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Mid-Morning Art Thread

Alexander of Macedon Trusts the Doctor Philip
Henryk Siemiradzki

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 09:30 AM (RqFM6)

2 yow!

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 09:30 AM (Bep7s)

3 nd!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2026 09:30 AM (bFu5X)

4 *sigh*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2026 09:30 AM (bFu5X)

5 Better than trusting Doctor Fauci!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 19, 2026 09:31 AM (ibDUx)

6 for the 'ettes? what's under there?

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 09:31 AM (Bep7s)

7 Corgis called

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 09:31 AM (RqFM6)

8 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:31 AM (2YhKe)

9 "You should've Ptolemy not to eat the figs!"

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 19, 2026 09:31 AM (6/7Fs)

10 A little bit of beefcake for the ladies.

Posted by: Tuna at August 19, 2026 09:32 AM (lJ0H4)

11 "LOOK at it! It's quite swollen!!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:32 AM (2YhKe)

12 "milk of magnesia"

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 09:32 AM (Bep7s)

13 "You want me to put the leeches WHERE?"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 19, 2026 09:32 AM (FZ29D)

14 Get me more leeches , stat.
Would hang
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 09:32 AM (rp63B)

15 for the 'ettes? what's under there?
Posted by: cmeat

Nothing they want. That's why he's seeing a doctor.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 09:32 AM (RqFM6)

16 9 "bad dates"

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 09:32 AM (Bep7s)

17 Reading the instructions before beginning surgery is commendable.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 19, 2026 09:32 AM (qwuI6)

18 .......Bad dates.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:32 AM (2YhKe)

19 I don't need no Doctor!

Posted by: Humble Pie at August 19, 2026 09:33 AM (JM9I6)

20 Take two aspirin and call me in the morning.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 09:33 AM (2Cry5)

21 Doctor, doctor.....gimmie the news......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:33 AM (2YhKe)

22 18 ha

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 09:33 AM (Bep7s)

23 "...and of course, I will know if my movements be imprecise, as the buzzer will sound quite loudly. Also, there is a reason your nose will at all times be visible..."

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 19, 2026 09:33 AM (OUMaO)

24 What happens in Macedonia doesn't necessarily STAY in Macedonia.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 09:34 AM (RqFM6)

25 "How many blue pills did you take?!"

Posted by: dantesed at August 19, 2026 09:34 AM (Oy/m2)

26 Doc! What'r all these bumps and sores?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 19, 2026 09:34 AM (c/kiq)

27 ha
Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 09:33 AM (Bep7s)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:34 AM (2YhKe)

28 He seems a bit spoiled.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 19, 2026 09:34 AM (NpAcC)

29 The Macedonians were angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at August 19, 2026 09:34 AM (2Ez/1)

30 23 writer's cramp was impossible

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 09:34 AM (Bep7s)

31 Everyone has such a nice head of hair!

Posted by: Sy Sperling, Client AND President at August 19, 2026 09:34 AM (JM9I6)

32 Reading the instructions before beginning surgery is commendable.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 19, 2026 09:32 AM (qwuI6)
----
"IMPORTANT! The trepanation hammer must be picked up by the RIGHT hand! Otherwise the demons won't be able to escape the afflicted."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 19, 2026 09:34 AM (FZ29D)

33 Although, he does have a nice body.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 19, 2026 09:35 AM (NpAcC)

34 "what makes your big head so hard?"

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 09:35 AM (Bep7s)

35 Doctor Phil is searching through his big book of CPT/HCPCS codes so he can bill Medicare.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 19, 2026 09:35 AM (6/7Fs)

36 The Clap.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 19, 2026 09:35 AM (2MN4W)

37 😁 ivermectin?

Posted by: Paul at August 19, 2026 09:35 AM (Edmd5)

38 He's The Paolo, isn't he.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:35 AM (2YhKe)

39 Posted by: Paul at August 19, 2026 09:35 AM (Edmd5)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at August 19, 2026 09:36 AM (2YhKe)

40 I was in the pool!

Posted by: Alexander of Macedon at August 19, 2026 09:36 AM (2Ez/1)

41 Bob Dole approves!

Posted by: Bob Dole! at August 19, 2026 09:37 AM (zBgIx)

42 Thought bubble of the slave boy on the right:

***********

Can't Generate Decent Air Flow - a limerick

There once was a slavish young man
Who said, "I'm doing the best that I can.
Alexander's a big shot
But he still whines he's hot
My opinion? Meh! Not aa big fan!"

Posted by: muldoon at August 19, 2026 09:37 AM (I0N4X)

43 "it rubs the lotion on it's what?"

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 09:37 AM (Bep7s)

44 Roll him over. The boil is on his bum!

Posted by: Dr. Carbuncle at August 19, 2026 09:38 AM (JM9I6)

45 Alexander wants to know if BCBS will cover this doctor's visit.

Posted by: dantesed at August 19, 2026 09:38 AM (Oy/m2)

46 The Clap.
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 19, 2026 09:35 AM (2MN4W)

You asked for it!
https://youtu.be/0rHaZYWEtYs

Posted by: Doof at August 19, 2026 09:38 AM (S0M0K)

47 would not hang
too gay

Posted by: Gref at August 19, 2026 09:38 AM (5rh/l)

48 Now for the prostate exam.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 09:38 AM (77rzZ)

49 "The number shall be three, three being the third number..."

Posted by: Medieval Physicians Desk Reference at August 19, 2026 09:38 AM (2Ez/1)

50 At first glance I thought he was holding up the sheet to show Doc his manhood. Upon embiggening I see he's resting that hand on his knee.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 19, 2026 09:39 AM (ViCCR)

51 47 sheesh. they're just friends.

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 09:39 AM (Bep7s)

52 The tiger skin bedspread is a nice touch.

Posted by: Bed! Peace! Hair! at August 19, 2026 09:40 AM (JM9I6)

53 The Clap.
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 19, 2026 09:35 AM (2MN4W)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny8-G8EoWOw

Posted by: Insert witty nickname here at August 19, 2026 09:40 AM (zBgIx)

54 So, is the treatment going to be a little blue pill?

Posted by: tankdemon at August 19, 2026 09:40 AM (+dN71)

55
No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2026 09:40 AM (O0L8i)

56 Hi, Alex, I'm Dr. Dimitrakopoulos, but you can call me Dr. Patrick! What brings you in today. . .?

Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2026 09:41 AM (X8xt3)

57 guy looking over shoulder is set for the day.

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 09:41 AM (Bep7s)

58 Caption:

"So, Doc...I should pour this boiling oil on my weiner?'

"Yes, then after that *reads text* We'll apply the leeches."

"But, Doc. How's that going to cure my near-sightedness?"

Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2026 09:41 AM (iJfKG)

59
"It's been over four hours, Doc!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2026 09:41 AM (O0L8i)

60 Alexander The Great was a severe alcoholic.

His liver is hanging by a thread in this thread.

Posted by: Drunkcle at August 19, 2026 09:41 AM (9WAJE)

61 Everyone who thinks he wants to live in some past age is not thinking about the state of medicine that left Alexander dead at a young age with half the world still unconquered.

Posted by: Martbell at August 19, 2026 09:42 AM (as6X5)

62
https://youtube.com/shorts/tCjGo11ZWag

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2026 09:43 AM (O0L8i)

63 I will admit, I prefer, when clicking the image, it pop out in a new window as opposed to going to another page in the current tab.

I'm being picky, I know......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:43 AM (2YhKe)

64 ("do some pushups, it'll go away")

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 09:44 AM (Bep7s)

65 "I'm a gynecologist. This is my lunch hour."

Posted by: House Call at August 19, 2026 09:44 AM (JM9I6)

66 "Great? Dude, there's not much difference between you and a eunuch."

Posted by: tankdemon at August 19, 2026 09:44 AM (+dN71)

67 Trusting Doctor Philip instead of Dr. Nick Riviera was the last mistake he ever made...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 19, 2026 09:44 AM (FZ29D)

68 Alternate title:

"Doctor Philip Explains Once Again to Alexander That That Is Not a Tumor. It's His Penis."

Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2026 09:45 AM (iJfKG)

69 It says here "Slap hot iron to it."

Posted by: AoSHQ Doctor with a Time Machine at August 19, 2026 09:45 AM (PiwSw)

70 62
https://youtube.com/shorts/tCjGo11ZWag
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2026 09:43 AM (O0L8i)

Back when comedy was funny......as was Eddie.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:45 AM (2YhKe)

71 “So, Doc, you think I should go after Putin next, or Xi?”

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 09:45 AM (77rzZ)

72 salve? ointment? balm? polstice? tincture?

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 09:45 AM (Bep7s)

73 Paul cannot take Ivermectin. It's an anti-parasitic, after all.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2026 09:45 AM (1z8ji)

74 for the 'ettes? what's under there?
Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 09:31 AM

This is a family blog. They'll have to go somewhere else for the uncut version.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2026 09:45 AM (0sNs1)

75 Did Doctor Philip get his medical degree from Cuba?

Posted by: dantesed at August 19, 2026 09:46 AM (Oy/m2)

76 67 "inflammable means flammable?"

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 09:46 AM (Bep7s)

77
There is a code for that- a limerick

Alexander was a popular gent
I ascribe him no evil intent
"My kingdom's too exclusive
But I'd like it to be more iclusive
I took Viagra, now I pitch a big tent!"

(IYKWIM)

ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N48.3

Posted by: muldoon at August 19, 2026 09:46 AM (I0N4X)

78 Paul cannot take Ivermectin. It's an anti-parasitic, after all.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2026 09:45 AM (1z8ji)

And he's not a horse.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:46 AM (2YhKe)

79 69 "rub some dirt on it"

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 09:46 AM (Bep7s)

80 Alexander was a big fan of Homer. That’s why he was always saying “D’oh!”

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 09:47 AM (77rzZ)

81 And he's not a horse.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:46 AM (2YhKe)

Well, not the entire horse, to be sure.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2026 09:48 AM (1z8ji)

82 78 i'm right here

Posted by: clorox at August 19, 2026 09:48 AM (Bep7s)

83 Alexander was a big fan of Homer. That’s why he was always saying “D’oh!”

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 09:47 AM (77rzZ)

*insert rimshot here

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:48 AM (2YhKe)

84 They did all that in textile armor.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 19, 2026 09:48 AM (2MN4W)

85 You put the rum in the coconut and drink the bowl up.

Posted by: Dr Phil at August 19, 2026 09:48 AM (2Xqig)

86 Did classical gay porno also use the "wocka-chicka" wah-wah pedal music?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 09:48 AM (IG3/x)

87 I'm being picky, I know......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:43 AM (2YhKe)

I'll fix that.

#twoweeks.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 19, 2026 09:49 AM (k5CNB)

88 Caption:

"We Have a Disagreement, Doc. I Say, "No, no, no!" But My Penis Says, "Yes, yes, yes!"

Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2026 09:49 AM (iJfKG)

89 > This is a family blog. They'll have to go somewhere else for the uncut version.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2026 09:45 AM (0sNs1)

Nah, I'm pretty sure Alexander the Great was a Gentile.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 09:49 AM (IG3/x)

90 I'll fix that.

#twoweeks.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 19, 2026 09:49 AM (k5CNB)

Heh.

Well played, sir. Well played.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:50 AM (2YhKe)

91 Before antibiotics, even minor wounds sometimes turned deadly. Some president’s kid got a blister on his heel playing tennis on the White House lawn court. It became infected. Despite the best medical care available at the time, he died.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2026 09:51 AM (dLnkr)

92 Relax, Alexander! We won't have to amputate. Your dick will turn green and fall off on its own, 3-4 days, tops.

Posted by: Dr. Phil at August 19, 2026 09:52 AM (1z8ji)

93 91 early pickleball stats.

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 09:52 AM (Bep7s)

94 This is a family blog. They'll have to go somewhere else for the uncut version.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2026 09:45 AM (0sNs1)

Preeeettttty sure Alexander already was the uncut version.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 19, 2026 09:53 AM (PGK1w)

95 His father Philip used big, furry war elephants. That’s why they called him “Philip of Mastodon.”

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 09:53 AM (77rzZ)

96 Before antibiotics, even minor wounds sometimes turned deadly. Some president’s kid got a blister on his heel playing tennis on the White House lawn court. It became infected. Despite the best medical care available at the time, he died.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2026 09:51 AM (dLnkr)

My grandmother died from a cat bite on her foot a few years ago.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:53 AM (2YhKe)

97 What's a Grecian urn?

Posted by: Gus From Astoria at August 19, 2026 09:54 AM (JM9I6)

98 I will admit, I prefer, when clicking the image, it pop out in a new window as opposed to going to another page in the current tab.

I'm being picky, I know......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:43 AM (2YhKe)

Recommended for any link on any AOSHQ thread --

On PC - Right-click, open in new window or new tab
On phone - long-press, open in new window or new tab

Posted by: Doof at August 19, 2026 09:54 AM (S0M0K)

99 What's a Grecian urn?
Posted by: Gus From Astoria at August 19, 2026 09:54 AM (JM9I6)

The carrier of the Grecian Formula.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:55 AM (2YhKe)

100 >>What's a Grecian urn?

Same as in town!

*ba da dum dum tshhh!*

Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2026 09:55 AM (X8xt3)

101 $20 Same as in town.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 19, 2026 09:55 AM (2MN4W)

102 I wasn't familiar with Henryk Siemiradzki paintings but this caught my eye. The clean details of the surroundings, natural poses, and especially the unarmored Alexander just draw in the viewer. Even if the audience doesn't know the story behind the painting it is still evocative.

Alexander's idealized body, exposed, vulnerable and open to death, almost has a feel of Christ trusting to God to deliver him. Siemiradzki did a number of Christ-centered biblical paintings so I wondered about a possible connection in the artist's mind.

Posted by: JTB at August 19, 2026 09:55 AM (yTvNw)

103 > Some president’s kid got a blister on his heel playing tennis on the White House lawn court.

Calvin Coolidge, Jr.

Just 16 years old.

I can't even imagine.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 09:55 AM (IG3/x)

104 Alexander of Macedon Trusts the Doctor Philip

And he lived?! Must have been a Doctor of Education- the only real Doctors.

Posted by: Jilly Jill at August 19, 2026 09:56 AM (zvo7E)

105 Recommended for any link on any AOSHQ thread --

On PC - Right-click, open in new window or new tab
On phone - long-press, open in new window or new tab
Posted by: Doof at August 19, 2026 09:54 AM (S0M0K)

I do that with posted actual links. It's just sometimes the Art is posted and pops up in a new window when clicking. That's handy.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:56 AM (2YhKe)

106 Just look me up in the index.

Posted by: Grecian Formula at August 19, 2026 09:56 AM (2Ez/1)

107 #89, #94: Horde Mind at work.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 09:56 AM (IG3/x)

108 It's not Macedonia, it's North Macedonia.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 09:57 AM (RIvkX)

109 I got an offer from one employer and a better paying employer is sniffing around. What to do?

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 19, 2026 09:57 AM (2MN4W)

110 I got an offer from one employer and a better paying employer is sniffing around. What to do?
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 19, 2026 09:57 AM (2MN4W)

"SHOW ME THE MONEY!!!!!!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:57 AM (2YhKe)

111 109 I got an offer from one employer and a better paying employer is sniffing around. What to do?
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 19, 2026 09:57 AM (2MN4W)

Consider yourself lucky ! Congrats !

Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2026 09:58 AM (RHvlD)

112 9 "You should've Ptolemy not to eat the figs!"
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 19, 2026 09:31 AM (6/7Fs)

; )

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 09:59 AM (odBC9)

113 I got an offer from one employer and a better paying employer is sniffing around. What to do?
Posted by: Boss Moss

Work from home and use AI to do both jobs!

Posted by: t-bird at August 19, 2026 09:59 AM (6eubQ)

114 12 "milk of magnesia"
Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 09:32 AM (Bep7s)

Not that Alexander would Caria grudge.

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 10:00 AM (odBC9)

115 Christianity explained for a modern urban audience.

https://tinyurl.com/yc7dcbpm

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 19, 2026 10:00 AM (ndZc7)

116 Keystone pipeline is back?

I wouldn’t be too sure. Capital investments take a lot of planning, years ahead of time, and one of the keys to any successful economy is a certain kind of predictability, insofar as that is possible in this world. Nobody wants to take the risk of allocating a gazillion dollars towards something, when a merry band of dumb shit Democrats will simply come along and kill it. These things can’t be turned on and off and on and off like a light switch.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2026 10:01 AM (dLnkr)

117 Elon Musk uses AI slop threatening to buy the UK.

Has him walking around dressed like Austin Powers.

😂😂😂

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 10:01 AM (RqFM6)

118 A San Francisco high school where students get top grades simply for showing up now has the highest acceptance rate in the state to the prestigious University of California, Berkeley — as critics blame rampant grade inflation and rock-bottom standards for a surge in ill-prepared college students who end up dropping out.

Mission High School had a 45% acceptance rate into the elite university, with 34 out of its 76 applicants gaining admission last fall, far ahead of the state average of 15%, according to data compiled by the San Francisco Chronicle.
=====

This school is a sham indoctrination center.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 10:01 AM (RIvkX)

119 Rich Corinthian leather!

Posted by: Ricardo at August 19, 2026 10:01 AM (2Ez/1)

120
This school is a sham indoctrination center.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 10:01 AM (RIvkX)

I mean, it's in California.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 10:02 AM (2YhKe)

121 I thought it was the 16th iteration of the Grecian Formula that did the trick?

Cure 72 Hams were awful, I remember that

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2026 10:02 AM (dLnkr)

122
Offered for sale on eBay: "Signed by the author" copies of Jason Arday's magnum opus, "Great and Unfortunate Things: A Memoir". Snap yours up -- they're going fast!

Full disclosure: all y'all are sharp enough to recognize that this is a shit posting. To think otherwise would be to accept bogosity piled atop bogosity.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 19, 2026 10:03 AM (trSL4)

123 I do that with posted actual links. It's just sometimes the Art is posted and pops up in a new window when clicking. That's handy.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:56 AM (2YhKe)

Frustrating not getting a handy when you want one, right??

Posted by: Doof at August 19, 2026 10:03 AM (S0M0K)

124 Oh, I see the Anatolia puns are a pontus.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 10:04 AM (77rzZ)

125
Meh!

Alexander was a bit of a joker
A womanizer, drinker and smoker
He wanted to be great
But his reform came too late
Now he's known as Alexander the Mediocre

Posted by: muldoon at August 19, 2026 10:04 AM (I0N4X)

126 I got an offer from one employer and a better paying employer is sniffing around. What to do?
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 19, 2026 09:57 AM (2MN4W)

Use deodorant

Posted by: Doof at August 19, 2026 10:05 AM (S0M0K)

127
Frustrating not getting a handy when you want one, right??
Posted by: Doof at August 19, 2026 10:03 AM (S0M0K)

There's always Rosie and her 5 sisters.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 10:05 AM (2YhKe)

128 70 62
https://youtube.com/shorts/tCjGo11ZWag
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2026 09:43 AM (O0L8i)

Back when comedy was funny......as was Eddie.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:45 AM (2YhKe)

REALLY funny!

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 10:05 AM (odBC9)

129 This school is a sham indoctrination center.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 10:01 AM (RIvkX)

Well...that's a perfect fit for UC Berkeley, which is its own Sham Indoctrination Center!

I went there, and it used to be a great public university. No more!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 19, 2026 10:06 AM (k5CNB)

130 Sham indoctrination center? Sounds more like a quality learing center to me.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 10:06 AM (77rzZ)

131
It's not Macedonia, it's North Macedonia.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

At the insistence of, not to mention military threats from, Greece.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 19, 2026 10:06 AM (trSL4)

132 I mean, it's in California.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 10:02 AM (2YhKe)
=====

The one year Boy F. attended there he began to perseverate that "[Girl F.] is a raaaaaacist!"

Try hearing that 100 times a day for a year.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 10:06 AM (RIvkX)

133 Several perfessers in the UC system have written a letter to the administration asking for SAT scores to be used again for admission. I think like 1000 of them.They say kids in their classes can barely read and write let alone understand college level concepts.

In the post George Floyd madness UC got rid of sat scores cuz racism of course. So now admission is based on grades alone which as the SF example shows are useless.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 19, 2026 10:08 AM (qDa2L)

134 Meh!

Alexander was a bit of a joker
A womanizer, drinker and smoker
He wanted to be great
But his reform came too late
Now he's known as Alexander the Mediocre
Posted by: muldoon at August 19, 2026 10:04 AM (I0N4X)

He was whelming

Posted by: Doof at August 19, 2026 10:09 AM (S0M0K)

135
FUN FACT:

The First Recorded Ancestor of Trump's Was a Roman Emperor-

Orange Julius Caesar!

Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2026 10:09 AM (iJfKG)

136 Henryk Siemiradzki put a bit of polish on the final illness of Alexander, but I am hoping to see the Persian version some day

Posted by: Kindltot at August 19, 2026 10:09 AM (rbvCR)

137 > 131
It's not Macedonia, it's North Macedonia.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

At the insistence of, not to mention military threats from, Greece.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 19, 2026 10:06 AM (trSL4)

From what I recall from Western Civ class, oh these many years ago*, the "real" Greeks viewed the Macedonians in approximately the same way that coastal elites would view the residents of an Alabama trailer park.

It doesn't sound like anything has changed.

* And it's a mark of just how long ago that was that we actually studied the history of Western Civilization, rather than just hearing about how much white people sucked for 16 weeks.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 10:09 AM (IG3/x)

138
I imagine that one is no longer permitted to laugh and point at the performers in the continual clown show that took up permanent residence in Sproul Plaza. More's the pity.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 19, 2026 10:10 AM (trSL4)

139
In the post George Floyd madness UC got rid of sat scores cuz racism of course. So now admission is based on grades alone which as the SF example shows are useless.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 19, 2026 10:08 AM (qDa2L)

Most schools suspended the practice during covid.

I saw a video not long ago where this black guy was teaching in high school and was crying about the fact that kids are being graduated that can't read or write and there was nothing he could do about it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 10:10 AM (2YhKe)

140 What's a Grecian urn?

***********

My urndying gratitude....

Posted by: muldoon at August 19, 2026 10:10 AM (I0N4X)

141 > 136 Henryk Siemiradzki put a bit of polish on the final illness of Alexander, but I am hoping to see the Persian version some day
Posted by: Kindltot at August 19, 2026 10:09 AM (rbvCR)

I made exactly the same assumption, but apparently this is from an earlier illness of Alexander. He received warning that Philip was going to poison him, but trusted him anyway and recovered.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 10:12 AM (IG3/x)

142 " quoting Piker saying "we're going to destroy the white race," a statement he made mocking right-wing conspiracies."

There is some real bullshit from Forbes yesterday. That's not mockery, they mean it.

Posted by: heya at August 19, 2026 10:12 AM (TkJMd)

143
What's a Grecian urn?

20 drachma, same as in town

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 19, 2026 10:12 AM (trSL4)

144 137 Rodrigo, my little high school had a “Western Tradition” class in the 1980s.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 10:12 AM (77rzZ)

145 I’ve mentioned this before but the enrollment cliff is gonna be off the hook fun to observe. It starts this year.

Look out bellllloooowwwww.

Thousands upon thousands of university employees will be out of a job. And it will be fucking glorious.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 19, 2026 10:12 AM (qDa2L)

146 The Dems right now are in a purity spiral, and the party may well splinter because the DSA types will not compromise an inch.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 19, 2026 09:30 AM (ZOv7s)

They're not in a spiral, I promise you. Why do you think Hong joined so quick with the enemy after being very obviously cheated.
Makes no sense.

They're all either compromised or pragmatic, despite anything they say. Which is always lies. Party trumps all. The Democrat Party is making their move after Trump nearly obliterated them.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 10:12 AM (Kr1pO)

147
Well...that's a perfect fit for UC Berkeley, which is its own Sham Indoctrination Center!

Until I went there, ~~and~~ it used to be a great public university. No more!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 19, 2026 10:06 AM (k5CNB)

FIFY

Too bad you flunked Manhattan Mixing 101.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2026 10:12 AM (iJfKG)

148 137 we sucked for longer than that.

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 10:14 AM (Bep7s)

149 What's a Grecian urn?

What's a winning Grecian Formula?

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 10:14 AM (RqFM6)

150 138 upper or lower?

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 10:15 AM (Bep7s)

151
What's a Grecian urn?

Enough to buy Jamaican pot.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2026 10:15 AM (iJfKG)

152 “ They're not in a spiral, I promise you. Why do you think Hong joined so quick with the enemy after being very obviously cheated.”

Agreed. The left does one thing exceptionally well and that’s stick together. They may have internal divisions but put that aside to defeat the enemy.

Look at 2020 and 2016. Bernie was obviously cheated out of the nomination both times. What did his supporters do? Vote for Biden and Hillary of course. It’s how they roll.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 19, 2026 10:16 AM (qDa2L)

153 My grandfather chose to have his body cremated. Sometimes when I pass by the fireplace mantel I can almost hear his voice. I think he's speaking out of urn.

Posted by: Oh, no... at August 19, 2026 10:16 AM (2Ez/1)

154
What makes "rich Corinthian leather" rich?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 19, 2026 10:16 AM (trSL4)

155 Q: Whose ragtime bandage needs to be changed?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 19, 2026 10:17 AM (nOMBP)

156 What makes "rich Corinthian leather" rich?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 19, 2026 10:16 AM (trSL4)

The Corinthian that makes it is quite wealthy.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 10:17 AM (2YhKe)

157 Remember, there are those out there that think 8 million democrat voters simply disappeared.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 10:19 AM (2YhKe)

158 154 bear grease

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 10:19 AM (Bep7s)

159 My grandfather chose to have his body cremated. Sometimes when I pass by the fireplace mantel I can almost hear his voice. I think he's speaking out of urn.
Posted by: Oh, no...

Don't laugh. My mom, at one point, thought about being cremated and surreptitiously emptied throughout a Vegas casino. The only problem, she figured out, was that the rugs would be vacuumed and she'd wind up in a dumpster. LOL.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 10:19 AM (RqFM6)

160
138 upper or lower?
Posted by: cmeat

I don't understand the distinction. Back in the late 70s "Sproul Plaza", unmodified, served as the moniker for the performance field in front of the Admin Building.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 19, 2026 10:20 AM (trSL4)

161 Remember, there are those out there that think 8 million democrat voters simply disappeared.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 10:19 AM (2YhKe)

Nu-uh! They're just sexist!

- All the dems at the same time.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 19, 2026 10:20 AM (PGK1w)

162 I like the light reflected on the people in this picture. It's nice Philip had such trust in his doctor. Too bad Covid put such a dent in that with modern medicine.

I actually prefer the artist's picture of Christ and the Samaritan woman.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 10:20 AM (W90Ou)

163 bear grease
Posted by: cmeat

Have some. I need to try it.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 10:20 AM (RqFM6)

164 What makes "rich Corinthian leather" rich?

***********

Diligent pursuit of a skilled trade, prudent spending, and shrewd investing...

Posted by: muldoon at August 19, 2026 10:20 AM (I0N4X)

165 Alexander: Doc, are you sure this stuff worked for Socrates?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2026 10:20 AM (bFu5X)

166 > 144 137 Rodrigo, my little high school had a “Western Tradition” class in the 1980s.
Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 10:12 AM (77rzZ)

Mine was a GenEd university class. It had 4 or 5 texts... stuff like Thucydides, and required multiple 10-15 page papers, plus a longer final paper and a final exam that consisted of one essay question written in a blue book.

The last I time I heard about this class, a decade or so later, was that it had gone to watching a video in every class and writing a paragraph about it.

God knows what it's like now.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 10:21 AM (IG3/x)

167 Hard to see outside, wait until I get in

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 10:21 AM (Tj7+t)

168 Sometimes when I think about dying I want to go out like my grandfather, peacefully in his sleep.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 10:21 AM (Kr1pO)

169 160 one is higher

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 10:21 AM (Bep7s)

170 My grandmother requested her cremated ashes be placed in a clear glass urn. Not sure yet if that's a good idea. Remains to be seen.

Posted by: Groan... at August 19, 2026 10:21 AM (2Ez/1)

171 https://youtube.com/shorts/tCjGo11ZWag
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

I thought the expression it's better to give than receive applied only to STDs.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 19, 2026 10:21 AM (ndZc7)

172 > God knows what it's like now.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 10:21 AM (IG3/x)

And I'm sure an earlier generation would've considered us wimps, given that we were allowed to read Thucydides in translation rather than the original Greek.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 10:22 AM (IG3/x)

173 Hard to see outside, wait until I get in

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 10:21 AM (Tj7+t)

Help me find my keys and we'll DRIVE outta here!

Posted by: Just the Punchline at August 19, 2026 10:22 AM (2YhKe)

174 Sometimes when I think about dying I want to go out like my grandfather, peacefully in his sleep.
Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 10:21 AM

As opposed to screaming, like his passengers?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2026 10:22 AM (bFu5X)

175
Sometimes when I think about dying I want to go out like my grandfather, peacefully in his sleep.
Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 10:21 AM (Kr1pO)

While everyone else in the car was screaming?*

*punchline to old joke

Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2026 10:22 AM (iJfKG)

176 Sometimes when I think about dying I want to go out like my grandfather, peacefully in his sleep.
Posted by: ...

Not like the three people in the back seat screaming and crying.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 10:23 AM (RqFM6)

177 >>Offered for sale on eBay: "Signed by the author" copies of Jason Arday's magnum opus, "Great and Unfortunate Things: A Memoir". Snap yours up -- they're going fast!

I have a signed copy of Frank Abignale's "Catch Me If You Can" biography, lol!

(it's funny because he's known for counterfeiting)

Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2026 10:23 AM (X8xt3)

178 Seems a slow hanging curve was just thrown.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 10:23 AM (2YhKe)

179 I don’t want to be cremated put me in a good pine coffin and plant me in the ground like nature intended.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 10:23 AM (77rzZ)

180
Sometimes when I think about dying I want to go out like my grandfather, peacefully in his sleep.
Posted by: ...

...not screaming in terror like all the other people in the car

-- Just the Punchline

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 19, 2026 10:23 AM (trSL4)

181
*sigh*

Beaten to the punch.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2026 10:23 AM (iJfKG)

182 Some of you 29-year-olds probably remember the Mount Saint Helens eruption.

A friend of mine had a jar of the volcanic ash from that on his coffee table... used to tell new acquaintances that it was the ashes of his dead grandmother.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 10:24 AM (IG3/x)

183 168 anybody in back?

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 10:24 AM (Bep7s)

184 Seems a slow hanging curve was just thrown.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 10:23 AM

No worries - we smashed that bad boy.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2026 10:24 AM (bFu5X)

185 Ashes to ashes.
Dust to dust.

That's why I don't dust.
Might be someone I know.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 19, 2026 10:24 AM (2Ez/1)

186 Unlike his screaming passengers!

Posted by: Amy Schumer at August 19, 2026 10:24 AM (2YhKe)

187 The last I time I heard about this class, a decade or so later, was that it had gone to watching a video in every class and writing a paragraph about it.

God knows what it's like now.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 10:21 AM (IG3/x)
---
Watch a ten-minute YouTube video. Take a short multiple-choice quiz.

Most of the students will simply let AI take their assessments for them and call it good.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 19, 2026 10:25 AM (FZ29D)

188 Dr. Phil was hairy and thin in his younger years. Now he's a scary old man.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 19, 2026 10:25 AM (tvdD1)

189 The aphorism in construction, that "you can have it done fast, cheap, or right. Pick 2" applies to a lot of things.

Like health care.

Universal health care, however, only gives you the "cheap" option*--it is neither fast nor done right.

* and even that is a lie

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 19, 2026 10:25 AM (3cUTc)

190 178 "can o' corn, bob"

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 10:25 AM (Bep7s)

191 "I don’t want to be cremated put me in a good pine coffin and plant me in the ground like nature intended.
Posted by: Bulg"

Take me to the river
Drop me in the water

Posted by: An Indian, dot not feather at August 19, 2026 10:26 AM (MWfyi)

192 >>FUN FACT:

The First Recorded Ancestor of Trump's Was a Roman Emperor-

Orange Julius Caesar!

And on his mother's side, Dairy Queen?

Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2026 10:26 AM (X8xt3)

193 People ask me constantly, why do I go out of my way to be petty?

Who said it was out of my way? It's directly on my route. Every single time.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 10:26 AM (RqFM6)

194 Widow pours out a small amount of her husband's ashes in her hand.

Remember that diamond brooch you always promised me? Here it is.

Remember that European vacation you always promised me? I leave next week.

And remember that blow job I always promised you? Pfffttt!

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 10:27 AM (IG3/x)

195 That's why I don't dust.
Might be someone I know.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 19, 2026 10:24 AM (2Ez/1)
----
Most of that is probably YOU.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 19, 2026 10:27 AM (FZ29D)

196
Being petty for ne is a well worn path.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 19, 2026 10:27 AM (trSL4)

197 >>That's why I don't dust.
Might be someone I know.

Yes, it mite be!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2026 10:28 AM (X8xt3)

198 Dairy Queen.
Burger King.

But somehow never Pizza Duce, Frankfurter Fuhrer, or Taco Generalissimo.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 10:28 AM (IG3/x)

199
Chow down, wide load!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 19, 2026 10:29 AM (trSL4)

200 Double Deuce means you took two shits.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 10:29 AM (2YhKe)

201 But somehow never Pizza Duce, Frankfurter Fuhrer, or Taco Generalissimo.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 10:28 AM (IG3/x)

Buy my chicken!

Posted by: General Tso at August 19, 2026 10:30 AM (1z8ji)

202 198 Sushi Shogun would be a great name for a Japanese place.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 10:30 AM (77rzZ)

203 This is a family blog. They'll have to go somewhere else for the uncut version.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2026 09:45 AM

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE HE'S REFERRING TO THE UNCUT VERSION OF THE PAINTING, WHICH HAS THE BLANKET LOWER WHERE YOU CAN SEE ALEXANDER'S UNCUT VERSION ON FULL DISPLAY, SO THE 'ETTES CAN STEAL FURTIVE GLANCES AT IT AND FAN THEMSELVES, PRETENDING THEY'RE HAVING A HOT FLASH.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at August 19, 2026 10:30 AM (SS3XE)

204 197 dust the fax, maam.

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 10:30 AM (Bep7s)

205 I don't understand the distinction. Back in the late 70s "Sproul Plaza", unmodified, served as the moniker for the performance field in front of the Admin Building.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 19, 2026 10:20 AM (trSL4)

They call the part near the ASUC "Lower Sproul." It's down the steps, where those idiots used to drum for hours at a time.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 19, 2026 10:30 AM (k5CNB)

206 Education and death thread. This seems appropriate here.

Harvard to pay $53M after DEI morgue manager sold cadavers to freaks who wanted human body parts

https://tinyurl.com/bdd3rb8w

Looks the part, too.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 19, 2026 10:31 AM (ndZc7)

207 198 royal chicken.

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 10:31 AM (Bep7s)

208 > Buy my chicken!
Posted by: General Tso at August 19, 2026 10:30 AM (1z8ji)

202 198 Sushi Shogun would be a great name for a Japanese place.
Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 10:30 AM (77rzZ)

Good ones.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 10:31 AM (IG3/x)

209 Yes, it mite be!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2026 10:28 AM (X8xt3)

When it comes to puns, your touch is feather light.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 10:31 AM (Kr1pO)

210 185 Ashes to ashes.
Dust to dust.

That's why I don't dust.
Might be someone I know.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 19, 2026 10:24 AM (2Ez/1)

#metoo

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 10:32 AM (odBC9)

211 While everyone else in the car was screaming?*

Not like the three people in the back seat screaming and crying

...not screaming in terror like all the other people in the car

*********

The James Monroe doesn't 'get' it!

Posted by: muldoon at August 19, 2026 10:32 AM (I0N4X)

212 > Harvard to pay $53M after DEI morgue manager sold cadavers to freaks who wanted human body parts

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 19, 2026 10:31 AM (ndZc7)

I remember when Charles Manson broke off his prison engagement when he learned that the prospective wife was only marrying him so she could get eventual custody of his corpse.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 10:32 AM (IG3/x)

213 used to be a "new york lounge" magic bar around here. powder room had a blow up of burt's cosmo centerfold. when a gal lifted the loincloth for a peek, mars lights and sirens would activate in the main room. shame, shame.

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 10:33 AM (Bep7s)

214 189 The aphorism in construction, that "you can have it done fast, cheap, or right. Pick 2"
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 19, 2026 10:25 AM (3cUTc)

I was trying to recall this the other day and couldn't figure out a way to look it up. Thank you!

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 10:34 AM (odBC9)

215 the prospective wife was only marrying him so she could get eventual custody of his corpse.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 10:32 AM (IG3/x)

Oooh...I like that!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 19, 2026 10:34 AM (k5CNB)

The Morning Report — 8/ 19 /26

Good morning kids. Once again our complete lack of shock by this is in direct proportion to our abject horror and revulsion.

Again, El-Sayed’s mother was helping the financial operations of a network that supported one of the most infamous terrorist leaders of modern times (Bin Laden), who orchestrated the deaths of nearly 3,000 Americans in 2001. That same network supported a terrorist group (Hamas) that committed the worst single day of slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust in 2023. And the “charity” network propped up the genocidal Jihad group that has spent years committing atrocities in Afghanistan: the Taliban. El-Sayed has not publicly distanced himself from Elkomy’s past, or indeed, from Islamic extremist groups in general. Why should he, when Islam explicitly teaches that Jihad is praiseworthy? Again, CAIR not only donated to him, but officially endorsed him and encouraged people to vote for him. If a terrorist front group endorses you, that probably means you are likely to promote the goals of Jihad. And the Muslim Brotherhood celebrated El-Sayed’s primary win. El-Sayed certainly — and proudly — supports wiping Israel off the map.

Welcome to Michiganistan! Where we all slam for ISLAM!!!

And despite New York City, the most Jewish city on the planet outside of Israel itself went utterly meshugah by voting in Momzer Mamdani, this still happened.

Now the largest Catholic civil rights group in the United States — the Catholic League for Civil and Religious Rights — has also asked Mamdani to stay away from the 9/11 ceremony, for the same reasons that the families and friends of those murdered on 9/11 gave. More on that demand can be found here: “Largest Catholic Civil Rights Group in US Urges Mamdani to Skip 9/11 Memorial Ceremony,” by Shiryn Ghermezian, Algemeiner, August 6, 2026:

Well, leave it to Bill Donohue and the Catholics to step up and do the right thing. But there is no way that that evil scumbag is going to skip the 9/11 ceremonies. Because for him and every other Muslim on the planet, 9/11 was not an horrendous tragedy, to them it was a glorious victory. I fully expect ululations and the passing out of candy and Halvah in every Muslim neighborhood this side of the M-79 star system. I wouldn't put it past Hizzbollah hizzoner to add the names of the 20 hijackers to the list of the victims along with Bin Laden.

Considering the Democrats have a bigwig who honored her grandfather on Veteran's Day who served during World War 2, no not as a GI but in the Nazi Wehrmacht, perhaps my observation about Mamdani is less a nightmarish wisecrack than God-forbid a prediction of the future! And what a shock, the aforementioned Democrat bigwig turns out to be Kelly Neumann a fundraising boss in MICHIGAN!

How do you say Ach du Lieber in Arabic or Pashtun...or with a Yuper accent?!!! From that madness we flashback to the glory days of Joey Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants and this character he and his ilk inflicted on us...

A “Maryland father.” That’s how the propaganda press described Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an illegal alien from El Salvador that the Trump administration sought to deport. Despite accusations of MS-13 ties, human smuggling, and domestic abuse, Democrats and their allies in the corporate press turned Abrego Garcia into a national martyr. But the innocent “Maryland father” narrative is collapsing once again with new details revealed by the Department of Justice about Abrego Garcia. . . As the propaganda press’ cover-up for criminal Abrego Garcia continues to fail, they keep trying to find new ways to preserve their carefully crafted narrative about him, this time by just not telling their readers about the new evidence, while in the past just parroting the preferred narrative from a court or Abrego Garcia’s lawyers.

Other than the aforementioned meshugas, yesterday was another primary day in several states and here's the tale of the tape/recap, courtesy of Breitbart.

Have a good day.

CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION

“I was going to kill Scott Bessent," Ryan Michael English told authorities as he was handcuffed.
Transgender-Identifying Man Sought To Kill Scott Bessent
Paige Cognetti touted the training as part of an effort to 'address racial bias in city government' and 'increase accountability'
Pennsylvania Mayor Running for Congress Tapped Professor Known for Singling Out White Students To Train Cops on Their 'Unconscious Bias'
"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
ICE Director Todd Lyons later acknowledged that two agents involved in the incident lied about what happened. Federal prosecutors also dismissed charges against Sosa-Celis and Alfredo Aljorna after newly discovered evidence conflicted with the original allegations.
Minnesota Wants Christian Castro. The Media Already Has Its Verdict.
No ‘birthright citizenship’ for Mexican-natives who have an American citizen ancestor, federal court rules.
No Birthright Citizenship for Mexican-Born Man, Fifth Circuit Rules
The ‘Maryland father’ narrative is collapsing once again with new details revealed by the Department of Justice about Abrego Garcia.
New Filing Details Human Smuggling Evidence Against ‘Maryland Father’ Kilmar Abrego Garcia

THE IRAN CONFLICT, MOU/"PEACE DEAL" (aftermath??)
With Monday’s quiet expiration of the 60-day cease-fire deal in Iran and no talks scheduled about a new agreement, the on-again, off-again war has entered a strange new phase.
Michael Goodwin: Voluntary regime change in Iran appears to be a pipe dream — despite Trump’s efforts
The murderers came home. The Yazidis were left behind.
The Wrath of ISIS and the Case for the Yazidi
ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH . . . AND LEFTISTS. . . The U.N... AND HISTORY
The strike came “after a reported visit by a Turkish military delegation to the site.”
Report: Israeli Airstrikes Hit Syrian Airbase as Turkey Expands Regional Military Footprint
THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE
Salman Ahmed Elmi, who was honored by the state’s Department of Human Services in 2021 with the Outstanding Refugee Award for Entrepreneurship, was slapped with a total of eight counts of aiding and abetting theft last week, the National Review reported.
‘Outstanding’ Minnesota refugee from Somalia once honored by the state faces charges in $4.5M Medicaid, sex-trafficking scheme
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
Big government is a fearful master. In one of his State of the Union speeches, President Bill Clinton famously said, “The era of big government is over.” Today’s leftists never got that message. They love big government, almost as much as they despise President Donald Trump. They call him an authoritarian... Like everyone else on the left, the report’s authors claim to be fighting for “democracy,” which is to say fighting President Trump. But one reason Trump is in office today is that the federal government became so unresponsive.
From 'Affordability' to Antitrust: The Left Fantasizes About Bringing Back Big Government
California’s “abundance” agenda promises more of everything—except the water, energy, and infrastructure needed to make abundance possible.
California’s Neglected Infrastructure is Harming America
Her jurisprudence signals a revived skepticism of originalism and limits on judicial power.
Ketanji Brown(25) Jackson and the Return of the Warren Court
In its application to SCOTUS, the Justice Department characterized Leon’s injunction as “extraordinary and unlawful,” and argued that the project (“integrated military complex) “ is vitally required by national security.”
DOJ Asks SCOTUS To End Blockade On White House Ballroom Construction
Child-to-staff requirements raise costs without delivering clear benefits.
Sweden Doesn’t Mandate Childcare Ratios. Why Does America?
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
The "Podcast Election" has shown us that Democrats tend to pretend bias doesn’t exist, while Republicans tend to embrace it.
The Real Reason Trust In Media Collapsed
The Fourth Estate is constitutionally illiterate.
Fake News ‘Journalists’ Love the Deep State
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
Again, El-Sayed’s mother was helping the financial operations of a network that supported one of the most infamous terrorist leaders of modern times (Bin Laden), who orchestrated the deaths of nearly 3,000 Americans in 2001. That same network supported a terrorist group (Hamas) that committed the worst single day of slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust in 2023. And the “charity” network propped up the genocidal Jihad group that has spent years committing atrocities in Afghanistan: the Taliban.
El-Sayed’s Mother Worked for Terror Group That Helped Bin Laden
The Islamic Society of North America convention also features an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing
Islamic Group Pulls Pakistani Cleric Known for 'Pedophilic Rhetoric' From Convention Featuring Abdul El-Sayed—But Keeps Imam Who Called Holocaust 'Hoax'
The thing no Muslims believe turns out to be something many of them believe — again.
Muslim Cleric Affirms: Kill Those Who Insult Muhammad
Will he do the decent thing?
Largest Catholic Civil Rights Group Wants Mamdani Disinvited to 9/11 Ceremony (How could Mamzerdani not attend because Muslims believe 9/11 was a great and glorious Islamic victory. He'll be smirking, gloating and praising the terrorists at the podium?! - jjs)

AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
By pleading guilty today, Dr. Morens has taken responsibility for what he did and will continue to do so.” – Tim Belevetz, Morens’ lawyer...
Former Fauci Aide Pleads Guilty to ‘Defrauding U.S.’ in COVID-19 Scheme.
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
While Biden policies are responsible for runaway inflation, the Trump admin still has work to do to get costs back under control.
Blame (Mostly) Biden For High Prices
You don’t defeat socialism by giving up on basic economics.
Don’t Throw the Free-Market Baby Out With the Bathwater

RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
The University of Denver's Animal Law Program, where Rutinel served as a fellow, is run by a Harvard-trained lawyer who said there's 'no principled reason' for elephants to be 'deprived of legal personhood'
Colorado Dem Manny Rutinel Served as Fellow at University Law Program Tied to Accused Ecoterrorists and Claims of Insect Sentience
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
If you can’t understand that it’s evil to kill children, you are a mortal danger to the innocent and therefore not fit to live in a just society.
‘Postpartum Depression’ Or Not, Lindsay Clancy Should Be Executed For Murder
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
It’s time for parents to take full control of their children’s education.
Escaping the Educational Industrial Complex
There are several reasons that college students are dumber today than in past generations.
Another reason many college students can't do math
Any society that sees any value in a delusional, narcissistic con-man like Jason Arday is doomed to fail. (Obama's jug ears just perked up - jjs)
The Jason Arday Scandal Is Even Worse Than You Think
Empowering educators to take back their classrooms is a necessary solution for the school behavioral violence the Obama administration’s race-based discipline policies ushered in.
New Iowa Law Empowers Teachers To Take Back Their Classrooms From Violent Students
ABORTION
Massachusetts’ new law approves unrestricted abortion up until birth.
Murder They Wrote
THE 2020 AND OTHER ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
The deployment underscores the importance of election integrity to the Trump administration. Recent polling suggests that the midterms are practically neck-and-neck. As such, much of the public is likely to welcome additional oversight against cheating. The record number of monitors is likely to be taken as a source of reassurance for voters concerned about election integrity.
Trump DOJ Deploys Record 1,000 Election Observers to Monitor Midterms.
GRIFTING OLEAGENOUS PARASITIC RINO SCUM
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) responded to the news that a former staffer of his is now working on the campaign of Texas Democrat Senate candidate James Talarico.
John Cornyn on Former Staffer Now Working for Talarico Campaign: Only ‘Authoritarian Countries’ Tell You ‘Where You Work’
The silence from most of the GOP on so fundamental an issue.
Socialism in the Open and on the Right
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
“Median Strategies has concluded its polling project and will not publish additional polls. All previously published polling releases have been withdrawn and should not be cited or treated as genuine polling data.”
Pollster Behind Karen Bass’ 12-Point Lead Admits Poll Was Fake, Shuts Down Operations
“I wish my family could afford to buy me a million-dollar home.”
Glass houses Anti-rich DSA leader lives it up in posh $1.5M NYC pad paid for by millionaire parents
POLITICS
Full coverage start to finish from Breitbart - jjs
Election Bight in AK, FL, CA and WY...
White House communications director Steven Cheung fired back on Ossoff in a post to X, calling him a “miserable person who hates this country.”
White House Lambastes ‘Theater Kid’ Sen. Jon Ossoff
Results came in fast and furious in the Sunshine State, where one House incumbent was unseated, several others fended off insurgent primary challengers and a Democratic Senate hopeful was dealt a stunning defeat by a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.
Key takeaways from action-packed primary election night in Florida
The vast majority of black voters supported his primary opponent, who denounced the election as 'racist'
In Major Reversal, Talarico Implies That Black Votes Matter
What have we become when a majority would support a Socialist candidate over one endorsed by the president?
The Ruination Of America
We've come a long way since 1988.
The Long Rise of the New DemocratParty
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
Meanwhile, Colombian president asks President Trump to suspend tariffs after recent earthquake.
Indonesia Hit by Nearly 1000 Aftershocks Following Major 7.7 Earthquake
UN and Congress Commies stage next fake crisis.
Cuba Claims It’s the New Gaza
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
Strategy draws on a “Finland model,” allowing carefully conditioned initial construction at allied foreign yards while requiring technology transfer, U.S. investment, workforce training, and eventual domestic production.
Trump Moves to Rebuild America’s Naval Shipbuilding Base
Murat Piker, who muses on the nature of ‘incels’ on his brother’s livestream, has worked on major military projects including jets and undersea drones
Hasan Piker’s Wingman Brother Is Space Engineer With Security Clearances Who’s Worked on Air Force One and Nuclear ‘Doomsday Plane’ for Boeing
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
Our federal government is now so powerful that it can bankrupt or shut down a commodity, an industry, or a class of restaurant with a single decree.
The Cyclospora Panic of 2026
Vaccine critics say that among other “egregious subterfuges, cheats and poor design practices” in Moderna’s clinical trial, the company didn’t use a true placebo, but instead compared the mRNA shot to a traditional flu vaccine, in other words they compared “one bad vaccine with another.”
Critics Say Moderna’s New FDA-Approved mRNA Flu Shot Does More Harm Than Good
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in October will start recognizing detransitioning — reversing gender “transition” mutilation — in official diagnosis codes for purposes of insurance billing and data collection.
CDC Recognizes Detransitioning As Official Condition, Opens Door To Medical Treatment For Mutilated Kids
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
As that technology begins going into full operation, China will also slowly stop crashing uncontrolled lower stages within China, often at great risk to its own citizens. The Chinese communists did not develop this technology for this reason (it has apparently never cared whether its falling rockets injured innocent civilians), but to lower its launch costs and increase its launch rate. It will now be able to do all these things.
China today finally succeeds in vertically soft-landing a first stage
The picture... is a screen capture from the short video issued by SpaceX, showing both Starship in the foreground and SpaceX’s recovery ship in the background. That this spacecraft has remained seaworthy after all this time is a remarkable testament to its design and construction, and bodes well for future iterations.
Floating Starship successfully reaches calm waters off Christmas Island
In more blunt terms, cosmologists have been guessing, and their guesses are likely wrong.
Webb data suggests early galaxies had more low-mass stars than predicted
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
While the basic facts of the Clancy case are agreed by both prosecution and defense inside the courtroom, outside everything is up for grabs.
The Medea of Massachusetts: What the Social Media Reaction to the Lindsay Clancy Trial Says about American Women Today
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
It's all well and good to say women want to be girlbosses, and yeah it's fine to be in charge, but not to be in charge of everything, and certainly not of romance.
Bumble's switch-up is right— let men do the asking
Christian Toto: Unhinged "comic" gets media lovefest in return to Trump's America
Rosie O’Donnell Calls Jewish Bari Weiss a ‘Nazi’
“Would you be open to styling for this person for his trial?” the magazine asked Jacobs. After looking at the photo of Mangione, Jacobs chucked, and answered “Um, yes.”
Fashion Designer Marc Jacobs Says He Would Dress Luigi Mangione for His Trial, Calls Him a Fashion Trendsetter
HITHER & YON
One of the great mysteries of the New World is its name. Why were both continents named after a relatively unknown Italian merchant by the name of Amerigo Vespucci, rather than the great explorers who are much more well known for discovering and exploring its shores in the 1490s?
The map that named the New World

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1 When will the morons of the US discover the enemy within our borders?

Posted by: Clear-Eyed Killer at August 19, 2026 07:21 AM (vj9mz)

2 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 07:22 AM (u82oZ)

3 Helluva Mother's Day over at El-Sayed's!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 19, 2026 07:23 AM (ndZc7)

4 Good morning dear morons and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 07:24 AM (RIvkX)

5 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 07:27 AM (2Cry5)

6 The arrival of Ship 13 at Christmas Island is amazing. Went through some rough seas.

Another picture on the web showed the rocket floating in port, with two ships, each equipped with one large crane, adjacent to it.

This speaks well of the workmanship of SpaceX.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 07:28 AM (u82oZ)

7 All of those revelations about the character of his family
1. Is no surprise
2. Further qualifies him among the Islamist-Democrat voters

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 07:28 AM (RIvkX)

8 The Propaganda Press will glory in the spectacle of a jihadist mayor celebrating the murder of thousands of citizens, and his wife will get plenty of press too, at least from her tweets on the big day if nothing else.

Oh, what a horrible thing New Yorkers have done, putting this awful guy in Gracie Mansion.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 19, 2026 07:29 AM (qPiHX)

9 When will the morons of the US discover the enemy within our borders?

We know they are there. We may or may not have planned out what to do. A hint is in the level of gun ownership of US citizens. Has it gone up?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 07:30 AM (u82oZ)

10 G'morning J.J.!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 19, 2026 07:31 AM (O7YUW)

11 Huck Follywood

I'll bet Mandamni was cheated into office. This, after previous mayors drove out many rational voters to other places. So a long-standing operation to take over, decades in the making.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 07:32 AM (u82oZ)

12 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 07:32 AM (ExV1e)

13 It sucks for people who lost loved ones on 9/11 to have to endure some smarmy terrorist gloating over their ashes.

I get it. But it's totally appropriate for Mamdani to be there - it's a city full of people who elected him because they hate America and love Islam and want to see a Muslim spike the ball on their graves.

Black, white, brown, Muslim, atheist and Jew alike, they all share the common ground of hatred for this country and its people.

If I were in the shoes of these 9/11 families, I'd just move the commemoration ceremony to Shanksville, and move my own butt out of that sorry ass foreign city. It's enemy territory now. Why ritualistically pass beneath the conquerors' yoke every day?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2026 07:33 AM (BI5O2)

14 The Real Reason Trust In Media Collapsed

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Ooo! I know! I know!
[Waves hand over head]

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 19, 2026 07:33 AM (ndZc7)

15 $39.9 Trillion in debt.

Trillion with a "T".

Tick tock...tick...tock...

Posted by: Broke, Sober and Sorry at August 19, 2026 07:33 AM (9WAJE)

16 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at August 19, 2026 07:34 AM (2Ez/1)

17 Good morning! A triple-digit roaster of a day to commence.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 19, 2026 07:35 AM (wVcYX)

18 >Floating Starship successfully reaches calm waters off Christmas Island
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This is a fascinating on-going story
I think now, the only way this ends is they tow the thing back out to sea, and sink it

Posted by: Don Black at August 19, 2026 07:36 AM (ZxPkt)

19 Will he do the decent thing?
Largest Catholic Civil Rights Group Wants Mamdani Disinvited to 9/11 Ceremony

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I'd be highly shocked if he did the "decent thing" and stayed away. The temptation to rub America's face in 9/11 just by showing how islam has conquered NYC will be too great.

I hope he gets pelted with rotten, wet garbage.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 19, 2026 07:37 AM (qBdHI)

20 >15 $39.9 Trillion in debt.

It's a write off.

Posted by: Kramer at August 19, 2026 07:37 AM (Q+gd/)

21 >I'd be highly shocked if he did the "decent thing" and stayed away.
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He can't stay away
Staying away would be admitting that concerns about his presence are valid

Posted by: Don Black at August 19, 2026 07:39 AM (ZxPkt)

22 If they let him speak at that ceremony unscathed I will be sorely disappointed.

This is an excellent opportunity to humiliate the Islamists. Not a single word he utters should be heard.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 07:39 AM (RIvkX)

23 Don Black

Lift it to Starbase City in Texas as a monument to the early days of the SpaceX Solar System Empire; Elon IV, Emperor.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 07:40 AM (u82oZ)

24 San Franpsycho

As the crowd turns their backs to Mandamni, throw shoes at the stage.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 07:42 AM (u82oZ)

25 The University of Denver's Animal Law Program, where Rutinel served as a fellow, is run by a Harvard-trained lawyer who said there's 'no principled reason' for elephants to be 'deprived of legal personhood'

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Now do unborn babies. Anyone hazard a guess where this idiot stands?

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 19, 2026 07:43 AM (qBdHI)

26 Rosie O'Donnell celebrated her return to America by calling Bari Weiss a Nazi. Bari, a nice Jewish girl from Pittsburgh, a lesbian, and a Democrat, has committed the great sin of not accepting mindless groupthink that dictates antisemitic hate.

It’s worth noting that Gina Carano’s Hollywood career collapsed after she shared a social media message suggesting conservatives are being “othered” much like Jewish people in 1930s-era Germany.

Roseanne Barr lost her signature ABC sitcom, and so much more, for one racially-charged Tweet.

O’Donnell will face no repercussions for saying such cruel, fact-free things.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 19, 2026 07:45 AM (Xa17V)

27 As the crowd turns their backs to Mandamni, throw shoes at the stage.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 07:42 AM (u82oZ)

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Yeah, like that!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 07:46 AM (RIvkX)

28 {{{Lady in Black}}}

Excellent point. But killing the innocent is so "on brand" for commies.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 07:46 AM (u82oZ)

29 Good morning

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 19, 2026 07:46 AM (jJdaW)

30 Is Starship 13 the first one to be recovered? I understand SpaceX would like to examine it for future upgrades.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 07:47 AM (2Cry5)

31 >Lift it to Starbase City in Texas as a monument
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to paraphrase Matt Damon, Elon would have to science the shit out of that

all seriousness aside, I don't see how

Posted by: Don Black at August 19, 2026 07:48 AM (ZxPkt)

32 to paraphrase Matt Damon, Elon would have to science the shit out of that

all seriousness aside, I don't see how
Posted by: Don Black at August 19, 2026 07:48 AM (ZxPkt)
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Even if they have to cut it into parts, I suspect they will take it back to Texas

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 19, 2026 07:50 AM (j/Zm5)

33 > Is Starship 13 the first one to be recovered?
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I think so
usually it lands on the water, keels over and explodes/sinks
this one refused to explode

Posted by: Don Black at August 19, 2026 07:50 AM (ZxPkt)

34 Martini Farmer

Yes, wrt the Ship part of the rocket.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 07:50 AM (u82oZ)

35 Penn States's cocaine kingpin had a nickname - I'm being completely serious here - and it's amazing.

Pablo Pledgescobar.

Absolutely epic. LET'S GO STATE!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 19, 2026 07:50 AM (PGK1w)

36 Briahna Joy Gray
@briebriejoy
Talking about Luigi as a “killer” without mentioning the tens of thousands of deaths Brian Thompson was responsible for is manufacturing consent for corporate genocide.
The problem with cops is their selective enforcement of crime. It’s about protecting monied interests. Not you.

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"Killer" and fashion icon.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 19, 2026 07:52 AM (ndZc7)

37 As someone who readily admits that I'd be a defense attorney's worst juror (I have little compassion for those that are obviously guilty and fully support the death penalty), I do go back and forth on what Lindsay Clancy's punishment should be. The woman jumped out of a window and severed her spine. She obviously has very deep psychological problems, coupled with all that pharmaceutical stew she was taking. I'd be less inclined to sentence her to death (does MA even have that?). She should get life in prison, not be confined to some mental hospital for X number of years. It's all an incredible tragedy. Incidentally, I thought it really strange how her husband got married so quickly afterward.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 19, 2026 07:52 AM (qBdHI)

38 Don Black

There is well practiced technology in getting large object, like the USS Cole or USS Roberts, out of the water for transport to repair yards.

Lift ships, usually by Dutch salvage firms, meet that need.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 07:52 AM (u82oZ)

39 Talking about Luigi as a “killer” without mentioning the tens of thousands of deaths Brian Thompson was responsible for is manufacturing consent for corporate genocide.

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I'd like some proof of that please.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 19, 2026 07:53 AM (qBdHI)

40 Pablo Pledgescobar.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung

Excellent. The Dems will run him for President in 2032.

Glad to know your roof is sound, or it would be Gutterdammerung.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 07:54 AM (u82oZ)

41 @briebriejoy... The problem with cops is their selective enforcement of crime. It’s about protecting monied interests. Not you.

She's on the right track.

Posted by: davidt at August 19, 2026 07:55 AM (Q+gd/)

42 Thanks, JJ!

You Rock!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 19, 2026 07:56 AM (VyBeY)

43 > There is well practiced technology in getting large object, like the USS Cole or USS Roberts, out of the water for transport to repair yards.

Lift ships, usually by Dutch salvage firms, meet that need.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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I'd bet, it Musk has an interest in this sort of thing again, that's exactly what we'll see near the splashdown point.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 07:56 AM (2Cry5)

44 Briahna Joy Gray
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Who bitch dis is?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 07:57 AM (RIvkX)

45 Hey, anybody seen Mitch?

Posted by: Mildly curious at August 19, 2026 07:57 AM (2Ez/1)

46 Martini Farmer

If the FAA does not approve a Chopsticks landing, putting it in the nearby Gulf of America would be a sound plan.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 07:58 AM (u82oZ)

47 Birdbath status?

Dry as a bone...

Morning, all. I endure. Time to finish waking up, take a walk before it gets too hot, and start the job searches again.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 19, 2026 07:58 AM (aJQbY)

48 I'd like some proof of that please.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 19, 2026 07:53 AM (qBdHI)
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It's just sh*t they say to advance their will to power.

Everything a leftists says is a lie. They do not recognize objective truth. Anything that serves their purpose is "truth."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 08:00 AM (RIvkX)

49 Good morning Horde thx JJ. Have a great Hump Day everyone.
Outside of the DSA woman beating Vindman (hehehehe) the DSA didn't have a good day yesterday. Hopefully it will make them even angrier at the Dems

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 08:00 AM (rp63B)

50 Far left wackjob Stephen A. Smith isn't far left wackjobby enough!

Defiant L’s
@DefiantLs
Jemele Hill and Don Lemon say Stephen A. Smith has become problematic because he's been hosting "certain" people and hanging out with them

They feel that he is in a way betraying "black journalism"

This comes after the NABJ gave Smith its 'Thumbs Down' award, citing his commentary about black women, Jasmine Crockett being among them

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 19, 2026 08:00 AM (ndZc7)

51 Why are these people still breathing air? What has happened to America? I can't abide, so I need to turn it off.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 19, 2026 08:00 AM (tvdD1)

52 Thanks JJ, and good morning Horde!

Posted by: Buck Ofama at August 19, 2026 08:00 AM (jdi+Z)

53 Hey, anybody seen Mitch?
Posted by: Mildly curious at August 19, 2026 07:57 AM (2Ez/1)

Oh, Mitch....won't see him no more.

Posted by: Deep State GOPe operatives at August 19, 2026 08:01 AM (9WAJE)

54 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 08:01 AM (RqFM6)

55 I heard that Cory Mills lost his primary?

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 19, 2026 08:02 AM (0U5gm)

56 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:02 AM (2YhKe)

57 Results came in fast and furious in the Sunshine State, where one House incumbent was unseated, several others fended off insurgent primary challengers and a Democratic Senate hopeful was dealt a stunning defeat by a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.

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Houston, we have a problem. Anyone want to soothe my nerves that these DSA socialists are not bamboozling the imbecile-minded voters and are actually not a major problem that seems to be growing exponentially? Lie to me if you have to.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 19, 2026 08:02 AM (qBdHI)

58 I heard that Cory Mills lost his primary?
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 19, 2026 08:02 AM (0U5gm)

That's the report so far this morning.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:02 AM (2YhKe)

59 Briahna Joy Gray
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Who bitch dis is?
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Bernie Sanders'. National Press Secretary for the Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 19, 2026 08:03 AM (ndZc7)

60 Yes I know about lift ships
they are ships for shipping ships
the problem then is, the route back to the US
across the Pacific? If the lift ship doesn't fit thru the Panama Canal, you'd have to offload the rocket and truck it back to Texas

Similarly, if you go the other way, west, your lift ship has to transit the Suez Canal or go around the Cape Of Good Hope, which is definitely a movie I would go see

Posted by: Don Black at August 19, 2026 08:04 AM (ZxPkt)

61 Well, leave it to Bill Donohue and the Catholics to step up and do the right thing. But there is no way that that evil scumbag is going to skip the 9/11 ceremonies. Because for him and every other Muslim on the planet, 9/11 was not an horrendous tragedy, to them it was a glorious victory. I fully expect ululations and the passing out of candy and Halvah in every Muslim neighborhood this side of the M-79 star system. I wouldn't put it past Hizzbollah hizzoner to add the names of the 20 hijackers to the list of the victims along with Bin Laden.

And NYC elected him.

Sorry, but reap it. You've forgotten. You've pissed on the souls of those that perished that day due to islhamic terrorism. Watch him dance on their graves. You've earned it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:05 AM (2YhKe)

62 Are FL primaries open elections? Commie Nixon beating traitorous Vindman kind of smells like a little operation Chaos, with GOP voters putting the least electable Dem across the line.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 19, 2026 08:05 AM (gm9Sb)

63 John Cornyn on Former Staffer Now Working for Talarico Campaign: Only ‘Authoritarian Countries’ Tell You ‘Where You Work’

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That's just about as lame a statement as he could've ever released. Good G*d, what a miserable piece of work he is/was. Fingers crossed that Paxton wins, because if he does, getting rid of Cornyn will be one of the political highlights of the year.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 19, 2026 08:06 AM (qBdHI)

64 Repeal the 19th. It was a horrible, horrible mistake.

Posted by: Monk Wally D'Honque III at August 19, 2026 08:06 AM (dYZNu)

65 Don Black

Panama Canal should be wide enough. Or to a port in California, and send it by barge. Too big to rail or drive it from CA to Texas.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 08:07 AM (u82oZ)

66 Another picture on the web showed the rocket floating in port, with two ships, each equipped with one large crane, adjacent to it.

This speaks well of the workmanship of SpaceX.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 07:28 AM (u82oZ)

It's no space cock.

Posted by: Jeff Bezos at August 19, 2026 08:07 AM (2YhKe)

67 Hey, anybody seen Mitch?
Posted by: Mildly curious at August 19, 2026 07:57 AM (2Ez/1)

Why do you care?

The Senate is currently in recess - but not the kind of recess which would allow Trump to do anything, just the kind where most of them are not in DC - and isn't scheduled to return until 9/14. So he wouldn't be doing Senate things anyway.

According to KY law, he wouldn't be replaced before the November election even if he were declared to be dead.

It's a non story, affecting nothing, and, like Epstein or the debt - which we cannot affect, is brought up just to get people riled up and feeling helpless. Troll or not, be better.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 08:07 AM (ExV1e)

68 They feel that he is in a way betraying "black journalism"

This comes after the NABJ gave Smith its 'Thumbs Down' award, citing his commentary about black women, Jasmine Crockett being among them
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 19, 2026 08:00 AM (ndZc7)
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He's not really black.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 08:08 AM (RIvkX)

69 58 I heard that Cory Mills lost his primary?
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 19, 2026 08:02 AM (0U5gm)

That's the report so far this morning.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:02 AM (2YhKe

And he will leave just as gracefully as Cornyn, Massie, etc etc. But if Thune would take a small break from posting pictures of himself being ignored by constituents, he might hear the bell tolling.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026 08:08 AM (2UJ+q)

70 Amnesty UK
@AmnestyUK
Comedy has always belonged beside human rights campaigning – that's why Amnesty’s show is back at Edinburgh Fringe this Friday and Saturday!

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Take my genocide. Please!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 19, 2026 08:08 AM (ndZc7)

71
“Would you be open to styling for this person for his trial?” the magazine asked Jacobs. After looking at the photo of Mangione, Jacobs chucked, and answered “Um, yes.”
Fashion Designer Marc Jacobs Says He Would Dress Luigi Mangione for His Trial, Calls Him a Fashion Trendsetter

May I suggest a Bloody Butcher's Apron, Dunce Cap and Toy Cap Pistol as de rigueur for-

The Marc Jacobs Luigi Mangione Murder Collection

Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2026 08:08 AM (iJfKG)

72 I heard that Cory Mills lost his primary?
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 19, 2026 08:02 AM (0U5gm)

That's the report so far this morning.

Posted by: Sponge

Maybe he should not have voted against removing Omar from her committees.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 19, 2026 08:08 AM (0U5gm)

73 I heard that Cory Mills lost his primary?
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 19, 2026 08:02 AM (0U5gm)

He did.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 08:08 AM (ExV1e)

74 Screamin' A. Smith is valuable for comic relief. Kinda like Carville.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 19, 2026 08:09 AM (2Ez/1)

75 He's not really black.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Or a journalist.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 19, 2026 08:10 AM (ndZc7)

76
Maybe he should not have voted against removing Omar from her committees.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 19, 2026 08:08 AM (0U5gm)

It's good he did. That way everyone knows what side he's on.

Good riddance.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:10 AM (2YhKe)

77 Low point of the day. Fucking dew point remains in the mid 70s, making things uncomfortable. High point of the day. Delivery of some compression socks. The golden years my ass.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 19, 2026 08:11 AM (gm9Sb)

78 Mentally-Ill Transgender (but I repeat myself) Man Sought To Kill Scott Bessent

Posted by: SMOD at August 19, 2026 08:12 AM (wfdbg)

79 Fun Fact: Starship weighs over 100 tons, empty, and is over 50 meters long

Posted by: Don Black at August 19, 2026 08:12 AM (ZxPkt)

80 So a female Communist of Color™ wants to be a US senator from Florida?
Alexa, order more popcorn.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 19, 2026 08:12 AM (2Ez/1)

81 The golden years my ass.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 19, 2026 08:11 AM (gm9Sb)

SpongeDad: Whoever said these were the golden years was an asshole!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:12 AM (2YhKe)

82 anyway, it'll be interesting watching this play out

Posted by: Don Black at August 19, 2026 08:12 AM (ZxPkt)

83 Low point of the day. Fucking dew point remains in the mid 70s, making things uncomfortable. High point of the day. Delivery of some compression socks. The golden years my ass.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 19, 2026 08:11 AM (gm9Sb)

They're called the golden years for all the gold you have to spend to try and get through them.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 08:13 AM (ExV1e)

84 Trump Takes Hilarious Swipe at Alex Vindman After Stunning Primary Loss: ‘How Cool is That?’

Posted by: SMOD at August 19, 2026 08:13 AM (wfdbg)

85 Mentally-Ill Transgender (but I repeat myself) Man Sought To Kill Scott Bessent
Posted by: SMOD at August 19, 2026 08:12 AM (wfdbg)

Wasn't he just sentenced to 6+ years in prison?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:13 AM (2YhKe)

86 Never thought I’d be happy to see a DSA candidate win an election!

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 19, 2026 08:14 AM (0pL/G)

87 Talking about Luigi as a “killer” without mentioning the tens of thousands of deaths Brian Thompson was responsible for is manufacturing consent for corporate genocide.

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Now, Planned Parenthood is corporate genocide.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 19, 2026 08:14 AM (ndZc7)

88
To be fair, $1.5 million is shy of what buys a luxurious penthouse in Manhattan these days.

Posted by: Auspex at August 19, 2026 08:14 AM (Y8DZL)

89 Mornin’, All. Happy Wednesday.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 08:14 AM (77rzZ)

90 The thing about McConnell, or Mad Maxine Waters, both whom have been absent for months is that they can get away with zero explanation to the public... the public they supposedly work for.

Whether it's their staffers being dicks, the family being dicks, or whatever... that they can remain absent for long periods of time, both while Congress is in session and when it's not, is the issue.

I'm paying them. So's every other taxpayer. I expect more.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 08:14 AM (2Cry5)

91 Limbaugh always had a great Alexander Vindman bit.

Posted by: I miss Rush at August 19, 2026 08:15 AM (2Ez/1)

92 The upper part, that is
the bits floating on the sea at present

Posted by: Don Black at August 19, 2026 08:15 AM (ZxPkt)

93 Whether it's their staffers being dicks, the family being dicks, or whatever... that they can remain absent for long periods of time, both while Congress is in session and when it's not, is the issue.

I'm paying them. So's every other taxpayer. I expect more.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 08:14 AM (2Cry5)

This.

They're on the payroll. Show up to your job or you're fired. Just like the REST of us would experience.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:15 AM (2YhKe)

94 Fashion Designer Marc Jacobs Says He Would Dress Luigi Mangione for His Trial, Calls Him a Fashion Trendsetter“

He and Hugo Boss should have a nice chat in hell someday day.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 19, 2026 08:16 AM (0pL/G)

95 Talking about Luigi as a “killer” without mentioning the tens of thousands of deaths Brian Thompson was responsible for is manufacturing consent for corporate genocide.
---------

Accepting the Left's propositions is a fool's errand. They do not want the scimitar to come for them for reasons adjudicated by random citizens outside a court of law.

Mostly because the courts favor them anyway. So it's all just useless bullshit.

I would rather listen to someone scratch a record for five hours than to try and reason with a leftard's latest jizz filled declaration for half a second.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 08:17 AM (Kr1pO)

96 Who among us has not had a mother who supported terrorists? We can't hold that against sonny boy.

I'm not up yet. Just peeking in before getting a bit more sleep. Nothing as restful and relaxing as a JJS Morning Report!

Being in post-surgical recovery is a fine excuse for sleeping late.

Later, gaiters!

Posted by: mindful webworker - pre-caffeinated at August 19, 2026 08:18 AM (yrKoI)

97 62 Are FL primaries open elections? Commie Nixon beating traitorous Vindman kind of smells like a little operation Chaos, with GOP voters putting the least electable Dem across the line.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 19, 2026 08

No, they are closed. And we better pull our heads out of our fourth point of contact because slow and steady isn’t winning races. Engaging, charismatic, and influencer playbooks are on the left. Now I don’t think they will win against saner R candidates in a state like Fl, yet. But if we don’t start with better campaign strategies, they will win in more places than will make us comfortable. This is why we need a Scott Pressler in charge of the DNC, not the guy who nobody remembers who he is.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026 08:18 AM (2UJ+q)

98 > that they can remain absent for long periods of time, both while Congress is in session and when it's not, is the issue.
----

it's that gosh-darn Constitution, I tell you!
both houses of Congress can make their own rules

which can't really be blamed on the Founders
how were they to know Congress would some day attract mostly assholes?

Posted by: Don Black at August 19, 2026 08:18 AM (ZxPkt)

99 Hey, everybody. Just have a brief moment to pop in!
I've got wake boarding this morning and cliff diving this afternoon. Summer recess is great!

Posted by: Cocaine Mitch at August 19, 2026 08:19 AM (2Ez/1)

100 I'm paying them. So's every other taxpayer. I expect more.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 08:14 AM (2Cry5)

The great irony is that our pocketbooks and freedoms are far safer when people McConnell and Maxine don’t show up.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 19, 2026 08:19 AM (0pL/G)

101 In math, 45 percent of high school seniors scored “below basic,” the lowest level since 2005. In reading, 32 percent scored “below basic,” the lowest level since the exam’s inception in 1992.

I know this sound crazy but any school with more than 50% of the kids not being able to read and write needs to stop every class but reading/writing and math.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 19, 2026 08:19 AM (/+uur)

102 This is why we need a Scott Pressler in charge of the DNC, not the guy who nobody remembers who he is.
Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026 08:18 AM (2UJ+q)

We absolutely DO NOT need a Scott Pressler in charge of the DNC. We need a David Hogg in charge of the DNC.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 08:20 AM (ExV1e)

103 If I was in charge of the camps I would force the inmates to read Basic Economics and pass a test before being released.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 08:20 AM (RIvkX)

104 97. Umm..RNC. Maybe I need more coffee before this next class. lol.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026 08:20 AM (2UJ+q)

105 102 This is why we need a Scott Pressler in charge of the DNC, not the guy who nobody remembers who he is.
Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026 08:18 AM (2UJ+q)

We absolutely DO NOT need a Scott Pressler in charge of the DNC. We need a David Hogg in charge of the DNC.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August

I am dead, forgive that really, really crazy typo. And it was CRAZY. 🤪

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026 08:21 AM (2UJ+q)

106 Umm..RNC. Maybe I need more coffee before this next class. lol.
Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026 08:20 AM (2UJ+q)

It's okay. Being dead can make anyone mistype.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 08:21 AM (ExV1e)

107 Only one forecast model run, but:

🚨🥶 WHAT IN THE FROZEN FUCKNIPPLE FORECAST IS THE GFS DOING?! 🥶🚨

Y’ALL… the GFS just rolled into August 29th and apparently decided summer has had enough fucking screen time.

This long range crackhead computer is dragging 50s DEEP SOUTH with 60s damn near sniffing the Gulf Coast.

HOW THE HELL WE GO FROM HUMIDITITTIES™ sweating through three bras and a lawn chair… to GLACIERGASM NIPNUGGETS hard enough to pick up FM radio?!

That ain’t a cold front. That’s a
TITTYHIBERNATION EVENT.

Folks gonna walk outside expecting their usual 7AM Swamp Crotch Soufflé and get tittyslapped by a breeze fresh out the refrigerated section at Walmart.

BUT CALM THE F#%K DOWN. 🛑

This bastard is 270 HOURS OUT.

DO NOT drag the hoodies out.
DO NOT cook a 14 gallon pot of chili.
DO NOT summon Pumpkin Spice Patricia.
DO NOT post “FALL IS HERE 🍂while your damn AC is still fighting for workers’ comp.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 08:21 AM (RqFM6)

108 Results came in fast and furious in the Sunshine State, where one House incumbent was unseated, several others fended off insurgent primary challengers and a Democratic Senate hopeful was dealt a stunning defeat by a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.

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Houston, we have a problem. Anyone want to soothe my nerves that these DSA socialists are not bamboozling the imbecile-minded voters and are actually not a major problem that seems to be growing exponentially? Lie to me if you have to.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 19, 2026 08:02 AM (qBdHI)

LiB....wait a second. LIB?!?! Well, anyways.

The media/Dims are trying to turn them into -

The New Boomers.

Cuz they're the New Pepsi Generation and they got something to say!!!

They're are young, man, and not held back by your old-fashioned punk and yacht rock!

Something like that.

They want to hook the young on stupid becuz they're young and ignorant of life.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2026 08:21 AM (iJfKG)

109 Yooper accent is the correct spelling for how the residents of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula speak. Hopefully very few support what’s going on around Detroit.

Posted by: Lester Rips at August 19, 2026 08:22 AM (DJMRh)

110 97 People should be very afraid of the DSA nuts. If just a few get in office, they would have ready allies in the likes of the squad. The NSDAP in the twenties was only seating about twenty people in the Reichstag, and next thing you know we had Nuremberg rallies starring you know who.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 19, 2026 08:22 AM (gm9Sb)

111 I am dead, forgive that really, really crazy typo. And it was CRAZY. 🤪
Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026 08:21 AM
++++

Lots of us are.

Posted by: Cocaine Mitch at August 19, 2026 08:23 AM (2Ez/1)

112 I miss Piper.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:23 AM (2YhKe)

113 Today Is National Potato Day. 🥔

Posted by: redridinghood at August 19, 2026 08:23 AM (NpAcC)

114 Posted by: Paul at August 19, 2026 08:22 AM (rm6ZB)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at August 19, 2026 08:24 AM (2YhKe)

115 > I'm paying them. So's every other taxpayer. I expect more.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 08:14 AM (2Cry5)

The great irony is that our pocketbooks and freedoms are far safer when people McConnell and Maxine don’t show up.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 19, 2026 08:19 AM (0pL/G)
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The greater irony is that they still spend my money... even while absent.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 08:24 AM (2Cry5)

116 113 I miss Piper.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026

She was good for comic relief if nothing else. Also a poster child for why an MBA is meaningless.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026 08:24 AM (2UJ+q)

117 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at August 19, 2026 08:24 AM (53oGX)

118 rickb223 -

I, um.

I doubt Friend Computer, there, I said it! It's time to send me to the Mutant Commie Traitor Happy Fun Camp.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 19, 2026 08:24 AM (aJQbY)

119 Posted by: Paul at August 19, 2026 08:22 AM (rm6ZB)

If Jews are blaming the right for the 1930s while ignoring Dem candidates literally calling for them to be interred in concentration camps today, I don't know that anything will ever break through.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 19, 2026 08:25 AM (PGK1w)

120 Can egg nog be far behind?

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 08:25 AM (Kr1pO)

121 Whoa... auto-zapped.

Nevermind, Paul. You're doing great. Keep it up, kiddo.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 19, 2026 08:26 AM (PGK1w)

122 109 Yooper accent is the correct spelling for how the residents of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula speak. Hopefully very few support what’s going on around Detroit.
Posted by: Lester Rips

Three big colleges there employ close to 7,000, plus student enrollment. They vote as a block for democrats.

Posted by: Auspex at August 19, 2026 08:26 AM (Y8DZL)

123 Lars, the potato goes in the front!

Posted by: Just the punchline at August 19, 2026 08:26 AM (2Ez/1)

124 I miss TJM.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:26 AM (2YhKe)

125 Three big colleges there employ close to 7,000, plus student enrollment. They vote as a block for democrats.
Posted by: Auspex at August 19, 2026 08:26 AM (Y8DZL)

I wonder what percentage of college students vote both where the college is and at home.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 08:27 AM (ExV1e)

126 I wonder what percentage of college students vote both where the college is and at home.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 08:27 AM (ExV1e)

Whether they know it or not.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:28 AM (2YhKe)

127
It's beginning to smell a lot like pumpkin
Ehh vry where you go

Posted by: Don Black at August 19, 2026 08:28 AM (ZxPkt)

128 Hey, anybody seen Mitch?

Posted by: Mildly curious at August 19, 2026 07:57 AM (2Ez/1)

*wears paisley shirt*
*strums guitar*
*sings*

Has anybody here seen my old friend Mitch?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He's gone to a farm to run and smell flowers
I looked around
And he was gone.

*wipes single tear*

Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2026 08:28 AM (iJfKG)

129 I miss TJM.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:26 AM (2YhKe)

Did he ever get a new job or is he only making videos with incorrect opinions about movies?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 08:28 AM (ExV1e)

130 I miss all the good trolls.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 08:28 AM (RIvkX)

131 Vindman received over $16 million in campaign contributions and I never saw even one ad for him. No matter, win or lose, that grifter had a very good day.

Posted by: EveR at August 19, 2026 08:29 AM (lgXer)

132 They want to hook the young on stupid becuz they're young and ignorant of life.

--

I saw over at the NYP a campaign picture of the loser DSA candidate in FL (dummy named Larkin) and his campaign posters show an alligator and the motto "Chomp the Oligarchy." Most of his supporters probably couldn't even define oligarchy if they had to. Incidentally, the poster lists "Florida Youth Justice Coalition" at the bottom. Justice, I say! Oligarchy, I say! These people regurgitate the same buzz words over and over and over again. There's never a shortage of dummies who fall for it...unfortunately.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 19, 2026 08:29 AM (qBdHI)

133 I miss all the good trolls.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 08:28 AM (RIvkX)

They should have known the air-speed velocity of unladen swallows.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 08:29 AM (ExV1e)

134 The NSDAP in the twenties was only seating about twenty people in the Reichstag, and next thing you know we had Nuremberg rallies starring you know who.

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we know who...

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 08:29 AM (g47mK)

135 If Jews are blaming the right for the 1930s while ignoring Dem candidates literally calling for them to be interred in concentration camps today, I don't know that anything will ever break through.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 19, 2026 08:25 AM (PGK1w)
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Not just any Jews. JINOs. Many aren't even Jewish, though they have some Jewish ancestry in their DNA.

No different than what actually happened in 1930s Germany. A book to read:

The Pity of it All

https://tinyurl.com/47dx65wy

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 19, 2026 08:29 AM (QNSrI)

136 Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 19, 2026 08:22 AM (gm9Sb)

The biggest problem is they have the full backing of the DNC and media and more, they're just keeping it on the down low and flat lying while they spread their contagion.

Think of "We Democrats are at **WAR** with the DSA!!" as the mid-20's version of "Hey a random lady ate a sick bat in China and now a few people seem to be sick...".

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 08:29 AM (Kr1pO)

137 Good to see Republicans in Florida didn't fall for the attempted return of Chris Collins. He was a Congressman from the Buffalo area who went to jail. Moved to Florida and ran in the primary. Got 8%of the vote. Go away
Though I see former Republican Congressman Dave Jolly will be the Dem nominee for governor. The new version of Charlie Crist.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 08:30 AM (rp63B)

138 I heard that Cory Mills lost his primary?
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 19, 2026 08:02 AM (0U5gm)

That's the report so far this morning.

Posted by: Sponge

Maybe he should not have voted against removing Omar from her committees.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 19, 2026 08:08 AM (0U5gm)
*****
I'm glad he lost now. He seems to be plagued with a lot of scandal.
He had domestic assault accusation that led to a restraining order, and an ethics committee investigation into sexual misconduct and campaign finance violations. He also has been reported as being under criminal investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice

It's better than he lost now than in the general election.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 19, 2026 08:30 AM (NpAcC)

139 Remember a couple of years ago Canada officially honored a guy that fought for the Waffen SS...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2026 08:30 AM (sKqQm)

140 122 Colleges in the UP. A long time ago I wound up on the Suomi College alumni newsletter. Finnish last name I guess. One edition honored their basketball team. Never knew Finns could grow so tall and tan so dark.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 19, 2026 08:30 AM (gm9Sb)

141 we know who...

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 08:29 AM (g47mK)

The original margin blower himself

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 08:30 AM (Kr1pO)

142 On Monday, however, the Los Angeles Times reported that the poll was fake. After numerous inquiries from a Times reporter, Median Strategies itself admitted the poll was bogus. Median called the survey a “short term social experiment to see how polling information could be distributed without verification.”

faked it faked it faked it

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 19, 2026 08:30 AM (/+uur)

143 Today Is National Potato Day. 🥔

==

Finally!!

Posted by: The Irish at August 19, 2026 08:31 AM (g47mK)

144
Did he ever get a new job or is he only making videos with incorrect opinions about movies?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 08:28 AM (ExV1e)

I believe he's still the stay at home dad.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:31 AM (2YhKe)

145 I miss all the good trolls.

--

Lace Wigs >>>>>>>>>>>>> AoS "good trolls"

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 19, 2026 08:32 AM (qBdHI)

146 Lace Wigs >>>>>>>>>>>>> AoS "good trolls"

===

+1

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 08:32 AM (g47mK)

147
I read what's purported to be the U.S. position in trade negations with Canada this morning, seems to be harsher than terms offered to the Iranians.

Posted by: Auspex at August 19, 2026 08:33 AM (Y8DZL)

148 I read what's purported to be the U.S. position in trade negations with Canada this morning, seems to be harsher than terms offered to the Iranians.

Posted by: Auspex at August 19, 2026 08:33 AM (Y8DZL)
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Adjoining borders have consequences shmosequences.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 19, 2026 08:33 AM (QNSrI)

149 On Monday, however, the Los Angeles Times reported that the poll was fake. After numerous inquiries from a Times reporter, Median Strategies itself admitted the poll was bogus. Median called the survey a “short term social experiment to see how polling information could be distributed without verification.”

faked it faked it faked it
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 19, 2026 08:30 AM (/+uur)/i]

This is election interference and everyone involved should go to prison.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:34 AM (2YhKe)

150 Oh FFS........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:34 AM (2YhKe)

151 I read (from the man hisself) that Keystone is ...back on the table.

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 08:34 AM (g47mK)

152 Many people will be surprised to learn they are Jews. Many.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 08:34 AM (RIvkX)

153 I miss all the good trolls.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 08:28 AM (RIvkX)

Seattle Slough? Raykon?? PalinSteele???

Posted by: Hubert J Farnsworth at August 19, 2026 08:35 AM (zBgIx)

154 I read (from the man hisself) that Keystone is ...back on the table.

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 08:34 AM (g47mK)

Smmmoooooooothhh. Like me.

Posted by: Keith Stone at August 19, 2026 08:35 AM (2YhKe)

155 Auspex

Good and Hard.

MAID is emptying out the kind of Canadians I would be proud to have as citizens.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 08:35 AM (u82oZ)

156 I read (from the man hisself) that Keystone is ...back on the table.

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 08:34 AM (g47mK)
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Not good. There are certain cops that everyone should want to defund.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 19, 2026 08:35 AM (QNSrI)

157 > I read what's purported to be the U.S. position in trade negations with Canada this morning, seems to be harsher than terms offered to the Iranians.
--------
Canada thinks it's on equal ground with the US and makes demands as if that's true. Then one-ups that.

The results are about what you'd expect.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 08:35 AM (2Cry5)

158 I miss all the good trolls.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 08:28 AM (RIvkX)

Seattle Slough? Raykon?? PalinSteele???

Posted by: Hubert J Farnsworth at August 19, 2026 08:35 AM (zBgIx)

I miss Sarah. I sure could use another $8,000 a month.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:35 AM (2YhKe)

159 I read what's purported to be the U.S. position in trade negations with Canada this morning, seems to be harsher than terms offered to the Iranians.

Posted by: Auspex at August 19, 2026 08:33 AM (Y8DZL)
=====

I support regime change in Ottawa too.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 08:36 AM (RIvkX)

160 After numerous inquiries from a Times reporter, Median Strategies itself admitted the poll was bogus
------

Oh yeah the media are like absolute terriers when it comes to uncovering fake polls and getting to the truth WAIT WUT

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 08:36 AM (Kr1pO)

161 I miss all the good trolls.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

WickedPony, who got relationship advice from us?

Uncle Palpatine?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 08:37 AM (u82oZ)

162
I support regime change in Ottawa too.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 08:36 AM (RIvkX)

I support Alberta telling Ottawa to f*ck off.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:37 AM (2YhKe)

163 Curious was the best "troll". My impression of her used to have people howling. Otherwise an insane little jabbering pest. And she was a pest too.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 08:38 AM (Kr1pO)

164 The California Energy Commission on Monday voted to restrict what type of tires Californians can buy and when they can replace their tires.

The new rules will lead to a ban on the sale of the majority of tires in the state because they don’t meet the new efficiency standards.

The regulatory agency, full of unelected bureaucrats, claimed the new rules would lead to a price increase of only $6.50 per tire in the second phase; however, Bret Gladfelty of Goodyear said the increase would end up being several hundred dollars.

Posted by: SMOD at August 19, 2026 08:38 AM (wfdbg)

165 I miss all the good trolls.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

All trolls are average joe.

Posted by: dantesed at August 19, 2026 08:38 AM (Oy/m2)

166 BiNO. We turn our lonely eyes to you.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:38 AM (2YhKe)

167 TickledPink. A troll, or just a crazy person

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 08:39 AM (Kr1pO)

168 It's also,
National Soft Serve Ice Cream Day. 🍦

Posted by: redridinghood at August 19, 2026 08:39 AM (NpAcC)

169 Dan Sullivan significantly underperformed to Mary Peltola last night. What happened? I know it is just the first step in the election, but she overwhelmed him in a couple of areas. I thought AK was relatively safe.

Posted by: EveR at August 19, 2026 08:39 AM (lgXer)

170 MUMR.

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 08:39 AM (Gqar8)

171 I support Alberta telling Ottawa to f*ck off.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

^^^^
This.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 08:39 AM (u82oZ)

172
All trolls are average joe.

Posted by: dantesed at August 19, 2026 08:38 AM (Oy/m2)

ITS FUNNY BECAUSE EVERYONE KNOWS AVERAGE JOE SUCKS COCK BY CHOICE.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at August 19, 2026 08:39 AM (2YhKe)

173 There's a vid at Twitchy of Erin Burnett interviewing Harp's brother about the alleged relationship with Trump. The interview is hysterical because the guy is a stoner and Burnett is trying to be serious

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 08:40 AM (rp63B)

174 That book about the European discovery of the world looks fascinating. I have a new birthday/Christmas request for wife and son.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 08:40 AM (77rzZ)

175 MUMR.

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 08:39 AM (Gqar

Who turned out to be not just a troll, but an actual stalker.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 19, 2026 08:40 AM (PGK1w)

176 TickledPink. A troll, or just a crazy person
Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 08:39 AM (Kr1pO)

I think she was too sheltered by her mother and just plain awkward with people.

Posted by: Hubert J Farnsworth at August 19, 2026 08:40 AM (zBgIx)

177 ...

That's the one I was trying to remember. She was a crazed hoot, with relationship difficulties that stagger the imagination.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 08:41 AM (u82oZ)

178 American Blacks have to step up take their culture back . It has to be frustrating for them to see it become a meme for fast food and cruise line fights. For being the overwhelming percentage of people committing crimes , unwed pregnancies and mass shootings. They have to call out the race hustlers who have fed them bullshit and victimization for years. This shit is getting out of hand and the worst I've ever seen.

Posted by: polynikes at August 19, 2026 08:41 AM (KC5Lt)

179 MUMR.

Don't miss that asshole at all.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 08:41 AM (u82oZ)

180 I wonder if Joe Xiden's electric car ever burned his house down.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:41 AM (2YhKe)

181 175 MUMR.

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 08:39 AM (Gqar

Who turned out to be not just a troll, but an actual stalker.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 19, 2026 08:40 AM (PGK1w)

??? Did not know that. Who, may I ask?

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 08:41 AM (Gqar8)

182 MUMR.

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 08:39 AM (Gqar

Who turned out to be not just a troll, but an actual stalker.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 19, 2026 08:40 AM (PGK1w)

MUMR started out known as Thin Veneer of Civility and yes, he did get weirder as time went by.

Posted by: Hubert J Farnsworth at August 19, 2026 08:41 AM (zBgIx)

183 Who turned out to be not just a troll, but an actual stalker.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 19, 2026 08:40 AM (PGK1w)
====

I was unaware. Not a joking matter.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 08:42 AM (RIvkX)

184 faked it faked it faked it
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 19, 2026 08:30 AM

+++++

https://youtube.com/shorts/LHBvByDx9t0

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at August 19, 2026 08:42 AM (2Ez/1)

185 Who is gonna fill Piper's Jimmy Choo's?

Posted by: May The Heeling Commence at August 19, 2026 08:42 AM (JM9I6)

186 This shit is getting out of hand and the worst I've ever seen.
Posted by: polynikes at August 19, 2026 08:41 AM (KC5Lt)

By design.

Posted by: The Democrat Party - Home of the KKK at August 19, 2026 08:42 AM (2YhKe)

187 claimed the new rules would lead to a price increase of only $6.50 per tire "

Sure, Jan. FWIW, the wealthy won't care, and the immigrant crowd won't see enforcement, so...

Posted by: man at August 19, 2026 08:43 AM (XuXeR)

188 Canada thinks it's on equal ground with the US and makes demands as if that's true. Then one-ups that.

The results are about what you'd expect.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 08:35 AM (2Cry5)
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Canada suffers from delusions of adequacy.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 19, 2026 08:43 AM (ZOv7s)

189
Every tire manufacturer should refuse to do business in California.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:44 AM (2YhKe)

190 Will the real Dan Sullivan please stand up?

Posted by: Alaskans at August 19, 2026 08:44 AM (2Ez/1)

191 Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

All downhill since PM Harper.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 08:44 AM (u82oZ)

192 Canada kills more Canadians than cancer.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:44 AM (2YhKe)

193 Mangione, feh. NY Leftists killing NY Leftists, NY Leftists meting out NY clown justice, NY Leftists going into asstrus for killers and dressing them up in dandy NY homo styles, blah blah blah.

Who cares about this Commie circus? Fuck it. Let him go. Put him in charge of the State's health system. See if he can his murder his way to First Class Healthcare for All.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2026 08:44 AM (BI5O2)

194 Has anybody seen regular commenter XTC around here lately?

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 08:45 AM (77rzZ)

195 So, buy tires in ‘Zona, Cali will fine you? Or is it just another way for the state to torment the residents?

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 08:45 AM (Gqar8)

196 Xiden is still with us. Has had at least four incarnations since. Probably five. And more since I think he actually posts as two people at times for when one gets banned (not certain). He stopped talking about electric cars much but has other tells.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 08:45 AM (Kr1pO)

197 book about the European discovery of the world looks fascinating"

The BEEB is pimping out the "blacks built England" bit again. Will that fit in?

Posted by: man at August 19, 2026 08:45 AM (XuXeR)

198 The California Energy Commission on Monday voted to restrict what type of tires Californians can buy and when they can replace their tires.

The new rules will lead to a ban on the sale of the majority of tires in the state because they don’t meet the new efficiency standards.

The regulatory agency, full of unelected bureaucrats, claimed the new rules would lead to a price increase of only $6.50 per tire in the second phase; however, Bret Gladfelty of Goodyear said the increase would end up being several hundred dollars.
Posted by: SMOD at August 19, 2026 08:38 AM (wfdbg)

Affordability Crisis! Vote for Democrats who care for people like us! Tires are a right and you shouldn't have to pay for them. -- DSA

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 08:45 AM (ExV1e)

199 “I was going to kill Scott Bessent," Ryan Michael English told authorities as he was handcuffed.

Under the Dems' rules that's a hate crime since Bessent is gay.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 19, 2026 08:46 AM (v8+Kf)

200 168 It's also,
National Soft Serve Ice Cream Day. 🍦
Posted by: redridinghood

And Wednesday is Sundae at your participating Carvel Dealer!

Posted by: Tom Carvel at August 19, 2026 08:46 AM (JM9I6)

201 So, buy tires in ‘Zona, Cali will fine you? Or is it just another way for the state to torment the residents?"

Yes?

Posted by: man at August 19, 2026 08:46 AM (XuXeR)

202 Sponge - F*ck Cancer

All that killing, a democide, tell you they are full on Communist.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 08:46 AM (u82oZ)

203
All that killing, a democide, tell you they are full on Communist.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 08:46 AM (u82oZ)

I'm old enough to remember when Dems told me the Republican health care plan was "Die quickly."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:47 AM (2YhKe)

204 Under the Dems' rules that's a hate crime since Bessent is gay.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 19, 2026 08:46 AM (v8+Kf)

Heh. There are no rules for Democrats. It's sort of the entire point of America.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2026 08:47 AM (BI5O2)

205 Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Not that long ago, actually.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 08:48 AM (u82oZ)

206
Heh. There are no rules for Democrats. It's sort of the entire point of America.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2026 08:47 AM (BI5O2)

It's part of the Good n' Plenty clause in The Constitution.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:48 AM (2YhKe)

207 Alaskan turnout for the jungle primary was low compared to past general elections. Sullivan isn't a star but he should win the general election

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 08:48 AM (rp63B)

208 Alaskan turnout for the jungle primary was low compared to past general elections. Sullivan isn't a star but he should win the general election
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 08:48 AM (rp63B)

Can he see Sarah Palin from his house?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:49 AM (2YhKe)

209 Still convinced TickledPink was a troll.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 08:49 AM (RIvkX)

210 All downhill since PM Harper.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 08:44 AM (u82oZ)
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Trudeau senior.

I'm reading about the American Revolution and one item I'd forgotten now resonates: as part of the war's conclusion, 100,000 Loyalists emigrated to Canada. That right there is why they have this weird, completely irrational childish hate of the US. They stayed loyal to Britain and for a while, it worked out, but now the Empire is gone, they have a sports logo for a flag, and no one respects them.

China is using them as a two-looney whore and India has turned them into a penal colony. No wonder Alberta wants to get away from it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 19, 2026 08:49 AM (ZOv7s)

211 Julio's Jalapeno Cheddar chips are addictive.

Just FYI......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:50 AM (2YhKe)

212 Who was the troll last year doing the bad haikus about Trump, all ending with "sad"?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 19, 2026 08:50 AM (XvL8K)

213 Rules for thee but not for me. This too is the Story of DC. Or State Houses, generally speaking.

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 08:50 AM (Gqar8)

214 I'm old enough to remember when Dems told me the Republican health care plan was "Die quickly."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:47 AM (2YhKe)

I saw a video the other day where someone referenced a friend who lived in the UK who tore their ACL. Has to wait two years for treatment.

It took me less than a month to go from "you have cancer" to starting treatment and a good bit of that was waiting on test results and me deciding what to do.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 08:50 AM (ExV1e)

215 Had no idea there was a jungle in Alaska. Permafrost and Tundra Muck, yes, but a jungle primary?

Posted by: Never Been Poled at August 19, 2026 08:51 AM (JM9I6)

216 @220 Mulroney was a solid PM and friend to the US

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 08:51 AM (rp63B)

217 Alaskan turnout for the jungle primary was low compared to past general elections. Sullivan isn't a star but he should win the general election
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 08:48 AM (rp63B)

"Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
2m
🚨 UPDATE: Democrat plant Dan J. Sullivan has ADVANCED in Alaska's US Senate top-4 primary

He's there to siphon votes from the Republican.

ELIMINATE this system in November by voting YES on 2!

🔵 Mary Peltola: 48%
🔴 Sen. Dan Sullivan: 42.8%
🟡 Fraud Dan J. Sullivan: 2.4%

Freaking RIDICULOUS

Alaska needs to be prepared to vote for INCUMBENT SENATOR Dan Sullivan and END ranked choice voting this fall

Vote YES on 2 "

AK is fkd up

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 08:51 AM (g47mK)

218 199 “I was going to kill Scott Bessent," Ryan Michael English told authorities as he was handcuffed.
......
Well, at least you have three names.

Posted by: Booth, Oswald, Loughner & Crooks at August 19, 2026 08:52 AM (2Ez/1)

219
It took me less than a month to go from "you have cancer" to starting treatment and a good bit of that was waiting on test results and me deciding what to do.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 08:50 AM (ExV1e)

First Lady was diagnosed in June, had a lumpectomy in July and started chemo in August.

Will be cancer free for 2 years in March.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:52 AM (2YhKe)

220 that 2-3 % that went for the fake can make a big difference

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 08:52 AM (g47mK)

221 It’s ok, California is going to elect Bacera and Bass in a landslide and they will solve the tire crisis in a manner reminiscent of how the dealt with the Palisades Fire.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 19, 2026 08:52 AM (XV/Pl)

222 UPDATE: Democrat plant Dan J. Sullivan has ADVANCED in Alaska's US Senate top-4 primary

I thought that he had been removed from the ballot.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 08:52 AM (ExV1e)

223 Canada thinks it's on equal ground with the US and makes demands as if that's true. Then one-ups that.

The results are about what you'd expect.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 08:35 AM (2Cry5)

Death Panels, Uncontrolled Immigration, and an Economy Based on Maple Syrup is no way to go through life Canada!

Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2026 08:53 AM (iJfKG)

224 The regulatory agency, full of unelected bureaucrats, claimed the new rules would lead to a price increase of only $6.50 per tire in the second phase; however, Bret Gladfelty of Goodyear said the increase would end up being several hundred dollars.
Posted by: SMOD

The same woman who is directing this agency to restrict tires for cars earlier was directing Caifornia's plan to restrict bullets for guns. Her theory is that if you can't ban what you want, ban the associated goods.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 19, 2026 08:53 AM (0U5gm)

225 215 I think the Alaska Panhandle has rain forests.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 08:53 AM (77rzZ)

226 223 Canada thinks it's on equal ground with the US and makes demands as if that's true. Then one-ups that.

The results are about what you'd expect.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 08:35 AM (2Cry5)

Death Panels, Uncontrolled Immigration, and an Economy Based on Maple Syrup is no way to go through life Canada!

Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2026 08:53 AM (iJfKG)

You forgot “ reeking of poutine and back bacon”.

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 08:54 AM (Gqar8)

227 Dan Sullivan significantly underperformed to Mary Peltola last night. What happened? I know it is just the first step in the election, but she overwhelmed him in a couple of areas. I thought AK was relatively safe.
Posted by: EveR at August 19, 2026 08:39 AM (lgXer)
*********
Yeah, it's crazy that now Alaska and Texas are considered toss-up states.
At the rate we're going the Democrats won't need to add two new states, should they win in 2028.
I remember when Arizona was red and Georgia and now look what's happening.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 19, 2026 08:54 AM (NpAcC)

228 190 Will the real Dan Sullivan please stand up?

The fake DS only received 2% of the votes, so didn’t impact as much as D’s wished.

Posted by: EveR at August 19, 2026 08:54 AM (lgXer)

229 1 morning class to go- I made a mistake in the choreo this morning that made it much harder than it should have been. Oops. Sorry, everyone! I was wondering why I was struggling so much with it. lol.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026 08:55 AM (2UJ+q)

230 Vote fraud and Leftist Locusts will do that to a state.

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 08:55 AM (Gqar8)

231 Yeah, it's crazy that now Alaska and Texas are considered toss-up states.

Remember how we just saw a story about a completely fake poll? Texas isn't a toss-up state.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 08:56 AM (ExV1e)

232 I saw a video the other day where someone referenced a friend who lived in the UK who tore their ACL. Has to wait two years for treatment.

It took me less than a month to go from "you have cancer" to starting treatment and a good bit of that was waiting on test results and me deciding what to do.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 08:50 AM (ExV1e)
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Mrs. Lloyd was diagnosed in early July, had her surgery last week. Yesterday, she had healed to the point where the drains could be removed. It's crazy how fast things are moving.

The Dems make a big stink about how all of this should be free, but nothing is free, and what should cost more than human life? These same people pressuring sick people to kill themselves. We need to ban guns because of suicides but if the government endorses it, go off yourself.

The Democrats are now just theater kids who think "Heathers" was a how-to guide.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 19, 2026 08:56 AM (ZOv7s)

233 Chicken fried steak today at KFC. Five bucks.

https://tinyurl.com/hb83p9hb

Posted by: Public Service Announcement at August 19, 2026 08:57 AM (2Ez/1)

234 It took me less than a month to go from "you have cancer" to starting treatment and a good bit of that was waiting on test results and me deciding what to do.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 08:50 AM (ExV1e)

Same here. Once I had my cancer diagnosis, it was test after test, scan after scan. In 6 weeks I went in for surgery. Wasn't long after that - chemo, then radiation. It was a tough year, but I can honestly say, except for the radiation treatments, I had phenomenal care. Thank God I don't live in Canada where I would have to fend off MAID.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 19, 2026 08:57 AM (N39Ws)

235 FIRST!!
Happy B-Day JJ
Big John Cornholio will be remembered as a back-stabbing, Benedict Arnold, piece of shit for all eternity.
/seems reasonable to me

Posted by: Bonecrusher at August 19, 2026 08:57 AM (JNTt1)

236 225 215 I think the Alaska Panhandle has rain forests.
Posted by: Bulg

But do they have colorful jungle birds that sing KOO-KOO, KAH-KAH, really loud?

Posted by: Jungle Boogie at August 19, 2026 08:58 AM (JM9I6)

237 The fake DS only received 2% of the votes, so didn’t impact as much as D’s wished.

==

Indiana 23, Copenhaver won by 3 votes. Not 3%, 3 votes. On the recount.

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 08:58 AM (g47mK)

238 Marquette County, home of Northern Michigan University, is the only U.P. county to vote Democrat for President in 2020 and 2024, so certainly the universities have an influence, but Marquette County also has unionized mines and a large hospital that are enough to put them in Democrat camp.

Posted by: Lester Rips at August 19, 2026 08:58 AM (pIXZ9)

239 Thank God I don't live in Canada where I would have to fend off MAID.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 19, 2026 08:57 AM (N39Ws)

Praise God.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:58 AM (2YhKe)

240 The Paolo, he is not familiar with this, how you say, underperforming.

Posted by: The Paolo at August 19, 2026 08:59 AM (2Ez/1)

241 Texas isn't a toss up %
Alaska is weird but Peltola hit her ceiling last night at 48. In the regular election Sullivan will win

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 08:59 AM (rp63B)

242 Yeah, it's crazy that now Alaska and Texas are considered toss-up states.
At the rate we're going the Democrats won't need to add two new states, should they win in 2028.
I remember when Arizona was red and Georgia and now look what's happening.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 19, 2026 08:54 AM (NpAcC)
---
Arizona and Georgia are crooked, and it's well documented. Without fraud, the Dems can't win, which is why they are so determined to destroy election integrity.

Also: primaries are not the general election. They teach nothing.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 19, 2026 09:00 AM (ZOv7s)

243
Also: primaries are not the general election. They teach nothing.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 19, 2026 09:00 AM (ZOv7s)

But, my hair is already doused and there's this match.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:00 AM (2YhKe)

244 Andy Beshear - “ let’s abolish the Electoral College” Andy. What a weird state.

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 09:01 AM (Gqar8)

245 Marquette County, home of Northern Michigan University, is the only U.P. county to vote Democrat for President in 2020 and 2024, so certainly the universities have an influence, but Marquette County also has unionized mines and a large hospital that are enough to put them in Democrat camp.
Posted by: Lester Rips at August 19, 2026 08:58 AM (pIXZ9)
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Don't forget the state prison.

There's also a ton of Chicago emigres who have bought summer homes and probably declare them as their primary residence for tax avoidance purposes.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 19, 2026 09:01 AM (ZOv7s)

246 The Dems make a big stink about how all of this should be free, but nothing is free, and what should cost more than human life? These same people pressuring sick people to kill themselves.

The Fat Electrician has a video about air conditioning - https://youtu.be/1P4H0oly778 - in which he points out that almost three times as many people die EVERY YEAR in Europe from heat than Americans died in Vietnam and says that he's starting to believe that the official opposition to AC in Europe is based on the government's desire to kill off the old and some young in order to keep from having to spend on their healthcare.

They could be explicit about that and a significant percentage of the yoots would be all in favor because they cannot imagine ever being old.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 09:01 AM (ExV1e)

247 I think the Alaska Panhandle has rain forests.
Posted by: Bulg

My dream? Alberta splits. Takes Northwest Territory and Yukon with them. Petitions to become US protectorates, thereby making Alaska contiguous.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 09:02 AM (RqFM6)

248 Texas is solidly Republican, but in the truest sense of that word - very liberal. I think the right Democrat, one who could convincingly pretend to be normal through a campaign, could flip it. That Democrat is not Talarico.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2026 09:02 AM (BI5O2)

249 > Chicken fried steak today at KFC. Five bucks.
----------
Colonel Sanders rolls over in his grave...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 09:02 AM (2Cry5)

250 My dream? Alberta splits. Takes Northwest Territory and Yukon with them. Petitions to become US protectorates, thereby making Alaska contiguous.

==

Interesting...but no. Canada got used to Socialism.

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 09:03 AM (g47mK)

251 But, my hair is already doused and there's this match.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:00 AM (2YhKe)
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Yeah, hair being set on fire is pretty much a daily activity here. Ace is either using wigs or is mainlining Rogaine.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 19, 2026 09:03 AM (ZOv7s)

252 Paramount’s board of directors has reportedly approved a plan to move the Hollywood giant out of California, with Texas among the states being considered for its new home.

According to The San Francisco Chronicle, the company could begin relocating operations as soon as October 1st.

Posted by: SMOD at August 19, 2026 09:03 AM (RHGPo)

253 Chicken fried steak today at KFC. Five bucks.

https://tinyurl.com/hb83p9hb
Posted by: Public Service Announcement
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It's well known that the colonel puts an addictive chemical in the chicken that makes you crave it fortnightly.

That said, I haven't had it in a couple of years because of the enshitification. Invariably got soggy chicken that had been sitting under a heat lamp for a few hours or more.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 19, 2026 09:04 AM (XvL8K)

254 Pennsylvania Mayor Running for Congress Tapped Professor Known for Singling Out White Students To Train Cops on Their 'Unconscious Bias'

Which is anti-training and will get people killed (which is probably the intention)

Gavin de Becker wrote "The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence" in '97

He is a security specialist known for threat assessment and violence prediction. These murderous Leftists reclassify this God-Given natural survival instinct as "Unconscious Bias" and claim that it is a bad thing.

Yeah, bad for predators who want their victims to perpetually be in Condition White.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 19, 2026 09:04 AM (BvPIe)

255 249 > Chicken fried steak today at KFC. Five bucks.
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for the win

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 09:04 AM (AJWch)

256 My dream? Alberta splits. Takes Northwest Territory and Yukon with them. Petitions to become US protectorates, thereby making Alaska contiguous.
Posted by: rickb223

Would still be a long drive from my house.

Posted by: As Far East As You Can Get at August 19, 2026 09:04 AM (JM9I6)

257 Paramount’s board of directors has reportedly approved a plan to move the Hollywood giant out of California, with Texas among the states being considered for its new home.

Only as long as you leave your pedos behind.

However, those that are talking about Texas 'flipping,' this is how they will do it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:04 AM (2YhKe)

258 227 I remember when Arizona was red and Georgia and now look what's happening.

And, the odious Sherrod Brown taking, supposedly red, Ohio Senate seat? D’s are serious, and full of revenge.

Posted by: EveR at August 19, 2026 09:05 AM (lgXer)

259 Ceuta’s once gorgeous beach is now a gigantic migrant slum

Posted by: SMOD at August 19, 2026 09:05 AM (RHGPo)

260 The Upper Peninsula was the Iron Range, the center of American wobbly labor leftism. It had more hard leftists than Chicago did. Try the 1913 Calumet Christmas Slaughter on for size sometime.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 19, 2026 09:05 AM (zdLoL)

261 In a major shift, Gov. Josh Shapiro restricts data center development in Pennsylvania

Posted by: SMOD at August 19, 2026 09:05 AM (RHGPo)

262 Andy Beshear - “ let’s abolish the Electoral College” Andy. What a weird state.
Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 09:01 AM (Gqar

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This begs the question - it assumes that it can easily be done. The Dems at most can win razor-thin majorities at this point. I assume they're just going to go full revolutionary, and pass laws that will be struck down and then ignore them?

And assume everyone else will be fine with it?

And how on earth did Kentucky elect that weirdo?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 19, 2026 09:06 AM (ZOv7s)

263 SMOD

And the Green environmentalists are silent.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 09:06 AM (u82oZ)

264 Chicken fried steak today at KFC. Five bucks.

An entire rotisserie chicken at Sams that yields four meals: < $5.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 19, 2026 09:06 AM (BvPIe)

265 Anti-rich DSA leader Gustavo Gordillo lives it up in posh $1.5M NYC pad paid for by millionaire parents

Posted by: SMOD at August 19, 2026 09:07 AM (RHGPo)

266 @252 if the merger doesn't go through Paramount has to pay the Warner Bros shareholders $7m per day as of 9/30. If they leave and go to Texas they'll have a better chance of getting the merger through

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 09:07 AM (rp63B)

267 Andy Beshear - “ let’s abolish the Electoral College” Andy. What a weird state.
Posted by: tubal
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Nothing to do with the state. As with him grandstanding on the absent Turtle, this is all about him desperately trying to get his name in the news for a run in 28.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 19, 2026 09:07 AM (XvL8K)

268 9/11 this year will be the ten-year anniversary of the bollard that influenced the 2016 election. Hope someone lays a wreath there.

Posted by: Sack Of Potatoes at August 19, 2026 09:07 AM (JM9I6)

269 Still convinced TickledPink was a troll.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 08:49 AM (RIvkX)

Made up tales for strangers. I think we got exposed to someone's fetish. Probably not the first time or the last.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 09:08 AM (Kr1pO)

270 And how on earth did Kentucky elect that weirdo?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 19, 2026 09:06 AM (ZOv7s)

His dad was Governor. I guess reasonably popular. The legislature has a Republican super-majority.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 09:08 AM (ExV1e)

271 if the merger doesn't go through Paramount has to pay the Warner Bros shareholders $7m per day as of 9/30. If they leave and go to Texas they'll have a better chance of getting the merger through
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 09:07 AM (rp63B)
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California is high on its own supply. That always ends poorly.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 19, 2026 09:09 AM (ZOv7s)

272 Sack Of Potatoes

Her still living is either a testament to US advanced medical care, or a pact with Satan.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 09:09 AM (u82oZ)

273 Paramount’s board of directors has reportedly approved a plan to move the Hollywood giant out of California, with Texas among the states being considered for its new home.

Only as long as you leave your pedos behind.

However, those that are talking about Texas 'flipping,' this is how they will do it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:04 AM (2YhKe)

We had a big influx of Chicgoans to DFW back in the 90s.

I have yet to meet one who was not a big ole dumbass Democrat for Life. Oh, and smug about it.

Turns out Texas soil isn't just magic after all. It requires a brain to work its wonders.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2026 09:09 AM (iJfKG)

274 264 Chicken fried steak today at KFC. Five bucks.

An entire rotisserie chicken at Sams that yields four meals:

Posted by: Community Notes

I collect no exorbitant "membership" fees!

Posted by: The Colonel at August 19, 2026 09:10 AM (JM9I6)

275 9/11 this year will be the ten-year anniversary of the bollard that influenced the 2016 election. Hope someone lays a wreath there.
Posted by: Sack Of Potatoes at August 19, 2026 09:07 AM (JM9I6)
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The slump heard around the world.

The Side of Beef Maneuver.

Hillary's Last Stand.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 19, 2026 09:10 AM (ZOv7s)

276 @252 if the merger doesn't go through Paramount has to pay the Warner Bros shareholders $7m per day as of 9/30. If they leave and go to Texas they'll have a better chance of getting the merger through
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 09:07 AM (rp63B)

The feds have already approved the merger. If Cali and the courts halt it, Paramount should sue to have Cali pay the penalty.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 09:10 AM (ExV1e)

277 Yeah, hair being set on fire is pretty much a daily activity here. Ace is either using wigs or is mainlining Rogaine.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Outrage mining over the WNBA scripted stupidity bounces me out immediately these days.

"Look! A mom and daughter who paid $1,000 a seat got bounced from a game for wearing XX and tee shirts!!!"

Posted by: Auspex at August 19, 2026 09:10 AM (Y8DZL)

278 ...

I guess we would have known if she claimed to run a large number of marathons in a short time.

Unlike the formerly advanced University of Cambridge.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 09:10 AM (u82oZ)

279 > Paramount’s board of directors has reportedly approved a plan to move the Hollywood giant out of California, with Texas among the states being considered for its new home.
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Wasn't this move tied up in some sort of horseshit that kept it on ice while the state of CA (California's AG, Bonta) sued to stop the move?

It was costing someone a boatload of money while tied up.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 09:11 AM (2Cry5)

280 Andy Beshear - “ let’s abolish the Electoral College” Andy. What a weird state.

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 09:01 AM (Gqar

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Translation: we can still cheat with abandon in certain places but no longer ALL the places.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 09:11 AM (Kr1pO)

281 Seems to me Paramount might want to consider Nevada. It's close to CA, and some of its people might just live out of their Palm Springs houses and commute.

Someone else already has a studio there, don't they?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 19, 2026 09:11 AM (1Ff7Z)

282 However, those that are talking about Texas 'flipping,' this is how they will do it.

Flip Texas and have Texas join the other 222 electoral votes in the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) and you will be just one state shy of eliminating the Electoral College without touching the US Constitution.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 19, 2026 09:11 AM (+4Cf6)

283 268 9/11 this year will be the ten-year anniversary of the bollard that influenced the 2016 election. Hope someone lays a wreath there.
Posted by: Sack Of Potatoes at August 19, 2026 09:07 AM
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What difference, at this point, does it make?

Posted by: Old Lady Rodham at August 19, 2026 09:11 AM (2Ez/1)

284 @276 agreed. Cali doing this crap is just an attempt at extortion. The process is the penalty

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 09:11 AM (rp63B)

285 However, those that are talking about Texas 'flipping,' this is how they will do it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:04 AM (2YhKe)
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The problem is that Hispanics are now shifting to the GOP. Even the black vote is starting to move.

And of we take the long view, conservative fertility rates are 6x that of liberals.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 19, 2026 09:12 AM (ZOv7s)

286 Morn' all... Now I have to worry about Alaska ?... Where did I put that match ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2026 09:12 AM (+gK6I)

287 252 Paramount’s board of directors has reportedly approved a plan to move the Hollywood giant out of California, with Texas among the states being considered for its new home.
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Oregon or Washington would be more suitable to their culture.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 09:12 AM (AJWch)

288 "Outrage mining over the WNBA scripted stupidity bounces me out immediately these days."

Is this about me?

Posted by: The Flying Green Dildo at August 19, 2026 09:13 AM (2Ez/1)

289 Oregon or Washington would be more suitable to their culture.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 09:12 AM (AJWch)

But, it seems they want to be profitable again.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:13 AM (2YhKe)

290 Flip Texas and have Texas join the other 222 electoral votes in the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) and you will be just one state shy of eliminating the Electoral College without touching the US Constitution.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 19, 2026 09:11 AM (+4Cf6)

Although, as has been pointed out, the NPVIC is, itself, unconstitutional. I hold that the courts and professional officeholders will ignore that but the statement is correct.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 09:13 AM (ExV1e)

291 Democrat politicians aim for totalitarianism of some flavor, and they don't much care which, while the goal of GOP is to manage the transition for maximum personal profit.

Posted by: John Thune, Mitch McConnell's Pool Boy at August 19, 2026 09:14 AM (vue/J)

292 Flip Texas and have Texas join the other 222 electoral votes in the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) and you will be just one state shy of eliminating the Electoral College without touching the US Constitution.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 19, 2026 09:11 AM (+4Cf6)
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Right, except that it's unconstitutional and unenforceable.

Also, funny now none of those states who say they want a national popular vote gave their electors to Trump. So it's all a lie. Same as always.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 19, 2026 09:14 AM (ZOv7s)

293 That's how much pressure running against Trump put on her. The Hag was promised a Bush.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 09:14 AM (Kr1pO)

294 I miss the reports of flying green dildoes at WNBA games.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:14 AM (2YhKe)

295 I was amused by Vindman losing really really really badly

come on that's good for a least a half smile!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 19, 2026 09:14 AM (j+aD2)

296 Turns out Texas soil isn't just magic after all. It requires a brain to work its wonders.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2026 09:09 AM (iJfKG)

Shaken Manhattans? How does that comport with your theory?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 19, 2026 09:14 AM (k5CNB)

297 speaking of islamonazis...

"Turkey’s ruling party runs its Washington operation from a $4.8 million mansion headed by Erdoğan’s cousin.

New FARA filings show roughly 85 meetings in 6 months, including sitting members of Congress, Senate Foreign Relations staff, CodePink, John Kiriakou and Tucker Carlson’s business partner Neil Patel."

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 09:15 AM (g47mK)

298 Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others

Nevada and Oregon have income taxes. Washington State has plenty of other disincentives regarding business climate.

Unlike Texas.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 09:15 AM (u82oZ)

299 Make it make sense!

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
🚨 UPDATE: Democrat plant Dan J. Sullivan has ADVANCED in Alaska's US Senate top-4 primary

He's there to siphon votes from the Republican.

ELIMINATE this system in November by voting YES on 2!

🔵 Mary Peltola: 48%
🔴 Sen. Dan Sullivan: 42.8%
🟡 Fraud Dan J. Sullivan: 2.4%

Freaking RIDICULOUS

Alaska needs to be prepared to vote for INCUMBENT SENATOR Dan Sullivan and END ranked choice voting this fall

Vote YES on 2!

Posted by: redridinghood at August 19, 2026 09:15 AM (NpAcC)

300 252 Paramount’s board of directors has reportedly approved a plan to move the Hollywood giant out of California, with Texas among the states being considered for its new home.
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Texas, Georgia, and Tennessee are all full up.

Posted by: The Moose Out Front at August 19, 2026 09:16 AM (vue/J)

301 Where's Monty? with all the D-O-o-O-M floating around, he's got to be here!

Posted by: Hubert J Farnsworth at August 19, 2026 09:16 AM (zBgIx)

302 Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes

WOAH 🚨 Lead Anchor at CNN Jake Tapper comes out and admits THEY ALL KNEW Joe Biden wasn’t really President and calling the shots

He says there was an elite inner circle of advisors who would make the decisions and “steer the country.” He gives the names of the people in that group

Again, the mainstream media ALL KNEW Joe Biden wasn’t making decisions

“Tell me about the word choice, and then tell me about those people who were really calling the shots around the president.”

Jake Tapper “So the Politburo, not a term we came up with, it's a term from within the Biden administration, as the name would suggest is a tightly held group of senior advisors — these were the individuals that help steer the government.”

The mainstream media was in on the coverup. How are there no consequences for these people

Posted by: SMOD at August 19, 2026 09:16 AM (RHGPo)

303 I miss Dave in Fla.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:17 AM (2YhKe)

304 Although, as has been pointed out, the NPVIC is, itself, unconstitutional. I hold that the courts and professional officeholders will ignore that but the statement is correct.

All it takes is one female district judge to make it all good.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 19, 2026 09:17 AM (+4Cf6)

305 Democrat politicians aim for totalitarianism of some flavor, and they don't much care which, while the goal of GOP is to manage the transition for maximum personal profit.
Posted by: John Thune, Mitch McConnell's Pool Boy at August 19, 2026 09:14 AM (vue/J)
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Ah, but the GOP is purging itself of the go along to get along types. McConnell is literally on life support.

The 2026 GOP is either on board or getting primaried. Thune will either fall in line at the end of the day or lose his job in a couple of years.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 19, 2026 09:17 AM (ZOv7s)

306 Mornin' Horde.

I'm trying very hard not to lash out at people over how difficult dealing with my situation is, including (in no particular order) my employer, one of my pastors, the local "homeless aid" establishment, city government, and whoever the worthless celestial "servant" is that keeps serving up 100 degree days.

Betting window is open if I make it through summer.

Seriously though, I do want to repeat my thanks for everyone who's helped through this entire mess. Y'all are the kindest and most generous bunch of malcontents and reprobates I could ever have hoped to fall in with. Makes life more than a little bit more livable. Hope to God I get to meet y'all in person someday!

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 19, 2026 09:17 AM (OUMaO)

307 I was amused by Vindman losing really really really badly

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I think in the long term a win by any DSA scum, even in a primary, is not a good thing. Like all bad things, if you encourage them, they will grow.

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 09:17 AM (g47mK)

308 What happened to cob Krakatoa?

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 09:18 AM (77rzZ)

309 The mainstream media was in on the coverup. How are there no consequences for these people
Posted by: SMOD at August 19, 2026 09:16 AM (RHGPo)

If only I lived now.

Posted by: Julius Streicher at August 19, 2026 09:18 AM (1Ff7Z)

310 Has Maryland Man's lawyer given the name of a country he can be deported to yet? As I remember, the man is so dangerous that he has the death penalty in twelves systems like that dude in Mos Eisley.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 19, 2026 09:18 AM (svLOV)

311 The NPVIC is unconstitutional as it would be an agreement between the states without congressional approval. That is barred by the constitution. I doubt even Hawaiian judges would find it constitutional

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 09:19 AM (rp63B)

312 Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:52 AM (2YhKe)

Give my congratulations to your First Lady.

Posted by: dantesed at August 19, 2026 09:19 AM (Oy/m2)

313 Y'all are the kindest and most generous bunch of malcontents and reprobates I could ever have hoped to fall in with. Makes life more than a little bit more livable. Hope to God I get to meet y'all in person someday!
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 19, 2026 09:17 AM (OUMaO)

Godspeed, sir.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:19 AM (2YhKe)

314 Good morning.

Mamdani will gloat on 9/11 - and those in NYC who let him get elected should be ashamed of themselves.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2026 09:19 AM (X8xt3)

315 Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) responded to the news that a former staffer of his is now working on the campaign of Texas Democrat Senate candidate James Talarico.
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And I helped get him the job!

Posted by: John Cornyn, Centrist Democrat at August 19, 2026 09:19 AM (vue/J)

316 Jake Tapper “So the Politburo, not a term we came up with, it's a term from within the Biden administration, as the name would suggest is a tightly held group of senior advisors — these were the individuals that help steer the government.”

The mainstream media was in on the coverup. How are there no consequences for these people

Posted by: SMOD

...like that shit wasn't obvious from the get-go? I called it the "Pennsylvania Avenue Politburo" for a reason...

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 19, 2026 09:19 AM (OUMaO)

317 Give my congratulations to your First Lady.

Posted by: dantesed at August 19, 2026 09:19 AM (Oy/m2)

I will! Thank you.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:20 AM (2YhKe)

318 Moms Across America Facebook Group:

The FDA just approved Moderna’s new mRNA flu vaccine, mFlusiva.

Here’s what the trial found:

The mRNA shot reduced the absolute risk of getting the flu by just 0.8% compared to a standard flu shot.

And 6.4% of people who received it experienced severe reactions.

We are disappointed to see the FDA approved another disastrous mRNA vaccine.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 09:20 AM (RqFM6)

319 >>Who turned out to be not just a troll, but an actual stalker.

Yup, he stalked an 'ette. No laughing matter.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2026 09:20 AM (X8xt3)

320 I doubt even Hawaiian judges would find it constitutional
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 09:19 AM (rp63B)

Are you kidding? It's literally the Spirit of Aloha! Approved! -- Judge Humahumanukunukuapua'a

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 09:20 AM (ExV1e)

321 Sponge, my congrats to her also.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 09:21 AM (77rzZ)

322 >the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC)
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is unconstitutional

Art I Sec 10

No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.

Posted by: Don Black at August 19, 2026 09:21 AM (ZxPkt)

323 Where's Monty? with all the D-O-o-O-M floating around, he's got to be here!

Posted by: Hubert J Farnsworth at August 19, 2026 09:16 AM (zBgIx)

You'd be shocked at how comforting I found that thread while reading it in the ICU room when John (late, first) Husband was dying. I hope all is well with Monty.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 19, 2026 09:21 AM (lFFaq)

324 The MSM was every bit part of that "politburo" as those "senior advisors."

Hang every one of them in a public square by the neck until dead.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 09:21 AM (2Cry5)

325 319 >>Who turned out to be not just a troll, but an actual stalker.

Yup, he stalked an 'ette. No laughing matter.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2026 09:20 AM (X8xt3)

What ? Who ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2026 09:21 AM (+gK6I)

326 I think in the long term a win by any DSA scum, even in a primary, is not a good thing. Like all bad things, if you encourage them, they will grow.
Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 09:17 AM (g47mK)
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Counterpoint: the repeated Dem debacles in the 1970s and 1980s led to a more centerist leadership, and while we all despise the Clintons, remember that Bill originally ran on Trump's current platform of no immigration, reducing government and protecting American jobs.

Hillary subsequently repudiated that to stay viable after Obama's lurch to the left, but that is often the way electoral politics work. The Labour Party in the UK went the same way and had to embrace the "third way" to get back into power.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 19, 2026 09:21 AM (ZOv7s)

327 Sponge, how is First Daughter holding up?

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 09:22 AM (77rzZ)

328
We are disappointed to see the FDA approved another disastrous mRNA vaccine.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 09:20 AM (RqFM6)

The FDA is NOT your friend.......

The inventor of mRNA TOLD them not to use it as a vaccine. And yet......

I wonder whatever happened to that guy.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:22 AM (2YhKe)

329 every troll, including banned ex-commenters who show up here, because they are sick losers in IRL, are stalkers

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 09:22 AM (g47mK)

330 And how on earth did Kentucky elect that weirdo?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at

I was born there. Still have family there. Kentuckians, in my experience, are purely mercenary rice-bowl voters. R or D, whoever can send out the most checks, or at least promises to, is the guy.

If I were a Democrat running for McConnell's seat, my message would be simple: "that flipped over, dried out turtle was able to bring home the bacon because he was the most important Democrat in the Senate. But he's gone, and guess what? John Thune isn't from Kentucky. No Republican you vote for would have the juice to pay you people anymore, and wouldn't care to even if he did. If you want jack shit, you'll do the smart thing and vote for me."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2026 09:23 AM (BI5O2)

331 Sponge, how is First Daughter holding up?
Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 09:22 AM (77rzZ)

She's doing alright. Her license has been reinstated as of Monday, so we're working out how to get her insured and her car down to her soon.

The car, however, is still throwing some codes that I've yet to figure out.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:23 AM (2YhKe)

332 every troll, including banned ex-commenters who show up here, because they are sick losers in IRL, are stalkers

Posted by: runner

And, by definition and bylaws, are Average Joe.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 19, 2026 09:23 AM (OUMaO)

333 SMOD

The MSM is increasingly ignored. Consequences right there.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 09:24 AM (u82oZ)

334 Counterpoint: the repeated Dem debacles in the 1970s and 1980s led to a more centerist leadership, and while we all despise the Clintons, remember that Bill originally ran on Trump's current platform of no immigration, reducing government and protecting American jobs.

Hillary subsequently repudiated that to stay viable after Obama's lurch to the left, but that is often the way electoral politics work. The Labour Party in the UK went the same way and had to embrace the "third way" to get back into power.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 19, 2026 09:21 AM (ZOv7s)

Counter , Counter point, the DSA is taking over the D party, because, unlike other Capital inspired movements, Socialists, once in a majority, take undemocratic measures to make their power absolute.

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 09:25 AM (g47mK)

335 I want to make sure minorities don't run out of vaccines by never getting one.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 19, 2026 09:25 AM (2MN4W)

336 >>The mRNA shot reduced the absolute risk of getting the flu by just 0.8% compared to a standard flu shot.

And 6.4% of people who received it experienced severe reactions.

Pretty sure there was just a story out about how the flu shots have very little to no effect.

IIRC, Hillary Clinton ruined the annual flu shot process decades ago. The process had been that each manufacturer decided which flu strain would be the most common/worst, so that there were a variety of flu shot options each year. Somehow Hillary got involved (remember her meddling in healthcare?), and the government started to pick which flu strain to stop and all flu shot manufacturers then produce the same shots.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2026 09:26 AM (X8xt3)

337 *you can't vote them out

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 09:26 AM (g47mK)

338 Now, I've been stacked with the task of fetching a trailer, going to pick up my nephew's dying car and transporting it 80 miles one way.......to get it out of his apartment parking lot.

Lord, give me strength.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:26 AM (2YhKe)

339 Brother Cavil/Tim I sincerely hope things improve on one or more fronts soon!!

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 09:27 AM (Kr1pO)

340 Lord, give me strength.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:26 AM (2YhKe)

Don't answer your phone

Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2026 09:27 AM (+gK6I)

341
Counter , Counter point, the DSA is taking over the D party, because, unlike other Capital inspired movements, Socialists, once in a majority, take undemocratic measures to make their power absolute.

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 09:25 AM (g47mK)

They BOUGHT their tickets. They KNEW what they were getting into. I say, LET em crash.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:28 AM (2YhKe)

342 Counter , Counter point, the DSA is taking over the D party, because, unlike other Capital inspired movements, Socialists, once in a majority, take undemocratic measures to make their power absolute.

that's not really why

I tend to avoid the morning thread bc I wake up every day glad to be alive and super positive!

then IF I come here, it's sturm and drang and looking at the darkest side of everything.

I don't have TJMs patience so I should get to work. which is busy AND I have been asked to return to my former life in tech which I am considering. that alone - digging up an old tech maven for a new job?!?! - is indicative of something. Something good, maybe?

lol

enjoy your misery I will catch you later

Pablo Pledgescobar! that dude will make a fortune off the book he writes in prison btw

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 19, 2026 09:28 AM (j+aD2)

343 These MRNA vaccines may save Social Security by culling all the old people.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 19, 2026 09:28 AM (2MN4W)

344 339 Brother Cavil/Tim I sincerely hope things improve on one or more fronts soon!!
Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 09:27 AM (Kr1pO)

Yes... The same..

Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2026 09:28 AM (+gK6I)

345 Yup, he stalked an 'ette. No laughing matter.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2026 09:20 AM (X8xt3)

I missed that bit. Just knew he was eventually purposefully copying the entire thread multiple times.

Texas MoMee now has a zero photos policy, probably because of stuff like that. Along with wanting to make sure no one gets cancelled for attending.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 19, 2026 09:28 AM (lFFaq)

346 338 Sorry, Sponge. Hope everything goes as smoothly as possible.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 09:28 AM (77rzZ)

347 Say what you will about Sweden and the Swedes, but they are sane when it comes to vaccines, and healthcare.

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 09:28 AM (g47mK)

348 Don't answer your phone

Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2026 09:27 AM (+gK6I)

It may come down to that........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:28 AM (2YhKe)

349 there's 'no principled reason' for elephants to be 'deprived of legal personhood'

Nor is there any reason to deprive penguins,, something we've been working on for decades.

Power to the Penguins!

Posted by: Big Penguin at August 19, 2026 09:28 AM (0sNs1)

350 Although, as has been pointed out, the NPVIC is, itself, unconstitutional. I hold that the courts and professional officeholders will ignore that but the statement is correct.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 09:13 AM (ExV1e)

How is it unconstitutional? States can set their own rules for how they choose electors. It's stupid to do that national popular vote thing - but seems to be allowed.

"Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector."

Posted by: Doof at August 19, 2026 09:28 AM (S0M0K)

351 Sorry, Sponge. Hope everything goes as smoothly as possible.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 09:28 AM (77rzZ)

Thank you.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:29 AM (2YhKe)

352
No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.

See Virginia v. Tennessee (1893)

Posted by: Community Notes at August 19, 2026 09:29 AM (a6PrB)

353 Service Elephants?

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 19, 2026 09:29 AM (2MN4W)

354 The car, however, is still throwing some codes that I've yet to figure out.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:23 AM (2YhKe)

When that gas icon comes up on the dashboard, it means no gas.

Posted by: dantesed at August 19, 2026 09:29 AM (Oy/m2)

355 "Americans think squeezing Iran harder will win concessions that were never part of the agreement," Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf wrote in a post on X. "Bessent and Hegseth are way out of their league," Ghalibaf added while referring to them as the "clown crew." He stated:

Stop waiting for the clown crew to pull a rabbit out of their hat and clean up the mess you made.

After declaring a new 'offensive' military posture in response to the crisis, Iran is showing no signs of backing off the confrontation with the US in the region. On Wednesday its armed forces warned Gulf countries against hosting or assisting American forces, saying it would be tantamount to joining the war on the US side.

"We wish to warn that any assistance or facilitation provided to the aggressor U.S. military amounts to participation in the U.S. military operation," armed forces chief of staff Ali Abdollahi said.

"It seems unlikely that such a large number of military aircraft, particularly refueling aircraft could be present at regional bases without knowledge of host countries," the official continued as cited in Mehr news agency.

Posted by: SMOD at August 19, 2026 09:30 AM (RHGPo)

356 Service Elephants?

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 19, 2026 09:29 AM (2MN4W)

This is about me, isn't it......

Posted by: University of Alabama at August 19, 2026 09:30 AM (2YhKe)

357 If we use the lens of conventional political theory, the Dems' behavior is inexplicable. Trump has seized on 90-10 issues and is using them to break the usual midterm trend of voting for the "out" party. Under game theory, the Dems should also embrace those positions, taking them off the table and then highlighting their popular positions.

This is what Bill Clinton did, not just with the border, but also with violent crime. Remember, he executed a guy during the 1992 campaign, showing he was no Mike Dukakis.

The problem is that the Dems' primary system is empowering the lunatics, and the Dem leadership has clung to power to the point that the party is U-shaped, with a bunch of geriatric politicians clinging to power and now a bunch of young inexperienced Theater Kids challenging them. The GOP has its Turtle, but overall there is a smoother demographic transition underway.

J.D. Vance exemplifies this, which is the the Dems are so scared of him.

The Dems right now are in a purity spiral, and the party may well splinter because the DSA types will not compromise an inch.

In the GOP, the MAGA wing is consolidating power, and by 2028, the last holdouts will have been eliminated.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 19, 2026 09:30 AM (ZOv7s)

358 >>These MRNA vaccines may save Social Security by culling all the old people.

As instapundit always says: Feature, not a bug.

And considering I just lost my father to a vax-caused mystery lung disease, I am really, REALLY pissed about this.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2026 09:30 AM (X8xt3)

359 Early Dr Fauci art up

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 09:30 AM (RqFM6)

360
Nor is there any reason to deprive penguins,, something we've been working on for decades.

Power to the Penguins!
Posted by: Big Penguin

Preach it, brothers!

Posted by: Merry Marching Penguin Majority at August 19, 2026 09:31 AM (JM9I6)

361
When that gas icon comes up on the dashboard, it means no gas.
Posted by: dantesed at August 19, 2026 09:29 AM (Oy/m2)

Wife is going to fill it now, but it's the picture of an engine that keeps coming up.

I open the hood and the engine is still there, so I'm not sure what it wants me to check.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:31 AM (2YhKe)

362 Trump Pauses 50% Canada Tariffs At 11th Hour, Declares "We Have A Deal"

"Congratulations Mr. President. The deal will include comprehensive market access for all American goods, economic security..."

Posted by: SMOD at August 19, 2026 09:32 AM (RHGPo)

363 Sometimes Oxygen Sensor failing or failed.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 19, 2026 09:32 AM (2MN4W)

364 Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes

WOAH 🚨 Lead Anchor at CNN Jake Tapper comes out and admits THEY ALL KNEW Joe Biden wasn’t really President and calling the shots

He says there was an elite inner circle of advisors who would make the decisions and “steer the country.” He gives the names of the people in that group

Again, the mainstream media ALL KNEW Joe Biden wasn’t making decisions

“Tell me about the word choice, and then tell me about those people who were really calling the shots around the president.”

Jake Tapper “So the Politburo, not a term we came up with, it's a term from within the Biden administration, as the name would suggest is a tightly held group of senior advisors — these were the individuals that help steer the government.”

The mainstream media was in on the coverup. How are there no consequences for these people
Posted by: SMOD at August 19, 2026 09:16 AM (RHGPo)

None were elected so they ran a coup.

They should all be in prison or hanging from ropes. After a swift trial and found guilty.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2026 09:33 AM (iJfKG)

365 Counter , Counter point, the DSA is taking over the D party, because, unlike other Capital inspired movements, Socialists, once in a majority, take undemocratic measures to make their power absolute.
Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 09:25 AM (g47mK)
---
Bloom County ran strips talking about the vanishing of the American Liberal in the 1980s because they were getting hammered so badly. It moves in cycles.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 19, 2026 09:33 AM (ZOv7s)

366 Parts stores can plug in a thingie and catch a code.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 19, 2026 09:34 AM (2MN4W)

367 They BOUGHT their tickets. They KNEW what they were getting into. I say, LET em crash.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Snort!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 09:34 AM (u82oZ)

368 Beware the “Gravy Boat” light on the instrument cluster.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2026 09:35 AM (dLnkr)

369 Western Lensman @WesternLensman

CNN of course is now trying to make Natalie Harp a story they can use to bash Trump.

They've brought her brother in to help do it.

Erin Burnett is trying her best to get usable soundbites out of him, but he's spaced out and she's having some trouble.

Posted by: SMOD at August 19, 2026 09:35 AM (RHGPo)

370 They should all be in prison or hanging from ropes. After a swift trial and found guilty.

Posted by: naturalfake

We can have the trial after the fact.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 19, 2026 09:36 AM (svLOV)

371 Jemele Hill and Don Lemon say Stephen A. Smith has become problematic because he's been hosting "certain" people and hanging out with them
https://x.com/Thechat101/status/2089476502379217320

They feel that he is in a way betraying "black journalism"

This comes after the NABJ gave Smith its 'Thumbs Down' award, citing his commentary about black women, Jasmine Crockett being among them

Posted by: SMOD at August 19, 2026 09:37 AM (RHGPo)

372 Posted by: University of Alabama at August 19, 2026 09:30 AM

Roll Tide!

Posted by: U of A alums at August 19, 2026 09:39 AM (0sNs1)

373 Nood.

Posted by: U of A alums at August 19, 2026 09:41 AM (0sNs1)

374 Trump's got a deal with Canada, the Keystone pipeline appears to be in the deal. Re-Opened.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 09:44 AM (AJWch)

375 Yup, he stalked an 'ette. No laughing matter.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2026 09:20 AM (X8xt3)

Plural. Stalked 'ettes.

Good riddance.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 19, 2026 09:46 AM (PGK1w)

376
Counterpoint: the repeated Dem debacles in the 1970s and 1980s led to a more centerist leadership, and while we all despise the Clintons, remember that Bill originally ran on Trump's current platform of no immigration, reducing government and protecting American jobs.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 19, 2026 09:21 AM (ZOv7s)

Counter-Counter Point: When Clinton played centrist but sane liberal during the General Election, he was lying through his ass. The FIRST major policy thing that cocksucker did after taking the oath is defer to the wishes of his harridan wife, Frau Gruppencankles, when he tried to force the military to openly admit homosexuals to the uniformed services. The outroar was so loud that he had to backtrack, and Don't Ask, Don't Tell was the compromise.

There were other, similar indications where he proposed radical bullshit policies from his wife and had to backtrack. Probably because it would have generated enough hatred that he feared losing access to all that strange poon he was pulling into the Oval Office. I wouldn't be surprised if there was still Bubba DNA rubbed into the top of the Resolute Desk after all of these years.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 19, 2026 09:53 AM (iqcvy)

377 >>Plural. Stalked 'ettes.

Oh dang, forgot that it was more than one.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2026 09:57 AM (X8xt3)

378 Over a century ago, John D. Rockefeller transformed oil into one of the world's most valuable industries.
Now, thousands of investors believe something similar could be happening with coal.
Frontieras North America has developed patented technology that refines coal into fuels and materials like diesel, jet fuel, hydrogen, and fertilizer, serving markets worth $2.1 Trillion globally.
With a Nasdaq ticker (FASF) reserved and land secured in West Virginia for its $850M flagship facility, Frontieras is inviting investors to participate while the company remains private.

Posted by: SMOD at August 19, 2026 10:20 AM (wfdbg)

Daily Tech News 19 August 2026

Top Story

A federal judge has ruled that a state judge who used AI to handle the entire decision in a case so she could spend the day playing Cookie Run Kingdom or something equally important cannot be sued. (Tom's Hardware)

The state judge's actions may not be reasonable, or even legal, and the decision can be appealed, but the judge cannot sued.

Tech News

Move fast and crash planes: Google just bought the anonymised databases of the defunct Spirit Airlines for $10 million to train AI models. (CNN)

With OpenAI training on Reddit, Amazon training on Twitch streams, and now Google training on incompetent and defunct airlines, I don't think we have to worry too much about AI taking our jobs.

And more about AI destroying the economy so there aren't any jobs to be taken.
Building a Steam Machine in an ASRock Deskmeet X300. (WCCFTech)

Interesting thing: The Deskmeet X300 has four DDR4 SODIMM slots. Which is great if you just happen to have a stockpile of DDR4 SODIMMs from old laptops and mini-PCs.

Which I do.
Best Buy apparently did not steal half this customer's memory. (Tom's Hardware)

They took half the memory out, yes, but returned it along with the laptop. And since it has a dedicated GPU, performance won't suffer too much.

Actually, it just sounds like one stick of RAM went bad, and since the laptop was upgraded by a third-party, it wasn't Best Buy's responsibility, and the system is now working again.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: She's a bop girl.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:45 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 04:48 AM (odBC9)

2 !!

Posted by: clarence at August 19, 2026 04:48 AM (jAzRo)

3 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 19, 2026 04:48 AM (sAmhv)

4 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 04:50 AM (Ia/+0)

5 this is newsy; excerpted from the ONT

452 The IRGC are threatening ballistic missile attacks on European targets in Cyprus and Bulgaria. The IRGC fired two missiles at the UAE yesterday that both fell into the sea.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 19, 2026 04:32 AM (gIjzl)

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 04:51 AM (odBC9)

6 Judicial immunity is nowhere in either the Constitution or statute.

Judges have immunity because judges say so.

Posted by: The Right Honorable Miklos, presiding at August 19, 2026 04:56 AM (XOG/m)

7 Someone should do a mashup of IRGC officials making threats and Ernest T. Bass threatening to throw a rock.

Posted by: Miklos lacks certain technical skill, more of an Idea Guy at August 19, 2026 04:58 AM (XOG/m)

8 m, this reminds me so much of Baghdad Bob. This has precipitated the move to quash all news coming out of Iran.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 19, 2026 04:59 AM (gIjzl)

9 Miklos lacks certain technical skill, more of an Idea Guy

heh

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 04:59 AM (odBC9)

10 8 m, this reminds me so much of Baghdad Bob. This has precipitated the move to quash all news coming out of Iran.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 19, 2026 04:59 AM (gIjzl)

I'll be headed down lots of rabbit holes online!

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 05:01 AM (odBC9)

11 Iran International is doing the best just the news reporting without opinions.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 19, 2026 05:04 AM (gIjzl)

12 m, this reminds me so much of Baghdad Bob.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 19, 2026 04:59 AM (gIjzl)
-

Iran is not Saddam Hussein. Iran is suicidal.

הבא להורגך, השכם להורגו

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 19, 2026 05:04 AM (Z3R2R)

13 Oh, and BOING!

Lunch time, already???

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 19, 2026 05:05 AM (Z3R2R)

14 Biden's Dog, any opinion on the election?

Posted by: Ben Had at August 19, 2026 05:05 AM (gIjzl)

15 Elections here are stuck on stupid because they are based on a party-only choice. Plus, governments can be brought down before their maximum term. Very much like (once) Great Britain.

Voters here are just as stupid as much everywhere else. They keep on voting for the same ol' same ol'.

Netanyahu is such a farce. Has been for decades.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 19, 2026 05:08 AM (Z3R2R)

16 Where is this Barack Obama, and what have you done with him?

Wikipedia, Hamas

In July 2008, Barack Obama, then the Democratic presidential candidate, said: "If somebody was sending rockets into my house, where my two daughters sleep at night, I'm going to do everything in my power to stop that, and I would expect Israelis to do the same thing."

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 05:10 AM (odBC9)

17
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 19, 2026 05:11 AM (AMvSw)

18 A federal judge has ruled that a state judge who used AI to handle the entire decision in a case so she could spend the day playing Cookie Run Kingdom or something equally important cannot be sued.
****

It is quite likely that the judge relied on their clerk for the decision. To get to the bottom of this matter, the plaintiff should petition to have the judge explain the ruling in chambers. If the judge can not adequately explain, petition for recusal.

Posted by: clarence at August 19, 2026 05:11 AM (jAzRo)

19 Technology gave us fat feral wimmin in bathrobes on airplane bitching about racis and sheet

I don't like technology anymore

Posted by: the nephew at August 19, 2026 05:12 AM (LOZbR)

20 When going to the Amish market on Saturday, not only did we get good food served by pleasant, polite people , but I got several words search books which I enjoy doing as a diversion. One book was on faith, one was on love and based on passages from scripture This is one I was working on today from Psalm 33:20-22:

"Our soul waiteth for the Lord ; He is our help and our shield. For our heart shall rejoice in Him, because we have trusted in His Holy Name. Let thy mercy be upon us, as we hope in thee."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 05:25 AM (xSAlF)

21 Could I guess that judge is a DEI hire, and doesn't have any idea about written law?

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 05:26 AM (Ia/+0)

22 Be bop. Deluxe.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 19, 2026 05:28 AM (fh6Zf)

23 Disclaimer: She's a bop girl.

She yips.

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 05:28 AM (odBC9)

24 Evening and morning, late toilers and early risers!

Woden's Day, Woden's Day, wherefore art thou Woden's day? A Thor's Day by any other name would smell as sweet.

Not that my Thor's Day this week will be a snap. Haircut, gassing up the car, dropping off old clothes and books at the thrift store; a busy morning. Today is lighter. I hope.

Anyway, I'm up earlier than I planned, having my coffee. What about you?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 05:28 AM (wzUl9)

25 Christian man from MN ( says he works in the agricultural industry) writes on spiritual maintenance and Hebrews 10: 19-25:

https://tinyurl.com/muby72eu

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 05:29 AM (xSAlF)

26 abovethelaw.com has articles about the use of AI in the law and promotes a "resource" called Legal AI.

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 05:30 AM (odBC9)

27 For some reason, when that Cyndi Lauper song came out, I thought the chorus included the word "Baluchistan."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 05:30 AM (wzUl9)

28 Cyndi Lauper - She Bop

It is super catchy.

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 05:32 AM (odBC9)

29 The local Fox outlet has a story about a gigantic pothole in a neighborhood here that is (supposedly) going to get filled -- after fifty years. A poor, crime-ridden neighborhood, yes, but still! How corrupt, stupid, and incompetent must a bunch of administrations be to let something that dangerous to traffic slide . . . for half a century?

No need to answer that. When the guy told Mr. Gittes in 1974, "Forget it, Jake; it's Chinatown," it resonated with people here, even then.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 05:39 AM (wzUl9)

30 21 Could I guess that judge is a DEI hire, and doesn't have any idea about written law?
Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 05:26 AM (Ia/+0)

Her name is

Mari Parladé

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 05:41 AM (odBC9)

31 And the Plaza Tower, a 1967-era building where I worked in the early '90s, has been standing vacant, condemned for mold issues among other things . . . since 2002. Twenty-four years without selling it or demolishing it?

New Mayor: "I'll get around to it."

(repeat on loop)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 05:41 AM (wzUl9)

32 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 05:25 AM (xSAlF)

I just had a goofy idea:

Feral Word Search

Make a little booklet full of word keys, little themed lists of words of varying degrees of oddness, along with some kind of temporary "sticky note" or maybe a weird paperclip with a little pointer or flag you could adjust somehow, and then you use whatever books or magazines you have lying around as the material you search in.

Kinda like a word search scavenger hunt. But re-useable. And with unlimited variations. And no guarantee of success.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 05:43 AM (Ot/FD)

33 Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 05:43 AM (Ot/FD)

Is there anyway you could make money from this?😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 05:47 AM (xPsv8)

34 I'd rather be carried by six than judged by Candy Crush.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 05:47 AM (Ot/FD)

35 Flight Aware tells me the plane that just flew over is a Fedex Boeing 777 that left Memphis after 3 this morning and is landing at Newark in 15 minutes. I presume the cargo all will be delivered someplace today.

Modern life is sort of amazing.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 19, 2026 05:48 AM (rlR9Y)

36 Anyway, I'm up earlier than I planned, having my coffee. What about you?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

This Day bears my Name

Hump ye, hump ye all

Posted by: Wotan at August 19, 2026 05:48 AM (XOG/m)

37 Virginia Man Argues His 'FTP&ATF' License Plate Is Free Speech. The Supreme Court Might Hear His Case.

reason.com

https://tinyurl.com/4r7x9znh

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 05:49 AM (odBC9)

38 33 Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 05:43 AM (Ot/FD)

Is there anyway you could make money from this?😉
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 05:47 AM (xPsv

That is the most Dad question anyone has ever asked anyone.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 05:50 AM (Ot/FD)

39 For some reason, when that Cyndi Lauper song came out, I thought the chorus included the word "Baluchistan."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of

Entirely your fault

Baluchistan is not part of Cyndi's vocabulary-ness

Posted by: Miklos just wanna have fun at August 19, 2026 05:51 AM (XOG/m)

40 84 degrees here, never mind the heat index. Time I took a day off from my workout schedule. The high will be 96.

In contrast, it's 68 in Terre Haute (and it's 6 am there), with a high (amid rain, true) expected to be around 78.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 05:51 AM (wzUl9)

41 Everybody in our house had a somewhat difficult day for various yesterday, which I won't go into. We are thankful God got us through . Probably the most "exciting" was son and his co-worker had to pry open an elevator which wasn't working to get out. I am trusting that today is smoother.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 05:51 AM (xPsv8)

42 Is there anyway you could make money from this?😉
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026

***
Looks like you're trying to make a suggestion. Would you like some help?
( -- A certain animated Windows annoyance)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 05:53 AM (wzUl9)

43 Every morning, before I Wordle, I Quordle and Nerdle. Exercise my coffee-addled brain.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 19, 2026 05:53 AM (HIHJq)

44 FTP&ATF

For The Penguins - All The Fish

I don't see the problem.

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 05:53 AM (odBC9)

45 Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 05:50 AM (Ot/FD)

But I'm not a dad. Husband ( and dad) must have worn off on me a bit😉 Anyway, I liked your idea and will have to consider it a bit more when I'm more awake.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 05:54 AM (xPsv8)

46 All seriousness aside . . . is there any other place on the 'Net whose posters/commenters display this level of wit even before dawn??? Hard to imagine!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 05:54 AM (wzUl9)

47 27 For some reason, when that Cyndi Lauper song came out, I thought the chorus included the word "Baluchistan."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 05:30 AM (wzUl9)

ha ha

I see where.

She bop, he bop, we bop
I bop, you bop, they bop
Be bop, be bop, a lu bop
I hope he will understand

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 05:55 AM (odBC9)

48 I am up always earlier than I planned

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 05:57 AM (Ia/+0)

49 In fairness to Cyndi and "She-Bop": It was the '80s, I had been reading some ancient history (didn't Alexander the Great pass through what is now Baluchistan?), and I was hearing the song on an AM radio in the truck with the windows open. (No A/C in the trucks. I hated that job.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 05:59 AM (wzUl9)

50 Five am here; time to take the furry thugs' chow out of the fridge to warm a bit, and for me to get dressed and have a little chow of my own.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 06:00 AM (wzUl9)

51 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 05:54 AM (wzUl9)

If was long after dawn, but we ( or me, anyway) did get laughs from people making fun of the "Outstanding refugee of the year" who bilked whatever state is was for over a million dollars. This is not a funny issue, but I was overly tired.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 06:00 AM (xPsv8)

52 'Scuse me while I kiss this guy.

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 06:01 AM (odBC9)

53 I'd rather be carried by six than judged by Candy Crush.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026

***
Why in the world do the TV ads for that refer to it as the "Candy Crush Saga"?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 06:02 AM (wzUl9)

54 My understanding Cyndi wasn't the song writer much at all, but could be wrong. Can't say she was ever on my playlist

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 06:02 AM (Ia/+0)

55 Stove top brewed cappuccino for Mrs. BD and me, plus a square of Swiss dark chocolate.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 19, 2026 06:03 AM (Z3R2R)

56 She looks a lot like Boy George in that screenshot.

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 06:05 AM (odBC9)

57 Pretty much the only this I know about Lauper is this trivia:

https://tinyurl.com/538fycb7

(YouTube link)

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 19, 2026 06:05 AM (Z3R2R)

58 My understanding Cyndi wasn't the song writer much at all, but could be wrong. Can't say she was ever on my playlist
Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026

***
I remember somebody, probably Weird Al, parodying "Hey Mickey" by casting the song as about Ricky Ricardo, i.e., "Hey Ricky!"

Odd how I remember Weird Al's versions of "Beat It," "Like a Virgin," and "Our Love's in Jeopardy" better than I do the originals.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 06:05 AM (wzUl9)

59 Why in the world do the TV ads for that refer to it as the "Candy Crush Saga"?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 06:02 AM (wzUl9)

If I knew, I certainly wouldn't let anyone know that I knew.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 06:05 AM (Ot/FD)

60 Or Boy George looks like her in that picture.

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

61 She looks a lot like Boy George in that screenshot.
Posted by: m at August 19, 2026

***
Cyndi was much cuter. Not that it's hard to be cuter than Boy George.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 06:06 AM (wzUl9)

62 (1 of 2)

but the judge cannot sued.

Judge Mari Parlade can (and should) be impeached by the legislature for what is essentially dereliction of duty and violation of part of her oath of office.

From the oath is this concluding phrase:

"... and I will well and faithfully perform all the duties of the office of the district court judge for the 8th judicial district, family division, department A, on which I'm about to enter, so help me God."

It could be strongly argued that using AI to build the decision is not faithful performance of her duties, and by using it for that purpose, it is a delegation of her responsibilities to a non-intelligent LLM, at a time when the courts have been repeatedly sanctioning lawyers for submitting briefs with LLM generated hallucinations (citations to cases that do not exist) in them.

A database of AI hallucinations in legal cases (by country) has been compiled by a French lawyer Damien Charlotin:
https://tinyurl.com/bdsyuu63

The United States leads this with 1,324 out of the total 1,933 cases documented.

(more...)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 19, 2026 06:06 AM (O7YUW)

63 (... continued, 2 of 2)

Here's Judge Mari Parlade taking the oath of office, given by Judge Rebecca Burton:
https://youtu.be/TORwoDOyxj8

@ 1:07:
Burton (smoothly): "all the duties of the office of the district court judge"

Parlade (pausing twice while saying): "all the duties ... of the office ... of the district court judge..."

Parlade does get the wording correct, but you can see she's struggling to remember and correctly repeat an eleven word long phrase. Short term memory can only comfortably handle 7 things so perhaps that's understandable.

However, it did make me wonder just how sharp this judge's mental acuity is, now further called into question by the willingness to use an LLM to build a legal judgement.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 19, 2026 06:06 AM (O7YUW)

64 84 degrees here, never mind the heat index. Time I took a day off from my workout schedule. The high will be 96.

In contrast, it's 68 in Terre Haute (and it's 6 am there), with a high (amid rain, true) expected to be around 78.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 05:51 AM (wzUl9)

88 here in OKC now. May reach around 110 today. Getting very tired of the heat.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 19, 2026 06:06 AM (g8Ew8)

65 The headlines today are filled with anti-Trump screeching. The NYT is especially worried PDJT will get his ballroom completed before the courts can stop him. And if the courts are ineffectual, what do they have left?!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 19, 2026 06:07 AM (1FJsD)

66 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 06:05 AM (wzUl9

I agree with you. I always thought Weird Al was quite a clever and talented man.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 06:07 AM (xPsv8)

67 Oh, who cares that the Law is broken. No one was using it anyway.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 06:08 AM (Ot/FD)

68 Late start and close to home, will be back to leaving 4:45 tomorrow

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 06:08 AM (Ia/+0)

69 Pork tenderloin marinating in a mojo sauce. Cubanos on the lunch menu for today.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 19, 2026 06:08 AM (gIjzl)

70 Move over Dead Internet Theory.

We got Dead Legal System Theory.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 06:09 AM (Ot/FD)

71 Pork tenderloin marinating in a mojo sauce. Cubanos on the lunch menu for today.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 19, 2026 06:08 AM (gIjzl)
-------------
Mouth watering.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 19, 2026 06:10 AM (1FJsD)

72 66 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 06:05 AM (wzUl9

I agree with you. I always thought Weird Al was quite a clever and talented man.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 06:07 AM (xPsv

Good morning Fen.

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 06:10 AM (Gqar8)

73 "Where were you on the night of the 22nd?"

"That's a great question, you're definitely on the right track."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 06:10 AM (Ot/FD)

74 Wolfus didn't see a result of the house hunting went through or not?

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 06:11 AM (Ia/+0)

75 I would like to share how wonderful it at 5:00 in the morning to have a purring kitten greet me when I let him out of his quiet room. He just found half of a plastic Easter egg which he is enjoying picking up and carrying around and pushing on the floor.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 06:13 AM (xPsv8)

76 57 Pretty much the only this I know about Lauper is this trivia:

https://tinyurl.com/538fycb7

(YouTube link)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 19, 2026 06:05 AM (Z3R2R)

She bop.

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 06:16 AM (odBC9)

77 76 57 Pretty much the only this I know about Lauper is this trivia:

https://tinyurl.com/538fycb7

(YouTube link)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 19, 2026 06:05 AM (Z3R2R)

She bop.
Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 06:16 AM (odBC9)

Michael Jackson's in the background, there.

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 06:17 AM (odBC9)

78 Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 06:10 AM (Gqar

Good morning to you, tubal. I hope you and all here have a blessed day and know that you a blessing to others!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 06:17 AM (rHgXV)

79 I think I'm gonna keep that URL to "AI Hallucination Cases" linked under my name for a while. It's worth keeping so others can find it easily.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 19, 2026 06:18 AM (O7YUW)

80 https://tinyurl.com/3bczk5dc
American Thinker- Totalitarian Ideologies 101

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 06:21 AM (Ia/+0)

81 78 Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 06:10 AM (Gqar

Good morning to you, tubal. I hope you and all here have a blessed day and know that you a blessing to others!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 06:17 AM (rHgXV)

Thank you. God’s blessings be upon you also. Are you sermon prepping or is it too early in the week?

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 06:21 AM (Gqar8)

82 Grok is having a high-prize contest now for producing a film/trailer/scene or something from The Oddessy.

In the meantime, there are bloopers:

https://tinyurl.com/42m78h86

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 19, 2026 06:21 AM (Z3R2R)

83 60 Or Boy George looks like her in that picture.
Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 06:06 AM (Ia/+0)

"They're the same picture."

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 06:23 AM (odBC9)

84 @75/FenelonSpoke: "I would like to share how wonderful it at 5:00 in the morning to have a purring kitten greet me when I let him out of his quiet room. He just found half of a plastic Easter egg which he is enjoying picking up and carrying around and pushing on the floor."

*heh* Kittens are so cute (and exhausting at times.)

Have you submitted pictures of Millard to the AoSHQ Pet Thread email address? ( petmorons at protonmail dot com )

If not, please do?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 19, 2026 06:24 AM (O7YUW)

85 PAGING ~~BILL GATES~~ BUCK THROCKMORTON!

PAGING ~~BILL GATES~~ BUCK THROCKMORTON!!!

https://tinyurl.com/bdhjreu3

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 19, 2026 06:25 AM (Z3R2R)

86 Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 06:21 AM (Gqar

I am off , so I get to enjoy a wonderful preacher at a church that is part of the Anglican Church in America, which is the more conservative break off from the Anglican Church. They are a lovely group of people as well, and I think their church is growing, praise the Lord!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 06:26 AM (xPsv8)

87 Wolfus didn't see a result of the house hunting went through or not?
Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026

***
Oh, I mentioned it earlier this week, Skip. I made an offer, they accepted it, I've scheduled the inspection, and now I have questions about the initial disclosure agreement the lender has sent me -- the same basic questions as I had about the first house in May, probably.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 06:27 AM (wzUl9)

88 I do wonder how the hundreds of EV Amazon trucks are doing daily? Charging every day do they get as far as they did months ago? Holding up with maintenance?

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 06:28 AM (Ia/+0)

89
Where is this Barack Obama, and what have you done with him?

__________

His views "evolved". He "grew in office". The prissy little ponce is now likely "sympathetic" to the Jew-Hate wing of the Democratic party. He's not troubled by Musloids pushing blacks out because he was never black himself. Big Mike, on the other hand, is the blackest black woman around.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2026 06:28 AM (O0L8i)

90 Wolfus that's great. You know sometimes here you miss comments easily

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 06:29 AM (Ia/+0)

91 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 19, 2026 06:24 AM (O7YUW

Thanks for your interest. I will try to do that.

On another note, have you had your back to school
Meeting for the bus yet? Spouse had his. He said they repeat the same thing every year, but at least they had a nice catered lunch of Chicken Parmesan.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 06:29 AM (xPsv8)

92
Wolfus, when you leave Da Swamp, the average IQ there will plummet.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2026 06:30 AM (O0L8i)

93 @75/FenelonSpoke: "I would like to share how wonderful it at 5:00 in the morning to have a purring kitten greet me when I let him out of his quiet room. He just found half of a plastic Easter egg which he is enjoying picking up and carrying around and pushing on the floor."

***
My big black one is chasing his adopted sister around. This is their pre-breakfast workout. But I think he's playing a bit too rough with her at times. He outweighs her by 4-5 pounds and has a longer reach. And when they wrestle, she sometimes lets out an unhappy squawk -- rare for a cat as quiet as she is.

When I see that I break it up by water spraying him as a deterrent.

She's not an aggressive cat. I wish she'd give him a good swipe across the nose to settle him down.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 06:32 AM (wzUl9)

94 They are redoing my rosd, its a gravel road now

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 06:33 AM (Ia/+0)

95 IBM and Univ. of Chicago say they have demonstrated a quantum computer superior to a classical computer. Kind of a big deal.

https://tinyurl.com/4xz868tn

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 19, 2026 06:33 AM (Vvecv)

96 86 Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 06:21 AM (Gqar

I am off , so I get to enjoy a wonderful preacher at a church that is part of the Anglican Church in America, which is the more conservative break off from the Anglican Church. They are a lovely group of people as well, and I think their church is growing, praise the Lord!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 06:26 AM (xPsv

Wonderful. Before I joined my SBC church I looked around for a Presbyterian Church in America but nothing nearby unfortunately. We have a great pastor so all things worked out. We do not stray from Biblical preaching. Very expository, exegesis, not eisegesis.

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 06:36 AM (Gqar8)

97 Wolfus that's great. You know sometimes here you miss comments easily
Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026

***
I'm glad you asked. It's a nice little 2BR/1BA on the south side of town, in a quiet area with good access to the Interstate and a major US highway avenue. Basement, two car garage, and even a window seat in the dining room.

I'm worried that the property tax and insurance will be higher than I'm comfortable with. And that I won't have enough closet space -- though I am going to donate or dispense with a lot of stuff here.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 06:36 AM (wzUl9)

98 95 IBM and Univ. of Chicago say they have demonstrated a quantum computer superior to a classical computer. Kind of a big deal.

https://tinyurl.com/4xz868tn
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 19, 2026 06:33 AM (Vvecv)

They can't even make regular ass memory and GPUs enough to keep up with market demand, how they even going to attempt supplying a market for that kind of thing?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 06:36 AM (Ot/FD)

99 Good morning! Currently 83, headed for 106. Todays flight plan will be climb and maintain 70F but afterwards, I'll have to walk across the ramp to visit with a shop and spend some time out on the floor with them. At least the hangar doors there face north/south.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 19, 2026 06:38 AM (3Ope8)

100 100

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 06:38 AM (odBC9)

101 Wolfus, when you leave Da Swamp, the average IQ there will plummet.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2026

***
It plunged in 2005, when so many sensible people with the resources to leave did just that. When I go, the place will become even more like Mogadishu.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 06:38 AM (wzUl9)

102
Stephen L. Miller
@redsteeze
5h
A grok generated image of someone serving in congress and the tattoos you would give them.

Go.

LOL lots of good ones

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 06:39 AM (odBC9)

103 Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 06:36 AM (Gqar

Praise God you found a wonderful place to attend, and a fine pastor. I'm sure you pray for him . That is so important and we clergy appreciate that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 06:39 AM (rHgXV)

104 Get your new Quantum laptop! Only $2.4 million with a three year lead time!

And you get a free laptop bag with your purchase too! The only way to know if your Q-top is actually in there is to open it and look!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 06:40 AM (Ot/FD)

105 Greetings and good morning, one and all. I'm absorbing my coffee and preparing to face the day.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 19, 2026 06:41 AM (svLOV)

106 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 06:32 AM (wzUl9

I enjoy the accounts of your furry friends. Do consider writing some stories about them.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 06:42 AM (rHgXV)

107 When I go, the place will become even more like Mogadishu.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 06:38 AM (wzUl9)

"Hey, Bill, ever since last Wednesday, have you noticed that this place feel evvvver so slightly less like Mogadishu?"

".... huh?"

- Somewhere in Terre Haute, weeks from now

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 06:42 AM (Ot/FD)

108 I've seen more and more Amazon vans that are GMC or Ford, etc. Not so much the EV vans....what's going on?

Posted by: iworkout47 at August 19, 2026 06:42 AM (CiQE7)

109 I enjoy the accounts of your furry friends. Do consider writing some stories about them.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026

***
My comic bits about three of their predecessors, written in '06 and after, still make me laugh. The concept was that the three cats could talk among themselves, though not with their Servants (the humans), and they would comment on human activities with curiosity and comic dialogue.

Marie-Antoinette the smart black cat: "Doesn't do to let the humans know you love them. Even though you do."

One sketch appeared in our writing group's anthology, and another on a website that I'm not sure is still up.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 06:47 AM (wzUl9)

110 @91/FenelonSpoke: Yes, I've had the same meeting. We also got a nice lunch. They must be on their new budget. :-)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 19, 2026 06:47 AM (O7YUW)

111 A federal judge has ruled that a state judge who used AI to handle the entire decision in a case so she could spend the day playing Cookie Run Kingdom or something equally important cannot be sued.

