmingly rejected the policy, ICE is 2-0 at the circuit.

Posted by: SMOD at March 26, 2026 08:55 AM (RHGPo)

211 123 - 15 mg. of Meloxicam works phenomenal for inflammation and it's time release, it's easier on the kidneys. I take one at night for my arthritic knees a couple of times a week and it's like night and day in the morning. I used to take lots of NSAIDS due to my knees and it hurt my kidneys permanently.

Posted by: Jaimo at March 26, 2026 08:56 AM (BCuCF)

212 History repeats itself - more than once:

Open Source Intel @Osint613
26m
JUST IN 🔴

IRGC official Rahim Nadali says Iran has lowered the minimum age for war support roles to 12 under the “For Iran” initiative, citing growing numbers of 12 and 13 year old volunteers.

Kids these days. They blow up so fast!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 08:56 AM (1o8D5)

213 Hey! Let's see you try to run a cabinet level department from the Fox News green room.

Posted by: Pam Blondie at March 26, 2026 08:56 AM (2Ez/1)

214 Seize college assets to pay these loans."

Nah. USFedGov has been supporting "higer education" since post WWII...

Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 08:56 AM (XuXeR)

215 He should say what they are going to do and issue instructions and threats to anyone who doesn't follow. Use Cornyn as an example. And stop funding him too.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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Not wishing anyone harm but if he were to trip down a flight of stairs I wouldn't lose sleep over it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 08:56 AM (jAisO)

216 You really believe if Comey or Brennan gets indicted they will ignore it? I don't.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 08:52 AM (viF8m)


You must first believe either one of those get indicted. I don't.
Posted by: Sponge


Fistbump.

Arrest. Indict. Continue building case. Go to trial.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2026 08:56 AM (KKI6+)

217 I thought ibuprofen attacked your liver and that attacked your stomach.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:38 AM (Zz0t1)

Ibuprofen mostly targets the kidneys. Acetaminophen is murder on the liver. It's not only an OD issue but cumulative. Aspirin, as an NSAID like ibuprofen, also targets kidneys and can be ulcerating. Ibuprofen is my poison of choice.

Posted by: Ordinary American at March 26, 2026 08:56 AM (b4LBp)

218
Wall Street Apes
@WallStreetApes
Utah, one of the most Red states in the country, is being taken over by Islam

Muslim Inman brags about how they’ve been quietly taking over Utah and installing Sharia Law

“It is a well-kept secret — From Ogden to Provo, most stores are not allowed to sell liquor”

“The growth of Islam in Utah has been a well-kept secret and has been happening very quickly. We've seen it time and time again. Islam has taken over Paris, Islam has taken over London, Islam has taken over New York, and now we're seeing the very same thing happen in Utah”

https://tinyurl.com/mrmjxuma

Posted by: redridinghood at March 26, 2026 08:57 AM (NpAcC)

219 Whatever you do to deaden pain has a drawback."

Bourbon. It's what's for dinner.

Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 08:57 AM (XuXeR)

220 Making the judge a co-conspirator. Easy peasy.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 08:47 AM (RIvkX)

So your proposal is to make Pam Bondi the absolute ruler of the US?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 08:57 AM (ExV1e)

221 BTW, if you missed it, splodey dopes:

https://tinyurl.com/h57akduw

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 08:57 AM (1o8D5)

222 citing growing numbers of 12 and 13 year old volunteers.


Uh huh......sure. "volunteers."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:58 AM (Zz0t1)

223 NO LAUGHING MATTER: Vince Vaughn is calling out "agenda-based" late-night TV, comparing it to a class no one wants to take.

Posted by: SMOD at March 26, 2026 08:58 AM (RHGPo)

224 BTW, if you missed it, splodey dopes:

https://tinyurl.com/h57akduw"

"In the Navy...."

Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 08:58 AM (XuXeR)

225 "So your proposal is to make Pam Bondi the absolute ruler of the US?"

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I thought that was Rubio.

Posted by: It's hard to keep track at March 26, 2026 08:59 AM (2Ez/1)

226 Iran used children in human wave attacks across mine fields in the Iran - Iraq war. Using them now isn't a surprise

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 26, 2026 08:59 AM (mHVWR)

227 Utah, Minnesota, always taking over the quiet states, where they think they won't be noticed. We need anti-sharia laws.

Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 09:00 AM (GD0B3)

228 So your proposal is to make Pam Bondi the absolute ruler of the US?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 08:57 AM (ExV1e)
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My theory is that anyone in conspiracy against the United States should be prosecuted no matter what their station in life, but especially against those who are violating their oath of office.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 09:00 AM (RIvkX)

229 >As I understand it, one if bad for your liver, one for your kidneys, and one for your stomach.
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the nephrologist told me that acetaminophen is kidney-friendly

Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 09:00 AM (ZxPkt)

230 Iran used children in human wave attacks across mine fields in the Iran - Iraq war."

So they were min...ers?

*ducks*

Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 09:00 AM (XuXeR)

231 > You really believe if Comey or Brennan gets indicted they will ignore it? I don't.
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Weren't Comey and Brennan indicted previously? And their respective cases tossed?

I get that it was in the capitol city, but does the physical location really make that much of a difference in the current judicial climate?

I've no idea, but it still seems... unlikely.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 26, 2026 09:00 AM (AkEZC)

232 176 Dang polar bears are trying to steal my buckets of fish this morning...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 08:46 AM (ESVrU)

Just let them have it.

Posted by: tubal at March 26, 2026 09:01 AM (/HeZH)

233 >>You must first believe either one of those get indicted. I don't.

Even if they are indicted, Florida is a red state, so it would mean nothing to us. Political lawfare, we know how it works.

Posted by: leftists at March 26, 2026 09:01 AM (Y1sOo)

234 Everyone is gonna die from something. Pain sucks. Whatever you do to deaden pain has a drawback.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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There are places on the internet were accurate information can be obtained. Pain is real and it can be attenuated. How you do it should be a considered descision.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 09:01 AM (jAisO)

235 We need anti-sharia laws."

Or, you know, less immigration...

Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 09:01 AM (XuXeR)

236 The department said student loan debt is “roughly twice the size of all American university endowments combined

You mean...we can instantly cut student loan debt in half?

Posted by: t-bird at March 26, 2026 09:01 AM (vbdXu)

237 The Air Force, with precise guidance from Military and Naval Intelligence, struck in Bandar Abbas and killed Ali Reza Tangsiri, commander of the Revolutionary Guards Navy for the past eight years.”

Bet no one is freshening up their resume this AM.

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 09:02 AM (gbOdA)

238 All that seems small fish compared to the big boys in DC committing treason all over the place.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:49 AM (Zz0t1)

Unless you're proposing an end to the pretense that we have the rule of law, Democrats in DC are untouchable. It sucks but it is what it is. Bondi has no power to change that. Neither would any other Republican AG. Regardless of sexual hardware, tightness of sleeve roll, or social media following.

Better to spend your time focused on things that can actually be changed.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 09:02 AM (ExV1e)

239 We need anti-sharia laws.
Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 09:00 AM (GD0B3)

Anti-Sharia laws, The Save Act... these should have been easy dunks for Republicans. The former has earned only a fraction of support and the latter is mired in various ploys to sabotage it.

Posted by: Ordinary American at March 26, 2026 09:02 AM (b4LBp)

240 Bet no one is freshening up their resume this AM."

Seaman 1st class Achmed? You've been promoted...

Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 09:03 AM (XuXeR)

241 229 Don, you got one of those docs too? I'm new to the kidney doc. Acetaminophen is hell on your liver though. Pick your poison I guess.

Posted by: Jaimo at March 26, 2026 09:03 AM (BCuCF)

242 236 The department said student loan debt is “roughly twice the size of all American university endowments combined

You mean...we can instantly cut student loan debt in half?
Posted by: t-bird at March 26, 2026 09:01 AM (vbdXu)

Notice that in the triangle of student, treasury, and college that one of the players takes ZERO RISK.