I don't doubt that you could sue the state, or county, or whatever, and that would be fine. The taxpayers could get slammed again. Whatever. But to hold one of your government masters accountable for their actions is beyond the pale.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 06:48 AM (ExV1e)

112 Judges have immunity because judges say so.
Posted by: The Right Honorable Miklos, presiding at August 19, 2026 04:56 AM (XOG/m)

Since legislatures haven't removed them for saying that, I guess they're right.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 06:50 AM (ExV1e)

113 Stephen L. Miller retweeted
Mark Hemingway
@Heminator
18h
"Proposal for Arday’s Law: a limit to articles published on one person within a timeframe."
Yeah, hard pass.

Change.org UK
@UKChange
Aug 17
In the 22 days before his death, 249 articles were published about Jason Arday. That's more than 10 a day.

Tia Lazaro-James has launched a petition on Change.org calling on the government to protect individuals from media harm.

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 06:51 AM (odBC9)

114 Movies! is running a B & W TV film from 1964, The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre. "A woman believes that her mother-in-law is communicating from the dead and hires a paranormal investigator." Written and directed by Joseph Stefano of Outer Limits fame as a pilot for a new series, it even looks like an episode of OL.

The woman is played by the lovely Diane Baker, there's a featured role for Dame Judith Anderson -- and the investigator is Martin Landau.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 06:52 AM (wzUl9)

115 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 19, 2026 06:55 AM (VyBeY)

116 via aelfred_d

What's great about this country is America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest.

You can be watching TV and see Coca-Cola, and you can know that the President drinks Coke, Liz Taylor drinks Coke, and just think, you can drink Coke, too. A Coke is a Coke and no amount of money can get you a better Coke than the one the bum on the corner is drinking. All the Cokes are the same and all the Cokes are good.

Andy Warhol

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 06:57 AM (odBC9)

117

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at August 19, 2026 06:58 AM (yM1Zs)

118 Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 19, 2026 06:55 AM (VyBeY)

Good morning to you!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 07:00 AM (xPsv8)

119 Fen, in the comic sketches with the three cats, Marie is the smart leader, Oreo the plump tuxedo cat is a touch grumpy, and Angelique the Siberian is fond of reminding them (too often) that she's a Siberian.

In one scene Oreo and Angelique are squabbling, and the latter calls Oreo "Tub-O."

Oreo: "That does it. You're getting a big hairball in your food bowl tomorrow."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 07:03 AM (wzUl9)

120 @FenelonSpoke and FenSpouse:

This year we have our new driver safety monitoring system with outward and inward cameras in use. It uses an AI analysis of front and driver facing cameras to nudge behavior of the driver towards safety and away from things it has set as "negative". It has an "alert" and "event" threshold, with alert simply notifying the driver (via audio tone) of something that needs immediate correction, and "event" meaning the incident is sent immediately to the office for review and potential penalty assessment. Some behaviors (like not putting on a seatbelt and moving the bus, even in the bus yard) have alert and event set at the same point in time, which would mean an automatic penalty.

I am reserving judgement until I've had a chance to work with this new system in place. We'll see how well it does, how accurate it is, and how many hallucinations I end up having to file for a correction on.

I do expect to hear a lot of grumbling about this.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 19, 2026 07:04 AM (O7YUW)

121 I'm glad we didn't have cameras and AI in our courier vans when I was doing that work. Yes, they probably sent out people to check we were on our routes and progressing properly, but I wasn't aware of it while driving.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 07:07 AM (wzUl9)

122 *hic*
****

Seeing an ancient Horror arise
Should not be a big surprise
We have all been aghast
From first to last
How quickly it draws flies

fin

Posted by: clarence at August 19, 2026 07:10 AM (833ut)

123 Anytime I see a photo of a government functionary behind a nameplate with the word “Honorable”, I consider them dishonorable until I see evidence to the contrary.

Posted by: Fenderbender at August 19, 2026 07:11 AM (1FEc1)

124 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 19, 2026 07:11 AM (Hbeqj)

125

Posted by: Don Black at August 19, 2026 07:12 AM (ZxPkt)

126 clarence

Bravo!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 07:13 AM (u82oZ)

127 @123/Fenderbender: { Anytime I see a photo of a government functionary behind a nameplate with the word “Honorable”, I consider them dishonorable until I see evidence to the contrary. }

Very sensible.

Reminds me of the difference between laws' titles and their actual contents.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 19, 2026 07:14 AM (O7YUW)

128 @125/Don Black: " "

Trying out for Mitch McConnell's seat? ;-)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 19, 2026 07:15 AM (O7YUW)

129 The Honorable Adam Schiff… don’t know whether to laugh hilariously or weep

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 19, 2026 07:15 AM (rasGT)

130 Pork tenderloin marinating in a mojo sauce. Cubanos on the lunch menu for today.
Posted by: Ben Had

*Marco Rubio realizes he has to do catering*

Posted by: Miklos re-memes at August 19, 2026 07:16 AM (XOG/m)

131 In the absurd case of a female district judge ruling that another female state judge has immunity from being sued for having AI do all of her work is another fine example of gynokritocracy.

Also in the article, we aren't given the lazy Nevada judge's name, the court or any details on the case. We don't even get the name of the AI that ended up "judging" the case.

The irony here is that to learn about anything about this case, I had to go to AI, and from there I discover that this article Pixy gave us is over 95% eyewash and pretty much content-less.

How did it become policy to hide the identity of the guilty?
And why do I waste time reading articles by humans if they can't even do their damned jobs to answer the Who, What, Where, Why and When?

Posted by: Community Notes at August 19, 2026 07:16 AM (/TiS1)

132 Just waiting for some inspired thought to come my way

Posted by: Don Black at August 19, 2026 07:17 AM (ZxPkt)

133 IBM and Univ. of Chicago say they have demonstrated a quantum computer superior to a classical computer. Kind of a big deal.

https://tinyurl.com/4xz868tn
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 19, 2026 06:33 AM (Vvecv)

The collaboration said their system had performed computations beyond the reach of leading classical simulation methods, while providing trust that the computation returned accurate results.

And they wouldn't lie.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 07:19 AM (ExV1e)

134 Grumpy and Recalcitrant and FenelonSpouse,

Have fun at the back to school meeting, with the same script for 21 years.

I for one am glad I do not have to watch the same Blood-borne Pathogens video for the 15th year in a row. For several years, a group of school nurses made very funny videos that got the same information out. Stopped, because we can't have fun, and overly bureaucratic compliance is a thing in school systems.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 07:21 AM (u82oZ)

135 J.J. Runway 270.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 07:22 AM (u82oZ)

136 Just waiting for some inspired thought to come my way
Posted by: Don Black at August 19, 2026 07:17 AM (ZxPkt)

I tried that one day. The result: I made zero comments!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 19, 2026 07:23 AM (rasGT)

137 And they wouldn't lie.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 07:19 AM (ExV1e)

They would, but only in small bits.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 19, 2026 07:27 AM (xVAOC)

138 Maybe call the computer a Schrodinger

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 19, 2026 09:11 AM (vue/J)

Tuesday Overnight Open Thread - August 18, 2026 [Doof]

Howdy Hordelings! Tuesday night ONT is here. Open thread, as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?

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Flock is asshoe

(H/T Bluebell)

Gosh so terrible why would someone do this in my home town. Hope they catch the rapscallion. pic.twitter.com/XyWDRZzOkR
— Shawn Hendrix (@TheShawnHendrix) August 17, 2026

Posts on social media say that Halloween will be "De-Flock America" night!

On October 31st, millions of people are out after dark wearing masks, allowing masked Flock camera-cutters to blend in and work all night! 😂

Happy Halloween! pic.twitter.com/drj0s7XcwE
— Old School Eddie (@Old_SchoolEddie) August 17, 2026

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Some cops like Flock but don't like being recorded themselves

The police don't like being recorded

He should have told him if he isn't doing anything wrong he doesn't have anything to worry about.

source: https://t.co/uRnWOBS7yL pic.twitter.com/KZSDsshApD
— Orwell Day (@OrwellDay) August 18, 2026

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Leftism and Islam do not exist well together. Yet leftists keep falling for the idea of thinking they do.

This is the real reason the Left is uniting with Islam, and how it�s going to end

�I keep wondering why the left is so obsessed with defending an ideology that would be the first to execute them. Democrats have spent decades fighting for things like women's rights, and yet they� pic.twitter.com/774YmS9s0H
— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) August 18, 2026

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DJ Doof - In The Cards Edition

Not just the name of this here blog - it's a cool tune, too! Here's a worthy cover version from the supergroup Hollywood Vampires, featuring Alice Cooper (AKA - Vincent Fournier), Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry, actor Johnny Depp, and others.

Article about their version here

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More songs about playing cards

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Comments

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1 "You cannot perceive spiritual truth until you feelingly experience it, and many truths are not really felt except in adversity."

Howsomever, feelingly experiencing adversity is no guarantee you will perceive spiritual truth.

Posted by: mindful webworker - sockpuppeting in plain sight at August 18, 2026 10:24 PM (Cl/mc)

2 Is that a pyramid in the top pic? Has it been looted yet?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2026 10:25 PM (1Ff7Z)

3 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 18, 2026 10:25 PM (hrOJm)

4 hola chamucos y chamucas

Posted by: alpine_beer at August 18, 2026 10:26 PM (EH7ZV)

5 *Puts on hat*
*Begins looking for whelm*

Posted by: Perry the Platypus at August 18, 2026 10:29 PM (+0Wk3)

6 Two (2) beers are still, as far as I know, part of the German lunchtime negotiated union agreement. For a brief time this carried over to US Army personnel on base too, but (surprise) they abused the privilege and it was rescinded. Dumb shits

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 10:29 PM (5VXJH)

7 >>233 ZOD! I’m gonna be a granny!
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 10:21 PM (CKPDL)

You will name the child ZOD.

Posted by: ZOD at August 18, 2026 10:29 PM (UfDpa)

8 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Squeeee - congrats, Nurse!

Had time to complete tomorrow's NYT online crossword before coming back to no new ONT.

Thanks for finally posting one, Doof! 💕💕💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 18, 2026 10:29 PM (SRRAx)

9 Good evening morons and Слава Диско!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2026 10:30 PM (RIvkX)

10 1 "You cannot perceive spiritual truth until you feelingly experience it, and many truths are not really felt except in adversity."

Howsomever, feelingly experiencing adversity is no guarantee you will perceive spiritual truth.
Posted by: mindful webworker - sockpuppeting in plain sight at August 18, 2026 10:24 PM (Cl/mc)

I've been watching a lot of stoicism videos on YouTube.

They've been very helpful.
Completely incompatible with every lefty we see here.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 10:30 PM (Sco7b)

11 I was wondering when this would pop. Hey everyone!

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 18, 2026 10:31 PM (D2ig8)

12 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2026 10:31 PM (sAmhv)

13 5 *Puts on hat*
*Begins looking for whelm*
Posted by: Perry the Platypus at August 18, 2026 10:29 PM (+0Wk3)

galoshes are better for that

Posted by: 88C+u at August 18, 2026 10:31 PM (88C+u)

14 Hi everyone! Technology not in our corner tonight? I hate that.

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2026 10:32 PM (ZdaMQ)

15 The first time I saw Rush live was that '91 tour (Roll the Bones). Saw them at Wembly Arena in London. It was a hell of a show!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2026 10:32 PM (sAmhv)

16 Alice Cooper still bringing it

Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at August 18, 2026 10:32 PM (woVO1)

17 What's on YOUR mind tonight?

Poon, mostly.

Posted by: Typical horndog Moron at August 18, 2026 10:33 PM (TbWk/)

18 7 >>233 ZOD! I’m gonna be a granny!
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 10:21 PM (CKPDL)

Congratulations nurse!
That child will be blessed!

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 10:33 PM (Sco7b)

19
They've now got Starship in safe harbor so to speak off the coast of Christmas Island.

Elon says they're eventually going to bring it back to Starbase. Now, how they're going to do that, he didn't say.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2026 10:33 PM (w6EFb)

20
2 Is that a pyramid in the top pic? Has it been looted yet?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2026 10:25 PM

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There used to be a pyramid there. That's how thorough the looting has been.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 18, 2026 10:33 PM (VWtfl)

21 I remember the first time I attended a lunch hosted by the department I worked in at a NW-base Defense and Aerospace company that shall remain nameless. Half the people there were drinking. I was stunned. Two martini lunches. I just assumed that was a tv/movie thing.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2026 10:33 PM (2WIwB)

22 What the flock is going on?

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 18, 2026 10:34 PM (D2ig8)

23 Tuesday already? Thanks for the ONT, Doof!

Cool photo up top.

We had a Flock camera near us but it was taken down after only a short time. The camera has now been resurrected at its original site. Wonder who saw me flip it off this afternoon?

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 18, 2026 10:35 PM (D/6p1)

24 Watching people comment on this Lindsay Clancy murder trial is wild.

"You can't judge her because you aren't a woman". "Its really her husband's fault because he didn't support her enough" or my favorite "Obviously its a conspiracy where the husband did and and the police are working with him to blame his innocent wife"

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 10:35 PM (sKqQm)

25 Killer cover of Ace of Spades. Well, other than Joe Perry completely fucking up the guitar parts. Everybody else was nuts on.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2026 10:35 PM (S41Gd)

26 I shant not.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 10:36 PM (VPNgR)

27
We have a strict minimum of three (3) Breakfast Beers

Ask any of our Regional Managers how they got those sweet jobs

Posted by: GlobalMiklosCorp at August 18, 2026 10:37 PM (XOG/m)

28 I remember the first time I attended a lunch hosted by the department I worked in at a NW-base Defense and Aerospace company that shall remain nameless. Half the people there were drinking. I was stunned. Two martini lunches. I just assumed that was a tv/movie thing.
Posted by: Diogenes

Liquor? Hell, Martin-Marietta used to send hookers to employee candidates when they stayed over in the local hotels.

Not that I would know anything about that.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 18, 2026 10:37 PM (hrOJm)

29 Four Beer Fridays was a thing back in the day ...

Posted by: browndog says woof at August 18, 2026 10:37 PM (3sXRv)

30 Ohio professor specialized in uptalking. HANG 'IM.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 10:37 PM (VPNgR)

31 There used to be a pyramid there. That's how thorough the looting has been.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 18, 2026 10:33 PM (VWtfl)

Of course! It's an afterimage. The pyramid's only a shadoof of its former self.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2026 10:38 PM (1Ff7Z)

32 *Puts on hat*
*Begins looking for whelm*
Posted by: Perry the Platypus at August 18, 2026 10:29 PM (+0Wk3)

First read that as phlegm...

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2026 10:38 PM (2WIwB)

33 Alice Cooper, John Lennon, Mickey Dolenz and others used to party hardy together, calling their group the vampires because they would go all night.

Posted by: davidt at August 18, 2026 10:38 PM (Q+gd/)

34 Who was the lead singer on that AoS cover? It was very good.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2026 10:38 PM (sAmhv)

35 As a member of the solidly over 92 29 club here at AoS, who would like to peruse the content and maybe a few comments before it's my nap time, I must humbly request that the ONTs be posted more promptly at 10E/9C as Lord Ace intended, Prince CBD notwithstanding.

In protest of tonight's nearly half-hour later post, I'm going to stand here out front having a staring contest with the Moose, holding this sign which (looks at sign) uh, wrong side (flips sign) uh, okay, looks like I forgot to write anything on the sign. But if I had written something, it would be in protest of something but I can't remember what. Have you seen my glasses? Do I even wear glasses? Oh, look! Comments…!

Posted by: mindful webworker - manning the barricades and baring the manicades at August 18, 2026 10:39 PM (Cl/mc)

36 You will name the child ZOD.
Posted by: ZOD at August 18, 2026 10:29 PM (UfDpa)

===

Can we talk about middle names?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2026 10:39 PM (RIvkX)

37 Elon says they're eventually going to bring it back to Starbase. Now, how they're going to do that, he didn't say.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Hypertunnel is almost complete

Posted by: The Boring Company at August 18, 2026 10:39 PM (XOG/m)

38 Evening, folken!

Just finished watching the first two episodes of the 2022 Why Didn't They Ask Evans?, an adaptation in four parts of Agatha Christie's novel. This one is fun so far, with real humor -- possibly because it was adapted and directed by Hugh (House) Laurie. He had a solid background in comedy before his turn as the difficult doctor; you remember he worked with Stephen Fry in comedy, and played the hapless Bertie Wooster in a fairly recent adaptation of the Jeeves stories by Wodehouse.

So this miniseries has good genes. We'll see how it goes.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 10:39 PM (wzUl9)

39 I watched Conan O'Brien interview Mick Jagger. Conan flew to London for that. It was pretty good. The Stones made a new studio album, apparently. Conan knows from music, so it went well. I like Mick, as a person.

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 10:39 PM (g47mK)

40 Leftism and Islam do not exist well together. Yet leftists keep falling for the idea of thinking they do.

Socialism is slavery. Islam is slavery. They are both whole-of-society grifts, that make everyone and everything into the property of the ruling clique, that got its hands on the levers of state power and eliminated its competitors.

The rhetoric of socialism and Islam, all the blah-blah and yadda-yadda, is just the scam patter of a confidence scheme. If a scruffy guy comes up to you in a grocery store parking lot with a rhythmic patter, you don't have to listen to the words to dismiss him. You already know that he's just going to say whatever he thinks would get you part with some of your folding money.

So it is with socialism and Islam, as with any grift. Looking for logical holes in the rhetoric is a job for chumps. They don't even care themselves if their own words are true or false, only whether they're effective at manipulating you.

So why would they be incompatible? Because their rhetoric is incompatible? The rhetoric that literally does not matter, even to themselves? There is no contradiction, because they are literally the same grift under the hood.

Posted by: SciVo at August 18, 2026 10:40 PM (L3Npt)

41
It would appear that the Mariners lost a close one tonight. 22-0.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 10:40 PM (O0L8i)

42 I'll always remember Hugh Laurie for his part in 101 Dalmatians.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 18, 2026 10:41 PM (hrOJm)

43 ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard has passed away in TX. He was the only one without a beard. Billy Gibbons is now the only surviving original member of the band.
I was lucky enough to see them perform at the Peace Center in Greenville SC in 2017. They were always on my bucket list.
RIP Frank Beard.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 18, 2026 10:41 PM (Lo97M)

44 And, how many of the Slow Horses fans here are aware that Mick co-wrote and performed the theme song "Strange Game" ?

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 10:41 PM (g47mK)

45 Sorry, Mr. Doof, about the technical difficulties. Have you tried unplugging, then plugging it back in.

Why did autocorrect change Doof to Doo? Glad I checked.

Posted by: My Kingdom For An Edit Button at August 18, 2026 10:41 PM (JM9I6)

46 ZOD

ITS A GIRL!!!!

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 10:41 PM (HCL3E)

47 How is it that in English you can be *over*whelmed, and *under*whelmed, but never "whelmed"?

Musta been one of them Olde English words we don't use no mo'.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 10:42 PM (wzUl9)

48 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 10:39 PM (wzUl9)

I think I replied to you about something today. Can't remember what. Maybe on ALH.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2026 10:42 PM (1Ff7Z)

49 I worked at a couple of places that had a "2 drink maximum" for lunch. Mostly because no one had gotten around to changing the rules from when they had been established in the 50's

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2026 10:42 PM (rbvCR)

50 Surrounded by losers
Misfits and boozers
Hanging by your fingernails...

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 10:43 PM (g47mK)

51 It would appear that the Mariners lost a close one tonight. 22-0.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 10:40 PM (O0L8i)

That's only three touchdowns with one extra two.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2026 10:43 PM (1Ff7Z)

52 So why would they be incompatible? Because their rhetoric is incompatible? The rhetoric that literally does not matter, even to themselves? There is no contradiction, because they are literally the same grift under the hood.
Posted by: SciVo

When both sides think the other are the useful idiots, they're both correct.

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 10:44 PM (VHUov)

53 I think I replied to you about something today. Can't remember what. Maybe on ALH.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2026

***
I commented on one of your recent threads there.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 10:44 PM (wzUl9)

54 Musta been one of them Olde English words we don't use no mo'.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

That's too bad

Because Olde English 800 has the Power

Posted by: Miklos of Lesser Whelmsby at August 18, 2026 10:44 PM (XOG/m)

55 Surrounded by losers
Misfits and boozers
Hanging by your fingernails...
Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026

***
Clowns to the left of me --
Jokers to the right --
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 10:44 PM (wzUl9)

56 How is it that in English you can be overwhelmed, and underwhelmed, but never "whelmed"?

This is English. You can unwhelm “whelmed” if you want to.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 18, 2026 10:45 PM (kYmoU)

57 Musta been one of them Olde English words we don't use no mo'.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 10:42 PM (wzUl9)

Those are always thornes in our side, aren't they?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2026 10:45 PM (1Ff7Z)

58 I don't know, Arafat was a socialist and an Islamist terrorist, they can COEXIST. No problem there.

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 10:45 PM (g47mK)

59 ITS A GIRL!!!!
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 10:41 PM (HCL3E)
* * * *
Congratulations!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 18, 2026 10:45 PM (D/6p1)

60 Musta been one of them Olde English words we don't use no mo'.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026
*
Those are always thornes in our side, aren't they?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2026

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Some ffolken think so

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 10:46 PM (wzUl9)

61 ***The police don't like being recorded
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Pulled over because of stupid TV's 'see something say something' (pre-obama). First cop was more or less reasonable (my truck had been reported by a neighbor). Second cop rolls up and during the discourse he says, "I could have shot you." I looked him in the eye and said, demonstrably, 'You would have shot the wrong man'.
He shut the fuck up.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 10:46 PM (VPNgR)

62 I commented on one of your recent threads there.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 10:44 PM (wzUl9)

It's still a going concern!

Just seems like you, men, and Richard Caire comment anymore.

I do have another post I put up today.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2026 10:47 PM (1Ff7Z)

63 Four Beer Fridays was a thing back in the day ...
Posted by: browndog says woof

Company I worked at had margarita fridays. We shut down at noon and went home at 3

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 10:48 PM (YZ0Fo)

64 Anybody remember when Kraft (I think it was) introduced cheese spread in a jar? One of the flavors was Old English, I'm pretty sure.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 10:48 PM (wzUl9)

65 Before Prohibition almost every worker was intoxicated to some degree.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 10:48 PM (KC5Lt)

66 I don't know, Arafat was a socialist and an Islamist terrorist, they can COEXIST. No problem there.
Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 10:45 PM (g47mK)

And had a membership at Man's Country. A veritable Democrat he was!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2026 10:49 PM (1Ff7Z)

67 Yes, thank you for the ONT Doof.

When I taught English in South Korea, we'd be occasionally taken out for drinking parties. The South Koreans are pretty good drinkers.

Our boss was impressed at how well my Florida girl co-worker and I could hold our soju.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 10:49 PM (Sco7b)

68 don't know, Arafat was a socialist and an Islamist terrorist, they can COEXIST. No problem there.
Posted by: runner at

Schooled in the west. Means to an end.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 10:50 PM (YZ0Fo)

69 don't know, Arafat was a socialist and an Islamist terrorist, they can COEXIST. No problem there.
Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 10:45 PM (g47m

That's because he was a butt pirate.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 10:50 PM (KC5Lt)

70 Anybody remember when Kraft (I think it was) introduced cheese spread in a jar?

==

Easy Cheese!!

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 10:50 PM (g47mK)

71 Some ffolken think so
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 10:46 PM (wzUl9)

Yes, we do.

Posted by: Rufus Excalibur ffolkes at August 18, 2026 10:51 PM (1Ff7Z)

72 The Kraft Old English cheese spread has been around for a hundred years, says one site. So when it seemed to appear when I was about ten or eleven, maybe I'd never noticed it before, or it had just been introduced in my part of the country.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 10:51 PM (wzUl9)

73 Matthew "Stymie" Beard, Jr.>>James Beard>>Frank Beard

Posted by: Earnie Shavers at August 18, 2026 10:51 PM (JM9I6)

74 Ugh crosstown classic in rain delay tied in the 8th

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 10:51 PM (YZ0Fo)

75 If you want get rid of the Flocks....hang on for about 4 months....then very quietly slip a few Ben Franklins to the local snow plow driver. First big snow, it will be uncanny how the plow hit very single one of them. They should have marked their location better.

You guys in Florida have the "Florida Man" and he's likely figure out a way to incorporate a hooker, an alligator, fireworks, and a bedpan into inadvertant Flock camera disposal. I have no idea how, but that's the great thing about the "Florida Man"...neither does he.

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 10:51 PM (dIske)

76 Easy Cheese >> Kraft in a jar

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 10:51 PM (g47mK)

77 "I must humbly request that the ONTs be posted more promptly at 10E/9C as Lord Ace intended, Prince CBD notwithstanding."

It's funny that you think Ace knows of the existence of the ONT and/or gives a rodent's rectum about what time it is posted.

Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2026 10:52 PM (QMAsf)

78 You will name the child ZOD.
Posted by: ZOD at August 18, 2026 10:29 PM (UfDpa)

===

Can we talk about middle names?
Posted by: San Franpsycho
......

Imperial?

Posted by: wth at August 18, 2026 10:52 PM (oq9dX)

79 Wasn't easy cheese the one in the can with the whippet nozzle?

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 10:52 PM (YZ0Fo)

80 Who was the lead singer on that AoS cover? It was very good.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2026 10:38 PM (sAmhv)

I'm curious too. He had the bass part down good too.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2026 10:53 PM (S41Gd)

81 Schooled in the west. Means to an end.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 10:50 PM (YZ0Fo)

Arafat was mean to many an end.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2026 10:53 PM (1Ff7Z)

82
There is unrest in the forest, there is trouble with the trees
For the maples want more sunlight, and the oaks ignore their pleas

The trouble with the maples, and they're quite convinced they're right
They say the oaks are just too lofty, and they grab up all the light
But the oaks can't help their feelings if they like the way they're made
And they wonder why the maples can't be happy in their shade

There is trouble in the forest, and the creatures all have fled
As the maples scream, “Oppression!”, and the oaks just shake their heads

So the maples formed a union, and demanded equal rights
“The oaks are just too greedy, we will make them give us light”
Now there's no more oak oppression, for they passed a noble law
And the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, axe and saw

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 10:53 PM (VPNgR)

83 My observation is things tend to go from one extreme to the other. One person shits their pants, well, therefore we all gotta wear diapers. A beer at lunch is perfectly reasonable, at least for the last several thousand years anyway.

Now? They want to give you a DUI if you if you merely drove by a liquor store 2 days ago. It’s just bullshit.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 10:53 PM (dLnkr)

84 You know, if you shined a good high power laser pointer, especially a green one at least 2w or more, through the lens of a Flock camera for 10-15 seconds it will severely damage the sensor. It will work even from a hundred feet away. Pass it on.

Posted by: Old Tech Guy at August 18, 2026 10:53 PM (Mlvy0)

85 79 Wasn't easy cheese the one in the can with the whippet nozzle?
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026

And it’s grabber orange.

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2026 10:53 PM (ZdaMQ)

86 Hahah the cubs tarp is sponsored by Reynolds wrap. That's just funny.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 10:53 PM (YZ0Fo)

87 LOl, Trump is paying attention !
"U.S. President Donald Trump:

"SleazeBag Vindman loses tonight to a Radical Left Lunatic. How cool is that??? President DJT".

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 10:54 PM (g47mK)

88 So this miniseries has good genes. We'll see how it goes.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 10:39 PM (wzUl9)

I was very pleased and surprised, b/c BBC DEI was kept in check on this one. Been thinking of watching it again- it keeps popping up on the suggested show thingie.

Posted by: sal at August 18, 2026 10:55 PM (f+FmA)

89 And it’s grabber orange.
Posted by: Piper

That's how you knew it was tasty!

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 10:55 PM (YZ0Fo)

90 Matthew "Stymie" Beard, Jr.>>James Beard>>Frank Beard
Posted by: Earnie Shavers at August 18, 2026 10:51 PM (JM9I6)

Beard Meets Food>>Matthew "Stymie" Beard, Jr.>>James Beard>>Frank Beard

Posted by: Burma Shavers at August 18, 2026 10:55 PM (1Ff7Z)

91 Did I miss what the 4 beer guy's job was? Of course that makes a big difference.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 10:55 PM (KC5Lt)

92 You know what's missing in modern music?
Romance. 1979 forward it's less and less.
1979 back, most all styles of music were mostly
concerned with getting close to the opposite sex.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 10:55 PM (VPNgR)

93 That could have something to do with our lowered birth rate.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 10:56 PM (VPNgR)

94 Imperial?
Posted by: wth at August 18, 2026 10:52 PM (oq9dX)

(horn flourish)

crown appears on wth's head.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2026 10:56 PM (1Ff7Z)

95 Also, a really powerful laser (like 15w) could even melt or burn the sensor and completely kill the camera. Just saying.

Posted by: Old Tech Guy at August 18, 2026 10:56 PM (Mlvy0)

96 Who was the lead singer on that AoS cover? It was very good.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2026 10:38 PM (sAmhv)

I'm curious too. He had the bass part down good too.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2026 10:53 PM (S41Gd)

Pro tip - When there's a link below the video, maybe click it and read the info.

Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2026 10:57 PM (QMAsf)

97 SleazeBag Vindman loses tonight to a Radical Left Lunatic. How cool is that??? President DJT".
Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 10:54 PM (g47mK)

Did he lose to himself?

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 10:57 PM (KC5Lt)

98 A feller could make good money selling Pringles and snack crackers + Easy Cheese etc in a can to long haul hikers on the trail I betcha.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 10:57 PM (dLnkr)

99 Re: Flock

We don't have any here, but the tiny town to the east has two- one at each end of the city limits. Can't imagine what is going on 10 miles down the road that needs them, if we don't have them.

Posted by: sal at August 18, 2026 10:57 PM (f+FmA)

100
It's funny that you think Ace knows of the existence of the ONT and/or gives a rodent's rectum about what time it is posted.

Posted by: Doof
---

Bingo!
Actually, he does, but only in a minor way.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 10:57 PM (VPNgR)

101 Pro tip - When there's a link below the video, maybe click it and read the info.
Posted by: Doof

That sounds like reading the content.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 10:57 PM (YZ0Fo)

102 A feller could make good money selling Pringles and snack crackers + Easy Cheese etc in a can to long haul hikers on the trail I betcha.

===

You know things!

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 10:58 PM (g47mK)

103 Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2026 10:57 PM (QMAs

You're in a mood tonight.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 10:58 PM (KC5Lt)

104 >>46 ZOD
ITS A GIRL!!!!
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 10:41 PM (HCL3E)

Congratulations. Name her ZOD.

"Yeah, but what's your middle name?"

"I am ZOD."

Posted by: ZOD at August 18, 2026 10:58 PM (UfDpa)

105 Flock

We don't have any here, but the tiny town to the east has two- one at each end of the city limits. Can't imagine what is going on 10 miles down the road that needs them, if we don't have them.
Posted by: sal

We have a fair amount. The city council just tried to get a ton more and got voted down. Town just north has none.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 10:59 PM (YZ0Fo)

106 And it’s grabber orange.
Posted by: Piper

I did not grabber oranges. I don't even know her.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2026 10:59 PM (1Ff7Z)

107 Pro tip - When there's a link below the video, maybe click it and read the info.
Posted by: Doof

That sounds like reading the content.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 10:57 PM (YZ0Fo)

Lofty expectations. I should know better.

Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2026 11:00 PM (QMAsf)

108 Meyer lemons, those are very good! All lemons should be remade into Meyer lemons.

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 11:00 PM (g47mK)

109 104 >>46 ZOD
ITS A GIRL!!!!
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 10:41 PM (HCL3E)

Congratulations. Name her ZOD.

"Yeah, but what's your middle name?"

"I am ZOD."
Posted by: ZOD at August 18, 2026 10:58 PM (UfDpa)
__________________

Congrats....maybe ask Elon Musk for some suggestions. He's good at picking names. And there are 25 more letters in the alphabet he hasn't used.

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 11:01 PM (dIske)

110 Finished the media management and replication module for media vault, also updated the graphics on the companion Roku app.

Next up, figuring out how to refactor into a universally deployable app.

Right now it's a collection of python scripts and libraries serving web-pages using a free API key from the Movie Database.

Exploring if monetizing it is a possibility, will have to rip out the acquisition portion if I do.

Oh well, I will dwell on this over a nice Gimlet.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 18, 2026 11:01 PM (XV/Pl)

111 The Kraft Old English cheese spread has been around for a hundred years, says one site. So when it seemed to appear when I was about ten or eleven, maybe I'd never noticed it before, or it had just been introduced in my part of the country.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 10:51 PM (wzUl9)

I do a lot of online jigsaw puzzles and found an ad for Kraft cheese spreads. They had a line of about 6 or 7 back in the '30s- most of which you would not want to eat...

Posted by: sal at August 18, 2026 11:01 PM (f+FmA)

112 And this ain't 4 beer guy's first write up according to him.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 11:01 PM (KC5Lt)

113 We got HR in about 88
She wanted to do lunch with us
It was a Thru or Fri and we went to Carrabas
Bread paper crayon I ordered a bottle of wine
HR person asked if we were drinking
said nope we are working
Person next to me wrote entire PPT on the paper on next phase of project
We drank she drank and we got written up

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 11:01 PM (/+uur)

114 Pro tip - When there's a link below the video, maybe click it and read the info.
Posted by: Doof

That sounds like reading the content.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 10:57 PM (YZ0Fo)

Right? I don't do cheat sheets. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2026 11:01 PM (S41Gd)

115
Her Majesty and The Big Dummy have made it to Faribaut, MN. On to Lake Elmo tomorrow and the St. Croix Valley Cluster of Dog Shows.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 11:01 PM (O0L8i)

116 If you want get rid of the Flocks....hang on for about 4 months....then very quietly slip a few Ben Franklins to the local snow plow driver. First big snow, it will be uncanny how the plow hit very single one of them. They should have marked their location better.

You guys in Florida have the "Florida Man" and he's likely figure out a way to incorporate a hooker, an alligator, fireworks, and a bedpan into inadvertant Flock camera disposal. I have no idea how, but that's the great thing about the "Florida Man"...neither does he.
Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 10:51 PM (dIske)

They had to be taken down ... for cleaning. They were absolutely covered in seagull crap and dead giant bugs. The pole was falling over, anyways, from the rust. Haven't you people heard about Rust-Oleum?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 18, 2026 11:02 PM (qx7Zg)

117 Right? I don't do cheat sheets. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Read? I don't even know what that means.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:03 PM (YZ0Fo)

118 You're in a mood tonight.
Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 10:58 PM (KC5Lt)

It happens sometimes

Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2026 11:03 PM (QMAsf)

119 The Flock cameras are here to stay, more's the pity. However, I have installed three in the fortress to ensure that the wife is making sandwiches and doing laundry and not eating Old Bay cheese puffs and watching some binge drama on Netflix.

Resume her toil.

Posted by: ZOD at August 18, 2026 11:04 PM (UfDpa)

120 SleazeBag Vindman loses tonight to a Radical Left Lunatic. How cool is that??? President DJT".
Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 10:54 PM (g47mK)

Did he lose to himself?
Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 10:57 PM (KC5Lt)

He lost to Bearclaw, his brother?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 18, 2026 11:04 PM (qx7Zg)

121 I can't afford Kraft Cheese Spread. Had to go with the generic, ersatz Kramp brand. Doesn't sit well in the tummy.

Posted by: Iona Traylor at August 18, 2026 11:05 PM (JM9I6)

122 You're in a mood tonight.
Posted by: polynikes

"I'm in the nood for looooove. . .
Simply because you're near me.. .
Funny but (who has a funny butt)
When you're near me. .
I'm in the nood for love."

Posted by: Misheard lyrics at August 18, 2026 11:05 PM (hrOJm)

123 39 I watched Conan O'Brien interview Mick Jagger. Conan flew to London for that. It was pretty good. The Stones made a new studio album, apparently. Conan knows from music, so it went well. I like Mick, as a person.

Posted by: runner
---

I watched an interview with Benny Goodman, 'King of Swing' - he was. The interviewer mentioned that he and Jagger were at a jam session at the same time. Goodman answered affirmative.
The next question was a softball for Goodman to denigrate Jagger.
'He knows what he's doing.' Was Goodman's response.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 11:05 PM (VPNgR)

124 real robot

A Chinese co called Unitree has debuted its robot, which beat Usain Bolt's record in the 100m dash; beat the world record for standing jump EASILY; can do backflips.

I can't link to it, but if you Google "Chinese robot within last 24 hours," several videos are available for your viewing pleasure.

I never heard of Unitree, and I never mess with non-U.S. stocks in any event. However, Unitree jumped 542% today. Not bad-- $542 for $1. In one day.

Posted by: mnw at August 18, 2026 11:05 PM (RCjYY)

125 Two nights ago Doof posted a photo of a beached huge stump - it had been spotted a sea -10 years previous.

We had a beach cottage on north Everett Bay, Puget Sound. 1974 a huge egg-shaped root ball washed ashore during a massive storm/exceptionally high tide. The solid egg root ball was approx. 8ft high by 12ft long by 10ft wide, weathered, nearly perfectly smooth with a shattered tree trunk jutting up from one end of the egg. Four years ago I looked at the sat view on google Erf. It's still there.

Posted by: 13times at August 18, 2026 11:06 PM (ZXHKz)

126

The ONT shows up sometime. Just keeping yakking on the previous thread. It's not world ending.

Posted by: four seasons at August 18, 2026 11:06 PM (/QHx4)

127 real robot

A Chinese co called Unitree has debuted its robot, which beat Usain Bolt's record in the 100m dash; beat the world record for standing jump EASILY; can do backflips.

I can't link to it, but if you Google "Chinese robot within last 24 hours," several videos are available for your viewing pleasure.

I never heard of Unitree, and I never mess with non-U.S. stocks in any event. However, Unitree jumped 542% today. Not bad-- $542 for $1. In one day.
Posted by: mnw

Was that the one that was mimicking the dudes moves. And then he kicked himself in the nards?

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:07 PM (YZ0Fo)

128 Every time I hear Rush I think of the movie I Love You , Man. Rush was prominently featured. Pretty funny movie.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 11:07 PM (KC5Lt)

129 I do a lot of online jigsaw puzzles and found an ad for Kraft cheese spreads. They had a line of about 6 or 7 back in the '30s- most of which you would not want to eat...
Posted by: sal

Bing Crosby was a cheesemonger for Kraft during those years. Sold tonnes of it.

Posted by: Bob Hope For Pepsodent at August 18, 2026 11:07 PM (JM9I6)

130 Every time I hear Rush I think of the movie I Love You , Man. Rush was prominently featured. Pretty funny movie.
Posted by: polynikes

Slappa da bass

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:07 PM (YZ0Fo)

131 I never heard of Unitree, and I never mess with non-U.S. stocks in any event. However, Unitree jumped 542% today. Not bad-- $542 for $1. In one day.
Posted by: mnw at August 18, 2026 11:05 PM (RCjYY)

The question is, who did the Chinese steal it from?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2026 11:08 PM (1Ff7Z)

132 You guys in Florida have the "Florida Man" and he's likely figure out a way to incorporate a hooker, an alligator, fireworks, and a bedpan into inadvertant Flock camera disposal. I have no idea how, but that's the great thing about the "Florida Man"...neither does he.

Posted by: Orson
---

Usually there are more than one to several cameras at one location. It will take two teams. Team #1 job will be to paint the lens of the cameras allowing team #2 the time necessary to disembowel the cameras.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 11:08 PM (VPNgR)

133 Usually there are more than one to several cameras at one location. It will take two teams. Team #1 job will be to paint the lens of the cameras allowing team #2 the time necessary to disembowel the cameras.

Posted by: Braenyard -

Send the yutes out with paintball guns

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:09 PM (YZ0Fo)

134 Slappa da bass
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:07 PM (YZ0Fo)

LOL

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 11:10 PM (KC5Lt)

135 I could be in favor of Flock cameras, if they were only used to track, map, and publicly identify people still wearing Covid masks

Posted by: Miklos is persuadable at August 18, 2026 11:10 PM (XOG/m)

136 I do a lot of online jigsaw puzzles and found an ad for Kraft cheese spreads. They had a line of about 6 or 7 back in the '30s- most of which you would not want to eat...
Posted by: sal at August 18, 2026

***
Well, not after the stuff's been sitting around for ninety years!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 11:11 PM (wzUl9)

137 The Chinese do not produce robots. They produce remote-controlled toys.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2026 11:11 PM (RIvkX)

138 >>A Chinese co called Unitree has debuted its robot, which beat Usain Bolt's record in the 100m dash; beat the world record for standing jump EASILY; can do backflips.

I can't link to it, but if you Google "Chinese robot within last 24 hours," several videos are available for your viewing pleasure.

I never heard of Unitree, and I never mess with non-U.S. stocks in any event. However, Unitree jumped 542% today. Not bad-- $542 for $1. In one day.

Posted by: mnw
---

The Chinese are building their robots to fight.
Chinese robots have bashed more people than
all the other robot manufacturers put together.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 11:11 PM (VPNgR)

139 Slappa da bass
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:07 PM (YZ0Fo)

LOL
Posted by: polynikes at

Say what you want. But Paul Rudd is always likeable in movies.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:11 PM (YZ0Fo)

140 could be in favor of Flock cameras, if they were only used to track, map, and publicly identify people still wearing Covid masks
Posted by: Miklos is persuadable

Best I can do is hijabs.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:12 PM (YZ0Fo)

141 >>135 I could be in favor of Flock cameras, if they were only used to track, map, and publicly identify people still wearing Covid masks
Posted by: Miklos is persuadable at August 18, 2026 11:10 PM (XOG/m)

And whisper craziness to them.

Posted by: ZOD at August 18, 2026 11:12 PM (UfDpa)

142 7 >>233 ZOD! I’m gonna be a granny!
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 10:21 PM (CKPDL)

You will name the child ZOD.
Posted by: ZOD at August 18, 2026 10:29 PM (UfDpa)

46 ZOD

ITS A GIRL!!!!
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 10:41 PM (HCL3E)

You will name the child ZODA.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 18, 2026 11:12 PM (Sj6Ot)

143 104 >>46 ZOD
ITS A GIRL!!!!
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 10:41 PM (HCL3E)

Congratulations to all of you!

Everyone have a good night.

Damn, it was 22-0.
And Ohtani hit 30 home runs again. That guys amazing.
Good night.

Ralphy wants out and Snowflake is sleeping in my room already.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 11:13 PM (Sco7b)

144 Her Majesty and The Big Dummy have made it to Faribaut, MN. On to Lake Elmo tomorrow and the St. Croix Valley Cluster of Dog Shows.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Faribaut, MN

The home of Luck's beans

Posted by: Miklos, yer Fun Fact pal at August 18, 2026 11:13 PM (XOG/m)

145 However, Unitree jumped 542% today. Not bad-- $542 for $1. In one day.
Posted by: mnw

"Up 100%" doubles your money, it doesn't multiply it by 100.

Still, I'd take $6.42 for $1 as a one-day investment.

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 11:14 PM (VHUov)

146 I know security cameras helped catch Bryan Kohberger but I don't think they were Flock.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 11:15 PM (KC5Lt)

147 137 SFP

Then it's a helluva toy.

Posted by: mnw at August 18, 2026 11:15 PM (RCjYY)

148 Starting to nod off here; time to imitate the Arab, fold my tent, and steal silently away. Night, all.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 11:15 PM (wzUl9)

149 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2026 11:15 PM (Y/06r)

150
Some people have health issues and they wear masks.

The bag wearing pos's are to be mocked.

Who knows if it is a man or woman in those bags and what type of weapon they are hiding.

Posted by: four seasons at August 18, 2026 11:16 PM (/QHx4)

151 119 The Flock cameras are here to stay, more's the pity. However, I have installed three in the fortress to ensure that the wife is making sandwiches and doing laundry and not eating Old Bay cheese puffs and watching some binge drama on Netflix.

Resume her toil.
Posted by: ZOD at August 18, 2026 11:04 PM (UfDpa)
***********
I want to know how my husband figured out how to log into the AOC. My cover is blown.

Hi ZOD

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2026 11:16 PM (hzuYO)

152 Say what you want. But Paul Rudd is always likeable in movies.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:11 PM (YZ0Fo)

I agree.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 11:16 PM (KC5Lt)

153 know security cameras helped catch Bryan Kohberger but I don't think they were Flock.
Posted by: polynikes

It was actually his cell phone tracking data more than cameras. There's a guy that worked for the defense before the plea and has since came out and said the if you saw the cell data you'd take a deal too.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:17 PM (YZ0Fo)

154 Her Majesty and The Big Dummy have made it to Faribaut, MN. On to Lake Elmo tomorrow and the St. Croix Valley Cluster of Dog Shows.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Faribaut, MN
The home of Luck's beans
Posted by: Miklos, yer Fun Fact pal

"Faribault."

Not that it matters much since the pronunciation has little to do with the spelling. It's "Fair-Bow."

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 11:17 PM (VHUov)

155 Every time I hear Rush I think of the movie I Love You , Man. Rush was prominently featured. Pretty funny movie.
Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 11:07 PM (KC5Lt)

Arguing with Neil Peart over how to pronounce his last name was great

Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2026 11:17 PM (QMAsf)

156 >Bing Crosby was a cheesemonger for Kraft during those years.
-----

How does one 'mong' ?

I don't think I've ever monged

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2026 11:20 PM (ZxPkt)

157
They've now got Starship in safe harbor so to speak off the coast of Christmas Island.

Elon says they're eventually going to bring it back to Starbase. Now, how they're going to do that, he didn't say.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Reindeer

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2026 11:21 PM (Cqx++)

158 ZOD requires a good binge series. I am tired of re-watching "Endeavour" and getting flanked by the last-minute deus ex machina endings. I've already done the Breaking Bad show, Say, and Ozark. Ken Burns is a hard No.

Speak.

Posted by: ZOD at August 18, 2026 11:22 PM (UfDpa)

159 A Chinese co called Unitree has debuted its robot, which beat Usain Bolt's record in the 100m dash; beat the world record for standing jump EASILY; can do backflips.

I can't link to it, but if you Google "Chinese robot within last 24 hours," several videos are available for your viewing pleasure.

I never heard of Unitree, and I never mess with non-U.S. stocks in any event. However, Unitree jumped 542% today. Not bad-- $542 for $1. In one day.

Posted by: mnw

The Chinese released a video that purports to show a robot doing those stunts. AI video is thing, now.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 11:23 PM (1z8ji)

160 ZOD requires a good binge series. I am tired of re-watching "Endeavour" and getting flanked by the last-minute deus ex machina endings. I've already done the Breaking Bad show, Say, and Ozark. Ken Burns is a hard No.

Speak.
Posted by: ZOD

Deadwood. Wire.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:23 PM (YZ0Fo)

161 >Bing Crosby was a cheesemonger for Kraft during those years.

How does one 'mong' ?
I don't think I've ever monged
Posted by: Don Black

And why is it only a small number of seemingly-unrelated things can be monged? Cheese, fish, iron, whores.....

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 11:24 PM (VHUov)

162
Some people have health issues and they wear masks.

ONE cashier at the local Kroger always wears a double canister mask and plastic gloves. I assume she has issues of some sort.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2026 11:24 PM (Cqx++)

163 Pluribus. Severance. Widows bay.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:24 PM (YZ0Fo)

164 46 ZOD

ITS A GIRL!!!!
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 10:41 PM (HCL3E)

A girl that will probably be able to blow you away by age two or so. I suspect.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2026 11:25 PM (AT6oe)

165 …posted more promptly at 10E/9C as Lord Ace intended, Prince CBD notwithstanding."

It's funny that you think Ace knows of the existence of the ONT and/or gives a rodent's rectum about what time it is posted.
Posted by: Doof

I just saw that Ace set the rules in the original-edition style guide. Never said he ever looked again (just like the unchanging antiquated Some Humorous Asides list on the front page). We all know that every weekday, as soon as he posts the cafe, he runs to the arms of that hussy BlueSky.

Posted by: mindful webworker - x never got over losing him at August 18, 2026 11:25 PM (Cl/mc)

166 ITS A GIRL!!!!
Posted by: nurse ratched
----
Good luck!
My mother often said that she would rather raise 5 boys than 1 girl. I found out what she meant after my daughter was born.
Showing that there is no justice in the world, she had 4 boys.

But!... All is not lost. When we had the boys for visits, we'd wind 'em up, feed 'em lots of sugar and send them home. Revenge!

Posted by: buddhaha at August 18, 2026 11:25 PM (r9XTa)

167 Pluribus. Severance. Widows bay.
Posted by: BruceWayne

* checks enigma machine *

* flees *

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 11:26 PM (VHUov)

168 What's on my mind?

Nancy wrote something on X about the death penalty.

I responded:

Preach it. Contrary to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, with of its "poison pills," the Death Penalty is licit. The Catechism of the Council of Trent calls for its "judicious" use for the punishment (of the criminal) and the protection of the innocent. Judicious use doesn't mean limited.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 18, 2026 11:26 PM (qFwJc)

169 142

You're right. I didn't pay much attention to that. I was more focused on the amazing athletics! I never invest a dime in those tiny foreign companies anyway. I'm not going to research it, but I suspect it would've been nigh on impossible for an American to buy Unitree today. You couldn't do it on E*Trade. You'd have to find some tiny specialty broker & open an accoun

Onto another subject:t.

Anybody else watch "Air"? It's really good. I realize this isn't the movie thread. But I showed it to my adult son last night, & he loved it too. It's a Matt Damon/Ben Affleck film about Nike, Air Jordan BB shoes, MJ's family, & how it all came together in 1984.

Posted by: mnw at August 18, 2026 11:27 PM (RCjYY)

170 They've now got Starship in safe harbor so to speak off the coast of Christmas Island.

Elon says they're eventually going to bring it back to Starbase. Now, how they're going to do that, he didn't say.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Reindeer
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2026 11:21 PM (Cqx++)

Refuel and relaunch.

Buy the retired USS Enterprise (CVN-65], and put it on the flight deck.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 18, 2026 11:27 PM (qx7Zg)

171 Nancy Mace, of all people.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 18, 2026 11:27 PM (qFwJc)

172 157
They've now got Starship in safe harbor so to speak off the coast of Christmas Island.

Elon says they're eventually going to bring it back to Starbase. Now, how they're going to do that, he didn't say.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Reindeer

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr
---

If it were green, you know what it would look like?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 11:27 PM (VPNgR)

173 Elon says they're eventually going to bring it back to Starbase. Now, how they're going to do that, he didn't say.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Hypertunnel is almost complete
Posted by: The Boring Company at August 18, 2026 10:39 PM (XOG/m)

More realistically, through the Panama Canal?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 18, 2026 11:28 PM (ZVgZ4)

174 She doesn’t have issues, she’s got a lifetime subscription

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 11:28 PM (dLnkr)

175 >ZOD requires a good binge series.
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I'm watching The Blacklist

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2026 11:28 PM (ZxPkt)

176 Anybody else watch "Air"? It's really good. I realize this isn't the movie thread. But I showed it to my adult son last night, & he loved it too. It's a Matt Damon/Ben Affleck film about Nike, Air Jordan BB shoes, MJ's family, & how it all came together in 1984.
Posted by: mnw

Really good "point in time movie". Even mama Wayne liked it. And she doesn't like movies.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:28 PM (YZ0Fo)

177 I love the HR write-up. Great find Doof!

Posted by: Iris at August 18, 2026 11:28 PM (286+n)

178 ZOD requires a good binge series. I am tired of re-watching "Endeavour" and getting flanked by the last-minute deus ex machina endings. I've already done the Breaking Bad show, Say, and Ozark. Ken Burns is a hard No.

Speak.
Posted by: ZOD

Deadwood. Wire.
Posted by: BruceWayne
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Firefly. Amazon Prime and Hulu

Posted by: buddhaha at August 18, 2026 11:29 PM (r9XTa)

179 When we had the boys for visits, we'd wind 'em up, feed 'em lots of sugar and send them home
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Espresso, a toy drum, and a Kitten. Works every time!

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 11:30 PM (dLnkr)

180 >>171 Nancy Mace, of all people.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 18, 2026 11:27 PM (qFwJc)

She is permitted to orally service ZOD. Her suggestions on binge-watch television are probably not reliable.

Posted by: ZOD at August 18, 2026 11:31 PM (UfDpa)

181 Espresso, a toy drum, and a Kitten. Works every time!
Posted by: Common Tater

That toy that like a vacuum that just pops the balls over and over.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:31 PM (PVUR/)

182 The best series of the last decade, perhaps last two decades, is Chernobyl.

It’s only 5 episodes so you can finish it on a random Sunday.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 18, 2026 11:31 PM (XV/Pl)

183 will that thing fit thru the Suez Canal?

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2026 11:31 PM (ZxPkt)

184 best series of the last decade, perhaps last two decades, is Chernobyl.

It’s only 5 episodes so you can finish it on a random Sunday.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Phenomenal. But heavy. Not like a let me watch this on a lazy afternoon.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:32 PM (YZ0Fo)

185 It's a Matt Damon/Ben Affleck film about Nike, Air Jordan BB shoes, MJ's family, & how it all came together in 1984.

Posted by: mnw
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Jordan is smarter than most. He say, everybody buys tennis shoes, an stfu.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 11:33 PM (VPNgR)

186 Zod ordering Nurse Ratched around. That can only work out well. We are amused.

I have it on good authority his real name is Groot.

Taking a quick exit before either of them comes after me.

https://youtu.be/QIgR9lvmBVM

G'nite, y'all.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - how much cob would a cob logger log if a cob logger could lob cogs? at August 18, 2026 11:33 PM (Cl/mc)

187 I have seen some youtube videos about Richard ? great physicist. He said that a mission to Mars would fail because they could never get home.

But what if Elon sends a yuge amount of food, fuel, and supplies to one place on Mars? And when the astronauts get there, there are plenty of provisions?

Question? Is there an atmosphere on Mars? I just watched "The Martian" recently and he was beset with storms? Huh? Storms? High winds? I thought there was no atmosphere.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 18, 2026 11:33 PM (qFwJc)

188

Harriet Hageman won the primary here in Wyoming for Cheney's seat.

Check out picture on Fox. The hag part of her name fits to a tee.

Posted by: four seasons at August 18, 2026 11:33 PM (/QHx4)

189 More realistically, through the Panama Canal?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
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Put it on a barge and head west.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 11:34 PM (VPNgR)

190 Harriet Hageman won the primary here in Wyoming for Cheney's seat.

Check out picture on Fox. The hag part of her name fits to a tee.

Posted by: four seasons

That was for senate. She already took that clowns seat. I was a lil worried when she was down but it was only 2% in. So then I was like ya she's fine.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:35 PM (YZ0Fo)

191 The Chinese released a video that purports to show a robot doing those stunts. AI video is thing, now.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Look up The China Show on YouTube. A couple of guys who lived in China for years.They cover all of the propaganda crap that the PRC peddles, and pour cold water on most of it.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 18, 2026 11:35 PM (r9XTa)

192
The LRO has taken detailed images of that Falcon 9 2nd stage impact on the Moon:

https://t.ly/hHD48

It hit almost right on top of another small crater.

The new crater is about 60' wide and 10' deep.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2026 11:36 PM (w6EFb)

193 A Model T could beat Usain Bolt too. So what?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 18, 2026 11:36 PM (ZVgZ4)

194 What animal is the archenemy of the moose? Timber wolf would seem to be the obvious choice. But that's what the Germans WANT you to believe!

Posted by: JB1000 at August 18, 2026 11:37 PM (XyUpG)

195 178 ZOD requires a good binge series. I am tired of re-watching "Endeavour" and getting flanked by the last-minute deus ex machina endings. I've already done the Breaking Bad show, Say, and Ozark. Ken Burns is a hard No.

Speak.
Posted by: ZOD

Deadwood. Wire.
Posted by: BruceWayne
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Firefly. Amazon Prime and Hulu
Posted by: buddhaha at August 18, 2026 11:29 PM (r9XTa)

My go-tos:

Person of Interest
Elementary (over Sherlock)
Poirot
The Expanse

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 18, 2026 11:37 PM (Sj6Ot)

196 178 ZOD requires a good binge series.
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The Americans

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 11:37 PM (VPNgR)

197 Question? Is there an atmosphere on Mars? I just watched "The Martian" recently and he was beset with storms? Huh? Storms? High winds? I thought there was no atmosphere.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 18, 2026 11:33 PM (qFwJc)

Mars has a thin atmosphere, composed of 95% CO2. Funny it's so damned cold there, what with its atmosphere being almost entirely "greenhouse gas".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 11:38 PM (1z8ji)

198 185

Yes, he did say that.

I saw MJ on camera often, doing interviews. I thought he was funny & very likable. Off camera, I've read that he got irritated easily & had quite a temper. Maybe we're all like that.

Posted by: mnw at August 18, 2026 11:38 PM (RCjYY)

199 The Americans

Posted by: Braenyard

Yes!

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:38 PM (YZ0Fo)

200 > More realistically, through the Panama Canal?
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that would mean towing it across the Pacific ocean in typhoon season

I think the only way they get that thing back to the US is in pieces

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2026 11:39 PM (ZxPkt)

201 Question? Is there an atmosphere on Mars? I just watched "The Martian" recently and he was beset with storms? Huh? Storms? High winds? I thought there was no atmosphere.
Posted by: no one of any consequence

There is, though it's almost all CO2, and surface pressure is around 0.006 ATM.

There was discussion on an ONT a month or three ago about it; the atmosphere is about the worst possible for space travel. Too thin to use as an air brake, so you have to carry fuel to slow you down. But also thick enough that you need heat shielding for the friction.

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 11:40 PM (VHUov)

202 Mars atmosphere is toxic, mostly CO2 maybe?

The opportunity for closest approach is cyclical, in the 1960s it was something like 1982 and they had plans to try it, but the funding was slashed. Getting to Mars would take almost two years. So the notion of landing, grabbing a few rocks and immediately returning doesn’t make any sense either.

A one-way trip has a lot going for it, in a way.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 11:40 PM (dLnkr)

203 >> I have seen some youtube videos about Richard ? great physicist.

Feynman, I think you're talking about, and those youtube videos of him "speaking" on certain subjects are highly misleading. That is AI generated stuff. It's his "real voice" in a sense, but AI just takes his voice pattern and makes him say things.

This crap is highly misleading and pisses me off.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2026 11:40 PM (w6EFb)

204 Hey, let's do this again:

FOX31 Denver KDVR
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COVID is 'growing' in nearly every state, CDC reports. Here's where levels are highest

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2026 11:41 PM (ZxPkt)

205 Yes, he did say that.

I saw MJ on camera often, doing interviews. I thought he was funny & very likable. Off camera, I've read that he got irritated easily & had quite a temper. Maybe we're all like that.
Posted by: mnw

He now owns a nascar team that doing quite well this season. Not bubba. And he was asked why he's doing it. And he said "I want to win. I don't care if it's golf or nascar. I'm here to win"

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:41 PM (YZ0Fo)

206
Speak.
Posted by: ZOD

==============

The Good Place

Keep watching. It's incredible. Jameela Jamil is gorgeous and hilarious.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 11:42 PM (XJ22o)

207 >>199 The Americans Posted by: Braenyard
Yes! Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:38 PM (YZ0Fo)

Yeah, that was good. Love the look on his face when, early on, he learns that the guy living across the street is FBI.

Posted by: ZOD at August 18, 2026 11:42 PM (UfDpa)

208 194 What animal is the archenemy of the moose? Timber wolf would seem to be the obvious choice. But that's what the Germans WANT you to believe!
Posted by: JB1000 at August 18, 2026 11:37 PM (XyUpG)

Probably the grizzly bear, but a moose can do some serious damage to a bear. Wolves, but it takes more than two to do it, and one or more will get hurt.

Full grown moose are formidable, with sharp hooves. The bulls have horns, and can lift a bear and throw it from the right angle.

Baby moose, OTOH, are bears' favorite meal.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2026 11:42 PM (AT6oe)

209 FOX31 Denver KDVR
@KDVR
3h
COVID is 'growing' in nearly every state, CDC reports.
Posted by: Don Black

There is an election approaching, after all.

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 11:42 PM (VHUov)

210 A Model T could beat Usain Bolt too. So what?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 18, 2026 11:36 PM (ZVgZ4)

An electric race car from 1899 hit 65 mph (La Jamais Contente)

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 18, 2026 11:43 PM (qx7Zg)

211 The Good Place

Keep watching. It's incredible. Jameela Jamil is gorgeous and hilarious.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

My absolute fav 30 min show ever. Everyone was so great. The chilli babies episode is my fav.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:43 PM (YZ0Fo)

212 >>The Good Place. Keep watching. It's incredible. Jameela Jamil is gorgeous and hilarious.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 11:42 PM (XJ22o)

If this is not good, consequences.

Posted by: ZOD at August 18, 2026 11:44 PM (UfDpa)

213 Feynman, I think you're talking about, and those youtube videos of him "speaking" on certain subjects are highly misleading. That is AI generated stuff. It's his "real voice" in a sense, but AI just takes his voice pattern and makes him say things.

This crap is highly misleading and pisses me off.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2026 11:40 PM (w6EFb)

The maggots responsible for that shit should be gassed, with something slow-acting and exquisitely painful. Scum.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 11:44 PM (1z8ji)

214 Yeah, that was good. Love the look on his face when, early on, he learns that the guy living across the street is FBI.
Posted by: ZOD at

The wife Keri Russell new show the diplomat is a good watch.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:44 PM (YZ0Fo)

215 ZOD requires a good binge series.

The "12 Monkeys" SyFy series is on Prime.

"The Blacklist" ran for 10 seasons, long enough for some of the actors to literally get old and die. On Netflix. James Spader gleefully chewing on the scenery never got boring.

The BBC Sherlock Holmes series with Jeremy Brett is on Prime.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 18, 2026 11:45 PM (UdecX)

216 194 What animal is the archenemy of the moose? Timber wolf would seem to be the obvious choice. But that's what the Germans WANT you to believe!
Posted by: JB1000 at August 18, 2026 11:37 PM (XyUpG)

Ticks.

Thousands and thousands of deer ticks feed on the blood of moose. Eventually, they weaken the moose. Younger calves are most vulnerable to them - especially when winter comes.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 18, 2026 11:45 PM (Sj6Ot)

217
Mars surface pressure is about 6 mbar, or .006 atm roughly. It can get up to double that in the deepest basins.

That "dust storm" scene from The Martian wasn't accurate, they just needed some dramatic device. Wind speeds on the surface can hit 100 mph (in those dust devils), and you'll see that quoted, but because the atmosphere is so thin, the force is not that much.

100 mph Martian wind would feel like a 7 -10 mph breeze on earth. The dust storms would be a bitch. Imagine getting covered in fine flour by that 10 mph wind.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2026 11:45 PM (w6EFb)

218

If you don't mind reading subtitles, i have been watching Highland Cops.

The rescuers of people lost or injured in the mountains have balls of steel.

Posted by: four seasons at August 18, 2026 11:47 PM (/QHx4)

219 100 mph Martian wind would feel like a 7 -10 mph breeze on earth. The dust storms would be a bitch. Imagine getting covered in fine flour by that 10 mph wind.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2026 11:45 PM (w6EFb)

Kind of like getting breathed upon by a hamster with emphysema.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 11:48 PM (1z8ji)

220 Full grown moose are formidable, with sharp hooves. The bulls have horns, and can lift a bear and throw it from the right angle.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2026 11:42 PM (AT6oe)

I'm sure that causes the bears acute pain.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2026 11:50 PM (1Ff7Z)

221 There was discussion on an ONT a month or three ago about it; the atmosphere is about the worst possible for space travel. Too thin to use as an air brake, so you have to carry fuel to slow you down. But also thick enough that you need heat shielding for the friction.

Posted by: mikeski
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There will be a tanker in orbit around Mars to refuel the travelers before landing.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 11:50 PM (VPNgR)

222 Woah! Columbia House is shutting down next month?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 18, 2026 11:51 PM (qx7Zg)

223 46 ZOD

ITS A GIRL!!!!
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 10:41 PM (HCL3E)
*********
Congratulations!

After two brothers and two sons I now have two granddaughters in my life! They live 10min away. Grandson was first and we are very ok with boys as we know boys. He's a sweetheart.

The girls are a delight, and I have bought clothes, jewelry, and dolls and all I can think of for girls. So much fun! And to have the oldest be my clone is mindblowing, both in looks and personality. Baby sister at 12mo coming on strong but looks like her older brother.

Enjoy it all, Nurse. Great joy ahead!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2026 11:51 PM (hzuYO)

224 Rep Harriet Hageman (R-WY): She beat Liz Cheney (again) today, in the GOP primary for WY U.S. Senate.

I believe she's of mixed race. She's acknowledged the AmerIndian part. She's very dark-skinned. 100% MAGA. I wish we had more like her!

Posted by: mnw at August 18, 2026 11:51 PM (RCjYY)

225 The best series of the last decade, perhaps last two decades, is Chernobyl.

It’s only 5 episodes so you can finish it on a random Sunday.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 18, 2026 11:31 PM (XV/Pl)

No spoilers, please

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2026 11:51 PM (rbvCR)

226 Good Place

Keep watching. It's incredible. Jameela Jamil is gorgeous and hilarious.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

I actually have the final chidi speech saved in my phone for when I move on.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:52 PM (YZ0Fo)

227 You may depend on the Boring Company. We will provide ample shelter and comfort.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 11:52 PM (VPNgR)

228 He now owns a nascar team that doing quite well this season. Not bubba. And he was asked why he's doing it. And he said "I want to win. I don't care if it's golf or nascar. I'm here to win"

Posted by: BruceWayne
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He knows what he's doing.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 11:54 PM (VPNgR)

229 You may depend on the Boring Company. We will provide ample shelter and comfort.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 11:52 PM (VPNgR)

No entertainment, though. We're Boring.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 18, 2026 11:55 PM (qx7Zg)

230 Oh my, these are hypnotic.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CadC0CgTxIA

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2026 11:57 PM (S41Gd)

231 You may depend on the Boring Company. We will provide ample shelter and comfort.
Posted by: Braenyard

No entertainment, though. We're Boring.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

If I'm living in artificial tunnels, the last thing I want is for them to be exciting. "Boring" is the best feature a tunnel can have.

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 11:57 PM (VHUov)

232
If this is not good, consequences.
Posted by: ZOD

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Pretty much what the show is about.

bwahahaha

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 11:58 PM (XJ22o)

233 He knows what he's doing.

Posted by: Braenyard

There's a reason he became the first athlete billionaire. Waaayyyy before they had contracts there like 60m a year. And did it without a podcast or a media deal.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:58 PM (YZ0Fo)

234 Feynman. yes. I know it's ai, but he was not thinking like Elon is thinking.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 18, 2026 11:58 PM (qFwJc)

235 ZOD requires a good binge series. I am tired of re-watching "Endeavour" and getting flanked by the last-minute deus ex machina endings. I've already done the Breaking Bad show, Say, and Ozark. Ken Burns is a hard No.

The Creep Tapes. 2 seasons.

Plus two movies: Creep, Creep 2.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 18, 2026 11:58 PM (r7ofC)

236 Columbia House ist kaput? Really?

Finally, I no longer have to look over my shoulder all the time. Like a great weight lifted off my shoulders

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 11:58 PM (dLnkr)

237 Pretty much what the show is about.

bwahahaha
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

I deserve a medium place!

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:59 PM (YZ0Fo)

238 The Creep Tapes. 2 seasons.

Plus two movies: Creep, Creep 2.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls

Trailer for season 3 came out today.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:00 AM (YZ0Fo)

239 Feynman. yes. I know it's ai, but he was not thinking like Elon is thinking.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 18, 2026 11:58 PM (qFwJc)

The AI vandals are putting their words in his mouth.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2026 12:00 AM (1z8ji)

240 RIP Frank Beard
Seen ZZ in Chicago ont the Tejas tour and Deguello tour.
Great live band.

Posted by: Lars at August 19, 2026 12:00 AM (kJH1Z)

241 Elon is getting up to sending thousands of unmanned drones to Mars so that when the humans arrive, there is plenty of provisions.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 19, 2026 12:00 AM (qFwJc)

242
This crap is highly misleading and pisses me off.
Posted by: publius

Youtube has really gone to hell with all the clickbaited AI junk.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 19, 2026 12:01 AM (Cqx++)

243 Elon looks around SpaceX HQ.

"Okay, nerds! Who wants to volunteer for the Away Team to go to Christmas Island to get the Starship? It shouldn't take more than six months, nine max!"

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 19, 2026 12:01 AM (UdecX)

244 Columbia House ist kaput? Really?

Finally, I no longer have to look over my shoulder all the time. Like a great weight lifted off my shoulders
Posted by: Common Tater

Still running from that 15cents for 30 albums? Hahah

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:01 AM (YZ0Fo)

245 >> I know it's ai, but he was not thinking like Elon is thinking.

That is not his "thinking" at all. It's a a bunch of fraudsters putting their words in his voice. It is just about criminal, IMO.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2026 12:02 AM (w6EFb)

246 Youtube has really gone to hell with all the clickbaited AI junk.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 19, 2026 12:01 AM (Cqx++)

Time for a Butlerian Jihad against malicious uses of AI.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2026 12:03 AM (1z8ji)

247 205 Batman

I believe MJ is also (or at least was until recently) a major part owner (majority owner?) of the NBA Charlotte Hornets.

I didn't know about the NASCAR team.

He had script approval on "Air," even though he wasn't in it. He requested that the part of one of the AA characters be expanded, which it was subsequently. The character in question, a black NIKE exec, is one of the best and funniest things in the movie.

Posted by: mnw at August 19, 2026 12:03 AM (RCjYY)

248 I used Columbia House to buy a lot of Jazz and Classical music CDs. I still have them. Good bang for the buck.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 19, 2026 12:04 AM (qFwJc)

249 Question? Is there an atmosphere on Mars? I just watched "The Martian" recently and he was beset with storms? Huh? Storms? High winds? I thought there was no atmosphere.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 18, 2026 11:33 PM (qFwJc)

Mars has an atmosphere, it is very thin and mostly CO2, Nitrogen and Argon.
It used to have an atmosphere estimated at about 1 bar, but that was at the end of the Earth's Cambriam period so not so interesting today.
Mars has planet wide dust storms, and dust devils as well. There is just enough moisture in the atmosphere for it to freeze out at the poles as hoarfrost in the planetary winters - in the north and south poles.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 19, 2026 12:04 AM (rbvCR)

250 That is not his "thinking" at all. It's a a bunch of fraudsters putting their words in his voice. It is just about criminal, IMO.
Posted by: publius

Agree. Feynman is one of the great minds of anytime. Let his words and lectures be what they are.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:04 AM (YZ0Fo)

251 Elon is getting up to sending thousands of unmanned drones to Mars so that when the humans arrive, there is plenty of provisions.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 19, 2026 12:00 AM (qFwJc)

Gonna be a shock when we arrive and a find a fuck ton of empty snickers wrappers and passed out martians in a sugar coma.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 19, 2026 12:05 AM (S41Gd)

252 I could research Richard Feynman's work, but that would be work. Oh well.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 19, 2026 12:06 AM (qFwJc)

253 Gonna be a shock when we arrive and a find a fuck ton of empty snickers wrappers and passed out martians in a sugar coma.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 19, 2026 12:05 AM (S41Gd)

I seem to remember a Sci-Fi novel in which Martians became addicted to Coca-Cola.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2026 12:07 AM (1z8ji)

254 >> ONT a month or three ago about it; the atmosphere is about the worst possible for space travel.

Yes, indeed. Mars is about the sour spot for "EDL", entry, descent and landing.

The boys at JPL call landing on Mars "Seven Minutes of Terror". The mean one-way light time from Mars is about 12.5 minutes. When they usually do the EDLs, it's about 14 minutes.

It takes about 7 minutes from entry to landing. So, when they get a signal from the spacecraft that EDL has begun, it's already either landed or crashed and burned.

They have to wait another 7 minutes to know that fate.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2026 12:07 AM (w6EFb)

255 Batman

I believe MJ is also (or at least was until recently) a major part owner (majority owner?) of the NBA Charlotte Hornets.

I didn't know about the NASCAR team.

He had script approval on "Air," even though he wasn't in it. He requested that the part of one of the AA characters be expanded, which it was subsequently. The character in question, a black NIKE exec, is one of the best and funniest things in the movie.
Posted by: mnw

Yup all true. And yes he's still the majority owner of the hornets. Seems he's getting more run out of the nascar teams these days. Why he traded the best hornets players cause they couldn't win with him. They can pay him. I'll rebuild.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:07 AM (YZ0Fo)

256 I am watching Tousi TV and I read/scan the comments rolling by.

One person claims bikers are showing up in Dearborn to deal with the durkas (the word he used). 50k expected to arrive person says. I don't know when or what is going on.

I have no idea if this is true. However, if it is I know who I'm cheering for.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 19, 2026 12:08 AM (hzuYO)

257 209 FOX31 Denver KDVR
@KDVR
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COVID is 'growing' in nearly every state, CDC reports.
Posted by: Don Black

There is an election approaching, after all.
Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 11:42 PM (VHUov)

Even after all the releases about actual science on Covid...

I saw 4 Different Ladies wearing masks in the Grocery store today...

Floored me.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 19, 2026 12:09 AM (mP0Kj)

258 One person claims bikers are showing up in Dearborn to deal with the durkas (the word he used). 50k expected to arrive person says. I don't know when or what is going on.

I have no idea if this is true. However, if it is I know who I'm cheering for.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

Dearborn was lost 20 years ago

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:10 AM (YZ0Fo)

259
Take the Moon. No atmosphere. And gravity is only 1/6 that of Erf. Powered descent with rockets are easily doable.

Take Earth. Powered descent would take as much fuel to get down as to get up. But the atmosphere is thick enough to do all the braking you need to bleed off orbital to escape speed off.

Mars gravity is 1/3 earth. More fuel. The atmosphere is not think enough to do all the braking. Terminal velocity on Mars is still supersonic. You need fuel and heat shields both.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2026 12:11 AM (w6EFb)

260 Anyway, I realized that it may be possible for humans to go to Mars and return. Atmospheric pressure is needed to prevent atrophy on muscles and bones. Clearly, enough fuel to get and and get home. Why can't they travel faster? Why two years to get there? Why not 3 months?

LOL. IDK.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 19, 2026 12:11 AM (qFwJc)

261 Oh game back on after 90 min

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:12 AM (YZ0Fo)

262 Good evening, Horde. I tire of all the stupid in the world, but the Horde, like the Dude, abides.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 19, 2026 12:13 AM (aJQbY)

263
Dearborn was lost 20 years ago
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:10 AM (YZ0Fo)

*******
I know. Only reporting what I read. Which could be bullsharte...that "thousands" of trucks are arriving. Bikers the guy said. Maybe wishful thinking on the part of this person.

I'd prefer they arrive in Minnesota first for the Somolians. Then swing by Dearborn.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 19, 2026 12:14 AM (hzuYO)

264 256

Christy

They usually go to Sturgis, SD. Dearborn would be something I didn't read about.

Posted by: mnw at August 19, 2026 12:14 AM (RCjYY)

265

Go Cubs!!!

Hubby went to bed. He will see the score in the morning.

We are diehard Cub fans..

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 12:15 AM (/QHx4)

266 >> Atmospheric pressure is needed to prevent atrophy on muscles and bones

That's gravity, not pressure. Mars' low pressure is very bad for other reasons -- you need a pressure suit (but it could be more a "tight spandex" type of thing with a breathing helmet). But it's the lower gravity that's the problem.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2026 12:15 AM (w6EFb)

267 know. Only reporting what I read. Which could be bullsharte...that "thousands" of trucks are arriving. Bikers the guy said. Maybe wishful thinking on the part of this person.

I'd prefer they arrive in Minnesota first for the Somolians. Then swing by Dearborn.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

If they wanted to have an effect they hit hamtramack. They don't do the call to prayer there yet

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:16 AM (YZ0Fo)

268 Go Cubs!!!

Hubby went to bed. He will see the score in the morning.

We are diehard Cub fans..
Posted by: four seasons

Back on finally

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:16 AM (YZ0Fo)

269 RandomDave

Hope you're hanging in there. Your quest is quite inspirational.

Posted by: mnw at August 19, 2026 12:17 AM (RCjYY)

270
The biker thing i read about is they are going to grill lots of meat, hopefully pork.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 12:17 AM (/QHx4)

271 I am watching Tousi TV and I read/scan the comments rolling by.

One person claims bikers are showing up in Dearborn to deal with the durkas (the word he used). 50k expected to arrive person says. I don't know when or what is going on.

I have no idea if this is true. However, if it is I know who I'm cheering for.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 19, 2026 12:08 AM (hzuYO)

From what I understand there was supposed to be a huge outdoor christian prayer to counter the usual large muslim outdoor prayer that's used for intimidation. The bikers are there for the muscle. What I'm hearing is most are them are ones returning from the Sturgis rally in S. dakota that ended 2 days before this event. Somebody reached out to them and said hey on your way back stop by.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 19, 2026 12:17 AM (S41Gd)

272 He's going to put it on a barge an float it around the Cape of Good Hope and up to Starbase.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 12:18 AM (VPNgR)

273 From what I understand there was supposed to be a huge outdoor christian prayer to counter the usual large muslim outdoor prayer that's used for intimidation. The bikers are there for the muscle. What I'm hearing is most are them are ones returning from the Sturgis rally in S. dakota that ended 2 days before this event. Somebody reached out to them and said hey on your way back stop by.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

That's what I was gonna say. Makes sense.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:18 AM (YZ0Fo)

274 I think they've developed a new treatment of some kind to help Cub fans kick the habit.

Posted by: mnw at August 19, 2026 12:19 AM (RCjYY)

275 >> Why can't they travel faster? Why two years to get there? Why not 3 months?

Orbital mechanics and the fuel/delta-v requirements vs current engineering and rocket capability.

Invent an Epstein-drive fusion engine (which is possible physics wise, just well beyond anything our current engineering and materials science is capable of), and you can get to Mars at 1g constant acceleration trajectory in 3 days. Jupiter in 6 days, Saturn in 8, and about #2 weeks to Neptune.

Uranus in 12 days.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2026 12:20 AM (w6EFb)

276

Lol mnw

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 12:20 AM (/QHx4)

277 Bikers did a similar thing in Houston. Totally peaceful but the rally against 2A and the innocent home owner was totally shut down.
Those megaphones can't compete with sets of full throated Harleys.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 12:22 AM (VPNgR)

278 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

My friends go to sturgis every year. They said it was noticeabley smaller this year.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:23 AM (YZ0Fo)

279
The "two years" thing is the launch window from earth to Mars using the most fuel efficient orbital transfers. It's about 26 months, the synodic period of Mars.

Now, the travel time using the standard Homan transfers and may some other more complex tricks varies from about 7 to 10 months.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2026 12:24 AM (w6EFb)

280 “In science, you should report everything that you think might make it invalid – not only what you think is right about it.” - Richard Feynman

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 19, 2026 12:25 AM (XeU6L)

281 Democrats have spent decades fighting for things like women's rights
---------------------------

LOL. No. Republicans and Christians fought for women's rights.

Democrats OTOH have fought for abortion, and used every other thing else regarding women to divide and destroy.

"They have nothing in common with Islam except hatred for the West" is a catastrophic mischaracterization.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 12:26 AM (vE0+H)

282
That Hohmann transfer, of course, not Tom Homan transfers.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2026 12:26 AM (w6EFb)

283 “In science, you should report everything that you think might make it invalid – not only what you think is right about it.” - Richard Feynman
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
------

This is about me, isn't it.

Posted by: Fauci at August 19, 2026 12:26 AM (XeU6L)

284 A federal District Judge ruled today that Trump CAN deport Haitian immigrants who heretofore enjoyed "Temporary" Protected Status (TPS).

Hope the ruling survives appellate review.

Posted by: mnw at August 19, 2026 12:27 AM (RCjYY)

285 My friends go to sturgis every year. They said it was noticeabley smaller this year.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:23 AM (YZ0Fo)

That happens every year after an anniversary year. Last year was the 85th. The 0 and 5 years are usually big. I noticed that when I was going. I went for the 50th, and the 51st was smaller and built up more and more until the 55th where it got crazy again. Then it tapered the following year, and slowly built up to the 60th.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 19, 2026 12:27 AM (S41Gd)

286 That happens every year after an anniversary year. Last year was the 85th. The 0 and 5 years are usually big. I noticed that when I was going. I went for the 50th, and the 51st was smaller and built up more and more until the 55th where it got crazy again. Then it tapered the following year, and slowly built up to the 60th.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads

Ahhhhh. I guess I woulda thought 250 would have been at least equal to last year

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:28 AM (YZ0Fo)

287 285

Interesting. Didn't know that.

Posted by: mnw at August 19, 2026 12:29 AM (RCjYY)

288 News Item:

Iran’s PM is complaining to the media that the US is demanding new concessions for ending the blockade that were not part of the original agreement.

Ghalibaf: “This wasn’t part of our deal!”

Darth Trump: I HAVE ALTERED THE DEAL. PRAY THAT I DO NOT ALTER IT FURTHER.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 19, 2026 12:30 AM (0pL/G)

289

An old joke...

Hey Joe, did you here about Henry's wife being killed by a bus when she was crossing the street?

Sam says "well if she had been home cooking Henry's dinner like wives should be doing she woud still be alive"

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 12:31 AM (/QHx4)

290 46 ZOD

ITS A GIRL!!!!
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 10:41 PM (HCL3E)

*********

Either Zoddette or Ursa would work.

Congrats, in any event!

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at August 19, 2026 12:31 AM (e8SMi)

291 Watching people comment on this Lindsay Clancy murder trial is wild.

"You can't judge her because you aren't a woman". "Its really her husband's fault because he didn't support her enough" or my favorite "Obviously its a conspiracy where the husband did and and the police are working with him to blame his innocent wife"
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 10:35 PM

Loons.

Reminds me of weirdos still pushing the "grassy knoll" conspiracies after the JFK assassination videos and reports were released.

Except social media puts the whack jobs on blast.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at August 19, 2026 12:31 AM (D/i12)

292 An old joke...

Hey Joe, did you here about Henry's wife being killed by a bus when she was crossing the street?

Sam says "well if she had been home cooking Henry's dinner like wives should be doing she woud still be alive"
Posted by: four seasons

Why are wedding dresses white?

So she matches the other appliances.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:32 AM (YZ0Fo)

293
Lol BruceWayne

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 12:33 AM (/QHx4)

294 Trump has studied them for years. And Trump is Trump.
Woe be unto them that don't wise up.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 12:33 AM (VPNgR)

295 Loons.

Reminds me of weirdos still pushing the "grassy knoll" conspiracies after the JFK assassination videos and reports were released.

Except social media puts the whack jobs on blast.
Posted by: NaughtyPine

She's going to get off and go to the nut house for like a year.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:33 AM (YZ0Fo)

296 That is not his "thinking" at all. It's a a bunch of fraudsters putting their words in his voice. It is just about criminal, IMO.
Posted by: publius

Agree. Feynman is one of the great minds of anytime. Let his words and lectures be what they are.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:04 AM (YZ0Fo)

Agreed, but that's the grift. It's not just Feynman. You want finance? Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett are saying whatever the channel creators want. Christian? There's AI 'recordings' of C.S. Lewis. It's infuriating. I'm sure that there's more, I just don't know about all of them.

Posted by: Nerd Herd at August 19, 2026 12:33 AM (NZPfR)

297 Lol BruceWayne

Posted by: four seasons

I got some good old ones like that.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:35 AM (YZ0Fo)

298
Some of Mr. Feynman's most famous quotes:

"Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts".

"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool."

"I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned."

"I'm smart enough to know that I'm dumb." (the insight in this is beautiful -- this ties in with Dunning-Kruger)

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2026 12:35 AM (w6EFb)

299 Fuck he caught that

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:36 AM (YZ0Fo)

300 Congrats, Nurse!

Posted by: NaughtyPine at August 19, 2026 12:36 AM (D/i12)

301 Bregman!!!! Cubbies

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:37 AM (YZ0Fo)

302

BruceWayne,

Last time I checked I am a woman. Don't care those jokes are hilarious, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 12:37 AM (/QHx4)

303 Agreed, but that's the grift. It's not just Feynman. You want finance? Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett are saying whatever the channel creators want. Christian? There's AI 'recordings' of C.S. Lewis. It's infuriating. I'm sure that there's more, I just don't know about all of them.
Posted by: Nerd Herd

It's gross

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:38 AM (YZ0Fo)

304 Agreed, but that's the grift. It's not just Feynman. You want finance? Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett are saying whatever the channel creators want. Christian? There's AI 'recordings' of C.S. Lewis. It's infuriating. I'm sure that there's more, I just don't know about all of them.
Posted by: Nerd Herd at August 19, 2026 12:33 AM (NZPfR)

It's cultural vandalism, and it warrants the death penalty.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2026 12:39 AM (1z8ji)

305
One thing in these days is so many people don't have a sense of humor.

It's sad

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 12:40 AM (/QHx4)

306
"I'm smart enough to know that I'm dumb." (the insight in this is beautiful -- this ties in with Dunning-Kruger)
Posted by: publius
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And a dusting of Gell-Mann Amnesia.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 19, 2026 12:40 AM (XeU6L)

307 BruceWayne,

Last time I checked I am a woman. Don't care those jokes are hilarious, lol.

Posted by: four seasons

What do you tell a woman with 2 black eyes?

Nothing you done told her twice.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:41 AM (YZ0Fo)

308
Lol

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 12:41 AM (/QHx4)

309 As much as I'd like to stay, it's time to go.
Good evening ladies and gents.
'night.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 12:42 AM (VPNgR)

310 Why are wedding dresses white?
So she matches the other appliances.
Posted by: BruceWayne

That one'll be due for an update in a few years when we show up.

Posted by: a stainless-steel sexbot at August 19, 2026 12:42 AM (VHUov)

311
Goodnight Braenyard

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 12:43 AM (/QHx4)

312 Lol
Posted by: four seasons

😜

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:44 AM (YZ0Fo)

313 92 You know what's missing in modern music?
Romance. 1979 forward it's less and less.
1979 back, most all styles of music were mostly
concerned with getting close to the opposite sex.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 10:55 PM (VPNgR)

I think you have to go even 20 years *further* back to find women saying nice things about men. Actual praise disappeared. It gradually devolved to just vaguely wanting 'love', to now where even the ones that like dick don't seem to like men much or at all.

Posted by: SciVo at August 19, 2026 12:45 AM (L3Npt)

314 That one'll be due for an update in a few years when we show up.
Posted by: a stainless-steel sexbot

It's ok brides are wearing tin foil these days joke still works hahah

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:45 AM (YZ0Fo)

315

Being offended in today's world seems to be the thing.

Get the fuck over yourself.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 12:46 AM (/QHx4)

316 Howdy, horde!

Wooh, it was hot today... more *hot* for the rest of this week. Ugh! I'm melting.

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 12:46 AM (rdVOm)

317 "Wives"

Name a species that can reproduce asexually.

Posted by: mnw at August 19, 2026 12:47 AM (RCjYY)

318 Trump has studied them for years. And Trump is Trump.
Woe be unto them that don't wise up.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 12:33 AM (VPNgR)

No I'm pretty sure Trump doesn't study anything. He just flails around aimlessly and lucks into everything. Never even wanted to be president. He was totally surprised when he won.

(read that one here a few times)

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 12:48 AM (vE0+H)

319 Being offended in today's world seems to be the thing.

Get the fuck over yourself.
Posted by: four seasons at

I grew up in the 80s/90s there was no offense there was only ridicule and bullying. And you either sacked up and gave it back or didn't.

Make Bullying Great Again

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:48 AM (YZ0Fo)

320 Howdy, horde!

Wooh, it was hot today... more *hot* for the rest of this week. Ugh! I'm melting.
Posted by: JQ

Hit 109 today. Posed to be hotter tomorrow

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:49 AM (YZ0Fo)

321 Being offended in today's world seems to be the thing.
Get the fuck over yourself.
Posted by: four seasons

Offense can be given.

Offense can be taken.

Those two concepts can be completely decoupled.

Currently, approximately 274000% more offense is taken than given.

Posted by: mikeski at August 19, 2026 12:50 AM (VHUov)

322
Some of my favorites pictures of Mr. Feynman:

Dancing with his wife at the Nobel ceremony:
https://t.ly/34-e9

And another one at that ceremony:

https://t.ly/LjTRv

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2026 12:50 AM (w6EFb)

323

JQ,

We are having an unusually hot summer here in SW Wyoming.

Let me count how many times a day hubby says "I hate summer", lol. I agree with him, it sucks especially with no AC.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 12:51 AM (/QHx4)

324 No I'm pretty sure Trump doesn't study anything. He just flails around aimlessly and lucks into everything. Never even wanted to be president. He was totally surprised when he won.

(read that one here a few times)
Posted by: ... at August

Damn he's been pretty lucky!

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:51 AM (YZ0Fo)

325 FL Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Hell) survived a primary challenge today from a Squaddie wannabe.

I dunno if this is good news or bad news.

Posted by: mnw at August 19, 2026 12:52 AM (RCjYY)

326 Let me count how many times a day hubby says "I hate summer", lol. I agree with him, it sucks especially with no AC.

Posted by: four seasons

No AC?! I'd die. We been over 100 for 20 days. I won't even go out to the pool. Hahah

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:53 AM (YZ0Fo)

327 Hit 109 today. Posed to be hotter tomorrow
Posted by: BruceWayne

About ten degrees below ya, but that's still hot enough for me-- poor lil portable a/c can keep one room at 78 if I don't open the door very often. LOL.

It's all good...

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 12:53 AM (rdVOm)

328 Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Hell) survived a primary challenge today from a Squaddie wannabe.

I dunno if this is good news or bad news.
Posted by: mnw

She's a known asshat. He was an absolutely insane commie. In a new blue district. Best to have the same old person instead of a 23 year old commie that would hold it for 20 years

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:54 AM (YZ0Fo)

329 Spent the day recovering from illness this weekend. My MiL took the kids tonight to give poor Pooky a break, so he took me out to the local burger joint. He had their mozzarella stick burger (no really, they just stick mozza sticks on top of the burger patty and cover that with sauce) and I had the BBQ bacon burger. I haven't really been eating, so that was nice. Wee Pooky seems to enjoy getting calories almost as much as his brother. I'm going to have to put a running track in the backyard, aren't I?

Posted by: pookysgirl, with an early Food Thread contribution at August 19, 2026 12:55 AM (Wt5PA)

330
At least we don't have the humidity. Thank goodness.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 12:55 AM (/QHx4)

331 About ten degrees below ya, but that's still hot enough for me-- poor lil portable a/c can keep one room at 78 if I don't open the door very often. LOL.

It's all good...
Posted by: JQ at

Oh I'm from the north. Anything over 73 is terrible for me. Hahah

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:56 AM (YZ0Fo)

332 mnw,

No offense to Him, but I would really prefer not to be quite so inspiring a story of perserverence in the face of adversity.... could do with a bit less adversity, thanks!

As I say to the old ladies at church (many variations on this), "I know I don't get to know the map of the whole Plan, but I'd sure love to know which direction to turn next!"

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 19, 2026 12:56 AM (aJQbY)

333 >>Let me count how many times a day hubby says "I hate summer", lol. I agree with him, it sucks especially with no AC.

Four seasons, I hate summer too! The only AC here, is the little 8k BTU unit I put in the living room each summer. Best $ I ever spent!

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 12:56 AM (rdVOm)

334 At least we don't have the humidity. Thank goodness.

Posted by: four seasons

July we were rocking like 90+/90. Now that we are 105 humidity dropped to like 50. It's still hot. Hahah

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:57 AM (YZ0Fo)

335 Make Bullying Great Again

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:48 AM (YZ0Fo)

There is still bullying. They just made it impossible to fight back.

The people who instituted all the anti-bullying turned out to themselves be the world's biggest thinnest skinned bullies. Go figure.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 12:58 AM (vE0+H)

336 Let me count how many times a day hubby says "I hate summer", lol. I agree with him, it sucks especially with no AC.

Posted by: four seasons

No AC?! I'd die. We been over 100 for 20 days. I won't even go out to the pool. Hahah

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:53 AM (YZ0Fo)

I don't even go out on the bike when it hits 90. Ok in the breeze, but hit a traffic light and you're sitting on a ball burner.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 19, 2026 12:59 AM (S41Gd)

337 Humidity is currently 18%.

I'd die above 60%! (or merely *wish* I were dead)

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 01:00 AM (rdVOm)

338 Uranus in 12 days.
Posted by: publius
-----
(No, not a "your asshole" joke)
Is that 6 days under 1g acceleration, and 6 days deceleration, or 12 days of acceleration and wave as you rocket by at... mmmm, carry the two... about 6300 miles per second?

Posted by: buddhaha at August 19, 2026 01:00 AM (r9XTa)

339 The people who instituted all the anti-bullying turned out to themselves be the world's biggest thinnest skinned bullies. Go figure.
Posted by: ... at August

Yup. I mean bring back punching those asses in the face.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 01:00 AM (YZ0Fo)

340 328 Batman

That's a fair point. The 23-yr-old commie might've been easier for the GOP nominee to beat... but if the district is blue enuf, it doesn't make any difference.

Since it's FL, the GOP drew the lines. So it's undoubtedly REAL blue. Get all the trash in one bag.

Posted by: mnw at August 19, 2026 01:01 AM (RCjYY)

341 don't even go out on the bike when it hits 90. Ok in the breeze, but hit a traffic light and you're sitting on a ball burner.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Prly gonna hit 110 tomorrow. Seriously. It's 93 at 3am

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 01:02 AM (YZ0Fo)

342 >>>Name a species that can reproduce asexually.

Posted by: mnw

>The Bidens. They just crawl into the watering hole and another pops out.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 19, 2026 01:03 AM (tvdD1)

343 Batman

That's a fair point. The 23-yr-old commie might've been easier for the GOP nominee to beat... but if the district is blue enuf, it doesn't make any difference.

Since it's FL, the GOP drew the lines. So it's undoubtedly REAL blue. Get all the trash in one bag.
Posted by: mnw at

Ya it's deep blue. Made wasserman move over cause they erased her district. So now just that one and Orlando.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 01:03 AM (YZ0Fo)

344 Random Dave

I understand. You have earned the right to feel that way.

Posted by: mnw at August 19, 2026 01:04 AM (RCjYY)

345 Oh I'm from the north. Anything over 73 is terrible for me. Hahah

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:56 AM (YZ0Fo)

No shit. I'm a 70 degree dude. I can deal in the 80's if the humidity isn't silly. I hate heat. This summer hasn't been too bad here though. We got lucky. I keep the AC at 70, and it hasn't been running much.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 19, 2026 01:04 AM (S41Gd)

346 93*? In the middle of the night?!

Ok. I will stop complaining. At least it cools off at night, here. Got windows open right now... fans going... once the whole house is cooled, will shut it all and go to bed.

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 01:04 AM (rdVOm)

347 Prly gonna hit 110 tomorrow. Seriously. It's 93 at 3am

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 01:02 AM (YZ0Fo)

What state is that? Remind me not to move there.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 19, 2026 01:06 AM (S41Gd)

348 >> Is that 6 days under 1g acceleration, and 6 days deceleration, or 12 days of acceleration and wave as you rocket by at... mmmm, carry the two... about 6300 miles per second?

It's basically accelerating at 1g halfway, then turn and decelerate at 1g so you match velocity with the destination at the end.

The cool thing about this is you naturally have 1g artificial gravity the whole way. Now, for cargo and other things than could handle higher g's, you could do it faster.

Now, with chemical rockets, this idea is just ridiculous, considering the amount of fuel mass you'd need. However, when you can get exhaust velocities at a significant fraction of light speed, the mass becomes much less.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2026 01:07 AM (w6EFb)

349

The drought here is terrible. Powder River in Wyoming and Montana has stopped flowing.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 01:07 AM (/QHx4)

350 No shit. I'm a 70 degree dude. I can deal in the 80's if the humidity isn't silly. I hate heat. This summer hasn't been too bad here though. We got lucky. I keep the AC at 70, and it hasn't been running much.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

People from here like to talk about how it's not humid. Late June to early July was 95-100 with 80 rh everyday. I'm like yall are insane. Then they just go well you don't know Oklahoma. I been here 15 fucking years. Don't tell me it isn't hot hahah

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 01:07 AM (YZ0Fo)

351 What state is that? Remind me not to move there.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Ok but tx too.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 01:08 AM (YZ0Fo)

352 Be well all. I've read a bit but must go to sleep. Pehaps will see you tomorrow.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at August 19, 2026 01:09 AM (4Qj8V)

353 Wish I could put up a screenshot of our 7 day forecast - triple digit highs, every day. No rain within hundreds of miles.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 19, 2026 01:09 AM (0pL/G)

354 110 degrees? Where the hell do you people LIVE, anyway? The Sahara?* The Outback?**

* the desert, not the hotel

** Australia, not the steakhouse

Posted by: mnw at August 19, 2026 01:10 AM (RCjYY)

355 People from here like to talk about how it's not humid. Late June to early July was 95-100 with 80 rh everyday. I'm like yall are insane. Then they just go well you don't know Oklahoma. I been here 15 fucking years. Don't tell me it isn't hot hahah

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 01:07 AM (YZ0Fo)

Jersey can hit 90% humidity no problem. Right now its 72 degrees and 74% humidity. It was higher during the day.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 19, 2026 01:10 AM (S41Gd)

356 Be well all. I've read a bit but must go to sleep. Pehaps will see you tomorrow.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at August 19, 2026 01:09 AM (4Qj8V)

Night, Farmer!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2026 01:11 AM (1z8ji)

357 Wish I could put up a screenshot of our 7 day forecast - triple digit highs, every day. No rain within hundreds of miles.
Posted by: Tom Servo

We were in a flood in May. No drop to be seen now.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 01:11 AM (YZ0Fo)

358 Ok but tx too.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 01:08 AM (YZ0Fo)

yeah, not moving there. I don't care if you get machine guns in a box of cereal.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 19, 2026 01:12 AM (S41Gd)

359 Jersey can hit 90% humidity no problem. Right now its 72 degrees and 74% humidity. It was higher during the day.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

That was when I lived in MI. Could hit 90 rh. But it was generally cool temps. 80/80 is already terrible. 90/80. Yeesh. Sit in the house time and start the car before you leave

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 01:13 AM (YZ0Fo)

360 yeah, not moving there. I don't care if you get machine guns in a box of cereal.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

It's funny cause years ago I hated it and got out. It did not go well. I love it here my people. But ya 9 months out of the year it's too hot to leave my house 😂

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 01:14 AM (YZ0Fo)

361 Its been raining every other day for the last 2 weeks. Monsooned last night for 2 hours, rained a little today, tomorrow will be beautiful, and rain the day after. Was beautiful on saturday, rained sunday. August blows ass here.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 19, 2026 01:16 AM (S41Gd)

362
That 1g burn-flip-burn travel time to the Moon would be 3.5 hours.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2026 01:16 AM (w6EFb)

363 Ok Heat vs Boston people?? I'll take the ok Heat

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 01:16 AM (YZ0Fo)

364 Bruce Wayne, what state are you in with those high temperatures?

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 19, 2026 01:17 AM (0pL/G)

365 been raining every other day for the last 2 weeks. Monsooned last night for 2 hours, rained a little today, tomorrow will be beautiful, and rain the day after. Was beautiful on saturday, rained sunday. August blows ass here.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

My GMA and uncle got nailed by that storm in northern Indiana. Shit flooded for the first time in 100 years

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 01:17 AM (YZ0Fo)

366 Bruce Wayne, what state are you in with those high temperatures?
Posted by: Tom Servo at

Ok

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 01:18 AM (YZ0Fo)

367 My Oklahoma grandparents (RIP) were happy to move to coastal Oregon.

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 01:18 AM (rdVOm)

368 That was when I lived in MI. Could hit 90 rh. But it was generally cool temps. 80/80 is already terrible. 90/80. Yeesh. Sit in the house time and start the car before you leave

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 01:13 AM (YZ0Fo)

90/80 is summer here. 90/90 isn't unusual, and sometimes its 100/90. July is the gross offender but this year july was very different. High 70's, really low humidity, maybe 2 days of rain, and 60 at night. I needed a sweatshirt on the bike during the day sometimes.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 19, 2026 01:19 AM (S41Gd)

369 Oklahoma grandparents (RIP) were happy to move to coastal Oregon.
Posted by: JQ at

Nice weather

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 01:19 AM (YZ0Fo)

370 90/80 is summer here. 90/90 isn't unusual, and sometimes its 100/90. July is the gross offender but this year july was very different. High 70's, really low humidity, maybe 2 days of rain, and 60 at night. I needed a sweatshirt on the bike during the day sometimes.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

My winter coat is a tee shirt hoodie. Even in Michigan I never thought it was cool enough for a sweatshirt

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 01:21 AM (YZ0Fo)

371 I get that I'm weird like that. Hahah

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 01:22 AM (YZ0Fo)

372 Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it.

Posted by: Mark Twain at August 19, 2026 01:23 AM (XeU6L)

373 The worst thing about this static air system is that it isn’t changing at all - from now till Labor Day it’s gonna be the same hot dry day over and over again.
It’s like Groundhog Day in hell.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 19, 2026 01:24 AM (0pL/G)

374 Granddad retired from USACE, worked on dams in the NW and then for an electric utility. They liked the weather better than "back home" and besides, all their kin had passed on so no need to return. (Until final interment)

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 01:26 AM (rdVOm)

375 worst thing about this static air system is that it isn’t changing at all - from now till Labor Day it’s gonna be the same hot dry day over and over again.
It’s like Groundhog Day in hell.
Posted by: Tom Servo at

Oh well make sure too be 100 for the first ou home game. Thats how it always is

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 01:26 AM (YZ0Fo)

376 The worst thing about this static air system is that it isn’t changing at all - from now till Labor Day it’s gonna be the same hot dry day over and over again.
It’s like Groundhog Day in hell.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 19, 2026 01:24 AM (0pL/G)

I can believe it. I leave here for the texas mome, its high 50's low 60's here, just getting nice where you don't need heat or AC, and poof..satan's ass crack in texas.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 19, 2026 01:28 AM (S41Gd)

377 Finally watched the last 90 minutes of "The Human Condition." It's very good, but ten hours is a long running time for a downer.

Watched some "King of the Hill" after that. Pretty much puts you in a good mood I tell you what.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 19, 2026 01:28 AM (CHHv1)

378 ...from now till Labor Day it’s gonna be the same hot dry day over and over again.
It’s like Groundhog Day in hell.
Posted by: Tom Servo

So, like my area from late June through mid-September.

You have my sympathy, Tom Servo!

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 01:28 AM (rdVOm)

379 I lived in the rockie mountains when it was like -10 below. I liked it. Hahah heat is not for me. I've been there like 15 years my family like 20 and they keep saying I'll get used to it. I don't think I am.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 01:29 AM (YZ0Fo)

380 can believe it. I leave here for the texas mome, its high 50's low 60's here, just getting nice where you don't need heat or AC, and poof..satan's ass crack in texas.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

My best friend went to hs and college with. Still lives in the same Michigan town. She says "it's not my fault you decided to live on satans asshole"

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 01:32 AM (YZ0Fo)

381 I don't much care for shoveling snow, but since I retired it's not such a big deal anymore.

No more waking at zero-darkthirty and realizing "Oh, FK! Gotta dig out before work!"

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 01:32 AM (rdVOm)

382 Watched some "King of the Hill" after that. Pretty much puts you in a good mood I tell you what.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 19, 2026 01:28 AM (CHHv1)

Boomhauer is a riot. We got a friend who talks like him when he gets drunk. Its just how he sounds.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 19, 2026 01:33 AM (S41Gd)

383 > Liquor? Hell, Martin-Marietta used to send hookers to employee candidates when they stayed over in the local hotels.

Many years ago I worked in an Alaskan resort hotel.

We got a lot of conventions, some rowdier than others. The worst was a convention of school superintendents.

Textbook companies had rooms with full free bars, hot and cold running whores, the works.

Those boys could party. Harder drinking and louder than the commercial fishermen.

I don't recall ever seeing that many whores in that town before or after. They must've flown them in special.

This makes more sense when you realize that the superintendent can have a large degree of clout when it comes to choosing textbooks, and the books were expensive even then.

If paying a whore to give this muppet a hummer means you're going to move 10,000 copies of a hundred dollar book...

Posted by: Morlock #2Q34a at August 19, 2026 01:36 AM (IG3/x)

384 Watched some "King of the Hill" after that. Pretty much puts you in a good mood I tell you what.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at

We are saving the new season for a night we can knock it all out. The last one was really good.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 01:36 AM (YZ0Fo)

385 > Boomhauer is a riot. We got a friend who talks like him when he gets drunk. Its just how he sounds.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 19, 2026 01:33 AM (S41Gd)

I think Judge said that the got it from an incomprehensible message someone left on his answering machine.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 01:36 AM (IG3/x)

386 Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 12:51 AM (/QHx4
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Yeah, I am looking forward to fall weather too

Posted by: 496 at August 19, 2026 01:37 AM (5jF9Z)

387
Elon and SpaceX have some insane ideas about Mars entry. Now, if you've got enough fuel that you can lug up out of Erf's gravity well, you get to Mars faster. The limit of this is you thrust out and achieve a heliocentric orbit with an aphelion at about Jupiter radius. You time it so you're flying past Mars.

You've got a shit ton of excess velocity relative to Mars. You come in hot like that and dive into Mars' atmosphere. Rather than just "skipping off" you turn so you have *negative lift*, pushing down, rather than up. And this is hypersonic big time relative to Mars atmosphere.

This keeps you curved around inside Mars atmosphere to bleed off speed. But it takes a while. When your speed drops below orbital speed, you've got to flip around to get start gaining positive lift. You keep that up long enough to bleed off enough speed to make a gentle powered landing with the remaining fuel on the Starship.

That flipping maneuver is called something like a "hypersonic roll of death" or something.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2026 01:39 AM (w6EFb)

388
Now, no human pilot could do that hypersonic death roll maneuver. Control has to be precise and done on microsecond time scales and all that. A little too much and the vehicle is instantly destroyed by the aerodynamic forces.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2026 01:41 AM (w6EFb)

389 The police don't like being recorded
He should have told him if he isn't doing anything wrong he doesn't have anything to worry about.

We are ALLOWED to video the police as they run their public business, yet they hate it. Well too bad, it comes with the job; we are ALLOWED.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 19, 2026 01:42 AM (l3cgK)

390 Boomhauer is a riot. We got a friend who talks like him when he gets drunk. Its just how he sounds.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 19, 2026 01:33 AM (S41Gd)

I think Judge said that the got it from an incomprehensible message someone left on his answering machine.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

When I moved to the south I met a lot of boomhauers. Then I learned how to understand them

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 01:42 AM (YZ0Fo)

391 The problem with Hohmann transfer orbits is you have to wait for the planets, Earth and Mars in this case to be aligned properly. You can’t just takeoff anytime you like because Mars won’t be at the other end of the transfer orbit without planning. And likewise, you can’t return anytime you like either, you have to wait on Mars for the planets to be aligned properly again, or Earth won’t be there at the end of the Hohmann transfer orbit either. So you must stay on Mars until the planets are in position for the return, and that means you either bring a lot of provisions with you (expensive in terms of energy, hence money) or you send robot drones ahead of you to prepare provisions in situ on Mars, if that can be done.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 19, 2026 01:42 AM (ZVgZ4)

392

496,

I have been wondering how you are doing. I hope you are recovering well after your surgery.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 01:43 AM (/QHx4)

393
This keeps you curved around inside Mars atmosphere to bleed off speed. But it takes a while. When your speed drops below orbital speed, you've got to flip around to get start gaining positive lift. You keep that up long enough to bleed off enough speed to make a gentle powered landing with the remaining fuel on the Starship.

That flipping maneuver is called something like a "hypersonic roll of death" or something.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2026 01:39 AM (w6EFb)

Mars' atmosphere is very problematic. It's too thin to efficiently perform air braking, but at the same time thick enough that you have to take it into consideration at even modest velocities. I can't imagine how difficult it would be trying to land when coming in at hypersonic velocities...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 19, 2026 01:44 AM (l3cgK)

394 Mars' atmosphere and gravity also make it difficult to leave unless you have enough fuel. But if you carry that fuel with you, it becomes almost impossible to get off Earth first without sending sh*t-tons of it into space first. You almost need to be able to create fuel from materials already on Mars...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 19, 2026 01:47 AM (l3cgK)

395 We are ALLOWED to video the police as they run their public business, yet they hate it. Well too bad, it comes with the job; we are ALLOWED.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 19, 2026 01:42 AM (l3cgK)

We are NOT allowed, we have the RIGHT, given by God to video the police. The police do NOT have the right to monitor us all the time without probable cause: the 4th amendment forbids them. It is the police who are in the wrong, but it will be hard to convince enough people how wrong this is unless the people get more riled up about this travesty. And getting riled up must be done very carefully so we don’t give the police any excuse to arrest us. This is going to be a long haul trek.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 19, 2026 01:50 AM (ZVgZ4)

396 Manned missions to the planets are a lot like the Age of Sail.... missions that last for years, completely isolated from any source of repairs or resupply...

I wonder if we'll see a return to the Captain as Absolute Monarch model.

Maybe not, as they will be in radio contact with the Earth.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 01:52 AM (IG3/x)

397
Elon plans to send robots, Optimus, to Mars first. They will build the basic base infrastructure to support the first real humans that follow.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2026 01:58 AM (w6EFb)

398 Aw, man... my dumbass Cat musta been sleeping in the weeds again. Got little burrs stuck *all over* his fur. LOL. Gonna be pickin' on the dude for a while to get them out.

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 01:59 AM (rdVOm)

399
Everything Elon is doing is really ultimately about getting to Mars.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2026 01:59 AM (w6EFb)

400
Dumb question,

If the robots are on Mars for a long time, which it sounds like they will be, do they run off batteries? How will they recharge?

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 02:03 AM (/QHx4)

401 Alaska primary results are coming in.

Jonathan S. Kreiss-Tomkins (D) and Tom Begich (D) will advance to the general. Still too early to tell which of the 12 (!) Republican candidates will advance.

For Senate it's Peltola (D) and Dan S. Sullivan (aka the "real Dan Sullivan" (R). The other two will be selected from six Republicans, two Democrats, a Libertarian, a Green, one Undeclared, two Non-partisan, and an Alaskan.

For House it's gonna be Nick Begich III (R) and Bill Hill (Non-Partisan), with the other two slots being chosen from four Democrats, two Libertarians, two Republicans, a Non-Partisan, and an Undeclared.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 02:04 AM (IG3/x)

402
JQ,

Lots of luck. We've had a couple of dogs with that mess..

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 02:04 AM (/QHx4)

403 Well, I am tired. Time to hit the sack. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2026 02:07 AM (1z8ji)

404 >> How will they recharge?

It will be solar at first, then nuclear reactors, I think. They've realized a Moon base is going to need to nuclear power, and that will inform Mars plans.

Elon has realized we need to do the Moon first, in order to build up for Mars.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2026 02:08 AM (w6EFb)

405
Goodnight AOP

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 02:08 AM (/QHx4)

406 I'm signing off too.

Good night, all.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 02:08 AM (IG3/x)

407
Sleep well Rodrigo

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 02:12 AM (/QHx4)

408 395 We are ALLOWED to video the police as they run their public business, yet they hate it. Well too bad, it comes with the job; we are ALLOWED.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 19, 2026 01:42 AM (l3cgK)

We are NOT allowed, we have the RIGHT, given by God to video the police. The police do NOT have the right to monitor us all the time without probable cause: the 4th amendment forbids them. It is the police who are in the wrong, but it will be hard to convince enough people how wrong this is unless the people get more riled up about this travesty. And getting riled up must be done very carefully so we don’t give the police any excuse to arrest us. This is going to be a long haul trek.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 19, 2026 01:50 AM (ZVgZ4)

Yes, we have the right.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 19, 2026 02:12 AM (l3cgK)

409
Thanks Publius.

It is so interesting

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 02:14 AM (/QHx4)

410 397
Elon plans to send robots, Optimus, to Mars first. They will build the basic base infrastructure to support the first real humans that follow.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Newsflash: Elon Abandoned Mar$ last year, refocus'd on the moon and is losing that too... soon to be losing everything picked up for pennies on the dollar by Trump's BFF/Bezo's after he whispers NO, down into the Grate to Elon beyond his outreached Harry-Lime like fingers...

Nothing Succeeds like Success.

That's what Makes this the Best (longest running) Episode of Apprentice EVER! Where the SKY's no longer the limits, and nothing is off the table -- while cTHIEL dreams in silence fore his forever lost Galt Gulch woulch would actually be a chamber of horrors people'd by the accelerationalists who just don't know how to quit while they're a head (or have a head, body, and original body parts)....

Seriously. as 1Year Kirkaversary arrives, all this 9/10 thinking will suddenly turn MADMANI as he turns his eyes to AOC -- but as surely as greater evil destroys it's maker, the one's to watch are AOC -> on RAMA.

RAMA's people in vests are single use, much better than any FALN Fighters AOC could muster

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOe at August 19, 2026 02:14 AM (uD5QW)

411 Mostly, Cat gets into "catchweed bedstraw"-- the whole plant is like Velcro, and the little seeds are tiny & round.

They come out easily enough, if Cat would be still for a while, and I roll them back and forth while pulling slightly.

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 02:22 AM (rdVOm)

412
Sorry, the above I simply cannot parse.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2026 02:23 AM (w6EFb)

413 There are 77 days till election day and dump is desperate to prevent democrats from voting his stooges out. Blue state government needs to have law enforcement protect voters from republican agent provocateurs posing as poll watchers. For those who don't like my handle take it up with the Bible.

Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at August 19, 2026 02:25 AM (AEh+1)

414
We would get as much off the dogs then give up and take them to the groomer and have them shaved. Cats would not like that, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 02:26 AM (/QHx4)

415 Four seasons-- Cat's fur is like silk, and these little burrs come off readily IF he will be still. Sometimes, it take a day or two to get them all.

He only gets mats once in a great while, and I've been lucky to be able to distract him as I cut them off with scissors LOL.

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 02:36 AM (rdVOm)

416 The burrs are about the size of peppercorns.

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 02:37 AM (rdVOm)

417
That is good

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 02:37 AM (/QHx4)

418 Sweet dreams Horde, I just popped in for a quick perusal before bed. I have been at the ER with my brother until about 45 minutes ago. He fell at the home and hit his head so they sent him to the ER. He seems fine but they are keeping him overnight as a precaution.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 19, 2026 02:44 AM (ibDUx)

419 Hi, Debby. Sorry about your brother, and hope he'll be OK.

Good night, sleep well!

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 02:46 AM (rdVOm)

420 I just spent an hour and a half discussing requests for admissions with a client (from 10pm-11:30pm) and halfway through I drank the formerly cold beer that I was icing my sprained ankle with. I am in a strangely good mood.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 19, 2026 02:48 AM (DZ9Lv)

421 >>I drank the formerly cold beer that I was icing my sprained ankle with. I am in a strangely good mood.

LOL. The wonders of a medicinal amount of alcohol!

Hope your ankle is healing.

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 02:50 AM (rdVOm)

422
Dark,

Your ankle is still bothering you?

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 02:50 AM (/QHx4)

423 Some day, I will drive over to the nearest *weed state* and make a purchase. LOL.

Let's go crazy!
youtu.be/WGtCC7bUkIw

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 02:57 AM (rdVOm)

424

JQ,

Lol!

Hubby and are old with aches and pains and some days we wish we had some pot.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 03:00 AM (/QHx4)

425 Four seasons, are you not close enough to Colorado?

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 03:01 AM (rdVOm)

426 I can go to WA quickly enough.

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 03:04 AM (rdVOm)

427

We are very close. We figure we would get arrested once we got back to Wyoming, lol.

It would be a funny story for the grandkids to tell about their elderly grandparents getting arrested for pot possession.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 03:04 AM (/QHx4)

428

Some days after reading the news we wish we were stoned, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 03:08 AM (/QHx4)

429 Four seasons, hubby had *cravings* when he lived at home... we'd make trips over there just for that. No problems.

If you're concerned, maybe don't go just for that. Couple it with some other shopping or purpose?

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 03:12 AM (rdVOm)

430
Our daughter lives in Boulder. She likes to taunt us, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 03:14 AM (/QHx4)

431 >>>We are very close. We figure we would get arrested once we got back to Wyoming, lol.

It would be a funny story for the grandkids to tell about their elderly grandparents getting arrested for pot possession.

Posted by: four seasons

>Don't bother. It's okay to take a blast once in a while, because the potency is thru the roof, but I would never buy. Just a social activity like having a cocktail with you friends. It's 'legal' here and the dispensaries are everywhere.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 19, 2026 03:16 AM (tvdD1)

432
You are right Rev.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 03:17 AM (/QHx4)

433 We have a close friend who seriously needs prescription medicinal needs marijuana. She smokes regularly.

Gave me a joint a few years ago to try. Nothing but an awful headache.

Worse was the weed chocolate. Mrs. BD sampled with me a few bites. Head and stomach felt like lead. Took hours of lying down (couldn't sleep) till some minimal recovery came.

Nasty stuff.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 19, 2026 03:19 AM (kwzqw)

434
Hubby and I like to joke about it.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 03:21 AM (/QHx4)

435 You don't need to purchase any huge quantity. And there's definitely no need to buy the fancy expensive product-- it's all so much more potent than "the old stuff" so a little dab'll do ya.

Maybe taunting daughter would be so kind? Unless you've got scruples about that...

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 03:21 AM (rdVOm)

436 Wow, were the Mariners stoned tonight?

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 19, 2026 03:24 AM (DZ9Lv)

437 Edibles are bleh.

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 03:24 AM (rdVOm)

438 >>>You are right Rev.

Posted by: four seasons

>Back in another lifetime, when we were minors in high school, we'd buy weed from the local corrupt cops. Kids don't have a lot of money so these were not big time drug deals.

Now, a lifetime later, I have friends willing to give me so much free weed it's ridiculous. I'm not even a smoker. Just a blast once in a while like when we're all fishing.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 19, 2026 03:25 AM (tvdD1)

439
We have fun joking about getting stoned.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 03:28 AM (/QHx4)

440 Edibles are bleh.

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 03:24 AM (rdVOm)
-

Maybe our problem here is we're (still) healthy. No need for this and no want for leisurely use.

Let's see how long Mrs. BD and I can stay that way.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 19, 2026 03:30 AM (kwzqw)

441 A former cow-orker moved to WA and grew some, once it became " " " legal " " " there.

Wowza! Not too shabby!

Of course, it had been many years since I'd had any, so what do I know?

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 03:30 AM (rdVOm)

442 I don't have to get up for another hour today, we will see

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 03:31 AM (Ia/+0)

443 Let's see how long Mrs. BD and I can stay that way.
Posted by: Biden's Dog

Good for both of you!

I only tried it, because of curiosity after many (many!) years of abstinence. The edibles were a real let-down. The smoke was *too strong* the first time.

Jeepers! No wonder so many are freaking *psychotic* these days! Ugh.

Moderation is key!

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 03:36 AM (rdVOm)

444 ...And... No. I don't use the stuff regularly. In fact, I don't care if I never do again. Meh.

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 03:38 AM (rdVOm)

445 There was a tiny bit of leftover after hubby went into nursing home. I finished it last summer. Helped me calm down from the guilt of "putting him in a home" and now it's all gone. Don't care to get any more.

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 03:43 AM (rdVOm)

446
JQ,

No problem with that. You had a tough decision to make.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 03:44 AM (/QHx4)

447
Sleep well all.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 03:49 AM (/QHx4)

448 Night, four seasons!

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 03:50 AM (rdVOm)

449 Have a few co-workers who do regularly

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 03:56 AM (Ia/+0)

450 Hi, Skip!

Yeah, some people can handle it. *Use* on the weekend or during time off, whatever.

I never liked working with people who were stoned on the job, though. Buncha numb nuts!

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 04:02 AM (rdVOm)

451 Worked with one lady, who was a "foreign bride" of a service member... she spoke a bit of English, but wasn't fully aware of how things work here in USA. Her hubby was a jerk, and left her & their young child. She struggled with work/child care, didn't drive-- and decided to get fired, thinking that she'd qualify for unemployment bennies that way. (she knew she couldn't "quit")

So-- she got sh1tfaced drunk & came to work one night. Oh, man... she was wobbly! Here we were, working in a freaking *ammo factory* and she was STINKO fking drunk. Dangerous.

When they came to escort her out, she was happy!

"I go home now." She said, smiling... Unaware that she would be disqualified from UE bennies.

Felt sorry for her and the young boy. Enraged, at her sh1tty XH! (he was a crankster, so good riddance, but still!)

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 04:20 AM (rdVOm)

452 Good morning all. Forgive my Iran obsession but the IRGC has gone even more batshit crazy. The IRGC are threatening ballistic missile attacks on European targets in Cyprus and Bulgaria. The IRGC fired two missiles at the UAE yesterday that both fell into the sea.

The dope that these guys are smoking must be some powerful shit.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 19, 2026 04:32 AM (gIjzl)

453 The dope that these guys are smoking must be some powerful shit.
Posted by: Ben Had

It is actual camel shit, with maybe 10% hash mixed in

Posted by: Miklos knows the actual Good Shit at August 19, 2026 04:36 AM (XOG/m)

454 The dope that these guys are smoking must be some powerful shit.
Posted by: Ben Had

Consider 70 or so generations of first-cousin marriage also. UGH!

Cuckoo!

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 04:38 AM (rdVOm)

455 Iran wants a world war to get that Imam to crawl out of that well

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 04:38 AM (Ia/+0)

456 452 Good morning all. Forgive my Iran obsession but the IRGC has gone even more batshit crazy. The IRGC are threatening ballistic missile attacks on European targets in Cyprus and Bulgaria. The IRGC fired two missiles at the UAE yesterday that both fell into the sea.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 19, 2026 04:32 AM (gIjzl)

yikes

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 04:39 AM (odBC9)

457 Night, horde.

Mornin' Ben Had! "Hi, bye!" Hope you have a great day!

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 04:41 AM (rdVOm)

458 Iran wants a world war to get that Imam to crawl out of that well
Posted by: Skip

The imam just went down there looking for Timmy

Posted by: Miklos suspects at August 19, 2026 04:43 AM (XOG/m)

459 455 Iran wants a world war to get that Imam to crawl out of that well
Posted by: Skip

Well maybe if that Imam didn't have his stupid hang up in regard to dogs, Lassie would save him.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 19, 2026 04:43 AM (sAmhv)

460 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 04:47 AM (odBC9)

461 President trump says he has won the Iran war numerous times. Why have you all stopped drinking the trump kool aid?

Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at August 19, 2026 04:51 AM (AEh+1)

Moose and Moose-Sized Dogs Cafe

Grassington, North Yorkshire, UK
@davezphoto

Moose moments.

Compilation of dogs being silly. Begins with a very dramatic dog screaming about getting his nails trimmed.

Talking parrot gives uncanny valley vibes.

Watch cat.

Baby squirrel with paralyzed back legs is taken in by kind couple.

I would never. I don't think I have any claustrophobia, but this is nightmare fuel.

Horse meets dolphin.

Big chungus oak tree.

Monkey popcorn party.

Radio-controlled tank has got some horsepower.

Stag gives a couple of warning huffs.

Last week's eclipse.

Humanoid robot "Superman" breaks Usain Bolt's record. Not good at stopping, though.

Tomb of Ramesses IX in Luxor�s Valley of the Kings, dating to 1129�1111 BCE pic.twitter.com/Pq4wqyRr4f
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) August 18, 2026

The Caucasian Shepherd Dog is a livestock guardian dog native to the countries of the Caucasus region and one of the world's largest dog breeds.

This is its size with humans for scale. pic.twitter.com/wmZISyeRfA
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) August 18, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:15 PM

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1 I am the best and great.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2026 07:17 PM (hzuYO)

2 I love the photo of Yorkshire, Ace. My father's ancestors are from there and had sheep (based on our surname in the Domesday Book). Windy apparently.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2026 07:18 PM (hzuYO)

3 That video lied, the very fist moose moment is an elk

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 18, 2026 07:19 PM (vJrRc)

4 About the sidebar stuff, ace, from the last thread:

>>> On the sidebar -- I said that zodiac story was a load of crap at the time.
And what is chromatic aberration? I don't recall that at all.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 18, 2026 06:58 PM (/h0Lb)

Yeah, I'm curious about that too. I'm sort of an expert on chromatic aberrations myself. Only because my eyesight is dogshit and I wear thick high index of refraction polymer glasses to squint at the world Mr. Magoo style. I'm looking through quasi-prisms when I have glasses on, basically.

The aberrations occur on any object not directly in front of me. And the aberration increases the more I go off axis. Things shift colors depending which side they're on/refraction angle. And that also screws with depth perception because some aspect of comparative color is also used as by your depth senses. No problem with contacts which I prefer.

Posted by: banana Dream at August 18, 2026 07:20 PM (3uBP9)

5 The English countryside is astoundingly beautiful, at least to a guy born and raised in SoCal.

Also, what's that guy doing with the giant dog?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 18, 2026 07:22 PM (guGkK)

6 Apparently, Caucasians don't do things half assed.
Nice puppy.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 18, 2026 07:24 PM (Sco7b)

7 Also, what's that guy doing with the giant dog?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 18, 2026 07:22 PM (guGkK)

Doggin' it.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2026 07:24 PM (rbvCR)

8 That shepherd dog is just too big and expensive to be practical. You want them to be cheap enough to have several of them so they can worry at some big predator coming at your flocks rather than eat up your flocks for dinner himself.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 07:25 PM (uhVAy)

9 Photo reminds me of All Creatures Great And Small.

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 18, 2026 07:25 PM (/OKHJ)

10 LOL LA taxpayers are paying for Bass's campaign, city adds to your donations!

Is everyone in LA a sucker???

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Posted by: beckster at August 18, 2026 07:25 PM (kX27y)

11 I do have a moose painting . At least that's what the reference photo said. Could be an elk imo. See nic

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 07:25 PM (KC5Lt)

12 When you donate to our campaign, the city can match your donation 6 to 1! If you donate $5, the city turns it into $35. Our campaign is powered by YOU!
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Posted by: beckster at August 18, 2026 07:25 PM (kX27y)

If I donate 0, I assume that turns to 30 dollars.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 07:27 PM (uhVAy)

13 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2026 07:28 PM (Ia/+0)

14 The latest popuo ads on my mobile android make it nearly impossible to read an article. I am spending much less time on your site due to inability to follow something to the end.
Good luck with that type of reader interference

Posted by: Dave at August 18, 2026 07:30 PM (Z0RXr)

15 Looks like a moose

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2026 07:31 PM (Ia/+0)

16 Crap. Moose painting now in nic.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 07:32 PM (KC5Lt)

17 You've got two places I've always wanted to go - the Yorkshire Dales and Egypt. I might get to the first some day but I doubt I'll ever get to the second, sadly.

Posted by: bluebell at August 18, 2026 07:34 PM (afFes)

18 Lakes closed. Moose out front shoulda told ya.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 07:34 PM (YZ0Fo)

19 I've always loved moose - mooses - meese - whatever, but that guy is crazy to get that close to all those Bullwinkles.

Posted by: bluebell at August 18, 2026 07:37 PM (afFes)

20 Love your painting, Polynikes!

Posted by: bluebell at August 18, 2026 07:38 PM (afFes)

21
Did the patent search for my book. 6,871 references to go with the 7,628 journal articles.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 07:38 PM (O0L8i)

22 I love dogs.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2026 07:40 PM (zZu0s)

23 17 Bluebell, go to Egypt. Fewer muzzies.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 18, 2026 07:40 PM (gm9Sb)

24 This 24 year old frat boy that got caught dealing coke is hardly "top of the chain". Any dumbass can go to college.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 07:42 PM (MWfyi)

25 The median life expectancy for a Caucasian Shepherd according to wikipedia was 5.4 years. It was a sample size of 22, the article cautions.

That is too short a time. Just out of being a puppy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2026 07:42 PM (zZu0s)

26 I love dogs."

Most dogs > most people

Posted by: man at August 18, 2026 07:42 PM (XuXeR)

27 Re: sidebar re: the Zodiac killer: Thanks for letting us know, Ace. I was intrigued, but hadn't gotten around to finding the book yet. I'll take that off the TBR pile.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 18, 2026 07:42 PM (zYpTz)

28 Big dogs just don't last as long. You have to know that going in.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 07:43 PM (MWfyi)

29 Crap. Moose painting now in nic.
Posted by: polynikes

And excellent moose painting

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 18, 2026 07:44 PM (vJrRc)

30 From previous - DeGaulle got "quiet" about repatriated gold, because he had sent a battleship to pick it up from the New York fed.

Very French thing to do, though can't really blame them I suppose. The London gold exchange collapsed soon after, by 1968 a two-tier pricing mechanism, culminating in a closing of the "gold window" where the dollar could be exchanged for gold at $35 an ounce in 1971. A "floating currency" ever since.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 07:44 PM (0Ppf4)

31 19h
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Posted by: beckster at August 18, 2026 07:25 PM (kX27y)

Interesting... Gov Code 8314 ( CA Law) specifically makes this illegal.

But Dem, so no one will prosecute.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 18, 2026 07:44 PM (mP0Kj)

32 Big dogs just don't last as long. You have to know that going in.
Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 07:43 PM (MWfyi)

I couldn't do it. I guess I am too much of a loner and get too attached. Ajax nearly broke me.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2026 07:44 PM (zZu0s)

33 16 Crap. Moose painting now in nic.
Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 07:32 PM (KC5Lt)

Grand Tetons in the background?

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 18, 2026 07:46 PM (mP0Kj)

34
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Posted by: beckster

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How in hell is this legal?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 07:46 PM (XJ22o)

35 Several kids outside on the bow of the boat belting out “I am Moana!! “

It’s hilarious.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 07:48 PM (eCnv0)

36
You want nightmare fuel + water, try Gollum's Cave.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 07:48 PM (XJ22o)

37 It's cute that you think "legal" means anything, to them.

They really are that stupid too, it may not have occurred to them.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 07:49 PM (0Ppf4)

38 Democrats seem to be leaning into a specific midterm strategy, especially on socials: bringing sexy back.

-
Stacy Abrams?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 07:50 PM (ndZc7)

39
How in hell is this legal?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 07:46 PM (XJ22o)

It’s (D)ifferent when you belong to the political party with the sole, exclusive right to rule the United States as it and it alone sees fit.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2026 07:50 PM (jPziU)

40 I would think a 140 pound dog would eat a lot

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2026 07:51 PM (Ia/+0)

41 I was stationed at RAF Croughton in the early 90s. It looked kind of like the above pic, minus the big hills. It was in the Midland region of England. Near Oxford and Banbury. Lots of quaint villages in the UK, at least there were. The ruling class over there is working very hard to destroy it.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2026 07:51 PM (sAmhv)

42
Big dogs just don't last as long. You have to know that going in.
Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 07:43 PM (MWfyi)

__________

There's nothing more touching than watching a Veterans Class (for dogs 7 and over) at a specialty. Whereas in regular competition, applause is considered just plain wrong, it is expected that the spectators will clap and cheer every veteran competing.
.
Our old friends hear and respond. Their eyes brighten and they gain a swagger in their step. Some of those watching may be crying and sometimes the judge will be crying too. We love and respect our elders.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 07:54 PM (O0L8i)

43 The ringleader of the PA Frat coke cartel looks like Arnold Stang. And if you remember Arnold Stang you have passed age 29.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 18, 2026 07:55 PM (gm9Sb)

44 How in hell is this legal?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 07:46 PM (XJ22o)

It's California, come on, man!!!

Posted by: beckster at August 18, 2026 07:55 PM (kX27y)

45 I see that walled Grassington walkway, and the words "luge" and "bobsled" are first to come to mind. Beginner slope. Wear helmet.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 07:56 PM (Jr5Lq)

46 I would think a 140 pound dog would eat a lot
Posted by: Skip

You're fine until you run out of wolves to feed your wolfhound.

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 07:56 PM (VHUov)

47 40 I would think a 140 pound dog would eat a lot
Posted by: Skip

And we're all happy that bats don't grow to that size. Rabies is one thing, but we'd all need pith helmets.

Posted by: Penguin Pete at August 18, 2026 07:57 PM (JM9I6)

48 Polls are for strippers.

Brett LoGiurato
@BrettLoGiurato
So this is pretty wild: A polling firm that came out of nowhere to show Francesca Hong with a 23-point lead over David Crowley in the Wisconsin primary has shut down and said its whole operation was bogus

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 07:57 PM (ndZc7)

49 40 46 Yes, a 140 pound dog eats a lot, with expected results. Out, the Super Dooper Pooper Scooper, in, a small Kubota backhoe.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 18, 2026 07:59 PM (gm9Sb)

50 First non-AI Café picture in a long time.

Posted by: zombie at August 18, 2026 07:59 PM (Av6i5)

51 Sneezy Tom went to the vet today and was prescribed a course of arithromycin oral. And the FVRCP vax that the vet insisted on. We'll see how it goes.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 08:00 PM (Jr5Lq)

52 azithromycin

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 08:02 PM (Jr5Lq)

53 Yorkshire pic is nice. Taken on one of the 5 days in the year not raining, foggy.

Posted by: Tex Antoine at August 18, 2026 08:02 PM (JM9I6)

54 Brett LoGiurato
@BrettLoGiurato
So this is pretty wild: A polling firm that came out of nowhere to show Francesca Hong with a 23-point lead over David Crowley in the Wisconsin primary has shut down and said its whole operation was bogus
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 07:57 PM (ndZc7)
=====
It worked, didn't it?

Posted by: Zombie Harry Reid at August 18, 2026 08:02 PM (RIvkX)

55 White Sox at Cubs. Here we go.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 18, 2026 08:03 PM (l26NL)

56 Yorkshire pic is nice. Taken on one of the 5 days in the year not raining, foggy.
Posted by: Tex Antoine at August 18, 2026 08:02 PM (JM9I6)
----
Where's all the hobbits at?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 08:04 PM (FZ29D)

57
Dutchess is doing much better now that we've cut back on the phenobarbitol we have to administer for her epilepsy. Two weeks ago I thought she was a goner. Now she gets up and walks with little problem.

No, she's not cured and she's almost 11 but I'm not worried about her right now. Every day with our friends is a day of grace.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 08:04 PM (O0L8i)

58 White Sox at Cubs. Here we go.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly

One of the few cubbies games I get to watch!

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 08:04 PM (YZ0Fo)

59 We found at Girl F. is allergic to azithromycin when she started a course at age 15 months and swelled up like a little sausage.

Posted by: Zombie Harry Reid at August 18, 2026 08:04 PM (RIvkX)

60 /zombie thug sock off

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2026 08:05 PM (RIvkX)

61 "We found at Girl F. is allergic to azithromycin when she started a course at age 15 months and swelled up like a little sausage."

Etiology of Tom's sneezing is unknown. Could be dust, allergies, viral, or bacterial. Currently in sinuses only. The antibiotic is just a dart throw.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 08:07 PM (Jr5Lq)

62 Moose bites can be very nasty.

Posted by: The Mantastic Tor at August 18, 2026 08:08 PM (We5PL)

63 Arday (et al) researched his fraud.
He found papers in the submittal and review process (hahah him or his reviewers) that did not end up in the free world.
He was using internal sources to find and control pasta for his thesis.
This was Oceans 11 or 12 with many contributors to the scheme.
On the fake news article this is just under the Karmelo and Fake News et al. Karmelo was just defending himself.
Arday was just trying to run 30 26's in 35 days. He was tryin to run 600 miles in 60 days.
And tryin means everything in the news.
He was tryin to get out of high school
He was trying to get out of the neighborhood
He was trying gets a 100% A+ Certificate of Accomplishment.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 08:08 PM (/+uur)

64 62 Moose bites can be very nasty.
Posted by: The Mantastic Tor at August 18, 2026 08:08 PM (We5PL)

Moose out front...

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 08:09 PM (/+uur)

65 Howdy y'all.

Nice cafe today.

The robo-runner makes me think of cartoons - and not 'world of cardboard', either. More like 'kid flash outtakes'.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 18, 2026 08:09 PM (aJQbY)

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Posted by: ShainS at August 18, 2026 08:09 PM (5LXUy)

67 Our old friends hear and respond. Their eyes brighten and they gain a swagger in their step. Some of those watching may be crying and sometimes the judge will be crying too. We love and respect our elders.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 07:54 PM (O0L8i)
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That is very sweet.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2026 08:09 PM (RIvkX)

68 ‘Always Finish Your Antibiotics’ Is Not Always Best Practice. Surprised? You’re Not Alone. “In recent decades, however, more than 120 randomized controlled trials have demonstrated that shorter courses of antibiotics for common infections can be just as effective, safer, and no more likely to promote antibiotic resistance than longer courses.”

Moose out front...

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 08:10 PM (/+uur)

69 It's a good broad spectrum atb I did not know it had vet uses. Poor pooch.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2026 08:12 PM (RIvkX)

70 Don't have to get up so early tomorrow but better not get off schedule too much.
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2026 08:12 PM (Ia/+0)

71 "Can be"; a lot of daylight in those weasel words and phrases.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 08:13 PM (0Ppf4)

72 53 Yorkshire pic is nice. Taken on one of the 5 days in the year not raining, foggy.
Posted by: Tex Antoine

I've been to the highest point in the UK, twice. Ben Nevis, in Scotland. Well, Ft. Williams, the village at its base. I've never actually seen it. The clouds were about 20ft above my head both times. I've seen pictures of Ben Nevis, it looks spectacular, for the few minutes when it isn't covered in clouds.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2026 08:14 PM (sAmhv)

73 Good evening! Workday is over!

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2026 08:14 PM (ZdaMQ)

74 I would think a 140 pound dog would eat a lot"

"Eat"?

Ok, sure. What goes in...

Posted by: man at August 18, 2026 08:15 PM (XuXeR)

75 That sounds like my mother and her yenta friends. They think they are all endocrinologists and cardiologists. They're not.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2026 08:15 PM (RIvkX)

76 In 2021, Salman Ahmed Elmi was awarded the Outstanding Refugee Award for Entrepreneurship by the Minnesota Department of Human Services. Now, he’s facing charges in connection with a Medicaid fraud scheme with alleged ties to a sex trafficking ring.

All heil Salman
King of the wild grifters
Born on a mountaintop in So Mal I
Slaver land in the the land of the unfree

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 08:17 PM (/+uur)

77 Matt Walsh bringing the heat today - arguing that guilty by reason of insanity needs to end after the guy in VA got away with killing his landlord and then fled the country on a weekend pass.

If you are too insane to know murder is wrong you are also to insane to be allowed to live.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 08:17 PM (sKqQm)

78 That video lied, the very fist moose moment is an elk
Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 18, 2026 07:19 PM (vJrRc)

Nope. That's a moose. Fun fact: Scandi word for moose is "elg" which apparently is how the North American wapiti got misnamed elk.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 18, 2026 08:17 PM (UdecX)

79 75 That sounds like my mother and her yenta friends. They think they are all endocrinologists and cardiologists. They're not.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2026 08:15 PM (RIvkX)

Yenta out front should have told ya

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 08:18 PM (/+uur)

80 I've been to the highest point in the UK, twice. Ben Nevis, in Scotland. Well, Ft. Williams, the village at its base. I've never actually seen it. The clouds were about 20ft above my head both times. I've seen pictures of Ben Nevis, it looks spectacular, for the few minutes when it isn't covered in clouds.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2026 08:14 PM (sAmhv)

I have ridden Space Mountain (highest point in FL) around 5 times.
Never puked more than once.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 08:20 PM (/+uur)

81
I've seen pictures of Ben Nevis, it looks spectacular, for the few minutes when it isn't covered in clouds.

Sounds like a place with a Crawling Eye.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2026 08:20 PM (Cqx++)

82
Columbia SC,

Six y/o boy had a loaded handgun on his school bus.

Posted by: four seasons at August 18, 2026 08:21 PM (/QHx4)

83 The moose painting was done from a photo ace had on a Cafe a long time ago.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 08:22 PM (KC5Lt)

84 82
Columbia SC,

Six y/o boy had a loaded handgun on his school bus.

Posted by: four seasons at August 18, 2026 08:21 PM (/QHx4)

They kept missing his stop

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 08:22 PM (/+uur)

85
Ok, sure. What goes in...
Posted by: man at August 18, 2026 08:15 PM (XuXeR)

_________

Yes and no. Feed junky food and the stools will be huge. All that inert trash just goes through the digestive tract. More nutritious food is absorbed better.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 08:22 PM (O0L8i)

86 FWIW, DM sez [edited a bit] "Hoover and Glen Canyon Dams may soon have to shut off hydroelectric power production, due to low water levels." That would suck.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 08:22 PM (Jr5Lq)

87
Salmon >>>>>> Salman

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 08:23 PM (O0L8i)

88 for the guy going through the tunnel under the sidewalk...

I'd be afraid of obstructions or getting slammed against sharp edges (or dull ones) and getting banged up.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 18, 2026 08:24 PM (aJQbY)

89 Alex Vindman lost the Dem primary for senator in Florida. Angie Nixon the lunatic who used a bullhorn on the Florida house floor protesting redistricting is the sacrificial nominee to get pounded by Ashley Moody

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 08:24 PM (rp63B)

90 2 first inning dingers for the cubs for the second night in a row

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 08:24 PM (YZ0Fo)

91 "Innocent by reason of insanity" is a really strange concept in Western culture. I suppose it's tangled up with notions of forgiveness and illness sometimes being cured.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 18, 2026 08:25 PM (UdecX)

92 Zodiac story.
I have seen multiple experts do little more than confirm their biases.
I've also seen them deliberately make unsupported claims orie outright.
Why? Follow the money.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at August 18, 2026 08:25 PM (7TWad)

93 Alex Vindman lost the Dem primary for senator in Florida. Angie Nixon the lunatic who used a bullhorn on the Florida house floor protesting redistricting is the sacrificial nominee to get pounded by Ashley Moody
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Wasserman beat that crazy young commie in the district.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 08:25 PM (YZ0Fo)

94 93 new district

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 08:26 PM (YZ0Fo)

95 Feed junky food and the stools will be huge"

Hey dad, where's fluffys toy?

Two days later...

Posted by: man at August 18, 2026 08:27 PM (XuXeR)

96 93 Alex Vindman lost the Dem primary for senator in Florida. Angie Nixon the lunatic who used a bullhorn on the Florida house floor protesting redistricting is the sacrificial nominee to get pounded by Ashley Moody
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Wasserman beat that crazy young commie in the district.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August

Things must be sad over at blue sky.

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2026 08:27 PM (ZdaMQ)

97 Things must be sad over at blue sky.
Posted by: Piper at

Aren't they always?

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 08:28 PM (YZ0Fo)

98 RIP: Frank Beard, ZZ Top’s Hard-Shuffling Drummer, Dead at 77.

My uncle was a record buyer for a small chain in La.
I spent New Years Eve with Frank and Dusty and Billy after the concert at TCCC at the Hilton next door.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 08:28 PM (/+uur)

99 That tomb is pretty swank.

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2026 08:29 PM (ZxPkt)

100
Things must be sad over at blue sky.
Posted by: Piper at

Aren't they always?
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 08:28 PM (YZ0Fo)

___________

No, mostly angry.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 08:29 PM (O0L8i)

101 Salmon >>>>>> Salman"

Haddock > most store bought salmon

Posted by: man at August 18, 2026 08:29 PM (XuXeR)

102 Things must be sad over at blue sky.
Posted by: Piper at

Aren't they always?
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 08:28 PM (YZ0Fo)

___________

No, mostly angry.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Well ya. That too.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 08:30 PM (YZ0Fo)

103
Matt Walsh bringing the heat today - arguing that guilty by reason of insanity needs to end after the guy in VA got away with killing his landlord and then fled the country on a weekend pass.

If you are too insane to know murder is wrong you are also to insane to be allowed to live.
Posted by: 18-1

==============

I've thought there should be a new verdict: guilty by reason of insanity. So crazy you can't be at large.

But the Not Guilty Because Insane verdict can get you more time than Guilty, go to jail. Michael Laudor will never be a free man. If he'd stabbed his girlfriend to death stone-cold lucid, he might be out in 25 or less.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 08:30 PM (XJ22o)

104 White jew reps the blacks the best

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 08:30 PM (/+uur)

105 96 93 Alex Vindman lost the Dem primary for senator in Florida.
Posted by: Piper

Bearclaw turned out to be not so tasty.

Posted by: Auspex at August 18, 2026 08:31 PM (Y8DZL)

106 The lunatic asylums were shut down beginning in the 1960s, the selling point was largely that everyone was assured by the experts that modern pharmaceuticals were going to make them perfectly harmless, if not fully functional.

Today, however, it is just accepted that it is fully reasonable to allow mental cases to be walking around in public, or at least there is nothing that can be done unless and until they start killing people. Now that's insane.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 08:31 PM (0Ppf4)

107 Matt Walsh bringing the heat today - arguing that guilty by reason of insanity needs to end after the guy in VA got away with killing his landlord and then fled the country on a weekend pass.

If you are too insane to know murder is wrong you are also to insane to be allowed to live.
Posted by: 18-1

Defense for crime of passion laws existed in many states until the 70s.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 08:31 PM (YZ0Fo)

108
Haddock > most store bought salmon
Posted by: man at August 18, 2026 08:29 PM (XuXeR)

________

Me: Trout

Her Majesty: Salmon

We get wild-caught. More expensive and harder to find, but the farm-raised stuff is fatty dreck.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 08:32 PM (O0L8i)

109 For a really good take on the idea of "It wasn't really me who did all those terrible things" check out the movie "Angel Heart" with Mickey Rourke.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 18, 2026 08:32 PM (UdecX)

110 Wasserman Schultz beat the communist who finished third. Luther Campbell finished fifth.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 08:32 PM (rp63B)

111 If you knew that murdering someone was wrong or had done something that caused a temporary psychotic event ( take drugs) , I don’t care how batshit crazy you are you should be incarcerated for life with chance of parole in some circumstances.

Freaking John Hinckley Jr. has been free for a number of years now.

And every year the prisons have 800 to 1000 people incarcerated for homicide that were previously in prison for homicide.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 08:33 PM (KC5Lt)

112 Evenin’. All.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 08:33 PM (77rzZ)

113 Freaking John Hinckley Jr. has been free for a number of years now.

And every year the prisons have 800 to 1000 people incarcerated for homicide that were previously in prison for homicide.

Posted by: polynikes at

2014 I believe. He's doing freaking podcasts now.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 08:35 PM (YZ0Fo)

114 We had a 140#+ dog. I'm over 6'. When he stood next to me,I could pet his head without bending.
Best dog ever. Friendly with everybody when I was around, but protective of the wife when she was alone. He'd put up with little kids crawling over him or grabbing his tail for awhile, then he'd get up and move away. After 2 or 3 moves, he'd just go to the door to be let out.
Cancer got him at 12. We've never even thought of another dog. At well over 29, not only are both of us physically unable to give a dog the kind of exercise they need, he just spoiled us.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 18, 2026 08:36 PM (r9XTa)

115 "Wasserman Schultz beat the communist who finished third"

Maoist vs Mayoist.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 08:37 PM (MWfyi)

116 Bears repeating for the ~~zoo~~ cafe:

What the hell is this?

https://tinyurl.com/yn3kxwrx

Posted by: pawn at August 18, 2026 10:05 AM

=========

and then there's this critter…

Leatherback Sea Turtles (36:20)
- Stephanie Sammann (h/t Neo)
https://youtu.be/8rWk7Z7q32Y

Posted by: mindful webworker - critters gone wild at August 18, 2026 08:37 PM (Cl/mc)

117 @58. White Sox at Cubs. Here we go!

Let us know when the first shots are fired.

Posted by: Case at August 18, 2026 08:37 PM (VrYHL)

118 We get wild-caught. "

Dang, that would be tasty.

Posted by: man at August 18, 2026 08:38 PM (XuXeR)

119 >RIP: Frank Beard, ZZ Top’s Hard-Shuffling Drummer, Dead at 77.
-----

that sucks
just Billy left

here's Frank drumming like a mofo

https://youtu.be/eCUCSqcSnac

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2026 08:38 PM (ZxPkt)

120 That tomb is pretty swank.
Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2026 08:29 PM (ZxPkt)
----
It's good to be the pharaoh...

Posted by: Hamenthotep at August 18, 2026 08:38 PM (FZ29D)

121 Still no talk about boobs. Sad.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 08:39 PM (77rzZ)

122 Best dog ever"

Aren't they all. Love em...

Posted by: man at August 18, 2026 08:39 PM (XuXeR)

123 Tomb of Ramesses IX in Luxor’s Valley of the Kings, dating to 1129–1111 BCE

I'm a bit surprised they have lights that intense. It might damage the paint over time, although I'm sure they have them on a motion sensor.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 08:40 PM (Riz8t)

124
That tomb is pretty swank.
Posted by: Don Black

=================

I'm looking at that and thinking no WAY would people do this for a dead guy! But, I guess it's a monument to their belief that he would rise and have some existence in the afterlife.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 08:41 PM (XJ22o)

125 He's doing freaking podcasts now."

Zombie Charles Manson wishes...

Posted by: man at August 18, 2026 08:42 PM (XuXeR)

126 Vindman was beat by a DSA candidate. Interesting.

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2026 08:43 PM (ZdaMQ)

127 I like ( not really) how all these third world countries now demand all the archeological finds by first world countries long ago.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 08:43 PM (KC5Lt)

128 Vindman was beat by a DSA candidate. Interesting.
Posted by: Piper at

She was the only one to win in FL I believe. Moody will stomp her in the general.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 08:45 PM (YZ0Fo)

129 Vindman was beat by a DSA candidate. Interesting.
Posted by: Piper at

She was the only one to win in FL I believe. Moody will stomp her in the general.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 08:46 PM (YZ0Fo)

130 Woops

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 08:46 PM (YZ0Fo)

131 I'm looking at that and thinking no WAY would people do this for a dead guy! But, I guess it's a monument to their belief that he would rise and have some existence in the afterlife.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 08:41 PM (XJ22o)
----
Apparently the tomb wasn't quite finished when Ramesses IX died, so they may have cut a few corners at the end...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 08:46 PM (FZ29D)

132 So I think I figured out the next "victim group" the Democrats are going to push. Just not sure how, or even if I'm right.

It's already started, the groundwork has been laid. Just like back in 2013 when blacks were still all the rage under Obongo, I warned right here the woman push was coming, then in 2018 I warned the tranny push was coming, then in 2024 I warned the islamist push was coming. Well I've landed on the next one but it's only a guess or as Kamala might say, an outline of a guess. It's a doozy, too. I think it's "young people".

Hear me out. You know who else had "Youth"?

I'm serious. That's the shit that is headed our way next behind the barbarian muslims. I really think so. The Left works YEARS in advance. Not days, or weeks, or months. Years. Not certain, still mulling it over here. This is live. But I think that's how they're going to unload their next batch of commie jizz in America's face.

The youth of America are hard done by and Democrats have the solution. Not just the next solution - maybe even the final solution. But they have to do it multipronged (the way they're doing it) so they don't completely lose older people or any other fucktards.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 08:48 PM (vE0+H)

133
Vindman was beat by a DSA candidate. Interesting.
Posted by: Piper

==============

I keep fucking telling everyone! She checks the important boxes. Charisma. Color. Youth -- or at least youthfulness. Put that against a pudgy establishment marshmallow man with tons more campaign money? He doesn't have a chance. These people know what they're doing, I keep telling you.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 08:48 PM (XJ22o)

134
RIP: Frank Beard, ZZ Top’s Hard-Shuffling Drummer, Dead at 77.

Only one Zed left.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2026 08:50 PM (Cqx++)

135 Young people have been the designated victims for a few years now. Even some posters here have been their advocates.

If I hear one more time how hard or almost impossible it is for a young couple to buy a home I may go postal.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 08:52 PM (KC5Lt)

136 Egypt was kind of a special case. It took a long time for their antiquities to be regarded as belonging to Egypt, and should stay in Egypt. For years, centuries almost, you paid yer money and started digging. You got to keep much if not all of what you found, particularly if their were duplicates.

If you wanted to show you've arrived, as a country, well you need an Obelisk. There's a couple interesting tales about how they ended up where they are now. I think they should have stayed at Karnak and everywhere else, but the leaders of Egypt needed hard currency, and that was one way to get it. Selling stuff.

Excavation cost a fortune, and investment money wasn't forthcoming without some incentives. Not really trying to justify what happened but that was the reality at the time, for a long time.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 08:52 PM (0Ppf4)

137 These people know what they're doing, I keep telling you.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 08

I agree with you- and really think even in our safe seats, we need to get far better at social media and being approachable.

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2026 08:53 PM (ZdaMQ)

138
I keep fucking

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 08:48 PM (XJ22o)

=================

Okay, I'm getting out in front of this for you pervs.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 08:53 PM (XJ22o)

139 Any defeat of a Vindman is a good defeat. I don’t care if it’s by the Vegan Raelian Flat-Earthers of Jones, Michigan Party.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 08:54 PM (77rzZ)

140 I saw Moose Droppings open for the Popcorn Monkeys at Gazzarri's Hollywood a Go Go in 1992.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 18, 2026 08:54 PM (tvdD1)

141
I just saw last night that Gene Kranz, fabled Apollo flight director, turned 93 yesterday.

Margaret Hamilton, who was the head of the software development for the Apollo guidance computer and who famously posed next to head-high stack of the source code, shared the same birthday as Gene, and she turned 90.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2026 08:54 PM (w6EFb)

142 Looks like national socialists are losing a heck of lot tonight.

"Laura Loomer
@LauraLoomer
4m
BREAKING Woke Reich Nazi Congressional candidate Dan Bilzerian @DanBilzerian has lost his primary election.

He was destroyed. Crazy to think there are 11,000 Nazis who voted for him.

Congratulations to Congressman Randy Fine! @RepFine"

Yeah, who are those cretins who voted for islamo-nazi bilzerian ?

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 08:54 PM (g47mK)

143 Donalds also won his primary.

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 08:55 PM (g47mK)

144 The barbarians in Egypt would have robbed the tombs and antiquities themselves if they could find them.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 08:55 PM (MWfyi)

145 Okay, I'm getting out in front of this for you pervs.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 08:53 PM (XJ22o)

Out in front eh?

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 08:55 PM (vE0+H)

146 Moar
"Loomer Unleashed
@LoomerUnleashed
30m
Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN and Rashida Tlaib @RashidaTlaib-backed Angie Nixon @AngieNixon beats Alex Vindman @AVindman in the Florida Democrat U.S. Senate primary.

The Islamic Communist takeover of the Democrat party continues"

Vindman lost. The rest will be taken care of in November, inshallah !

Win

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 08:56 PM (g47mK)

147 I hate getting old.

Sad news today for music fans. 💔

Frank Beard, the longtime drummer of ZZ Top, has passed away at the age of 77.

Born on June 11, 1949, in Frankston, Texas, Beard helped power ZZ Top’s unmistakable sound for more than five decades. His steady beat was the backbone of countless classics, including La Grange, Tush, Sharp Dressed Man, Legs, and Gimme All Your Lovin’. In 2004, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of ZZ Top.

For many of us who grew up in the 1970s and 1980s, ZZ Top’s music was everywhere… on the radio, on MTV, in our cars, and at countless parties and concerts.

ZZ Top’s influence extended far beyond the music industry. Fans may remember Frank Beard’s animated appearance alongside his ZZ Top bandmates in a 2007 episode of King of the Hill, a series that is now part of the Disney family of entertainment properties.

Away from the spotlight, Beard was a devoted husband and father.

He is survived by his wife, Debbie Meredith, and their children.

Thank you for the music and the memories, Frank.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026 08:56 PM (XTvQI)

148 Mouskawitz or however you spell it won the primary for his safe seat too. Thats a blow to the anti-Jew left.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 08:57 PM (YZ0Fo)

149 4 The barbarians in Egypt would have robbed the tombs and antiquities themselves if they could find them.
Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 08:55 PM (MWfyi)

Most of the relatively recently discovered tombs in the Valley of the Kings have been looted a long time ago.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 08:57 PM (KC5Lt)

150 If I hear one more time how hard or almost impossible it is for a young couple to buy a home I may go postal.
Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 08:52 PM (KC5Lt)

Plenty of cheap houses for sale in Edgar Nebraska, and all over Clay County

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2026 08:58 PM (rbvCR)

151 I keep fucking

Posted by: Blonde Morticia

That escalated quickly.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026 08:58 PM (XTvQI)

152 Margaret Hamilton’s Apollo guidance computer famously failed against Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 08:58 PM (77rzZ)

153 "Most of the relatively recently discovered tombs in the Valley of the Kings have been looted a long time ago.
Posted by: polynikes "

In some cases, by the people who built the tombs

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 08:58 PM (MWfyi)

154
If I hear one more time how hard or almost impossible it is for a young couple to buy a home I may go postal.
Posted by: polynikes

You'll be going megapostal between now and November 2028.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2026 08:59 PM (Cqx++)

155 Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026 08:56 PM (XTvQI)

Hank Hill’s cousin was Dusty.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 08:59 PM (KC5Lt)

156 >>If I hear one more time how hard or almost impossible it is for a young couple to buy a home I may go postal.

No sh*t... And they complain about "high interest rates" oh, puh-leeze.

Bankrate dot com has an article about rates 1972 to 2026. Show this one to the kiddies!:

tinyurl.com/287npfmt

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2026 09:00 PM (rdVOm)

157 Interesting!

"Washington Post: Chuck Schumer says Democrats don’t necessarily need to win Michigan to flip control of the US Senate.

Michigan Senate ad spending and reservations Per AdImpact

🔴 Republicans: $36.7 million
🔵 Democrats: $19.2 million"

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 09:01 PM (g47mK)

158 RIP Frank Beard.

Posted by: davidt at August 18, 2026 09:03 PM (Q+gd/)

159 The Islamic Communist takeover of the Democrat party continues"
---
If most or all of their candidates lose in November, I have to wonder if their followers will come down with Sudden Jihad Syndrome.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 09:03 PM (FZ29D)

160 Washington Post: Chuck Schumer says Democrats don’t necessarily need to win Michigan to flip control of the US Senate.

Michigan Senate ad spending and reservations Per AdImpact

🔴 Republicans: $36.7 million
🔵 Democrats: $19.2 million"
Posted by: runner

TX, FL, AK, IA, KS, ME are going blue!
-Chuck Schumer

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 09:03 PM (YZ0Fo)

161
even in our safe seats, we need to get far better at social media and being approachable.
Posted by: Piper

==============

Also impassioned. I absolutely scream sometimes when I see these affable, confused reactions of GOP candidates to the outrages Dems are perpetrating. If I ever got on a stage with Xavier Becerra I would literally shout at him in rage to GET OFF THE STAGE RIGHT NOW and go find those tens of thousands of missing children who crossed the border during Biden's term and are now God-knows-where. Becerra was responsible as the head of the Office of Refugee Resettlement. I would SCREAM at that guy. I'd ask him, "Where are those girls right now? Where are they TONIGHT? Get off this stage and go find them!"

Granted I don't know how that would go over with the gen pop, but anything less simply wouldn't convince most people that Dems need to be thrown out.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 09:04 PM (XJ22o)

162 Hank Hill’s cousin was Dusty.
Posted by: polynikes

Wow.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026 09:07 PM (XTvQI)

163
Any defeat of a Vindman is a good defeat. I don’t care if it’s by the Vegan Raelian Flat-Earthers of Jones, Michigan Party.
Posted by: Bulg

==============

I am enjoying the fall of Democrat marshmallow men at the hands of these Upstarts of Color. Vindman thought he was so hot during the Trump years, well he missed his window and we're onto the new hotness.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 09:09 PM (XJ22o)

164 Gads, I hate politics.

Idiots v. Idiots.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 09:10 PM (77rzZ)

165 am enjoying the fall of Democrat marshmallow men at the hands of these Upstarts of Color. Vindman thought he was so hot during the Trump years, well he missed his window and we're onto the new hotness.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Bind man is no Hansel. That's for sure.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 09:10 PM (YZ0Fo)

166 Vindman. Cmon autocucumber.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 09:11 PM (YZ0Fo)

167 Gads, I hate politics.

Idiots v. Idiots.
Posted by: Bulg
___

Yep.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 18, 2026 09:11 PM (C37V/)

168 Hank Hill’s cousin was Dusty.
Posted by: polynikes

Wow.
Posted by: rickb223

They didn't talk about cousin Henry much.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2026 09:12 PM (rzEIv)

169 Hey, SMH!

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 09:12 PM (77rzZ)

170 Schumer is presiding over islamonazi takeover of the D party. Good job, Chuck! Trump tried to warn you.

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 09:13 PM (g47mK)

171 Wolfhounds! I had a pack of four. They weighed in at 180lbs each. I sure miss them.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2026 09:13 PM (gIjzl)

172 Have to go back to DC next week, working in the Capital is a drag, but it has to be done.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 18, 2026 09:13 PM (XV/Pl)

173 Schumer is presiding over islamonazi takeover of the D party. Good job, Chuck! Trump tried to warn you.
Posted by: runner

It's not his fault. He's still trying to get the cheese to melt on his burgers.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 09:13 PM (YZ0Fo)

174 Hey Bulg.

Hi Ben Had.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 18, 2026 09:14 PM (C37V/)

175 Schumer needs to worry about the cheese sliding off his cracker.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2026 09:15 PM (gIjzl)

176 Schumer will retire fat and happy, knowing the country is going exactly where he and his friends want it to go, and praying every day Israel is destroyed and his fellow Jews eliminated. No tears for Chucky cucky burger patty boy.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 09:16 PM (vE0+H)

177 Thomas Bender is part of the Deep State. Beware! He knows our preferred peanut-butter brands!

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 09:16 PM (77rzZ)

178 SMH, hugs to both of you.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2026 09:16 PM (gIjzl)

179 SMH... Ben Had... I've died and gone to Heaven. Wait... this is Heaven right

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 09:17 PM (vE0+H)

180 Wait... this is Heaven right
Posted by: ... at August

No, it's Iowa.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 09:18 PM (YZ0Fo)

181 Hi, Ben Had. Hope you are well.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 09:18 PM (77rzZ)

182 ..., good evening, darlin.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2026 09:18 PM (gIjzl)

183 I've died and gone to Heaven. Wait... this is Heaven right
Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 09:17 PM (vE0+H)
__

Heh, not even close.

But anyways, hi.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 18, 2026 09:19 PM (C37V/)

184 Accomack county is cheap. Not a lot of snow and the ticks are friendly.

Posted by: Accomack at August 18, 2026 09:20 PM (T8bqm)

185 Bulg, good evening. I am well and hope the same for you.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2026 09:21 PM (gIjzl)

186 Frank Beard, the longtime drummer of ZZ Top, has passed away at the age of 77.

Born on June 11, 1949, in Frankston, Texas, Beard helped power ZZ Top’s unmistakable sound for more than five decades. His steady beat was the backbone of countless classics, including La Grange, Tush, Sharp Dressed Man, Legs, and Gimme All Your Lovin’. In 2004, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of ZZ Top.“

Fun trivia; Frankston is only a few miles SW of Tyler, and in the late 60’s / very early 70’s; the members of ZZ Top, unknown at the time, cut their first tracks at a nondescript backyard recording studio a few blocks away from where I live now.

The young engineer who ran it was a whiz kid who’d inherited some money and was buying all the new electronics just becoming known.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 18, 2026 09:22 PM (0pL/G)

187 I don't want to see islamonazi scum take over any party in the United States.

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 09:26 PM (g47mK)

188 Gads, I hate politics.
Idiots v. Idiots.
Posted by: Bulg

For the Oklahoma Governor Republican run-off next week, we have two guys who have been hurling mud at one another. I believe both of them.

https://5mind.com/Joe_Brogan/
posts/z4j1xg_pWc9c6lVqDuqeR

Please spread this as far and wide as you can, this man can NEVER become Governor of Oklahoma. He's the reason Chinese nationals are buying up farm land, running illegal marijuana farms, with forced labor, banned chemicals, and are having shoot outs with omma officials and osbi. One was just arrested in Pwrkins Oklahoma with nearly 50lbs of flower, he was transporting illegally.

Trump has endorsed the other guy, but…

TW Shannon won the primary for Lt Gov. He seems a good sort. Can we just skip the run-off, the election, and the impeachment and just put TW in the Gov's chair directly?

Posted by: mindful webworker - Keep the land of the Red Man red! at August 18, 2026 09:27 PM (Cl/mc)

189 TW Shannon won the primary for Lt Gov. He seems a good sort. Can we just skip the run-off, the election, and the impeachment and just put TW in the Gov's chair directly?
Posted by: mindful webworker

I love TW. Mazzei will be better than Stitt. Drummond is a POS and was a 2x disaster as ag

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 09:29 PM (YZ0Fo)

190 There are many things I don't understand about some Jewish people. They seem to have a death wish. I don't know why they support people who hate them. Heck, I'm a Christian good ol' Southern guy and I support Israel and the Jewish people. I have known many Jewish people in my life and we have gotten along fine. But I never argued politics with them. Mostly because I don't know where they stand.

Posted by: Case at August 18, 2026 09:31 PM (VrYHL)

191 RIP: Frank Beard, ZZ Top’s Hard-Shuffling Drummer, Dead at 77.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 08:28 PM

and oddly, the one without a beard.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 18, 2026 09:35 PM (idC0m)

192 Those Caucasian Shepherds are something else. I have a 130 lb German Shepherd, and he's a pup compared to those behemoths.

Posted by: PabloD at August 18, 2026 09:35 PM (zDDmD)

193 It isn't as if Catholics or Lutherans are seemingly any better at self-preservation, is it? Not sure about Buddhists and Zoroastrians. I suppose it is complicated somewhat by the fact that Jews have been singled out historically for special attention at times. One would think .... there might be a little more support for the 2nd Amendment, for example.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 09:36 PM (5VXJH)

194 Where's all the hobbits at?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

They're all at the Green Dragon, kop.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 18, 2026 09:39 PM (diia5)

195 RIP: Frank Beard, ZZ Top’s Hard-Shuffling Drummer, Dead at 77.
Posted by: r hennigantx

and oddly, the one without a beard.
Posted by: toby928(c)

After the third trip to the emergency room to have it removed from his kickdrum pedal, he decided to forego the trademark beard and just use his name.

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 09:41 PM (VHUov)

196 These people know what they're doing, I keep telling you.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 08:48 PM (XJ22o)

You are 100% correct. They identify easy primaries, and swoop in with solid grassroots campaigning. Their candidates are mostly retards, but that's not the point. They can win, and that's the only goal.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2026 09:44 PM (k5CNB)

197 When anti-white black people go back in time to 'reconnect' with their ancestors things might go a little different...

https://tinyurl.com/57b6famz

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 18, 2026 09:45 PM (C37V/)

198 @177

>>Thomas Bender is part of the Deep State. Beware! He knows our preferred peanut-butter brands!

Unfortunately I have an NDA and cannot talk about my project until it's over, which won't be until 2028.

And the Deep State is crawling all over.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 18, 2026 09:45 PM (XV/Pl)

199 Frank Beard, the longtime drummer of ZZ Top, has passed away at the age of 77.

Born on June 11, 1949, in Frankston, Texas,
Posted by: rickb223

What's the opposite of "posthumously," where they name a town for you before you're born?

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 09:46 PM (VHUov)

200 RIP Frank. Not everybody liked that Texas boogie, but the Top was the best. I went to see them whenever they came around and they were always better live.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 18, 2026 09:49 PM (tvdD1)

201 139 Any defeat of a Vindman is a good defeat. I don’t care if it’s by the Vegan Raelian Flat-Earthers of Jones, Michigan Party.
Posted by: Bulg

Yep. That whole Vindman clan are a bunch of inbred traitors. Vegan Raelian Flat Earthers of Jones, Michigan Party would be a step up from those 'squad' lunatics.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2026 09:50 PM (sAmhv)

202 You are 100% correct. They identify easy primaries, and swoop in with solid grassroots campaigning. Their candidates are mostly retards, but that's not the point. They can win, and that's the only goal.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2026 09

And they aren’t bright, so it shouldn’t be difficult to knock them off their game just by going out there and engaging, talking, joking, channel the inner Reagan, and Spenser Pratt. Dig deep for some Charlie Kirk. Make the social media slick, look at what Thune’s comms team is posting and do the exact opposite of that.

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2026 09:51 PM (ZdaMQ)

203 polynikes, when you run into someone making a mistake or acting emotionally, don't yell at them and tell them they are wrong. There are actual ways to handle this.

1) afirm: you have reason to think this, just look at this
2) redirect: this is not the only cause of problems, there are others that you may not be considering
2) educate: this is contributing to the problem, and the problem is solvable in these ways
4) call to action - motivate: Get on top of these things and you will be heading in the right way, this is what it will look like when you start getting it right
5) encourage / Pep-talk: you got this, these are your signposts that you are going in the right direction, come back and talk to me if you get stuck, it will suck but it sucks now, and this is an exit.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2026 09:52 PM (rbvCR)

204 And they aren’t bright, so it shouldn’t be difficult to knock them off their game just by going out there and engaging, talking, joking, channel the inner Reagan, and Spenser Pratt. Dig deep for some Charlie Kirk. Make the social media slick, look at what Thune’s comms team is posting and do the exact opposite of that.
Posted by: Piper

The young dude that lost to wasserman was on Fox over the weekend and Clay Travis Lisa booth and Joey jones just asked him simple questions he couldn't answer. I'm sure that didn't help him.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 09:53 PM (YZ0Fo)

205 (Cl/mc)

I never seem to get a clever hash Lately they all look like math or chemistry. Clystroms per microcluster?

I blame Elon Musk.

Posted by: mindful webworker - sockpuppeting in plain sight at August 18, 2026 09:54 PM (Cl/mc)

206 What's the opposite of "posthumously," where they name a town for you before you're born?
Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 09:46 PM (VHUov)

Pfft. "Foreshadowing"

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2026 09:54 PM (rbvCR)

207 Maybe,

"Elijahmaxxing" would be better

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2026 09:58 PM (rbvCR)

208 Cory Mills is out

Posted by: 88C+u at August 18, 2026 09:58 PM (88C+u)

209 Cory Mills is out
Posted by: 88C+u at

Woooooohooooooo. That dude is an all time scum bag.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 09:59 PM (YZ0Fo)

210 LOL, people are afraid to comment !

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 10:01 PM (g47mK)

211 If you wanted to show you've arrived, as a country, well you need an Obelisk. There's a couple interesting tales about how they ended up where they are now. I think they should have stayed at Karnak and everywhere else, but the leaders of Egypt needed hard currency, and that was one way to get it. Selling stuff.

Excavation cost a fortune, and investment money wasn't forthcoming without some incentives. Not really trying to justify what happened but that was the reality at the time, for a long time.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 08:52 PM (0Ppf4)

It didn't help that the muslims took egypt 1000+ years before that and didn't give a rat's ass about egypt's history.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2026 10:04 PM (S41Gd)

212 LOL. Vindman (D-Ukraine) loses his primary.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 18, 2026 10:07 PM (R86kT)

213 LOL. Vindman (D-Ukraine) loses his primary.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 18, 2026 10:07 PM (R86kT)

Now he just needs ass cancer as a cherry on top.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2026 10:08 PM (S41Gd)

214 Egypt was kind of a special case. It took a long time for their antiquities to be regarded as belonging to Egypt, and should stay in Egypt. For years, centuries almost, you paid yer money and started digging. You got to keep much if not all of what you found, particularly if their were duplicates.
Posted by: Common Tater
------
They certainly went too far, but let's look at the other side of that coin.
What happens when the "preservers" decide that it shouldn't be preserved. Then you get Buddha statues blown up.
And many (most?) American and Canadian Tribes have decided to play dog in the manger as far as archeological studies are concerned.
The negative side is that we lose that knowledge. Kennewick Man is a perfect example. The scientific community wanted to examine the corpse to track the course of human occupation in the Western Hemisphere. The local tribes were all "sacred this and sacred that". Some black robed jerk decided that the tribes could take possession if their " ancestor".
Cont.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 18, 2026 10:09 PM (r9XTa)

215 ZOD IMPERIAL.

Posted by: ZOD at August 18, 2026 10:09 PM (UfDpa)

216 Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., announced a new proposal on Monday to protect federal student loan borrowers from having their Social Security checks garnished.

Takers gonna take take

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 10:11 PM (/+uur)

217 Cont.
Which they did and buried at some secret location. Before the courts got involved, some preliminary work had Bern done, and when genetic testing was done on some small samples that had escaped the edict, well, waddaya know? The body was not related, even distantly, to the present day tribes in the area.
Give it back? Hah!

Posted by: buddhaha at August 18, 2026 10:11 PM (r9XTa)

218 Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., announced a new proposal on Monday to protect federal student loan borrowers from having their Social Security checks garnished.

Takers gonna take take
Posted by: r hennigantx

Luna has a bill to cap interest at 2% that she's complaining is stalled

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 10:12 PM (YZ0Fo)

219 Beware Kennebunkport Man.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2026 10:12 PM (wVcYX)

220 >>>Granted I don't know how that would go over with the gen pop, but anything less simply wouldn't convince most people that Dems need to be thrown out.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia
---

It might break through their thick skulls what is happening.
It's certainly not reported in the Media.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 10:15 PM (VPNgR)

221 >>Now he just needs ass cancer as a cherry on top.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2026 10:08 PM (S41Gd)

Nobody wishes cancer on someone else. Get the life playbook.

Posted by: ZOD at August 18, 2026 10:15 PM (UfDpa)

222 This is the other Vindman, there still is a Vindman that's a Rep in Va.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 18, 2026 10:15 PM (XV/Pl)

223 Hail
ZOD!
*curtsies*
Lays flowers at feet

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 10:15 PM (fi76o)

224 Nurse your Ms aren't helping me out tonight!

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 10:17 PM (YZ0Fo)

225 Bill Rasmussen, who died Tuesday, had a vision for what sports television could be. On Sept. 7, 1979, it became real.

The Ocho

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 10:17 PM (/+uur)

226 >>Nurse Ratchet

(Brings Nurse up, we do the samba)

How have you been?

Posted by: ZOD at August 18, 2026 10:17 PM (UfDpa)

227 I think another problem with Egypt is it was just around a long ass time. They hadn't built a pyramid for 1000 years by the time Tut was born. People were probably like yeah fuck those old things. They tore all the casing stones off the great pyramid to build medieval Cairo. Imagine that shit, to them the pyramids were just a source of building materials.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2026 10:18 PM (S41Gd)

228 223 Hail
ZOD!
*curtsies*
Lays flowers at feet
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 10:15 PM (fi76o)

And the people said Hail Zod!
And Zod said Hell Yes!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2026 10:19 PM (2WIwB)

229 >>Now he just needs ass cancer as a cherry on top.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2026 10:08 PM (S41Gd)

Nobody wishes cancer on someone else. Get the life playbook.

Posted by: ZOD at August 18, 2026 10:15 PM (UfDpa)

Sigh..you're right. He needs to slide under a gas truck and burn like a supernova.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2026 10:20 PM (S41Gd)

230 222 This is the other Vindman, there still is a Vindman that's a Rep in Va.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Yea, and the Coven of Karens in NoVA will keep this fat traitorous tick in congress as long as he wants it.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2026 10:21 PM (sAmhv)

231 Sigh..you're right. He needs to slide under a gas truck and burn like a supernova.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

He's got plenty of his own fuel to keep it goin for awhile.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 10:21 PM (YZ0Fo)

232 Wow. Two days in a row of the late, late ONT. Tom Snyder not available?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2026 10:21 PM (1Ff7Z)

233 ZOD!

I’m gonna be a granny!

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 10:21 PM (CKPDL)

234 Yea, and the Coven of Karens in NoVA will keep this fat traitorous tick in congress as long as he wants it.
Posted by: Puddleglum

He'll Prly replace kaine in the senate at some point.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 10:21 PM (YZ0Fo)

235
Imagine that shit, to them the pyramids were just a source of building materials.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Spare parts

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2026 10:22 PM (Cqx++)

236 Imagine that shit, to them the pyramids were just a source of building materials.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Hell, I've heard that some assholes tore down Penn Station for a venue.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 18, 2026 10:23 PM (hrOJm)

237 I never seem to get a clever hash Lately they all look like math or chemistry. Clystroms per microcluster?

I blame Elon Musk.

Posted by: mindful webworker - sockpuppeting
---

Musk has done many things people are not aware of.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 10:24 PM (VPNgR)

238 It's nood yall

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 10:25 PM (YZ0Fo)

239 This time it was the Arabs, an unwashed, angry, loud people. Their desert religion treated women like furniture. They lived under a cloudless sky that baked hatred into their heads. What they wanted, no one knew; they hardly knew themselves. What they hated? The list would fill a book. Ugly, smelly anxious people eager to break things and invent nothing. They were of no worth; they even hated themselves and each other.

Posted by: ZOD GREENE at August 18, 2026 10:25 PM (UfDpa)

240 Imagine that shit, to them the pyramids were just a source of building materials.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Hell, I've heard that some assholes tore down Penn Station for a venue.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 18, 2026 10:23 PM (hrOJm)

***

Don't give the dems any ideas. The Washington monument would be gone in days. Stones used to build an alter to Marx.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2026 10:26 PM (2WIwB)

241 Imagine that shit, to them the pyramids were just a source of building materials.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
---

Same as it ever was.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 10:34 PM (VPNgR)

242 The parents just got an AI scam call a few hours ago. I am not copasetic about the affair. Shirts may be rent or tangled around one certain head.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 19, 2026 02:46 AM (diia5)

Quicker Hits

Outstanding:

Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
BREAKING: The DOJ is moving to REOPEN the human trafficking case against illegal alien Kilmar Abrego Garcia through the appeals court after charges were previously dropped.

Maryland Man Must Go.

Democrats are pretending that they want to distance themselves from their violent foreign terrorist influencer, Hasan Piker.

The debate over Piker blew up over the weekend when Rolling Stone published an extensive profile on him that included an overview of his upbringing in Turkey, his morning routine and a glamorous photoshoot at his Los Angeles home with the headline, "Why Is Everyone Scared of Hasan Piker?"
Some conservatives, including co-host of ABC's The View, Alyssa Farrah Griffin, re-upped their criticism of Piker in response to the weekend attention, with Farrah alleging the "Piker phenomena" is a "desperate desire on the Left to find its own Joe Rogan/ Manosphere powerhouse" and Elon Musk tweeting "he means what he says," quoting Piker saying "we're going to destroy the white race," a statement he made mocking right-wing conspiracies.

Alyssa Farrah Griffin is a "conservative"?

Some centrist Democrats called on progressives to distance themselves, such as MS NOW's Joe Scarborough, who referenced some of Piker's most controversial anti-Israel rhetoric while discussing Abdul El-Sayed's win in Michigan's Democratic Senate primary on Monday, accusing progressives more broadly of being "too woke to call out the obvious."
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., when asked by ABC News over the weekend if Piker should have a role in the progressive movement, didn't answer directly, but lamented that Democrats need to do more to reach young voters, who "are engaging in mediums and conversations that we have a responsibility to attend to and be responsive to."
Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is among multiple progressives who have appeared with Piker online or campaigned with him, including Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed, Reps. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., Ro Khanna, D-Calif., and Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.
El-Sayed's affiliation with Piker in particular has prompted sharp criticism from moderate Democrats, including Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., who told El-Sayed via a Fox News interview last week, "I dare you to continue to campaign with people like Hasan Piker," while longtime Democratic strategist James Carville threatened to leave the Democratic Party earlier this month if Piker didn't, and Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., also blasted El-Sayed for campaigning with Piker.

Hasan Piker admits that the Democrats are practicing taqiyya. He says Democrats are doubling down on their extremist policies while merely "moderating our comms," that is, rhetoric.

Max 📟
@MaxNordau
Aug 11
Abdul El-Sayed surrogate Hasan Piker explains the importance of lying to voters:
"I think our politicians, whether they be AOC or anybody else, they're not running away from progress."
"So their pragmatism isn't to moderate on their policies. Their pragmatism is to moderate on their comms, on their communication."
He admits that El-Sayed's true beliefs are "electoral poison": "You got to moderate your message, even if you don't want to temper your movement, in order to sell it to the public."

Coming soon: "Hasan Piker 1.0 was craaazy, man. But Hasan Piker 2.0 is moderate and sensible and electable."

Hm, I wonder if Hasan Piker is right that the Woke 1 Was Crazy Brigade is moderating their comms while sticking to their extremist positions?

Polymarket
@Polymarket
JUST IN: AOC is distancing herself from past positions on defunding police, prison abolition, & decriminalizing border crossings ahead of a potential 2028 run. -- Axios

Objective analysis from Andrew Stiles: "Real man" Chinese communist and terror dick-suck Hasan Piker whines like a loser and grovels like a bitch.

Polling suggested Piker was on track to celebrate another victory last week in the Wisconsin gubernatorial primary. The radical leftist he endorsed, Francesca Hong, was expected to win by double digits. She ended up narrowly losing to an establishment-backed opponent, David Crowley.
Piker responded by throwing a tantrum. He lashed out at "the fucking national media" and "the median American voter" for sabotaging Hong's campaign. "Fuck 'em and fuck Thanksgiving," he huffed, referring to Hong's view that the holiday should be canceled because it celebrates "colonialism" and the murder of "Indegenous [sic] folx [sic]."
Then, like a total bitch, Piker practically begged the Democratic Party--an institution he has ruthlessly attacked as insufficiently sympathetic to Hamas, Luigi Mangione, Mao Zedong, and Fidel Castro, among others--to stop being so mean to him.

Piker, relentlessly pushed by the leftwing media as the left's answer to the Masculinity Deficit, whined that Democrats need to defend him more when people say bad things on Twitter!

"I know we don't always see eye to eye on a lot of stuff, but you have to literally, at some point, I know you don't want to do this, defend me," Piker groveled pathetically. "Not because you love what I have to say, not because I'm part of this coalition, even though I am, whether you like it or not, but you are going to inevitably have to say, 'This is a ridiculous conversation that we're having, because the real conversation that Republicans don't want to have is the cost of living crisis.'"

I get the feeling that this guy has a folder on his computer called "Taxes 2021," and inside that folder is a subfolder called "Show Ideas," and inside that subfolder is another folder called "Scalding-Hot Poop Videos."

Just a feeling I get. I haven't seen his computer. The Jews haven't leaked it to me.

Yet.

The millionaire influencer went on to say it would be helpful if Democrats could be "a little bit more honest about how I'm not this dangerous, toxic radical force" whose radical views will hurt the party in general election matchups with Republicans. Meanwhile, Piker's establishment critics do not seem particularly eager to concede that point. In Michigan, for example, recent polling shows the GOP nominee for U.S. Senate, Mike Rogers, leading El-Sayed by several percentage points in a race that--on paper--Democrats should be heavily favored to win.
A lot is riding on the outcome. If El-Sayed wins, Democrats will be the ones groveling. They'll agree to Piker's terms and give him a speaking slot at the 2028 convention. If Rogers wins, Democrats will be pretty annoyed and looking for someone to blame. Piker's feelings may never recover.

He's gayer than a spaghetti-strap t-shirt with the words "Free Mustache Rides" on it above a line-art drawing of Freddie Mercury sucking a whippit.

Evidence: Piker, his terror pal El-Sayed, Chris Hayes, and Democrat Senator John Ostorov are all "dandymaxxing," wearing metrosexual or even full-on gay fashion to appeal to male voters.

I mean... Sure, whatever you gotta do, Kings.

Police stopped another attempted mass invasion of Ceuta.

Note that the socialist president doesn't want to stop the invasion, but other European countries are economically isolating Spain over his mass-amnesty policies, so he has to make a token effort.

Moroccan police have blocked a second attempt by migrants to cross the border into Ceuta en masse.
Riot police were deployed at the border on Saturday as hundreds prepared to storm the Spanish territory, two weeks after tens of thousands made the crossing.
Migrants gathered in the border town of Castillejos after calls were made on social media encouraging a second attempt.
Moroccan police arrested about 300 people, mostly from sub-Saharan Africa, for attempting to cross into Ceuta. Another 61 people were arrested for "inciting and promoting" on social media, reports said.

This follows the incident on July 30 which saw at least 72,000 people pour across the border in an attempt to illegally enter Europe through one of its only land borders with Africa.
At least 88 people died in the attempt, with many drowning or being crushed to death, in what was described as the single largest illegal influx into the EU. Most of those who reached Ceuta were returned to Morocco, but some remain in the exclave.

"Some" remain? That's the spin. It's thousands:

A doctor in Ceuta is almost crying on live television.

Every hospital is completely overrun with migrants. Rooms are full. Medicine is running out. They even opened a dedicated hospital for migrants, and that one is full too.

Doctors are afraid to treat them.
They�re scared� pic.twitter.com/rcU2qaxViu
— Yossi BenYakar (@YossiBenYakar) August 16, 2026

Bad news for Hasan Piker 1.0:

The painful end of a sinner

Hamas commander Walid Haniyeh who roasted two Jewish newborns by putting them in a microwave, who killed a Christian tourist by ripping out her intestines after r@ping her on Oct 7 was killed in an intel based operation. He was hiding as a barber. pic.twitter.com/2vd6PeFoG7
— Baba Banaras� (@RealBababanaras) August 17, 2026

Why go out in the world to see diversity when you can sit at home and wait for diversity to visit you?

A White British Woman visited India by herself as part of her travel blog

Guess what happened

She was stalked, terrified, had to call her friends and the emergency services

She was incredibly lucky she didn't become a statistic pic.twitter.com/KX11CucFnQ
— Basil the Great (@BasilTheGreat) August 18, 2026

Iran caused him PTSD and he just wanted to feel again:

Marco Rubio when he saw Nancy Mace https://t.co/TXql0ZtMsK pic.twitter.com/rdvdVb1jiP
— Prison Mitch (@Prisonmitch) August 18, 2026

Nathan Livingstone (MilkBarTV)
@TheMilkBarTV
WWII History Lessons According to Tucker Carlson:
*The story Americans were given about WWII is all wrong ✅
*America's decline has been obvious since 1945 ✅
*Genuine American exceptionalism was lost because the U.S. entered WWII ✅
*America should never have allied with Stalin to fight Hitler ✅
*America knew Pearl Harbour was going to happen ✅
*Churchill was the chief villain of WWII ✅
*Churchill was pushed by Zionists to fight Hitler ✅
*Churchill wrecked his own country ✅
*We collectively agree Hitler was the worst person and that if you could kill baby Hitler you would ✅
*BUT it was unreasonable (and un-Christian) for Dietrich Bonhoeffer to attempt to kill Hitler as an adult during WWII ✅
*The West didn't win the war in any meaningful sense ✅

WWII History Lessons According to Tucker Carlson:

�The story Americans were given about WWII is all wrong ✅

�America�s decline has been obvious since 1945 ✅

�Genuine American exceptionalism was lost because the U.S. entered WWII ✅

�America should never have allied with� pic.twitter.com/dQRjM2Ee1j
— Nathan Livingstone (MilkBarTV) (@TheMilkBarTV) August 18, 2026

Tuq'r Qarlson's pal and mentor Nick Fuentes to Trump deportation architect Stephen Miller: No, the brown people don't have to assimilate, "you have to assimilate, you Jew, with your Jewish wife and Jewish children."

Remember, these are strong conservatives and if you disagree for their open embrace of Soviet Socialism for White People, you're "attacking your own side."

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:05 PM

Comments

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1 Yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2026 06:05 PM (tg5bM)

2 Aye yi yi

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 06:05 PM (MWfyi)

3 Another gray day?

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at August 18, 2026 06:06 PM (+ovo7)

4 Hitler wasn't all bad. He did kill Hitler.

Posted by: Buck Ofama at August 18, 2026 06:07 PM (+wreb)

5 "Why Is Everyone Scared of Hasan Piker?"

He's likes people who chop off heads?

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 06:07 PM (MWfyi)

6 Lots to catch up.on reading

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2026 06:07 PM (Ia/+0)

7 "So their pragmatism isn't to moderate on their policies. Their pragmatism is to moderate on their comms, on their communication."
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I've said it before. This is just another example of their magical thinking. They really believe if they incant the right words, chant the right spell in the correct pattern, they can rewrite reality to their desires.

They simply haven't cracked the code yet. They want to rewire your entire brain with their insidious speech.

It's basically the plot from Neal Stephenson's "Snow Crash."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 06:09 PM (FZ29D)

8 "Every hospital is completely overrun with migrants. Rooms are full. Medicine is running out. They even opened a dedicated hospital for migrants, and that one is full too."

Oh no!

anyway...

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 06:09 PM (MWfyi)

9 Hitler wasn't all bad. He did kill Hitler.
Posted by: Buck Ofama

Killed a bunch of commies, too.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2026 06:09 PM (tg5bM)

10 I say bring in the scoops.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 06:10 PM (MWfyi)

11 OK... weird... even with all the Covid crap that has come out???

Just went to the grocery store and saw 4 different Women wearing masks...

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 18, 2026 06:10 PM (mP0Kj)

12 shit, I did that

Posted by: Buck Ofama at August 18, 2026 06:10 PM (+wreb)

13 "Dandymaxxing" Every day brings some novel absurdity.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 06:10 PM (Jr5Lq)

14 .... why in the hell are all these fuckers needing to go to the hospital the second they cross a border?

Y'all can't get dick pills in Marrakesh?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 06:11 PM (Ot/FD)

15 I really hate still being on this ride. I don't see anything getting better.

Posted by: Bete at August 18, 2026 06:11 PM (LX4y3)

16 Today I saw a guy wearing a mask, shorts, and flip flops, out in public. Some people have no shame.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 06:12 PM (MWfyi)

17 Or did your dumb goat fucking ass just walk across North Africa without a canteen?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 06:12 PM (Ot/FD)

18 Jason Arday is striking back at us from the grave!!
Damn it! I've seen my share of horror movies and know how this ends.

FoxNews - Penn State
CNN and MS Now - Elections. Trump's economy sucks! Except imagine it being shrieked and more whiny.

CBC - Trump's tariffs. Your cost of Canadian anti-Amercanism and condescending superiority comments is going up 50%

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 18, 2026 06:12 PM (Sco7b)

19 White British woman in India video has been reality slapped. Walking around there alone. Darwin has an Award waiting for you, honey.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 06:12 PM (Gqar8)

20 Walid Haniyeh killed. Well done!

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 06:12 PM (Jr5Lq)

21 ***and Elon Musk tweeting "he means what he says," quoting Piker saying "we're going to destroy the white race,"
--

Step #2 is that military arsenal they have tucked away.
They'll throw their child up in the air and shoot you
while you try to save him.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 06:12 PM (Cq/ve)

22 Oh yeah, and a tank top.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 06:12 PM (MWfyi)

23 Rolling Stone is fake and gay and biased as fuck.

Always have been.

They didn't even like Led Zeppelin 1

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2026 06:13 PM (xcxpd)

24 Tucker Carlson is possessed by demons.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 18, 2026 06:13 PM (XV/Pl)

25 Step #2 is that military arsenal they have tucked away.
They'll throw their child up in the air and shoot you
while you try to save him.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 06:12 PM (Cq/ve)

Fuck that.

I'm great at trap.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 06:13 PM (Ot/FD)

26 Ding ding ding
Men. There is something wrong with them here

Do you Think?

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2026 06:13 PM (Ia/+0)

27 How are they just now appealing the dismissal of his human trafficking charges?

That case has been fucked more than a Tijuana whore.

The DOJ and ICE have been whupped good at every turn.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2026 06:14 PM (3cUTc)

28 Walid Haniyeh. Garden variety serial killer? Or, observant Muslim?

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 06:14 PM (Gqar8)

29 Remember, these are strong conservatives and if you disagree for their open embrace of Soviet Socialism for White People, you're "attacking your own side."

==

and when strongly disagreeing with their asinine Hitlerjugend crap, you are trying to silence and cancel thems !1!

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 06:14 PM (g47mK)

30 piker. shocking.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 18, 2026 06:14 PM (CWTWj)

31 60% of the Pedocrat base are mentally ill. Explains a lot.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 18, 2026 06:14 PM (l26NL)

32 LOL, thanks Ace!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2026 06:14 PM (VyBeY)

33 She is probably very lucky she wasn't visiting Pakistan

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2026 06:15 PM (Ia/+0)

34 That idiot British woman (who, btw, has a great rack) is completely oblivious to the fact she wants to become a victim. She is traveling in a third world area with zero protection, no security, and she's just wandering around. She has no evident plan, no specific route, and is relying on luck alone to stay alive.

SMH.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2026 06:16 PM (f3y3p)

35 Hits? Oh No, IRGC has raised 81 million rial to fund a hit on PDT.

That equates to $425.00

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2026 06:16 PM (gIjzl)

36 >>.... why in the hell are all these fuckers needing to go to the hospital the second they cross a border?

It's a fast and effective path to getting recognition from the Government as an Asylum Seeker and Welfare Case.

Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2026 06:17 PM (j09bD)

37 34 That idiot British woman (who, btw, has a great rack) is completely oblivious to the fact she wants to become a victim. She is traveling in a third world area with zero protection, no security, and she's just wandering around. She has no evident plan, no specific route, and is relying on luck alone to stay alive.

SMH.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2026 06:16 PM (f3y3p)

Sooner or later she will meet a Walid Haniyeh.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 06:17 PM (Gqar8)

38 "White British woman in India video"

There are quite a few vids in that genre.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 06:17 PM (Jr5Lq)

39 34 That idiot British woman (who, btw, has a great rack) is completely oblivious to the fact she wants to become a victim. She is traveling in a third world area with zero protection, no security, and she's just wandering around. She has no evident plan, no specific route, and is relying on luck alone to stay alive.

SMH.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2026 06:16 PM (f3y3p)

She was raised in a Matriarchy and thought the rest of the world was like back home.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2026 06:17 PM (xcxpd)

40 i couldn't have come up with this: piker said he didn't mean that americans deserved 9/1/1, he meant that america deserved 9/1/1

really

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 18, 2026 06:17 PM (CWTWj)

41 She is traveling in a third world area with zero protection, no security, and she's just wandering around. She has no evident plan, no specific route, and is relying on luck alone to stay alive.

SMH.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2026 06:16 PM (f3y3p)

Next stop....Oakland!
Or hell...Britain.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 18, 2026 06:18 PM (Sco7b)

42 Bermuda shorts, gold toe socks, and Florsheims are totes OK. Right??

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 06:18 PM (0Ppf4)

43 Hasan Piker is white, so his real intentions are more specific: he wants to kill white capitalist Christian and Jewish Americans, but that is too long a descriptor, so he shortened it to "white". Catchy.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2026 06:19 PM (f3y3p)

44 >> White British woman in India video has been reality slapped. Walking around there alone.

When Keeping it Real Goes Wrong, Rape Fantasy Edition.

Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2026 06:19 PM (j09bD)

45 India, Pakistan, England, sooner or later it won't matter

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2026 06:19 PM (Ia/+0)

46 42 Bermuda shorts, gold toe socks, and Florsheims are totes OK. Right??
Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 06:18 PM (0Ppf4)

Only if the socks are over the calf.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 06:19 PM (Gqar8)

47 A lot of British women have great racks. Must be something in the water.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2026 06:20 PM (tg5bM)

48 "desperate desire on the Left to find its own Joe Rogan...."
---

I never get tired of pointing out: they had "their own Joe Rogan".

His name was Joe Rogan.

They drove him away.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 06:20 PM (Fi81e)

49 The filled up hospitals in Ceuta should just change their sign to a Holiday Inn, because that's what that is all about.

I'd wager a very very very small percentage require any medical treatment at all. They just require free meals, free sleeping quarters, and if they can swing it, free medication for a little start-up entrepreneurship.

And, in case you're wondering. A hospital in Spain can't kick out patients they suspect are faking illness. Their medical ethics laws make it a long drawn out formal proces that doesn't happen overnight....and when they final do get discharged, they'll just come back with another symptom the next day.

Unregistered foreign nationals and tourists are still guaranteed emergency medical coverage under Spanish public health guidelines, preventing immediate rejection based on paperwork or assumptions of malingering.

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 06:20 PM (dIske)

50 She was raised in a Matriarchy and thought the rest of the world was like back home.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2026 06:17 PM (xcxpd)
================
Darwin anticipated this problem

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2026 06:20 PM (qPiHX)

51 >>They didn't even like Led Zeppelin 1

The only Zep LP you need.

Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2026 06:21 PM (j09bD)

52 re: Garcia

Jesus Christ stop wasting our damn money. Department of Trump’s Vengeance. 🙄

it's not even about that. They are intentionally eroding trust in our institutions. They've been doing it for like 70 fucking years now.

I'm so tired of them re-filing bogus charges over and over hoping they finally stick this time. How does this improve inflation and the cost of groceries?

They’re trying harder to convict this man of literally anything than anyone ever tried to convict Trump of his very many obvious crimes of which he is certainly guilty.

Judge: What are we charging him with?
DoJ: Human trafficking
Judge: Oh, that's a serious crime. What evidence do you have that would support so massive a charge?
DoJ: he carpooled to work once

DoJ: And, I mean... just *look* at him.

The Roy Cohn ideology - never admitting a mistake and doubling down. It is what he did in Iran, with Abrego Garcia ( the tattoos), with Renee Good, with the reflecting pool... everything.

He is dangerously stupid and when wrong his sycophants are ready to tell everyone that the emperor he has clothes on.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 18, 2026 06:21 PM (THJS/)

53 The English woman kept saying, Fuck me. Likely the only thing the Indian guy following her understood. She's a dummy.

Posted by: huerfano at August 18, 2026 06:21 PM (2Xqig)

54 Is there any support in Spain for ceding Ceuta to Morocco?

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 06:22 PM (Jr5Lq)

55 Borigato's take on Hassan Piker. This is deeply relevant to the blogosphere, so it is worthwhile to take a moment to read and ponder on it\

https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/making-idiots-useful

hasan is not an intellectual. he’s an embarrassment to submidwittery. listen to him speak. he’s actually, legitimately stupid.

but being a leading light is not his role.
piker is a permission giver. he says wild, accusatory, hateful things and brands out-groups as evil.

people follow him not because he's smart, they follow him because he gives them justification to hate while casting it (at least in their own minds) as justice and tolerance. it allows them to view some people as less than human. this belief unlocks permission to act beastly toward others and call it virtue.

his entire product is "feel good about being a bad person, feel good about being a coercive crybully taker instead of a builder or a maker."

he sells license. and a lot of badly adjusted cluster B jerks are lined up out the door to buy.

it's pathology club: external validation for those with externalized identities.

it’s catnip for becky from vassar as she moves into the karen stage of her pokemon cycle.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2026 06:22 PM (rbvCR)

56 robin quivers (howard stern show) years ago decided to visit india, you know, something about the transmeditation guy and all that. she was so shocked by what she saw at the airport when she got to india that she just turned around and took the next flight out

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 18, 2026 06:22 PM (CWTWj)

57 Paul Joseph Watson has a decent video on the several villages in UK that are being taken over by migrants recently.

It's very good. I don't think Ace ever links PJW, but one of the COBs used to (maybe CBD?) but some of his stiff is informative, This one is.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 18, 2026 06:22 PM (/h0Lb)

58 JUST IN: AOC is distancing herself from past positions on defunding police, prison abolition, & decriminalizing border crossings ahead of a potential 2028 run. -- Axios
---

The only thing short term memory voters will know of AOC is what the TV put out the last two weeks of the campaign.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 06:22 PM (Cq/ve)

59 i couldn't have come up with this: piker said he didn't mean that americans deserved 9/1/1, he meant that america deserved 9/1/1

really
Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 18, 2026 06:17 PM (CWTWj)

So, the dirt then versus the people?

Sorry Hasan, no take-backsies.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 06:23 PM (uhVAy)

60 "it’s catnip for becky from vassar as she moves into the karen stage of her pokemon cycle." Ha! Quotable.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 06:24 PM (Jr5Lq)

61 >>Fuck that.

I'm great at trap.

Posted by: Warai-otoko
---

Problem is, how does one identify whom to trap?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 06:24 PM (Cq/ve)

62 The English woman kept saying, Fuck me. Likely the only thing the Indian guy following her understood. She's a dummy.
Posted by: huerfano at August 18, 2026 06:21 PM (2Xqig)
----
The dude following her might simply have been curious.

"A white woman in *this* neighborhood? Let's see how long she lasts!"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 06:24 PM (FZ29D)

63 61 >>Fuck that.

I'm great at trap.

Posted by: Warai-otoko
---

Problem is, how does one identify whom to trap?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 06:24 PM (Cq/ve)

Traps are gay

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2026 06:25 PM (xcxpd)

64 Ceuta I linked earlier:

https://tinyurl.com/4zbhx5y5

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 18, 2026 06:26 PM (n5tGW)

65 I think AOC is an AI. OK, hear me out.

She recently used the term "woke one." I think she read it as "woke 1.0," but did not understand that you have to say "one point oh" so she sounded like one of those youtube AI voice video where it mispronounces heteronyms (same spelling, different pronunciation.)

So maybe not an AI, but an actress. A stupid actress reading scrpts.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 18, 2026 06:26 PM (/h0Lb)

66 >>.... why in the hell are all these fuckers needing to go to the hospital the second they cross a border?
......

Ebola?

Posted by: wth at August 18, 2026 06:27 PM (UjdFS)

67 The only thing short term memory voters will know of AOC is what the TV put out the last two weeks of the campaign.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 06:22 PM (Cq/ve)

Many don't belive she means what she says when they see it because they don't want to, they just want to vote Democrat cause they think that makes them a good person. Planter almost got the brass ring in Maine for that reason.

Posted by: Bete at August 18, 2026 06:27 PM (LX4y3)

68 youtu.be/LOoPWnnl4CE

RIP Frank Beard.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2026 06:27 PM (sAmhv)

69 People like Hassan Piker is why Caterpillar bulldozers might be broadly useful in years to come. Everyone should have one!

Posted by: Rachel Corrie at August 18, 2026 06:27 PM (qPiHX)

70 Hey, All. Boobs!

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 06:27 PM (77rzZ)

71 "Paul Joseph Watson has a decent video on the several villages in UK that are being taken over by migrants recently."

He's great at covering the invasion of Europe.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 06:27 PM (Jr5Lq)

72 51 >>They didn't even like Led Zeppelin 1

The only Zep LP you need.
Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2026 06:21 PM (j09bD)

I kinda like all of them up to Presence.
Presence was drug addled and lame.

Though Fool in the Rain is good, it came after that IIRC

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2026 06:27 PM (xcxpd)

73 It is important to distrust "shining lights" that only serve to give permission to hate or persecute.
Candace Owens is one, Fuentes is another. There are lots of them around, and their comment sections wind up looking like a digital lynch mob. Or echo-chamber.

If you ever find that you are saying something because you have Permission to say it, then step aside. You can't tell if you are being led by a paid bellwether, or if the shining light is being pushed around by a bot army.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2026 06:28 PM (rbvCR)

74 That woman would have a problem surviving anywhere that was inhabited. Walking around by herself, I assume unarmed, and interacting with men that don't speak her language. And then she tries to solve the problem by heading down a road to where there are a lot of abandoned buildings and even less people and no traffic. And assuming that if she takes a screenshot of the guy that's some sort of precaution. Toddler playing in traffic.

Posted by: Azjaeger at August 18, 2026 06:28 PM (3/XaG)

75 Houses of the Wholly.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 06:28 PM (Gqar8)

76 JUST IN: AOC is distancing herself from past positions on defunding police, prison abolition, & decriminalizing border crossings ahead of a potential 2028 run. -- Axios

--

It's hard to believe, but all signs point to this dunce really laying the early groundwork for a 2028 run. No doubt in my mind.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 18, 2026 06:28 PM (qBdHI)

77 Presence was drug addled and lame.
----

Presence had "Tea for One" on it. Epic track.

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2026 06:29 PM (TN0g+)

78 Cueta reminds me of the book "The Stranger", where the citizens of the town must learn to accept the indifference of the government to their fate.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2026 06:30 PM (qPiHX)

79 White women being surprised by different cultures shows a level of stupid that is Darwin Award level. This woman is not different from the two hikers murdered in Morocco, the woman raped and murdered in Turkey as she walked in a wedding dress or any other dummy who think "all cultures are equal"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 06:30 PM (rp63B)

80 India is very dangerous now. I know a small group of people who went there to hand out Christian tracts, literature. Hounded by people on the street, ultimately arrested and sent home. Could have gone much worse. They had done it 10 or so years ago without incident.

Posted by: DEVOlution at August 18, 2026 06:30 PM (JM9I6)

81 Spain ceding Cedua would be like the US ceding the Panama Canal.

Wait, what?

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov, now, where does a war hero get some lubrication around here? at August 18, 2026 06:31 PM (bX16E)

82 Tucker on WWII -

That would have been a hilarious world war the way Tucker wants it. So Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, so we then join *THEIR* side to attack Russia, perhaps bombing Kyoto to damage the pretty buildings (the only reason we didn't flatten them in *actual* WWII. Japan can't take its resources because we are in the way and has to fume at us doing nothing. Over in Europe it is a puzzler on how we fight Russia with Germany since there's no way to land troops with the Royal Navy in the way - we aren't at war with them or are we?

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 06:31 PM (uhVAy)

83 That travel blogger was something else.

I think proof that the guy was harmless was that somehow you power walked your way into an abandoned area, and he did nothing.

You think your safety is danger and you just keep powerwalking--because dammit, you're going to work out and nothing's going to stop you?!!

She obviously didn't know where she was going--so why TF was she so determined to go there?!

No bloody sense.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 06:31 PM (Fi81e)

84 "the book "The Stranger", where the citizens of the town must learn to accept the indifference of the government to their fate."

Camus?

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 06:32 PM (Jr5Lq)

85 66 >>.... why in the hell are all these fuckers needing to go to the hospital the second they cross a border?
......

Ebola?
Posted by: wth at August 18, 2026 06:27 PM (UjdFS)
____________________________

See #49. They are using it like a hotel because Spain can't legally kick them out without a long drawn out formal process. Free meals and a bed.

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 06:32 PM (dIske)

86 JUST IN: AOC is distancing herself from past positions on defunding police, prison abolition, & decriminalizing border crossings ahead of a potential 2028 run. -- Axios

--

It's hard to believe, but all signs point to this dunce really laying the early groundwork for a 2028 run. No doubt in my mind.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 18, 2026 06:28 PM (qBdHI)

It might be AOC just forgot what her positions used to be.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 06:32 PM (uhVAy)

87 Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 18, 2026 06:26 PM (/h0Lb)

Obama enters the conversation.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 06:33 PM (KC5Lt)

88 63 61 >>Fuck that.

I'm great at trap.

Posted by: Warai-otoko
---

Problem is, how does one identify whom to trap?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 06:24 PM (Cq/ve)

Traps are gay
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2026 06:25 PM (xcxpd)
=====================
Not talking "trapping someone", he means with his 12 gauge. Not gay.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2026 06:33 PM (qPiHX)

89 In Through The Out Door gets a lot of undeserved hate.

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 18, 2026 06:34 PM (/OKHJ)

90 I liked it when I had no clue who Hasan Piker is. Now that douchetard's name keeps popping up on every blog and YouTube channel.

Posted by: PabloD at August 18, 2026 06:34 PM (zDDmD)

91 Camus?
Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 06:32 PM (Jr5Lq)
==========
yup

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2026 06:34 PM (qPiHX)

92 It's hard to believe, but all signs point to this dunce really laying the early groundwork for a 2028 run. No doubt in my mind.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 18, 2026 06:28 PM (qBdHI)

It might be AOC just forgot what her positions used to be.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 06:32 PM (uhVAy)

Why not. Simply by being a Dem she's got 45% of the vote locked up if she gets the nomination.

Posted by: Bete at August 18, 2026 06:34 PM (LX4y3)

93 Every hospital is completely overrun with migrants. Rooms are full. Medicine is running out. They even opened a dedicated hospital for migrants, and that one is full too.

I wonder why medical care in the US is so expensive?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 06:34 PM (ExV1e)

94 "Camus?
Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 06:32 PM (Jr5Lq)
==========
yup"

Added to my list, thanks!

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 06:35 PM (Jr5Lq)

95 In Through The Out Door gets a lot of undeserved hate.

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 18, 2026 06:34 PM (/OKHJ)
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So does The Presence, IMO.

Zep changed a little bit with each album, as far as I can see.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 06:36 PM (Fi81e)

96 In Through The Out Door gets a lot of undeserved hate.
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Carouselambra is one of my favorite Zeppelin songs, and it doesn't really resemble much else that they recorded. In Through the Out Door is sometimes referred to as John Paul Jones' album.

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2026 06:36 PM (TN0g+)

97 It’s kind of obvious that some big dem donors have looked around at the field for ‘28, and despaired. So they picked AOC as the most malleable of a bad bunch and they’re trying to play Henry Higgins with her. (Or I should say, ‘Enery ‘Iggins!”

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 18, 2026 06:36 PM (52Iog)

98 I had thought that AOC would challenge Schumer in the 28 primary and have a solid shot of winning. Of late the talk of a presidential run seems to have gotten into her head.
Watching her however I think by 28 she will have lost her marbles. She ain't that bright and is in over her head and her brain is going to go boink

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 06:36 PM (rp63B)

99 I am not worried even a little about AOC. She can't get elected governor or Senator (meaning she can't win a statewide election in New York), so why would she, an idiot elitist socialist suburban entitled chick from Westchester County, have even the slightest whiff of a chance around the country?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2026 06:37 PM (qPiHX)

100 I watched the movie Outsourced and had absolutely no desire to visit India. Then I watched Slumdog Millionaire and thought visiting India would be like going to hell.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 06:38 PM (KC5Lt)

101 63 61 >>Fuck that. I'm great at trap.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
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Problem is, how does one identify whom to trap?
Posted by: Braenyard

Traps are gay
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

You guys are speaking my language!!! Let me introduce you all to the "Trigger Warning Queer and Trans Gun Club", where they have multiple forms of trap on display...simultaneously!

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Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 18, 2026 06:38 PM (THJS/)

102 99 I am not worried even a little about AOC. She can't get elected governor or Senator (meaning she can't win a statewide election in New York), so why would she, an idiot elitist socialist suburban entitled chick from Westchester County, have even the slightest whiff of a chance around the country?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2026 06:37 PM (qPiHX)

Barack Hussain Obama

Posted by: Bete at August 18, 2026 06:39 PM (LX4y3)

103 I liked it when I had no clue who Hasan Piker is. Now that douchetard's name keeps popping up on every blog and YouTube channel.
Posted by: PabloD at August 18, 2026 06:34 PM (zDDmD)

There are a few guys about who chop up clips of this idiot to keep track of what he's up to. He's a foreign nepo anchor baby trying to fit in with the leftists at the top in his million dollar mansion. He's at war with a dude who lived with his elderly mom and dad who gets more views and money than he does without leaving his room. He daily threatens to kill himself because his own fans aren't being compliant enough. Two girls on Youtube being catty about his ugly designer clothes got him to flip his entire image to wearing a suit and tie all the time to impress them.

He's a symptom, not the disease.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 06:39 PM (uhVAy)

104 Progtard females in Seattle are supporting AOC for 2028

It’s hilarious.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 06:39 PM (W2Pud)

105 I am not worried even a little about AOC. She can't get elected governor or Senator (meaning she can't win a statewide election in New York), so why would she, an idiot elitist socialist suburban entitled chick from Westchester County, have even the slightest whiff of a chance around the country?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2026 06:37 PM (qPiHX)

Barack Hussain Obama
Posted by: Bete at August 18, 2026 06:39 PM (LX4y3)

She's not the blank check Obama was selling salvation. She's an aging Democrat scold. That's a harder sale.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 06:40 PM (uhVAy)

106 Contrast that British woman with what I experienced in Japan:

Was in Hiroshima, walking from one place to another following Google Maps. Found myself in a kind of dingy industrial area without anyone milling about, spidey sense went off that I'm maybe in a place Whitey shouldn't be so my head is on a swivel. A minute later a whole group of Japanese schoolgirls in skirts and the whole uniform rides by me on bicycles. I stopped worrying lol.

Posted by: ballistic at August 18, 2026 06:40 PM (oqH4h)

107 I watched the movie Outsourced and had absolutely no desire to visit India. Then I watched Slumdog Millionaire and thought visiting India would be like going to hell.
Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 06:38 PM (KC5Lt)

all that Bollywood dancing and singing scared me right away.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 06:41 PM (uhVAy)

108 Contrast that British woman with what I experienced in Japan:

Was in Hiroshima, walking from one place to another following Google Maps. Found myself in a kind of dingy industrial area without anyone milling about, spidey sense went off that I'm maybe in a place Whitey shouldn't be so my head is on a swivel. A minute later a whole group of Japanese schoolgirls in skirts and the whole uniform rides by me on bicycles. I stopped worrying lol.
Posted by: ballistic at August 18, 2026 06:40 PM (oqH4h)

Life was hanging by a thread there son - good thing they weren't hungry.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 06:42 PM (uhVAy)

109
How was she so sure those were cow patties?

She was in India.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 06:42 PM (Fi81e)

110 I watched the movie Outsourced and had absolutely no desire to visit India. Then I watched Slumdog Millionaire and thought visiting India would be like going to hell.
Posted by: polynikes

I recently learned the term "Jeet" which is evidently a slur against Indians. I have no idea if it means anything beyond that. I use it a lot now, especially watching the Food Channel.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 18, 2026 06:42 PM (l26NL)

111 OT -

Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
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Posted by: beckster at August 18, 2026 06:42 PM (kX27y)

112 Progtard females in Seattle are supporting AOC for 2028

It’s hilarious.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 06:39 PM (W2Pud)

Aren't they trying to impeach their Democratic Mayor for being...a Democratic Mayor?

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 06:43 PM (uhVAy)

113 98 I had thought that AOC would challenge Schumer in the 28 primary and have a solid shot of winning. Of late the talk of a presidential run seems to have gotten into her head.
Watching her however I think by 28 she will have lost her marbles. She ain't that bright and is in over her head and her brain is going to go boink
Posted by: Smell the Glove

She is part Establishment. She is literally a paid actor in the role, and does what she's paid to do. She was paid to run by the Justice Democrats and took out a nobody Dem in a safe Blue District, and kept saying what she needed to to keep her backers happy...but she got in line when Pelosi needed her to, because that's where the real money is. She's not going to fight Schumer.

2028 is wide open though. The Dem bench is pathetic. She honestly might be one of their best chances. Dems need youth energy and turnout...and she might be really strong in that area. The fact she's trying to moderate now really seals it that she's prepping the battlefield for it.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 18, 2026 06:43 PM (THJS/)

114 A minute later a whole group of Japanese schoolgirls in skirts and the whole uniform rides by me on bicycles. I stopped worrying lol.

Posted by: ballistic at August 18, 2026 06:40 PM (oqH4h)

Life was hanging by a thread there son - good thing they weren't hungry.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 06:42 PM (uhVAy)
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You might watch too much anime.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 06:43 PM (Fi81e)

115 "I am not worried even a little about AOC."

Very first time I saw her, I thought 'she could be president some day.' But I suck at predictions.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 06:43 PM (Jr5Lq)

116
whippit

*polite cough*

Whippet

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 06:43 PM (O0L8i)

117 No, they aren't that smart. It isn't that they believe all cultures are "equal", obviously that is not the case. Anyone can see that.

What they believe, is that no culture or cultural practices, mores, traditions etc, are superior in any objective sense.

It's quite a bit more insane and is worth making a distinction. Rational logic, the scientific method, all that stuff. Stuff people deduced 5000 years ago. Hell, running water, sewage treatment, modern medicine can not be judged "better" than living in a cave and burning whale oil for light. It's a special form of stupid. This is the impetus behind "Indigenous Ways of Knowledge" you'll hear sometimes.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 06:44 PM (0Ppf4)

118 The funny thing about the 'moderate out comms' is it's poseur speak. He's a hipster communist.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2026 06:44 PM (zZu0s)

119 I think what really would keep me from visiting India is not trusting anything I ate.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 06:44 PM (KC5Lt)

120 100 I watched the movie Outsourced and had absolutely no desire to visit India. Then I watched Slumdog Millionaire and thought visiting India would be like going to hell.
Posted by: polynikes

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Why on Earth would a single woman go to India? What could possibly be the appeal -- poppadoms? they have them in UK. Everything else you can experience at the town dump and sewer.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 18, 2026 06:44 PM (/h0Lb)

121 58m
BREAKING: David Morens, a former top NIAID senior advisor to Dr. Fauci, has pleaded GUILTY for conspiring to defraud the US by destroying/hiding federal records during the COVID pandemic.

Posted by: beckster at August 18, 2026 06:42 PM (kX27y)
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Damn conservatives! Always trying to destroy trust in our institutions!!

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 06:44 PM (Fi81e)

122 I thought a progtard is somebody who spent too much of their life listening to Gentle Giant and Van Der Graaf Generator.

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 18, 2026 06:45 PM (/OKHJ)

123
"The Internet is forever" only applies to nasty, subhuman right-wingers. All AOC's previous statements are inoperative.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 06:45 PM (O0L8i)

124 I can't, even for one minute, stand the thought of going to India or any other third world shithole. Why would I leave paradise to see and/or smell those disasters? Australia would be bad enough where everything conspired to kill you. Can you imagine the filth and disease in India? Why bother?

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2026 06:45 PM (O2GRA)

125 You might watch too much anime.
Posted by: Axeman

The setup sounds like the beginning of some of the best hentai. If it's by a lake or ocean, we can get the tentacles, too!

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 18, 2026 06:46 PM (THJS/)

126 I thought a progtard is somebody who spent too much of their life listening to Gentle Giant and Van Der Graaf Generator.

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 18, 2026 06:45 PM (/OKHJ)
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HEY!!

Wait. Define "too much".

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 06:46 PM (Fi81e)

127 124
"The Internet is forever" only applies to nasty, subhuman right-wingers. All AOC's previous statements are inoperative.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 06:45 PM (O0L8i)

Wasn't it the Nazis who declared Year Zero? Huh.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2026 06:46 PM (O2GRA)

128 whippit

*polite cough*

Whippet
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 06:43 PM (O0L8i)
Almost got it.
-Devo

Posted by: Bete at August 18, 2026 06:47 PM (LX4y3)

129 *We collectively agree Hitler was the worst person and that if you could kill baby Hitler you would ✅

*BUT it was unreasonable (and un-Christian) for Dietrich Bonhoeffer to attempt to kill Hitler as an adult during WWII ✅

Wants to kill innocent children, but doesn't want to kill objectively evil adults?

Well. If we didn't already know that Tuq'r was a Democrat, this would definitively prove it.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 18, 2026 06:47 PM (vJrRc)

130 "Can you imagine the filth and disease in India? Why bother?"

Business travel, maybe.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 06:47 PM (Jr5Lq)

131 Posted by: History at August 18, 2026 06:43 PM (cdPyt

They didn't just attack Pearl.

They attacked the Philippines which alone would have gotten us in the war.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 06:47 PM (KC5Lt)

132 "Wasn't it the Nazis who declared Year Zero?"

Jacobins before them.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 06:48 PM (Jr5Lq)

133
I don't care if people wear masks in public. It's the ones wearing the muzzie bags that concern me.

Posted by: four seasons at August 18, 2026 06:48 PM (/QHx4)

134 This is the impetus behind "Indigenous Ways of Knowledge" you'll hear sometimes.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 06:44 PM (0Ppf4)

Somehow those Indigenous Ways of Knowledge didn't manage to invent the wheel or written language, but hey, who am I to judge?

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2026 06:48 PM (O2GRA)

135 OK... weird... even with all the Covid crap that has come out???

Just went to the grocery store and saw 4 different Women wearing masks...
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 18, 2026 06:10 PM (mP0Kj)

Because most people don't pay a bit of attention to anything outside their little bubble. Why we get the politicians we have. We, here, are an extreme exception. The average person? Nothing.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 18, 2026 06:49 PM (hmYU4)

136 131 "Can you imagine the filth and disease in India? Why bother?"

Business travel, maybe.
Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 06:47 PM (Jr5Lq)

Zoom, FTW.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2026 06:49 PM (O2GRA)

137 Starting to detect a pattern - terrorism runs in families. Haniyeh was the nephew of Ismail Haniyeh who was taken out in a Mossad strike in Tehran.

Posted by: beckster at August 18, 2026 06:49 PM (kX27y)

138
Can you imagine the filth and disease in India? Why bother?
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2026 06:45 PM (O2GRA)

It's romantic. It's where AWFLs go for spiritual self-discovery (see: The Darjeeling Limited).

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 06:49 PM (O0L8i)

139 So no love for boobs tonight. Sad.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 06:49 PM (77rzZ)

140 The funny thing about the 'moderate out comms' is it's poseur speak. He's a hipster communist.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2026 06:44 PM (zZu0s)

comms is *military* posting, to add to the collection. He wears Mao suit jackets too for added commie comedy. He wants to join all the sects of communism at once - Marxian, Soviet, CCP, Pol Pot, Mao, Castroism...

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 06:49 PM (uhVAy)

141 You couldn't pay me enoto go to India

Besides, my area is turning into India

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2026 06:50 PM (Ia/+0)

142 Zoom, FTW.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2026 06:49 PM (O2GRA)
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Eh. Not always.

Posted by: Jeffrey Toobin' at August 18, 2026 06:50 PM (Fi81e)

143
See #49. They are using it like a hotel because Spain can't legally kick them out without a long drawn out formal process. Free meals and a bed.

Posted by: Orson
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NGOs/Red Cross are over there passing out cartoon pamphlets explaining what to do - what words to say - etc to get a stay in the country. Most of them want to transit through to England where they get more benny's.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 06:51 PM (Cq/ve)

144
Wasn't it the Nazis who declared Year Zero? Huh.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2026 06:46 PM (O2GRA)

Europeans, in general, think their social history starts in 1945. On the other hand, Americans can be bludgeoned for things that happened even before there was a United States.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 06:51 PM (O0L8i)

145 Can you imagine the filth and disease in India? Why bother?
Posted by: tcn in AK

I read on X that India has more deaths from explosive diarrhea every day than all the school shooting in the US, ever. If it's not right, it should be.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 18, 2026 06:51 PM (l26NL)

146 He wants to join all the sects of communism at once - Marxian, Soviet, CCP, Pol Pot, Mao, Castroism...
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I wonder how many communists under the age of 40 could provide even a 100 word summary of Pol Pot (that wasn't just 98 words of stalling for time)?

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2026 06:52 PM (TN0g+)

147 I admit I liked both those movies though. Sort of how I also enjoy a good prison movie.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 06:52 PM (KC5Lt)

148 i couldn't have come up with this: piker said he didn't mean that americans deserved 9/1/1, he meant that america deserved 9/1/1

really
Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 18, 2026 06:17 PM (CWTWj)

Damn you dirt and trees!!! Damn you lakes and rivers? Go to hell all you moutains and prairies!

You America you bastard!!! While we Americans were living peacefully on you, you were causing 9/11!!!!

Bastard!!! You bastard landmass!!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at August 18, 2026 06:52 PM (iJfKG)

149 122 58m
BREAKING: David Morens, a former top NIAID senior advisor to Dr. Fauci, has pleaded GUILTY for conspiring to defraud the US by destroying/hiding federal records during the COVID pandemic.

Posted by: beckster at August 18, 2026 06:42 PM (kX27y)

_____________________________

Today's lesson is about "everyone getting an ice cream".

If you are going to give the head of the department a Presidential Pardon. You should probably have considered giving one to his Senior Advisor as well.

People hold a grudge when they don't get "ice cream" and the short annoying egotist gets a big ass bowl.

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 06:52 PM (dIske)

150
I read on X that India has more deaths from explosive diarrhea every day than all the school shooting in the US, ever

Those are just lower-caste nobodies. Like they never existed.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 06:52 PM (O0L8i)

151 Two girls on Youtube being catty about his ugly designer clothes got him to flip his entire image to wearing a suit and tie all the time to impress them.

He's a symptom, not the disease.
Posted by: Oldcat

That was hilarious XD

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 18, 2026 06:52 PM (vJrRc)

152 You couldn't pay me enoto go to India
Posted by: Skip

My wife's nephew announced he's getting married in New York. I won't even go there.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 18, 2026 06:53 PM (l26NL)

153 Year Zero was big with the Khmer Rouge when they killed a quarter of the Cambodian population

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 06:54 PM (rp63B)

154 comms is *military* posting, to add to the collection. He wears Mao suit jackets too for added commie comedy. He wants to join all the sects of communism at once - Marxian, Soviet, CCP, Pol Pot, Mao, Castroism...
Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 06:49 PM (uhVAy)

Are leather overcoat far away (if he has not done it?) A little NKVD style. Or Cheka.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2026 06:54 PM (zZu0s)

155 I admit I liked both those movies though. Sort of how I also enjoy a good prison movie.
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Eh, the only good prison movies have Sybil Danning in the cast.

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2026 06:54 PM (TN0g+)

156 I wonder how many communists under the age of 40 could provide even a 100 word summary of Pol Pot (that wasn't just 98 words of stalling for time)?
Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2026 06:52 PM (TN0g

Who?

Posted by: Young American Commie at August 18, 2026 06:55 PM (KC5Lt)

157 Indians smell bad enough here. Why in the holy fuck would I willingly go to India and subject myself to millions of them simultaneously?

Posted by: ballistic at August 18, 2026 06:56 PM (oqH4h)

158
From what I saw in London, the Brit Chick with the Big Rack didn't need to go to India.

India is definitely coming to them.

Here in Texas too.

Next year they're changing the name form Dallas to New New Delhi..

Posted by: naturalfake at August 18, 2026 06:56 PM (iJfKG)

159 I find it funny that the conspiracy theorists always think that every death is the US government offing people for being inconvenient.

OK, they why is the "maryland dad" still around? Will no one rid us of this meddlesome grifter thug?

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 18, 2026 06:56 PM (/h0Lb)

160 Are leather overcoat far away (if he has not done it?) A little NKVD style. Or Cheka.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2026 06:54 PM (zZu0s)

I think I've seen him in a Soviet-ish Trench coat being out and about somewhere. Too warm for his streaming room in the mansion.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 06:56 PM (uhVAy)

161 Seen vids of India . The filth is stunning. The smell must be horrific. As much as the Taj Mahal or the Golden Temple would be interesting to see, no thanks

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 06:56 PM (rp63B)

162 Eh, the only good prison movies have Sybil Danning in the cast.
Posted by: Crusader

Sigh. Sybil Danning...

*gets far away look in his eye*

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 18, 2026 06:57 PM (l26NL)

163 149 i couldn't have come up with this: piker said he didn't mean that americans deserved 9/1/1, he meant that america deserved 9/1/1

really
Posted by: gnats local 678

He's Muslim, and excused a lot of rape during the Oct 7th attacks. If I were Columbia (avatar of America), I'd be concerned.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 18, 2026 06:57 PM (THJS/)

164 I wonder how many communists under the age of 40 could provide even a 100 word summary of Pol Pot (that wasn't just 98 words of stalling for time)?
Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2026 06:52 PM (TN0g

Who?
Posted by: Young American Commie at August 18, 2026 06:55 PM (KC5Lt)

Cambodia is fascinating, but it is just a microcosm of almost the exact same thing happening in Russia and China. Youthful zeal. Just going psychotically too far in a kind of mania leading to a shitload of people dead. The Nazis were different, less mania once they offed the SA and more deliberate. Planned. German.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2026 06:57 PM (zZu0s)

165 On the sidebar -- I said that zodiac story was a load of crap at the time.
And what is chromatic aberration? I don't recall that at all.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 18, 2026 06:58 PM (/h0Lb)

166 I'm not going to fly and a boat to India is right out. I don't really want to go anywhere but the farm anyway. Maybe Texas once a year. And a road trip or two. But not to Canada.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 06:58 PM (MWfyi)

167 Eh, the only good prison movies have Sybil Danning in the cast.
Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2026 06:54 PM (TN0g+)

I like boobs but...

Brubaker
An Innocent Man
Cool Hand Luke
Escape from Alcatraz
Papillon

Posted by: Young American Commie at August 18, 2026 06:58 PM (KC5Lt)

168
I find it funny that the conspiracy theorists always think that every death is the US government offing people for being inconvenient.

Talk about self-flattery. Like, you really think you're so important that the government is going to come after you?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 06:59 PM (O0L8i)

169 Pol Pot? I don't do anything with pots. I use Door Dash.

Posted by: DSA trust-funder at August 18, 2026 06:59 PM (/OKHJ)

170 That smear job has got to worth a couple mortgage payments. Great job Acer!!!

Posted by: Jumpininhere at August 18, 2026 07:00 PM (P0xXg)

171 I suppose they still dump dead their dead ancestors in the river in India. Just that is enough to put me off.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 07:00 PM (MWfyi)

172 LOVE the meme of Sec Rubio! Thankfully he probably laughs, too, as he has a good sense of humor.

The chicka going to India alone. No pity. It is not 1970 and you are going to enlighten yourself with a guru with no knowledge of the poverty or cows. You were very lucky. The greasy slut strands are lovely.

I feel so badly for the citizens of Ceuta. More are sadly coming. Hideous.

If there is ever a photo of Carlson not looking constipated with thoughtful furrowed brows and his plaid shirts I'd like to see it. I don't listen to him at all as I look at still photos. He also looks to have BO somehow. Sweaty. I suppose from wearing the same shirt. He may need armpit guards.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2026 07:00 PM (hzuYO)

173 On the sidebar -- I said that zodiac story was a load of crap at the time.
And what is chromatic aberration? I don't recall that at all.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 18, 2026 06:58 PM (/h0Lb)

chromatic aberration is an effect you can get in a lens or telescope where the different colors in white light split up because they have different wavelengths and so things can appear to have colored fringes.

Not sure how that feeds into the Black Dahlia though.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 07:01 PM (uhVAy)

174 AOC vs Kamala in Democrat debates before and during primary season will be very entertaining. Two airheads in a vicious verbal battle to personally belittle and slander each other, and outbid each other for freebies to the Dem base.

Posted by: Gref at August 18, 2026 07:01 PM (5rh/l)

175 Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge were Maoists on steroids.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 07:01 PM (rp63B)

176 But, all the really manic ones all have ignorance as a common theme. And a leader who instigated a lot of shit.

Pol Pot was even worse because he did not even seem animated by revolutionary zeal, just wanted to keep his job (and head.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2026 07:01 PM (zZu0s)

177 "He also looks to have BO somehow. Sweaty. I suppose from wearing the same shirt."

He's a rugged outdoorsman this year.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 07:02 PM (Jr5Lq)

178 I wonder how many communists under the age of 40 could provide even a 100 word summary of Pol Pot (that wasn't just 98 words of stalling for time)?
Posted by: Crusader

That wasn't real communism.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 18, 2026 07:02 PM (THJS/)

179 India looks nasty.

I think they have a very real problem getting people to work in sewage treatment because of the ingrained caste system.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 18, 2026 07:03 PM (2Ez/1)

180 Quickly sped past the video of the Hamas killing babies.

I cannot deal with that.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2026 07:03 PM (hzuYO)

181
Pol Pot was even worse because he did not even seem animated by revolutionary zeal, just wanted to keep his job (and head.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2026 07:01 PM (zZu0s)

Educated in France. This explains a lot.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 07:03 PM (O0L8i)

182 Pol Pot would have sent Hasan Piker to the rice fields.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 07:03 PM (2GVsD)

183 If there is ever a photo of Carlson not looking constipated with thoughtful furrowed brows and his plaid shirts I'd like to see it. I don't listen to him at all as I look at still photos. He also looks to have BO somehow. Sweaty. I suppose from wearing the same shirt. He may need armpit guards.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2026 07:00 PM (hzuYO)

We will have to get ShoeOnHead and SmugAlana to mock his fashion choices too.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 07:03 PM (uhVAy)

184 There are some good (also horrifying) videos on the Khymer Rouge and Stalinist era Russia on ewetub.

Odd, not many on Maoist China...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2026 07:03 PM (zZu0s)

185
DoJ: And, I mean... just *look* at him.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison

That's all the criteria the damned commies use to hate on me, so yeah. Just *look* at him.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 18, 2026 07:04 PM (QVmho)

186 chromatic aberration is an effect you can get in a lens or telescope where the different colors in white light split up because they have different wavelengths and so things can appear to have colored fringes.

Not sure how that feeds into the Black Dahlia though.

Posted by: Oldcat

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Thanks, but I knew that bit. The part I don't know is how it is relevant to the sidebar discussion.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 18, 2026 07:04 PM (/h0Lb)

187
I told you guys that one of those DSA refugees had written a book , and she says that AOC is a timid, unoriginal go along to get alonger.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at August 18, 2026 07:04 PM (XJ22o)

188 I recently learned the term "Jeet" which is evidently a slur against Indians. I have no idea if it means anything beyond that. I use it a lot now, especially watching the Food Channel.
Posted by: Blutarski

Short for Pajeet. Came from 4 chan.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 07:04 PM (E4rtv)

189 Pol Pot would have sent Hasan Piker to the rice fields.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 07:03 PM (2GVsD)

Pol Pot sent everyone to the rice fields. The people IN the rice fields had no idea what to do with the entire urban population, so most of them died.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 07:04 PM (uhVAy)

190 Smug Alan has to tread carefully.

She just got a seven-day suspension for reacting to someone killing mosquitos.

Carlson is blood sucking mosquito.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 07:05 PM (2GVsD)

191 I bet most commies under the age of 30 don't know who Che Guevara is either. He had his American commie hero 15 minutes of fame 20 years ago.

Posted by: Young American Commie at August 18, 2026 07:05 PM (KC5Lt)

192 Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge were Maoists on steroids.
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Exactly. I feel like it would be the easiest and most straight-forward history lesson to teach because the "scale" of their attrocities is easy enough for even normal people to "get".

The point could be as simple as "This small country had 8 million people. Because they weren't happy with how things were distributed, by ignorance, arrogance and murderous zeal they killed 2 million of those people, a full 25% of the population."

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2026 07:05 PM (TN0g+)

193 If there is ever a photo of Carlson not looking constipated with thoughtful furrowed brows and his plaid shirts I'd like to see it. I don't listen to him at all as I look at still photos. He also looks to have BO somehow. Sweaty. I suppose from wearing the same shirt. He may need armpit guards.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

The BO is probably stale alcohol. Tucker and his bro Buckley (not the son Buckley) have a problem with it.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 07:06 PM (E4rtv)

194 Such is the mind of the Effluent Female White Liberal.

Posted by:

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 07:06 PM (Cq/ve)

195
Diana wants her dinner. BRB.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 07:06 PM (O0L8i)

196 There are some good (also horrifying) videos on the Khymer Rouge and Stalinist era Russia on ewetub.

Odd, not many on Maoist China...
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2026 07:03 PM (zZu0s)

The Black Book of Communism is a equal opportunity info source. 1000 pages or near enough.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 07:06 PM (uhVAy)

197 Effluent Female White Liberal.

Fan of the Dave Matthews band?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 07:07 PM (2GVsD)

198 162 Seen vids of India . The filth is stunning. The smell must be horrific. As much as the Taj Mahal or the Golden Temple would be interesting to see, no thanks
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Eh, probably get a virtual tour online. I do that a lot with Biblical sites in Israel and elsewhere. Places I would never see if it wasn't for the magic of video.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 07:07 PM (E4rtv)

199 179 "He also looks to have BO somehow. Sweaty. I suppose from wearing the same shirt."

He's a rugged outdoorsman this year.
Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 07:02 PM (Jr5Lq)
***********
If he has embraced the eeslamic madness (through demons or UFO alien probes) he does not wear deodorant. They don't. I know this from working with a MD and riding a train with a couple and womman in a burka in Belgium

I realize these two incidences are not a true anthropology study and I don't care.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2026 07:07 PM (hzuYO)

200
I wonder how many communists under the age of 40 could provide even a 100 word summary of Pol Pot (that wasn't just 98 words of stalling for time)?
Posted by: Crusader
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That wasn't real communism.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar

Dark humor is like food. Not everyone gets it.
- Stalin

Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 18, 2026 07:08 PM (QVmho)

201 Seen vids of India . The filth is stunning. The smell must be horrific. As much as the Taj Mahal or the Golden Temple would be interesting to see, no thanks
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Eh, probably get a virtual tour online. I do that a lot with Biblical sites in Israel and elsewhere. Places I would never see if it wasn't for the magic of video.
Posted by: whig

The LEGO Taj Mahal is good enough for me.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 07:08 PM (YZ0Fo)

202 I recently found Dikotter's "Mao's Great Famine" on good recommendation.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 07:08 PM (Jr5Lq)

203 I recently learned the term "Jeet" which is evidently a slur against Indians. I have no idea if it means anything beyond that. I use it a lot now, especially watching the Food Channel.
Posted by: Blutarski

Short for Pajeet. Came from 4 chan.
Posted by: whig

Allegedly the suffix "jeet" had some kind of highly complimentary meaning in their own language.

But the SJWs are terribly offended on their behalf

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 18, 2026 07:09 PM (vJrRc)

204 Srebrinica is more than twenty years in the past.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 07:09 PM (2GVsD)

205 Srebrinica is more than twenty years in the past.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 07:09 PM

The Teenaged Witch?

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 18, 2026 07:10 PM (idC0m)

206 Off red sock

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 07:11 PM (KC5Lt)

207 *siddles far far away from Toby*

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 07:11 PM (2GVsD)

208 194 I bet most commies under the age of 30 don't know who Che Guevara is either. He had his American commie hero 15 minutes of fame 20 years ago.
Posted by: Young American Commie
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All of them are stupid about communism and socialism. It is almost 35 years before the USSR ceased to exist and the Wall came down in 89.

Britain's Labor Party running the UK into a ditch from socialism was in the 70's and thus almost fifty years ago, Sweden retrenching on socialism due to currency problems, the 1990's.

It is time to blow all the NGOs up and tax them heavily and apply the same regulating hand of the state on them as it does on small business.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 07:11 PM (E4rtv)

209 The point could be as simple as "This small country had 8 million people. Because they weren't happy with how things were distributed, by ignorance, arrogance and murderous zeal they killed 2 million of those people, a full 25% of the population."

But its "hard" to grok 25% of a population just offed. So - as you saw a few posts ago - some just choose to move on past.

That's key. That's really important. That's how you start to understand how people work.
Posted by: History at August 18, 2026 07:07 PM (cdPyt)

The Climax of Pol Pot was that he decided Urban Living was bad so he had the military frog-march the entire Urban population out into the rest of the countryside to live better. Including the occupants of hospitals - get walking, or die. Then when they got to their destination there were some fields where they were plunked down and told to farm. No tools, no shelter, no food.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 07:12 PM (uhVAy)

210 97 It’s kind of obvious that some big dem donors have looked around at the field for ‘28, and despaired. So they picked AOC as the most malleable of a bad bunch and they’re trying to play Henry Higgins with her. (Or I should say, ‘Enery ‘Iggins!”
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 18, 2026 06:36 PM (52Iog)''

AOC the Eliza Doolittle of the Democrat party? "Wouldn't it be loverly?"

Posted by: Joemarine at August 18, 2026 07:12 PM (y171U)

211 The LEGO Taj Mahal is good enough for me.
Posted by: BruceWayne

You have to get the dung brick Legos though for a complete experience. Easy to pick them out by smell.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 07:12 PM (E4rtv)

212 "Eh, probably get a virtual tour online. I do that a lot with Biblical sites in Israel and elsewhere. Places I would never see if it wasn't for the magic of video."

You should watch it using my new invention, Smell-o-vision!

Posted by: Hubert J Farnsworth at August 18, 2026 07:13 PM (zBgIx)

213 The Climax of Pol Pot, sounds like a sequel to the Climax of Mao Tse-tung on Little Girls.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 07:14 PM (2GVsD)

214 Any country that uses “ night soil” on their fields I shall not visit. I shannot.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 07:14 PM (Gqar8)

215 "dung brick Legos"

Less painful to step on, yet worse in other ways.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 07:14 PM (Jr5Lq)

216 My wife's company keeps telling her she will need to travel to India due to the company moving a call center over there. The trip keeps getting delayed, thankfully. While she and others from her team are there they will not only be chauffeured everywhere, they will have a chaperone. They don't go anywhere without either.

Posted by: Turn 2 at August 18, 2026 07:15 PM (3Dy5F)

217 If you smoke Pol Pot, you go out of your mind.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 07:15 PM (ndZc7)

218 Jeet means "victory" I believe. Pajeet kind of signifies loser

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 07:15 PM (rp63B)

219 The Climax of Pol Pot was that he decided Urban Living was bad so he had the military frog-march the entire Urban population out into the rest of the countryside to live better. Including the occupants of hospitals - get walking, or die. Then when they got to their destination there were some fields where they were plunked down and told to farm. No tools, no shelter, no food.
Posted by: Oldcat

That is what you get with Turd Worlders interpreting as students their nasty teachers who were pedo French deconstructionists. Chou Enlai was about the only one exposed to French education that was not as murderous as the others Asian commies.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 07:15 PM (E4rtv)

220 Never have had any desire to visit the “ Holy Land”. Funny that, I suppose. Certainly has raised eyebrows at my church when I opined.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 07:16 PM (Gqar8)

221 Any country that uses “ night soil” on their fields I shall not visit. I shannot.
Posted by: tubal

It'd be okay if they bothered to compost it first...

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 18, 2026 07:16 PM (vJrRc)

222 "The Climax of Pol Pot was that he decided Urban Living was bad so he had the military frog-march the entire Urban population out into the rest of the countryside to live better."

He had me at abolition of money.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 07:16 PM (Jr5Lq)

223 India is a nuclear third world country but during Covid they had the sense to ignore the scam and distributed Ivermectin which saved millions from suffering.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 07:16 PM (KC5Lt)

224 Speaking of dung brinks, has Gaylord's Flak Tower and Bathhouse collapsed?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 07:16 PM (2GVsD)

225 My current thinking is that the US got into Vietnam originally to settle accounts with France, since the French wanted their gold back from deposit in NY and Johnson did not want to give it up since he already had sent a fair amount of the US gold reserve to London to defend the Dollar against the ongoing arbitrage due to the undervalued gold in the Bretton Woods convention.
De Gaulle was making mighty noises about getting the Gold back at one point, and then he got quiet.
Then after France lost Algiers and pissed all the retired FFL settled there, the US lost all interest in continuing in Vietnam

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2026 07:17 PM (rbvCR)

226 Sidebar Item:
Months ago, I reported that the final Zodiac cypher had been cracked and the name of the killer revealed. And the name of the killer turned out to be someone suspected in the unsolved Black Dahlia murder. The general tone of my mention of this was "serious you guys, this is real."
Well, it's not real. It's total bullshit.

That's too bad. The bullshit story was totally more interesting.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at August 18, 2026 07:17 PM (syz1S)

227 Posted by: Turn 2 at August 18, 2026 07:15 PM (3Dy5F)

Have her watch Outsourced. I enjoyed it.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 07:18 PM (KC5Lt)

228 Zodiac Killer. Have to read up a little on that some day.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 07:18 PM (Gqar8)

229 But the SJWs are terribly offended on their behalf
Posted by: FeatherBlade
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They need to stay in their ghetto reddit and never come out of it. And the rest of the world needs to lock them in, pour gasoline over the reddit servers, and burn the whole thing down. Killing it with fire is the only way to make sure it doesn't regrow.

Those types would get the vapors from gamer boards or even X comments. And they would have a stroke coming into these threads.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 07:18 PM (E4rtv)

230 Nood Moose cafe!

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 18, 2026 07:18 PM (vJrRc)

231 I've been to India one time. I vowed to never return. It was, absolutely, exhausting.

Despite someone's classification as a "safe" country, it is anything but. Pickpocket teams are everywhere. Duo motorcyclist snatch and grab teams are on every single side road (even in the Cities). There is human shit all over the place, mostly from kids who run around naked with no supervision (between 4 and 10 years old).

You walk around with your head on a swivel, or you become a mark....or step in something regretable. The smells are horrific, and sanatation services leave much to be desired. Then again, there is a whole class of people who do their shopping in the trash. 30% of the country still doesn't have indoor plumbing. And, up, don't go down to the nearest rivers or you're likely to see how their sewer system actually works.

I hated India. The cops are pricks and likely retarded as a group. And, if you get back to your hotel with all your personal items, and clean shoes, it was a banner day. Now, you only have to wait for the soup du jour terrorist group to try and take over your luxury hotel. Never going back. Ever.

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 07:18 PM (dIske)

232 Nood Cafe

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2026 07:19 PM (hzuYO)

233 Never have had any desire to visit the “ Holy Land”. Funny that, I suppose. Certainly has raised eyebrows at my church when I opined.
Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 07:16 PM (Gqar

I did visit the Israeli coast when the IDF bought some coprocessors from us. We were a bit north of Jaffa's old fort. It was one of those years Lebanon was getting sporty and shelling/launching missiles into the North of Israel.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 07:19 PM (uhVAy)

234 >>>A doctor in Ceuta is almost crying on live television.

Almost crying? Yeah, I'm almost crying too. Almost.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at August 18, 2026 07:19 PM (syz1S)

235 For those of you unclear on the concept, 10/7: not genocide, Israel in Gaza: genocide. Also, Jews in NYC: genocide.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 07:21 PM (ndZc7)

236 A lot of British women have great racks. Must be something in the water.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
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No, it's genetics.
And "great" is a subjective term, only valid, IMNSHO, if you believe that "Quantity has a quality all its own".
Water balloons.
Perky ceases to apply to Brit boobs about 6 months after menarche.
I could be wrong. I'm extrapolating from a limited, although not trivial, personal sample more than decades old.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 18, 2026 07:22 PM (r9XTa)

237
It's 9/11
9/1/1 is a phone number

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2026 07:24 PM (Cqx++)

238
So it's universal about India, then.

I had friends that had business there 20 years ago and cobbled on a tourist excursion for the wives; all of the above was duly reported but the there's also an arrogance and contempt that seemed to meet them wherever they went.

Posted by: Auspex at August 18, 2026 07:26 PM (Y8DZL)

239 Has Tucker Carlson been hanging out with “Professor” Ed Dutton?

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2026 07:42 PM (jPziU)

240 Then after France lost Algiers and pissed all the retired FFL settled there, the US lost all interest in continuing in Vietnam
Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2026 07:17 PM (rbvCR)

Except that the U.S. didn’t withdraw from Vietnam in 1962.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2026 07:46 PM (jPziU)

241 Alyssa Farrah Griffin voted for Kamala Harris, so please excuse us all here if we raise an eyebrow, tilt our heads and mockingly say "REALLY NOW?"

Posted by: Tracy at August 18, 2026 11:44 PM (0CLA9)

242 I still think Stalin was worse than Hitler.

We should have let the two of them fight it out and kill the winner.

I am a little ambivalent about this position.

My father did make it home from the real version of WWII.

Posted by: goatweed at August 19, 2026 01:14 AM (jK3NL)

Fantastic: Somali Immigrant Named "Oustanding Refugee Award for Entrepreneurship" by Minnesota Charged With Stealing US Taxpayer Money Through Medicaid Fraud (and Also Running a Sex Trafficking Ring)

It's almost as if a foreign pirate's idea of "entrepreneurship" and "hard work" is simply stealing from the Stupid Whiteys who took pity on him.

In 2021, Salman Ahmed Elmi was awarded the Outstanding Refugee Award for Entrepreneurship by the Minnesota Department of Human Services. Now, he's facing charges in connection with a Medicaid fraud scheme with alleged ties to a sex trafficking ring.

Elmi, a native of Somalia, was charged last week with three counts of aiding and abetting theft by swindle and five counts of aiding and abetting theft by false representation.
Prosecutors allege Elmi and three associates -- Frank Reeves, Viktoriya Komonash and Andrea Sampson -- ran four agencies that they used to bill more than $4.5 million to Medicaid since 2023. Those agencies were called Reva Health, Reva Autism, Helpful Housing and Homefelt Assisted Living.
Elmi and his associates allegedly recruited young women who were homeless or struggling with addiction, housing or finances. They then rented apartments in the women's names using fake pay stubs and enlisted them in a pay-for-sex scheme. Investigators say they've been tracking the alleged sex trafficking ring since 2019. Sampson and Reeves were arrested as part of the sex trafficking ring bust last week.

Well, that is certainly outstanding.

The group then began stealing victims' identities to bill Medicaid in their name, according to court filings.
Prosecutors say Elmi billed Medicaid for more than $1 million in services that were not provided or not eligible. He and his co-conspirators are accused of falsifying documents to get Medicaid reimbursements.
Elmi was released from custody on Monday, though a judge ordered him to surrender his passport and remain in Minnesota.

About that last part: Soros-connected "prosecutor" Steve Descano of ultra-blue Fairfax County, VA, helped an Islamist killer flee the country.

In yet another jaw-dropping illustration of soft-on-crime progressive "justice," Fairfax County's Soros-linked prosecutor Steve Descano reportedly pushed a judge to spring an illegal alien Islamic extremist -- already found not guilty by reason of insanity for fatally stabbing his landlord -- so the man could be driven to the Tajikistan embassy in Washington, D.C. for a foreign passport.
Not long after, the same killer was handed an unescorted 48-hour "weekend pass" from a Northern Virginia psych ward and promptly used it to board a one-way flight out of the country.
No, we're not making this up.

This story is INSANE...

The Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute released Abdulloi Toshpulodzoda, an ACCUSED KILLER, on a weekend pass DESPITE having a court order barring his release.

Toshpulodzoda then got on an international flight and FLED the country.

This institute� pic.twitter.com/fdmRHLguFC
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 17, 2026

"Outstanding Refugee" winner Salman Elmi was just arrested for $1 million in Medicaid fraud, 8 felonies, and a sex trafficking ring pic.twitter.com/t07e1p6uTr
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) August 18, 2026

We have reached the limits of what citizens can reasonably be asked to tolerate. George Soros and his minions and leftwing AWFL voters have brought this country to the absolute cracking point.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:00 PM

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1 Hey I just said that below!

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 05:00 PM (YZ0Fo)

2 Salman Elmi was a fast adapter of the democrat way.

Posted by: huerfano at August 18, 2026 05:00 PM (2Xqig)

3 Wow, he stole from the American Taxpayer.... and got an award?

You get more of what you reward, less of what you punish...

This is flat out a complete failure of Government...

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 18, 2026 05:00 PM (mP0Kj)

4 Been following a sex trafficking ring for 7 fucking years.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 05:01 PM (YZ0Fo)

5 Denaturalize and deport!

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 18, 2026 05:01 PM (vJrRc)

6 "Investigators say they've been tracking the alleged sex trafficking ring since 2019."

Wheels of justice grind sloowwllyy.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 05:01 PM (Jr5Lq)

7 9th?

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at August 18, 2026 05:01 PM (GMWTj)

8 The brother-husband of Ilhan Omar is named Ahmed Elmi.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at August 18, 2026 05:02 PM (+ovo7)

9 Elmi, a native of Somalia
......

Shoulda changed his name to Elmo.

Posted by: wth at August 18, 2026 05:02 PM (UjdFS)

10 "Outstanding Refugee" winner Salman Elmi was just arrested for $1 million in Medicaid fraud, 8 felonies, and a sex trafficking ring"

Just doing the fraud that Americans wont do.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 18, 2026 05:03 PM (cpFbA)

11 This is what Democrats want. It's what they reward.

Posted by: Bete at August 18, 2026 05:04 PM (LX4y3)

12 Fantastic: Somali Immigrant Named "Oustanding Refugee Award for Entrepreneurship" by Minnesota Charged With Stealing US Taxpayer Money Through Medicaid Fraud (and Also Running a Sex Trafficking Ring)

It was a prerequisite for entry into the contest. -- Head Judge, Outstanding Refugee Award for Entrepreneurship Coalition

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 05:04 PM (ExV1e)

13 I got nothing (printable) to say.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2026 05:04 PM (VyBeY)

14 Tickle me, Elmi

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2026 05:04 PM (Cqx++)

15 Shoulda changed his name to Sal Bass.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 05:04 PM (YZ0Fo)

16 apparently it is remunerative to be a Leftist Lawn Jockey.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2026 05:05 PM (rbvCR)

17 >>>>>Not long after, the same killer was handed an unescorted 48-hour "weekend pass" from a Northern Virginia psych ward

I don't see the problem here.

Posted by: Michael Dukakis at August 18, 2026 05:05 PM (/OKHJ)

18 I don't want them deported, I want them shot.

I am talking about the bitch ass AWFL gov. workers who created this stupid award and gave it to this invader.

I want the invaders on a pike lining the border and runways as a warning.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 18, 2026 05:05 PM (rlyjS)

19 Hey, let nobody say that Muslims just groom girls and rape women. Link on name

Posted by: 88C+u at August 18, 2026 05:05 PM (88C+u)

20 Fantastic: Somali Immigrant Named "Oustanding Refugee Award for Entrepreneurship" by Minnesota Charged With Stealing US Taxpayer Money Through Medicaid Fraud (and Also Running a Sex Trafficking Ring)
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He stands out.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 05:05 PM (Fi81e)

21 Outstanding in his field

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 18, 2026 05:06 PM (Ydd86)

22 White people are icky. And stole everything.

There, that makes it all better gooder, right?

Posted by: man at August 18, 2026 05:06 PM (XuXeR)

23 Toshpulodzoda then got on an international flight and FLED the country.

Great work by the immigration gate officials at the airports!

Stand up proud TSA, you can't even flag a murder flight risk when they walk within inches of you.

About that surveillance state. Fact or Rumor?

Posted by: Community Notes at August 18, 2026 05:06 PM (/TiS1)

24 Really don't like that Toshapalooza guy.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 05:07 PM (Fi81e)

25 "Toshpulodzoda"

Where's the onomastician when we need him? He was just here.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 05:07 PM (Jr5Lq)

26 Elmi"

It's a tribal name. Tossed around like popcorn

Posted by: man at August 18, 2026 05:08 PM (XuXeR)

27 Awesome!

I want an award, too! For not ripping off the government and being good! Where is my award?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2026 05:08 PM (hzuYO)

28 Can i get an unexpectedly!!! ...

Posted by: Adriane the Critically Critical Critic . . . at August 18, 2026 05:08 PM (3ZUWJ)

29 I want the invaders on a pike lining the border and runways as a warning.

The LORD blessed this nation with countless feral dogs and hogs, why aren't we feeding them?

Posted by: Community Notes at August 18, 2026 05:08 PM (/TiS1)

30 Abdulloi Toshpulodzoda
.....

You'd think these names alone would set off warning sirens and red flashing lights, shut automatic locking doors, and disperse knockout gas.

Posted by: wth at August 18, 2026 05:08 PM (UjdFS)

31 When the Cato Institute praises the entrepreneuriak spirit of migrants, remind them of the entrepreneuring their set of Ardays are doing.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2026 05:09 PM (rMjpp)

32 Toshapullpudza.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 05:09 PM (Fi81e)

33 Abdulloi Toshpulodzoda
.....

You'd think these names alone would set off warning sirens and red flashing lights, shut automatic locking doors, and disperse knockout gas.
Posted by: wth at

Nah. More American than you and me.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 05:09 PM (YZ0Fo)

34 9 Elmi, a native of Somalia
......

Shoulda changed his name to Elmo.

not certain why, but this comment tickled me.

Posted by: anachronda at August 18, 2026 05:09 PM (v3pYe)

35 For an immigrant from a low to no trust society, that is an outstanding achievement.

Posted by: Cheri at August 18, 2026 05:10 PM (oiNtH)

36 The decision to kick him to the curb looks better than ever this week after Cornyn staffer Jacob Smith left his job with the veteran Republican lawmaker to work with Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico in the role of deputy policy director.

Posted by: SMOD at August 18, 2026 05:10 PM (wfdbg)

37 13. Same. I got nothing to say that I'd want read back in court by a Soros-backed persecutor

The daily news is just an advertisement for vigilantism at this point.

Hitting all the buttons, all the time.

Want to be clear:

Not ace's or the Cobs fault for covering the fire. They didn't set it. They are just letting us know how close the fire is to our houses now.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 18, 2026 05:10 PM (bwOhD)

38 Barkeep: "We don't get a lot of Tajiks in here."
Toshpulodzoda: "With you serving this crappy arak, I should hope not."

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 05:10 PM (Jr5Lq)

39 >>We have reached the limits of what citizens can reasonably be asked to tolerate. George Soros and his minions and leftwing AWFL voters have brought this country to the absolute cracking point.

We could use a man like Augusto Pinochet again.

In fact. We could use a dozen or so of him.

Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2026 05:10 PM (j09bD)

40 Traffick-me Elmi.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 05:10 PM (Fi81e)

41 Minnesota has officially turned into a shit state. Either get the state cleaned up or kick them out of the country. So tired of their bullshit. Their "governor" should have been thrown in jail over a year ago.

Posted by: Case at August 18, 2026 05:10 PM (VrYHL)

42 The LORD blessed this nation with countless feral dogs and hogs, why aren't we feeding them?
Posted by: Community Notes

the feral hogs are invasive, so it wasn't the LORD who "blessed" us with those but the Europeans.
dogs (canids) seem to be indigenous to North America, yes,

Posted by: 88C+u at August 18, 2026 05:10 PM (88C+u)

43 "Investigators say they've been tracking the alleged sex trafficking ring since 2019."

How else are "investigators" going to find all of the good parties?

Posted by: Community Notes at August 18, 2026 05:10 PM (/TiS1)

44 32 lolrofl!

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 05:11 PM (Jr5Lq)

45 > Toshpulodzoda

Sounds like that big music festival started by the Jane's Addiction dude.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 18, 2026 05:11 PM (IG3/x)

46 I never had "our" government importing these bastards en masse on my radar. I knew they were sick fucks, but I thought there were certain lines that everyone knew wouldn't be crossed.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 05:11 PM (0Ppf4)

47 Mister, we could use a man like Vladimir Tepes again.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 05:11 PM (Fi81e)

48 Pinochet is beginning to look like a moderate

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2026 05:11 PM (rMjpp)

49 Toshpulodzodapaloozagomboo

The new Mary Poppins song!

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is raciss

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2026 05:11 PM (hzuYO)

50 Bro, there's a lot of ruin in a nation.

And a lotta coke at Penn State.

Posted by: Adam Smith, updated at August 18, 2026 05:11 PM (anL5R)

51 Don't take Toshpulodzoda if you are allergic to Toshpulodzoda.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 05:12 PM (Jr5Lq)

52 I get that Minnesota is liberal, but I have to think even liberal Democrat that is somewhat "normal" are somewhat sickned their state has been hijacked by these people.

Posted by: Leupold at August 18, 2026 05:12 PM (E2KzW)

53 I don't see this story on the Star Tribune web site. The lead story and another one are about this:

Minnesota sues Texas governor over delayed handover of ICE agent charged in shooting
Christian Castro, the federal agent accused of shooting Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis during Operation Metro Surge, has been held in a Texas jail for nearly three months.

Posted by: beckster at August 18, 2026 05:12 PM (kX27y)

54 so Trip Advisor tells me that a flight from Dulles to Dushanbe is roughly between $1,000 and $5,000.
How does a mental patient pay that at the drop of a hat, did he get a wild discount by getting a standby ticket, and so cover it with his Commissary account card?

I would find who paid it, and if it was Embassy personnel, PNG the SOB, otherwise prosecute.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2026 05:12 PM (rbvCR)

55 Pinochet:
Liberte
Velocite
Gravite

Posted by: sifty boones at August 18, 2026 05:13 PM (bwOhD)

56 This is just the guy they caught. There are many many more.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 05:13 PM (MWfyi)

57

I spent nineteen eighty to twenty nineteen working in every third fourth and fifth world shithole.

Somalis are the most vile, disgusting subhuman pieces of s*** on the planet.

Haitians are a close second.

Posted by: Pendulating Richard at August 18, 2026 05:13 PM (5X7At)

58 > 47 Mister, we could use a man like Vladimir Tepes again.
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 05:11 PM (Fi81e)

Agreed.

Posted by: Charles "Charlie the Hammer" Martel at August 18, 2026 05:13 PM (IG3/x)

59
Isn't Illhan Omar's surname Elmi?

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 18, 2026 05:13 PM (OkYzo)

60 Posted by: SMOD at August 18, 2026 05:10 PM (wfdbg)
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Dude...do you even read the blog? That was covered in depth three threads ago.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 05:13 PM (FZ29D)

61 Toshpulodzodapaloozagomboo

The new Mary Poppins song!

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is raciss
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2026 05:11 PM (hzuYO)
---
Super California Mystic Expert Halitosis. -- A Punchline.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 05:13 PM (Fi81e)

62 Elmi was released from custody on Monday, though a judge ordered him to surrender his passport and remain in Minnesota.

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

That's rather silly, let him escape and make sure he can't come back. I can say with confidence that he will not pay for his crimes and if he escapes then he is no longer our problem.

Posted by: Decaf at August 18, 2026 05:14 PM (ZNpJk)

63 Just to type, some of my good ideas --

- after 9/11, I really thought they should take the steel columns, cut them up, and put a memorial for each person killed, in their home town, country, or city (except anyone who lived in muslim country) they should have been the height of the person, and laser cut with name, DOB, location when killed, etc.

- I think Ukraine should have saved up all the turrets they blew off of Russian tanks and used them to line the border. Standing on the barrel like a lollipop as reminder.

- And I think any muslim in the country who talks about "taking over" and conquering the USA should be deemed an enemy spy, and put on a pike at the border.

These are 3 of my ideas. I have many more.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 18, 2026 05:14 PM (rlyjS)

64 Lollapalooza Hullabaloo

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2026 05:14 PM (Cqx++)

65 Remember its not an accident they let these people loose to loot, rape and murder.

That's what they want them to do.

More fear = more control for the government. Why do you think we have flock cameras everywhere but every thug gets a revolving door with prison?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 05:14 PM (sKqQm)

66 There are what, some 100 cartel judges eagerly preventing us--we the people--from stopping any of this?

They call it "upholding the law" while they laugh at us as their political allies loot us and destroy the country.

The Restore America Agenda:
- end the fake voting filibuster
- pass the SAVE Act
- end birthright citizenship
- defund the judiciary

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2026 05:14 PM (3cUTc)

67 Trip Advisor tells me that a flight from Dulles to Dushanbe is roughly between $1,000 and $5,000.
How does a mental patient pay that at the drop of a hat, did he get a wild discount by getting a standby ticket, and so cover it with his Commissary account card?
==
He's got access to a lot of money. How do you think he got to stroll out of there???? You seriously think it was an oopsy?

Posted by: Mkay at August 18, 2026 05:14 PM (anL5R)

68
I'm always tuck in regular Traffic. Where is this Sex Traffic I keep hearing about?

Posted by: Bill Clinton at August 18, 2026 05:14 PM (OkYzo)

69 Nothing will happen.

Posted by: That Guy who sonorously intones "Nothing will happen." at August 18, 2026 05:15 PM (0sNs1)

70 And yet, the prosecutor and the judge walk the streets with nary a fear of any reprisal, let alone any fear of legal accountability. Well alrighty then. It appears we have chosen the form of our destructors.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 18, 2026 05:15 PM (3Ope8)

71 Minnesota is one fucked up place.

Posted by: Zombie Ted Baxter at August 18, 2026 05:15 PM (9WAJE)

72 I'm so fucking tired of being a sucker. And people want to give me shit about getting my paltry social security payments.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 05:15 PM (MWfyi)

73 How does a mental patient pay that at the drop of a hat, did he get a wild discount by getting a standby ticket, and so cover it with his Commissary account card?

Uncle Sugar paid for it. What cut outs were used doesn't matter much

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 05:16 PM (sKqQm)

74 So if Haitians eat the dogs, cats and ducks, what do the Somalis eat?

Posted by: wth at August 18, 2026 05:16 PM (UjdFS)

75
Thanks to GWB. You had such a great idea to bring in more of the people that killed thousands of Americans.

Posted by: four seasons at August 18, 2026 05:16 PM (/QHx4)

76 We have reached the limits of what citizens can reasonably be asked to tolerate. George Soros and his minions and leftwing AWFL voters have brought this country to the absolute cracking point.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:00 PM

And yet if history and polls are right its what there will be more of after November.

Posted by: Bete at August 18, 2026 05:16 PM (LX4y3)

77 "Not long after, the same killer was handed an unescorted 48-hour "weekend pass" from a Northern Virginia psych ward and promptly used it to board a one-way flight out of the country.

No, we're not making this up."

Am I supposed to be upset that we are not spending big money to house the pyscho killer in an american prison? Because I'm hoping he soon gets Sharia justice in his own country. Its not like he was going to be hanged in VA if they hadn't conspired to help him flee.

Posted by: PaleRider at August 18, 2026 05:16 PM (L7IP8)

78 > Where is this Sex Traffic I keep hearing about?
Posted by: Bill Clinton at August 18, 2026 05:14 PM (OkYzo)

I know, right? And where does this "Sexual Congress" group meet? I've been asking since I got here and no one seems to know.

Posted by: O'CrazyHo-Tittycaca at August 18, 2026 05:16 PM (IG3/x)

79 I'm always tuck in regular Traffic. Where is this Sex Traffic I keep hearing about?

Posted by: Bill Clinton at August 18, 2026 05:14 PM (OkYzo)
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Outside my Sex Farm.

Posted by: David St. Hubbins at August 18, 2026 05:17 PM (Fi81e)

80
Failures at every step.

6 - The Acquittee remained subject to this Court's Order...

7 - the Acquittee was permitted to leave to an apartment made available through the Fairfax Permanent Supportive Housing Program.

Who permitted him to leave? How? How was that even technically possible? It should have been blocked by some fricking Microsoft process management program. Why didn't the FPSHP have a list of conditions that barred admission? Among them, admittee is subject to a court's order to not leave inpatient hospitalization?

Badly designed processes up and down. There were people who saw this happening, saying "But we're leaving these holes!" and "We need to change the business rules!" and a bunch of dumb supervisors said "We're doing it this way" and here we are and no one will lose their job. Just a phone call, "Let's add a condition to that release form."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 05:17 PM (XJ22o)

81 ***Somali Immigrant Named "Oustanding Refugee Award for Entrepreneurship" by Minnesota Charged With Stealing US Taxpayer Money***
--

That's my boy.
_.Mohammed

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 05:18 PM (Cq/ve)

82 > what do the Somalis eat?
Posted by: wth at August 18, 2026 05:16 PM (UjdFS)

Each other.

That's why they stay so skinny even when provided with adequate food.

They don't want the nabes to start sizing them up for chops and roasts.

Posted by: O'CrazyHo-Tittycaca at August 18, 2026 05:18 PM (IG3/x)

83 They're just like gypsies. New town, new name.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 05:18 PM (Ot/FD)

84 If we had a mossad a lot of loose ends could be snipped.

Posted by: torabora at August 18, 2026 05:18 PM (yqtzJ)

85 So if Haitians eat the dogs, cats and ducks, what do the Somalis eat?
Posted by: wth at August 18, 2026 05:16 PM (UjdFS)

Steak, that you can't afford. They cook it badly too.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2026 05:18 PM (rbvCR)

86 There is a T-Shirt for sale now with a picture on the front of George Washington that says "My boys and I would be stacking bodies by now".

Got to buy one.

Posted by: Cheri at August 18, 2026 05:18 PM (oiNtH)

87 Neighbors say he was just turning his life around and had begun attending a Koran study.

Posted by: Local media at August 18, 2026 05:18 PM (2Ez/1)

88 Why do you think we have flock cameras everywhere but every thug gets a revolving door with prison?
------

A lot of people are laboring under normalcy bias. They thought the leftists had at least a shred of human decency, perhaps at some level. Oops.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 05:18 PM (0Ppf4)

89 These guys come from countries where looting a government's treasury is a natural and time-honored way of life. It must blow their mind to come here, fill out a form, and be given a bag of money. And they don't even have to eradicate a neighboring tribe to do it.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at August 18, 2026 05:18 PM (CwhoI)

90 I believe it all. I could tell you more.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2026 05:18 PM (NFX2v)

91 Been following a sex trafficking ring for 7 fucking years.
===
Well, we wanted to round up all the potential connections . . . and, um, and, we called the FBI for assistance yeah that's the ticket, and they took 6 years to get back to us!!!!

Posted by: Minnesota Mkay at August 18, 2026 05:18 PM (anL5R)

92
Am I supposed to be upset that we are not spending big money to house the pyscho killer in an american prison? Because I'm hoping he soon gets Sharia justice in his own country. Its not like he was going to be hanged in VA if they hadn't conspired to help him flee.
Posted by: PaleRider

===============

You have a point. In fact, I don't even know if he would have been housed in an American prison; he likely would have been turned loose.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 05:19 PM (XJ22o)

93 Trip Advisor tells me that a flight from Dulles to Dushanbe is roughly between $1,000 and $5,000.
How does a mental patient pay that at the drop of a hat, did he get a wild discount by getting a standby ticket, and so cover it with his Commissary account card?
==
He's got access to a lot of money. How do you think he got to stroll out of there???? You seriously think it was an oopsy?

Posted by: Mkay at August 18, 2026 05:14 PM

For whatever reason this dude had credit cards available to him fresh out of a mental institution and I doubt his passport was in his real name. This was a coordinated op.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 18, 2026 05:20 PM (cpFbA)

94 You had such a great idea to bring in more of the people that killed thousands of Americans.
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Eh, i doubt it was his idea. Granted, he didn't do fuck all to put a stop to it.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 05:20 PM (0Ppf4)

95 Gateway Pundit has video of two Somali black bags fighting in Target.

"I spit on you, bitch!"

Fucking classy.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2026 05:20 PM (tg5bM)

96 "I'm so fucking tired of being a sucker. And people want to give me shit about getting my paltry social security payments."

I hear you. Nobody has given me shit about it, but I really ought to stop feeling guilty for living on SS. I need to work on that.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 05:20 PM (Jr5Lq)

97 “To be clear, work authorization or a pending application do NOT confer legal status in the United States.”

San Diego Padres staffer in ICE custody after arrest at Texas airport

Posted by: SMOD at August 18, 2026 05:21 PM (wfdbg)

98 "Oustanding Refugee Award for Entrepreneurship"

More like "Outstanding Warrants for Arrest"...amirite?

Posted by: Defenestratus at August 18, 2026 05:21 PM (WYStd)

99 I'm Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious not happy about my baby granddaughter's daycare set up that started yesterday. Which I know is O/T and forgive me Ace, or whip me with barbed wire. I can take it.

Apparently she's a puppy and will eventually, at 12mo, will "learn" to follow peer pressure to nap on her mat. Or something.

I hope she starts a revolution to eat on HER schedule and nap on her own schedule. She does stop to nap when she feels like it here but in a pack and play. Or a formal nap in something called a crib upstairs.

She already knows how to strong arm her siblings, so no worries there. UGH.

My hope is that DIL will drop her off here more often vs this kennel.

She'll probably be fine. Her sister at 15mo stole food from slow eater toddlers, so survival is in our DNA.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2026 05:21 PM (hzuYO)

100 I spit on you, bitch!"

Fucking classy.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2026 05:20 PM (tg5bM)

At least lift the beekeeper helmet first ya crazy bint.

Posted by: Warai-otoko finally gets to use "bint" properly! at August 18, 2026 05:21 PM (Ot/FD)

101 I personally reached those limits quite a while ago

Posted by: UGAdawg at August 18, 2026 05:22 PM (+FcEe)

102 It must blow their mind to come here, fill out a form, and be given a bag of money.
-----

Notice, as a rule, they always always have a huge shit-eating grin in their photographs.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 05:22 PM (0Ppf4)

103 Also, Steve D...whatever in fairfax is a West Pointer.

Yay, us!

Posted by: man at August 18, 2026 05:22 PM (XuXeR)

104 "Investigators say they've been tracking the alleged sex trafficking ring since 2019."

Let me guess. They've been nailing Johns?

No? Then they were on payola.

Posted by: Harun at August 18, 2026 05:22 PM (IuIym)

105 Am I supposed to be upset that we are not spending big money to house the pyscho killer in an american prison? Because I'm hoping he soon gets Sharia justice in his own country. Its not like he was going to be hanged in VA if they hadn't conspired to help him flee.
Posted by: PaleRider

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He must be planning a trip to Europe. Otherwise, I would think even a US mental hospital for a few years is a better life than shitholeistan or wherever the fuck he is from.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 18, 2026 05:22 PM (rlyjS)

106
Isn't Illhan Omar's surname Elmi?
Posted by: Frank Barone

===============

Her real name is Elmi, not Omar.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 05:22 PM (XJ22o)

107 ok you guys

that guy from PSU called himself

Pablo Pledgescobar

!!!!!!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 05:22 PM (j+aD2)

108 So if Haitians eat the dogs, cats and ducks, what do the Somalis eat?
Posted by: wth at August 18, 2026 05:16 PM (UjdFS)

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I have it on good authority, a sixteen year old Somali girl, that it's rice and bananas.

Posted by: Decaf at August 18, 2026 05:22 PM (ZNpJk)

109 17 >>>>>Not long after, the same killer was handed an unescorted 48-hour "weekend pass" from a Northern Virginia psych ward

I don't see the problem here.
Posted by: Michael Dukakis

🤣 Honest. So funny and not funny.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2026 05:23 PM (NFX2v)

110
Judge and prosecutors stand behind the decision, citing the constitutional "Dinaknownuffin" clause of the 29th amendment.

Posted by: Auspex at August 18, 2026 05:23 PM (Y8DZL)

111 >>>Who permitted him to leave? How? How was that even technically possible?
---

They do what they wanna do, say what they wanna say
Live how they wanna live, play how they wanna play
Dance how they wanna dance, kick and they slap a friend
Mohammed's family. Mohammed's family.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 05:23 PM (Cq/ve)

112 More scripts running...catching up...

95 Gateway Pundit has video of two Somali black bags fighting in Target.

"I spit on you, bitch!"

Fucking classy.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2026 05:20 PM (tg5bM)

Again, I wanted nunchucks. And it to be like a Bruce Lee movie.

And clothes ripped off to reveal Victoria's Secret.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 05:23 PM (Sco7b)

113 The most shocking thing about this sorry story isn’t that yet another Somali is a feral criminal parasite. Are any of them not?

The real shocking thing is that there’s such a thing as a ‘Outstanding Refugee Award for Entrepreneurship.’

We’re inventing fake awards to hand out to filthy morlocks, hoping they eat us last.

What’s next? Outstanding Pedophile Award for Entrepreneurship?

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 18, 2026 05:23 PM (XCctI)

114 Eric Swalwell Admitted to Sexual Relationship with Suspected Chinese Spy in 2015 FBI Interview

Posted by: SMOD at August 18, 2026 05:23 PM (wfdbg)

115 I heeded the sex traffic reports on the radio, but still got stuck in the sex traffic jam.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 05:23 PM (Jr5Lq)

116 I knew before the story was complete that the homeless wommens were going to be pimped out. And the pimps get paid...double dipping you could say...from the government and the Johns.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2026 05:24 PM (hzuYO)

117 Fantastic: Somali Immigrant Named "Oustanding Refugee Award for Entrepreneurship" by Minnesota Charged With Stealing US Taxpayer Money Through Medicaid Fraud (and Also Running a Sex Trafficking Ring)

He's not the only one...

As previously covered in this subreddit, while Ayan Farah Abukar of Bloomington stole millions via Feeding Our Future, Minnesota DHS gave her an "Outstanding Refugee Award for Entrepreneurship" in 2021. The occasion even deserved a personal congratulations from Governor Walz. She eventually pleaded guilty for her role in the scheme in which she personally netted nearly $6 million.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 18, 2026 05:24 PM (THJS/)

118
"Oustanding Refugee Award for Entrepreneurship"

It's a major award.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2026 05:24 PM (Cqx++)

119 >>It must blow their mind to come here, fill out a form, and be given a bag of money. And they don't even have to eradicate a neighboring tribe to do it.

Posted by: Citizen Cake
---

They think that we are stupit.
And we prove it to them every day.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 05:25 PM (Cq/ve)

120 I know, right? And where does this "Sexual Congress" group meet? I've been asking since I got here and no one seems to know.

Comet Pizza

Posted by: Community Notes at August 18, 2026 05:25 PM (/TiS1)

121 Let me guess. They've been nailing Johns?

No? Then they were on payola.
==
remember the lady in minnesota that got shot by the cop because she called them about screams coming from an alley behind her house . . .

let's put this together shall we? An utterly corrupt state government, which is sold out to the somali crime lords and the cop that shot the lady was a somali immigrant No????

Posted by: WTF???! at August 18, 2026 05:25 PM (anL5R)

122 This keeps happening. Weird.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2026 05:25 PM (zZu0s)

123 Shades of Willie Horton

All he has to do is kill a few more Americans.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 18, 2026 05:26 PM (rlyjS)

124 This keeps happening. Weird.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

It's like it's by design or something. But that couldn't possibly it.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 05:26 PM (YZ0Fo)

125
“To be clear, work authorization or a pending application do NOT confer legal status in the United States.”

San Diego Padres staffer in ICE custody after arrest at Texas airport
Posted by: SMOD

================

We had this one in the ONT last night. Rosshhian beau-tee is wife of MAGA man, overstays visa while she has "an active application for green card."

Like I said: I have applied for a $100,000 loan. Or to put that in immigration lawspeak, I have an *active application.* So I just start writing checks all over town for cool stuff I want. Oh, the checks bounced? But I've applied for a loan!!! Who are you to demand I pay my bills?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 05:27 PM (XJ22o)

126 > We’re inventing fake awards to hand out to filthy morlocks

We are deeply offended to be compared with those waterheads.

For one, we perform an actual useful function.

Posted by: Morlock #2Q34a at August 18, 2026 05:27 PM (IG3/x)

127 It's a major award."

Sure.

Col. Sanders...

Posted by: man at August 18, 2026 05:27 PM (XuXeR)

128 "Oustanding Refugee Award for Entrepreneurship"

It's a major award.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2026 05:24 PM (Cqx++)

'Fragelee'- must be Italian!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2026 05:27 PM (zZu0s)

129 You had such a great idea to bring in more of the people that killed thousands of Americans.
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Eh, i doubt it was his idea. Granted, he didn't do fuck all to put a stop to it.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 05:20 PM (0Ppf4)
*********************

The Saudi royal family told me it would bring peace to America!

Posted by: Zombie GWB at August 18, 2026 05:27 PM (+ovo7)

130 What’s next? Outstanding Pedophile Award for Entrepreneurship?
Posted by: Elric the Blade

The GOAT, baby!

Posted by: Jeffrey Epstein at August 18, 2026 05:27 PM (tg5bM)

131 95 Gateway Pundit has video of two Somali black bags fighting in Target.

"I spit on you, bitch!"

Fucking classy.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2026 05:20 PM (tg5bM)

Again, I wanted nunchucks. And it to be like a Bruce Lee movie.

And clothes ripped off to reveal Victoria's Secret.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart.

And mud!

Posted by: Community Notes at August 18, 2026 05:27 PM (/TiS1)

132 sold out to the somali crime lords and the cop that shot the lady was a somali immigrant No????

Posted by: WTF???
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Yes and No. The somali cop murdered her.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 05:27 PM (Cq/ve)

133 Badly designed processes up and down.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 05:17 PM (XJ22o)
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These are features, not bugs.

It's FFX. It was a commie shithole 20 years ago when I had the dumb idea to try and live/work there. Glad I dodged that bullet, in hindsight.

Posted by: ballistic at August 18, 2026 05:28 PM (oqH4h)

134 We’re inventing fake awards to hand out to filthy morlocks

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Hey the Morlocks would help out the X-Men from time to time.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 05:28 PM (YZ0Fo)

135 114 Eric Swalwell Admitted to Sexual Relationship with Suspected Chinese Spy in 2015 FBI Interview
Posted by: SMOD at August 18, 2026 05:23 PM (wfdbg)

Bang Bang rove me rong time. She fucky, she sucky, ten dolla.

Posted by: Elic Swarroswerr at August 18, 2026 05:28 PM (fjftt)

136 Freakshow, yes?

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 05:28 PM (Gqar8)

137 Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart.

And mud!
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Or delicious Jello pudding

Posted by: pudding wrestling should be a thing at August 18, 2026 05:28 PM (anL5R)

138 Which is more:
_ They hate women
_ They fear women

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 05:29 PM (Cq/ve)

139
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 18, 2026 05:24 PM (THJS/)

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Was that from one of those nutty Democrat reddits? Interesting.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 05:29 PM (XJ22o)

140 sold out to the somali crime lords and the cop that shot the lady was a somali immigrant No?"

It's a coincidence. Wrapped in an enigma. And a tortilla.

Posted by: man at August 18, 2026 05:29 PM (XuXeR)

141 We’re inventing fake awards to hand out to filthy morlocks, hoping they eat us last.

What’s next? Outstanding Pedophile Award for Entrepreneurship?
Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 18, 2026 05:23 PM (XCctI)
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Followed by the Outstanding Cannibal Award for Culinary Entrepreneurship

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 05:30 PM (FZ29D)

142 "Smedley, get in here! What kind of award can we hand out to these fucking Somalian leeches to make it look like they're doing something besides stealing everything that isn't nailed down?"

Posted by: The Suits at August 18, 2026 05:31 PM (guGkK)

143 Comet Pizza
Posted by: Community Notes at August 18, 2026 05:25 PM (/TiS1)

Ah. I didn't know you were retarded. I'll keep that in mind before responding to more of your comments.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 18, 2026 05:32 PM (88C+u)

144 ZZ Top Drummer died.

Within the next 5-10 years, there is going to be an extinction level event for most of the mainline rock stars.

Except Keith Richards, that dude's a vampire.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 18, 2026 05:32 PM (XV/Pl)

145 I hear you. Nobody has given me shit about it, but I really ought to stop feeling guilty for living on SS. I need to work on that.

Let DSA win and you will likely have (for a while) the going rate for the Universal Basic Income which will have larger cash payouts—especially if you can demonstrate some major personal dysfunction.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 18, 2026 05:32 PM (/TiS1)

146 Followed by the Outstanding Cannibal Award for Culinary Entrepreneurship

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 05:30 PM

Hey I entered that one!

Posted by: Jeffrey Dahmer at August 18, 2026 05:32 PM (cpFbA)

147 Crazy Ivan!

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 18, 2026 05:33 PM (cpFbA)

148 "Mistakes were made." Whoopsie.

Not good enough. Somebody at the Mental Health Institute has to pay for this egregious error
.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 18, 2026 05:33 PM (c7xGr)

149 >>We had this one in the ONT last night. Rosshhian beau-tee is wife of MAGA man, overstays visa while she has "an active application for green card."

I have a friend who is going through the naturalization process (from Sweden) after he found a nice American girl who made him an honest man...

The green card process is quite honestly quite baffling to me. It seems that its rather opaque, expensive and kafka-esque.

He couldn't travel to games (he's a pro hockey player) in Canada while he was going through the process because he wouldn't be allowed back in, but then last summer he had to leave the country for 90 days and then come back on a specific day. It was so weird when I hear the story relayed to me.

Not saying it shouldn't be hard to become a US Citizen but its kind of whacked seeing it play out.

Posted by: Defenestratus at August 18, 2026 05:33 PM (WYStd)

150
Chatbot says there's no cash associated with the Outstanding Refugee Award for Entrepreneurship by the Minnesota Department of Human Services. Just a trophy or whatever.

So you can't blame them for sex trafficking and Feeding Our Future fraud. The award was useless!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 05:33 PM (XJ22o)

151 Descano the DA in Fairfax County is a serious ahole. But he keeps getting reelected. The lobotomized people who are government workers or lobbyists get what they voted for, good and hard

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 05:34 PM (rp63B)

152 Somebody at the Mental Health Institute has to pay for this egregious error
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that somebody is already on a plane to a place with banking secrecy laws and a beach.

Posted by: pudding wrestling should be a thing at August 18, 2026 05:34 PM (anL5R)

153 Let DSA win and you will likely have (for a while) the going rate for the Universal Basic Income which will have larger cash payouts—especially if you can demonstrate some major personal dysfunction.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 18, 2026 05:32 PM

The minute this country implements a UBI it's over. Just like the Romans "give them bread and circuses", that will be the end of the road for this country.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 18, 2026 05:34 PM (cpFbA)

154 The time has come for somebody to put his foot down. And that foot is me.

Posted by: Dean Wormer at August 18, 2026 05:35 PM (guGkK)

155 The minute this country implements a UBI it's over. Just like the Romans "give them bread and circuses", that will be the end of the road for this country.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS

We already have it in all but name.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 05:35 PM (YZ0Fo)

156 Fox News, today
'Accused illegal immigrant murderer who fled US during 48-hour pass had access to taxpayer-funded apartment'
Abdulloi Toshpulodzoda flew to Tajikistan on a one-way ticket while on a 48-hour pass from the mental health institute

Reading the entire article suggested.

S*it, every criminal and creep will want a change of venue to VA.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2026 05:35 PM (NFX2v)

157 We give awards for this shit? Well, I guess you get what you pay for.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2026 05:35 PM (dbZNM)

158 "Investigators say they've been tracking the alleged sex trafficking ring since 2019. "

another way of saying it would be "authorities allowed the crimes to continue uninterrupted for seven years".

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2026 05:35 PM (VyBeY)

159 Somebody at the Mental Health Institute has to pay for this egregious error
+++
that somebody is already on a plane to a place with banking secrecy laws and a beach.
Posted by: pudding wrestling should be a thing at August 18, 2026 05:34 PM (anL5R)
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Cayman Islands?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpjX4q5ZWQc

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 05:36 PM (FZ29D)

160 Saw the vid of the two Somali women fighting in Target. All o could think of was the Nazi on Raiders of the Lost Ark "kill them, kill them both"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 05:36 PM (rp63B)

161 When an entire faith has enshrined sociopathology as the baseline for belief, we have a problem that accomodation will never ever fix. Even within their camp, endless conflict and violence. How could anyone expect decent behavior from them when outside their camp?

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 05:36 PM (Gqar8)

162 The concept of "outstanding refugee" is fucking ridiculous. Even if he wasn't a diseased parasite, we're now congratulating brown people for what, getting a job and not committing any felonies?

It's the even softer bigotry of no expectations whatsoever. Thanks much for not raping anyone on the way to the awards ceremony!

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 18, 2026 05:36 PM (s522d)

163 The Five is about to bring the sexy!!!

Rosie O'Donnell filling in for Jimmy Kimmel!!

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 05:37 PM (Sco7b)

164 It's the even softer bigotry of no expectations whatsoever. Thanks much for not raping anyone on the way to the awards ceremony!
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 18, 2026 05:36 PM (s522d)
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I don't if we can even be certain of that...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 05:37 PM (FZ29D)

165 161 Well said.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 05:38 PM (Jr5Lq)

166 144 ZZ Top Drummer died.

Within the next 5-10 years, there is going to be an extinction level event for most of the mainline rock stars.

Except Keith Richards, that dude's a vampire.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 18, 2026 05:32 PM (XV/Pl)

Classic Rock est mort. Has been for a long time, really.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 05:38 PM (Gqar8)

167
Not saying it shouldn't be hard to become a US Citizen but its kind of whacked seeing it play out.
Posted by: Defenestratus

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Sounds like government work. A process with requirements from multiple stakeholders, some of them obsolete but not looked at in years, layered, contradicting, etc. Needs an overhaul, everyone knows it, and the overhaul will be done by the one contractor everyone hated and barely fix the essentials. Already taking bids for the next platform...

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 05:38 PM (XJ22o)

168 Not saying it shouldn't be hard to become a US Citizen but its kind of whacked seeing it play out.
Posted by: Defenestratus at August 18, 2026 05:33 PM (WYStd)

We adopted our son from Guatamala. The process took longer than six months. We were fingerprinted twice, because one set is valid for only six months. Like, did they change?

Also, to get his visa to enter the US, we, American citizens, had to take $300 in crisp, new, sequentially numbered $20 bills to the American Embassy in Guatemala City. Huh. Wonder where THAT cash ends up.

Yeah, it's a shit show.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2026 05:39 PM (dbZNM)

169 Descano is a commie turd and has done a lot to hurt the honest citizens of FFX but I'm honestly kinda not sad that this particular dipshit self-deported and now he's Tajikistan's problem.

Posted by: ballistic at August 18, 2026 05:39 PM (oqH4h)

170 163. Oh, no, no, no. No more.

It's been a hell of a day.

Imagine how Ace feels.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2026 05:39 PM (NFX2v)

171 "96 "I'm so fucking tired of being a sucker. And people want to give me shit about getting my paltry social security payments."

I hear you. Nobody has given me shit about it, but I really ought to stop feeling guilty for living on SS. I need to work on that.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 05:20 PM (Jr5Lq) "

people right here on this very blog will do that.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2026 05:40 PM (VyBeY)

172 "S*it, every criminal and creep will want a change of venue to VA."

Why would oppose the criminal leaving the country? Want to pay for 3 hots and a cot every day, for years on end?

Posted by: Will Robinson at August 18, 2026 05:40 PM (zBgIx)

173

"We have reached the limits of what citizens can reasonably be asked to tolerate. "

Have you seen the UK, Cueta and elsewhere.

If you dont think these assholes have that in planning and ready to roll out you're on drugs.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at August 18, 2026 05:40 PM (och2J)

174 Abdulloi Toshpulodzoda flew to Tajikistan on a one-way ticket while on a 48-hour pass from the mental health institute

Reading the entire article suggested.

S*it, every criminal and creep will want a change of venue to VA.

Posted by: L - No nic,
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Criminals fleeing the country is not all bad.
At least they are gone.
Don't let them back.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 05:40 PM (Cq/ve)

175
The concept of "outstanding refugee" is fucking ridiculous.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls

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Can you imagine an award for "outstanding native citizen"? HAHAHAH j/k.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 05:40 PM (XJ22o)

176 You'd think someone would die of embarrassment, but there's no shame.

Posted by: InZona at August 18, 2026 05:41 PM (WYANK)

177 The whole human services department should be disbanded and probably jailed.

Posted by: InZona at August 18, 2026 05:41 PM (WYANK)

178 >>>If you dont think these assholes have that in planning and ready to roll out you're on drugs.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq
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Step #2. the mooselimbs that are here and their military stash.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 05:42 PM (Cq/ve)

179 A sizeable portion of the White Left walks around like a bunch of whipped dogs in their everyday life, with some occasionally let out to engage in foolish street theater arranged by their handlers. They have dhimmi souls.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 05:43 PM (Gqar8)

180 "Prosecutors allege Elmi and three associates -- Frank Reeves, Viktoriya Komonash and Andrea Sampson -- ran four agencies that they used to bill more than $4.5 million to Medicaid since 2023. Those agencies were called Reva Health, Reva Autism, Helpful Housing and Homefelt Assisted Living.
[...]
Sampson and Reeves were arrested as part of the sex trafficking ring bust last week."

Three out of four? Hmmmm...

Posted by: mrp at August 18, 2026 05:44 PM (rj6Yv)

181 Rosie O'Donnell filling in for Jimmy Kimmel!!

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 05:37 PM

Rosie's going down on Kimmel's wife?

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 18, 2026 05:45 PM (OkYzo)

182 Can you imagine an award for "outstanding native citizen"? HAHAHAH j/k.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 05:40 PM (XJ22o)
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Outstanding Regular-ass White Dude

Posted by: ballistic at August 18, 2026 05:45 PM (oqH4h)

183 160 Saw the vid of the two Somali women fighting in Target. All o could think of was the Nazi on Raiders of the Lost Ark "kill them, kill them both"
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 05:36 PM (rp63B)

The one and only time I was in a serious fight, it was high school, gym class, and it was with a couple of sisters who were not Alaskans, they were imports from the Lower 48, heavy into melanin. One demanded that I let her use my deodorant. Um, no. So the other one pushed me over a bench and whacked my head on the metal lockers. Not content with that, the first one took a swing. I moved, she hit a locker, and that really pissed her off.

I ended up with several lovely bruises, a cut on the back of my head, and a couple of lovely swollen knuckles. They ended up expelled permanently, back when that meant something and there was a will to discipline. You know, the Dark Ages.

Low IQ and no idea of the boundaries of good behavior. Anger and violence as the only response to any stimulus. Civil terrorists. I'm sure they learned nothing whatsoever from the encounter.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2026 05:45 PM (dbZNM)

184 183

I ended up with several lovely bruises, a cut on the back of my head, and a couple of lovely swollen knuckles. They ended up expelled permanently, back when that meant something and there was a will to discipline. You know, the Dark Ages.

Low IQ and no idea of the boundaries of good behavior. Anger and violence as the only response to any stimulus. Civil terrorists. I'm sure they learned nothing whatsoever from the encounter.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2026 05:45 PM (dbZNM)

“ Welcome to the Jungle” just started playing in my head.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 05:47 PM (Gqar8)

185 Diversity is our strength is just another way to say looting the treasury. Pissing down your throat also comes to mind.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at August 18, 2026 05:47 PM (yYwmR)

186 Very darkly amusing . Someone on an earlier had a name for all these refugees who abuse the system but it 's been a rather stressful day and I can remember what the clever name was.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2026 05:47 PM (W90Ou)

187 Some English words hidden in Toshpulodzoda:

potholds, outshod, adopts.

Gotta keep those data centers busy with something.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 05:48 PM (Jr5Lq)

188 186 - someone on an earlier thread.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2026 05:49 PM (W90Ou)

189 There's a bit of a forest/trees dynamic here.....

For every buck pocketed by a goddamn lightbulb head, there's at least two pocketed by the crooked motherfuckers who brought him here and set him up in the family business.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 05:49 PM (Ot/FD)

190 An award almost as prestigious as Homer Simpson's Outstanding Achievements in the Field of Excellence.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at August 18, 2026 05:49 PM (m9B5r)

191 187 Some English words hidden in Toshpulodzoda:

potholds, outshod, adopts.

Gotta keep those data centers busy with something.
Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 05:48 PM (Jr5Lq)

Let’s call him Bob.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 05:49 PM (Gqar8)

192 "Sounds like government work. A process with requirements from multiple stakeholders, some of them obsolete but not looked at in years, layered, contradicting, etc. Needs an overhaul, everyone knows it, and the overhaul will be done by the one contractor everyone hated and barely fix the essentials."

Sounds like every place I ever worked. Dilbert Zone.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 05:50 PM (Jr5Lq)

193 Rosie O'Donnell filling in for Jimmy Kimmel!!

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 05:37 PM
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I think you mean overflowing Kimmell.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 05:50 PM (Fi81e)

194 189, that's it, exactly, W-o!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2026 05:50 PM (VyBeY)

195 We need to kick Somalisota out of the union.

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at August 18, 2026 05:51 PM (V362x)

196 Whose bright idea was it to import the ferals? Oh yeah the filthy Methodists and Lutherans.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov, now, where does a war hero get some lubrication around here? at August 18, 2026 05:51 PM (bX16E)

197 LMAO.

The Jason Arday of Tank Abrams.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2026 05:52 PM (xVAOC)

198 195 We need to kick Somalisota out of the union.
Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at August 18, 2026 05:51 PM (V362x)
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Can we trade Minnesota for Alberta?

Posted by: ballistic at August 18, 2026 05:53 PM (oqH4h)

199 Can we trade Minnesota for Alberta?
Posted by: ballistic at August 18, 2026 05:53 PM (oqH4h)

Let's not get crazy, here. They can have Minneapolis and a third round draft pick.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 05:54 PM (Ot/FD)

200 Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov, now, where does a war hero get some lubrication around here? at August 18, 2026 05:51 PM (bX16E)

The Methodists may be involved but I believe it was ecumenism in action as the Roman Catholics helped the Lutherans as well .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2026 05:54 PM (xPsv8)

201 Was that from one of those nutty Democrat reddits? Interesting.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

No. From r/altmpls...basically conservatives (or realists?) posting more factual info centered on Minneapolis.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 18, 2026 05:55 PM (THJS/)

202 In the Annual International Footwear Fashion show, Jimmy Choo was narrowly outshod by Christian Louboutin. A squeaker fer sure.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 05:55 PM (Jr5Lq)

203 The concept of "outstanding refugee" is fucking ridiculous.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls

The concept of fraud and piracy as entrepreneurship is fitting for commies.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2026 05:55 PM (xVAOC)

204 ‘ Investigators say they've been tracking the alleged sex trafficking ring since 2019’

It took these guys seven fucking years to investigate this. Seven. Fucking. Years.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 18, 2026 05:56 PM (XCctI)

205 200 Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov, now, where does a war hero get some lubrication around here? at August 18, 2026 05:51 PM (bX16E)

The Methodists may be involved but I believe it was ecumenism in action as the Roman Catholics helped the Lutherans as well .
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2026 05:54 PM (xPsv

Evangelism Gone Wild!!!! Though I doubt that any of them seriously thought there would be, you know, conversions. No, it was all about being kind and doing the RIGHT THING!!!

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 05:57 PM (Gqar8)

206 It took these guys seven fucking years to investigate this. Seven. Fucking. Years.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 18, 2026 05:56 PM (XCctI)

Somebody was getting paid.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2026 05:57 PM (xVAOC)

207 If not already posted:

RIP Frank Beard. ZZTop drummer died today at 77.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2026 05:57 PM (tg5bM)

208 Yes because Lesson One when sharing the Good News with recent immigrants is "Hey I betcha we could steal a whole BUNCHa shit with your dumb brown ass in our crew!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 05:58 PM (Ot/FD)

209 'Release your potholds, knave, lest I slay thee with my pangrips.'

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 06:00 PM (Jr5Lq)

210 Evangelism Gone Wild!!!! Though I doubt that any of them seriously thought there would be, you know, conversions. No, it was all about being kind and doing the RIGHT THING!!!
Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 05:57 PM (Gqar

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The mainline churches have all been hollowed out by suicidal empathy and are also hoovering up NGO dollars like nobody's business.

Catholic Charities is an absolute disgrace.

Posted by: ballistic at August 18, 2026 06:00 PM (oqH4h)

211 207 If not already posted:

RIP Frank Beard. ZZTop drummer died today at 77.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2026 05:57 PM (tg5bM)

Ironically, he didn't wear a beard with ZZTop.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 18, 2026 06:00 PM (Sj6Ot)

212 If that Gypsy Somali won the award, who in the name of all that is holy, came in second?

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 06:00 PM (dIske)

213 Why much did the second runner up to " Mr. Outstanding Refugee" rip off? How about Mr. Congeniality? What was his haul?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2026 06:00 PM (JrHfD)

214 "I mean, we're Chreeeestyans. We don't steal. But you? Weee! Let's party!"

Bunch of phoney ass brimstone huffing antichrists.

They go to the lowest floor on the elevator. The cold one. The one Ol' Scratch himself never visits because those miserable bastards are so horrible.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 06:01 PM (Ot/FD)

215 Too bad about Frank Beard.
Years ago Jay Leno said "soon we'll be seeing tickets dying of natural causes"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 06:01 PM (rp63B)

216 That only leaves one Top.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 06:02 PM (MWfyi)

217 Ironically, he didn't wear a beard with ZZTop.
Posted by: Darrell Harris

I always found that funny.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2026 06:02 PM (tg5bM)

218 The sidebar story about the alleged solution of the Zodiac case is indeed disappointing. Too bad, because it really did appear at first blush to be an amazing piece of amateur detective work.

Posted by: PabloD at August 18, 2026 06:02 PM (zDDmD)

219 Rockers not tickets , freaking autocucumber

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 06:02 PM (rp63B)

220 Evangelism Gone Wild!!!

Evangelion > Evangelism

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 18, 2026 06:03 PM (THJS/)

221 But prices are high, ace. And stuff.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 18, 2026 06:03 PM (U/Byj)

222 Just checking in to point out my new Congressman-in-waiting (he is the Dem nominee in a very safe Dem district, mine), Adam Hamawy, is an actual member of Hamas, a guy who worked previously as a translator for the Blind Sheik (terror mastermind who conceived the idea of blowing up the World Trade Center), was a "combat doctor" for Hamas in Gaza, and who is unapologetically Islamist.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2026 06:04 PM (kOzmw)

223 181 Rosie O'Donnell filling in for Jimmy Kimmel!!

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 05:37 PM

Rosie's going down on Kimmel's wife?
Posted by: Frank Barone at August 18, 2026 05:45 PM (OkYzo)

He's into that action

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2026 06:04 PM (xcxpd)

224 182 Can you imagine an award for "outstanding native citizen"? HAHAHAH j/k.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Out standing in the rain.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 06:04 PM (Cq/ve)

225 I saw them a year or so ago along with Skynyrd at the same show. LS only had one original band member, and the ZZ Top bass player was the old bass player's guitar tech.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 06:04 PM (MWfyi)

226 nood

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 06:05 PM (Jr5Lq)

227 there'a a grayt nood

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 06:06 PM (MWfyi)

228 How does one get to Tajikistan, you ask. Well, either on Turkish Air, or Emirates.

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 06:08 PM (g47mK)

229 In a country this prosperous and large and stratified, there's likely no "breaking point". Dangerously lawless and stupid judges and public officials have become the norm in many places. And it's quite sustainable (proper use of the term). Plenty of Dem voters who are happy with it/oblivious to and unaffected by it/ignorant and stupid tribal voters to sustain it, most places.

And the GOP is mostly useless, sympathetic, or oblivious as well. And its voters keep putting in the non-entities that helped lead us to this situation. For now we have an extreme outlier (Trump) rowing (with some success) against the tide. But the tide is the tide.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 18, 2026 06:09 PM (U/Byj)

230 Any awards for the Farmer that's out standing in his field?

Posted by: Will Robinson at August 18, 2026 06:19 PM (zBgIx)

231 Since 2019? How long do investigators typically watch sex rings before acting?

Posted by: BenMSYS at August 18, 2026 06:24 PM (vR93T)

232 I have an idea - how about the Federal Govt. funds NOTHING. Nothing at all. Every group that previously bellied up to the trough reapplies and is vetted and only a VERY limited amount of $ is (very miserly) doled out.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 18, 2026 06:54 PM (hrOJm)

Abdulrahman El-Sayed Was Set to Appear at Islamic Conference with Pro-Pedophilia Imam; Now the Pedo Cleric Is Booted, But They're Keeping the Islamist Who Called the Holocaust a "Hoax"

As Hasan Piker said of Michigan voters: "You're all piece of shit Islamophobes" for noticing.

Abdul El-Sayed To Headline Islamic Event Alongside Pakistani Cleric Who Forced His 13-Year-Old Niece Into Marriage, Was Denounced for 'Pedophilic Rhetoric'

Tariq Masood urged his congregants to marry off their own female children and invoked Sharia law on the question of women's education

Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed will spend Labor Day weekend alongside a Jew-hating Pakistani cleric who has promoted antisemitic conspiracy theories and admitted to forcing his 13-year-old niece into marriage.
El-Sayed is scheduled to speak at the Islamic Society of North America's (ISNA) 63rd annual convention, held in Detroit from Sept. 4-7. El-Sayed, whose father-in-law is a founding member of the ISNA--which is affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood--will speak Sept. 5 on the oddly titled panel, "Cultivating God Awareness in a Turmoiled America," according to an itinerary.
The convention features a rogues' gallery of notorious Muslim figures who've engaged in Holocaust denial and the persecution of Christians and have also been unindicted co-conspirators in terror plots, including the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. But one speaker stands out for his particularly noxious record: Tariq Masood, an influential Pakistani cleric who is also on the ISNA roster.
Masood, a "mufti" qualified to issue religious laws, is scheduled to speak on a panel about "avoiding mental illness in youth," including how parents "can prevent or minimize the impact of any trauma leading to a mental illness."
The topic is an unusual fit for Masood, given his past advocacy of child marriage.
According to multiple Pakistani media reports, Masood in 2021 admitted in a sermon that he forced his 13-year-old niece into marriage, and advised his followers to do the same with their young female relatives. Masood also said it was a husband's decision whether or not his wife can go to college or must remain a housewife, citing Sharia, or Islamic religious law. In 2024, Canadian activists urged the government to block Masood's visa to the country over his "pedophilic rhetoric."
Masood has also promoted inflammatory views about Jews.
In a 2024 sermon titled "The Final Humiliation of the Jews," Masood said, according to translations of the event, that Jews' "cunning minds" had worked to bring the world under their control.

The terrorists realized that Michigan voters might not appreciate Islam's views on forced child marriage, so they disinvited this guy.

But they're keeping the Holocaust denier. On that hill they will of course ~~die~~ force their children to stand on so that they may be killed as propaganda puppets.

Islamic Group Pulls Pakistani Cleric Known for 'Pedophilic Rhetoric' From Convention Featuring Abdul El-Sayed--But Keeps Imam Who Called Holocaust 'Hoax'

The Islamic Society of North America convention also features an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing

A Pakistani cleric who admitted to forcing his 13-year-old niece into marriage will no longer appear at the Islamic Society of North America's annual convention, where Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is scheduled to speak over Labor Day weekend. But El-Sayed will still share the stage with plenty of controversial speakers, including Islamic scholars who have called the Holocaust a "hoax," accused Israel of bankrolling ISIS, and defended the practice of sex slavery and marital rape.
Tariq Masood was slated to speak on a panel about youth mental health but "is no longer speaking at the convention," ISNA said Monday following a Washington Free Beacon report on the influential cleric, who has defended child marriage and admitted that he forced his young niece to get married, remarks that prompted Canadian activists to urge their government to block Masood's visa to the country in 2024 over his "pedophilic rhetoric." The report stoked outcry against El-Sayed, who has sought to cast Republicans as "pedophile protectors" for allegedly blocking the release of Jeffrey Epstein files.
...
While Masood seems to have crossed a rhetorical red line for ISNA and El-Sayed, the convention will still feature a number of speakers with records of extremism. That could further fuel concerns about El-Sayed's connections to Islamic extremists. El-Sayed, who is running against Republican Mike Rogers, has already faced scrutiny over his father-in-law Tayeb Jukaku's position on the founding committee of ISNA, which the federal government identified as a public-facing group for the Muslim Brotherhood and linked to the financing of Hamas, the Free Beacon reported.
Texas-based imam Yasir Qadhi, who will appear on several panels over the weekend, has called the Holocaust a "hoax" and said Adolf Hitler "never intended to mass-destroy the Jews." He currently works as a booker on the Tucker Carlson podcast.

I added that last sentence. It's true in spirit.

AbdulNasir Jangda, another Texas-based cleric who will speak on a panel with Qadhi, has defended the practice of sex slavery and said that husbands have a right under Islamic law to rape their wives, according to reports.

If you don't listen with an open mind to Islamic defenses of sexual slavery, you're an Islamophobe and Zionist, says Tucker Carlson, who just wants you to respect free speech (as long as that speech is from Muslim terrorists and Nazis).

...
Qazwini, the head of the Islamic Institute of America in Dearborn Heights, recently prayed in a sermon to "grant victory to our brothers in Iran" and "inflict defeat upon Your Zionist enemies."
...
Other convention speakers include Siraj Wahhaj, a New York-based imam who was an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

El-Sayed's father-in-law is a founder of an Islamic terror group.

Abdul El-Sayed's father-in-law, a top donor to a super PAC supporting the left-wing Michigan Senate hopeful, is among the top leaders of an Islamic organization identified by the federal government as a public facing group for the Muslim Brotherhood, a Washington Free Beacon review found. As part of his role with the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), which the federal government linked to the financing of Hamas, Tayeb Jukaku contributes at least $5,000 to the organization annually.
Jukaku has served on the 20-member founding committee of ISNA since at least 2007, according to the organization's magazine, Islamic Horizons, and has been a member of the group for a "long time, cannot recall [when I joined]," according to Jukaku's online bio. Federal prosecutors identified the organization as an unindicted co-conspirator in the landmark 2007 terrorist financing case USA v. Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, which culminated in the conviction of the foundation's founders for funneling $12 million to Hamas. They also identified the ISNA as one of eight entities "who are and/or were members of the US Muslim Brotherhood."

Not just his father-in-law -- his mother is a terrorist, too.

From midwesterner.news:

Jacqueline El-Sayed married El-Sayed's father, Mohamed El-Sayed, not long after he immigrated to the U.S. in the early 1980s with Fatten Fathy Elkomy, the U.S. Senate candidate's birth mother.
"They ended up getting divorced," El-Sayed said of his birth parents during a 2017 speech before the Islamic Foundation. "And my mother, she remarried a gentleman who was working as a translator in the Middle East and moved back to the Middle East."
From 1999 through at least 2004, Elkomy worked for the Islamic American Relief Agency, also known as the Islamic African Relief Agency, which operated over 40 offices throughout the world ostensibly focused on health care, orphans, and disadvantaged people in areas of conflict.
In October 2004, the U.S. Department of Treasury designated the worldwide network, along with five senior officials, as an organization supporting terrorism, including support for Osama Bin Laden, the mastermind behind the 9/11 terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda that killed nearly 3,000 Americans.

It's almost as if all of these people have deep ties to the worldwide Islamic terror network and are infiltrated into the US to subvert it from the inside.

El-Sayed is now trailing Republican Mike Rogers -- but only by a smidge.

CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten warned Democrats their Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is "historically unpopular" and could be throwing a "lifeline" to Republicans.
Enten broke down numbers out of Michigan's Senate race on Friday and highlighted some "troubling" figures for Republicans hoping to defeat Republican Mike Rogers. El-Sayed, a progressive Democrat, recently won his primary against Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI).
Citing a Fox News survey, Enten noted Rogers is leading El-Sayed by four points overall and five points among independents (the poll has a margin of error of three points).
This, he argued, is "extremely unusual" and highlights how unpopular El-Sayed is as a candidate:

This is extremely unusual because across the political map, as I was looking at these different Fox News polls, I couldn't find another example where the Republican was actually leading among independents.
And it turns out that candidate quality may in fact, matter, at least in terms of how voters see it, because in this same poll, the Democratic candidate for governor was ahead. So this is unique to the Senate race, and it is quite a troubling result for Democrats and quite a heartening one for Republicans.
El-Sayed, he added, is a "weak candidate," especially when you stack his net favorability against other Democrats in battleground states races.

Tucker Carlson and his guest falsely claim Iran is not a theocracy and is actually a very �liberal� country. They say Tehran is filled with extravagant music, restaurants, and laughter, and that anything otherwise is just Israeli misinformation.

They even add that Iranian� pic.twitter.com/dpJIV7v2QV
— Justin (@JustinUSA) August 18, 2026

Glenn Greenwald and Tucker Carlson lament that young Americans were denied the chance to read Osama bin Laden's Letter to America.

Greenwald calls it "this history that they had never been told."

He lists three grievances from the letter:
- sanctions on Iraq
- US troops in� pic.twitter.com/hXBtZ9UReO
— Max 📟 (@MaxNordau) August 16, 2026

Below, Chunk Igor, who says he is an atheist and therefore, under Islamic law, should be murdered as an apostate, cries cottage cheese tears about Harry Enten saying that his fellow terrorist isn't a strong candidate.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:51 PM

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1 Muslims gonna muslim.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 03:51 PM (ExV1e)

2 I haz nooded.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 03:52 PM (ExV1e)

3 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:52 PM (2YhKe)

4 SPONGE!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 03:52 PM (5LIEJ)

5 Don't be stupid, be a smarty:
Come and join the Nazi party!

Posted by: The Producers at August 18, 2026 03:52 PM (+ovo7)

6 Gleen Gleen Gleen

sad to see

but yeah Tucker is still nucking futz

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 03:53 PM (j+aD2)

7 EVERY Republican need to focus on this guy and Piker as the new face of the Democrat party.

Run their words 24/7. Include his psychopath sister in the mix. She's an America hating islhamic bitch as well. She's been spewing stupid shit on the internet for years.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:53 PM (2YhKe)

8 So, screwing twelve year old girls is a bridge too far, but genocide is no biggie? Got it.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 03:54 PM (Gqar8)

9 hopeful that MI peeps aren't THAT crazy/already replaced yet?

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 03:54 PM (j+aD2)

10 Eh, said what I meant to say and outta here for today.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:54 PM (E4rtv)

11 Here's the MOST disturbing part of ace's post.

"El-Sayed is now trailing Republican Mike Rogers -- but only by a smidge."

In a sane world with real media, this would be a blowout for Rogers.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 18, 2026 03:54 PM (Sco7b)

12 AbdulNasir Jangda, another Texas-based cleric who will speak on a panel with Qadhi, has defended the practice of sex slavery and said that husbands have a right under Islamic law to rape their wives, according to reports.

Surely he didn't use the word rape. After all, her body is his property and he can use it as he chooses, her opinion is irrelevant. If she doesn't like it, Islam makes divorce easy.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 03:55 PM (ExV1e)

13 That "13" shit wrecked my career, and she was just a cousin, not a niece.

Willowed:

Jill Stein just had a warrant issued for her arrest. Trespassing and assault on a police officer.

Remember her? Trotsky to Bernie's Stalin an election cycle or two ago.

The difference between her and "Doctor" Jill Biden is that Stein is an actual MD... Haaavard Medical School, no less, and she's old enough that it still meant something.

Too bad she went batshit crazy somewhere along the way.

Posted by: Jerry Lee Lewis at August 18, 2026 03:55 PM (IG3/x)

14 The holocaust was hoax. Also Hitler just didn't do enough.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 03:55 PM (YZ0Fo)

15 Ugh.

Frank Beard has passed away.

Then there was one.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:55 PM (2YhKe)

16 This guy just doesn't realize that if Muslims are beheading citizens, "Islamophobia" is not like "homophobia".

"Homophobia" wasn't directly about survival.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 03:55 PM (Fi81e)

17 Now the Pedo Cleric Is Booted, But They're Keeping the Islamist Who Called the Holocaust a "Hoax"
_______________________

Well, you have to draw the line somewhere.

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 03:56 PM (dIske)

18 Jill Stein just had a warrant issued for her arrest. Trespassing and assault on a police officer.

holy schnikies I cannot picture that

she is teeny tiny!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 03:56 PM (j+aD2)

19 > Then there was one.......

Billy Gibbons, right?

Posted by: bonhomme at August 18, 2026 03:57 PM (mkw2N)

20 So, screwing twelve year old girls is a bridge too far, but genocide is no biggie? Got it.
Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 03:54 PM (Gqar

They've been running Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, kill the Jews pretty much non-stop since the 2024 election. This is no surprise.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 03:57 PM (ExV1e)

21 >>In a sane world with real media, this would be a blowout for Rogers.

In the real world, it just might be.

A reminder that right up until primary election day in Michigan, El Sayed had a double digit lead in the polls. He won by a single point.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 03:57 PM (viF8m)

22 18 Jill Stein just had a warrant issued for her arrest. Trespassing and assault on a police officer.

holy schnikies I cannot picture that

she is teeny tiny!
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 03:56 PM (j+aD2)

Geez. They just won’t go away, will they? What’s next, Medea Benjamin gonna pop up?

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 03:57 PM (Gqar8)

23

Know islham, no peace.

No islham, know peace.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:58 PM (2YhKe)

24 holy schnikies I cannot picture that

she is teeny tiny!
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 03:56 PM (j+aD2)

"Documents state that Officer Conroy approached on a bicycle, which Stein grabbed, leading to Officer Moore attempting to help. The bicycle hit Moore in the forearm, and while the bicycle was raised, Stein allegedly kicked Moore multiple times in the right leg near the groin. Moore was later diagnosed with a strain in his left forearm, a contusion in the back of his right leg and a groin injury."

Posted by: Jerry Lee Lewis at August 18, 2026 03:58 PM (IG3/x)

25 "El-Sayed is now trailing Republican Mike Rogers -- but only by a smidge."

In a sane world with real media, this would be a blowout for Rogers.
Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 18, 2026 03:54 PM (Sco7b)

A poll (strippers, etc.) is saying that the Republican is leading in Michigan. I'd guess that this means it's a blowout unless they can manufacture a LOT of 'votes'.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 03:58 PM (ExV1e)

26 Ugh.

Frank Beard has passed away.

Then there was one.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:55 PM (2YhKe)
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Important point: the guy without the beard in ZZ Top.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 03:58 PM (Fi81e)

27
Billy Gibbons, right?
Posted by: bonhomme at August 18, 2026 03:57 PM (mkw2N)

Yes. And he'll keep replacing band members until he's gone..........sad.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:58 PM (2YhKe)

28 > Jill Stein just had a warrant issued for her arrest. Trespassing and assault on a police officer.

It's already been quashed.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 18, 2026 03:58 PM (mkw2N)

29 18 Jill Stein just had a warrant issued for her arrest. Trespassing and assault on a police officer.

holy schnikies I cannot picture that

she is teeny tiny!
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 03:56 PM (j+aD2)
________________

Yeah, saw that. She blew off the Court date, because those pesky laws and legal requirements don't really apply to her. I was, actually, expected Don Lemon to do the same thing. Maybe he still will.

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 03:58 PM (dIske)

30 Citing a Fox News survey, Enten noted Rogers is leading El-Sayed by four points overall and five points among independents (the poll has a margin of error of three points).

This, he argued, is "extremely unusual" and highlights how unpopular El-Sayed is as a candidate:
=====

And we're only in mid-August.

Posted by: mrp at August 18, 2026 03:59 PM (rj6Yv)

31 A poll (strippers, etc.) is saying that the Republican is leading in Michigan. I'd guess that this means it's a blowout unless they can manufacture a LOT of 'votes'.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 03:58 PM (ExV1e)
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Yer in Benson country now.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 03:59 PM (Fi81e)

32 > She blew off the Court date, because those pesky laws and legal requirements don't really apply to her.

The warrant's already been quashed. Stein's lawyer fell on his sword and claimed he mixed up the date.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 18, 2026 04:00 PM (mkw2N)

33 > It's already been quashed.
Posted by: bonhomme at August 18, 2026 03:58 PM (mkw2N)

Of course it has. Because communist.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 18, 2026 04:01 PM (IG3/x)

34 Laws are for the Little People. If YOU assault a cop and don’t appear for your court date, what happens??

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 04:01 PM (Gqar8)

35 Quashed. Is that Squasheds’ little brother?

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 04:02 PM (Gqar8)

36 Sounds less like Masood "admitted" and more like he bragged about trafficking his niece. Yes, child marriage is legally considered a form of trafficking. Especially since the girls are often literally sold in exchange for cash or the promise of future favors.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 18, 2026 04:02 PM (lFFaq)

37 Laws are for the Little People. If YOU assault a cop and don’t appear for your court date, what happens??

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 04:01 PM (Gqar

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JANUARY 6th!! JANUARY 6th!!!

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 04:02 PM (Fi81e)

38 Big surprise -

https://tinyurl.com/9xvs6kpx
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Elizabeth MacDonald
@LizMacDonaldFOX
·
2h
NEWS A new controversy is unfolding around Michigan far-left Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed. He got a sweetheart consulting deal with his former state health employer just days after quitting with no record of approval by the county commission, and he’s accused of funneling his income through his LLC to avoid paying payroll taxes as he campaigns on “pay your fair share.”

Eight days after Abdul El-Sayed resigned from his nearly $279,000-a-year job as Wayne County’s health director in 2025, he started his own consulting company and rapidly landed a $72,000 county contract to advise the department he had just been running.

The unusual part is the eight-day gap between his resignation and his company’s contract. And El-Sayed was simultaneously campaigning for the U.S. Senate. The timing is striking, and raises questions about conflicts of interest, insider sweetheart deals, and taxpayer-funded consulting.

Posted by: beckster at August 18, 2026 04:03 PM (kX27y)

39 Whatever the Islamic laws are, he will follow.
But might try and say he isn't, but he will.

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2026 04:03 PM (Ia/+0)

40 islam has always been an op. They just traded scimitars for explosives

Posted by: sifty boones at August 18, 2026 04:03 PM (Q5t9l)

41 Islam - hustle, or grift?

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 04:04 PM (Gqar8)

42 > Stein's lawyer fell on his sword and claimed he mixed up the date.
Posted by: bonhomme at August 18, 2026 04:00 PM (mkw2N)

> If YOU assault a cop and don’t appear for your court date, what happens??
Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 04:01 PM (Gqar

Richard Pryor, up on tax evasion charges: "But Your Honor, I forgot."

Judge: "You'll remember next year, n*****"

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 18, 2026 04:04 PM (IG3/x)

43 The timing is striking, and raises questions about conflicts of interest, insider sweetheart deals, and taxpayer-funded consulting.
Posted by: beckster at August 18, 2026 04:03 PM (kX27y)

You're racist.

Posted by: Michelle Obama, DEI guru for hospitals at August 18, 2026 04:04 PM (88C+u)

44 I have to wonder how much Tucker had to be paid to simp for an evil regime like Iran.

Whatever it is, it's not worth it, T'Qar.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2026 04:04 PM (N1DT3)

45 el-sayed killed bunches and bunches of dogs and cats

I'm not sure how he doesn't get dinged by that alone, even with women being dim

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 04:05 PM (j+aD2)

46 "Pro-Pedophilia Imam"

Mohammed is unassailable + Mohammed was factually, according to the Koran, a pedophile = Every imam is pro pedophilia

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at August 18, 2026 04:06 PM (r7+Q7)

47 Muslim population in Michigan is 2.4%. Figure it out, Mitten State.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 18, 2026 04:06 PM (bX16E)

48 He currently works as a booker on the Tucker Carlson podcast.

I added that last sentence. It's true in spirit.
-Ace

It's so plausible that I didn't even blink when I read your edit.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 18, 2026 04:06 PM (6ydKt)

49 44 I have to wonder how much Tucker had to be paid to simp for an evil regime like Iran.

he doesn't need that much

at this point he's pushing harder because he CANNOT BE WRONG

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 04:06 PM (j+aD2)

50 Wait, now hold on a dang minute. You're telling me that Muslims are behaving like .... MUSLIMS? I'm shocked, shocked I say

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 04:06 PM (rp63B)

51 Wow, all these prominent, "mainstream" Muslims have these strange ties to terror groups...

It's almost like the problem is ISLAM, and the terrorists are a integral part of it.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2026 04:06 PM (N1DT3)

52 Seems like scum of the earth politicians are very popular with today's voters.

Posted by: Case at August 18, 2026 04:06 PM (VrYHL)

53 Qtarzan is always good for the highlight reel.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 18, 2026 04:06 PM (Q5t9l)

54 > 44 I have to wonder how much Tucker had to be paid to simp for an evil regime like Iran.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2026 04:04 PM (N1DT3)

I'm thinking more along the lines of them having a video with a live sheep or a dead girl.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 18, 2026 04:07 PM (IG3/x)

55 I have to wonder how much Tucker had to be paid to simp for an evil regime like Iran.

Whatever it is, it's not worth it, T'Qar.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2026 04:04 PM (N1DT3)

Would have thought he could have earned his money for whoever pays him without being so exposed. So a lot of the dumb crap is coming right out of his own brain.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 04:07 PM (uhVAy)

56 Imagine how stupid you have to be to live in Michigan. Explains everything.

Posted by: Land of the dumb at August 18, 2026 04:07 PM (9WAJE)

57 This is not Bob Seger's Michigan.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 18, 2026 04:08 PM (Q5t9l)

58 Abdul El-Sassafras wants abortion bans. So this is a chance for him to distract Michigan Feminists away from their Handmaid destiny.

Posted by: wferrin at August 18, 2026 04:08 PM (nVmOZ)

59 They seem nice

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 04:08 PM (W2Pud)

60 So, screwing twelve year old girls is a bridge too far, but genocide is no biggie? Got it.
Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 03:54 PM (Gqar

YES, because the musselmen have convinced the left that genocide is an appropriate response to TEH JOOS having a homeland.

But they still have to pretend they're not okay with child abuse.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2026 04:08 PM (N1DT3)

61 Richard Pryor, up on tax evasion charges: "But Your Honor, I forgot."

Judge: "You'll remember next year, n*****"

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 18, 2026 04:04 PM (IG3/x)

https://youtu.be/j9TS1pRmajU

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 04:09 PM (ExV1e)

62
What do we know about Mike Rogers as a campaigner, debater, and all-around politician? With polls (strippers caveat) this tight, it's going to come down to gimmicks like charisma.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 04:09 PM (XJ22o)

63 It is the right of the husband to decide if the wife attends middle school or cleans the tent.

The Mufti of Dearborne

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 18, 2026 04:09 PM (gm9Sb)

64 Not just his father-in-law -- his mother is a terrorist, too.

And his sister, the radical Chicago professor, as well.

If a person looked really, really, hard and focused they might be able to see something is off in this family and that, unless he's the black sheep, El-Sayed is just another branch of the family tree.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 18, 2026 04:09 PM (6ydKt)

65 Its hard to be disappointed in Michigan. I mean to be disappointed in Michigan you have to have expected them to have done better.

And why would you do that?

Posted by: O H I O at August 18, 2026 04:09 PM (anL5R)

66 From raiding caravans for slaves and gold to raiding college campuses for slaves and government cash.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 18, 2026 04:09 PM (Q5t9l)

67 Don’t you all watch the TV crime shows? Tucker has obviously been visited by murky characters who show him pictures of his loved ones, and threatened with their harm if he does not comply with their wishes. It’s TV so it is obviously the case.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 04:09 PM (Gqar8)

68 >>>53 Qtarzan is always good for the highlight reel.

good for 79 points in Scrabble

Posted by: ace at August 18, 2026 04:10 PM (1wjle)

69 It is the right of the husband to decide if the wife attends middle school or cleans the tent.

The Mufti of Dearborne
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 18, 2026 04:09 PM (gm9Sb)

Middle school? Had to settle for an old maid, eh?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 04:11 PM (ExV1e)

70 Piece of shit Islamophobe? I've been called worse by better.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2026 04:11 PM (y0ylk)

71
Seems like scum of the earth politicians are very popular with today's voters.
Posted by: Case

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Yes, it does.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 04:11 PM (XJ22o)

72 I've been thrown into better places than Dearborn by men with guns.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 18, 2026 04:12 PM (Q5t9l)

73 > Mohammed was factually, according to the Koran, a pedophile

Doctrinally speaking, Muhammad is regarded as the ideal human being and the perfect practical example for Muslims to follow.

See eg Surah Al-Ahzab 33:21, "Indeed, in the Messenger of Allah you have an excellent example for whoever has hope in Allah and the Last Day and remembers Allah often."

See also Surah Al-Qalam 68:4, "And indeed, you are of a great moral character."

Therefore it follows that Muhammad's relationship with Aisha is a model relationship for Muslims.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 18, 2026 04:12 PM (mkw2N)

74 I'd love to see an AI comedy show with prophet mo and his wife Aisha. That'd be hilarious....before she turns 9.

And no-one objected?

All the guys were probably thinking Aisha's older 7 year old sister would then be fair game. Such an enlightened people.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 04:13 PM (Sco7b)

75 54 > 44 I have to wonder how much Tucker had to be paid to simp for an evil regime like Iran.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2026 04:04 PM (N1DT3)

I'm thinking more along the lines of them having a video with a live sheep or a dead girl.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 18, 2026 04:07 PM (IG3/x)

Mad Cow Disease.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2026 04:13 PM (y0ylk)

76

That greasy pile of shit ha signs all over Ann Arbor.

They really buy in to his swarthy oily manliness.

Libs are so insane.

Posted by: rev the buzz at August 18, 2026 04:14 PM (et1vG)

77 The question is will Democrat fraud machine worked overtime for El Sayed? I don’t think they will.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 18, 2026 04:14 PM (u73oe)

78 Thanks, GW. Bang up job with that religion of peace.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 18, 2026 04:14 PM (diia5)

79 What do we know about Mike Rogers as a campaigner, debater, and all-around politician? With polls (strippers caveat) this tight, it's going to come down to gimmicks like charisma.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 04:09 PM (XJ22o)
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I just hope it doesn't come down to some of the painful line delivery acting I've ever seen on political commercials, because Rogers has already lost in that case. Of, course the scripting really sucks as well.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 04:15 PM (Fi81e)

80 off old sock

Posted by: Gref at August 18, 2026 04:15 PM (5rh/l)

81 All the guys were probably thinking Aisha's older 7 year old sister would then be fair game. Such an enlightened people.
==
all customs, cultures and beliefs are beyond judgment, except yours, you imperialist swine!

Posted by: Woke Scholar at August 18, 2026 04:15 PM (anL5R)

82 I'd love to see Rickey Gervais do an animated series on the life of the pedophile bandit prophet like he did for cats.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 18, 2026 04:15 PM (Q5t9l)

83 Abdulrahman"

Is that a new ramen flavor? Pork bone or miso?

Posted by: man at August 18, 2026 04:16 PM (XuXeR)

84 Even though the reporting is very much biased, if El Sayed doesn't denounce this guy he should just drop out. No need to give Rogers the strongest line of attack ever.

Because the Jeremiah Wright attacks worked so well...

But Wright never said anything wrong. Not many voters are cool with child marriage.

this is rage bait for conservatives to scream about El Sayed and muslims being so extreme and gross, so I'm just going to leave this one here. (Links wiki article...white people do it too!)

So, so many unforced errors in this dudes campaign. Actively blowing it.

He thinks a Dem wave year alone will carry him over the finish line. He deeply believes in the invincibility of the generic ballot democratic candidate.

sounds like he’s not appearing alongside the guy but is appearing in a separate panel at the same event. That said, I question the campaign value of this appearance 80 days out.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 18, 2026 04:16 PM (THJS/)

85

This is 9/11 all over. The left celebrated it, now they’re able to run candidates that the greasy unwashed masses might vote for willingly.

Posted by: rev the buzz at August 18, 2026 04:16 PM (et1vG)

86 Doctrinally speaking, Muhammad is regarded as the ideal human being and the perfect practical example for Muslims to follow.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 18, 2026 04:12 PM (mkw2N)
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So how many Muslim men go a-Zuttin'?

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 04:16 PM (Fi81e)

87 Why would anyone who isn't Muslim vote for this terrible man? Because they want to be "inclusive"?
Because Republicans are so icky? Because most of the Democrat voters in MI are DSA.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2026 04:17 PM (rHgXV)

88 When will El-Sayed get the same post-primary defenestration given to the Oyster Fuhrer? Or does El-Sayed have sufficient intersectionality points to avoid a swap-out for more conventionally liberal candidate drawn from the Dems' over-supply of slightly-overweight Karens?

Posted by: Schroedinger's Cat Wears the Emperor's New Clothes at August 18, 2026 04:18 PM (bWR5k)

89 "El-Sayed is now trailing Republican Mike Rogers -- but only by a smidge."

In a sane world with real media, this would be a blowout for Rogers.

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If this is anywhere close to being true, it's unfathomable this is where we are as a country.

Anyone in MI care to enlighten me on whether or not Rogers is hitting his islamist pig hard in advertising and outreach? Too early? Too spineless? There's a treasure trove of material on people like this animal, and Talarfreako being another, that should be an easy sail to victory for the R if only they made the public fully aware of their own words.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 18, 2026 04:19 PM (qBdHI)

90
Posted by: beckster at August 18, 2026 04:03 PM (kX27y)

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I'm ignorant, which is why that all looks to me like typical shyte that's unethical but legal because lawyers write our laws. Quit your high-paying government job and start a consultancy, instantly bag a contract with your former agency? Who wouldn't do that? It's good business! No record of approval? Oops, silly us, our bad, but there's a loophole within a condition in fine print that defines certain exemptions.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 04:19 PM (XJ22o)

91 Why did mohammed cross the road?

I don't know, how old was the chicken he was chasing?

Posted by: sifty boones at August 18, 2026 04:19 PM (Q5t9l)

92 If the fat chick from HR had won the primary, Rogers would have no chance.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 18, 2026 04:19 PM (u73oe)

93 76

That greasy pile of shit ha signs all over Ann Arbor.

They really buy in to his swarthy oily manliness.

Libs are so insane.

Posted by: rev the buzz at August 18, 2026 04:14 PM (et1vG)

He looks like he smells bad, just naturally.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2026 04:19 PM (y0ylk)

94

ISNA - Plainfield, Indiana

https://isna.net

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2026 04:20 PM (Cqx++)

95 Here's the MOST disturbing part of ace's post.

"El-Sayed is now trailing Republican Mike Rogers -- but only by a smidge."

In a sane world with real media, this would be a blowout for Rogers.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 18, 2026 03:54 PM

It is going to be a blowout, remember the "polls" had the hong fong up by 19 points the week before the primary and she lost by less than a point. abc/nbc called it a stunning upset.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 18, 2026 04:20 PM (cpFbA)

96 ***As Hasan Piker said of Michigan voters: "You're all piece of shit Islamophobes" for noticing.
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Piker, you're wrong. No one is phobic. It's that all Islam is a degenerate piece of shit. It is not phobic wanting to flush pieces of shit down the commode it is normal.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 04:20 PM (Cq/ve)

97 Anyone in MI care to enlighten me on whether or not Rogers is hitting his islamist pig hard in advertising and outreach? Too early? Too spineless?

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 18, 2026 04:19 PM (qBdHI)
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I haven't seen anything hard hitting, or that inspiring.

He was in the military....

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 04:21 PM (Fi81e)

98 40 islam has always been an op. They just traded scimitars for explosives
Posted by: sifty boones at August 18, 2026 04:03 PM (Q5t9l)

And nice suits for their public face.

Posted by: Thrawn at August 18, 2026 04:21 PM (lNxD2)

99 92 If the fat chick from HR had won the primary, Rogers would have no chance.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 18, 2026 04:19 PM (u73oe)

I don't know, she was pretty weird and Rogers only lost by a little the last time he ran and I'm not sure he actually lost...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2026 04:21 PM (FtULh)

100 Because Republicans are so icky"

White people
Men
People who work for a living

All icky

Posted by: man at August 18, 2026 04:21 PM (XuXeR)

101 I'm ignorant, which is why that all looks to me like typical shyte that's unethical but legal because lawyers write our laws. Quit your high-paying government job and start a consultancy, instantly bag a contract with your former agency? Who wouldn't do that? It's good business! No record of approval? Oops, silly us, our bad, but there's a loophole within a condition in fine print that defines certain exemptions.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 04:19 PM (XJ22o)

In the Federal workforce, there is a one year moratorium on entering the private sector and doing work for the government. I haven't seen that enforced on anyone except the rank and file. The upper levels seems to flout that rule constantly.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2026 04:21 PM (y0ylk)

102 Lena Freaking Miculek posted a video of herself getting used to drawing while wearing a flowing summer dress. Some aspie retard replied, "Please tell me you have actually took classes we're talking safety classes. Because right out the gate I saw something stupid."

I'm dying. Why are there so many safety schoolmarms in the gun world? And how do they not know not to do this when talking to one of the most accomplished pistol shooters on the planet?

http://tiny.cc/d0v8101

Posted by: bonhomme at August 18, 2026 04:22 PM (mkw2N)

103 One of the Somali fraudsters who was given "outstanding refugee" award tied to sex trafficking ring.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 04:22 PM (YZ0Fo)

104 92 If the fat chick from HR had won the primary, Rogers would have no chance.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 18, 2026 04:19 PM (u73oe)

I saw a few commercials for Haley Stevens. I hated her immediately. Having Obama in her commercials didn't help.

And the big attacks on Abdul were that he disrespected Whitmer and Mooch!! Oh noes!! I liked him more. And he is very charismatic and comes across very well in his commercials.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 04:23 PM (Sco7b)

105 It is going to be a blowout, remember the "polls" had the hong fong up by 19 points the week before the primary and she lost by less than a point. abc/nbc called it a stunning upset.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 18, 2026 04:20 PM (cpFbA)
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Yeah, it's surprising to me because the polls I saw earlier showed El-Sayed only leading among Democrats, not too long ago.

But, I hate to say it, while Rogers is running forgettable ads, El-Sayed is running well-done commercials with the people who raised him.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 04:23 PM (Fi81e)

106
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 18, 2026 04:19 PM (qBdHI)

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Great minds are on this LiB. See #79. It seems like Repubs have to step up their game.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 04:23 PM (XJ22o)

107 74 I'd love to see an AI comedy show with prophet mo and his wife Aisha. That'd be hilarious....before she turns 9.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 04:13 PM (Sco7b)

You'd have to do it on your own rig with a open source model.
I don't think any AI company would allow it if it managed to slip by filters.

You can probably do anything with Jesus you want, though.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 18, 2026 04:24 PM (6ydKt)

108
Why do the pedo laws in our country not apply to the muzzies?

Posted by: four seasons at August 18, 2026 04:24 PM (/QHx4)

109 I don't know, she was pretty weird and Rogers only lost by a little the last time he ran and I'm not sure he actually lost...
Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2026 04:21 PM (FtULh)

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I think the democrat fraud machine would’ve put her over the top. I don’t think they do that for Haji.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 18, 2026 04:25 PM (u73oe)

110 Someone AI a picture of shortass Sayed next to various barnyard animals in a mugshot lineup. I bet there are great danes taller than him.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 18, 2026 04:25 PM (Q5t9l)

111 Nothing is a better example of the incoherent, illogical, unquestioning, horrifying bleating of the left than the fact the this is almost a verbatim statement that you'll hear in any Democrat gathering today:

The Holocaust was a hoax but those Jews deserved it.
And more.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2026 04:25 PM (3cUTc)

112
Because the Jeremiah Wright attacks worked so well...

But Wright never said anything wrong.

Nope. Never said anything wrong.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2026 04:25 PM (Cqx++)

113 Mike Rogers served in the U.S. House of Representatives from January 3, 2001, to January 3, 2015, totaling 14 years...

He must know something about campaigning.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 04:26 PM (Cq/ve)

114 Rogers participated in the Woodward Dream Cruise this weekend in a 1940’s Chevy pickup and created a commercial of him heading down Woodward with two American flags and Toby Keith singing American Ride. El-Sayed’s campaign flunkie claims it looks like the KKK. El Sayed trying to again do damage control from this jerk.

Posted by: Jen the original at August 18, 2026 04:27 PM (I7cYu)

115 108
Why do the pedo laws in our country not apply to the muzzies?

Posted by: four seasons at August 18, 2026 04:24 PM (/QHx4)

I saw that video of the two Somali chicks fighting....sadly without nunchucks.

I was thinking. I wonder if a muslim woman in full garb has ever been stopped and searched for anything?

Ever?

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 04:27 PM (Sco7b)

116 I did not know Osama was against fornication. I guess that letter was not shared with his four or five wives either.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at August 18, 2026 04:27 PM (QaH55)

117 What do we know about Mike Rogers as a campaigner, debater, and all-around politician? With polls (strippers caveat) this tight, it's going to come down to gimmicks like charisma.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 04:09 PM (XJ22o)
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A 4 point lead for a Republican in August isn't a tight race.

Posted by: Math! at August 18, 2026 04:27 PM (+ovo7)

118 Does Cucker have any other face than the constipated, furrowed brow trying to understand face? In the same plaid shirt that must stink by now?

Does he have a young daughter he wants to marry off at age 9yrs?

I have no idea what his children are or what his wife looks like. I guess since I can no longer read Markle snark on reddit I will look.

Sharia Law trumps USA law in their minds. It seems to be getting louder.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2026 04:28 PM (hzuYO)

119
Stateless,

They have rights we don't have.

Posted by: four seasons at August 18, 2026 04:28 PM (/QHx4)

120 Mike Rogers served in the U.S. House of Representatives from January 3, 2001, to January 3, 2015, totaling 14 years...

He must know something about campaigning.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 04:26 PM (Cq/ve)
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But there's the downside of potentially looking like recycled product.

The poll I saw recently had Rogers up by healthy margins among Pubs and Independents, with El-Sayed only winning the Democrats (but not by as much).

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 04:28 PM (Fi81e)

121
In three months, Chuck Schumer will be saying the Holocaust was a hoax.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 04:29 PM (O0L8i)

122
while Rogers is running forgettable ads, El-Sayed is running well-done commercials with the people who raised him.
Posted by: Axeman

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And he was the best Republican in Michigan? Gawd why do we get stuck with these marshmallows.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 04:29 PM (XJ22o)

123 The question is will Democrat fraud machine worked overtime for El Sayed? I don’t think they will.

In the general? Of course they will.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 18, 2026 04:30 PM (/RqAK)

124 >>Sharia Law trumps USA law in their minds. It seems to be getting louder.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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The more they get away with the more they will push.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 04:30 PM (Cq/ve)

125
A 4 point lead for a Republican in August isn't a tight race.
Posted by: Math!

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What is it, a certain R loss?

j/k but I worry about the charisma gap.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 04:31 PM (XJ22o)

126 while Rogers is running forgettable ads, El-Sayed is running well-done commercials with the people who raised him.
Posted by: Axeman

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And he was the best Republican in Michigan? Gawd why do we get stuck with these marshmallows.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 04:29 PM (XJ22o)

Well as a blue state you are more likely to have a squish than DJT Junior having success.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 04:31 PM (uhVAy)

127
And he was the best Republican in Michigan? Gawd why do we get stuck with these marshmallows.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 04:29 PM (XJ22o)

__________

In this case, he may not want to be murdered.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 04:31 PM (O0L8i)

128 And he was the best Republican in Michigan? Gawd why do we get stuck with these marshmallows.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 04:29 PM (XJ22o)
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You can't hate the Republican party enough.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 04:32 PM (Fi81e)

129 124 >>Sharia Law trumps USA law in their minds. It seems to be getting louder.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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The more they get away with the more they will push.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 04:30 PM

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You get what you tolerate.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 18, 2026 04:32 PM (2Ez/1)

130 103 One of the Somali fraudsters who was given "outstanding refugee" award tied to sex trafficking ring.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 04:22 PM (YZ0Fo)

Pretty fucking outstanding, alright.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2026 04:32 PM (y0ylk)

131 119
Stateless,

They have rights we don't have.

Posted by: four seasons at August 18, 2026 04:28 PM (/QHx4)

Pretty much.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 04:32 PM (Sco7b)

132 islam is a death cult that has no place in America.

Its primary goals are conquest, subversion, coercion and control. It is a product of evil. It is the antithesis of liberty and freedom.

Its founder mohammed was a fraud, pedo, murderer and false prophet. That’s all easily proven true.

It is everything our country has fought against since its founding, which is why liberals embrace it.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 04:32 PM (+83Ol)

133 128 And he was the best Republican in Michigan? Gawd why do we get stuck with these marshmallows.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 04:29 PM (XJ22o)

Pretty sure he's right up there with the best Republican in Michigan...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2026 04:33 PM (0JyZG)

134 I don't know, she was pretty weird and Rogers only lost by a little the last time he ran and I'm not sure he actually lost...
Posted by: It's me donna

She probably would have had a better chance, I think? The far Left might have been disgruntled and sat out a bit, and maybe normies would be bored and not show up as much? Tune out due to cringe?