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 09:03 AM (gbOdA)

243 Utah, Minnesota, always taking over the quiet states, where they think they won't be noticed. We need anti-sharia laws.
Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 09:00 AM (GD0B3)


They're rolling big in Texas too. AG Paxton is standing up to them but Abbott seems to be getting a ton of money from a Pakistani national, so we're not doing what we should.

Dallas has a LOT of new mosques popping up all over. They're attempting to build a sharia town in Plano, which Paxton keeps thwarting.

When Paxton wins the Senate race, he needs to be replaced by Chip Roy who's pretty on board with stopping the sharia creep in Texas and the US. He seems to get it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 09:03 AM (Zz0t1)

244 232 176 Dang polar bears are trying to steal my buckets of fish this morning...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 08:46 AM (ESVrU)

Just let them have it.
Posted by: tubal
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Yeah, it's not an alligator allegory.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 09:03 AM (jAisO)

245
Or, you know, less immigration...
Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 09:01 AM (XuXeR)



That's "undocumented Americans," sir........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 09:04 AM (Zz0t1)

246 Dang polar bears are trying to steal my buckets of fish this morning...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 08:46 AM (ESVrU)

Just let them have it.

Posted by: tubal at March 26, 2026 09:01 AM (/HeZH)
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OK, boss.

https://youtu.be/cj3iavnDwS8

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 09:04 AM (1o8D5)

247 My theory is that anyone in conspiracy against the United States should be prosecuted no matter what their station in life, but especially against those who are violating their oath of office.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

We could turn the House and Senate chambers into storage facilities.

Posted by: t-bird at March 26, 2026 09:04 AM (vbdXu)

248 Yep - that's the answer. The law assumes that judges will act in a responsible manner, but leftwing judges just do whatever helps advance the narrative

The DOJ tried to get Boasburg taken off cases involving the administration, citing his demonstrated bias. The DC Circuit said, nah bro, we like his style.

That means it's up to Congress to deal with the matter. Not Pam Fucking Bondi, Congress. The same Congress which is incapable of doing ANYTHING to aid Trump's efforts. The same Congress which will continue to be re-elected at 90%+.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 09:05 AM (ExV1e)

249 And now we know that the killer of Sheridan Gorman has tuberculosis and he didn’t actually show up to his hearing because he was getting medical care which costs almost $30,000 for him—paid for by taxpayers.

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 09:05 AM (gbOdA)

250 >>Weren't Comey and Brennan indicted previously? And their respective cases tossed?

>>I get that it was in the capitol city, but does the physical location really make that much of a difference in the current judicial climate?

Comey was not Brennan.

I absolutely think the location makes an enormous difference. We've spent more than a year watching leftist judges and leftwing juries spike cases purely on partisan grounds. It was Judge Eileen Cannon, a Trump appointed judge in Florida who tossed Jack Smith and his idiotic case and prevented his report from being published.

Do you really think Boasberg or a DC jury would ever do something like that to Jack Smith after we know he conspired with Smith to set Trump up?

I don't think it will be a slam dunk but at least there's a chance of winning in much more conservative Florida.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 09:05 AM (viF8m)

251 When Paxton wins the Senate race, he needs to be replaced by Chip Roy who's pretty on board with stopping the sharia creep in Texas and the US. He seems to get it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
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There's a shit ton of money flowing in from DC against Paxton, he's having a hard pull.
Chip Roy is a wind sock.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 09:06 AM (jAisO)

252 We need anti-sharia laws.

Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 09:00 AM (GD0B3)
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Nothing less than a Constitutional amendment banning all flavors of Islam will help.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 09:06 AM (1o8D5)

253 246 Dang polar bears are trying to steal my buckets of fish this morning...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 08:46 AM (ESVrU)

Just let them have it.

Posted by: tubal at March 26, 2026 09:01 AM (/HeZH)
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OK, boss.

https://youtu.be/cj3iavnDwS8
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 09:04 AM (1o8D5)

Lol! Thanks, BD.

Posted by: tubal at March 26, 2026 09:06 AM (/HeZH)

254 wow
you really put me in my place, huh
big day for you
Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 08:54 AM (ZxPkt)

Nah. There's no putting you in your place. You've got a hobbyhorse and you're gonna ride it. I wish you all the joy in the world spending your time complaining.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 09:07 AM (ExV1e)

255 There's a shit ton of money flowing in from DC against Paxton, he's having a hard pull.
Chip Roy is a wind sock.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 09:06 AM (jAisO)

He does say some of the right things, but don't they all at one point or another.

https://youtu.be/dkXoVJkl97g

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 09:07 AM (Zz0t1)

256 stopping the sharia creep in Texas"

It's pretty much everywhere now...

Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 09:08 AM (XuXeR)

257 Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. said the confirmation is significant to the CN and Indian Country overall.

Liberals are saying it’s a lie and he’s clearly white, alongside attacking him for being a plumber and a college dropout.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 26, 2026 09:08 AM (QZThv)

258 Nothing will happen.

Posted by: The person who always says that at March 26, 2026 09:08 AM (2Ez/1)

259 When Paxton wins the Senate race, he needs to be replaced by Chip Roy who's pretty on board with stopping the sharia creep in Texas and the US. He seems to get it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
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There's a shit ton of money flowing in from DC against Paxton, he's having a hard pull.
Chip Roy is a wind sock.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 09:06 AM (jAisO)

I thought Chip Roy was one of the turds that was for Trump's impeachment?

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 26, 2026 09:09 AM (wVcYX)

260 IRGC official Rahim Nadali says Iran has lowered the minimum age for war support roles to 12 under the “For Iran” initiative, citing growing numbers of 12 and 13 year old volunteers.

That's how you know they're winning.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 09:09 AM (ExV1e)

261 the nephrologist told me that acetaminophen is kidney-friendly
Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 09:00 AM (ZxPkt)

It's hardly friendly. The drug is mainly processed through the liver but can certainly cause kidney damage in high doses. As has been stated, no drug is consequence-free.

Posted by: Ordinary American at March 26, 2026 09:09 AM (b4LBp)

262 My theory is that anyone in conspiracy against the United States should be prosecuted no matter what their station in life, but especially against those who are violating their oath of office
——-

And whaddaya know, there are numerous federal laws on the books, many of them from the cold war era.

Our problems though, are not due to lack of sufficient legislation. Everything these MFers do, and don’t do, is illegal as hell. They don’t care.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 26, 2026 09:09 AM (l4gBO)

263 Liberals are saying it’s a lie and he’s clearly white, alongside attacking him for being a plumber and a college dropout.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 26, 2026 09:08 AM (QZThv)


Liberals are stupid, hate the Native Americans that don't support their cause and have no f*cking clue how the NA heritage thing even works.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 09:09 AM (Zz0t1)

264 254 As they used to say in the Navy, “A bitchin’ sailor is a happy sailor.”

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 09:10 AM (77rzZ)

265 >Don, you got one of those docs too? I'm new to the kidney doc. Acetaminophen is hell on your liver though. Pick your poison I guess.

Posted by: Jaimo
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well, I was seeing a kidney doc a few years ago when I had a spate of kidney stones. I had the kind that were too big to pass, and had to be treated with minor surgeries. No problems lately.

I use acetaminophen and ibuprofen for general pain management, no issues. I don't drink, so my liver has that going for it, I guess.

Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 09:10 AM (ZxPkt)

266 258 Nothing will happen.
Posted by: The person who always says that at March 26, 2026 09:08 AM (2Ez/1)

I was wondering when you'd show up. I was thinking of substituting for you.

Posted by: Ordinary American at March 26, 2026 09:10 AM (b4LBp)

267 stopping the sharia creep in Texas"

It's pretty much everywhere now...

Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 09:08 AM (XuXeR)
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I posted this on Pixy's. South Carolina:

https://tinyurl.com/ymuccf4v

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 09:11 AM (1o8D5)

268 Isn't Mark Wayne Mullen the owner of an HVAC company? Not a plumbing company. HVAC companies make bank, but they are two different trades.