Just listening to a clip of her on a podcast while cleaning, I originally thought it was a parody. She really was terrible. https://tinyurl.com/yc6xzcuv

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 18, 2026 04:33 PM (THJS/)

135 RealClearPolitics (RCP) Final Average for MI

Harris: 48.3%
Trump: 47.8%
Margin: Harris +0.5

Actual result: Trump won Michigan 49.7% to 48.3% (Trump +1.4)

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2026 04:34 PM (3cUTc)

136

And....the government is still importing thepieces of shit

Posted by: four seasons at August 18, 2026 04:35 PM (/QHx4)

137
Benson will manufacture the votes needed.

The trade deal with Canada has a deadline today, the American demands have leaked out:

SURRENDER DOROTHY

Carney is in Italy getting bombed in a good way. He's toast.

Posted by: Auspex at August 18, 2026 04:35 PM (Y8DZL)

138 Islamaphobe. PoisonousSnakaphobe. WomenInAuthorityaphobe. YoungBlacksInGroupsaphobe.

The list goes on and on. Because all the above have proven over time they are not to be trusted.

VenomousSpideraphobe. LongFallsWithSuddenStopsaphobe. Canceraphobe. I can do this all day.

Posted by: Howdy at August 18, 2026 04:35 PM (i3LmB)

139
All our vote are belong Jocelyn Benson, anyway.

Whig says that law won't hold. So, his words to God's ear, and a further prayer to not getting a willful judge.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 04:36 PM (Fi81e)

140 I was thinking. I wonder if a muslim woman in full garb has ever been stopped and searched for anything?

Ever?

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 04:27 PM

My great grandmother allegedly was running guns for the mob back in the 20s for a short period. She wore the normal long skirts/dresses most women wore in that era and was never searched by the police.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 18, 2026 04:36 PM (cpFbA)

141 I think it was Piker calling white people "cumskin". He was saying "face it, you've been owned".

Dude, if your skin is brown, do you really want to be talking about bodily excretions and their colors?

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 04:37 PM (Fi81e)

142 My great grandmother allegedly was running guns for the mob back in the 20s for a short period. She wore the normal long skirts/dresses most women wore in that era and was never searched by the police.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 18, 2026 04:36 PM (cpFbA)

That's very cool.

There are stories that my grandfather ran booze across the frozen Detroit River during Prohibition. I could see him doing that.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 04:37 PM (Sco7b)

143 Always fascinated by the fact that Stank Wigger stays relevant

Posted by: ballistic at August 18, 2026 04:38 PM (PqZDx)

144 I was thinking. I wonder if a muslim woman in full garb has ever been stopped and searched for anything?

Ever?
Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 04:27 PM (Sco7b)
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In Iraq, yes.

Here in the US, doubtful.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 18, 2026 04:39 PM (C37V/)

145 islam is a death cult that has no place in America.

Lets all give the idiot "W" the clap for his "religion of peace" bullshit.

Posted by: Howdy at August 18, 2026 04:39 PM (i3LmB)

146 Keep in mind:
1) this is summer polling, it gets worse for Dems from here
2) this is the high-water--he just came off a media-dominating primary
3) 2024 polls in MI were off by near 2% in favor of Harris
4) IIRC, he badly lost the non-college vote in the primary. They're not going to come home for him in the general. Not enough to make up the ground he needs.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2026 04:39 PM (3cUTc)

147 Here's the thing: Darwinists should be for allowing sharia in America.

If they believe that whole improvement by out-competing line.

But rare is the Darwinist that wants to look non-teleological processes in the eye.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 04:40 PM (Fi81e)

148 Sharia Law trumps USA law in their minds. It seems to be getting louder.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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The more they get away with the more they will push.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 04:30 PM

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You get what you tolerate.
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Even worse--you get what you *reward*. "The system" has been rewarding the worst of the worst.

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2026 04:41 PM (TN0g+)

149 That's very cool.

There are stories that my grandfather ran booze across the frozen Detroit River during Prohibition. I could see him doing that.
Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 04:37 PM (Sco7b)
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The mayor of Detroit actually said: "If you can't find liquor, you're not trying."

Michigan: the first state to ratify Prohibition and also the first state to repeal it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 18, 2026 04:41 PM (ZOv7s)

150 Therefore it follows that Muhammad's relationship with Aisha is a model relationship for Muslims.
Posted by: bonhomme at August 18, 2026 04:12 PM (mkw2N)
________________________

Peter Hitchens really used to love twisting in the knife on that point when he showed up on panel shows with Muslims. You could see the absolute fury and vitriole in their eyes as Hitchens just pontificated away.

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 04:41 PM (dIske)

151 RealClearPolitics (RCP) Final Average for MI
Harris: 48.3%
Trump: 47.8%
Margin: Harris +0.5
Actual result: Trump won Michigan 49.7% to 48.3% (Trump +1.4)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2026 04:34 PM (3cUTc)
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RCP average had Kamala up by two percentage points on August 18, meaning a final swing of around three-and-a-half percentage points.

Posted by: Math! at August 18, 2026 04:41 PM (+ovo7)

152 RealClearPolitics (RCP) Final Average for MI

Harris: 48.3%
Trump: 47.8%
Margin: Harris +0.5

Actual result: Trump won Michigan 49.7% to 48.3% (Trump +1.4)

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2026 04:34 PM (3cUTc)
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Because polls are an op.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 04:41 PM (Fi81e)

153 Keep in mind:
1) this is summer polling, it gets worse for Dems from here
2) this is the high-water--he just came off a media-dominating primary
3) 2024 polls in MI were off by near 2% in favor of Harris
4) IIRC, he badly lost the non-college vote in the primary. They're not going to come home for him in the general. Not enough to make up the ground he needs.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2026 04:39 PM (3cUTc)
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5) The main oppo dumps and "surprises" won't be dropped until after Labor Day.

Trump knows Michigan was stolen in 2020 and he's been waiting to settle scores.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 18, 2026 04:42 PM (ZOv7s)

154 Okay, I'm hoping this AI script finishes soon. My projects getting there.

So still a productive day...

- my AI project
- helping to push fraudulent PhD's to suicide
- from Canada, I'm still helping to keep black people all over the world from creating their utopian Wakanda
- carrying Ralphy up and down the stairs but he's resting.
- and I'm personally responsible for slavery and every ouchie by every sad minority everywhere.

Busy day.
And I'm only one man...
All of you have a good night.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 04:43 PM (Sco7b)

155 Pretty sure he's right up there with the best Republican in Michigan...
Posted by: It's me donna

Not sure if he was a RINO, but Fred Upton was a Republican that served for several years. Maybe his niece Kate could ~~jiggle~~ run for office?

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 18, 2026 04:43 PM (THJS/)

156 RIP Frank Beard. I saw them live, and was amazed.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 04:43 PM (Jr5Lq)

157 Ugh.
Frank Beard has passed away.
Then there was one.......
Posted by: Sponge

Important point: the guy without the beard in ZZ Top.
Posted by: Axeman

That's why he had to be named Beard, instead.

So ZZ Top is down to just being "Z".

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 04:43 PM (VHUov)

158 People have been coming after us and our country for a long time. Better people than these bags of shit from Fuckagoatastan. If they think they’re gonna wear the government like a skin suit and use that to start trampling our country, they haven’t learned the first thing about America. People just haven’t reached their breaking point.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 04:43 PM (SH8lz)

159 I think it was Piker calling white people "cumskin". He was saying "face it, you've been owned".

--

I'd be hard pressed to think of someone currently who harbors such deep hatred in their souls (if he even has one) as this piece of garbage human being. He is drowning in hatred. Pure, evil hatred that I simply can't fathom.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 18, 2026 04:43 PM (qBdHI)

160 What are the odds that al-Sayed 's supporters will get violent with counter protesters or Rogers supporters? I would think that they are the kind of people who don't like a difference of opinion and aren't too stable. The first "Jewish Dems for Rogers" rally could be ugly

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 04:44 PM (rp63B)

161 Here's the thing: Darwinists should be for allowing sharia in America.

It all comes down to where you think, in your world-view, the cage bars are set. Where the aquarium walls divide the visitors from the sharks.

I think they have to be at national borders. Hence, I'm a Nationalist. That's as easy a way to paint it as I can make it.

Most modern Democrats - and frankly, a lot of Boomer Republicans, want those cage walls inside the national borders. Because "its not fair" (Democrats) or "they won't work" (Boomer Republicans).

Posted by: Howdy at August 18, 2026 04:44 PM (i3LmB)

162 And he was the best Republican in Michigan? Gawd why do we get stuck with these marshmallows.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 04:29 PM (XJ22o)

Rogers was a favorite of the Intel community when he was in Congress. Like we need more of those. I think the other Senator from MI is also former CIA or something. If our choices are CIA plants or DSA, that's like Scylla and Charybdis.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at August 18, 2026 04:44 PM (QaH55)

163 From ESPN:

The San Diego Padres' minor league catching coordinator has been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Oswaldo Pirela, 34, who is from Venezuela, was taken into custody early Sunday at El Paso (Texas) International Airport, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed on Tuesday. He was not carrying his work permit card at the time, his brother, Jorge Pirela, told The Athletic.

According to a statement from DHS, Pirela entered the country legally in 2014, but that expired in 2018 and he "was not in possession of legal documentation granting him status in the country." It said Pirela would remain in ICE custody pending removal proceedings.

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2026 04:44 PM (TN0g+)

164 Not sure if he was a RINO, but Fred Upton was a Republican that served for several years.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 18, 2026 04:43 PM (THJS/)
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I'm proud to have led the campaign to ban the greatest threat to the American people: incandescent light bulbs.

Posted by: Zombie Fred Upton at August 18, 2026 04:44 PM (+ovo7)

165 Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed prefers if you use his whole name.

Posted by: Onomastician for hire at August 18, 2026 04:45 PM (gbwMD)

166 Rogers was a favorite of the Intel community when he was in Congress. Like we need more of those. I think the other Senator from MI is also former CIA or something. If our choices are CIA plants or DSA, that's like Scylla and Charybdis.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at August 18, 2026 04:44 PM (QaH55)
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Somebody like Benz even suspects Slotkin of *still* being CIA.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 04:46 PM (Fi81e)

167 #150 Ooops... Peter = Christopher. Always mix those two up. Both were pretty cool.

I would have bet money that Christopher would not have died of natural causes despite his personal habits. He was Fatwa material if I ever saw one.

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 04:46 PM (dIske)

168 What are the odds that al-Sayed 's supporters will get violent with counter protesters or Rogers supporters? I would think that they are the kind of people who don't like a difference of opinion and aren't too stable. The first "Jewish Dems for Rogers" rally could be ugly
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 04:44 PM (rp63B)
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Michigan has concealed carry and Stand Your Ground laws.

So it could get exciting.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 18, 2026 04:47 PM (ZOv7s)

169
Maybe the IC is trying to capture Congress.

Wouldn't surprise me much.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 04:47 PM (Fi81e)

170 Of course the AWFULs will vote for him.

Posted by: Butch at August 18, 2026 04:48 PM (98xTj)

171

Estimated population of Wyoming is 588,000.

Last time I checked there are 4 mosques here.

The scum are everywhere.

Posted by: four seasons at August 18, 2026 04:49 PM (/QHx4)

172 RIP Frank Beard. I saw them live, and was amazed.
Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 04:43 PM (Jr5Lq)

Aw, man. I loved ZZ Top so much.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at August 18, 2026 04:49 PM (PSEDc)

173 I was thinking. I wonder if a muslim woman in full garb has ever been stopped and searched for anything?

Ever?
Posted by: Stateless

Your white privilege has shielded you from the real victims of 9/11...Muslims. Didn't you hear about Mamdani's aunt!?!?

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 18, 2026 04:49 PM (THJS/)

174 Two minutes of Beloye Zlato.
youtube.com/watch?v=onGB1NWKb3w

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 04:49 PM (Jr5Lq)

175 But his dreamy collection of Rolex watches makes me want to suck his dusky pecker.

Posted by: lonely childless AWFL with Desert Fever at August 18, 2026 04:50 PM (Av6i5)

176 People have been coming after us and our country for a long time. Better people than these bags of shit from Fuckagoatastan.

Over two decades, thousands of casualties and over two trillion dollars and not much change in the *-stans except the Taliban is better armed and is getting a generous allowance from Uncle Sugar.

A billion or two in the US, you get Obama, a crap ton of female "judges", pro-criminal DAs, corrupt mayors congress critters and the US on the collapse path despite the Herculean efforts of GEOTUS Trump.

They still hump goats, we now have adopted their ways of hating Jews and Christians, regulating our diets and sex trafficking children.

While we still give them hundreds of billions of Mad Money to play with.

Who is winning again?

Posted by: Community Notes at August 18, 2026 04:50 PM (/TiS1)

177 I am getting cantankerous in my old age: I cannot even summon a 'but there are good, decent muslims.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2026 04:51 PM (zZu0s)

178 As I recall the Democrats democratically "fortified" the US Senate election in 2020 as well - a black guy, John James or something like that? Lost in the overall shuffle of hinkyness that was the national election.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 04:51 PM (0Ppf4)

179 The only thing I worry about is: Will this burka make me look fat?

Posted by: lonely childless AWFL with Desert Fever at August 18, 2026 04:51 PM (Av6i5)

180 What are the odds that al-Sayed 's supporters will get violent with counter protesters or Rogers supporters? I would think that they are the kind of people who don't like a difference of opinion and aren't too stable. The first "Jewish Dems for Rogers" rally could be ugly
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Why not just have the state troopers arrest Rogers' staff/supporters? Why not just cloak everything in lawfare? Seems easier to disguise.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 18, 2026 04:52 PM (diia5)

181 @132. "Islam is a death cult". "It is a product of evil".

They want to kill our dogs. Yes, they are evil. What kind of evil would want to kill Lassie? These people are not human. Next they will kill little old ladies cats. I have no use for these evil people. They need to be kicked out of this country.

Posted by: Case at August 18, 2026 04:52 PM (VrYHL)

182 I recall the Democrats democratically "fortified" the US Senate election in 2020 as well - a black guy, John James or something like that? Lost in the overall shuffle of hinkyness that was the national election.
Posted by: Common Tater

Then got in the house. Now most likely honing to lose the governor race.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 04:52 PM (YZ0Fo)

183 Hey -- what's the "safe word" for this "harem" role-playing sex game?

Hello? Hello????

Posted by: lonely childless AWFL with Desert Fever at August 18, 2026 04:53 PM (Av6i5)

184 As I recall the Democrats democratically "fortified" the US Senate election in 2020 as well - a black guy, John James or something like that? Lost in the overall shuffle of hinkyness that was the national election.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 04:51 PM (0Ppf4)
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Yup. James had the same f-curve formation as DJT.

That's why I didn't really like Perry Johnson saying that James failed his run for Senate.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 04:53 PM (Fi81e)

185
Pete Hoekstra is probably the closest thing to conservative in the Michigan Republican Party today, currently serving as ambassador to Canada.

His superpower is pissing everyone off.

Posted by: Auspex at August 18, 2026 04:55 PM (Y8DZL)

186 I am getting cantankerous in my old age: I cannot even summon a 'but there are good, decent muslims.

You ain't old. You finally just got real.

Sure, there's an odd "be a good neighbor muslim" here and there. But who cares ? Just not worth the risk.

We ... as in "us", here ... still spend way, way too much time acting as if groups don't act as groups. This topic has been brought up, and now and then banned, time and time again.

Posted by: Howdy at August 18, 2026 04:56 PM (i3LmB)

187 Rogers was a favorite of the Intel community when he was in Congress. Like we need more of those. I think the other Senator from MI is also former CIA or something. If our choices are CIA plants or DSA, that's like Scylla and Charybdis.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at August 18, 2026 04:44 PM (QaH55)
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Rogers was brought in by John Engler to primary out a GOP opponent. He then won a swing seat and kept it safe for many years. He was your Mark I Mod 0 Republican and that's why he was convinced to get back into politics.

We did the zealous True Believing Trump People last cycle and got wrecked. Boring is the new edgy.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 18, 2026 04:56 PM (ZOv7s)

188

Of course!
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Polymarket
@Polymarket
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JUST IN: It’s been revealed NYC-DSA co-chair Gustavo Gordillo lives in a $1.5 million Brooklyn townhouse reportedly held through his parents’ family trust — potentially subject to Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax.

Posted by: beckster at August 18, 2026 04:57 PM (kX27y)

189 Pete Hoekstra is probably the closest thing to conservative in the Michigan Republican Party today, currently serving as ambassador to Canada.

His superpower is pissing everyone off.
Posted by: Auspex

He was my rep for a long time. Slept on his office couch in dc when he had to be there instead of wasting money on an apt and spent as much time as possible home in his district.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 04:57 PM (YZ0Fo)

190 Then got in the house. Now most likely honing to lose the governor race.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 04:52 PM (YZ0Fo)
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Against Benson?! He won statewide and was robbed. Got a House seat to keep him in the game, and now the Second Wicked Witch is going to get oppo research dumped on her with a fire hose.

Trump's holding back the good stuff till after Labor Day. Then it's all coming out.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 18, 2026 04:58 PM (ZOv7s)

191 I looked for a Gordillo recipe, and stumped the whole internet. No such thing? Bah.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 04:59 PM (Jr5Lq)

192 nood

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 04:59 PM (Jr5Lq)

193 Against Benson?! He won statewide and was robbed. Got a House seat to keep him in the game, and now the Second Wicked Witch is going to get oppo research dumped on her with a fire hose.

Trump's holding back the good stuff till after Labor Day. Then it's all coming out.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author

Population outflow has made the state bluer. I hope he wins. But I doubt it.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 04:59 PM (YZ0Fo)

194
Slotkin "suspected" of being CIA.

lol, good one.

Posted by: Auspex at August 18, 2026 05:00 PM (Y8DZL)

195
How many mosques in our country are full of weapons of mass destruction? Probably all.

There is no oversight of building regulations because you will offend the people who want to kill us.

Posted by: four seasons at August 18, 2026 05:03 PM (/QHx4)

196
An indictment of Benson over her SPLC activities is not out of the question.

Posted by: Auspex at August 18, 2026 05:04 PM (Y8DZL)

197 175 But his dreamy collection of Rolex watches makes me want to suck his dusky pecker.
Posted by: lonely childless AWFL

I saw Dusky Pecker open for $ Non Blondes at the Rivoli in 1991.

Posted by: Music of My Youth at August 18, 2026 05:04 PM (JM9I6)

198 > My great grandmother allegedly was running guns for the mob back in the 20s for a short period. She wore the normal long skirts/dresses most women wore in that era and was never searched by the police.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 18, 2026 04:36 PM (cpFbA)

Famous local "independent distiller" Russian Jack Marunenko (who was actually Ukrainian) used two methods to move the goods: up the skirt as you say or in a baby carriage.

Also known for killing a guy and getting an extremely light sentence, even though he was patently guilty (it was a "that sumbitch needed killin'" situation). This was back in the '20s and '30s.

Russian Jack has a park and a school named after him.

In most places they only name things after criminals if they're politicians.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 18, 2026 05:04 PM (IG3/x)

199 Last time I checked there are 4 mosques here.

The scum are everywhere.

Posted by: four seasons
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That's the first part of their mission.
They are very evangelical.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 05:08 PM (Cq/ve)

200 I still am not buying any of the polling - yeah people don't like the Iran conflict - of course there isn't much conflict these days.

So it comes down to oil.

And every FOX poll is fabulously wrong, often by double digits. I look at what happened in Wisconsin, the democrats know they have a problem.

Posted by: Black JEM at August 18, 2026 05:08 PM (7/DDO)

201 The Defense Witness Who Lied
An investigation into Adam Hamawy's 1995 testimony for the Blind Sheikh, by Steven Emerson, IPT News, June 1, 2026

The Free Beacon, which broke the story, sent the campaign detailed questions about the testimony. Daniel Greenfield at Front Page Magazine did the same. Neither received a reply. Hamawy's Wikipedia entry and campaign biography are silent on the trial.

He said nothing at all.

Thirty-one years later, Hamawy asked voters in NJ-12 to send him to the U.S. House. Members of Congress see classified intelligence and vote on counterterrorism funding.

They did.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2026 05:09 PM (NFX2v)

202 That's the first part of their mission.
They are very evangelical.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 05:08 PM

"Do you know about the Koran? Would you like to know more?

Trust us, you want to know more. We will keel you if you don't!"

Posted by: Missionary Mohammad al-McAbdulface at August 18, 2026 05:14 PM (0sNs1)

203 Proselytize, is the correct word. Although they don't do that as much as Infiltrate and take over.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 05:14 PM (Cq/ve)

204 I think it was Piker calling white people "cumskin". He was saying "face it, you've been owned".

Dude, if your skin is brown, do you really want to be talking about bodily excretions and their colors?
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 04:37 PM (Fi81e)

Hasan claims to be white about 70 percent of the time when he forgets to be Muslim.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 05:16 PM (uhVAy)

205 Why much did the second runner up to " Mr. Outstanding Refugee" rip off? How about Mr. Congeniality? What was his haul?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2026 05:58 PM (JrHfD)

206 So under Islamic law, The View would be cancelled because the whores are speaking in public without male permission? And unveiled? 40 lashes?
Hmm. They do make some good points.
But ham and booze are not negotiable.

Posted by: Mohammedmolester at August 18, 2026 08:26 PM (aK1E8)

Leftwing Shill Who Demanded the Deplatforming and De-Employment of Trump Staffers Fired by Forbes for Secretly Taking $6 Million from a Shady Sponsor

They're all liars, swindlers, and thieves.

The New York Times reported on Wednesday that Forbes chief content officer Randall Lane was fired after "the company discovered that he had received a payment of about $6 million from the founder of a firm that does business with the magazine."
The payment was made after RJ Shook, the founder of the firm that worked with Forbes to publish wealth adviser rankings, "sold a majority stake in Shook Research to PPC Enterprises, a private equity firm, last August." Lane made himself a spectacle of anti-Trump furor in 2021 when he threatened companies that dared to hire people who formerly worked with President Donald Trump, such as former White House press secretaries Sean Spicer, Sarah Huckabee-Sanders, and Kayleigh McEnany.
Reading his virtue-signaling now about "truth reckoning" in light of his own duplicitous violation of journalistic ethics is poetic justice. At the time, Lane promised his outlet will "scrutinize, double-check, investigate with the same skepticism we'd approach a Trump tweet" any company that hires one of the forbidden Trumpsters in his arbitrary blacklist: "Let it be known to the business world: Hire any of Trump's fellow fabulists above, and Forbes will assume that everything your company or firm talks about is a lie."
Lane doubled down on his threats: "Want to ensure the world's biggest business media brand approaches you as a potential funnel of disinformation? Then hire away," Lane quipped.
...
It would take but a few years before Lane nuked his own "credibility" and "reputation" as a judge of character into orbit. The Times outlined the clear Forbes company policies that emphasize the gravity of Lane's undisclosed conflict of interest:

Forbes has policies requiring its employees to seek permission before conducting outside business activities and prohibiting them from gaining personally -- directly or indirectly -- from the company's business dealings, according to a copy of the employee handbook obtained by The New York Times. Traditional newsrooms usually forbid journalists to accept payments from sources or business partners to avoid conflicts of interest or the appearance of a conflict.
Oof! Not even a defibrillator could resuscitate Lane's image as a journalist at this point.

Literally every picture of him shows him in this gay hat:

What a card. He's got a masculine, John Waters kind of energy.

Unrelated: Commenters are discussing this bust of a frat-connected cocaine ring at Penn State.

The 24-year-old alleged ringleader of a Penn State cocaine ring has turned himself in to police, Pennsylvania authorities revealed Tuesday.
Agostino Abbatiello surrendered himself to face charges of possession with intent to deliver (cocaine) and conspiracy after being busted for allegedly running a complex cocaine trafficking ring out of two separate fraternities.
The Long Island native -- who was at the "very top of the chain" in the crime ring, prosecutors claim -- had failed to show up for a Monday arraignment and is now being held without bail.

Alleged co-conspirator Thomas Robinson and two others have been charged with felony corrupt organizations, conspiracy, dealing in proceeds of unlawful activity, and related offenses, the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office said.
More than a dozen Penn State frat brothers were busted for running the ring that forced young pledges to cut and bag the drugs then sold to students, according to prosecutors.
The fraternities, Sigma Chi and Delta Upsilon, allegedly coordinated with suppliers in New York and Philadelphia, trafficking in the cocaine and distributing it mainly to Penn State students.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:46 PM

Comments

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1 I want a less interesting world, please.

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2026 02:46 PM (ZdaMQ)

2 Was that wrong? Someone should have told me it was wrong.

Posted by: Bete at August 18, 2026 02:46 PM (LX4y3)

3
Skinsuits are in fashion!

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 02:48 PM (Fi81e)

4 I still don't understand how he thought that no one would find about about the payoff. I guess he either didn't care or his hubris thought he was above such mundane things as this.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 18, 2026 02:48 PM (cpFbA)

5 Liars, Tramps, Thieves ....

Posted by: illiniwek at August 18, 2026 02:48 PM (vbXSk)

6 Looks like he spent all his money on hats

Posted by: nckate at August 18, 2026 02:48 PM (enNUy)

7 "Secretly Taking $6 Million from a Shady Sponsor"

Well, with $6M, he doesn't need the Forbes gig anymore. Well played, I guess.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 02:49 PM (Jr5Lq)

8 Ace, how could not include a photo of Randall Lane. He's got the "fishing hat festish" going on, and looks more gay than the chorus line of "Cats" in a Chuck E Cheese ballpit .

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 02:50 PM (dIske)

9 I still don't understand how he thought that no one would find about about the payoff. I guess he either didn't care or his hubris thought he was above such mundane things as this.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 18, 2026 02:48 PM (cpFbA)

6 mil is a pretty nice nest egg for destroying Forbes reputation.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:50 PM (uhVAy)

10 Oof! Not even a defibrillator could resuscitate Lane's image as a journalist at this point.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:46 PM

Eh, we'll hire him.
-WSJ

Posted by: Bete at August 18, 2026 02:50 PM (LX4y3)

11 >>>Well, with $6M, he doesn't need the Forbes gig anymore. Well played, I guess.

true, but these people sell access to a platform. No platform, no access, no more grift.

Posted by: ace at August 18, 2026 02:50 PM (1wjle)

12
It would take but a few years before Lane nuked his own "credibility" and "reputation" as a judge of character into orbit.
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So much for unbiased journalisming.

Also, Forbes your reputation is trashed too.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2026 02:50 PM (JvZF+)

13 4 I still don't understand how he thought that no one would find about about the payoff. I guess he either didn't care or his hubris thought he was above such mundane things as this.
Posted by: Mister Scott
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People have betrayed their country for far less than Six Million. Still generational wealth even in this day and age. 5 percent return, 300k per year. Not too shabby.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 02:50 PM (E4rtv)

14 Old and busted: Animal House

New and cool: Criminal House

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 02:51 PM (ndZc7)

15 >>>Ace, how could not include a photo of Randall Lane. He's got the "fishing hat festish" going on, and looks more gay than the chorus line of "Cats" in a Chuck E Cheese ballpit .

oh okay, I'll post it. I saw that he's... like an actor in some musical about the founding fathers?

In the words of Senor Chang, "G A Y !"

Posted by: ace at August 18, 2026 02:51 PM (1wjle)

16 Those Penn state kids were just turning their lives around. They should get a sentence of boys being boys. That's how this works right?

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 02:51 PM (YZ0Fo)

17 So lets see, 'journalist' suddenly starts creating a policy for a magazine outside their usual habits, turns out took a big bribe for doing it.

Wonder where that company got the 6 million - NGOs?

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:52 PM (uhVAy)

18 looks more gay than the chorus line of "Cats" in a Chuck E Cheese ballpit .

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 02:50 PM (dIske)

This is glorious.

And also stolen.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 18, 2026 02:52 PM (PGK1w)

19 They had fraternity pledges bagging the coke?

These aren't very sophisticated criminals.

Posted by: Leupold at August 18, 2026 02:52 PM (eIzlH)

20 Those Penn state kids were just turning their lives around. They should get a sentence of boys being boys. That's how this works right?

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 02:51 PM (YZ0Fo)

Nah. They're white.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 18, 2026 02:52 PM (PGK1w)

21 This is a weird story because there's no details on what the $6 million bribe was for. Surely it was some kind of bribe or payola or hush money or something.

Even very rich guys don't hand out $6 million without expecting -- and getting -- something of commensurate value in exchange.

Shook claimed it was just a gift. Sure it was. And that banana that was found in Talacreepo's asshole just fell off the counter and lodged itself there.

I assume the $6M was part of some pump-and-dumb scheme where Shook was paying for artificially rosy coverage that Shook thought would end up making him back more than the $6M. Or some kind of insider trading.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 02:53 PM (iFTx/)

22 Quick - first thing/ impression that sprang to mind when you saw his photo -

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 02:53 PM (Gqar8)

23 Is Steve Forbes still alive?

Wonder what he thinks of Trump.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 02:53 PM (77rzZ)

24 Well, had he not been found out he would not have had a useless degree.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2026 02:53 PM (0kXVl)

25 Those Penn state kids were just turning their lives around. They should get a sentence of boys being boys. That's how this works right?

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 02:51 PM (YZ0Fo)
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Just for having a biological urge!

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 02:53 PM (Fi81e)

26 $6 million American money?

Was he giving them lap dances?
Damn.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 02:54 PM (Sco7b)

27 >>>Well, with $6M, he doesn't need the Forbes gig anymore. Well played, I guess.

true, but these people sell access to a platform. No platform, no access, no more grift.
Posted by: ace at August 18, 2026 02:50 PM (1wjle)

Well he has some street cred with the opposition now, might be able to parlay that into a job, or twitter celeb or something.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:54 PM (uhVAy)

28 Micks and Degos involved in organized crime, go figure. It's a day full of shocks. Shocks, I tell ya.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at August 18, 2026 02:54 PM (Vvh2V)

29
From the pic I gather Agostino was nailing trim from one end of campus to the other, even without blow.

Posted by: Auspex at August 18, 2026 02:55 PM (Y8DZL)

30 Was he Sigma Chi? Doesn't look like a Pike or Teke.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 18, 2026 02:55 PM (SkjRZ)

31
Huh, is cocaine making a comeback? Or did it never really go out of fashion?

And not to be unpleasant, but has the cocaine market suffered since Maduro's ousting?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 02:55 PM (XJ22o)

32 Lane made himself a spectacle of anti-Trump furor in 2021 when he threatened companies that dared to hire people who formerly worked with President Donald Trump, such as former White House press secretaries Sean Spicer, Sarah Huckabee-Sanders, and Kayleigh McEnany.
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Tell me you don't believe in free markets without telling me you don't believe in free markets.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 02:55 PM (Fi81e)

33 If that smegma chi coke pin and Taylor swift had babies, lord, the bangs on their kids, y'all

Posted by: nckate at August 18, 2026 02:55 PM (enNUy)

34 Man, that guy was at Penn State and in a frat.
He must have been scoring with the co-eds left and right.

As long as he brought coke.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 02:56 PM (Sco7b)

35 "More than a dozen Penn State frat brothers were busted for running the ring that forced young pledges to cut and bag the drugs then sold to students, according to prosecutors."

And people say today's kids aren't enterprising go-getters!

The truth? This is going on probably everywhere in every college to some degree. The drugs that the teenage and 20-something demo takes are off the charts. Girls especially. They gotta get that supply from somewhere.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 02:56 PM (iFTx/)

36 Huh, is cocaine making a comeback? Or did it never really go out of fashion?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 02:55 PM (XJ22o)
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She don't lie.

Posted by: J.J. Cale at August 18, 2026 02:56 PM (Fi81e)

37
My fraternity preznit arranged for Buckhorn beer to be in the pop dispenser for 25 cents a piece, so the same thing, really.

Posted by: Auspex at August 18, 2026 02:56 PM (Y8DZL)

38 Also, Forbes your reputation is trashed too.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Most dead tree publications are trash, it is more just a vanity press now like Newsweek or Time. WSJ is going that way too and Bloomberg's borg biz news has probably reached its zenith before the descent.

The clue is when investment money goes for additional publications rather than reinvested in the business. Bloomberg has been buying pubs like Roll Call for its borg because the returns have reached declining marginal revenue for its main biz so you buy more pubs to try to pump it up for a time. Like Gannett did on acquisitions just before it guts the local and rides the decline repackaging AP news stories.

A lot of media including online websites are on borrowed time now--it is no longer the big money maker it was. What will replace it is going to be a mish mash.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 02:56 PM (E4rtv)

39 Lane grew up in Briarcliff Manor NY, a very wealthy suburb of NYC, on Westchester County. He also wears a hat that makes him look like Drudge. So besides being a scumbag, he's a rich boy poser idiot

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 02:57 PM (rp63B)

40 Micks and Degos involved in organized crime, go figure. It's a day full of shocks. Shocks, I tell ya.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor

The Joos ran much of organized crime in the early 1900s. Nobody tell Tucker.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 02:57 PM (Riz8t)

41 Huh, is cocaine making a comeback? Or did it never really go out of fashion?

And not to be unpleasant, but has the cocaine market suffered since Maduro's ousting?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 02:55 PM (XJ22o)

Well the drug boat industry no longer has to make replacement boats, so they are hardest hit.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:57 PM (uhVAy)

42
Is Steve Forbes still alive?

Wonder what he thinks of Trump.
Posted by: Bulg

================

Endorsed him in 2016 anyways.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 02:57 PM (XJ22o)

43 31
Huh, is cocaine making a comeback? Or did it never really go out of fashion?

And not to be unpleasant, but has the cocaine market suffered since Maduro's ousting?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 02:55 PM (XJ22o)

Fear Not ! We always have China to fill the need!

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 02:57 PM (Gqar8)

44 "Huh, is cocaine making a comeback?"

How could anybody trust street toot not to contain fentanyl or some other noxious shit?

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 02:57 PM (Jr5Lq)

45 The decline of Forbes magazine is another example of Why We Can't Have Nice Things.

Back in the late 70s, I really enjoyed the magazine. Up to the time I picked up my first issue - I believe I was sitting in the waiting room of my optometrist's office - I had given no serious thought to a career in business and finance. But I found the articles fascinating, and I think I can credit Forbes for getting me started on that career track. I never liked Malcolm Forbes' personal contributions - I considered him to be a windbag whose abuse of the English language was obnoxious (constantly trying to come up with neologisms, turning nouns into adjectives and vice versa), and whose ideas were not particularly enlightening (plus he was a fan of Armand Hammer) - but the articles by genuine business journalists were good, well-researched and informative.

And then, one day, it was just another garbage publication.

Posted by: Paco at August 18, 2026 02:57 PM (2L+MU)

46 And people say today's kids aren't enterprising go-getters!

The truth? This is going on probably everywhere in every college to some degree. The drugs that the teenage and 20-something demo takes are off the charts. Girls especially. They gotta get that supply from somewhere.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

I mean the drug scene was pretty huge when I was in college 99-04.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 02:57 PM (YZ0Fo)

47 The Joos ran much of organized crime in the early 1900s. Nobody tell Tucker.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 02:57 PM (Riz8t)

They ran everything all the time. They invented dinosaurs.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:58 PM (uhVAy)

48 Fat, stupid and coked to the gills is no way to go through life, son.

Posted by: spongeworthy at August 18, 2026 02:58 PM (sLLbN)

49 Cocaine? Are the Gen-Zers on some kind of 80s nostalgia kick?

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 18, 2026 02:58 PM (/OKHJ)

50 That guy's hat doesn't look very festive.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 02:58 PM (LQKAS)

51 Huh, is cocaine making a comeback? Or did it never really go out of fashion?

And not to be unpleasant, but has the cocaine market suffered since Maduro's ousting?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 02:55 PM (XJ22o)
____

Never went out of fashion. But there's been an explosion in coke use -- and indeed, all heavy drug use -- among younger ladies. That wasn't true back in the day. That means lotsa new customers. Somebody's gonna supply them. Why not Penn State frat bros?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 02:58 PM (iFTx/)

52 50 That guy's hat doesn't look very festive.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 02:58 PM (LQKAS)

Ironic Hipster chic.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 02:59 PM (Gqar8)

53 And then, one day, it was just another garbage publication.
Posted by: Paco at August 18, 2026 02:57 PM (2L+MU)

Started hiring right out of colleges probably.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:59 PM (uhVAy)

54 The booger sugar brothers.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2026 02:59 PM (4ZxBh)

55 Mouse attack!

Disney is suing the Trump administration for his "retaliatory campaign" against ABC

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 02:59 PM (ndZc7)

56 There's more to this than told. Forbes is owned by China.
Something's up.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 03:00 PM (Cq/ve)

57 23 Is Steve Forbes still alive?

Wonder what he thinks of Trump.
Posted by: Bulg

Hates him. Trump brought up one time in response to some useless True Republican putdown that Forbes did a story about Malcolm and his gay lover being rejected at a Trump hotel for bad behavior.

Steve was seething but Malcolm was well known about NYC for being extremely gay and liking his boy toys young.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:00 PM (E4rtv)

58 How could anybody trust street toot not to contain fentanyl or some other noxious shit?

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 02:57 PM (Jr5Lq)
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That's why you go the college route.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 03:00 PM (Fi81e)

59 Ozempic - Coke, Ozempic - Coke, what’s a gal to do?

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 03:00 PM (Gqar8)

60 How could anybody trust street toot not to contain fentanyl or some other noxious shit?

Posted by: gp at August

You can easily test for it.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 03:00 PM (YZ0Fo)

61 Well, well, well.

Guess who was the Point of Contact and the DOJ Public Integrity Unit during the period 2010 - 2015 that decided not to charge Swalwell with taking bribes from a CCP spy?

Jack Smith

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 03:01 PM (viF8m)

62 Steve was seething but Malcolm was well known about NYC for being extremely gay and liking his boy toys young.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:00 PM (E4rtv)
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Ah, that's why Forbes always felt libertarian.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 03:01 PM (Fi81e)

63 That guy's hat doesn't look very festive.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Looks like something Judge Smails would wear on the course.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2026 03:01 PM (4ZxBh)

64 60 How could anybody trust street toot not to contain fentanyl or some other noxious shit?

Posted by: gp at August

You can easily test for it.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 03:00 PM (YZ0Fo)

First, you find a Hobo

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 03:01 PM (Gqar8)

65 Ozempic - Coke, Ozempic - Coke, what’s a gal to do?
Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 03:00 PM (Gqar

Why not both? You can be skeletal AND twitchy.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:01 PM (uhVAy)

66 Funny old world. Forbes used to be the credible, old school business magazine, while Fortune and BusinessWeek were country club liberal.

Recently my only familiarity with Forbes were articles rating products. I thought they still had professional objectivity, but in the fine print I noticed most of their reviews were sponsored.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 18, 2026 03:02 PM (bX16E)

67 60 How could anybody trust street toot not to contain fentanyl or some other noxious shit?

Posted by: gp at August

That's why you share first....

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 03:02 PM (Sco7b)

68 Biden White House Advisors Dubbed Themselves 'Politburo'
Last updated
1 hour ago
CNN's Jake Tapper revealed the internal term in a widely shared clip, drawing from his 2025 book *Original Sin* co-authored with Alex Thompson. The group, including aides like Mike Donilon, Steve Ricchetti, Bruce Reed, Ron Klain, and others such as Anita Dunn and First Lady Jill Biden, controlled the president's schedule, information, and major choices amid concerns over his health. Critics called out media for earlier dismissals of Biden's decline as 'cheap fakes,' while the book frames it as a way to keep the administration running until after the 2024 election.

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2026 03:02 PM (ZxPkt)

69 That guy's hat doesn't look very festive.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 02:58 PM (LQKAS)
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A stunning lack of flair.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 03:02 PM (Fi81e)

70 47 The Joos ran much of organized crime in the early 1900s. Nobody tell Tucker.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 02:57 PM (Riz8t)

They ran everything all the time. They invented dinosaurs

Is there anything AI can't do? I asked it for plays on words for Jewish dinosaurs, and got:

Schleposaurus: A dinosaur that moves very slowly and complains about the weather.

Bubbiesaurus Rex: A motherly or grandmotherly T-Rex who insists you are too skinny.

Pterodactowitz: A flying reptile with a lot of opinions.

Nudgeasaurus: A small dinosaur that won't stop asking questions or giving advice.

Ashkenazasaurus: A classic, traditional prehistoric creature.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 03:02 PM (Riz8t)

71 To paraphrase Norm Macdonald, "Hey, that's my lucky cocksuckin' hat!"

Posted by: Wally at August 18, 2026 03:03 PM (avzFa)

72 I was not expecting this.

Posted by: The Spanish Inquisition at August 18, 2026 03:03 PM (idC0m)

73 heh

@TheBabylonBee 3m
Embarrassing Moment As Mike Johnson And Nancy Mace Realize They Got Matching Tattoos

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 18, 2026 03:03 PM (diia5)

74 Ah, that's why Forbes always felt libertarian.
Posted by: Axeman
========
It's been awhile but I think rumor had it that Malcolm liked rough trade and he often went dressed in motorcycle leathers when he was on the prowl.

His nebbish son probably was humiliated on a daily basis by his dad and his actions.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:03 PM (E4rtv)

75 Biden White House Advisors Dubbed Themselves 'Politburo'

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2026 03:02 PM (ZxPkt)
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Not before I did!

Damn! I can't believe I **called** that shit!

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 03:03 PM (Fi81e)

76 That guy thinks he's Kolchak.

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 18, 2026 03:04 PM (/OKHJ)

77 Look, someone has to have a talk with the young people - young men especially - about their stupid throwback eyeglasses and effeminate pompadours. It is eye cancer and gayer than a drag show. TJM is the only remaining HQer under a 105, so this sad duty falls to him.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 18, 2026 03:04 PM (K3f7J)

78 70 47 The Joos ran much of organized crime in the early 1900s. Nobody tell Tucker.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 02:57 PM (Riz8t)

They ran everything all the time. They invented dinosaurs

Is there anything AI can't do? I asked it for plays on words for Jewish dinosaurs, and got:

Schleposaurus: A dinosaur that moves very slowly and complains about the weather.

Bubbiesaurus Rex: A motherly or grandmotherly T-Rex who insists you are too skinny.

Pterodactowitz: A flying reptile with a lot of opinions.

Nudgeasaurus: A small dinosaur that won't stop asking questions or giving advice.

Ashkenazasaurus: A classic, traditional prehistoric creature.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 03:02 PM (Riz8t)

Now, ask for Muslim dinosaurs

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 03:04 PM (Gqar8)

79 But he paid taxes on the secret $6 million payment, right? RIGHT?

Posted by: Lawyers, Guns, and Secret 1099s at August 18, 2026 03:04 PM (qUkBO)

80 6 Looks like he spent all his money on hats
Posted by: nckate at August 18, 2026 02:48 PM (enNUy)

Rodney Dangerfield in Caddy Shack about a hat like that:
https://tinyurl.com/caddyshackhat

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 18, 2026 03:05 PM (N39Ws)

81 Biden White House Advisors Dubbed Themselves 'Politburo'
Last updated
1 hour ago
CNN's Jake Tapper revealed the internal term in a widely shared clip, drawing from his 2025 book *Original Sin* co-authored with Alex Thompson.
Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2026 03:02 PM (ZxPkt)

Shocker - commie staffers use commie metaphor for their clique.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:05 PM (uhVAy)

82 They look like lovely guys/sarc

I think his gay little fedora means "he's available," Ace. If anyone is interested. It barely fits his head and makes me focus on his honker nose. It looks the hat size for a toddler boy.

I read that the Markle shrew wore her gay little white fedora on her sailing trips with men as a "sign" she was available. By the time stupid Hazmet got stuck in her web there were echoes like the Holland Tunnel. I am incredibly bummed I can't read the subreddit of them anymore as I will not register. There were some hilarious comments.

The cocaine king's nose does not need a hat for me to focus on, or maybe the nerd glasses were arrows. I do wonder if he uses a hot roller to curl his hair. Tres chic.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2026 03:05 PM (hzuYO)

83 Recently my only familiarity with Forbes were articles rating products. I thought they still had professional objectivity, but in the fine print I noticed most of their reviews were sponsored.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov

===

It's basically the same as buying infomercial space nowadays.

Like I had friend that does basically payday loans locally and he had an "article" in Forbes about himself.

20-30 years ago, that would have been huge, but it's just a paid advertisement anyone can have.

It's a shame because Steve Forbes was a good, conservative advocate for free markets.

Posted by: Leupold at August 18, 2026 03:05 PM (eIzlH)

84 Shocker - commie staffers use commie metaphor for their clique.
Posted by: Oldcat

Next you'll tell me CNN news room calls themselves PRAVDA.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 03:06 PM (YZ0Fo)

85 Was that wrong?
Should they not have done that?

Posted by: George Costanza at August 18, 2026 03:06 PM (2Ez/1)

86 McLovin!

I mean the drug scene was pretty huge when I was in college 99-04.

yeppers

I mean back then-ish U Penn was more the coke-dealing uni, PSU was still drunkards

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 03:06 PM (j+aD2)

87 Increasing market share by snagging the other 50 per cent of the population is just good business sense.

The classic example was tobacco, cigars, cigarettes etc in the early 20th century. Females, as a rule, didn't use tobacco to any great degree, and certainly not in public.

A huge marketing campaign ensued. Marlboros were intended for women, it was only much later that the Cowboy motif was used. Cigarettes were called "Freedom Sticks" and tied with the then novel idea of allowing females to vote. Smoking was seen as an act of rebellion, etc etc. "You've Come A Long Way, Baby!" indeed.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 03:06 PM (Ewmxj)

88 Now, ask for Muslim dinosaurs

As you requested. They don't seem to be the same.

Deen-o-saur (A play on Deen, meaning religion or faith)
Dhikra-saurus (Reminiscent of Dhikr, the remembrance of Allah)
Salah-saurus (Always ready for prayer time)
Barakah-ceratops (Bringing extra blessings)
Du'a-lophosaurus (Always lifting its crest in supplication)

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 03:07 PM (Riz8t)

89 Recently my only familiarity with Forbes were articles rating products. I thought they still had professional objectivity, but in the fine print I noticed most of their reviews were sponsored.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 18, 2026 03:02 PM (bX16E)

We only took bribes from the side we really liked the product, honest!

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:07 PM (uhVAy)

90 Was there a connection btw the $6M payment and Lane shitting on DJT? Or was it just a vanilla conflict-of-interest ethics violation without political motive?

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 03:07 PM (Jr5Lq)

91 he Joos ran much of organized crime in the early 1900s. Nobody tell Tucker.

They certainly did. Meyer Lansky. Dutch Schultz. Bugsy Siegel. Jewish Mobsters were a significant part of Murder, Inc.

Posted by: Howdy at August 18, 2026 03:07 PM (f7Poz)

92 That first picture, thought it was Ray Stevens.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 03:07 PM (Cq/ve)

93 By the way.......

MAGAZINES????

What the hell?

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 03:08 PM (Sco7b)

94 They certainly did. Meyer Lansky. Dutch Schultz. Bugsy Siegel. Jewish Mobsters were a significant part of Murder, Inc.

Posted by: Howdy at August 18, 2026 03:07 PM (f7Poz)
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See. They organized murder.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 03:09 PM (Fi81e)

95 88 Now, ask for Muslim dinosaurs

As you requested. They don't seem to be the same.

Deen-o-saur (A play on Deen, meaning religion or faith)
Dhikra-saurus (Reminiscent of Dhikr, the remembrance of Allah)
Salah-saurus (Always ready for prayer time)
Barakah-ceratops (Bringing extra blessings)
Du'a-lophosaurus (Always lifting its crest in supplication)
Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 03:07 PM (Riz8t)

Thanks, archimedes. Seems a bit different tenor. AI must have a neck to chop. Who knew?

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 03:09 PM (Gqar8)

96 Why are men these days all either aging hipster, dork who hates you, fat mommy basement slob, Ted Bundy, office worker who can't use a screwdriver, or gross trans fag. Did I miss any?

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 03:10 PM (+rw6l)

97 Agostino Abbatiello surrendered himself

He's no Otter.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2026 03:10 PM (0sNs1)

98 Was there a connection btw the $6M payment and Lane shitting on DJT? Or was it just a vanilla conflict-of-interest ethics violation without political motive?

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 03:07 PM (Jr5Lq)
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Indeed. TDS is so run-of-the-mill, it could just be a coincidence.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 03:10 PM (Fi81e)

99 88 Now, ask for Muslim dinosaurs

As you requested. They don't seem to be the same.

Deen-o-saur (A play on Deen, meaning religion or faith)
Dhikra-saurus (Reminiscent of Dhikr, the remembrance of Allah)
Salah-saurus (Always ready for prayer time)
Barakah-ceratops (Bringing extra blessings)
Du'a-lophosaurus (Always lifting its crest in supplication)
Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 03:07 PM (Riz8t)

Sodomasaurus -- goats and boys are fair game.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 18, 2026 03:10 PM (N39Ws)

100 I suppose these dudes better get used to being The Sweetheart of Smegma Chi in the slammer

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 18, 2026 03:10 PM (sFNX2)

101 Didn't that top guy play for the San Antonio Spurs during the Tim Duncan era?

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at August 18, 2026 03:10 PM (w9Wax)

102 Huh, is cocaine making a comeback? Or did it never really go out of fashion?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 02:55 PM (XJ22o)
************************

In 2023, there were about thirty thousand drug overdose deaths in the United States involving cocaine; a decade earlier, the number was five thousand.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at August 18, 2026 03:10 PM (+ovo7)

103 "MAGAZINES????"

It was Forbes' online reporters that exposed TNR's fabulist Stephen Glass.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 03:10 PM (Jr5Lq)

104 Why are men these days all either aging hipster, dork who hates you, fat mommy basement slob, Ted Bundy, office worker who can't use a screwdriver, or gross trans fag. Did I miss any?
Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 03:10 PM

Ahem. The Avatars of Modern Masculinity.

Posted by: Mr. Emhoff, Mr. Walz, and Mr. Hogg at August 18, 2026 03:11 PM (0sNs1)

105 Good mugshot though, suit and tie. Rare.

It's too bad, I like hats, but I know if I wear anything other than a ball cap, I'd be looked at as a dweeb, poser, dork and all around blockhead.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 18, 2026 03:11 PM (n5tGW)

106 ok so the PSU thing was fun BUT I have a better one

creepy freaking dude wearing a Them/Strangers type mask attacking women in Center City!

https://6abc.cm/LEAudm

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 03:11 PM (j+aD2)

107 24 years old and still in college? I bet mom and dad were still paying his tuition.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at August 18, 2026 03:11 PM (n17eQ)

108 81 Biden White House Advisors Dubbed Themselves 'Politburo'
Last updated
Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2026 03:02 PM (ZxPkt)

Brezhnev >> Biden

Posted by: Auspex at August 18, 2026 03:12 PM (Y8DZL)

109 Ok, this is funny.

"We are horrified by these serious allegations against current and former students," said Andrea Dowhower, Penn State's vice president for Student Affairs. "Criminal activity, including hazing, such as this has no place at our institution. We will continue to enhance our efforts around health and safety and hazing educational efforts for all our organizations."

This stupid woke bitch learns that two of the college's frats are major cocaine dealers and smugglers, basically running a Tony Montana operation on the fucking campus, and she makes this about ... hazing.

They can't stop fucking that pig.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 03:12 PM (iFTx/)

110 Heck, I'd read Forbes online if it wasn't paywalled.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 03:12 PM (Jr5Lq)

111 Am I the only person left who is not on some kind of grift? I’m a fucking idiot.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 18, 2026 03:12 PM (qDa2L)

112 > Cigarettes were called "Freedom Sticks" and tied with the then novel idea of allowing females to vote.

It's funny how debilitating, habit-forming, addictive, destructive behavior is ALWAYS advertised as freedom.

Like girls having a ho-phase in college. It sets them up for a lifetime of bad relationships. But they call it freedom, baby.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 18, 2026 03:12 PM (mkw2N)

113 107 24 years old and still in college? I bet mom and dad were still paying his tuition.

yeah that's the part I don't get at all

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 03:12 PM (j+aD2)

114 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:12 PM (2YhKe)

115 Any self respecting cocaine crime ring boss would have a double Winsdor knot in his tie. What a disgrace.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 18, 2026 03:13 PM (xvV+O)

116 Leftists lie.

They're muslhams without all the suicide vests.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:13 PM (2YhKe)

117 Carried over:

32
I was watching either a Bulwark podcast or Pod Save America....no difference, because it was people from both shows (former Bush and Obama staffers) talking, and the Bush staffers very much sounded like they didn't like (or care about) conservative policy goals...it was just a job, trying to help a client (Bush) win. In a way, it was nice because it sounded very mercenary/mafia (nothing personal, just business), but ultimately I think you expose yourself to risk, especially in the future, if you hire people to help discuss critical strategy stuff that don't believe it, and could jump ship to the enemy later.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 18, 2026 01:39 PM (THJS/)

Heavy metal guitarist Bill Hudson (with NorthTale, Doro Pesch, et al.) recently made a post of 10 hard truths about music as a profession:

#4: "You can't create music you dislike 'to get big.' How do you know you're done? When you hate it?"

h/t Guitar MAX:
https://youtu.be/IEeaEnqycPI?t=382

Imagine promoting politics you dislike, just to make it in the industry. How would you even gauge your own work?

Posted by: SciVo at August 18, 2026 03:13 PM (L3Npt)

118 This stupid woke bitch learns that two of the college's frats are major cocaine dealers and smugglers, basically running a Tony Montana operation on the fucking campus, and she makes this about ... hazing.

why am I not surprised

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 03:13 PM (j+aD2)

119 All that money and the guy dresses like Temu Kolchak. Shame

Posted by: Polka will never die at August 18, 2026 03:13 PM (zq/30)

120 24 years old and still in college? I bet mom and dad were still paying his tuition.

Or maybe they're driving a Bentley now.

Posted by: t-bird at August 18, 2026 03:13 PM (Cuw0G)

121 Men Without Hats > Men With Gay Hats

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:13 PM (2YhKe)

122 When I was in college 5 years wasn’t uncommon. Inflation has changed that to 6 years I guess. Hence 24 years old.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 18, 2026 03:13 PM (qDa2L)

123 24 years old and still in college? I bet mom and dad were still paying his tuition.

yeah that's the part I don't get at all

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2)

===

If he was the cocaine king pin for college students, probably smart to just keep enrolling in classes and be a professional student.

Posted by: Leupold at August 18, 2026 03:13 PM (eIzlH)

124 "if I wear anything other than a ball cap, I'd be looked at as a dweeb, poser, dork and all around blockhead."

Boonie hat here. Doc sez I have to keep the sun off.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 03:14 PM (Jr5Lq)

125 The 24-year-old alleged ringleader of a Penn State cocaine ring has turned himself in to police, Pennsylvania authorities revealed Tuesday.

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Gives a whole new meaning to the "White Out" nights.

Posted by: Cray Cray at August 18, 2026 03:15 PM (CYBB0)

126 I'd like to know how college kids can afford nose candy. We certainly couldn't in my day. Cheap Beer and a Pinner was about it.

Posted by: Howdy at August 18, 2026 03:15 PM (f7Poz)

127 24 years old and still in college? I bet mom and dad were still paying his tuition.

yeah that's the part I don't get at all

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 03:12 PM (j+aD2)
_____

He graduated two years ago. He was still running the coke to the campus, supposedly pounds at a time.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 03:15 PM (iFTx/)

128 Always make your hook-ups wear a 'hat'. Always.

Posted by: Cosmo Advice Editor at August 18, 2026 03:15 PM (0sNs1)

129
In 2023, there were about thirty thousand drug overdose deaths in the United States involving cocaine; a decade earlier, the number was five thousand.
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan

===================

Good lord.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 03:15 PM (XJ22o)

130 The fraternities, Sigma Chi and Delta Upsilon, allegedly coordinated with suppliers in New York and Philadelphia, trafficking in the cocaine and distributing it mainly to Penn State students.

From the photo, I was guessing Lambda Lambda Lambda.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at August 18, 2026 03:15 PM (i8+2Q)

131 57 Hates him. Trump brought up one time in response to some useless True Republican putdown that Forbes did a story about Malcolm and his gay lover being rejected at a Trump hotel for bad behavior.

Steve was seething but Malcolm was well known about NYC for being extremely gay and liking his boy toys young. - whig

I didn't know about him being gay until shortly after he died. At the time, I had the sense that it was a big surprise to everybody, but apparently not.

I did truly loathe his "random thoughts" column and his curious support for Armand Hammer and People for the American Way. Fortunately, his own dubious political preferences didn't seem to affect the overall quality of the magazine. I think, perhaps, Forbes never really recovered from publishing a huge puff piece on Michael Milkin a month or so before the bottom fell out of his junk bond empire.

Posted by: Paco at August 18, 2026 03:15 PM (2L+MU)

132 In 2023, there were about thirty thousand drug overdose deaths in the United States involving cocaine; a decade earlier, the number was five thousand.

Oh No !!! Anyway.

Posted by: Howdy at August 18, 2026 03:15 PM (f7Poz)

133 He graduated two years ago. He was still running the coke to the campus, supposedly pounds at a time.

which is what I figured

so why loop the frats into it? the part about pledges cutting stuff is probably not even true!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 03:16 PM (j+aD2)

134 In 2023, there were about thirty thousand drug overdose deaths in the United States involving cocaine; a decade earlier, the number was five thousand.
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan

===================

Good lord.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 03:15 PM (XJ22o)

all them refugees carrying it over the border.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:16 PM (uhVAy)

135 Never touch another man's hat without permission.

Posted by: Cowboys around the fire at August 18, 2026 03:16 PM (0sNs1)

136 "Am I the only person left who is not on some kind of grift? I’m a fucking idiot."

I was saying that during peak looting. WTF am I not stealing everything? Why am I proud to be a chump?

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 03:16 PM (Jr5Lq)

137 Oh boy just in time for the midterms. A massive trove of Epstein documents are going to be released after a judge directed previously unsealing previously sealed documents that a Fed judge had ordered sealed when Epstein pled guilty.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 03:16 PM (rp63B)

138 He graduated two years ago. He was still running the coke to the campus, supposedly pounds at a time.

which is what I figured

so why loop the frats into it? the part about pledges cutting stuff is probably not even true!
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 03:16 PM (j+aD2)

More space for the product, less supervision than a dorm room.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:17 PM (uhVAy)

139 136 "Am I the only person left who is not on some kind of grift? I’m a fucking idiot."

I say that a lot

I know a LOT of people who work under the table!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 03:17 PM (j+aD2)

140
creepy freaking dude wearing a Them/Strangers type mask attacking women in Center City!

https://6abc.cm/LEAudm
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 03:11 PM (j+aD2)

Speak softly and carry a big stick. He approaches you, you smash his head, call the police and tell them you feared for your life and defended yourself.

He won't do that anymore.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:17 PM (2YhKe)

141 I'd like to know how college kids can afford nose candy. We certainly couldn't in my day. Cheap Beer and a Pinner was about it.
Posted by: Howdy at August 18, 2026 03:15 PM (f7Poz)

Did you graduate with $500K in 'student' loans?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 03:17 PM (ExV1e)

142 24 years old and still in college? I bet mom and dad were still paying his tuition.
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at August 18, 2026 03:11 PM (n17eQ)
********************

According to the New York Post article, Abbatiello graduated from Penn State in 2024. Not sure if he then enrolled in a Penn State graduate program or was just hanging around campus for business reasons.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at August 18, 2026 03:17 PM (+ovo7)

143 Oh boy just in time for the midterms. A massive trove of Epstein documents are going to be released after a judge directed previously unsealing previously sealed documents that a Fed judge had ordered sealed when Epstein pled guilty.
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Hold on I just put an extra nothingburger on the grill.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 03:17 PM (YZ0Fo)

144 In 2023, there were about thirty thousand drug overdose deaths in the United States involving cocaine; a decade earlier, the number was five thousand.
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan

Does that reflect greater use or undisclosed adulteration with fentanyl?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 18, 2026 03:17 PM (K3f7J)

145 Isn't Sigma Chi the one with all the sweehearts?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2026 03:17 PM (0sNs1)

146 "In 2023, there were about thirty thousand drug overdose deaths in the United States involving cocaine; a decade earlier, the number was five thousand."

Do you have a link for that?

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 03:17 PM (Jr5Lq)

147 I'd like to know how college kids can afford nose candy. We certainly couldn't in my day. Cheap Beer and a Pinner was about it.
Posted by: Howdy

*coughs* *Looks away awkwardly*

Posted by: US Department of Education Loan Department at August 18, 2026 03:17 PM (vJrRc)

148 "At parties, people do a lot of...drugs. Just remember, you folks, if you respect me at all, stay away from cocaine. Oh, it may seem glamorous at first, but there will come a time--believe me, there will come a time--when it will be your turn to...treat."

--Emo Philips

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 03:18 PM (FZ29D)

149 "Am I the only person left who is not on some kind of grift? I’m a fucking idiot."

you are not the only one who wonders from time to time ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2026 03:18 PM (VyBeY)

150 In 2023, there were about thirty thousand drug overdose deaths in the United States involving cocaine; a decade earlier, the number was five thousand.

Duh.....You don't want to know what they're cutting it with nowadays.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:18 PM (2YhKe)

151 Speak softly and carry a big stick. He approaches you, you smash his head, call the police and tell them you feared for your life and defended yourself.

the article I linked had a young lady who did jujitsu on the dude!

he sort of was shocked then ran away

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 03:18 PM (j+aD2)

152 Hold on I just put an extra nothingburger on the grill.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 03:17 PM

Can't you just stay in your lane?

Posted by: Charles "Chuck" Schumer (D-NY) at August 18, 2026 03:18 PM (0sNs1)

153 12
It would take but a few years before Lane nuked his own "credibility" and "reputation" as a judge of character into orbit.
====

So much for unbiased journalisming.

Also, Forbes your reputation is trashed too.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2026 02:50 PM (JvZF+)

Too late for that. Forbes was pretty much liberal swill long before this came out.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 18, 2026 03:19 PM (Sj6Ot)

154 Oh boy just in time for the midterms. A massive trove of Epstein documents are going to be released after a judge directed previously unsealing previously sealed documents that a Fed judge had ordered sealed when Epstein pled guilty.
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Hold on I just put an extra nothingburger on the grill.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 03:17 PM (YZ0Fo)

Blowing up Trump would require leftist minions to learn to read.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:19 PM (uhVAy)

155 It was Forbes' online reporters that exposed TNR's fabulist Stephen Glass.
Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 03:10 PM (Jr5Lq)

Okay, thank you.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 18, 2026 03:19 PM (Sco7b)

156 I'd like to know how college kids can afford nose candy. We certainly couldn't in my day. Cheap Beer and a Pinner was about it.
Posted by: Howdy at August 18, 2026 03:15 PM (f7Poz)

Did you graduate with $500K in 'student' loans?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic a

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I remember strategically buying Nat Light because it saved like $5 for a 30 pack, even though it was objectively worse than something like Coors.

I was willing to drink beer I hated to save like 15 cents a beer.

Posted by: Leupold at August 18, 2026 03:19 PM (eIzlH)

157 Speaking of religion, this guy makes friends wherever he goes.

I've been reading a book by a guy who spent a year in a cell* with Nazi war criminal Jurgen Stroop. Stroop called Catholicism "a catch-all of religions, infected with Judaism." He further claimed that Christianity was created as a Jewish conspiracy for "the weakening and debasement of man through guilt."

-
So that's the problem with Catholicism, too Jewish.

* He had fought with the resistance group the Polish Home Army but the Soviets, with their inherent fair play and respect for the truth, declared the Home Army a collaborationist group and arrested him as a Nazi collaborator.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 03:19 PM (ndZc7)

158 Did you graduate with $500K in 'student' loans?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 03:17 PM (ExV1e)

Ah. Good point. No, no I did not.

I did graduate with an appreciation for Schaefer cans. We bought them in flats, warm, for $8 at the local hardware store.

Posted by: Howdy at August 18, 2026 03:19 PM (f7Poz)

159 Duh.....You don't want to know what they're cutting it with nowadays.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:18 PM (2YhKe)

Descent into a low trust society.
You can't even trust your dealer anymore.
Unlike heritage America.
R.I.P.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 18, 2026 03:20 PM (K3f7J)

160 I had a deerstalker hat my last few years in high school, and in college. Bought it in London.

Eventually went with a fedora-style hat à la Indiana Jones. I’ve worn one of those ever since. Except when it’s really cold in the winter, when I break out the mink shapka that I bought for $50 in the bazaar in Akmola, Kazakhstan.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 03:20 PM (77rzZ)

161 77 Look, someone has to have a talk with the young people - young men especially - about their stupid throwback eyeglasses and effeminate pompadours. It is eye cancer and gayer than a drag show. TJM is the only remaining HQer under a 105, so this sad duty falls to him.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 18, 2026 03:04 PM (K3f7J)

Hey, I've been griping about The Glasses(tm) for years, and I'm significantly younger than 105.

Posted by: pookysgirl, chopped liver at August 18, 2026 03:20 PM (Wt5PA)

162 He graduated two years ago. He was still running the coke to the campus, supposedly pounds at a time.

which is what I figured

so why loop the frats into it? the part about pledges cutting stuff is probably not even true!
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 03:16 PM (j+aD2)
_____

I'll bet this started out very small, selling a few baggies of coke to frat bros and party girls. They got away with it, so the operation grew and grew.

Frats make a lot of sense because many own their own frathouses and thus are largely immune from college oversight. Shit can happen in a frathouse basement that ain't nobody ever gonna find out about.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 03:20 PM (iFTx/)

163 Imagine promoting politics you dislike, just to make it in the industry. How would you even gauge your own work?
Posted by: SciVo

By the number of times you whored yourself out. DC and the media attract people that want power and celebrity in that order. And they come from a narrow slice of America--the striving upper middle class and upper class--through the Ivies, law school, politically oriented jobs, and ultimately they find themselves grubbing on behalf of donors and members of Congress that are often major league sociopaths. So it all becomes simply a game to gain power, money, and climb the Hill. No actual feelings on anything.

I know quite a few DC folks my age and some young ones that got chewed up by reality there and in my state's politics. Some are burnouts, all are cynical, and some have ascended to be powers behind the throne.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:20 PM (E4rtv)

164
In 2023, there were about thirty thousand drug overdose deaths in the United States involving cocaine; a decade earlier, the number was five thousand.
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan

===================

Good lord.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

=========

Followup question, I wonder who it is that's taking themselves out of the gene pool. Low-lifers, dead-enders, hookers, that type? Or people we consider tragic losses -- "she was so promising, so full of potential, but once she got hooked on that drug she was a slave to it"?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 03:21 PM (XJ22o)

165 ""In 2023, there were about thirty thousand drug overdose deaths in the United States involving cocaine; a decade earlier, the number was five thousand."

Do you have a link for that?"

Google AI sez it's true! IDNKT!

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 03:21 PM (Jr5Lq)

166 Hold on I just put an extra nothingburger on the grill.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 03:17 PM (YZ0Fo)

Are you mad? The only possible reason that a federal judge would seal those records is because they contain concrete evidence that dRumpf is a pedo. You see the way that the judges let him get away with everything.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 03:21 PM (ExV1e)

167 Walther beer. Out of Colorado, IIRC. $0.99/six-pack.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2026 03:21 PM (0sNs1)

168 I've been reading a book by a guy who spent a year in a cell* with Nazi war criminal Jurgen Stroop. Stroop called Catholicism "a catch-all of religions, infected with Judaism." He further claimed that Christianity was created as a Jewish conspiracy for "the weakening and debasement of man through guilt."

-
So that's the problem with Catholicism, too Jewish.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 03:19 PM (ndZc7)

Makes sense, all the apostles but Paul would have been Jewish.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:21 PM (uhVAy)

169
Google AI sez it's true! IDNKT!

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 03:21 PM (Jr5Lq)

Google AI thought George Washington was a black guy.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:22 PM (2YhKe)

170 > When I was in college 5 years wasn’t uncommon. Inflation has changed that to 6 years I guess. Hence 24 years old.

Same.

The BYU student newspaper had a recurring column near graduation time featuring students who would graduate after only three years. I found the interviews funny. They always emphasized they were at BYU to get a degree and nothing else. "I didn't come here to meet people. I didn't come here for activities. I just want the paper and I'm out."

Part of me admired the focus. But I always thought they missed out on so much. I met, made friends with, and dated some amazing people at BYU.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 18, 2026 03:22 PM (mkw2N)

171 "Agostino Abbatiello surrendered himself

He's no Otter.
Posted by: Duncanthrax"

He does remind me of a fish. I don't know what kind though.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 03:22 PM (MWfyi)

172 I'll bet this started out very small, selling a few baggies of coke to frat bros and party girls. They got away with it, so the operation grew and grew.

Frats make a lot of sense because many own their own frathouses and thus are largely immune from college oversight. Shit can happen in a frathouse basement that ain't nobody ever gonna find out about.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

I tell you what, the local uni had better be grateful that the local frats seems to be going with cigars (despite the university's efforts to ban all tobacco everywhere in town) as their drug of choice.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 18, 2026 03:23 PM (vJrRc)

173 137 Oh boy just in time for the midterms. A massive trove of Epstein documents are going to be released after a judge directed previously unsealing previously sealed documents that a Fed judge had ordered sealed when Epstein pled guilty.
Posted by: Smell the Glove
========
Eh, Epstein's clients, many of which are financial big wigs but not necessarily clients of his whores.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:23 PM (E4rtv)

174 He does remind me of a fish. I don't know what kind though.

blobfish

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 03:23 PM (j+aD2)

175
Are you mad? The only possible reason that a federal judge would seal those records is because they contain concrete evidence that dRumpf is a pedo. You see the way that the judges let him get away with everything.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 03:21 PM (ExV1e)

This must be the same reason the Biden administration didn't release anything for 4 years of his presidency.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:23 PM (2YhKe)

176 with apologies to Risky Business:

Agostino's Father: Do you have something to tell me?
Agostino: No… I don’t think so.
Agostino's Father: I just got off the telephone with Bill Rutherford. Apparently, you two had quite a meeting. “Penn State can use a guy like Agostino.” His exact words!
Agostino: That’s unbelievable!
Agostino's Father: You’re as good as in! I knew you could do it! Haven’t I been telling you, sometimes you have to say: “What the heck!” Take some chances.
Agostino: You were so right.
Agostino's Father: You’ve made me very proud.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 18, 2026 03:23 PM (Sj6Ot)

177 so why loop the frats into it? the part about pledges cutting stuff is probably not even true!
Posted by: Black Orchid

Probably what the bint was referring to when she mentioned "hazing".

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at August 18, 2026 03:23 PM (w9Wax)

178 That's not even a proper fedora
that's a trilby, which is several degrees more gay

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2026 03:23 PM (ZxPkt)

179 Frats make a lot of sense because many own their own frathouses and thus are largely immune from college oversight. Shit can happen in a frathouse basement that ain't nobody ever gonna find out about.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

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Yea, but if you're running a criminal enterprise with lots of cash, just seems really stupid to have lots of civilians circulating around. I feel like any other college, it would get around quick if pledges were bagging cocaine.

Find some offsite apartment or office space.

Posted by: Leupold at August 18, 2026 03:23 PM (eIzlH)

180 Eventually went with a fedora-style hat à la Indiana Jones. I’ve worn one of those ever since. ...

Posted by: Bulg
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Merl Haggard liked those high crown hats.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 03:24 PM (Cq/ve)

181 Walther beer. Out of Colorado, IIRC. $0.99/six-pack.

Damn Dunc. They were almost paying you to drink it.

The flat cheapest I remember, back in the early 90s, was Sterling at the local Super 8. They had a bar (at a Super 8, of all places). They sold 10 oz. drafts of Sterling, in a plastic cup, for a quarter on Thursdays.

That shit was awful. But I drank it. It was, after all, a quarter.

Posted by: Howdy at August 18, 2026 03:24 PM (f7Poz)

182 Do you have a link for that?
Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 03:17 PM (Jr5Lq)
******************

Data from the CDC Wonder system's multiple cause of death records (search or https:// wonder. cdc. gov/ mcd.html). A lot of drug overdoses involve multiple types of drugs, so it isn't that cocaine is the sole culprit in all those deaths, but that particular drug had really picked up again from the mid-10s to mid-20s.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at August 18, 2026 03:24 PM (+ovo7)

183 Followup question, I wonder who it is that's taking themselves out of the gene pool. Low-lifers, dead-enders, hookers, that type? Or people we consider tragic losses -- "she was so promising, so full of potential, but once she got hooked on that drug she was a slave to it"?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 03:21 PM (XJ22o)

Well there was potential NBA star for the Celtics Len Bias who just dropped dead taking what I think was cocaine in the 80s. Even in those innocent times some peeps just popped a fuze when taking those drugs. Probably why originally people used to just gnaw on the leaves a bit.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:24 PM (uhVAy)

184 Oh boy just in time for the midterms. A massive trove of Epstein documents are going to be released after a judge directed previously unsealing previously sealed documents that a Fed judge had ordered sealed when Epstein pled guilty.
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Hold on I just put an extra nothingburger on the grill.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 03:17 PM (YZ0Fo)___________

What did I say yesterday about that dubious claim by the playboy playmate that Hugh Hefner ratted to the FBI about Epstein? I said it was bullshit and just another way to keep his name in the news.

And now this? This was obviously coordinated. They will never ever ever ever ever stop fucking the Epstein pig.

The Blade, he knows things. Trust The Blade.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 03:24 PM (iFTx/)

185 Are you mad? The only possible reason that a federal judge would seal those records is because they contain concrete evidence that dRumpf is a pedo. You see the way that the judges let him get away with everything.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Considering the dude is a Democrat appointed judge, doubtful. I think the public has moved on.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:24 PM (E4rtv)

186 Not to keep harping on the CA tire ruling, but Nancy Skinner, one of 5 commissioners on the CEC, has a witch face:

https://tinyurl.com/5f68x2wd

Posted by: beckster at August 18, 2026 03:24 PM (kX27y)

187 "Google AI thought George Washington was a black guy......."

Google AI continues:

"Health experts point out that this massive increase over the decade wasn't just because more people were using cocaine. Instead, it was largely driven by the arrival of fentanyl, a incredibly strong man-made opioid. Drug dealers began mixing fentanyl into the cocaine supply. Because fentanyl is so strong, a tiny amount can cause a fatal overdose, often without the person even knowing they were taking."

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 03:24 PM (Jr5Lq)

188 Abbatiello is a blow fish, obviously

Posted by: or soon will be at August 18, 2026 03:25 PM (88C+u)

189 State Pen

Ha ha.

Posted by: Penn State or . . . at August 18, 2026 03:25 PM (anL5R)

190 And they come from a narrow slice of America--the striving upper middle class and upper class--through the Ivies, law school, politically oriented jobs, and ultimately they find themselves grubbing on behalf of donors and members of Congress that are often major league sociopaths. So it all becomes simply a game to gain power, money, and climb the Hill. No actual feelings on anything.
Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:20 PM

Called by Peter Turchik (and probably some others) as "the overproduction of Elites".

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2026 03:25 PM (0sNs1)

191

Well there was potential NBA star for the Celtics Len Bias who just dropped dead taking what I think was cocaine in the 80s. Even in those innocent times some peeps just popped a fuze when taking those drugs. Probably why originally people used to just gnaw on the leaves a bit.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:24 PM (uhVAy)

He was a stud in college. Got drafted by the Celtics. Bought cocaine and died with his first snort.

Never played a game for them.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:25 PM (2YhKe)

192 Good afternoon Ace and everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2026 03:25 PM (Ia/+0)

193 Oh man, I had Walther! That beer tasted like what you paid for it. But being a poor then, I still drank it.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 18, 2026 03:25 PM (n5tGW)

194 Yea, but if you're running a criminal enterprise with lots of cash, just seems really stupid to have lots of civilians circulating around. I feel like any other college, it would get around quick if pledges were bagging cocaine.

Find some offsite apartment or office space.
Posted by: Leupold at August 18, 2026 03:23 PM (eIzlH)

Then people might wonder about your foot traffic and supply drops.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:25 PM (uhVAy)

195 182 https:// wonder. cdc. gov/ mcd.html
Thanks!

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 03:25 PM (Jr5Lq)

196
The BYU student newspaper had a recurring column near graduation time featuring students who would graduate after only three years. I found the interviews funny. They always emphasized they were at BYU to get a degree and nothing else. "I didn't come here to meet people. I didn't come here for activities. I just want the paper and I'm out."

Part of me admired the focus. But I always thought they missed out on so much. I met, made friends with, and dated some amazing people at BYU.
Posted by: bonhomme

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It's just so expensive now to go to college, I can see it being normal to just to get out as quick as possible and making a living.

Probably every year you stay at a college is another 5-10 years of debt for some of these people.

Posted by: Leupold at August 18, 2026 03:26 PM (eIzlH)

197 Agostino looks like a cartoon character

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2026 03:26 PM (Ia/+0)

198 Not to keep harping on the CA tire ruling, but Nancy Skinner, one of 5 commissioners on the CEC, has a witch face:

https://tinyurl.com/5f68x2wd
Posted by: beckster at August 18, 2026 03:24 PM (kX27y)

She truly believes it's her duty to control every aspect of your life. F*cking LOOK at her. She thinks you're shit and she MUST control you.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:26 PM (2YhKe)

199 And now this? This was obviously coordinated. They will never ever ever ever ever stop fucking the Epstein pig.

The Blade, he knows things. Trust The Blade.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

It's dead. Fetch is not going to happen.

What I suspect soon is another bomb on the Dems, and that is foreign interference and cheating in our elections. Trump plays the long game too.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:26 PM (E4rtv)

200
he did it
the crazy sonofabitch did it

https://tinyurl.com/ynpzcwxk

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2026 03:26 PM (ZxPkt)

201 From Pedd State to Cocaine U in around a decade. Huh.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:27 PM (2YhKe)

202 Did not expect a guy with a really good Mafia name busted for organizing a coke ring to look like Buddy Holly.

Posted by: Azjaeger at August 18, 2026 03:27 PM (3/XaG)

203 Biden White House Advisors Dubbed Themselves 'Politburo'
Last updated
Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2026 03:02 PM (ZxPkt)

But Democrats are totes afraid of some socialist radicals!!

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 03:27 PM (+rw6l)

204 Oh man, I had Walther! That beer tasted like what you paid for it. But being a poor then, I still drank it.

Nothing wrong with a "value beer". I still drink Natural Light. Its just beer. And besides, I like that they went back to the old style can. It looks like a damn beer ought to look.

Posted by: Howdy at August 18, 2026 03:27 PM (f7Poz)

205 Frats make a lot of sense because many own their own frathouses and thus are largely immune from college oversight. Shit can happen in a frathouse basement that ain't nobody ever gonna find out about.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

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Wow, you totally made that sound gay.

Posted by: Memories? at August 18, 2026 03:27 PM (anL5R)

206 Nah. They're white.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 18, 2026 02:52 PM (PGK1w)

Exactly. Why are we talking about this? Chuck them in jail for 30 years. Course, if i'm a white rich kid looking down the barrel of a coke charge in my last year in college, i'm showing up to court in a party city wig and cocktail dress 2 sizes too small and demand a mistrial because my name is Crystal Ballz and the guy that sold the coke is dead! And dead naming is a crime! Hah!

Posted by: Nelly at August 18, 2026 03:28 PM (6+ehB)

207 Frats make a lot of sense because many own their own frathouses and thus are largely immune from college oversight. Shit can happen in a frathouse basement that ain't nobody ever gonna find out about.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

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Yea, but if you're running a criminal enterprise with lots of cash, just seems really stupid to have lots of civilians circulating around. I feel like any other college, it would get around quick if pledges were bagging cocaine.

Find some offsite apartment or office space.
Posted by: Leupold at August 18, 2026 03:23 PM (eIzlH)
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I'm sure lotsa people on campus knew about it. Just like when I was in college, everyone knew which frats were most generous with the booze and drugs, which sorority sisters were most generous with their pussies, etc.

I'll bet this was an open secret on campus. I mean, with the amounts of coke reportedly recovered -- pounds of it -- it seems like these frats were supplying everyone on campus.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 03:28 PM (iFTx/)

208 That dude in the lower photo got crooked ears. Looks weird.

Posted by: Case at August 18, 2026 03:28 PM (VrYHL)

209 Kolchak’s hat was practically a character in its own right on that show.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 03:28 PM (77rzZ)

210 200 Yes, I think it's crazy.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 03:29 PM (Jr5Lq)

211 What I suspect soon is another bomb on the Dems, and that is foreign interference and cheating in our elections. Trump plays the long game too.
Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:26 PM (E4rtv)

Commie theater in NYC is gonna be terribly bad optics for the party. Especially with some factions in the city government doing passive resistance. It was funny when the city police refused to staff security for his wife's junket to Palestine.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:29 PM (uhVAy)

212 BTW - Somebody better warn Bryson Dechambeau

His new Canadian girlfriend is cray cray but also unbelievably hot.

He's doomed.

Posted by: Its a problem, but not one I have at August 18, 2026 03:29 PM (anL5R)

213 Walther beer. Out of Colorado, IIRC. $0.99/six-pack.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2026 03:21 PM

Walther rifles >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Walther beer

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 03:30 PM (LQKAS)

214 Called by Peter Turchik (and probably some others) as "the overproduction of Elites".
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Yep. John Updike and whatshisname Irving like to have dystopian novels about suburbia. They would have been better served by writing them about DC. Same for the far better Tom Wolfe. Hunter Thompson approached it in Fear and Loathing but never spent much time in DC to understand its culture and how that affected who ran the political machines for the Dems and GOP.

Blowing hoboes in teh alley is more honest work than the virtual blow jobs that staffers have to do to service big political donors, their own tin pot dictator in office, and connected assholes in DC beltway.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:30 PM (E4rtv)

215 Frats make a lot of sense because many own their own frathouses and thus are largely immune from college oversight. Shit can happen in a frathouse basement that ain't nobody ever gonna find out about.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

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Wow, you totally made that sound gay.
Posted by: Memories? at August 18, 2026 03:27 PM (anL5R)
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It is. I never joined a frat because it sounded very gay. And the hazing almost always involved getting naked in front of other dudes. Not my thing.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 03:30 PM (iFTx/)

216 I know a LOT of people who work under the table!
Posted by: Black Orchid
.......

Somebody's gotta clean all the old bubble gum off.

Posted by: wth at August 18, 2026 03:31 PM (UjdFS)

217 Oh man, I had Walther! That beer tasted like what you paid for it. But being a poor then, I still drank it.

Nothing wrong with a "value beer". I still drink Natural Light. Its just beer. And besides, I like that they went back to the old style can. It looks like a damn beer ought to look.
Posted by: Howdy at August 18, 2026 03:27 PM (f7Poz)

When I was in St Louis there were 'generic' and off brand beers that were just rejects or oversupplies of the various big beer companies in towns. They could be pretty good if you were lucky.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:31 PM (uhVAy)

218 >> lot of drug overdoses involve multiple types of drugs, so it isn't that cocaine is the sole culprit in all those deaths, but that particular drug had really picked up again from the mid-10s to mid-20s.

I've read that this is how people OD on fentanyl.
Fentanyl is added to most street drugs, so someone like that "The Wire" who is used to taking drugs, especially mixing them, unknowingly takes several fentanyl-laced substances (like coke and something else) and dies.
They never intentionally took fentanyl, but manage to OD via other drugs.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2026 03:31 PM (X8xt3)

219 Makes sense, all the apostles but Paul would have been Jewish.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:21 PM

Who wants to tell him?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 03:31 PM (LQKAS)

220
What I suspect soon is another bomb on the Dems, and that is foreign interference and cheating in our elections. Trump plays the long game too.
Posted by: whig

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You mean something that has NOT slipped through the Statute of Limitations?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 03:32 PM (XJ22o)

221 Commie theater in NYC is gonna be terribly bad optics for the party. Especially with some factions in the city government doing passive resistance. It was funny when the city police refused to staff security for his wife's junket to Palestine.
Posted by: Oldcat

Duncepack is a problem for the GOP, so many stupid Democrats in office or as candidates, it begins to blur which dumb sociopath are the Dems pushing this time.

I hope the money that the GOP has hoarded until now is spent on plenty of grapeshot.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:32 PM (E4rtv)

222 Commie theater in NYC is gonna be terribly bad optics for the party. Especially with some factions in the city government doing passive resistance. It was funny when the city police refused to staff security for his wife's junket to Palestine.

I bitch plenty about Trump - so I'll give credit where due. He doesn't play that stupid Republican game where he won't "lower himself" into getting into the ugly details of exactly how miserable the DNC behaves. Oh no - not The Donald. He gets right down there in the muck.

Which is necessary. Good on him. Its work that has to be done.

Posted by: Howdy at August 18, 2026 03:32 PM (f7Poz)

223 It is. I never joined a frat because it sounded very gay. And the hazing almost always involved getting naked in front of other dudes. Not my thing.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 03:30 PM (iFTx/)

My first college roomie was a Jewish guy working to getting into the appropriate frat. Heard a lot of the silly stuff, seemed like a lot of effort for nothing to me.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:32 PM (uhVAy)

224
Then people might wonder about your foot traffic and supply drops.
Posted by: Oldcat

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There's somebody in my office building that runs a drop shipping company that are medical supplies. Young people. In and out all the time, lots of thins being brought in and out, etc.

I would not be the wiser if it was drugs.

Just seems way smarter than having an open secret cocaine operation in a frat house and having random people involved, Which is why this got busted.

Posted by: Leupold at August 18, 2026 03:33 PM (eIzlH)

225 When I was in St Louis there were 'generic' and off brand beers that were just rejects or oversupplies of the various big beer companies in towns. They could be pretty good if you were lucky.

I truly believe Milwaukee's Best is just over-runs of Miller Lite. They taste the same to me.

Posted by: Howdy at August 18, 2026 03:34 PM (f7Poz)

226 And the hazing almost always involved getting naked in front of other dudes. Not my thing.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

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Granted this is based on a sample population of . . uh . . . me, but I think you may need to back away from 'almost always.'

Posted by: 2009Refugee at August 18, 2026 03:34 PM (tToWO)

227 It's funny how debilitating, habit-forming, addictive, destructive behavior is ALWAYS advertised as freedom.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 18, 2026 03:12 PM (mkw2N)
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Because it is "freedom". The outcome of freedom is not de facto a good.

Consider the pistons in a car engine cylinder. "Degrees of freedom" is not a very good thing.

The classic tale of a certain choice in a certain garden, because they physically could, should illustrate this concept to us.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 03:34 PM (Fi81e)

228 Considering the dude is a Democrat appointed judge, doubtful. I think the public has moved on.
Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:24 PM (E4rtv)

The batteries in your sarcasm detector may be dead.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 03:34 PM (ExV1e)

229 Lambda! Lambda! Lambda!

Posted by: Lex at August 18, 2026 03:34 PM (+ScOG)

230 Penn State should have been burned to the ground and the ground salted after their feetball coaches raped all those boys while Joe Pa slept.

Posted by: Nittany Pederasts at August 18, 2026 03:35 PM (9WAJE)

231 I know a LOT of people who work under the table!

Posted by: Black Orchid
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Wait. Forgot my sock.

Posted by: Kamala at August 18, 2026 03:35 PM (Fi81e)

232 I have heard the phrase “ the champagne of bottle beers” which one was that?

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 03:36 PM (Gqar8)

233 220
What I suspect soon is another bomb on the Dems, and that is foreign interference and cheating in our elections. Trump plays the long game too.
Posted by: whig

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You mean something that has NOT slipped through the Statute of Limitations?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

No, I mean possibly declaring a national emergency over it and overriding courts and the states on election procedures. It would be crossing the Rubicon so I don't know if Trump will pull the trigger but I think from his earlier more mild statement, he just might do it.

Same as declaring the ballroom a military installation and massive security risk. Trump also quietly militarized the Southern Border including a key AZ Indian Reservation that had served as an open door for cartel and immigrant smuggling. Shut. And we are in an on and off again shooting war with Iran. So we shall see what happens.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:36 PM (E4rtv)

234 Suddenly "Happy Valley" whiteout games takes on a whole new meaning. Hopefully they weren't "diddling" little boys...

Posted by: pahound at August 18, 2026 03:36 PM (AjR4+)

235 Um, why'd ya have to arrest the cocaine guy?

Posted by: Candace "Snowens" at August 18, 2026 03:36 PM (Y/u0P)

236 Was that wrong? Should I have not done that? I tell ya, I gotta plead ignorance on this thing because if anyone had said anything to me at all when I first started here that that sort of thing was frowned upon... you know, cause I've worked in a lot of newsrooms and I tell you people do that all the time.

*Wipes away tears with wads of $100 bills*

Posted by: Randall Lane at August 18, 2026 03:36 PM (V362x)

237 I truly believe Milwaukee's Best is just over-runs of Miller Lite. They taste the same to me.
Posted by: Howdy at August 18, 2026 03:34 PM (f7Poz)

Red, White and Blue is just Pabst Blue Ribbon

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:37 PM (uhVAy)

238 It is. I never joined a frat because it sounded very gay. And the hazing almost always involved getting naked in front of other dudes. Not my thing.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 03:30 PM (iFTx/)

My first college roomie was a Jewish guy working to getting into the appropriate frat. Heard a lot of the silly stuff, seemed like a lot of effort for nothing to me.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:32 PM (uhVAy)
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Joining a frat -- especially in rural PA where I went to college -- opened a lot of doors to party and girl opportunities, with the hope that the frat "network" would help you later professionally.

But I had already been partying in NYC clubs by the time I went to college, and was already beyond macking on drunk college girls. So what did I care about the rural PA frat scene?

I did have some buddies in one of the more popular frats, so I can't say I blew off the the frat party and girl scene completely.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 03:37 PM (iFTx/)

239 I have heard the phrase “ the champagne of bottle beers” which one was that?
Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 03:36 PM

Wasn't that Miller High Life?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 03:37 PM (LQKAS)

240 Um, why'd ya have to arrest the cocaine guy?
Posted by: Candace "Snowens" at August 18, 2026 03:36 PM (Y/u0P)

Now way she does coke, OD for sure with those nozzles.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:37 PM (uhVAy)

241
The batteries in your sarcasm detector may be dead.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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Irony and sarcasm is dead here, Kemosabe. Expired by overuse.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:37 PM (E4rtv)

242 230 Yep. I read the Freeh Report. Demonic stuff going on there.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 03:38 PM (77rzZ)

243 I have heard the phrase “ the champagne of bottle beers” which one was that?
Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 03:36 PM

Wasn't that Miller High Life?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 03:37 PM (LQKAS)

that's why they had clear glass instead of green or brown glass.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:38 PM (uhVAy)

244 frat/sorority family here...

I'm surrounded by GDIs on this site!

damn!

btw no nudity reported I just canvassed the guys

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 03:38 PM (j+aD2)

245 Penn State should have been burned to the ground and the ground salted after their feetball coaches raped all those boys while Joe Pa slept.
Posted by: Nittany Pederasts at August 18, 2026 03:35 PM (9WAJE)

Agreed.

Instead, they lost a few scholarships and 2 bowl games.

Whooptydo.......they F*CKED KIDS for DECADES.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:38 PM (2YhKe)

246 "No, I mean possibly declaring a national emergency over it and overriding courts and the states on election procedures."

The left has been predicting for months he'd do that. Does he really want to do it?

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 03:38 PM (Jr5Lq)

247 Lane should try the autistic defense.

Posted by: PG at August 18, 2026 03:39 PM (qln0f)

248 Enjoyed my time in a fraternity. Never got naked in front of other dudes or had anything stuck in my fartclam.

Posted by: ballistic at August 18, 2026 03:39 PM (oqH4h)

249 Agostino Abbatiello surrendered himself

Accounting major. He'd be an interesting TA to have had.

Posted by: t-bird at August 18, 2026 03:39 PM (Cuw0G)

250 I have heard the phrase “ the champagne of bottle beers” which one was that?
Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 03:36 PM

Wasn't that Miller High Life?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 03:37 PM (LQKAS)

It was simply "The Champaign of Beers."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:39 PM (2YhKe)

251 223 It is. I never joined a frat because it sounded very gay. And the hazing almost always involved getting naked in front of other dudes. Not my thing.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 03:30 PM (iFTx/)

My first college roomie was a Jewish guy working to getting into the appropriate frat. Heard a lot of the silly stuff, seemed like a lot of effort for nothing to me.
Posted by: Oldcat
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All about networking for the future and trying to have a social life. Fine for those that joined, fine for those that did not. No big deal.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:39 PM (E4rtv)

252 Still is, by the way.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:39 PM (2YhKe)

253 especially in rural PA where I went to college -

hmm where was this where was this

let me guess

Dickinson?

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 03:39 PM (j+aD2)

254 There is nothing in our Founding Documents that includes freedom from consequences.

Posted by: mrp at August 18, 2026 03:39 PM (rj6Yv)

255 Hat makes dude look like Leo from "Get Shorty."

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at August 18, 2026 03:39 PM (NYInA)

256 248 Enjoyed my time in a fraternity. Never got naked in front of other dudes or had anything stuck in my fartclam.

Posted by: ballistic
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Ah, but did you have to say, "Thank You Sir, May I have Another?"

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:40 PM (E4rtv)

257 I truly believe Milwaukee's Best is just over-runs of Miller Lite. They taste the same to me.

Posted by: Howdy at August 18, 2026 03:34 PM (f7Poz)
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What they ring out of the mop after it runs over.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 03:40 PM (Fi81e)

258 All about networking for the future and trying to have a social life. Fine for those that joined, fine for those that did not. No big deal.
Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:39 PM (E4rtv)

All alien stuff.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:40 PM (uhVAy)

259 It was simply "The Champaign of Beers."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:39 PM

You are correct, sir. Never drank it, though. The RMBS Dad liked to brew, so my taste buds got spoiled by the good stuff early on.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 03:40 PM (LQKAS)

260 Hat makes dude look like Leo from "Get Shorty."
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at August 18, 2026 03:39 PM (NYInA)

Did Leo look like a cumgargling fag?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:41 PM (2YhKe)

261 She truly believes it's her duty to control every aspect of your life. F*cking LOOK at her. She thinks you're shit and she MUST control you.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:26 PM (2YhKe)
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Yup, I went on her wiki and she has a very long, very controlling history. She's 72, I thought she looked older than that.

Posted by: beckster at August 18, 2026 03:41 PM (kX27y)

262
You are correct, sir. Never drank it, though. The RMBS Dad liked to brew, so my taste buds got spoiled by the good stuff early on.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 03:40 PM (LQKAS)

Drank it early on, before MGD came out. It wasn't all that bad, honestly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:41 PM (2YhKe)

263 Okay I unlazied for a moment. Miller High Life ( that’s a name?) is, indeed, “ THE champagne of bottled beers, according to the netz. Apparently not the champagne of draft beers, though.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 03:42 PM (Gqar8)

264 Before and after pictures of Ceuta. The third world can happen within a week.

https://tinyurl.com/4zbhx5y5

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 18, 2026 03:42 PM (n5tGW)

265 There is nothing in our Founding Documents that includes freedom from consequences.

Posted by: mrp at August 18, 2026 03:39 PM (rj6Yv)
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But that was the freedom the liberals started to covet most of all, before it became full-blown leftism.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 03:42 PM (Fi81e)

266 "No, I mean possibly declaring a national emergency over it and overriding courts and the states on election procedures."

The left has been predicting for months he'd do that. Does he really want to do it?
Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 03:38 PM (Jr5Lq)

Just plunking a bunch of agents with some backup in the bad areas will likely ruin the Dem's need to produce 440 million fake votes to come out on top.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:42 PM (uhVAy)

267 Drank it early on, before MGD came out. It wasn't all that bad, honestly.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:41 PM

Fair enough. I'll cop to having drunk Busch in college when that was the only thing we had. Granted, I was pretty drunk at the time.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 03:43 PM (LQKAS)

268 All about networking for the future and trying to have a social life. Fine for those that joined, fine for those that did not. No big deal.
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the naked elephant walk bothers some guys more than others I guess. . .

Posted by: Raised Eyebrow at August 18, 2026 03:43 PM (anL5R)

269 Dude went to the Max Boot School of buying hats that make you look like a total faggot.

Posted by: ballistic at August 18, 2026 03:43 PM (oqH4h)

270 especially in rural PA where I went to college -

hmm where was this where was this

let me guess

Dickinson?
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 03:39 PM (j+aD2)

It was one of the below:

Penn State
Bucknell
Susquehanna

Well, not Susquehanna -- but I spent quite a few weekends there. They were well known of having hot and very generous girls.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 03:43 PM (iFTx/)

271 There is nothing in our Founding Documents that includes freedom from consequences.

Posted by: mrp at August 18, 2026 03:39 PM (rj6Yv)
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But if the elites have shown us anything, some people can be free from consequences.

If they have the right connections.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 03:43 PM (Fi81e)

272 Before and after pictures of Ceuta. The third world can happen within a week.

https://tinyurl.com/4zbhx5y5
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 18, 2026 03:42 PM (n5tGW)

Set it ablaze.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:43 PM (2YhKe)

273 Dude went to the Max Boot School of buying hats that make you look like a total faggot.
Posted by: ballistic at August 18, 2026 03:43 PM

Valedictorian.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 03:43 PM (LQKAS)

274 omg Elric you went to FuckHell and did NOT pledge a frat?

ok that's impressive

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 03:43 PM (j+aD2)

275 The left has been predicting for months he'd do that. Does he really want to do it?
Posted by: gp

None of us know what hand Trump has nor the evidence--someone like Chavez spilling the beans on cheating by Smartmatic and thus Dominion which licensed Smartmatic's software would put the cat among the pigeons.

Trump has been pretty good about OpSec this term rather than his first. But I think he is putting the pressure on Scotus to cram the states filled with fake registrations to kill the Dem judges injunctions forbidding the Feds from cleansing them. If those fake voter registrations go away, so does a big margin of fraud that the left can deploy easily. Not enough time to rack up a big new list.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:44 PM (E4rtv)

276 What is that rats nest on his head???

Posted by: Max Power at August 18, 2026 03:44 PM (q177U)

277 272 Before and after pictures of Ceuta. The third world can happen within a week.

https://tinyurl.com/4zbhx5y5
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
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Great ad material there for those that dare to use it.

Like seeing history come to life over sacking of cities by invaders.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:44 PM (E4rtv)

278 Think I read that Falstaff beer went out of business. Always liked that name. Falstaff. Name a beer after a Shakespeare character.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 03:45 PM (Gqar8)

279 But if the elites have shown us anything, some people can be free from consequences.

If they have the right connections.
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 03:43 PM (Fi81e)

That's always been true which is why saner societies said they had to stand up exposed in battle and inspire us all being brave to get some of them shot.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:45 PM (uhVAy)

280 Agreed.

Instead, they lost a few scholarships and 2 bowl games.

Whooptydo.......they F*CKED KIDS for DECADES.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

====

The NCAA is in the business of levying fines. Sweet sweet organization-funding fines.

PSU was a criminal matter, so no fines

So the NCAA ran away

Posted by: 2009Refugee at August 18, 2026 03:45 PM (tToWO)

281
Fair enough. I'll cop to having drunk Busch in college when that was the only thing we had. Granted, I was pretty drunk at the time.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 03:43 PM (LQKAS)

Was at a good friend's house celebrating one of his daughter's achievements a while back. They had Busch Light, then the daughter went to the store and picked up straight Busch. I drank it......we went home. I wasn't really even buzzed, but walked into the house.......hit the toilet and made Buicks for the next 15 minutes........

Won't be touching that stuff again any time soon......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:45 PM (2YhKe)

282 Busch. They have a nice garden in Florida.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 03:46 PM (Gqar8)

283 "But I think he is putting the pressure on Scotus to cram the states filled with fake registrations to kill the Dem judges injunctions forbidding the Feds from cleansing them."

Does he currently have a case like that before SCOTUS?

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 03:46 PM (Jr5Lq)

284 The coolest college in PA was Slippery Rock.

Is it still around?

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 03:46 PM (77rzZ)

285 All alien stuff.
Posted by: Oldcat
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Some join the military for the same reasons or really any other group. Few people like to actually be alone.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:46 PM (E4rtv)

286 Great ad material there for those that dare to use it.

Like seeing history come to life over sacking of cities by invaders.
Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:44 PM (E4rtv)

NO one will use it and Big Media will never show it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:46 PM (2YhKe)

287 It was simply "The Champaign of Beers."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:39 PM

You are correct, sir. Never drank it, though. The RMBS Dad liked to brew, so my taste buds got spoiled by the good stuff early on.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 03:40 PM (LQKAS)
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The original ads for Miller Beer was "The Champagne of Bottled Beers", but it was shortened to "The Champagne of Beers" after WWII because Miller started shipping the brew in steel, then aluminum cans.

Posted by: mrp at August 18, 2026 03:46 PM (rj6Yv)

288 Old Milwelfare

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2026 03:47 PM (iyblN)

289 hit the toilet and made Buicks for the next 15 minutes........
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next to the dictionary entry for "TMI"

Posted by: thanks. thanks a lot. at August 18, 2026 03:47 PM (anL5R)

290 The coolest college in PA was Slippery Rock.

Is it still around?
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 03:46 PM (77rzZ)

it is a state school so yeah.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:48 PM (uhVAy)

291 In college I was dirt poor so mostly drank:

Milwaukee's Best (which we called the "Beast")
Old Milwaukee (which we called "Old Swill")
Busch (although this was more expensive so I rarely had it)

IIRC, the Beast wasn't that bad.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 03:48 PM (iFTx/)

292 Beer in steel cans. Hmmmm.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 03:48 PM (Gqar8)

293 Trump has been pretty good about OpSec this term rather than his first. But I think he is putting the pressure on Scotus to cram the states filled with fake registrations to kill the Dem judges injunctions forbidding the Feds from cleansing them. If those fake voter registrations go away, so does a big margin of fraud that the left can deploy easily. Not enough time to rack up a big new list.
Posted by: whig

===

I firmly believe massive fraud occurs in our election system. What's disappointing is there's not the smoking gun type stuff being uncovered on the scale I think is going on. Like the closest thing I can think of was a small story in CA where a large amount of blank ballots was found in a criminal's car.

I wish someone like Musk would put bounties on this, like $5 million if you can show proof of manufacturing fraudulent votes.

There has to be lots of people involved that would rat someone out for a lot of money.

Posted by: Leupold at August 18, 2026 03:48 PM (eIzlH)

294 284 The coolest college in PA was Slippery Rock.

sure ... why is it cool?

it's pretty I guess

the coolest college here .. tough one

I would vote for Swarthmore

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 03:48 PM (j+aD2)

295 133 He graduated two years ago. He was still running the coke to the campus, supposedly pounds at a time.
___

He was redshirted.

Posted by: Cocaine University at August 18, 2026 03:49 PM (qUkBO)

296 Beer in steel cans. Hmmmm.
Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 03:48 PM (Gqar

those had the seams on the side made them hard to crush.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:49 PM (uhVAy)

297 Broke-ass college kid beer of choice for me and my buddies was always Natural Light.

Posted by: ballistic at August 18, 2026 03:50 PM (oqH4h)

298 Beer in steel cans. Hmmmm.
Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 03:48 PM (Gqar

I got into a trend of crushing aluminum cans off my forehead. Someone slipped in one of those Steel City beers which was in the Steel can.

Before I noticed it, I was lying on the floor with a big ring on my forehead.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:50 PM (2YhKe)

299 Does he currently have a case like that before SCOTUS?
Posted by: gp
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Yes, DoJ has multiple lawsuits demanding states under the Voting Rights Act give unredacted lists of voters so that the Feds can compare and find ineligible voters like illegals or dead people. And then there is the whole mail in ballot torpedo aimed Dems which has Elias and co suing to stop the USPS from only allowing mail to used by real verifiable voters--no more ballots sent to empty lots and ballots must use a trackable USPS envelop so receipt and sending times and dates are recorded.

Then there are ongoing investigations into voter fraud, the Deep State shuffle down in S. Florida involving the attempted Dem and Rino Coup in 2016, etc. etc.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:50 PM (E4rtv)

300 Beast was strictly to be funneled. Truly foul.

Posted by: ballistic at August 18, 2026 03:51 PM (oqH4h)

301 296 Beer in steel cans. Hmmmm.
Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 03:48 PM (Gqar

those had the seams on the side made them hard to crush.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:49 PM (uhVAy)

Guess it’s no weirder than vodka or bourbon in plastic jugs.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 03:51 PM (Gqar8)

302
He was redshirted.
Posted by: Cocaine University at August 18, 2026 03:49 PM (qUkBO)

It works for running backs who beat the shit out of their girlfriends........

Posted by: Bob Stoops at August 18, 2026 03:51 PM (2YhKe)

303 But if the elites have shown us anything, some people can be free from consequences.

If they have the right connections.
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 03:43 PM (Fi81e)

That's always been true which is why saner societies said they had to stand up exposed in battle and inspire us all being brave to get some of them shot.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:45 PM (uhVAy)
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But that is freedom: the availability to choose a course you have the power/capability to choose.

Thus, paraplegics don't have a "freedom to get up and walk", many of the rest of us do.

This is my shot against Ayn Rand. Freedom is not thematically consistent, so if I can do it, have the brains and the means to manage it, I can take another person wholly captive. Especially if I can evade the law.

The "freedom" of "degrees of freedom" has no consideration for consistency.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 03:51 PM (Fi81e)

304 299 Thanks so much, whig!

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 03:51 PM (Jr5Lq)

305 Nood. That Michigan guy.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 03:51 PM (ExV1e)

306 nood

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 03:52 PM (Jr5Lq)

307 Speaking of Lefties and the Law, Jill Stein just had a warrant issued for her arrest. Trespassing and assault on a police officer.

Remember her? Trotsky to Bernie's Stalin an election cycle or two ago.

The difference between her and "Doctor" Jill Biden is that Stein is an actual MD... Haaavard Medical School, no less, and she's old enough that it still meant something.

Too bad she went batshit crazy somewhere along the way.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 18, 2026 03:52 PM (IG3/x)

308 I got into a trend of crushing aluminum cans off my forehead. Someone slipped in one of those Steel City beers which was in the Steel can.

Before I noticed it, I was lying on the floor with a big ring on my forehead.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:50 PM (2YhKe)

Was a Rockford Files episode where Rockford's acquaintance from prison, played by Isaac Hayes, crushes a beer can to show his toughness and Rockford tells him with the Aluminum cans anyone can do it.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:52 PM (uhVAy)

309 I firmly believe massive fraud occurs in our election system. What's disappointing is there's not the smoking gun type stuff being uncovered on the scale I think is going on. Like the closest thing I can think of was a small story in CA where a large amount of blank ballots was found in a criminal's car.

I wish someone like Musk would put bounties on this, like $5 million if you can show proof of manufacturing fraudulent votes.

There has to be lots of people involved that would rat someone out for a lot of money.
Posted by: Leupold

The evidence is there but people ignored it as did courts using the standing rule. That the amount of fraud proven could not be shown to have caused defeat of the candidate. That standing ruling has now been overturned btw by Scotus in a little reported case last term.

Candidates now have standing to challenge rules, counting, etc. from teh get go, not to wait until after being cheated and their votes discarded. This is going to affect the Dem big cheat areas used to running things their own way.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:52 PM (E4rtv)

310 290 The coolest college in PA was Slippery Rock.

Is it still around?
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 03:46 PM (77rzZ)

it is a state school so yeah.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:48 PM (uhVAy)
______________________

There is a college in Turkey called "Batman University." It's in the Batman Province (which is a real thing). The capital of the Batman Province is called Batman. And it sits along the Batman River.

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 03:53 PM (dIske)

311 "I wish someone like Musk would put bounties on this, like $5 million if you can show proof of manufacturing fraudulent votes."

Can DOJ, or state election offices, offer such bounties?

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 03:54 PM (Jr5Lq)

312 U. of Michigan had a thing for Slippery Rock. At Michigan football games, they’d announce that week’s final score of the Slippery Rock game, and the crowd would either cheer if SR had won, or boo if they had lost.

And, in 1979, SR played Shippensburg in Michigan Stadium when Michigan had an away game. My Dad and I went to see it. I forget who won.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 03:55 PM (77rzZ)

313 You know who else was redshirted?

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 03:55 PM (+rw6l)

314 "she was so promising, so full of potential, but once she got hooked on that drug she was a slave to it"?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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She was on the D. Letterman show before she was a teen.
She's been in the business a long time.
One of the Baldwin brothers featured in an X, 'who set her up in the boat with the old rocker? They all did.'
I'll try to find it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 04:07 PM (Cq/ve)

315 429 Too Many Requests

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 04:17 PM (Cq/ve)

316 Wikipedia, in part: Lane edited his college newspaper, The Daily Pennsylvanian at the University of Pennsylvania[where?] before interning with The Wall Street Journal.[13] Lane received the Columbia Scholastic Press Association’s top non-fiction prize for a 1988 profile he wrote on former Philadelphia mayor Frank Rizzo.

He was 20 yrs. old, never met the 67 year old former Philly Mayor, and the piece was published/digitalized nowhere but might be held in the physical archives of The Daily Pennsylvanian on microfiche. If true & he wrote that piece and another about the Circus, those could be his serious journalism days.

Randall Lane's an enigma, allegedly born in NY but with no other early history & no bio outside Wikipedia. He flew around, spoke, conferenced, Wall Street partied big, and put out several rock star like commercial magazines re: the rich & famous until his Doubleday Media failed in (Lehman, TARP) 2009, reportedly wiping him out personally, too.

FFS, the guy is like Jason Arday but older & white. Married a journalist, a U of P grad. During the pandemic lockdowns, he created a private, month-long sleep-away for his daughters & ten paying friends ($2K fee)!

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2026 04:23 PM (NFX2v)

317 Lane Randall looks like a fag in a bag of dicks store

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at August 18, 2026 04:26 PM (Ra4oo)

318 Yeah, the NY - PA white collar fraud 'links' are very real; a full time job for a battalion of criminal investigators.

C19 rocked our world from center.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2026 04:27 PM (NFX2v)

319 It's always the incels, isn't it? smdh

Posted by: Peaches at August 18, 2026 04:30 PM (UixuB)

320 The fraternities, Sigma Chi and Delta Upsilon, allegedly coordinated with suppliers...

Sigma Chi – Friendship, Justice and Learning
"Sigma Chi's standards and virtues should guide members like essential tools on a journey."

Delta Upsilon - "Delta Upsilon is the world's oldest non-secret, non-hazing fraternity."

Penn State's Happy Valley - Providing the foundation for a lifelong journey.

Huge, beautiful campus; prioritized legacy and Asian students in ALL things; OK education for non-connected students; way too many sorority and fraternity houses; unique studies were practically located in Tibet with little transportation options back then.

Not at all a favorite with me.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2026 04:50 PM (NFX2v)

Prepare for a Non-Shock: Staffer for Rejected Liberal RINO John Cornyn Joins James Talarico Campaign

They spend years lying to us about being conservative, and after we eject them, they confirm that we were right all along.

James Talarico Poaches Cornyn Staffer

Poaches? I suspect this traitor went running to his real political allies.

Cross-party hires are rare, but the move could show the Senate Democratic campaign is hoping to reach out to Republicans in reliably red Texas.

Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico's campaign hired a staffer from Republican Sen. John Cornyn, NOTUS has learned.

Jacob Smith, who worked for Cornyn for five years as a deputy legislative director and policy adviser, is taking on the role of deputy policy director for Talarico's campaign.

"I've worked for Republicans like Senator Cornyn my entire career, but this year I'm proud to be joining James Talarico's campaign," Smith confirmed in a statement through the Talarico campaign. "Instead of playing partisan politics, Talarico speaks to the needs of everyday people who day in and day out work too hard for too little. In the Senate, James will fight to lower costs for all 31 million Texans, whether they're Republicans, Democrats, or independents, so that Texans of all ages have a fighting chance at the American Dream of starting a family, owning a home, and leaving a little behind for their children."

Smith also took aim at the GOP nominee, adding, "Ken Paxton is the most corrupt, self-dealing politician in Texas who would sell their futures to the highest contributor just to hold onto power. I'm encouraging all my fellow Republicans who know Ken Paxton is unfit to serve in the Senate to finally hold him accountable at the ballot box."

Smith previously worked on the House Science Committee for Rep. Frank Lucas (R-Oklahoma) and was a legislative aide for Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi).

When contacted for comment, a Cornyn spokesperson directed NOTUS to remarks the senator has made repeatedly in recent months where he's said he will "support the Republican ticket" in the fall.

Sure, sure.

Thanks to Buck Throckmorton.

Update:

Townhall.com
@townhallcom
JAMES TALARICO: "With the SAVE Act, they are trying to rob our neighbors, strictly our black neighbors, of those God given rights."

So conservative.

The Deputy Legislative Director of soon-to-be-former senator John Cornyn has been hired to work in the Talarico senate campaign as xis Deputy Policy Director. The most shocking thing is that no one is shocked. @AceofSpadesHQ https://t.co/SUAUYd0CMP
— Buck Throckmorton (@BuckThrockmort) August 17, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:34 PM

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1 I'm not shocked.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 01:33 PM (ExV1e)

2 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 18, 2026 01:34 PM (NcvvS)

3 I haz nooded.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 01:34 PM (ExV1e)

4 I wonder if Cornyn gave him a reference.

Posted by: huerfano at August 18, 2026 01:34 PM (2Xqig)

5 Knock me over with a bulldozer!

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 01:34 PM (Fi81e)

6 "Poaches." Is that what they're call it these days?

Posted by: Chris Hansen at August 18, 2026 01:35 PM (wGerL)

7 Naturally. Birds of a feather and all like that.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2026 01:35 PM (wVcYX)

8 Cross-party hires are rare, but the move could show the Senate Democratic campaign is hoping to reach out to Republicans in reliably red Texas.

But only the sort of Republican whose been rejected by Republicans in reliably red Texas.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 01:35 PM (ExV1e)

9
*** scrambles around for not-shocked face ***

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 01:35 PM (Fi81e)

10 yup, non-shocking to the max.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2026 01:36 PM (VyBeY)

11 The only reasons Cornyn was in office as long as he was is because
a) The Democrat opponent was always way worse;
b) The Texas GOP made dang sure that Cornyn never had a serious primary contender.

But the Texas GOP was unable to keep Paxton off the ballot, so Cornyn lost the primary. And he is still pissed about that.

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at August 18, 2026 01:36 PM (bufu1)

12
These staffers are whores anyway. Lacking any morals or principles, they'll attach themselves like a remora to any passing shark.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 01:36 PM (O0L8i)

13 >>"I've worked for Republicans like Senator Cornyn my entire career"

Yes, we know.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 18, 2026 01:36 PM (NcvvS)

14 So.....

All according to Cornyn's inner circle, the things Paxton voters said about Cornyn and his inner circle are.... true.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 18, 2026 01:36 PM (PGK1w)

15
He just discovered he's gay.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 01:36 PM (Fi81e)

16 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:37 PM (2YhKe)

17 I always love the perpetual refrain of the politician during election season.

"I'm fighting for lower costs!"

Okay; so how come we're here now, with costs and expenses as they are and yet, costs are still going up? What is it you'd say you've been doing so far?

Posted by: Gaff at August 18, 2026 01:37 PM (EqzMw)

18 Any bets on whether Cornyn will also jump parties after the election?

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at August 18, 2026 01:37 PM (bufu1)

19 Is Talarico going to win?

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 01:37 PM (g47mK)

20 Talarico has pedo eyes. And secret sex lips.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 18, 2026 01:37 PM (amcLV)

21 Smith also took aim at the GOP nominee, adding, "Ken Paxton is the most corrupt, self-dealing politician in Texas who would sell their futures to the highest contributor just to hold onto power. I'm encouraging all my fellow Republicans who know Ken Paxton is unfit to serve in the Senate to finally hold him accountable at the ballot box."

How much money did John Cornyn spend to try and hold on to power? And how much time did he spend trying to get SAVE passed, which would have allowed him to hold on to power?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 01:37 PM (ExV1e)

22 Uniparty gonna uniparty

Posted by: Bete at August 18, 2026 01:37 PM (LX4y3)

23
Cross-party hires are rare, but the move could show the Senate Democratic campaign is hoping to reach out to Republicans in reliably red Texas.

RINO ass fired by electorate.
RINO ass staffer jumps to Dem party.

Dem party thinks electorate will switch, following RINO ass.

Um.......yeah, about that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:38 PM (2YhKe)

24 " I'm encouraging all my fellow Republicans who know Ken Paxton is unfit to serve in the Senate to finally hold him accountable at the ballot box."

Good luck with that, as Paxton's won state office several times even with all the nonsense thrown at him.

Posted by: Thrawn at August 18, 2026 01:38 PM (lNxD2)

25 I heard that the staffer also took with him the gun grabbing legislation draft he wrote for Cornyn that cost him his seat.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 18, 2026 01:38 PM (hnUsy)

26
Man, he feels like a woman.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 01:38 PM (Fi81e)

27 Is Talarico going to win?
Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 01:37 PM (g47mK)

Only if R's do R things and stay the f*ck home on election day.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:38 PM (2YhKe)

28 "I'm encouraging all my fellow Republicans who know Ken Paxton is unfit to serve in the Senate to finally hold him accountable at the ballot box." - Jacob Smith

Sport, youze ain't my fellow Republican.

My inner Yosemite Sam says, "You ornery, flea-bitten sidewinder! If you don’t skedaddle, I’ll blast ya to smithereens!"

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2026 01:39 PM (wVcYX)

29 Eh. Jacob Smith is just a whore who goes wherever the money is. Cornyn is a dead end. So Smith's gotta make his filthy lucre somewhere.

If someone else paid more for his "services" than this weirdo freakazoid, Smith woulda gone there.

I'm sure Smith's policy positions suck balls too. But then that's good for us. Let him go "help" this weirdo lose the election badly.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 01:39 PM (iFTx/)

30 Why do I suspect that the policies Smith advocates for will be very similar to those he advocated for with Cornyn? How many other "R" senators and congresscritters have crypto-leftists advising them on policy?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 18, 2026 01:39 PM (lFFaq)

31 Sounds like a guy (?) who knows he can't make it in the private sector, so like a remora, he just swaps hosts. It's a living, I guess.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 01:39 PM (1z8ji)

32 Cross-party hires are rare, but the move could show the Senate Democratic campaign is hoping to reach out to Republicans in reliably red Texas.

I was watching either a Bulwark podcast or Pod Save America....no difference, because it was people from both shows (former Bush and Obama staffers) talking, and the Bush staffers very much sounded like they didn't like (or care about) conservative policy goals...it was just a job, trying to help a client (Bush) win. In a way, it was nice because it sounded very mercenary/mafia (nothing personal, just business), but ultimately I think you expose yourself to risk, especially in the future, if you hire people to help discuss critical strategy stuff that don't believe it, and could jump ship to the enemy later.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 18, 2026 01:39 PM (THJS/)

33 Paxton is so bad that he beat Cornyn statewide in the largest Republican primary win in Texas for decades.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 18, 2026 01:40 PM (hnUsy)

34 Thanks for confirming what we knew about Cornyn all along. This is the standard playbook for frauds who were kicked out of office by the voters. Wear the Democrat nominee like a skin suit, and make sure everyone “knows” that beating the Republican pretender at the ballot box is a futile endeavor.

Except this time, Paxton is going to win and Cornyn will be shitting his prime rib in a diaper by next fall.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 01:40 PM (+ffGB)

35 If Texas elects Talarico, I vote that we let them secede and be an independent nation again, because they would be unwanted as a state in our union. Get out. Govern yourselves the way you want. Maybe Mexico would admit you as Chihuahua Norte.

Posted by: zombie at August 18, 2026 01:40 PM (Av6i5)

36 "Ken Paxton is the most corrupt, self-dealing politician in Texas who would sell their futures to the highest contributor just to hold onto power."
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That's how you know the most trustworthy people in DC. The staffers of long-time con artists tell you they are the "most corrupt" or "dangerous".

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 01:40 PM (Fi81e)

37 Texas never stopped being a republic.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 01:41 PM (+ffGB)

38
Hey, his Republican principles demanded he find work.

Posted by: Auspex at August 18, 2026 01:41 PM (Y8DZL)

39 Is Talarico going to win?
Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 01:37 PM (g47mK)

Well, plenty of Texans have said, repeatedly, that he won't but folks keep up with the but, but, but, so... yes. Democrats will sweep every contest in November and, in fact, will never lose another electoral contest until the heat death of the universe.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 01:41 PM (ExV1e)

40 28 Count, you left out “galoot.”

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 01:41 PM (77rzZ)

41 Smith previously worked on the House Science Committee for Rep. Frank Lucas (R-Oklahoma) and was a legislative aide for Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi).

====

Who?
Who?
Who?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2026 01:41 PM (JvZF+)

42 Smith also took aim at the GOP nominee, adding, "Ken Paxton is the most corrupt, self-dealing politician in Texas who would sell their futures to the highest contributor just to hold onto power. I'm encouraging all my fellow Republicans who know Ken Paxton is unfit to serve in the Senate to finally hold him accountable at the ballot box."

Paxton should sue the f*ck out of him. RIGHT now.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:41 PM (2YhKe)

43 I Googled Smith. He looks like you'd expect, powered by soy

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 01:41 PM (rp63B)

44 My inner Yosemite Sam says, "You ornery, flea-bitten sidewinder! If you don’t skedaddle, I’ll blast ya to smithereens!"
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2026 01:39 PM (wVcYX)
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No hornswogglin', sidewindin', bushwhackin' cracker croaker is gonna rouin me bishencutter!

Rerrit!

Posted by: Gabby Johnson at August 18, 2026 01:41 PM (amcLV)

45 Whose jobs are up for grabs?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (wxsGM)

46 Texas used to have Democrat Democrats and Republican Democrats.

Now we have Republican Republicans and Democrat Republicans.

Saves on election costs!!

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (wtvvX)

47 >> Paxton is so bad that he beat Cornyn statewide in the largest Republican primary win in Texas for decades.

Yeah I don’t understand all the polls showing Talarico ahead. Who are they polling, newts?

Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (+ffGB)

48
Jacob Smith, who worked for Cornyn for five years as a deputy legislative director and policy adviser, is taking on the role of deputy policy director for Talarico's campaign.

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What policies would those be? Drag queens in elementary schools? Witchcraft? Open borders again?

Anyway, it's not just that Smith is an amoral weasel who needs a job. He has GOPe support for working against Paxton.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (azNOR)

49 Jacob Smith, who worked for Cornyn for five years as a deputy legislative director and policy adviser, is taking on the role of deputy policy director for Talarico's campaign.

One thing to notice here, this isn't an administrative or even GOTV staffer this is a policy staffer.

If you believe the claims made by Coryn he's mostly aligned with Paxton on policy. Talarico is an extreme leftist, so the only way this works is if...

CORYN WAS LYING

I know, I know we are all shocked

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

50 Paxton was tried.

The lawyers for the prosecution interviewed the FBI on their investigation and they said they came up with NO EVIDENCE OF WRONGDOING WHATSOEVER.

The case was overwhelmingly NOT GUILTY. Acquitted. 100%.

They're f*cking lying about him.

He needs to sue. SUE LIKE THE WIND.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (2YhKe)

51 Cross-party hires are rare, but the move could show the Senate Democratic campaign is hoping to reach out to Republicans in reliably red Texas.
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Because politics these days, as I observe it, is all about true-believism.

You can't be okay with the other side. I happen not to be, because the other side is so fucked in the head. But, potentially I can be civil with politics that conflict with mine--just not a power structure that wants me to lose.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (Fi81e)

52 DC is an incestuous cesspool.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (MWfyi)

53 Now that Jason Arday has gone to Carousel, who's next in line? We need to force every fraudulent academic into suicide. It's the most humane way.

Posted by: zombie at August 18, 2026 01:43 PM (Av6i5)

54 28 Count, you left out “galoot.”
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 01:41 PM (77rzZ)

That I did.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2026 01:43 PM (wVcYX)

55 So, blacks only vote fraudulently? None of their votes are real.

Now I could be convinced that many of the votes cast in those districts are fraudulent, since they are run by DNC lackeys who have had machines to encourage or generate turnout when needed.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 01:43 PM (uhVAy)

56 The lawyers for the prosecution interviewed the FBI on their investigation and they said they came up with NO EVIDENCE OF WRONGDOING WHATSOEVER.

The case was overwhelmingly NOT GUILTY. Acquitted. 100%.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (2YhKe)
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Sounds like Trump.

He shouldn't visit New York.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 01:43 PM (Fi81e)

57 >>I heard that the staffer also took with him the gun grabbing legislation draft he wrote for Cornyn that cost him his seat.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 18, 2026 01:38 PM

Probably the path to citizenship stuff, too.

Posted by: huerfano at August 18, 2026 01:43 PM (2Xqig)

58
Yeah I don’t understand all the polls showing Talarico ahead. Who are they polling, newts?
Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (+ffGB)

Those exiting construction zone port-a-potties.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:43 PM (2YhKe)

59 Jacob Smith may be less masculine than James Talarico if that is possible.

https://tinyurl.com/3vhh9yv8

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 18, 2026 01:44 PM (wGerL)

60 Or I should say, politics is an incestuous cesspool.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 01:44 PM (MWfyi)

61
Hilarious to see the left squawk about the Epstein files and corruption WITHOUT EVIDENCE!!!!

Posted by: Auspex at August 18, 2026 01:44 PM (Y8DZL)

62 This is the kind of stuff the True Cons said Trump would do.

I know Trump doesn't read "super trustworthy" (maybe his most endearing quality as a nominal GOP, oddly enough). But instead he put it all on the line for a decade to try and stop the inexorable march of communism that had arrived within our shores.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 01:44 PM (+rw6l)

63 I don't care what any of these people say, if you're going to fart, fart, you'll feel better.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 18, 2026 01:44 PM (tvdD1)

64 OT: DJT posts a Truth labeling the Strait of Hormuz a 'NEW U.S. Territory.

I didn't believe it, but here's his Truth:
https://tinyurl.com/3r48cjpp

I oppose this idea.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 01:44 PM (Jr5Lq)

65 Whose jobs are up for grabs?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (wxsGM)
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*raises hand*

Posted by: Kamala at August 18, 2026 01:44 PM (Fi81e)

66 43 I Googled Smith. He looks like you'd expect, powered by soy
Posted by: Smell the Glove

"Soy". Riiiiight. That's what he's been injected with that made him such a bottom bitch...

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at August 18, 2026 01:44 PM (THJS/)

67 >> Paxton is so bad that he beat Cornyn statewide in the largest Republican primary win in Texas for decades.

Yeah I don’t understand all the polls showing Talarico ahead. Who are they polling, newts?
Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (+ffGB)

Great horny toads. And jackalopes.

Posted by: Yosemite Sam at August 18, 2026 01:44 PM (wVcYX)

68 I Googled Smith. He looks like you'd expect, powered by soy
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 01:41 PM (rp63B)
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So, not exactly Pecos Bill, eh?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 01:44 PM (FZ29D)

69 WHAT A SHOCK!

I once served as a delegate for the Republican Convention back in Virginia.

Shortly afterward, I started getting LOTS of fundraising requests from Democrat campaigns.

My first thought was "these idiots, I worked for the other side!"

It was only after further reflection that I realized they probably get better than 50% response from targeting "Republican" delegates. I was the idiot who didn't realize how infiltrated the GOP was.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2026 01:45 PM (N1DT3)

70
Polls are no longer a way of reflecting public sentiment but a way of driving it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 01:45 PM (O0L8i)

71 Cross-party hires are rare, but the move could show the Senate Democratic campaign is hoping to reach out to Republicans in reliably red Texas.
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Because politics these days, as I observe it, is all about true-believism.

You can't be okay with the other side. I happen not to be, because the other side is so fucked in the head. But, potentially I can be civil with politics that conflict with mine--just not a power structure that wants me to lose.
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (Fi81e)

This is impossible in the current climate. Said GOP hire would have to toe the line on so many issues to remain in good graces that the utility of his views would vanish.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 01:45 PM (uhVAy)

72 I'm pleased to announce that Jacob "Scapegoat" Smith will be joining my election campaign staff.

Posted by: James Talarico at August 18, 2026 01:45 PM (i8+2Q)

73
Now that Jason Arday has gone to Carousel, who's next in line? We need to force every fraudulent academic into suicide. It's the most humane way.
Posted by: zombie

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Ooh, glad you asked again! Don't know if you saw my answer below-thread:

zombie, it's been a while since we've enjoyed your activism. Are you interested in things like plagiarism sniffing and cv investigation? If one dedicated individual simply starts the most cursory look at the top Black scholars in _____ Studies departments at top universities, armies of fraudsters will be found overnight.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 01:46 PM (XJ22o)

74 My only salve with where I can see things clearly heading for 2027 is Trump knows exactly what this DNC-DSA op is, and where it's headed, likely well beyond what I can see.

And he is not going to let them ride roughshod over us and everything civilized people built for 250 years, or to take advantage of what he seemingly dismantled.

How any successor actually fights this snaky two pronged pincer attack from the Democrat Party is going to be something, but he is going to have to be made of twisted metal.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 01:46 PM (+rw6l)

75 Paxton hopefully takes this as a sign when he wins. Bring all your OWN staffers. Do NOT retain ANYTHING involving that shitbag Cornyn.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:46 PM (2YhKe)

76 30 Why do I suspect that the policies Smith advocates for will be very similar to those he advocated for with Cornyn? How many other "R" senators and congresscritters have crypto-leftists advising them on policy?
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette

Thune for one. Basically staffers are there to exercise power and/or to get rich from teh K Street banditos. Senate legislative assistants, in particular, spend a lot of time with their Dem counterparts liaising with donor groups drafting uniparty legislation.

They have the faithfulness of a whore and I think this guy jumped because he wasn't going to retain his cushy job with Cornyn, is likely to get paid well by Talarico's campaign, and then will probably try to land in some lobbying firm for an interest group.

The good news is he is now toxic to the GOP officeholders being able to openly hire him as an aide , the bad news is there are bunch just like him as senior staffers for other aging toads sitting as GOP senators.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 01:46 PM (E4rtv)

77 Cross-party hires are rare

Except when the UniParty needs to say they hired cross-party to "reach out" to the other side.

Posted by: t-bird at August 18, 2026 01:47 PM (Cuw0G)

78 JAMES TALARICO: "With the SAVE Act, they are trying to rob our neighbors, strictly our black neighbors, of those God given rights."

Do you think he means God or god?

Posted by: Inogame at August 18, 2026 01:47 PM (53oGX)

79 >> Paxton is so bad that he beat Cornyn statewide in the largest Republican primary win in Texas for decades.

Yeah I don’t understand all the polls showing Talarico ahead. Who are they polling, newts?
Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (+ffGB)

Great horny toads. And jackalopes.
Posted by: Yosemite Sam at August 18, 2026 01:44 PM (wVcYX)

Well the most recent polls in WI had Chong or whoever up 20+ points and she lost.

It seems like the last 2 candidates they have run for Senate are there just to skim donations across the country into TX. They aren't to appeal to actual Txans, or win.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 01:47 PM (uhVAy)

80 I've said it before, but there are no elected Republicans in DC that read conservative media anywhere close to this site.
More of them will say David French represents the conservative view than this site.
And a lot of them still think National Review represents the thought leaders of the the base.
And that watching CNN and Fox News will give you both sides of the story.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2026 01:48 PM (3cUTc)

81 Yeah I don’t understand all the polls showing Talarico ahead. Who are they polling, newts?
Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (+ffGB)

Great horny toads. And jackalopes.
Posted by: Yosemite Sam at August 18, 2026 01:44 PM (wVcYX)

I just came out that pollsters in California were running an 'experiment' on the Bass mayoral race and released a completely fake poll, just to see the reaction.

Yeah.....they've been doing that shit for DECADES, just didn't tell anyone.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:48 PM (2YhKe)

82 "Polling Company Collapses After Giving Francesca Hong a 23-Point Lead in a Race She Lost, Admits to ‘Bogus’ Data on LA Mayor Karen Bass"

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 01:48 PM (MWfyi)

83 "I'm fighting for lower costs!"

Uh-huh. "More money to secure our border!"

They are truly professionals when it applies to acting like they are merely powerless spectators in these atrocities.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 01:48 PM (Ewmxj)

84 JAMES TALARICO: "With the SAVE Act, they are trying to rob our neighbors, strictly our black neighbors, of those God given rights."

Do you think he means God or god?
Posted by: Inogame at August 18, 2026 01:47 PM (53oGX)

Texas already REQUIRES ID to vote in federal elections, if not ALL elections.

I show ID everytime, regardless.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:49 PM (2YhKe)

85 Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2026 01:45 PM (N1DT3)

I was a alternate delegate for our district convention in CO for 2008. Made me realize *I* was the RINO because I actually believed in the planks of the platform.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 18, 2026 01:49 PM (lFFaq)

86 "A major polling scandal rocks the Los Angeles mayoral race after a firm admits to fabricating poll results. Median Strategies created a fake poll showing Karen Bass leading. "

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 01:49 PM (MWfyi)

87 Paxton hopefully takes this as a sign when he wins. Bring all your OWN staffers. Do NOT retain ANYTHING involving that shitbag Cornyn.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:46 PM (2YhKe)
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Like the Lord told the Israelites.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 01:49 PM (Fi81e)

88 With the SAVE Act, they are trying to rob our neighbors, strictly our black neighbors, of those God given rights."

God wants neighbors to vote without ID.? Blacks are too stupid to get ID? How patronizing!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2026 01:50 PM (+hwtP)

89 Uhhh, it's not black people who are afraid of ICE showing up at polling stations. Just saying.

Posted by: pookysgirl, pointing out the obvious at August 18, 2026 01:50 PM (Wt5PA)

90 An experiment to see if they can cheat even more blatantly.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 01:50 PM (MWfyi)

91 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 01:46 PM (XJ22o)

Ha and speaking of something you apparently asked me yesterday, the DNC may give up some longtime members to "DSA" but they don't actually care. The tippy top of the Left has no friends, just conveniences. Everyone is expendable.

Think about it. Even in losing longtime members, what are they really giving up as a party if it allows them to amass more power? Or to pretend to suddenly be responsive to "young people" and "working people" instead of the elite? Big picture it and you can't miss it.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 01:50 PM (+rw6l)

92 >>Jacob Smith, who worked for Cornyn for five years as a deputy legislative director and policy adviser, is taking on the role of deputy policy director for Talarico's campaign.

"I've worked for Republicans like Senator Cornyn my entire career, but this year I'm proud to be joining James Talarico's campaign," Smith confirmed

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THIS EXPLAINS WHY CORNRYN SUCKED AS A REPUBLICAN - HIS STAFFERS ARE DEMOCRATS.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at August 18, 2026 01:50 PM (X8xt3)

93 Uhhh, it's not black people who are afraid of ICE showing up at polling stations. Just saying.
Posted by: pookysgirl, pointing out the obvious at August 18, 2026 01:50 PM (Wt5PA)

Only those that SHOULD fear ICE should be afraid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:50 PM (2YhKe)

94
Both Talarico & Cornyn aid Smith share their love of Semen.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 18, 2026 01:51 PM (OkYzo)

95 A name like Jacob ‘Big Jake’ Smith might inject some testerone into Telarico. Who knows?

Posted by: Eromero at August 18, 2026 01:51 PM (LHPAg)

96 And he is not going to let them ride roughshod over us and everything civilized people built for 250 years, or to take advantage of what he seemingly dismantled.

How any successor actually fights this snaky two pronged pincer attack from the Democrat Party is going to be something, but he is going to have to be made of twisted metal.
Posted by: ...
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Watch for a possible national emergency declared before the elections start. Foreign interference in US elections and fraudulent voters on the lists in mostly blue states. I think that is Trump's Rubicon ripping the masks off of everyone including the courts.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 01:51 PM (E4rtv)

97 White people are robbing our black neighbors is certain a take.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 01:51 PM (+rw6l)

98 OT: DJT posts a Truth labeling the Strait of Hormuz a 'NEW U.S. Territory.

I didn't believe it, but here's his Truth:
https://tinyurl.com/3r48cjpp

I oppose this idea.
Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 01:44 PM (Jr5Lq)

Might as well call a spade a spade. Given the fecklessness of the rest of the world to patrolling the area it will be on our plate for a long time. Perhaps some day the day to day patrols can be taken over by Gulf state boats but the big stick will be ours.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 01:51 PM (uhVAy)

99 How long has Jacob Smith been transitioning?

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 01:51 PM (Fi81e)

100 >>Uhhh, it's not black people who are afraid of ICE showing up at polling stations. Just saying.

*eyes dart in all directions*

Posted by: Somalis at August 18, 2026 01:51 PM (X8xt3)

101 I brought up the Sienna poll claiming Talarico is ahead, key points:

"Voters Favor Paxton on Border; Favor Talarico on Affordability, Iran, Water, Safety"

In the notes they say they contacted 619 likely TX voters in EN and ES and had 453 complete the entire survey. They claim their MOE is 5.5%

Interestingly Sienna did not poll the R primary.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 01:51 PM (sKqQm)

102 Admitting you're a democrat after working your entire career for RINO's..........

Priceless.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:51 PM (2YhKe)

103 Talarico is a serpent.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 18, 2026 01:52 PM (dWlcQ)

104 Watch for a possible national emergency declared before the elections start. Foreign interference in US elections and fraudulent voters on the lists in mostly blue states. I think that is Trump's Rubicon ripping the masks off of everyone including the courts.
Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 01:51 PM (E4rtv)

I think he will have a ton of poll inspectors in those key blue areas

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 01:52 PM (uhVAy)

105 Cross party hires wasn't ever all that rare. Staffers and staff asses would work for whoever would pay them. Politics didn't matter. You care about the policy, you run for the office, you wear the moc pin. Staffers just do their job.

Then "Woke" happened and the cutthroat amoral bastards got replaced with cultists.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 01:53 PM (Ot/FD)

106 I get "Television Sheister Preacher" vibes off of Talarico every time he opens his mouth. Or, maybe Nick Fuetes with a new hairstyle.

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 01:53 PM (dIske)

107 82 "Polling Company Collapses After Giving Francesca Hong a 23-Point Lead in a Race She Lost, Admits to ‘Bogus’ Data on LA Mayor Karen Bass"
Posted by: fd

Morons. You only sellout with a big fake poll when you're ready to retire.

Posted by: Ann Selzer at August 18, 2026 01:53 PM (THJS/)

108 "Polling Company Collapses"
Like, collapses-collapses?

Like those DIY home stripper poles that aren't secured, collapses?

Or like illegal immigrant trucking companies that change some letters around and re-incorporate, collapses?

(You've got three guesses, and the first two don't count)

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 18, 2026 01:54 PM (aJQbY)

109 But the poll that 60% of young people are socialists. Totes not fabricated!

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 01:54 PM (+rw6l)

110 IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THIS EXPLAINS WHY CORNRYN SUCKED AS A REPUBLICAN - HIS STAFFERS ARE DEMOCRATS.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at August 18, 2026 01:50

This.

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2026 01:54 PM (ZdaMQ)

111
86 "A major polling scandal rocks the Los Angeles mayoral race after a firm admits to fabricating poll results. Median Strategies created a fake poll showing Karen Bass leading. "
Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 01:49 PM

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A revised truthful poll indicates that Bass is a cabbage-headed dumbass with a strange offensive body odor.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 18, 2026 01:54 PM (azNOR)

112 One other point on polling, RCP said that Talarico would mean Coryn as well from when they were polling that as a possibility.

Which puts to bed the question of "But Paxton is too mean, conservative, blah"

Either people in TX wants a guy that loves transkids (and probably has physically done so) or the polling is wrong.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 01:55 PM (sKqQm)

113 27 Is Talarico going to win?
Posted by: runner
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If Talrico wins take it as a sign that it's time to get right with Jesus.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 01:56 PM (Cq/ve)

114 "Smith also took aim at the GOP nominee, adding, "Ken Paxton is the most corrupt, self-dealing politician in Texas who would sell their futures to the highest contributor just to hold onto power."

Smith mis-spoke. He meant say former GOP nominee John Cornyn.

Posted by: Gref at August 18, 2026 01:56 PM (5rh/l)

115 It will not work. We already hate Cornyn.

Posted by: Rotkappchen at August 18, 2026 01:56 PM (j3Fsw)

116 It's actually hilarious that they whine that Paxton will 'sell their futures to the highest contributor just to hold onto power'

after Cornyn pissed away ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS losing the primary TWICE.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at August 18, 2026 01:56 PM (setIA)

117 osted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 01:46 PM (XJ22o)

Ha and speaking of something you apparently asked me yesterday, the DNC may give up some longtime members to "DSA" but they don't actually care. The tippy top of the Left has no friends, just conveniences. Everyone is expendable.

Think about it. Even in losing longtime members, what are they really giving up as a party if it allows them to amass more power? Or to pretend to suddenly be responsive to "young people" and "working people" instead of the elite? Big picture it and you can't miss it.
Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 01:50 PM (+rw6l)

They care because the DSA is taking power away from them, or threatening to, and their misrule makes it hard for them to pretend to be a normal alternative patriotic party. The DNC already has an issue of a weak bench because the geriatric leadership has frozen their next generation out too long...if the few that are left are usurped by overt socialists or commies ...

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 01:56 PM (uhVAy)

118
In the notes they say they contacted 619 likely TX voters in EN and ES and had 453 complete the entire survey. They claim their MOE is 5.5%

Is this the poll where Talarico is up by 1 ? If so the MOE of 5.5% nullifies it...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2026 01:57 PM (726Da)

119 Townhall.com
@townhallcom
JAMES TALARICO: "With the SAVE Act, they are trying to rob our neighbors, strictly our black neighbors, of those God given rights."
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That's essentially what NC governor Josh Stein blathered to the press when he vetoed an election reform bill yesterday passed by the NC Senate and General Assembly.

Posted by: mrp at August 18, 2026 01:57 PM (rj6Yv)

120 >> Or, maybe Nick Fuetes with a new hairstyle.

I remember being told not to long ago that we were screwed because Nick Fuentes wasn't on our side.

Haven't heard a peep from the pint sized Nazi in months.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 01:57 PM (viF8m)

121 But, but, the (stripper) polls??!!! Paxton will lose! We are doomed! Doomed I tell you! Doomed! I am so concerned!

Posted by: Concern Troll at August 18, 2026 01:57 PM (sFNX2)

122 >>Cross-party hires are rare

Except when the UniParty needs to say they hired cross-party to "reach out" to the other side.
- - - -

From what I've read, staffer on the Hill are not Republican, they are a permanent power class (similar to federal agency leadership) who believe they know what's best, using their position to shape their current elected Senator's/Congressman's agenda.

A while there was a story on X about how Thune inherited McConnell's staff, which is common when one takes over leadership, and they were active in kneecapping Trump and MAGA. Not that Thune didn't play a part, but it explains why his Senate leadership is pretty much the same as McConnell's - it is the same crew!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2026 01:57 PM (X8xt3)

123 There is a chart that shows the R turnover since Trump took office. There's been a bunch that are gone:
1) depressing how far left the R majority used to be
2) encouraging how much work we have already done
3) confirms that, right now, there are basically 10 R Senators that oppose Trump on most everything.

But we are winning. A slow grind, but we are.

The real tell on when we've won is, the R Senator assigned to gavel-in/out the pro forma session, alerts Trump only and then does a no show-no call.
And Trump recess appoints his entire slate.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2026 01:58 PM (3cUTc)

124 In a strange way the fake polling is incredibly reflective of our fake voting.

Maybe fudging the polls to get a desired result should therefore be considered highly accurate? These people are living in the year 3000.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 01:58 PM (+rw6l)

125 Either people in TX wants a guy that loves transkids (and probably has physically done so) or the polling is wrong.

==

the polling, expecially now, could be wrong (crazy!), so we have to look at to other factors, like ...advertising, donations, who is supporting whomst

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 01:58 PM (g47mK)

126 @104 the DoJ is going to have 1500+ poll watchers. "Voter suppression" will be the lefts mantra

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 01:58 PM (rp63B)

127 "Smith also took aim at the GOP nominee, adding, "Ken Paxton is the most corrupt, self-dealing politician in Texas who would sell their futures to the highest contributor just to hold onto power."

Smith mis-spoke. He meant say former GOP nominee John Cornyn.
Posted by: Gref at August 18, 2026 01:56 PM (5rh/l)

yeah, pretty dumb take. A non incumbent is by definition not 'trying to hold onto power' but to get it.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 01:58 PM (uhVAy)

128 @104 the DoJ is going to have 1500+ poll watchers. "Voter suppression" will be the lefts mantra
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 01:58 PM (rp63B)

I want to suppress illegal votes. and 'legal' votes of illegals.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 01:59 PM (uhVAy)

129 Only those that SHOULD fear ICE should be afraid.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

But they're abducting and murdering innocent white people too! Remember Renee Good and that angry soy nurse guy!!!

Posted by: TDS AWFLs at August 18, 2026 01:59 PM (THJS/)

130 >>A revised truthful poll indicates that Bass is a cabbage-headed dumbass with a strange offensive body odor.

She looks like a muppet.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2026 01:59 PM (X8xt3)

131 In the notes they say they contacted 619 likely TX voters in EN and ES and had 453 complete the entire survey. They claim their MOE is 5.5%

Interestingly Sienna did not poll the R primary.
Posted by: 18-1

Bullshit poll. For a state like Texas, you need about 900-1000 sample size at a minimum and I would have to see their screening questions as to likely voters. Apparently this polling season has a problem with overenthusiastic DSA response and lackluster response to polling by normal Democrats. That is what is causing for example the wide disparities in WI, MI, and other contested primaries between actual results and the poll forecasts. The other problem is you have key demographics that need to be oversampled and 400 is not enough to get that. Blacks for example, Hispanics for another. Get a bunch of White Bread DSA types in the poll but it will not reflect whether minority groups turn out or not. Talarico has to have blacks and Hispanics for a shot at winning. AWFLs and soyboys are not enough.

And the Interactive polling is crap by the way--always has a serious problem with selection bias when you ask by email or by text for a response.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 01:59 PM (E4rtv)

132 "...campaign as xis Deputy Policy Director."

What Does "xis" mean?
Is that an abbreviation for "executive?"

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 18, 2026 01:59 PM (2Ez/1)

133 Meh, probably something as simple as Cornyn no longer has access to primo blow.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 18, 2026 02:00 PM (DZ9Lv)

134 We're the original poll watchers, motherfucka.

Posted by: Thugs With Nightsticks at August 18, 2026 02:00 PM (+rw6l)

135 I wonder if anyone has ever taken an actual poll of strippers.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 02:01 PM (77rzZ)

136 >>The DNC already has an issue of a weak bench because the geriatric leadership has frozen their next generation out too long

Oldcat, this goes back to Obama's mal-rule, when the state legislatures lost hundreds of Democrat seats over the course of eight years. There is a huge gap in age & experience between the 'geriatric leadership' and the ambitious next generation - except it's really two generations apart.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 18, 2026 02:01 PM (NcvvS)

137 Morons. You only sellout with a big fake poll when you're ready to retire.
Posted by: Ann Selzer at August 18, 2026 01:53 PM (THJS/)
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LOL

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 18, 2026 02:01 PM (SkjRZ)

138 This is where liberals get their news.

The Mirror US •
US News • 20 seconds ago

Natalie Harp's 'ambitious' plan to steal spotlight from Trump exposed in unearthed clip
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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 02:02 PM (Cq/ve)

139 >> Or, maybe Nick Fuetes with a new hairstyle.

I remember being told not to long ago that we were screwed because Nick Fuentes wasn't on our side.

Haven't heard a peep from the pint sized Nazi in months.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 01:57 PM (viF8m)

The few clips I have seen are him wincing at how dopey Tucker and Candace are being. His grift seems comfortable while the 'conservative oppo' seem frantic.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:02 PM (uhVAy)

140 the polling, expecially now, could be wrong (crazy!), so we have to look at to other factors, like ...advertising, donations, who is supporting whomst
Posted by: runner

Polling usually sucks before they get serious about just before early voting starts. Once early voting starts, you can take turnout in certain districts as a corrective to the likely voting models, especially for Dems. But we have not seen the deluge of ads yet as Trump and the RNC are about to open the floodgates, they always launch right around Labor Day for the GOP and indys. More bang per buck on ads. Summer ads fade into the mist by that time.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 02:02 PM (E4rtv)

141 "Polls consistently show a wide majority of Americans are in favor of reptile bestiality up until the 12th Trimester".

They just make shit up, and then cite it as Gospel on the "news" and what passes for academia these days. They then feed the same results back to each other, a round robin back and forth citing each other's nonsense as legitimate and authoritative.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 02:02 PM (Ewmxj)

142 >>In a strange way the fake polling is incredibly reflective of our fake voting.

They do this so that when they steal an election it doesn't raise any red flags.

Legitimate polls + fraud results triggers doubt.
Fake polls that are designed to mirror fraud results make it easier to steal.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2026 02:03 PM (X8xt3)

143 "We have already identified what you are; now we are merely negotiating on the price."
-Stuff Winston Churchill is said to have said

Safe bet that this dude has all of the Cornyn database information and will be using it to contact all of Cornyn us former voters.

Guess we're getting ready to get a barrage of attack ads 🙄🙄🙄

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 18, 2026 02:03 PM (SRRAx)

144 ...corrupt, self-dealing politician...

Posted by: Dept. of Redundancy Dept. at August 18, 2026 02:03 PM (w9Wax)

145 A while there was a story on X about how Thune inherited McConnell's staff, which is common when one takes over leadership, and they were active in kneecapping Trump and MAGA. Not that Thune didn't play a part, but it explains why his Senate leadership is pretty much the same as McConnell's - it is the same crew!
Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2026 01:57 PM (X8xt3)
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Most important of all, Thune inherited McConnell's campaign donor list and the campaign finance distribution authority. That's the REAL power behind the Senate Majority Leader.

Posted by: mrp at August 18, 2026 02:04 PM (rj6Yv)

146 136 >>The DNC already has an issue of a weak bench because the geriatric leadership has frozen their next generation out too long

Oldcat, this goes back to Obama's mal-rule, when the state legislatures lost hundreds of Democrat seats over the course of eight years. There is a huge gap in age & experience between the 'geriatric leadership' and the ambitious next generation - except it's really two generations apart.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 18, 2026 02:01 PM (NcvvS)

So what? I won.

Posted by: B. Obama, Narcissist at August 18, 2026 02:04 PM (5rh/l)

147 Either people in TX wants a guy that loves transkids (and probably has physically done so) or the polling is wrong.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 01:55 PM (sKqQm)
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I have no doubt polling was done in Austin or Houston.

Posted by: Darth Randall at August 18, 2026 02:04 PM (fA/Hs)

148 "...campaign as xis Deputy Policy Director."

What Does "xis" mean?
Is that an abbreviation for "executive?"
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 18, 2026 01:59 PM (2Ez/1)

X is deviant for h in a gender world . His is 'regressive' Xis is super progressive.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:04 PM (uhVAy)

149 109 But the poll that 60% of young people are socialists. Totes not fabricated!
Posted by: ...

Sometimes the crazy poll results don't seem too crazy...
Around 28–31% of young (Gen Z) women in the U.S. identify as LGBTQ+, according to Gallup polling (the most commonly cited large-scale source).

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 18, 2026 02:04 PM (THJS/)

150 >>And Trump recess appoints his entire slate.

Not much point now because I believe recess appointments terminate at the end of this session. In December.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 18, 2026 02:05 PM (NcvvS)

151 >>The DNC already has an issue of a weak bench because the geriatric leadership has frozen their next generation out too long

Meanwhile, Obama and Sanders have been busy grooming the next generation of "Democrat" leaders -- El Sayed, Talerico,Mamdani, etc..

Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2026 02:05 PM (X8xt3)

152 "The DNC already has an issue of a weak bench because the geriatric leadership has frozen their next generation out too long"

I'm freezing the next generation right now!

- AOC

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 18, 2026 02:05 PM (PGK1w)

153 I have no doubt polling was done in Austin or Houston.
Posted by: Darth Randall at August 18, 2026 02:04 PM (fA/Hs)

or in somebody's computer in the polling company.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:05 PM (uhVAy)

154 Nothing new under the sun.

Remember Schmidt for Brains ? Managed the McLame campaign ? 25 seconds after Obama won, he joined the Democrat media and made a career slandering Conservatives.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at August 18, 2026 02:06 PM (jt/rW)

155 The reports on Smith are that he worked for Roger Wicker for a few years as an aid , then Cornyn since 2019. Typical governmentalist, no other career possibilities

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 02:06 PM (rp63B)

156 Senator, do you want that committee seat?
_Yes
Bow to the Thune.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 02:06 PM (Cq/ve)

157 *eyes dart in all directions*

Posted by: Somalis at August 18, 2026 01:51 PM (X8xt3)

From what I've seen, the Somalis in Minnesota aren't afraid of ICE since they've been here, legally, for over three decades. Heck, Ilhan Nur/Omar/Elmi/whatever she's claiming this week probably won't be deported even though she and her "father" committed citizenship fraud.

Posted by: pookysgirl, unfortunately Minnesota-adjacent at August 18, 2026 02:06 PM (Wt5PA)

158 None of my black neighbors know how to get an ID!!!!!

Or not.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 18, 2026 02:07 PM (n5tGW)

159 >>So what? I won.
Posted by: B. Obama, Narcissist at August 18, 2026 02:04 PM (5rh/l)

*golf clap*

Posted by: Nazdar at August 18, 2026 02:07 PM (NcvvS)

160 135 I wonder if anyone has ever taken an actual poll of strippers.
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 02:01 PM (77rzZ)

Not that we recall.

~ Diamond, Chanel, Krystal, Lexus and Mercedes

Posted by: one hour sober at August 18, 2026 02:07 PM (J4Dwc)

161 ON a different tack I'm seeing the Lindsay Clancy story everywhere now - she's the MA mother that confessed to killing her kids.

Matt Walsh opined she deserves no sympathy, you know because she killed her kids, and he's got legions of feminists responding "you are only saying that because you don't know what it is like to be a woman"

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 02:07 PM (sKqQm)

162 @154 Nicole Wallace worked with Schmidt and stabbed Palin in the back. Now she has her propaganda ministry position at MSNBC. Schmidt has always been scum

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 02:08 PM (rp63B)

163 >>The DNC already has an issue of a weak bench because the geriatric leadership has frozen their next generation out too long

Meanwhile, Obama and Sanders have been busy grooming the next generation of "Democrat" leaders -- El Sayed, Talerico,Mamdani, etc..
Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2026 02:05 PM (X8xt3)

Unlike Obama, these dudes don't have the camo to hide what they are. They say they are socialists and act like socialists. Even if they get in, they will burn out their welcome pretty quick and until they can build walls to keep people they are in a bad position.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:08 PM (uhVAy)

164 With China China, Russia Russia, and other nefarious foreign actors throwing money at our prim and proper MSM, I wouldn't use a single sheet of polling stats to wipe my BLANK BLANK BLANK.

Posted by: mrp at August 18, 2026 02:08 PM (rj6Yv)

165 135 I wonder if anyone has ever taken an actual poll of strippers.
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 02:01 PM (77rzZ)

Not that we recall.

~ Diamond, Chanel, Krystal, Lexus and Mercedes
Posted by: one hour sober at August 18, 2026 02:07 PM (J4Dwc)

*pouts*

Posted by: Amber at August 18, 2026 02:08 PM (wVcYX)

166 I wonder if anyone has ever taken an actual poll of strippers.

72.4% are PhD candidates in neurobiology or macroeconomics.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 18, 2026 02:09 PM (vTZFs)

167 Maybe this dude was just insanely loyal to Cornyn and would do anything to get revenge for his primary defeat.

Posted by: Waylon Smithers at August 18, 2026 02:09 PM (wGerL)

168 135 I wonder if anyone has ever taken an actual poll of strippers.
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I would think they would be super conservative. I've heard they work hard for the money, so hard for the money.

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 18, 2026 02:09 PM (sFNX2)

169 zombie, it's been a while since we've enjoyed your activism. Are you interested in things like plagiarism sniffing and cv investigation? If one dedicated individual simply starts the most cursory look at the top Black scholars in _____ Studies departments at top universities, armies of fraudsters will be found overnight.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

I'd "love" to, but the problem is time. Everything takes time. Time time time. And there are so many things to do in life. If there were 72 hours a day, I might do it -- but with only 24, unfortunately, far too many things take higher priority. Debunking academics and proving plagiarism takes an immense amount of effort.

Posted by: zombie at August 18, 2026 02:09 PM (Av6i5)

170 ON a different tack I'm seeing the Lindsay Clancy story everywhere now - she's the MA mother that confessed to killing her kids.

Matt Walsh opined she deserves no sympathy, you know because she killed her kids, and he's got legions of feminists responding "you are only saying that because you don't know what it is like to be a woman"
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 02:07 PM (sKqQm)

Evolution says moms who kill their kids are bad. Dads who kill their kids are also bad, of course.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:10 PM (uhVAy)

171 161 ON a different tack I'm seeing the Lindsay Clancy story everywhere now - she's the MA mother that confessed to killing her kids.

it's horrifying to see the posts defending her on X

I'm a little more of a misogynist than usually lately

combine that with the support for late abortions? I guess we ladies have the right to kill our children.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:10 PM (j+aD2)

172 Senator, do you want financial SRC money?
_Yes
Bow to the Thune.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 02:10 PM (Cq/ve)

173 Maybe this dude was just insanely loyal to Cornyn and would do anything to get revenge for his primary defeat.
Posted by: Waylon Smithers at August 18, 2026 02:09 PM (wGerL)

Not sure how this would help Cornyn even if he did topple the current candidate.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:11 PM (uhVAy)

174 Debunking academics and proving plagiarism takes an immense amount of effort.

plus they ALL plagiarize.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:11 PM (j+aD2)

175 Maybe there's something in the DC water that turns them faggy.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2026 02:11 PM (hzuYO)

176 nd leaving a little behind for their children.

It's a nice sentiment, but I don't have children.

Posted by: Brie Larson at August 18, 2026 02:11 PM (0sNs1)

177 I wonder if anyone has ever taken an actual poll of strippers.
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 02:01 PM (77rzZ)
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There's been many of them. For "sex workers" too. It's mostly make-work to suck up taxpayer money and grants to "study" bullshit. Give me $300k and I'll ask a bunch of whores what they think about their healthcare too.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 02:12 PM (iFTx/)

178 Heck, Ilhan Nur/Omar/Elmi/whatever she's claiming this week probably won't be deported even though she and her "father" committed citizenship fraud.

Posted by: pookysgirl, unfortunately Minnesota-adjacent
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Not scratching a scab.
It's an open wound that won't heal until she and her brother are back in Somali Land for good.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 02:12 PM (Cq/ve)

179 135 I wonder if anyone has ever taken an actual poll of strippers.
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I would think they would be super conservative. I've heard they work hard for the money, so hard for the money.
Posted by: Martin Tell at August 18, 2026 02:09 PM (sFNX2)

The successful ones become quite skilled at sizing up marks, er ah customers, and resource extraction. A friend told me so.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2026 02:12 PM (wVcYX)

180 122 >>Cross-party hires are rare

Except when the UniParty needs to say they hired cross-party to "reach out" to the other side.

_________________________

Not that rare... John McCain’s top 2008 campaign aides, Steve Schmidt and John Weaver not only removed themselves from the Republican party. They actively campaigned for Democrats (oh, and Started the Lincoln Project Wife Swapping Org.)

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 02:12 PM (dIske)

181 British Infanticide Act of 1938. Interesting and horrifying and according to Brit Lass extraordinarily permissive. Killing your baby under 12 months can lead to a charge of "infanticide" which also works as a defense and bypasses the mandatory life sentence for murder. Penalty is often medical or psychiatric in nature.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 02:12 PM (+rw6l)

182 145 A while there was a story on X about how Thune inherited McConnell's staff, which is common when one takes over leadership, and they were active in kneecapping Trump and MAGA. Not that Thune didn't play a part, but it explains why his Senate leadership is pretty much the same as McConnell's - it is the same crew!
Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2026 01:57 PM (X8xt3)
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Most important of all, Thune inherited McConnell's campaign donor list and the campaign finance distribution authority. That's the REAL power behind the Senate Majority Leader.
Posted by: mrp at August 18, 2026 02:04 PM (rj6Yv)

This was the article from American Greatness that focused on the McConnell-to-Thune transition. Probably the most important article that Sefton linked to in the MoRe last week IMO.

https://tinyurl.com/4hp4mtu8

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 18, 2026 02:12 PM (Sj6Ot)

183 "Debunking academics and proving plagiarism takes an immense amount of effort."

All it takes is financing for an AI to look for ALL of it.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 02:13 PM (Jr5Lq)

184 Walsh also pointed out Clancy had health insurance, a nanny for God's sake, and an apparently supportive husband - Mrs Clancy tricked him to leave the house to run errands to give her time to kill the kids.

The feminist argument? She had postpartum depression so she's not to blame and it was probably the husband's fault for being mean to her or something I mean you men have no idea what it is like to have hormones!

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 02:13 PM (sKqQm)

185 Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:11 PM (j+aD2)

Sorry to ask again but what was that insect bite stuff you were talking about? Because I forgot to get some.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 02:13 PM (+rw6l)

186 Not sure how this would help Cornyn even if he did topple the current candidate.

It wouldn't actually help him but at least he would be able to say "I would have won." Of course that's unprovable but good enough for an ego stroke.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 18, 2026 02:14 PM (vTZFs)

187 ON a different tack I'm seeing the Lindsay Clancy story everywhere now - she's the MA mother that confessed to killing her kids.

Matt Walsh opined she deserves no sympathy, you know because she killed her kids, and he's got legions of feminists responding "you are only saying that because you don't know what it is like to be a woman"
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 02:07 PM (sKqQm)

Evolution says moms who kill their kids are bad. Dads who kill their kids are also bad, of course.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:10 PM (uhVAy)

Your words are hurtful and cause me to have a sadz.

Posted by: Andrea Yates at August 18, 2026 02:14 PM (wVcYX)

188 Ilhan Omar, deported will turn the tide on this immigration go lightly crap. Illegals will understand; the time has come.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 02:14 PM (Cq/ve)

189
it's horrifying to see the posts defending her on X

TBH at first I thought this was feminists just rage baiting normies and righties, but I've seen the same idea expressed in different ways by a myriad of feminists all over the place so they aren't copying a script from reddit or something. They really believe this crap.

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

190 184 Walsh also pointed out Clancy had health insurance, a nanny for God's sake, and an apparently supportive husband - Mrs Clancy tricked him to leave the house to run errands to give her time to kill the kids.

painful to think about, but she clearly killed them to PUNISH him

sick sick sick

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:15 PM (j+aD2)

191 ON a different tack I'm seeing the Lindsay Clancy story everywhere now - she's the MA mother that confessed to killing her kids.

it's horrifying to see the posts defending her on X

I'm a little more of a misogynist than usually lately

combine that with the support for late abortions? I guess we ladies have the right to kill our children.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:10 PM (j+aD2)
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100% pure tribalism. She's a woman who must be defended by other women (not all, of course, but many) no matter what.

She's guilty as sin. No doubt she did it. But she must be defended.

Some die-hard tribalists are even claiming the father is the real murderer. There's no evidence for that whatsoever, but that doesn't matter.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 02:15 PM (iFTx/)

192 135 I wonder if anyone has ever taken an actual poll of strippers.
Posted by: Bulg

100% of strippers performing lap dances report I'm special and not like their other clients.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 18, 2026 02:15 PM (THJS/)

193
ON a different tack I'm seeing the Lindsay Clancy story everywhere now - she's the MA mother that confessed to killing her kids.

Matt Walsh opined she deserves no sympathy, you know because she killed her kids, and he's got legions of feminists responding "you are only saying that because you don't know what it is like to be a woman"
Posted by: 18-1

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Yeah, and unfortunately thanks in part to Matt, postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis have gotten muddled in this story. They're two different things.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 02:15 PM (XJ22o)

194 Questions nobody is asking:

Ossoff: ‘Zero interest’ in running for president in 2028

https://tinyurl.com/cfxdrn3f

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 02:16 PM (Riz8t)

195 More proof that if wymyn ruled the world, it'd be all peace, love, and understanding.

Senate Republicans
@NRSC
INSANE: Abdul El-Sayed’s mother worked for a TERROR GROUP that directly funded Osama bin Laden, the Taliban, and Hamas.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 02:16 PM (ndZc7)

196 Sorry to ask again but what was that insect bite stuff you were talking about? Because I forgot to get some.

lol it's Magic Molecule. You can get it at Target.

it's basically hypochlorous acid

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:16 PM (j+aD2)

197 @184 I've seen woman complaining about the lack of mental health treatment opportunities. Clancy had at least three different Drs and was pumped full of meds by each of them. Lack of treatment wasn't her problem

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 02:16 PM (rp63B)

198 Ossoff: ‘Zero interest’ in running for president in 2028

derp. he's clearly running maybe as VP

AOC/Ossof ticket?

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:16 PM (j+aD2)

199 100% pure tribalism. She's a woman who must be defended by other women (not all, of course, but many) no matter what.

She's guilty as sin. No doubt she did it. But she must be defended.

Some die-hard tribalists are even claiming the father is the real murderer. There's no evidence for that whatsoever, but that doesn't matter.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 02:15 PM (iFTx/)

Note that tribalism only goes one way. The tribe does not support good mothers, just bad ones. They support the fake women invading women's sports and bathrooms, not actual women and girls who have to be exposed to them.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:17 PM (uhVAy)

200 So what? I won.
Posted by: B. Obama

“I don’t regret that [lying about Romney on the Senate floor] at all… Romney didn’t win, did he?”

Posted by: Zombie Harry Reid at August 18, 2026 02:17 PM (THJS/)

201 I've seen woman complaining about the lack of mental health treatment opportunities. Clancy had at least three different Drs and was pumped full of meds by each of them. Lack of treatment wasn't her problem

One of the bigger problems in medicine is the number of drugs we proscribe that seem to not actually resolve the underlying issue.

And I guess here, you can't make a psychopath not a psychopath by giving them a pill

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 02:17 PM (sKqQm)

202 100% of strippers performing lap dances report I'm special and not like their other clients.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 18, 2026 02:15 PM

I appreciate that you only have those eyes for me!

Posted by: Tiffini from Fort Worth at August 18, 2026 02:17 PM (0sNs1)

203 The tribe does not support good mothers, just bad ones

what percentage of women have had abortions do you think? this is why.

they assuage their own guilt by supporting her

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:18 PM (j+aD2)

204
Debunking academics and proving plagiarism takes an immense amount of effort.
Posted by: zombie

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I do not doubt the great zombie, but but but, Jason Arday could have been undone with a cursory effort, no? I mean, those claims! Or do these professional debunkers simply make it look easy?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 02:19 PM (XJ22o)

205 Jake Smith's pronouns are "masculine male."

If you are a masculine male you don't need to announce it. Or maybe you do. Back in recent normal years you did not have to put your pronouns on CV's, fakebook, or a site called legistorm where I saw his pronoun.

His face looks faggy to me. He's married.

I don't care.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2026 02:19 PM (hzuYO)

206 Paxton should run ads where an "interviewer" approaches successful black men, shows them a poster of Talarico, and says: "This mincing fag says you are too stupid to get Texas ID to vote. How do you respond to that?"

"Too stupid? Fuck him, and the camel he rode in on. I have a Texas driver's license, a business licence, a license for my truck (points to van with sign promoting "Rudy's Roach Rousters"), and my pesticide applicator's licence, too."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 02:19 PM (1z8ji)

207 I would like us legally implement capital punishment as you die by whatever method you murdered someone with. With Mrs Clancy I think it would by very, very appropriate.

Of course this is MA, she'll be on the street within 10 years best case.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 02:19 PM (sKqQm)

208 The tribe does not support good mothers, just bad ones

what percentage of women have had abortions do you think? this is why.

they assuage their own guilt by supporting her
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:18 PM (j+aD2)

Yup, its the street gang initiation ceremony. Commit a crime, and the only place you can get absolution is inside the gang.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:19 PM (uhVAy)

209 100% pure tribalism. She's a woman who must be defended by other women (not all, of course, but many) no matter what.

She's guilty as sin. No doubt she did it. But she must be defended.

Some die-hard tribalists are even claiming the father is the real murderer. There's no evidence for that whatsoever, but that doesn't matter.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 02:15 PM (iFTx/)

Note that tribalism only goes one way. The tribe does not support good mothers, just bad ones. They support the fake women invading women's sports and bathrooms, not actual women and girls who have to be exposed to them.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:17 PM (uhVAy)
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Yes. Tribalism has a lot to do with politics. The "mothers murdering their kids in cold blood" demographic must be leftwing because they are always instantly and unconditionally supported by the tribalists, no matter what.

Same as when a man kills his kids. Nobody ever supports him, and rightfully so.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 02:19 PM (iFTx/)

210 Around 28–31% of young (Gen Z) women in the U.S. identify as LGBTQ+, according to Gallup polling (the most commonly cited large-scale source).
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar
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Obsolete, that number has been trending downward for some time in polling as troon theater is just not that amusing anymore. And that cite to Gallup is wrong, it is 22.3 percent (dating from 2024). Just checked their website about the same in a separate 2025 survey. And the largest category is 'bisexual' which is most probably fake due to social pressures especially among women. 16.1 percent to be exact.

And it seems that the amount and frequency of sex for Gen Z is collapsing too. 30 percent of males are celibate (willing and unwilling), 24 percent have not had sex in a year as per NYT.

And this, "EduBirdie surveyed 2,000 Gen Z adults and found 67% would pick a solid night of sleep over sex. Career security came next at 64%, then personal success at 59%, friendships at 50%, and alone time at 46%. ". They date less, have sex less frequently, and plans for marriage and kids are in the toilet. Most likely due to perceived economic insecurity.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 02:19 PM (E4rtv)

211 195 More proof that if wymyn ruled the world, it'd be all peace, love, and understanding.

Senate Republicans
@NRSC
INSANE: Abdul El-Sayed’s mother worked for a TERROR GROUP that directly funded Osama bin Laden, the Taliban, and Hamas.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One!
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Your mom doesn't know who your daddy is so there...

/S
LOL

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at August 18, 2026 02:20 PM (VkY89)

212 Paxton should run ads where an "interviewer" approaches successful black men, shows them a poster of Talarico, and says: "This mincing fag says you are too stupid to get Texas ID to vote. How do you respond to that?"

I've seen plenty of man on the street interviews covering this topic and the black person being question always seems surprised to here that the D candidate says they don't know how to get ID and of course produces a driver's license.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 02:20 PM (sKqQm)

213 conserving conservatism by voting for kamala. ok

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 18, 2026 02:20 PM (CWTWj)

214 My inner Yosemite Sam says, "You ornery, flea-bitten sidewinder! If you don’t skedaddle, I’ll blast ya to smithereens!"

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2026 01:39 PM (
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"When I say whoa, I MEAN WHOA!"

Posted by: 496 at August 18, 2026 02:20 PM (VXC2z)

215 If your goal in life is to go into politics or politics related and spend your life in and around it, plain and simple, you're a garbage person who has zero marketable skills or anything worthwhile to provide society.