Posted by: Jaimo at March 26, 2026 09:11 AM (BCuCF)

269 the nephrologist told me that acetaminophen is kidney-friendly
Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 09:00 AM (ZxPkt)

Maybe so. I base my understanding on the dangers of various pain medications on stuff I've read on the internet which is, likely, only slightly more accurate than reading the entrails of a chicken.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 09:11 AM (ExV1e)

270 As has been stated, no drug is consequence-free.
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Does this include Quaaludes?

Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 09:11 AM (n17eQ)

271 IRGC official Rahim Nadali says Iran has lowered the minimum age for war support roles to 12 under the “For Iran” initiative, citing growing numbers of 12 and 13 year old volunteers.


Same as the old One Nut Corporal.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2026 09:12 AM (KKI6+)

272 Oh, its my Birthday.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 09:12 AM (n17eQ)

273 You want the SAVE act
You'll settle for deep-state 'must-pass' FISA reauthorization combined with SAVE if that's what it takes to pass SAVE act.
You'll get FISA reauthorization and GOP fundraising junk mail.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 09:12 AM (Dv3i1)

274 265 Don, sweet, good health to you. I'm at the beginning of chronic kidney disease due to diabetes and having to think about everything now that goes into my mouth. It actually sucks, since I love food. Very much. Booze, not so much.

Posted by: Jaimo at March 26, 2026 09:12 AM (BCuCF)

275 IRGC official Rahim Nadali says Iran has lowered the minimum age for war support roles to 12 under the “For Iran” initiative, citing growing numbers of 12 and 13 year old volunteers.
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Hitler used 12 year old "volunteers" at the end too, iirc

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 26, 2026 09:13 AM (zsjuF)

276 Weren't Comey and Brennan indicted previously? And their respective cases tossed?

I get that it was in the capitol city, but does the physical location really make that much of a difference in the current judicial climate?

I've no idea, but it still seems... unlikely.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 26, 2026 09:00 AM (AkEZC)

IINM, Judge Cannon is overseeing the case. It'd have to be the Circuit Court that tossed the indictments.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 09:13 AM (ExV1e)

277 They're rolling big in Texas too. AG Paxton is standing up to them but Abbott seems to be getting a ton of money from a Pakistani national, so we're not doing what we should.

Dallas has a LOT of new mosques popping up all over. They're attempting to build a sharia town in Plano, which Paxton keeps thwarting.

When Paxton wins the Senate race, he needs to be replaced by Chip Roy who's pretty on board with stopping the sharia creep in Texas and the US. He seems to get it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 09:03 AM (Zz0t1)

Texas is a the heart of it, actually. Their biggest organizations are funders are TX based. Y'all have cities no one knows about, but were approved locally BTW, where you can live , walk down streets named after jihadis and never meet a non-muslem ever.

Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 09:13 AM (GD0B3)

278 Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 09:12 AM (Dv3i1
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Sadly, I agree

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 26, 2026 09:14 AM (zsjuF)

279 Isn't Mark Wayne Mullen the owner of an HVAC company? Not a plumbing company. HVAC companies make bank, but they are two different trades.

He’s a plumber who dropped out of college to take over his dad’s 6 person HVAC company when his dad fell ill. He grew that company into a big business.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 26, 2026 09:14 AM (QZThv)

280 Texas now has their own mini meccas and medinas where non-muslims will never enter.

Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 09:14 AM (GD0B3)

281 Jaimo , be well

Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 09:14 AM (ZxPkt)

282 Happy birthday, Puddin.

Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 09:14 AM (77rzZ)

283 Texas now has their own mini meccas and medinas where non-muslims will never enter.

Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 09:14 AM (GD0B3)
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The term you're looking for is "no-go zones."

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 09:14 AM (1o8D5)

284 Same as the old One Nut Corporal.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2026 09:12 AM (KKI6+)

Feels like March 26, 1945, amirite ?

Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 09:15 AM (GD0B3)

285 Battle of Iwo Jima - February 19, 1945 – March 26, 1945. Oddly, my mother's birthday is 19 February. Mine is 26 March. My Dad spent 33 days on Iwo and was shot on 26 March. He had not met my Mother at that point but went to college with her brother. Weird Science.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 09:16 AM (n17eQ)

286 Oh, its my Birthday.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 09:12 AM (n17eQ)


Well, a happy one to you.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 09:16 AM (Zz0t1)

287 My primary care NP warned me off aspirin and ibuprofen, as one on my heart/BP meds is a form of "super aspirin" already, as she calls it. I'm allowed one baby aspiring (81 mg) per day for its blood-thinning properties.

For pain relief, it's acetaminophen only and sparingly at that. So it's cowboy mode for me - grit it out for as long as possible and bite down on a leather strap.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 26, 2026 09:16 AM (wVcYX)

288 282 Happy birthday, Puddin.
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Thank you. Turning 29 every year keeps me young.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 09:17 AM (n17eQ)

289 Oh, its my Birthday.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 09:12 AM (n17eQ)

Nice suit! Congrats!

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 26, 2026 09:18 AM (wVcYX)

290 He had not met my Mother at that point but went to college with her brother. Weird Science.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 09:16 AM (n17eQ)
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They had weird science degrees that far back?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 09:18 AM (1o8D5)

291 I saw Entrails of a Chicken open for Brain Damage at the Hollywood Bowl in '94.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 26, 2026 09:19 AM (Fbc0I)

292 "Nothing will happen."

Zombie Bob Dole has a fix for that.

Posted by: Zombie Bob Dole at March 26, 2026 09:19 AM (Q+gd/)

293 Weird Science.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 09:16 AM (n17eQ)


Nah.....if they're too big, you might sprain a thumb or something.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 09:19 AM (Zz0t1)

294 > So it's cowboy mode for me - grit it out for as long as possible and bite down on a leather strap.

Posted by: Count de Monet
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I'm at that stage in life where different parts of my body take turns hurting
one day it's an ankle, the next a knee, etc
getting old sucks

Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 09:19 AM (ZxPkt)

295 LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua has been sued for assault and battery by a woman who says he made an antisemitic statement and bit her on the shoulder on New Year's Eve.

Don't bite the Joos.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 09:21 AM (n17eQ)

296
I'm at that stage in life where different parts of my body take turns hurting
one day it's an ankle, the next a knee, etc
getting old sucks
Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 09:19 AM (ZxPkt)


Start a stretching regimen.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 09:21 AM (Zz0t1)

297 The only thing worse than getting older is not getting older.

Posted by: davidt at March 26, 2026 09:21 AM (Q+gd/)

298 I'm at that stage in life where different parts of my body take turns hurting
one day it's an ankle, the next a knee, etc
getting old sucks
Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 09:19 AM (ZxPkt)

It's not for sissies, that's for certain. Ease on down the road, brother.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 26, 2026 09:21 AM (wVcYX)

299 but I recently had a whole house humidifier installed
I can breathe thru my nose again
yay

Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 09:21 AM (ZxPkt)

300 LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua has been sued for assault and battery by a woman who says he made an antisemitic statement and bit her on the shoulder on New Year's Eve.

Don't bite the Joos.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 09:21 AM (n17eQ)


But he wears nerd glasses.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 09:21 AM (Zz0t1)

301 William Shakespeare's birthplace will be de-colonised over fears that portraying his success as the 'greatest' playwright 'benefits the ideology of white European supremacy'.

Shakespeare's Birthplace Trust owns buildings in the playwright's hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon.

It wants to 'create a more inclusive museum experience' and announced it will move away from Western perspectives after concerns were raised that Shakespeare's ideas were used to advance 'white supremacy' ideas.

Maybe add rapp and break dancing on Sat Nite

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 09:22 AM (gbOdA)

302 Zombie Bob Dole has a fix for that.

Imagine the reaction of modern nosering SSRI zombies to the commercial where Dole is popping boner pills and perving on Britney Spears.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 26, 2026 09:22 AM (QZThv)

303 Dang polar bears are trying to steal my buckets of fish this morning...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 08:46 AM

We'll allow it, as long as we get our 10%.

Posted by: Big Penguin at March 26, 2026 09:23 AM (0sNs1)

304 William Shakespeare's birthplace will be de-colonised over fears that portraying his success as the 'greatest' playwright 'benefits the ideology of white European supremacy'.
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People are dumb.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 09:24 AM (ESVrU)

305 "...a woman who says he made an antisemitic statement and bit her on the shoulder on New Year's Eve."
____

Was that wrong? Should I not have done that?

Posted by: George Costanza at March 26, 2026 09:25 AM (2Ez/1)

306
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh

JUST IN: Anti-Maduro demonstrators have SURGED outside court in NYC to cancel out the leftist Communists who support him

Maduro is about to appear in court for his crimes

He WILL be brought to AMERICAN justice under President Trump

https://tinyurl.com/yp42adax

Posted by: redridinghood at March 26, 2026 09:25 AM (NpAcC)

307 304 William Shakespeare's birthplace will be de-colonised over fears that portraying his success as the 'greatest' playwright 'benefits the ideology of white European supremacy'.

You know, somehow I doubt Shakespeare had that on his mind when he wrote .....
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Posted by: It's me donna at March 26, 2026 09:25 AM (//8Ft)

308 "LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua has been sued for assault and battery by a woman who says he made an antisemitic statement and bit her on the shoulder on New Year's Eve."

My mind drifts back to the days of Jack Snow, Ron Jessie and Harold Jackson.

Posted by: Ordinary American at March 26, 2026 09:25 AM (b4LBp)

309 Oh good. No invasion yet today.
The cats are elsewhere I guess. But they'll be here. It's only a matter of time. Now, I wait.

Now to check the news.
After coffee.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 09:25 AM (Sco7b)

310 Don, I use a whole house console humidifier and that works great. I have the one on my furnace and it's more of a pain than it is worth, it leaks and our water sucks so I get the white calcification all over the thing. I turned it off and just use the big one during the winter when we need it most. Even the cat needs it.

Posted by: Jaimo at March 26, 2026 09:25 AM (BCuCF)

311 It wants to 'create a more inclusive museum experience' and announced it will move away from Western perspectives after concerns were raised that Shakespeare's ideas were used to advance 'white supremacy' ideas.

I wish someone over there had the stones to say "Why should we apologize for being superior to them?"

Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 09:25 AM (svLOV)

312 William Shakespeare's birthplace will be de-colonised"

No s*it?

Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 09:26 AM (XuXeR)

313 Who names their kid Puka?

Posted by: I gotta ask at March 26, 2026 09:26 AM (2Ez/1)

314

They will change Shakespeare to ChuckaSpeare?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 26, 2026 09:26 AM (x0n13)

315 We all may know the truth but a significant amount of the public still thinks it was real.
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We'll never reach the left that the Russia collusion was a hoax.

I saw the other day, they are still peddling the lie that Valarie Plame was a covert CIA agent and the Republicans "blew her cover in retaliation."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 26, 2026 09:26 AM (HXT0k)

316
They will change Shakespeare to ChuckaSpeare?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 26, 2026 09:26 AM (x0n13)


LOL

Posted by: It's me donna at March 26, 2026 09:26 AM (//8Ft)

317 They will change Shakespeare to ChuckaSpeare?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 26, 2026 09:26 AM (x0n13)

Job Interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuEBBwJdjhQ

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 09:27 AM (gbOdA)

318 Nacua had previously issued an apology last December after performing a gesture that plays upon antisemitic tropes while appearing on an internet livestream.
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Any ideas on the 'gesture?'

Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 09:27 AM (n17eQ)

319 @272 Happy birthday

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 26, 2026 09:27 AM (mHVWR)

320 Well, Othello and Aaron *were* both black murderers.

Posted by: Delurker at March 26, 2026 09:29 AM (gtcuf)

321 Shakespeare was the first drag queen backer... Men played all female roles in his plays

Posted by: It's me donna at March 26, 2026 09:30 AM (//8Ft)

322 220 Making the judge a co-conspirator. Easy peasy.
So your proposal is to make Pam Bondi the absolute ruler of the US?

No, Gandalf in the Colbert/LoTR live action remake.
Winged Huma/Sauron? PsychoDancin' AOC/Sarumon, flamin'Balrog/ctHILLARY? yeah, make it SO!

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at March 26, 2026 09:30 AM (Fp8Cm)

323 I haven't had the unit long enough to reach a definitive verdict. Am curious to see my next electric bill. But I had to do something, the air is just bone dry here in Colorado, teens down to single digits of humidity.

One measure of how dry the air is: unused ice cubes in the freezer will evaporate over time.

Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 09:31 AM (ZxPkt)

324 Yo, homies . . .

Posted by: St. Crispin Day Speech at March 26, 2026 09:31 AM (wVcYX)

325 An Obama judge has ruled that this thread is ending.

But fortunately.
Nood

Art thread.


Being a male Obama male judge, he's unfazed about the possibility of boobs.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 09:31 AM (Sco7b)

326 Best remark I heard about "colonizing."

"You people use colonizer as an insult. We colonized you and gave you modern conveniences. You showed up 300 years later and the only thing you did was get welfare."

Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 09:31 AM (svLOV)

327 @DHSgov says an illegal immigrant was preying on three girls under the age of ten years old in Virginia.

Culpeper police tell me the Mexican national was living in Manassas and offered the girls money on Roblox, a popular game among little kids, in exchange for sexually explicit videos and photos of themselves.

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There's going to be a woodchipper shortage.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 09:31 AM (ndZc7)

328 321 Shakespeare was the first drag queen backer... Men played all female roles in his plays
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Well men make the best women athletes. This makes Shakespeare a genius futurist.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 09:31 AM (n17eQ)

329 What's the name of the super aspirin?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 09:35 AM (jAisO)

330 Good morning, all, and thanks, J.J.

From above, "Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner (D) threatened to prosecute U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents deployed at the airport if they acted inappropriately..."

'Soros DA' Larry Krasner is a well protected puppet in any of his press conferences (think of Joe Biden's presidential campaign with ten masked people in an auditorium) and, if you look at the most recent Philly airport stunt, no one but some press - betcha WHYY too - is nearby to listen, or care.

He pales behind the Philadelphia sheriff. Remember her (?) ICE press conference press conference? Fox News, 'Philadelphia sheriff rips ICE as 'fake, wannabe law enforcement,' threatening arrests: 'Don't want this smoke.'

She's a bad a**, with no idea what's going on, and his role is to back her.

Note: Usually present & most often pushing their way to the mic are the Philadelphia Council members endorsed by Working Families Party: Gauthier, Brooks and Landau - who also "make only this clear." (Instagram - phillysheriff, 2 months ago - with a whopping 60 likes.

BTW, Philadelphia's Mayor is Cherelle Parker.

Continued -

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 26, 2026 09:57 AM (NFX2v)

331 The greatest danger in this nonsense is that it's Left incitement picked up by non-conventional press, podcasts, and so on, and travels around the world (i.e., Middle East Eye, Hindustan Times, etc.) It and Gov. "All are Welcome" Shapiro, encourage a criminal and/or undocumented population to the Philadelphia region and the Commonwealth that, regardless of education and wealth, tends towards not being ANY country's best.

More impact on TSA -

Reportedly, as standard in business, FIFA has cancelled/released approximately 2,000 of the 10,000 hotel rooms it previously booked in Philadelphia for the 2026 World Cup.

The cuts were seen across all US host cities, with major impacts in Philadelphia, Boston, and Dallas.