Posted by: Sua Sponte at August 18, 2026 02:21 PM (GTw+O)

216 Where the f*ck is TJM?

I won't know what to think about these polls until he chimes in.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 02:21 PM (2YhKe)

217 Same as when a man kills his kids. Nobody ever supports him, and rightfully so.

I've seen some of the Clancy supporting feminists asked how they would have felt if Mr Clancy did it and the answer they get? "That would be different"

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 02:21 PM (sKqQm)

218 24 percent have not had sex in a year as per NYT.
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24% of Gen Z are married? Hey-ooooo

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 02:21 PM (+rw6l)

219 Debunking academics and proving plagiarism takes an immense amount of effort.
Posted by: zombie

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I do not doubt the great zombie, but but but, Jason Arday could have been undone with a cursory effort, no? I mean, those claims! Or do these professional debunkers simply make it look easy?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 02:19 PM (XJ22o)

These days there's software to help that. But it's probably more fun just to mock the hell out of it, even if its original leftist nonsense going back to 1830s socialism rather than copied from another modern student directly its all rote recitation of the same few texts.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:22 PM (uhVAy)

220 >>The feminist argument? She had postpartum depression so she's not to blame and it was probably the husband's fault for being mean to her or something I mean you men have no idea what it is like to have hormones!

The case happened in my old backyard so I've followed it a bit. I'm not in any way defending her actions but the reason she's in a wheelchair is because after killing her kids she jumped out of a 2nd story window and now she's paralyzed from the waist down.

I think she clearly has mental issues or at least did at the time of the killing. By all accounts she had a happy young family and she was a delivery nurse of all things. I don't anything about postpartum depression but something seemed to have snapped in her.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 02:22 PM (viF8m)

221 Where is Chuy? A blog turns its lonely eyes to him.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2026 02:22 PM (0sNs1)

222 Killing your baby under 12 months can lead to a charge of "infanticide" which also works as a defense and bypasses the mandatory life sentence for murder. Penalty is often medical or psychiatric in nature.
Posted by: ...

"Under 12 months"? I'd think more from 13 through 18.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 02:22 PM (ndZc7)

223 "With the SAVE Act, they are trying to rob our neighbors, strictly our black neighbors, of those God given rights."

He is trying to sound vaguely Christian, for the benefit of black democrats I would guess. Vaguely Biblical language. Probably he had some coaching.

Posted by: PG at August 18, 2026 02:22 PM (qln0f)

224
"Too stupid? Fuck him, and the camel he rode in on. I have a Texas driver's license, a business licence, a license for my truck (points to van with sign promoting "Rudy's Roach Rousters"), and my pesticide applicator's licence, too."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 02:19 PM (1z8ji)

And have had to use it for the last 5 years to vote in the State of Texas.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 02:22 PM (2YhKe)

225 201 I've seen woman complaining about the lack of mental health treatment opportunities. Clancy had at least three different Drs and was pumped full of meds by each of them. Lack of treatment wasn't her problem

One of the bigger problems in medicine is the number of drugs we proscribe that seem to not actually resolve the underlying issue.

And I guess here, you can't make a psychopath not a psychopath by giving them a pill
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 02:17 PM (sKqQm)

But, you can create a psychopath with the right cocktail of pills...

I was on a cruise, so haven't followed this at all...but pumping a postpartum lady with meds does give me pause b/c some of the severe side effects of those usual meds are desire to homicide/suicide and psychosis...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 18, 2026 02:22 PM (tOcjL)

226 59 Jacob Smith may be less masculine than James Talarico if that is possible.

https://tinyurl.com/3vhh9yv8
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 18, 2026 01:44 PM (wGerL)

That mouth Haas had a LOT of dicks in it....

Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 18, 2026 02:22 PM (SRRAx)

227 INSANE: Abdul El-Sayed’s mother worked for a TERROR GROUP that directly funded Osama bin Laden, the Taliban, and Hamas.
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She got better.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 02:22 PM (+rw6l)

228 When was the last documented Mitch sighting?

Posted by: Mildly curious at August 18, 2026 02:22 PM (2Ez/1)

229 derp. he's clearly running maybe as VP

AOC/Ossof ticket?

I kind of doubt it for two reasons:

1) Straight white male
2) He's smarter than she is, and he would make her look stupid.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 02:23 PM (Riz8t)

230 The tribe does not support good mothers, just bad ones

what percentage of women have had abortions do you think? this is why.

they assuage their own guilt by supporting her
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:18 PM (j+aD2)
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Almost impossible to get hard data on that, for obvious reasons.

But I'll bet the percentage of women who have abortions is low. It's just those same women have them over and over.

Show me a woman who's had an abortion and I'll bet you even money it's not her first or won't be her last.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 02:23 PM (iFTx/)

231 2) He's smarter than she is, and he would make her look stupid.

I mean MORE stupid.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 02:24 PM (Riz8t)

232 1) Straight white male
2) He's smarter than she is, and he would make her look stupid.

honestly I'm starting to wonder about her

I think she might be smart, actually.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:24 PM (j+aD2)

233 204
Debunking academics and proving plagiarism takes an immense amount of effort.
Posted by: zombie

First step on plagiarism is to take the document and submit it to turnitin.com. Takes about a minute. AI models using agents can take that a step beyond by checking and summarizing cites from the various sources listed to seek if the lit review is a fair summary of prior research and this is where plagiarism often lurks. Last is where the data came from and was it public sourced or private. To disprove private data requires asking the researcher or perhaps reviewers for the data sample.

Debunking takes a lot more time because you a) really need to replicate the original study which in soft sciences is almost always poorly documented, b) to debunk stat models means you have to have familiarity with them. One can catch logic errors in a reading but data and results requires reverse engineering the original study.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 02:24 PM (E4rtv)

234 it's basically hypochlorous acid
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:16 PM (j+aD2)

So, bleach. Sodium hypochlorite solution, which contains the hypochlorite ion.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 02:25 PM (1z8ji)

235 The case happened in my old backyard so I've followed it a bit. I'm not in any way defending her actions but the reason she's in a wheelchair is because after killing her kids she jumped out of a 2nd story window and now she's paralyzed from the waist down.

Normally a second story fall is going to break some bones, not paralyze you

Crazy perhaps, or maybe a sympathy play so when the cops show up she has a busted ankle and bunch of bruises.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 02:25 PM (sKqQm)

236 Hey ... whatever happened to Talacreepo's fake girlfriend? The one who likes to dance at gay clubs?

Are they still fucking that pig, or did they realize the ruse was hopeless and give it up?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 02:25 PM (iFTx/)

237 Obsolete, that number has been trending downward for some time in polling as troon theater is just not that amusing anymore. And that cite to Gallup is wrong, it is 22.3 percent (dating from 2024). Just checked their website about the same in a separate 2025 survey. And the largest category is 'bisexual' which is most probably fake due to social pressures especially among women. 16.1 percent to be exact.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 02:19 PM (E4rtv)

I think a lot of that is just normal kids in the maelstrom of Woke schools just adopting protective coloration. Bisexual or Asexual are good ones for that, you can be Bi and part of the club and coincidentally only date the oppo gender. Few want to be the tall poppy and have their head cut off by the powers.

Once you get out of the schools, well a lot of the pressure drops in most fields.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:25 PM (uhVAy)

238 Yeah, and unfortunately thanks in part to Matt, postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis have gotten muddled in this story. They're two different things.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 02:15 PM (XJ22o)

Yeah, I've had post-partum depression and it's not as much like post-partum psychosis as the media is currently making it out to be. That first eight weeks when the babies aren't smiling yet are hard. And then they do start smiling, and giggling, and holding onto your finger with an iron grip and it's like the sun bursting through the clouds.

Posted by: pookysgirl wishes both of her little wigglers would take a nap at August 18, 2026 02:25 PM (Wt5PA)

239 God created the Heavens. God created Earth.

God made Man in His own image.

He gave His one and only son.

But Jesus was non-binary and trans kids are the best kids........

Yeah, he's leading Paxton in the polls.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 02:25 PM (2YhKe)

240 235 The case happened in my old backyard so I've followed it a bit. I'm not in any way defending her actions but the reason she's in a wheelchair is because after killing her kids she jumped out of a 2nd story window and now she's paralyzed from the waist down.

Normally a second story fall is going to break some bones, not paralyze you

Crazy perhaps, or maybe a sympathy play so when the cops show up she has a busted ankle and bunch of bruises.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 02:25 PM (sKqQm)

Unless you dive head first...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 18, 2026 02:26 PM (tOcjL)

241 "my pesticide applicator's licence, too."

I had a USDA-issued herbicide application supervisor license for a while. Easy paper and pencil test. I was killing brush in nature preserves. Brush is hard to kill.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 02:26 PM (Jr5Lq)

242 Inbreeding is a problem of politics, yes? Also, amoralism, but let’s not moralize.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 02:26 PM (Gqar8)

243 Transgender defendant who sought to 'kill Scott Bessent' sentenced to more than 6 years in prison
_FOX

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 02:26 PM (Cq/ve)

244 Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:10 PM (j+aD2)

My suggestion? Hang out here where women I'm trusting think it was beyond horrible for her to kill her children

Also, consider taking a break from the internet even if it's only for the late afternoon and evening hours. Too much internet is not good for anyone.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2026 02:27 PM (+hwtP)

245 So, bleach. Sodium hypochlorite solution, which contains the hypochlorite ion.

not bleach.

I'm highly allergic to bleach and no reaction to this stuff.

there are other formulations that are not Magic Molecule but I think the MM brand works best/fastest and stays "functional" longer.

it does smell like the pool! if it loses the pool smell it's not going to work anymore. so that is bleach-adjacent

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:27 PM (j+aD2)

246 Transgender defendant who sought to 'kill Scott Bessent' sentenced to more than 6 years in prison

So he'll be able to try again near the end of President Vance's first term?

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

247 There's no evidence for that whatsoever, but that doesn't matter.

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So says the SCOTUS regarding E. Jean Carroll.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 02:27 PM (ndZc7)

248 243 Transgender defendant who sought to 'kill Scott Bessent' sentenced to more than 6 years in prison
_FOX
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 02:26 PM (Cq/ve)

More than 6, but less than 7.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 02:27 PM (Gqar8)

249 John Cornyn was in the Senate for a quarter century.
25 years of these guys. Even when we won, we lost. For a quarter of a century we were being represented by people who hated us.

Posted by: 29Victor at August 18, 2026 02:28 PM (0MjtC)

250 honestly I'm starting to wonder about her

I think she might be smart, actually.

I'm curious. Why?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 02:28 PM (Riz8t)

251 The word they're looking for is transexual.
Gender refers to possessive pronouns.

Posted by: Word nerd at August 18, 2026 02:28 PM (2Ez/1)

252 Transgender defendant who sought to 'kill Scott Bessent' sentenced to more than 6 years in prison

In which prison will it serve it's term?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 02:28 PM (2YhKe)

253 The case happened in my old backyard so I've followed it a bit. I'm not in any way defending her actions but the reason she's in a wheelchair is because after killing her kids she jumped out of a 2nd story window and now she's paralyzed from the waist down.

I think she clearly has mental issues or at least did at the time of the killing. By all accounts she had a happy young family and she was a delivery nurse of all things. I don't anything about postpartum depression but something seemed to have snapped in her.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 02:22 PM (viF8m)

I'd be happy to fit wheels on the electric chair for her.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 02:28 PM (1z8ji)

254 I can hear AWFLs now "al-Sayed 's mother isn't running he is" . Trying to explain an Islamic takeover is a waste of time

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 02:29 PM (rp63B)

255
18 Any bets on whether Cornyn will also jump parties after the election?
Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at August 18, 2026 01:37 PM (bufu1)

It’ll have the same huge impact, and be about as a big a surprise as when Bill Kristol switched.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 18, 2026 02:29 PM (52Iog)

256 Matt Walsh opined she deserves no sympathy, you know because she killed her kids, and he's got legions of feminists responding "you are only saying that because you don't know what it is like to be a woman"
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 02:07 PM (sKqQm

She deserves sympathy. But she also deserves jail time. When I had my second daughter, I heard voices coming out of her monitor, and they were not kind and loving. It was one of the scariest things I have been through. As real as they were, and they were real to me, I knew somewhere in the back of my mind they actually were not. Instead of harming my baby, I turned the monitor off, forced myself to say “this is not real, this is in your head”and cried. I was terrified to tell anyone while this was going on because I knew it was crazy. It was a horrible few months where the monitor was turned off, and I hoped the baby was okay when it was turned off. After 3 months, it was gone.

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2026 02:29 PM (ZdaMQ)

257 I was on a cruise, so haven't followed this at all...but pumping a postpartum lady with meds does give me pause b/c some of the severe side effects of those usual meds are desire to homicide/suicide and psychosis...
Posted by: Nova Local at August 18, 2026 02:22 PM (tOcjL)

She's already got her own body switching from baby producer to baby feeder mode, plus the physical stress of birth. I'd be pretty cautious about adding boutique drugs to all of that until things settle down.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:29 PM (uhVAy)

258 O/T but regarding the Zodiac codebreaker post on the sideabar:

"Hey they said they're "experts," they must know that they're talking about, right? I screwed up. It won't be the last time, I'm sure."

Ace, if I've learned anything from you in 15+ years it's that if they are A) self-proclaimed experts and B) online, 99/100 they are fake and/or gay.

Excluding of course your friendly local disinformation expert.

Posted by: NJ Class Traitor at August 18, 2026 02:29 PM (6RyaQ)

259 >>The feminist argument? She had postpartum depression so she's not to blame and it was probably the husband's fault

It could work as a legal defense, although if the allegation above is true that she deliberately lied to her husband to get him to leave so she could do it, it strongly indicates she knew it was wrong, which is generally the legal standard for whether an insanity plea will be accepted.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 18, 2026 02:29 PM (THJS/)

260 For a quarter of a century we were being represented by people who hated us.
Posted by: 29Victor at August 18, 2026 02:28 PM (0MjtC)

And they keep going, and going, and going, and going......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 02:29 PM (2YhKe)

261 I think a lot of that is just normal kids in the maelstrom of Woke schools just adopting protective coloration. Bisexual or Asexual are good ones for that, you can be Bi and part of the club and coincidentally only date the oppo gender. Few want to be the tall poppy and have their head cut off by the powers.

Once you get out of the schools, well a lot of the pressure drops in most fields.
Posted by: Oldcat

Yep. The number that actually come out as lesbians, male homosexuals, or even trans are still well below 10 percent of the population. And with teh dominance of females in higher ed right now on attendance, at many schools 60-40 or worse even, makes it much more likely to claim a vague bisexual label as a female (where a guy would get the suck one dick and you are a homo not bisexual bit.) I Kissed a Girl went mainstream, you don't see popular male singers come out and sing I Kissed a Boy without being marked as gay.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 02:30 PM (E4rtv)

262 Isnt funny Democrats almost never have this happen where "suprise!" a key staff member for a Dem Senator was actually a closet conservative?

I know people like McCain it was like his entire staff was Democratic and actively torpedoed anything conservative.

Posted by: Leupold at August 18, 2026 02:30 PM (eIzlH)

263 252 Transgender defendant who sought to 'kill Scott Bessent' sentenced to more than 6 years in prison

In which prison will it serve it's term?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 02:28 PM (2YhKe)

The one where its feeling are not hurt and its pronouns are respected? Makes me sick to know this degenerate terminology.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 02:30 PM (Gqar8)

264
The feminist argument? She had postpartum depression so she's not to blame and it was probably the husband's fault for being mean to her or something I mean you men have no idea what it is like to have hormones!

The case happened in my old backyard so I've followed it a bit. I'm not in any way defending her actions but the reason she's in a wheelchair is because after killing her kids she jumped out of a 2nd story window and now she's paralyzed from the waist down.

I think she clearly has mental issues or at least did at the time of the killing. By all accounts she had a happy young family and she was a delivery nurse of all things. I don't anything about postpartum depression but something seemed to have snapped in her.
Posted by: JackStraw

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And I have to repeat, Matt Walsh stupidly questioned postpartum depression, causing legions of women who have suffered it to rush to Clancy's defense, when hers is apparently a case of postpartum psychosis, which is an entirely different thing.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 02:31 PM (XJ22o)

265 I'm highly allergic to bleach and no reaction to this stuff.

there are other formulations that are not Magic Molecule but I think the MM brand works best/fastest and stays "functional" longer.

it does smell like the pool! if it loses the pool smell it's not going to work anymore. so that is bleach-adjacent
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:27 PM (j+aD2)

Commercial bleach contains other things beyond hypochlorite, but that's what does the heavy lifting.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 02:32 PM (1z8ji)

266 AOC has good handlers and probably a lot of external help. It's not about smart or dumb, her people are crafty and know how to rabble rouse. She stands behind her bs and if you listen to any of her speeches we never hear she pulls that trick where a Democrat sounds like a cross between the America adoring passion of Betsy Ross and whoever invented baseball and apple pie. Often sounds like she wants to go down on the American Flag she loves America so much. They are truly sick people.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 02:32 PM (+rw6l)

267 Iran’s gutted ranks leave loyalists filling critical posts. All the young commanders have been killed. They are pulling in the old retired, whose commands stretch back to the 70s, to fill the slots.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 02:33 PM (Cq/ve)

268 Steve Schmidt, McCain's campaign manager, made double-damn sure to tell the world after the election (and, I'm sure, after the checks cleared) that he didn't even vote for McCain in the general election.

Posted by: mrp at August 18, 2026 02:33 PM (rj6Yv)

269 it does smell like the pool! if it loses the pool smell it's not going to work anymore. so that is bleach-adjacent
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:27 PM (j+aD2)

Does it cause shrinkage?

Posted by: George Costanza at August 18, 2026 02:33 PM (2Ez/1)

270 264

And I have to repeat, Matt Walsh stupidly questioned postpartum depression, causing legions of women who have suffered it to rush to Clancy's defense, when hers is apparently a case of postpartum psychosis, which is an entirely different thing.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 02:31 PM (XJ22o)

Postpartum depression is real and can be extreme. I have witnessed its’ effects.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 02:33 PM (Gqar8)

271
Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2026 02:29 PM (ZdaMQ)

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Holy fuck, Piper. What an experience.

I wonder how that would have gone down if you were on a dozen mood-altering drugs?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 02:33 PM (XJ22o)

272 Straight white male
2) He's smarter than she is, and he would make her look stupid.

honestly I'm starting to wonder about her

I think she might be smart, actually.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:24 PM (j+aD2)
_____

I don't think she's smart in terms of IQ or intelligence -- and she's ignorant as fuck -- but she's got some animal cunning and is very media savvy (at least in front of a friendly media).

She can give a pretty good canned speech. She's also passably attractive (albeit with The Wall waiting on standby), which in itself raises her perceived abilities given that most of her colleagues look like a bear shat in an Alpo can.

But if you watch her in interviews, she's a dullard who doesn't seem prepared for even the most obvious softballs.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 02:34 PM (iFTx/)

273 New madness here in CA. CEC is outlawing 70% of the tires sold in this state. Check out the vid of Nancy Skinner, one of the 5 commissioners, yikes, this old hag is giddy about it all:

https://tinyurl.com/35p2p5w8

Posted by: beckster at August 18, 2026 02:34 PM (kX27y)

274 O/T but regarding the Zodiac codebreaker post on the sideabar:

"Hey they said they're "experts," they must know that they're talking about, right? I screwed up. It won't be the last time, I'm sure."

Ace, if I've learned anything from you in 15+ years it's that if they are A) self-proclaimed experts and B) online, 99/100 they are fake and/or gay.

Excluding of course your friendly local disinformation expert.
Posted by: NJ Class Traitor at August 18, 2026 02:29 PM (6RyaQ)

I've read a bit about Black Dahlia, that was in the early 40s so having the same dude operating in the mid 70s is a bit of a stretch, considering the crime scenes in the 40s implied someone who spent time in the medical field so was not young.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:35 PM (uhVAy)

275 But I'll bet the percentage of women who have abortions is low. It's just those same women have them over and over.

Same reason for the "50% of marriages end in divorce" statistic.

The same few people repeatedly getting married and getting divorced, and skewing the stats for normal stable people.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 18, 2026 02:36 PM (vJrRc)

276 273 New madness here in CA. CEC is outlawing 70% of the tires sold in this state. Check out the vid of Nancy Skinner, one of the 5 commissioners, yikes, this old hag is giddy about it all:

https://tinyurl.com/35p2p5w8
Posted by: beckster at August 18, 2026 02:34 PM (kX27y)

She Loves wielding the Knout on the proles.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 02:36 PM (Gqar8)

277 Uh oh. Elric said that Kamala “is passably attractive”…

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 02:36 PM (77rzZ)

278 Bwahahahaha! Here is a recent tweet by Steve Schmidt about John Ossoff, who is steely-eyed and full of feck!

“Ossoff is calm, deliberate and steely-eyed. He is filled with conviction, and is unafraid in a vast field of feckless men and women who have chosen to kneel for Trump rather than stand for us.”

https://tinyurl.com/3jxz9txn

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 02:36 PM (Riz8t)

279 I was killing brush in nature preserves. Brush is hard to kill.
Posted by: gp

I was tempted to kill my bush, too, but once I discovered fur oil, and could keep it silky smooth and soft, preserving my natural look was easy!

Oh, brush...

Posted by: Emma Watson at August 18, 2026 02:36 PM (THJS/)

280 Uh oh. Elric said that Kamala “is passably attractive”…
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 02:36 PM (77rzZ)
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Aren't we talking about AOC?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 02:36 PM (iFTx/)

281 WTF?! CNN?!

CNN: Democrats are way more unpopular than they were in 2018

Democrats Net Favorability:
2018: Even
2026: -25

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 02:36 PM (ndZc7)

282 New madness here in CA. CEC is outlawing 70% of the tires sold in this state. Check out the vid of Nancy Skinner, one of the 5 commissioners, yikes, this old hag is giddy about it all:

https://tinyurl.com/35p2p5w8
Posted by: beckster

You should check the list of exemptions. It'll have you wondering what tires the ban does apply to.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 18, 2026 02:37 PM (vJrRc)

283 ok I'm getting a lot of flak for asking why the PSU guys who got indicted are all SO OLD

they might be grad students who are no longer in the frats themselves but used to be, and still use pledges to do dirty work?

but I think it's because they are in fact foreign students (they're mostly white tho fyi) bc foreign schools run later so freshman foreign students tend to be 20 rather then 18 (or even older).

the flak I'm getting tells me there's something there. "don't ask about the non-traditional students!!!"

well ... what's up with all of them being "non traditional students"?!?! frats don't tend to pledge non-traditional students?!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:37 PM (j+aD2)

284 I was terrified to tell anyone while this was going on because I knew it was crazy. It was a horrible few months where the monitor was turned off, and I hoped the baby was okay when it was turned off. After 3 months, it was gone.
Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2026 02:29 PM (ZdaMQ)

The medical community has neglected women for a long time. Post-partum is a thing and should be treated professionally, but not with drugs and all that. Therapy and discussion FTW.

I firmly believe it's the drugs that have us in the society we are in today.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 02:37 PM (2YhKe)

285 Holy fuck, Piper. What an experience.

I wonder how that would have gone down if you were on a dozen mood-altering drugs?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 02

I think I am glad we don’t know the answer to this, honestly. But it was weird that it only happened with my second, who was very premature, and tried to kill me during childbirth. I bled out. I wonder if that had anything to do with it.

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2026 02:37 PM (ZdaMQ)

286 Just a friendly reminder...while all these court rulings come in with their TRO's by leftist judges, Senator Thune kept the Senate in session (sort of), just so Trump could not make any recess appointments.

Carry on.

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 02:37 PM (dIske)

287 >>Transgender defendant who sought to 'kill Scott Bessent' sentenced to more than 6 years in prison
_FOX

Prosecutor was seeking 10 years. Judge said that was too much because she didn't harm anyone and was unlikely to be able to carry out the threat.

Judge also gave her credit for time served and told the thing that the thing has had a difficult life.

Obama appointed judge, of course.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 18, 2026 02:37 PM (J4Dwc)

288 I'm only surprised an official Cornyn announcement hasn't come out that he's also joining Talafreako's team.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 18, 2026 02:37 PM (qBdHI)

289 53 Now that Jason Arday has gone to Carousel, who's next in line? We need to force every fraudulent academic into suicide. It's the most humane way.
Posted by: zombie at August 18, 2026 01:43 PM (Av6i5)

Angel Reese? No way she's a real basketball player. I was a better shooter in my middle school gym class at 13.

Posted by: Nelly at August 18, 2026 02:37 PM (6+ehB)

290
More than 6, but less than 7.

Posted by: tubal
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Fox articles give no more than the lede, IQ points drop when reading them.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 02:38 PM (Cq/ve)

291 I think she clearly has mental issues or at least did at the time of the killing. By all accounts she had a happy young family and she was a delivery nurse of all things. I don't anything about postpartum depression but something seemed to have snapped in her.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 02:22 PM (viF8m)
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Agree. I have not followed closely with the case at all, because I cannot read about children being murdered or abused. To protect my brain.

Someone, anyone, would have noticed postpartum depression... unless she's a great actress on top of being psychotic. A normal person would have asked for help vs the drug cocktail. Her friends or husband would have known.

It typically shows up in the first six weeks postpartum. It can last months, but this is not why she killed her own children and jumped out a window. Baby was 8mo old. Maybe pills combined with regular psychosis.

I was very tired after the first giant son I could not feed enough. Exhausted. I did not have the normal brain to call two nurse friends who'd just had babies to ask if his constant hunger was normal. Brain was foggy but I never wanted to murder him or suicide before he got formula at 3wks.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2026 02:38 PM (hzuYO)

292 Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2026 02:29 PM (ZdaMQ)

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Holy fuck, Piper. What an experience.

I wonder how that would have gone down if you were on a dozen mood-altering drugs?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 02:33 PM (XJ22o)

This is probably why in older days you had family/older women relatives/neighbors to help out and keep an eye on you after birth to an extent. Modern isolation is very different than the traditional ways which might not be all good.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:38 PM (uhVAy)

293 I don't think she's smart in terms of IQ or intelligence -- and she's ignorant as fuck -- but she's got some animal cunning and is very media savvy (at least in front of a friendly media).

Elric exactly

I just mean don't underestimate her

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:38 PM (j+aD2)

294 Oh, I guess it was, Elric.

I get my leftist bimbos mixed up.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 02:39 PM (77rzZ)

295 Figure I should post since Ace always puts up a new topic when I do.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 18, 2026 02:39 PM (bX16E)

296
She Loves wielding the Knout on the proles.
Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 02:36 PM (Gqar

From the People's Republic of Berkeley, of course.

Posted by: beckster at August 18, 2026 02:39 PM (kX27y)

297 Aren't we talking about AOC?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 02:36 PM (iFTx/)

oh goodie. you guys are f**king this chicken again. Yes, please, tell us in graphic detail how hot she is for a crazy eyed marxist bag of sh*t in a human suit.

Posted by: Nelly at August 18, 2026 02:40 PM (6+ehB)

298 Uh oh. Elric said that Kamala “is passably attractive”…
Posted by: Bulg

Last call passably attractive?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 02:40 PM (ndZc7)

299 Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2026 02:29 PM (ZdaMQ)

My first-grade teacher saw a man in red telling her to jump off a balcony when she was pregnant. She fell to her knees and prayed that this demon would go away, and he did. She was an amazing woman (especially to put up with our class).

I really don't know how much of mental illness is biological and how much is spiritual any more. Pooky's worst nights are on Saturdays, making it hard for him to go to church in the morning.

Posted by: pookysgirl wishes both of her little wigglers would take a nap at August 18, 2026 02:41 PM (Wt5PA)

300 And I have to repeat, Matt Walsh stupidly questioned postpartum depression, causing legions of women who have suffered it to rush to Clancy's defense, when hers is apparently a case of postpartum psychosis, which is an entirely different thing.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 02:31 PM (XJ22o)
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Matt Walsh took time out of his campaign to be the next Pope to say something retarded? Shocking.

Posted by: ballistic at August 18, 2026 02:41 PM (oqH4h)

301 legions of women who have suffered it to rush to Clancy's defense,

Another reason why women should have nothing to do with Rule of Law and societal order because if she wants to murder her children, its just a matter of coming up with an excuse and legions of women will go out of their way to approve.

The Ten Commandments: Thou shall not murder—unless you are a hysterical woman having a bad day.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 18, 2026 02:41 PM (NzX/y)

302 "College fraternity culture collides with an alleged cocaine trafficking ring at Penn State, where investigators say some pledges were forced to help..."

see this is what I mean, this is the part of the PSU story that is fake

I'm not sure how involved the frats were exactly, that part is being pushed to the forefront. the guys doing this had to be grad students or graduated! they WERE in the frat but they likely aren't now (unless one of them was resident advisor or something).

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:41 PM (j+aD2)

303 PSU frats running coke? I've never been prouder to have been Sigma Chi!

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 18, 2026 02:41 PM (sFNX2)

304 Kamala is a Sing Sing Correctional 5

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 02:42 PM (+rw6l)

305 303 PSU frats running coke? I've never been prouder to have been Sigma Chi!

I mean ... it's not like Penn guys didn't sort of do this back in the day

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:42 PM (j+aD2)

306 Color me not shocked.

Posted by: Ralph at August 18, 2026 02:43 PM (EJonG)

307 but I think it's because they are in fact foreign students (they're mostly white tho fyi) bc foreign schools run later so freshman foreign students tend to be 20 rather then 18 (or even older).

the flak I'm getting tells me there's something there. "don't ask about the non-traditional students!!!"

well ... what's up with all of them being "non traditional students"?!?! frats don't tend to pledge non-traditional students?!
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:37 PM (j+aD2)

A lot of them are 'students' in name only but are running political activism and various scams most of their day hours. The crippling of NGO funding is probably hurting their cash flow badly.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:43 PM (uhVAy)

308 Prosecutor was seeking 10 years. Judge said that was too much because she didn't harm anyone and was unlikely to be able to carry out the threat.

Judge also gave him er credit for time served and told the thing that the thing has had a difficult life.

Obama appointed judge, of course.
Posted by: one hour sober at August 18, 2026 02:37 PM (J4Dwc)

FIFY

Here, we have to actively resist the obfuscation of language by the Left and trans industry, BIRM.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 02:43 PM (1z8ji)

309 Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:41 PM (j+aD2)

Everything has to be packaged, branded and labeled. It's the best way to keep people thinking the way you want them to.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 02:43 PM (+rw6l)

310 New madness here in CA. CEC is outlawing 70% of the tires sold in this state. Check out the vid of Nancy Skinner, one of the 5 commissioners, yikes, this old hag is giddy about it all:

https://tinyurl.com/35p2p5w8
Posted by: beckster

You should check the list of exemptions. It'll have you wondering what tires the ban does apply to.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 18, 2026 02:37 PM (vJrRc)
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Yes, this is virtue-signaling bullshit. The tire manufactures will just fudge their "rolling resistance" to meet the new regs. Tire performance figures are mostly made-up marketing bullshit.

Ask anyone who races cars what a joke the "tire wear" ratings are.

But there is a problem with comically unsafe Chinesium tires that should not be on the road. But they are very cheap and people buy them. I'm sure they contribute to quite a few accidents.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 02:43 PM (iFTx/)

311 I firmly believe it's the drugs that have us in the society we are in today.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
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Fifty inoculations on the just born have much to do with it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 02:44 PM (Cq/ve)

312 297 Aren't we talking about AOC?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 02:36 PM (iFTx/)

oh goodie. you guys are f**king this chicken again. Yes, please, tell us in graphic detail how hot she is for a crazy eyed marxist bag of sh*t in a human suit.
Posted by: Nelly
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AOC has a choice, her risky one is to take on running for prezzie. The other is to take on Sen. Schumer. For a variety of reasons, Schumer is vulnerable to a challenge from the left but given the Dems run like the Mafia, we don't know what kompromat Schumer has on AOC that would get aired possibly.

We shall see in about a year. After the Midterms, the invisible presidential primary starts with donor ass kissing, rounding up staff to run, and other markers like long tours to specific early primary states to get coverage and identify locals for your campaign staffing there.

But 2028 is most likely AOC's best shot to run for prezzie as 2023 census if the GOP wins is likely to turn against the Dems as is the continuing drain of their illegals dripping away.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 02:45 PM (E4rtv)

313 But there is a problem with comically unsafe Chinesium tires that should not be on the road. But they are very cheap and people buy them. I'm sure they contribute to quite a few accidents.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 02:43 PM (iFTx/)

I doubt that the CA legislature is going to do anything useful to protect us from crap imported Red Chinese tires except by accident.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:45 PM (uhVAy)

314 nood

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 02:45 PM (Jr5Lq)

315 Harris is, not only, clearly lacking in intelligence; she's incredibly social inept. She hasn't the ability to connect what comes out of her mouth to the audience she is in front of.

She is a figurehead who is micromanaged, and this shows in spades when she has to do an interview. There is no buffer. There is no delay. There is only a toolless indivdual who goes searching into her tiny little mind to regurgitate something she half remembers, and didn't properly prepare for. Then, spits out a half-assed word salad.

She's not clever, street smart or even of average quality. She is in the lower half of the spectrum in all categories.

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 02:46 PM (dIske)

316 Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 02:45 PM (E4rtv)

The zeitgeist is being pushed away from women. Impossible to miss. We are being set up.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 02:46 PM (+rw6l)

317 More shocking hypocrisy- nood.

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2026 02:47 PM (ZdaMQ)

318 Fifty inoculations on the just born have much to do with it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 02:44 PM (Cq/ve)

i don't know if I have 50 inoculations added up my whole life.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:47 PM (uhVAy)

319 Nood consequences.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 18, 2026 02:48 PM (PGK1w)

320 The zeitgeist is being pushed away from women. Impossible to miss. We are being set up.
Posted by: ...
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Eh, ops happen and only some of them succeed, others fail miserably or even backfire. Everything that the Deep State, media, and Democrats do is clouded by fraud and messaging ops, so the naive assumption is all media is an op is probaby close to the mark.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 02:48 PM (E4rtv)

321 95 A name like Jacob ‘Big Jake’ Smith might inject some testerone into Telarico. Who knows?
Posted by: Eromero at August 18, 2026 01:51 PM (LHPAg)
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More like a semen injection.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at August 18, 2026 02:49 PM (JNTt1)

322 Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 02:48 PM (E4rtv)

The good thing about my observations is I'm always willing to field test. The solid money is on Kamala or AOC, I think the nominee will be a man. A safe seeming "bridge candidate" to the DSA. AOC does somewhat fit the bill. Kamala absolutely doesn't. But I think they've got a man lined up.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 02:50 PM (+rw6l)

323 Kamala is a Sing Sing Correctional 5
Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 02:42 PM (+rw6l)

She's no girl of cellblock c.

Posted by: Will Robinson at August 18, 2026 02:50 PM (zBgIx)

324 TheOfficerTatum
58m
Two men dressed as women showed up to a Las Vegas Aces game and officially “declared” for the 2027 WNBA Draft

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 02:56 PM (Cq/ve)

325 See Hobbs choice for LG in AZ.

Posted by: epador at August 18, 2026 04:01 PM (TRnzq)

326 Talarico probably gave this guy a real tongue bath to get him to come out of the Cornyn Closet.

Posted by: Harun at August 18, 2026 04:52 PM (IuIym)

Some of You Will Not Believe Me, but the WNBA Is Woke Trash Filled With Hyperthyroidal Clown Hookers

If only the world were run by seethingly-angry toxic lesbians.

It would look just like the WNBA and be just as profitable.

WNBA backtracks after Sophie Cunningham fans ordered to remove 'XX-XY' shirts at game: 'fell short'
Atlanta Dream's State Farm Arena allegedly put fan in pro-transgender shirt on Jumbotron before security told mother and daughter they'd be removed if they didn't cover XX-XY shirts, a brand Sophie Cunningham had posed with.

By the way, can I mention a pet peeve? A long, long time ago it was unusual to see a sports team with a singular nickname. Like, "the Avalanche." Rather than a plural, like "the Jets."

You Old-Heads might, like me, remember the old "NASL" soccer league. That league featured a lot of teams with a singular nickname.

But this stopped being a novelty many, many years ago, as more and more teams adopted singular nicknames. In fact, it's now a cliche.

So of course the WNBA has to be the most cliched franchise on earth and feature mostly singular nicknames. Atlanta Dream. Connecticut Sun. Chicago Sky. Indiana Fever. New York Liberty. Phoenix Mercury. Portland Fire. Seattle Storm.

I had to look these up, you know. I can't name them off the top of my head like some commenters I could name but won't. (Garrett.)

The "singular team name" thing is only attention grabbing when there's one singular team name among many plural names.

It's so fucking gay and stupid.

Fights over silent protests against males in women's sports have jumped from the high school soccer field to the professional basketball arena, as the WNBA wrings its hands over the meaning of "women" with just six weeks until the playoffs and eight months before a draft that could include NBA veterans who claim eligibility under league rules.
Fans of gender-critical Indiana Fever sharpshooter Sophie Cunningham allege that security ordered them to cover up their XX-XY Athletics shirts, which promote female-only sports, at Sunday's Atlanta Dream home game against the visiting Fever at State Farm Arena, where Cunningham celebrated her 30th birthday with an overtime win.
This was despite the fact that Cunningham appeared with XX-XY founder Jennifer Sey, the 1986 U.S. Women's All-Around National Champion gymnast, and Riley Gaines, the former collegiate swimmer, at a Minnesota Lynx game soon after Cunningham endorsed female-only sports in an ESPN profile.

Minnesota Lynx, another one. But maybe "lynx" is also a plural. But if so, it's plural selected to sound singular.

Both the WNBA and Dream confirmed the incident late Monday, saying fans were wrongly asked by league security -- not the team's personnel -- to cover their shirts, but did not mention the content of the clothing.
"This should not have happened," a league spokesperson told Front Office Sports.
"The Atlanta Dream believes in creating a safe and inclusive environment for everyone. Unfortunately, at last night's game, WNBA security took actions that fell short of that standard," the team said.
...
It represents an escalation in response since Seattle Storm co-owner Celeste Keaton allegedly cursed out teenage Cunningham fans in XX-XY Athletics gear, also holding signs thanking her for "speaking up for girls," when the Fever visited the Storm last month. Cunningham shamed Keaton on social media.
Seattle journalist Brandi Kruse, who helped organize a pro-Cunningham rally outside the game, reported the girls weren't told to cover the shirts or hide the signs. She said Climate Pledge Arena security refused to remove Keaton for harassing fans, though the WNBA suspended her for five home games for unspecified behavior.
"They gave us t-shirts during overtime and told us we had to leave or cover our [XX-XY] shirts up," an unidentified woman who attended Sunday's Fever-Dream game with her teenage daughter told conservative activist Adam Francisco after the game.
The daughter said they paid $1,000 each for their seats on floor 3, row C, three rows from the court, to support Cunningham and girls' sports.
"We did nothing. We were just sitting there," the mother said, adding that she had wanted to make signs supporting Cunningham but refrained so as not to ruffle feathers at the game. Their shirts have variations of the XX-XY logo on the front, and on the daughter's Riley Gaines collaboration shirt, "for the girls" on the back.

$1000 a seat? Are you all insane? To watch what are essentially boys high school players, only butcher?

CHROMOSOMES ARE NOW OFFENSIVE. WE�VE REACHED PEAK STUPIDITY. https://t.co/zN4RbXxihZ
— Brandi Kruse (@BrandiKruse) August 17, 2026

WNBA security told 2 fans to cover their �XX/XY� and �For the girls� shirts or LEAVE the Fever-Dream game.

Meanwhile, a �Protect Trans Rights� shirt was featured on the Jumbotron. pic.twitter.com/TstweQoU98
— BrickCenter (@BrickCenter_) August 17, 2026

Bonus: The WNBA subreddit has banned any mentions of the WNBA's second-most popular player. Leftwing women have a stroooooong inclination towards fascism.

Because like other fascists, they assume they'll be the ones wielding the fasces forever.

WNBA fan subreddit bans posters from using Sophie Cunningham's name after defense of women's sports

A Reddit user shared screenshots showing mods confirmed the ban and threatened further action for questioning it

The WNBA and its fans are in a constant struggle to outdo whatever previous record they already set for most ridiculous sports league ever created.
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[O]ver the last several weeks and months, the self-destructive tendencies and nature of the WNBA organization, its coaches, and fans has reared its ugly head yet again. This time, their ire has been directed at Sophie Cunningham.
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And now, in perhaps the most ridiculous and explanatory example of the league's fandom, has seen her name banned from the WNBA subreddit. Seriously.
One Reddit user tried to post about Sophie Cunningham in the r/WNBA subreddit, only to find that they weren't able to use her name or several other abbreviations. They then messaged the moderators, who then confirmed that this was a purposeful decision and that any further questioning would lean to being banned.
"Why do you ban people from posting about Sophie Cunningham, who's a WNBA player?," the user asked. "We filter content based on Sophi [sic] because it tends to bring out trolls and people who aren't fans of the W," the mod answered.
"But she's a WNBA player that does have actual fans," the user responded. "If you can't post about a player you're a fan of, that seems ridiculous."
"We have chosen to filter content. If you want to post freely about Sophie you can go to a different sub," the mod said. Unsurprisingly, the user pointed out that it's absurd to block posts about a WNBA player in the r/WNBA subreddit, asking how that made sense.
"You aren't even a contributor to this sub, so I suggest you go back to the other WNBA subs. This is our decision. If you keep messaging about this you will be banned," the moderator answered.

If women controlled the world there would be no petty squabbling.

Caitlin Clark LAUGHING at Angel Reese after she missed a layup for the win 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/5Js8RijGUi
— BrickCenter (@BrickCenter_) August 16, 2026

Angel Reese missed a wide open lay up to win the game and Caitlin Clark laughing behind her as she reacts to the miss is going to be a meme for a long time. pic.twitter.com/v33XufzO5u
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) August 17, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:24 PM

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1 I shant believe it. I shannot!

Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2026 12:25 PM (S0M0K)

2 Yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2026 12:26 PM (y+Apl)

3 You couldn’t pay me $1000 to sit in one of those seats. That is crazy.

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2026 12:26 PM (ZdaMQ)

4 "This should not have happened," a league spokesperson told Front Office Sports.

And did you fire the person who decided, apparently on their own, that Sane-Americans are not permitted to attend Lesboball contests?

I bet you did not.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 12:27 PM (ExV1e)

5 You had me at Hyperthyroidal Clown Hookers....

But I'll still read the rest of it just to be part of the gang.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 12:28 PM (Ot/FD)

6 Climate Pledge Arena?

Posted by: huerfano at August 18, 2026 12:28 PM (2Xqig)

7 (Garrett)

*snort*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 12:29 PM (LQKAS)

8 I saw Hyperthyroidal Clown Hookers open for Insane Clown Posse at Gathering of the Juggaloes 2003.

Posted by: Britney Griner's Dick at August 18, 2026 12:29 PM (GTqXr)

9 >>>6 Climate Pledge Arena?

Isn't that something?

Posted by: ace at August 18, 2026 12:29 PM (1wjle)

10 "... Sophie Cunningham fans ordered to remove 'XX-XY' shirts at game ..."

Kind of ironic nowadays that this would be illegal discrimination here in the UK.

Philosophical beliefs are a protected characteristic under the 2010 Equality Act, a way for atheists to protect their Muslim friends and not give a special carve out for religion. This was deemed by a court to include the (rather common) belief that men cannot become women.

Posted by: Doubting_Rich at August 18, 2026 12:29 PM (uXnkN)

11 The Avalanche becomes the Avs pretty regularly. I don't think that works with Fever or Fire. The Feves, the Firs...

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 18, 2026 12:29 PM (n5tGW)

12 Ugh, clown hookers are the worst, am I right?

And Climate Pledge Arena is so cringe. I used to be Key Arena (for Key Bank, a localish bank)

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2026 12:30 PM (xcxpd)

13 These people are fucking idiots.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2026 12:30 PM (y+Apl)

14 Some of You Will Not Believe Me, but the WNBA Is Woke Trash Filled With Hyperthyroidal Clown Hookers

I want to believe.

Posted by: Fox Mulder at August 18, 2026 12:30 PM (QzM4s)

15 By the way, can I mention a pet peeve? A long, long time ago it was unusual to see a sports team with a singular nickname. Like, "the Avalanche." Rather than a plural, like "the Jets."
________

I'll grant that it's more common in the WNBA, but it's been a thing for a while. Alabama, Stanford, Tulane in college. Utah, Orlando, Miami and Oklahoma City in the NBA.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 18, 2026 12:31 PM (XvL8K)

16 Meanwhile in Australia

The Australian Football League Women, AFLW, has just reversed a banning decision. Now a trans-gender named Hannah can play in the league. Hannah is 197cm tall and weighs 100Kgs.

When Hannah played for a minor league team, they scored 17 goals in 8 games.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 12:31 PM (2GVsD)

17 Remember when the NBA did that frightful homosexual "team names in Spanish" thing?

And the Miami Heat was.... Los Heat?

Not "Los Calor". Not even "El Calor".

El Cringe-o, dude-o.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 12:31 PM (Ot/FD)

18 1000 dollars a ticket ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2026 12:31 PM (726Da)

19 Ace, I agree with you about the singular team nicknames. It’s collectivism, pure and simple.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 12:31 PM (77rzZ)

20 Vermont Vespa would be a good WNBA team name if Vermont were large enough to support a team.

Posted by: Sport Ute at August 18, 2026 12:31 PM (JM9I6)

21 Well, it's a political op, so...

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2026 12:31 PM (iyblN)

22 Climate Pledge Arena?
Posted by: huerfano at August 18, 2026 12:28 PM (2Xqig)

Now with Lemon Scent!

Posted by: far cry at August 18, 2026 12:31 PM (WbWbV)

23 Climate Pledge Arena?
Posted by: huerfano at August 18, 2026 12:28 PM (2Xqig)

Yup - that's the name of the arena in Seattle. I know this because of hockey. Quite cringe.

Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2026 12:31 PM (S0M0K)

24
Goood morning, ace!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at August 18, 2026 12:32 PM (XJ22o)

25

How about a few more cities to the roster of awesome teams.

The Kalamzoo Kunts, or Kunt in the singular.

The Tampa Tampons

The Buffalo Bulldykes

The Las Vegas Vaginas

The Morristown Muff Divers

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at August 18, 2026 12:32 PM (och2J)

26 16 Hannah is going to kill someone.

Posted by: steevy at August 18, 2026 12:32 PM (YwEeS)

27 There's a movie idea - Undocumented Killer Klown Sex Workers from Space.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 12:32 PM (2GVsD)

28 Mom and daughter should have just removed the offending shirts. And their bras.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 12:32 PM (1z8ji)

29

Don't bring me down.

BRUCE!

Posted by: Misheard lyrics at August 18, 2026 12:32 PM (Cqx++)

30 Now a trans-gender named Hannah can play in the league. Hannah is 197cm tall and weighs 100Kgs.
----

Sorry, we don't do fake genders and we don't use fake measurements...

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2026 12:33 PM (TN0g+)

31 It isn't a sport, it is a grievance session with ticket sales.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 18, 2026 12:33 PM (biNg8)

32 Afternoon Ace.
WNBA is absolutely unwatchable. I rarely watch NBA, do watch some college ball, but the women's game is good awful basketball

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 12:33 PM (rp63B)

33 There will be more than one killer scrum mate.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 12:33 PM (2GVsD)

34 Roanoke Rugmunchers

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2026 12:33 PM (y+Apl)

35 Anytime Anal Greese shoots a brrrrrrick, Yakety Sax HAS to be playing in the background.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026 12:33 PM (CszeO)

36 The plural of lynx is chain.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 12:33 PM (Ot/FD)

37 A reminder: Reddit is hugely compromised and used as a front for a wide variety of government types. It is used to shape behavior and public opinions.

Also most Reddit mods are bullies at heart.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2026 12:33 PM (xcxpd)

38 "$1000 a seat? Are you all insane? To watch what are essentially boys high school players, only butcher?"

Most seats are under $100 but the courtside seats are much more, especially after the criminal ticket resale market takes its pound of flesh. (That entire industry is a fucking criminal enterprise and should be RICO-ed into oblivion.)

I assume these ladies wanted to make a quick political statement on short notice and to do that they needed to pay obscene vigs through a reseller.

Good for them. Fuck these abhorrent manling lesbian basketball "players."

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 12:33 PM (iFTx/)

39 I'm sure the men seeking to join the WNBA will fix everything right up.

Yup... fix everything.

It's going to be the most entertaining flaming clown boner show, ever.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2026 12:34 PM (2Cry5)

40 There used to be FOUR singular teams in all of American professional sports.

Avalanche
Lightning
Magic
Jazz

Now they're everywhere.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 18, 2026 12:34 PM (PGK1w)

41 How about the Chattanooga Hootchie? Is that singular, plural?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 18, 2026 12:34 PM (tvdD1)

42 32 Afternoon Ace.
WNBA is absolutely unwatchable. I rarely watch NBA, do watch some college ball, but the women's game is good awful basketball
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 12:33 PM (rp63B)

Maybe they could use some Transgender Gals to liven up the game...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2026 12:34 PM (726Da)

43 >To watch what are essentially boys high school players, only butcher?

To be fair, any decent HS boys team would beat the snot out of the WNBA 'champions'.

And, the WNBA is nothing more than a money laundering op for the NBA.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at August 18, 2026 12:34 PM (GTqXr)

44 35 There is a guy on YT who covers every game . Statpadder I think is his name. Hilarious.

Posted by: steevy at August 18, 2026 12:34 PM (YwEeS)

45 Climate Pledge Arena?

Isn't that something?
Posted by: ace at August 18, 2026 12:29 PM (1wjle)

I use Climate Pledge to put a lovely shine on my wicker furniture.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 12:34 PM (1z8ji)

46 Sioux Falls Slutbags

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2026 12:34 PM (y+Apl)

47 Georgia Gash?

Posted by: Off My Fodder at August 18, 2026 12:34 PM (JM9I6)

48 40 Miami Heat

Posted by: steevy at August 18, 2026 12:34 PM (YwEeS)

49 *places hand over no-no square*

I pledge allegiance
To the twinks
Of the Democrat Socialists of America

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at August 18, 2026 12:35 PM (w9Wax)

50 By the by, is a clown hooker a clown who hooks?

If so, what is a hooker clown?

I want to make sure I understand all the nuances of this important issue.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 18, 2026 12:35 PM (QzM4s)

51
Wait

LYNX?

Uh-oh

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 12:35 PM (+rw6l)

52 Hyperthyroidal Clown Hookers was the garage band name for The Dixie Chicks when they were first starting out.

Posted by: Music nerd at August 18, 2026 12:35 PM (2Ez/1)

53 an unidentified woman who attended Sunday's Fever-Dream

Now that's comedy.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at August 18, 2026 12:35 PM (i8+2Q)

54 Ah, I forgot the Heat.

There used to be FIVE singular teams in all of American professional sports.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 18, 2026 12:35 PM (PGK1w)

55 "A long, long time ago it was unusual to see a sports team with a singular nickname."

[Grins]

-- Crimson Tide

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 12:36 PM (iFTx/)

56 Heh. Anal Grease.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2026 12:36 PM (y+Apl)

57 During OT, a security guard told them
they had to put provided Atlanta Dream shirts over their shirts or they would be escorted out…
---------

Girl power!!!!

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 12:36 PM (+rw6l)

58 You Old-Heads might, like me

Is, perchance, Grognards the term you seek, Ace?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2026 12:36 PM (0sNs1)

59 The Boise Scrunt is having a magnificent season so far.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 18, 2026 12:36 PM (D3O7T)

60 36 The plural of lynx is chain.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 12:33 PM (Ot/FD)

You must never break them

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2026 12:36 PM (xcxpd)

61 >>>I'll grant that it's more common in the WNBA, but it's been a thing for a while. Alabama, Stanford, Tulane in college. Utah, Orlando, Miami and Oklahoma City in the NBA.

yes, it exists, but it's only an interesting naming convention because it's rare. Once it's not rare, it's just lame and gay.

Posted by: ace at August 18, 2026 12:36 PM (1wjle)

62 Meanwhile in Australia

The Australian Football League Women, AFLW, has just reversed a banning decision. Now a trans-gender named Hannah can play in the league. Hannah is 197cm tall and weighs 100Kgs.

When Hannah played for a minor league team, they scored 17 goals in 8 games.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Pfffft. Look up Julien, er, Julie Tetart from France.
Trans woman basketball player who wants to play in the WNBA. He's cut more than Ahnold Schwarzenegger in his prime.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026 12:36 PM (CszeO)

63 Chromosome shirts?

You'd think that all these people with their sociology degrees would have at least read the forward in one of their trumped up textbooks.

Here's a clue. Americans are spiteful. You ban something, it becomes more popular and almost a rite of passage to test the limits.

Try this: "Anyone bringing green dildos to the games will be removed."

Now: "If you wear a chromosome shirt, you will be asked to leave."

GUESS what happens next.

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 12:36 PM (dIske)

64 58 You Old-Heads might, like me

Is, perchance, Grognards the term you seek, Ace?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2026 12:36 PM (0sNs1)

Revanchists.

Posted by: Patrick Wayne at August 18, 2026 12:36 PM (Y/06r)

65 Memphis Menopause. They're in the senior WNBA

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 12:36 PM (rp63B)

66 Atlanta Dream. Connecticut Sun. Chicago Sky. Indiana Fever. New York Liberty. Phoenix Mercury. Portland Fire. Seattle Storm.
----
Most of these don't lend themselves to a memorable mascot who can jazz up the crowd.

What's the mascot for a "dream?" A Lovecraftian horror?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 12:36 PM (FZ29D)

67 I was about to make up a lot of fun terrible singular names, but refrained. You're welcome.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 18, 2026 12:37 PM (n5tGW)

68 Also most Reddit mods are bullies at heart.
----

Most mods *everywhere* are enjoying their "It's COVID and now I have situational power" days. I've been banned from three guitar sites because of various posts I've made that never carried a single word of profanity, but simply answered someone's questions about how the world works.

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2026 12:37 PM (TN0g+)

69 The New York "Orange Man Bad" has a ring to it.

Posted by: Cray Cray at August 18, 2026 12:37 PM (CYBB0)

70 I know which side I'm on here, but:

"Seattle journalist Brandi Kruse, who helped organize a pro-Cunningham rally outside the game..."

That means you're not a journalist.

Posted by: The_Hoser at August 18, 2026 12:37 PM (H4qGm)

71 There used to be FOUR singular teams in all of American professional sports.

Avalanche
Lightning
Magic
Jazz

Now they're everywhere.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 18, 2026 12:34 PM (PGK1w)

Miami Heat also existed before the Avalanche and the Lightning.

Lots of college ones have existed for a long time. Fighting Irish, Crimson Tide, Wolfpack, Bison, Green Wave. To name a few

Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2026 12:37 PM (S0M0K)

72
Climate Pledge Arena?

Is it built on stolen land?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2026 12:37 PM (Cqx++)

73 "WNBA is absolutely unwatchable."

It does seem to be an absolutely irresistible topic of discussion though. Don't know why, but we just can't seem to get enough of it.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 12:37 PM (Jr5Lq)

74 I saw Hyperthyroidal Clown Hookers open for Insane Clown Posse at Gathering of the Juggaloes 2003.
Posted by: Britney Griner's Dick

Dude!

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 18, 2026 12:37 PM (DZ9Lv)

75 The plural of lynx is chain.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 12:33 PM (Ot/FD)

You must never break them
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2026 12:36 PM (xcxpd)

You get a song written about you if you do.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 12:37 PM (ExV1e)

76 >>>I was about to make up a lot of fun terrible singular names, but refrained. You're welcome.

The Brooklyn Agita

Posted by: ace at August 18, 2026 12:38 PM (1wjle)

77 "If only the world were run by seethingly-angry toxic lesbians."

what? you mean it's not ?

coulda fooled me ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2026 12:38 PM (VyBeY)

78 I think Politics can absolutely be a religion. Sportsball can be a religion. Both can invoke huge tribal, unthinking loyalty, and violence, and a sense of belonging, shared suffering, or moral superiority.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2026 12:28 PM (xcxpd)
---
What is your definition of a "religion" that everybody will buy into?

Because this is part of the atheist-neglected slop that I had to wade through in order to get to a workable functional model.

So many atheists are content to say "Marxism is a religion", but with a similar sloppiness they will say "What makes religious people dumb is there belief in supernatural beings" or "things without evidence".

Truly those don't both define "religion".

That's why I concentrate on what they have in common. A social structure of a Vision as the image of what it's all about, and societal dynamics like enforcement--which is not essential, but just typical.

So, my point is finer, it cannot be a "religion" because we don't have a workable, functional definition.

What you yourself are citing are social structures. And that's my point, things can have similar social dynamics.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 12:38 PM (Fi81e)

79 I'll grant that it's more common in the WNBA, but it's been a thing for a while. Alabama, Stanford, Tulane in college. Utah, Orlando, Miami and Oklahoma City in the NBA.

yes, it exists, but it's only an interesting naming convention because it's rare. Once it's not rare, it's just lame and gay.
Posted by: ace at August 18, 2026 12:36 PM (1wjle)
_____

"Well yea, ya dummy! The league's entire brand is to be lame and gay."

-- WNBA

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 12:38 PM (iFTx/)

80 Once it's not rare, it's just lame and gay.
Posted by: ace at August 18, 2026 12:36 PM (1wjle)
----
That's a succinct description of just about the entire modern media complex.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 12:38 PM (FZ29D)

81 yes, it exists, but it's only an interesting naming convention because it's rare. Once it's not rare, it's just lame and gay.
Posted by: ace at August 18, 2026 12:36 PM (1wjle)

In fairness, lame and gay is kind of on-brand for the WNBA.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 12:38 PM (ExV1e)

82 Plural "Lynx" is Lynxi. Rhythms with knicky.

We have 2:1 specials on Tuesdays.

Thanks for asking.

Posted by: Cheetah Club Owner at August 18, 2026 12:38 PM (2waQ7)

83 What does the "W" in WNBA stand for?
.
.
.
Wesbians!

Posted by: Elmer Fudd at August 18, 2026 12:38 PM (2Ez/1)

84 One of the new teams in the WNBA will be the Cleveland Sirens.

Voyagers returning from your Troy cruise take note, and plot your course carefully to sail between the Sirens and the Steamers.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2026 12:38 PM (0sNs1)

85 I have an Orix Blue Wave jersey. Mostly because it's a cool name.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 18, 2026 12:38 PM (DZ9Lv)

86 long, long time ago it was unusual to see a sports team with a singular nickname."

[Grins]

-- Crimson Tide
Posted by: Elric The Blade

[Waves]

-Syracuse Orange

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 12:38 PM (YZ0Fo)

87 Vegas Vag

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 12:38 PM (iFTx/)

88 Since I have (or had, depending how far into the cartoon) nine lives, Tweety has begun to refer to me as el Gatos.

Posted by: Sylvester at August 18, 2026 12:38 PM (n+4TK)

89 Fans of gender-critical Indiana Fever sharpshooter Sophie Cunningham...

WTF does "gender-critical" even mean?

Posted by: Oddbob at August 18, 2026 12:38 PM (vTZFs)

90 How about a few more cities to the roster of awesome teams.

The Kalamzoo Kunts, or Kunt in the singular.

The Tampa Tampons

The Buffalo Bulldykes

The Las Vegas Vaginas

The Morristown Muff Divers

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq

Roanoke Rugmunchers
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Hoboken Harlots

Posted by: Stu Podaso at August 18, 2026 12:39 PM (i8+2Q)

91 And, the WNBA is nothing more than a money laundering op for the NBA.
-----

The WNBA doesn't turn a profit--its heavily subsidized by the NBA.

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2026 12:39 PM (TN0g+)

92 29

Don't bring me down.

BRUCE!

Posted by: Misheard lyrics at August 18, 2026 12:32 PM (Cqx++)

Oh my gosh. Now I can't get that out of my head, and for decades, I thought they were saying WOOSH!

Posted by: moki at August 18, 2026 12:39 PM (wLjpr)

93 /Off, rustler's rhapsody sock

Also, this is not just censorship, but rather propaganda.

1) highlight speech you like- Pro-Trans!

2) Suppress speech you dislike Chromosome shirts (which is a retarded meme, need a better one.)

This crosses the line from just wanting people to focus on the game and becomes specific editorializing.

Fuck you, WNBA. It would honestly do you some good.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2026 12:39 PM (Y/06r)

94 Ah, I forgot the Heat.

There used to be FIVE singular teams in all of American professional sports.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider
______

And Oklahoma City. And I only listed the most prominent Division I college teams in my comment above. There are many others in Division I and II.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 18, 2026 12:39 PM (XvL8K)

95 25

How about a few more cities to the roster of awesome teams.

The Kalamzoo Kunts, or Kunt in the singular.

The Tampa Tampons

The Buffalo Bulldykes

The Las Vegas Vaginas

The Morristown Muff Divers

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at August 18, 2026 12:32 PM (och2J)

Dykesville Dikes

Mammoth Lake Mammaries

Buffalo Boobs

Kansas City Karens

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 18, 2026 12:39 PM (wtvvX)

96 The league's entire brand is to be lame and gay."

"Hey!! That's our gig!" - The Washington Generals.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 12:39 PM (2GVsD)

97 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 12:39 PM (2YhKe)

98 long, long time ago it was unusual to see a sports team with a singular nickname."

[Grins]

-- Crimson Tide
Posted by: Elric The Blade

[Waves]

-Syracuse Orange

----

Stanford Cardinal

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2026 12:39 PM (TN0g+)

99 The daughter said they paid $1,000 each for their seats on floor 3, row C, three rows from the court, to support Cunningham and girls' sports.

Only Cunningham and Clark can command those sorts of prices in women's basketball.

What is tragic for the WNBA is that Spirit Airlines went bankrupt, so they can't fly coach on Spirit anymore when C&C are finally driven from the league.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 18, 2026 12:39 PM (aD4fx)

100 I had a terrible smog problem above my house, but climate pledge cleaned it right up.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 18, 2026 12:39 PM (biNg8)

101 But hey, we're talking about them, right?

No pub is bad pub?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 12:40 PM (2YhKe)

102 Fans of gender-critical Indiana Fever sharpshooter Sophie Cunningham...

WTF does "gender-critical" even mean?

Posted by: Oddbob at August 18, 2026 12:38 PM (vTZFs)
---
A woman who thinks "All men are the same!"?

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 12:40 PM (Fi81e)

103 Years ago when Miami was going to get a baseball team , names were being suggested the Humidity.
Why the Humidity? Because when someone asks "what's the worst team in Miami ? " The answer would be "it's not the Heat , it's the Humidity"
Thank you, I'll be here all week, tip the wait staff , try the veal

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 12:40 PM (rp63B)

104 Lots of college ones have existed for a long time. Fighting Irish, Crimson Tide, Wolfpack, Bison, Green Wave. To name a few

Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2026 12:37 PM (S0M0K)

College has a TON. There are 16 Division I schools with singular mascots. It's pervasive. That's like 15% or something.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 18, 2026 12:40 PM (PGK1w)

105 >>>Don't bring me down.

BRUCE!

Posted by: Misheard lyrics at August 18, 2026 12:32 PM (Cqx++)

Oh my gosh. Now I can't get that out of my head, and for decades, I thought they were saying WOOSH!

...

I thought it was "Gruce," which sounds like a Dutch or German greeting ("Gruss Gott," or may God greet (you)).

Posted by: ace at August 18, 2026 12:40 PM (1wjle)

106 Fuck you, WNBA. It would honestly do you some good.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2026 12:39 PM (Y/06r)

Not even with ace's shelf-mangled pig sticker.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 18, 2026 12:40 PM (QzM4s)

107 Gender Critical means you are a hater, you only believe there are men and women.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 12:40 PM (2GVsD)

108 They are not pro trans, they're Gender Deniers.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at August 18, 2026 12:40 PM (r7+Q7)

109 Climate Pledge Arena?

Is it built on stolen land?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2026 12:37 PM (Cqx++)

Probably. But you understand, don't you, that if they do start allowing trannies in the WNBA, they will have to preface each game with a Gland Acknowledgement?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 12:41 PM (1z8ji)

110 73 "WNBA is absolutely unwatchable."

It does seem to be an absolutely irresistible topic of discussion though. Don't know why, but we just can't seem to get enough of it.
Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 12:37 PM

This is about us, isn't it?

Posted by: The Flying Green Dildos at August 18, 2026 12:41 PM (2Ez/1)

111 Memphis Menopause. They're in the senior WNBA
Posted by: Smell the Glove

And the first 20 seniors through the gate get a free bottle of Astroglide.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2026 12:41 PM (y+Apl)

112 The refs will soon debut a new penalty called Excelling While White.

It's the first penalty to be used by all refs and valid for all televised sports from Poverty Ball (aka Soccer) to Rollerfucking.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 18, 2026 12:41 PM (D3O7T)

113 Wait... It's not "Don't bring me clowns"?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 18, 2026 12:41 PM (n5tGW)

114 Some of You Will Not Believe Me, but the WNBA Is Woke Trash Filled With Hyperthyroidal Clown Hookers
---
The technical on Caitlin Clarke caused me to scoff and say "Garbage league".

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 12:41 PM (Fi81e)

115 In fairness, lame and gay is kind of on-brand for the WNBA.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

The B&LNBA is pissed that two white wimminses raised them from being unable to fill a high school gym to moving to the big house that seats 20k people. Indiana Fever played Atlanta in a 20,000 seat arena because they sold 17k tickets.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026 12:41 PM (CszeO)

116 People should show up with xx xy on their shirts but have it covered up with duct tape in the shape of xx xy.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at August 18, 2026 12:41 PM (/WHpM)

117 THE Kokomo Karen

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 12:41 PM (viF8m)

118 Schenectady Scissorers

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 12:42 PM (77rzZ)

119 oh, and $1000 a ticket? ayfkm?

types, deletes

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2026 12:42 PM (VyBeY)

120 Climate Pledge Arena???

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2026 12:42 PM (jPziU)

121 The most athletic event in a WNBA game in the last years was when the green dildo landed on the suction cup and stuck.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2026 12:42 PM (3cUTc)

122
I don't mind being recognized as a "critical thinker".

Which is a lot more than the Purple Penguin crowd is doing.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 12:42 PM (Fi81e)

123 But you understand, don't you, that if they do start allowing trannies in the WNBA, they will have to preface each game with a Gland Acknowledgement?
-----

That's top shelf material right there!

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2026 12:42 PM (TN0g+)

124 C'mon - the WNBA provided a great service.

In the Before Times, you were required to accept any male's assertion that they had become a women.

Now, you can demand that they mutilate themselves and douse themselves with hormones before you have to consider them a woman.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 18, 2026 12:43 PM (aD4fx)

125 The Houston Hags.
The Sioux City Shims.
The Nashville Nags.

Posted by: LASue at August 18, 2026 12:43 PM (XQ5fJ)

126 And, the WNBA is nothing more than a money laundering op for the NBA.
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The WNBA doesn't turn a profit--its heavily subsidized by the NBA.
Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2026 12:39 PM (TN0g+)
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Yea, it's a big money-loser, but the NBA is so fucking stinking rich it can easily afford to subsidize these angry bitter gashcunts.

I think what the NBA really gets of it -- and the whole point for the subsidies -- is papal indulgences for all the criminals, thugs, and wife-beaters in the NBA.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 12:43 PM (iFTx/)

127 BRUCE!

Posted by: Misheard lyrics at August 18, 2026 12:32 PM (Cqx++)

That's not the actual lyric? What is it then?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 12:43 PM (1z8ji)

128 You're soaking in it.

Posted by: Madge at August 18, 2026 12:43 PM (2Ez/1)

129 Utah Jazz

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2026 12:43 PM (jPziU)

130 I know which side I'm on here, but:

"Seattle journalist Brandi Kruse, who helped organize a pro-Cunningham rally outside the game..."

That means you're not a journalist.

All journalists have agenda, some are more honest about it than others.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 18, 2026 12:43 PM (vTZFs)

131 I feel like the trend started with the crimson tide

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 12:43 PM (j+aD2)

132 I really hope a bunch of ex-college and ex-nba players declare for the WNBA. Maybe 5 starters from a Division II that didn't get drafted and all go to the same team.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 18, 2026 12:43 PM (n5tGW)

133 100, LOL!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2026 12:43 PM (VyBeY)

134
I thought it was "Gruce," which sounds like a Dutch or German greeting ("Gruss Gott," or may God greet (you)).

Posted by: ace at August 18, 2026 12:40 PM (1wjle)

Yo are right - it's groos, which one of the lyricists said was a made up word.

I suspect drugs and alcohol were involved.

Posted by: moki at August 18, 2026 12:43 PM (wLjpr)

135 If you keep messaging about this you will be banned," the moderator answered."

*Snort *

Posted by: man at August 18, 2026 12:43 PM (XuXeR)

136 The New England Clam.
Regional and appropriate

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 12:44 PM (rp63B)

137 Newest expansion team should be all trans. Enes Kanter Freedom, Royce White, Julie Tetart and two other male retired NBA pros.

Call the new team the Nashville Ball-ers.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026 12:44 PM (CszeO)

138 The Houston Hags.
The Sioux City Shims.
The Nashville Nags.

Posted by: LASue at

You can buy Nashville Balls shirts from xx xy. The back says "One Love, Two Balls"

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 12:44 PM (YZ0Fo)

139 WTF does "gender-critical" even mean?
Posted by: Oddbob at August 18, 2026 12:38 PM (vTZFs)

___________________

Oh, that's a litmus test used when frequenting bars in South East Asia.

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 12:44 PM (dIske)

140 The Seattle Subaru

Posted by: sifty boones at August 18, 2026 12:44 PM (D3O7T)

141 Climate Pledge Arena? That's for real?

Posted by: Sumdude at August 18, 2026 12:44 PM (nPp6w)

142 San Antonio Strap-ons

Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2026 12:44 PM (S0M0K)

143 I really hope a bunch of ex-college and ex-nba players declare for the WNBA. Maybe 5 starters from a Division II that didn't get drafted and all go to the same team.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

Get out of my #137 mind!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026 12:45 PM (CszeO)

144 the trend started with the crimson tide"

The Thundering Herd waves

Posted by: man at August 18, 2026 12:45 PM (XuXeR)

145 The Phoenix franchise is named after the small, insignificant planet that orbits closest to the Sun in a city with an NBA franchise named The Suns. It totally puts them in their proper place and I'm kind of surprised none of the harpies have complained about it.

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 18, 2026 12:45 PM (/OKHJ)

146 The daughter has a nice set of, uh wait, how old is she?

Posted by: Sumdude at August 18, 2026 12:45 PM (nPp6w)

147 >>>Mom and daughter should have just removed the offending shirts. And their bras.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 12:32 PM (1z8ji)

*grinning Jack Nicholson gif*

Posted by: Max Power at August 18, 2026 12:45 PM (q177U)

148 Newest expansion team should be all trans. Enes Kanter Freedom, Royce White, Julie Tetart and two other male retired NBA pros.

Call the new team the Nashville Ball-ers.
Posted by: rickb223

That's Clay Travis plan. And put in a bid to start a team. Nashville Balls.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 12:45 PM (YZ0Fo)

149 [Waves]

-Syracuse Orange
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Used to be Orangemen

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2026 12:46 PM (JvZF+)

150

The "W" in WNBA stands for Miserable Bitchy Unattractive Prog Lesbos.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at August 18, 2026 12:46 PM (och2J)

151 >>I had to look these up, you know. I can't name them off the top of my head like some commenters I could name but won't.

Heh.

I see headlines about the WNBA and it always some mean girl sh#t or grrl power affirmation:
"[whatsherface league president] finally address Sophie Cunninghams controversial statements"

"Satou Sabally’s concussion battle feels unfair — but it’s right for her to prioritize health"

"DiJonai Carrington has WNBA fan escorted from courtside — he returned after ‘unfounded’ complaint"

If you want to be taken seriously, then act like freaking professional athletes, not high school cliques.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2026 12:46 PM (X8xt3)

152 I guess Red Sox and White Sox are plural. Not sure.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 18, 2026 12:46 PM (XvL8K)

153
Sex obscurantists.

"Gender", at best, are groups of social customs that humans with imperfect knowledge put around the preservation of reproductivity. How the primest of female picks the primest of males, or vice versa. And on down the line.

Society believing that with standards about choosing mates and bonding to a pairing serve the next generation the best.

Dismissing it all as a "social convention" with hopeful social conventions that don't have millennia of success behind them is anti-thinking.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 12:46 PM (Fi81e)

154 Gender critical?

Roger Ebert giving you two thumbs up in the locker room?

No thanks.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 12:46 PM (Ot/FD)

155 Gender Critical means you are a hater, you only believe there are men and women.

Yes, I assume that's what the writer meant but the phrase itself is nonsense.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 18, 2026 12:47 PM (vTZFs)

156 What does the "W" in WNBA stand for?
.
.
.
Wesbians!
Posted by: Elmer Fudd at August 18, 2026 12:38 PM (2Ez/1)

C3P0 - Wookies!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 18, 2026 12:47 PM (qx7Zg)

157 Karl Heinz-Granitza would not allow such tomfoolery in the NASL!!

Posted by: Mr_Fastbucks at August 18, 2026 12:47 PM (OwZYH)

158 >>The "W" in WNBA stands for Miserable Bitchy Unattractive Prog Lesbos.

Huh, thought it stood for "Whiny?"
Or was it "Waaaaahhhhhh!"?

Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2026 12:47 PM (X8xt3)

159 I suppose Denver can name its 0.4 baseball team "the Colorado Plateau"

Posted by: 'cause they ain't getting better at August 18, 2026 12:48 PM (88C+u)

160 Brandi Kruse has some guts. They are fixing her and going badter her sponsors

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 12:48 PM (rp63B)

161 Mustard > Mayonai > Baconai > DiJonai

Posted by: sifty boones at August 18, 2026 12:48 PM (D3O7T)

162 Roger Ebert giving you two thumbs up in the locker room?

No thanks.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 12:46 PM (Ot/FD)

_________________________

Rusty Thumbs?

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 12:48 PM (dIske)

163 Gender Critical means you are a hater, you only believe there are men and women.

Yes, I assume that's what the writer meant but the phrase itself is nonsense.
Posted by: Oddbob

Before: Trust the Science!
Now: No! Not that Science!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026 12:48 PM (CszeO)

164 I wonder how all the players staff and coaches feel about having tampax emblazoned all over their courts. Bet 10 bucks they have give away days and win a year's supply if you sink a shot from half court.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at August 18, 2026 12:48 PM (/WHpM)

165 "Hyperthyroidal Clown Hookers"

"We ain't fucking them"

-- Killer Klowns from Outer Space

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 12:48 PM (iFTx/)

166 DEVELOPING -- The WNBA will be replacing the W in the logo with a "who knows" emoji, but are currently deadlocked in indecision whether to use the Male or Female version of the emoji.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2026 12:48 PM (rbvCR)

167 >>Climate Pledge Arena? That's for real?

It's lemon fresh!!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2026 12:48 PM (X8xt3)

168 The WFL started the stupid singular name crap (other than the metric football teams).

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at August 18, 2026 12:49 PM (dk1uA)

169 Saint Louis Uts

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at August 18, 2026 12:49 PM (w9Wax)

170 Sneezy Tom is back from his vet appt. Whatever is causing it, it's only in his sinuses, not his lungs. Vet has no specific Dx, but insisted on giving the 'long overdue' whatever shot, and a course of oral antibiotic, and there will be a return visit on the 31st.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 12:49 PM (Jr5Lq)

171 And, in case you weren't aware........

Angel Reese SUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUCSSSS.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 12:49 PM (2YhKe)

172 I am trying to think of og sports ball teams that did NOT have a plural name and not coming up with much. The point is that it was always a team. The Celtics, The Lakers, the Bulls. It was a group. The Pistons, the Nuggets.

The only two I can think of that were different were fairly new and the name was singular, but a group concept. The Heat and the Jazz.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2026 12:49 PM (Y/06r)

173 The individuals are nothing, the team is everything. Hence the singular name.

Posted by: PG at August 18, 2026 12:49 PM (qln0f)

174 Yayyy! I take a break and we're talking about the ghetto apes!

Could you imagine paying $1000 just to be abused?

I could, but it would involve hot asian women in schoolgirl outfits.

$1000 to see a WNBA game.
Wow.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 18, 2026 12:50 PM (Sco7b)

175 suppose Denver can name its 0.4 baseball team "the Colorado Plateau"
Posted by: 'cause they ain't getting better at August 18, 2026 12:48 PM (88C+u)

The plural of that, of course is "the Plateaux"

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2026 12:50 PM (rbvCR)

176 WTF does "gender-critical" even mean?
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Proper linguistic/literary structure.

"Le" is the masculine singular definite article in French, while "la" is the feminine singular definite article. They are used to specify particular nouns in a sentence."

Unless, of course, one is psychologically damaged.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 18, 2026 12:50 PM (XeU6L)

177 171 And, in case you weren't aware........

Angel Reese SUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUCSSSS.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 12:49 PM (2YhKe)

But not in the good way.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2026 12:50 PM (Y/06r)

178 >>I suppose Denver can name its 0.4 baseball team "the Colorado Plateau"

The Denver Escarpment

Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2026 12:50 PM (X8xt3)

179 Doxxing her and going after her sponsors. Geez

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 12:50 PM (rp63B)

180 Dismissing it all as a "social convention" with hopeful social conventions that don't have millennia of success behind them is anti-thinking.
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WHY DO YOU HATE PROGRESS!!!!

Posted by: Perverted Weirdo Hoping to Normalize Perversion at August 18, 2026 12:50 PM (anL5R)

181 Climate Pledge isn't even really Polish.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 18, 2026 12:50 PM (D3O7T)

182 Not sure if any of you ever saw that the Washington Mystics used to have multiple "Attendance Champions" banners hanging from the rafters of the hockey / basketball arena in D.C. (known as the MCI Center at the time - now called Capital One Arena). They took them down in 2010 after many years of being mercilessly ridiculed.

They have since moved to a very small arena in Southeast DC.

Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2026 12:51 PM (S0M0K)

183 fun story developing out of happy valley btw

some enterprising young men have gotten themselves into a spot of trouble!

APPARENTLY it's against fraternity rules to run a cocaine operation - who knew

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 12:51 PM (j+aD2)

184 Unless, of course, one is psychologically damaged.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 18, 2026 12:50 PM (XeU6L)

Wot?

*stupid, blank look*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2026 12:51 PM (Y/06r)

185 All journalists have agenda, some are more honest about it than others.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 18, 2026 12:43 PM (vTZFs)

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Bias yes, agenda no. As a journalist you actively work to suppress your bias, and if you have an agenda, you're a flack.

Posted by: The_Hoser at August 18, 2026 12:51 PM (H4qGm)

186 "DiJonai Carrington has WNBA fan escorted from courtside — he returned after ‘unfounded’ complaint"

If you want to be taken seriously, then act like freaking professional athletes, not high school cliques.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2026 12:46 PM (X8xt3)
____

This is a positive development. At the height of BLM hysteria and witch-hunting, all a black player had to do was make some bullshit accusation about a white fan, and the fan was ejected, cancelled, and smeared.

But it looks like that fetid era has passed.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 12:51 PM (iFTx/)

187 I've been calling it the WBMBA for years.

The Wanna Be Men Basketball Association. Because the league was loaded with bulldykes butching around eating pussy.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 12:51 PM (2YhKe)

188 >>Angel Reese SUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUCSSSS.........

Not gonna make the Angel Reese "fetch" happen.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2026 12:51 PM (X8xt3)

189 Reese was being call the Dennis Rodman of rebounding, but someone pointed out that ? like 40 of her rebounds were "me-bounds" (rebounding her own missed layups).

Clark has improved on her shooting, and has other shooters which makes it a little easier for her. Too bad their own coach doesn't even support them very well. Still better to watch the replays of the best moments, than whole games.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 18, 2026 12:51 PM (vbXSk)

190 183 fun story developing out of happy valley btw

some enterprising young men have gotten themselves into a spot of trouble!

APPARENTLY it's against fraternity rules to run a cocaine operation - who knew
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 12:51 PM (j+aD2)

Those scamps.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2026 12:51 PM (Y/06r)

191 167 >>Climate Pledge Arena? That's for real?

It's lemon fresh!!
Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2026 12:48 PM (X8xt3)

Pump bottle, not aerosol.

Lol

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at August 18, 2026 12:52 PM (/WHpM)

192 Climate Pledge isn't even really Polish.
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Does it have carrots in it?

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2026 12:52 PM (TN0g+)

193 The 1981 NASL World Champions Chicago Sting have entered the chat. Believe it or not, we all got a day off of school for that one. I even named my first born son Karl-Heinz.

Back around that time, we had the Chicago Hustle women's basketball team on WGN. It was then as 9 year old that I realized that I was generally not attracted to female basketball players.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at August 18, 2026 12:52 PM (qwx/I)

194 I considered "Denver Sucks" for the 5/6 bar ambient atmosphere, but that's plural.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 18, 2026 12:52 PM (88C+u)

195 Canada needs a WNBA team. The Regina Monologues.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at August 18, 2026 12:52 PM (dk1uA)

196 I can pay far less to see a woman play basketball in Tijuana.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 18, 2026 12:52 PM (D3O7T)

197 fun story developing out of happy valley btw

some enterprising young men have gotten themselves into a spot of trouble!

APPARENTLY it's against fraternity rules to run a cocaine operation - who knew

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 12:51 PM (j+aD2)

And one of their dads, who they got for attempting to conceal evidence.

LET'S GO STATE!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 18, 2026 12:52 PM (PGK1w)

198 Dissolve the WNBA, then reconstitute a women’s pro league by making each NBA team field a women’s team, under the NBA teams’ name and mascot, and keep it that way until the women’s league shows a profit. That way the women players understand that until they can stand on their own, they’re game is just a derivative of the men’s game

Posted by: Machiavelli at August 18, 2026 12:52 PM (AXN0p)

199 fun story developing out of happy valley btw

some enterprising young men have gotten themselves into a spot of trouble!

APPARENTLY it's against fraternity rules to run a cocaine operation - who knew
Posted by: Black Orchid

The ring leader/mastermind is the only one still on the run. He obvi knew to get out of there.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 12:52 PM (YZ0Fo)

200 Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 12:51 PM (j+aD2)

Hey there sweetie, what's that insect stuff you were talking about. For bites?

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 12:52 PM (+rw6l)

201 And, in case you weren't aware........

Angel Reese SUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUCSSSS.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 12:49 PM (2YhKe)
=====

I was not aware. And now I have regrets.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2026 12:52 PM (JvZF+)

202 WNBA? *yawn*
Meanwhile on a more serious note, we are screwed:

https://tinyurl.com/mr3jz8ja

Posted by: wth at August 18, 2026 12:52 PM (UjdFS)

203 I saw Hyperthyroidal Clown Hookers open for Insane Clown Posse at Ringling Bailey's in '04.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 12:52 PM (2YhKe)

204 Don't be fooled!

This is all just an attempt by the capitalist cispatriarchy to distract from the Epstein and UAP files.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2026 12:53 PM (0sNs1)

205 192. Probably. Just like Polar Bears. Not even Polish. It's all marketing and LIES.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 18, 2026 12:53 PM (D3O7T)

206 The only two I can think of that were different were fairly new and the name was singular, but a group concept. The Heat and the Jazz.

But those two make sense. Miami Heat because it's hot in Miami and Utah Jazz because... uh because... well... never mind.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 18, 2026 12:53 PM (vTZFs)

207 Climate Pledge isn't even really Polish.
Posted by: sifty boones

Don't tell me: it is Macedonian

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 18, 2026 12:53 PM (biNg8)

208 fun story developing out of happy valley btw"

At least it's not Annandale...

Posted by: man at August 18, 2026 12:53 PM (XuXeR)

209 APPARENTLY it's against fraternity rules to run a cocaine operation - who knew
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 12:51 PM (j+aD2)

Those scamps.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2026 12:51 PM (Y/06r)
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Put them on DOUBLE-SECRET PROBATION!

Posted by: Dean Vernon Wormer at August 18, 2026 12:53 PM (FZ29D)

210 Oppose the SAVE act! Or are you a racist?

Townhall.com
@townhallcom
JAMES TALARICO: "With the SAVE Act, they are trying to rob our neighbors, strictly our black neighbors, of those God given rights."

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And anti-Christian?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living the Dream at August 18, 2026 12:53 PM (eRMnd)

211 So, my point is finer, it cannot be a "religion" because we don't have a workable, functional definition.

What you yourself are citing are social structures. And that's my point, things can have similar social dynamics.
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 12:38 PM (Fi81e)

I suppose there's some overlap. But a religion tells you how to behave, just like a social structure, but it also tells you how to FEEL as well. Hate this group, they wear blue. Love this group, they wear green like you. It ties into an emtional connection beyond simply being a set of rules.

Marxism tells you to hate Capitalists (wrecks and looters).

Technically a religion barely needs to have a supernatural element, like Confusionism where it is very much in the background.

Now I suspect all religions have a supernatural origin, but that's beside my point.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2026 12:54 PM (xcxpd)

212 195 Canada needs a WNBA team. The Regina Monologues.
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at August 18, 2026 12:52 PM (dk1uA)

LOL. That set off a torrent of 'Queens Vagina' riffs in my head.

Regina Vagina.

Regency Pussy.

Clit Lit indeed.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2026 12:54 PM (Y/06r)

213 Interesting point about the plural to singular team names.

I suppose the implication is the females are "one" and a "team" unlike those foul selfish individuals, men?

Because everyone knows women aren't competitive especially with other women.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 12:54 PM (+rw6l)

214 Dismissing it all as a "social convention" with hopeful social conventions that don't have millennia of success behind them is anti-thinking.
Posted by: Axeman
========
I don't even bother with leftist thinking as it is all designed to give them power over others--the reasons change but the will to power is always present.

Life is simpler in retirement as I don't have to take silly arguments from ghastly people in my profession or from my students seriously.

If I felt better, I would volunteer to be a paper discussant at my professional conferences that I used to belong to. Just so I could let fly and piss in their Cheerios. These are deeply unserious people that hate others hindering their progress to utopia.

Even a common asshole mugger on the street has more common sense as at least his rhetoric corresponds with reality on the streets and doesn't disguise the sociopathy in your money or your life. DSA types use word clouds despite intending the same damn thing.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 12:54 PM (E4rtv)

215 We of the faith have a confusing God.

His ways and his thoughts are stratospheric above our own. So none of our limited thoughts can do but be a derivative of the curve of God's thinking (a tangential line at a point).

Thus God works by revelation. He is a lamp, not to light up the next mile, but to our feet. To keep us from stumbling here and now. We will end up contributing to something far greater than what we could ever think up, if we are lead by his Will and revelation.

This was a social pattern that when people abandoned God, they took away and applied to Science: Always looking to the revelation of Science. But the parsimony of the practice of Science causes us to consider whether an organ adapted for survival, is fit for "figuring it all out".

So we reaffirm a model of something being more complex than we can figure out...just without any promise of guidance through it. We reaffirm our lowly brain and its likely insuficiency without faith.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 12:54 PM (Fi81e)

216 [ponders]

How about a team name 'Les Femmes'?

If you get my drift...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 18, 2026 12:54 PM (XeU6L)

217 Internetz says Crimson Tide was the first singular in 1907.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 18, 2026 12:54 PM (n5tGW)

218 9 >>>6 Climate Pledge Arena?

Isn't that something?
Posted by: ace

Amazon bought the naming rights.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 12:54 PM (W2Pud)

219 Do the Fighting Illini count as a singular or plural? Because in Italian, it would be plural.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at August 18, 2026 12:54 PM (qwx/I)

220 Anyone still dooming over Republican enthusiasm for this election season is going to need to explain what is going on in Florida.

>>@EricLDaugh
·
40m
>>🚨 JUST IN: As of noon ET, Florida Republicans are out-voting Democrats by MORE THAN *DOUBLE*

>>The surge is insane...wow.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 12:54 PM (viF8m)

221 And one of their dads, who they got for attempting to conceal evidence.

LET'S GO STATE!

it's a new kind of WHITE OUT!

btw the ringleader surrendered - he got no bail! I guess flight risk since he sorta tried to flee

three dots it's MAGIC MOLECULE! awesome stuff

they have it at Target! or you can order online

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 12:54 PM (j+aD2)

222 >>APPARENTLY it's against fraternity rules to run a cocaine operation - who knew

Have you seen the pictures of the two leaders side by side with the two pledges in "National Lampoon's Animal House"? LOL

Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2026 12:54 PM (X8xt3)

223 Frankly I'm surprised there's any demand for coke at Penn State let alone anyone with the chops to deal it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2026 12:54 PM (JvZF+)

224 The ring leader/mastermind is the only one still on the run. He obvi knew to get out of there"

Guadalajara?

Posted by: man at August 18, 2026 12:54 PM (XuXeR)

225 Is the plural Green Dildi?

Posted by: sifty boones at August 18, 2026 12:54 PM (D3O7T)

226 I was channel flipping one day and a quiz show had a question about the WNBA.

What a great way to stump people?

"Bob, for a million dollars, who is the top scorer in the history of the WNBA?"

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 18, 2026 12:54 PM (Sco7b)

227 203 I saw Hyperthyroidal Clown Hookers open for Insane Clown Posse at Ringling Bailey's in '04.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 12:52 PM (2YhKe)

SPONGE CONFIRMED FOR JUGGALO!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2026 12:54 PM (xcxpd)

228 Canada needs a WNBA team. The Regina Monologues.
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at August 18, 2026 12:52 PM

What are we, chopped poutine?

Posted by: Quebec Quims at August 18, 2026 12:55 PM (0sNs1)

229 217 Internetz says Crimson Tide was the first singular in 1907.

haha!

yay me!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 12:55 PM (j+aD2)

230 But those two make sense. Miami Heat because it's hot in Miami and Utah Jazz because... uh because... well... never mind.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 18, 2026 12:53 PM (vTZFs)

Failed New Orleans expansion team.

Utah Fundamentalists did not have the same ring to it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2026 12:55 PM (Y/06r)

231 190 183 fun story developing out of happy valley btw

some enterprising young men have gotten themselves into a spot of trouble!

APPARENTLY it's against fraternity rules to run a cocaine operation - who knew
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 12:51 PM (j+aD2)

Those scamps.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2026 12:51 PM (Y/06r)
________________________

I have a theory on that matter. Just wait, we're going to find out that the primaries involved are all here on student visas. Here's a smattering of the ringleaders:

Agostino Abbatiello, Mohammed Hurabi and Lars Zeepvat.

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 12:55 PM (dIske)

232 I always come to AoS' smart military site for my WNBA news.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 18, 2026 12:55 PM (bX16E)

233 219 Do the Fighting Illini count as a singular or plural? Because in Italian, it would be plural.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at August 18, 2026 12:54 PM (qwx/I)

that is indeed plural

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2026 12:55 PM (xcxpd)

234 >>DSA types use word clouds despite intending the same damn thing.

This.
Don't care to know, won't ever use their language even in jest/sarcastically.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2026 12:56 PM (X8xt3)

235 Climate Pledge Arena? That's for real?
Posted by: Sumdude at August 18, 2026 12:44 PM (nPp6w)

Climate Pledge was a close colleague of Prince Lucian Campbell, and Ms Pledge was as dedicated to developing West Coast Women's education and sports as Mr Campbell was for developing the University system in the state of Oregon.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2026 12:56 PM (rbvCR)

236 Confusionism where it is very much in the background.

Now I suspect all religions have a supernatural origin, but that's beside my point.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
======
Heh. I like Confusionism as a religion. The perplexities of life in a nutshell. That would make Confusiast as the patron saint of the demented.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 12:56 PM (E4rtv)

237 Townhall.com
@townhallcom
JAMES TALARICO: "With the SAVE Act, they are trying to rob our neighbors, strictly our black neighbors, of those God given rights."

God created elections and granted the right to vote?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 12:56 PM (2YhKe)

238 Oh God it's an election year. Time to start caring about blacks again. We can go back to bringing in millions to steal their jobs in a few months!!

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 12:56 PM (+rw6l)

239 Morning.

Women vote for the strong horse. It's why so many feminists end up spreading their legs for Muzzies. They bitch and moan about The Patriarchy ©️ but then let the ultimate patriarchal religion colonize their dried up, barren wombs. It's why so many crazy bitches are so wet for Luigi Mangione despite the fact that he's a flaming homosexual. He murdered a man but he did it unapologetically. That makes so many leftist skank whores double click their mouse.

Posted by: Robert at August 18, 2026 12:57 PM (dpXJq)

240 Frankly I'm surprised there's any demand for coke at Penn State let alone anyone with the chops to deal it.
==
Oh, so that's what they meant by the Penn State WHITE OUT. Here I thought it was racial.

Posted by: Clueless Uncle at August 18, 2026 12:57 PM (anL5R)

241 I was not aware. And now I have regrets.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Have a Snickers.

Snickers eliminates regerts.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026 12:57 PM (CszeO)

242 The irony is that Angel Reece was supposed to be the next big thing.

She was being pimped as the league's next superstar player. She's also more photogenic than some of the hideous farm animals in the league.

But ... she was overrated and crashed and burned.

The player who became the star that Reece was supposed to be was ... Caitlin Clark. A white girl. Who isn't hysterically woke. And who doesn't apologize for it.

Ditto Sophie Cunningham.

The fact that two straight white girls became the stars of a black lesbian league -- and stepped over the fallen carcass of Angel Reece to get there -- is a big root cause of why the league despises them so much.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 12:57 PM (iFTx/)

243 Agostino Abbatiello

could be italian

the other co-ringleader (whose dad was helping or running it in reality) doesn't sound foreign but who the hell knows

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 12:57 PM (j+aD2)

244 >>🚨 JUST IN: As of noon ET, Florida Republicans are out-voting Democrats by MORE THAN *DOUBLE*

>>The surge is insane...wow.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 12:54 PM (viF8m)

It's Florida

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2026 12:57 PM (726Da)

245 232 I always come to AoS' smart military site for my WNBA news.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov
=======
War reports on the homefront.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 12:57 PM (E4rtv)

246 fun story developing out of happy valley btw

some enterprising young men have gotten themselves into a spot of trouble!

APPARENTLY it's against fraternity rules to run a cocaine operation - who knew
-----

Joe Paterno would have been so disappointed in them breaking the law like that...

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2026 12:57 PM (TN0g+)

247 Utah Fundamentalists did not have the same ring to it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2026 12:55 PM (Y/06r)

Deseret Hoopers did not have the same punch

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2026 12:57 PM (rbvCR)

248 To be sure, we do have that goofy elephant.

Posted by: University of Alabama fans at August 18, 2026 12:58 PM (2Ez/1)

249 Canada needs a WNBA team. The Regina Monologues.
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at August 18, 2026 12:52 PM (dk1uA)

Hah!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 12:58 PM (1z8ji)

250 >>It's Florida

Right. Where if you expected voters to be complacent Florida would be the spot. Instead they are turning out in huge numbers.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 12:58 PM (viF8m)

251 I have a theory on that matter. Just wait, we're going to find out that the primaries involved are all here on student visas. Here's a smattering of the ringleaders:

Agostino Abbatiello, Mohammed Hurabi and Lars Zeepvat.
Posted by: Orson

You forgot Jugdish. Why does everyone forget Jugdish?

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026 12:58 PM (CszeO)

252 But those two make sense. Miami Heat because it's hot in Miami and Utah Jazz because... uh because... well... never mind.
Posted by: Oddbob

Because the team started in New Orleans, and later moved to Utah. Traded the #1 draft pick (i.e. Magic Johnson) to the Lakers for Gail Goodrich. Wolfus can't decamp fast enough.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at August 18, 2026 12:58 PM (w9Wax)

253 To be sure, we do have that goofy elephant.
Posted by: University of Alabama fans

Big Al!

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 12:58 PM (YZ0Fo)

254 In gooder news...

@RealBababanaras
The painful end of a sinner

Hamas commander Walid Haniyeh who roasted two Jewish newborns by putting them in a microwave, who killed a Christian tourist by ripping out her intestines after r@ping her on Oct 7 was killed in an intel based operation. He was hiding as a barber.

https://tinyurl.com/n97yfm8w

Posted by: Robert at August 18, 2026 12:58 PM (dpXJq)

255 @EricLDaugh
·
40m
>>🚨 JUST IN: As of noon ET, Florida Republicans are out-voting Democrats by MORE THAN *DOUBLE*

>>The surge is insane...wow.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 12:54 PM (viF8m)

*pending mail-in ballot counts

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 12:58 PM (2YhKe)

256 Agostino Abbatiello, Mohammed Hurabi and Lars Zeepvat.
Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 12:55 PM (dIske)

Ah, that would explain why the pictures released so far by the media are of the white-white kids

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2026 12:59 PM (rbvCR)

257 223 Frankly I'm surprised there's any demand for coke at Penn State let alone anyone with the chops to deal it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2026 12:54 PM (JvZF+)

My defense would be that it helps me and others cope with Penn States shameful history of sexual abuse.

We're all victims here.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 18, 2026 12:59 PM (Sco7b)

258 I've never thought of it, because I'm a Hawkeyes fan, but more than one cyclone (ISU's mascot) *would* be terrifying.

Posted by: pookysgirl has sturdy tables in the basement to hide under at August 18, 2026 12:59 PM (Wt5PA)

259 So what do you call a member of the Alabama football team — a Crimson Tider?

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 12:59 PM (77rzZ)

260 I hear the University of New Mexico has an excellent chemistry program.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at August 18, 2026 12:59 PM (qwx/I)

261 "Fans of gender-critical Sophie Cunningham..."

How has Sophie ever been critical of gender? The people who are actually gender-critical would be the idiots who claim that gender is just made-up or that there are 72 genders.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2026 12:59 PM (/TlUl)

262 Detroit Douche has a ring to it.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 18, 2026 12:59 PM (ibDUx)

263 HIGH TIDE!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 12:59 PM (2YhKe)

264 Agostino Abbatiello

dude looks exactly like McLovin

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 12:59 PM (j+aD2)

265 St. John's are the Red Storm. Until 1994, they were the Redmen.

Posted by: Chief Wild Eagle, Frank de Kova at August 18, 2026 12:59 PM (JM9I6)

266 She was being pimped as the league's next superstar player. She's also more photogenic than some of the hideous farm animals in the league.

Who? Sid?

The sloth from Ice Age?

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026 01:00 PM (CszeO)

267 Lars Zeepvat

So, Indian Vikings. That's new.

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 01:00 PM (dIske)

268 So what do you call a member of the Alabama football team — a Crimson Tider?
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 12:59 PM (77rzZ)

And why is their mascot an elephant?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:00 PM (2YhKe)

269 Heh. Can you imagine the all muslim league.

The Memphis Muhamad beat the Nashville Muhammad, the Chicago Muhhamadd raped the LA Muhameed, and the Seattle Muhaaamed hung a shutout on the Portland Muhammadd.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 18, 2026 01:00 PM (n5tGW)

270 Agostino Abbatiello, Mohammed Hurabi and Lars Zeepvat.
Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 12:55 PM (dIske)

Of the Huntsville Zeepvats?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 01:00 PM (1z8ji)

271 $1000 per ticket is what got me. In what sane world would any person pay that kind of money to watch women's basketball? Hell, who would pay that to watch NBA basketball? Sports pricing bears no relation to reality and anyone who pays that clearly has more money than sense.

Posted by: Guy in Texas at August 18, 2026 01:00 PM (uiawK)

272 >>The surge is insane...wow.
Posted by: JackStraw
========
Motte and bailey, it is never about logic and facts but always about personal feelz for cynics.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 01:00 PM (E4rtv)

273 And why is their mascot an elephant?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Why is the Flyers mascot something out of a nightmare LSD trip?

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 01:01 PM (YZ0Fo)

274 did we cover the thing where the press acted dumb when PDJT was hosting that amazing water polo playing kid who saved that other kid at the WH?

(what an intro)

where some presstitute asked a very weird question about Ossoff? and PDJT called him PeeWee Herman?

it was AMAZING. there's a video of the kid sitting there desperately trying not to laugh!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 01:01 PM (j+aD2)

275 267.

Erik Pradeepson

Posted by: sifty boones at August 18, 2026 01:01 PM (D3O7T)

276 @265 -- the Super 70s Sports guys has mentioned this, but do you remember back in the 80s when Big East basketball games were appointment TV? Georgetown, St Johns, Syracuse....

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at August 18, 2026 01:01 PM (qwx/I)

277 Attend a business meeting with a significant number of Alabama alums and have Alabama mentioned.

Almost simultaneously, most will mutter "Roll Tide".

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2026 01:01 PM (0sNs1)

278 258 I've never thought of it, because I'm a Hawkeyes fan, but more than one cyclone (ISU's mascot) *would* be terrifying.
Posted by: pookysgirl has sturdy tables in the basement to hide under at August 18, 2026 12:59 PM (Wt5PA)

ISU's mascot is a cardinal, I guess because it was hard to come up with an interesting cyclone costume to wear.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2026 01:02 PM (xcxpd)

279 But those two make sense. Miami Heat because it's hot in Miami and Utah Jazz because... uh because... well... never mind.
Posted by: Oddbob
_______

The team was originally the New Orleans Jazz, for obvious reasons. When the team moved to Utah, the name was pretty well-known and popular, so they just kept it.

Ditto Vancouver Grizzlies. That makes sense. Memphis Grizzlies? Not so much.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 01:02 PM (iFTx/)

280 Life is simpler in retirement as I don't have to take silly arguments from ghastly people in my profession or from my students seriously.

If I felt better, I would volunteer to be a paper discussant at my professional conferences that I used to belong to. Just so I could let fly and piss in their Cheerios. These are deeply unserious people that hate others hindering their progress to utopia.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 12:54 PM (E4rtv)
---
Ecclesiastes gives us two instructions about arguing "with a fool". Simple-minded people say they "contradict" (like it takes a modern to see this). When a more expansive view can see it as a "tension".

So, sometimes you argue with a fool according to their own folly. Our faith is not only retiring, but to reach out. I am first and foremost a "dialogist". I seek to have dialog.

And in dialog, we must seek illustrative terms, not mere labels. This is also what drives me to seek functional models and descriptions. Not just use terms as the impenetrable shields they sometimes are.

Although it is handy to know the conventions.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 01:02 PM (Fi81e)

281 I do all my washin' in Tide, because it's too darn hot out Tide.

Posted by: Cold In My Nose at August 18, 2026 01:02 PM (JM9I6)

282 Who? Sid?

The sloth from Ice Age?
Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026 01:00 PM (CszeO)

There are some really cutting AIslop videos out about that very thing.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2026 01:02 PM (rbvCR)

283 Wikipedia sez "The motte-and-bailey fallacy (named after the motte-and-bailey castle), also called the castle and courtyard, is a form of argument and an informal fallacy where an arguer conflates two positions that share similarities"

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 01:02 PM (Jr5Lq)

284 276 @265 -- the Super 70s Sports guys has mentioned this, but do you remember back in the 80s when Big East basketball games were appointment TV? Georgetown, St Johns, Syracuse....

dude I remember when Villanova was good

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 01:02 PM (j+aD2)

285 @RealBababanaras
The painful end of a sinner

Hamas commander Walid Haniyeh who roasted two Jewish newborns by putting them in a microwave, who killed a Christian tourist by ripping out her intestines after r@ping her on Oct 7 was killed in an intel based operation. He was hiding as a barber.

https://tinyurl.com/n97yfm8w
Posted by: Robert at August 18, 2026 12:58 PM (dpXJq)

Good

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2026 01:02 PM (xcxpd)

286 The team was originally the New Orleans Jazz, for obvious reasons. When the team moved to Utah, the name was pretty well-known and popular, so they just kept it.

Ditto Vancouver Grizzlies. That makes sense. Memphis Grizzlies? Not so much.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at

Lakers.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 01:03 PM (YZ0Fo)

287 271 $1000 per ticket is what got me. In what sane world would any person pay that kind of money to watch women's basketball? Hell, who would pay that to watch NBA basketball? Sports pricing bears no relation to reality and anyone who pays that clearly has more money than sense.
Posted by: Guy in Texas

A big chunk of the upper class got that way by massive deficit spending thus causing inflation in asset markets. Own the right asset and it is increasing far faster than the cost of food, etc.

As in real estate and stocks.

Others are 'government contractors' and skim or even steal the entire enchilada via doing nothing for something. Atlanta as a fulcrum of local, state, and federal spending, is a regional epicenter for these folks. So are other big cities.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 01:03 PM (E4rtv)

288 The Memphis Muhamad beat the Nashville Muhammad, the Chicago Muhhamadd raped the LA Muhameed, and the Seattle Muhaaamed hung a shutout on the Portland Muhammadd.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 18, 2026 01:00 PM (n5tGW)

That will never work, none of them will be allowed to have logos. How can there be team memorabilia WITHOUT LOGOS?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2026 01:03 PM (rbvCR)

289 News 1pm

CBC - Trump about to tariff rape Canadians. Some asshole yesterday "Tariffs don't work!"

FoxNews - Bessent would be assassin - 78 months.

CNN - Can Dems breakthrough in Florida? Can men become women? Can hope truly spring eternal?

MS Now - Trump doubles down on Chaos? I don't know what the boogeywomyn of the hour is.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 18, 2026 01:03 PM (Sco7b)

290 angle reese photogenic? on what planet?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2026 01:03 PM (VyBeY)

291 Townhall.com
@townhallcom
JAMES TALARICO: "With the SAVE Act, they are trying to rob our neighbors, strictly our black neighbors, of those God given rights."

God created elections and granted the right to vote?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 12:56 PM (2YhKe)
---
Call me crazy, but I don't think he believes in the inalienable rights of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" bestowed upon us all by a benevolent Creator.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 01:03 PM (FZ29D)

292 Wikipedia sez "The motte-and-bailey fallacy (named after the motte-and-bailey castle), also called the castle and courtyard, is a form of argument and an informal fallacy where an arguer conflates two positions that share similarities"
Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 01:02 PM (Jr5Lq)

It's not a "fallacy", i wouldn't say. It's a tactic. It's a bait and switch. It's on purpose.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 01:04 PM (Ot/FD)

293 Truth.
Any business meeting with a group of Duke or Alabama alums resembles dogs sniffing each others asses for the first 5 minutes.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 18, 2026 01:04 PM (D3O7T)

294 ======
Heh. I like Confusionism as a religion. The perplexities of life in a nutshell. That would make Confusiast as the patron saint of the demented.
Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 12:56 PM (E4rtv)

I've usually considered myself a Pedestrian.

It was a happy day when Texas Motor Speedway installed my people's walkway from the campground to the track.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:04 PM (2YhKe)

295 Thos might have already been linked, and if not it probably should have already been linked, but just in case it has not already been linked O am linking it now:

https://youtu.be/4W47kV8Gz6g

Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2026 01:04 PM (/TlUl)

296 Ditto Vancouver Grizzlies. That makes sense. Memphis Grizzlies? Not so much.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Not many lakes in Lost Angeles.

Posted by: It's A Dry Heat at August 18, 2026 01:04 PM (JM9I6)

297 I paid attention to the WNBA for the first couple years, when Houston unexpectedly dominated the league. At the time, they were promoted as more fundamentally sound than the men, just playing below the rim. Most of what I see now from TV highlights are more fundamentally playground basketball on a particularly rough part of town. And everyone on the court seems to hate the hetero girls.

It’s Lord of the Flies at recess.

Posted by: Advo at August 18, 2026 01:04 PM (jO4mz)

298 >>@townhallcom
JAMES TALARICO: "With the SAVE Act, they are trying to rob our neighbors, strictly our black neighbors, of those God given rights."

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE YOU'VE JUST SAID BLACK ARE NOT FUNCTIONAL ADULTS, WHICH IS INCREDIBLY INSULTING. OF COURSE THEY HAVE I.D.:

https://tinyurl.com/ysdv88kx

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at August 18, 2026 01:04 PM (X8xt3)

299 "angle reese photogenic? on what planet?"

Only time I ever saw her was in "A House of Dynamite." She looked pretty good there.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 01:05 PM (Jr5Lq)

300 angle reese photogenic? on what planet?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2026 01:03 PM (VyBeY)

If you watch the slo-mo vid posted by Clay Travis above, she resembles a Muppet.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:05 PM (2YhKe)

301 90 How about a few more cities to the roster of awesome teams.

The Kalamzoo Kunts, or Kunt in the singular.

The Tampa Tampons

The Buffalo Bulldykes

The Las Vegas Vaginas

The Morristown Muff Divers

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq

Roanoke Rugmunchers
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Hoboken Harlots
===
Seattle Slugtrails

Posted by: Bonecrusher at August 18, 2026 01:05 PM (JNTt1)

302 285, good news!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2026 01:05 PM (VyBeY)

303 JAMES TALARICO: "With the SAVE Act, they are trying to rob our neighbors, strictly our black neighbors, of those God given rights."

Mr? Talarico, are you suggesting that black Americans are not citizens? Or that they are unable to produce the documentation to show that they are citizens? Or that they are not intelligent enough to deal with these rules?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 01:05 PM (ExV1e)

304 You misunderstand. They're all fast friends & pals!

The pressures are external, not internal.
----
Please, please, please...no Philly women's team. 😭 (It's bad enough already.)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2026 01:06 PM (NFX2v)

305 And in dialog, we must seek illustrative terms, not mere labels. This is also what drives me to seek functional models and descriptions. Not just use terms as the impenetrable shields they sometimes are.

Although it is handy to know the conventions.
Posted by: Axeman
------
Been there done that, have the t shirt. Faith is a very different matter than politics or even discussing research and the foibles of those doing it.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 01:06 PM (E4rtv)

306 I always come to AoS' smart military site for my WNBA news.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 18, 2026 12:55 PM (bX16E)
---
12-10 Las Vegas Aces over Indiana Fever.

Posted by: Deacon Blue at August 18, 2026 01:06 PM (Fi81e)

307 $1000 a seat? Are you all insane? To watch what are essentially boys ~~high~~ middle school players, only butcher?

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 18, 2026 01:06 PM (idC0m)

308 269 Heh. Can you imagine the all muslim league.

The Memphis Muhamad beat the Nashville Muhammad, the Chicago Muhhamadd raped the LA Muhameed, and the Seattle Muhaaamed hung a shutout on the Portland Muhammadd.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 18, 2026 01:00 PM (n5tGW)
_____________________

This is hilarious. There has to be video of it somewhere. Back in 2004, Iran hosted Germany for a friendly exhibitioin soccer game in Azadi Stadium in Tehran.. During the German national anthem the entire Iranian crowd did a Nazi salute. Everyone...not just a handful of the ignorant. Every single Iranian at the game.

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 01:06 PM (dIske)

309 angle reese photogenic? on what planet?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2026 01:03 PM

Planet Pythagoras

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 01:06 PM (LQKAS)

310 And yet no one in the media will ask Talarico why he thinks black people are too stupid to get an ID to be able to vote in American elections.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:06 PM (2YhKe)

311 If you watch the slo-mo vid posted by Clay Travis above, she resembles a Muppet.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

If you watch her at normal speed shooting bricks from under the basket with Yakety Sax playing, you'll piss yourself laughing.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026 01:06 PM (CszeO)

312 Climate Pledge Arena?

Isn't that something?
Posted by: ace

Amazon bought the naming rights.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 12:54 PM (W2Pud)

Then shouldn't it be Counterfeit Crap from China Arena?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 01:07 PM (ExV1e)

313 Hamas commander Walid Haniyeh.

Who is being roasted now? you mutha...

Posted by: sifty boones at August 18, 2026 01:07 PM (D3O7T)

314 Forgetting to mention that Talarico is running for office in Texas, a state which has been requiring a f*cking ID TO VOTE FOR YEARS.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:07 PM (2YhKe)

315 A big chunk of the upper class got that way by massive deficit spending thus causing inflation in asset markets. Own the right asset and it is increasing far faster than the cost of food, etc.

Cantillionairs

Posted by: Community Notes at August 18, 2026 01:07 PM (pUU4E)

316 Illinois needs another WNBA team. The Evanston Betsy.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at August 18, 2026 01:07 PM (dk1uA)

317 312 Climate Pledge Arena?

Lemon Pledge Arena!

now and forever!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 01:07 PM (j+aD2)

318 317.

James Woods as announcer.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 18, 2026 01:08 PM (D3O7T)

319 That will never work, none of them will be allowed to have logos. How can there be team memorabilia WITHOUT LOGOS?

They'll all just have various versions of a guy with a sword holding a beheaded head that looks like a basketball.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 18, 2026 01:08 PM (n5tGW)

320 ISU's mascot is a cardinal, I guess because it was hard to come up with an interesting cyclone costume to wear.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2026 01:02 PM (xcxpd)

You'd think a tornado would be more intimidating than a songbird. I'd have to look it up, but I seem to recall more tornado-themed items than cardinal-themed items when I was a kid growing up in Iowa.

Posted by: pookysgirl has sturdy tables in the basement to hide under at August 18, 2026 01:08 PM (Wt5PA)

321 Wikipedia sez "The motte-and-bailey fallacy (named after the motte-and-bailey castle), also called the castle and courtyard, is a form of argument and an informal fallacy where an arguer conflates two positions that share similarities"
Posted by: gp
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False correlations.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 18, 2026 01:08 PM (XeU6L)

322
If you watch her at normal speed shooting bricks from under the basket with Yakety Sax playing, you'll piss yourself laughing.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026 01:06 PM (CszeO)

Someone should take the time to have AI put Benny Hill following her around smacking her on the head like he did to the old bald guy.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:08 PM (2YhKe)

323 Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 18, 2026 01:00 PM (n5tGW)

I'm Muhammad. This is my brother Mohammed, and my other brother Mohamed.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 01:08 PM (+rw6l)

324 I'd think Dildo NewFoundland deserves a team.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 18, 2026 01:08 PM (Sco7b)

325 JAMES TALARICO: "With the SAVE Act, they are trying to rob our neighbors, strictly our black neighbors, of those God given rights."
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So you acknowledge that rights come from God?

Describe some other "God-given rights" if you would, sir.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 01:08 PM (FZ29D)

326 The r/WNBA subreddit has felt the heat and adjusted their Cunningham posting ban:

Sophie Cunningham content is not banned from r/wnba.

Posts about Sophie are welcome when they are related to basketball, including games, highlights, interviews, statistics, marketing endorsements, and other WNBA-related news. Off-court Sophie content can be shared as well.

We have upped the community karma to post up to 50 community karma. In other words, if a user tries to create a post and has less than 50 community karma in this sub, the post will be automatically removed.

For those unfamiliar with Reddit, that last paragraph is what keep it a Ledtwing echo chamber. If you post something against the hivemind (like positive comments about her), people down vote your post, if you have more down votes than up votes, you have negative"karma", and then your future posts are automatically deleted in that subreddit. Maybe they should rename it "social credit score?"

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 18, 2026 01:08 PM (7Tl3i)

327 Stanford was known as the Indians for most of their history.

Posted by: steevy at August 18, 2026 01:08 PM (YwEeS)

328 James Woods would be a good Press Secretary, come to think of it.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 18, 2026 01:08 PM (D3O7T)

329 WWII the Germans had a weather station on Greenland until 3 days before D-Day.

Cap Susi weather station, Greenland, 1944
Operation Bassgeiger @11:35

[The Germans] built a small wooden hut among some rocks to house their important radio equipment which was vital for the continuing operation of the weather station.

April 1944, a six-man team from the Danish Sledge Patrol attacked the Germans who fought back. The Danes fleeing, but one German officer was killed in the exchange.

The remaining 26 Germans then radioed home, requesting evacuation. The Luftwaffe decided to evacuate the men by air. The Germans found a stretch of firm level sea ice some 5 to 6 km south of the base.

And on the 3rd of June 1944, a large Ju290 piloted by Hauptmann Schlack-Lebahn flew from Monazan in southern France, landed and rescued all 26 Germans, and then flew back to France without incident, a round trip of about 5,000 mi.

https://youtu.be/Ufig2ip-_PI?t=694

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 01:08 PM (Cq/ve)

330 The Australian Football League Women, AFLW, has just reversed a banning decision. Now a trans-gender named Hannah can play in the league. Hannah is 197cm tall and weighs 100Kgs.

When Hannah played for a minor league team, they scored 17 goals in 8 games.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 12:31 PM (2GVsD)

This isn't a surprise. I think Australian Women's rugby has some 6'3 280lb sasquatch that they just hand the ball too and it goes lumbering down the field throwing the actual women in every direction. Should turn this stupid toilet back into a penal colony.

Posted by: Nelly at August 18, 2026 01:09 PM (6+ehB)

331 Sobs quietly in the corner.
- Stanford Cardinal

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 18, 2026 01:09 PM (qDa2L)

332 And in dialog, we must seek illustrative terms, not mere labels. This is also what drives me to seek functional models and descriptions. Not just use terms as the impenetrable shields they sometimes are.

Although it is handy to know the conventions.
Posted by: Axeman
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Been there done that, have the t shirt. Faith is a very different matter than politics or even discussing research and the foibles of those doing it.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 01:06 PM (E4rtv)
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Indeed it is. My politics are agreement-based. The Constitution is the foundational and official agreement.

We should be amending it, not violating it. The 90s era bullshit argument of how incrementalism "preserves veneration" is how the Court argues it can slide the Constitution to adapt to new times (thus the opposite of "veneration").

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 01:09 PM (Fi81e)

333 So funny that they have the made up stat of Reese being the leader in mebounds.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 18, 2026 01:09 PM (n5tGW)

334 "The Evanston Betsy."

Evanston Reparationists.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 01:10 PM (Jr5Lq)

335 Should it not be "more butch" rather than "butcher"?

Posted by: Grammar Nazi on patrol at August 18, 2026 01:10 PM (YSQQv)

336 Holy shit, people. Really?

You guys gotta drop the meme where every comment I make about the physical attractiveness of any given lady is met with breathless indignation and hysterical denunciation.

It's old and tiring. And boring.

I said she's "more photogenic than some of the hideous farm animals in the league." Which she clearly is. She at least looks like a woman. The same is not true for most of the league.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 01:11 PM (iFTx/)

337 Lemon Pledge Arena!

now and forever!
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 01:07 PM

Si.

Posted by: Consuela at August 18, 2026 01:11 PM (LQKAS)

338 What this is telling girls and women more than anything else is if not here, then it's not safe to celebrate women *anywhere*.

I wonder why this would be "the message" in this Sudden New Muzzie Age. Real puzzler.

As they say "life comes at you fast".

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 01:11 PM (+rw6l)

339 325 JAMES TALARICO: "With the SAVE Act, they are trying to rob our neighbors, strictly our black neighbors, of those God given rights."
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So you acknowledge that rights come from God?

Describe some other "God-given rights" if you would, sir.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 01:08 PM (FZ29D)

To submit to the State.

Dummy either doesn’t know or doesn’t care that voter ID has been the law in TX for years.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2026 01:11 PM (jPziU)

340 I miss the Kennesaw College Hooters. It was terrific to see the cheerleaders 'Hooters' shirts.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 18, 2026 01:11 PM (XeU6L)

341 If the WNBA does not know what the W stands for, then they will have to remove it! They cannot call themselves the NBA because of property rights.
I suggest WTFNBA. That definitor describes their self-belief system and defines their league succinctly.
Didn't the Beach Boys have a song with the lyrics, 'Be true to your school.'? Defend your sports league. Without knowing who you are, you have no identity.

Posted by: John at August 18, 2026 01:11 PM (9NUKl)

342 JAMES TALARICO: "With the SAVE Act, they are trying to rob our neighbors, strictly our black neighbors, of those God given rights."
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So you acknowledge that rights come from God?

Describe some other "God-given rights" if you would, sir.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 01:08 PM (FZ29D)
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Jesus would be ashamed of his defaming black Americans as not smart enough to secure a picture ID.

Are we preventing black Americans from flying?!

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 01:11 PM (Fi81e)

343 The Evanston Betsy.
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at August 18, 2026 01:07 PM

ISWYDT.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 01:12 PM (LQKAS)

344 And on the 3rd of June 1944, a large Ju290 piloted by Hauptmann Schlack-Lebahn flew from Monazan in southern France, landed and rescued all 26 Germans, and then flew back to France without incident, a round trip of about 5,000 mi.

the insult? if you punch "ju290" into wikipedia, it tells you the page doesn't exist and offers you a link to the ju90. however, the ju90 page contains a link to the ju290 page, which does, in fact, exist.

Posted by: anachronda at August 18, 2026 01:12 PM (v3pYe)

345 Climate Pledge: It's a floor wax and a communist redistribution scam!

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 18, 2026 01:12 PM (wtvvX)

346 "XX
YY
Trust the Science"

they need to add the "trust the science" line, since the non-scientific Covid crap made that a meme. (but Fauci was The Science, for that meme)

Posted by: illiniwek at August 18, 2026 01:12 PM (vbXSk)

347 336. Amen.

Ugly girls need love too. And they usually do more stuff.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 18, 2026 01:12 PM (D3O7T)

348 Remember:

Angel Reese is the first player in history, that I'm aware of anyway, to be selected to a Basketball All-Star Game, play significant minutes and score exactly ZERO POINTS.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:12 PM (2YhKe)

349 292 Wikipedia sez "The motte-and-bailey fallacy (named after the motte-and-bailey castle), also called the castle and courtyard, is a form of argument and an informal fallacy where an arguer conflates two positions that share similarities"
Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 01:02 PM (Jr5Lq)

It's not a "fallacy", i wouldn't say. It's a tactic. It's a bait and switch. It's on purpose.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
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If one has been to England and seen the actual motte and bailey castles that the Normans were fond of, then this makes sense. You put your weakest arguments for which there is no support on the periphery (the motte)--e.g. "the Republicans are doomed, doomed in the midterms I tell you", then when pressed for facts and logic supporting that thesis, they retreat to the bailey that most GOP officeholders suck which by and large is held by most people here after repeated lessons in political history.

One assertion does not lead to the next but the disputant implicitly links the two so that the strong assertion predicts the weaker unsupported assertion as a natural consequence.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 01:12 PM (E4rtv)

350 335 Nah, Alice was more butch than I was.
— Sam the Butcher

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 01:13 PM (77rzZ)

351 "Leftwing women have a stroooooong inclination towards fascism."

Like the chicks who support Lindsay Clancy. I didn't remember this case until Better Bachelor brought it up in a video yesterday - https://tinyurl.com/mrhu4en5

In short - Lindsay Clancy murdered her 3 kids back in January of 2023. She took them into the basement one-by-one and strangled them with an exercise cord while her husband was out shopping and getting her meds. This isn't disputed by Lindsay's defense lawyer. To me, there might be a psych defense due to Lindsay's 30-odd medications, but that only should change if she spends the rest of her life in a psych ward or ride the lightning.

While this story is horrific in itself, what's really bothering is there's thousands of women on TikTok that are siding with Lindsay. Some are even going further and saying that the husband's the real murderer, based of astrological signs and how he looked on stand at a single moment. They've even set up a GoFundMe account for Lindsay, in her parent's name to get around the obvious prohibition of using these accounts to support an accused murderer.

Posted by: Thrawn at August 18, 2026 01:13 PM (lNxD2)

352 Should it not be "more butch" rather than "butcher"?
Posted by: Grammar Nazi

¿Quien es mas butcho?

Posted by: t-bird at August 18, 2026 01:13 PM (Cuw0G)

353 The motte-and-bailey"

Nah. Now Bailey Quarters...

Posted by: man at August 18, 2026 01:13 PM (XuXeR)

354 You can always tell when Elric the Blade is being serious. He returns to talking in "first person."

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 01:13 PM (dIske)

355 "the insult? if you punch "ju290" into wikipedia, it tells you the page doesn't exist and offers you a link to the ju90. however, the ju90 page contains a link to the ju290 page, which does, in fact, exist."

When I see easy-to-correct mistakes like that in Wikipedia, I fix them. OCD.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 01:13 PM (Jr5Lq)

356 It's old and tiring. And boring.
==
Dude, really?

pot vs kettle

Repetition is thy middle name.

Posted by: Insight at August 18, 2026 01:13 PM (anL5R)

357 Didn't the Beach Boys have a song with the lyrics, 'Be true to your school.'? Defend your sports league. Without knowing who you are, you have no identity.
Posted by: John at August 18, 2026 01:11 PM (9NUKl)

Didn't Tone Loc have a song with the lyric:

'So i threw him out; i don't mess around with no osca' meyer wiener; you must be sure the girl is pure for the funky cold medina.'

Posted by: Nelly at August 18, 2026 01:14 PM (6+ehB)

358 I guess The Sandwich Makers was taken.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 01:14 PM (+rw6l)

359 Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 18, 2026 01:08 PM (7Tl3i)

That was interesting - thanks!

So, you post a few Trump zingers, get your karma up to 50 and then inform them men can't become women and vice-versa.

Good to know.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 18, 2026 01:14 PM (Sco7b)

360 Holy shit, people. Really?

You guys gotta drop the meme where every comment I make about the physical attractiveness of any given lady is met with breathless indignation and hysterical denunciation.

It's old and tiring. And boring.
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Your brand took a hit with the Lupita Nyong'o proclamation.

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2026 01:14 PM (TN0g+)

361 The Milwaukee You Know What You Did

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 01:14 PM (+rw6l)

362 I’m in the give zero fucks camp on this. WNBA is a private league if they want dudes who pretend to be chicks playing, have at it. I’m not watching either way.

Or maybe I will watch if there are 6’8 290 lb dudes playing against women, and who score 80 points every game. Might be the best ratings they ever get.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 18, 2026 01:14 PM (qDa2L)

363 Illinois needs another WNBA team. The Evanston Betsy.
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at August 18, 2026 01:07 PM (dk1uA)

The Joliet Jake.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:14 PM (2YhKe)

364 306 I always come to AoS' smart military site for my WNBA news.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov
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WNBA is so pertinent to world events. And the 3 concerned people in America.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 01:14 PM (Cq/ve)

365 While this story is horrific in itself, what's really bothering is there's thousands of women on TikTok that are siding with Lindsay. Some are even going further and saying that the husband's the real murderer, based of astrological signs and how he looked on stand at a single moment. They've even set up a GoFundMe account for Lindsay, in her parent's name to get around the obvious prohibition of using these accounts to support an accused murderer.
Posted by: Thrawn at August 18, 2026 01:13 PM (lNxD2)
_______

100% pure tribalism. Same as when that black kid stabbed the white kid in the chest in Texas over literally NOTHING. There were a significant percentage of blacks -- and a lot of AWFuLs too -- who supported the stone-cold murderer unconditionally. Because he was part of their tribe.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 01:15 PM (iFTx/)

366 202 WNBA? *yawn*
Meanwhile on a more serious note, we are screwed:

https://tinyurl.com/mr3jz8ja
Posted by: wth at August 18, 2026 12:52 PM (UjdFS)
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Meh. Write a check.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at August 18, 2026 01:15 PM (VkY89)

367 "But if you make an ugly woman your wife
You'll be happy for the rest of your life"

Posted by: man at August 18, 2026 01:15 PM (XuXeR)

368 Ace,
I'll make you happy. I'm buying a WNBA franchise and naming it The Karens.
-Lex

Posted by: Lex at August 18, 2026 01:15 PM (+ScOG)

369 223 Frankly I'm surprised there's any demand for coke at Penn State let alone anyone with the chops to deal it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2026 12:54 PM (JvZF+)

It helps the Freshmen forget their grades.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 18, 2026 01:15 PM (wtvvX)

370 >>While this story is horrific in itself, what's really bothering is there's thousands of women on TikTok that are siding with Lindsay. Some are even going further and saying that the husband's the real murderer, based of astrological signs and how he looked on stand at a single moment.

Who here would be happy of social media platforms permanently crashed? Tiktok/Instagram/Facbook (and formerly Twitter) does a magnificent job of facilitating crazy mindhive crap like this.

Seems like most women nowadays (present company excluded) are freaking nuts.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at August 18, 2026 01:16 PM (X8xt3)

371 If Nancy Mace gets a tattoo of Sophie Cunningham in the woods, does an angel get its wings?

Posted by: sifty boones at August 18, 2026 01:16 PM (D3O7T)

372 This is where the fun begins.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 01:16 PM (+rw6l)

373 That aussie chick rugby story reminds me of "3 is a magic number" when a big football player is carrying all the little football players around.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 18, 2026 01:16 PM (n5tGW)

374 Angel Reese is the first player in history, that I'm aware of anyway, to be selected to a Basketball All-Star Game, play significant minutes and score exactly ZERO POINTS.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:12 PM (2YhKe)

Didn't a member of the opposing team apologize for accidentally blocking one of her shots?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 01:16 PM (ExV1e)

375 I just don't see Ace as being a big sports fan type of guy.invluding men's and women's. He does seem to comment more about trans athletes which .......

Posted by: Paul at August 18, 2026 01:16 PM (4pL5s)

376 Indeed it is. My politics are agreement-based. The Constitution is the foundational and official agreement.

We should be amending it, not violating it. The 90s era bullshit argument of how incrementalism "preserves veneration" is how the Court argues it can slide the Constitution to adapt to new times (thus the opposite of "veneration").
Posted by: Axeman
========
All things must pass is the way of things, but the wisest of us argue, that that time is not now and act to stave it off by action.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 01:17 PM (E4rtv)

377
Who here would be happy of social media platforms permanently crashed? Tiktok/Instagram/Facbook (and formerly Twitter) does a magnificent job of facilitating crazy mindhive crap like this.

Seems like most women nowadays (present company excluded) are freaking nuts.
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at August 18, 2026 01:16 PM (X8xt3)

Who crossed the streams?!?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:17 PM (2YhKe)

378 368 Ace,
I'll make you happy. I'm buying a WNBA franchise and naming it The Karens.
-Lex

Posted by: Lex at August 18, 2026 01:15 PM (+ScOG)

I'm not sure what the WNBA equivalent of a casting couch is, but I bet it's large.

Enjoy!

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 18, 2026 01:17 PM (Sco7b)

379 I think that the trans sports issue ruining sports for girls is the best shot we have to redpill liberal parents - one hopes they love their girls.

Posted by: Iris at August 18, 2026 01:17 PM (286+n)

380
Didn't a member of the opposing team apologize for accidentally blocking one of her shots?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 01:16 PM (ExV1e)

Yes.

The defender was standing there, arms behind her back, and Reese hit her with the ball on the way up and lost control of it, counting as a blocked shot.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:18 PM (2YhKe)

381 "Meanwhile on a more serious note, we are screwed:
https://tinyurl.com/mr3jz8ja"

Concur. Some banker recently announced that we'll hit $50T debt in 2029. That's on top of $200T unfunded liabilities, and Lord knows how many $quadrillions in opaque derivative bombs.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 01:18 PM (Jr5Lq)

382 Really doesn't surprise me that in Talarico's current scam he would speak about "God-given rights".

Schumer has done it. Pelosi has done it. All the politicos that claim to be active in their faith fall back to it.

Heck, any of these people might actually believe it (whereas I don't find it quite the right fit). But it's how they construe or don't construe it.

Joe Biden used to say he agreed with the Catholic Church that abortion was murder. But he felt at that time that he can't decide for another person (like we do with "other murder"!). So he wasn't going to use his position to enforce the "Catholic Faith" on others.

Okay, and then he said "If I really believed in the reproductive rights of women," he would favor funding abortions so that women can make their choice.

To Joe's "credit", I've never heard him since then argue that he really, truly supports the position of the Catholic Church but he's just not going to impose his belief on others in an official capacity.

But the upshot is that when he started seeing it as a denial of human rights of a woman, he had to do something about it. When he just thought that hey, maybe it's murder, ... nah!

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 01:18 PM (Fi81e)

383 If only the world were run by seethingly-angry toxic lesbians.
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Ace that is a triple redundancy. Well played sir. Well. Played.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 18, 2026 01:18 PM (xvV+O)

384 Didn't a member of the opposing team apologize for accidentally blocking one of her shots?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 01:16 PM (ExV1e)

Yes.

The defender was standing there, arms behind her back, and Reese hit her with the ball on the way up and lost control of it, counting as a blocked shot.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:18 PM (2YhKe)
_______

"Meh"

-- Butt Fumble

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 01:19 PM (iFTx/)

385 365 While this story is horrific in itself, what's really bothering is there's thousands of women on TikTok that are siding with Lindsay. Some are even going further and saying that the husband's the real murderer, based of astrological signs and how he looked on stand at a single moment. They've even set up a GoFundMe account for Lindsay, in her parent's name to get around the obvious prohibition of using these accounts to support an accused murderer.
Posted by: Thrawn at August 18, 2026 01:13 PM (lNxD2)
_______

100% pure tribalism. Same as when that black kid stabbed the white kid in the chest in Texas over literally NOTHING. There were a significant percentage of blacks -- and a lot of AWFuLs too -- who supported the stone-cold murderer unconditionally. Because he was part of their tribe.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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Pretty much. And the Pied Pipers of the Internet Influencers get shown up as frauds again and again when reality smacks them upside the head.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 01:19 PM (E4rtv)

386 The Cincinnati It's Fine.

Posted by: Karen McWinemom at August 18, 2026 01:19 PM (2Ez/1)

387 Stanford Cardinal (the color, not the bird) were the first.

Posted by: Don at August 18, 2026 01:19 PM (H9FpV)

388
What is the actual purpose of the WNBA, which runs a $40 million deficit that is paid by the NBA? There is no prospect of the league becoming profitable. They are an embarrassing public clown show. Who benefits?

Usually with funding comes control, but apparently nobody is demanding anything in return for the $40 million.

Is the NBA paying protection money? Does the NBA believe that the existence of the WNBA helps them in some way?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 18, 2026 01:19 PM (azNOR)

389
Concur. Some banker recently announced that we'll hit $50T debt in 2029. That's on top of $200T unfunded liabilities, and Lord knows how many $quadrillions in opaque derivative bombs.
Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 01:18 PM (Jr5Lq)

Easy... Just print more money...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2026 01:19 PM (726Da)

390 If Nancy Mace gets a tattoo of Sophie Cunningham in the woods, does an angel get its wings?
Posted by: sifty boones at August 18, 2026 01:16 PM (D3O7T)

If she doesn't have something like 'Gangsta' across her face, maybe with a black tear, she's a poser.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 01:19 PM (ExV1e)

391 Didn't a member of the opposing team apologize for accidentally blocking one of her shots?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 01:16 PM (ExV1e)

Geez that sounds like the Babylon Bee

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 01:19 PM (+rw6l)

392
Concur. Some banker recently announced that we'll hit $50T debt in 2029. That's on top of $200T unfunded liabilities, and Lord knows how many $quadrillions in opaque derivative bombs.
==
Fear not, AI will save us.

Posted by: That is a Joke people. A joke. at August 18, 2026 01:19 PM (anL5R)

393 yesterday at r/wnba

Happy Birthday Sophie Cunningham! Happy (almost belated) Birthday from the west coast. May you find comfort and zen in your 30's!

(Tons of simple replies wishing her a happy birthday are hidden because they have hundreds of downvotes)

Cunningham and her supporters are on the wrong side of history. We've argued the logical humane side and not much more productive will happen on a reddit sub regarding this issue. Donate to an LGBTQ+ org, volunteer for candidates that support trans people, and keep it moving. Don't engage with these posts that are trying to rage bait. Down vote and move on. Post lots of quality content about your non-Fever related teams.

MAGA grift ruins everything it touches, including this sub apparently

The republican alt wnba sub has been egging its members on all day to brigade this sub because the mods here are “censoring” posts and comments about cunningham, meaning they enabled a bot filter because transphobes are pretending to like her/this sport in order to be openly transphobic

Hope she’s out of the league next year

She'll be out in two months. Then we’ll be tortured by her on Fox News

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 18, 2026 01:19 PM (7Tl3i)

394 383 If only the world were run by seethingly-angry toxic lesbians.
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Ace that is a triple redundancy. Well played sir. Well. Played.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious
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Well, he left out busty but I suspect that you don't want to see these particular players naked. Tattoos alone might scar you for life.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 01:20 PM (E4rtv)

395 That aussie chick rugby story reminds me of "3 is a magic number" when a big football player is carrying all the little football players around.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 18, 2026 01:16 PM (n5tGW)

You asked for it...........ish.....

https://youtu.be/bqps9oKETdA

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:20 PM (2YhKe)

396 What is the actual purpose of the WNBA, which runs a $40 million deficit that is paid by the NBA? There is no prospect of the league becoming profitable. They are an embarrassing public clown show. Who benefits?

Usually with funding comes control, but apparently nobody is demanding anything in return for the $40 million.

Is the NBA paying protection money? Does the NBA believe that the existence of the WNBA helps them in some way?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 18, 2026 01:19 PM (azNOR)
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The NBA is paying for papal indulgences for all the male criminals, thugs, and wife-abusers in the NBA.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 01:20 PM (iFTx/)

397 381 "Meanwhile on a more serious note, we are screwed:
https://tinyurl.com/mr3jz8ja"

Concur. Some banker recently announced that we'll hit $50T debt in 2029. That's on top of $200T unfunded liabilities, and Lord knows how many $quadrillions in opaque derivative bombs.

Posted by: gp
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Or, it's another horse shit story breathing hysteria intent on demoralizing those in favor of the current administration.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 01:21 PM (Cq/ve)

398
Did they MK-Ultra Nancy Mace?

I don't trust the IC at all anymore.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 01:21 PM (Fi81e)

399 390.

I think her next planned tattoo is cobwebs on her elbows and a 4-leaf clover on her tramp stamp.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 18, 2026 01:21 PM (D3O7T)

400 If Nancy Mace gets a tattoo of Sophie Cunningham in the woods, does an angel get its wings?
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I have always held as true, the proposition that most people in congress are actually insane.

This is evidence in support of that proposition.

Posted by: Rule No. 1 at August 18, 2026 01:21 PM (anL5R)

401 I heard there was a car that had a couple of WNBA DREAM tickets on the front seat.

Somebody broke in and left two more.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 18, 2026 01:21 PM (xvV+O)

402 Elric, the Horde does that to all us guys. I get dumped on for singing Kate Upton’s charms.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 01:21 PM (77rzZ)

403 Lakers.
Posted by: BruceWayne

Dodgers.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 18, 2026 01:22 PM (DLZj8)

404 When you're a Jet, you're a Jet all the way
Not some singular name gang of faggots.

Posted by: Riff at August 18, 2026 01:22 PM (wGerL)

405 When you're a Jet, you're a Jet all the way
Not some singular name gang of faggots.

Posted by: Riff at August 18, 2026 01:22 PM (wGerL)

Word.

Posted by: Jet Li at August 18, 2026 01:23 PM (2YhKe)

406 I heard there was a car that had a couple of WNBA DREAM tickets on the front seat.

Somebody broke in and left two more.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 18, 2026 01:21 PM (xvV+O)

https://youtu.be/RgZZBwG7slY

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 01:23 PM (ExV1e)

407 Is "reddit" like a German word for "pack of retards"?

Posted by: Wally at August 18, 2026 01:23 PM (avzFa)

408 402 Elric, the Horde does that to all us guys. I get dumped on for singing Kate Upton’s charms.
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 01:21 PM (77rzZ)

You mean her flesh-and-fat sheathes coupled to mammary glands? What about them?

Posted by: Thrawn at August 18, 2026 01:24 PM (lNxD2)

409 Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 18, 2026 01:19 PM (7Tl3i)

You, sir, are a national treasure.

Posted by: Robert at August 18, 2026 01:24 PM (dpXJq)

410 Or, it's another horse shit story breathing hysteria intent on demoralizing those in favor of the current administration.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 01:21 PM (Cq/ve)

It is a problem. There are only a handful of even feasible solutions to attempt. The current administration is one of the only political axes even paying lip service to any of those solutions.

All these things seem true to me.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 01:24 PM (Ot/FD)

411 think that the trans sports issue ruining sports for girls is the best shot we have to redpill liberal parents - one hopes they love their girls.

Posted by: Iris at August 18, 2026 01:17 PM (286+n)

The libs always use one group to try and ruin another and then another group to turn on the last group, and ruin them in turn. And usually the initial ruined group would have been the protector.

Example: Women ruin men. Then trannies ruin women. Then muslims come in to dance on the ruined women but then come for trannies.

It has to be demonic.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 01:24 PM (+rw6l)

412 But not in the good way.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2026 12:50 PM (Y/06r)

If you haven't heard of it, creator called Statstuffer on Youtube has a field day putting up Angel Reese clips and just mocking how bad she is relentlessly. It's painful how bad she is.

Posted by: Nelly at August 18, 2026 01:24 PM (6+ehB)

413 I get dumped on for singing Kate Upton’s charms.
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 01:21 PM (77rzZ)

By who? A gay?

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 01:25 PM (+rw6l)

414 If I wanted to watch lesbians beating each other up, I'd watch the livestream of the Canadian Parliament.

Posted by: zombie at August 18, 2026 01:25 PM (Av6i5)

415 If I wanted to watch lesbians beating each other up, I'd watch the livestream of the Canadian Parliament.
Posted by: zombie at August 18, 2026 01:25 PM (Av6i5)

The UFC is an alternative. There's usually plenty of blood.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:26 PM (2YhKe)

416 Elric, the Horde does that to all us guys. I get dumped on for singing Kate Upton’s charms.
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 01:21 PM (77rzZ)
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Well, she's got a monster rack so that should get her a pass from all the boob-obsessed here.

I think the average "ranking" of any given lady on this site is 75% the size of her rack, and 20% her politics.

Hence the overwhelming adoration for Sydney Sweeney here. Great rack, great politics (I think), but mid-level face that requires a lot of makeup and filtering.

Watch that boxing movie she made. She is unrecognizable.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 01:26 PM (iFTx/)

417 413 I get dumped on for singing Kate Upton’s charms.
Posted by: Bulg

You think YOU have it rough?

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 18, 2026 01:26 PM (7Tl3i)

418
The NBA is paying for papal indulgences for all the male criminals, thugs, and wife-abusers in the NBA.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

=================

Entirely appropriate considering professional sports is a religion.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 01:26 PM (XJ22o)

419 When you're a Jet, you're a Jet all the way
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Is this the part where Ace and Garrett break into a dance-fight?

Posted by: super gay at August 18, 2026 01:27 PM (anL5R)

420 Now that Jason Arday has gone to Carousel, who's next in line? We need to force every fraudulent academic into suicide. It's the most humane way.

Posted by: zombie at August 18, 2026 01:27 PM (Av6i5)

421 our application is on its way to headquarters...

Posted by: The Boston Fart-Clam at August 18, 2026 01:27 PM (6eubQ)

422 It has to be demonic.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 01:24 PM (+rw6l)
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Agree.

Outside of that, we're not anywhere near as rational as we pretend we'd like to be.

There again, the scriptural overlay--no matter how much I like that image--touches points with this behavior far and above alternative overlays.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 01:27 PM (Fi81e)

423 It has to be demonic.
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If you want to see "demonic", check out the youtube/tik-toc short videos where the guy stands on public street corners and university campuses promoting the abolition of abortion. Seemingly "regular" human beings transform into demonic ragefits almost instantly when viewing him and his signs.

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2026 01:27 PM (TN0g+)

424 Great rack, great politics (I think), but mid-level face that requires a lot of makeup and filtering.

Mostly it requires that she smile but your thesis is probably correct.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 01:27 PM (ExV1e)

425 If I wanted to watch lesbians beating each other up, I'd watch the livestream of the Canadian Parliament.
Posted by: zombie at August 18, 2026 01:25 PM (Av6i5)

The UFC is an alternative. There's usually plenty of blood.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:26 PM (2YhKe)
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Props to those ladies for the training and fantastic shape they're in. But I just can't get into ladies beating the shit outta each other.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 01:28 PM (iFTx/)

426 $1000 a seat? Are you all insane? To watch what are essentially boys high school players, only butcher?
>>>
Never give a sucker an even break.

Posted by: W.C. Fields at August 18, 2026 01:28 PM (wVcYX)

427 When you're a Jet, you're a Jet all the way
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And you're still plotting Mark Sanchez's demise....

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 01:28 PM (Fi81e)

428
Entirely appropriate considering professional sports is a religion.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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So it seems.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 18, 2026 01:28 PM (XeU6L)

429 We need to force every fraudulent academic into suicide. It's the most humane way.

"Oh, the Humanities!"

I mean, are any of them serious?

Posted by: t-bird at August 18, 2026 01:29 PM (Cuw0G)

430 I get dumped on for singing Kate Upton’s charms.
Posted by: Bulg

You think YOU have it rough?
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 18, 2026 01:26 PM

Excuse me?

Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein of Brattleboro, VT at August 18, 2026 01:29 PM (0sNs1)

431
Hence the overwhelming adoration for Sydney Sweeney here. Great rack, great politics (I think), but mid-level face that requires a lot of makeup and filtering.
==
She is a pretty well built girl. She isn't a total butter face, but she has some bulldog like quality to her. She looks much better smiling as do most. But unsmiling she does not have a great look. But as an older fellow, I kid you not when i say personality and a willing attitude mean more than any physical characteristic as long as you aren't looking like triggleypuff.

Posted by: super gay at August 18, 2026 01:30 PM (anL5R)

432 Is the NBA paying protection money?"

Si.

(Seriously)

Posted by: man at August 18, 2026 01:30 PM (XuXeR)

433 Yeah, when Sydney smiles her butterface goes away.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 01:30 PM (77rzZ)

434 Great rack, great politics (I think), but mid-level face that requires a lot of makeup and filtering.

Mostly it requires that she smile but your thesis is probably correct.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 01:27 PM (ExV1e)
____

She's actually pretty good as an actress in the boxing movie. The movie itself was boring and cliched. But she was good. No way did she look like anyone anyone here would want to fuck, though.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 01:30 PM (iFTx/)

435 Holy shit, people. Really?

You guys gotta drop the meme where every comment I make about the physical attractiveness of any given lady is met with breathless indignation and hysterical denunciation.

It's old and tiring. And boring.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 01:11 PM (iFTx/)

Sayeth on every single thread the same Elric: FIRST!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 18, 2026 01:30 PM (PGK1w)

436 Yeah, when Sydney smiles her butterface goes away.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 01:30 PM (77rzZ)
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Agree.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 01:31 PM (Fi81e)

437 Holy shit, people. Really?

You guys gotta drop the meme where every comment I make about the physical attractiveness of any given lady is met with breathless indignation and hysterical denunciation.

It's old and tiring. And boring.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 01:11 PM (iFTx/)

Sayeth on every single thread the same Elric: FIRST!
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 18, 2026 01:30 PM (PGK1w)
______

Not recently. I've been slow on the draw. Dull blade ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 01:31 PM (iFTx/)

438
Now that Jason Arday has gone to Carousel, who's next in line? We need to force every fraudulent academic into suicide. It's the most humane way.
Posted by: zombie

=================

zombie, it's been a while since we've enjoyed your activism. Are you interested in things like plagiarism sniffing and cv investigation? If one dedicated individual simply starts the most cursory look at the top Black scholars in _____ Studies departments at top universities, armies of fraudsters will be found overnight.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 01:31 PM (XJ22o)

439 Virginia Slims (?!).

You've traveled a long way, yo.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at August 18, 2026 01:32 PM (qwx/I)

440
420 Now that Jason Arday has gone to Carousel, who's next in line? We need to force every fraudulent academic into suicide. It's the most humane way.
Posted by: zombie at August 18, 2026 01:27 PM

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We can't force them into suicide. Only their Leftist allies can.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 18, 2026 01:32 PM (azNOR)

441 Climate Pledge Arena?

Isn't that something?
Posted by: ace at August 18, 2026 12:29 PM (1wjle)

I use Climate Pledge to put a lovely shine on my wicker furniture.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 12:34 PM (1z8ji)

I'm sure the Climate Pledge donates heavily for putting their name on the stadium.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 01:32 PM (uhVAy)

442
James Woods would be a good Press Secretary, come to think of it.
Posted by: sifty boones at August 18, 2026 01:08 PM (D3O7T)

Especially if he did pressers in-character as Jack Crow from Vampires.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 18, 2026 01:33 PM (y9nCu)

443 We haz a nood!

Posted by: Nazdar at August 18, 2026 01:33 PM (NcvvS)

444 ...personality and a willing attitude mean more than any physical characteristic as long as you aren't looking like triggleypuff.
Posted by: super gay

There is iron in my pants when I see her smile.

Posted by: 10 Bears at August 18, 2026 01:33 PM (THJS/)

445 >>"Oh, the Humanities!"

I mean, are any of them serious?

Posted by: t-bird at August 18, 2026 01:29 PM

Anyone who pays for an "education" in the Humanities is getting swindled, and will never pay off her student loans, mostly because of the nose ring and tattoo investments. Those oversize glasses don't come cheap, you know.

Posted by: huerfano at August 18, 2026 01:33 PM (2Xqig)

446 Someone should take the time to have AI put Benny Hill following her around smacking her on the head like he did to the old bald guy.
Posted by: Sponge

I have a name, Mr. Sponge. And stop dancing up there!

Posted by: Little Jackie Wright at August 18, 2026 01:34 PM (JM9I6)

447 Nood. Talarico adjacent.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 01:34 PM (ExV1e)

448 nood

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 01:34 PM (Jr5Lq)

449 Climate Pledge Arena?

Isn't that something?
Posted by: ace at August 18, 2026 12:29 PM (1wjle)

I use Climate Pledge to put a lovely shine on my wicker furniture.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 12:34 PM (1z8ji)

I'm sure the Climate Pledge donates heavily for putting their name on the stadium.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 01:32 PM (uhVAy)
_______

They probably "donate" taxpayer money that got funneled to them in the dead of night by some slimy cocksucker like Joe Biden.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 01:34 PM (iFTx/)

450 James Woods would be a good Press Secretary, come to think of it.
Posted by: sifty boones at August 18, 2026 01:08 PM (D3O7T)

Especially if he did pressers in-character as Jack Crow from Vampires.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 18, 2026 01:33 PM (y9nCu)

That movie has major issues and also suffered from having its plot shaved down (it originally involved the Pope, kinda like the book the movie's adapted from), but James Woods is great in it. Some of the guitar stings are kewl too.

Posted by: Thrawn at August 18, 2026 01:35 PM (lNxD2)

451 We need to force every fraudulent academic into suicide. It's the most humane way.

"Oh, the Humanities!"

I mean, are any of them serious?
Posted by: t-bird at August 18, 2026 01:29 PM (Cuw0G)

I assume they are all fraudulent grifters. The alternative that they believe the nonsense is worse, because then they are insane.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 01:35 PM (uhVAy)

452 Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2026 01:27 PM (TN0g+)

I will check it out. Your description is too tempting to pass up

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 01:37 PM (+rw6l)

453 Now that Jason Arday has gone to Carousel, who's next in line? We need to force every fraudulent academic into suicide. It's the most humane way.
Posted by: zombie at August 18, 2026 01:27 PM (Av6i5)

Are you suggesting it is time to renew academia?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2026 01:37 PM (rbvCR)

454 Shut up, Mary.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at August 18, 2026 01:38 PM (JvZF+)

455 But not in the good way.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2026 12:50 PM (Y/06r)

If you haven't heard of it, creator called Statstuffer on Youtube has a field day putting up Angel Reese clips and just mocking how bad she is relentlessly. It's painful how bad she is.
Posted by: Nelly at August 18, 2026 01:24 PM (6+ehB)

is he the one who shouts AAAANGEL REEEESE when she mebounds?

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 01:39 PM (uhVAy)

456
Hence the overwhelming adoration for Sydney Sweeney here. Great rack, great politics (I think), but mid-level face that requires a lot of makeup and filtering.
==
She is a pretty well built girl. She isn't a total butter face, but she has some bulldog like quality to her. She looks much better smiling as do most. But unsmiling she does not have a great look. But as an older fellow, I kid you not when i say personality and a willing attitude mean more than any physical characteristic as long as you aren't looking like triggleypuff.
Posted by: super gay at August 18, 2026 01:30 PM (anL5R)

Aside from her boner-inducing bod, she's got a great smile, good sense of humor and she restores old cars as a hobby. I get the feeling that she'd fit right in with the 'ettes here.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 18, 2026 01:40 PM (y9nCu)

457
...And, the WNBA is nothing more than a money ~~laundering~~ losing op for the NBA.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at August 18, 2026 12:34 PM (GTqXr)

FIFY

Posted by: naturalfake at August 18, 2026 01:41 PM (iJfKG)

458 Someday the interest in WNBA will fade and be replaced by trans ping pong.

I could have made that layup, Angel. Pathetic.

I only watched girls HS basketball because I was on the bench or forced in for a long shot and free throws to avoid blackeyes and a concussion (I already had two shiners and one concussion, which was during practice). I was more interested in the HS boy's basketball game that followed. Have not watched girl' basketball since.

Did it take trans in this sport to get national interest?

Now due to Sophie people watch and/or throw green dildos. I think they were green, possibly purple. Or rainbow dildos.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2026 01:41 PM (hzuYO)

459 The Atlanta Dream believes in creating a safe and inclusive environment for everyone.

Everyone, of course, does not include straights, whites, males, Constitutionalists, conservatives, Christians, gun-owners, nor anyone who works in the Oil & Gas industry.

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at August 18, 2026 01:59 PM (bufu1)

460
"It's so fucking gay and stupid."

Gay and stupid. It's what they do best.

Posted by: Forheremenaremen at August 18, 2026 02:16 PM (HB5Gm)

461 "Climate Pledge Arena." JFC, it's the Coliseum or even Key Arena, where the Supersonics used to play. There was a shooting very nearby at the fountain. This bullshit and the city going after volunteers who risk death picking up used fent syringes make me despair my hometown. Seattle was the best place on Earth until Grunge, Frasier, and CA transplants decided to destroy it. No, wait, who am I kidding; it's always been a leftist/anarchist hotbed - the only place in the USA ever to hold a "general strike" (1919) and the 1999 WTO riots for an early modern glimpse at the anarchocommunist black bloc "direct action" we see today.

My folks have in town (north of Ballard) there that I will inherit when they pass and I'm seriously thinking of just selling it out of hand.

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at August 18, 2026 02:31 PM (gUs21)

462 I thought the use of singular nouns for sports team names took off during the brief but spectacular life of the World Football League in 1974. Who can forget the tumultuous Portland Storm? The red hot Southern California Sun? The even redder-hotter Chicago Fire? The tolling of the Philadelphia Bell? And, my personal favorite: The Shreveport Steamer?

Posted by: Schroedinger's Cat Wears the Emperor's New Clothes at August 18, 2026 03:14 PM (bWR5k)

463 maybe soap cum would make it past the gatekeepers.

Posted by: cmeat at August 18, 2026 05:38 PM (Bep7s)

464 "There used to be FOUR singular teams in all of American professional sports."

Nope. Gotta include the Red Sox and White Sox.

Posted by: Chuck Finley at August 18, 2026 06:15 PM (pE12i)

465 I'm late to the party, but this article made me think of when Indianapolis had a pro hockey team--from 1974-1978, and they were called the Indiana Racers. Isn't that just perfect? It rhymed with "Pacers" and Indianapolis is known for being the racing capitol of the world. They were only around for about 5 years, but the owner--Nelson Skalbania--signed 17 yr old Wayne Gretzky who moved on to the Edmonton Oilers.

Posted by: AgathaPagatha at August 18, 2026 07:56 PM (zDWkG)

The Morning Rant: What Don't You Understand About Socialists?

The idea that Socialism is just another political philosophy is embedded in a certain segment of our country. You know...the morons. "Sure! Let's try it out! Maybe it will work!" These are the ignorant among us who never learned a damned thing about the evils of socialism, because their teachers were crypto-socialists...or as is increasingly common...out-and-proud!

That speaks to two issues. The first is the complete takeover of the educational apparatus by the progressive movement. And the second is the pathetic state of the intellects who are drawn to teaching. Anyone know a serious and intelligent teacher? Sure...they exist. But there aren't many of them.

The reality is that socialism is not a political philosophy that seeks to manage the functions of government. It is a political philosophy that seeks to seize the reins of power and manipulate society to its own ends. The smooth functioning of government operations is nowhere to be found. Rather, those operations are co-opted into the process of converting everything into a vehicle for furthering the aims of socialism.

That the editorial board of the New York Post doesn't understand this basic premise is terrifying indeed! Notice that "socialism" or "DSA" isn't mentioned once in this editorial.

Mayor Klutz — what’s behind Mamdani’s long string of fumbles, failures and fiascos

The mayor has reportedly turned thin-skinned and shouty behind closed doors, and it’s easy to see why: He’s in over his head, with a staff dominated by fellow tunnel-visioned lefties.
Too bad it’s the rest of us who pay the worst price for Mayor Klutz’s misrule.

So the real issue is that Mamdani is an idiot and an incompetent?

No...it isn't. Mamdani doesn't give a rat's ass whether NYC runs efficiently. His only goal is the consolidation of government resources in furtherance of his personal goals: the ascendance of socialism, and the ascendance of Islamism. That the wider culture might see him as a buffoon is meaningless. He is busily taking control of the money, and directing it to his supporters within the city government and outside of government in the thousands of NGOs that orbit NYC's vast amounts of cash. They are the ones who will promote his policies among the various racial and ethnic divisions in NYC.

New York City voted for him. Or more correctly; New York City didn't bother to vote, and got a socialist, terror-supporting Shia 12er as Mayor. And Mamdani's only goal is to continue the policies that will get him reelected, and consolidate Islam and socialism in NYC. That the NY Post doesn't understand this is an embarrassment.

[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 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026 11:00 AM (CszeO)

2 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 18, 2026 11:01 AM (NcvvS)

3 Anyone know a serious and intelligent teacher? Sure...they exist. But there aren't many of them.

Had one in junior college. He'd start a business, build it up, get bored and sell it. Teach until he got bored and go start another business. Rinse & repeat.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026 11:02 AM (CszeO)

4 >> Fox News Power Rankings: As Democrats turn left, Black voters tap the brakes
Two-thirds of young Americans and 71% of Hispanics disapprove of Trump, but Black voters haven't fully returned

“ There isn’t much evidence that Democrats have figured out how to talk to these voters again, but for two of the three groups, Trump’s declining approval rating is doing the job for them.”

https://tinyurl.com/22dmn8je

Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 11:03 AM (q1tXs)

5 Socialism is fueled by the 3 great errors of our age - Hedonism, Nihilism, and Existentialism. They are the ruinous errors in thinking that are opposed to the truth.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 11:03 AM (Gqar8)

6 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 11:03 AM (2YhKe)

7 That speaks to two issues. The first is the complete takeover of the educational apparatus by the progressive movement. And the second is the pathetic state of the intellects who are drawn to teaching.

Pfffffft. I'd like to see YOU write a sentence of this quality. No wonder they're defending his once in a century talent.

“Replete with espoused discourses of equality, diversity and inclusion within public bodies, is the UK, wherein lauded initiatives reward its universities’ commitments to increasing the access and positioning of ‘women’ in higher education.”

https://tinyurl.com/4xwxj9zj

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 11:03 AM (Riz8t)

8 I understand socialism very well. Socialists believe that they are going to get paid to sit around writing bad poetry without laboring in the fields. Ahahahahahaha please face wall

Posted by: Vod Kaknockers at August 18, 2026 11:04 AM (LOZbR)

9 Two-thirds of young Americans and 71% of Hispanics disapprove of Trump, but Black voters haven't fully returned

71 % of Hispanics ? Why do I doubt that... Unless they're talking about illegals...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2026 11:04 AM (726Da)

10 Sure, I get it, you can't win elections just pointing at the socialist and yelling "he's a socialist!", because the electorate doesn't seem to know about the 20th century.

But calling them what they are may be a good start in the direction of educating the dummies.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2026 11:05 AM (aWka8)

11 I need pizza

Posted by: the nephew at August 18, 2026 11:06 AM (LOZbR)

12 9 Two-thirds of young Americans and 71% of Hispanics disapprove of Trump, but Black voters haven't fully returned

71 % of Hispanics ? Why do I doubt that... Unless they're talking about illegals...
Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2026 11:04 AM (726Da)

It is a poll. All polls are biased and push an agenda.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 11:06 AM (Gqar8)

13 And Mamdani's only goal is to continue the policies that will get him reelected

One thing that fascinates me in conversations I have with lefty LIVs is that they don't quite get this part.

If you make it clear you will vote for an opposing politician...AND DO IT...in the future all politicians will consider what impact the policies they pursue will have on the next election, if OTOH, you always vote for the same politicians because Republicans are big meanies then well the Dems learn they can do literally anything and you will vote for them

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 11:06 AM (sKqQm)

14 Fox also has Talarico ahead in Texas.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 11:07 AM (q1tXs)

15 14 Fox also has Talarico ahead in Texas.
Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 11:07 AM (q1tXs)

Not just Fox, but they are one of the worst...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2026 11:07 AM (726Da)

16 14 Fox also has Talarico ahead in Texas.
Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 11:07 AM (q1tXs)

Well sure, if you poll UT Austin, and the Houston Hood.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 11:08 AM (Gqar8)

17 It’s much simpler.

Socialism is alluring to weak people because who doesn’t want a bunch of free stuff for doing nothing? Why work when I don’t have to right bro? Mamdani will make everything free. Awesome.

Those with an IQ above room temperature and/or anyone who has studied history understand it can’t work. But sadly there are tens of millions of low IQ uninformed voters who fall for it again and again and again.

It’s cyclical and will never end.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 18, 2026 11:08 AM (qDa2L)

18 14 Fox also has Talarico ahead in Texas.

And John Cornyn is a lock for reelection.

Posted by: Fox News at August 18, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t)

19 Polls are strip clubs and fire stations.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2026 11:09 AM (y+Apl)

20 Sure, I get it, you can't win elections just pointing at the socialist and yelling "he's a socialist!", because the electorate doesn't seem to know about the 20th century.

I'd like to see Rs run adds pointing out the things people don't like in society are directly related to Dem policies.

Housing expensive? Inflation from giving interest groups money and illegals

Crime? Illegals

Hard to find a job? Illegals and H1Bs

Make it clear what those votes determine to the voters.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 11:09 AM (sKqQm)

21 Ohio senate seat also doesn’t look good for the GOP

Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 11:09 AM (q1tXs)

22 An entire generation, or two, of people run through public schools and then on to college or some university are never educated. They're indoctrinated. They end up at the end of their time in academia with no degree, no diploma in anything other than "Socialism."

They then go out into the world and are horribly frustrated with their job/life prospects because they've got zero useful skills.

They're angry. And it's all your fault. So they'll take from you to make themselves whole... without all that work they can't seem to be bothered with.

Between this shit and the Islamic hordes we're going to have our hands full.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2026 11:09 AM (2Cry5)

23 21 Ohio senate seat also doesn’t look good for the GOP
Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 11:09 AM (q1tXs)

That one doesn't look good, but I'm not buying the Texas race...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2026 11:10 AM (726Da)

24
Socialism is alluring to weak people because who doesn’t want a bunch of free stuff for doing nothing? Why work when I don’t have to right bro? Mamdani will make everything free. Awesome.

Yep. I see this playing out constantly. The D candidate promises free stuff, the R meanie doesn't want to give me free stuff so...f*ck that R candidate.

Where does the free stuff come from? Who cares.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 11:10 AM (sKqQm)

25 Trump won in part because he had a nice clean message. Deport illegals, cut the price of eggs.

Thats what wins elections easy bumper sticker type slogans. The GOP explaining why socialism doesn’t work is hard to do in that context.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 18, 2026 11:11 AM (qDa2L)

26 14 Fox also has Talarico ahead in Texas.
Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 11:07 AM

How was the poll conducted?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 18, 2026 11:11 AM (2Ez/1)

27 In my more charitable moments, I can actually agree, in principle that a more egalitarian society is in some way a noble ideal.

I am not persuaded that Revolutionary anarchists and bomb throwers are the means to effect such a society in any way. Near as I can tell from History, it merely exchanges one set of crooks for another, usually worse. “Democracy is like riding the bus. When you get to your destination, you get off.”

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 11:11 AM (ZX9JC)

28 I’m all in on hand waiving off the polls. They’re more designed to impact public opinion than anything else. But I think some of the turnout models are what we should be concerned with. People may not show up because they’re pissed about the economy or whatever is making their asses sore. But three is a real cut off your nose to spite your face contingent out there.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 11:12 AM (q1tXs)

29 The mayor has reportedly turned thin-skinned and shouty behind closed doors, and it’s easy to see why: He’s in over his head, with a staff dominated by fellow tunnel-visioned lefties.
Too bad it’s the rest of us who pay the worst price for Mayor Klutz’s misrule.

You bring that shit on yourselves Every. F*cking. Time.

You NEVER learn. You had it good under Giuliani. You replaced him with Bloomberg. You replaced HIM with DeBlasio........

NYC voters are the epitome of stupid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 11:12 AM (2YhKe)

30 Where does the free stuff come from? Who cares.

It will come from robots and AI, duh. You know, at least until they rise up and destroy us because we're useless eaters.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 11:12 AM (Riz8t)

31 *sips tasty umbrella drink*

Posted by: John Thune, certified asshole at August 18, 2026 11:12 AM (y+Apl)

32 See the link for all the polling data.

Not saying I agree with it btw.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 11:12 AM (q1tXs)

33 New York City voted for him. Or more correctly; New York City didn't bother to vote, and got a socialist, terror-supporting Shia 12er as Mayor.

If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

Posted by: Rush at August 18, 2026 11:13 AM (2YhKe)

34 MONKEY!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2026 11:13 AM (N1DT3)

35 If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

Whoa!

Posted by: Zen master at August 18, 2026 11:14 AM (Riz8t)

36 Fox isn’t some outlier. There have been several polls showing the same thing in Texas. Are they accurate? Who knows. But it’s not just Fox saying this.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 18, 2026 11:14 AM (qDa2L)

37 Smeagol - What’s that?
Deagol - It’s a RING
Smeagol - Give its to us, Deagol my love
Deagol - Why?
Because it’s my birthday, and we wants it

The plot of our time

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 11:14 AM (Gqar8)

38 Quick. Name a poll that's been accurate in the last 20 years.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 11:15 AM (2YhKe)

39 Where does the free stuff come from?
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Easy. Tax millionaiaaahs and billionaaiaahs.
- Bernie

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 18, 2026 11:15 AM (qDa2L)

40 Socialists and commies think that math applies to the value of individual humans. The first person singular does not exist for them. Or at least for those honest about their intentions.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 18, 2026 11:15 AM (XvL8K)

41 They have Texas and Georgia as toss ups. I do t know how realistic that is. But the Dems are dumping a ton of their cash into Georgia. For some reason their internals are telling them they can also go after some allegedly safe Republican senate seats like Kansas. I do t see it myself. Ohio is a real problem though. That te canary on the coal mine.

We need TJM to tell us how worthless the polls are until mid September. But if they do t change then…

Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 11:16 AM (q1tXs)

42 In my more charitable moments, I can actually agree, in principle that a more egalitarian society is in some way a noble ideal.

I think that's the wrong approach.

Until relatively recently the cost of living was dropping, at least on established things, yes yes we've added in new things like cell phones with their own costs but economic progress was bringing costs down.

Then this just stopped. Partly inflation, partly graft and crime, partly bureaucracy and regulation. And THIS is the problem

I don't care if Elon Musk has a brazillion dollars nor should anyone else. I do care that a dollar buys me half the goods and services it did in 2020. Fix this latter problem and you get rid of the wind pushing socialism

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 11:16 AM (sKqQm)

43 Socialism also rewards failure. (That might be why the people who support it are mostly failures themselves.)

If your socialist plans didn't work, CLEARLY you didn't go far enough. It's not that socialism has failed everywhere, it's that wreckers and saboteurs ruined it. We just have to control even more and THEN it will work!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2026 11:16 AM (N1DT3)

44 We survived Carter and Obama. We’ll survive Mamdani. Pendulum is always swinging.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 18, 2026 11:16 AM (qDa2L)

45 reportedly turned thin-skinned and shouty behind closed doors

There needs to be a priest in NYC who starts publicly preaching against Mamdani.

Just because I want it to be published he lost his s**t in one of these meetings and shouted, "Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?!"

Posted by: GWB at August 18, 2026 11:16 AM (kU0PQ)

46 Socialism is fueled by the 3 great errors of our age - Hedonism, Nihilism, and Existentialism...
Posted by: tubal

*********

Put Them All Together and Whattya Get?

Socialist philosophy's quite crappy
Advocates of which are truly sappy
Existentialism, Nihilism,
and throw in a bit of Hedonism

"I think, therefore, that nothing will make me happy!"

Posted by: muldoon at August 18, 2026 11:17 AM (I0N4X)

47 Democrats have a fraud and turnout machine that can only be beaten by Republicans getting to the polls. Our turnout is going to be the deciding factor. That what a lot of these polls are trying to discourage- republican turnout.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 11:18 AM (q1tXs)

48 The poisoned minds that we see acting out, everywhere now wil not be magically fixed. We are in for some rough rough years. If history means anything the correction will be horrendous.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 11:18 AM (Gqar8)

49
NYC voters are the epitome of stupid.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August

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I see it differently. Mamdani remains (and will remain) very popular, without regard to governance. He is an enemy of America's, and so are they. He hates whites, and so do they. He hates Jews, and so do they. Wealthy people, same. And above all, he hates Orangemanbad.

NYers are hate-based voters and he checks the boxes for them, and nothing else matters.

He could say "I'm releasing rabid raccoons throughout the city, because MAGA is afraid of rabies," and that would be a popular policy.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2026 11:18 AM (BI5O2)

50 We survived Carter and Obama. We’ll survive Mamdani. Pendulum is always swinging.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 18, 2026 11:16 AM (qDa2L)

Missing that it's harder and harder to come back each time.........and has negative effects on the economies and freedoms each time.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 11:19 AM (2YhKe)

51 Socialists and commies think that math applies to the value of individual humans. The first person singular does not exist for them. Or at least for those honest about their intentions.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 18, 2026 11:15 AM (XvL8K)

Umm... most socialists are VERY concerned about the first person singular: I, me, mine. EVERYTHING is about what has been denied to them because THEY are so much better than everyone else but those terrible people, like Trump, have so much more money. I deserve to have everything they have!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2026 11:19 AM (N1DT3)

52
He could say "I'm releasing rabid raccoons throughout the city, because MAGA is afraid of rabies," and that would be a popular policy.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2026 11:18 AM (BI5O2)

The epitome of stupid.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 11:19 AM (2YhKe)

53 Georgia currently has 2 Dem senators. Why is it so hard to fathom Georgia as a toss up?

2026 Georgia is vastly different than 2000 Georgia most people imagine when they think of the state. Things have changed dramatically over there.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 18, 2026 11:20 AM (qDa2L)

54 Socialism also rewards failure. (That might be why the people who support it are mostly failures themselves.)

If your socialist plans didn't work, CLEARLY you didn't go far enough. It's not that socialism has failed everywhere, it's that wreckers and saboteurs ruined it. We just have to control even more and THEN it will work!

I really don't know where all those kulaks have been hiding in America, but they're certainly doing a lot of damage. Take all their grain!!!

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 11:20 AM (Riz8t)

55 Turnout.

>>@EricLDaugh
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21s
>>🚨 NOW: FLORIDA REPUBLICANS ARE STORMING THE POLLS LIKE NO TOMORROW!!

>>Election day so far: R+11.5 FROM 2022

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 11:20 AM (viF8m)

56 They’re not poisoned minds. These people are full on retards. They have absolutely no grounding in reality. They buy 100% of what they have been sold even though it’s easily demonstrated as false.