>Guardian, UK, TSA staffing shortage and upcoming World Cup will create ‘perfect storm’, warns acting head
Ha Nguyen McNeill testified before House committee about airport wait times amid DHS funding shutdown

>WPRI, 12 News This Morning - Politics from The Hill
'TSA chief warns staffing problems could close airports, threaten World Cup'

Gordita TSA union president at the airport & Philly's government better get their heads on straight. 🤡🤡

Congress, too.🤡

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 26, 2026 09:57 AM (NFX2v)

332 Krasner has a long history of threatening federal immigration agents, comparing them to Nazis and stating that he will “hunt them down.”

A Not-see is as a Not-see does.

Posted by: Forrest, Forrest Gump at March 26, 2026 10:07 AM (ynpvh)

333 https://tinyurl.com/yh9ncfnw

Tombstone GIF "I don't think I'll let you arrest us today.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at March 26, 2026 10:12 AM (GD2xa)

334 Spot on!

Posted by: kurtz at March 26, 2026 11:01 AM (rSI6M)

335 Al Jazeera, DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY,
News
|
US-Israel war on Iran
Iranian naval commander Alireza Tangsiri killed in attack, Israel says
Defence minister claims Israel kills Alireza Tangsiri, citing his role in blocking the Strait of Hormuz.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 26, 2026 11:30 AM (NFX2v)

336 .
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HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
.
https://tinyurl.com/From-Annie-the-Tranny

Posted by: Marooned at March 26, 2026 12:49 PM (kt8QE)

Daily Tech News 26 March 2026

Top Story



Tech News

Musical Interlude




Disclaimer: Boop beep. It did it again.

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1 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 26, 2026 04:02 AM (bQ4nt)

2 w00t

Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 04:02 AM (+YA9H)

3 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2026 04:03 AM (Ia/+0)

4 Good morning Horde,

Posted by: Pete Bog at March 26, 2026 04:05 AM (eCt/m)

5 special needs justices Sotomayor and Jackson

You're too kind.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 26, 2026 04:05 AM (bQ4nt)

6 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 26, 2026 04:09 AM (sAmhv)

7 BOING!

Brunch with Mrs. BD.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 04:13 AM (1o8D5)

8 "Just trying to understand what is going on" is not a phrase you want to hear over and over and over from a Supreme Court justice during a hearing. But that's what you get when you get a DEI hire elevated to the Supreme Court. That is the upside with Justice. Jackson. The downside is she's probably going to be there 40 years.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 26, 2026 04:14 AM (glnUu)

9 The long-running court case by Sony and the global music cartel against the internet and free people everywhere, represented here - somehow - by Cox Communications, has met an end. (CBS)


So, Sony and the global music cartel lost. The CEO of RIAA is sad. Let's see here. This was SO BAD that it got ALL 9 SC Justices ruling against you. Amazing! Well done Sony and music cartel. Never though I'd see that.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 26, 2026 04:22 AM (sAmhv)

10 I had a buddy I would torture with The Animals tunes. He hated them.

He would mostly go on a profanity laced rant and almost get violent and want to smash the juke box. It always brought a tear of joy to my eyes.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 26, 2026 04:24 AM (Fbc0I)

11 Meta, after the New Mexico and California verdicts, is facing a very challenging future. Youtube is in that same situation but to a lesser extent. Apparently there are hundreds of other cases pending around the country get into the same territories of product liability and safety.

While I am not a big fan of social media and have mixed reactions from a libertarian perspective to these verdicts, a couple nags put me on the plaintiff side here. My somewhat casual understanding of the Gen z tech users Is they are increasingly fed up with technology, especially the Doom Scroll paradigm, a design that is clearly intended to keep one engaged. To address this, there are now products, such as stripped down smartphones, that explicitly limit the amount of smarts they do have and there is also a movement towards using paper calendars and journals. These indicate that culture and consumer markets instinctively understand that social media is riddled with product liabilities.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 26, 2026 04:30 AM (glnUu)

12 8 "Just trying to understand what is going on" is not a phrase you want to hear over and over and over from a Supreme Court justice during a hearing. But that's what you get when you get a DEI hire elevated to the Supreme Court. That is the upside with Justice. Jackson. The downside is she's probably going to be there 40 years.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 26, 2026 04:14 AM (glnUu)

Somebody should kindly recommend another phrase to her, something that essentially means the same thing but doesn't sound so dumb.

Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 04:30 AM (+YA9H)

13 11: AP

And CD/DVDs are making a comeback. Everything old is new again. I, being over 29, never got rid of mine, though they take up a huge amount of space. I bitterly cling to my DVDs and CDs!!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 26, 2026 04:32 AM (sAmhv)

14 So, Sony and the global music cartel lost. The CEO of RIAA is sad. Let's see here. This was SO BAD that it got ALL 9 SC Justices ruling against you. Amazing! Well done Sony and music cartel. Never though I'd see that.
Posted by: Puddleglum

Using a similar logic, the DEA could sue every electric company in the country because some of their customers are using the electricity to grow weed illegally. Without a doubt, this was a The correct ruling.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 26, 2026 04:33 AM (glnUu)

15 omebody should kindly recommend another phrase to her, something that essentially means the same thing but doesn't sound so dumb.
Posted by: m

Hush your mouth. I want her to keep using it.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 26, 2026 04:34 AM (glnUu)

16 here's a very funny court transcript
via @beyondreasdoubt

Rob Romano @2Aupdates
https://tinyurl.com/58kkak8s

Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 04:37 AM (+YA9H)

17 10 I had a buddy I would torture with The Animals tunes. He hated them.

He would mostly go on a profanity laced rant and almost get violent and want to smash the juke box. It always brought a tear of joy to my eyes.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 26, 2026 04:24 AM (Fbc0I)

What was his problem? It makes me want to get my voice back in shape and buy a microphone -- to record myself and play it back for side-by-side comparison -- and see how close I can get to Eric Burdon's style! I bet I could get at least 90% there, with enough practice.

Posted by: SciVo at March 26, 2026 04:42 AM (Sy6m/)

18 Anyone from SC? Philistines upon you, America:

https://tinyurl.com/ymuccf4v

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 04:44 AM (1o8D5)

19 I have a rather extensive collection of DVD's/Blue Rays, which I like and if I passed tomorrow, I bet they would end up in the trash. (not that I would care at that point) Unless St. Peter allows them.
I find if just comforting to have a hard copy of my favorite movies. Sure I got fast internet, and they brag that I could download a movie in a minute, but its just not the same. LP's I got some that I bought when an early teen I belonged to the Columbia Record Club and my dad gave me hell when he got the bill. But you get a free record once in awhile I'd tell him. He wasn't impressed. Hard to cancel also. And never could remember to send that card back that I didn't want the selection. At 14, I had other things to worry about.

Posted by: Colin at March 26, 2026 04:45 AM (e8qy3)

20 And CD/DVDs are making a comeback. Everything old is new again. I, being over 29, never got rid of mine, though they take up a huge amount of space. I bitterly cling to my DVDs and CDs!!
Posted by: Puddleglum

We are of a similar demographic and I went the other direction. My entire music and video collection is digital as is the bulk of my reading library. The trigger for this was having to manage them, meaning space and such, with something I just didn't want to deal with anymore. I do miss having physical media from time to time.

The decision to own physical media or not is radically different though then the dopamine that comes from social media engagement. One of my favorite examples of this was when I lived in a major downtown city. I had to back out of my apartment building onto a street that led directly to a freeway. This meant I often got trapped blocking the sidewalk for some minutes which would at times irritate the pedestrians. Except one guy. He was so engrossed with his phone he walked right into the side of my car and knocked himself on the ground. He popped right up and started screaming and yelling at me and waving his arms. It was all rather hilarious.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 26, 2026 04:47 AM (glnUu)

21 18 Anyone from SC? Philistines upon you, America:

https://tinyurl.com/ymuccf4v
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 04:44 AM (1o8D5)

I'm dubious about the validity of that video. Needs to be better framed storywise.

Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 04:53 AM (+YA9H)

22 The Animals
Around and Around (1964)

The early Animals recordings showed them to be a supremely competent cover band of American rock and roll and blues. I'm not sure where they fell apart, probably from a lack of songwriting talent and endless personnel changes.


https://youtu.be/VSKbgpOzt2Q

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 26, 2026 04:54 AM (glnUu)

23 10 I had a buddy I would torture with The Animals tunes. He hated them.

He would mostly go on a profanity laced rant and almost get violent and want to smash the juke box. It always brought a tear of joy to my eyes.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 26, 2026 04:24 AM (Fbc0I)

House of the Rising Sun is one of my favorite songs from the 60s. It's still a great tune.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 26, 2026 04:54 AM (6ydKt)

24 Incoming.

Like mosquitos this morning.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 04:54 AM (1o8D5)

25 24 Incoming.

Like mosquitos this morning.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 04:54 AM (1o8D5)

mosque-itos!

Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 04:56 AM (+YA9H)

26 I'm dubious about the validity of that video. Needs to be better framed storywise.

Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 04:53 AM (+YA9H)
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Grok:

https://tinyurl.com/mx6phmbh

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 04:59 AM (1o8D5)

27 Supposed to get to 70 today, much cooler tomorrow again

Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2026 05:03 AM (Ia/+0)

28 26: That group has been there since 1983. Probably next door to the cult that thinks were all living inside an asteroid, traveling through space.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 26, 2026 05:03 AM (sAmhv)

29 mosque-itos!

Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 04:56 AM (+YA9H)
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I slam them!

Listening to intercept, where it lands I know not where.

OK, somewhere west-NW of Jerusalem, near the center, coastal area.

Back to work.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 05:04 AM (1o8D5)

30 The split was 9-0.

Even the concurrence by the court's special needs justices Sotomayor and Jackson agreed with the majority opinion on this point of law and on the decision generally.

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When you've lost all five DEI fembot retards ...

Posted by: ShainS at March 26, 2026 05:05 AM (2Y1NN)

31 Hormuz is not safe yet but he went straight to hell:

https://tinyurl.com/bddkbyjw

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 05:06 AM (1o8D5)

32 Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2026 05:06 AM (Ia/+0)

33 26 I'm dubious about the validity of that video. Needs to be better framed storywise.

Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 04:53 AM (+YA9H)
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Grok:

https://tinyurl.com/mx6phmbh
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 04:59 AM (1o8D5)

Thank you!
I should have clarified: SC Rep. Ralph Norman should have framed the story better. I wasn't asking you to be my research assistant.... I'll put that full grok explanation in a new comment box below.

Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 05:07 AM (+YA9H)

34 here's the grok explanation:

Rep. Ralph Norman's post highlights a 2026 Eid al-Fitr procession video in Holy Islamville, a rural South Carolina Muslim enclave founded in 1983 by African-American converts, framing it as evidence of unchecked Sharia law infiltration in his district rather than a routine religious observance.
Holy Islamville, home to about 35 families following Sheikh Mubarak Ali Gilani's teachings, has endured terrorism allegations since the 1990s but local reports describe residents as law-abiding U.S. citizens who operate schools, businesses, and farms while upholding constitutional protections for their faith.
The post promotes Norman's involvement in the 2025-launched Sharia Free America Caucus, co-founded by Reps. Self and Roy to prioritize U.S. law over Islamic jurisprudence, eliciting replies that range from calls to ban Sharia to defenses of religious liberty and criticisms of the post as outdated fear-mongering.

Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 05:07 AM (+YA9H)

35 Man from India writes on "From worry to worship"- Philippians 4:10-13. Upper Room devotional:

https://tinyurl.com/2pr3d7ac

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 05:08 AM (PFs9e)

36 Woman sings a lovely Christian song and uses a guitar , "Jesus paid it all":


Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 05:13 AM (PFs9e)

37 D'oh. Forgot the link:

https://tinyurl.com/495s625f

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 05:13 AM (PFs9e)

38
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 26, 2026 05:14 AM (tljrc)

39 Poster " L" and I were talking yesterday about devotional reading for Holy Week. Here is one of the most inspirational books which I have read and I have read it many times. I'm reading it again now It is from the writings of John Pierre de Caussaude who was a French Jesuit and lived from ( 1675-1751) . It is really a wonderful book for any Christian, not, just RC's : "The Joy of Full Surrender" This is the version I have gotten from Paraclete Press via Amazon:

https://tinyurl.com/v3bd7jcv

Sorry for making this a book thread. I am otherwise occupied on Sunday mornings and you're all used to be being totally non techy here. I thank you for your patience

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 05:25 AM (PFs9e)

40 >>>House of the Rising Sun is one of my favorite songs from the 60s. It's still a great tune.

Posted by: SpeakingOf

>I don't know why or what triggered him. That's what made it so much fun.

He lost it when this tune was playing. Good times.

His father, a high school teacher, was a pig that liked to fuck high school girls. Maybe that was it.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 26, 2026 05:32 AM (Fbc0I)

41 Passing through. Dog needed out.

I'm not a gamer. Epic Games - Fortnite - layed off 1000 people. It was on Deadline a few days ago.

I used AI...yeah, I know...and asked if they went woke. Yep. Some sort of Rainbow crap event for Pride. Plenty of other games out there.

Dog's in. Everyone have a great day.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 05:35 AM (Sco7b)

42 Good morning, one and all. I am currently recovering from a lesson titled "You're too old to push yourself this hard at the gym right now." Basically, I'm on about two hours of sleep and I am contemplating the logistics of a coffee IV.

As for the music case, I know it sounds crazy but if the music companies would actually make the music available at a reasonable price this could solve some of the problems.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 05:38 AM (NR6c1)

43 Evening and morning on a damp (though not rainy) Thor's Day here! Got to bed late and woke up early with a big black cat galloping across me, so, not a great start for a busy day. Howz yer Thursday so far?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 26, 2026 05:41 AM (wzUl9)

44 @40/Rev. Wishbone: "He lost it when this tune was playing. Good times."

I can only imagine the fun from humming or whistling a few bars from that song around him. ;-)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 26, 2026 05:42 AM (O7YUW)

45 >>>I can only imagine the fun from humming or whistling a few bars from that song around him. ;-)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

>The beauty of it was that he never knew I played those songs on the juke box. I'd rather just sit back and hear him rail. I'm easily amused.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 26, 2026 05:50 AM (Fbc0I)

46 Got to run out to the 'burbs today to have the car looked at -- there are no problems, but I want it in tip-top shape for my Kansas trip next month. Drop some stuff at a thrift store that takes donations; check the price of ethanol-free gas at a station I know there that had it for (relatively) cheap not long ago; maybe grab an early lunch at a diner on the way back.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 26, 2026 05:52 AM (wzUl9)

47 Firefighters rescue four cats after apartment fire in CA:

https://tinyurl.com/559b28n6

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 05:53 AM (ix8EF)

48 As for the music case, I know it sounds crazy but if the music companies would actually make the music available at a reasonable price this could solve some of the problems.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 05:38 AM (NR6c1)

That was basically Apple's argument for 99-cent MP3s (DRM-free) on iTunes: if we make music tracks easy to buy in a format that's easy to use, many people will do that instead of pirating. And they were correct, and Amazon did likewise; and bands went back to vinyl albums, but with a free download code for the digital tracks. And it worked, not like before with jackpot winners left and right, but people could make a living.

Now it's Spotify ruining the revenue model for musicians, not illegal filesharing torrents. The case was practically irrelevant by the time SCOTUS ruled.

Posted by: SciVo at March 26, 2026 05:56 AM (Sy6m/)

49 “ Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.”