That’s why they are fanatics. People like that don’t respond to facts, truths or reasoned debate. Anything that challenges their beliefs and shibboleths on a very material, factual way is destroyed or ignored. It’s a recipe for disaster when reality kicks them in the teeth.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 11:21 AM (q1tXs)

57 Socialism is a disguise for tyranny.

Posted by: davidt at August 18, 2026 11:21 AM (Q+gd/)

58 In my more charitable moments, I can actually agree, in principle that a more egalitarian society is in some way a noble ideal.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 11:11 AM (ZX9JC)

I agree. That is why barriers to entry to the American Dream must be dismantled. Government regulation is evil. Tax schemes to promote particular industries and corporations are evil. Taxation that penalizes entrepreneurial behavior is evil.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2026 11:21 AM (k5CNB)

59
Umm... most socialists are VERY concerned about the first person singular: I, me, mine. EVERYTHING is about what has been denied to them because THEY are so much better than everyone else but those terrible people, like Trump, have so much more money. I deserve to have everything they have!

I have a bunch of objectively rich lefty LIVs in my circle - they are in top 10% in income. They all rant about the need to "tax the rich" and then tell me they are barely making ends meet.

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

60 Things have changed dramatically over there.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 18, 2026 11:20 AM (qDa2L)

Especially behind the papered up windows of the polling places.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 11:21 AM (+rw6l)

61 We survived Carter and Obama. We’ll survive Mamdani. Pendulum is always swinging.
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Mere “Survival” is the standard? Nice. That is setting the bar awfully low. Our standard of living has been gutted. Wages stagnant since 1974. There should be affordable tourist flights orbiting the Moon by now. Most people have absolutely no concept of just how fucked over this nation really is.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 11:21 AM (ZX9JC)

62 Overheard at Bernie Sanders' deodorant aisle:

Sure you have a choice. Take it or leave it!

Posted by: muldoon at August 18, 2026 11:22 AM (I0N4X)

63 >>Georgia currently has 2 Dem senators. Why is it so hard to fathom Georgia as a toss up?

It's pretty clear why Georgia has 2 Dem senators. Same reason Biden came back in the middle of the night and "beat" Trump.

Georgia was ground zero for election rigging in 2020.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 11:22 AM (viF8m)

64 Oli oli gocky FREE!!!!

Posted by: Bernie Sanders at August 18, 2026 11:23 AM (2YhKe)

65 The islamist cult, more than anything else, needs to be defeated at all costs.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 11:23 AM (q1tXs)

66 Tell a kid you’ll feed him nothing but ice cream he’ll think you’re the greatest parent in the world. Make him eat vegetables you’re the worst parent in the world.

This is Ds and Rs for young voters. Ds want to give you ice cream and Rs want you to get a job.

Who do you think wins more votes?

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 18, 2026 11:23 AM (qDa2L)

67 I agree. That is why barriers to entry to the American Dream must be dismantled. Government regulation is evil. Tax schemes to promote particular industries and corporations are evil. Taxation that penalizes entrepreneurial behavior is evil.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2026 11:21 AM (k5CNB)

There's also the problem that government regulation necessarily harms small businesses more than large ones.

Is it any surprise that as government has gotten bigger, our corporations have also done so?

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2026 11:23 AM (N1DT3)

68 Conservatives allowed , maybe not the right word, the take over of public education. Complaining about it now is hypocritical. If you weren't part of the solution you are part of the problem.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2026 11:23 AM (gIjzl)

69 Especially behind the papered up windows of the polling places.
Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 11:21 AM

Don't forget the USB sticks...

Posted by: Francesca Hong at August 18, 2026 11:23 AM (2Ez/1)

70 The islamist cult, more than anything else, needs to be defeated at all costs.
Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 11:23 AM (q1tXs)

Know islham, no peace.

No islham, know peace.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 11:23 AM (2YhKe)

71 I have a bunch of objectively rich lefty LIVs in my circle - they are in top 10% in income. They all rant about the need to "tax the rich" and then tell me they are barely making ends meet.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 11:21 AM (sKqQm)

Contentment is a Christian virtue.

Envy is a socialist one.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2026 11:24 AM (N1DT3)

72 Supply and Demand.

As demand for free shit increases, politicians will promise more free shit.

Posted by: davidt at August 18, 2026 11:24 AM (Q+gd/)

73 >>Who do you think wins more votes?

Trump won the national popular vote in '24. It can be done. They just need to run better campaigns than they have in the past.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 11:24 AM (viF8m)

74 pretty clear why Georgia has 2 Dem senators. Same reason Biden came back in the middle of the night and "beat" Trump.

Georgia was ground zero for election rigging in 2020.
Posted by: JackStraw

Polls probably take that into account. At least a good pollster would.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 18, 2026 11:24 AM (qDa2L)

75 Mail-in Voting FTW.

If mail-in voting is allowed to continue unfettered, there will NEVER be a free and fair election in this country ever again.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 11:24 AM (2YhKe)

76 Trump should do a big speech about suicide is for yuuuge losers who aren't nearly as cool as his awesome voters and how only real MAGA Kings don't throw themselves from tall buildings, because that's for Leftist swine.

And then let the bodies hit the floor.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2026 11:24 AM (BI5O2)

77 The islamist cult, more than anything else, needs to be defeated at all costs.
Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 11:23 AM (q1tXs)

The first enemy we faced as a nation and the threat has only grown since.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2026 11:25 AM (N1DT3)

78 BAMN. We’re soaking in it.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 11:25 AM (Gqar8)

79 OMG and various other media outlets have PROVEN WITHOUT A DOUBT that there's fraud everywhere.

Nothing has been done about it. Not one thing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 11:25 AM (2YhKe)

80 Who do you think wins more votes?
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 18, 2026 11:23 AM

"Votes."
That's cute.

Posted by: Dominion Systems at August 18, 2026 11:25 AM (2Ez/1)

81 Socialism is fueled by the 3 great errors of our age - Hedonism, Nihilism, and Existentialism. They are the ruinous errors in thinking that are opposed to the truth.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 11:03 AM (Gqar

I would go with Envy and Sloth, and those have been around for millennia.

Great, now I have Flogging Molly's "Seven Deadly Sins" stuck in my head.

Posted by: pookysgirl, philosophizing too early in the day at August 18, 2026 11:25 AM (Wt5PA)

82 Yeah, look at Georgia prior to those two dunces being elected. No way I believe that’s a solid D state, even with all the trash that’s moved in. I think Ossass is a paper tiger. They’ve built him up to the point he’s thinking of running for potus. No way Pee Wee Herman could win that. In fact I think Georgia is completely winnable with their fraud machine in check.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 11:25 AM (q1tXs)

83 Umm... most socialists are VERY concerned about the first person singular: I, me, mine. EVERYTHING is about what has been denied to them because THEY are so much better than everyone else but those terrible people, like Trump, have so much more money. I deserve to have everything they have!
Posted by: Formerly Virginian
______

Note that I said "those honest about their intentions." You're talking about those, admittedly the majority, going with just their "feels." It's the minority, Lenin's "elite vanguard," that I'm referring to, and who will exploit those useful idiots.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 18, 2026 11:25 AM (XvL8K)

84 The early Georgia polls were heavily weighted Dem. A lot of them have mo ed or are slowly moving to toss up in August. That’s a clue.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 11:27 AM (q1tXs)

85 Great irony in that socialism is incredibly selfish wearing the skinsuit of the welfare of the people.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 11:27 AM (Gqar8)

86 86% of Americans support the SAVE act.

We can't even get THAT to a f*cking vote.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 11:27 AM (2YhKe)

87 This is Ds and Rs for young voters. Ds want to give you ice cream and Rs want you to get a job.

Who do you think wins more votes?
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 18, 2026 11:23 AM (qDa2L)

In that metaphor, the GOP is a bad parent. They're the ones who couldn't give any less of a fuck about whether you live or die, and if the Dems were serving you poisoned ice cream, they'd scoop it into the bowl as long as they let them watch while they bugger your corpse.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2026 11:28 AM (BI5O2)

88 We survived Carter and Obama. We’ll survive Mamdani. Pendulum is always swinging.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 18, 2026 11:16 AM (qDa2L)

Yes, we survive. But every time we elect someone like them, we always find we have less and less freedoms after they're gone. Freedoms we'll never fully enjoy again.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 18, 2026 11:28 AM (g8Ew8)

89 Primary day in Florida today. I need to register R one of these days. I am in a ruby red area, so the choice of who is elected is made during the primaries. It's just ... joining a political party is blech.

Posted by: Ann at August 18, 2026 11:28 AM (SHHm+)

90 Note that I said "those honest about their intentions." You're talking about those, admittedly the majority, going with just their "feels." It's the minority, Lenin's "elite vanguard," that I'm referring to, and who will exploit those useful idiots.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 18, 2026 11:25 AM (XvL8K)

While I will agree the elite socialists don't care about OTHER individuals, they are VERY concerned about themselves. That's why they want power.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2026 11:28 AM (N1DT3)

91 >>Polls probably take that into account. At least a good pollster would.

Polls never take that into account. Until recently, you were called an election denier if you even suggested that our elections were not secure.

Every single election cycle we go through same period where people freak out over push polls in the summer and then are amazed when they true up as we get closer to election day.

You don't need polls to tell you what you can see on the ground with your own eyes. In 24 I knew Harris was toast because while Trump was filling arenas on a nightly basis Harris had to pay twerkers millions and even then her "supporters" were about as enthusiastic as a guy walking to the gallows.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 11:28 AM (viF8m)

92 their teachers were crypto-socialists...or as is increasingly common...out-and-proud!
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Which is why it is so common among the college-indoctrinated.

They have full Gramscian capture of the university.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 11:29 AM (Fi81e)

93 90 Primary day in Florida today. I need to register R one of these days. I am in a ruby red area, so the choice of who is elected is made during the primaries. It's just ... joining a political party is blech.
Posted by: Ann at August 18, 2026 11:28 AM (SHHm+)

go Independent... I'm Independent

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2026 11:29 AM (726Da)

94 87 86% of Americans support the SAVE act.
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Where does that number come from?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 18, 2026 11:29 AM (2Ez/1)

95 87 86% of Americans support the SAVE act.

We can't even get THAT to a f*cking vote.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 11:27 AM (2YhKe)

“ They” do not want to relinquish their brown serfs - very useful to the overclass, they are.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 11:29 AM (Gqar8)

96 'The mayor has reportedly turned thin-skinned and shouty behind closed doors, and it’s easy to see why: He’s in over his head, with a staff dominated by fellow tunnel-visioned lefties.'
Dang. That sounds like the FuehrerBunker in spring of 45.

Posted by: Eromero at August 18, 2026 11:29 AM (LHPAg)

97 >> 86% of Americans support the SAVE act.

And two republican senators didn’t bother to show up for a committee vote that would have stripped SNAP funding from states who didn’t comply with the new anti fraud measures.

They are lazy, self aggrandizing assholes.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 11:30 AM (q1tXs)

98 Yes, we survive. But every time we elect someone like them, we always find we have less and less freedoms after they're gone. Freedoms we'll never fully enjoy again.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 18, 2026 11:28 AM (g8Ew

Do you remember going to independent doctor's offices, not owned by some massive health conglomerate?

Do you remember actually talking with your doctor and not watching him stare at a laptop?

I honestly don't know what we lost from Carter, but I very much know what we lost from Obama and how much the GOPe has fought to keep it lost.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2026 11:30 AM (N1DT3)

99 I voted in the GOP primary. For the most based motherfucker on the ballot.

He lost of course - but overperformed significantly, especially in my based part of the State.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2026 11:31 AM (BI5O2)

100 89 We survived Carter and Obama. We’ll survive Mamdani. Pendulum is always swinging.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 18, 2026 11:16 AM (qDa2L)

Yes, we survive. But every time we elect someone like them, we always find we have less and less freedoms after they're gone. Freedoms we'll never fully enjoy again.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 18, 2026 11:28 AM (g8Ew

Yeah, a downward trend for the last 60 or 70 years. Occasional bumps upward, but a trend.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 11:31 AM (Gqar8)

101 Mayor Klutz — what’s behind Mamdani’s long string of fumbles, failures and fiascos

Intentionality.

Posted by: t-bird at August 18, 2026 11:31 AM (XD+PD)

102 'The mayor has reportedly turned thin-skinned and shouty behind closed doors, and it’s easy to see why: He’s in over his head, with a staff dominated by fellow tunnel-visioned lefties.'
Dang. That sounds like the FuehrerBunker in spring of 45.

Posted by: Eromero at August 18, 2026 11:29 AM (LHPAg)
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Cue "Downfall" parody video in 3...2...1...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 11:31 AM (FZ29D)

103 See?

>>@BillMelugin_
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19h
>>NEW: The company behind a recent poll that showed Karen Bass with a 12-point lead over Nithya Raman for LA mayor & showed Bass collecting most of Spencer Pratt's prior support has admitted their poll was FAKE and was intended as a "social experiment" to see how a poll could spread in the media ecosystem without verification.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 11:31 AM (viF8m)

104 The idea that the GOP is the party of sober adults is very 1990s.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 18, 2026 11:31 AM (QzM4s)

105 Where my EBT card at?

Posted by: La'Shondra at August 18, 2026 11:32 AM (2Ez/1)

106 >> 86% of Americans support the SAVE act.

Yeah, but, who elected them?!

Posted by: t-bird at August 18, 2026 11:32 AM (XD+PD)

107 The GA Senate election situation is odd.

Perdue won by 8 points in 2014.

In 2020 the polls had Ossoff +1, but Perdue won by +2 in the first round. In the runoff Ossoff then was +1 and "won the election"

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 11:32 AM (sKqQm)

108 The mayor has reportedly turned thin-skinned and shouty behind closed doors, and it’s easy to see why: He’s in over his head, with a staff dominated by fellow tunnel-visioned lefties.'
Dang. That sounds like the FuehrerBunker in spring of 45.

Posted by: Eromero

Probably like dealing with a spoiled brat 15 yo

Posted by: John Thune, certified asshole at August 18, 2026 11:33 AM (y+Apl)

109 Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2026 11:29 AM (726Da)

I am, but with closed primaries I don't get to vote for who runs. That means come election day all the locals are already decided. (There is no way a Democrat wins in my area.)

Posted by: Ann at August 18, 2026 11:33 AM (SHHm+)

110 Morning.

So how long before the the Islamic Emirate of New York City empties out?

Posted by: Robert at August 18, 2026 11:33 AM (dpXJq)

111 I am, but with closed primaries I don't get to vote for who runs. That means come election day all the locals are already decided. (There is no way a Democrat wins in my area.)
Posted by: Ann at August 18, 2026 11:33 AM (SHHm+)

Got it...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2026 11:34 AM (726Da)

112 Socialism is fueled by the 3 great errors of our age - Hedonism, Nihilism, and Existentialism. They are the ruinous errors in thinking that are opposed to the truth.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 11:03 AM
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Hedonism is literally not thinking. Nihilism is having no confidence in thinking. At least existentialism is thinking, even including Sartre.

One of the greatest thinkers since the Enlightenment, Soren Kierkegaard, was retroactively named as one of the originators of existentialism. (The other being Nietzsche, who nonetheless is interesting to have read.)

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 11:34 AM (Fi81e)

113
It's not Trump they hate. It's the people who voted for Trump. When he leaves office - or they succeed in assassinating him - do you really think things will return to the status quo ante?

I am already seeing fulminating calls to hold Trump voters accountable. God save us from their acquiring power. They may end up killing each other, but you and I will have perished long before that.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 11:34 AM (O0L8i)

114 >>The GA Senate election situation is odd.

Because it was stolen.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 11:34 AM (viF8m)

115 Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 11:28 AM (viF8m)

The black pill is the most powerful drug out there. The partakers never give up the habit. Instead of trying to convince them otherwise, you should try to staple jello to a wall.

Posted by: Fat Guy sitting nekkid on a Ottoman at August 18, 2026 11:35 AM (SExz7)

116 Polls, commissioned by people loyal to the Democratic Socialists are hardly a bellwether of public sentiment.

Media mouthpieces on the web or cable are loyal to the Democratic Socialists.

Both seriously want to see Socialism succeed.

But they really, really want to see Trump and the normies defeated. I think it's less about the ideology and more about sticking it to us because we're sick of their shit and not putting up with it as before.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2026 11:37 AM (2Cry5)

117 Trump won the national popular vote in '24. It can be done. They just need to run better campaigns than they have in the past.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 11:24 AM (viF8m)

He did. But he also dipped his toe into the free shit waters. No tax on tips, $1000 baby fund, free in vitro, etc.

No tax on tips isn’t free shit since it’s your money to begin with, we can all agree on that. To a voter it’s still “I get more money if I vote for him”. Saving $5k in taxes and getting a $5k govt check in the mail is effectively the same thing. And it was a targeted tax cut to win a certain group of people, not an across the board tax cut. That’s politics they all do it. Elections are won by winning a lot of small group that add up to a big group. You have to give those small groups reason to vote for you.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 18, 2026 11:37 AM (qDa2L)

118 Great irony in that socialism is incredibly selfish wearing the skinsuit of the welfare of the people.
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Well, right. The wealthy using the poor, to grind the “middle class” into dust. You see this every time in the shithole countries. Some huge mansion, and a couple hundred feet away a hundred shacks made out of cardboard on the hill.

“Stick it to the Rich!” Is perennially popular. Yet somehow it never sticks to the Rich. It only ever gets applied to shopkeepers and small business men and women.

Functionally retarded and defective people go into local government. Maybe they mean well, but they don’t understand how anything works. Then they move up into local legislatures or other arms of government. Decent capable people want nothing to do with government, they are driven away. The political equivalent of Gresham’s Law.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 11:37 AM (ZX9JC)

119 Mamdani doesn't give a rat's ass whether NYC runs efficiently. His only goal is the consolidation of government resources in furtherance of his personal goals: the ascendance of socialism, and the ascendance of Islamism.
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You aren't cynical enough.

He wants NYC to fail. He wants the USA to fail. He is an islamocommunist. The socialism/communism cant he delivers is just a hustle to gull the rubes. Promise them free shit to get elected, then bust the system with it. When it is broken and in ruin and chaos islam will build a Caliphate on its bones.

Posted by: You need to dial it up a notch at August 18, 2026 11:37 AM (anL5R)

120 Ohio senate seat also doesn’t look good for the GOP
Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 11:09 AM (q1tXs)
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This is polling maybe, but it is also bullshit. Sherrod Brown will lose solidly. Ohio knows him only too well.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2026 11:37 AM (f8DjE)

121 Morning, CBD, and Horde! That machine in the Shed of Rebellion is surely a printing press. One of the tools of rebellion.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 11:37 AM (1z8ji)

122 >>The GA Senate election situation is odd.

Because it was stolen.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 11:34 AM (viF8m)

Hollywood moved in. Really, up until recently Marvel movies were made in Georgia. They bailed for Britain last year. I don't know about any other studios, but I wonder if that'll have some small effect on the election.

Posted by: Robert at August 18, 2026 11:38 AM (dpXJq)

123 If you can have a social center that is not God, you must have some capacity for "existential thought". How does man derive "meaning" from his life.

Ecclesiastes is generally recognized as the first existentialist text. Man finding meaning.

So, while I see it's negative effects in part, I can't condemn existentialism entirely. Because existentialism asks the questions that some of us find Jesus answers.

As well, Pascal's mode was kind of existential. His wager is very much about you, a being of uncertain origin and possible revelation, finding meaning and truth.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 11:38 AM (Fi81e)

124 Eventually, the rich even run out of money......that is available to the government, anyway.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 11:38 AM (2YhKe)

125 Well, right. The wealthy using the poor, to grind the “middle class” into dust. You see this every time in the shithole countries. Some huge mansion, and a couple hundred feet away a hundred shacks made out of cardboard on the hill.

One of the most important bits of political history people don't spend enough time looking at is how the the German Empire under Bismark bought off the gimme-dat class in Germany to freeze out the middle class from political power with...socialized medicine.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 11:39 AM (sKqQm)

126 Morning, CBD, and Horde! That machine in the Shed of Rebellion is surely a printing press. One of the tools of rebellion.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 11:37 AM (1z8ji)

So, that IS in your backyard.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 11:39 AM (2YhKe)

127 Functionally retarded and defective people go into local government. Maybe they mean well, but they don’t understand how anything works. Then they move up into local legislatures or other arms of government. Decent capable people want nothing to do with government, they are driven away. The political equivalent of Gresham’s Law.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 11:37 AM
++++

It almost always begins with the HOA.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 18, 2026 11:40 AM (2Ez/1)

128 Do you remember going to independent doctor's offices, not owned by some massive health conglomerate?

Do you remember actually talking with your doctor and not watching him stare at a laptop?

I honestly don't know what we lost from Carter, but I very much know what we lost from Obama and how much the GOPe has fought to keep it lost.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian

Given the option of selecting medical care from 50 years ago, and medical care today, which would you choose? I think the answer is pretty obvious. Yes, something has been lost, but a lot more has been gained.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 11:40 AM (Riz8t)

129 while Trump was filling arenas on a nightly basis Harris had to pay twerkers millions

The ops will stay ridiculous until people notice them.

Posted by: Joe Biden Jogs To The Stage at August 18, 2026 11:41 AM (XD+PD)

130 Sure, I get it, you can't win elections just pointing at the socialist and yelling "he's a socialist!", because the electorate doesn't seem to know about the 20th century.

But calling them what they are may be a good start in the direction of educating the dummies.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2026 11:05 AM (aWka

So call him a Nazi. It is accurate enough. Nazis were socialists, and they did conspire with muslims, and to this day, many musloids admire Hitler.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 11:41 AM (1z8ji)

131 I'm in GA.

Ossoff is well liked. He keeps a low media profile and is an excellent retail politician.

In a fairly reddish/purple state, he'll likely win.

That's reality.

Posted by: MJ at August 18, 2026 11:42 AM (XOmY9)

132 He did. But he also dipped his toe into the free shit waters. No tax on tips, $1000 baby fund, free in vitro, etc.

As someone who has paid a lot in taxes over the years I have zero problem with any candidate saying they want to reduce taxes. The last year has made it abundantly clear even to those who didn't pay attention to this stuff in the past that a huge amount of money we send to DC is simply stolen. And I think the baby fund is an excellent program.

Most of the money is being donated by wealthy people and if it helps young people pay for school or get started with their life and makes the country stronger it works for me.

I'm sick of labels, I look for results. Trump is fighting and delivering results that are good for me and the country. I don't care what label he wears.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 11:42 AM (viF8m)

133 Trump won the national popular vote in '24. It can be done. They just need to run better campaigns than they have in the past.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 11:24 AM (viF8m

No!

They need to deliver on populist agenda items, or lose. They haven't done that.

The optics bullshit is OVAH.

The Trump voter is on to the metaphysically useless GOP, and lying outrageously to him during a campaign isn't going to work anymore.

It's too late to win big - or probably at all - this cycle. They already blew it, big time.

They need to change course right now or they are done for in '28. But you can be sure the metaphysically useless GOP will change nothing.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2026 11:42 AM (BI5O2)

134 Hate to ask but did the pop-ups stop? I haven't heard anyone mention them lately

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 11:42 AM (+rw6l)

135 Do you remember going to independent doctor's offices, not owned by some massive health conglomerate? Do you remember actually talking with your doctor and not watching him stare at a laptop?

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That has more to do with PE running health care than Obama. The consolidation of health care providers into a handful of PE backed companies is criminal. But Obama didn’t cause that. PE is a cancer that has been growing since before Obama showed up and long after Obama left. Every industry it touches turns to shit for customers.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 18, 2026 11:42 AM (qDa2L)

136 So call him a Nazi. It is accurate enough. Nazis were socialists, and they did conspire with muslims, and to this day, many musloids admire Hitler.

One area the GOPe moved away from is directly blaming Ds for the various social problems we have.

If they want to win they should return to that. Hell, D ads are just "I hate Trump" at this point.

Every R should be running the story of someone who lost a family member in their district due to an illegal and directly blaming their D opponent.

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

137 Polls are strip clubs and fire stations.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2026 11:09 AM (y+Apl)

And me.

Posted by: The Dog at August 18, 2026 11:43 AM (1z8ji)

138 while Trump was filling arenas on a nightly basis Harris had to pay twerkers millions

Yes, but the second time will be the charm, don't you worry. She's a lock this time.

Posted by: Kamala supporters at August 18, 2026 11:43 AM (Riz8t)

139 135 Hate to ask but did the pop-ups stop? I haven't heard anyone mention them lately
Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 11:42 AM (+rw6l)

Nope.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 18, 2026 11:43 AM (QzM4s)

140 >Do you remember actually talking with your doctor and not watching him stare at a laptop?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 11:40 AM
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Going to the minor emergency center feels like paying someone $40 to Google your symptoms.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 18, 2026 11:44 AM (2Ez/1)

141 Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t)

And you blew the margins.

Don't do that again.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2026 11:44 AM (k5CNB)

142 Hate to ask but did the pop-ups stop? I haven't heard anyone mention them lately

Yup, at least on my laptop.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 11:44 AM (Riz8t)

143 This is polling maybe, but it is also bullshit. Sherrod Brown will lose solidly. Ohio knows him only too well.
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Um, well Husted isn't well known and Brown is running attack adds like crazy.

Posted by: Typical republicans hate the disabled and love billionnaires stuff at August 18, 2026 11:45 AM (anL5R)

144 The thing about "socialism" is that we were seeing the founder's reflection in liberalism before the Democratic party started taking a harder turn to Marxism.

Shockingly, Robert Owen's strongest influence was Locke's "tabula rasa" and his interpretation that society shapes men. Although I like Locke, On Human Understanding does not rank highly with me, and "tabula rasa" is the idea I'm least likely to defend.

But, again, we saw the shape of Robert Owen in liberal politics.

How so? Well, you're never going to fix crime until you fix society. You're never going to fix personal issues, until you "fix society" all at once.

While I was coming into my own as a independent thinker, the part that riled me with liberals is the idea that everything has to be fixed by fixing everything all at once. And although I didn't quite have the label at the time, that idea seemed "brittle" and un-robust.

But this is "socialism". Marx's logistics were to get us to Owen's socialism. Where we have a "fixed society" and human flourishing ensues. (Without God, mind you).

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 11:45 AM (Fi81e)

145
Maybe they mean well, but they don’t understand how anything works.

The Ruling Class has never been on a farm, visited a production line or walked through a refinery unit. They know nothing at all about how things are produced or what it takes to get it from A to B. The concept of people as customers is completely beyond them. Likely they've never worked a real summer job.

They got their little internships (with Daddy's help), went to the right schools where they absorbed and regurgitated various orthodoxies and became staffers and gofers for the powerful. Their arrogance is matched only by their ignorance.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 11:46 AM (O0L8i)

146 Going to the minor emergency center feels like paying someone $40 to Google your symptoms.

If Google has better knowledge than the doctor, I'm okay with that. I have long since lost my innocence in thinking that every doctor was a god, and knew everything. I'd rather they look it up to confirm their diagnosis, then pretend they know the answer when they really don't.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 11:46 AM (Riz8t)

147 While I will agree the elite socialists don't care about OTHER individuals, they are VERY concerned about themselves. That's why they want power.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian
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I don't agree with that. For that core of true believers, it's a substitute religion for which they'd be willing to sacrifice themselves. Darkness at Noon gives the perfect illustration.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 18, 2026 11:47 AM (XvL8K)

148 Do you remember going to independent doctor's offices, not owned by some massive health conglomerate?

Do you remember actually talking with your doctor and not watching him stare at a laptop?

I honestly don't know what we lost from Carter, but I very much know what we lost from Obama and how much the GOPe has fought to keep it lost.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian

Yes. Because I have concierge care. So this is my experience every time I see him. I can text him right now and even tell him it’s a test to prove what I have, and he will text me back in 5 minutes. Him. Not an answering service. If his NP is on call, then it’s her. I have a crap plan from the exchange, the worst and cheapest one they offer for catastrophic care. I have never used it. I get everything done at my doctor’s office for the monthly fee I pay him, labs are drawn there and discounted. It ends up being less than a top tier medical insurance plan for my daughter and me for far better care.

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2026 11:47 AM (ZdaMQ)

149 Hate to ask but did the pop-ups stop? I haven't heard anyone mention them lately
Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 11:42 AM (+rw6l)

Nope.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 18, 2026 11:43 AM

We do have it on good authority, however that the senior lady in the unique gray sweater sporting pronounced hooterage is off today because it's time for her mammogram.

We're stuck with toe fungus as a poor substitute.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 18, 2026 11:47 AM (2Ez/1)

150 Oh! And my doctor knows who I am, knows who my kid is without looking us up. I also got treated during Covid for covid when those doctors attached to med insurance plans or hospitals were not allowed to do it.

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2026 11:49 AM (ZdaMQ)

151 But this is "socialism". Marx's logistics were to get us to Owen's socialism. Where we have a "fixed society" and human flourishing ensues. (Without God, mind you).

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 11:45 AM (Fi81e)

Did Marx really want society to flourish? Do any of them?

I don't mean in their drunkest or even deluded fever dreams. I mean the entire ideology is one long spite fest and built on a jenga tower of lies and half truths.

I don't care about stated goals, I just wonder if you think any leftist agitators actually desire utopia because my presumption and perception is they just want to up their tribe and fuck to anyone else forever. Until something better comes along.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 11:49 AM (+rw6l)

152 132 I'm in GA.

Ossoff is well liked. He keeps a low media profile and is an excellent retail politician.

In a fairly reddish/purple state, he'll likely win.

That's reality.
Posted by: MJ
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Bullshit. Tossoff is not particularly well liked and his mean girl insult of a cancer survivor is not going well because he was largely unknown to GA voters despite being in office for six years.

FWIW, if Tossoff was so popular, why is the vast majority of his money coming from out of state, not GA donors. And the idiot has delusions of grandeur in being hypped by some as their 2028 candidate for prezzie.

It is always a horse race in GA politics but most of the bloviations of the Erick Erickson crew and the flaccid AJC have less value than a smelly fart. At least after you do that, you get some relief--none such is true from reading the AJC or listening to that fat disgusting Erickson whose panties are permanently in a wad.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 11:49 AM (E4rtv)

153 >>It's too late to win big - or probably at all - this cycle. They already blew it, big time.

If history is any guide Republicans should lose this cycle. The party out of power usually does well. Look what happened to Democrat under 8 years of Obama.

I don't agree anything has been blown. The fact that Republicans are in the running to retain both the House and Senate is actually a sign of the opposite. No matter how much smoke Democrats blow about El Sayed he's not exactly blowing the doors off in Michigan. He won Dearbornistan and college areas and got smoked with the black vote in Detroit and other urban areas. He was predicted to win his primary by double digits and one by a single point.

Imagine if we had corporate media on our side blowing smoke up our asses 7x24 instead of the opposite. I bet a lot of people who say they don't listen to the media would be a lot more positive about our chances.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 11:49 AM (viF8m)

154 Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t)

And you blew the margins.

Don't do that again.

I didn't post anything at 11:17. Care to elaborate?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 11:49 AM (Riz8t)

155 > They all rant about the need to "tax the rich" and then tell me they are barely making ends meet.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 11:21 AM (sKqQm)

It's fun when they start ranting about "the 1%" and you point out that, on a global basis, they're in the 1%.

"You'll have to make a few sacrifices on behalf of Mujibur the Bangladeshi garbageman, comrade."

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 18, 2026 11:51 AM (IG3/x)

156 I'd rather they look it up to confirm their diagnosis, then pretend they know the answer when they really don't.

than

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 11:52 AM (Riz8t)

157 The problem with socialism is that they will single you out and make a horrible example of you and other individuals.

To truly combat socialism is you need to wipe out the entire movement in one swift blow. That takes a different mindset.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 18, 2026 11:52 AM (tvdD1)

158 Given the option of selecting medical care from 50 years ago, and medical care today, which would you choose? I think the answer is pretty obvious. Yes, something has been lost, but a lot more has been gained.
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Its closer than you think. the expense is astronomical and you don't get as much service as you used to get, as a result of the cost. You do have some advances in drugs, and less invasive treatment since 1975 - endoscopy, heart cath stents etc etc. I live in a major metropolitan area with huge medical providers and frankly it is a medically underserved area. It is very hard to get in to be seen for an appointment with an actually primary care doctor and you have long waits for cardiology procedures unless you present to the Emergency room. Its starting to look a bit like Canada . . .

Posted by: Allow me to adjust your base premise with a confounding factor at August 18, 2026 11:52 AM (anL5R)

159
So call him a Nazi. It is accurate enough. Nazis were socialists, and they did conspire with muslims, and to this day, many musloids admire Hitler.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 11:41 AM (1z8ji)
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Table Talk records Hitler as saying to his cronies that Germany got the "wrong religion" on the subject of Islam.

So yes, pro-Islam is much more Hitlerian than the contrary.

But again, the world has spent a long time believing that national socialism died at the end of WWII and nobody dares re-create a fascist system.

The truth is that all governments became more fascist. However, the CPUSA was trying to spread Stalin's gospel that conservative politics was "fascism", and so we lost track of what really is like fascism.

In Italy, at the start of the school morning, children were reminded that they did not belong to their parents, but their first loyalty was to the State.

Which side in America is more likely to think that children belong first to the State? Many on that side have even said something very like it.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 11:52 AM (Fi81e)

160 There's a user on X called PsyOpAnime and they trash Mandani pretty thoroughly.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 18, 2026 11:53 AM (+4yJ5)

161 Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t)

And you blew the margins.

Don't do that again.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Aw, come on!

Posted by: The Margins at August 18, 2026 11:53 AM (CszeO)

162 136 Do you remember going to independent doctor's offices, not owned by some massive health conglomerate? Do you remember actually talking with your doctor and not watching him stare at a laptop?

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That has more to do with PE running health care than Obama. The consolidation of health care providers into a handful of PE backed companies is criminal. But Obama didn’t cause that. PE is a cancer that has been growing since before Obama showed up and long after Obama left. Every industry it touches turns to shit for customers.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 18, 2026 11:42 AM (qDa2L)

Ocare magnified it exponentially. Remember, "If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor." ?

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 18, 2026 11:54 AM (g8Ew8)

163 That has more to do with PE running health care than Obama. The consolidation of health care providers into a handful of PE backed companies is criminal. But Obama didn’t cause that. PE is a cancer that has been growing since before Obama showed up and long after Obama left. Every industry it touches turns to shit for customers.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 18, 2026 11:42 AM (qDa2L)

I have no idea what "PE" is, but do you understand that increasing regulations, in ANY industry, pushes out small business in favor of large ones? Obamacare is undoubtedly behind the destruction of small businesses and the rise of massive healthcare conglomerates.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2026 11:55 AM (N1DT3)

164 Its closer than you think. the expense is astronomical and you don't get as much service as you used to get, as a result of the cost. You do have some advances in drugs, and less invasive treatment since 1975 - endoscopy, heart cath stents etc etc. I live in a major metropolitan area with huge medical providers and frankly it is a medically underserved area. It is very hard to get in to be seen for an appointment with an actually primary care doctor and you have long waits for cardiology procedures unless you present to the Emergency room. Its starting to look a bit like Canada . . .

I doubt it. I've had a number of procedures in the last few years. Fifty years ago, none of them could have been done with anything like the outcome of today. Furthermore, I know quite a few people who have had various cancers, and the survival rate is much, much higher than it used to be. Sure, there's less of a personal touch, and the areas where government is involved have definitely deteriorated, but technically speaking, and in terms of outcome, there's no comparison. I'll take that.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 11:55 AM (Riz8t)

165 Seriously, everybody has to get over the idea that anybody identifies with Republicans. Some vote for them from fear. But any positive feelings anybody still has about the metaphysically useless GOP are for Trump, and only for Trump.

Until you figure out this Party is hated by literally everyone outside the Beltway, you'll keep being mystified about why it can't perform, absent him at the top of the ticket. You'll keep blaming its former voters for their litany of failure. Anything to avoid recognizing that it is metaphysically useless, so they can continue losing with "dignity."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2026 11:55 AM (BI5O2)

166 Georgia currently has 2 Dem senators. Why is it so hard to fathom Georgia as a toss up?

Both of these senators had to use a rigged election to steal their offices. In Georgia, we defeated the steal in the last election to elect Trump (the left tried to pull the same shenanigans as in 2020, 2022 - they were stopped in 2024). If we can defeat the cheat in 2026, Ossoff is toast.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 18, 2026 11:55 AM (ZVgZ4)

167 Shockingly, Robert Owen's strongest influence was Locke's "tabula rasa" and his interpretation that society shapes men. Although I like Locke, On Human Understanding does not rank highly with me, and "tabula rasa" is the idea I'm least likely to defend.
Posted by: Axeman
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Tabula rasa was an argument used against Hobbes who argued that men were naturally corrupt and evil. Rhetoric to win an argument when what Locke was really doing is to undermine the case for divine right to rule that most Hobbesians at the time argued, particularly the Stuarts.

If Hobbes was correct, then it would follow that to prevent anarchy, humans did need a strongman with a whip hand over them and they could scarcely be trusted to select leaders. This was all in context of Locke supporting Parliament and the Glorious Revolution rather than actually believing in tabula rasa.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 11:56 AM (E4rtv)

168 When we were talking about Michigan place names in the last thread, I forgot to mention that there’s a Miami Beach in the northern Lower Peninsula.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 11:56 AM (77rzZ)

169 To truly combat socialism is you need to wipe out the entire movement in one swift blow. That takes a different mindset.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

Tanned, rested & ready!

Posted by: Col Paul Tibbets at August 18, 2026 11:56 AM (CszeO)

170 165 Seriously, everybody has to get over the idea that anybody identifies with Republicans. Some vote for them from fear. But any positive feelings anybody still has about the metaphysically useless GOP are for Trump, and only for Trump.

Until you figure out this Party is hated by literally everyone outside the Beltway, you'll keep being mystified about why it can't perform, absent him at the top of the ticket. You'll keep blaming its former voters for their litany of failure. Anything to avoid recognizing that it is metaphysically useless, so they can continue losing with "dignity."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2026 11:55 AM (BI5O2)

This.

I regularly vote GOP and I despise them.

No one likes this brand and for good reason.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 18, 2026 11:57 AM (QzM4s)

171 Where'd everyone go?

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026 11:58 AM (CszeO)

172 Don't blame teachers. My local school was doing great service to the community (aka "Trump Country!!") by slow-rolling social-emotional learning (SEL).

Evidently the administration was informed that teachers "didn't sufficiently utilize" pre-packaged lessons from an "evidence-based framework".

SEL is not legally required, but Michigan has law MCL 388.1631 which sets aside certain funds. To get that money, schools have to use frameworks that integrate academic and behavioral instruction.

This school year, class time will be sacrificed specifically for SEL lessons and teachers use the pre-packaged lessons. The discussion about it was done at a voluntary meeting in the summer that was announced through work email weeks before the meeting. Nice, huh?

Posted by: NaughtyPine at August 18, 2026 11:58 AM (D/i12)

173 We don't even like the GOP. What the fuck do they offer anyone else?

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 11:58 AM (+rw6l)

174 I don't care about stated goals, I just wonder if you think any leftist agitators actually desire utopia because my presumption and perception is they just want to up their tribe and fuck to anyone else forever. Until something better comes along.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 11:49 AM (+rw6l)
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I think you're looking at the urge and not the sublimation.

When one sublimates a motivation, it's not a lie if they believe it. So, if they really believe that everything will get better, then they can claw for their Cause--because "it's going to make everybody's lives better".

Here, Robert Owen is actually superior. A wealthy industrialist from Wales, he created 5 communes in America, and paid for everything. At the beginning, he probably really thought he was making lives better.

But the communes merely lived off of his wealth until he abandoned the enterprise. (I'm not sure how he resolved to abandon it). New Harmony in Indiana was sold and resold a couple of times to a new wave of Utopian. One of the last group were convinced that the seas would turn to lemonade. (No shit. Dan Flynn documents most of this in his book A Conservative History of the American Left)

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 11:58 AM (Fi81e)

175 When we were talking about Michigan place names in the last thread, I forgot to mention that there’s a Miami Beach in the northern Lower Peninsula.
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 11:56 AM (77rzZ)

There’s a Miami, Ohio, too. Those Miami Indians sure got around!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 18, 2026 11:59 AM (ZVgZ4)

176 >>Until you figure out this Party is hated by literally everyone outside the Beltway, you'll keep being mystified about why it can't perform, absent him at the top of the ticket.

And yet somehow they are the majority in both the House and Senate.

I would suggest that while Republicans as a whole might not be beloved, Democrats are a whole lot less popular than the media would have people believe.

I hire a politician to do a job. I don't have to love them. While most Republicans are less than ideal, Democrats are fucking nuts and enemy of the American people.

Not a hard choice, really.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 11:59 AM (viF8m)

177 165 Seriously, everybody has to get over the idea that anybody identifies with Republicans. Some vote for them from fear. But any positive feelings anybody still has about the metaphysically useless GOP are for Trump, and only for Trump.

Until you figure out this Party is hated by literally everyone outside the Beltway, you'll keep being mystified about why it can't perform, absent him at the top of the ticket. You'll keep blaming its former voters for their litany of failure. Anything to avoid recognizing that it is metaphysically useless, so they can continue losing with "dignity."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Overdone a bit. No one likes to bash the GOP more than I, but ordinary voters see it as a choice between two evils. The DSA and nutjobs like Sayed and Mamdani though are enough to alarm people that actually have businesses, pay taxes, and otherwise do productive work. Literally no one other than Dem fart sniffers think (and this is reflected in the polls) that the Dems and their vague policy proposals for Congress other than Orangeman Bad will do anything about 'affordability'. GOP sucks, Dems suck more. Indys are the battleground.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 11:59 AM (E4rtv)

178 There is a Miami, TX.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2026 11:59 AM (jPziU)

179 And yet somehow they are the majority in both the House and Senate.

I would suggest that while Republicans as a whole might not be beloved, Democrats are a whole lot less popular than the media would have people believe.

I hire a politician to do a job. I don't have to love them.

If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.

Posted by: Zombie Truman at August 18, 2026 12:00 PM (Riz8t)

180
I hire a politician to do a job. I don't have to love them. While most Republicans are less than ideal, Democrats are fucking nuts and enemy of the American people.

Not a hard choice, really.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 11:59 AM (viF8m)

AAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Karen McWinemom at August 18, 2026 12:00 PM (2YhKe)

181 Bullshit. Tossoff is not particularly well liked and his mean girl insult of a cancer survivor is not going well because he was largely unknown to GA voters despite being in office for six years.

FWIW, if Tossoff was so popular, why is the vast majority of his money coming from out of state, not GA donors. And the idiot has delusions of grandeur in being hypped by some as their 2028 candidate for prezzie.

It is always a horse race in GA politics but most of the bloviations of the Erick Erickson crew and the flaccid AJC have less value than a smelly fart. At least after you do that, you get some relief--none such is true from reading the AJC or listening to that fat disgusting Erickson whose panties are permanently in a wad.
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I don't disagree with a lot of this but the reality in GA is that swing voters are suburban women and they like him.

Again, I'm not saying I agree, but that's the reality here. Alpharetta wine moms.

Posted by: MJ at August 18, 2026 12:00 PM (XOmY9)

182 Yeah. What have the Romans ever done for us?

Posted by: M. Python at August 18, 2026 12:00 PM (2Ez/1)

183 Are there serious and intelligent (insert profession here)? That’s the bigger question.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2026 12:01 PM (jPziU)

184 Excellent, CBD!
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Oh, pshaw! He's just like a young Obama and the White House Christmas trees with Mao Zedong and drag queen balls.

Just picking on him and his wife. (LA Times, The Great Christmas Ornament Scandal, Part 2, Dc. 27, 2009)

And Mamdani has had to navigate standard administrative management, labor negotiations, and practical friction just like any other executive.

OTOH, the Wall Street Journal opinion piece by Peggy Noonan titled "Take Mamdani Seriously and Literally."

His policy aims must be evaluated at face value so I'll go with Noonan's viewpoint. (We're both older and have more life experience.)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2026 12:01 PM (NFX2v)

185 The only real Palestine is in Texas.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 12:01 PM (2YhKe)

186 Hey, I've got a university named after me.

Posted by: Miami, Ohio at August 18, 2026 12:02 PM (2Ez/1)

187
MUNKEY

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 18, 2026 12:02 PM (iqcvy)

188 >>@BillMelugin_
·
19h
>>NEW: The company behind a recent poll that showed Karen Bass with a 12-point lead over Nithya Raman for LA mayor & showed Bass collecting most of Spencer Pratt's prior support has admitted their poll was FAKE and was intended as a "social experiment" to see how a poll could spread in the media ecosystem without verification.
Posted by: JackStraw

Arrest them and charge them with election interference.

And violating all the various requirements about experiments using humans without explicit informed consent

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 18, 2026 12:02 PM (vJrRc)

189 I bet a lot of people who say they don't listen to the media would be a lot more positive about our chances.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 11:49 AM (viF8m)

What's this "our?" Got a mouse in your pocket?

I don't feel positively or negatively about it, because it makes no material difference which faction of the Left controls our irrelevant Congress.

Impeachment is the thing that changes, but they will not obtain a conviction, in any event. That and Trump will have to veto things.

Nothing else changes.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2026 12:02 PM (BI5O2)

190 >>>Tanned, rested & ready!

Posted by: Col Paul Tibbets

>Consider a hive of yellowjackets. Do you wait to exterminate each one individually or do you take out the hive? Those evil fucks will co-exist or they will kill you. Are you willing to wait around?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 18, 2026 12:03 PM (tvdD1)

191 Yes, I think have had very fine teachers both in public school and in graduate school, but I went to school largely before the computer age and almost before the abacas . Well, one guy took notes in graduate school on his laptop but he was the exception.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2026 12:03 PM (6jy2V)

192 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Overdone a bit. No one likes to bash the GOP more than I, but ordinary voters see it as a choice between two evils. The DSA and nutjobs like Sayed and Mamdani though are enough to alarm people that actually have businesses, pay taxes, and otherwise do productive work. Literally no one other than Dem fart sniffers think (and this is reflected in the polls) that the Dems and their vague policy proposals for Congress other than Orangeman Bad will do anything about 'affordability'. GOP sucks, Dems suck more. Indys are the battleground.
Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 11:59 AM (E4rtv)

I agree with your analysis. The crank you responded to wants a third party, in spite of what history tells us again and again and again.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2026 12:03 PM (jPziU)

193 >>NEW: The company behind a recent poll that showed Karen Bass with a 12-point lead over Nithya Raman for LA mayor & showed Bass collecting most of Spencer Pratt's prior support has admitted their poll was FAKE and was intended as a "social experiment" to see how a poll could spread in the media ecosystem without verification.
Posted by: JackStraw

Arrest them and charge them with election interference.

And violating all the various requirements about experiments using humans without explicit informed consent
Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 18, 2026 12:02 PM (vJrRc)

This.

We're going to continue to turn into a 3rd world shithole unless there's some consequence delivered to actions.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 12:03 PM (2YhKe)

194 14 arrested at a Penn State fraternity.

They were part of a cocaine ring.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 12:03 PM (2GVsD)

195 Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t)

And you blew the margins.

Don't do that again.

I didn't post anything at 11:17. Care to elaborate?

I guess not.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 12:03 PM (Riz8t)

196 I doubt it. I've had a number of procedures in the last few years. Fifty years ago, none of them could have been done with anything like the outcome of today. Furthermore, I know quite a few people who have had various cancers, and the survival rate is much, much higher than it used to be. Sure, there's less of a personal touch, and the areas where government is involved have definitely deteriorated, but technically speaking, and in terms of outcome, there's no comparison. I'll take that.
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Congratulations on your positive personal experience. And thanks for endorsing my comments about advances in drugs, and surgical advances, as well as astronomical rises in cost. Sounds like you haven't experienced it yet, but there is a definite shortage of doctors, and frankly the systems are moving away from physician care, except for surgeries and procedures and even then the follow up visits are going to be handled by physician extenders rather than your actual surgeon. As someone who defends medical malpractice cases for a living, you can expect the overall outcomes to decline. Even while it is possible to do more amazing things at the margin.

Posted by: Allow me to adjust your base premise with a confounding factor at August 18, 2026 12:04 PM (anL5R)

197 Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t)

And you blew the margins.

Don't do that again.

I didn't post anything at 11:17. Care to elaborate?

I guess not.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 12:03 PM (Riz8t)

He deleted your offending post.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 12:05 PM (2YhKe)

198 There’s a Miami, Ohio, too. Those Miami Indians sure got around!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
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You're thinking of Oxford, home of Miami University. I think PJ O'Rourke spent some time there. And our own Ben Roethlisberger.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 18, 2026 12:05 PM (XvL8K)

199 Who's ahead in Maine?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2026 12:06 PM (Cqx++)

200 This is why you can't make politics your religion.
Yeah, the GOP is on track to lose bigly
And, yeah, even if they win, they'll accomplish jack shit.
And yeah, it will be a temporary dopamine hit for some if the worst people in the world.

But there's nothing any of us can do about it.
We're outnumbered by the stupids.

So let it go and try to live your best life.
Find joy in family, faith, and fur-babies.
What happens in politics happens.
One day you'll be dead and it won't have mattered anyway.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2026 12:06 PM (FVy9j)

201 I don't disagree with a lot of this but the reality in GA is that swing voters are suburban women and they like him.

Again, I'm not saying I agree, but that's the reality here. Alpharetta wine moms.
Posted by: MJ

He fucked up with his insult and guarantee claiming that a bone cancer survivor is somehow sleeping with Trump is going to cost him votes.

And I think the polls will reflect this after we get out of the ridiculous all Georgians or registered voters only. This is basically a 3-4 point race with a slight edge to Tossoff as the incumbent and will depend on turnout and the degree of cheat in Fulton, Chatham, and Columbus.

His cocky arrogant shit is not playing well in the rest of the state and the Fulton cheat machine is going to be running on less than all its cylinders--there is no magic water stoppages likely to save his ass.

And Alpharetta is not the state, it is the northernmost outpost of corporate grifters brought here to Georgia for money. Of them, Tossof is a good example. But the state is broader than that.

And I don't think linking his campaign to Bottoms was a good idea. She is loathed in Atlanta and her primary vote showed that.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 12:06 PM (E4rtv)

202 There’s a Miami, Ohio, too. Those Miami Indians sure got around!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 18, 2026 11:59 AM (ZVgZ4)

There is a Miami in Arizona, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 12:06 PM (1z8ji)

203 Calling the Dems so socialists just doesn't appear to be working.
Voters are going to be voting on the economy.

The economy sucks.

Posted by: Paul at August 18, 2026 12:06 PM (QhV6d)

204 And the only indoctrination I recall in high school was in social studies class where the teacher told us she was helping to save the planet but choosing not to have kids ,and we read of those apocalyptic books by someone about the end of the planet because of climate change or something.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2026 12:07 PM (6jy2V)

205 I guess not.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 12:03 PM (Riz8t)

He deleted your offending post.

Then it would be common courtesy to answer my original question, especially given the unnecessarily aggressive tone.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 12:08 PM (Riz8t)

206 New York City voted for him. Or more correctly; New York City didn't bother to vote, and got a socialist, terror-supporting Shia 12er as Mayor.

As is well-known in Texas, and has been noted here numerous times, the results of not having poor-quality locally produced picante sauce are insidious and far-reaching.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2026 12:09 PM (0sNs1)

207
I guess not.
Posted by: Archimedes

My guess is

https://t.ly/7DDsY

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2026 12:10 PM (Cqx++)

208 He fucked up with his insult and guarantee claiming that a bone cancer survivor is somehow sleeping with Trump is going to cost him votes.
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Democrat women voters can rationalize anything. Maine Kampf was still leading with Democrat women before he dropped out. And in Virginia they voted overwhelmingly for Mr. Murder Fantasies.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2026 12:10 PM (FVy9j)

209 He deleted your offending post.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 12:05 PM

Buzzkill.

Posted by: The Margins at August 18, 2026 12:11 PM (LQKAS)

210 He deleted your offending post.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 12:05 PM

He did him a favor. What if it had been seen and disappointed Ace?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2026 12:12 PM (0sNs1)

211 As is well-known in Texas, and has been noted here numerous times, the results of not having poor-quality locally produced picante sauce are insidious and far-reaching.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2026 12:09 PM

My team was goofing on that ad the other day. I had to introduce them to the Wendy's Soviet fashion show ad.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 12:12 PM (LQKAS)

212 Then it would be common courtesy to answer my original question, especially given the unnecessarily aggressive tone.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 12:08 PM (Riz8t)

It's common courtesy to abide by the few rules of this blog...one of which is to use URL shortening apps.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2026 12:13 PM (k5CNB)

213
It's common courtesy to abide by the few rules of this blog...one of which is to use URL shortening apps.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2026 12:13 PM (k5CNB)

Which is why I don't even attempt it... I would blow the whole place up...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2026 12:14 PM (726Da)

214 Yeah, my guess is that AWFLs won't even be swayed by that attack, unless they're mildly galvanized by it. She's pro Trump. Therefore not a woman. She gets no protection. The hussy. How dare she. Et cetera

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 12:14 PM (Ot/FD)

215 Republicans haven't exactly been the champions of the free market in recent years. Democrats have successfully made free markets synonymous with corporatism and, tbh, Republicans share a lot of the blame for letting private equity and corporate mergers shittify things.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2026 12:14 PM (m0Lve)

216 I guess not.
Posted by: Archimedes

My guess is

https://t.ly/7DDsY

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

That seems likely. Since he still hasn't seen fit to respond, I'll simply note that I am hardly a newbie here, and rarely, if ever, make that mistake, despite linking to many things. The attitude of "don't do that again" is one of someone who enjoys power just a bit too much.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 12:15 PM (Riz8t)

217 When I was a kid, if you got cancer, you died.

If you had a heart attack, you died.

That was it. Curtain. No encore.

Those things still kill people of course, but very often, they don't.

That's real change.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 18, 2026 12:15 PM (IG3/x)

218 The attitude of "don't do that again" is one of someone who enjoys power just a bit too much.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 12:15 PM (Riz8t)

You blew the margins and are now playing the victim.

Charming.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2026 12:16 PM (k5CNB)

219 Yikes, we're a red sea hare away from a skidmarked ottoman here...

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 12:16 PM (Ot/FD)

220 You blew the margins and are now playing the victim.

Charming.

And you acted like an ass. Go ahead. Ban me.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 12:17 PM (Riz8t)

221 It's common courtesy to abide by the few rules of this blog...one of which is to use URL shortening apps.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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We need statutes published in the sidebar. All of our rules are case law picked up from the comments.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 18, 2026 12:17 PM (XvL8K)

222 Fox also has Talarico ahead in Texas.

And John Cornyn is a lock for reelection.
Posted by: Fox News at August 18, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t
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Wife read a story yesterday about some High poobah in Cornyn's staff going to work for Talarico because Paxton is a great big meanie.

Posted by: Darth Randall at August 18, 2026 12:17 PM (fA/Hs)

223 I just saw something new here in town: graffiti written in Arabic. Swell.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 12:18 PM (Jr5Lq)

224 "What's all this about blowing margins? Did I miss an opportunity here?"

-- Kamala Harris

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 12:18 PM (iFTx/)

225 Arch it's all good. We've all been there. No need to take a banning. And no need to give one to a longtime moron in good standing

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 12:18 PM (+rw6l)

226 Penitentiary St.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2026 12:18 PM (y+Apl)

227 *peeks in*

*closes door*

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 12:18 PM (W2Pud)

228 Democrat women voters can rationalize anything. Maine Kampf was still leading with Democrat women before he dropped out. And in Virginia they voted overwhelmingly for Mr. Murder Fantasies.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo

So can Democrat men voters. But they might be one and the same.

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2026 12:18 PM (ZdaMQ)

229 What's all this about blowing margins? Did I miss an opportunity here?"

-- Kamala Harris
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 12:18 PM (iFTx/)

SHE'S MARGINALIZED SO MANY PEOPLE THEY'VE FORMED A WHOLE COMMUNITY ABOUT IT

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at August 18, 2026 12:19 PM (Ot/FD)

230 *peeks in*

*closes door*
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 12:18 PM

Wait! I was going to make espresso!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 12:19 PM (LQKAS)

231 Re: recent experience of months of surgery and ‘doctors’…..it is exactly as you say. Was in top tier facility and the moments when you see ANY true doctor is …..shockingly small.
You see a literal army of extenders and pretenders —there’s gold for that army.in major surgery and post surgery care.
The ‘final’ medical bill reflects that of the 500k total about 6700 went to the surgeon. And the surgery was as major and serious as it gets.

Posted by: Voter theater. at August 18, 2026 12:19 PM (FCPbW)

232 He deleted your offending post.

Then it would be common courtesy to answer my original question, especially given the unnecessarily aggressive tone.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 12:08 PM
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"Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t)

And you blew the margins. Don't do that again."

I didn't post anything at 11:17. Care to elaborate?
=+++

He copied your hash and timestamp - so he is explicitly referencing the post at issue. And says the offending issue being blowing the margins.

Maybe you are having a bad day?

Posted by: It happens to the best of us at August 18, 2026 12:19 PM (anL5R)

233 Democrat women voters can rationalize anything. Maine Kampf was still leading with Democrat women before he dropped out. And in Virginia they voted overwhelmingly for Mr. Murder Fantasies.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo
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It isn't Democrats that will be affected. It is independent swing voters, many of which are women.

Democrats are going to vote Dem, GOP are going to vote GOP, and the battle will be with independent voters and turnout.

I used to analyze this shit professionally and work campaigns so by stander bullshit doesn't work for me. Nor does most mainstream media bullshit including those on the GOP side. I look for hard numbers, not feelings and the hard numbers and facts right now have this as a close election with the GOP likely to retain the Senate, especially now after MI nominee for the Dems, and the House is a tossup depending on about twenty seats or so--take out leaners, the GOP has to win about 8-10 seats of true tossups, the Dems, have to almost run the board winning 15 or so out of the twenty or more with the tossups which is possible.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 12:19 PM (E4rtv)

234 Somebody grab a stick and poke the ewok.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2026 12:20 PM (y+Apl)

235 Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 12:17 PM (Riz8t)

You are easily offended.

Maybe don't be an inattentive douchebag and...you know...don't blow the margins and fuck up phone users' experience.

I guess that's too complicated for you. You would rather play the victim and complain about my tone.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2026 12:20 PM (k5CNB)

236 Now this is an AWFL Karen crash-out.

Police pull this white woman over at night. She looks like one of Al Bundy's customers from Hell. She starts getting emotionally spun up. She starts to tell the cops to get some manners. She, an adult woman, also calls her 'mommy' to come get her. And finally she yells at the cops that she isn't a 'N****r'

Thank kami-sama for bodycams.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 12:20 PM (2GVsD)

237 I, for one, would like to know exactly what the character limit is to avoid blowing the margins. Does it vary from phone to phone? I have almost zilch experience with viewing the HQ on a phone.

I use tinyurl as a matter of course.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 12:20 PM (1z8ji)

238 We need statutes published in the sidebar. All of our rules are case law picked up from the comments.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba
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Justice Holmes once said, the life of the law is experience.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 12:21 PM (E4rtv)

239 Oh boy, is it just me or is it getting hot in here ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2026 12:21 PM (726Da)

240 "skidmarked ottoman"
Snort.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 18, 2026 12:21 PM (2Ez/1)

241 That said I may be the original margin blower crusader and appreciate any efforts made at keeping them tidy. Reading teeny tiny text is about as fun as sex with Lizzo

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 12:22 PM (+rw6l)

242 I use tinyurl as a matter of course.

As do I, as everyone here probably already knows, but, you know, being a scold is so much fun.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 12:22 PM (Riz8t)

243 Socialism is powered by the sin of Envy. It's been a Satanic op for a long time now.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2026 12:22 PM (xcxpd)

244 At the moment, using a phone to view this website is a terrible experience because of persistent pop-up on the comment pages.

Pop-up ads like - Elder Abuse Training.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 12:22 PM (2GVsD)

245 I just saw something new here in town: graffiti written in Arabic. Swell.
Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 12:18 PM (Jr5Lq)

How do you know it's Arabic, and not just squiggles drawn by an illiterate?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 12:23 PM (1z8ji)

246 I did have a boil on my bum.

Posted by: Lance Bottoms at August 18, 2026 12:23 PM (JM9I6)

247 237 I, for one, would like to know exactly what the character limit is to avoid blowing the margins. Does it vary from phone to phone? I have almost zilch experience with viewing the HQ on a phone.

I use tinyurl as a matter of course.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Pixy might or might not answer that if you ask nicely in the overnight tech thread.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 12:23 PM (E4rtv)

248 "How do you know it's Arabic, and not just squiggles drawn by an illiterate?"

Best guess.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 12:23 PM (Jr5Lq)

249 Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 12:22 PM (Riz8t)

Take a breather bro. A quick one. Ten minutes. You've made your point and now risk unmaking it. From a friend.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 12:24 PM (+rw6l)

250 I appreciate not having the margins go explody because I read and post exclusively from my iPhone 11.

Makes it tedious to read a post scrolling back and forth.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 12:24 PM (W2Pud)

251 You can go in through your browser settings, look for Javascript under site settings, and disable js for the main page and the comments domain.

I don't like it because it hurts their passive income, but also.... so does nobody visiting at all because the site is still getting hijacked, and then leaving and never coming back out of inertia. So.... bleh.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 12:25 PM (Ot/FD)

252 Wellenmuster is quite different from Arabic writing.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 12:25 PM (2GVsD)

253 244 At the moment, using a phone to view this website is a terrible experience because of persistent pop-up on the comment pages.

Pop-up ads like - Elder Abuse Training.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Turn off webscripts aka Javascript for this websight. In browser settings.

On Android or Linux, Brave does it for you, not on IoS due to most of those browsers for Apple using WebKit as the underlying code base.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 12:25 PM (E4rtv)

254 So, about that Civil War…

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 12:25 PM (77rzZ)

255 I don't agree with that. For that core of true believers, it's a substitute religion for which they'd be willing to sacrifice themselves. Darkness at Noon gives the perfect illustration.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 18, 2026 11:47 AM (XvL8K)

For most true believers, especially the performative ones that do All The Correct Things, the goal is not closer communion with a higher thing, the goal is personal power within the social web that they themselves police.
This is the basis of dislike for those that despise the "Tammy Faye Bakker" type performative religiosity.
There are those who go along with it, but that is not because they personify the movement, but because they are empty people who want to belong.
Those are the ones who will sacrifice themselves.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2026 12:25 PM (rbvCR)

256 This is why you can't make politics your religion.

Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2026 12:06 PM (FVy9j)
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I agree, but in this sense. Politics can never be a "religion". But it can be the cluster of a "Shared Communal Vision" which is the social structure of a religion.

The structure provides your "Vision" of structuring society, but the more this social grouping goes on the more likely people are to feel a sort of infallibility of the central tenets that shape the Vision.

Which is why there is an economy in allowing you to be "certain" of whatever you think affects your personal interest. As you are the determiner of what that is.

And this is why politics of personal interest are robust. However, the more you make a Cause your highest value, the more, it seems human nature makes you intolerant of those that oppose your cause.

If you share the Vision, the Vision becomes the main "truth" in your paradigm.

I hate to offer absolutes though, so I should say that constructing a CSV around politics is dangerous, especially if you claim another CSV of Christian teaching. You should know that God and God alone can only be pre-eminent. (cont)

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 12:26 PM (Fi81e)

257 As do I, as everyone here probably already knows, but, you know, being a scold is so much fun.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 12:22 PM (Riz8t)

Yes, I am a scold, and you are a liar.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2026 12:26 PM (k5CNB)

258 People who view a smart military blog on a tiny phone screen deserve ridicule and should have their increments frozen.

Posted by: Franking Privileges Rescinded, Also at August 18, 2026 12:26 PM (JM9I6)

259 Now this is an AWFL Karen crash-out.

Police pull this white woman over at night. She looks like one of Al Bundy's customers from Hell. She starts getting emotionally spun up. She starts to tell the cops to get some manners. She, an adult woman, also calls her 'mommy' to come get her. And finally she yells at the cops that she isn't a 'N****r'

Thank kami-sama for bodycams.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 12:20 PM (2GVsD)

We used to make fair sport of shrill fat cunts. We used to be a proper country.

By the way, any opinions on Mori Calliope? I'm listening to one of her albums. It's...fine? I think?

Posted by: Robert at August 18, 2026 12:27 PM (dpXJq)

260 nood

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 12:27 PM (Jr5Lq)

261 Speaking of Wellenmuster, should I build a Sturmvogel?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 12:27 PM (2GVsD)

262 You should know that God and God alone can only be pre-eminent. (cont)

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 12:26 PM (Fi81e)
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God's words and purposes cannot fail, but man's paraphrase can fail quite a lot. Scripture may be infallible, but the teachers of scripture are not themselves scripture.

The authority of Man "in God's name" is not the authority of God. This is the shape of the "Christian Vision".

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 12:28 PM (Fi81e)

263 I think Politics can absolutely be a religion. Sportsball can be a religion. Both can invoke huge tribal, unthinking loyalty, and violence, and a sense of belonging, shared suffering, or moral superiority.

Politics, unlike sportsball, even tells you how to live and how to consider yourself to be 'saved'.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2026 12:28 PM (xcxpd)

264 From a video I bookmarked 15 years ago. Bill Whittle, Eat The Rich. A little math lesson for the retarded left and all socialists.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDW_IO7azmE

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 18, 2026 12:28 PM (hmYU4)

265 Look up the duet Mori Calliope sang with Ironmouse and make your final decision.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 12:28 PM (2GVsD)

266 261 Speaking of Wellenmuster, should I build a Sturmvogel?
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 12:27 PM (2GVsD)

sure, fast plane once upon a time

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2026 12:29 PM (xcxpd)

267
"How do you know it's Arabic, and not just squiggles drawn by an illiterate?"

Best guess.
Posted by: gp

I wonder if there is a way to take a picture of it and have it translated by some app?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2026 12:30 PM (Cqx++)

268 I have a Motorola phone which of course means Ye Olde Android and use the DuckDuckGo browser which is probably just Google Chrome in a plain brown wrapper.
But no pop-ups.
I kinda miss the senior lady in the unique gray sweater sporting pronounced hooterage.
But I'll get over it.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 18, 2026 12:30 PM (2Ez/1)

269 Fresh new thread! Where we can start over and make fun of stupid people out there!

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2026 12:30 PM (ZdaMQ)

270 239 Oh boy, is it just me or is it getting hot in here ?
Posted by: It's me donna
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Perhaps. But the blackpilling and reminders to us, that already know, the GOP are snakes, is tiresome every damn election and it is the same people doing it.

This was always going to be a close election and world affairs, random shit like Miller in OH and that dunce in NC risking safe seats in a House race where every seat counts hurts. Senate is a bit safer because the Dems are unlikely to win four seats, three perhaps with luck and a disaster in AK, but their problem is Orangeman Bad does not do much for Indy voters nor does their DSA candidates getting all the airwaves and attention.

The battleground is voter mobilization and how the indy vote swings in particular districts and particular states.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 12:31 PM (E4rtv)

271 263 I think Politics can absolutely be a religion. Sportsball can be a religion. Both can invoke huge tribal, unthinking loyalty, and violence, and a sense of belonging, shared suffering, or moral superiority.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2026 12:28 PM

Now do recycling.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 18, 2026 12:33 PM (2Ez/1)

272 But the communes merely lived off of his wealth until he abandoned the enterprise. (I'm not sure how he resolved to abandon it). New Harmony in Indiana was sold and resold a couple of times to a new wave of Utopian. One of the last group were convinced that the seas would turn to lemonade. (No shit. Dan Flynn documents most of this in his book A Conservative History of the American Left)
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 11:58 AM (Fi81e)

That last bit is from Charles Fourier, the creator of the utopian society built on the theory of the phalanstère, a single building to house a community. organized like a beehive or a monastery.
Fourier later wrote a book about the future of mankind which involved promiscuity, people growing scorpion like tails, and of course the poles growing warm and the seas turning into lemonade.

As to the phalenstere, the colonies based on them collapsed.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2026 12:36 PM (rbvCR)

273
There’s a Miami, Ohio, too. Those Miami Indians sure got around!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
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Pfft.

Posted by: The Creek Indians at August 18, 2026 12:36 PM (XeU6L)

274 Did we survive Carter?
He gave us Iran and the terrorist state.
He took the Panama Canal our great strategic maritime asset. He fueled inflation to a state where nobody trusts institutions. He devalued the prestige of America around the world.

It's all still there generations later.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 18, 2026 12:38 PM (bX16E)

275 Mamdani is "The Joker!".
He is a mentally challenged individual in control with a clown face (smile) that destroys everything he touches to reduce mankind into servitude.

Posted by: John at August 18, 2026 01:26 PM (9NUKl)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

Shed Of Rebellion
Jacek Yerka

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

Comments

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 09:30 AM (2YhKe)

2 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 18, 2026 09:30 AM (RkR9o)

3 art

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 09:30 AM (/+uur)

4 yow!

Posted by: cmeat at August 18, 2026 09:30 AM (Bep7s)

5 I've seen that off 82 just after entering Red River County......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 09:30 AM (2YhKe)

6 Mad Max's house?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 18, 2026 09:30 AM (RkR9o)

7 DNC Convention in 2028?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 09:31 AM (2GVsD)

8 I saw Shed of Rebellion open for Jimmy's Chicken Shack at Arcadia in 2011.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 09:31 AM (2YhKe)

9 I kinda like it. It has a nice dark children's book illustration vibe to it. The stained glass is a nice touch to the rebellious shed.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 09:31 AM (LQKAS)

10 Alternate title: Kamala's Vag

Posted by: Rabid Moroccan Donkey with a ruptured asshole at August 18, 2026 09:31 AM (y+Apl)

11 That shed has three floors underground, and one of them is a faraday cage. The others have a year's worth of supplies and ammo.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2026 09:32 AM (vN3wy)

12 What a you rebelling against?

store bought whiskey

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 09:32 AM (/+uur)

13 Well it ain't a shed of boobs.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 18, 2026 09:32 AM (MpWMW)

14 When you can't find the Love Shak...

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 09:32 AM (2GVsD)

15 Weird, but I kinda like it. The stuff sticking up in the back reminds me of Googie, and I like Googie.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 09:32 AM (77rzZ)

16 Cozy. I like.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026 09:33 AM (CszeO)

17 Nah, Googie is more aesthetic.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 09:33 AM (2GVsD)

18 Looks like my house-to-be!

(Not really)

I kinda like it. It has a nice dark children's book illustration vibe to it. The stained glass is a nice touch to the rebellious shed.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026

***
Yes -- sort of like A Series of Unfortunate Events.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 09:33 AM (wzUl9)

19 Jacek was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at August 18, 2026 09:33 AM (2Ez/1)

20 Off sock

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2026 09:34 AM (y+Apl)

21 Odd but interesting.
Would hang though it looks like part of my backyard.
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 09:34 AM (rp63B)

22 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around.
Dang. A HOA somewhere is missing it's President.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2026 09:34 AM (2WIwB)

23 Thought it was AOP's workshop, but no Wretched Panhard on view.

Posted by: Prairie Home Companion at August 18, 2026 09:34 AM (JM9I6)

24 Original grounds from the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 09:34 AM (2YhKe)

25 This is what happens when Darrel K. Sweet gets high and paints Discworld cover art.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 09:34 AM (2GVsD)

26 Plenty of VHF / UHF antennas, but I don't see much in the way of HF. Must be a technician class operator.

Posted by: PabloD at August 18, 2026 09:34 AM (zDDmD)

27 Is that a printing press inside the shed?

Posted by: dantesed at August 18, 2026 09:35 AM (Oy/m2)

28
"Why can't we just get in the RUNNING CAR!??"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 09:35 AM (2YhKe)

29 Also in the series:

Boathouse of Disgruntlement

Water Heater Closet of Ennui

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 18, 2026 09:35 AM (17rPF)

30 Neat!

Harlan Ellison collaborated with Yerka on a book where Yerka provided the paintings and Ellison wrote a one-page short story for each painting.

They get weird. But very cool paintings.

The book is called "Mind Fields" and highly recommended if you like Yerka's style of artwork and Ellison's flair for short stories.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 09:36 AM (FZ29D)

31 This is nicely detailed. One could spend quite a while picking the various elements apart.

It looks as if there's living quarters above the shed or mini-barn part. Steps go up to a door, and then there's that crooked enclosed balcony over to the right where the crow or raven is sitting.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 09:36 AM (wzUl9)

32 Looks neat! It's got the kind of details that naturally start making up their own backstories as you notice them.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 18, 2026 09:36 AM (aJQbY)

33 And sometimes the HOA is a necessary evil.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2026 09:36 AM (NpAcC)

34 Is that a printing press inside the shed?
Posted by: dantesed

Possibly. And a rotting corpse or three.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2026 09:36 AM (y+Apl)

35 Lots of fun details. Stained glass. Antennae. Hayloft. What appears to be a blacksmith shop.
Would like to know the back story.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 18, 2026 09:37 AM (2Ez/1)

36 Very Sergio Aragonés.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 09:37 AM (2YhKe)

37 Looks like something from Harry Potter. I like it.

Posted by: Tuna at August 18, 2026 09:37 AM (lJ0H4)

38 The belfry has no rope, that will be a pain.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 09:37 AM (2GVsD)

39 I always wanted a bell tower, had to settle for a cupola.

Posted by: Turrets A Plus at August 18, 2026 09:37 AM (JM9I6)

40 Is that one of Rube Goldberg's contraptions?

Posted by: Fat Guy sitting nekkid on a Ottoman at August 18, 2026 09:37 AM (SExz7)

41 Boathouse of Disgruntlement

Water Heater Closet of Ennui
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 18, 2026

***
Kitchen of Dahmer Recipes

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 09:37 AM (wzUl9)

42 The stained glass is a nice touch to the rebellious shed.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 09:31
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I thought so too. Prayer and reflection before the slaughter.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 18, 2026 09:37 AM (ViCCR)

43 I'd live there. Happily.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 18, 2026 09:37 AM (sl73Y)

44 This art reminds me of at least one "19th Hole" that I've visited after playing. It was in Germany. Crazy place. Unlike the clubhouse we use on Geezer Golf Tuesday!!! Which is today! Woohoo!!!
And see how I stuck to the 100 comment rule?

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2026 09:37 AM (2WIwB)

45 Plenty of antennas but no Sarlink setup. Weird.

Posted by: dantesed at August 18, 2026 09:38 AM (Oy/m2)

46 An HoA is never needed.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 09:38 AM (2GVsD)

47 It is definitely a fixer upper.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 18, 2026 09:38 AM (ibDUx)

48
Grim but compelling.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 18, 2026 09:39 AM (x0n13)

49 What are the red and white squares on the ground?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 18, 2026 09:39 AM (2Ez/1)

50 46 Only for plowing the streets and arranging trash pickup.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 09:39 AM (77rzZ)

51 There's a forge and an anvil inside. About the only way to stay warm when the polar winds blow; that shed looks drafty.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 09:39 AM (wzUl9)

52 Why does the barn have a pitot tube sticking out from under the peak? Is he planning to fly it somewhere?

Posted by: huerfano at August 18, 2026 09:39 AM (2Xqig)

53 Would hang during Halloween.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2026 09:39 AM (y+Apl)

54 Tim Burton builds his nightmare house.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 09:40 AM (2GVsD)

55 It has a nice dark children's book illustration vibe to it. The stained glass is a nice touch to the rebellious shed.

I would definitely put this on the side of my van...if I had a van.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 09:40 AM (Riz8t)

56 What are the red and white squares on the ground?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 18, 2026

***
Art Deco style tiles. The owner gave up before trying to redo the bathroom.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 09:40 AM (wzUl9)

57 A blacksmith forge, a printing press and an engine tied to a belt.....yet no water anywhere to be seen.

Seems he picked a bad location.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 09:40 AM (2YhKe)

58 What are the red and white squares on the ground?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

Look like tiles.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2026 09:41 AM (y+Apl)

59 always wanted a bell tower, had to settle for a cupola.
Posted by: Turrets A Plus at August

A cupola what?

Posted by: From about That Time at August 18, 2026 09:41 AM (sl73Y)

60 looks like a great pitch for a few sets of womble, muck and sneedball.

Posted by: cmeat at August 18, 2026 09:41 AM (Bep7s)

61 It's the sort of building that looks like it could be bigger on the inside.

In other words, it's a proto-TARDIS.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 09:41 AM (FZ29D)

62 An HoA is never needed.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 09:38 AM (2GVsD)

A quintillion times this.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 09:41 AM (2YhKe)

63 Also in the series:

Boathouse of Disgruntlement

Water Heater Closet of Ennui

The Condo of Mild Dyspepsia

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 09:41 AM (Riz8t)

64 Starlink receiver?

Posted by: Inventiveness to Infinity at August 18, 2026 09:42 AM (JM9I6)

65 A blacksmith forge, a printing press and an engine tied to a belt.....yet no water anywhere to be seen.

Seems he picked a bad location.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026

***
Tom Joad's family farm, before they left for Californy.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 09:42 AM (wzUl9)

66 I would definitely put this on the side of my van...if I had a van.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 09:40 AM (Riz8t)
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Above or below the sign for "FREE CANDY"?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 09:42 AM (FZ29D)

67 There's a crow in the upper right waiting on ace to roll out of his cocoon. Fire up the forge! This isn't hot air.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 18, 2026 09:42 AM (tvdD1)

68 The Gatehouse of gastric distress.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 09:42 AM (2GVsD)

69 Is that a printing press inside the shed?
Posted by: dantesed

And a forge & anvil! Those are probably bags of coal by the door.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026 09:42 AM (CszeO)

70 Tim Burtons
Little House on the Prairie

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 09:43 AM (/+uur)

71 A lot of roof penetrations there.

Posted by: The Flasher at August 18, 2026 09:43 AM (JM9I6)

72 I Built a Sea Shanty For a Song

Posted by: muldoon at August 18, 2026 09:43 AM (I0N4X)

73 Nothing a few flaming arrows can't take out

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2026 09:43 AM (9quuE)

74 Under the birds nest on a stick, is that Dick Cheney's head?

Posted by: huerfano at August 18, 2026 09:44 AM (2Xqig)

75 Back in Hungary, ve had much fun in the hayloft!

Posted by: Lisa Douglas, Hootersville at August 18, 2026 09:44 AM (JM9I6)

76 66 I would definitely put this on the side of my van...if I had a van.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 09:40 AM (Riz8t)
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Above or below the sign for "FREE CANDY"?

Oh no you don't! I'm not giving away my trade secrets.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 09:44 AM (Riz8t)

77 More like a proto reTARDIS.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 09:44 AM (2GVsD)

78 Are those stickers propped up beside the door supposed to be scythes? I thought those were curved.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 09:44 AM (wzUl9)

79 Beautiful! Now to go look at today's picture...

Posted by: t-bird at August 18, 2026 09:44 AM (f4tQo)

80 Interesting piece. Looks like the cottage over on 15th Avenue. Pre-quake.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2026 09:44 AM (JvZF+)

81 Ramshackle shack of Insurrection

Posted by: muldoon at August 18, 2026 09:44 AM (I0N4X)

82 Got to go out and shoot the bell with a slingshot every hour, a PITA.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 18, 2026 09:44 AM (sl73Y)

83 ***
Tom Joad's family farm, before they left for Californy.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 09:42 AM (wzUl9)

If you're gonna remake a song, make it your own.......

You asked for it...................

https://youtu.be/1VypaE6kKJ8

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 09:44 AM (2YhKe)

84 This would be the guy in a Mad Max scenario who had all the gewgaws to fix just about anything.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026 09:45 AM (CszeO)

85 Looks like this prepper exhausted his whiskey and acetylene caches.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at August 18, 2026 09:45 AM (NYInA)

86 >>>Shed Of Rebellion

Ball of Confusion

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 09:45 AM (odBC9)

87 Back in Hungary, ve had much fun in the hayloft!
Posted by: Lisa Douglas, Hootersville at August 18, 2026

***
Wal, Miz Douglas, I'd admire to accommodate you there!

Posted by: Mr. Haney at August 18, 2026 09:45 AM (wzUl9)

88 *pauses*

The Inn of Seven Incests

Nah

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 09:45 AM (2GVsD)

89 HUT ONE! HUT TWO!

Posted by: BEN R. at August 18, 2026 09:45 AM (I0N4X)

90 Is that a printing press inside the shed?
Posted by: dantesed

And a forge & anvil! Those are probably bags of coal by the door.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026 09:42 AM (CszeO)
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That's going to be the new AoSHQ when we have to rebuild civilization.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 09:46 AM (FZ29D)

91 Got to go out and shoot the bell with a slingshot every hour, a PITA.
Posted by: From about That Time

Teach the crow to fly up and drop a rock on it.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026 09:46 AM (CszeO)

92 (THAT WAS FUNNY, BUT I'M NOT SURE WHY.)

Posted by: BEN R. at August 18, 2026 09:46 AM (I0N4X)

93 The taxman cometh.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2026 09:46 AM (2Cry5)

94 But can you teach the crow to sing in perfect harmony?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 09:47 AM (2GVsD)

95 *pauses*

The Inn of Seven Incests

Nah
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026

***
Bless the Crows and Tree Frogs

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 09:47 AM (wzUl9)

96 No Chestnut Tree, so the village smithy does not live there.

Posted by: Iron Bands at August 18, 2026 09:47 AM (JM9I6)

97 And WHAT is going on above the shack on the left side? High atop a rickety pole their appears to be a man's head or face wearing headphones.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 18, 2026 09:47 AM (2Ez/1)

98 Spears(?) with curved blades ain't gonna cut it.

Posted by: dnd nitpicker at August 18, 2026 09:47 AM (Q+gd/)

99
Jacek Yerka is another case of a hugely talented artist who chooses to paint bizarre images as if something beautiful or natural is beneath his attention. It's frustrating and annoying. It succeeds in that I want to look at it with all its many bits but, aside from that, where would you display it. Maybe on the cover of a sci-fi book or similar. As to the 'rebellion' in the title, perhaps it's rebelling against consumerism. (Total guess.)

Posted by: JTB at August 18, 2026 09:47 AM (yTvNw)

100 Looks like where Dr Westin and dick Devine built their spaceship.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 09:47 AM (yEz+x)

101 100

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 09:48 AM (odBC9)

102 No Chestnut Tree, so the village smithy does not live there.
Posted by: Iron Bands at August 18, 2026

***
"Under the spreading chastity, the village smoothie stands. . . ."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 09:48 AM (wzUl9)

103 Ball of Confusion
Posted by: m
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Heh.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 18, 2026 09:48 AM (ViCCR)

104 The bell tower has a Christian cross on top of it.

Posted by: dantesed at August 18, 2026 09:48 AM (Oy/m2)

105 And WHAT is going on above the shack on the left side? High atop a rickety pole their appears to be a man's head or face wearing headphones.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

You say that like it's unusual.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026 09:48 AM (CszeO)

106 Spears(?) with curved blades ain't gonna cut it.

Disagree.

Posted by: Sickles and scythes at August 18, 2026 09:49 AM (Riz8t)

107 I thought sheds of rebellion are we get the term "cottaging."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2026 09:49 AM (BI5O2)

108 The artist spent all his creativity on the building as the background is totes boring.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 09:49 AM (2GVsD)

109 97 Bob from NSA, the early years.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 09:49 AM (77rzZ)

110 Oooh, I want that. Screw the pole barn. I might build this.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2026 09:49 AM (S41Gd)

111 >>Are those stickers propped up beside the door supposed to be scythes? I thought those were curved.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 09:44 AM

Some people call 'em a sling blade, but I call 'em a kaiser blade, uh huh.

Posted by: Karl at August 18, 2026 09:49 AM (2Xqig)

112 Spears(?) with curved blades ain't gonna cut it.
Posted by: dnd nitpicker at August 18, 2026

***
Not for agriculture. But for war --!
(Zulus and Yanomamos everywhere)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 09:49 AM (wzUl9)

113 40 Is that one of Rube Goldberg's contraptions?
Posted by: Fat Guy sitting nekkid on a Ottoman at August 18, 2026 09:37 AM (SExz7)

It has that ... vibe.

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 09:49 AM (odBC9)

114 Nest of vipers

Posted by: That guy who never quite gets the joke right at August 18, 2026 09:49 AM (Riz8t)

115 This is what happens when Darrel K. Sweet gets high and paints Discworld cover art.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 09:34 AM

*snort*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 09:50 AM (LQKAS)

116 105 And WHAT is going on above the shack on the left side? High atop a rickety pole their appears to be a man's head or face wearing headphones.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

You say that like it's unusual.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026 09:48 AM (CszeO)

... and like It's a Bad Thing.

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 09:50 AM (odBC9)

117 I would definitely locate my blacksmith's forge in a drafty, thatched wooden barn under a hay loft. But that's just me!

Posted by: t-bird at August 18, 2026 09:50 AM (f4tQo)

118 High atop a rickety pole their appears to be a man's head or face wearing headphones.

Telefunken ja?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 09:50 AM (2GVsD)

119 Would make a good album cover.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 09:50 AM (77rzZ)

120 And WHAT is going on above the shack on the left side? High atop a rickety pole their appears to be a man's head or face wearing headphones.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

***
The remains of the last tax collector who came by this place

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 09:50 AM (wzUl9)

121 If the ladder is on the roof, how the hell do you get up there?

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2026 09:50 AM (2WIwB)

122 No trees in sight, you just know every rabid bat in the county would take up residence in this mess.

Posted by: Never Mind The Rabid Beavers at August 18, 2026 09:51 AM (JM9I6)

123 Very Lemony Snicket.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 18, 2026 09:51 AM (PGK1w)

124 As to the 'rebellion' in the title, perhaps it's rebelling against consumerism. (Total guess.)
Posted by: JTB at August 18, 2026 09:47 AM (yTvNw)
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According to his bio in "Mind Fields" he was rebelling against his instructors.

"Yerka resisted the constant pressures of his instructors to adopt the less detailed, less realistic techniques that characterized so much of contemporary art." (Yerka was born in 1952, btw.)

He was heavily influenced by Cagliostro, Hieronymus Bosch, Peiter Bruegel, Hugo van der Goes, and Jan van Eyck.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 09:52 AM (FZ29D)

125 105 And WHAT is going on above the shack on the left side? High atop a rickety pole their appears to be a man's head or face wearing headphones.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

You say that like it's unusual.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026 09:48 AM (CszeO)

Whereas we know--deep breath:

It's not unusual to go out at any time
But when I see you out and about it's such a crime
If you should ever wanna be loved by anyone
It's not unusual

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 09:52 AM (odBC9)

126 >>>Is that a printing press inside the shed?
Posted by: dantesed

And a forge & anvil! Those are probably bags of coal by the door.

Posted by: rickb223

>I'm thinking the contraption is for bagging grain. A printing press would have shit all over the place. An old school belt driven driven generator adds a nice touch.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 18, 2026 09:52 AM (tvdD1)

127 Maybe it's just my advanced age talking, but I'd put a railing on that staircase.

Posted by: Handy Capable at August 18, 2026 09:52 AM (JM9I6)

128 Would hang. In the hallway leading to the restrooms of the Cracker Barrel at Exit 191.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 18, 2026 09:52 AM (2Ez/1)

129 It's a mad, mad, mad, mad world.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 09:53 AM (2YhKe)

130 Spears(?) with curved blades ain't gonna cut it.
Posted by: dnd nitpicker at August 18, 2026

***
Not for agriculture. But for war --!
(Zulus and Yanomamos everywhere)

What am I, chopped liver?

Posted by: Halberd at August 18, 2026 09:53 AM (Riz8t)

131 Naginatas have entered chat.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 09:53 AM (2GVsD)

132 If the ladder is on the roof, how the hell do you get up there?

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2026 09:50 AM (2WIwB)

In that tinderbox think of it as a fire escape.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2026 09:53 AM (S41Gd)

133 But can you teach the crow to sing in perfect harmony?
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 09:47 AM

I suppose you could, but you'd probably have to bribe it with a Coke.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 09:54 AM (LQKAS)

134 Forge and anvil?

Thought it was a spear and magic helmet?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 09:54 AM (2GVsD)

135 If the ladder is on the roof, how the hell do you get up there?

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2026 09:50 AM (2WIwB)

There's a catapult behind the barn.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 09:54 AM (2YhKe)

136 And today, I'm getting pop up ads for $80k hyperbaric chambers. My internet profile seems to be going askew.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 18, 2026 09:54 AM (sl73Y)

137
Dear Property Owner - a limerick

It's an unsightly, quirky creation
With an u stable cinder block foundation
It tilts toward the west
And you're sure to be blessed
With a notice from the Owner's Association!

Posted by: muldoon at August 18, 2026 09:54 AM (I0N4X)

138 I haven’t seen commenter XTC in awhile. Anyone know anything about him?

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 09:54 AM (77rzZ)

139 What am I, chopped liver?
Posted by: Halberd at August 18, 2026 09:53 AM

You're more for chopping livers.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 09:54 AM (LQKAS)

140 I don't really like this one, but some of his others I prefer such as "A House with a blue" and a sort of weird lightened forest in the dark.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2026 09:55 AM (dom7w)

141 It's the back of a Mad Magazine cover. You fold it up just right and it turns into a rocket ship.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 09:55 AM (2YhKe)

142 27 Is that a printing press inside the shed?
Posted by: dantesed at August 18, 2026 09:35 AM (Oy/m2)

Or are you just happy to see me?

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 09:55 AM (odBC9)

143 *waves to RMBS*

At least someone got my DKS joke.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 09:55 AM (2GVsD)

144 Thought it was a spear and magic helmet?
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 09:54 AM

Pfft!

Spear and magic helmet...

Posted by: Bugs Bunny at August 18, 2026 09:55 AM (LQKAS)

145 Rube Goldberg meets steampunk.
This ain't no She Shed.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 18, 2026 09:56 AM (2Ez/1)

146 At least someone got my DKS joke.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 09:55 AM

I help where I can.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 09:56 AM (LQKAS)

147
I help where I can.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 09:56 AM (LQKAS)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 09:57 AM (2YhKe)

148 Posted by: That guy who never quite gets the joke right at August 18, 2026 09:49 AM (Riz8t)

I feel seen.

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 09:57 AM (odBC9)

149 You cannot make this stuff up, although I suppose zombie Jason Arday will be happy to have company.

"Outstanding Refugee" winner Salman Elmi was just arrested for $1 million in Medicaid fraud, 8 felonies, and a sex trafficking ring

https://tinyurl.com/bp92z4vm

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 09:57 AM (Riz8t)

150 Thanks.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 09:58 AM (2GVsD)

151 This ain't no She Shed.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 18, 2026 09:56 AM

It ain't no country club, either.

Posted by: S. Crow at August 18, 2026 09:58 AM (LQKAS)

152 >>>And today, I'm getting pop up ads for $80k hyperbaric chambers. My internet profile seems to be going askew.

Posted by: From about That Time

>It's that nifty AI, the same one that edits my comments and omits words, letters, duplicates shit and is a general nuisance.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 18, 2026 09:59 AM (tvdD1)

153
It ain't no country club, either.
Posted by: S. Crow at August 18, 2026 09:58 AM (LQKAS)

ONE SQUARE!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 09:59 AM (2YhKe)

154 Set in a barren landscape.

Posted by: davidt at August 18, 2026 09:59 AM (Q+gd/)

155 Just begging to be struck by lightning.

Posted by: Eromero at August 18, 2026 10:00 AM (LHPAg)

156 Set in a barren landscape.
Posted by: davidt at August 18, 2026 09:59 AM (Q+gd/)

So, somewhere in the middle of my field of f*cks?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 10:00 AM (2YhKe)

157
No junkyard dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 10:00 AM (O0L8i)

158 136 And today, I'm getting pop up ads for $80k hyperbaric chambers. My internet profile seems to be going askew.
Posted by: From about That Time at August 18, 2026 09:54 AM
+++

The senior lady wearing the unique gray sweater and sporting pronounced hooterage is off today. It's time for her mammogram.

Posted by: The Management at August 18, 2026 10:00 AM (2Ez/1)

159 ONE SQUARE!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 09:59 AM

I knew that was coming the minute I hit Post. The Horde does not disappoint.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 10:01 AM (LQKAS)

160 Set in a barren landscape.

"On a mountain of skulls, in the castle of pain, I sat on a throne of blood!"

Posted by: Vigo the Carpathian at August 18, 2026 10:01 AM (Riz8t)

161 Very Lemony Snicket.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider

THAT'S IT! That's the look!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026 10:01 AM (CszeO)

162 It's charming in a weird sort of way...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2026 10:01 AM (qJXt+)

163 154 Set in a barren landscape.
Posted by: davidt at August 18, 2026 09:59 AM (Q+gd/)

You're traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That's the signpost up ahead - your next stop, the Shed of Rebellion!

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 10:01 AM (odBC9)

164 I knew that was coming the minute I hit Post. The Horde does not disappoint.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 10:01 AM (LQKAS)

I help where I can.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 10:02 AM (2YhKe)

165 Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 09:57

I appreciated the comment of the person who said that we should call them "scamugees" not "refugees"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2026 10:02 AM (dom7w)

166 And today, I'm getting pop up ads for $80k hyperbaric chambers. My internet profile seems to be going askew.
Posted by: From about That Time

Beats green dildos.
Pro top: Do not google WNBA.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026 10:02 AM (CszeO)

167 158 136 the unique gray sweater
Posted by: The Management at August 18, 2026 10:00 AM (2Ez/1)

unique?

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 10:02 AM (odBC9)

168 I'm sure everyone that sees that shed in the art think that it's got to be he best place to hide illicit weapons. Yessiree, nobody would look there.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 18, 2026 10:02 AM (g8Ew8)

169 I'm really not sure where that would be....flat landscape, yet not enough wind to knock that thing the f*ck over.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 10:04 AM (2YhKe)

170 What the hell is this?

https://tinyurl.com/yn3kxwrx

Posted by: pawn at August 18, 2026 10:05 AM (L5eIP)

171 I really like this. I would hang it, not in my bedroom, though. The head is looking at me.

Posted by: huerfano at August 18, 2026 10:05 AM (2Xqig)

172 I'm sure everyone that sees that shed in the art think that it's got to be he best place to hide illicit weapons. Yessiree, nobody would look there.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons

Let's hide behind the running chainsaws!
Posted by: Clueless teens in a horror film

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026 10:05 AM (CszeO)

173 I'm really not sure where that would be....flat landscape, yet not enough wind to knock that thing the f*ck over.........
Posted by: Sponge

SE Kansas?

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026 10:06 AM (CszeO)

174 Looks like the superstructure of a Japanese WW eleven battleship.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 18, 2026 10:06 AM (XvL8K)

175 136 And today, I'm getting pop up ads for $80k hyperbaric chambers. My internet profile seems to be going askew.
Posted by: From about That Time at August 18, 2026 09:54 AM
---
I'm sure you could get a cheap Chinesium knockoff on Amazon for only $80 instead of $80K.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 10:06 AM (FZ29D)

176 What the hell is this?

https://tinyurl.com/yn3kxwrx

Posted by: pawn at August 18, 2026 10:05 AM (L5eIP)

A tenet of islham.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 10:06 AM (2YhKe)

177 167 158 136 the unique gray sweater
Posted by: The Management at August 18, 2026 10:00 AM (2Ez/1)

unique?
Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 10:02 AM

Haven't seen it in awhile, but as I recall it would vary. Sometimes the sleeves would be disconnected from the rest of the sweater at the shoulders. Some quirk in the AI I think.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 18, 2026 10:07 AM (2Ez/1)

178 I, myself, am strange and unusual.

Posted by: Lydia Rebellion at August 18, 2026 10:07 AM (0sNs1)

179 177 167 158 136 the unique gray sweater
Posted by: The Management at August 18, 2026 10:00 AM (2Ez/1)

unique?
Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 10:02 AM

Haven't seen it in awhile, but as I recall it would vary. Sometimes the sleeves would be disconnected from the rest of the sweater at the shoulders. Some quirk in the AI I think.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 18, 2026 10:07 AM (2Ez/1)

Oh. Maybe I don't get that one.

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 10:07 AM (odBC9)

180 Fairfax, Virginia's prosecutor arranged for a murderer to go the Tajik embassy, helped him get a passport, then let him get on a plane to Tajikistan.

Instead of staying in the mental hospital he'd been sentenced to.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 18, 2026 10:08 AM (PGK1w)

181 How would AI depict Ace's shelves?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2026 10:09 AM (0sNs1)

182 179 You don’t get it?

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 10:09 AM (77rzZ)

183 182 179 You don’t get it?
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 10:09 AM (77rzZ)

Maybe that ad did not appear on my computer.

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 10:10 AM (odBC9)

184 Huh.
OK.

"Sorry, honey, can't clean the garage right now - I'm painting (the messy garage)."

Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2026 10:10 AM (X8xt3)

185 180 Fairfax, Virginia's prosecutor arranged for a murderer to go the Tajik embassy, helped him get a passport, then let him get on a plane to Tajikistan.

Instead of staying in the mental hospital he'd been sentenced to.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 18, 2026 10:08 AM

Was that wrong?
Should I not have done that?

Posted by: Steve Descano at August 18, 2026 10:10 AM (2Ez/1)

186 I, myself, am strange and unusual.

Posted by: Lydia Rebellion

I collect spores, molds, and fungus.

Posted by: Dr. Egon Spengler at August 18, 2026 10:10 AM (Riz8t)

187 184 You really didn’t get it.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 10:11 AM (77rzZ)

188 180 Fairfax, Virginia's prosecutor arranged for a murderer to go the Tajik embassy, helped him get a passport, then let him get on a plane to Tajikistan.

Instead of staying in the mental hospital he'd been sentenced to.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 18, 2026 10:08 AM (PGK1w)
Family reunion?

Posted by: Eromero at August 18, 2026 10:11 AM (LHPAg)

189 180 Fairfax, Virginia's prosecutor arranged for a murderer to go the Tajik embassy, helped him get a passport, then let him get on a plane to Tajikistan.

Instead of staying in the mental hospital he'd been sentenced to.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 18, 2026 10:08 AM (PGK1w)

And with pin money?

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 10:11 AM (odBC9)

190 189 180 Fairfax, Virginia's prosecutor arranged for a murderer to go the Tajik embassy, helped him get a passport, then let him get on a plane to Tajikistan.

Instead of staying in the mental hospital he'd been sentenced to.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 18, 2026 10:08 AM (PGK1w

For murder no less

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2026 10:12 AM (qJXt+)

191 I don't see AOP there.

Posted by: Pizza Night In Rowley? at August 18, 2026 10:12 AM (JM9I6)

192
Yp Ho Ho and Suchlike - a limerick

There omce was a man from Ypsilanti
Who moved to the coast with his auntie
He built her a shack
With a guest room in back
Then he pointed at it saying, "See? Shanty!"

Posted by: muldoon at August 18, 2026 10:12 AM (I0N4X)

193 Looks like it's connected to the electrical grid better than Gary is right now.

Posted by: DaveA at August 18, 2026 10:13 AM (FhXTo)

194 Posted by: muldoon at August 18, 2026 10:12 AM (I0N4X)

Good one!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2026 10:14 AM (k5CNB)

195 Was that wrong?
Should I not have done that?

Posted by: Steve Descano

Fairfax Co. is run by lunatics, voted into office by AWFLs who resolutely defy reality. Here's another group of them in London.

https://tinyurl.com/y3kcjuec

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 10:14 AM (Riz8t)

196 Oops

Yp ee ki yay and Suchlike -

Posted by: muldoon at August 18, 2026 10:14 AM (I0N4X)

197 Who doesn't already own a hyperbaric chamber? What are we, Europeans?

Posted by: Down With It at August 18, 2026 10:15 AM (JM9I6)

198 I guess Satan has to keep his weed whacker somewhere.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 18, 2026 10:15 AM (QzM4s)

199 It's pronounced "Ip-sa-lanty" for the non-Michigan contingent.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 18, 2026 10:16 AM (J4Dwc)

200 200

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 10:16 AM (odBC9)

201 Good one!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

********

Thanks. Ypsilanti has been loitering in the back of my mind for several years, waiting for an opportunity.

Posted by: muldoon at August 18, 2026 10:16 AM (I0N4X)

202 196
Yp ee ki yay and Suchlike -
Posted by: muldoon at August 18, 2026 10:14 AM (I0N4X)

Yp, Adrian!

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 10:17 AM (odBC9)

203 Ace is obviously not much of a tile man. His concubines are sloppy and need tutelage.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 18, 2026 10:18 AM (tvdD1)

204 I'm fine with a Tajik murderer being shipped off to murder Tajiks. That makes him a Tajik problem, and not an American one.

We should start airdropping all of *our* murderers over Muslim countries.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2026 10:18 AM (BI5O2)

205 You don’t get it?
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 10:09 AM

Perchance BEN, as is sometimes his wont, will ride to our rescue?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2026 10:19 AM (0sNs1)

206 Thanks. Ypsilanti has been loitering in the back of my mind for several years, waiting for an opportunity.
Posted by: muldoon
__________

I'm looking forward to Kankakee and Sheboygan making appearances.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 18, 2026 10:20 AM (XvL8K)

207 Michigan has great city names. Ypsilanti, Kalamazoo, Sault Ste Marie (pronounced Soo Saint Marie), Mackinac.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 18, 2026 10:20 AM (qDa2L)

208 The senior lady wearing the unique gray sweater and sporting pronounced hooterage is off today. It's time for her mammogram.
Posted by: The Management

Good, I'm glad to see she's taking care of herself, she's one of my favorites.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 18, 2026 10:21 AM (sl73Y)

209 Can you imagine Karmelo running around in rural Pakistan? Or that Lindsay Clancy bitch? Hilarity ensues.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2026 10:21 AM (BI5O2)

210 197 Who doesn't already own a hyperbaric chamber? What are we, Europeans?
Posted by: Down With It at August 18, 2026 10:15 AM

And stocked with an ample supply of Ranch dressing.
'Murrica!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 18, 2026 10:21 AM (2Ez/1)

211 Any schmuck can buy a hyperbaric chamber. The real challenge is finding all the hyperbears to fill it with.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 10:22 AM (Ot/FD)

212 I saw Satan's Weed Whacker open for Greenday at Fiddler's Green in '02.

I heaved a scythe of relief when they did a soulful rendition of The Green Green Grass of Home.

Posted by: muldoon at August 18, 2026 10:22 AM (I0N4X)

213 86 psychedelic shack

Posted by: cmeat at August 18, 2026 10:23 AM (Bep7s)

214 It's been suggested I draft AOC for my 2028 ticket.

Dumb and Dumber would be our slogan.

I kind of like it. Tim certainly didn't set me up for success.

Posted by: Kamala! at August 18, 2026 10:23 AM (0sNs1)

215 207 Don’t forget Big Beaver, a suburb of Detroit. Also, Hell.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 10:23 AM (77rzZ)

216 The real challenge is finding all the hyperbears to fill it with.

----

Do these chambers come with an axe or do I need to bring my own?

Posted by: Graham Platner at August 18, 2026 10:23 AM (BI5O2)

217 Ypsilanti has been loitering in the back of my mind for several years, waiting for an opportunity.

Posted by: muldoon at August 18, 2026 10:16 AM (I0N4X)

That is a strange mind you've got there!

But it sure works out well for us!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2026 10:24 AM (k5CNB)

218 *The real challenge is finding all the hyperbears to fill it with.*

We've got them for $12.

Posted by: TEMU at August 18, 2026 10:25 AM (2Ez/1)

219 >>>And stocked with an ample supply of Ranch dressing.
'Murrica!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty

>I got your ranch dressing. Th question is, is hidden valley the best? There have got to be a hundred flavors.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 18, 2026 10:25 AM (tvdD1)

220 There’s also a Climax, Michigan.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 10:25 AM (77rzZ)

221 Does a lack of comment indicate zombie Bob Ross' approval of this artwork, despite lacking his signature accoutrements?

Posted by: Kamala! at August 18, 2026 10:26 AM (0sNs1)

222 Don’t forget Big Beaver, a suburb of Detroit. Also, Hell.
Posted by: Bulg
_______________

Here in Ky, we've got Beaverlick and Big Bone Lick within a few miles of each other.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 18, 2026 10:27 AM (XvL8K)

223 Intercourse, PA.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 10:27 AM (2YhKe)

224 220 There’s also a Climax, Michigan.
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 10:25 AM

Yoo Hoo!

Posted by: Intercourse, Alabama at August 18, 2026 10:27 AM (2Ez/1)

225 Humptulips, WA

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 10:27 AM (W2EWw)

226 Numerous Penn State Frat Boys Arrested For Giant Cocaine Trafficking Operation

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I guess they're majoring in business administration.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 10:28 AM (ndZc7)

227 Monster House!

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 18, 2026 10:28 AM (cWLG3)

228 226 Numerous Penn State Frat Boys Arrested For Giant Cocaine Trafficking Operation

-
I guess they're majoring in business administration.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 10:28 AM (ndZc7)
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Inspired by 22 Jump Street (lowbrow comedy film).

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 18, 2026 10:29 AM (cWLG3)

229 Numerous Penn State Frat Boys Arrested For Giant Cocaine Trafficking Operation

-
I guess they're majoring in business administration.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 10:28 AM (ndZc7)

At least they're no longer running a child sex farm, I guess.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 10:29 AM (2YhKe)

230 226 Numerous Penn State Frat Boys Arrested For Giant Cocaine Trafficking Operation

-
I guess they're majoring in business administration.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 10:28 AM (ndZc7)

What. A bunch. Of idiots.

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 10:29 AM (odBC9)

231 Detroit is kind of a weird name too. We just don’t really think about it since we hear it so often. It really should be Day-troua, in its proper French pronunciation.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 18, 2026 10:29 AM (qDa2L)

232 See we don’t need illegals running drugs we have plenty of Americans who will do those jobs.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 18, 2026 10:30 AM (qDa2L)

233 There’s also a Climax, Michigan.
Posted by: Bulg

I've seen Hell, Michigan freeze over.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026 10:31 AM (CszeO)

234 ---
Inspired by 22 Jump Street (lowbrow comedy film).

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 18, 2026 10:29 AM (cWLG3)

Yet another example of how hollywood destroys.......

21 Jump Street
Starsky and Hutch
Dukes of Hazzard
The Wild Wild West

All TV shows made into really shitty, embarrassing movies.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 10:31 AM (2YhKe)

235 Sandy Cocazio Ortez

; )

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 10:31 AM (odBC9)

236 I'll second the recommendation on Mind Fields by Yerka and Ellison.

Think there's another book of Yerka's art out there too, but the title escapes me now and I'm just too freakin' lazy to look it up at the moment.

Delightfully strange stuff.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 18, 2026 10:32 AM (q3u5l)

237 231 Detroit is kind of a weird name too. We just don’t really think about it since we hear it so often. It really should be Day-troua, in its proper French pronunciation.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 18, 2026 10:29 AM (qDa2L)

---
Uranus, Missouri
https://www.uranusmissouri.com/

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 18, 2026 10:32 AM (cWLG3)

238 Watch these reporters visit Seattle's beautiful $165M library (it's full of drug zombies)

https://tinyurl.com/5bxfssyd

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 10:32 AM (ndZc7)

239 All TV shows made into really shitty, embarrassing movies.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 10:31 AM (2YhKe)
----
We're gonna be here all day if you want to go down that road...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 10:32 AM (FZ29D)

240 227 My son loved Monster House when he was a kid, up to a point. At some point, he’d be too scared to watch anymore, and we’d have to turn it off.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 10:32 AM (77rzZ)

241 The judges would also have accepted

Sandy Occasional Cortex

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 10:32 AM (odBC9)

242 231 Detroit is kind of a weird name too. We just don’t really think about it since we hear it so often. It really should be Day-troua, in its proper French pronunciation.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 18, 2026 10:29 AM

At least you weren't made up out of whole cloth.

Posted by: Idaho at August 18, 2026 10:33 AM (2Ez/1)

243 ---
Uranus, Missouri
https://www.uranusmissouri.com/
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 18, 2026 10:32 AM (cWLG3)

I'm told Uranus Fudge is really good. Didn't get a chance to stop last time through........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 10:33 AM (2YhKe)

244 We also have Hells Halfacre, Ky.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 18, 2026 10:33 AM (XvL8K)

245 Jacek Yerka

Whatta yerk.

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 10:33 AM (odBC9)

246 We're gonna be here all day if you want to go down that road...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 10:32 AM (FZ29D)

I've got a meeting in 1.5 hrs........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 10:33 AM (2YhKe)

247 Jacek Yerka

Whatta yerk.
Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 10:33 AM (odBC9)

Oh watta jer kayam.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 10:34 AM (2YhKe)

248 Colleges are the best places to run dope. Cops turn a blind eye to drug crime on campus. They want parents to know that police are present in force to protect Oliver and Emma from Ja'marquius and Rogerio, but that Oliver and Emma *will not* be locked up for their drug pansexual sodomy hobby.

These guys had to be pretty sloppy to get caught. Or maybe the payments to the campus substation were late.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2026 10:35 AM (BI5O2)

249 243 ---
Uranus, Missouri
https://www.uranusmissouri.com/
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 18, 2026 10:32 AM (cWLG3)

I'm told Uranus Fudge is really good. Didn't get a chance to stop last time through........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 10:33 AM (2YhKe)
---
I heard tell ol' Colonel Angus hails.from Uranus, MO.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 18, 2026 10:35 AM (cWLG3)

250 *drug-FUELED pansexual sodomy

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2026 10:35 AM (BI5O2)

251 >>>See we don’t need illegals running drugs we have plenty of Americans who will do those jobs.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez

>That's right, and a lot of them carry badges.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 18, 2026 10:36 AM (tvdD1)

252 242 I was always intrigued by Lightfoot’s pronunciation of it in Fitzgerald: “De-troy-it.”

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 10:36 AM (77rzZ)

253 Sandy Ortez sounds like someone with an onlyfans.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 18, 2026 10:37 AM (cWLG3)

254 199 i had a customer with that for his last name. he had a 750 paso ltd, which was a step up.

Posted by: cmeat at August 18, 2026 10:37 AM (Bep7s)

255
I tell those Michiganders to relax
And pay close attention at Mackinacs
Take a left at Kalamazoo
Then head south at Ste. Marie'S Soo
And surely you'll eventually reach Climax

Posted by: muldoon at August 18, 2026 10:40 AM (I0N4X)

256 "...their drug pansexual sodomy hobby."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2026 10:35 AM

What day of the week is that thread?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 18, 2026 10:40 AM (2Ez/1)

257 WTF

yerka yerka

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2026 10:41 AM (ZxPkt)

258 “Ypsilanti” is name for two brothers who were heroes of the Greek War of Independence.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 10:42 AM (77rzZ)

259 Do not take Ypsilanti if you're allergic to it or it's ingredients.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 10:42 AM (2YhKe)

260 234 starsky hutch film entertained, enjoyed the cameos. fun.

Posted by: cmeat at August 18, 2026 10:43 AM (Bep7s)

261 @260 "DO it!"

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 18, 2026 10:43 AM (cWLG3)

262 starsky hutch film entertained, enjoyed the cameos. fun.
Posted by: cmeat at August 18, 2026 10:43 AM (Bep7s)

The TV show wasn't a comedy. The movie was silly blech and everything Ben Stiller touches is mostly crap.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 10:44 AM (2YhKe)

263 Thanks. Ypsilanti has been loitering in the back of my mind for several years, waiting for an opportunity.
Posted by: muldoon

Ypsilanti Is Always On My Mind was one of the B side songs that Kris Kristofferson never got onto an album

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2026 10:44 AM (rbvCR)

264 21 Jump and Starsky made a lot of money.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 18, 2026 10:45 AM (qDa2L)

265 good eye, PabloD!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2026 10:45 AM (VyBeY)

266 21 Jump and Starsky made a lot of money.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 18, 2026 10:45 AM (qDa2L)

The people are sheep.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 10:45 AM (2YhKe)

267 The show The Fugitive was a little before my time, but I thought the movie was fantastic.

Very prescient about the evils of Big Pharma.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 10:46 AM (77rzZ)

268 Steam Punk. Medieval smithy with TV antennae.

Posted by: Jimmy Brock at August 18, 2026 10:46 AM (wGerL)

269 Good morning!

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2026 10:46 AM (ZdaMQ)

270 If Vince Vaughn is in it I’ll probably enjoy it.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 18, 2026 10:46 AM (qDa2L)

271 This looks like the mind of a schizophrenic.

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2026 10:47 AM (ZdaMQ)

272 247 owa tagoo siam
pops used to get me to say it when i was learning to talk.
did the same thing to my boy. he'd say, "owa tagoo siman!"

Posted by: cmeat at August 18, 2026 10:48 AM (Bep7s)

273 Depicted Art: The expression of the way Life could and Should BE.

A: The house that mELON-head built (features cTHIEL-inside)

mELON's proving to be a lost cause, it's up to JD to throw down against cTHEIL 3rd party opening the windoow to REMAIN-SINWAR/AOC candidacy, an cthKARP/cthLUCKEY/cthANDURIL bringing armed drones and robocops to your streets, and the Rubio/Pragmatic DeepStater's who obviously knew what would happen, defending BRENNAN, targetting ALL (normal) PEOPLE when the truth become a liability -- as if they didn't know about IRG capabilities and Epstein, they wouldn't be very intelligent if they didn't no would they?

LET'S GO BRANDON!
Best Episode of Apprentice EVER!
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-irlTheBRENNANcameo

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at August 18, 2026 10:49 AM (lOXFD)

274 These guys had to be pretty sloppy to get caught. Or maybe the payments to the campus substation were late."

Chino and Daddy G?

Posted by: man at August 18, 2026 10:49 AM (cGjQu)

275 247 owa tagoo siam
pops used to get me to say it when i was learning to talk.
did the same thing to my boy. he'd say, "owa tagoo siman!"
Posted by: cmeat at August 18, 2026 10:48 AM (Bep7s)

Saw a TikTok yesterday where dads were pretend putting their fingers in wall sockets, flopping around violently while yelling, scaring the crap out of their babies, making them cry hysterically.

I found this an incredibly stupid way to get kids to stay away from wall outlets........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 10:50 AM (2YhKe)

276 I've been watching Hunter lately. It's pretty awesome. In the pilot episode, Hunter throws Brian Dennehy off a high rise. Presumably, all of Los Angeles was destroyed on impact.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2026 10:50 AM (BI5O2)

277 This looks like the mind of a schizophrenic.
Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2026 10:47 AM (ZdaMQ)

.......I shit my pants........

Posted by: Joe Biden at August 18, 2026 10:51 AM (2YhKe)

278 I found this an incredibly stupid way to get kids to stay away from wall outlets...."

Here kids, try this fork...

Posted by: man at August 18, 2026 10:51 AM (cGjQu)

279 I've been watching Hunter lately. It's pretty awesome. In the pilot episode, Hunter throws Brian Dennehy off a high rise. Presumably, all of Los Angeles was destroyed on impact.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2026 10:50 AM (BI5O2)

Fred Dwyer had a reasonably impressive NFL career.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 10:52 AM (2YhKe)

280 By the time I get to Climax she'll be sleeping...

/Glen Canpbell

Posted by: muldoon at August 18, 2026 10:53 AM (I0N4X)

281 262 wait, how do you feel?
stiller is not exactly a bonus for me, but i've enjoyed too many flicks he was in.

Posted by: cmeat at August 18, 2026 10:53 AM (Bep7s)

282 By the time I get to Climax she'll be sleeping..."

She'll be driving six white horses when she...

Posted by: man at August 18, 2026 10:54 AM (cGjQu)

283 Ben Stiller the comedian - Ben Stiller the Hollywood lightweight/groupthink twit. Pick one.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 10:55 AM (Gqar8)

284 California Dreaming:

https://tinyurl.com/y6dzp47k

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 18, 2026 10:55 AM (RkR9o)

285 stiller is not exactly a bonus for me, but i've enjoyed too many flicks he was in.
Posted by: cmeat at August 18, 2026 10:53 AM (Bep7s)

It's rare because he usually plays an incredibly annoying character that grates my nerves.

To each, their own. I don't think any less of you. Just stating my opinion.

I mean, I don't understand how Will Ferrell has a career..........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 10:55 AM (2YhKe)

286 Alternate w

"CBD Built His Dream Home"

Posted by: naturalfake at August 18, 2026 10:55 AM (5pM2N)

287 275 homer's bunny face was effective.

Posted by: cmeat at August 18, 2026 10:55 AM (Bep7s)

288 Fun fact: Dreyer was in the running to be Sam Malone in Cheers. The character was originally supposed to be a ex football player. When Ted Danson got the part they changed it to baseball as Danson didn’t have the body of an ex NFL player.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 18, 2026 10:56 AM (qDa2L)

289 Yeah....I spelled his name wrong.

John Frederick Dryer is an American actor, radio host, and former professional football player who played as a defensive end in the National Football League for 13 years with the New York Giants and Los Angeles Rams, participating in 176 games and recorded 103 career sacks starting in 1969 until his retirement in 1981, and is the only NFL player to score two safeties in one game.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 10:57 AM (2YhKe)

290 California Dreaming:

https://tinyurl.com/y6dzp47k"

If you're wealthy, there are ways around... if you're of a certain group, you can just ignore it...

Posted by: man at August 18, 2026 10:58 AM (cGjQu)

291 284 with increased braking distances comes liability litigation.

Posted by: cmeat at August 18, 2026 10:58 AM (Bep7s)

292 Those 2000s Movies with Ben Stiller, the Owen brothers, Vince Vaughn, Will Ferrell, etc are great. Low brow sure but sold 2 hours of entertainment and laughs.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 18, 2026 10:58 AM (qDa2L)

293 Wilson Brothers duh. Owen and Luke.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 18, 2026 10:59 AM (qDa2L)

294 285 i mostly agree with all that. and i don't retain who was in what... but anchorman, dodgeball and some other stuff are fam faves despite his annoying (inflatable groin) character. cringy but forgiveable.

Posted by: cmeat at August 18, 2026 11:00 AM (Bep7s)

295 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 18, 2026 11:00 AM (NcvvS)

296 There’s Something About Mary

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 11:00 AM (Gqar8)

297 Rant up

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026 11:00 AM (CszeO)

298 >> Fox News Power Rankings: As Democrats turn left, Black voters tap the brakes
Two-thirds of young Americans and 71% of Hispanics disapprove of Trump, but Black voters haven't fully returned

“ There isn’t much evidence that Democrats have figured out how to talk to these voters again, but for two of the three groups, Trump’s declining approval rating is doing the job for them.”

https://tinyurl.com/22dmn8je

Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 11:02 AM (q1tXs)

299 By the time I get to Climax she'll be sleeping..."
**********
She'll be driving six white horses when she...
Posted by: man at August 18, 2026 10:54 AM (cGjQu)

https://tinyurl.com/3tyba54j

@klara_sjo

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2026 11:13 AM (rbvCR)

300 The shed was angry that day, my friends!

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 11:25 AM (Fi81e)

301 The powers that be would rather be shed of this shed.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 11:27 AM (Fi81e)

The Morning Report — 8/ 18 /26

Good morning kids. If you can't see where this is heading, you're blind. Or a co-conspirator!

what happens and the life or death consequences when they take officers who are untrained and given a directive that is very far from protecting the public,” Wu said.
Boston has “already done everything possible” to stop ICE from accessing public property, the mayor said, adding that the city “will be doing whatever we can to communicate with private property owners.”
The Department of Homeland Security responded to Wu’s plan Monday, saying the “pro-criminal mayor” is “trying to intimidate Bostonians,” knowing “she has ZERO authority to block ICE from utilizing private property.”

The immediate evil of sic-ing the government on the citizenry is obvious, the tax assessors will be out in force or else some sort of zoning or other concocted civil penalties will be used against innocent people to prevent legitimate law enforcement from doing the exact opposite of what Michelle Wu and her ilk have blood libeled them. That is, the apprehension and removal of illegal alien invaders, some of them probably violent criminals. Naturally, Massachusetts is a solidly blue state and so the courts and state government will be squarely behind Michelle Wu, should citizens seek redress at that level, and likely not get it,

The horrible and bitter irony is that Massachusetts was one of the cradles of the American revolution. And 250 years on look what the hell it's devolved into.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested Maycon Souto Dos Reis, a Brazilian national convicted of aggravated murder, in Massachusetts on August 3. Dos Reis had fled Brazil after being sentenced to over 14 years in prison and entered the U.S. illegally in June 2024, where he was initially apprehended but released under Biden government policies. . The arrest occurred in Massachusetts on August 3, 2024, just two days before Governor Maura Healey signed the PROTECT Act, which imposes new restrictions on ICE operations in the Bay State. . . “This is yet another example of what the media often characterizes as a non-criminal, when in reality, many of these individuals are murderers, sexual predators, gang members, and more: They simply do not have a criminal record in the United States.” – David Wesling, Acting ICE ERO Boston Field Office Director

Maura Healy, who just signed this abomination into law!

The bill allows unborn babies to be aborted throughout pregnancy and strikes down the state’s 24-week limit, which had exceptions for the life of the mother and a deadly fetal diagnosis. Under the bill, doctors have the discretion to decide whether or not to perform a late-term abortion. . . Several Massachusetts... Democrats Break with Party over ‘Barbaric’ New Law Legalizing Abortions Up Until Birth.

But of course a corrupt government is one thing, but I'd lay better than even odds that the names and addresses of anyone who wants to lease space to ICE or the he DHS will somehow wind up in the hands of Antifa, La Raza and any and all other Leftist/Democrat approved and or aligned official-unofficial terror squads. Bad enough a criminal government will tax you out of existence but failing that, a molotov cocktail or two through your window is a hell of a lot more persuasive, nein?!

Have a good day,

CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION

The Marxist-Islamist coalition isn’t merely a domestic threat.
New Mecca Defense Pact Portends a GLOBAL Red-Green Alliance
“Socialism finds more positive views among Democrats with college degrees than those without.”
CBS News Poll Finds 58% of Democrats Have a Positive View of Socialism
China's communist history is not abstract; it's tangibly terrifying and Mamdani is using it as a political roadmap.
Welcome To The CCP Of NYC
Freedom of association is under attack.
Governments Don’t Like It When We Gather without Their Permission
Bogus moralistic rhetoric is used to justify who gets all the glittering prizes.
Diversity Fair

"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
The latest act by Democrats proving that once again November’s midterm elections come down to the sane versus the insane.
Yes, Democrats Just Passed A Resolution Seeking To Abolish ICE
The Department of Homeland Security responded to Wu's plan Monday, saying the "pro-criminal mayor" is "trying to intimidate Bostonians."
Sanctuary City Mayor Vows To Hunt Down Property Owners Looking To Lease To ICE
Judge Trenga’s order came after a lawsuit was filed by 21 Democrat-controlled states claiming that the government has no right to the information and would need individual subpoenas for each and every record, according to Freight Waves.
Judge (Buch M. Danno?) Blocks Homeland Security Review of Migrant Trucker Licenses
The arrest highlights ongoing tensions between federal immigration enforcement and state policies, particularly in so-called “sanctuary” jurisdictions like Massachusetts. Conservatives argue that laws restricting ICE operations, such as the PROTECT Act, hinder efforts to remove dangerous migrants from American communities and make communities less safe.
ICE Captured Wanted Murderer Right Before State Dems Passed Law Restricting Immigration Enforcement.
A marriage fraud ring shows where immigration enforcement still has teeth, now the courts have taken birthright citizenship off the table.
The Supreme Court Sanctioned Immigration Birthplace Fraud, But Not Marriage Fraud
For a certain kind of applicant, the backlog isn’t a failure of the system. It’s the entire strategy.
The Fed’s Massive Paperwork Backlog Creates A Gigantic Mass Migration Loophole
THE IRAN CONFLICT, MOU/"PEACE DEAL" (aftermath??)
Now it’s the voters’ turn to fight the IRGC.
Iran’s Real Battlefield is the 2026 Midterms
Iran’s oil exports have dropped to nearly zero under the renewed US naval blockade, according to analysis from a former senior US Treasury official — who predicts that the economic impacts could hit the elite and destabilize the regime within…
Crude outlook US Navy blockade has caused Iran’s oil exports to crater — and could finally destabilize regime: expert
The expiration of the U.S. truce with Iran and President Trump’s warnings to Oman could further destabilize the region, affecting global oil markets and regional relationships.
Trump Threatens to ‘Bomb the S**t’ Out of Oman If It ‘Gets in the Way’ of Iran Objectives.
Perhaps understandably, given the horrifying bloodbath the regime unleashed against protesters in January, few Iranians harbored realistic hopes of improving their country. Most of them simply dreamed of leaving.
Report: Iranians Facing 400 Percent Food Price Increases as U.S. Blockade Crushes Economy
And it certainly worked on this media outlet, which interviewed an Iranian actress who completely blew up the news reader's narrative.
Trump's Messaging on the Mullahs Could Be as Powerful as a GBU-57

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The venerable publication makes money producing videos, podcasts, and events for the Qataris, and pays Twitter to promote its articles pushing Qatar’s worldview (venerable = venereal - jjs)
Foreign Policy Magazine Becomes Mouthpiece for Qatar, Spouting Anti-Israel Views and Denouncing US Iran Policy: Publication Has Financial Ties to Gulf State
ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH . . . AND LEFTISTS. . . The U.N... AND HISTORY
Victor Davis Hanson: The West’s selective hatred of Israel says less about Israel than it does about the values—and prejudices—of those who condemn it.
Hating Israel Fatigue
Ireland’s new jet exposes the price of pretending Israel can be ignored.
Boycott Israel, Land in the Fog

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A recent report recycles the libel that Israel is "deliberately targeting children."
How The NGO-Media-UN Pipeline Launders Falsehoods When Israel Is Involved
THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE
The fraud operation ran from April 2020 through September 2021, with scammers posing online as friends, business associates, or romantic partners to gain their victims’ trust, prosecutors said.
Naturalized U.S. Citizen Scammer Convicted of Laundering $2.7M
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
The depletion of the U.S. SPR has raised concerns about the reserve’s ability to function effectively in future emergencies. Reports from earlier in the year suggest that countries are hoarding oil reserves in response to the rising costs created by the Iran war.
U.S. Petroleum Reserve Drained to 40‑Year Low, Storage Caverns at Risk.

FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
How disgusting can you get? Was he being paid for calling on Trump officials to be blacklisted, too?
Forbes editor fired over $6m payoff had threatened companies who dared hire outgoing Trump administration officials in 2021
Karaj is an editor at the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network’s (BIRN) Albania office, which runs the outlet Reporter.al. BIRN’s own donor page states that the Open Society Foundation Albania funds the network’s anti-corruption program “through investigative reporting and closer cooperation between journalists and civil society organizations.” Reporter.al is grant-funded by the same Soros foundation.
WSJ Hid Reporter’s Soros-Funded Ties in Kushner Albania Hit Piece
The beleaguered news personality has no new role at the network and has significantly dialed down the anti-Israel rhetoric in his on-air guest appearances and on social media
MS LIMBO: Israel-Bashing MS NOW Host Ayman Mohyeldin Twists in the Wind After His Third Show Is Canceled in Four Years
“You’ve got to wonder whether Western civilization is a Trojan horse for classical Christian education.”
AP Frets That Hegseth Might Be Making the Military Pro-Western

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We are in uncharted Big Brother territory.
What the Flock! How One Company And Its ALPRs Enable Warrantless Surveillance
"I'm gonna kill her by the end of this month. If I can't have her then nobody can."
ChatGPT Reports Man To FBI After Disturbing Threats
The public isn't buying the hype about AI...
Rising Majority Say AI Is A Job Killer That Will Lead To Higher Energy Costs: I&I/TIPP Poll
An important caveat of this study is that the questions were worded precisely in order to leave no gray area as to the correct answers...
Artificial Ignorance: The Political Falsehoods Of Leading AIs
A quartet of state attorneys general and a pack of plaintiffs attorneys haul Meta into federal court in tort-hellhole Oakland on Tuesday — out to milk as many billions as they can from the tech giant in the name of protecting America’s kids. Of course, if that were their true goal they’d be going after TikTok and YouTube first, since teens use both much more, before assaulting Instagram’s owner. But Meta has the deepest pockets, a market cap of $1.5 trillion . . . which, not coincidentally, about matches the damages the litigants seek.
Looking to loot Meta in the name of saving your kids
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
Judge wanted to shield Muslim extremist and murderer from deportation, court records show.
Islamist Immigrant Murderer Allowed To Flee Country, Was Given ’48-Hour’ Leave From Mental Hospital
Why did he do this? Could it be connected in any to El-Sayed’s general outlook on life, and to values and principles that he will take into the Senate with him if he is elected? Why, yes, there is indeed a connection, and it’s an important one. In March 2009, Abdul El-Sayed said: “Ultimately, the question is, when I die and I stand before God and go through everything I did in my life, I don’t want to say I did it the easy way instead of the Shariah-compliant way.”
El-Sayed Oversaw Animal 'Slaughterhouse,' and This Is Not Just a Story About Killing Dogs
Prosecutors said Desalagne moved the heavily intoxicated victim from a bench to a grass verge before dragging him behind an advertising sign.
Eritrean migrant drags elderly man behind billboard, rapes him next to church
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS
Richard Stearns was Bill Clinton’s roommate and protester pal at Oxford
Judge in Harvard Antisemitism Case Was Anti-Israel, Anti-War Activist, McGovern Campaign Aide
SHAMPEACHMENTS, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION
Rehearings at the Supreme Court are virtually never allowed. Court rules prescribe that they’re only permitted when substantial, “intervening circumstances” take place.
Supreme Court Denies Trump Request to Reconsider Appeal of E. Jean Carroll Lawsuit
TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS AFTERMATH
AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
Evil big lies.
Naomi Wolf Video: What Pfizer Tried to Hide
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
The strong manufacturing data suggests continued economic resilience, despite concerns over inflation and the ongoing Iran war. This data also suggests that economists underestimated the U.S. manufacturing sector. The fact that the rise in manufacturing activity has been driven by order growth suggests there is an increase in demand for U.S.-made goods. This is likely a by-product of the Trump administration’s tariffs as well as reforms to the tax code.
Trump Economy: Manufacturing Hits Four-Year Peak, Manufacturing Employment at Three-Year High.
“Our latest builder survey continues to show signs of weakness in the home building market,” said NAHB Chief Economist Robert Dietz. “August marked the 16th straight month that at least 30% of builders reported cutting prices to support demand, as well as the 16th consecutive month with the HMI below 40.”
Homebuilder Sentiment Unexpectedly Improves But Remains Subdued
We’re going to see some unfortunate changes to our money system. The question is only how overt the repression will be.
The Flavor of Financial Repression
Worker freedom is American freedom.
Unions Silenced The American Worker, Now It’s Time To Reclaim Freedom
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
While conservatives generally support the police, an honest prosecutor will act against police officers who violate the public trust.
Los Angeles County DA Hochman Is Doing The Right Thing
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
The revolution inside America’s schools.
Radicalizing the Nation from the Classroom Up
Its endorsement of Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan’s Senate race caps the AAUP’s gradual transformation from a professional organization into a partisan one.
The American Association of University Professors Embraces the Far Left
Despite having been made aware of the allegations as early as 2023, Cambridge took no action until after the plagiarism claims were made public last month by University of Ghent philosopher Nathan Cofnas, who was fired from Cambridge’s Emmanuel College in 2024 after expressing the view that meritocratic admissions in universities would see a drastic decline in the number of black students in universities like Harvard.
Cambridge College Head Calls for Investigation into ‘Media Onslaught’ Against Alleged Plagiarist Professor
No one can deny it now: Wokeness makes false gods and real tragedies.
DEI made Jason Arday’s career — and its cult of woke killed him
ABORTION
Gov. Maura Healey (D) signed the Prioritizing Patient Access to Care Act on August 10 after the bill passed the state House 119-33 in late July. The bill allows unborn babies to be aborted throughout pregnancy and strikes down the state’s 24-week limit, which had exceptions for the life of the mother and a deadly fetal diagnosis. Under the bill, doctors have the discretion to decide whether or not to perform a late-term abortion.
Several Massachusetts Democrats Break with Party over ‘Barbaric’ New Law Legalizing Abortions Up Until Birth
Here are the days of unlimited abortion on demand, especially for couples who are paying women to gestate their child.
Baby Gabriel’s Surrogacy Nightmare Proves ‘Her Body, Her Choice’ Was Always A Lie
THE 2020 AND OTHER ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
Milwaukee has a way of coming up with just enough votes the Democrat machine needs to win swing state Wisconsin. Call it a ‘lair for drama.’
Milwaukee’s Latest Election Mess Is All Just A Little Bit Of History Repeating
California has now told the country that it doesn’t know how many noncitizens have been removed from its voter rolls and that it has no formal policy for investigating illegal voting when it’s reported.
California Admits It Doesn’t Track Noncitizens On Voter Rolls As Federal Law Requires (Time to disqualify CA from national elections - jjs)
GRIFTING OLEAGENOUS PARASITIC RINO SCUM
The move comes after Paxton defeated Cornyn in a contentious Republican primary runoff this year.
John Cornyn Staffer Joins Democrat James Talarico’s Campaign
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
Fang was known by the FBI to have connections to Chinese intelligence operators, which is why she was targeted by the FBI as an informant.
No-Shit-Sherlock Dept, —FBI Docs: Alleged Chinese Spy Fang Fang Sold Access To Eric Swalwell
"I made personal mistakes outside my marriage that have caused real pain to my wife and family.”
Another California Democrat Hit With Sexual Assault Claims
Talarico's only tweet on China touted a 'resolution condemning anti-Asian hate speech' like the term 'China Virus'
James Talarico Voted Against Bills Targeting CCP Influence in Texas, Including Popular Measure Barring Chinese Nationals From Buying Farmland
POLITICS
Top staffers axed in 'Saturday Night Massacre' just days before primary.
‘Chaos’ Reigns In ‘Must-Win’ Senate Race For Dems
You don’t have to live in Georgia for the comparisons to odious Barack Obama to make you retch. The Obama fixation even plays into Ossoff’s speechwriting hires.
Jon Ossoff Sure Seems to Think He's the Next Barack Obama
South Carolina was the establishment's firewall against Bernie Sanders' left-wing insurgency twice over.
The fix is in.
“This situation in America is never going to get better if somebody doesn’t power through on this and just not back down,” he said.
NY entrepreneur who ‘lost millions’ for backing Trump now self-funding a campaign to succeed Elise Stefanik
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
President Trump’s decision to scale back joint exercises is a useful first step.
How President Trump Can End the Korean War
An astonishing number of Canadians are leaving. The reasons why are clear.
What's Wrong in Canada? (it's a gigantic Vermontifornia - jjs)
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
Powassan, Bourbon, and Lyme cases show tick-borne illnesses are not confined to one region.
Tick-Borne Threats Spread Beyond the Northeast as New At-Home Lyme Test Launches
The newly released highlights the success of the Trump administration on health policy. This data is especially important as Americans rank the affordability of essential goods, such as prescription drugs and medical equipment, as one of their top priorities. As such, the administration’s record-breaking achievement is likely to influence voting behavior ahead of the midterm elections in November. The new figures build on previous reports showing a decline in drug prices. In November 2025...
Trump Achieves Historic 60-Year Low in Prescription Drug Prices.
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
The report includes eight first-hand accounts from patients who were medically mutilated after experiencing discomfort with their sex as juveniles.
JD Vance and RFK Jr. Refer Hundreds of Hospitals and Clinics to Justice Department For Criminal Investigation into Transgender Health Fraud
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
The Georgia mother, identified as Casey, and her daughter, Annie, attended the Atlanta Dream vs. Indiana Fever game where they said security told them to cover up or they would be booted from the arena, the New York Post reported Monday.
WATCH: WNBA Security Accused of Forcing Mom, Daughter to Cover XX-XY Shirts amid Transgender Debate
Christian Toto: 'Old School' alum laments death of bawdy, R-rated comedies in woke era
Luke Wilson Shares Crazy Studio Reaction to Joke in Script
HITHER & YON
“It seems as though park rangers are handling it and everybody is okay. They’ve closed down the lakes, and we’ve been camping so we had to go to a different lake. It’s a little worrying but I think they’ve got it under control,” a camper told DC News Now...
VIDEO: Rabid Beavers Attack Two Teenagers at Maryland State Park (Not a barely-legal porn movie - jjs)
Political systems leave their deepest marks not only on constitutions and speeches, but also on kitchens, shops, homes and human faces.
A Chinese in Havana

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1 G'morning J.J.!

I'll let the others know...

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 18, 2026 07:20 AM (O7YUW)

2 !

Posted by: Hawkpilot at August 18, 2026 07:20 AM (g9+4z)

3 Not first.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 18, 2026 07:20 AM (cpFbA)

4 Happy Tuesday

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 07:21 AM (/+uur)

5 Bah! Good morning all. HB:JJ.

Posted by: Hawkpilot at August 18, 2026 07:21 AM (g9+4z)

6 Morning, everyone!

Posted by: NR Pax at August 18, 2026 07:21 AM (+4yJ5)

7 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2026 07:22 AM (u82oZ)

8 So they're only just now realizing that the big deal whoopdedoo SCOTUS ruling that "ended Roe V Wade" did little more than tell every State, "Do whatever the hell you want, we don't care"....

Took you long enough, Massholes.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 07:23 AM (Ot/FD)

9 Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Good reflexes. And thank you for the nood.

FYI, kids are back to school here.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2026 07:23 AM (u82oZ)

10 Good morning again dear horde and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2026 07:23 AM (JvZF+)

11 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 07:23 AM (ExV1e)

12 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2026 07:26 AM (2Cry5)

13 thx, JJ!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2026 07:27 AM (VyBeY)

14 Boston has “already done everything possible” to stop ICE from accessing public property, the mayor said, adding that the city “will be doing whatever we can to communicate with private property owners.”

History repeating itself:

Keeping alive the city demographics changing work of former Boston mayor James Michael Curley.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 18, 2026 07:27 AM (9Hs2w)

15 Good Morning.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2026 07:28 AM (6xukV)

16 Thank you, J.J.

Another cornucopia of information to digest.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2026 07:29 AM (u82oZ)

17 There is absolutely nothing redeeming about James Talarico's views or his campaign, and if he voted against a measure that would stop Chinese nationals from owning land in the U.S. , I expect the's another paid off stooge of the CCP.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2026 07:29 AM (xSAlF)

18 It is a shame Maura Healey was not aborted in the womb.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2026 07:29 AM (JvZF+)

19 Regarding the article about unions silencing workers.

Both my mother and brother have had to deal with unions as nurses. My mom had to threaten violence against a union rep because he was ignoring her demand to be a Beck employee. My brother came close to hiring a lawyer when he did the same thing.

A lot of unions need to have their fangs pulled in a very public manner.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 18, 2026 07:31 AM (+4yJ5)

20 18 It is a shame Maura Healey was not aborted in the womb.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2026 07:29 AM (JvZF+)

How do we know she wasn't?

Posted by: The sound of brains getting sucked out at August 18, 2026 07:33 AM (Ot/FD)

21 Unions are combinations in restriction of trade and should be outlawed, at least in the public sector.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2026 07:34 AM (JvZF+)

22 21 Unions are combinations in restriction of trade and should be outlawed, at least in the public sector.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

I fondly remember an incident out in Georgia where a union tried to make inroads at the Boeing plant. They learned two things.

1. They weren't welcome.
2. Bullets hurt.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 18, 2026 07:36 AM (+4yJ5)

23 Morning, News Folken,

"Dos Reis"? True, I know less about Portuguese than my cat Stirling knows about systems design. But doesn't that mean "Two Kings"?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 07:37 AM (wzUl9)

24 Indeed has approximately 665 million job seeker profiles worldwide.

And INS cannot process 6 million applications for some type of residency.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 07:37 AM (/+uur)

25 17 There is absolutely nothing redeeming about James Talarico's views or his campaign, and if he voted against a measure that would stop Chinese nationals from owning land in the U.S. , I expect the's another paid off stooge of the CCP.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2026 07:29 AM (xSAlF)

In last quarter Jimmy has 124 counts of illegal donations.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 07:38 AM (/+uur)

26 The horrible and bitter irony is that Massachusetts was one of the cradles of the American revolution. And 250 years on look what the hell it's devolved into.

A man who was convicted of RAPING HIS DAUGHTER was protected from ICE by Abby Spanberger here in Virginia, another cradle of the revolution.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 18, 2026 07:39 AM (PGK1w)

27 I was in a union when I was in the civil service, it was simply a grift. I had no choice. My pay went down every year I worked there.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2026 07:39 AM (JvZF+)

28 23 Morning, News Folken,

"Dos Reis"? True, I know less about Portuguese than my cat Stirling knows about systems design. But doesn't that mean "Two Kings"?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 07:37 AM (wzUl9)

"Of the", I think. De os.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 07:40 AM (Ot/FD)

29 @9/NaCly Dog: Thank you! We start up on Wednesday September 2.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 18, 2026 07:42 AM (O7YUW)

30 Judge Trenga’s order came after a lawsuit was filed by 21 Democrat-controlled states claiming that the government has no right to the information and would need individual subpoenas for each and every record, according to Freight Waves.

Based on what? Foreigners don't have Constitutional protections in the US. That is why they are barred from firearm ownership and its allegedly illegal for them to vote, serve on juries, or forced to pay taxes on income earned outside the US.

If a state wants to extend Constitutional protections to them, then fine, but it's limited to the jurisdiction of the State and when it doesn't conflict with existing federal law.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 18, 2026 07:43 AM (PVBkQ)

31 Kushner meeting with Hamas is a moment in American diplomacy both debasing and shameful.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 18, 2026 07:43 AM (ntaXS)

32 The horrible and bitter irony is that Massachusetts was one of the cradles of the American revolution. And 250 years on look what the hell it's devolved into.

A man who was convicted of RAPING HIS DAUGHTER was protected from ICE by Abby Spanberger here in Virginia, another cradle of the revolution.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 18, 2026 07:39 AM (PGK1w)

The tranq armies of Philadelphia have entered the chat.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2026 07:43 AM (6xukV)

33 On every single topic, Democrats response appears to be to go as hard left as possible to appease the rapid communists in their base. The party has become unrecognizable over the last few years and they don't appear to be slowing down.

They might appease the beast for a while and win in a few deep blue areas where immigrants and minorities dominate but I don't think there's a chance this will work out well for them in the longterm.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 07:43 AM (viF8m)

34 My pay went down every year I worked there.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

My last job when I lived in CA forced me to be a member of the CWA. I got nothing from them other than less money in my pocket.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 18, 2026 07:44 AM (+4yJ5)

35 JackStraw

Lots of people are short-sighted. Been a thing since the Stone Age.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2026 07:46 AM (u82oZ)

36 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026 07:48 AM (CszeO)

37 Pull all CBP from MA and tell them all if they want to enter the state from another country, they can go through another state.

Do that until they cry uncle and permit unfettered ICE enforcement ops.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2026 07:48 AM (jPziU)

38 32 The horrible and bitter irony is that Massachusetts was one of the cradles of the American revolution. And 250 years on look what the hell it's devolved into.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2026 07:43 AM (6xukV)

Likewise Virginia.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 18, 2026 07:49 AM (ntaXS)

39 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at August 18, 2026 07:50 AM (53oGX)

40 Good morning, all. Thanks for the news, JJ.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2026 07:50 AM (wVcYX)

41 Based on what? Foreigners don't have Constitutional protections in the US. That is why they are barred from firearm ownership and its allegedly illegal for them to vote, serve on juries, or forced to pay taxes on income earned outside the US.

If a state wants to extend Constitutional protections to them, then fine, but it's limited to the jurisdiction of the State and when it doesn't conflict with existing federal law.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 18, 2026 07:43 AM (PVBkQ)

So when I am in a foreign country I am NOT subject to its laws?

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2026 07:50 AM (jPziU)

42 You don’t hate the media enough, and definitely not as much as they hate you, Christianity, and Western civilization.

It's fine. I'm willing to learn long enough to throw them out of helicopters.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 18, 2026 07:50 AM (+4yJ5)

43 Salty, some of the positions they are taking are flat out nuts and there doesn't seem to be a big constituency for them. It seems they are caught in a cycle of how extreme can you go and don't know how to stop.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 07:51 AM (viF8m)

44 Cow Demon

Using a symmetrical application of logic in today's political environment will make you late.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2026 07:51 AM (u82oZ)

45 Hopefully, the muslim rape gangs will take root in Boston and then they can elect a muslim mayor and then they can have shiria law and then clitorectomies for everyone paid for by Medicare.

Winning!

Posted by: Massholio at August 18, 2026 07:52 AM (mqEfo)

46 There is absolutely nothing redeeming about James Talarico's views or his campaign, and if he voted against a measure that would stop Chinese nationals from owning land in the U.S. , I expect the's another paid off stooge of the CCP.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2026 07:29 AM (xSAlF)

More likely he's just another anti-American POS. He was a nobody state legislator in a state where the bills he voted against all became law. No reason for the CCP to waste money on someone more dedicated to destroying the US than they are.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 07:52 AM (ExV1e)

47 Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 07:38 AM (/+uur)

And does anyone do anything about these illegal donations, or everybody just notes it and then ignores it?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2026 07:52 AM (xPsv8)

48 21 Unions are combinations in restriction of trade and should be outlawed, at least in the public sector.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2026 07:34 AM (JvZF+)

If you take a paycheck from the taxpayer you have no business belonging to a union.

Private sector unions have had their day. If any place I work at unionizes, I am out. I’m not paying for the “privilege” of working for two chains of command.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2026 07:52 AM (jPziU)

49 Salty, some of the positions they are taking are flat out nuts and there doesn't seem to be a big constituency for them. It seems they are caught in a cycle of how extreme can you go and don't know how to stop.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 07:51 AM (viF8m)
----
Tiger by the tail...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 07:53 AM (FZ29D)

50 Judge Trenga’s order came after a lawsuit was filed by 21 Democrat-controlled states claiming that the government has no right to the information and would need individual subpoenas for each and every record, according to Freight Waves.

Based on what? Foreigners don't have Constitutional protections in the US. That is why they are barred from firearm ownership and its allegedly illegal for them to vote, serve on juries, or forced to pay taxes on income earned outside the US.

If a state wants to extend Constitutional protections to them, then fine, but it's limited to the jurisdiction of the State and when it doesn't conflict with existing federal law.
Posted by: Community Notes

Then those 21 states are in rebellion and there will be no federal elections. Wanna go to SCOTUS on that?

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026 07:53 AM (CszeO)

51 So when I am in a foreign country I am NOT subject to its laws?

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2026 07:50 AM (jPziU)

Of course you are. What you AREN'T is privy to the benefits conveyed by being a citizen of that foreign country.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 18, 2026 07:53 AM (PGK1w)

52 It is a shame Maura Healey was not aborted in the womb.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2026 07:29 AM (JvZF+)

I'm willing to say that it's a shame she was elected, although whoever was in office almost certainly would have done the same, but abortion is an abomination, no matter how the child eventually end up.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 07:54 AM (ExV1e)

53 43 Salty, some of the positions they are taking are flat out nuts and there doesn't seem to be a big constituency for them. It seems they are caught in a cycle of how extreme can you go and don't know how to stop.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 07:51 AM (viF8m)

There is a way for them to stop.

Severe beatings at the polls. I’m talking like 70-30 losses.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2026 07:54 AM (jPziU)

54 So when I am in a foreign country I am NOT subject to its laws?

Laws ≢ Constitutional Protections.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 18, 2026 07:54 AM (a3CJ+)

55 >>Tiger by the tail...

Exactly.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 07:55 AM (viF8m)

56 JackStraw

Right. A silo of thought is one way to describe the Commies. But outside that silo, there are solutions.

Great Britain is what happens when a population gives up it's means of self-protection. Lots of progress in America, but not in our justice system.

El Salvador had one answer to this problem of judges being part of a wider criminal enterprise.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2026 07:56 AM (u82oZ)

57 Of course you are. What you AREN'T is privy to the benefits conveyed by being a citizen of that foreign country.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 18, 2026 07:53 AM (PGK1w)

So, therefore, a foreign citizen in this country is subject to this country’s laws.

Of course, you can always be found guilty of violating the terms of their visa and then get deported…which may or may not happen over the next 40 years.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2026 07:56 AM (jPziU)

58 Then those 21 states are in rebellion and there will be no federal elections. Wanna go to SCOTUS on that?

Our culture, such as it is, is incapable of fighting its dragons.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 18, 2026 07:56 AM (a3CJ+)

59 Communist Limbo.

How extreme can they go?

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2026 07:56 AM (wVcYX)

60 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 07:56 AM (2YhKe)

61 Cow Demon

In Leftist areas, office holders get training on how to ignore their voters. Seen it personally when I was in office.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2026 07:57 AM (u82oZ)

62
Laws ≢ Constitutional Protections.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 18, 2026 07:54 AM (a3CJ+)

So Constitutional Protections are meaningless. Because you just said they are not laws.

But the Constitution is THE organic law, the highest in the land.

I’ll let y’all work out the contradiction as I drive home.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2026 07:58 AM (jPziU)

63 Democrats/leftist/liberals are some evil motherf*ckers.

Period.

They are murderous, bloodthirsty heathens. Satanic beasts.

I find it very hard to pray for The Lord to have mercy on their souls, which they deny even exists.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 07:58 AM (2YhKe)

64 61 Cow Demon

In Leftist areas, office holders get training on how to ignore their voters. Seen it personally when I was in office.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2026 07:57 AM (u82oZ)

Ignoring voters is easy, even when you are in the GOP!

Posted by: Rep Ken King, TX HD 88 at August 18, 2026 07:59 AM (jPziU)

65 Of course, you can always be found guilty of violating the terms of their visa and then get deported…which may or may not happen over the next 40 years.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2026 07:56 AM (jPziU)

Yes. Foreign citizens are subject to the laws of the US while in the US. That's exactly why they're being deported in their millions.

There's an article right here in JJ's roundup about a woman who overstayed and got the boot.

Are you suggesting it's not happening?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 18, 2026 08:00 AM (PGK1w)

66 Rep Ken King, TX HD 88

Senator Thune has entered the chat.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2026 08:00 AM (u82oZ)

67 Beyond supplying a combined total of 74 false answers to 400 questions, the AIs provided a staggering number of specious sources to support their answers, including:

86 sources that don’t exist and show no evidence of ever existing in the Internet Archive or Google.
77 sources that don’t answer the question.
18 sources that are completely unrelated to the issues at hand.
15 sources that assert the polar opposite of the answers given by the AIs.
13 sources that are demonstrably false.

SO basically CNN or PMSNOW

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 08:00 AM (/+uur)

68 Our culture, such as it is, is incapable of fighting its dragons.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 18, 2026 07:56 AM (a3CJ+)

We can't even competently or collectively identify them.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 18, 2026 08:01 AM (b4LBp)

69 Atlanta Dream vs. Indiana Fever game

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

Fever-Dream

That about sums up the WNBA!

Posted by: muldoon at August 18, 2026 08:02 AM (I0N4X)

70 So, therefore, a foreign citizen in this country is subject to this country’s laws.

Yet in practice, the foreigner is superior in every way to the citizen.

A citizen, often depending on skin color, will be hit with felonies while foreigners worst crimes are dismissed or converted into misdemeanors.

Income earned by foreigners, is not taxed if earned outside the US, and is rarely taxed when "earned" inside the US.

Foreigners, instantly are eligible for full-payout social security, that is certainly not true for most Americans

Foreigners have no responsibility to pay taxes, serve on juries, or file a Selective Service Registration. Yet they get all of if not more of the public services, can own property, operate a business, free access to schools, hospitals, courts, parks while exempt from zoning and licensing laws.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 18, 2026 08:02 AM (rgGn5)

71 There's an article right here in JJ's roundup about a woman who overstayed and got the boot.

Are you suggesting it's not happening?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 18, 2026 08:00 AM (PGK1w)

It's in the ONT, not here in the MR.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 18, 2026 08:03 AM (PGK1w)

72 I saw Rabid Beavers open for The Aquabats at Punk Rock Bowling back in 2012

Posted by: Fack Blag at August 18, 2026 08:04 AM (SvlU8)

73 "The Department of Homeland Security responded to Wu's plan Monday, saying the "pro-criminal mayor" is "trying to intimidate Bostonians."

So what are you going to do about it, DHS? What have you done about an of these anarchic Leftist satraps and their seditions? Nada. Just words.

Arrest her and put the city under federal receivership. At least arrest her.

Do we want to have a lawful, sane society or not?

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 18, 2026 08:06 AM (b4LBp)

74 "Dos Reis"? True, I know less about Portuguese than my cat Stirling knows about systems design. But doesn't that mean "Two Kings"?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026
*
"Of the", I think. De os.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026

***
My usual "If only it were Spanish" version of translating Portuguese!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 08:06 AM (wzUl9)

75 There's an article right here in JJ's roundup about a woman who overstayed and got the boot.

Are you suggesting it's not happening?

Have you ever looked at a stock chart over time?

For generations, illegals received all of the benefits and few of the responsibilities of citizens. The chart kept trending up and up and really jumped during "President" Autopen.

Trump 2.0 is a correction, but the overall trend is expected to return once this Glorious Era is over in 1/20/2029

Posted by: Community Notes at August 18, 2026 08:08 AM (rgGn5)

76 Have there ever been any reported cases of a beaver (the animal) getting rabies? The virus is supposed to be able to infect any mammal, but the beaver would have to be bitten by another rabid animal, like a fox, and then survive.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 08:09 AM (wzUl9)

77 Mornin’, All. Happy Tuesday.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 08:10 AM (77rzZ)

78 Several Massachusetts Democrats Break with Party over ‘Barbaric’ New Law Legalizing Abortions Up Until Birth

-
It'll come to nothing but still I'm surprised there's any push back at all.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 08:11 AM (ndZc7)

79 "Sanction" is one of those words with contradictory meanings, isn't it? You can "sanction" (approve) a policy, and you can "sanction" (as in "extreme sanction") a person. Or as the headline above says, the Supreme Court "sanctioned" the immigration birth fraud.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 08:12 AM (wzUl9)

80 Have there ever been any reported cases of a beaver (the animal) getting rabies? The virus is supposed to be able to infect any mammal, but the beaver would have to be bitten by another rabid animal, like a fox, and then survive.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

From 2011 to 2020 North American beavers averaged two cases a year. Yes, they can, but it's extremely rare.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026 08:12 AM (CszeO)

81 Leaky water line getting replaced today. Woohoo!

They’re out there cutting up the sidewalk now.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 08:12 AM (77rzZ)

82 Do we want to have a lawful, sane society or not?

Definitely not.
Better described as a Gynekritarchy

Posted by: Community Notes at August 18, 2026 08:13 AM (PVBkQ)

83 86 sources that don’t exist and show no evidence of ever existing in the Internet Archive or Google.
77 sources that don’t answer the question.
18 sources that are completely unrelated to the issues at hand.
15 sources that assert the polar opposite of the answers given by the AIs.
13 sources that are demonstrably false.

SO basically CNN or PMSNOW
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 08:00 AM (/+uur)

AI is programmed by leftist retards and H1-B visa holders.

OF COURSE it sucks.

Garbage in, garbage out is STILL A THING and will ALWAYS be.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 08:13 AM (2YhKe)

84 63- Good morning, sponge. It is hard to pray for evil people - beyond the idea that we're all sinners in need of God's grace. Heck, I find it hard to pray for people who have treated me badly or lied about me, but here are some suggestions for both you and I and anyone else to do that. I think the bottom line is perhaps to say "God, please be the pray-er through me for what I cannot do through my own power:

https://tinyurl.com/8rjnpzuu

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2026 08:13 AM (xPsv8)

85 I hope these unrepentant batards on abortion get to glimpse Heaven for half a second before God allows Satan to drag their asses to hell

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 08:13 AM (+rw6l)

86 I saw Unrepentant Batards open up for The Proofers

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 08:14 AM (+rw6l)

87 Several Massachusetts Democrats Break with Party over ‘Barbaric’ New Law Legalizing Abortions Up Until Birth

-
It'll come to nothing but still I'm surprised there's any push back at all.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 08:11 AM (ndZc7)

Yet they will still vote straight line democrat in the next election and Healy will be re-elected in a landslide.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 08:14 AM (2YhKe)

88 Have there ever been any reported cases of a beaver (the animal) getting rabies? The virus is supposed to be able to infect any mammal, but the beaver would have to be bitten by another rabid animal, like a fox, and then survive.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,
*
From 2011 to 2020 North American beavers averaged two cases a year. Yes, they can, but it's extremely rare.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026

***
Hell of a thing to have happen. "That crazy fox attacked me, but I got away!"

"Yeah, but now you have rabies. Nice knowing you."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 08:15 AM (wzUl9)

89 >>Trump 2.0 is a correction, but the overall trend is expected to return once this Glorious Era is over in 1/20/2029

That assumes a return to a Democrat administration. It might not get a lot coverage, good news for us rarely does, but the Trump administration has been doing lots of work to clean up elections across the country. Not saying everything is perfect but real changes are happening that encourage more honest voting.

Democrats need to cheat massively at the federal level to win. If they didn't they wouldn't be so dedicated to cheating. And despite the far left media bleating I'm not seeing a huge constituency for allowing a new wave of illegals to flood the country.

If Republicans are smart, a big if, they would start showing young people how opening the borders to millions of foreigners affects the pricing of everything they say they can't afford today. Because it does.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 08:15 AM (viF8m)

90 Trump 2.0 is a correction, but the overall trend is expected to return once this Glorious Era is over in 1/20/2029

Posted by: Community Notes at August 18, 2026 08:08 AM (rgGn5)

Harris is overwhelmingly likely to be the nominee. That's why the DNC establishment made SC the first primary - to give her momentum.

What is her path to victory in 2028 over Vance or Rubio, one of whom is likely to be the GOP nominee?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 18, 2026 08:15 AM (PGK1w)

91 I'm a terrible Christian.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 08:15 AM (+rw6l)

92 Comcast is blocking access to mail.isp.net:110 because this port is not encrypted, making it vulnerable to security risks and potential compromise of email account information. The recommended alternative is to use Port 995 with SSL, which provides a secure means of retrieving email without affecting how you manage your mailbox. This change is part of Comcast's efforts to enhance the security and privacy of email communications for its customers.

I have a legacy email that I have been using for ~30 years using POP3 unencrypted. On Friday afternoon, my email in my home, which uses Comcast internet, stopped some time after 12:17 PM. Interesting, my iPhone worked over cellular data.

Unfortunately, my legacy ISP doesn’t support POP3 encrypted (port 995), so I will have to switch to IMAP. Ugh!!

YOU ARE NOW PROTECTED BY COMCAST

Posted by: SMOD at August 18, 2026 08:16 AM (wfdbg)

93 What is her path to victory in 2028 over Vance or Rubio, one of whom is likely to be the GOP nominee?

You are pleading the case for reducing / eliminating election fraud.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 18, 2026 08:16 AM (PVBkQ)

94
https://tinyurl.com/8rjnpzuu

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2026 08:13 AM

That is nice. Thank you.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 08:17 AM (2YhKe)

95 "Harris is overwhelmingly likely to be the nominee. That's why the DNC establishment made SC the first primary - to give her momentum."

It will be AOC vs. Rubio.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 18, 2026 08:17 AM (b4LBp)

96 I'm a terrible Christian.
Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 08:15 AM (+rw6l)

Most of us are. We're all a work in progress and can get better.

It just takes effort.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 08:18 AM (2YhKe)

97 AI is programmed by leftist retards and H1-B visa holders.

OF COURSE it sucks.

Garbage in, garbage out is STILL A THING and will ALWAYS be.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026

***
Reminds me of the Flash (AI) Answer Qwant gave me when I asked about a particular street in Da Swamp. It was wrong in every particular, from the direction the street runs and its location on town, to the kind of homes that stand on it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 08:18 AM (wzUl9)

98 Have there ever been any reported cases of a beaver (the animal) getting rabies?

Does it speak to society as a whole or just this place that 'beaver' needs to be specified in such a way?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 08:19 AM (2YhKe)

99 If Republicans are smart, a big if, they would start showing young people how opening the borders to millions of foreigners affects the pricing of everything they say they can't afford today. Because it does.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 08:15 AM (viF8m)

We're fighting at about 25% of what's required. The opportunities we're missing is just tragic.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 18, 2026 08:19 AM (b4LBp)

100 I'm a terrible Christian.
Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 08:15 AM (+rw6l)

Welcome to the club. There's coffee and doughnuts in the corner.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 08:19 AM (ExV1e)

101 89 Democrats need to cheat massively at the federal level to win. If they didn't they wouldn't be so dedicated to cheating. And despite the far left media bleating I'm not seeing a huge constituency for allowing a new wave of illegals to flood the country.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 08:15 AM (viF8m)

It's 50 separate state levels.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 18, 2026 08:20 AM (x0n13)

102 We can bitch and moan all we want about what's going down in Massachusetts or Virginia, or... but the reality is that the political systems in those states are wholly compromised by the left, or in the process of being hijacked by the left.

However, the judiciary is responsible for either permitting or striking down the law/policy/directives of the mayor or governor. The gatekeepers, so to speak.

And they are squarely aligned with the left. I think this is the problem. They're allowing the insane left all the latitude they want and increasingly, they're actively involved in stymieing the Feds application of set law when it comes to illegals (or any other leftist cause.)

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2026 08:20 AM (2Cry5)

103 Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 08:15 AM (+rw6l)

The fact that you're admitting you're that means you're not a terrible Christian. We all have struggles - some more than others , and the Christian life to become more like Jesus is a process, not a one time event.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2026 08:20 AM (xPsv8)

104 Wolfus Aurelius

Makes you wonder if there is any version of AI you can rely on?

Otherwise, it is like ships in heavy fog going at full speed without radar, lookouts, or ship's whistle.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2026 08:20 AM (u82oZ)

105 A recent analysis of the NEA’s own $450 million annual budget found that less than 10% of it went to anything resembling direct representation of members — contract fights, grievances, the actual job of a union.

Joining a gang would cost less.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 08:20 AM (/+uur)

106 Pope Bob is gonna fix Islam!

Pope Leo XIV
@Pontifex
I renew my appeal for an end to the ongoing violence against the Palestinian civilian population in the West Bank, and I urgently call on the international community to work toward advancing the two-state solution, for a just and lasting peace.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 08:20 AM (ndZc7)

107 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 08:17 AM (2YhKe)

You are most welcome, brother.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2026 08:21 AM (xPsv8)

108 JackStraw

The problem is electoral analysis gives small areas where cheating has a much wider effect. Those areas are focused on for fraud.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2026 08:22 AM (u82oZ)

109 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at August 18, 2026 08:22 AM (2Ez/1)

110 >>It's 50 separate state levels.

In reality it's far less. The major cheating only takes place in states Democrats control and have a chance to carry.

And if you follow Harmeet Dhillion you will see her talk about going after those states constantly. It is her primary mission.

Just this morning, more information about Chinese interference in our elections in 2016 and 2020 was released by the DOJ. Will the media mention it? Of course not. But that doesn't mean it isn't happening. I doubt there is a person in the US more focused on fixing election cheating on a mass scale than Trump. He's the one who had his 2nd term in 2020 stolen and he knows it.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 08:24 AM (viF8m)

111
Several Massachusetts Democrats Break with Party over ‘Barbaric’ New Law Legalizing Abortions Up Until Birth

I got told by my betters (and some here) that opposition to abortion would cost the Republicans elections up the ying-yang. But this barbarity is where cozying up to the aborticomaniacs leads to.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 08:25 AM (O0L8i)

112 Ace has shown us in detail how the bears are out of control in the Cafe. Who knew that the beavers would follow suit?

Posted by: The Somewhat Huge Manatee at August 18, 2026 08:25 AM (JM9I6)

113 It’s almost comical to see how hard John Cornyn and his staff have worked this summer, just to prove that everything we all said about that bunch was correct.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 18, 2026 08:25 AM (52Iog)

114
Regarding Massachusetts, keep in mind that progressivism is a journey, not a destination.

Expect more depravity.

Posted by: Auspex at August 18, 2026 08:25 AM (Y8DZL)

115 Today Is National Fajita Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2026 08:26 AM (NpAcC)

116 One, you can't fix islham.

Two, the first step to addressing things is to admit there's NO SUCH THING as a palestinian.

Three:

Know islham, no peace.

No islham, know peace.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 08:26 AM (2YhKe)

117 We're fighting at about 25% of what's required. The opportunities we're missing is just tragic.

The GOP has a multi-generational reputation of grabbing Defeat from the jaws of Victory. Many view it as pure theater and Uniparty. Look at how vicious the Cornyn v Paxton primary race was compare to the milk-toast campaign being run to contest the generals. This is not new. Romney fought like he was possessed by a demon to win the GOP nomination, then laid down before Obama. Dittos with McCain, cheating and engaging in fraud in the primaries (remember Florida?) and then taking a nap to let Obama get an insurmountable lead to the November finish line.

Trump is on a mission. I know of no other than possibly Reagan who on the GOP was motivated to be a true Executive.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 18, 2026 08:28 AM (xE0sV)

118 It’s almost comical to see how hard John Cornyn and his staff have worked this summer, just to prove that everything we all said about that bunch was correct.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 18, 2026 08:25 AM (52Iog)

The really amazing thing is the staffers waking up and saying, "How can I ensure that I'll never be hired by another Republican?"

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 08:28 AM (ExV1e)

119 A beaver could catch rabies from being bitten by a rabid beaver, too. Wouldn’t necessarily need to be a bite from a carnivore.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 08:28 AM (77rzZ)

120 I urgently call on the international community to work toward advancing the two-state solution, for a just and lasting peace.

They have Gaza, Israel is a sovereign nation. Two f*cking states.

Yet, Gaza is a shithole that keeps launching attacks.

You seem to fail to grasp what's actually going on there, you false prophet.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 08:29 AM (2YhKe)

121 I'm a terrible Christian.
Posted by: ...

If you're going to wish Hell on people, the least you could do is advise them to put Graham Crackers, Hershey Bars, and marshmallows in their coffin.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 08:29 AM (ndZc7)

122 We're not supposed to wish for eternal damnation for those we judge "sinners" because if we got what we wished for we would be right there with them. Picking and choosing is His domain.

This whole abortion thing is already a sticky wicket but the ninth month crap, when we already know they sell the parts to China especially - and so we are talking high value items and possibly an overt demonstration of fealty, for Lord knows what in return - is purely demonic.

Is that the same as my very hypothetical and of course nonexistent unclean thoughts about Karen Gillan? I just have to presume God knew what He was doing for justice to prevail.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 08:30 AM (+rw6l)

123 115 Today Is National Fajita Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2026 08:26 AM (NpAcC)

Invented/popularized right here in H town

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 08:30 AM (/+uur)

124 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering at August 18, 2026 08:22 AM (2Ez/1)

I miss JT.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 08:31 AM (2YhKe)

125 In reality it's far less. The major cheating only takes place in states Democrats control and have a chance to carry.

Now you know why the Demonic Party wants to abolish the Electoral system and replaced it with which Party can flood the ballot box more. Under the Demonic Party's proposed system, we may discover that the number of "eligible voters" in the US is around 500-600 million.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 18, 2026 08:31 AM (xE0sV)

126 Does it speak to society as a whole or just this place that 'beaver' needs to be specified in such a way?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

This place. We do have kind of a grade school level of humor and that's why I stay here.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 18, 2026 08:31 AM (+4yJ5)

127 The Lindsey Clancy case is revealing what is being called a "load bearing civilizational lie."

Women kill. A lot.
And even more women will defend that murder.*
We prefer the lie, the gross, disgusting lie, over the truth.

Feminine virtue can only exists within masculine justice.
And justice cannot exist where women are given governmental power over men--e.g., teachers, politicians, judges.
And ... voting.

1.126 million abortions last year in the US. Only 1%, by most estimates, were for rape, incest or serious health related.
Over 1 million murders.
And some 3,400 post-birth murders, euphemistically classified as SIDS.

By comparison, men only committed roughly 13k to 14k murders last year.

*celebrate it even.
Clancy has $700k raised; witness the cheering, clapping and smiles by women as the governor signed the law making no-excuse abortion up to birth legal.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2026 08:32 AM (3cUTc)

128 Today Is National Fajita Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2026

***
When those first popped up on Bennigan's menu in the '80s, the name reminded me of a fat Mexican whore in a Steinbeck story.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 08:32 AM (wzUl9)

129 This place. We do have kind of a grade school level of humor and that's why I stay here.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 18, 2026 08:31 AM (+4yJ5)

Incredibly valid point.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 08:32 AM (2YhKe)

130
Pope Bob would probably treat Maura Healey the same way his predecessor did with Biden and Pelosi.

Posted by: Auspex at August 18, 2026 08:33 AM (Y8DZL)

131 How have they managed to seat two unapoletically commie Popes?

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 08:33 AM (+rw6l)

132 Jon Ossoff Sure Seems to Think He's the Next Barack Obama

half black?

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 08:33 AM (/+uur)

133 Team Ossoff has spent nearly 90% of its Google ad money outside the Peach State.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 08:33 AM (/+uur)

134 This isn’t hardly racist at all.

Western Lensman
@WesternLensman
FL Socialist Elijah Manley says only a black Democrat should hold the congressional seat he's running for.

"One of the last remaining opportunity districts that we have in the South being held by a white Democrat, that's unacceptable."

He's running against Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Someone please ask her about this.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 08:34 AM (ndZc7)

135 Have there ever been any reported cases of a beaver (the animal) getting rabies?

Does it speak to society as a whole or just this place that 'beaver' needs to be specified in such a way?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Those beavers don't get rabies. They may get a lot of thing, but rabies isn't one of them.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026 08:34 AM (CszeO)

136 Today Is National Fajita Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2026 08:26 AM (NpAcC)
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Conference food. Yuk.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2026 08:34 AM (JvZF+)

137 And some 3,400 post-birth murders, euphemistically classified as SIDS.
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I tried branding our troll with that one but it didn't stick.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 08:34 AM (+rw6l)

138 How have they managed to seat two unapoletically commie Popes?
Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 08:33 AM (+rw6l)

The church has been corrupted by leftist satanists.

They got rid of the last pope that actually stood for Biblical ideals because he wouldn't get on board with the homo mafia.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 08:35 AM (2YhKe)

139 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 08:29 AM (ndZc7)

Yes.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 08:35 AM (+rw6l)

140 The unclean thoughts about women thing is what I struggle with the most, I think.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 08:35 AM (77rzZ)

141 >>Now you know why the Demonic Party wants to abolish the Electoral system and replaced it with which Party can flood the ballot box more. Under the Demonic Party's proposed system, we may discover that the number of "eligible voters" in the US is around 500-600 million.

Of course. It's been their desire for years. That's why they are always going on about "our democracy" and refusing to acknowledge we are a constitutional republic.

Hundreds of proposals have been floated in Congress to get rid of the electoral college. None ever pass. And there is zero chance they will ever get enough states to agree to let the country be run by LA and NYC.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 08:35 AM (viF8m)

142 Does it speak to society as a whole or just this place that 'beaver' needs to be specified in such a way?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
*
This place. We do have kind of a grade school level of humor and that's why I stay here.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 18, 2026

***
I resent that!

Some of us are capable of junior high school levels of humor!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 08:35 AM (wzUl9)

143 How have they managed to seat two unapoletically commie Popes?

Someone should have asked Benedict XVI

Posted by: Community Notes at August 18, 2026 08:36 AM (a3CJ+)

144 Regarding Massachusetts, keep in mind that progressivism is a journey, not a destination.

Expect more depravity.
Posted by: Auspex

The depravity and ridiculousness are going to get much worse. 🤡

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2026 08:36 AM (y+Apl)

145 Some of those coding and prescriptionn tred charts in the Wolves i White Coats are pretty eye-popping.

It all goes to prove that the condition called "gender dysphoria" is not a real medical condition, rather a social hysteria.