Romans 12:12

Posted by: Marcus T at March 26, 2026 05:57 AM (d9i2R)

50 50

Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 05:59 AM (+YA9H)

51 Mom in Alaska uses her "mom voice" to stop a moose chasing her little Yorkshire terrier:

https://tinyurl.com/38ca3jjh

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 06:00 AM (rZCVI)

52 Posted by: Marcus T at March 26, 2026 05:57 AM (d9i2R

Very nice and important passage. Thanks! May you have a blessed day in the Lord, brother!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 06:01 AM (rZCVI)

53 51 Mom in Alaska uses her "mom voice" to stop a moose chasing her little Yorkshire terrier
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Looking forward to reading that when I get home. Sounds more than a little impressive.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 06:03 AM (NR6c1)

54 Yesterday I did some techy work, following 'Net suggestions on how to speed up my installations of Firefox on the MacBook Air here and my desktop iMac. Both seem better. I need to see if there are any such tips & tricks for Apple's own browser, Safari. I never use it, but Miss Linda does here on the laptop.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 26, 2026 06:03 AM (wzUl9)

55 Week one of live testing the ERP...

2 break/fix
3 feature requests
10 refinements

Most of them are easy.

The refinements are mostly to put static side bars and page elements into drawers or modals and add more and different charts.

The charts will the hardest as some of them are for data sets and criteria that are not present in the current build.

But all in all I'm happy so far.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 26, 2026 06:04 AM (zWn86)

56 >The beauty of it was that he never knew I played those songs on the juke box. I'd rather just sit back and hear him rail. I'm easily amused.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 26, 2026 05:50 AM (Fbc0I)

Now, with TouchTunes, you can prank people at a distance!

Daily Mail (2019): "Man gets back at his wife for leaving him at home and going on a girls' night by playing Chumbawamba on repeat in the bar via a jukebox app"

https://tinyurl.com/3v6u5x2t

Posted by: SciVo at March 26, 2026 06:04 AM (Sy6m/)

57 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 26, 2026 06:10 AM (MIIRH)

58

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 26, 2026 06:10 AM (DDJSl)

59 Don’t let the unanimous SC decision fool you. They weren’t in agreement. The leftists voted this way so their constituents could continue to steal music.

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at March 26, 2026 06:10 AM (NZIuw)

60 @56/SciVo: Great prank.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 26, 2026 06:11 AM (O7YUW)

61 The RIAA is a bunch of useless jerks that'll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 26, 2026 06:15 AM (O7YUW)

62 @COBS: #61(oIeb - Some spam needs to be shown the door.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 26, 2026 06:16 AM (O7YUW)

63 *grrr* Freakin' smilies translation gets me every time.

#61 { oIeb8 }

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 26, 2026 06:17 AM (O7YUW)

64 Posted by: Patricia Walker at March 26, 2026 06:15 AM (oIeb

Gotta say that's one of the funnier spam ads I've seen on here.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 06:17 AM (rZCVI)

65 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2026 06:20 AM (u82oZ)

66 Last night, looking at the GasBuddy website, I noticed that a lot of the stations in MO and KS were reporting gas as being .30 or so *lower* than here and MS. Generally they were not the majors, but there were a few, usually Shell. Regular E10 here is running about $3.49-$3.59, with a few $3.39s here and there, and GB reported those accurately.

$3.19 for regular: Is that what you in MO, and KS are seeing?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 26, 2026 06:20 AM (wzUl9)

67 $3.19 for regular: Is that what you in MO, and KS are seeing?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 26, 2026 06:20 AM (wzUl9)
----
It's about $3.50 or so here in south-central MO for regular.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 06:23 AM (ESVrU)

68 Hillary Clinton

Still not President. Even of Haiti.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2026 06:24 AM (u82oZ)

69 It's $1.69/L (equivalent is $4.64 USD per U.S. gallon) here in the town I live.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 26, 2026 06:25 AM (O7YUW)

70 Wolfus Aurelius

$3.23 or so here around me for regular.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2026 06:25 AM (u82oZ)

71 Wolfus Aurelius

Cheaper outside of big towns.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2026 06:25 AM (u82oZ)

72 @71/NaCly Dog: Yup, sure is. I drove 20 km out of my way to get gas at $1.28/L (equivalent $3.51 per U.S. gallon.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 26, 2026 06:27 AM (O7YUW)

73 FenelonSpoke

Good morning!

From what I heard, Pixy fixed a hole in the blog firewall to ban those kind of ads (mostly from Pakistan).

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2026 06:27 AM (u82oZ)

74 Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2026 06:27 AM

Patricia Walker doesn't sound like a very "Pakistani" name, but I suppose it would be "Yvette Ballieu" and in French when spam was done in France and whatever the "typical" Pakistani name is there.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 06:36 AM (ix8EF)

75 Young boy saves church leaders life after learning CPR just the day before. Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/2rphwzrs

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 06:38 AM (ix8EF)

76 $3.23 or so here around me for regular.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2026

***
That's within a normal variation from the $3.19 I read. Even your price would be a better deal than what I have.

E0 is something else. The nearby station I had been using, $2.99/gal., is now $4.09 with their E10 at $3.69. (To be fair, their E0 is 90 octane instead of 87.)

Close by I have an Exxon convenience store which has E0 for only .30 more than E10; but I doubt I'll see a small spread like that in the 'burbs today. Their E0 is also 90 octane.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 26, 2026 06:39 AM (wzUl9)

77 From what I heard, Pixy fixed a hole in the blog firewall to ban those kind of ads (mostly from Pakistan).
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2026

***
Dear ol' Pock-ee-stahn.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 26, 2026 06:40 AM (wzUl9)

78 Some Bucee's have ethanol free gas as does a walmart gas in Hudson Oaks west of Fort Worh but not cheap.

Posted by: kingsman at March 26, 2026 06:40 AM (ehY6c)

79 We are currently at $3.99 here in the GPROMD. Sam's Club might be cheaper so I'll probably hit them the next time I have to fill up.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 06:45 AM (NR6c1)

80 Some Bucee's have ethanol free gas as does a walmart gas in Hudson Oaks west of Fort Worh but not cheap.
Posted by: kingsman at March 26, 2026

***
On my way back from Indiana, I filled up with Buc-ee's E0 in north Alabama. Saw 34 mpg on the trip home, and that was at 70 mph with the A/C on in a big V-6 powered car. There are no Buc-ees in northern MS yet, or farther north, though.

I'll fill up with E0, no matter the cost, just before I leave for KS, and go with whatever E10 I find after that. A chunk of my route will be on old Federal highways, not Interstates. The slower speed will help my mpg, but stops and slowdowns in small towns won't.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 26, 2026 06:47 AM (wzUl9)

81 Since ethanol negatively affects gas mileage, what exactly is the justification for adding it to gasoline?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 26, 2026 06:50 AM (O7YUW)

82 Gas prices under a hot war in the middle east are still marginally lower than gas prices under the Charles Foxtrot administration just naturally sucking at being for four years.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 26, 2026 06:50 AM (Ot/FD)

83 81 Since ethanol negatively affects gas mileage, what exactly is the justification for adding it to gasoline?
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 26, 2026 06:50 AM (O7YUW)

Reason: Some midwest senator's retirement fund

Justification: Shut Up, Peasant

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 26, 2026 06:51 AM (Ot/FD)

84 Since ethanol negatively affects gas mileage, what exactly is the justification for adding it to gasoline?
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 26, 2026

***
None, except somebody is getting paid, somewhere.

Originally it was supposed to reduce emissions. Well, modern cars do that (with expensive emissions systems) just fine. We've reached the point of diminishing returns on that.

I usually see close to 10%+ mpg when I use E0. Since E0 usually sells for more than 10% over E10, it doesn't really make financial sense, but I still do it when I can.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 26, 2026 06:54 AM (wzUl9)

85 Time I shaved and showered, and got ready to head out. Later, all!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 26, 2026 06:55 AM (wzUl9)

86 I usually see close to 10%+ mpg when I use E0. Since E0 usually sells for more than 10% over E10, it doesn't really make financial sense, but I still do it when I can.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 26, 2026 06:54 AM (wzUl9)

Dollars per mile versus miles per tank?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 26, 2026 06:55 AM (Ot/FD)

87 Anyone having an issue with the HQ when you click on comments/continue the site goes to an ad showing women roofers? Only happens on my iPad and has been occurring since the blog went down last week. The dark times.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at March 26, 2026 06:55 AM (2NHgQ)

88 @87/neverenoughcaffeine: I think that's when you hit "Continue" (but not "Comments") if you're using a browser without an ad-blocker.