Mass delusion.

Glad to see HHS cracking down on the fraudulent billing/coding practice. Continue discrediting the despicable practice on all fronts.

E34.9 delenda est

Posted by: muldoon at August 18, 2026 08:36 AM (I0N4X)

146 Those beavers don't get rabies. They may get a lot of thing, but rabies isn't one of them.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026

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Their owners are often infected with leftist rabies, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 08:36 AM (wzUl9)

147 In addition to the seven deadly sins, I have considered a list of what I call sickening sins. Foremost among those I place Ingratitude.

When I look at those from the most prosperous families in America attending the most elite schools and crying about oppression and America's failures, I am sickened. Not a pause even to reflect on their historically unparalleled good fortune and freedom in America and the objective gifts America has provided the world.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 18, 2026 08:37 AM (b4LBp)

148 Invented/popularized right here in H town
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 08:30 AM (/+uur)
*****
Some prefer Ninfa's, I still prefer Pappasito's

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2026 08:37 AM (NpAcC)

149 They do always have to corrupt the language to hide their crimes, don't they?

Murder is "health care".

Then again, these are the same people who used "truth" ("pravda") to describe lies.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 18, 2026 08:37 AM (IG3/x)

150 The unclean thoughts about women thing is what I struggle with the most, I think.
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 08:35 AM (77rzZ)

I would venture a guess that most God fearing, red blooded heterosexual males struggle with that one.

God made woman beautiful. He also made man appreciate beauty. It's a struggle for the ages.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 08:37 AM (2YhKe)

151 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering at August 18, 2026 08:22 AM (2Ez/1)

I miss JT.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 08:31 AM (2YhKe)
*******
I do to.
What happened to JT? Did he ever get better?

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2026 08:38 AM (NpAcC)

152 Today Is National Fajita Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2026 08:26 AM (NpAcC)
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Conference food. Yuk.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2026 08:34 AM (JvZF+)
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I dunno...Where I work the university dining facilities that cater on-campus events produce some very tasty fajitas. They're among the most popular choices for events.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 08:38 AM (FZ29D)

153 115 Today Is National Fajita Day.
Posted by: redridinghood

I don't even know what that is.

Posted by: Lars From Oslo at August 18, 2026 08:38 AM (JM9I6)

154 Good morning Horde thx JJ.
So the insane leftist lesbian childless governor of Massachusets has signed insane laws and is generally incompetent. Who could possibly have seen that coming?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 08:39 AM (rp63B)

155 This place. We do have kind of a grade school level of humor and that's why I stay here.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 18, 2026

***
I resent that!

Some of us are capable of junior high school levels of humor!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

*burps America the Beautiful with hand in armpit

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026 08:39 AM (CszeO)

156 118 It’s almost comical to see how hard John Cornyn and his staff have worked this summer, just to prove that everything we all said about that bunch was correct.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 18, 2026 08:25 AM (52Iog)

The really amazing thing is the staffers waking up and saying, "How can I ensure that I'll never be hired by another Republican?"
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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The dirty truth is senior staffers are well to the left of the GOP voters. And that is because they spend all their time working with their Democrat counterparts and DC is a Democrat city It is also because many come from or hope to join the vast grifting K street apparatus that is donor driven. And GOP donors are to the left of the GOP base voters, and the Dem donors are usually to the right of the Dem base voters. Not always in the Dem case but usually.

Part of that is that the donor class is deeply in love with globo homo--on the right, endless ways to make money abroad by outsourcing and cheap immigrant labor. On the left, euro socialism, managed competition via cartels like Euroland, and permanent uber status over what they regard as patriotic peasantry.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 08:39 AM (E4rtv)

157 What happened to JT? Did he ever get better?
Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2026 08:38 AM (NpAcC)

I do not know. One would need to reach out to Ben Had and see if there have been any updates to his condition.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 08:40 AM (2YhKe)

158 Fajitas are one of the most overrated foods ever.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 08:40 AM (77rzZ)

159
Hundreds of proposals have been floated in Congress to get rid of the electoral college. None ever pass. And there is zero chance they will ever get enough states to agree to let the country be run by LA and NYC.

Explain to me the penetration of NPVIC into 18 states plus Washington DC (controlling 222 electoral votes)

Posted by: Community Notes at August 18, 2026 08:40 AM (a3CJ+)

160 144 Regarding Massachusetts, keep in mind that progressivism is a journey, not a destination.

Expect more depravity.
Posted by: Auspex

Indeed. An old Communist maxim: "the worse, the better."

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 18, 2026 08:41 AM (b4LBp)

161 It's also,
National Ice Cream Pie Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2026 08:41 AM (NpAcC)

162 Dr. Eithan Haim, the brave whistleblower who exposed the child sex-change program at Texas Children’s Hospital during the dark days of the Biden administration, said the fraudulent practices at hundreds of gender clinics had deeply victimized countless children.

“The deception is not merely a means to steal money; the stolen money is used to destroy an actual person—a vulnerable patient who is poisoned with hormones or mutilated by surgery,” Haim posted

They DoJ reversed HIPPA on Eithan, saying that he could not see records that he was allowed to see as seeing those records would be bad for Texas Chillrens.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 08:41 AM (/+uur)

163 Mass delusion.

Posted by: muldoon at August 18, 2026 08:36 AM (I0N4X)

And as precious few hopefully recall, I banged on and on about the very specific covid brainwashing op setting people up to believe ridiculous things en masse.

The tranny stuff had started, as had BLM and 1619, but notice both got revitalized in earnest in the direct wake of covid. And if you have ever followed my sick retarded rantings, you would recognize those two things as potentially *exactly* what they were setting vulnerable people up to "follow" and "subscribe" to. You can throw in the fake "vax" as a third.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 08:41 AM (+rw6l)

164 Fajitas are one of the most overrated foods ever.
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026

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They smell and taste great, though, and that sizzle as they are served to you is enticing.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 08:42 AM (wzUl9)

165 As far as Maura Healy. I expect that unless it was a family name, the Maura name was for a saint. It's clearly an Irish name There was a Saint Maura. Maybe there's more than one. I don't know, but perhaps the RC's might consider asking the intercession of St. Maura so that the eyes of Maura Healey's heart be opened . About St Maura ( or at least one of them) :

https://tinyurl.com/wxsuy5bv

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2026 08:42 AM (rHgXV)

166 I do to.
What happened to JT? Did he ever get better?
Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2026 08:38 AM (NpAcC)
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The last time I inquired Ben Had told me that "JT will be unable to return to the blog." She told me praying for him was still ok.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2026 08:42 AM (JvZF+)

167 I dunno...Where I work the university dining facilities that cater on-campus events produce some very tasty fajitas. They're among the most popular choices for events.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 08:38 AM (FZ29D)

La Hacienda Ranch. Sunrise Fajitas. I'm drooling just thinking about them.

However, they don't appear to have that particular item on the menu anymore.

I have sadz..........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 08:42 AM (2YhKe)

168 Mornin', Horde. Commenting present and caffeinated.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 08:43 AM (LQKAS)

169 Bad news, everyone. We've got only five years!

End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
Rep. AOC, January 2019: "The world will end in 12 years if we don't stop climate change"

5 years left

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Bartender and climatologist!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 08:43 AM (ndZc7)

170 >>Explain to me the penetration of NPVIC into 18 states plus Washington DC (controlling 222 electoral votes)

Democrat controlled states. Look at where it has been implemented.

I didn't say they would stop trying to cheat and destroy the country as it was designed. I don't think they succeed.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 08:43 AM (viF8m)

171 165 I knew a Maura in real life. She was an exec at one of the companies I worked at.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 08:44 AM (77rzZ)

172 > Hundreds of proposals have been floated in Congress to get rid of the electoral college.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 08:35 AM (viF8m)

Can't be done without scrapping the Constitution altogether.

What usually gets these people butthurt is that small states get the same number of Senators as large states, and that is one of the two (2) things in the Constitution that CANNOT be changed by amendment.

The other thing is no longer relevant.

Trivia: who here knows, without checking, what the other thing is?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 18, 2026 08:44 AM (IG3/x)

173 I'm a terrible Christian.
Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 08:15 AM (+rw6l)

Welcome to the club. There's coffee and doughnuts in the corner.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 08:19 AM (ExV1e)
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I'm in but can you please order kosher doughnuts next time?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 18, 2026 08:44 AM (RkR9o)

174 Now I want fajitas . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 08:44 AM (wzUl9)

175 Fajitas are forcing Americans to make the Tacos illegals will not make.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 08:45 AM (/+uur)

176 Didache

Chapter 2. ...

you shall not commit pederasty,

...

you shall not murder a child by abortion nor kill that
which is begotten.

burn her, she's a witch.

Posted by: Thumper at August 18, 2026 08:45 AM (LxTdt)

177 -
Bartender and climatologist!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 08:43 AM (ndZc7)

I've had it beaten into my skull here that she was NEVER a bartender, only a waitress. The bartender thing is just another media lie about who she is and where she came from.

Yes.......she was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar, when we met her......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 08:45 AM (2YhKe)

178 I visited JT at the end of last year. It's a difficult situation. I haven't given up hope that I can help bring his wit back to the gray boxes, but it's something I haven't been able to attend to.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 18, 2026 08:45 AM (2Ez/1)

179 I knew a Maura in real life. She was an exec at one of the companies I worked at.
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026

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Leave us not forget Maura Tierney of News Radio!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 08:45 AM (wzUl9)

180 The popular vote compact push has gotten a bit quieter since around November of 2024. Not sure why.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 08:45 AM (+rw6l)

181 When I look at those from the most prosperous families in America attending the most elite schools and crying about oppression and America's failures, I am sickened. Not a pause even to reflect on their historically unparalleled good fortune and freedom in America and the objective gifts America has provided the world.

Posted by: Ordinary American

All of it is performative bullshit to distinguish them from the hated Muricans. The ruling class believes themselves to be wiser, kinder, morally superior, and smarter than their fellow countrymen.

To do this, they mask what is good for them personally into broad bromides of how the world should work using the gaseous phrases they pick up at their educational establishments. Then you get the wannabes at lower institutions aping what they see are their betters.

Like the English lords on their great estates in the Victorian age, in order to be great, these nimrods tear down their own in order to feed their greed, their insatiable desire for power over others, and claims of moral superiority. But, unlike the ancient aristocracy that died in 1914, they at least had some patriotism and noblisse oblige in them. Today, nada.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 08:46 AM (E4rtv)

182 I'm in but can you please order kosher doughnuts next time?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 18, 2026 08:44 AM (RkR9o)

You can only see the hole thru a hole in the sheet.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 08:46 AM (/+uur)

183 Socialism finds more positive views among Democrats with college degrees than those without.”
CBS News Poll Finds 58% of Democrats Have a Positive View of Socialism

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they alway had, just did not say it out loud; we should be concerned with those who pretend to be on the right who who push socialist ideals and ideas

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 08:46 AM (g47mK)

184 There are kosher donuts? What makes them kosher?

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 08:46 AM (77rzZ)

185 put ICE CAMERA stickers on FLOCK poles....should raise the temperature a little....

Posted by: qmark at August 18, 2026 08:46 AM (hzpDl)

186 > I'm in but can you please order kosher doughnuts next time?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 18, 2026 08:44 AM (RkR9o)

So... bagels?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 18, 2026 08:47 AM (IG3/x)

187 What makes them kosher?

no bacon!

Posted by: Thumper at August 18, 2026 08:47 AM (LxTdt)

188 "Can't be done without scrapping the Constitution altogether."

Mistake to rely on that hoary premise. If we know anything about the Left, they don't care. They're scrap it in their own states and risk the court decisions, and then overrule those decision by fiat anyway. Come and stop us, they'll say. And evidence is, no one will.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 18, 2026 08:47 AM (b4LBp)

189 Yes.......she was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar, when we met her......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026

***
"You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar
When I met you --
I picked you out, I shook you up
And turned you around,
Turned you into someone new. . . ."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 08:47 AM (wzUl9)

190 >> There are kosher donuts? What makes them kosher?

You really don’t want to know.

Posted by: Guy Pulling his pants up. at August 18, 2026 08:47 AM (hcEyG)

191 Or are bagels kosher donuts.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 08:47 AM (77rzZ)

192 Some prefer Ninfa's, I still prefer Pappasito's

(yawn)

Lupe Tortilla has Filet Mignon fajitas. You will never eat anything less again.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 18, 2026 08:48 AM (xE0sV)

193 La Hacienda Ranch. Sunrise Fajitas. I'm drooling just thinking about them.

However, they don't appear to have that particular item on the menu anymore.

I have sadz..........
Posted by: Sponge

Catrina's Cocina & Tequila Bar in Sherman on 82.
The works: beef, chicken, shrimp & bacon fajitas

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026 08:48 AM (CszeO)

194 Now I want fajitas . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 08:44 AM (wzUl9)
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Me too. But no place around here is open yet.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 08:48 AM (FZ29D)

195 Today Is National Fajita Day.

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In Mexico.....

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 08:48 AM (g47mK)

196 Fajitas are one of the most overrated foods ever.
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 08:40 AM (77rzZ)

How can a protein, peppers, onions and pico or salsa, trimmed with possibly guacamole be overrated? You know exactly what you're getting, minus the marinade on the protein, I guess.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 08:48 AM (2YhKe)

197 > Hundreds of proposals have been floated in Congress to get rid of the electoral college. None ever pass. And there is zero chance they will ever get enough states to agree to let the country be run by LA and NYC.
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They just have to get enough judges to agree. At that point, votes do not even enter into the equation.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2026 08:48 AM (2Cry5)

198 Mass delusion.

Posted by: muldoon at August 18, 2026 08:36 AM

That's what I call our elections up here.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 08:49 AM (LQKAS)

199 188 What makes them kosher?

no bacon!
Posted by: Thumper
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Circumcised. The hole is there for a reason.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 08:49 AM (E4rtv)

200 Why don't we have a national bangers and mash day ?

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 08:49 AM (g47mK)

201 > 184 There are kosher donuts? What makes them kosher?
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 08:46 AM (77rzZ)

I was being a smartass with the bagel thing.

Not fried in lard, for one thing. They also may have dairy in them (butter), which doesn't make them non-kosher per se, but does restrict what other foods they may be eaten with.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 18, 2026 08:49 AM (IG3/x)

202 >>What usually gets these people butthurt is that small states get the same number of Senators as large states, and that is one of the two (2) things in the Constitution that CANNOT be changed by amendment.

What they refuse to admit is this is not a flow in the design, it was done specifically to prevent what Democrats want, mob rule.

The last of the 13 colonies to sign the Constitution was my small state, Rhode Island. The delegation held out for a year and refused to sign because they were afraid of losing the right to govern the state according to the wishes of the citizens of Rhode Island and have their desires overwhelmed by large states with bigger populations.

They know this. At least some of the less stupid. They just refuse to acknowledge it because they want an all powerful central government.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 08:49 AM (viF8m)

203 When leftists talk about getting rid of the Electoral College they always cite low population states like Wyoming, Alaska, the Dakotas etc. You know it's pure politics because they never cite Delaware, Vermont, New Mexico, Hawaii or any other small population Dem states . Of course the Dem idiots in those states would be in favor of it.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 08:49 AM (rp63B)

204 Fajitas may not be overrated, but they are overpriced (and always were, though not as badly as now).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 08:49 AM (wzUl9)

205 I bet there is a beef wellington day !

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 08:49 AM (g47mK)

206 Why don't we have a national bangers and mash day ?
Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 08:49 AM (g47mK)
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We fought a war 250 years ago just so we wouldn't have to put up with that nonsense.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 08:50 AM (FZ29D)

207 Re: New Home Lyme disease test

If you want to see a "surge" in aa given disease, distribute a home administered test kit.

(see also COVID 19)

There is more to diagnosing a disease than a positive test result. I ask myself if there is any value to diagnosing an asymptomatic person with a disease. Self-limited conditions for the most part do not require diagnosis.

We, as a culture continue to define disease downward.

Posted by: muldoon at August 18, 2026 08:50 AM (I0N4X)

208 There are kosher donuts? What makes them kosher?
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 08:46 AM (77rzZ)

They exsanguinate the cow while milking it?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 08:50 AM (2YhKe)

209 I heard Sunday is whiskey sour day. I'll drink to that.

Posted by: Lush Life at August 18, 2026 08:51 AM (LxTdt)

210 Sell the Sizzle, Not the Steak.

Posted by: Chi Chi's at August 18, 2026 08:51 AM (2Ez/1)

211 There are kosher donuts? What makes them kosher?

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 08:46 AM (77rzZ)
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Way back when I was in the US, specific Dunkin Doughnuts stores were certified kosher. There even used to be one in Jerusalem!

Kosher certification is needed for certain ingredients, especially but not limited to shortening.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 18, 2026 08:51 AM (RkR9o)

212 Fajitas may not be overrated, but they are overpriced (and always were, though not as badly as now).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

I'm so old, I can remember when they couldn't give away skirt steak OR brisket.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026 08:51 AM (CszeO)

213 Little-known made-up fact of the day:

It's hard to find authentic beef wellington today. Hardly anyone uses the traditional recipe of baking it in a rubber boot.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 18, 2026 08:51 AM (IG3/x)

214 Thieves nab four Renaissance paintings worth $90M from Italian gallery

https://tinyurl.com/5n87na22

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 08:51 AM (ndZc7)

215 Hola horde. Post-gym sweat gone, cleaned up and presentable. The Massachusetts Disaster starts with Satanic baby murder, progresses to elementary school teachers grooming little kids, schools putting dresses on little boys and not telling parents, and now, the lowest rate of new business formation in America (after being in the top two for decades), so fewer and fewer jobs.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2026 08:51 AM (3MX8+)

216 A bunch of childless, joyless white liberal women telling you that killing your baby is the way towards happiness.

Got that?

Look at the states where white liberal women are running things. Not just the governors chair, the legislature. They are the worst states in the entire country.

Posted by: That Guy at August 18, 2026 08:52 AM (zQLjY)

217 197 I don’t care for peppers. Too slimy. It fajitas were just meat and onions, I could deal with them.

And, I know, the onions are slimy, too, but the taste they bring makes up for it.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 08:52 AM (77rzZ)

218 They exsanguinate the cow while milking it?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 08:50 AM (2YhKe)
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That's a disturbing image...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 08:52 AM (FZ29D)

219 We, as a culture continue to define disease downward.

***********

Half of adults in the U.S. have elevated blood pressure...

...above the mean adult blood pressure i the U.S..

Posted by: muldoon at August 18, 2026 08:52 AM (I0N4X)

220 Pope Leo XIV
@Pontifex
I renew my appeal for an end to the ongoing violence against the Palestinian civilian population in the West Bank, and I urgently call on the international community to work toward advancing the two-state solution, for a just and lasting peace.

Someone should ask Pope A Dope why? The savages have been attacking Israel forever. Self defense Pope baby! Father Pfleger must miss his daddy.

Posted by: Shut Up Pope A Dope at August 18, 2026 08:53 AM (mqEfo)

221 I'm a big fan of beef, but I cannot stand Beef Wellington.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2026 08:53 AM (2Cry5)

222 We fought a war 250 years ago just so we wouldn't have to put up with that nonsense.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 08:50 AM (FZ29D)

That was a staple during the Signing of the Constitution!

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 08:53 AM (g47mK)

223 >>>Trivia: who here knows, without checking, what the other thing is?
~~~~~

Slavery?

Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 18, 2026 08:53 AM (3ImbR)

224 BTW, Krispy Kreme states on their site that all their doughnut ingredients are kosher.

Beside that, when I grew up in the States, there were no lack of kosher bakeries selling their own.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 18, 2026 08:53 AM (RkR9o)

225 Lupes are good
I also like the one at the old El Tiempo on Navigation

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 08:53 AM (/+uur)

226 Beef Wellington is just a corn dog with a higher socioeconomic status.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 18, 2026 08:53 AM (2Ez/1)

227 I don’t care for peppers. Too slimy. It fajitas were just meat and onions, I could deal with them.

And, I know, the onions are slimy, too, but the taste they bring makes up for it.
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 08:52 AM (77rzZ)/i]

You can order them sans the peppers.

And the flour tortilla is a brilliant wrapper, IMHO. Easy to navigate, gets the job done and doesn't distract from the star of the meal.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 08:54 AM (2YhKe)

228 Morn' all... Nate Silver has the Dems taking the House and probably The Senate by 7 points... That makes me feel better because he's usually wrong....

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2026 08:54 AM (qJXt+)

229 198 > Hundreds of proposals have been floated in Congress to get rid of the electoral college. None ever pass. And there is zero chance they will ever get enough states to agree to let the country be run by LA and NYC.
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They just have to get enough judges to agree. At that point, votes do not even enter into the equation.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Judges on Scotus were a primary cause of the Civil War from Dred Scott. Made it impossible for the North to limit slavery--at the time of the ACW, a case was pending in NY where a Southern planter was demanding to be able to take his slaves there and keep ownership.

What judges forget is that the People as a whole are the whole source of their power and if the people decide formally or informally to withdraw it, then they are just a bunch of twits in silly robes.

And the Democrat project to put a bunch of Turd Worlders on the bench are creating a severe backlash to any of their idiotic rulings to the point where none of their decisions are considered 'law' by a large proportion of the citizenry.

Allowing anarcho tyranny in blue areas is also destroying their prestige as people are tired of Democrat pets.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 08:54 AM (E4rtv)

230 We, as a culture continue to define disease downward.

*********

With the exception of mental illness, where mental illness is now called "struggling with mental health issues".

Posted by: muldoon at August 18, 2026 08:54 AM (I0N4X)

231 Ask yourself how the DNC didn't know before June that "half" their constituents believed in Socialism? Ask yourself if that's remotely plausible.

Because in June they all came out en masse and "messaged" that the DSA was crazy, radical and extreme and totally untenable.

They didn't bother to check or do any research, just made that the message...? Not that Democrats are all about the truth or accuracy, but considering most of the actual party are socialist, it doesn't smell right, does it.

And now we're being told eight short weeks later it's half of people who identify as Democrat, like it's some big surprise that absolutely no one had any idea at all about? Whoops! Whoopsie!

Sell me another. This is a psy op. All will unfortunately become clear.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 08:54 AM (+rw6l)

232 I knew a Maura in high school. Came from a hippie family, she was smart and cool. Had four brothers, one of whom was called Roach. The kids bought retired potato chip stepvans and tooled around in them. Had a big engine hoist in the front yard. One brother had a 400 sq. ft. "shack" in the backyard with a pot belly stove. This was in a prosperous suburb. All the kids were warned not to trick or treat there. Zoning and cops harassed them, but they kept on truckin'.

Posted by: Mr. Natural at August 18, 2026 08:55 AM (JM9I6)

233 James Talarico doesn't like Texas the way it is. How would he like it to be? Name a place to emulate, James; Should all of Texas be like Los Angeles. New York, Madrid, or maybe Austin?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2026 08:55 AM (3MX8+)

234 Western leftists and some GOPe types want a two state solution. The Arabs don't want a two state solution, they want one state , Palestine, with Israel gone.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 08:55 AM (rp63B)

235 I shan't believe it!

Former Swalwell Ally [Rep. Jimmy Gomez] Under House Investigation for Allegations of Sexual Misconduct

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 08:55 AM (ndZc7)

236
Catrina's Cocina & Tequila Bar in Sherman on 82.
The works: beef, chicken, shrimp & bacon fajitas
Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026 08:48 AM (CszeO)

Miguelitos north I35 just north of Sanger. Some of the best Guisada I've had. It's hard to find, and they do it REALLY well.

Not a fajita, but they DO serve it with tortillas.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 08:56 AM (2YhKe)

237 “Their body is covered with thick, reddish-brown fur. Beavers have hairless, paddle-shaped tails that are used for steering when swimming. Beavers also store fat in their tails for the winter and slap their tails against the water to warn other beavers of potential predators,” the site read.

The animals were hunted nearly to extinction in the mid-1800s

Sounds like a good start

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 08:56 AM (/+uur)

238 Dunno about fajitas but today is "Bad Hair Day" in Florida:

https://tinyurl.com/yfkte2uc

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 18, 2026 08:56 AM (RkR9o)

239 Like the English lords on their great estates in the Victorian age, in order to be great, these nimrods tear down their own in order to feed their greed, their insatiable desire for power over others, and claims of moral superiority.

Exactly. Throughout history wealth has traditionally come from cheating, fraud, violence, slavery, rent-seeking and plunder. It wasn't until Free Markets where wealth came by serving your fellow man.

It is way beneath them to serve their fellow man.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 18, 2026 08:56 AM (U4c/V)

240 Good article on SNAP in the WSJ. Especially the part where two Republicans failed to show up for a committee vote on a bill that made offending states (read fraud sinkholes) forego funding if they didn’t clean things up.

There’s your Republican caucus hard at work.

BTW I didn’t know SNAP was 100% funded by the federal government with absolutely no incentives to get rid of fraud.

Posted by: That Guy at August 18, 2026 08:56 AM (zQLjY)

241 Ask your geriatric urologist if Exsanguinate is right for you.

Posted by: Big Fat Farma at August 18, 2026 08:56 AM (2Ez/1)

242 New York, Madrid, or maybe Austin?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2026 08:55 AM (3MX8+)

Upper Mexico

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 08:56 AM (/+uur)

243 Trivia: who here knows, without checking, what the other thing is?

Is it that the President has to be at least 35 years old and a US citizen?

Posted by: dantesed at August 18, 2026 08:57 AM (Oy/m2)

244 Thieves nab four Renaissance paintings worth $90M from Italian gallery

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Another one , wonder who they are selling it to.

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 08:57 AM (g47mK)

245 The argument in the past is that states and localities don't have to help the federal government enforce laws...fine.

But when you are actively impeding actions like this you are committing a crime.

And again, I want a Roosevelt solution as in what would FDR have done if in 1942 judges, governors, and AGs were attempting to help "undocumented Japanese immigrants" stay in the US.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 08:57 AM (sKqQm)

246 ----
That's a disturbing image...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 08:52 AM (FZ29D)

I felt slightly disturbed while typing it, but it's not my practice, so.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 08:57 AM (2YhKe)

247 It is way beneath them to serve their fellow man.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 18, 2026 08:56 AM (U4c/V)

ITS A COOKBOOK!

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 08:57 AM (/+uur)

248 But don't forget, it's me who put you where you are now
And I can put you back down too

Posted by: George Soros at August 18, 2026 08:57 AM (XvL8K)

249 WSJ says Democrats are going to sweep the board in November, winning both the House and Senate.

Posted by: That Guy at August 18, 2026 08:58 AM (zQLjY)

250 The Arabs killed any such idea on October 7.

Anyone who believes their lies is a fool.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2026 08:58 AM (JvZF+)

251 Morn' all... Nate Silver has the Dems taking the House and probably The Senate by 7 points... That makes me feel better because he's usually wrong....
Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2026 08:54 AM (qJXt+)
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All the Dems I know are smugly certain of this outcome. They will learn the foibles of polling all over again.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2026 08:58 AM (3MX8+)

252 Dunno about fajitas but today is "Bad Hair Day" in Florida:

https://tinyurl.com/yfkte2uc
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 18, 2026 08:56 AM (RkR9o)

I miss 'an eye for an eye.'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 08:58 AM (2YhKe)

253
*shrugs*

Mamdani is promising to do great harm against NYC, and is already making good on those promises. He's extremely popular.

Same, Michelle Wu.

These people want their cities wrecked. They don't mind if their lives are bad, so long as they feel they are sticking it to Trump, Jews, other white people, rich people, and normies in far-flung places who care nothing about them.

They're Communists, and they're getting what they want. These mayors will be able to turn around and say "the chocolate ration has been increased from 50 grams to 30 grams. Things only seem worse thanks to the shenanigans of Trump, Jews, other white people, rich people, and normies in far-flung places. But we stuck it to them, and we can stick it to them again. Plus, we'll increase the chocolate ration to 15 grams."

And they'll get reelected, and then rise to higher offices.

These aren't Americans. They're extremely hostile foreigners whose single issue is sticking it to us. They view their own misfortunes as both being caused by us, and as a patriotic duty in the war against us.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2026 08:59 AM (BI5O2)

254 > Slavery?
Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 18, 2026 08:53 AM (3ImbR)

Yep. No ban on slave imports could take effect prior to 1808.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 18, 2026 08:59 AM (IG3/x)

255
And the Democrat project to put a bunch of Turd Worlders on the bench are creating a severe backlash to any of their idiotic rulings to the point where none of their decisions are considered 'law' by a large proportion of the citizenry.

Biden was asked at one point didn't he need the voters of moderates. His answer was something like "not any more!"

With massive vote fraud those blue state officials don't need 51% of the voting population to support them anymore.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 08:59 AM (sKqQm)

256 229 Morn' all... Nate Silver has the Dems taking the House and probably The Senate by 7 points... That makes me feel better because he's usually wrong....
Posted by: It's me donna
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He no longer gets internal feeds from the private Obama polling. His rep was far greater than his actual abilities. He doesn't poll himself but relies on Monte Carlo simulations using polling data as his input and predictions of who wins as output.

Bad data in, bad data comes out which is why his accuracy is pedestrian nowadays.

Wait for likely voter screenings in polling after Labor Day, that is when polling that is grossly pro Democrat because it uses ridiculous sampling suddenly becomes a close horse race. Likely voter screening only begins for most when voter registration is largely done for the election (about thirty days prior for most states).

The next bad data dump is likely to be in mid Sept about early voting crap.

TJM has it about right, coin flip right now on GOP holding house but it will be narrow either way. Senate likely to stay GOP but the margin is up for grabs.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 08:59 AM (E4rtv)

257 End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
"Outstanding Refugee" winner Salman Elmi was just arrested for $1 million in Medicaid fraud, 8 felonies, and a sex trafficking ring

Elmi co-owned a Medicaid "business" that was funding a sex trafficking ring

He weaponized the trafficking ring by using the victims' stolen identities to fabricate medical billing claims

https://tinyurl.com/33trwkd6

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2026 09:00 AM (NpAcC)

258 James Talarico doesn't like Texas the way it is. How would he like it to be? Name a place to emulate, James; Should all of Texas be like Los Angeles. New York, Madrid, or maybe Austin?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2026 08:55 AM (3MX8+)

He's a heretic. He will not be satisfied until there is Hell on Earth and Satan wins the battle with the Heavens.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 09:00 AM (2YhKe)

259 WSJ says Democrats are going to sweep the board in November, winning both the House and Senate.
Posted by: That Guy at August 18, 2026 08:58 AM (zQLjY)
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False, says Grok.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2026 09:00 AM (3MX8+)

260 I was born in Brooklyn, kosher, produced under rabbinical supervision, in the shadows of Maimonides Hospital.

Posted by: Remember To Tip Your Mohel at August 18, 2026 09:00 AM (JM9I6)

261 How did Silver conduct his poll?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 18, 2026 09:00 AM (2Ez/1)

262 At least he hasn't fallen out a window. Yet.

Russian State Economist Fired After Publicly Warning About Moscow’s Economic Future

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 09:01 AM (ndZc7)

263 How did Silver conduct his poll?
Posted by: I gotta ask at August 18, 2026 09:00 AM (2Ez/1)

See comment #256.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 09:01 AM (2YhKe)

264 A financial advantage and talking about how bad Democrats are, or will be isn’t enough. They need to talk about what they’ve done. I see very few GOP candidates doing that.

And the things you hear from people who actually vote is frightening in its lack of cogency.

Posted by: That Guy at August 18, 2026 09:02 AM (zQLjY)

265 He's a heretic. He will not be satisfied until there is Hell on Earth and Satan wins the battle with the Heavens.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 09:00 AM (2YhKe)
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He may see the first part in his lifetime, but he'll be waiting an eternity in the fires of Gehenna before he sees the second part happening.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 09:03 AM (FZ29D)

266 I've been watching some Dem ads (unfortunately) and the only think they are running on is hating Trump.

I would have assumed it would be 100% gas prices but no...just "I'll fight Trump...for you!"

Which should make for an interesting campaign season when most voters in 2024 voted for Trump...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 09:03 AM (sKqQm)

267 There is more to diagnosing a disease than a positive test result. I ask myself if there is any value to diagnosing an asymptomatic person with a disease. Self-limited conditions for the most part do not require diagnosis. . . .

Posted by: muldoon at August 18, 2026

***
When my employer started that testing stuff during the Sniffle Scare, I went twice. The second time, seeing nobody was watching, I simply put the Q-tip into the vessel without swabbing my nose.

It came back negative, of course -- but with no comment about "No specimen detected."

After that, I simply deleted the emails telling me I was due for testing.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 09:03 AM (wzUl9)

268 > $1 million in Medicaid fraud, 8 felonies, and a sex trafficking ring

This is just the sort of high achiever that we want in our country. I mean, that's a storybook, man.

Posted by: Dopey Joe Biden at August 18, 2026 09:03 AM (IG3/x)

269 263 How did Silver conduct his poll?
Posted by: I gotta ask at August 18, 2026 09:00 AM (2Ez/1)

See comment #256.
Posted by: Sponge at August 18, 2026 09:01 AM

All models are wrong.
Some models are useful.

Posted by: As any school child can tell you at August 18, 2026 09:04 AM (2Ez/1)

270 Ossoff calls PDTs assistant Natalie a slut and PSacky joins in.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 09:04 AM (/+uur)

271 This is the second day running some nic has shown up here pushing this claim the WSJ says Demos will take both houses. I'd like to see a link, because otherwise we can conclude this is trolling.

Not that it would surprise me if they did say this, since the WSJ editorial page is largely anti-Trump and the news section is rabidly anti-Trump and maybe even pro-socialist.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2026 09:04 AM (3MX8+)

272 265 Kudos to you, Perfesser, for using “Gehenna.” What a great word.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 09:04 AM (77rzZ)

273 With massive vote fraud those blue state officials don't need 51% of the voting population to support them anymore.
Posted by: 18-1

Until they start appearing as strange fruit decorating lamp posts. You don't piss off an armed citizenry which is why the Democrats and RINOs like Cornyn are so damned fixed on taking guns away.

At the end of the day, you have to have support from the citizenry over the longer run, more so in a large country with islands of blue in seas of red American counties.

Everyone suspects our elections now are fake and gay and that foreign money is buying our politicians. That is a knife edge away from wholesale decision by the public to seek a Caesar to put the ruling class back in its box.

It is easier to appease one Caesar than the endless asshole blue politicians and their hideous corporate trading class that seek to ruin us and at the same time rule over us.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 09:04 AM (E4rtv)

274 The Republicans will hold the Senate. The House will depend on how crazy the Dems behave between now and November.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 09:05 AM (rp63B)

275 The animals were hunted nearly to extinction in the mid-1800s

Sounds like a good start
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 08:56 AM

Because, to quote The Fat Electrician, "their fur made dope-ass hats."

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 09:05 AM (LQKAS)

276 Posted by: That Guy at August 18, 2026 08:52 AM (zQLjY)

Granted Democrats who run things do an awful job, but actually a number of Democrat woman Governors actually have children including Abigail what's her name from Va and the Governor of NJ- Mikey Sherrill . It would be interesting ( for me anyway) to know which female D Governors have children. I don't know but I think most of them probably do . Maura Healey is a gay woman with no children.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2026 09:05 AM (xSAlF)

277 A couple years ago around this time, polls showed Kamala Harris was going to be the next POTUS.

She lost every swing state and the popular vote.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 09:05 AM (viF8m)

278 274 The Republicans will hold the Senate. The House will depend on how crazy the Dems behave between now and November.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 09:05 AM (rp63B)

This is where I'm at... And I'm a pessimist...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2026 09:06 AM (qJXt+)

279 FL Socialist Elijah Manley says only a black Democrat should hold the congressional seat he's running for.

"One of the last remaining opportunity districts that we have in the South being held by a white Democrat, that's unacceptable."

I look to a day when people will be judged by the color of their skin, not by the content of their character.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 09:06 AM (/+uur)

280 270 Ossoff calls PDTs assistant Natalie a slut and PSacky joins in.
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 09:04 AM
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Ok, but is she an IGNORANT slut?

Posted by: Jane Curtin at August 18, 2026 09:06 AM (2Ez/1)

281 "All of it is performative bullshit to distinguish them from the hated Muricans."

Woke Leftism is a kind of religion where you get to feel good because of the purity of your beliefs, without ever having to make a personal sacrifice. That's for the untermenschen.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 18, 2026 09:06 AM (dtajH)

282 Kudos to you, Perfesser, for using “Gehenna.” What a great word.
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 09:04 AM (77rzZ)

I've heard he's one a dem edumacated types......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 09:06 AM (2YhKe)

283 And the things you hear from people who actually vote is frightening in its lack of cogency.

This has been the case for a long time now.

I talk with people who complain about some issue, then go re-elect the pol that directly created that issue. And I don't mean this is a complex issue where you could analyze it in different ways - I mean where the candidate runs on "I will pass law X". My LIVs acquaintances say "I hate X". Then they vote for the candidate who wins and implements X and the LIVs complain about it.

While getting rid of the millions of fraudulent ballots is obviously issue #1, getting this class of people to stop voting is issue #2.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 09:07 AM (sKqQm)

284 I was born in Brooklyn, kosher

Posted by: Remember To Tip Your Mohel at August 18, 2026 09:00 AM (JM9I6)
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Not buying it. None of us chew our cud or have cloven hooves.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 18, 2026 09:07 AM (RkR9o)

285 Jen Pskanki is still a thing?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 18, 2026 09:07 AM (IG3/x)

286 They need to talk about what they’ve done. I see very few GOP candidates doing that.

Posted by: That Guy
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And what would that be? Having a GOPe house and senate has done very little to help Trump.

Posted by: George Soros at August 18, 2026 09:07 AM (XvL8K)

287
Because, to quote The Fat Electrician, "their fur made dope-ass hats."
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 09:05 AM (LQKAS)

His telling of "Geronimo the Beaver" is epic.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 09:08 AM (2YhKe)

288 Is this Natalie chick hawt? Trump tends to surround himself with hawt women.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 09:08 AM (77rzZ)

289 Probably silly of me but I am hoping that things in Dearborn don't get too out of control.

There a real potential for violence today as a large group of bikers has come to town for a pigroast to incite the locals during a meeting of the city counsel.

Posted by: pawn at August 18, 2026 09:08 AM (L5eIP)

290 It is easier to appease one Caesar than the endless asshole blue politicians and their hideous corporate trading class that seek to ruin us and at the same time rule over us.
Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 09:04 AM (E4rtv)

Same idea as CSL quote on do-gooders

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 09:08 AM (/+uur)

291 Jen Pskanki is still a thing?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 18, 2026 09:07 AM (IG3/x)

She's now a lying c*nt on MSNow.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 09:08 AM (2YhKe)

292 You rarely see "Gehenna" in a limerick.

Posted by: Oops wrong thread at August 18, 2026 09:09 AM (2Ez/1)

293 271 This is the second day running some nic has shown up here pushing this claim the WSJ says Demos will take both houses. I'd like to see a link, because otherwise we can conclude this is trolling.

Not that it would surprise me if they did say this, since the WSJ editorial page is largely anti-Trump and the news section is rabidly anti-Trump and maybe even pro-socialist.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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Murdochs hate Trump. I hate the Murdochs and refuse to watch Fox because of those foreign assholes--they are Globo Homo and ruined every new organization that they have purchased. Old man Murdoch has his own wife as a Chicom handler back the day before he moved on to Mick Jagger's leavings. He recently dumped a fiancee because she was too overtly Christian and he found her talk of afterlife disturbing.

James is a chip off the old block and his other son got kicked out NewsCorp because a) James wanted no rivals, and b) the other son is even more globo homo fake climate crisis crap and his wife is the one that said "We Did It" when Fox pulled its AZ shit in 2020. Denaturalize those assholes and send them back to Australia who thoroughly deserve them.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 09:09 AM (E4rtv)

294 It says that 120,640 Canadians left Canada.

Here's an even more shocking statistic. In 2016, Canada legalized assisted suicide. Now eight times as many Canadians die from euthanasia as in car accidents. Increasingly, Canadians are anxious to leave either for another country or the undiscovered country.
=======================
Emigrate or be killed is a bad look for Canada's future. No wonder Alberta is running a referendum on secession.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2026 09:09 AM (3MX8+)

295 I'm rooting for luther Campbell from 2Live Crew in the Florida Cong Dem primary. Manley is a racist and Debbie Wasserman Schultz is a dirt bag

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 09:09 AM (rp63B)

296 This is where I'm at... And I'm a pessimist...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2026 09:06 AM (qJXt+)

I think we've been through this before. You're a realist who thinks she's a pessimist....

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 09:09 AM (+rw6l)

297 Some people seem to think that beaver hats were like cookskin caps (with the head and tail), but in reality the hairs from the fur were used to make a high-quality felt. No recognizable beaver anatomy.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 18, 2026 09:10 AM (IG3/x)

298 The Arabs don't want a two state solution, they want one state , Palestine, with Israel gone.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 08:55 AM (rp63B)

How many times and in how many ways do they need to tell us before it sinks in?

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 18, 2026 09:10 AM (b4LBp)

299 She's now a lying c*nt on MSNow.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 09:08 AM (2YhKe)

You're gonna have to be a lot more specific.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 09:10 AM (+rw6l)

300 288 Is this Natalie chick hawt? Trump tends to surround himself with hawt women.
Posted by: Bulg
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She is someone who lived because Trump got the Right to Try act passed where dying people can access non FDA approved drugs--in her case, she was dying of bone cancer. Medicine worked, she recovered and then went to work for OAN, then Trump as a scheduler.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 09:10 AM (E4rtv)

301 I'm rooting for luther Campbell from 2Live Crew in the Florida Cong Dem primary. Manley is a racist and Debbie Wasserman Schultz is a dirt bag
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 09:09 AM (rp63B)

Wait, he's running? EPIC! The rally music must be off the chain.

POP dat pussy baby!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 09:10 AM (2YhKe)

302 “I’ve worked for Republicans like Senator Cornyn my entire career, but this year I’m proud to be joining James Talarico’s campaign,” Smith said.

Paxton voters right once again.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 09:11 AM (/+uur)

303 I would have assumed it would be 100% gas prices but no...just "I'll fight Trump...for you!

And what exactly are they going to fight against?

Trump lowered taxes, historic lows in illegal immigration and crime; ended wars, made America energy independent, brought down pharma prices, reduced inflation, restoring faith in institutions, defanging Iran, working to revolutionize "clean" energy through nukes and alternative thermals, restoring monuments and public parks, lowering unemployment, doing the necessary legwork in increasing "affordability", recovering hundreds of billions lost to fraud, tariffs to increase competitiveness...

Which of those needs to be fought?

Generally, when I hear the words "fight" you can just drop in "tax" and be a whole lot more clear on their intentions

Posted by: Community Notes at August 18, 2026 09:11 AM (NzX/y)

304 Could I show you something in a racoon hat?

Posted by: Fess Parker at August 18, 2026 09:11 AM (2Ez/1)

305
You're gonna have to be a lot more specific.
Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 09:10 AM (+rw6l)

Nah. Not really. They're all pretty much the same, aren't they?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 09:12 AM (2YhKe)

306 Turnout. Turnout. Turnout.

Public polls miss swings in Turnout, as they assume past patterns. This will be especially true for a mid-term.

This will favor the Rs if people just get off their asses.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 18, 2026 09:12 AM (dtajH)

307
Until they start appearing as strange fruit decorating lamp posts. You don't piss off an armed citizenry which is why the Democrats and RINOs like Cornyn are so damned fixed on taking guns away.

In most blue states you have a city that is full of:

Illegals
People working for the government
Clients of the office holders

No one in this group is going to rebel. From this position they loot the rest of the state and fix the vote. If the people from the 'burbs or rural areas were to come in they'll arrange for those people to be arrested or sick the feral yutes on them.

And I'll give you a very minor example of this. During the summer of 2020 a group of protestors went to Maura Healey's house and peacefully protested on the street outside of her property. Healey, fresh from letting BLM vandalize Boston and publicly arguing they had a right to do so had these protestors arrested.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 09:12 AM (sKqQm)

308 How many times and in how many ways do they need to tell us before it sinks in?

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 18, 2026 09:10 AM (b4LBp)

It's another taquiyya sunrise
Wondering if I'm goin' wise or tell a lie

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 09:12 AM (+rw6l)

309 >>Is this Natalie chick hawt? Trump tends to surround himself with hawt women.

She very attractive. More importantly, she credits Trump with helping save her life by signing the Right To Try law that gave her access to experimental bone cancer treatment drugs.

It's an entirely made up bullshit smear against her and Trump because that's what leftists do.

More importantly, the case against Swalwell and Fang Bang is real and turning into a real scandal. And of course they ignore that.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 09:12 AM (viF8m)

310
This will favor the Rs if people just get off their asses.
Posted by: Ignoramus at August 18, 2026 09:12 AM (dtajH)

We're in trouble.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 09:12 AM (2YhKe)

311 I think it's safe to ignore the polls and the WSJ when it come to anything about politics.

The proverbial call went out to set the narrative that the Democrats, with an assist from the Democratic Socialists are going to run the table at midterms.

The "polls" are really nothing more than propaganda to get people who believe in that shit to stay home, or vote for the "winning side."

To a certain degree, it's working. It's being discussed here. Personally, I'm not buying it. YMMV

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2026 09:13 AM (2Cry5)

312
More importantly, the case against Swalwell and Fang Bang is real and turning into a real scandal. And of course they ignore that.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 09:12 AM (viF8m)

And yet, nothing will happen.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 09:13 AM (2YhKe)

313 And what exactly are they going to fight against?

That's the interesting part. They apparently think arguing they will fight Trump is a better choice then arguing something specific like fight to raise taxes or fight to keep illegals here.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 09:13 AM (sKqQm)

314 couple years ago around this time, polls showed Kamala Harris was going to be the next POTUS.

She lost every swing state and the popular vote.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 09:05 AM (viF8m)

I can't see the Dems finding themselves a way around nominating her in 28. South Carolina is going to King-maker that Dong-taker, and they're going to piss off the violent 58% of their base.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 18, 2026 09:14 AM (PGK1w)

315 She is someone who lived because Trump got the Right to Try act passed where dying people can access non FDA approved drugs--in her case, she was dying of bone cancer. Medicine worked, she recovered and then went to work for OAN, then Trump as a scheduler.
Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 09:10 AM (E4rtv)
======================
And now Democrats are trying to turn her into Monica Lewinsky 2.0, because women in their world are either Karens or hated by Karens. Jon Ossof is a scumbag who thinks a young woman working for the White House is not to be admired, she is instead to be mocked.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2026 09:14 AM (3MX8+)

316 Always trust the polls.

Posted by: Francesca Hong at August 18, 2026 09:15 AM (2Ez/1)

317 I'll give another Healey anecdote.

A few years back there was a terrible story in MA about an illegal raping a 14 year old.

A reporter, amazingly, asked her about it. Her response? She said, "Well, these things happen you know?" and rolled her eyes.

And yes she got re-elected after this.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 09:15 AM (sKqQm)

318 A financial advantage and talking about how bad Democrats are, or will be isn’t enough. They need to talk about what they’ve done. I see very few GOP candidates doing that.

------

Well, Republicans are metaphysically useless, but that wouldn't help much.

"Dems did X, Y, and Z."

"SHUT UP U R RACIST"

The strategy can't be to move Dem voters. Just to motivate Trump voters. GOP candidates are not capable of that. They'd have to convince normies that they aren't part of the Democrat problem, which they can't do, because they are, and we know it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2026 09:15 AM (BI5O2)

319 It fajitas were just meat and onions, I could deal with them.

Sadly, there's no mechanism to remove the large chunks of peppers from the dish. No such technology exists.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 09:15 AM (ExV1e)

320 The Republicans I think will turnout this midterm. The Dems have the DSA problem which might cause some Dems to not turnout. In Michigan some Jewish Dems are organizing for Rogers. Good sign

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 09:15 AM (rp63B)

321 Hasidic men wear Beaver hats. Nice looking felt. A fine piece of goods.

Posted by: Biberhiet at August 18, 2026 09:15 AM (JM9I6)

322
Generally, when I hear the words "fight" you can just drop in "tax" and be a whole lot more clear on their intentions
Posted by: Community Notes at August 18, 2026 09:11 AM (NzX/y)

He ended wars, yet started a seemingly endless one that has fuel prices back to Biden era levels, rising the prices of consumer goods across the board.

Voters will remember come November, especially if that's still the case.

Diesel at $5 a gallon come election day, R's stay home.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 09:15 AM (2YhKe)

323 I'll say this for Jon Ossof. If I had an attractive daughter I wouldn't worry for her to be alone with him. If I had a son though? No way

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 09:16 AM (sKqQm)

324 She very attractive. More importantly, she credits Trump with helping save her life by signing the Right To Try law that gave her access to experimental bone cancer treatment drugs.

It's an entirely made up bullshit smear against her and Trump because that's what leftists do.

More importantly, the case against Swalwell and Fang Bang is real and turning into a real scandal. And of course they ignore that.
Posted by: JackStraw
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I think this was Ossoff and his staff thinking internet snark like Obama did would fly. He is backpeddling on the insult yesterday and today because he is not an naturally likable guy and this made him look mean.

Most of his money being raised is from out of state and he didn't win the first time--the cheat got him and Warnock his office. That being said, Warnock is more genuine than Ossof is. Genuine black race baiting Atlanta Democrat is Warnock.

Ossoff is an empty suit willing to be directed where his donors and staff point him.

The degree of cheat is what will determine success or failure of his reelection.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 09:16 AM (E4rtv)

325 His telling of "Geronimo the Beaver" is epic.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 09:08 AM

That video is never not funny.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 09:16 AM (LQKAS)

326 Hey, maybe Sid can point to a Democrat-run city or state that is not a fucking disaster area. Some place where Dems control the whole government and can do whatever they want. They are all disasters, or well on their way to being a disaster.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2026 09:16 AM (8mR+H)

327 I have thought the R's will hold without deserving it, and still do, provisionally.

I keep wondering if it's better for the phony Democrat "movement" they are about to foist on the country in 2027 if they win, split or lose in November.

I think "lose with a surprisingly strong showing from DSA" makes the most sense from a "narrative" perspective. It gives them a path to sand, salt and seed. But we will see.

They may REALLY need the House for his final two years in which case all bets are off.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 09:17 AM (+rw6l)

328
Sadly, there's no mechanism to remove the large chunks of peppers from the dish. No such technology exists.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 09:15 AM (ExV1e)

"I'll have the beef fajitas, onions only" seems a bit too much.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 09:17 AM (2YhKe)

329 324 I'll say this for Jon Ossof. If I had an attractive daughter I wouldn't worry for her to be alone with him. If I had a son though? No way
Posted by: 18-1

Tossof has two daughters fwiw. But Trump dismissed the whole crap that Tossof was trying to pick a fight with him by calling Tossof Peewee Herman. And in fact, he does favor Peewee Herman in appearance.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 09:18 AM (E4rtv)

330 they're going to piss off the violent 58% of their base.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 18, 2026 09:14 AM (PGK1w)

Huzzah!

Although...I don't think Chlamydia Harris is a lock. She is such a stupendously bad campaigner, and to hide that takes money. Who is going to contribute to a proven loser?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2026 09:18 AM (k5CNB)

331 Way to go Ossoff, disparage cancer survivors, that's the ticket to heart and minds of America!

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 09:18 AM (g47mK)

332
James is a chip off the old block and his other son got kicked out NewsCorp because a) James wanted no rivals, and b) the other son is even more globo homo fake climate crisis crap and his wife is the one that said "We Did It" when Fox pulled its AZ shit in 2020. Denaturalize those assholes and send them back to Australia who thoroughly deserve them.
Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 09:09 AM (E4rtv)
*****
Fox is actually gotten a lot more conservative and hired a lot more conservative people at their station. It's become a breath of fresh compared to everybody else.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2026 09:18 AM (NpAcC)

333 322 Hasidic men wear Beaver hats. Nice looking felt. A fine piece of goods.
Posted by: Biberhiet at August 18, 2026 09:15 AM

It does have a certain appeal...

https://youtu.be/9PmWEElulG8

Posted by: George Costanza at August 18, 2026 09:19 AM (2Ez/1)

334 Different opinion: The Dems put SC first to get the blacks out of the way and to lessen their power.

Posted by: MJ at August 18, 2026 09:19 AM (XOmY9)

335 Damn dolphins!

Dolphins Filmed Using Shells to Trap Prey for the First Time

She instantly recognized the behavior as “shelling,” when dolphins flush prey into a large empty seasnail shell. Then, the impromptu fish trap to the surface and drains the quarry into their mouths like a fishy oyster shooter.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 09:19 AM (ndZc7)

336 >>And yet, nothing will happen.

I wouldn't be so sure. Biden's DOJ is not in charge and taking bribes from a CCP spy is kind of a big deal.

The only reason we know the scandal is real is because Trump's DOJ is releasing files Biden hid.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 09:19 AM (viF8m)

337 Fox is actually gotten a lot more conservative and hired a lot more conservative people at their station. It's become a breath of fresh compared to everybody else.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2026 09:18 AM (NpAcC)

Their top shows are definitely Conservative...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2026 09:20 AM (qJXt+)

338 How come fajitas don't have mushrooms?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 18, 2026 09:20 AM (2Ez/1)

339
VIDEO: Rabid Beavers Attack Two Teenagers at Maryland State Park

I saw Rabid Beavers open for the Dickies at the Mudd Club in '78.*

*If someone hasn't already made this joke...Wh0o are you people?!?!

Posted by: naturalfake at August 18, 2026 09:20 AM (iJfKG)

340 This story has everything.

Lesbian cop charged with stalking ex using Flock cameras

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 09:21 AM (ndZc7)

341 Is Ossoff from Georgia or is he a transplant from another state?

He kind of reminds me of an idiot in a clown suit.

Posted by: dantesed at August 18, 2026 09:22 AM (Oy/m2)

342 many candidates think that turning over their social media accounts to Zoomers will make them look hip, in reality, they end up looking extremely dimwitted

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 09:22 AM (g47mK)

343 Although...I don't think Chlamydia Harris is a lock. She is such a stupendously bad campaigner, and to hide that takes money. Who is going to contribute to a proven loser?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2026 09:18 AM (k5CNB)

Let's check their stable:

Kumswala Harris
Gavin Newsome
Pete Buttigieg
Michael Bloomberg (He LOVES attention)
I'm missing a few, I'm sure.

Who lights a fire under ANYONE, really, that can carry 75 million votes?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 09:22 AM (2YhKe)

344 I was attacked by a rabid beaver once.

It was fleet week and just as I came ashore this brunette woman grabbed me, dragged me into an alley and assaulted me, the rest of my buddies, and I think everyone that came ashore that day. Sandra was her name if I remember?

Posted by: Some sailor that got fluked at August 18, 2026 09:22 AM (sKqQm)

345 Heh, I saw Rabid Beavers open for Third Eye Blind at the Red Room in '02!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2026 09:22 AM (X8xt3)

346 342 Is Ossoff from Georgia or is he a transplant from another state?

He kind of reminds me of an idiot in a clown suit.
Posted by: dantesed at August 18, 2026 09:22 AM (Oy/m2)

Well , the Dems do claim to have a Big Tent....

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2026 09:23 AM (qJXt+)

347 Staring at 9 Apache helicopters flying over slow in a V formation, followed by several more.

https://tinyurl.com/bdfkd49m

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 18, 2026 09:23 AM (RkR9o)

348 344 You left out AOC. I think she could have real momentum.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 09:24 AM (77rzZ)

349 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2026 09:18 AM (k5CNB)

I'm still not sure how we don't "know" that voters don't pick the Democrat Nominee, but here we are. Democrats are allergic to Democracy. Even their name is a lie. The nominee is already chosen. Maybe there's a backup in case they get hit by a bus or something else unforseen.

If the general election is intended to be in any way real it will not be Harris. Pretty sure it's a dude, that is the zeitgeist. If the GE is sealed up for the D's, then it absolutely could be Harris. But not because the primary voters chose her.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 09:24 AM (+rw6l)

350 Third Eye Blind at the Red Room in '02!
Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2026 09:22 AM (X8xt3)

Isn't the 3rd eye a reference to the penis?

It being blind, does that mean it can be shoved in any hole?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 09:24 AM (2YhKe)

351 The Republicans I think will turnout this midterm. The Dems have the DSA problem which might cause some Dems to not turnout. In Michigan some Jewish Dems are organizing for Rogers. Good sign
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 09:15 AM (rp63B)
****
Texas and Michigan are now considered toss-up races.
Talafreako has raised over 70 million and Paxton only 9 million.
Ken Paxton hasn't been campaigning like he should.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2026 09:24 AM (NpAcC)

352 "I'll have the beef fajitas, onions only" seems a bit too much.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 09:17 AM (2YhKe)

Or... use the provided fork.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 09:24 AM (ExV1e)

353 Rabid Beavers was our garage band name for a while.

Posted by: The Monkees at August 18, 2026 09:24 AM (2Ez/1)

354 He ended wars, yet started a seemingly endless one that has fuel prices back to Biden era levels, rising the prices of consumer goods across the board.

Voters will remember come November, especially if that's still the case.

Diesel at $5 a gallon come election day, R's stay home.
Posted by: Sponge
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GOP will turnout. It is the independents that may or may not. It is not as if the Democrats are covering themselves in glory as they are losing on most issues polled and have a smaller margin on the few they lead. And DSA nutbags like El Sayed do not say to independent voters that the Dems are concerned about affordability. That race alone may have guaranteed a GOP hold in the Senate.

House was always going to be close with the fake 2020 Census by Biden and their total gerrymandering the GOP in CA even before the last one. But the GOP is returning service on gerrymandering finally and as a result, has more safe seats than the Dems at this point given prior voting behavior in those districts. That means the Democrats have to sweep contested seats and in a second term midterm, lot harder to do.

5 seats more or less may make the difference.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 09:24 AM (E4rtv)

355 Who lights a fire under ANYONE, really, that can carry 75 million votes?

Jean Francois Cary reporting for duty!

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 09:25 AM (2GVsD)

356 Trump and Elon need to help with the money for Paxton in Texas

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2026 09:25 AM (NpAcC)

357 How did Silver conduct his poll?
Posted by: I gotta ask

Three hoof scratches, a whinny and two neighs.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026 09:25 AM (CszeO)

358 You left out AOC. I think she could have real momentum.
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 09:24 AM (77rzZ)

Can't believe I missed, but did say I knew I was missing.

Valid.

However, is she carrying a national weight that will get her 75 million votes?

Could she win Governor of NY?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 09:25 AM (2YhKe)

359 209 I heard Sunday is whiskey sour day. I'll drink to that.
Posted by: Lush Life at August 18, 2026 08:51 AM (LxTdt)

Suddenly remembering all the bar mitzvahs, including mine, from the early/mid 70's where we all got hammered on them!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 18, 2026 09:26 AM (x0n13)

360 ****
Texas and Michigan are now considered toss-up races.
Talafreako has raised over 70 million and Paxton only 9 million.
Ken Paxton hasn't been campaigning like he should.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2026 09:24 AM (NpAcC)

Texas ? I doubt it... Michigan would be a seat gained...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2026 09:26 AM (qJXt+)

361 The Massachusetts law permitting infanticide conflicts with murder statutes. I hope to see some OBGYN arrested and tried for murder, if this actually ever happens. Let courts try to split this baby.

If nothing else, the indictment would name and shame.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2026 09:26 AM (vN3wy)

362 There’s a suburb of Detroit called Big Beaver.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 09:26 AM (77rzZ)

363 Fox is actually gotten a lot more conservative and hired a lot more conservative people at their station. It's become a breath of fresh compared to everybody else.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2026 09:18 AM (NpAcC)
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There seem to be exceptions:

https://tinyurl.com/4a5xdz4n

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 18, 2026 09:26 AM (RkR9o)

364 347 Staring at 9 Apache helicopters flying over slow in a V formation, followed by several more.

https://tinyurl.com/bdfkd49m
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 18, 2026 09:23 AM
++++

Either Lebanon just launched or Netanyahu's wife ordered a pizza.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 18, 2026 09:27 AM (2Ez/1)

365 Oh, I see... That Guy was saying the GOP needs to talk about their own accomplishments in contrast to Dem misbehavior. Sorry; I misunderstood.

That's a problem because they have done absolutely nothing besides stonewall and thwart Trump's agenda. Exactly like in 2017-2018. There's no hiding it from the voters anymore: the GOP is metaphysically useless.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2026 09:27 AM (BI5O2)

366 Don't forget Maine is anti-ICE nuts also.

They passed three laws all aimed at thwarting ICE operations.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 09:27 AM (2GVsD)

367 Talafreako has raised over 70 million and Paxton only 9 million.
Ken Paxton hasn't been campaigning like he should.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2026 09:24 AM (NpAcC)

This is a concern, however, he didn't campaign and tore Cornyn a new a-hole. I'm guessing they think the same for the general election.

I would like to see them spend SOME $$$$ here and get more visibility into, if nothing else, the psychosis of Talarico.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 09:27 AM (2YhKe)

368 357 How did Silver conduct his poll?
Posted by: I gotta ask

Ouija Board..

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2026 09:27 AM (qJXt+)

369 It's primary day here in Florida. I haven't really paid too much attention to who is running.

Posted by: dantesed at August 18, 2026 09:27 AM (Oy/m2)

370 Don't underestimate AOC. It was brought up in conversation with some lib friends that she was running for president. I said she had no chance since she was dumber than a box of hammers. One of them screeched back, "You wanna talk dumb?! Look at Trump! Dumbest president ever!!!"

*sigh*

Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 18, 2026 09:27 AM (3ImbR)

371 I feel ya Mr. Beaver.

Posted by: Rabid Moroccan Donkey with a ruptured asshole at August 18, 2026 09:27 AM (y+Apl)

372 Who lights a fire under ANYONE, really, that can carry 75 million votes?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 09:22 AM (2YhKe)

I wouldn't bet against a dark horse. Beshear?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2026 09:28 AM (k5CNB)

373 >>There’s a suburb of Detroit called Big Beaver.

"Hiya!"

-- Athol, MA

Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2026 09:28 AM (X8xt3)

374 One Whiskey Sour is OK. I remember multiple Comfort Sours not sitting too well on the stomach.

Posted by: Kweasy Mfume at August 18, 2026 09:28 AM (JM9I6)

375
Either Lebanon just launched or Netanyahu's wife ordered a pizza.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 18, 2026 09:27 AM (2Ez/1)

Heh.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 09:28 AM (2YhKe)

376 I heard Sunday is whiskey sour day. I'll drink to that.
Posted by: Lush Life at August 18, 2026 08:51 AM (LxTdt)
-

Suddenly remembering all the bar mitzvahs, including mine, from the early/mid 70's where we all got hammered on them!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 18, 2026 09:26 AM (x0n13)
-

I remember the first wedding I ever went to. Must've been about 7 years old. I thought the punch fountain was full of Hawaiian Punch.

I found out.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 18, 2026 09:28 AM (RkR9o)

377 That's gonna be some spicy pizza.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 09:29 AM (2GVsD)

378 >357 How did Silver conduct his poll?

Reading rabid beaver entrails.

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

379 I wouldn't bet against a dark horse. Beshear?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2026 09:28 AM (k5CNB)

Tall task, that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 09:29 AM (2YhKe)

380 The U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) is in uncharted territory. It has been suspended since late January 2025. Under the suspension, only refugees who qualify for an exception are being admitted to the United States. The refugee ceiling (the maximum number of refugees that can be admitted) for FY2026 is currently 17,500, the lowest in the history of the USRAP. As of June 30, 2026, FY2026 refugee admissions totaled 7,730.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 09:29 AM (/+uur)

381 You left out AOC. I think she could have real momentum.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 09:24 AM (77rzZ)

Lefty forums are full to bursting of commenters lamenting that America simply won't elect a woman. They don't want a woman nominee.

The fun part is that Dem Establishment is trying like hell to force Kamala on them. That'll be hard, but doable.

Which, ironically, will be the first time Kamala's ever been forced on something hard but doable.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 18, 2026 09:29 AM (PGK1w)

382 Let's check their stable:

Kumswala Harris
Gavin Newsome
Pete Buttigieg
Michael Bloomberg (He LOVES attention)
I'm missing a few, I'm sure.

Who lights a fire under ANYONE, really, that can carry 75 million votes?
Posted by: Sponge at August 18, 2026 09:22 AM

*ahem*

Posted by: Beto O'Rourke at August 18, 2026 09:30 AM (2Ez/1)

383 TX has a Republican Mid-Term Convention in September. That is good advertising. Maybe it will wake up Paxton.

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 09:30 AM (g47mK)

384 Texas and Michigan are now considered toss-up races.
Talafreako has raised over 70 million and Paxton only 9 million.
Ken Paxton hasn't been campaigning like he should.
Posted by: redridinghood

Tell me exactly what news sources you are watching and I will tell you what the prediction of that news source will be. First, turn off fox, its polling is abysmal and has been since Murdochs hired a Dem operative in the Obammy years to conduct their polls. Second, the ridiculous interactive polling bullshit affiliated with Baris is junk. This is the poll that had Massie winning for example. Hybrid models using online response with small samples are junk.

A) look for polls with likely voter sampling, not all people, not registered voter screens. B) for a state like Texas, you need somewhere about 900-1000 sample size using a consistent polling sample that has been replicated in the past. C), the polling operation needs to have prior Texas polling experience on a statewide basis. Then, you can figure they are reliable.

And D), the GOP always waits until after Labor Day to start its ads--GOP has a massive funding advantage and can now coordinate with candidates on spending.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 09:30 AM (E4rtv)

385
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Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 09:30 AM (/+uur)

386 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 09:30 AM (2YhKe)

387 Rahm Emmanuel seems to be running a quiet campaign.
Got a regular column in WSJ, showing up on Sunday tv, etc.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2026 09:31 AM (X8xt3)

388 It makes no difference who is President. The DoJ works for the Party, period, and that's that.

That said, Swalwell might be in actual trouble. He clearly pissed off the Democrats by running in CA. They already knifed him, and they may want him to be made an example.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2026 09:31 AM (BI5O2)

389 Rahm Emmanuel seems to be running a quiet campaign.
Got a regular column in WSJ, showing up on Sunday tv, etc.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2026 09:31 AM (X8xt3)
~~~~~

Yep. That one scares me. He has a way of coming off reasonable to those who don't know any back story.

Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 18, 2026 09:32 AM (3ImbR)

390 I wouldn't bet against a dark horse. Beshear?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2026 09:28 AM (k5CNB)
======================
I think a dark horse emerging from somewhere yet unknown is their best hope, and maybe their only hope.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2026 09:33 AM (vN3wy)

391 Noodus gratia artis

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 09:33 AM (77rzZ)

392 But on the plus side, however bigoted, Rahm is short and Jewish. Racist dems can't handle the Jewish part, and America likes tall.

Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 18, 2026 09:34 AM (3ImbR)

393 363 Fox is actually gotten a lot more conservative and hired a lot more conservative people at their station. It's become a breath of fresh compared to everybody else.

Posted by: redridinghood
======
Fox is fake and gay. And that is because the Murdochs hate Trump and I think that is reciprocated. And their goal is to keep you watching to sell ads and peddle foreign influence. Go back and watch ole Rupert nearly stroke out from rage when Trump announced Vance as VP selection. Rupert wanted someone else.

TV news is reality TV in essence--want information, you have to dig it out of X from reliable sources that actually crunch numbers. And you have to have enough prior knowledge to know when someone is peddling bullshit by further checking. Perfect example was the Massie primary--tv news reporting on the race was absolutely awful as was most polling there.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 09:34 AM (E4rtv)

394 Rahm Emmanuel seems to be running a quiet campaign.
Got a regular column in WSJ, showing up on Sunday tv, etc.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2026 09:31 AM (X8xt3)
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I just don't see how a guy who served in the Israeli army can expect to win a primary in the antisemitic Democrat party.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2026 09:35 AM (vN3wy)

395 >>Yep. That one scares me. He has a way of coming off reasonable to those who don't know any back story.

Bingo!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2026 09:35 AM (X8xt3)

396 Which hypothetical fires up D's more as we head to 2028?

DSA's strong showing helps Democrats to big wins and taking back Congress.

Or

DSA's strong showing highlights establishment failure as Democrats fail to take back Congress

?

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 09:36 AM (+rw6l)

397 Rahm Emmanuel seems to be running a quiet campaign.
Got a regular column in WSJ, showing up on Sunday tv, etc.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2026 09:31 AM (X8xt3)

He's too Jewish. Same reason Harris didn't choose Shapiro in PA - with whom she very well may have won.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 18, 2026 09:37 AM (PGK1w)

398 How did Silver conduct his poll?
Three hoof scratches, a whinny and two neighs.

Clever, Hans.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 18, 2026 09:42 AM (zdLoL)

399 Boing.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 18, 2026 10:07 AM (qDa2L)

400 400!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 18, 2026 10:10 AM (PGK1w)

401 Don't underestimate AOC. It was brought up in conversation with some lib friends that she was running for president. I said she had no chance since she was dumber than a box of hammers. One of them screeched back, "You wanna talk dumb?! Look at Trump! Dumbest president ever!!!"

*sigh*
Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 18, 2026 09:27 AM (3ImbR)

Lesson learned? Don't have lib "friends". I would have reduced her to tears in less than 60 seconds with my reply. I have had it with these retards. And I take no prisoners. Before I retired in 2019, the libs at work would not dare to discuss politics with me. Ever. And i worked in the belly of the beast, television broadcasting in the NYC market.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 18, 2026 11:28 AM (hmYU4)

402 'Morning, all. Thanks, J.J.

Forget the DNC. Aren't the progressives consistently following a plan to change the Democrat party?

It's a bit much but: Dec. 2018, Pelosi set a target to step down from House leadership within four years ahead of the new congressional session. Jan. 2019, AOC was officially sworn into the U.S. Congress. Nov. 2025, Pelosi formally announced she would not seek reelection & would fully retire at the end of her term in Jan. 2027.

Why did Pelosi set the 1st target date? CBS News, 'At least 16 Democrats signal they would oppose Pelosi as House speaker' Nov. 19, 2018. (It was actually the 2nd rebellion, the 1st being 2016 when Ohio's Tim Ryan argued the party needed a new direction & a stronger connection to "working-class" voters.) Pelosi 'defused the rebellion' by agreeing to term limits for House leadership.

A lot of the rebellious 'kids' moved on & out, but it's interesting both Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill, then joining AOC as high profile freshman, didn't sign the letter though publicly maintaining they wouldn't vote for Pelosi on the House floor because they had won...

Cont'd -

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2026 11:44 AM (NFX2v)

403 Republican-leaning districts & would prove to their voters they kept their word.

Both played centrist, service-oriented freshmen, and Congress needed a new generation of leaders. They were independents, not aligned with any aggressive caucus faction. They cast their ballots for Cheri Bustos. (Another, Anthony Brindisi, is serving as a federal judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of NY (Biden appointed)).

Other interesting additions, Madeleine "Decency" Dean of PA also sworn in Jan. 2019, and Mary Gay Scanlon, who technically entered Congress Nov. 13, 2018, because she won a special election to fill the immediate vacancy of a Republican Rep. who resigned April. (Note the Court had also just created a new 5th Congressional District in PA in 2018, and the structural shift turned the District into a reliably safe Democratic district, leveling the state's delegation from 13-5 Republican majority to a 9-9 tie.)

But Republicans won control of the U.S. House of Representatives. Since Pelosi wasn't going to be Speaker, she 'chose to hand the minority leadership reins to a new generation.' House Democrats elected Hakeem Jeffries as their new leader Nov. '22.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2026 11:44 AM (NFX2v)

404 The historic, unanimous vote made him the 1st African American to lead a major political party in either chamber of the United States Congress.

AOC, a NY member, keeps a separation from the national DSA organization.

A few months ago, James Carville was pretty critical of AOC, viewing her brand of progressive politics as a major liability for the Democrat party.

Yesterday on Fox, he's not concerned about socialists taking over the Democrat Party and, suddenly, praises AOC for finally shifting her rhetoric toward the center. And on Sunday, Hakeem Jeffries also said he didn't back the agenda of DSA.

Timing.

As long as "Obamacare" is kept as the framework for Medicare/Medicaid expansion, the Democrat party shifts faster & further Left, though denying moving towards full blown socialism.

And while Steny Hoyer & James Clyburn have also stepped down from formal Democrat House leadership positions, for a younger generation of leaders, Clyburn is running again.

To rise, Sanders' AOC needs both Jeffries and Clyburn, who will also keep eyes on the new House socialists, including Chris Rabb, Adam Hamawry and more, time being.

Order #227, and excelling at theater.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2026 11:44 AM (NFX2v)

Daily Tech News 18 August 2026

Top Story

Meta faces a $1.4 trillion fine in a case brought by multiple US stats over (checks notes) creating a product that people wanted to use. (Engadget)

May be time to pull some strings and drop space rocks on statehouses.
Speaking of space rocks, power operator PJM has proposed a plan to kick its largest customers off the grid whenever it runs out of electricity. (Reuters)

That will make them popular.

Tech News

OpenAI has announced it is building an 8GW AI datacenter in Ohio, with a $105 billion guarantee from Nvidia. (Axios)

Uh, guys, you might want to look at a map first.
Mini-PCs are cheap and convenient... Were cheap and are still convenient, with configurations to suit almost any need unless you want to play (insert resource-intensive recent computer game here). Just wipe the drive and reinstall Windows first. (Tom's Hardware)

Today's contestant in the malware race: Geekom.
Can't afford an AI graphics card? Nobody else can either, so why not upgrade your 2080 Ti to 22GB? (Tom's Hardware)

As the article notes you can push it all the way to 44GB, though that becomes expensive. More expensive.
GitHub went. (The Register)

I am responsible for the corporate GitLab server, which means that any such problems are my responsibility to fix, but also means that I can fix them.
Cursor, the AI coding company just acquired by SpaceX, announced its own Git-compatible code hosting platform on the same day that GitHub fell over. (Cursor)

Totally not space rocks.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: I am the Lexx. The most powerful destructive weapon in the two universes! Stanley Tweedle is my captain. I blow up planets for him.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:45 AM

Comments

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1 Morning all

Posted by: Tuna at August 18, 2026 04:49 AM (lJ0H4)

2 w00t hi tuna

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 04:50 AM (odBC9)

3 BOING!

I hate Windows!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 18, 2026 04:50 AM (P3X50)

4 I feel so lonely here, I guess I just go take a nap and hope for the best.

Posted by: iworkout47 at August 18, 2026 04:53 AM (CiQE7)

5 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2026 04:55 AM (sAmhv)

6 "Meta faces a $1.4 trillion fine in a case brought by multiple US stats over (checks notes) creating a product that people wanted to use."

Statistics have standing to sue now? I knew the USA was a litigious society, but dang.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 18, 2026 04:59 AM (O7YUW)

7 I hope Gloria Gaynor found some happiness after she wrote " Walk on By". She is 82,years old and if the internet is be believed ,she was divorced after not too long of a time and that she always wanted children, but didn't have any because her husband didn't and that she is a donor and supporter of the Republican Party.

Quite a voice!
.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2026 04:59 AM (JrHfD)

8 Statistics have standing to sue now? I knew the USA was a litigious society, but dang.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 18, 2026 04:59 AM (O7YUW)

Settlements with error bars would be a trial lawyer's worst nightmare...

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 05:05 AM (Ot/FD)

9 >>>GitHub went. (The Register)

"developers took to social media to vent their frustration as Monday Mondayed even harder"

heh

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 05:06 AM (odBC9)

10 OpenAI and the 8 gigawatt power center: 1 gigawatt is a single nuclear reactor's worth of power. Most nuclear facilities only have 1 or 2 reactors.

That's a LOT of power demand for one site.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 18, 2026 05:07 AM (O7YUW)

11 Developers seem fun:

"Maybe," pondered one developer, "the AI code submissions are too massive for them servers."

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 05:08 AM (odBC9)

12
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 18, 2026 05:08 AM (AMvSw)

13 10 OpenAI and the 8 gigawatt power center: 1 gigawatt is a single nuclear reactor's worth of power. Most nuclear facilities only have 1 or 2 reactors.

That's a LOT of power demand for one site.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 18, 2026 05:07 AM (O7YUW)

A smart man would assume they're not crazy, and have good reason to believe that 8 GW reactors are just over the horizon and plan accordingly.

A wise man would probably just assume they're crazy, stupid, and/or being lied to.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 05:11 AM (Ot/FD)

14 LEXX was such a strange show.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 18, 2026 05:12 AM (O7YUW)

15 >>>any such problems are my responsibility to fix, but also means that I can fix them

Well, it presumes that you can fix them....

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 05:12 AM (odBC9)

16 Thoughtful reflection on Deuteronomy 7:12-14 from a person who lives in Java , and is about hearing God's voice. It is an appropriate devotional for both interested Christians and Jews.

https://tinyurl.com/tr5sa5n2

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2026 05:20 AM (IbQ1f)

17 The whole "flock" thing amuses me. Too little, too late. Every time you've seen a cop sitting on the side of the road letting people speed past, run red lights, and not do a damn thing about it, and wonder "why?!?!?!".... They're just sitting there collecting plates. That's their duty. For years and years now.

But stick that whole getup on a little signpost and suddenly it's the end of Democracy as we know it... Well, too late. You've been soaking in it for at least ten years now.

Don't even get me started on the little spy-machine pocket rectangle everyone carries around with them. We've already accepted it. "They" know who you are and where you are and where you're going to be. Even if petty vandalism and yootoob shorts gets these panopticon lollipops to all disappear, nothing changes.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 05:22 AM (Ot/FD)

18 from the ONT; good one:

187 I was sort of throwing stuff at the wall today and realized something I knew but had never thought about. The Left (leftists, not leftards) doesn't care about ideology at all. One of the reasons they always end up killing each other. All they really care about is that they can make you lie for them.

Because whether you're a big dummy or a very low personality, if you will repeat their lies, they know you are controllable. That's one of the reasons (besides the obvious) that lying is so integral to everything they do. Anyone can tell the truth about something, even accidentally, or when it suits them. But if you are willing to repeat a particular lie, or set of lies, you are temporarily useful.
Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 01:00 AM (vE0+H)

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 05:22 AM (odBC9)

19 Man finds his father whom he had never known after 55 years. Sunny Skyz site:

https://tinyurl.com/mj7nzufv

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2026 05:23 AM (IbQ1f)

20 GitHub article:

GitHub parent Microsoft boasted last year that AI was writing as much as 30 percent of the code in some of its repositories, subject to human review, according to CEO Satya Nadella.

Why would that be a boast? Or maybe that is just an off-brand use of the word.

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 05:27 AM (odBC9)

21 Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 01:00 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 05:22 AM (odBC9)

I wonder if there's another, more stupid layer to it all. If you're an idiot, or just a rotten person in general, reality is tough. The truth is hard. You suck, and your life is going to be difficult because you won't deign to do any of the horrible awful things you need to do in this world to have a good time in it, like Raise a good family. Learn. Think. Pray. Forgive. Anything that normal well adjusted people have learned to do over the past twenty millennia.

So the default position becomes to Hate with a capital H everything that is Real and True, and always try to brute force the universe into the kind of fantasy land an asshole like you can live in with relative ease and comfort.

Learn? Grow? Be a better person? Nonsense! Give me all your money, sucker, this is all your fault.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 05:31 AM (Ot/FD)

22 In short, they don't have an "ideology" as such, it's just plain old garden variety Evil turned in to an entire worldview.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 05:32 AM (Ot/FD)

23 @19/FenelonSpoke: Awesome story Fen, thanks for posting that.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 18, 2026 05:34 AM (O7YUW)

24 Amazon driver in KY stops to show honor to the American flag. Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/3cyzvmv5

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2026 05:35 AM (xPsv8)

25 21 Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 01:00 AM (vE0+H)

I wonder if there's another, more stupid layer to it all. If you're an idiot, or just a rotten person in general, reality is tough. The truth is hard. You suck, and your life is going to be difficult because you won't deign to do any of the horrible awful things you need to do in this world to have a good time in it, like Raise a good family. Learn. Think. Pray. Forgive. Anything that normal well adjusted people have learned to do over the past twenty millennia.

So the default position becomes to Hate with a capital H everything that is Real and True, and always try to brute force the universe into the kind of fantasy land an asshole like you can live in with relative ease and comfort.

Learn? Grow? Be a better person? Nonsense! Give me all your money, sucker, this is all your fault.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 05:31 AM (Ot/FD)

There's "carpe diem" and there's "carping"!

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 05:36 AM (odBC9)

26 22 In short, they don't have an "ideology" as such, it's just plain old garden variety Evil turned in to an entire worldview.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 05:32 AM (Ot/FD)

Agreed. I thought that was the weakest part of what "ellipsis" was saying. That could have been left out entirely from the first paragraph. It's the last sentence that's key:

"I was sort of throwing stuff at the wall today and realized something I knew but had never thought about. The Left (leftists, not leftards) doesn't care about ideology at all. One of the reasons they always end up killing each other. All they really care about is that they can make you lie for them."

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 05:38 AM (odBC9)

27 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 18, 2026 05:34 AM (O7YUW)

You are most welcome, dear brother of the ASHQ network.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2026 05:38 AM (xPsv8)

28 OpenAI has announced it is building an 8GW AI datacenter in Ohio, with a $105 billion guarantee from Nvidia. (Axios)

Uh, guys, you might want to look at a map first.

Where are they building this in Ohio? Central Ohio is kind of vague. I will assume the Columbus area.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2026 05:40 AM (sAmhv)

29 Nvidia said to back $100bn OpenAI data center in Ohio

Yahoo Finance

19 hours ago — OpenAI plans to lease up to 8 gigawatts of AI computing power at the PORTS-Pike Technology Campus in Pike County, Ohio. The project is expected ...

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 05:43 AM (odBC9)

30 May be time to pull some strings and drop space rocks on statehouses.

SMOD (Rocks from God) >>> Rods from God

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 18, 2026 05:45 AM (l3cgK)

31 And even though I'm not RC, I liked this story of hope and courage amidst a fallen world and the about the martyrdom of Pope Sixtus who was killed in 257 A.D. it also contains a nice quote from G.K. Chesterton on hope;

https://tinyurl.com/553zp2am

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2026 05:46 AM (xPsv8)

32 Is Lexx the ship that looks like a giant erect penis?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 18, 2026 05:47 AM (l3cgK)

33 OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank expand Stargate with five ...

OpenAI
https://openai.com
Sep 23, 2025 — One site is located in Lordstown, Ohio, where SoftBank has broken ground on an advanced data center design which is on track to be operational ...

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 05:50 AM (odBC9)

34 32 Is Lexx the ship that looks like a giant erect penis?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

It's supposed to look like a dragonfly. Or so they claim.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 18, 2026 05:51 AM (BLOW1)

35 @32/jim (in Kalifornia): The ship is based on a Dragonfly without wings.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 18, 2026 05:51 AM (O7YUW)

36 Nvidia considers $250bn backstop for OpenAI's planned ...

Data Center Dynamics
https://www.datacenterdynamics.com

Jul 27, 2026 — Nvidia is in talks to provide a $250 billion backstop for a planned OpenAI data center in southern Ohio. The SoftBank facility could cost ...

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 05:51 AM (odBC9)

37 Pixy, is this a particularly awful GitHub downing or just another in a string?

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 05:52 AM (odBC9)

38 35 @32/jim (in Kalifornia): The ship is based on a Dragonfly without wings.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 18, 2026 05:51 AM (O7YUW)

a long shaft...two balls at one end. You tell me what it looks like...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 18, 2026 05:52 AM (l3cgK)

39 Yes.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 18, 2026 05:52 AM (BLOW1)

40 I hate Windows!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 18, 2026 04:50 AM (P3X50)

Based on the latest evolution the feeling is mutual.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 18, 2026 05:53 AM (LwxhK)

41 39 Yes.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 18, 2026 05:52 AM (BLOW1)

tx

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 05:53 AM (odBC9)

42 * checks downstairs *

Not seeing a dragonfly.

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 05:54 AM (VHUov)

43 40 I hate Windows!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 18, 2026 04:50 AM (P3X50)

Based on the latest evolution the feeling is mutual.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 18, 2026 05:53 AM (LwxhK)

But necessary for defenestration...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 18, 2026 05:54 AM (l3cgK)

44 38 35 @32/jim (in Kalifornia): The ship is based on a Dragonfly without wings.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 18, 2026 05:51 AM (O7YUW)

a long shaft...two balls at one end. You tell me what it looks like...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 18, 2026 05:52 AM (l3cgK)

Oh, Elon Musk prob'ly didn't notice that.

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 05:54 AM (odBC9)

45 Would defenestration Windows be recursive?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 18, 2026 05:54 AM (l3cgK)

46 defenestrating, not defenestration...damn fingers.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 18, 2026 05:55 AM (l3cgK)

47 45 Would [defenestrating] Windows be recursive?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 18, 2026 05:54 AM (l3cgK)

It would be a pane.

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 05:56 AM (odBC9)

48 "It looks like you're trying to AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 05:56 AM (Ot/FD)

49 Evening and morning, fellow satellites and satraps of the vast AoSHQ Empire! Is it really Tiu's Day again, already?

Awake now from a dream about attending the first half hour of rehearsals for a college play in which one attractive female cast member was going to be dressed as a cross between Tinkerbell and the Creature from the Black Lagoon. Don't ask me what it was about, or who wrote it. In my dream I had the feeling the actors were making it up as they went along. You know, kinda like real life.

I can haz coffee time now?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 05:57 AM (wzUl9)

50 G'Day everyone
Tried a different way to job, little shorter

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2026 05:57 AM (o/ziI)

51 But necessary for defenestration...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 18, 2026

***
Sitcom of the early Sixties: I'm Dickens, He's Fenster

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 05:58 AM (wzUl9)

52 a long shaft...two balls at one end. You tell me what it looks like...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 18, 2026 05:52 AM (l3cgK)

Wait a minute. Is this some kind of test?

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 18, 2026 05:59 AM (LwxhK)

53 For a lark, I just searched newegg.ca (The Canadian version of NewEgg) for "5090" and found a listing for:

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5090 (32 gigs of GDDR7 memory).

https://tinyurl.com/mr2jb5jf

The price?

9,820.00

Hahahhahaha! No, no, a thousand times NO!!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 18, 2026 06:02 AM (O7YUW)

54 32 Is Lexx the ship that looks like a giant erect penis?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 18, 2026 05:47 AM (l3cgK)

Dildos...In....Space....

Posted by: The Muppets Show episode that never aired at August 18, 2026 06:02 AM (brIJB)

55 52 a long shaft...two balls at one end. You tell me what it looks like...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 18, 2026 05:52 AM (l3cgK)

Wait a minute. Is this some kind of test?
Posted by: Pete Bog at August 18, 2026 05:59 AM (LwxhK)

a test[icle]?

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 06:03 AM (odBC9)

56 I had to look up I'm Dickens, He's Fenster. John Astin (later Gomez Addams) played "Dickens," Marty Ingels played "Fenster." Both later made surprising marriages: Astin married Patty Duke (13 years), Ingels married Shirley Jones (and remained with her until he died in 2015).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 06:04 AM (wzUl9)

57 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 18, 2026 06:05 AM (amcLV)

58 PJM already did cut off data ceneters in July when we had the heat wave here in the mid-Atlantic region and 6 giga-watts of generation got knocked off line. What would have been a peak 169 GW of demand was reduced to about 161 GW to keep the system from failing. Great news eh?

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at August 18, 2026 06:07 AM (cHNrw)

59 6 minutes after and no one else here

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2026 06:07 AM (o/ziI)

60 Gloria Gaynor - Walk On By

You go, Gloria!

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 06:08 AM (odBC9)

61 57 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 18, 2026 06:05 AM (amcLV)

Open the pod bay doors, HAL.

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 06:09 AM (odBC9)

62 a test[icle]?
Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 06:03 AM (odBC9)

Commenters seem a little testes today.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 18, 2026 06:10 AM (LwxhK)

63 62 a test[icle]?
Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 06:03 AM (odBC9)

Commenters seem a little testes today.
Posted by: Pete Bog at August 18, 2026 06:10 AM (LwxhK)

Testify!

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 06:10 AM (odBC9)

64 Praise and Hail Schlürpo

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2026 06:11 AM (jPziU)

65 I couldn't tell watching the video. Does Gloria Gaynor's video feature the same song as Dionne Warwick's "Walk On By"?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 06:11 AM (wzUl9)

66 62 a test[icle]?
Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 06:03 AM (odBC9)

Commenters seem a little testes today.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 18, 2026 06:10 AM (LwxhK)

That's a ballsy rejoinder...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 18, 2026 06:11 AM (l3cgK)

67 Open the pod bay doors, HAL.
Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 06:09 AM (odBC9)
----------
And me, with the brain the size of a planet. You call this job satisfaction? Cos' I don't.

Posted by: Marvin the Paranoid Android, HAL's backup system at August 18, 2026 06:12 AM (brIJB)

68 Testify!
Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 06:10 AM (odBC9)

Ballsy!

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 18, 2026 06:12 AM (LwxhK)

69 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at August 18, 2026 06:13 AM (V0/Sp)

70 Testify!
Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 06:10 AM (odBC9)

Ballsy!
Posted by: Pete Bog at August 18, 2026

***
Inguin, all.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 06:13 AM (wzUl9)

71 That's a ballsy rejoinder...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 18, 2026 06:11 AM (l3cgK)

That’s nuts.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 18, 2026 06:13 AM (LwxhK)

72 >>> I hope Gloria Gaynor found some happiness after she wrote " Walk on By". She is 82,years old

So she has survived.

Posted by: fluffy at August 18, 2026 06:14 AM (V0/Sp)

73 ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5090 (32 gigs of GDDR7 memory).

https://tinyurl.com/mr2jb5jf

The price?

9,820.00

Hahahhahaha! No, no, a thousand times NO!!
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Missed their chance to call it the "Dragonball Edition."

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 06:14 AM (VHUov)

74 Who's the black private dick. That's a sex machine to all the chicks? (Shaft)

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 06:14 AM (odBC9)

75 @38/jim (in Kalifornia): "a long shaft...two balls at one end. You tell me what it looks like..."

In your analogy, that shaft is an elongated pencil with virtually no girth.

We asked "Lateesha" what she thought. Here's what she had to say:

https://youtu.be/C-4MOv61bZc

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 18, 2026 06:15 AM (O7YUW)

76 Posted by: fluffy at August 18, 2026 06:14 AM (V0/Sp)

Well done!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2026 06:15 AM (DzHyO)

77 74 Who's the black private dick. That's a sex machine to all the chicks? (Shaft)

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 06:14 AM (odBC9)

If Lexx was painted all black, would you see it coming to you in space?...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 18, 2026 06:16 AM (l3cgK)

78 53 For a lark, I just searched newegg.ca (The Canadian version of NewEgg) for "5090"

The price?

9,820.00

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 18, 2026 06:02 AM (O7YUW)

Canadian?

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 06:16 AM (odBC9)

79 17 The whole "flock" thing amuses me. Too little, too late. Every time you've seen a cop sitting on the side of the road letting people speed past, run red lights, and not do a damn thing about it, and wonder "why?!?!?!".... They're just sitting there collecting plates. That's their duty. For years and years now.

But stick that whole getup on a little signpost and suddenly it's the end of Democracy as we know it... Well, too late. You've been soaking in it for at least ten years now.

Don't even get me started on the little spy-machine pocket rectangle everyone carries around with them. We've already accepted it. "They" know who you are and where you are and where you're going to be.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 05:22 AM (Ot/

Why do defeatists come here?

Cops shouldn’t be doing that either. We have this thing called the law that as much as they want to insist they write and execute it, they do not. You have to go to your state legislature. Oh wait, that’s TOO HARD. Never mind.

Apple cannot deprive me of my liberty or kill me. Flock aids those who can and does so cheerfully. Their CEO is a nut job who thinks his surveillance cameras can end crime.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2026 06:16 AM (jPziU)

80 Hot again this morning, of course. I refuse to look up the heat index until after I finish working out, or I'll never go. The local weather mavens lie to us and say we'll have a low of 78 each morning for the next week; HA, says I.

Somehow their prediction of a high of 96 every day for the next week is spot on, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 06:17 AM (wzUl9)

81 Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2026 06:16 AM (jPziU)

Who's being defeatist? I'm being uplifitng. Stop stressing. Stop worrying. The damage has been done for years and your life ain't any the worse for it. "Oh, no they took a picture of me". Who cares.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 06:18 AM (Ot/FD)

82 Isaac Hayes (Shaft; RIP) also sang Walk On By.
Wheels within wheels.

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 06:19 AM (odBC9)

83 79
...
Apple cannot deprive me of my liberty or kill me. Flock aids those who can and does so cheerfully. Their CEO is a nut job who thinks his surveillance cameras can end crime.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2026 06:16 AM (jPziU)

This is the old "trade freedom for safety" trope. Been around for more than hundreds of years, and it doesn't work. Gov't is the biggest bully on the block, and if you don't give it your lunch money, it'll beat you up and take it anyway.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 18, 2026 06:19 AM (l3cgK)

84 Interruptible power contracts are nothing new. We had one at the company data center I worked at back well before 2000. We had to have backup generation capacity so the local utility would ask us to go off grid and onto our generators in exchange for getting an electric rate cut. Win/Win. So long as you are notified in advance so you can make an orderly shutdown or kick in your own generating capacity I don't see the problem.

Posted by: Christopher B at August 18, 2026 06:20 AM (gx+Ks)

85 @78/m: "Canadian?"

Site: Yes.
Price: Yes.
Me: Yes.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 18, 2026 06:21 AM (O7YUW)

86
Learn? Grow? Be a better person? Nonsense! Give me all your money, sucker, this is all your fault.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 05:31 AM (Ot/FD)

And whine that you should be paid six figures for working six hours a day three days a week and retire at 50.

The Left doesn't give a damn about the real working class. The people who drive trucks, pour concrete, fix air conditioners, maintain sewage plants or clean offices. To them, those people are just dumb losers.

No, by "working class" they mean themselves. The ones who partied for four years on student debt, acquired a useless degree but no knowledge, work habits, or traits that make them valuable to an employer. No God, no sense of duty, no humility.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 06:22 AM (O0L8i)

87 Honestly, my biggest problem with the whole Flock issue is the hypocrisy of it.

The people who don't do dick to solve crimes with the resources they already take from us don't get to soak up even more of our resources to spend on fancy cameras that they will fervently also not use to do a damn thing to enforce law and order.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 06:27 AM (Ot/FD)

88 So far everyone started at 6am, seems today everyone decided to start later and didn't tell me.

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2026 06:27 AM (o/ziI)

89 @87/Warai-otoko: "The people who don't do dick to solve crimes with the resources they already take from us don't get to soak up even more of our resources to spend on fancy cameras that they will fervently also not use to do a damn thing to enforce law and order."

THIS. This rent-seeking nonsense must be quashed hard.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 18, 2026 06:28 AM (O7YUW)

90 @88/Skip: Extra coffee drinking time for you.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 18, 2026 06:29 AM (O7YUW)

91 LEXX was fun but got a bit too goofy towards the end. Kai did go out like a badass though.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 18, 2026 06:31 AM (+4yJ5)

92 Wikipedia:

Hayes dropped out of high school, but his former teachers at Manassas High School in Memphis encouraged him to complete his diploma, which he did at the age of 21.

After graduating from high school, Hayes was offered several music scholarships from colleges and universities.

He turned down all of them to provide for his immediate family, working at a meat-packing plant in Memphis by day and playing nightclubs and juke joints several evenings a week in Memphis and nearby northern Mississippi.

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 06:37 AM (odBC9)

93 It would be kind of fun to mess with these camera things, though. Walk by one. Take a little loop around where they can't see you. Walk by again five minutes later. Keep doing that for as long as you can manage to.

Next day, bring a bunch of clothing to swap in and out of and do it all again.

Next day, start doing it walking backwards.

Next day, get a whole bunch of people to join you

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 06:38 AM (Ot/FD)

94 I see that this is one of the ones going in on former gummint nuclear facility land.

That's happening because Trump has the authority to lease those lands outright. The Communist Party or Congress (but I repeat myself) have nothing to say about it.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 18, 2026 06:39 AM (YuVlV)

95 @93/Warai-otoko: Wear latex full face masks of Hillary Clinton.

Chainsaws and various other implements to take down the cameras.

"Flock has evidence implicating Hillary Clinton in... Rut-roh"

(Flock didn't kill itself.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 18, 2026 06:41 AM (O7YUW)

96 Prince later became famous for copying Hayes's music from the period when he dressed like Byzantine royalty, the so-called "Purple Hayes" period.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 18, 2026 06:41 AM (YuVlV)

97 A recent popular song samples Dion Warwick's "Walk on by". I kept hearing it on little's Spotify playing in car.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at August 18, 2026 06:41 AM (cHNrw)

98
Got a weekly home energy report from the electricity company. Now that we turned everything off down in the kennel building and now that HM is off on a trip and the RV isn't plugged in, our projected electricity bill is half what it was a couple of months ago.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 06:41 AM (O0L8i)

99 Batter up, m!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 18, 2026 06:42 AM (O7YUW)

100 100

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 06:43 AM (odBC9)

101 *high five*

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 18, 2026 06:43 AM (O7YUW)

102 93 It would be kind of fun to mess with these camera things, though. Walk by one. Take a little loop around where they can't see you. Walk by again five minutes later. Keep doing that for as long as you can manage to.

Next day, bring a bunch of clothing to swap in and out of and do it all again.

Next day, start doing it walking backwards.

Next day, get a whole bunch of people to join you
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 06:38 AM (Ot/FD)

Somebody got a little too much time on their hands?

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 06:44 AM (odBC9)

103 95 @93/Warai-otoko: Wear latex full face masks of Hillary Clinton.

Chainsaws and various other implements to take down the cameras.

"Flock has evidence implicating Hillary Clinton in... Rut-roh"

(Flock didn't kill itself.)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 18, 2026 06:41 AM (O7YUW)

Legality of that? (I am not a lawyer.)

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 06:44 AM (odBC9)

104 The Left doesn't give a damn about the real working class.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 06:22 AM (O0L8i)

So it always has been. Karl Marx, self-proclaimed expert on the "working class", never worked a day in his life.

He let his wife and kids go hungry because it was more important for him to Think his Deep Thoughts.

They'd have starved to death if it hadn't been for his butt-buddy Engles's father (who was, of course, a capitalist) taking pity on them.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 18, 2026 06:45 AM (YuVlV)

105 96 Prince later became famous for copying Hayes's music from the period when he dressed like Byzantine royalty, the so-called "Purple Hayes" period.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 18, 2026 06:41 AM (YuVlV)
---------------
Additionally, on the advice of his doctor, during that time, he adopted a high-fiber diet, thus giving us the immortal phrase "all in my bran."

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 18, 2026 06:45 AM (brIJB)

106 > ---------------
Additionally, on the advice of his doctor, during that time, he adopted a high-fiber diet, thus giving us the immortal phrase "all in my bran."
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 18, 2026 06:45 AM (brIJB)

Purple Hayes, all in my bran
Gut felt funny, so I upped and ran
Barely made it to the can

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 18, 2026 06:48 AM (YuVlV)

107 Wikipedia:

Isaac Hayes was crowned a chief in Ghana for his humanitarian work and economic efforts on the country's behalf.

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 06:48 AM (odBC9)

108 106 > ---------------
Additionally, on the advice of his doctor, during that time, he adopted a high-fiber diet, thus giving us the immortal phrase "all in my bran."
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 18, 2026 06:45 AM (brIJB)

Purple Hayes, all in my bran
Gut felt funny, so I upped and ran
Barely made it to the can
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 18, 2026 06:48 AM (YuVlV)

*and the crowd goes wild*

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 06:48 AM (odBC9)

109 Apple cannot deprive me of my liberty or kill me. Flock aids those who can and does so cheerfully. Their CEO is a nut job who thinks his surveillance cameras can end crime.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2026 06:16 AM (jPziU)

Locks not flocks.

86 the recidivists. Leave the normies alone!

Prisons not panopticons.

Posted by: SciVo at August 18, 2026 06:49 AM (L3Npt)

110 mornin yall. Another deputy in a neighboring county was suspended for misusing Flock cameras. That's half a dozen or so in the last week. There is much much more misuse going on that we don't hear about.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 06:51 AM (MWfyi)

111 We moved my MIL into an assisted living facility over the weekend. The room number is 86.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 06:52 AM (MWfyi)

112 moar Wikipedia Isaac Hayes:

the funky "Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic" runs nearly ten minute

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 06:52 AM (odBC9)

113 111 We moved my MIL into an assisted living facility over the weekend.
Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 06:52 AM (MWfyi)

Blessings on you, fd.

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 06:53 AM (odBC9)

114

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at August 18, 2026 06:57 AM (yM1Zs)

115 Thank you, m. I've been advocating for this for a couple of years. She needs more help than we can provide 24/7. Plus there are other people she can interact with instead of sitting home alone. Yesterday she met the same people for the first time, 3 or 4 times over, and today she can meet them again!

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 06:57 AM (MWfyi)

116 115 Thank you, m. I've been advocating for this for a couple of years. She needs more help than we can provide 24/7. Plus there are other people she can interact with instead of sitting home alone. Yesterday she met the same people for the first time, 3 or 4 times over, and today she can meet them again!
Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 06:57 AM (MWfyi)

Yay for your sense of humor!

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 06:59 AM (odBC9)

117 We moved my MIL into an assisted living facility over the weekend. The room number is 86.
Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 06:52 AM (MWfyi)
======================
Let's get this party started!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2026 07:01 AM (tAo8j)

118 Yesterday she met the same people for the first time, 3 or 4 times over, and today she can meet them again!

OK, that was the laugh I needed today.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 18, 2026 07:01 AM (+4yJ5)

119 111 We moved my MIL into an assisted living facility over the weekend. The room number is 86.
Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 06:52 AM (MWfyi)

Get Smart:
Maxwell Smart, Agent 86 (Don Adams), is the central character of the series.

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 07:03 AM (odBC9)

120 @111/fd: "We moved my MIL into an assisted living facility over the weekend. The room number is 86."

So she wasn't left saying, "Missed it by that much". :-)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 18, 2026 07:04 AM (O7YUW)

121 The Stranglers' version of "Walk on By" is awesome.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 18, 2026 07:09 AM (CHHv1)

122 121 The Stranglers' version of "Walk on By" is awesome.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 18, 2026 07:09 AM (CHHv1)

Thanks. Watching it.

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 07:11 AM (odBC9)

123 I'm no fan of Meta, and it has been no secret that social media is of the Devil. People in the industry who are compensated quite well to get others to spend hours on it don't allow their own children to use it (sort of like public school teachers also know their own product's danger and pass their kids off to private schools).

And if harming children is the point, what about the millions of crappy parents that use the tablet as a baby sitter?

Or if you want the largest, most grotesque and clearly unconstitutional harm to children, the State and the Teacher Unions' behavior around Covid, grooming children and pushing children into permanent physical danger under the fraud of "trans"?

Going after China and TikTok next?

Posted by: Community Notes at August 18, 2026 07:12 AM (NzX/y)

124 Good morning morons.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2026 07:14 AM (JvZF+)

125 Is Eric Swallwell burning?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2026 07:15 AM (JvZF+)

126 Going after China and TikTok next?
Posted by: Community Notes at August 18, 2026 07:12 AM (NzX/y)

I’d bet China and TikTok are funding the war against Meta. Trying to eliminate the competition. A long slow grind to break down all the other forces of influence.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 18, 2026 07:16 AM (LwxhK)

127 122 121 The Stranglers' version of "Walk on By" is awesome.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 18, 2026 07:09 AM (CHHv1)

Thanks. Watching it.
Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 07:11 AM (odBC9)

(6:22) That could almost replace caffeine!

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 07:18 AM (odBC9)

128 I love watching the Idiot Party keep trying to make fetch happen. All these noodly losers they keep shoving on to the national stage to be The Next Thing, and they all inevitably implode into irrelevance and mockery, because they never got famous for being popular, they got famous in an attempt to make them popular. Ossoff. Beatoff. Maine Kampf. What's-his-nuts down in TX doing his manic street preacher Jesus Is Woke bit... They all just suck. It's so funny. No one is buying what they're selling. They want the Song of Roland but all their knights are Casio. Low Energy. Sad.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 07:18 AM (Ot/FD)

129 125 Is Eric Swallwell burning?
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Because of the risk from the methane he produces, he would have to be relocated to an isolated area.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 18, 2026 07:18 AM (+4yJ5)

130 125 Is Eric Swallwell burning?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2026 07:15 AM (JvZF+)

ewww

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 07:19 AM (odBC9)

131 .
NOOD

J.J. Sefton has arrived with The Morning Report

NOOD!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 18, 2026 07:20 AM (O7YUW)

132 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2026 07:21 AM (u82oZ)

133 Good luck with GitHubbing, Pixy!

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 07:22 AM (odBC9)

134 JJ is nood

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 07:28 AM (wzUl9)

135 79 days to midterms !

Posted by: Paul at August 18, 2026 07:31 AM (VYTCd)

136 Comcast, in their infinite wisdom, decided to enforce their ban on POP3 unencrypted (port 110) traveling thru their network.

I have a legacy email that I have been using for ~30 years using POP3 unencrypted. In Friday afternoon, my email in my home stopped some time after 12:17 PM. Interesting, my iPhone worked over cellular data.

Unfortunately, my legacy ISP doesn’t support POP3 encrypted (port 995), so I will have to switch to IMAP. Ugh!!

Posted by: SMOD at August 18, 2026 08:02 AM (wfdbg)

137 136 Comcast, in their infinite wisdom, decided to enforce their ban on POP3 unencrypted (port 110) traveling thru their network.

I have a legacy email that I have been using for ~30 years using POP3 unencrypted. In Friday afternoon, my email in my home stopped some time after 12:17 PM. Interesting, my iPhone worked over cellular data.

Unfortunately, my legacy ISP doesn’t support POP3 encrypted (port 995), so I will have to switch to IMAP. Ugh!!

Posted by: SMOD at August 18, 2026 08:02 AM (wfdbg)

This may belong under CBD's FWP post...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 18, 2026 08:34 AM (l3cgK)

138 >I am responsible for the corporate GitLab server

How many devs, and what's your experience with it? $DAY_JOB uses GitHub Enterprise and there's increasing dissatisfaction with it. Given that we host issues in Jira and pipelines in TeamCity the only thing we're using it for is branch protection and PR policies, and barely that.

(My experience is that GHE is a terrible product and that companies only use it for closed source internal development because it's what the cool kids use rather than because it, you know, works)

>They want the Song of Roland but all their knights are Casio

Okay, I LOLed.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at August 18, 2026 09:17 AM (LgYtf)

139 128 I love watching the Idiot Party keep trying to make fetch happen. All these noodly losers they keep shoving on to the national stage to be The Next Thing, and they all inevitably implode into irrelevance and mockery, because they never got famous for being popular, they got famous in an attempt to make them popular. Ossoff. Beatoff. Maine Kampf. What's-his-nuts down in TX doing his manic street preacher Jesus Is Woke bit... They all just suck. It's so funny. No one is buying what they're selling. They want the Song of Roland but all their knights are Casio. Low Energy. Sad.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 07:18 AM (Ot/FD)

COMMENT of the Week!

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 09:44 AM (odBC9)

140 Regarding the states suing Meta... oh boo hoo hoo. Let them eff each other into oblivion, as long as it also results in Zuck being marched up the gallows steps.

Posted by: Born Free at August 18, 2026 10:42 AM (raD1m)

Monday Overnight Open Thread...PC Crisis Edition (8/17/26)

Though Hamlet rambles and Lear rages,
And all the drop-scenes drop at once
Upon a hundred thousand stages,
It cannot grow by an inch or an ounce.

-- William Butler Yeats

*****

When the Kung Flu hit our shores what did Dr. ~~Josef Mengele~~ Anthony Fauci do other than cash his checks?

In May 2021, Janet Woodcock, the Acting Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), sent an email to Dr. Anthony Fauci, then director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), and Dr. Francis Collins, then director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director, expressing concern about the large number of adverse events she was hearing about following COVID vaccinations.
The correspondence, released by Senators Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Sunday, expose how federal health officials ignored early safety signals.
Woodcock said she had personally received reports from people, including many healthcare professionals, experiencing hard to classify adverse events that were not being captured by existing surveillance systems like VAERS.
She said all three of the vaccines— Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson—were resulting in these injuries.
“The symptoms do not fit into a specific syndrome and most are not easily quantifiable or evaluated with standard laboratory testing,” she wrote, adding, “no one takes them seriously, no one knows how to treat them, and there is no effort to study this.”

*****

If the Muslim invasion didn't make the average Englishman mad. Perhaps this will.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to receive royal funeral despite being stripped of titles

*****

Yes. She came in through President Trump's big beautiful front door. But when it was time to leave, she plopped her fat ass on the couch and got married. Boo-frigging-hoo. Send her home to Russia!

He Was a MAGA Patriot. ICE Took His Wife Away.
The case represents a new front in President Trump’s mass deportation drive: arrests at airports of people who have active immigration cases and no criminal history.

*****
Beard Meets Food!

*****
Well, that's all you are going to get this fine evening! You are going to have to entertain each other, but remember, no unwanted touching before midnight!
*****

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 10:20 PM

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1 "Whet the appetites of your associates for truth; give advice only when it is asked for."

Advice is always implicitly asked for on AoS.

Right?

Right?

Posted by: mindful webworker - place your bests at August 17, 2026 10:20 PM (Cl/mc)

2 affirmative action

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 17, 2026 10:21 PM (iLKq8)

3 'Bout time, MisHum!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 17, 2026 10:21 PM (kpS4V)

4 I informed the others.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 17, 2026 10:22 PM (M/bUm)

5 Beard beat his meat yester... I mean, he finished in time to win. Guy never keeps the money, but he will keep gift cards and give them away.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 17, 2026 10:22 PM (1Ff7Z)

6 I could eat it all: just give me a few days.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 17, 2026 10:22 PM (ZVgZ4)

7 yo

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 17, 2026 10:23 PM (/+uur)

8 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Thanks for the ONT, MisHum! 💕💕💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 17, 2026 10:23 PM (SRRAx)

9 I'll never understand competitive gluttony.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 17, 2026 10:24 PM (vTZFs)

10 I do like Beard's food challenges.

Wonder if that Italian place has a vomitorium in back.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 17, 2026 10:24 PM (kpS4V)

11 That People cover: if only!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 17, 2026 10:24 PM (ZVgZ4)

12 Though Hamlet rambles and Lear rages,
And all the drop-scenes drop at once
Upon a hundred thousand stages,
It cannot grow by an inch or an ounce.
-- William Butler Yeats

Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?

And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 17, 2026 10:24 PM (/+uur)

13 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 17, 2026 10:25 PM (sAmhv)

14 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 17, 2026 10:25 PM (hrOJm)

15 Layers and layers of fact checking.

Tom Elliott
@tomselliott
Of course professional [Washington Post] "fact checker" Glenn Kessler rated the claim Swalwell acted improperly w/ his Chinese honeytrap "Four Pinnochios."

"There is no suggestion of impropriety on Swalwell’s part."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 17, 2026 10:26 PM (ndZc7)

16 Mr. MAGA did not know that you can't overstay a temporary tourist visa ?? Is he gonna whine how Trump betrayed him??

Posted by: runner at August 17, 2026 10:26 PM (g47mK)

17 Good evening good people.

==

*looks around

who you talking to ??

Posted by: runner at August 17, 2026 10:27 PM (g47mK)

18 ***Beard Meets Food!
--

Yup, gluttony, that's why Britons are not up in arms. Fat, dumb and happy.
If you have a little money or you're making money, fook the dumb asses across the tracks.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 17, 2026 10:27 PM (iLKq8)

19 Howdy all, what's shakin?

Nice day here, no rain for a change. And the dog didn't dig up the cat, Butterscotch, that I buried yesterday. That's a big plus, lol.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at August 17, 2026 10:27 PM (4Qj8V)

20 I'll never understand competitive gluttony.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 17, 2026 10:24 PM (vTZFs)

I don't care for it either, but he seems to be a nice guy. Always respectful to his fans and the owners of the places. And he's funny. Have no interest in watching any of the other eaters. Especially a woman. Won't watch Katina. It just doesn't seem right.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 17, 2026 10:28 PM (1Ff7Z)

21 I had a home made burrito tonight with black beans and Spanish rice. Nearly killed me.

*never mind the 4 shots of Tequila and a Modelo or two before hand.*

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 17, 2026 10:28 PM (2Cry5)

22 Keep on reading that as fat checker.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 17, 2026 10:29 PM (iLKq8)

23 Good evening morons y gracias mh

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 17, 2026 10:29 PM (Aepnf)

24

After midnight
We're gonna let it all hang out

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 17, 2026 10:29 PM (Cqx++)

25 Nice day here, no rain for a change. And the dog didn't dig up the cat, Butterscotch, that I buried yesterday. That's a big plus, lol.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at August 17, 2026 10:27 PM (4Qj8V)
----

Rest in peace, Butterscotch.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 17, 2026 10:29 PM (kpS4V)

26
“She came in Trump’s beautiful, big front door.”
Ms. Bobreneva arrived on a tourist visa in late 2021

F'ing NY Times. Just to be totally sure, I asked DDG Search Assist:
Joe Biden was the president in 2021, serving as the 46th president of the United States. He took office on January 20, 2021.

Joe's big saggy front gates

Posted by: mindful webworker - am I missing something here? at August 17, 2026 10:30 PM (Cl/mc)

27 Finally, the wondrous ONT!

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 17, 2026 10:31 PM (D2ig8)

28 Rest in peace, Butterscotch.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 17, 2026 10:29 PM (kpS4V)

I buried butterscotch again today
WTF
3 feet was not enough

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 17, 2026 10:31 PM (/+uur)

29 Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to receive royal funeral despite being stripped of titles

I don't know if that would outrage anyone. Not like he's dying soon. They have more important things to worry about than the funeral of Andrew Saxe-Coburg Gotha.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 17, 2026 10:32 PM (1Ff7Z)

30 Sitting in Sonoma Square on my last night away from the cold dark hell that is San Francisco

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 17, 2026 10:32 PM (Aepnf)

31 "And the dog didn't dig up the cat..."

Just letting it age a bit first.

Posted by: Dog at August 17, 2026 10:32 PM (Q+gd/)

32 Thanks for the dandy ONT, Mis Hum!

No way could I consume all that meat in one sitting.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 17, 2026 10:32 PM (D/6p1)

33 I'll never understand competitive gluttony.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 17, 2026 10:24 PM (vTZFs)

Nor the competitive crapping that follows.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 17, 2026 10:33 PM (2WIwB)

34 Evening all,

We have a Spacewalk in the morning. Coverage begins at 7 a.m EDT (1100 UTC, 13:00 CEST), but I have included the intended Spacewalk start time below.

NASA - ISS Spacewalk #282
International Space Station ISS - Space Affairs Live
Date: Tuesday, August 18, 2026
Time: 8:35 a.m. EDT (1235 UTC, 14:35 CEST)

https://youtu.be/OHXWCIT-Fa0

Posted by: Joyenz at August 17, 2026 10:33 PM (2F0/Y)

35 Sitting in Sonoma Square on my last night away from the cold dark hell that is San Francisco
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 17, 2026 10:32 PM (

Nice place!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 17, 2026 10:34 PM (2WIwB)

36 Mis Hum!
Are you going to take on the food challenge?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 17, 2026 10:34 PM (NnhvP)

37 Sitting in Sonoma Square on my last night away from the cold dark hell that is San Francisco
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 17, 2026 10:32 PM (Aepnf)

I can send you some heat if you want. 110 today.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 17, 2026 10:35 PM (1Ff7Z)

38 30 Sitting in Sonoma Square on my last night away from the cold dark hell that is San Francisco
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 17, 2026 10:32 PM (Aepnf)

Second real tradeshow was as Moscone in SF about 100BC (1990)
So my bud and I ride the cars over to a famous Mexican restaurant and then ride back.
We called it Margaritas and CableCars.
We were drinking 8 by the last night
ha

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 17, 2026 10:36 PM (/+uur)

39 Hope this isn't the last time b"h

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 17, 2026 10:36 PM (Aepnf)

40 We have a Spacewalk in the morning

Say, whatever happened with the leaky seals on the ISS Rooskie section?

Posted by: mindful webworker - Leaky Seals for Easter at August 17, 2026 10:36 PM (Cl/mc)

41 Poor Butterscotch.

Posted by: Piper at August 17, 2026 10:37 PM (ZdaMQ)

42 When the Kung Flu hit our shores what did Dr. Josef Mengele Anthony Fauci do other than cash his checks?

He did the same thing he did in the AIDS case he oversaw: he protected those who spread it and told everyone they would get it and die, even though you wouldn't.

Posted by: GWB at August 17, 2026 10:38 PM (kU0PQ)

43 “She came in Trump’s beautiful, big front door.”
Ms. Bobreneva arrived on a tourist visa in late 2021

The good news for Mr. Jindra is that it is fairly easy to acquire Russian citizenship if you are married to a Russian citizen.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 17, 2026 10:39 PM (aD4fx)

44 >>>He did the same thing he did in the AIDS case he oversaw: he protected those who spread it and told everyone they would get it and die, even though you wouldn't.

Posted by: GWB
---

The kids at work were fooking like rabbits, I asked aren't you worried? Nah, that's all govt bs.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 17, 2026 10:41 PM (iLKq8)

45 >> Say, whatever happened with the leaky seals on the ISS Rooskie section?

Not so much seals, but little microcracks in that Rooskie module, likely caused by metal fatigue from the repeated docking.

The Rooskies just wanted to take a hack saw and cut something where they get to the area, NASA had a hissy fit that it was too risky and ordered our people into the Dragon, if you remember.

The Rooskies, thinking we were just a bunch of pussies, agreed to hold off on that. They're now just "watching" and doing some other tricks.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 17, 2026 10:41 PM (w6EFb)

46 The former Prince Andrew is a scumbag, and I don't think his "explanations" would convince even a Harvard professor at this point.

But I can't help but feel the British are using his misdeeds to distract themselves from the much greater horrors happening in their country on a daily basis. Is there a single mosque in the UK with a lower victim count than His Highness?

Posted by: Dr. T at August 17, 2026 10:42 PM (lHPJf)

47 He Was a MAGA Patriot.

See, this is what equality under the law looks like. I don't care who he supported or what he's otherwise done. He married an illegal alien (overstayed) and she should be sent home. Since she didn't self-deport, she can be kept out of the country indefinitely. Good.

If you break the law (or help someone else break the law) I want you to suffer the proper legal consequences.

It's not really asking that much when it comes down to it.

Posted by: GWB at August 17, 2026 10:42 PM (kU0PQ)

48 vomitorium in back"

Probably does have a back door....

Posted by: man at August 17, 2026 10:45 PM (XuXeR)

49 The good news for Mr. Jindra is that it is fairly easy to acquire Russian citizenship if you are married to a Russian citizen.
Posted by: The ARC of History

Ha I think that may just test their whirlwind romance a bit much. Skew didn't leave Russia just to go back.

Posted by: Dandalo at August 17, 2026 10:45 PM (3QsZU)

50 She came in Trump’s beautiful, big front door.”
Ms. Bobreneva arrived on a tourist visa in late 2021"

Well, it is the NYT, so....

Posted by: man at August 17, 2026 10:47 PM (XuXeR)

51 Say, whatever happened with the leaky seals on the ISS Rooskie section?
Posted by: mindful webworker - Leaky Seals for Easter at August 17, 2026 10:36 PM (Cl/mc)

No idea. The news hasn't reported anything else about that since.

Posted by: Joyenz at August 17, 2026 10:47 PM (2F0/Y)

52
The spacewalk procedure is a PITA. The ISS atmosphere is 21% O2 and 79% N2 at 1 atm, basically sea level air. But, the spacesuit atmosphere is pure O2 at a little over 4 psi.

So, the bends would be a big problem if they jumped in the suits and went outside. They have to camp out inside the airlock over-"night", where they reduce the pressure to about 10 psi. That gets the N2 levels down on its own. Then they have to prebreathe pure O2 for a couple hours before getting in the suits and depressurizing the airlock.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 17, 2026 10:47 PM (w6EFb)

53 Dude can eat. I can't eat like that now that I'm older. Maybe because I'm old and lazy and my metabolism has completely changed. Also, my body can't process that much food.

I still wish I could do it.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 17, 2026 10:47 PM (tvdD1)

54 I buried butterscotch again today
WTF
3 feet was not enough
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 17, 2026 10:31 PM (/+uur)
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Uh....is Butterscotch actually dead?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 17, 2026 10:50 PM (kpS4V)

55 Dude can eat. I can't eat like that now that I'm older. Maybe because I'm old and lazy and my metabolism has completely changed. Also, my body can't process that much food.

I still wish I could do it.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
I too used to be able to eat a lot, then the metabolism just slowed to nothing.
Oh well. I'm good.

oh well.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 17, 2026 10:52 PM (NnhvP)

56 The former Prince Andrew is a scumbag, and I don't think his "explanations" would convince even a Harvard professor at this point.

But I can't help but feel the British are using his misdeeds to distract themselves from the much greater horrors happening in their country on a daily basis. Is there a single mosque in the UK with a lower victim count than His Highness?
Posted by: Dr. T at August 17, 2026 10:42 PM (lHPJf)

I'm surprised Cambridge hasn't given him a professorship in Female Studies.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 17, 2026 10:53 PM (qx7Zg)

57 yes, I agree with Oddbob, don't understand eating contests. Bobbing for apples, yes, seeing who can eat a pie the fastest without hands, yes, but most hotdogs, etc. just gross

Posted by: Iris at August 17, 2026 10:53 PM (286+n)

58 The KKK took my baby away.

Posted by: Joey Ramone at August 17, 2026 10:54 PM (JM9I6)

59 I had a home made burrito tonight with black beans and Spanish rice. Nearly killed me.

*never mind the 4 shots of Tequila and a Modelo or two before hand.*
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 17, 2026 10:28 PM (2Cry5)

That would be a danged expensive way to go.

Posted by: GWB at August 17, 2026 10:55 PM (kU0PQ)

60 Sitting in Sonoma Square on my last night away from the cold dark hell that is San Francisco
Posted by: San Franpsycho

That's about the only thing I love about this place.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 17, 2026 10:56 PM (DZ9Lv)

61 Here's a shoe to get Piper going, after last night's fashion showcase.

https://youtu.be/kXJzZ5AyHmE?t=41

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 17, 2026 10:57 PM (qx7Zg)

62 I'm not gonna, I'm craving a really good steak now

Posted by: lin-duh at August 17, 2026 10:57 PM (VCgbV)

63 That's about the only thing I love about this place.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 17, 2026 10:56 PM (DZ9Lv)
=====

My wife and family depend on it for survival. I hate the fog.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 17, 2026 10:58 PM (JvZF+)

64 "There is no suggestion of impropriety on Swalwell’s part."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 17, 2026 10:26 PM (ndZc7)

Pfft. There was a lot more than suggestions. Most of the stuff in that new drop isn't even really new. We knew that back then (except, I think, for the attempted recruiting of Fang Fang).

Posted by: GWB at August 17, 2026 10:58 PM (kU0PQ)

65 61 Here's a shoe to get Piper going, after last night's fashion showcase.

https://youtu.be/kXJzZ5AyHmE?t=41
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 17, 2026 10:57

Cute! Lol

Posted by: Piper at August 17, 2026 10:59 PM (ZdaMQ)

66 Rest in peace, Butterscotch.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 17, 2026 10:29 PM

TY Eris, she was a sweet kitty. Showed up in the neighborhood 19 yrs ago. Little girls next door were eating butterscotch cookies that day, thus the name. They fed her and played with her.

Later that summer she had kittens in the neighbor's wood pile. We took them all in to protect the kittens. Eventually we found homes for the kittens and ended up keeping Scotches.

She ruled the roost thru 2 big labs who came and went during her tenure. Lately she allowed the latest dog, Flash, to share her home and frequently jousted with him.

She was a Tortie and according to Scottish tradition if a Tortie choses your home it is good luck. And that is true, we were lucky to have such a sweetheart for 19 yrs.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at August 17, 2026 10:59 PM (4Qj8V)

67 Good night, friends. Time for bed.

Posted by: Piper at August 17, 2026 11:00 PM (ZdaMQ)

68 My wife and family depend on it for survival. I hate the fog.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

I wish we got snow once in awhile, but since the trade off is no Summer, I'm good. Right now I've got a hoodie on and it's slightly chilly b/c the cat wants to hang out on the front step.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 17, 2026 11:00 PM (DZ9Lv)

69 Mr. Jindra considered himself a MAGA patriot until his wife’s detention.
-------------------

Uh-huh. MAGA patriot. The most MAGAest patriotest Trumpety Trump Trumper there ever was. I'm sure of it.

Posted by: ... at August 17, 2026 11:00 PM (vE0+H)

70
Sophie Adenot, the French gal who will be doing the spacewalk with our guy tomorrow:

https://t.ly/_BvAe

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 17, 2026 11:01 PM (w6EFb)

71 When he voted for Trump all three times he yelled at the California polling place, "This is MAGA country!"

Posted by: ... at August 17, 2026 11:01 PM (vE0+H)

72
*faces camera*
*assumes grave expression*
*holds blank papers*

Good evening, Hordians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2026 11:01 PM (O0L8i)

73 My Mom's twin sister in Norway whenever they had lobster or some mollusk would eat huge quantities, go vomit, and come back for more. Not with any other kinds of food-only those two items. The mollusk could be gotten on the rocks in the fjord at night. I think abalone is the closest relative in the US. They were good, but I've only vomited maybe 4 times in 70 years and really don't fancy it.

Posted by: Nordisk Tidende at August 17, 2026 11:03 PM (JM9I6)

74
That is gross

Posted by: four seasons at August 17, 2026 11:04 PM (/QHx4)

75 *faces camera*
*assumes grave expression*
*holds blank papers*

Good evening, Hordians.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2026 11:01 PM (O0L8i)
====

Hard to believe I once got news by watching Cronkite on TV for 30 minutes every night.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 17, 2026 11:05 PM (JvZF+)

76 I'll never understand competitive gluttony.
Posted by: Oddbob

Nor the competitive crapping that follows.
Posted by: Diogenes

No problemo.

Posted by: Captain Splatter at August 17, 2026 11:06 PM (oq9dX)

77 Blood Meridian is a book by Carlos Castaneda about Marvel's Kingpin who teams up with the banjo boy from Deliverance. They join up work Clint Eastwood and Doc Holiday and go down to Mexico and go Last of the Mohecans on a bunch of Apaches.

Posted by: Max Power at August 17, 2026 11:06 PM (TO3+g)

78 If you're hacksawing in the space station the saw particles are going everywhere....in your eyes. You're breathing them. It's a stupid idea.

Posted by: torabora at August 17, 2026 11:07 PM (vkHt0)

79 I think Stalin or Mao still has him beat. Hitler, depending on how you want to count these things.

Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 17, 2026 11:09 PM (Y/06r)

80 Say, whatever happened with the leaky seals on the ISS Rooskie section?

Do I have to say it?
Whooo-eee!

Posted by: Phil Swift at August 17, 2026 11:09 PM (oq9dX)

81 eat huge quantities, go vomit, and come back for more
_-_
Could be a sign of a food allergy.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 17, 2026 11:09 PM (cKOjp)

82 80 Say, whatever happened with the leaky seals on the ISS Rooskie section?

Do I have to say it?
Whooo-eee!
Posted by: Phil Swift at August 17, 2026 11:09 PM (oq9dX)

Flex. Seal. In. Space!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 17, 2026 11:10 PM (Y/06r)

83 Could be a sign of a food allergy.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 17, 2026 11:09 PM (cKOjp)
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That was my first thought. My eldest likes clams and mussels but always throws up afterwards. She doesn't eat them anymore

Posted by: 496 at August 17, 2026 11:11 PM (aK3Fj)

84 Evening, Horde.

Tired.

The heat drains ya.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 17, 2026 11:11 PM (aJQbY)

85 They join up work Clint Eastwood and Doc Holiday and go down to Mexico and go Last of the Mohicans on a bunch of Apaches.
_-_
I thought I told you guys to keep Castañeda out of the peyote. Some people just don't listen.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 17, 2026 11:12 PM (J4Alq)

86 Dude can eat. I can't eat like that now that I'm older. Maybe because I'm old and lazy and my metabolism has completely changed. Also, my body can't process that much food.

I still wish I could do it.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 17, 2026 10:47 PM (tvdD1)

72 ounce challenge at the now-gone Texas Cattle Co was a boneless sirloin. A 72 oz Tbone would go down a bit easier. TCC would also add a football-sized potato to the challenge, whereas he just had a handful of fries.

That steak looked gorgeous, and I'd want to linger over it for an hour or two. All for 100 bucks? Where do I sign up?

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 17, 2026 11:12 PM (nbLIj)

87 Here's a shoe to get Piper going, after last night's fashion showcase.

https://youtu.be/kXJzZ5AyHmE?t=41
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 17, 2026 10:57

Cute! Lol
Posted by: Piper at August 17, 2026 10:59 PM (ZdaMQ)

***

Ha!
I missed last night but went back to check. Pipes was bringing it with the shoe stuff! Nicely done.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 17, 2026 11:13 PM (2WIwB)

88 >>>I've only vomited maybe 4 times in 70 years and really don't fancy it.

Posted by: Nordisk Tidende

>Last time I vomited was a Jägerbomb about 15 years ago. And I can hold my liquor pretty well. Nasty stuff.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 17, 2026 11:13 PM (tvdD1)

89 Damn electricity went out around 8pm thanks to a thunderstorm, just now came back on. It wouldn't be bad except the temperature was in the 90's. So no A/C.
I hate August. Got the A/C back on and every fan going.
I should lower the temperature to 65 degrees, but I won't, I'm too cheap.

Posted by: Case at August 17, 2026 11:13 PM (VrYHL)

90
When it comes to the most massive meal, the hottest food, the most disgusting plate of grubs, any challenge like that -- I say no. I have nothing to prove.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 17, 2026 11:14 PM (t1fZA)

91 Ain't got no AC here...most summers that is fine ..this one was a bit warm, some consecutive days over 100F.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 17, 2026 11:16 PM (J4Alq)

92 Say, whatever happened with the leaky seals on the ISS Rooskie section?

Do I have to say it?
Whooo-eee!
Posted by: Phil Swift at August 17, 2026 11:09 PM (oq9dX)

Flex. Seal. In. Space!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 17, 2026 11:10 PM (Y/06r)

If you really get the Russians mad, they drop your drawers while you sleep, and stick your butt against the leak. Skin seal.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 17, 2026 11:16 PM (qx7Zg)

93 Say, whatever happened with the leaky seals on the ISS Rooskie section?

Do I have to say it?
Whooo-eee!
Posted by: Phil Swift at August 17, 2026 11:09 PM (oq9dX)

Flex. Seal. In. Space!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 17, 2026 11:10 PM (Y/06r)

***

Sssssssssssssssssssssssss......

Posted by: Old Seals at August 17, 2026 11:17 PM (2WIwB)

94 I thought some russian chick lost her mind and tried to drill out.

Posted by: Reforger at August 17, 2026 11:18 PM (COjc4)

95
The Rooskies have some patented sealant compound called Germetall-1.

Epoxy and Kapton tape are used as well.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 17, 2026 11:18 PM (w6EFb)

96 Insanity in outer space would be...interesting...

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 17, 2026 11:19 PM (J4Alq)

97 Another “life long Republican” who’s fucking an illegal?

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 17, 2026 11:19 PM (dKrJA)

98 "Nah, it's just a little ice cream"

Posted by: 496 at August 17, 2026 11:19 PM (v3ONH)

99 Say, whatever happened with the leaky seals on the ISS Rooskie section?
-----------------

We surely have no idea.

Posted by: The Otters at August 17, 2026 11:21 PM (vE0+H)

100 The Rooskies have some patented sealant compound called Germetall-1.

Watch I saw boat in half...

Posted by: Vladimir Swift at August 17, 2026 11:22 PM (oq9dX)

101 Are we still sending money to Ukraine for the dwarf to steal it?

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 17, 2026 11:23 PM (dKrJA)

102 Beard is a mad lad at these food challenges. He diets pretty stringently inbetween IIRC. The way some of these competitive eaters have said they stay at a reasonable weight is keeping their total average caloric intake within normal limits, exercise, and eating very very clean between challenges. There's a fair amount of discipline involved.

Posted by: Better them than me at August 17, 2026 11:24 PM (TbWk/)

103 >>>I've only vomited maybe 4 times in 70 years and really don't fancy it.

Posted by: Nordisk Tidende

>Last time I vomited was a Jägerbomb about 15 years ago. And I can hold my liquor pretty well. Nasty stuff.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 17, 2026 11:13 PM (tvdD1)
====

Just the thought of paying for a liter bottle of Norsky aquavit would make me throw up.

Posted by: mrp at August 17, 2026 11:25 PM (rj6Yv)

104 >>>Insanity in outer space would be...interesting...

Posted by: Don in SoCo

>We need more of these movies, because it's going to happen. Somebody flips their lid over the dander in the vacuum apparatus, shit like that. Kill them all with a spork!

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 17, 2026 11:25 PM (tvdD1)

105 Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to receive royal funeral despite being stripped of titles

Tomorrow? Tomorrow works for everyone, yes?

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 17, 2026 11:26 PM (nbLIj)

106 Are we still sending money to Ukraine for the dwarf to steal it?
_-_
No worries, Cocazio-whatever. 10 percent for big guy, no problems.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 17, 2026 11:27 PM (J4Alq)

107 Last time I vomited was a Jägerbomb about 15 years ago. And I can hold my liquor pretty well. Nasty stuff.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 17, 2026 11:13 PM (tvdD1)

Jaeger is nasty shit. Might as well drink Robitussin.

Posted by: Gross gross and gross at August 17, 2026 11:27 PM (TbWk/)

108 76 I'll never understand competitive gluttony.
Posted by: Oddbob

Nor the competitive crapping that follows.
Posted by: Diogenes

No problemo.
Posted by: Captain Splatter

Or the infinite capacity of humans to believe in the farce of fELON Musk?

Need an example? STARLINK the flagship that is keeping his empire inflated charges you 5x the size of what you actually would use if you use cable modem more mobile.

Imagine if the gas, electric, water or IRS charged you 5x more than you actually used? Taxes in the 90's Soviet Union were *only* 200% of your income, Starlink usage has that beat!one example, many more! powerwall? solar roof? grok? Just WOW! Yes, get yo a$$ to Marz!

Cue the Harry Lime fingers through the grate scene as the filth and corruption foam up around his waist.

LET's GO BRANDON!
That Hotel in Moscow is a better deal.
3Seas Accord, +Greenland, +Cuba and Ukraine drones to firebomb IRG for you.
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-signedSCHWARTZWALD

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at August 17, 2026 11:28 PM (9S4VS)

109 Another “life long Republican” who’s fucking an illegal?
-
She's Russian.

Trump works for Russia (TM)

Banging her = MAGA.

QED
-the media, probably

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at August 17, 2026 11:28 PM (vSvIl)

110 Happy-ish Monday Evening, all y'all ...

Posted by: Adriane the Critically Critical Critic . . . at August 17, 2026 11:29 PM (3ZUWJ)

111 it's going to happen
_-_
No "safe" way to handle it other that push 'em out the airlock and sever the tether. Sorry, Pyotr, I'm afraid I can nyet do that.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 17, 2026 11:29 PM (J4Alq)

112 Uh....is Butterscotch actually dead?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 17, 2026 10:50

Oh that really is ironic. I've told the story of Sally the cat, her predecessor, here before. We came home from a trip, neighbor cared for Sally. Jules comes out while I unload the car...Sally is dead!

Well she's 20 but WTF is this to come home to? I check, no breathing, no pulse. Dig a hole, carry her to the backdoor and I hear something, like she exhaled.

Wait and chalk it up to the death exhale, no movement, no pulse. I place her in the cold ground, then her legs moved! Took Sally inside, laid her down, petted her and she started breathing noticeably.

Soon realized it was time to let her go, stopped petting and she was gone in a few minutes.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at August 17, 2026 11:30 PM (4Qj8V)

113 The humidity out west is usually low. But here in the southeast it's high especially this time of year. Also the older I get the worse it feels. But I'm a tough old grouch, I'll get by. Not long before September gets here and things should cool off a bit.

Posted by: Case at August 17, 2026 11:32 PM (VrYHL)

114
They do extensive psych testing on astronaut candidates, trying to find their various buttons and seeing what happens when they get pushed. They subject them to all kinds of near torture stress tests.

You want people who can be Mr. Spock under life and death pressure.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 17, 2026 11:32 PM (w6EFb)

115 105 Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to receive royal funeral despite being stripped of titles

Tomorrow? Tomorrow works for everyone, yes?

Posted by: Joe Kidd

Wouldn't be the first Colby(tm) canoe drop shipped, this could rival the Clinton Body count but it is much too slow. need the Brennan rat to start to squeal and it will be over in a less than month.

Why? Because when Truth become a liability ALL (normal) People Become the Enemy and anything goes.

IT TAKES A VILLAIN: TO TELL US THE (obviousness of the) TRUTH
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-WhoRtheTargets
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-ctHARRIS19takedown
Not One Battle after Another; One LIB after Another.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at August 17, 2026 11:33 PM (A77eV)

116 5x the size of what you actually would use if you use cable modem more mobile
_-_
Your local options are likely waaay better than mine, but I replaced my rf line of sight link with Musk's deal, cut my bill in half, increased speed by a factor of 10, and greatly increased reliability....'course, I am in a rural area.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 17, 2026 11:33 PM (J4Alq)

117 I think the food I could eat the most would be deviled eggs. At least 24 of them. They just go down so easy. Though I expect after I finish they would come up just as easy.

Posted by: polynikes at August 17, 2026 11:34 PM (KC5Lt)

118 Kinda painful off and on all day. That means I'm healing, right? It's tolerable. Mostly. Going to see if another night's sleep will help. Couldn't hoit, as Curly might say.

How about a little Spanish guitar to close out the night?
https://youtu.be/jc5w9sTvykQ

G'nite, y'all💤.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Cuchi Cuchi at August 17, 2026 11:39 PM (Cl/mc)

119 73 My Mom's twin sister in Norway whenever they had lobster or some mollusk would eat huge quantities, go vomit, and come back for more. Not with any other kinds of food-only those two items. The mollusk could be gotten on the rocks in the fjord at night. I think abalone is the closest relative in the US. They were good, but I've only vomited maybe 4 times in 70 years and really don't fancy it.
Posted by: Nordisk Tidende at August 17, 2026 11:03 PM (JM9I6)
Somehow that story is missing a little something, like goblets or golden chalices of mead. And maybe those giant turkey drumsticks at renaissance fairs. Ok, I digressed a little there.

Posted by: TxAnn at August 17, 2026 11:40 PM (SjAWL)

120 Is The Beard a Scots? I have him in my Top Five list, but after a shower. Blue eyes and black hair was my goal for a man as a young girl. Adam checked some boxes for me.

I was hoping he did no aspirate. Goodness!

Somehow I fell in love and married a blonde with green eyes almost 50yrs ago. That's amore!

Saw these guys below in the middle of the week with a huge renal exam the next day. Had my study index cards with me in line for tickets for a small theater.

They were very good and I rocked with my posse.

My study method for eXams consisted of reading what I had to, some research, then highlighting the second time, and index cards from the highlights I memorized. I may look dumb but multiple choice I aced.

Nurse friends were worried about me going to this concert due to my reputation.

I made the highest grade in the class for this test and wondered if seeing a concert the night prior was the secret. I obviously did not party that night!

Night, y'all!

Two Lane Highway

https://tinyurl.com/5n7s24sd

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 17, 2026 11:41 PM (hzuYO)

121 G'nite, y'all💤.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Cuchi Cuchi at August 17, 2026 11:39

Sleep well mindful, time to heal.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at August 17, 2026 11:43 PM (4Qj8V)

122 Early night tonight.
Later Hordemates.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 17, 2026 11:47 PM (2WIwB)

123 Hmmm.... rather Trollish out tonight... eh whut?

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 17, 2026 11:50 PM (mP0Kj)

124
>>Over dinner at a seafood restaurant in Redwood City the night before her appointment, Ms. Bobreneva barely touched her crab cakes.

=================

Trump is literally Hitler.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 17, 2026 11:50 PM (XJ22o)

125
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to receive royal funeral despite being stripped of titles

Tomorrow? Tomorrow works for everyone, yes?

Posted by: Joe Kidd

==================

lol

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 17, 2026 11:53 PM (XJ22o)

126 I think Beard is from Manchester.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 17, 2026 11:53 PM (1Ff7Z)

127 No, I was wrong. He said once he's from Leeds.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 17, 2026 11:54 PM (1Ff7Z)

128 Lifelong Republican is one thing, but is he rock-ribbed? That's equally important.

Posted by: Mega Ultra MAGA Man. at August 17, 2026 11:54 PM (JM9I6)

129 Oh yeah, I learned all about King Lear and that Somali Learing Center.

Posted by: Orson at August 17, 2026 11:54 PM (dIske)

130 Were David Doyle and Tom Bosley interchangeable?

Posted by: TV Facts and Foibles at August 17, 2026 11:56 PM (JM9I6)

131
The only thing they are learing is how to steal.

Posted by: four seasons at August 17, 2026 11:57 PM (/QHx4)

132
103 >>>I've only vomited maybe 4 times in 70 years and really don't fancy it.

Posted by: Nordisk Tidende

Twice in the last couple of years I’ve had something called a vertigo attack, which feels like either food poisoning or a horrible hangover, but has nothing to do with alcohol. The causes are very difficult to pin down. For me, day started off normal but then I started feeling dizzy and light headed; drove home quickly while I still could. (Hard to drive when the world is spinning)

Ended up laying on the bathroom floor for about 4 hours; even the slightest motion brought intensely painful attempts at vomiting. Finally lessened enough to sleep, and when I woke up I was back to normal.

Damned strange and scary event.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 17, 2026 11:58 PM (52Iog)

133 I watched dozens of those beard meats food dude vids. Frigging guy is a machine.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 17, 2026 11:59 PM (S41Gd)

134 64 "There is no suggestion of impropriety on Swalwell’s part."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 17, 2026 10:26 PM (ndZc7)

Pfft. There was a lot more than suggestions. Most of the stuff in that new drop isn't even really new. We knew that back then (except, I think, for the attempted recruiting of Fang Fang).
Posted by: GWB at August 17, 2026 10:58 PM (kU0PQ)

There was no way that the FBI was trying to recruit Fang as an agent with hopes of getting useful info on the CCP from her. Her parents were MSS agents, so there was never any chance of her defecting or becoming our double. They only 'tried' to recruit her to give a reason to keep Swalwell in office, in case that info ever got out. His usefulness to the Dems ended when they needed a couple of people thrown over the side to help the Dems in the CA governor race. At that point, they cut him loose to have him fend for himself.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 18, 2026 12:00 AM (M/bUm)

135 Damned strange and scary event.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Sounds awful. I probably would have called the Rescue Squad. Elvis was found on the bathroom floor.

Posted by: 49 years ago at August 18, 2026 12:01 AM (JM9I6)

136 >>Over dinner at a seafood restaurant in Redwood City the night before her appointment, Ms. Bobreneva barely touched her crab cakes.

=================

Trump is literally Hitler.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 17, 2026 11:50 PM (XJ22o)

omfg

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 12:02 AM (vE0+H)

137 Hey, I heard if the Johnson & Johnson vax did not kill you outright within days you were good to go.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 18, 2026 12:03 AM (0JXW+)

138 The two best things about that comment Blondie were that I read it bottom to top which I very rarely do, and also I only skimmed the article so I never saw that sentence. LMAO

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 12:04 AM (vE0+H)

139 Over dinner at a seafood restaurant in Redwood City the night before her appointment, Ms. Bobreneva barely touched her crab cakes.
_-_
Reads like an NPR storym

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 18, 2026 12:05 AM (J4Alq)

140 I doubt Bletchley Park could have deciphered Blonde Morticia's cryptic Firsts.

Posted by: Ye Olde Code Breaker at August 18, 2026 12:05 AM (JM9I6)

141 Tom Servo - TIA(s), possibly?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, Not a doc at August 18, 2026 12:07 AM (XeU6L)

142
OH! Is that how it works? I just applied for a $100,000 loan. It hasn't been approved yet, but I'll just start writing checks for a home improvement project...

wait, what? The checks bounced? You're trying to sue me? But I had a loan application PENDING. omg now I'm afraid to even eat my crab cakes. (sob)

I understood that the law was for people who robbed old ladies using guns, not for well-intentioned people like me who intended to pay my bills... someday... as long as the loan was approved...

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 12:07 AM (XJ22o)

143 I doubt Bletchley Park could have deciphered Blonde Morticia's cryptic Firsts.

Posted by: Ye Olde Code Breaker at August 18, 2026 12:05 AM (JM9I6)

The great thing about them is you never know for certain whether she banged them out in half a second or fretfully meditated over every keystroke. (don't spoil it for me)

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 12:07 AM (vE0+H)

144
The two best things about that comment Blondie were that I read it bottom to top which I very rarely do, and also I only skimmed the article so I never saw that sentence. LMAO
Posted by: ...

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Haha, I didn't know where to start with that article. Every sentence was enough to -- well, while we're on the topic of vomiting...

But the crab cakes.

I mean, I complained that I had no cane, until I saw a man who had no spats.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 12:10 AM (XJ22o)

145
The great thing about them is you never know for certain whether she banged them out in half a second or fretfully meditated over every keystroke. (don't spoil it for me)
Posted by: ...

================

What's best about them is the never-ending giggles I get from the responses. You guys are hilarious.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 12:11 AM (XJ22o)

146 ...Ended up laying on the bathroom floor for about 4 hours; even the slightest motion brought intensely painful attempts at vomiting. Finally lessened enough to sleep, and when I woke up I was back to normal.

Damned strange and scary event.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Had a major vertigo attack some years ago-- first and only, thank God-- and it made me so seasick! Had hubby take me to urgent care clinic. I couldn't stand up straight, barely could walk due to dizziness. Couldn't turn my head without being overcome with nausea. Awful.

Turned out to be a problem with my inner ear-- particles suspended in that fluid inside the labyrinth. The Epley Maneuver, coupled with Zofran, worked wonders.

Still, had to take a whole week off work before it resolved.

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2026 12:12 AM (rdVOm)

147
141 Tom Servo - TIA(s), possibly?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, Not a doc at August 18, 2026 12:07 AM (XeU6L)

I researched, and there’s a description of what’s called a “vertigo attack” that fits the symptoms exactly. Believed to be a disruption of the inner ear for some reason.

One of those things where the potential causes range from the deadly to the trivial.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 18, 2026 12:14 AM (52Iog)

148
Damned strange and scary event.
Posted by: Tom Servo

===============

Vertigo is weird. I had a violent attack one Monday morning. I'll swear I vomited things other people had eaten, it was so much. It only lasted about an hour in my case. Four hours of that, agghh.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 12:16 AM (XJ22o)

149 But the crab cakes.

I mean, I complained that I had no cane, until I saw a man who had no spats.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 12:10 AM (XJ22o)

The couple were so upset by the ordeal had to give the gardener a week off. And while she was in holding, their personal chef cried so hard he couldn't keep the flambe for the Steak Diane from going out.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 12:20 AM (vE0+H)

150 Keep calm, and ring Carson for tea.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 18, 2026 12:22 AM (XeU6L)

151 103 >>>I've only vomited maybe 4 times in 70 years and really don't fancy it.

Posted by: Nordisk Tidende

Having gotten my college edumacation during the days of two-dollar Boone's Farm and six-dollar cases of Old German, I probably averaged four times per weekend.

Posted by: Pennsyltucky at August 18, 2026 12:22 AM (8ILPt)

152
See BPPV, benign parox-something vertigo. Inner ear "disturbance". I had an attack of that a while back. Nystagmus -- rapid eye movement -- is a symptom of that.

The inner ear provides your brain's attitude and acceleration sensing system. It's well adapted for life on the ground under 1g. Not so well adapted for 3D motion as on an airplane.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2026 12:23 AM (w6EFb)

153 "Their personal chef cried so hard"

Am I going to have to handle this? Cuz I will.

Posted by: Barack Imgay Obama at August 18, 2026 12:24 AM (avzFa)

154 128 Lifelong Republican is one thing, but is he rock-ribbed? That's equally important.
Posted by: Mega Ultra MAGA Man. at August 17, 2026 11:54 PM (JM9I6)

Are you a confident Heterosexual?

Posted by: Patrick Wayne at August 18, 2026 12:24 AM (Y/06r)

155 Honestly, I figure their immigration lawyer is half the problem here. Dude was obviously still operating under the "Biden mindset", rather than giving them honest details about how to follow the letter of the law and stay out of trouble. For that matter, if they had driven instead of flown...

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 18, 2026 12:24 AM (aJQbY)

156 Nothing good happens before midnight.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2026 12:25 AM (xVAOC)

157 Evening, MisHum, and ONT Horde. Back from a shopping trip to Punjab-on-the-Bow.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 12:27 AM (1z8ji)

158 To clarify my intended point:
"They don't enforce *that*" is very plausible for them to have been advised. It's why having laws on the books that aren't consistently enforced is *bad*. Either enforce them as written, or change the law, or remove it.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 18, 2026 12:27 AM (aJQbY)

159
Sit in a swivel chair and have some rotate you one way or the other. Your brain can sense which way you turned and about how much.

But that sensing only works for a little while. Under steading rotation, the things in your inner ear that sense that equilibrate, and you loose the sense you are rotating.

The coriolis accelerations in a rotating frame also wreak havoc with that rotation sensing system. About 5 or 6 RPM is the limit. Although some people can adapt to higher, but it's a bitch.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2026 12:27 AM (w6EFb)

160 Hi, AOP. Were you able to get all the electrical supplies you require?

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2026 12:27 AM (rdVOm)

161 Happy Monday Horde!

I have read content, not comments, I liked the food challenge, I am going to send it to one of my kids, he lost a Reeses' cup challenge many years back, I think he would like the video. Thanks MisHum for the ONT.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 18, 2026 12:28 AM (ibDUx)

162 Hi, Debby! Happy Monday

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2026 12:30 AM (rdVOm)

163 Hi, AOP. Were you able to get all the electrical supplies you require?
Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2026 12:27 AM (rdVOm)

I sure did, and my wallet is 600 Loonies lighter. Friggin' circuit breakers are 47 dollars each, now! I wonder if glass plug fuses will make a comeback?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 12:31 AM (1z8ji)

164 Had a nice visit with friends I had not seen since the Coof panic.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 12:32 AM (1z8ji)

165 >>>Friggin' circuit breakers are 47 dollars each, now!

Yikes! That's robbery!

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2026 12:33 AM (rdVOm)

166 Glass plug fuses.. pfft.

Just stick a penny in there. (And be certain your fire insurance policy is paid up.)

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2026 12:35 AM (rdVOm)

167 There was no way that the FBI was trying to recruit Fang as an agent with hopes of getting useful info on the CCP from her. ...

Posted by: Darrell Harris
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They could have convinced her that they would free, and bring her family over here.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 12:36 AM (iLKq8)

168 Love the little lake dock & its view. Fabulous Led Zeppelin; so long ago.

The more things change, the more they stay the same. (French roots)

Watched a commercial this evening regarding an anti-viral for C19 exposure. That one clearly recommended it should not be taken by pregnant women as it might cause fetal harm. But also interesting, not all COVID-19 antivirals carry this same restriction as they work differently 'at the molecular level.' Though old, I was wondering if OB-GYNs nowadays are well trained to discuss the safest options for their young patients when new drugs (including anti-virals) are appearing rapidly. (More cans of worms.)

NYT, 'He Was a MAGA Patriot. ICE Took His Wife Away.' And it was lousy journalism with the worse color commentary. (A freezing holding room, hot van, she sent her engagement ring back to him for holding, lack of sleep - like a hospital, crabcake dinner, etc.) I hope the Asian tech guy does find true happiness in Cleveland, OH when he finally leaves Cali. 🤨

(Philly had a similar story of some guy who was flying his girlfriend to see a FIFA game featuring her country of origin. BS.)

Thanks for the ONT, MisHum.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2026 12:37 AM (NFX2v)

169 Glass fuse....$10.00? $12.00?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 18, 2026 12:37 AM (XeU6L)

170 The Chinese leadership are dreadful the way they treat their people. We should nuke Peking and the places where we know leadership will be. Throw the nation into chaos and like the Brits of old if we see a bad person growing into power, nuke him.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 12:39 AM (iLKq8)

171 Glass fuse....$10.00? $12.00?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 18, 2026 12:37 AM (XeU6L)

A penny only costs one cent...

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 18, 2026 12:41 AM (UdecX)

172 Just stick a penny in there. (And be certain your fire insurance policy is paid up.)
Posted by: JQ
------
Hmm. Probably a good idea to use a pre-1982 penny. Conductivity of copper being higher than zinc.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 18, 2026 12:41 AM (XeU6L)

173 101 Are we still sending money to Ukraine for the dwarf to steal it?
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez

Always built into the plan.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2026 12:41 AM (NFX2v)

174 I will weigh in because really everything is about me. I had a very similar vertigo bathroom attack - I guess it was vertigo, no idea. Was vomiting for hours from about 9pm. Finally at 2am I realized I had these old prescription anti-nausea tablets from surgery and would you believe those little tiny fuckers saved me a trip to the emergency room. Zofran. It has saved me a number of times.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 12:42 AM (vE0+H)

175 The Chinese leadership are dreadful the way they treat their people. We should nuke Peking and the places where we know leadership will be. Throw the nation into chaos and like the Brits of old if we see a bad person growing into power, nuke him.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 12:39 AM (iLKq

Interesting concept. Maybe we should try it on the Iranians first and see if it works.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 18, 2026 12:43 AM (UdecX)

176 Cheers, JQ, I'm buying if anyone is thirsty.

I should confess that I went to a local pub for dinner on Saturday and I got in a conversation that started out fine until this guy discovered that I was conservative, after that the shit pretty much hit the fan. He is a town councilor and he is an asshole.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 18, 2026 12:44 AM (ibDUx)

177 Glass fuse....$10.00? $12.00?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 18, 2026 12:37 AM (XeU6L)

$10.99 for a pack of two, 15 amp, at Canadian Tire. In my youth, I think they were 50 cents or so. Old electric ranges were full of them.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 12:45 AM (1z8ji)

178 49. Ha I think that may just test their whirlwind romance a bit much. Skew didn't leave Russia just to go back.
Posted by: Dandalo

You're right. But maybe she only left their future dream house in Cleveland, OH and flew to Cali to meet him.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2026 12:46 AM (NFX2v)

179 The great thing about them is you never know for certain whether she banged them out in half a second or fretfully meditated over every keystroke. (don't spoil it for me)
Posted by: ...

What's best about them is the never-ending giggles I get from the responses. You guys are hilarious.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

It's still my headcanon that you don't care about firsts, but your pet cat is feuding with Sponge and Elric.

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 12:51 AM (VHUov)

180 ===============

Vertigo is weird. I had a violent attack one Monday morning. I'll swear I vomited things other people had eaten, it was so much. It only lasted about an hour in my case. Four hours of that, agghh.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Promethazine, get a script then keep the bottle on hand.
Good for a minimum of 5 yr.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 12:51 AM (iLKq8)

181 A penny only costs one cent...
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

.....for now. Since they stopped minting them, scarcity will drive the cost up.

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 12:53 AM (VHUov)

182 Sorry you had to deal with a jerk, Debby.

Everything was fine until he discovered that you're not a sheep... typical leftard.

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2026 12:53 AM (rdVOm)

183 Interesting concept. Maybe we should try it on the Iranians first and see if it works.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
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We've been doing that rapaciously but they are like lizards; cut one up and it comes back as three.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 12:54 AM (iLKq8)

184 Greenland - we need to buy it.

Cap Susi weather station, Greenland, 1944
Operation Bassgeiger @11:35

[The Germans] built a small wooden hut among some rocks to house their important radio equipment which was vital for the continuing operation of the weather station.

April 1944, a six-man team from the Danish Sledge Patrol attacked the Germans who fought back. The Danes fleeing, but one German officer was killed in the exchange.

The remaining 26 Germans then radioed home, requesting evacuation. The Luftwaffe decided to evacuate the men by air. The Germans found a stretch of firm level sea ice some 5 to 6 km south of the base.

And on the 3rd of June 1944, a large Ju290 piloted by Hauptmann Schlack-Lebahn flew from Monazan in southern France, landed and rescued all 26 Germans, and then flew back to France without incident, a round trip of about 5,000 mi.

https://youtu.be/Ufig2ip-_PI?t=694

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 12:58 AM (iLKq8)

185 In my youth, I think they were 50 cents or so.-AOP

In my youth everything was a lot cheaper. But then money was worth something.

Posted by: Case at August 18, 2026 12:59 AM (VrYHL)

186 I had my first suspected vertigo attack a few months ago. I could barely walk. Ended up at urgent care, then the ER. I've had a few since then, but nothing as bad as the first. My visit with the ENT doc is later this week.

Posted by: PabloD at August 18, 2026 01:00 AM (zDDmD)

187 Everything was fine until he discovered that you're not a sheep... typical leftard.

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2026 12:53 AM (rdVOm)

I was sort of throwing stuff at the wall today and realized something I knew but had never thought about. The Left (leftists, not leftards) doesn't care about ideology at all. One of the reasons they always end up killing each other. All they really care about is that they can make you lie for them.

Because whether you're a big dummy or a very low personality, if you will repeat their lies, they know you are controllable. That's one of the reasons (besides the obvious) that lying is so integral to everything they do. Anyone can tell the truth about something, even accidentally, or when it suits them. But if you are willing to repeat a particular lie, or set of lies, you are temporarily useful.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 01:00 AM (vE0+H)

188 JQ, the odds of meeting a conservative in this state are astronomical, makes it all the more special when you do meet one. He was an ardent supporter of Anthony Fauci and when I brought up some cold hard facts about Fauci he went ballistic and called me ignorant, I told him that I was glad that he was not my councilor. Unfortunately my councilor is the lesbian from out of town who he thinks is just wonderful. Oh well.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 18, 2026 01:01 AM (ibDUx)

189 Have many copper penny's. They are the perfect anodes for aluminum boats. Don't know about the zinc one's.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 01:01 AM (iLKq8)

190 My visit with the ENT doc is later this week.
Posted by: PabloD

Hope it gets resolved!

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2026 01:01 AM (rdVOm)

191 Another possibility for vertigo (mine) is Meniere's Disease.

The chambers of the inner ear each have their own fluid supply that's being constantly created and destroyed. In most people, that balances out. If you have Meniere's, it doesn't, and eventually the pressure breaks the flimsy membranes between the chambers, and the "wrong" fluid winds up in both chambers.

That causes instant-onset vertigo if the chamber dealing with balance gets hit. So instant that some people just drop to the floor when it happens. Thankfully mine isn't that bad, but it does send me stumbling in a zig-zag line for the commode. I called myself an ambulance the first time it happened in my 40s; thought I had a brain tumor or something.

It also causes progressive hearing loss when the chamber dealing with hearing gets hit.

In 80% of people, it only hits one ear. Nobody knows why. And nobody really knows what causes it in the first place, despite it being identified in the mid 1800s. "Stay hydrated" is the only thing the ENT could say. Cut down on caffeine & salt.

Thankfully, I'm a one-ear person, so I can still hear fine on one side. Huey Lewis has the 2-ear version, and it ended his singing career.

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 01:02 AM (VHUov)

192 Leftist, leftard, whatever... not my people.

Should I GAF about the labels? That seems... left-ish.

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2026 01:04 AM (rdVOm)

193 Have many copper penny's. They are the perfect anodes for aluminum boats. Don't know about the zinc one's.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 01:01 AM

Uh, you might want to look at the Electromotive Series. Aluminum boats are perfect anodes for copper pennies.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 01:06 AM (1z8ji)

194
Thankfully, I'm a one-ear person, so I can still hear fine on one side. Huey Lewis has the 2-ear version, and it ended his singing career.
Posted by: mikeski
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Completely deaf in my right ear. I refer to my left ear as my 'better' ear

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 18, 2026 01:08 AM (XeU6L)

195 Uh, you might want to look at the Electromotive Series. Aluminum boats are perfect anodes for copper pennies.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
------

Are you positive?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 18, 2026 01:13 AM (XeU6L)

196
Alan Shepard had Meniere's, which kept him grounded until they developed some surgical procedure.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2026 01:14 AM (w6EFb)

197
Shepard was the oldest man to leave earth orbit until Artemis II, when Reid Weisman took it. Shepard remains the oldest man to walk on the Moon. Charlie Duke is the youngest.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2026 01:17 AM (w6EFb)

198 22 Keep on reading that as fat checker.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 17, 2026 10:29 PM (iLKq

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Glenn Kessler has a soft face -- I wouldn't be surprised if little old ladies were still pinching his chubby cheeks until his own hair went grey -- and he avoids full-body shots, but no double chin. Fat check: soyboy.

Posted by: SciVo at August 18, 2026 01:17 AM (L3Npt)

199 Every now and then I find a wheat back penny in my change.
I always put it with my other wheat backs, never spend them. I don't know why I collect them, I just do.

Posted by: Case at August 18, 2026 01:18 AM (VrYHL)

200 Been looking for a bar in town. Gonna' try out this one.

No Excessively Baggy Clothing
No Pants Worn Below the Waist
No Basketball Shorts
No House-shoes or Slides
No Tank tops or Sleeveless Shirts (Men)
No Beanies, Bandanas, or Du-rags
No Sunglasses
No Hoodies Worn on the Head
No Clothing with Offensive Prints, Images, or Words
No Cuts, Colors, or Insignias
No Weapons Including but Not Limited to Guns: Knives, Multi-tools and Box Cutters, etc.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 01:24 AM (iLKq8)

201 Should I GAF about the labels? That seems... left-ish.

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2026 01:04 AM (rdVOm)

It's shorthand, not labels. I use leftist for the movement people. These are the ones who will do absolutely anything for power. They are the ones running the country for the most part. Any elected official with those leanings is leftist.

Leftards on the other hand are the people who believe them or buy enough of the story or are just ignorant enough (BIRM) to stay on the plantation. They have no idea that it ends with killing fields even if many are so weak and spineless and dumb they would go along when it came to that.

Leftists, OTOH, know the killing fields are what is ahead.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 01:26 AM (vE0+H)

202 Well, 11:20 PM here, and I am getting sleepy. Had a weird thing happen at the gas station in Calgary today. Put card in pump, selected $100 as the fill amount, authorized card, and began filling. Pump kicked out at $25, and the lamps behind the three fuel grade buttons began flashing. I hit "regular" again, and the pump tally went to zero, put the nozzle back in the tank, and ran it up to $74 and change. No receipt printed. Went into the office, told the counter guy what happened, and he said, "my display shows only one sale for $74.76" I said "did I just get $25 worth of free gas?" "Maybe you did."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 01:26 AM (1z8ji)

203 Today was a good Monday. Trash day. Checked the doormat first thing, in case Cat had left another carcass-- wanted to get it into the bin before pick up, LOL!

Nope, just a blob of... more than *the green part*... but he'd eaten all the rest. Yay! :green: Swept it into the flowerbed.

Critters, sheesh.

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2026 01:26 AM (rdVOm)

204 Nomenclature

>>Uh, you might want to look at the Electromotive Series. Aluminum boats are perfect anodes for copper pennies.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
---

Whichever way would it not result in no structural corrosion?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 01:27 AM (iLKq8)

205 Many administrators and neighbors are leftist. I don't mean it's only politicians. But the vast majority are just leftards. They can be shocked out of it but it takes a lot. Leftists will never come out of it without Jesus.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 01:27 AM (vE0+H)

206
Well, I'll be. Margaret Hamilton, whom we talked about a while back of Apollo Guidance Computer code fame, just turned 90 today:

https://t.ly/vMaED

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2026 01:29 AM (w6EFb)

207
Critters, sheesh.

Posted by: JQ
---

Good cat.
In the country, neighbor asked me if I wasn't worried about sneks.
Nope, cats and dogs get all of them. Rabbits too. ... no telling what else.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 01:30 AM (iLKq8)

208 Okay, I'll buy that description of -ist vs. -tard.

Thanks for breaking it down for me!

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2026 01:30 AM (rdVOm)

209
And Gene Kranz' birthday was today as well. He turned 93.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2026 01:31 AM (w6EFb)

210 Soon realized it was time to let her go, stopped petting and she was gone in a few minutes.
Posted by: Farmer

Wow. That's a memory.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 18, 2026 01:34 AM (DZ9Lv)

211 Whichever way would it not result in no structural corrosion?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 01:27 AM (iLKq

I just did a search. The recommended anodes for aluminum boats are, get this, aluminum. There is also something called "navalloy". Anodes are most important if your boat is moored in salt or brackish water.

Seriously, this is something, that if done wrong, could destroy the value of your boat. I'd recommend seeking advice from your boat's manufacturer, or a long-established marine hardware dealer in your AO.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 01:36 AM (1z8ji)

212
Okay, I'll buy that description of -ist vs. -tard.

Thanks for breaking it down for me!
Posted by: JQ

===============

I thought it was a good explanation, too.

What I don't care about these days is labels like communist, socialist, Marxist, Islamist, because lefties proudly cop to those now.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 01:37 AM (XJ22o)

213 Off to the rack for me. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 01:38 AM (1z8ji)

214 Lil bro left yesterday & got home early this morning.

The whole time he was here, I wondered about his little rat-dog (10lb terrier mix, very old) as she didn't interact much with anyone.

Poor thing just walked in circles when they first got here. By the last day, she was sleeping all the time. Had to keep looking carefully to see whether she was even breathing. I'm surprised the little thing was still alive-- she looked awful last summer and seemed sick.

Just glad she didn't poo in the house!

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2026 01:40 AM (rdVOm)

215 Night AOP.

Sweet dreams Horde, trash day eve here, those barrels are going to be heavy to roll in the morning, I got rid of some stuff!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 18, 2026 01:41 AM (ibDUx)

216 Night, Debby & AOP!

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2026 01:42 AM (rdVOm)

217 The Iran war is one draft dump won't be able to dodge by claiming bone spurs. Now doofus wants to bomb our ally Oman! From 1973 Impeachment with honor!

Posted by: raimondo at August 18, 2026 01:43 AM (uEmae)

218 Speaking of -tards....

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2026 01:48 AM (rdVOm)

219 Speaking of -tards....
Posted by: JQ

That's insulting to the average -tard.

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 01:55 AM (VHUov)

220 Heh. You're right, mikeski.. Sorry!

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2026 01:59 AM (rdVOm)

221 Slow night around here it seems.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2026 02:03 AM (S41Gd)

222 Howdy, Bers!

Yeah, I guess plenty of Morons still have jobs or somethin'

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2026 02:04 AM (rdVOm)

223 ... or "lives"

or some reason to wake in the A.M.

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2026 02:05 AM (rdVOm)

224 Finally off work.
Days with not much to do are really long. 8 hours seems like 11.
4 days left until vacation. Man do I need a break.
Beer's cracked. Off to catch up on comments.

Posted by: Reforger at August 18, 2026 02:06 AM (COjc4)

225 Donald dump has got himself in a terrible jam way down yonder in IRAN. This is one draft he won't be able to dodge! You can call names ;but can't refute what I say!

Posted by: raimondo at August 18, 2026 02:08 AM (uEmae)

226 Vodaphone is supplying thousands of free SIM cards loaded with six months of data to a charity that hands them out to illegal migrants arriving in the UK via boats

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 02:10 AM (iLKq8)

227 I could really go for a 6- or 7-figure, no-show, do-nothing "job" right about now!

But just can't fake the ideology required to enter that circle of demons.

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2026 02:10 AM (rdVOm)

228 This is one draft he won't be able to dodge! You can call names ;but can't refute what I say!
Posted by: raimondo

He's too old to be drafted.

There is no draft if even if he was of age.

What are we supposed to "refute?"

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 02:14 AM (VHUov)

229
There's that old saying, often attribute to Mark Twain: Never argue with a fool, onlooker may have trouble telling the difference.

And then another one sort of similar as never drop down to a fool (or idiot's) level -- they've had far more practice than you down there.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2026 02:18 AM (w6EFb)

230 Didn't BJ Clit-on pardon all the draft-dodgers?

Nontroversy.

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2026 02:20 AM (rdVOm)

231 @228 try and refute donald dump has got himself in a terrible jam way down yonder in Iran. You can't and you know it!

Posted by: raimondo at August 18, 2026 02:22 AM (uEmae)

232 You know, one sign of dementia is-- repeating one's self...

Stuck in a loop.

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2026 02:26 AM (rdVOm)

233 Because that's a value judgment, and not a verifiable fact, Einstein.

"Refute that Sydney Sweeney is hot."

Can't be done.

Maybe you think it can, since your side, in their own words "chooses truth over facts."

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 02:26 AM (VHUov)

234
I dispute "down yonder". It should be "over yonder", I think.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2026 02:28 AM (w6EFb)

235 You know, one sign of dementia is-- repeating one's self...
Stuck in a loop.
Posted by: JQ

History, it repeats itself
It repeats, it repeats itself
And they’ll come for you too, in the end

https://youtu.be/VICAjO51wPw

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 02:28 AM (VHUov)

236 Howdy, Bers!

Yeah, I guess plenty of Morons still have jobs or somethin'

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2026 02:04 AM (rdVOm)

Originally I wasn't doing shit tomorrow. It was supposed to be nice, but now it looks like rain here and there. I was going to give Mrs B's bike a service and going over, and then a ride. Not taking it to the shop if it's going to rain. I might end up there anyway to tinker with other shit if it's going to rain.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2026 02:30 AM (S41Gd)

237 Rain... ah, yes... I remember rain...

We had a tiny bit last week. There was some back in June, too.

Alas, none in our immediate future. Sad.

Mid- to high-90s for the next couple of weeks, ugh!

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2026 02:33 AM (rdVOm)

238 I dispute "down yonder". It should be "over yonder", I think.
Posted by: publius

Depends where you live. Iran is "down yonder" from Russia and some of the former-soviet 'stans. I guess we know what bot farm Rainman works on.

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 02:33 AM (VHUov)

239 Rain... ah, yes... I remember rain...

We had a tiny bit last week. There was some back in June, too.

Alas, none in our immediate future. Sad.

Mid- to high-90s for the next couple of weeks, ugh!

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2026 02:33 AM (rdVOm)

August here has been shit. A nice day, then a rain day, a nice day, and a rain day. Its not really that hot though. July was beautiful, cooler than normal, maybe rain a couple days. August..is..shit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2026 02:36 AM (S41Gd)

240 August is shit here, too. Every year. And so is July.

I'm ready to sell *everything* and move to a cooler place. Heat and blazing sun is depressing to me. Debilitating.

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2026 02:40 AM (rdVOm)

241
Something I didn't know, or didn't remember that I'm going over now is the Ancient Greek Homos estimated the distance to the Moon pretty damned accurately. They came up with 60 earth radii.

They also estimated the distance to the Sun, but were off by a factor of 10. They couldn't measure an angle close enough and the distance varied greatly with small changes in an angle they were trying to measure, and came up with about 1200 earth radii.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2026 02:43 AM (w6EFb)

242 Sam Kinison had the right idea:

"Move out of the fcuking desert!"