I saw this when accessing the site with my phone out in the wild (not on my home network where I have multiple layers of ad-blocking built in), and I was using the chrome browser.

Try the "Brave" browser, or use Firefox with the uBlock Origin extension.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 26, 2026 06:58 AM (O7YUW)

89 Okay, I gotta go whoosh. Work beckons.

@m: Get that 100th post while I'm gone.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 26, 2026 06:58 AM (O7YUW)

90 I was out west last week using my Chromebook with the Chrome browser. I had to learn not to use "Continue" link.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 26, 2026 07:00 AM (qFwJc)

91 It is more than a little amazing Eric Burden survived the 60's and 70's.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 26, 2026 07:01 AM (Q+1hc)

92 A chunk of my route will be on old Federal highways, not Interstates. The slower speed will help my mpg, but stops and slowdowns in small towns won't.

People who take the scenic route are 30% less stressed.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 26, 2026 07:01 AM (3Ope8)

93 thanks grumpy

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at March 26, 2026 07:04 AM (2NHgQ)

94 People who take the scenic route are 30% less stressed.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 26, 2026 07:01 AM (3Ope
-----------
62% of the time, according to experts

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 26, 2026 07:04 AM (Q+1hc)

95 This made me laugh: Minister of Silly Walks and no, it's not John Cleese. It's an animal video from the gal Ace often posts:

https://tinyurl.com/k695bwt2

And that's it for today. And the hordians all cheered!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 07:05 AM (PFs9e)

96 Hope that Sony spent so much money on that lawsuit that they have to layoff my ex son-in-law. Yes, I'm feeling mean this morning, that said, the ex SIL is a nasty little f'er.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at March 26, 2026 07:06 AM (2NHgQ)

97 94 People who take the scenic route are 30% less stressed.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 26, 2026 07:01 AM (3Ope
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62% of the time, according to experts
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 26, 2026 07:04 AM (Q+1hc)

excuse me!
math on the blog?

Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 07:07 AM (+YA9H)

98 Since ethanol negatively affects gas mileage, what exactly is the justification for adding it to gasoline?

You're effectively burning the nation's topsoil, ruining engines, taking land out of production which could be feeding livestock, and creating huge subsidization structures to keep it all in motion. Do you need more justification than that?

Posted by: Congress at March 26, 2026 07:07 AM (3arSl)

99 96 Hope that Sony spent so much money on that lawsuit that they have to layoff my ex son-in-law.

Well, apparently there is another lawsuit against their subsidiary Crunchyroll so you might get your wish.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 07:11 AM (NR6c1)

100 100

Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 07:11 AM (+YA9H)

101 Sidney Sweeney pissed off libtards yesterday, posting an Instagram message thanking her deployed brother for his service.

Helluva woman, I'm starting to think. Patriot.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 26, 2026 07:12 AM (Q+1hc)

102 101 Sidney Sweeney pissed off libtards yesterday
Posted by: Huck Follywood

That statement implies they take a break from being angry.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 07:13 AM (NR6c1)

103 I am too sleepy for the gym today. Blech.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 26, 2026 07:15 AM (Q+1hc)

104
Interstate highway driving has been a chore for a number of years now, with the merge lane maniacs driving past a stopped lane of traffic to force themselves to the front being my newest pet peeve.

Took the long way home yesterday, more time and money but oh so worth it.

Posted by: Auspex at March 26, 2026 07:16 AM (Y8DZL)

105 96 Hope that Sony spent so much money on that lawsuit that they have to layoff my ex son-in-law. Yes, I'm feeling mean this morning, that said, the ex SIL is a nasty little f'er.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at March 26, 2026 07:06 AM (2NHgQ)

Sometimes better to keep the nasty little f'ers fully employed and busy busy busy.

Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 07:18 AM (+YA9H)

106 Federal regs. Oxygenates are required. MTBE was used, but contaminates groundwater. Banned.

Ethanol is the replacement oxygenate. Near as I can tell it’s a government mandated example of “the solution to pollution is dilution”.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 26, 2026 07:18 AM (iLmv1)

107 Good morning all. Going to be unseasonably warm here in Western NC for the next few days and it’s been pretty dry. Have a great day everyone.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at March 26, 2026 07:21 AM (6JQwz)

108 taking land out of production which could be feeding livestock
——

That part isn’t true. Not even a little bit.

I’m no fan of ethanol in gasoline, but the remainder from ethanol production is turned into distiller’s dried grain, or DDGs. Fed to livestock, same as it always was, just minus the starch.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 26, 2026 07:23 AM (iLmv1)

109 106 Federal regs. Oxygenates are required. MTBE was used, but contaminates groundwater. Banned.

Ethanol is the replacement oxygenate. Near as I can tell it’s a government mandated example of “the solution to pollution is dilution”.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 26, 2026 07:18 AM (iLmv1)

good one
Maybe "the fix for icks is mix."
not so good

Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 07:23 AM (+YA9H)

110 The “justification” for ethanol is simple - it’s Chuck Grassley’s personal grifting scheme, and he and his wealthy constituents make a hell of a lot of money from it. But he does a lot of other good things in the senate, and Iowa is important in national elections, so we agree to let them rape the country in exchange for their support,

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 26, 2026 07:24 AM (D4x+R)

111 A friend was on a trip to a kinda off-the-beaten-path place recently, and I googled it. An Cloudflare swooped in and demanded that I prove my humanness. Why?

Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 07:25 AM (+YA9H)

112 An-->And

Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 07:26 AM (+YA9H)

113 >>>with the merge lane maniacs driving past a stopped lane of traffic to force themselves to the front being my newest pet peeve.

Known as late zipper merging. It seems that if done correctly, it is the most efficient method of managing traffic flow.

"If done correctly" means drivers in the through lane are paying attention and allowing space for merge lane autos to move over, not being assholes by blocking them.

Posted by: one hour sober at March 26, 2026 07:27 AM (Y1sOo)

114 MTBE was used, but contaminates groundwater.

When that was forced on us in CA, I remember the chattering class giggling about how we right wing nutjobs were spreading doom and gloom over it. And when the nutjobs were proven right, it was radio silence from those people.

I just remember how it cut my car's mileage by a considerable amount.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 07:28 AM (NR6c1)

115 I watched Melania on prime- Interesting and enjoyable and I recommend. What a strong family pres trump has.

Posted by: LASue at March 26, 2026 07:30 AM (lCppi)

116 JJ is nood.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 07:30 AM (ExV1e)

117 "If done correctly" means drivers in the through lane are paying attention and allowing space for merge lane autos to move over, not being assholes by blocking them.

Posted by: one hour sober

=====

No.

There is no correct way to be a late-merging asshole

Posted by: 2009Refugee at March 26, 2026 07:32 AM (PFY6v)

118 nood!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 26, 2026 07:32 AM (MIIRH)

119 >>There is no correct way to be a late-merging asshole

Okay?

Block them from moving over if it makes you feel powerful. Just know that experts in traffic flow, which isn't me, of course, will be calling you the asshole.

Posted by: one hour sober at March 26, 2026 07:38 AM (Y1sOo)

120 111 A friend was on a trip to a kinda off-the-beaten-path place recently, and I googled it. An[d] Cloudflare swooped in and demanded that I prove my humanness. Why?
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 07:25 AM (+YA9H)

I'll ask again tomorrow!

Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 07:42 AM (+YA9H)

121 Thanks, Pixy!

Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 07:44 AM (+YA9H)

122 thankyou for frieren. almost halfway through, very enjoyable.

Posted by: cmeat at March 26, 2026 02:44 PM (R11M+)

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Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)
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