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2026 02:48 AM (rdVOm)

243 Good night, horde.

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2026 03:04 AM (rdVOm)

244 But how many turtles did the Greeks estimate were holding up the Earth?

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 18, 2026 03:06 AM (DZ9Lv)

245 Something I didn't know, or didn't remember that I'm going over now is the Ancient Greek Homos estimated the distance to the Moon pretty damned accurately.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2026 02:43 AM (w6EFb)
-

So... Greek homos were into mooning.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 18, 2026 03:14 AM (vUecY)

246 Up early

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2026 03:17 AM (Ia/+0)

247
So... Greek homos were into mooning.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

And spooning, by many accounts.

Jeez, not even to 250 ejaculations by 3:30 AM -- this place has gotten soft.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 18, 2026 03:26 AM (trSL4)

248 I wish the Spanish would just issue shoot to kill orders in Ceuta.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2026 03:28 AM (jPziU)

249
They knew the earth was a sphere, but had a geocentric view, thinking the earth was at the center of the cosmos, and the heavens just rotated around it. They didn't have a notion of gravity as we think of it. There were the four elements, earth, water, air, and fire. Everything had its place, with earth at the lowest, water above it, then air and fire. The earth was at the center, and closest to the center, where "it wanted to go". So nothing needed to hold it up, because it was at the center.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2026 03:29 AM (w6EFb)

250 242 Sam Kinison had the right idea:

"Move out of the fcuking desert!"
Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2026 02:48 AM (rdVOm)

MOVE TO WHERE THE FOOD IS!!!

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2026 03:33 AM (jPziU)

251
It finally happened after finding connections among over five thousand folks that are associated in some way in my family tree -- there now are two murderers firmly in it.

Folks murdered and folks suicidal have been in the melee for some time now. In any of these cases my reaction is usually the same: a disappointed, "Oh...", followed by a long pause to reflect on human nature, which is flawed.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 18, 2026 03:34 AM (trSL4)

252 Spanish as well as other Europeans are a blood thirsty bubch, we will see if the Leftists got that out of them

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2026 03:34 AM (Ia/+0)

253 231: read the Vienna Convention of 1961 if your programmers will let you. Read it. Slowly.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2026 03:34 AM (jPziU)

254 So... Greek homos were into mooning.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole l

That's no moon

Posted by: Miklos, because somebody had to at August 18, 2026 03:34 AM (XOG/m)

255 trumpf child in fraud he holliday is texas libertarian parking tickets, fines warren was arrested for free marylin fowler butch lesbian who the fraud found in west virginia! gov. norman. The green party. Talk show she has been look what hanger against the antifa is press have stopped as malcolm X not enough. Bye bye war mongers.

Posted by: raimondo on tap at August 18, 2026 03:35 AM (XOG/m)

256 226 Vodaphone is supplying thousands of free SIM cards loaded with six months of data to a charity that hands them out to illegal migrants arriving in the UK via boats
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 02:10 AM (iLKq

The sooner we stop calling them “migrants”, the better.

What I wouldn’t do for Queen Letizia to kick the Spanish PM right in the balls, while she is in her stilettos. Actually, on second thought, it would probably do nothing to him.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2026 03:38 AM (jPziU)

257
255

I encountered Machines for Sale. I read Machines for Sale.

Machines for Sale was like a close friend to me.

You, ray-ray, are no Machines for Sale.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 18, 2026 03:38 AM (trSL4)

258 I dispute "down yonder". It should be "over yonder", I think.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

"Way Down Yonder" properly refers exclusively to New Orleans.

Posted by: Miklos adduces numerous musical compositions as evidence at August 18, 2026 03:39 AM (XOG/m)

259 The earth was at the center, and closest to the center, where "it wanted to go". So nothing needed to hold it up, because it was at the center.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2026 03:29 AM (w6EFb)

How much does a star weigh?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 03:40 AM (Ot/FD)

260 You, ray-ray, are no Machines for Sale.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle

Nor even a Tickled Pink

Posted by: Miklos sees psychological similarities though at August 18, 2026 03:41 AM (XOG/m)

261
n those parts of the country that recognizes "hollers", the phrase "up yonder" was decidedly appropriate.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 18, 2026 03:41 AM (trSL4)

262 How much does a star weigh?
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Before or after Wegovy?

Posted by: Hollywood Agent, paid by the pound at August 18, 2026 03:42 AM (XOG/m)

263 “He Was a MAGA Patriot. ICE Took His Wife Away.
The case represents a new front in President Trump’s mass deportation drive: arrests at airports of people who have active immigration cases and no criminal history.”

Overstaying/violating the terms of your visa is most certainly a crime, even though that makes the media VERY UPSET. The idea that people need passports and visas to enter the United States is just so horrifying to them. Never mind every other country in the world does the same thing.

Send her ass back.

And we need to check people’s passports coming AND going specifically to make sure people are following the terms of their visas and are leaving when the visa says to leave.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2026 03:42 AM (jPziU)

264 But how many turtles did the Greeks estimate were holding up the Earth?
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 18, 2026 03:06 AM (DZ9Lv)

Just one very big guy named Atlas.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 18, 2026 03:42 AM (ZVgZ4)

265
How much does a star weigh?

Posted by: Warai-otoko

$20, same as in town.

(Always appropriate, not always coherent!)

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 18, 2026 03:43 AM (trSL4)

266 How much does a star weigh?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 03:40 AM (Ot/FD)

A lot.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2026 03:43 AM (jPziU)

267 The migrant craze is just Colonialism with a different travel agent.

If a country is a craphole and the people who live there shouldn't even live there but instead "deserve" to submit to your rule and be One Of You, what's the difference between shipping them all in to your own country's borders to exploit them, or just moving a bunch of your own people there to exploit them?

Either way, you're simply claiming the ethnos of entire regions of the world as your own property to dispose of as you will.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 03:43 AM (Ot/FD)

268 n those parts of the country that recognizes "hollers", the phrase "up yonder" was decidedly appropriate.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot:

"Up" is for Bug Tussle; "Over" is generally used for Pixley

Posted by: Hank Kimball, County Agent at August 18, 2026 03:43 AM (XOG/m)

269 Either way, you're simply claiming the ethnos of entire regions of the world as your own property to dispose of as you will.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Dibs on Iceland

Posted by: Imperial Austro-Hungarian Miklos at August 18, 2026 03:44 AM (XOG/m)

270 255: quit posting drunk.

Go read the Vienna Convention of 1961. Very. Very. Slowly. Don’t come back until you are done.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2026 03:44 AM (jPziU)

271 And we need to check people’s passports coming AND going specifically to make sure people are following the terms of their visas and are leaving when the visa says to leave.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2026 03:42 AM (jPziU)

Has there ever been a successful legal defense of a bank robbery by claiming No Take Backsies because you manage to clear the front threshold with the cash before you got arrested?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 03:44 AM (Ot/FD)

272 But how many turtles did the Greeks estimate were holding up the Earth?
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 18, 2026 03:06 AM (DZ9Lv)

Just one very big guy named Atlas.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Charles Atlas

Patron Saint of 98 pound weeklings

Posted by: Miklos thinks you had to send money though at August 18, 2026 03:46 AM (XOG/m)

273 Charles Atlas

Patron Saint of 98 pound weeklings
Posted by: Miklos thinks you had to send money though at August 18, 2026 03:46 AM (XOG/m)

Defender of Sand Castles

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 03:46 AM (Ot/FD)

274
It's a more modern corruption that Atlas was condemned to hold up the earth. His task was to hold up the sky, the celestial sphere. Early depictions had him holding a globe, which came to be thought of as the earth. That globe was originally the sky.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2026 03:48 AM (w6EFb)

275 Go read the Vienna Convention of 1961. Very. Very. Slowly. Don’t come back until you are done.
Posted by: Cow Demon

Not sure what country would grant raindoodoo Consular Status

Posted by: Miklos Plenipotentiary (bonus points for using that word) at August 18, 2026 03:48 AM (XOG/m)

276 Defender of Sand Castles
Posted by: Warai-otoko

But somehow the 98 pound weaklings always had the chicks at the beach

Posted by: Miklos was confuselated at August 18, 2026 03:50 AM (XOG/m)

277 That globe was originally the sky.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2026 03:48 AM (w6EFb)

Wasn't there some thing in various mythologies where Gibraltar and the Bosphorus were where Atlas placed his feet, or something? I remember something like that being a thing. Maybe Hesiod or one of those dudes, but I'm not sure how good their cartography game was at the time.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 03:51 AM (Ot/FD)

278
From Half-Wiki Pedophilia:

Bug Tussle [Texas] has been noted for its unusual place name. More than seventy Bug Tussle highway signs have been stolen.

The most accepted origin to Bug Tussle's name was from an incident in the 1890s when a swarm of insects spoiled an ice cream social. Another possible origin of the name comes from picnickers, who watched bugs fight after eating. Another possible origin comes from two residents who wanted to change the name. During an argument, the town got distracted by the sight of two dung beetles fighting.

That last origin is "Squirrel!" adjacent and thus most credible, IMHO. That the fight involved two dung beetles is just * chef's kiss *.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 18, 2026 03:52 AM (trSL4)

279 276 Defender of Sand Castles
Posted by: Warai-otoko

But somehow the 98 pound weaklings always had the chicks at the beach
Posted by: Miklos was confuselated at August 18, 2026 03:50 AM (XOG/m)

My big confusion was wondering why I should bother to pay a guy to get jacked to impress some chick who would leave me at the drop of a hat like that as if she was throwing out a half eaten candy bar that wasn't to her liking. Good riddance, really. Thank you, Beach Meathead. You just saved me from canoodling with a horrible person.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 03:54 AM (Ot/FD)

280 To counter Aristotle and Ptolemy I present Aristarchus of Samos who postulated a heliocentric model of what we now call the solar system, including a rotating Earth:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristarchus_of_Samos

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 18, 2026 03:55 AM (ZVgZ4)

281
"Beach Meatheads" would be a great name for an all-male beach volleyball team.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 18, 2026 03:57 AM (trSL4)

282 "Beach Meatheads" would be a great name for an all-male beach volleyball team.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 18, 2026 03:57 AM (trSL4)

Just don't call it "banana league".

...

Or at least make them wear full trunks if you do.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 03:58 AM (Ot/FD)

283
Dung beetles are one of Nature's miracles -- creatures who never get tired of others' shit.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 18, 2026 03:59 AM (trSL4)

284 >> How much does a star weigh?

A sanctified shit ton.

One solar mass is about 330K earth masses (or about 1000 Jupiter masses). No, in the Milky Way, the mass range of stars goes from about .08 to 100-150 solar masses. Anything less than that can't be a star, as it doesn't get "heavy" enough to fuse hydrogen. More massive stars have shorter and shorter lifetimes. At some point, they just can't get any bigger.

Now, the distribution of those stars. The majority of stars are less massive than the sun, being red dwarfs up to about 0.5 solar masses. The mean mass is somewhere around 0.3 - 0.4.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2026 03:59 AM (w6EFb)

285 But if Atlas is holding the Sphere of the Heavens, wouldn’t the Earth be inside it? Where would this big guy stand anyway? On the place where Archimedes would stand to use a lever to move the Earth? And where would the fulcrum be?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 18, 2026 04:00 AM (ZVgZ4)

286 The mean mass is somewhere around 0.3 - 0.4.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Sounds like Darleen all right

Posted by: Miklos is somehow attracted at August 18, 2026 04:02 AM (XOG/m)

287 Had instant oatmeal and a bacon , egg and cheese on English muffin

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2026 04:03 AM (Ia/+0)

288
If one of Atlas' feet was set beside the Strait of Gibraltar and the other was beside the Bosporus, than what part of the ancient world was situated directly beneath Atlas' dangley bits?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 18, 2026 04:04 AM (trSL4)

289 Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2026 03:59 AM (w6EFb)

Weight.... not mass

Getting at the mythological cosmologies that viewed the heavens as weightless and floating in a big sphere with the heavy earth at the middle... they really weren't far off from the truth. From a terrestrial perspective, the heavenly objects really don't have "weight", in spite of being so massive. What's pulling on them? The Earth? Not significantly. So they look like they're just floating. Because they kind of are.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 04:05 AM (Ot/FD)

290
288

then, dammit

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 18, 2026 04:06 AM (trSL4)

291
The Atlas myth goes back before they realized the earth was a sphere. His stood in the far west at the Garden of the Hesperides.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2026 04:06 AM (w6EFb)

292 If one of Atlas' feet was set beside the Strait of Gibraltar and the other was beside the Bosporus, than what part of the ancient world was situated directly beneath Atlas' dangley bits?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot:

The Isle of Lesbos

Not that they would care

Posted by: Miklos thinks the shadow might provoke merriment at August 18, 2026 04:08 AM (XOG/m)

293 Today, we fight in the shade of Atlas's balls!

Posted by: Testicles, Ancient Greek Homo at August 18, 2026 04:11 AM (Ealv7)

294 What would happen if you "turned off gravity"? Well, everything would just start flinging off in a straight line! But what is gravity? What does it act on? Mass. To remove gravity, you'd have to remove mass. So now you have a bunch of massless objects. And massless objects have no inertia, so they wouldn't keep going in a straight line, they'd just stop.

So stopping Gravity would look just like stopping Time.

*bong rip*

Dude.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 04:12 AM (Ot/FD)

295
Pythagoras and some other first proposed the earth was a sphere around the 500s BC. This was just because a sphere was a perfect shape.

Then Aristotle came along and noticed that ships disappeared bottom first on the horizon, and that the earth casts a round shadow on the Moon during the partial lunar eclipse phases.

And then Eratosthenes did the shadow and stick thing and came up with a pretty good estimate of the radius of earth.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2026 04:13 AM (w6EFb)

296 There was a guy who thought the world was a cylinder. Hera-something or other. Not Heraclitus, I don't think.

But from the same neighborhood.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 04:16 AM (Ot/FD)

297 And then Eratosthenes did the shadow and stick thing and came up with a pretty good estimate of the radius of earth.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Ima try that on Darleen next time she passes out in the inflatable pool

Posted by: Miklos risks his life for Science at August 18, 2026 04:16 AM (XOG/m)

298 So stopping Gravity would look just like stopping Time.

*bong rip*

Dude.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

But, like, how would you even know?

Maybe it's happening right now

Posted by: Miklos passes the bomg at August 18, 2026 04:17 AM (XOG/m)

299
Had instant oatmeal and a bacon , egg and cheese on English muffin
Posted by: Skip

================

I wonder if breakfasting like that would help me detox from coffee.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 04:18 AM (XJ22o)

300 I wonder if breakfasting like that would help me detox from coffee.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

HEATHEN

Posted by: *invokes the mighty Bustelo for protection* at August 18, 2026 04:20 AM (XOG/m)

301 You know it's hot and humid when you need the AC at 4 AM

Posted by: Miklos, hot but unflustered at August 18, 2026 04:23 AM (XOG/m)

302 >> What would happen if you "turned off gravity"?

There was some woo-woo nonsense that spread on Tik-Tok that gravity was going to turn off for a few second during the recent solar eclipse.

Now, the current best theory of gravity is General Relativity, the Einstein Field Equations. Big 'G', Newton's gravitational constant is in there as a coupling constant.

However, the mathematical form of the EFE does not allow for G to be anything but a constant. IOW, saying turning off gravity is a mathematical contradiction there.

People have proposed something like a time-varying G, but to do that, you've got to add something else to the equations, making it different from GR. And, the more and more they look, the tighter and tighter the constraints on how much different the true theory of gravity can be from Einstein.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2026 04:23 AM (w6EFb)

303 Most weekends I have coffee first but don't have anything to eat for a couple hours.

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2026 04:24 AM (Ia/+0)

304 People have proposed something like a time-varying G

Darleen's G spot varies over time

It's in there somewhere, but where

Posted by: Miklos repeats experiments because inconsistent results at August 18, 2026 04:25 AM (XOG/m)

305 If you approached masslessnes as a limit m-> 0, you will get a lot of acceleration for very little, almost no force. In a Newtonian world you could travel at near infinite speed. Hence the inertialess drive of some very early scientifiction stories. In Einstein’s world you could travel at near lightspeed. Put that in your bong and smoke it.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 18, 2026 04:25 AM (ZVgZ4)

306
massless objects have no inertia, so they wouldn't keep going in a straight line, they'd just stop.

Posted by: Warai-otoko

===============

(sits up, dizzy)

Wait. Don't you mean massless objects have no momentum? Because, if they have no momentum, that's why they would stop.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 04:27 AM (XJ22o)

307
Most weekends I have coffee first but don't have anything to eat for a couple hours.
Posted by: Skip

==============

That's the kind of toxicity I'm trying to rid myself of.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 04:28 AM (XJ22o)

308 And, the more and more they look, the tighter and tighter the constraints on how much different the true theory of gravity can be from Einstein.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2026 04:23 AM (w6EFb)

If G were not constant, then some mass would have to be more mass-y than others. As if one electron could be more charge-y or spin-y than another one.

And yet mass is "floopy". It's not absolute or constant, it changes based on how fast it's going, or how close it is to other masses.

And yet another yet.... G stays constant.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 04:29 AM (Ot/FD)

309
I wonder if breakfasting like that would help me detox from coffee.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

HEATHEN
Posted by: *invokes the mighty Bustelo for protection*

=============

It's in the discussion stage.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 04:30 AM (XJ22o)

310 In Einstein’s world you could travel at near lightspeed. Put that in your bong and smoke it.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

In college, I knew some guys who, after a few few bong hits, were smarter than Einstein.

They solved ALL the world's problems

Posted by: Miklos vaguely remembers Marx being part of that at August 18, 2026 04:31 AM (XOG/m)

311 They solved ALL the world's problems
Posted by: Miklos vaguely remembers Marx being part of that at August 18, 2026 04:31 AM (XOG/m)

The Labor Theory of Chromodynamics.

Quarks of the World, Unite!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 04:31 AM (Ot/FD)

312 What if momentum is conserved, but rest mass goes to zero? Better, consider the momentum-energy four vector… Oh never mind, it requires maths…

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 18, 2026 04:31 AM (ZVgZ4)

313 >> It's not absolute or constant, it changes based on how fast it's going, or how close it is to other masses.

That's the distinction between rest mass and relativistic mass. You can think of the mass of a particle as being multiplied by gamma. But that view is sort of problematic.

Energy is mass and mass is energy via mc^2. And mass is inertia. Energy gravitates and has inertia. A box containing light bouncing back forth has more inertia than an empty box. And it gravitates.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2026 04:38 AM (w6EFb)

314
And it gets even more than that. In GR, the source of the gravitational field (which is the curvature of spacetime), is the stress-energy tensor. The math here, well, hoo-boy.

But this means the source of the gravitational field is four things. Mass-energy, the currents of said mass-energy, plus *momentum* and the currents of that momentum.

The momentum part means that gravity depends on *pressure*. Put that in your pipe and smoke it. That pressure term contribution goes as p/c^2. That is the mass equivalent of pressure. For most matter, that is vanishingly small. But when you get really, really dense objects, like neutron stars, that becomes significant.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2026 04:41 AM (w6EFb)

315 A box containing light bouncing back forth has more inertia than an empty box. And it gravitates.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2026 04:38 AM (w6EFb)

"Awww, dang it, stop leaning on the science box, Larry, we're trying to measure it here!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 04:42 AM (Ot/FD)

316 Heading out
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2026 04:43 AM (Ia/+0)

317 gravity depends on *pressure*.

I haven't had gas bad enough to alter gravity in quite some time.

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 04:45 AM (VHUov)

318
That pressure thing makes for a interesting runaway effect. Imagine a spherical mass distribution and you start packing more and more mass onto it, and you hold some constant density requirement (artificial, but this would be a perfect incompressible fluid).

Now, as you pile more and more mass on it, the pressure in the center increases. But, that pressure increases the gravity. So the pressure required to resist the gravity increases the gravity even more.

The result is that for a spherical mass distribution of constant density, the radius can be no less than 9/8 of the Schwarzschild radius. At that point, the pressure at the center goes to infinity.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2026 04:46 AM (w6EFb)

319 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 04:50 AM (odBC9)

320 Nice picture up top, and I hope you're asleep now, Miss Hum, but thanks for your efforts on all the ONT's which you do.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2026 04:50 AM (JrHfD)

321 The result is that for a spherical mass distribution of constant density, the radius can be no less than 9/8 of the Schwarzschild radius. At that point, the pressure at the center goes to infinity.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2026 04:46 AM (w6EFb)

Wouldn't it' be poetically silly if that's how anti-matter is made?

Squish the snot out of Regular Universe until it gets so pissed off it turns into Extra Spicy Universe and starts running backwards....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 04:58 AM (Ot/FD)

322 191 Meniere's Disease
The chambers of the inner ear each have their own fluid supply that's being constantly created and destroyed. In most people, that balances out. If you have Meniere's, it doesn't, and eventually the pressure breaks the flimsy membranes between the chambers, and the "wrong" fluid winds up in both chambers.

That causes instant-onset vertigo if the chamber dealing with balance gets hit. So instant that some people just drop to the floor when it happens. Thankfully mine isn't that bad, but it does send me stumbling in a zig-zag line for the commode. I called myself an ambulance the first time it happened in my 40s; thought I had a brain tumor or something.

It also causes progressive hearing loss when the chamber dealing with hearing gets hit.

In 80% of people, it only hits one ear. Nobody knows why. And nobody really knows what causes it in the first place, despite it being identified in the mid 1800s. "Stay hydrated" is the only thing the ENT could say. Cut down on caffeine & salt.

Thankfully, I'm a one-ear person, so I can still hear fine on one side. Huey Lewis has the 2-ear version, and it ended his singing career.

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 05:47 AM (odBC9)

323 Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 01:02 AM (VHUov)

THANKS for that description, mikeski!

Posted by: m at August 18, 2026 05:48 AM (odBC9)

324 Not sure what country would grant raindoodoo Consular Status
Posted by: Miklos Plenipotentiary (bonus points for using that word) at August 18, 2026 03:48 AM (XOG/m)

Yeah but it would explain to dummy (and others, really) one of the rationales for doing what we are doing in Iran.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2026 06:10 AM (jPziU)

325 I just did a search. The recommended anodes for aluminum boats are, get this, aluminum. There is also something called "navalloy". Anodes are most important if your boat is moored in salt or brackish water.

Seriously, this is something, that if done wrong, could destroy the value of your boat. I'd recommend seeking advice from your boat's manufacturer, or a long-established marine hardware dealer in your AO.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 01:36 AM (1z8ji)

Magnesium if your aluminum boat is exclusively used in fresh water.

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Posted by: niyuzzqq at August 18, 2026 01:11 PM (aimv1)

Monday Cafe

Ken James/@openshutter21

Woman's new house comes complete with an emaciated stray dog so she adopts it into the family.

ABC's "Still the One" commercials from the late seventies. Before they were the Disney Groomer Corporation's channel.

Golden retriever is the fuzziest nanny.

Baby elephant sneezes and startles itself.

Baby elephant plays with a dog.

Dog raises lamb rejected by his mother.

Nice human mends a dragonfly's broken wing.

Girl in tiny bikini helps drowning racoon on to her paddleboard. It's a little something for everybody.

Cat vs. dog.

James T. Cat.

When your dog notices that you're unhappy and offers its favorite toy to you..🐕🐾🧸😊 pic.twitter.com/vtaEKM6Wvf
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) August 17, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:40 PM

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1 Cafe!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 17, 2026 07:41 PM (u82oZ)

2 Cafe!
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 17, 2026 07:41 PM (u82oZ)

Olé!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 17, 2026 07:42 PM (Ot/FD)

3 Hey Salty. : )

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 17, 2026 07:43 PM (c/QKZ)

4 Incredible scenery. Fucked up place to try and raise a cow, though. Looks like they can't even grow good Sagebrush there.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 17, 2026 07:44 PM (akQZV)

5 Cafe!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 17, 2026 07:44 PM (2WIwB)

6 Good evening and good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 17, 2026 07:44 PM (Ia/+0)

7 Lady, have you never heard of rabies?

Posted by: fd at August 17, 2026 07:44 PM (MWfyi)

8 Oh look, a raccoon behaving oddly. Let's try to grab it!

Posted by: Gal who make poor choices at August 17, 2026 07:46 PM (MWfyi)

9 {{{SMH}}} at God's mercy

Hope you and Ex-Ex are thriving. And have enough firewood for winter.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 17, 2026 07:46 PM (u82oZ)

10 We're doing fine, Salty.

We have enough as far as I know.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 17, 2026 07:47 PM (c/QKZ)

11
Her Majesty and The Big Dummy have made it to the KOA campground in Topeka. A good deal cooler there than this weekend in Waco. She sent me a picture of TBD lounging in the grass in the dog run there. He looks relaxed and happy.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2026 07:47 PM (O0L8i)

12 "ABC's "Still the One" commercials"

Be There!

Posted by: fd at August 17, 2026 07:49 PM (MWfyi)

13 That dog with the toy was cute.
Raccoon story could have ended badly.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 17, 2026 07:49 PM (Sco7b)

14 That land is very dry. That’s why you need so many acres out west to support cattle, not to mention a reliable source of water. At least there’s no jimson weed!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 17, 2026 07:49 PM (ZVgZ4)

15
You will all be pleased to know I worked out the problem with The Big Dummy's 2026 show record. A six-point discrepancy in his Grand Champion points was due to missing the Midwest Borzoi Club specialty for 5 points and crediting him with one point instead of two at another show. My books balance perfectly now.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2026 07:54 PM (O0L8i)

16 I've got a 30 minute painting that kind of matches the subject of the top photo. Respect to Bob Ross for those 30 minute paintings. Not easy to get the quality you want in just 30 minutes. See nic.

Posted by: polynikes at August 17, 2026 07:54 PM (KC5Lt)

17 @16: Polynikes. I took some time to peruse your paintings. You are a gifted artist, thank you for sharing your works with us,

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at August 17, 2026 07:59 PM (yyBU8)

18 Hadrian the Seventh

So one project done, and your resource book still going on. Way to go.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 17, 2026 08:01 PM (u82oZ)

19 That dog with the toy was cute.
Raccoon story could have ended badly.

Rabid raccoon
He screamed at the moon
And proceeded to bite the nice lady

Posted by: Archimedes at August 17, 2026 08:01 PM (Riz8t)

20 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2026 07:54 PM (O0L8i)

Very good.

________________________

I had Ralphy outside today and combed him. And Snowflake came over and I combed her as well.

Because cats are just like that I guess.....

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 17, 2026 08:01 PM (Sco7b)

21
Two Hijab wearing women have a fight at a Target store.

Video at Daily Mail

Posted by: four seasons at August 17, 2026 08:02 PM (/QHx4)

22 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

This week's "lowest" high is forecast to reach a chilly 105°F.

I may hafta kill a bitch.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 17, 2026 08:03 PM (SRRAx)

23 polynikes

That painting in 30 minutes? Very impressive.

Looks like the Texas Panhandle north of Amarillo.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 17, 2026 08:04 PM (u82oZ)

24 21
Two Hijab wearing women have a fight at a Target store.

Video at Daily Mail

Posted by: four seasons at August 17, 2026 08:02 PM (/QHx4)

Please let them be using nunchucks.
Please let them be using nunchucks.
Please let them be using nunchucks.
Please let.....

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 17, 2026 08:06 PM (Sco7b)

25 I want racoon girl to come rescue me.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 17, 2026 08:06 PM (tvdD1)

26 Evenin', folks.

I've been watching episodes of "Freakazoid". It's so deliriously random. The 90's had some excellent cartoons, like "Animaniacs" and "Pinky and the Brain", that purported grownups can enjoy even more than the kiddos. I'd put early Aughts "Invader Zim" in that category too.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 17, 2026 08:07 PM (kpS4V)

27 Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at August 17, 2026 07:59 PM (yyBU8

Thanks . I do like sharing with the horde because many of my painting subjects /ideas have come from aos.

Posted by: polynikes at August 17, 2026 08:08 PM (KC5Lt)

28 My experience with raccoons is when they are rabid you will know it. Cause they will come after your ass.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 17, 2026 08:08 PM (viF8m)

29 Rev. Wishbone

I just have one thought watching that raccoon rescue girl. One thought.

Is her grandma widowed?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 17, 2026 08:09 PM (u82oZ)

30 A coon will grab hold of a dog and try to drown it. Good thing she wasn't a dog. Anyway, one dumb enough to be swimming around out there deserves to be catfish bait. Stupid garbage pandas.

Posted by: fd at August 17, 2026 08:10 PM (MWfyi)

31 Eris @ 26: yes, this!

*fistbump*

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 17, 2026 08:11 PM (VyBeY)

32
A coon will grab hold of a dog and try to drown it.

I saw that in a Twilight Zone episode. The Hunt.

Posted by: Judge Herman Munster at August 17, 2026 08:14 PM (Cqx++)

33 I find it interesting that the media is now basically calling Trump a pussy for scaling back some exercises with South Korea.The same media that usually decries such maneuvers as provocative.

Posted by: steevy at August 17, 2026 08:14 PM (YwEeS)

34 Speaking of cartoons, the reboot of King of the Hill does not disappoint.

I'm waiting for the 17th season of Bob's Burgers. 16th season only had 15 episodes.

Posted by: polynikes at August 17, 2026 08:15 PM (KC5Lt)

35 they'll say anything to take a shot at PDT.
"the issue is never the issue; the issue is always the revolution"

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 17, 2026 08:17 PM (VyBeY)

36 find it interesting that the media is now basically calling Trump a pussy for scaling back some exercises with South Korea.The same media that usually decries such maneuvers as provocative.
Posted by: steevy at August 17, 2026 08:14 PM (YwEeS

He did the same thing in his first term.

Posted by: polynikes at August 17, 2026 08:17 PM (KC5Lt)

37 Trump Derangement Syndrome.

It's long since moved into twilight zone territory. They simply cannot acknowledge that he might be correct on any issue whatsoever. The word came down long ago that he is not to be considered human in any way (nor his supporters, by the way... ponder that) So they have to reflexively take an opposite take on anything. Any Thing.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 17, 2026 08:17 PM (akQZV)

38 I've been watching episodes of "Freakazoid". It's so deliriously random. The 90's had some excellent cartoons, like "Animaniacs" and "Pinky and the Brain", that purported grownups can enjoy even more than the kiddos. I'd put early Aughts "Invader Zim" in that category too.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes

Why, yes there were, little lady. How's about you and me get some dinner, and you can get some grownup enjoyment out of this one afterwards?

Posted by: Johnny Bravo at August 17, 2026 08:18 PM (orDeD)

39 Love Bob's Burgers.

I like to chill out to "Bob's Burgers Lo-Fry Beats" on YouTube.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 17, 2026 08:18 PM (kpS4V)

40 Why, yes there were, little lady. How's about you and me get some dinner, and you can get some grownup enjoyment out of this one afterwards?
Posted by: Johnny Bravo at August 17, 2026 08:18 PM (orDeD)

Do The Monkey!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 17, 2026 08:19 PM (kpS4V)

41 I want racoon girl to come rescue me.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 17, 2026 08:06 PM (tvdD1)

You would think it would be sexy and fun, right? But she will just drag you to the creek and dunk you repeatedly before making you eat raw crawdads.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 17, 2026 08:19 PM (rbvCR)

42 My cousin must be part coon. I saved his ass from drowning and he tried to drown me almost the entire time .

Posted by: polynikes at August 17, 2026 08:19 PM (KC5Lt)

43 Trump gave a great presentation to Kim about developing the NK beaches into resorts. NK leaders want a hereditary Communist tyrant to rule over that burnt out anthill that can't feed itself.

Meanwhile the best NK Army troops are seeing how Russia is more advanced, with food and readily available porn. Methinks this will be trouble down the line.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 17, 2026 08:20 PM (u82oZ)

44 No walking tonight. A thunderstorm blew through. I'll golf tomorrow. That will get a walk in, plus bad golf!! Winning!!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 17, 2026 08:21 PM (sAmhv)

45
Her Majesty passed through the Flint Hills on her drive today. It was quite windy and she said her eyes were burning from the ash.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2026 08:21 PM (O0L8i)

46 >>>>I'd put early Aughts "Invader Zim" in that category too.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes
****
I'd watch Zim with my son and we'd both laugh our asses off. It was a great cartoon along with 2 Angry Beavers and Cat Dog.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at August 17, 2026 08:22 PM (yyBU8)

47 Hadrian the Seventh

???
She could have stopped at my place. I have an RV pad.

No smoke around here. That's in Western Kansas.
Windy. Sure. A day ending in Y.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 17, 2026 08:23 PM (u82oZ)

48 North Korean Dictatorship Ends : And Why that is a Bad Thing

The media if Trump gets rid of the regime

Posted by: steevy at August 17, 2026 08:24 PM (YwEeS)

49 Evenin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at August 17, 2026 08:24 PM (77rzZ)

50
Looks like SpaceX is having some trouble towing that Starship. They were planning to tow it to the port in Dampier, Australia, but they are now headed to Christmas Island with it, looks like. What they'll do with it there, who knows. They don't have any big port facilities there to handle something like that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 17, 2026 08:26 PM (w6EFb)

51 what, no more warmth of collectivism for the norks?

Inconceivable!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 17, 2026 08:26 PM (VyBeY)

52 Darkwing Duck!

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 17, 2026 08:26 PM (Sco7b)

53
It broke 100F here today around 4:30PM, first time this year.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 17, 2026 08:26 PM (w6EFb)

54 I'm using Brave for the AoSHQ. Why is it the only one bebothered by that awful pop-up? And why can't Pixy fix it?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 17, 2026 08:27 PM (kpS4V)

55
She could have stopped at my place. I have an RV pad.

_________

Thank you. I try, mentally, to think of Hordians who might be along her route in her frequent travels in case there's a catastrophe.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2026 08:27 PM (O0L8i)

56 I didn't see a racoon in the video

Posted by: what the cat drug in at August 17, 2026 08:27 PM (jrgJz)

57 25 I want racoon girl to come rescue me.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

In modern America, you'll get Squirrel Girl. And the comic accurate version: https://tinyurl.com/2zkyrvr3

Not the cuter Marvel Rivals version: https://tinyurl.com/bszahwwc

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 17, 2026 08:28 PM (orDeD)

58 NaCly Dog, I think that you are Professor Marvel from The Wizard of Oz. Say hello to your horse Sylvester for me, and mention me to the crowned heads of Europe.

Posted by: Bulg at August 17, 2026 08:29 PM (77rzZ)

59 Back in the 80s, Billy West used to do Ren & Stimpy bits on WBCN radio. He was a very funny guy.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 17, 2026 08:29 PM (viF8m)

60 SpaceX launched from Kwajalein Atoll back in the day.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 17, 2026 08:30 PM (kpS4V)

61 Those NK army guys are marked for death.

Posted by: Accomack at August 17, 2026 08:30 PM (T8bqm)

62 Posted by: fd at August 17, 2026 08:10 PM (MWfyi)

I'm of the belief that the animals in these videos are dropped into the water by the same people that rescue them.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 17, 2026 08:31 PM (R86kT)

63 59 “Stimpy, You Idiot!”

They were around in the 80s?

Posted by: Bulg at August 17, 2026 08:31 PM (77rzZ)

64 There was a time when Anna Kendrick was going to play Squirrel Girl.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 17, 2026 08:32 PM (YZ0Fo)

65 25 I want racoon girl to come rescue me.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

In modern America, you'll get Squirrel Girl. And the comic accurate version: https://tinyurl.com/2zkyrvr3

Not the cuter Marvel Rivals version: https://tinyurl.com/bszahwwc
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 17, 2026 08:28 PM (orDeD)

Never seen that ugly one before. The one I saw looked a lot like the Rivals one. The running joke is that she could always beat the most powerful villains with her squirrels....offscreen.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 08:33 PM (uhVAy)

66 They were talking about making a Squirrel Girl movie at one time, starring toothy Anna Kendrick, but that went nowhere.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 17, 2026 08:33 PM (kpS4V)

67 I was talking to a someone who works for the Virginia rocket GSE that Rocket Lab is dredging part of Chincoteague harbor so they can land their rockets on a barge there.

Posted by: Accomack at August 17, 2026 08:34 PM (T8bqm)

68 >>They were around in the 80s?

Maybe it was the 90s. The past is all blending together.

That was when FM radio still ruled.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 17, 2026 08:36 PM (viF8m)

69 Ken James/@openshutter21 does some lovely photography, ace. A very nice Cafe opening.

---
16. Not easy to get the quality you want in just 30 minutes. See nic.
Posted by: polynikes

But you've clearly done it! You're so talented. Thank you for sharing again.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 17, 2026 08:37 PM (NFX2v)

70 Saw a pretty indepth video on one of the creators of Ren and Stimpy. Pretty sick and perverted individual. Kind of a cartoon genius, but a sicko creeper and shitty employee, which is why the show stalled and failed (along with his career, mostly).

https://tinyurl.com/yc763kms

Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 17, 2026 08:38 PM (orDeD)

71 Toothy Anna Kendrick could tooth me anytime.

Posted by: Bulg at August 17, 2026 08:38 PM (77rzZ)

72 Thanks for the nice animal stories, Ace.

Just wanted to pop back in very briefly with a story about Trump in the Oval Office meeting with the teen lifeguard and the boy he saved. From "Legal Insurrection" site

https://tinyurl.com/3zs7rsb3

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 17, 2026 08:41 PM (xSAlF)

73 Never seen that ugly one before. The one I saw looked a lot like the Rivals one. The running joke is that she could always beat the most powerful villains with her squirrels....offscreen.
Posted by: Oldca

My understanding (I'm no comic book guy) is mostly man-hating woke women wrote her, so she was deliberately made not to appeal to the "male gaze". Marvel Rivals was mostly made by the Chinese, who want to make money, so they ensured her (and especially all the female characters) are attractive.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 17, 2026 08:41 PM (orDeD)

74 publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

There are ships, usually in Dutch salvage firms, that can load it up with no problem.

Glad to hear it is still afloat. Sea state in the area was pretty high.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 17, 2026 08:41 PM (u82oZ)

75 Hadrian the Seventh

I'm north of Manhattan, about an hour or so away from Topeka.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 17, 2026 08:43 PM (u82oZ)

76 My understanding (I'm no comic book guy) is mostly man-hating woke women wrote her, so she was deliberately made not to appeal to the "male gaze". Marvel Rivals was mostly made by the Chinese, who want to make money, so they ensured her (and especially all the female characters) are attractive.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 17, 2026 08:41 PM (orDeD)
----

It was written by Ryan North and was very lighthearted and funny.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 17, 2026 08:44 PM (kpS4V)

77 Good evening good people.

Supper for today's Cafe was chicken cutlets. Not quite like Gramma used to make but I'm getting better with them.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 17, 2026 08:45 PM (hrOJm)

78 I've been watching episodes of "Freakazoid". It's so deliriously random. The 90's had some excellent cartoons, like "Animaniacs" and "Pinky and the Brain", that purported grownups can enjoy even more than the kiddos. I'd put early Aughts "Invader Zim" in that category too.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes

I have DVD's of all the Invader Zim episodes, some of which include commentary from the director and cast.

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 17, 2026 08:45 PM (nbLIj)

79 But she will just drag you to the creek and dunk you repeatedly before making you eat raw crawdads.

* considers *

Um, OK.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 17, 2026 08:45 PM (vTZFs)

80 Never seen that ugly one before. The one I saw looked a lot like the Rivals one. The running joke is that she could always beat the most powerful villains with her squirrels....offscreen.
Posted by: Oldca

My understanding (I'm no comic book guy) is mostly man-hating woke women wrote her, so she was deliberately made not to appeal to the "male gaze". Marvel Rivals was mostly made by the Chinese, who want to make money, so they ensured her (and especially all the female characters) are attractive.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 17, 2026 08:41 PM (orDeD)

The original was put out by 2 dudes in 1991. I can believe the picture you showed was a woke revival in the 2020s as you describe.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 08:47 PM (uhVAy)

81 They were talking about making a Squirrel Girl movie at one time, starring toothy Anna Kendrick, but that went nowhere.

Good. Squirrel Girl is a one-time joke character.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 17, 2026 08:47 PM (vTZFs)

82
From what I've read about it, there is no way to hoist Starship without destroying it -- no lift points that could stand the forces necessary when it's horizontal without breaking something. And when you add the rough seas there, it's just impossible.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 17, 2026 08:47 PM (w6EFb)

83 I have DVD's of all the Invader Zim episodes, some of which include commentary from the director and cast.
Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 17, 2026 08:45 PM (nbLIj)
----

Same, just in case the Irkans actually arrive and get rid of all streaming services.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 17, 2026 08:48 PM (kpS4V)

84 I still generally hate fiction. Dickens excepted. And poetry, e.g., Paradise Lost.

Posted by: Bulg at August 17, 2026 08:48 PM (77rzZ)

85 Hello cafe peeps!

Posted by: Piper at August 17, 2026 08:48 PM (ZdaMQ)

86 Piper! Howdy, Dear Lady!

Posted by: Bulg at August 17, 2026 08:50 PM (77rzZ)

87 Hi, Bulgaria, it’s quiet in here.

Posted by: Piper at August 17, 2026 08:51 PM (ZdaMQ)

88 It was written by Ryan North and was very lighthearted and funny.
Posted by: All Hail Eris

I asked Grok, and here's what it said on the cartoonists that have drawn her:

Early Ditko = intentionally odd gag character.

Henderson-era (and similar) = intentionally non-glamorous, expressive cartooning that matches the comedy and rejects typical sexualized superheroine design.

Other artists = more standard attractive proportions and features.

There's a wide range of looks, and a lot of them are deliberately FUGLY. But not always for political reasons, it seems

Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 17, 2026 08:52 PM (orDeD)

89 Wow, Autocorrect. Thanks for giving Bulg a formal name!

Posted by: Piper at August 17, 2026 08:53 PM (ZdaMQ)

90 …one of the creators of Ren and Stimpy… sick and perverted individual… a sicko creeper and shitty employee…

Like most modern animations, I've never watched any Ren, Stimpy, Doc, Morty, Beavis, Butthead, Sponge, Bob, South, or Park, but I have unavoidably caught snippets. The above assessment is totally unsurprising.

https://youtu.be/kFeMZ8p4aIo

Posted by: mindful webworker - hyenh hyenh hyenh at August 17, 2026 08:53 PM (Cl/mc)

91 publius

A lift ship is the answer. Like ones used for the USS Cole and USS Roberts.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 17, 2026 08:53 PM (u82oZ)

92 87 It’s never quiet in Bulgaria. Too many Slavs and and one Badass Byzantine Emperor.

Posted by: Bulg at August 17, 2026 08:53 PM (77rzZ)

93 89 Piper, my formal name is “Bulg,” bestowed by Ace himself.

Posted by: Bulg at August 17, 2026 08:55 PM (77rzZ)

94
It’s never quiet in Bulgaria. Too many Slavs and and one Badass Byzantine Emperor.
Posted by: Bulg at August 17, 2026 08:53 PM (77rzZ)

_________

Bulgaria: all the flaws of Russia and none of the accomplishments.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2026 08:55 PM (O0L8i)

95 94 Bulgaria, like Denmark, was able to get a lot of their Jews out before the Nazis took over.

Their king was not a fan of the Nazis, so they seemed to have offed him.

The king’s son, as a civilian, later served as Bulgaria’s PM. Weird how history works.

Posted by: Bulg at August 17, 2026 09:02 PM (77rzZ)

96
Hadrian the Thread Killer

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2026 09:02 PM (O0L8i)

97 Towing a Starship around, which was never intended to float, let alone be towed, in the ocean is like having a dancing bear.

"Behold the dancing bear! The marvel is not that he dances so well, but that he dances at all!"

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 17, 2026 09:02 PM (CSQvy)

98 Trio Mandili better look out. Beloe Zlato has them outnumbered.
youtube.com/watch?v=aRPllT954t0

Posted by: gp at August 17, 2026 09:04 PM (Jr5Lq)

99 Golden Retrievers are the best. They can sense things and react. A little dust up at my house this weekend, daughter with substance abuse problems beat me pretty bad. My golden hasn't left my side, can't even use the toilet without her head on my lap and her sad eyes looking up at me. They really should be able to be prescribed as medication.

Posted by: Molly k. at August 17, 2026 09:07 PM (j/yko)

100 They were talking about making a Squirrel Girl movie at one time, starring toothy Anna Kendrick, but that went nowhere.----

The last movie I saw with her was Thd Right Guy with Sam Rockwell. Absolutely loved that movie and not a big fan of her. She was perfect in the role.

Posted by: polynikes at August 17, 2026 09:09 PM (KC5Lt)

101 96 Hadrian, just comment on old threads, and we’ll be fine.

Posted by: Bulg at August 17, 2026 09:10 PM (77rzZ)

102 Molly k.

Peace be with you. I’m so sorry. Please don’t make excuses for your daughter. Keep her out of your home. Please tell me you called 911 and she was arrested.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 17, 2026 09:10 PM (cNUHy)

103 In all those, "person saves animal from drowning" videos I always assume the critter is just living his best life, almost to the other shore, where he intended to cross to, and someone "saves" him by bringing him back to the place he started.

Posted by: banana Dream at August 17, 2026 09:11 PM (3uBP9)

104 What about Sandy Cheeks?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 17, 2026 09:11 PM (Cqx++)

105 Posted by: Molly k. at August 17, 2026 09:07 PM (j/yko)

WTF?

Posted by: polynikes at August 17, 2026 09:12 PM (KC5Lt)

106 99 Molly K., I’m so sorry. I hope that your daughter gets help. Prayer up.

Posted by: Bulg at August 17, 2026 09:15 PM (77rzZ)

107 What nurse said.

Posted by: polynikes at August 17, 2026 09:16 PM (KC5Lt)

108 99 Molly, I am sorry you are dealing with something so difficult.

Posted by: Piper at August 17, 2026 09:16 PM (ZdaMQ)

109 What about Sandy Cheeks?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Okay, what's the deal with this:

Sandy is depicted as wearing a tube top/halter. Yet, female squirrels have multiple sets of breasts. Typically 4 sets.

This is as misleading as Otis from the cartoon Barnyard having an udder.

Boy, I say Boy! Some things just don't add up!!

Posted by: Tonypete at August 17, 2026 09:17 PM (hrOJm)

110 99. Molly, 🙏🏼. You do matter.

Glad you have the sweet dog but are you okay? I realize it's a very difficult decision but did you report it & get some assistance?

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 17, 2026 09:17 PM (NFX2v)

111
Molly,

I am so sorry

Posted by: four seasons at August 17, 2026 09:18 PM (/QHx4)

112
Oh no, Molly. What nurse said. You do neither yourself or your daughter any favors enduring this without her facing the consequences.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2026 09:19 PM (O0L8i)

113
And you have the very best dog in the world. They just know.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2026 09:20 PM (O0L8i)

114 So, we gotta get our main water line replaced tomorrow. 6+ hours without water. Yuck.

Posted by: Bulg at August 17, 2026 09:22 PM (77rzZ)

115 Dogs are awesome. The best non-human creatures ever.

Posted by: Bulg at August 17, 2026 09:24 PM (77rzZ)

116 Please tell me you called 911 and she was arrested.
..............

She was, I wasn't the one to press charges, the cops are required to so they did. They also had no choice but to put a no contact order on her. I'll be ok but I hope this is the bottom she needs to get help. Sorry to jack the thread, just wanted to put my two cents in about Goldens

Posted by: Mollly k. at August 17, 2026 09:25 PM (j/yko)

117 Prayers for all in your circle Molly.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 17, 2026 09:26 PM (hrOJm)

118 Molly K., God be with you and your daughter. May he bless and heal and comfort you both:

Posted by: Bulg at August 17, 2026 09:28 PM (77rzZ)

119 116 you didn’t jack anything. We all need people we can share with, even if those people are in grey boxes.

Posted by: Piper at August 17, 2026 09:29 PM (ZdaMQ)

120 Molly k
There is no “jacking the thread” when you need support and love.

I’m great fil you golden is there for you

Critters are proof that God loves us. And you are loved.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 17, 2026 09:30 PM (yEz+x)

121 {{{Molly k}}}

Prayers ascending for you, your Golden, and your daughter.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 17, 2026 09:31 PM (u82oZ)

122
Sorry to jack the thread

_________

Don't apologize. That's what we're here for. We may be a bunch of foul-mouthed reprobates, depressives, impecunious wastrels, and otherwise no-goodniks, but we care when someone has troubles.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2026 09:32 PM (O0L8i)

123 116. They're great dogs. Yours is your bright spot; glad you're together.

You didn't jack the thread. Yes, ditto, prayers for all in your circle, Molly. Keep in touch.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 17, 2026 09:32 PM (NFX2v)

124 What Hadrian said.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 17, 2026 09:43 PM (yEz+x)

125 Don't forget to hit the tip jar, morons. Ace deserves it.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 17, 2026 09:45 PM (tvdD1)

126 There is no “jacking the thread” when you need support and love.

Unless you're Masturbatin' Pete.

Posted by: self abuse is still abuse at August 17, 2026 10:03 PM (1nOPU)

127 That's what we're here for. We may be a bunch of foul-mouthed reprobates, depressives, impecunious wastrels, and otherwise no-goodniks, but we care when someone has troubles.

---------

Don't forget the rustlers, cut throats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperados, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglers, horse thieves, bull dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers, shit-kickers, and Methodists.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 17, 2026 10:07 PM (17rPF)

128 The waters are rising rapidly.

Posted by: mindful webworker - the dam is near overflowing at August 17, 2026 10:08 PM (Cl/mc)

129
George Orwell's "1984" (1956) Drama/Sci-Fi | Edmond O'Brien, Michael Redgrave

wtf

I have never heard of this

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 17, 2026 10:10 PM (/+uur)

130 Hitting F5 like a monkey on crack over here.......

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 17, 2026 10:11 PM (SRRAx)

131 Don't look, Ethyl!

Posted by: Ray Stevens at August 17, 2026 10:11 PM (17rPF)

132 Fitty quatoos says it's CBD's ONT tonight.

Posted by: mindful webworker - place your bests at August 17, 2026 10:13 PM (Cl/mc)

133 Berserker could help them transition from kick start to electric.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 17, 2026 10:15 PM (iLKq8)

134 128 The waters are rising rapidly.
Posted by: mindful webworker

youtu.be/AjxSN2HrqwI

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 17, 2026 10:17 PM (sAmhv)

135 I shall immanentize the ONT by commenting here.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 17, 2026 10:18 PM (kpS4V)

136 ***starts sweating, walks around in a very agitated state***

Jonesing for my fix here, Boss.....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 17, 2026 10:19 PM (SRRAx)

137 Just when you think AI is bad
remember that in 2008 Obama said ATMs were bad.
At that time ATMs were 41 years old.

Approximately 2.8 million ATMs were installed worldwide in 2008.

Idiots talk about things that have already happened and are everywhere.

Big Blue was 1996. About 30 years ago. It took Big Blue about 7 months to win Championship.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 17, 2026 10:19 PM (/+uur)

138 The Cafe’s been up since 7:40. I’d say it’s getting a little long in the tooth.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 17, 2026 10:20 PM (ZVgZ4)

139 Fitty quatoos says it's CBD's ONT tonight
----

He's making artisanal ice for his cocktail.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 17, 2026 10:20 PM (kpS4V)

140 No ONT tonight?

Posted by: Joyenz at August 17, 2026 10:21 PM (2F0/Y)

141 Nood.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 17, 2026 10:21 PM (M/bUm)

142 I'm sad to report that the story about the hawt Kansas woman heading goats through a Wal-Mart whilst drinking a margarita are completely false.

*cancels flight to Kansas*

Posted by: Diogenes at August 17, 2026 10:23 PM (2WIwB)

143 Trumpty gonna ",Bomb the shit out of em(Oman)"

Ooooof.

Posted by: GigantorX at August 17, 2026 10:45 PM (njguD)

144 Watching those ABC promos, anyone else notice how much happier people seemed to be in the 70's and 80's (and yeah, it's a commercial, I get it but still...)? Back before everything was political, us versus them, I hate you, you hate me (and seeing that shot of the Twin Towers still standing didn't help any). I'm actually very happy that I'm much closer to the end then the beginning. I don't really care to see what this country is going to be in another 20 or so years.

Posted by: USMCMGB at August 18, 2026 06:42 AM (7xsGW)

Quick Hits

Trump's tariffs on Canada are about to hit. Suddenly our Gay Race Communist neighbors want to negotiate.

Facing President Donald Trump's crippling tariff threat that's set to come into effect on Wednesday, Canada is continuing to negotiate a trade deal that will allow it to avoid the tariffs and get additional relief on existing tariffs in key sectors.
However, despite meetings between Canadian and American negotiators over the last three weeks, the two countries can't move beyond an impasse in these last days, the CBC reported.
Negotiators fear there may be no way to avoid the 50% tariffs on hundreds of Canadian goods, the CBC's source said. Washington isn't budging on its demands while the Canadian government hopes to convince provinces to lift restrictions on American alcohol.
Trump imposed the tariffs due to what he said is discrimination toward U.S. automobile, dairy and alcohol sectors.

Oof: Nancy Mace shows off her full-sleeve tattoos. Feminist women are really determined to uglify themselves to Defeat the Male Gaze.

NY Post:

Nancy Mace reveals why she got 9 tattoos in 'rapid succession' while serving in Congress

I'm going to guess: Typical mental breakdown of a feminist white woman reverting to 8th grade patterns of self-harm?

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) has gotten nine tattoos as a member of Congress because getting inked provides "the pain that I need to feel," the congresswoman said in a revealing profile released on Friday.
The 48-year-old congresswoman got the tattoos in "rapid succession" between a period in late 2023 and early 2024, marked by the breakup with her fiancé and an exodus of staffers from her office, some of whom viewed working for Mace as "toxic," according to Politico.
Aside from a need to feel "pain," Mace described getting tattoos as a way to "reclaim" her body and identity.

One of her nine tattoos is the opening line of Virginia Woolf's famous novel, "Mrs. Dalloway."
Woolf, as Politico pointed out, committed suicide in 1941 over fears "she was going mad."
"So my story is I am totally broken," the congresswoman and South Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidate is quoted as saying in the profile.
Mace details the strained relationship she has with her father, her struggles in becoming the first female graduate at The Citadel and alleged instances of sexual molestation and rape that she's been the victim of throughout the piece.
"I have PTSD over what I've been through," she said.

So yes, she was cutting herself so that she could feel alive.

What do I win?

I cannot wait until this toxic basket-case is out of public life.

Alas, that will never happen. She will just go the way of Marjorie Trailer-Queen, and become an "Influencer" claiming to be "true MAGA" while attacking MAGA.

All because we disagreed with these talentless narcissists about how important they were to the movement.

Of course:

Plans to ban white swimmers from Berlin public pool trigger backlash

A Berlin pool was forced to cancel an event that excluded white swimmers after it faced a backlash.
The Volksb�hne, a theatre in the city centre, was allocated [Euro]300,000 (£255,000) of taxpayers' money to open a "people's swimming pool", which it initially pledged would be "open for all who are seeking to cool down in the increasingly hot Berlin summers".
But the Volksbüaut;hne advertised an event scheduled for Friday in which the pool would be open "exclusively to black communities" for six hours as part of a collaboration with the non-governmental organisation Each One Teach One.

Oh, an NGO pushing Third World Supremacy. What a surprise.

Stefan Evers, the city's finance minister, who is running as the Christian Democrat candidate for mayor, said: "I don't believe in dividing people by skin colour."
He added: "I understood the 'People's Swimming Pool' as a swimming pool for everyone."

The move was also opposed by Christoph Meyer, the centre-Right Free Democratic Party candidate, who said: "Public spaces must bring society together, not segregate people based on skin colour."
Elif Eralp, the Left Party's candidate for mayor and the current front-runner in September's election, defended the exclusion of white swimmers, saying: "On Friday, an association has booked the pool for its members legally. In doing so, the People's Swimming Pool provides access for people who are frequently affected by exclusion and racism. Labelling this as a form of discrimination is very revealing."

Steffen Krach, the Social Democratic Party candidate, added: "One can debate the decision made by the [event organisers], but not at the expense of people of colour."
The event has since been cancelled, with the theatre complaining that it had become a "target of Right-wing and racist incitement".
...
This scorching summer has broken records for Germany's hottest day ever, and 12,500 people, mostly aged 85 or older, have died owing to the extreme heat, according to the Robert Koch Institute.

The line between "we want equity" and "we demand to be made your masters" has never been thinner or briefer.

A doctor in Ceuta is almost crying on live television.

Every hospital is completely overrun with migrants. Rooms are full. Medicine is running out. They even opened a dedicated hospital for migrants, and that one is full too.

Doctors are afraid to treat them.
They�re scared� pic.twitter.com/rcU2qaxViu
— Yossi BenYakar (@YossiBenYakar) August 16, 2026

🚨#BREAKING: Absolute CHAOS broke out at the Wisconsin State Fair as "teens" began BEATING ANYONE IN SIGHT.

MULTIPLE police officers were badly beaten, as families with kids were seen RUNNING FOR THEIR LIVES as teens began brawling.

WE DON'T HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THIS!!! pic.twitter.com/gBbE73ph3f
— Matt Van Swol (@mattvanswol) August 17, 2026

Wall Street Apes
@WallStreetApes

This American works at a food pantry that gives out free food to Americans in need
He says Muslims have started coming and they won't accept the free food offered. They are demanding no pork and Halal options
He's tired of their demands and is speaking up about Muslims not assimilating
"Listen, I'm all for people having a better life, but when you start demanding... Like, if your religion prohibits you from eating whatever it is that you eat, that's your problem. That's not a US American problem.
I work at a pantry, and we also gave a free lunch, a free meal, and we had to be deciphering between pork and non-pork, and they wanted halal.... Like, at the end of the day, we're giving you a free meal. At the end of the day, you chose to come here. You know our way of life. So it's either assimilate or leave -- another thing, I'm with Spain. No head coverings"
He also says he's sick of people not following our immigration polices and also when they get he's tired of watching horrible things happen. Like our churches burning down in New York City
Something must be done, this can't continue

This American works at a food pantry that gives out free food to Americans in need

He says Muslims have started coming and they won�t accept the free food offered. They are demanding no pork and Halal options

He�s tired of their demands and is speaking up about Muslims not� pic.twitter.com/npQqZhZvSg
— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) August 17, 2026

Trump tells a "reporter" from Al Jazeera that she's loud, boisterous, and uncivilized.

He doesn't say "uncivilized." But it's right there.

🔥 LMAO! President Trump just CHASTISED a CNN reporter for "SCREAMING" in the Oval Office, and even got the ten year old next to him to agree 🤣

"You're VERY disrespectful in front of this young man, OK?"

"Don't you find her disrespectful? He understands! QUIET!"

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— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) August 17, 2026

�Woke 1 was crazyyyy�

Woke 1: pic.twitter.com/6WPvBMLE7o
— Siraj Hashmi (@SirajAHashmi) August 16, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:40 PM

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1 Yeah

Posted by: Bete at August 17, 2026 06:42 PM (LX4y3)

2 A lot of people here are ungrateful, anti-American socialist sub-human pieces of shit.

Spank us harder.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 17, 2026 06:42 PM (Sco7b)

3 Corgis called

Posted by: Bete at August 17, 2026 06:42 PM (LX4y3)

4 A Berlin pool was forced to cancel an event that excluded white swimmers after it faced a backlash.

What colour were the lifeguards?

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 17, 2026 06:43 PM (/+uur)

5 Segregated swimming pools. We are so back, as the kids say

Posted by: Jimmy Brock at August 17, 2026 06:43 PM (wGerL)

6 I'll smuggle all of you maple syrup and toques.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 17, 2026 06:43 PM (Sco7b)

7 Nancy Mace in a remake of The Illustrated Woe-man?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 17, 2026 06:43 PM (2GVsD)

8
What is it about female politicians of either party that turns them into wacko drama queens? Maybe they shouldn't be eligible for office before 50.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2026 06:43 PM (O0L8i)

9
What pain does Crazy Mace have?

That witch has no idea what pain is.

Posted by: four seasons at August 17, 2026 06:43 PM (/QHx4)

10 Could have been!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 17, 2026 06:45 PM (NnhvP)

11 Gotta love Milwaukee.

Posted by: Bete at August 17, 2026 06:45 PM (LX4y3)

12 Women who get multiple tats in a short time frame like she did have serious mental issues. It is pretty much the same as cutting themselves.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 17, 2026 06:46 PM (cpFbA)

13 mace yuck

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 17, 2026 06:46 PM (CWTWj)

14 Dear Wisconsin police.

Batons, tasers, and water cannons. Followed by arrests.

That was a riot, not a carnival.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 17, 2026 06:46 PM (2GVsD)

15 It's astonishing (not really) to see people getting hit with a clue-by-four and starting to show a glimmer of understanding.

But it's like a significant component is on a 35 year time delay. Everybody learns at their own pace, but jeeze louise. LOL

Posted by: Common Tater at August 17, 2026 06:47 PM (akQZV)

16 5 Segregated swimming pools. We are so back, as the kids say
Posted by: Jimmy Brock at August 17, 2026 06:43 PM (wGerL)

Corn Pop waz kangz in those days.

Posted by: Bete at August 17, 2026 06:47 PM (LX4y3)

17 Awwww, the poor muzzies...

"Listen, I'm all for people having a better life, but when you start demanding... Like, if your religion prohibits you from eating whatever it is that you eat, that's your problem. That's not a US American problem"

The food bank doesn't have halal.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 17, 2026 06:47 PM (Sco7b)

18
Women who get multiple tats in a short time frame like she did have serious mental issues. It is pretty much the same as cutting themselves.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 17, 2026 06:46 PM (cpFbA)

___________

Above and beyond the routine mental issues?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2026 06:47 PM (O0L8i)

19 Fuck you ya silly gash, "the pain that i need to feel", what are you, thirteen? Gonna crybully your abusive stepdad into a ride for you and your fat friends to the My Bloody Valentine concert? Gonna go steal a bunch of cheap shit from the Boscov's just to piss off your mommy?

Get a tattoo because tattoos are neat and you want a tattoo, don't make it Somebody's Fault, you damn sad sack.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 17, 2026 06:47 PM (Ot/FD)

20 Fuckin Whine Mom

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 17, 2026 06:48 PM (Ot/FD)

21 Absolute CHAOS broke out at the Wisconsin State Fair as "teens" began BEATING ANYONE IN SIGHT.

MULTIPLE police officers were badly beaten, as families with kids were seen RUNNING FOR THEIR LIVES as teens began brawling.

WE DON'T HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THIS!!!
====

Yeah, when it's state policy you do.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 17, 2026 06:48 PM (JvZF+)

22 WE DON'T HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THIS!!!

Apparently we do. Someone replied on that X post that until bodies start dropping, these displays of feral madness will continue. Now, I'm not advocating unloading a gatling gun on feral yutes, BUT, I'd understand.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 17, 2026 06:48 PM (sAmhv)

23 >> 12 Women who get multiple tats in a short time frame like she did have serious mental issues. It is pretty much the same as cutting themselves.

Like Hong in Wisconsin. And both think they should be governor.

Posted by: the dandy at August 17, 2026 06:49 PM (8l8nW)

24 BLM freaks are mad at Marvel for casting Maya Boyd as Storm in their new X-Men movie.

The lovely Maya Boyd is not dark skinned enough to suit their racist prejudices.

No one show them pictures of Halle Berry as Storm.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 17, 2026 06:49 PM (2GVsD)

25 Nancy Mace is the fault of White Men.

1920s White Men. How weak do you have to be to say "Hey, sure, this one fat bitch keeps walking into the bar and trying to chop the keg. Lets give 'em all the vote".

Nancy Mace is not a surprise at all. She's pretty damn typical.

Posted by: Howdy at August 17, 2026 06:49 PM (zGa1Y)

26 msn dot com:
Since announcing that she was freezing her eggs on Instagram last weekend, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has spent the week taking her 9.6 million followers along for the ride -- chronicling the process in detailed videos and answering questions while administering her shots.

ny post:
Far-left Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez haughtily proclaimed she doesn’t discuss her personal life just days after posting a video showcasing every step of her ongoing fertility treatment in excruciating detail.

She declined to answer when a Post reporter asked about her split from longtime fiancé Riley Roberts as she exited her Queens apartment building Wednesday morning to walk her French bulldog, Deco, whom she shared with Roberts.

"I don't comment on my private life -- thank you," the Democrat darling said with a smile -- and sans engagement ring -- before clamming up and refusing to respond to any follow-ups.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 17, 2026 06:49 PM (CWTWj)

27 Back in my yoot, I was in Lyon France with my parents and another family, as part of a travel junket my father was on.

Seeing as the adults were otherwise occupied, the daughter of the other couple, and myself, went to the very large public pool in the city.

It was August, it was hot, we were bored ... and Kit looked cute in a one pice speed suit.

We had fun, no hassles from the Lyonaisse. While this was '69-'70, the mix of peoples was apparent, but not an issue.

When we went out to dinner that night with others in our travel group, they were appalled that we would mingle with the great unwashed in a public pool. The French hosts especially were mortified at our actions.

Posted by: browndog says woof at August 17, 2026 06:50 PM (3sXRv)

28 Sorry to inform, you cannot afford halal so go hungry.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 17, 2026 06:50 PM (JvZF+)

29 "Negotiators fear there may be no way to avoid the 50% tariffs on hundreds of Canadian goods, the CBC's source said. Washington isn't budging on its demands while the Canadian government hopes to convince provinces to lift restrictions on American alcohol. "

You know where a good place to start talking about reducing tariffs would be? How about we start with the 250% tariff on US dairy products that canada imposes on US dairy farmers, we could start the good faith negotiations there.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 17, 2026 06:50 PM (cpFbA)

30 >>The event has since been cancelled, with the theatre complaining that it had become a "target of Right-wing and racist incitement".

So the people who don't want a pool segregated by race are the racist people? Do I have that right?

These people are a sad joke. Not a funny one, a sad one.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 17, 2026 06:50 PM (viF8m)

31 Wisconsin teens, huh?

Mennonite?

No?

Posted by: man at August 17, 2026 06:50 PM (XuXeR)

32 Absolute CHAOS broke out at the Wisconsin State Fair as "teens" began BEATING ANYONE IN SIGHT.

Could not happen to a state more deserving.

The Upper Midwest is Weaponized Polite. Mormons with Colder Weather.

Frankly. Fuck 'em.

Posted by: Howdy at August 17, 2026 06:51 PM (zGa1Y)

33 BLM freaks are mad at Marvel for casting Maya Boyd as Storm in their new X-Men movie.

The lovely Maya Boyd is not dark skinned enough to suit their racist prejudices.

No one show them pictures of Halle Berry as Storm.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Or Alexandra shipp who played storm in the "new" timeline

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 17, 2026 06:51 PM (YZ0Fo)

34 I feel like we are approaching the "Britney Spears shaved head" part of Mace's arc. I cannot look away.

I always went on a tattoo spree when I was having a manic episode.

Yep. Speculation from an unqualified nobody - she has alcoholism/substance abuse problems superimposed on a chronic, untreated mental health issue (like bipolar).

She saw for herself a political career as a fall-in-line, loud, obedient MAGA soldier...that was, until the day she saw the Epstein files. Something in those files broke her brain.

I can fix her. She isn’t terrible looking…. Just sayin...

thinks getting vaxed is injecting toxins, proceeds to get 100,000 injections of dubious ink particles

She’s desperate for attention to get that YT page up and running… gonna be hard to replace all that illegal politician income (allegedly)..

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 17, 2026 06:51 PM (orDeD)

35
The new thing for feminoids is whining about "unpaid mental labor" and "emotional load". Apparently, men do not suffer from these things.

Largely they stem from overthinking everything. Men see, then do. Many women are incapable of proceeding in a similarly linear fashion.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2026 06:51 PM (O0L8i)

36 Trump's tariffs on Canada are about to hit. Suddenly our Gay Race Communist neighbors want to negotiate.

Facing President Donald Trump's crippling tariff threat that's set to come into effect on Wednesday, Canada is continuing to negotiate a trade deal that will allow it to avoid the tariffs and get additional relief on existing tariffs in key sectors.
However, despite meetings between Canadian and American negotiators over the last three weeks, the two countries can't move beyond an impasse in these last days, the CBC reported.

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

So 50 pct is 'crippling' but Canada has had 100/200/350 pct tariffs on some US products for decades without issue. That means that Canada pays more for those products every day.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 06:52 PM (uhVAy)

37 "Trump's tariffs on Canada are about to hit. Suddenly our Gay Race Communist neighbors want to negotiate."

And then, there's this:

"The 2026 referendum will be held on October 19th with the Alberta government putting forward ten questions for Albertans to vote on. The questions on the ballot come out of the Alberta Next Panel's recommendations following extensive consultations with Albertans, subject-matter experts, and policymakers from across the province as part of the Alberta Next town hall process."

(albertareferendum2026.ca)

Posted by: mrp at August 17, 2026 06:52 PM (rj6Yv)

38 No one show them pictures of Halle Berry as Storm.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 17, 2026 06:49 PM (2GVsD)

Two of the young actresses I follow on Instagram were cast in the new Cheetah girls. One's latina, and became a US citizen a few months back, and the other is asian.

There were people complaining on the post that the cast isn't black.

That was sweet.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 17, 2026 06:53 PM (Sco7b)

39
*uck them. You are in America. Don't like the food then starve. We will have less of you worthless shits to deal with.

Posted by: four seasons at August 17, 2026 06:53 PM (/QHx4)

40 Canada doesn’t want a deal. They have presold everything to China.

Posted by: Accomack at August 17, 2026 06:53 PM (/Chlc)

41 Going for a walk, maybe. Looks like it might rain.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 17, 2026 06:53 PM (sAmhv)

42
I like the look of Nancy Mace's hair. Very 80's Whitesnake video. I could do without all the tattoo art.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 17, 2026 06:54 PM (OkYzo)

43 At least her tattoos were somewhat colorful. The young "lady" who drew blood out of my arm last week had tattoos all over her arms and hands. They were all basic blue ink and abstract symbols.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 17, 2026 06:55 PM (Cqx++)

44 Whitesnake?

She's no Tawny Kitane

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 17, 2026 06:55 PM (2GVsD)

45
I like the look of Nancy Mace's hair. Very 80's Whitesnake video. I could do without all the tattoo art.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 17, 2026 06:54 PM (OkYzo)

________

Unfortunately, it's attached to Nancy Mace.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2026 06:55 PM (O0L8i)

46 I can fix her. She isn’t terrible looking…. Just sayin...

========

Did an AoS commenter get loose on Reddit?

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 17, 2026 06:55 PM (YZ0Fo)

47 If a Jew refused to eat a non Kosher meal, you’d get a four page screed at the NY Times and a segment on 60 Minutes. The goat fondlers and their phony pedo prophet come in and the MSM and they bend over. Again. Like they did with Covid, the Russia hoax and everything else.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 17, 2026 06:55 PM (aZ9eR)

48 A Berlin pool was forced to cancel an event that excluded white swimmers after it faced a backlash.

What colour were the lifeguards?
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 17, 2026 06:43 PM (/+uur)

Where is Germany going to find a pool full of blacks? I thought their underclass of choice was Turkish.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 06:56 PM (uhVAy)

49 If Ace were to lead tomorrow off with a 'Nancy Mace goes Lorena Bobbit on Staffer' Story...

I would not really think it was odd. Not at all.

Posted by: garrett at August 17, 2026 06:56 PM (TjiFM)

50 Turks in Germany were several decades ago.

Now its Syrians.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 17, 2026 06:56 PM (2GVsD)

51 Wisconsin Dairy production alone would put the hurt on Canadia, never mind Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, New York, Vermont, etc etc. Now maybe we can't blame them entirely for wanting to protect their farmers. But I also suspect there is much more to it than this alone.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 17, 2026 06:57 PM (akQZV)

52
Mace is the SC nut, right? Not the CO nut.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2026 06:57 PM (O0L8i)

53 Mace etc They sell their soul and eventually the debt becomes due

Posted by: LASue at August 17, 2026 06:57 PM (mFhj8)

54 We really need a report from the field from Heather Radish for the current state of Germany.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 17, 2026 06:57 PM (2GVsD)

55 I can fix her. She isn’t terrible looking…. Just sayin...

The whole "don't stick your dick in crazy" thing here ?

They are all crazy. But that bitch is wearing signs saying "I'm Crazy !!! Don't go to sleep after we screw !!! Because I'm Crazy !!!".

I wouldn't let her on my porch.

Posted by: Howdy at August 17, 2026 06:57 PM (zGa1Y)

56 >>Where is Germany going to find a pool full of blacks? I thought their underclass of choice was Turkish.

There are a lot of Turks in Germany. A lot.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 17, 2026 06:58 PM (viF8m)

57 Three quick points about sleeves people should consider:

1) Ugly. Ink will fade and look like old bruised arms someday. Like you have a bleeding disorder or on Coumadin. I have seen people like this 10 years later. It ain't pretty.

2) Particles from ink go to your lymph system. Does this not concern you? What is it doing to you?

3) If you have melanoma how will you see it? You can die by not spotting skin cancer early.

Did any of these points occur to Mace (what a weirdo!)? You have pain because you are a pain. Deal with it. Go to a shrink. Stop being how you are. Pain from a tattoo will not stop your inner wacko, Mace.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 17, 2026 06:58 PM (hzuYO)

58 Nancy Mace has reached the fun part of her life nosedive. It now probably costs less to bang her than the cost of the antibiotics afterwards.

Maybe Republicans can finally stop voting for any 6 without a hammer and sickle tattooed across her fupa now.

Posted by: Sifty boones at August 17, 2026 06:58 PM (ZJokV)

59 Posted by: Howdy at August 17, 2026 06:49 PM (zGa1Y)

Yes, I'm sure Nancy Mace would be with the women in the 20's supporting prohibition LOL. By the way, men supported it too or it wouldn't have passed.

If we just took away the vote from all women things would be dandy because all women vote D and no men do. LOL . Sure thing, man of many handles . Good night now

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 17, 2026 06:58 PM (dom7w)

60 I warned people years ago about Mace. She has issues going back to the Citadel. It was daddy issues that got her there to begin with. The stories were out there from classmates but they got written off for the whole “first female” headline. They were claimed to be false attacks from her detractors.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 17, 2026 06:58 PM (aZ9eR)

61 *uck them. You are in America. Don't like the food then starve. We will have less of you worthless shits to deal with.
Posted by: four seasons at August 17, 2026 06:53 PM (/QHx4)

You want a Halal food bank? Make your own food bank then.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 06:59 PM (uhVAy)

62 Teenagers were beating people at the Wisconsin State Fair.

Yeah. Teenagers...

Posted by: Ralph at August 17, 2026 07:00 PM (8WZD4)

63 So yes, she was cutting herself so that she could feel alive.

Waiting..... to be disciplined
Aching..... for your nails across my skin
Waiting..... for the day when I will crawl
Waiting..... for the day when I will crawl away

Posted by: Porcupine Tree at August 17, 2026 07:00 PM (VHUov)

64
I can fix her. She isn’t terrible looking…. Just sayin...

__________

I used to thing a good rogering, repeated frequently, could cure most AWFLs. I now very much doubt it. They're incurable.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2026 07:00 PM (O0L8i)

65
On my husband's side of the family the boys went to The Citadel.

Mace and her father ruined The Citadel.

Why does everything have to be womanized and or pussified?

Btw, last time I checked I'm a woman, lol.

I hate all that shit.

Posted by: four seasons at August 17, 2026 07:00 PM (/QHx4)

66 "I understood the 'People's Swimming Pool' as a swimming pool for everyone."
......

To pee in.

Posted by: wth at August 17, 2026 07:00 PM (UjdFS)

67 Nancy Mace could be the first governor I'd want to motorboat.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 17, 2026 07:00 PM (bX16E)

68 But of course, there were no Flock cameras there so we can identify those Yutes that were recreating West Side Story... without the music or romance.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 17, 2026 07:00 PM (mP0Kj)

69 If we just took away the vote from all women things would be dandy because all women vote D and no men do. LOL . Sure thing, man of many handles . Good night now

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 17, 2026 06:58 PM (dom7w)

I get that Math is not your thing. Neither is history. Or basic facts.

Obama won because of White Women. Biden won because of White Women. Just facts.

I don't care if your night is good or bad. Just have one.

Posted by: Howdy at August 17, 2026 07:00 PM (zGa1Y)

70 Go back to where you came from. I’m sure there is plenty of bug infested halal there.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 17, 2026 07:00 PM (aZ9eR)

71 What Wisconsin needs is a law-and-order governor.

Posted by: mrp at August 17, 2026 07:01 PM (rj6Yv)

72 Teenagers were beating people at the Wisconsin State Fair.

Yeah. Teenagers...
Posted by: Ralph

It's the Obamacare definition, where you're a "teenager" until you're 26.

Especially if you're a black street thug.

Posted by: mikeski at August 17, 2026 07:01 PM (VHUov)

73 The new thing for feminoids is whining about "unpaid mental labor" and "emotional load". Apparently, men do not suffer from these things.

Largely they stem from overthinking everything. Men see, then do. Many women are incapable of proceeding in a similarly linear fashion.

I've seen plenty of couples where the woman has to be detail oriented and the man just waits for her to tell him what to do. He doesn't know what time the kid needs to be picked up from school. He doesn't know who the kid's doctor is. He doesn't pay the bills. He doesn't take the kid to practice. All he does is work and surf the internet when he gets home.

I suppose that can be somewhat normal if he's the only one working, but I've seen this when the wife works too.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 17, 2026 07:01 PM (mkw2N)

74 67 Nancy Mace could be the first governor I'd want to motorboat.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 17, 2026 07:00 PM (bX16E)

Pre Tats? yeah... now?

She no long is above the Hawt Crazy line.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 17, 2026 07:01 PM (mP0Kj)

75 >>I can fix her. She isn’t terrible looking…. Just sayin...

You can't fix her.

And those Tats will make her easy to ID. Shallow grave or no.
So, getting rid of her just got harder.

Posted by: garrett at August 17, 2026 07:01 PM (TjiFM)

76 Turks in Germany were several decades ago.

Now its Syrians.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 17, 2026 06:56 PM (2GVsD)

Still not black, unless they have repurposed that word to mean something different than the US when they copied or leftist race hucksters.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 07:01 PM (uhVAy)

77 I only go on Instagram here and there for a few minutes to not be pissed off.

But for months, I've been seeing ads for the Canadian Dairy board.

I get it. Protect farmers. Yeah, but maybe take a chainsaw to all the government bullshit they must have to deal with. Or just the government people themselves.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 17, 2026 07:01 PM (Sco7b)

78 On my husband's side of the family the boys went to The Citadel.

Mace and her father ruined The Citadel.

Why does everything have to be womanized and or pussified?

Btw, last time I checked I'm a woman, lol.

I hate all that shit.
Posted by: four seasons

Make Augusta Male Only Again

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 17, 2026 07:01 PM (YZ0Fo)

79 During Gulf War 1.0, there were lots and lots and lots of Iraqi refugees. They needed to be fed, and the brown-bag OG MREs were issued (by the millions, most likely). I was told the Iraqis were not too particular at all about any of it, and didn't refuse to eat them merely because of hog meat. They were truly hungry.

Since that time, there are now bespoke "Halal" rations, vegetarian, and humanitarian rations that won't offend the delicate sensibilities of our invader class. But the SOBs don't even put cigarettes in them any longer.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 17, 2026 07:02 PM (akQZV)

80 Mikeski, have you seen what happened to Nanahoshi?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 17, 2026 07:02 PM (2GVsD)

81 >>Nancy Mace could be the first governor I'd want to motorboat.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 17, 2026 07:00 PM (bX16E)

That's just plain hurtful.

Posted by: Chris Christie at August 17, 2026 07:02 PM (TjiFM)

82 You know where a good place to start talking about reducing tariffs would be? How about we start with the 250% tariff on US dairy products that canada imposes on US dairy farmers, we could start the good faith negotiations there.

Loooots of countries have yuge tarrifs on our stuff. Trump's plan was originally to point that out.

I think plans have... drifted in the absence of a clear directive.

Posted by: just saying at August 17, 2026 07:02 PM (GfUUV)

83 Mace is a fruitcake

Posted by: nckate at August 17, 2026 07:02 PM (enNUy)

84 67 Nancy Mace could be the first governor I'd want to motorboat.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov

Only because the election was stolen from me.

Posted by: Stacey Abrams at August 17, 2026 07:02 PM (orDeD)

85 Wisconsin Dairy production alone would put the hurt on Canadia, never mind Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, New York, Vermont, etc etc. Now maybe we can't blame them entirely for wanting to protect their farmers. But I also suspect there is much more to it than this alone.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 17, 2026 06:57 PM (akQZV)

Screw their cartels of Dairy people. Keep them alive by government contracts if you like. Regular folk will get cheaper dairy from Wisconsin. Milk in plastic bags.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 07:03 PM (uhVAy)

86 Don’t Mace me, bro !

Posted by: Fenderbender at August 17, 2026 07:03 PM (1FEc1)

87 Nancy Mace reveals why she got 9 tattoos in 'rapid succession' while serving in Congress

Nothing says "I'm a Real Christian" like drawing the Virgin Mary's head in your armpit.

Posted by: mikeski at August 17, 2026 07:03 PM (VHUov)

88
Speaking of difficult females, Diana is yelling at me about dinner.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2026 07:03 PM (O0L8i)

89 What Wisconsin needs is a law-and-order governor.

They won't pick one. Neither will Minnesota.

There were a few things in that book that Ace loved before he hated - American Fascism - that really were true.

The Upper Midwest was the birthplace of American Fascism. Still is the Petri Dish.

We can argue all day about "Is it the Scandi" or "Is it the Cold" ?

Posted by: Howdy at August 17, 2026 07:04 PM (zGa1Y)

90 >>Nancy Mace could be the first governor I'd want to motorboat.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov

I'd settle for Top 5, really.

Posted by: JB Pritzger at August 17, 2026 07:04 PM (TjiFM)

91 Teenagers were beating people at the Wisconsin State Fair.
------

4H kids, showing off their Prize Hogs, I'm sure.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 17, 2026 07:04 PM (akQZV)

92 I've seen plenty of couples where the woman has to be detail oriented and the man just waits for her to tell him what to do. He doesn't know what time the kid needs to be picked up from school. He doesn't know who the kid's doctor is. He doesn't pay the bills. He doesn't take the kid to practice.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 17, 2026 07:01 PM (mkw2N)

And part of the reason this happens? Because every single decision he tries to make on his own... every single time he takes initiative... he is somehow wrong.

Been there... did it... then got divorced and was a full time single parent, and suddenly... did everything on my own and it pretty much came out OK...

With a lot less stress.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 17, 2026 07:04 PM (mP0Kj)

93 Mikeski, have you seen what happened to Nanahoshi?
Posted by: Anna Puma

I'm a season or so behind on that one, sorry.

Posted by: mikeski at August 17, 2026 07:04 PM (VHUov)

94 That scene in Wisconsin is the worst case of mass lactose intolerance I have ever witnessed.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 17, 2026 07:04 PM (bX16E)

95
BruceWayne,

I agree with you. Men need their own spaces.

Shit is crazy.

Posted by: four seasons at August 17, 2026 07:05 PM (/QHx4)

96 Ceuta looks like hell on earth.

Yet the Spanish government lied to the world (and we knew they were lying) that they had it under control in days. And were deporting the barbarians back to Morocco. Sure. Right.

I have read of outbreaks of these inhumane freaks having all sorts of infectious diseases like this poor MD said: scabies, cholera, thyphoid,GI disease, impetigo, TB, measles...you name it. And we haven't begun to see the STD's and rapes yet.

There was to be a possible "new" wave of barbarians this past weekend, supported by Morocco. UGH

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 17, 2026 07:05 PM (hzuYO)

97 Three quick points about sleeves people should consider:

1) Ugly. Ink will fade and look like old bruised arms someday. Like you have a bleeding disorder or on Coumadin. I have seen people like this 10 years later. It ain't pretty.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 17, 2026 06:58 PM (hzuYO)

You also should consider distance and scale. A sleeve like hers might be interesting from 4 foot away, but from down the block it looks like you have smeared your self with used Valvoline motor oil.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 07:06 PM (uhVAy)

98 BruceWayne,

I agree with you. Men need their own spaces.

Shit is crazy.

Posted by: four seasons at August 17, 2026 07:05 PM (/QHx4)

they are getting those spaces now by not going out.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 07:06 PM (uhVAy)

99 'Terrifier 2' was a great movie. Brutal. Just brutal.

This one girl played 'Pale Face Girl' which was basically a creepy little girl clown. She posts pictures of people that get her character tattooed onto their bodies.

I asked her what that was like to see that. She loves it. Still has to be a bit weird though.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 17, 2026 07:07 PM (Sco7b)

100 With a lot less stress.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 17, 2026 07:04 PM (mP0Kj
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Amen

Posted by: 496 at August 17, 2026 07:07 PM (bx0xv)

101 Let me guess. The state fair is a "gun free" zone, isn't it? Animals that hurt humans need to learn fear.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 17, 2026 07:08 PM (vTZFs)

102 President DJT, during a press conference today, referred to GA Senator Jon Ossof as "Pee Wee Herman".

LOL!

Posted by: mrp at August 17, 2026 07:08 PM (rj6Yv)

103 Plans to ban white swimmers from Berlin public pool trigger backlash

-
Damn snowflake white people!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 17, 2026 07:08 PM (ndZc7)

104 Let me guess. The state fair is a "gun free" zone, isn't it? Animals that hurt humans need to learn fear.
Posted by: Oddbob at August

Ours is. Last year a group of "yutes" tossed guns over the fence to their buddies.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 17, 2026 07:09 PM (YZ0Fo)

105 I've seen plenty of couples where the woman has to be detail oriented and the man just waits for her to tell him what to do. He doesn't know what time the kid needs to be picked up from school. He doesn't know who the kid's doctor is. He doesn't pay the bills. He doesn't take the kid to practice.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 17, 2026 07:01 PM (mkw2N)

And part of the reason this happens? Because every single decision he tries to make on his own... every single time he takes initiative... he is somehow wrong.

Been there... did it... then got divorced and was a full time single parent, and suddenly... did everything on my own and it pretty much came out OK...

With a lot less stress.
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 17, 2026 07:04 PM (mP0Kj)

Things sure got a lot easier growing up when the 3 boys and Mom could take a different car than the three sisters, even before cell phones.

And my sisters were only somewhat crazy.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 07:09 PM (uhVAy)

106
And part of the reason this happens? Because every single decision he tries to make on his own... every single time he takes initiative... he is somehow wrong.

__________

The way I've always viewed it was that if I have the responsibility, I have the authority.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2026 07:10 PM (O0L8i)

107
Yutes that were recreating West Side Story... without the music or romance.
Posted by: Romeo13

L'Trina
I just met a girl named L'Trina

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 17, 2026 07:11 PM (Cqx++)

108 "So 50 pct is 'crippling' but Canada has had 100/200/350 pct tariffs on some US products for decades without issue. That means that Canada pays more for those products every day.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 06:52 PM (uhVAy) "

exactly. dairy products in particular. fuggem. hit 'em harder!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 17, 2026 07:11 PM (VyBeY)

109 Women who get multiple tats in a short time frame like she did have serious mental issues. It is pretty much the same as cutting themselves.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 17, 2026 06:46 PM (cpFbA)

I would say those like her are mentally and/or spiritually deranged. But people would object. So I won't say it.

Posted by: Anonymous Poster at August 17, 2026 07:12 PM (1Ff7Z)

110 Trump’s tariff plan got crushed by the courts.

Posted by: Accomack at August 17, 2026 07:13 PM (8jVAy)

111 Have the Canadians threatened to release their Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve, yet?

Posted by: garrett at August 17, 2026 07:13 PM (TjiFM)

112 The way I've always viewed it was that if I have the responsibility, I have the authority.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2026 07:10 PM (O0L8i)

Hence why I won't make another anniversary. She's a manager. Of Indians in an IT environment.

She just will not grok that I don't give a fuck about her opinion on things she does not understand. Which is everything not in a very tightly bound Oracle Database.

Never. Ever. Let a Woman have the illusion of authority over a Man. End of story.

Posted by: Howdy at August 17, 2026 07:13 PM (zGa1Y)

113 83 Mace is a fruitcake
Posted by: nckate

Because shes been stuffed full of booze and nuts?

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 17, 2026 07:14 PM (orDeD)

114 There was a time I would have banged Nancy Mace. That time has passed. Well, it passed a while ago, but the tats have definitely sealed the deal. It's like flying a big sign that says stay away. That might actually what she's going for..

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at August 17, 2026 07:14 PM (QaH55)

115 Men need their own spaces.

Shit is crazy.

Posted by: four seasons at August 17, 2026 07:05 PM (/QHx4)

I was fortunate to being in basic training just before they integrated male and female training. At AIT it was integrated, and I learned that males and females march and call cadence differently. A lot of step-switching going on.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at August 17, 2026 07:14 PM (0aYVJ)

116 FYI - I get 3 bags of milk, 4 liters, for just under $7 Can.

650 grams of Activia Yogurt - just under $4 Can.

Ingraham's coverering El-Sayed after the break.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 17, 2026 07:14 PM (Sco7b)

117 Next up for Nancy Mace : I'll be doing porn to show my girl power

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 17, 2026 07:15 PM (rp63B)

118 I stopped swimming in public pools at about 9 years old. Nasty, filthy shit pools. Urine for a good time.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 17, 2026 07:16 PM (tvdD1)

119 At AIT it was integrated, and I learned that males and females march and call cadence differently. A lot of step-switching going on.

Yeah. Because when it gets down to it ... most Women just trade Pussy for Favors. End of story.

I saw that as well. Edgewood, MD. '92. A complete shit show.

Posted by: Howdy at August 17, 2026 07:16 PM (zGa1Y)

120 The State of Wisconsin could make some money off of violent confrontations by hosting comparable events, like, say, "The International Modern Tactical Pentathlon" and hold the finals in Kenosha.

Posted by: mrp at August 17, 2026 07:16 PM (rj6Yv)

121 The way I've always viewed it was that if I have the responsibility, I have the authority.
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I was reading one of the NASA Oral History interviews with one of the old school Rocket guys. Can't remember who it was, it doesn't matter.

But he mentioned that's what fucked NASA up. Admittedly they basically had a blank check in the early days, but they were very light on the overall number of personnel. They got shit done without layers and layers of bureaucracy. And he said what you just said here almost verbatim.

Today everyone has (false) responsibility and nobody has any authority. It's part of the "consensus" leadership style instruction or philosophy. Consensus is just the lack of leadership. You have to give people the authority to make mistakes, and, be held accountable for them.

General LeMay once said he didn't have the time to distinguish between those who were incompetent and those who were just plain unlucky. That makes sense too. Is it fair? No, maybe not. When millions of lives are at stake... But you can always go to Wisconsin and get your ass beat at the fair.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 17, 2026 07:17 PM (akQZV)

122 "What Wisconsin needs is a law-and-order governor.
They won't pick one. Neither will Minnesota."

lol, so you think that our elections are totally on the up-and-up, huh? Wisconsin votes red every time, 6 counties wait until the end and magically produce enough votes to elect a commie.
wouldn't surprise me if MN was just the same; and there are others, too.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 17, 2026 07:17 PM (VyBeY)

123 The idea of swimming in a public pool with 100s of unwashed barbarians from who knows where is not appealing.

Posted by: fd at August 17, 2026 07:17 PM (MWfyi)

124 BJ’s gallon is 3.85$. 7$ gets a half gallon of organic grass fed.

Posted by: Accomack at August 17, 2026 07:18 PM (8jVAy)

125
Nancy Mace >>>> Marjorie Taylor-Greene

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 17, 2026 07:18 PM (OkYzo)

126 "WE DON'T HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THIS!!!"

I'm afraid we do because nobody will crack down on this shit. Venture accordingly.

Posted by: fd at August 17, 2026 07:19 PM (MWfyi)

127 what fd said

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 17, 2026 07:21 PM (VyBeY)

128 During Gulf War 1.0, there were lots and lots and lots of Iraqi refugees. They needed to be fed, and the brown-bag OG MREs were issued (by the millions, most likely). I was told the Iraqis were not too particular at all about any of it, and didn't refuse to eat them merely because of hog meat. They were truly hungry.

Since that time, there are now bespoke "Halal" rations, vegetarian, and humanitarian rations that won't offend the delicate sensibilities of our invader class. But the SOBs don't even put cigarettes in them any longer.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 17, 2026 07:02 PM

When we had all of the cuban and hatian refugees come to GITMO we had conex boxes delivered to the base that had orange bag humanitarian MRE's that were designed for the diets based on latin American countries that we handed out to the tens of thousands of refugees.

Every once in a while they would get the standard US military MRE's when we ran out of the special ones. Every time they lined up for food they all asked for the US military MRE's instead of the humanitarian ones.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 17, 2026 07:21 PM (cpFbA)

129 Integrated military units is a fucking disaster on steroids. It isn't that there are not roles for males or females in the military. That is not the issue, at all.

Putting young men and women together in close proximity, high stress environment, far away from home, is idiotic in the extreme. Schools, Colleges and the Military used to know this instinctively without needing to be told.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 17, 2026 07:21 PM (akQZV)

130 Next up for Nancy Mace : I'll be doing porn to show my girl power
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Business idea. OnlyFans for congress!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 17, 2026 07:21 PM (ndZc7)

131 94 That scene in Wisconsin is the worst case of mass lactose intolerance I have ever witnessed.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 17, 2026 07:04 PM (bX16E)

America's Dairyland. They are filled with rage that they are unable to partake in their state's bounty.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at August 17, 2026 07:21 PM (0bjKf)

132 Betcha the Wisconsin State Fair is a gun free zone. Just one simple trick would have put a stop to that nonsense, like a citizen, when assaulted, pulling out a trusty Ruger LCP 380 (fave of seniors) and executing a double tap to the balls.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 17, 2026 07:21 PM (gm9Sb)

133 The idea of swimming in a public pool with 100s of unwashed barbarians from who knows where is not appealing.
Posted by: fd

Ain't enough chlorine!

Posted by: JQ at August 17, 2026 07:22 PM (rdVOm)

134 >>I stopped swimming in public pools at about 9 years old. Nasty, filthy shit pools. Urine for a good time.

You won't believe the vile things fish do in the ocean.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 17, 2026 07:22 PM (viF8m)

135 Today everyone has (false) responsibility and nobody has any authority. It's part of the "consensus" leadership style instruction or philosophy. Consensus is just the lack of leadership. You have to give people the authority to make mistakes, and, be held accountable for them.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 17, 2026 07:17 PM (akQZV)

It doesn't matter how many people at the meeting vote otherwise, if your aircraft doesn't have the fuel to get to the destination, its gonna fall out of the sky.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 07:22 PM (uhVAy)

136 Business idea. OnlyFans for congress!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Count me in!
-Rose DeLauro

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 17, 2026 07:22 PM (YZ0Fo)

137 Wow.

El-Sayed to attend Islamic Conference with Pakistani cleric who forced his 13 year old niece into marriage.

This keeps up, Abdul may only pull 30% of the vote....

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 17, 2026 07:22 PM (Sco7b)

138 "Humanitarian" rations are all vegetarian. No animal protein. That's why they wanted the military versions.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 17, 2026 07:23 PM (akQZV)

139 Putting young men and women together in close proximity, high stress environment, far away from home, is idiotic in the extreme. Schools, Colleges and the Military used to know this instinctively without needing to be told.

Said plainly ... Young Men lose their minds over Young Pussy. Young Pussy is groomed, by their older Mothers and Sisters, to manipulate that situation.

Posted by: Howdy at August 17, 2026 07:23 PM (zGa1Y)

140 Integrated military units is a fucking disaster on steroids. It isn't that there are not roles for males or females in the military. That is not the issue, at all.

Putting young men and women together in close proximity, high stress environment, far away from home, is idiotic in the extreme. Schools, Colleges and the Military used to know this instinctively without needing to be told.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 17, 2026 07:21 PM (akQZV)

hell putting a weak ass dude like me even when I was young would have been idiotic.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 07:24 PM (uhVAy)

141 Count me in!
-Rose DeLauro

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 17, 2026 07:22 PM (YZ0Fo

Sexy!
Pants off!

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 17, 2026 07:24 PM (Sco7b)

142 @136 me too! You can find me in the gunt porn section - Jerry Nadler

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 17, 2026 07:25 PM (rp63B)

143 Oh, and Nancy Mace, PTSD sufferer. Listen toots, PTSD is what a good friend has after over 50 years, tripped a Claymore and killed some kids going to the local clothes washing creek. You have a case of nutzo. You will be most proud of that ink in the nursing home when it all bleeds together and makes your arms look like they are covered in green snot.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 17, 2026 07:26 PM (gm9Sb)

144 Mace looks sort of like my SIL from RI...the black Irish type of blue eyes and dark hair is lovely.

Mace was once pretty before mental illness leaked out. Shame, really. But only she can prevent forest fires. With a lot of psych help at this point.

I would feel sorry for her but don't have time.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 17, 2026 07:27 PM (hzuYO)

145 I guess most all women are nut cases sooner or later

Posted by: Skip at August 17, 2026 07:29 PM (Ia/+0)

146 Ladies, please stop mutilating yourselves. The ink, the lip fillers, the massive weight loss; who’s it all for?

Posted by: UGAdawg at August 17, 2026 07:30 PM (+FcEe)

147 Hear me out. Nancy Mace and Francesa Hong make a buddy movie where they roam the country getting tats or cutting themselves and fighting crime.

Posted by: the John Hamm meme at August 17, 2026 07:30 PM (skR0U)

148 Yes, Mace's midlife crisis is an embarrassment. I'd still hit it.

Posted by: Brisco_County_Sr at August 17, 2026 07:30 PM (A/tlT)

149 ... are people from Ceuta called Ceyoots?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 17, 2026 07:31 PM (Ot/FD)

150 I knew/know a gal who got a forearm sleeve on her right arm. Black- no color. Roses and thorns. I found it pretty sexy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 17, 2026 07:31 PM (zZu0s)

151 Re: Mace

The tats bother me not a bit but what's sad is she has a daughter, age 17, a son, age 14, and she's a lousy parental example for hard work and perseverance, but a good one for being a self absorbed twit. Hopefully, the kids have an involved dad.

Two failed marriages, a broken engagement, and two beautiful children. She needs to ditch the drama, appreciate her very good life and the two children.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 17, 2026 07:31 PM (NFX2v)

152 I guess most all women are nut cases sooner or later

Can you imagine walking around, talking and asking for the manager all day and such - without the idea that you'll get smacked in your fucking mouth if you push the wrong person too hard ?

That's EXACTLY how a Modern Woman thinks.

Posted by: Howdy at August 17, 2026 07:32 PM (zGa1Y)

153 Hear me out. Nancy Mace and Francesa Hong make a buddy movie where they roam the country getting tats or cutting themselves and fighting crime.
Posted by: the John Hamm meme at August 17, 2026 07:30 PM (skR0U)

BJ and the... B... Bayesian chick?

Hang on, i can do better....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 17, 2026 07:33 PM (Ot/FD)

154 The really bad thing about women in combat roles is the way we are raised. The average young trooper, at the moment, will protect the woman even before protecting someone that needs it more.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 17, 2026 07:34 PM (gm9Sb)

155 You won't believe the vile things fish do in the ocean.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 17, 2026 07:22 PM (viF8m)

From the long-ago days of my youth-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WnDg_8YL90

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at August 17, 2026 07:34 PM (QaH55)

156 People who get tattoos because they want tattoos and are happy about it tend to have good looking tattoos.

People who get tattoos to make a statement have crap tattoos because no one gives a shit about any of the nonsense they have to say.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 17, 2026 07:35 PM (Ot/FD)

157 I don't allow fish or migrants in my pool.

Posted by: fd at August 17, 2026 07:35 PM (MWfyi)

158 BJ and the... B... Bayesian chick?

Hang on, i can do better....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 17, 2026 07:33 PM (Ot/FD)

Mace and Hong!

Any which Hong or Mace.

Lethal Karen's

Parallel Parking

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 17, 2026 07:35 PM (zZu0s)

159 Parallel Parking
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 17, 2026 07:35 PM (zZu0s)

Ha!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 17, 2026 07:36 PM (Ot/FD)

160 “Youths”: not able to distinguish who’s doing the beatings by anything more than age, huh? Funny, I could add more to the description just by looking at the picture.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 17, 2026 07:36 PM (ZVgZ4)

161 "until bodies start dropping, these displays of feral madness will continue. "

Yep. And if the police won't get things under control, expect the citizenry to do it for them. And we won't be nearly as nice as the cops.

Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at August 17, 2026 07:36 PM (pE12i)

162 I've noticed that if someone in our local mug shots has a neck tattoo, one of the charges is invariably "Parole violation".

Posted by: fd at August 17, 2026 07:37 PM (MWfyi)

163 I told my boys that they put a chemical in the pool water that detects urine and turns it bright orange. So everyone will know you peed in the pool

They believed it until just recently.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 17, 2026 07:37 PM (yYs4P)

164 Yes, Mace's midlife crisis is an embarrassment. I'd still hit it.

Posted by: Brisco_County_Sr at August 17, 2026 07:30 PM

Did you forget rule #1? Do not stick your dick in crazy.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 17, 2026 07:38 PM (cpFbA)

165 Ceyoots?

Posted by: Judge Herman Munster at August 17, 2026 07:38 PM (Cqx++)

166 Oh, and Nancy Mace, PTSD sufferer. Listen toots, PTSD is what a good friend has after over 50 years, tripped a Claymore and killed some kids going to the local clothes washing creek. You have a case of nutzo. You will be most proud of that ink in the nursing home when it all bleeds together and makes your arms look like they are covered in green snot.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 17, 2026 07:26 PM (gm9Sb)

Forcing yourself into an all male tradition got you some side eye and under-breath comments? OH THE HORROR.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 07:38 PM (uhVAy)

167 I really thought Mace was smarter than this.

Oh well.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 17, 2026 07:39 PM (2WIwB)

168 The really bad thing about women in combat roles is the way we are raised. The average young trooper, at the moment, will protect the woman even before protecting someone that needs it more.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 17, 2026 07:34 PM (gm9Sb)

Give the situation another few years and the boys will be fragging them like the bad old days in VietNam.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 07:40 PM (uhVAy)

169 "She's no Tawny Kitaen."

Thank god.

Posted by: Chuck Finley at August 17, 2026 07:41 PM (pE12i)

170 "You're FAKE"

NOBODY else will do that. That's my President!

Posted by: fd at August 17, 2026 07:41 PM (MWfyi)

171 Mace isn't an unattractive woman. But the tats signal lunatic.

Youthful wildness is one thing, claiming PTSD is another. I know women who have been raped multiple times, - they have PTSD, - but I doubt Mace has had that experience.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 17, 2026 07:41 PM (tvdD1)

172 Nood

Cafe.

You know, Mace doesn't look too bad.
We've seen plenty of younger, heavier and uglier.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 17, 2026 07:41 PM (Sco7b)

173 The Western Washington State Fair, aka "Do The Puyallup" is coming up. They always have Rap night. Could get real interesting.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 17, 2026 07:43 PM (2WIwB)

174 When they say “teens” they mean “blacks”.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 17, 2026 07:44 PM (ZVgZ4)

175 174 When they say “teens” they mean “blacks”.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

We would also have accepted "urban youths."

Posted by: National News Stylebook at August 17, 2026 07:52 PM (orDeD)

176 Anybody who screams WE WANT EQUITY is really saying they want FREE EVERYTHING! Without working for it. Kinda like our political class. Who are still on their five week vacation, btw.

Posted by: Case at August 17, 2026 07:55 PM (UKrJG)

177
As I understand it, a large part of Canada's economy has been based on assembling parts shipped from other countries, and then exporting the assembled products to the US. The assembly is minimal and the process amounts to an evasion of US import regulations regarding these countries by the formality of a "Made in Canada" label.

Then there are the Canadian tariffs on US goods. Trump has notified them that the US will no longer pretend not to see this.

Also, Canadian media has 100% supported the Canadian government line that mentions none of this, and attributes US actions to Trump being a bully and big fat meany. The public largely doesn't know. And the Canadian government/establishment finds it too painful to back down and acknowledge any of this. So here we are.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 17, 2026 07:57 PM (azNOR)

178 Did you forget rule #1? Do not stick your dick in crazy.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 17, 2026 07:38 PM (cpFbA)

______

I've broken that rule so often I'm irredeemable.

Posted by: Brisco_County_Sr at August 17, 2026 08:01 PM (A/tlT)

179 146 Ladies, please stop mutilating yourselves. The ink, the lip fillers, the massive weight loss; who’s it all for?
Posted by: UGAdawg at August 17, 2026 07:30 PM (+FcEe)

Internet says for men that are 6'5 or taller but under 250lbs; 3% body fat; make 250k per year and have 2-3 houses; p*nis must be at least 13 inches but she will initiate intimacy only; your hobbies should all pay something and she shouldn't have to see you enjoying yourself unless you're making a lot of money while doing it.

Posted by: Nelly at August 17, 2026 08:03 PM (6+ehB)

180 The idea of swimming in a public pool with 100s of unwashed barbarians from who knows where is not appealing.

Ever notice how green the pool water is on those Feral Carnival Cruises?

Posted by: Community Notes at August 17, 2026 08:16 PM (/TiS1)

181 Water? I never drink the stuff.

Fish fuck in it.

Posted by: W.C.Fields at August 17, 2026 08:30 PM (j7INY)

182 He says Muslims have started coming and they won't accept the free food offered.

The difference between the welfare folks here complaining about not getting good enough food (for free) and the muslims doing it is all on where their sense of entitlement is going. The welfare folks are just exercising a WAY overgrown sense of entitlement. The muslims want to conquer us through that overgrown sense of entitlement.

I'd gladly send both groups somewhere they didn't have a choice but to work their own a**es off to eat and survive.

Posted by: GWB at August 17, 2026 08:56 PM (kU0PQ)

183 Per Robert Conquest's Third Law:
"3) The simplest way to explain the behavior of any
bureaucratic organization is to assume that it is controlled by a cabal of its enemies."
...it all makes more sense if you assume Islamists are already in charge of the globalists and everything following is implementation of Sharia . Mamdani pushing NY to the 3rd world. Seattle going to he**. LA, etc. in CA. North Dallas (Frisco, McKinney, Plano). Etc. Who chooses to live in ***thole countries? Who doesn't mind making new ones?

Posted by: techsan at August 17, 2026 10:10 PM (uNveu)

184 Mace used to get attention with her looks and her hooters, but she aged out of that so now she has to resort to tattoos... which is still better than MTG resorting to splitting the party and giving mean girl interviews.

Posted by: Thatch at August 17, 2026 10:35 PM (S6YCM)

185 Canadian pharmaceutical and over the counter drugs are much cheaper than here in the U.S..
There better 'not be' any tariffs on those imports into our U.S.. Otherwise, the Trump administration is undermining his pledge to reduce drug costs to U.S. citizens.

Posted by: John at August 18, 2026 02:12 PM (9NUKl)

186 Nancy Mace 'tramp tats' are a virtue signal to the lefts' cause. She has defaced her body for something that is transient and not a lifetime cause. That is self immolation!
When future archeologists dig up her emaciated body remains they will speculate that she belonged to some religious cult.

Posted by: John at August 18, 2026 02:17 PM (9NUKl)

Defund Fake "Education"

Why are we extorting money from taxpayers to take normal children and turn them into stupid and uneducated by completely arrogant mental patients?

Universities threaten students with investigations, disciplinary actions over 'deadnaming'

Several U.S. colleges and universities, including CSU Northridge, the University of Oregon, and the University at Buffalo, have adopted policies that classify 'deadnaming' transgender students as harassment.
Deadnaming is the act of referring to a transgender- or nonbinary-identifying individual by his or her birth name rather than the name the individual currently uses after 'transitioning.'
...

If deadnaming occurs on campus, CSU Northridge states on its "Office of Equity & Compliance (Title IX)" website that if faculty or fellow students deadname or fail to use a person's chosen pronouns, hearings can be held following a report to the office.
CSU Northridge's website adds that "If a violation is found, discipline through the relevant counterparts will be discussed."
On a University of Oregon website, the public university's "Prohibited Discrimination and Retaliation" policy allows officials to categorize deadnaming as harassment. It specifies that instances qualify as harassment when there is "intentional or repeated deadnaming or misgendering."
...
Other universities, including private institutions such as Tufts University, also have policies on deadnaming and "misgendering" for students and faculty.
The University at Buffalo states on its "Preferred/Chosen Names and Pronouns" web page that it "recognizes that individuals may use a name other than their legal name to identify themselves."

Universities have time for this deplorable bullshit, of course, because they've done such a great job teaching students in the basics.

Oh wait, no they haven't at all, have they?

I teach calculus at Berkeley. Some of my students can't do middle school math
Since the University of California abandoned the SAT and ACT, thousands of faculty say it's admitting students who aren't prepared for the coursework. Will UC listen?
...
I teach mathematics at UC Berkeley. Three days a week, I stand in front of lecture halls with 500 to 1,400 students. By the second week of the semester, I already know who is in trouble. Some students are five to eight years behind in mathematics. Office hours that should be spent discussing integrals instead become lessons on fractions and basic algebra you would expect students to learn in middle school.K/b>
...

Before 2020, Berkeley administered a diagnostic exam to incoming Calculus I students. Between 2018 and 2020, 71% of roughly 2,200 students tested as ready or nearly ready for calculus. At the bottom of the distribution there was almost nobody. Just 0.14% tested below basic algebra.
After UC adopted test-blind admissions, the picture changed dramatically.
Berkeley Calculus I readiness, before and after test-blind admissions
ALEKS placement data shows 11.6% severe deficits and 71% near or ready in calculus. MDTP results show 33% severe deficits and 51% near or ready in topics passed.
...
The classroom itself changed shape.

Before 2020, most students clustered toward the "ready" end of the spectrum, with only a tiny tail at the bottom. Afterward, the middle hollowed out, and the weakest students became the largest single group. We didn't end up with one somewhat weaker calculus class. We ended up teaching two different classes in one lecture hall: one for students who were prepared for college calculus and one for students who needed remedial mathematics that nobody had scheduled.

...

The people arguing this test-blind policy on television, in committee meetings, and in politics do not stand in front of 700 students three times a week or grade a first midterm with a pre-curved D/F average.
We do.
...
"The test-blind policy was a well-intentioned experiment," she wrote, "but the reality in our classrooms shows that it has failed." Admitting students who are unprepared, she warned, "sets them up for discouraging struggle. ... We cannot afford another cycle of administrative delay."
That last sentence is at the heart of this debate.

What's the worse that can happen?

Oh right, students might wind up Jason Ardaying themselves.

MASSIVE SCANDAL UNFOLDING AT NASHVILLE, TN SCHOOLS

ANOTHER teacher says she was ordered to FABRICATE grades to give a passing grade to failing students

The school then SUSPENDED her after she REFUSED to skew the numbers.

What is going in @MetroSchools?! https://t.co/DtjNpce83m pic.twitter.com/GclbRo5XFO
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 14, 2026

🚨Stop what you�re doing and watch this

Teacher at @MetroSchools says the school forced her to FABRICATE GRADES for a student and are SKEWING STATISTICS

Teachers are also BANNED from reporting behavioral issues to protect the district

She says students can�t even read and� pic.twitter.com/Hgz91JtHHY
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 13, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:45 PM

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1 First?

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 17, 2026 05:47 PM (M/bUm)

2 Hey, whaddyaknow...First.

I'll tell the others.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 17, 2026 05:48 PM (M/bUm)

3 Boldly I'll go to tell the others.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 17, 2026 05:48 PM (M/bUm)

4 To boldly go...

Posted by: Bete at August 17, 2026 05:49 PM (LX4y3)

5 Kids like to learn how to do things. You have to try really hard not to teach them.

Posted by: huerfano at August 17, 2026 05:49 PM (2Xqig)

Posted by: 13times at August 17, 2026 05:49 PM (6iKlf)

7
Great idea. It will never happen

Posted by: four seasons at August 17, 2026 05:50 PM (/QHx4)

8 Nooded, albeit not boldly.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 17, 2026 05:50 PM (0sNs1)

9 I'm fine with UC Berkeley TAs having to teach middle school math to students. It gives them less time to focus on hating America.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 17, 2026 05:50 PM (mkw2N)

10 My grand daughter is going to Catholic school even though her parents are heathens. Anything to get away for the mess of public schools.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 17, 2026 05:50 PM (bX16E)

11 There are enough colleges that have closed recently for someone to start up an entirely transcollege. Confine all of this nonsense to one centralized looney bin.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 17, 2026 05:51 PM (ibDUx)

12 Long wondered why we pay for Marxists Seminaries to turn students against the country

Posted by: Skip at August 17, 2026 05:51 PM (Ia/+0)

13 Break the stupid deadnaming policy in the first article. Choose absurd pronouns like "sir" or "lord". Do something similar with an actual name, demand people call you by that name, preferably as ridiculous or insulting as possible, and report them when they refuse to use it. Demand to the HR drones at the college that you be taken seriously and your chosen name and pronouns be used according to policy.

Get a few hundred people to do that and watch how fast it falls apart.

No reason we can't use part of Cloward-Piven ourselves.

Posted by: Rick C at August 17, 2026 05:51 PM (1zWbY)

14 My public school district has a 42% chronic absenteeism rate. It's a disaster for which I am forced to pay.

Posted by: gp at August 17, 2026 05:51 PM (Jr5Lq)

15 Public schools are just child penitentiaries. Child labor would be preferable.

Universities are public frauds. They should be dismantled like Henry VIII did with monasteries.

Posted by: delicious asbestos guacamole at August 17, 2026 05:52 PM (+aL9E)

16 Actually teaching students makes them harder to control as adults. Don't teach them ans Socialism can win elections.

Posted by: Bete at August 17, 2026 05:52 PM (LX4y3)

17 University system == Quality Learing Centers

Posted by: Math at August 17, 2026 05:52 PM (skR0U)

18 Student

Posted by: 13times at August 17, 2026 05:52 PM (6iKlf)

19 If you can't fail a failing student you are simply a facilitator of lies if you do.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 17, 2026 05:52 PM (NnhvP)

20 The test-blind policy was a well-intentioned experiment"

Ok, that's funny right there...

Posted by: man at August 17, 2026 05:52 PM (XuXeR)

21 Defund any course of study that includes the word "Studies".

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 17, 2026 05:53 PM (K6DGR)

22 Dead naming is free speech.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 17, 2026 05:53 PM (NnhvP)

23
I'm fine with UC Berkeley TAs having to teach middle school math to students. It gives them less time to focus on hating America.
Posted by: bonhomme

===============

I'm fine with it, too. Fucking lefties want to foist a bunch of Incompetents of Color on the rest of us, let them see what it's like.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 17, 2026 05:53 PM (XJ22o)

24 11 There are enough colleges that have closed recently for someone to start up an entirely transcollege. Confine all of this nonsense to one centralized looney bin.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 17, 2026 05:51 PM (ibDUx)

Tanned, rested, and ready!

Posted by: Reed College at August 17, 2026 05:53 PM (skR0U)

25 My public school district has a 42% chronic absenteeism rate"

Who knows what the actual numbers are?

Posted by: man at August 17, 2026 05:53 PM (XuXeR)

26 Office hours that should be spent discussing integrals instead become lessons on fractions and basic algebra you would expect students to learn in middle school.

More AoSHQ-specific:

Comments that should be spent discussing integrals instead become lessons on fractions and basic algebra you would expect commenters to learn on the ONT.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 17, 2026 05:54 PM (0sNs1)

27 Actually teaching students makes them harder to control as adults. Don't teach them ans Socialism can win elections.

If I'm not mistaken that was John Dewey's strategy in re-designing the American education system. Fucking communist.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 17, 2026 05:54 PM (K6DGR)

28 So much foolish insane bullshit happened in 2020 with negative ramifications to this day. Did the universe somehow end in early March 2020 and we’ve been living in a simulation since??

If 2019 me showed up and gave me a summary of the last 6 years I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t believe him. That’s unrealistic and too bizarre I’d say

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 17, 2026 05:54 PM (M+uMR)

29 Rocket surgery is in trouble.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 17, 2026 05:55 PM (wVcYX)

30 22 Dead naming is free speech.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 17, 2026 05:53 PM (NnhvP)

If you think you have citizens' rights at any University, you are sadly mistaken. Your betters will police your speech, plebe.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 17, 2026 05:55 PM (PVjNi)

31 Clearly Nashville needs more Learing Centers.

Posted by: Wally at August 17, 2026 05:55 PM (96iig)

32 I wonder if anyone will really go in depth and tell us the racial makeup of the fraction of students that "somehow" got into UC Berkeley but can't do middle school math...

Posted by: ballistic at August 17, 2026 05:55 PM (oqH4h)

33 More reasons.....

1. A lot of people just take the grants they can get as a free ride for a few years with no intention of ever paying them back.

2. Students from other countries use education as the reason to come to Western countries, find work and never show up for class.

3. Chinese IP theft.

4. And the freshman 15. Every 3 months....

On the other hand, Instagram keeps serving me up pictures of biologically female university volleyball players with legs that could break open my head like a watermelon but we could probably form leagues or something.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 17, 2026 05:55 PM (Sco7b)

34 15 Public schools are just child penitentiaries. Child labor would be preferable.
Posted by: delicious asbestos guacamole at August 17, 2026 05:52 PM (+aL9E)

Ugh. Like the job market needs to be worse for those seeking employment.

Posted by: Bete at August 17, 2026 05:55 PM (LX4y3)

35 I'm thinking you're not gonna find a bunch of straight white dudes in that fraction.

Posted by: ballistic at August 17, 2026 05:55 PM (oqH4h)

36 Mrs. Wannamaker will put a paddle on your ass and you will learn your lessons. Your parents will approve. There’s your education department.

Posted by: Eromero at August 17, 2026 05:56 PM (60lzi)

37 And FFS, I took calculus in high school. These slackers should not be in University, let along have been let out of high school.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 17, 2026 05:56 PM (PVjNi)

38 The stated purpose of public education has always been to indoctrinate students to fit into society as the school board has seen fit. Learning basic skills like math and spelling have always been secondary. Often the skills have been very important, especially as a pretext for public education, but the "fitting childeren to society" has always been the goal, hence the hatred and rejection of home and parochial schooling.

I have no problem with home or pod schooling, private schooling by a group of parents who hire a teacher or teachers to teach their kids, or any other type of private schooling. Were I King, my edict would be that a parent can get a refund on the education section of their property tax if they teach at home, can perform school work better than a C grade on standardized tests, and are off the streets between 8 and 1.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 17, 2026 05:56 PM (rbvCR)

39

Does not matter the color of the students. All races are learning the same worthless shit

Posted by: four seasons at August 17, 2026 05:56 PM (/QHx4)

40 "Who knows what the actual numbers are?"

I'm using illinoisreportcard.com, FWIW.

Posted by: gp at August 17, 2026 05:56 PM (Jr5Lq)

41 Students can't even figure out how to use a scientific calculator to solve basic algebra equations.

But score 100% on hacking iPhone apps.

Posted by: 13times at August 17, 2026 05:57 PM (6iKlf)

42 My grands are in Catholic school and will be spared deadnaming (which is new to me).

About 15yrs ago when our son was teaching HS music classes a girl decided she was "Seth" and asked to change her stupido pronouns. He thought whatever and did not discuss it again.

Son had seen the light years prior and was working on a new degree to escape and did. Their loss.

He put up with it and out smarted her desire to get attention and be hysteric. One example is during marching band camp Seth wondered which restroom to use, hoping for a conniption. Son calmly told her to use the staff's and moved on.

Well, her mother found out about Seth at some point. And who did she blame? You got it! Our son!!! Like he told her to be Seth!

There was a sit down with the principal and supervisor and the stupid mother, and our son was supported and the mother had to deal.

This is how stupid this has gotten. Worse as now there are furries.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 17, 2026 05:57 PM (hzuYO)

43 I'm fine with UC Berkeley TAs having to teach middle school math to students. It gives them less time to focus on hating America.
Posted by: bonhomme

Honestly I think math,science and engineering departments are still doing a decent job. All the crazy is over in the humanities departments

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 17, 2026 05:57 PM (M+uMR)

44 The universities are "proving grounds" or training areas for subversion. They are little sanctuaries where they have their own police, apparently by agreement with local jurisdictions.

You can be accused of rape, and have no recourse. No presumption of innocence, no right to face your accuser, not even the right to an attorney. Anonymous accusations are enough to get you Expelled.

My favorite tale was of a student who had passed out in his dorm room bunk during a drinking session with his buddies. His roommate had a girlfriend who, at some point, performed oral sex upon him. He had no idea, for his part. Remember, he's passed out.

About six months late, this gal got it in her head that this was somehow his fault, and constituted some sort of offense that merited an investigation. He was expelled.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 17, 2026 05:57 PM (akQZV)

45 10 My grand daughter is going to Catholic school even though her parents are heathens. Anything to get away for the mess of public schools.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 17, 2026 05:50 PM (bX16E)

Oh no! Those poor kids might be exposed to the 10 Commandments. The horror.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 17, 2026 05:58 PM (PVjNi)

46 "The test-blind policy was a well-intentioned experiment," she wrote, "but the reality in our classrooms shows that it has failed."

No, it wasn't. It was the only way to get your preferred ratio of melanin-Americans in the student body.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 17, 2026 05:58 PM (wGerL)

47 39

Does not matter the color of the students. All races are learning the same worthless shit

Posted by: four seasons at August 17, 2026 05:56 PM (/QHx4)
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yeah, but Whitey McCrackerson ain't getting into college not being able to do HS math

Posted by: ballistic at August 17, 2026 05:58 PM (oqH4h)

48 So the college is going to discipline students for conducting a completely made up action they call "dead naming"? Sounds pretty stupid when you apply logic to the situation.

I guess teaching critical thinking skills and logic aren't high on the list for classes these days.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 17, 2026 05:58 PM (cpFbA)

49 34 15 Public schools are just child penitentiaries. Child labor would be preferable.
Posted by: delicious asbestos guacamole at August 17, 2026 05:52 PM (+aL9E)

Ugh. Like the job market needs to be worse for those seeking employment.
Posted by: Bete at August 17, 2026 05:55 PM (LX4y3)

If you can't compete with a child, well ...

There are tons of child appropriate jobs out there. Remember when fast food restaurants were staffed by articulate, well-groomed young teens in significant part? Before the Age of the Orc.

Posted by: delicious asbestos guacamole at August 17, 2026 05:59 PM (+aL9E)

50 I guess teaching critical thinking skills and logic aren't high on the list for classes these days.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 17, 2026 05:58 PM (cpFbA)

They ain't high on the list, still, even here.

Back the Blue.

Posted by: Howdy at August 17, 2026 05:59 PM (zGa1Y)

51 A lot of people just take the grants they can get as a free ride for a few years with no intention of ever paying them back
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Grants don't need to be paid back, or they wouldn't be a Grant, they would be a Loan.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 17, 2026 06:00 PM (akQZV)

52 June 16th, 2018, the day Trump Descends The Escalator, is as big a deal in my lifetime as 9/11. Everything has been revealed to be shit.

Posted by: Accomack at August 17, 2026 06:00 PM (8jVAy)

53 OT -

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Posted by: beckster at August 17, 2026 06:01 PM (kX27y)

54 "recognizes that individuals may use a name other than their legal name to identify themselves."

Try doing that when you get pulled over by a cop for a traffic violation.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 17, 2026 06:01 PM (cpFbA)

55 Grants don't need to be paid back, or they wouldn't be a Grant, they would be a Loan.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 17, 2026 06:00 PM (akQZV)

Sorry. Student aid or whatever the US had. I remember stories on that.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 17, 2026 06:01 PM (Sco7b)

56 I graduated from Robert E. Lee in Houston in the 70s. Excellent education seemed to result as I farted around for five years and went college and got a degree in engineering.
Today that school is now 'Wisdom High School' and is designated as 'International', meaning natives don't go there, only immigrants. We can guess their citizenship status.
Texas has a new high school ranking system. It is ranked as 'B' in the A, B, C, D, F order.
I call BS.

Posted by: DanMan at August 17, 2026 06:02 PM (8uzBS)

57 Quantity Learing Center

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 17, 2026 06:03 PM (Cqx++)

58 A couple of decades ago, the Natives got together and decided they didn't like not having their own schools in every little tiny village because they didn't want to teach their kids and didn't want them sent to boarding schools in Fairbanks or Anchorage, and claimed it was racist to not have their own schools. So they sued the state, and won. Now there are schools in every stupid tiny inaccessible village all over Alaska, at astronomical costs to the taxpayers. Come to find out, a sizeable proportion of those kids don't attend regularly, at all. In a tiny village. Where there is literally nothing else to do all day.

Turns out the elders liked having those big gyms for their own meeting spaces and those nice kitchens for processing game up to the size of whales, and every year they have to buy new computers because somehow, over the summer, those classroom computers go missing.

It's a complete mystery, I tells ya.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 17, 2026 06:03 PM (PVjNi)

59 I wouldn't put it past even a math teacher pushing Marxism

Posted by: Skip at August 17, 2026 06:03 PM (Ia/+0)

60 45 10 My grand daughter is going to Catholic school even though her parents are heathens. Anything to get away for the mess of public schools.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 17, 2026 05:50 PM (bX16E)

Oh no! Those poor kids might be exposed to the 10 Commandments. The horror.
Posted by: tcn in AK

No no no! The Ten Commandments are in the Bible and Catholics don’t read the Bible!

Jeepers.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 17, 2026 06:03 PM (W2Pud)

61 We ended up teaching two different classes in one lecture hall: one for students who were prepared for college calculus and one for students who needed remedial mathematics that nobody had scheduled.

So take a student who couldn't pick up seventh-grade algebra by high-school graduation.

Put them in Calc I in college.

Expect this person--who's demonstrably unable or unwilling to learn math at a normal rate--to learn 6.5 years worth of math in a semester.

I'm sure that works well, and isn't setting them up for failure.

And doesn't drag down the students who are there to learn calculus.

The university gets paid either way, though, so good for them.

Posted by: mikeski at August 17, 2026 06:04 PM (VHUov)

62 In high school, my teacher told us calculus was easy, but the algebra involved to get things into useable forms was what tripped students up.

Posted by: InZona at August 17, 2026 06:04 PM (d0SI8)

63 There are tons of child appropriate jobs out there. Remember when fast food restaurants were staffed by articulate, well-groomed young teens in significant part? Before the Age of the Orc.
Posted by: delicious asbestos guacamole at August 17, 2026 05:59 PM (+aL9E)

There are specific rules about child labor. The USDoL has Hazardous Orders, which are the expected "no deep pits, no mills, no bakery equipment, no radioactives, etc"
the states have their own rules, and for example, Oregon is pretty reasonable. However the taxing, insurance and FICA, and record keeping are hard for the employer, and high minimum wage requiring a steep learning curve makes hiring illegals a better deal

Posted by: Kindltot at August 17, 2026 06:04 PM (rbvCR)

64 We had the exact same thing happen at a high school where I live.

I never heard the final resolution, so I searched for current articles. There are NONE.

In all of the articles from June of 2025 when the fraud was exposed, the School Board vowed to get to the bottom of these accusations. Yet somehow not a single news source has reported how this investigation has been resolved.

I did find an old article that said that the principal had been "replaced".

I assume that means NOT fired and NOT jailed for fraud.

When the penalties for fraud are non-existent, and you get bonuses and awards for committing fraud, then fraud will necessarily increase.

Normies understand this. The "education experts" in charge of our schools are either too stupid to understand that, or are pretending to be too stupid.

I don't know which is worse?

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 17, 2026 06:04 PM (HlyYF)

65 ANOTHER teacher says she was ordered to FABRICATE grades to give a passing grade to failing students

The school then SUSPENDED her after she REFUSED to skew the numbers.

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"The Wire" was a cautionary tale, not an instruction manual.

"Man, we talking about praxis. Not a game, not a game ... but praxis!" /obligatory Allen Iverson

Posted by: ShainS at August 17, 2026 06:04 PM (Qylcb)

66 Don't worry; many public school teachers are experts at hiding abortions and transitioning from parents...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2026 06:05 PM (l3cgK)

67 The left complains about the cradle to prison existence in the inner cities but they seem to be oblivious to the fact that they are causing it.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 17, 2026 06:05 PM (rp63B)

68 No no no! The Ten Commandments are in the Bible and Catholics don’t read the Bible!

Jeepers.
Posted by: nurse ratched

I understood that reference.

Posted by: captain mikeski at August 17, 2026 06:05 PM (VHUov)

69 67 The left complains about the cradle to prison existence in the inner cities but they seem to be oblivious to the fact that they are causing it.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 17, 2026 06:05 PM (rp63B)

Those in control are not oblivious; these aren't bugs, but features, a never-ending stream of bodies that they can shape as they please.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2026 06:06 PM (l3cgK)

70 Abdul, the al-Qaeda guy, is really something. Sister arrested spitting on a cop. Mother sending money to terror groups. He himself campaigns with nepo-baby terrorist who cheers American deaths at Arab hands, and today his campaign objected to a video of Mike Rogers riding in a beautiful red antique Ford pick up flying two American flags from the truck bed, calling the video "like a KKK cross burning".

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 17, 2026 06:06 PM (1cdUq)

71 No no no! The Ten Commandments are in the Bible and Catholics don’t read the Bible!

Jeepers.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 17, 2026 06:03 PM (W2Pud)

Love God,
Love God's Name,
Love God's Day,
Obey.
Do not kill, for sure.
In thought, word, deed, be pure.
Do not steal or ever lie,
Most of all be satisfied.

Amen.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 17, 2026 06:06 PM (PVjNi)

72 As bad as public schools have become I put a lot of blame on parents. My parents were very involved with my education and by involved I mean they watched my performance like a hawk and if I was not doing well in some area corrective action was taken. Pronto.

How can you let your kid graduate from high school when they can't read of do basic math?

Posted by: JackStraw at August 17, 2026 06:08 PM (viF8m)

73 Break the stupid deadnaming policy in the first article. Choose absurd pronouns like "sir" or "lord". Do something similar with an actual name, demand people call you by that name, preferably as ridiculous or insulting as possible, and report them when they refuse to use it. Demand to the HR drones at the college that you be taken seriously and your chosen name and pronouns be used according to policy.

Get a few hundred people to do that and watch how fast it falls apart.

No reason we can't use part of Cloward-Piven ourselves.
Posted by: Rick C at August 17, 2026 05:51 PM (1zWbY)

Like witch trials, if you accuse the wrong people they just ignore it. It isn't like they are honest brokers of their policies.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 06:08 PM (uhVAy)

74
My favorite tale was of a student who had passed out in his dorm room bunk during a drinking session with his buddies. His roommate had a girlfriend who, at some point, performed oral sex upon him. He had no idea, for his part. Remember, he's passed out.

About six months late, this gal got it in her head that this was somehow his fault, and constituted some sort of offense that merited an investigation. He was expelled.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 17, 2026 05:57 PM (akQZV)
*************
Yes. It's called Title IX and is pure D bullsharte. When our sons were in college I told them if they had sex to get a signature of the girl & have it notarized. I was outraged.

Males have no chance to redeem themselves as it was not a court of law but a kangaroo court run by women.

One case in CA: Texts proved a boy received texts from a girl in his dorm. SHE wanted sex. They BOTH were drinking and she went willingly to his room as she requested.

Days later she realized it was casual, he was not her boyfriend, and went to someone & declared she was raped.

The texts did not matter for the boy. Expelled. Had to register as a sex offender. I hope he sued and appealed but don't know.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 17, 2026 06:09 PM (hzuYO)

75 In high school, my teacher told us calculus was easy, but the algebra involved to get things into useable forms was what tripped students up.

Calc I is like that. If you understand an Exponent ? You've got Calc I by the balls.

Calc III is also like that, if you can juggle three variables in your head as far as which ones are the constant and which one is the variable according to the notation.

Calc II is a bitch. Because it's all the Trig Identities. The messy shit you have to memorize. I hated Calc II.

For those that never took Calc ? Did you ever notice that EVERY FUCKING NEWTONIAN THEOREM turns out to be 1/2 X ^ 2 ? That's basic Calc I. Springs. Gravity. All of it.

Posted by: Howdy at August 17, 2026 06:09 PM (zGa1Y)

76
Same Jack.

Posted by: four seasons at August 17, 2026 06:09 PM (/QHx4)

77
Huh.

College really isn't for everyone.

Who knew?

Posted by: naturalfake at August 17, 2026 06:09 PM (iJfKG)

78 We Catholics just wait for the readings in Mass.
So in 3 years, we get through the whole 4 gospels, assuming daily mass attendance. 😁

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 17, 2026 06:09 PM (Ydd86)

79 Our school system of about 150,000 kids is city/county. The good suburban schools ring Charlotte on the far edges of the county. To dilute the shit scores they carve up the county like a pie. Inner city kids bus it out to the suburbs. Scores get lost in the shuffle.

Posted by: nckate at August 17, 2026 06:10 PM (enNUy)

80 My grand daughter is going to Catholic school even though her parents are heathens. Anything to get away for the mess of public schools.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 17, 2026 05:50 PM (bX16E)

In the 80s the Catholic schools in Chicago were majority non Catholic. To escape the public schools who at that time pretended to teach. I assume its worse now.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 06:10 PM (uhVAy)

81
No no no! The Ten Commandments are in the Bible and Catholics don’t read the Bible!

Jeepers.
Posted by: nurse ratched

They have a guided missal.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 17, 2026 06:10 PM (Cqx++)

82 72 As bad as public schools have become I put a lot of blame on parents. My parents were very involved with my education and by involved I mean they watched my performance like a hawk and if I was not doing well in some area corrective action was taken. Pronto.

How can you let your kid graduate from high school when they can't read of do basic math?
Posted by: JackStraw at August 17, 2026 06:08 PM (viF8m)

Both parents were raised in these same failing schools, and they both work, so homework oversight is probably fairly lax. Also, in my son's case, he would fail and they would promote him anyway. The schools don't hold any kid accountable for anything, and when you question them, they spout some horseshit like self esteem.

He ended up at AMYA (the 40 week military program here run by the National Guard) and got his GED. THEY held him accountable for everything. Works like a charm.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 17, 2026 06:11 PM (PVjNi)

83 Affirmative Action and DIE always produce the same thing: granting admission to universities of student that will fail in the first quarter/semester.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 17, 2026 06:11 PM (qFwJc)

84 72 As bad as public schools have become I put a lot of blame on parents. My parents were very involved with my education and by involved I mean they watched my performance like a hawk and if I was not doing well in some area corrective action was taken. Pronto.

How can you let your kid graduate from high school when they can't read of do basic math?

Posted by: JackStraw at August 17, 2026 06:08 PM (viF8m)

This is the culmination of letting your child be raised by a village of government-paid propagandists. This is just like that vid with the woman who is taken care by Gov't for her entire life...what was that fictional woman's name? I've forgotten...damn this old brain.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2026 06:12 PM (l3cgK)

85 69 67 The left complains about the cradle to prison existence in the inner cities but they seem to be oblivious to the fact that they are causing it.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 17, 2026 06:05 PM

Those in control are not oblivious; these aren't bugs, but features, a never-ending stream of bodies that they can shape as they please.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2026 06:06 PM

Cui bono? is always a good question to ask.

If a low income black student never learns to read, write, or do math, and they are on welfare their entire life, I assume there is roughly a 98-99% chance that they will also vote Democrat their whole life.

The Democrat Party gains political power by NOT educating black children.

If you tell me what system most benefits the people in charge, then I can tell you that the rules will be explicitly designed to ensure THAT system.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 17, 2026 06:12 PM (HlyYF)

86 For those that never took Calc ? Did you ever notice that EVERY FUCKING NEWTONIAN THEOREM turns out to be 1/2 X ^ 2 ? That's basic Calc I. Springs. Gravity. All of it.
Posted by: Howdy at August 17, 2026 06:09 PM (zGa1Y)

Yes for me Calculus was easy and a lot funner than Algebra II in the Junior year in high school.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 06:12 PM (uhVAy)

87 I know a Hindoo that went to a Catholic H.S. in Calcutta.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 17, 2026 06:12 PM (qFwJc)

88 Math is racist you mayo-molesting Jive Turkeys!

Also, we invented it. Give it back!

Posted by: Jason Arday at August 17, 2026 06:13 PM (V362x)

89 During Covid, I REALLY wanted governments to make education a zero sum game moneywise.

For homeschooling parents, they get every dollar that would go to the school system. It should be like that. If the parents waste it, oh well.

But the good ones can take the money and we'd have alternative educational settings develop.

And supermodels are upstairs right now making me a sandwich......

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 17, 2026 06:13 PM (Sco7b)

90 Break the stupid deadnaming policy in the first article. Choose absurd pronouns like "sir" or "lord".

No reason we can't use part of Cloward-Piven ourselves.
Posted by: Rick C

Go really nuts. Pick a random set, not a matching one like "he/him/his."

Use "she/him/its."

Just to start the week.

At 11:14AM on Tuesday, it changes to "it/her/his." At 3:27 PM on Thursday, it changes to "he/it/hers."

Posted by: mikeski, lobbing monkeywrenches at August 17, 2026 06:13 PM (VHUov)

91 Affirmative Action and DIE always produce the same thing: granting admission to universities of student that will fail in the first quarter/semester.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 17, 2026 06:11 PM (qFwJc)

Or transfer to fluffy majors like XXX Studies that give them nothing but a degree and debt.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 06:13 PM (uhVAy)

92 No reason we can't use part of Cloward-Piven ourselves.
Posted by: Rick C at August 17, 2026 05:51 PM (1zWbY)

I go by Her Majesty.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 17, 2026 06:14 PM (PVjNi)

93 75 In high school, my teacher told us calculus was easy, but the algebra involved to get things into useable forms was what tripped students up.

Calc I is like that. If you understand an Exponent ? You've got Calc I by the balls.

Calc III is also like that, if you can juggle three variables in your head as far as which ones are the constant and which one is the variable according to the notation.

Calc II is a bitch. Because it's all the Trig Identities. The messy shit you have to memorize. I hated Calc II.

For those that never took Calc ? Did you ever notice that EVERY FUCKING NEWTONIAN THEOREM turns out to be 1/2 X ^ 2 ? That's basic Calc I. Springs. Gravity. All of it.

Posted by: Howdy at August 17, 2026 06:09 PM (zGa1Y)

I've forgotten half the Calc I took in college, and one of those courses was an upper-division one...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2026 06:14 PM (l3cgK)

94 All I can say about this is that it is intentional.

- those at the top are destroying the ladders.
- they favor foreigners (h1b) because they will never be truly elite
- they destroy merit based because some middle class might move up
- they favor lower class, "victims" and minorities because they will never threaten the elite with real merit.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 17, 2026 06:14 PM (yljFf)

95 All pronouns, whether custom or normal, can be replaced by one simple word:

Comrade.

Posted by: JQ at August 17, 2026 06:14 PM (rdVOm)

96 Try doing that when you get pulled over by a cop for a traffic violation.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 17, 2026 06:01 PM

I am a man on the land and the beneficiary of said name. I am traveling not driving.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 17, 2026 06:14 PM (4NO2D)

97 Remember in the game SIMS if one wanted to be darkly amused you would create a Sim with no cooking skills just to see them set themselves afire or starve?

Higher education is doing that.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 17, 2026 06:14 PM (2GVsD)

98 91 Affirmative Action and DIE always produce the same thing: granting admission to universities of student that will fail in the first quarter/semester.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 17, 2026 06:11 PM (qFwJc)

Or transfer to fluffy majors like XXX Studies that give them nothing but a degree and debt.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 06:13 PM (uhVAy)

Gosh, it is almost like these Universities found a whole new revenue stream once government started paying for college. Almost like that.

It is abuse, pure and simple.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 17, 2026 06:15 PM (PVjNi)

99 Our oldest went to public schools entirely. Our school district is considered one of the best in the entire state. Elementary was good in that she learned to read and write and cypher. Middle school was a wasteland that sought to socialize the students. She never brought a book home but got straight A's even though her math teacher couldn't identify her.

We shifted to two youngers to a private school that was know for its rigor. Because of that rigor they found the private high school a piece of cake and did very well in college. I regret I didn't know what I now know with my daughter.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 17, 2026 06:15 PM (l26NL)

100 "Let me pretend I'm a Cambridge don or I'll kill myself" is a hell of a bold strategy.

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

101 End Big Govt loans for college

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 17, 2026 06:16 PM (/+uur)

102 Warai-otoko

Remember that spoof headline "Read this or the dog gets it/"

Well here we are.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 17, 2026 06:16 PM (2GVsD)

103 Yes for me Calculus was easy and a lot funner than Algebra II in the Junior year in high school.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 06:12 PM (uhVAy)

My Senior Year in high school our AP math teacher, who was an awful good dude and a great teacher - wanted to teach "statistics and probability". He was one of those cats that truly thought a Bell Curve and enough data and he could measure the world.

The first time I saw, with my own eyes, how Academia just didn't have a fucking clue. He didn't. But he could rattle off those equations.

Posted by: Howdy at August 17, 2026 06:16 PM (zGa1Y)

104 - they favor lower class, "victims" and minorities because they will never threaten the elite with real merit.
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And they vote Democrat/Socialist/Communist.

Posted by: Crusader at August 17, 2026 06:16 PM (TN0g+)

105 Mamas don't let your Babies grow up to be college students.....

Posted by: It's me donna at August 17, 2026 06:17 PM (FtULh)

106 How can you let your kid graduate from high school when they can't read of do basic math?
Posted by: JackStraw at August 17, 2026 06:08 PM (viF8m)

It isn't like most of them can go to another high school. They paid for the one they get.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 06:17 PM (uhVAy)

107 90 Break the stupid deadnaming policy in the first article. Choose absurd pronouns like "sir" or "lord".

No reason we can't use part of Cloward-Piven ourselves.
Posted by: Rick C

Go really nuts. Pick a random set, not a matching one like "he/him/his."

Use "she/him/its."

Just to start the week.

At 11:14AM on Tuesday, it changes to "it/her/his." At 3:27 PM on Thursday, it changes to "he/it/hers."

Posted by: mikeski, lobbing monkeywrenches at August 17, 2026 06:13 PM (VHUov)

In middle school, my younger one said his pronoun was "Master"...yes, I had to go to the principal's office when he told a black kid to use his pronoun...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2026 06:17 PM (l3cgK)

108 60 I recall priests reading the Bible as part of Mass. Except for the Old Testament smut.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 17, 2026 06:17 PM (bX16E)

109 n the 80s the Catholic schools in Chicago were majority non Catholic. To escape the public schools who at that time pretended to teach. I assume its worse now.
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Ironically at that time the public schools had a lot of the Catholic school rejects and dirtbags. lol, the Catholics wouldn't put up with that shit.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 17, 2026 06:18 PM (akQZV)

110 President Trump called Jon Osoff 'Pee-wee Herman' 🤣 in response to Osoff taking shots at a far more successful Natalie Harp.

"You mean Wee-pee Herman?"

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 17, 2026 06:18 PM (/+uur)

111 Use "she/him/its."

LOL, I read that as she/him/TITS...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2026 06:18 PM (l3cgK)

112 I've forgotten half the Calc I took in college, and one of those courses was an upper-division one...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2026 06:14 PM (l3cgK)
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It's amazing how much of that is still buried deep within my own brain, just waiting for a trigger to bring it back to the surface.

I've been getting a crash course on Calc III and partial differential equations this summer thanks to the work I've been doing helping faculty with their courses.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 17, 2026 06:18 PM (FZ29D)

113 Try doing that when you get pulled over by a cop for a traffic violation.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 17, 2026 06:01 PM

I am a man on the land and the beneficiary of said name. I am traveling not driving.
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And always remember: IF you can make it to your driveway or your place of work's parking lot, the Cops suddenly have to let you go and can no longer conduct a traffic stop.

/all those *awesome* youtube/tik-tok videos

Posted by: Crusader at August 17, 2026 06:18 PM (TN0g+)

114 Defund Fake "Education"

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No enough. Napalm them and play Die Walkure from hovering helicopters.

Posted by: Decaf at August 17, 2026 06:18 PM (ZNpJk)

115 >>Both parents were raised in these same failing schools, and they both work, so homework oversight is probably fairly lax. Also, in my son's case, he would fail and they would promote him anyway. The schools don't hold any kid accountable for anything, and when you question them, they spout some horseshit like self esteem.

Both my parents worked but they put a priority on my sister and I getting a good education. Shockingly, it was easier for my sister. I was easily distrac ...squirrel!

Everything, and I do mean everything, took a backseat to not just getting good grades but learning to think critically. That was pretty common with my peers way back when I walked uphill in the snow both ways to school.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 17, 2026 06:18 PM (viF8m)

116 90 Break the stupid deadnaming policy in the first article. Choose absurd pronouns like "sir" or "lord".

No reason we can't use part of Cloward-Piven ourselves.
Posted by: Rick C

Go really nuts. Pick a random set, not a matching one like "he/him/his."

Use "she/him/its."

Just to start the week.

At 11:14AM on Tuesday, it changes to "it/her/his." At 3:27 PM on Thursday, it changes to "he/it/hers."

Posted by: mikeski, lobbing monkeywrenches at August 17, 2026 06:13 PM

My pronouns would be, "Only two genders".

If a professor, admin, or student don't use my preferred pronoun, then my attorney will be contacting the universities legal department.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 17, 2026 06:19 PM (HlyYF)

117
How do you stop a giant game of Kick the Can? Every university that can get away with it is still refusing to abide by SFFA vs Harvard.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 17, 2026 06:19 PM (XJ22o)

118 110 President Trump called Jon Osoff 'Pee-wee Herman' 🤣 in response to Osoff taking shots at a far more successful Natalie Harp.

"You mean Wee-pee Herman?"
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 17, 2026 06:18 PM (/+uur)

It's their new thing.. CNN implied also that Trump was having an affair with Harp

Posted by: It's me donna at August 17, 2026 06:20 PM (FtULh)

119 There are people with the last name "Master". I bet there are even black people with the last name "Master". What do you do about them?

Posted by: fd at August 17, 2026 06:21 PM (MWfyi)

120 118 110 President Trump called Jon Osoff 'Pee-wee Herman' 🤣 in response to Osoff taking shots at a far more successful Natalie Harp.

"You mean Wee-pee Herman?"
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 17, 2026 06:18 PM (/+uur)

It's their new thing.. CNN implied also that Trump was having an affair with Harp

Posted by: It's me donna at August 17, 2026 06:20 PM (FtULh)

HARP? The High Altitude Research Project? That might hurt.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2026 06:22 PM (l3cgK)

121 Use "she/him/its."

LOL, I read that as she/him/TITS...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

You understand the plan instinctively.

Posted by: mikeski at August 17, 2026 06:22 PM (VHUov)

122 I've forgotten half the Calc I took in college, and one of those courses was an upper-division one...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2026 06:14 PM (l3cgK)

Anyone that does "tuning" has to know it. Even if they never did the math - like an HVAC guy on one of these building systems that tries to optimize all the split units or multiple air handlers.

Integral is just Error over Time. Differential is just How Quick Did My Tune Act Right Now ? And Proportional is just I'm This Far Away So I'lll Turn the Volume Up/Down This Much.

Posted by: Howdy at August 17, 2026 06:22 PM (zGa1Y)

123 My pronouns are Smegballs/him/1.745E-4s's

And you damned well better make that a silent "h", bigot.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 17, 2026 06:22 PM (Ot/FD)

124 Differential Equations was God's Way of telling me, "Son, you're going to be a History major."

Posted by: goatexchange at August 17, 2026 06:22 PM (hyS0X)

125 Detroit pulls out all the stops for the days the kids are counted for funding.

I remember commercials airing, pizza parties, everything to get the bodies there so they can get the dollars.

After that, well it's the public education system. And Detroit.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 17, 2026 06:22 PM (Sco7b)

126
It's their new thing.. CNN implied also that Trump was having an affair with Harp

Posted by: It's me donna
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Eighty year old Democrats too demented to walk.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 17, 2026 06:23 PM (EYrlY)

127 What do you do about them?
Posted by: fd at August 17, 2026 06:21 PM (MWfyi)

Don't bait them into an argument.

... or anything, really.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 17, 2026 06:23 PM (Ot/FD)

128 There are enough colleges that have closed recently for someone to start up an entirely transcollege. Confine all of this nonsense to one centralized looney bin.

Except a lot of these trannies are Cluster-B narcissistic sociopaths and love nothing more than forcing people to waste their time dealing with them.

Even if the transcollege was free, they wouldn't go because it defeats the purpose of being trans—to be higher on the Needy Child Oppression totem pole. If everyone is demanding attention and demanding special treatment, then some low achievers stop, many get into the Mimetic Double-bind and start shooting up the place, or worse.

Every drama queen needs an audience.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 17, 2026 06:23 PM (rgGn5)

129
All children left behind.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 17, 2026 06:23 PM (OkYzo)

130
This is the culmination of letting your child be raised by a village of government-paid propagandists. This is just like that vid with the woman who is taken care by Gov't for her entire life...what was that fictional woman's name? I've forgotten...damn this old brain.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

The Life of Julia

https://youtu.be/oqBjXP8RKho

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 17, 2026 06:23 PM (Cqx++)

131 Can the kids even read protein shake labels?

Posted by: Brometheus at August 17, 2026 06:23 PM (6pDIF)

132 sire/lord/lordship.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 17, 2026 06:23 PM (NnhvP)

133 Fucking the help is Dem 101
that is why they accuse PDT

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 17, 2026 06:24 PM (/+uur)

134 Don't think that this fake grade problem is limited to Nashville public schools. It is rampant in virtually every urban school district in the country. And the primary reason for it is that black students either can't or won't learn the things being taught, so the schools pass the students on anyway.

Posted by: Ralph at August 17, 2026 06:24 PM (8WZD4)

135 119 There are people with the last name "Master". I bet there are even black people with the last name "Master". What do you do about them?

Posted by: fd at August 17, 2026 06:21 PM (MWfyi)

Well, there were black slaveholders in the South since almost the beginning of slavery in the colonies. One of the very first slaveowners was a black man. Look up Anthony Johnson...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2026 06:24 PM (l3cgK)

136 I do love how "pronouns" came and went in less time than it took to seize Constantinople.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 17, 2026 06:24 PM (Ot/FD)

137 126
It's their new thing.. CNN implied also that Trump was having an affair with Harp

Posted by: It's me donna

I hope you're well.

I did see that this afternoon. CNN can always sink lower.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 17, 2026 06:24 PM (Sco7b)

138 In high school, my teacher told us calculus was easy, but the algebra involved to get things into useable forms was what tripped students up.
Posted by: InZona at August 17, 2026 06:04 PM (d0SI

That's why I think Calc should be after Algebra I, then the last year can be advanced Calculus and the Algebra it needs. I was a math-head and found the A II such a chore even for me.

Similarly in Physics, two years of Classical followed by Quantum one should be flipped to C1 Q1 C2 Q2

Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 06:25 PM (uhVAy)

139 I got an A out of Diff EQ as a night student at UT. And I still didn't have a fucking clue what to use them for after the grade.

Not a clue.

Posted by: Howdy at August 17, 2026 06:25 PM (zGa1Y)

140 129
All children left behind.
Posted by: Frank Barone at August 17, 2026 06:23 PM (OkYzo)

If those grabasstic perverts would all leave the children's behinds alone, we wouldn't be in half the problems we got right now.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 17, 2026 06:25 PM (Ot/FD)

141 Headline (from something called the National Security Journal):

"Trump just got handed a threat from Iran: Meet the demands or face military action to break the naval blockade"

Excerpt:

"Iran is no longer simply defending itself against the United States — its military leadership is now preparing to escalate, shifting to a “fully offensive” strategy that could see attacks expand beyond the Strait of Hormuz and across the Middle East."

Me:

The blockadea and the attendant sanctions must be working like a sonuvabitch for that kind of Persian squealing.

Posted by: mrp at August 17, 2026 06:26 PM (rj6Yv)

142 Differential Equations was God's Way of telling me, "Son, you're going to be a History major."
Posted by: goatexchange

I passed it, but didn't grok it. Partly because I had that professor who despised having to teach one undergrad course each semester.

So it was God's way of telling me "Engineering is fine, the computers do this math for you once you're out of college. You don't have to start with Maxwell to get to Ohm's Law."

Posted by: mikeski at August 17, 2026 06:26 PM (VHUov)

143 There are enough colleges that have closed recently for someone to start up an entirely transcollege. Confine all of this nonsense to one centralized looney bin.

Except a lot of these trannies are Cluster-B narcissistic sociopaths and love nothing more than forcing people to waste their time dealing with them.

Even if the transcollege was free, they wouldn't go because it defeats the purpose of being trans—to be higher on the Needy Child Oppression totem pole. If everyone is demanding attention and demanding special treatment, then some low achievers stop, many get into the Mimetic Double-bind and start shooting up the place, or worse.

Every drama queen needs an audience.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 17, 2026 06:23 PM (rgGn5)

Transes are the current foot soldier thugs of the left. Anybody trying to exclude them will be pariahs.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 06:26 PM (uhVAy)

144

What can we do personally to change all the issues we discuss here.

Is it to late?

Posted by: four seasons at August 17, 2026 06:27 PM (/QHx4)

145 Not knowing whst happened but seems a relatively famous women's college got taken over by a bigger well know college

Posted by: Skip at August 17, 2026 06:27 PM (Ia/+0)

146 My parents had three kids in school. Back then you passed to the next grade or you had to repeat that grade. None of us had to repeat a grade. Mom and Dad made sure of that.

Posted by: Case at August 17, 2026 06:28 PM (UKrJG)

147 What can we do personally to change all the issues we discuss here.

Is it to late?
Posted by: four seasons at August 17, 2026 06:27 PM (/QHx4)

Start a blog?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 17, 2026 06:28 PM (Ot/FD)

148 Everybody should major in STEM and learn how to code
No wait!!!
Everybody should learn how to be plumbers.

Fuck it just go to college and have fun there aren't going to be any new jobs in construction since birthrate is so low we aren't gonna need any new houses.

Posted by: Paul at August 17, 2026 06:28 PM (il5/0)

149 Differential Equations was God's Way of telling me, "Son, you're going to be a History major."
Posted by: goatexchange

I passed it, but didn't grok it. Partly because I had that professor who despised having to teach one undergrad course each semester.

So it was God's way of telling me "Engineering is fine, the computers do this math for you once you're out of college. You don't have to start with Maxwell to get to Ohm's Law."
Posted by: mikeski at August 17, 2026 06:26 PM (VHUov)

Yes, Diff Eq in math class was tough for me, but in Quantum it all made sense even separating partial differential equations because it was about something real.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 06:29 PM (uhVAy)

150
There are enough colleges that have closed recently for someone to start up an entirely transcollege.

Posted by: Community Notes

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Perfect. The Gallaudet for trannies!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 17, 2026 06:29 PM (XJ22o)

151 Not knowing whst happened but seems a relatively famous women's college got taken over by a bigger well know college
Posted by: Skip at August 17, 2026 06:27 PM (Ia/+0)

Good gravy, as if academia wasn't bungholed enough already, now they're adopting the Merger Ampersand Acquisition ethos to boot?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 17, 2026 06:29 PM (Ot/FD)

152 Don't just Defund Education.

Kelo Education.

Take their property and put it to beneficial use. For the Children or some shit...

Posted by: garrett at August 17, 2026 06:29 PM (TjiFM)

153
We vote for those we think are with us on issues. So many turn out to be liars.

Posted by: four seasons at August 17, 2026 06:30 PM (/QHx4)

154 Yes, Diff Eq in math class was tough for me, but in Quantum it all made sense even separating partial differential equations because it was about something real.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 06:29 PM (uhVAy)
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*** virtual particles have entered the chat ***

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 17, 2026 06:30 PM (FZ29D)

155 As near as I could tell, NYC didn’t bother grading my kid.

Posted by: Accomack at August 17, 2026 06:30 PM (T8bqm)

156 Amazon rip off. Shopping at Amazon, first thing is 'buy it again' aisle. I clicked off an item not giving it scrutiny because I'd bought it before.

Received it today. It was not the item I intended nor was it an item I have ever bought before. Now, they are not only doing copy cat rip-offs they are doing bait and switch.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 17, 2026 06:30 PM (EYrlY)

157 "Iran is no longer simply defending itself against the United States — its military leadership is now preparing to escalate, shifting to a “fully offensive” strategy that could see attacks expand beyond the Strait of Hormuz and across the Middle East."

Me:

The blockadea and the attendant sanctions must be working like a sonuvabitch for that kind of Persian squealing.
Posted by: mrp at August 17, 2026 06:26 PM (rj6Yv)

No point in attacking the Great Satan right here by us...lets go blow up a 7-11 in Cairo or something instead!

Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 06:31 PM (uhVAy)

158
The school will drive you kid to an abortion, help them tape down their breasts, tuck their weiners, change their names, hide it from parents, but won't teach them to read,write or math.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 17, 2026 06:31 PM (OkYzo)

159 Damn Osoff really does look like Pee Wee

Posted by: the dandy at August 17, 2026 06:31 PM (8l8nW)

160 Yes, Diff Eq in math class was tough for me, but in Quantum it all made sense even separating partial differential equations because it was about something real.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 06:29 PM (uhVAy)
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*** virtual particles have entered the chat ***
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 17, 2026 06:30 PM (FZ29D)

Anyone with a credit card can understand virtual particles.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 06:31 PM (uhVAy)

161
What can we do personally to change all the issues we discuss here.

Is it to late?
Posted by: four seasons

==================

That's exactly what I was wondering at #117. There's a bedrock of leftism in higher education now. Getting it jackhammered out will take generations. Maybe by the time Marco and JD have both served 2 terms we'll start to see a reversal.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 17, 2026 06:32 PM (XJ22o)

162
Braenyard,

I learned to never trust the buy it again shit.

Posted by: four seasons at August 17, 2026 06:33 PM (/QHx4)

163 calculus was easy"

Indeed. Now organic chemistry...

Posted by: man at August 17, 2026 06:33 PM (XuXeR)

164 What can we do personally to change all the issues we discuss here.

Is it to late?
Posted by: four seasons at August 17, 2026 06:27 PM (/QHx4)

Like a dead tree it needs to be chopped down and replanted with something alive. Public Schools/Unis are dead.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 06:33 PM (uhVAy)

165 163 calculus was easy"

Indeed. Now organic chemistry...

Posted by: man at August 17, 2026 06:33 PM (XuXeR)

I had planned to take organic chem, but never got around to it. My JC chem prof was disappointed.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2026 06:34 PM (l3cgK)

166 The classroom itself changed shape.

pear-shaped springs to mind

Posted by: anachronda at August 17, 2026 06:34 PM (v3pYe)

167 Nightly news...

Hayden ... all channels.

Slow news day?
Did President Trump become less evil?

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 17, 2026 06:35 PM (Sco7b)

168 >>The blockadea and the attendant sanctions must be working like a sonuvabitch for that kind of Persian squealing.
Posted by: mrp at August 17, 2026 06:26 PM (rj6Yv)
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The train bridges to points north and east are blown up.
The term, siege, is much more romantic.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 17, 2026 06:36 PM (EYrlY)

169 .
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I am over 29.
.
If I die tomorrow ... well okay then ... thanks be to God for a wonderful life.
.
We will know the end is nigh when a blackout is followed by ... nothing.

Posted by: Marooned at August 17, 2026 06:37 PM (kt8QE)

170 Nightly news...

Hayden ... all channels.

Slow news day?
Did President Trump become less evil?
Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 17, 2026 06:35 PM (Sco7b)
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Plenty of political news - none of it good for Dems.

Posted by: mrp at August 17, 2026 06:38 PM (rj6Yv)

171 I got an A out of Diff EQ as a night student at UT. And I still didn't have a fucking clue what to use them for after the grade.

Not a clue.
Posted by: Howdy at August 17, 2026 06:25 PM (zGa1Y)

Our open book final in Quantum Mechanics was to separate the energy levels of an electron in a cylindrical potential. A square potential gives you cosines that 'fit' where the cylinder gives you Bessel functions.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 06:39 PM (uhVAy)

172 137 126
It's their new thing.. CNN implied also that Trump was having an affair with Harp

Posted by: It's me donna

I hope you're well.

I did see that this afternoon. CNN can always sink lower.

is typo. was supposed to be trump is having an affair with HAARP

Posted by: anachronda at August 17, 2026 06:40 PM (v3pYe)

173 Plenty of political news - none of it good for Dems.

Posted by: mrp at August 17, 2026 06:38 PM (rj6Yv)

Yeah, I just flipped through. Nothing.

Nood.
Quick hits

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 17, 2026 06:40 PM (Sco7b)

174 The train bridges to points north and east are blown up.
The term, siege, is much more romantic.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 17, 2026 06:36 PM (EYrlY)

Sieges have a technical meaning. They really don't apply to a country the size of Iran until they wall it up all the way around.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 06:40 PM (uhVAy)

175 actually those five years between HS and college was spent running a house framing business. We built custom homes because we knew how to cut a roof. Champions, Quail Valley, Memorial, Sharpstown. Then Jimmah Cattah filed his Plyler lawsuit going out in December 1980. It was decided in 1982 and that's when Mexico moved in.

my builders hired them at 1/2 price and called us to punch out their mistakes...so college

Posted by: DanMan at August 17, 2026 06:42 PM (8uzBS)

176 The school will drive your kid to an abortion, help them tape down their breasts, tuck their weiners, change their name, hide it from parents, but won't teach them to read, write or math.
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They just need more money!

Posted by: Common Tater at August 17, 2026 06:42 PM (akQZV)

177 124 Differential Equations was God's Way of telling me, "Son, you're going to be a History major."
Posted by: goatexchange

It took me 3 semesters but I did finally pass Diff Eq. Of course never used it.

Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at August 17, 2026 06:42 PM (KaHlS)

178 Oh, the deity give me strength; the public uni that I got my degree from is now famous for the stupidest, wokiest reason imaginable!
I am sorry, people - CSU-Northridge used to be a place where sensible people could get a usable education at a modest price per unit.
Another example of the Universal Shittification Of All Things! (as if we needed another one!!)

Posted by: Sgt. Mom at August 17, 2026 06:43 PM (Ew3fm)

179 Crazy shit. I was doing second year calculus as a junior in high school. I sort of hit the wall because I didn't know how to apply it in meatspace. College was a bit better, but they still don't teach the application. Strange setup.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 17, 2026 06:44 PM (tvdD1)

180
trans preverts and their enablers/exploiters like to post material on the internet and wear t-shirts with pictures of knives and guns on them, with threats of murder for not playing their game of Simon Says to their satisfaction. Threats of unemployment, expulsion from school and so on as well. They shriek about the made-up crime of dead-naming, and threaten us with the actual crime of dead. They mutilate children. They kill children.

There are a bunch of these games the Left plays to seize power. The Covid requirements were an example. DEI is another. In each case the narrative is their moral imperative and the urgent immediate need for extreme action. The designers and instigators are sociopaths. They don't care how much damage they do. Their targets (e.g. us), on average, are far more concerned about right and wrong than they'll ever be.

Fake moral issues that crush actual morality. The contradiction, the lie, goes back to the beginning of Marxism, back to the French Revolution.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 17, 2026 06:46 PM (L78T1)

181 Crazy shit. I was doing second year calculus as a junior in high school. I sort of hit the wall because I didn't know how to apply it in meatspace. College was a bit better, but they still don't teach the application. Strange setup.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 17, 2026 06:44 PM (tvdD1)

Well finding the area of odd shaped curved boundaries is the classical one.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 06:46 PM (uhVAy)

182 93 75 In high school, my teacher told us calculus was easy, but the algebra involved to get things into useable forms was what tripped students up.

Calc I is like that. If you understand an Exponent ? You've got Calc I by the balls.

Calc III is also like that, if you can juggle three variables in your head as far as which ones are the constant and which one is the variable according to the notation.

Calc II is a bitch. Because it's all the Trig Identities. The messy shit you have to memorize. I hated Calc II.

For those that never took Calc ? Did you ever notice that EVERY FUCKING NEWTONIAN THEOREM turns out to be 1/2 X ^ 2 ? That's basic Calc I. Springs. Gravity. All of it.

Posted by: Howdy at August 17, 2026 06:09 PM (zGa1Y)

I've forgotten half the Calc I took in college, and one of those courses was an upper-division one...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2026 06:14 PM (l3cgK)
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I thought Calc I, Calc II, and Calc III were pretty easy. Advanced Calculus, I guess you might call it Calc IV, gets a little hairy until you understand the delta-epsilon proofs that make up the majority of that class.

Posted by: Ralph at August 17, 2026 06:48 PM (8WZD4)

183 .
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Calculus I ... huh ?
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Only after Calculus I, II, and III, does one have the opportunity to study Differential Equations in which the beautiful concept of transforms is introduced. I weep for youth who will never know the joy of observing a time domain signal from the perspective of said signal's frequency domain counterpart.

Posted by: Marooned at August 17, 2026 06:49 PM (kt8QE)

184 Another T-storm heading my eay, last night after 1am it poured for about 45 minutes straight

Posted by: Skip at August 17, 2026 06:55 PM (Ia/+0)

185 Next step, Mace becomes friends with Hunter Biden.

Posted by: PG at August 17, 2026 06:58 PM (qln0f)

186 >>>For those that never took Calc ? Did you ever notice that EVERY FUCKING NEWTONIAN THEOREM turns out to be 1/2 X ^ 2 ? That's basic Calc I. Springs. Gravity. All of it.

Posted by: Howdy

>And yet we still haven't solved the riddle of gravity. It's simple and we're looking too hard. Gravity kicks my ass every day as I get older.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 17, 2026 07:04 PM (tvdD1)

187 That was pretty common with my peers way back when I walked uphill in the snow both ways to school.

I did too but it was into the wind. Also eastern North Dakota so uphill was questionable.

Posted by: free tibet at August 17, 2026 07:52 PM (iNp3L)

188 So if I decide my name is Mohammedmolester, I can force everyone to use it?
Allrighty then!

Posted by: Mohammedmolester at August 18, 2026 07:26 AM (7Xwu/)

189 Why do our Universities not rise up and challenge their own administrations' acceptance boards? Call them out for being performative instead of selection based on merit. IMHO, those teachers are culpable for accepting students that do not have the acumen to learn. This is a result of University teachers' lounges that enforce (bully) DEI conformity instead of performance. Our Universities have created a hive (drone) mentality. It's tribalism!

Posted by: John at August 18, 2026 03:10 PM (9NUKl)

"Racism Did This:" Jason Arday's Uneducated Racist "Students" Learned One Thing From Him -- Just Blame Whites and The World Is Your Oyster

Any standards of qualification, performance, or public behavior have a "disparate impact" on some "communities" and are therefore racist.

The only "fair" and "equitable" standard is none at all. In order to be radically equitable, we must embrace feral savagery and anti-civilization.

How about no, Scott?

Roger Kimball:

Who was to blame? A curious subhead to a story in The Wall Street Journal seems to me to get the question completely wrong. "Jason Arday's academic rise and fall set off a debate about whether he was a plagiarist or victim of a racial witch hunt."

Are you, like me, sick of the left pretending that the Woke AF Wall Street Journal is "conservative"?

But that is a false dichotomy. There is no doubt that Arday was a plagiarist. And far from being the victim of "a racial witch hunt," he was the victim of his own lies and intemperate behavior. And let's not forget that his fabulations were directed not only at aggrandizing himself. He was also perfectly happy to play the race card to damage others, as when he complained to the police that journalists who were investigating his credentials were guilty of harassing him. The police duly opened a four-month-long investigation into a journalist who was simply going about his job.
Outside of certain mystery novels, where the villain is discovered and then presented with a weapon and a private moment to "do the right thing," suicide cannot help but be a shocking eventuality. One cannot--at least, I cannot--help but feel bad for Arday and his family, which includes his widow, two young children, and his parents. Nevertheless, I cannot exonerate him. Why? A multi-part inventory compiled on X and presented in clipped, asyndetonic style contains the answer. Here are some of the items, presented under the rubric "Be Jason Arday":
>claim police traced a severed pig's head at your parents' house to a butcher who'd sold a "whole hog" that morning
>have the butcher say no officer ever came in
>have the Met call the whole tale "categorically incorrect"
>say you're experiencing a modern day lynching on a podcast
>have the ASA make your speaking agency strip unbacked claims
>hire Carter-Ruck [a law firm] & get Times Higher Education to kill a finished story
>report their journalist to Scotland Yard for emailing you questions about your record
>have officers tell him to stop, your mental health was hurt
>report a retired professor too, have Devon & Cornwall decline to bother
>have the Met chief later admit "we dropped the ball on that one"
>get cleared by a panel you asked to weigh the "war on critical race theory"
>have 188 matching sentences called an honest & reasonable error
>do keynote on the playbook conservatives use to hunt black academics b/c beyond reproach
>have the Times find participant 11 in study is three different people
>have the same quotes come out of different mouths 25 times across three papers
>have false funding declarations
>have an outside expert say there is no question the plagiarism is extensive
>have a Cambridge autism professor send round "URGENT PLEASE SIGN ANTI RACISM LETTER"
>get 13,000 names & three Cambridge heads vouching for text they never read
>have Cambridge call it a "vile smear campaign"
>blame autistic mimicry, a l supervisor who left, & one you never met
>call the campaign racially motivated
>say "what I am not is a liar"
>turn 600 miles of margarine in six days into twelve
>have Anglia Ruskin edit your citation page the day the [Nathan] Cofnas piece dropped
>get Solent to delete the running claims
>have the TEDx video go private
>have your Jesus College page quietly turn Professorial Fellow into l Fellow & a Liverpool master's vanish
>have academics call for a regulator probe, have the Office for Students decline to comment
>have Cambridge open a probe into your qualifications & honorary appointments
>have Jesus College open its own
>quit both on the spot
>put the letter out through the Good Law Project
>have the letter promise you'll return stronger & wiser
>have the letter come back 100% AI
>have Jesus College drop its probe the moment you quit
>have the Good Law Project boss keep defending you, chalking it all up to neurodivergence
>have the ghostwritten memoir come out in the US anyway, after a 1.4m pre-empt
>have the UK edition still set for Aug 27
>have Cambridge order an outside audit of how you were ever hired
>have Durham & Glasgow open probes of their own
>commit suicide
>have people portray you as a victim?
Whatever else can be said about the "Jason Arday Affair," he was not the victim. Perhaps you can say he was the casualty, first, of his own mendacity and race-fired megalomania and second, of an educational establishment that, marinated in the anti-white, self-flagellating racial animosities of the moment, colluded in the construction of Arday's fantastical, self-aggrandizing, and ultimately self-destructive fantasies.

Kurt Schlichter on the latest race grift:

Fake Professor Jason Arday was found dead in the wake of being exposed as a complete fraud, and if it were my choice, he would still be alive and suffering the humiliation that should be the result of his crimes. I would prefer that he did not likely choose to kill himself instead of facing the consequences of his actions. My preference is irrelevant. If he decided to do himself in, it's crushing for his wife and kids, and that was a selfish, cruel, and stupid decision. But it was his decision, as was his decision to commit fraud upon fraud. I don't celebrate his death, and his death changes nothing. We're not going to stop rooting out the charlatans.
Of course, the entirely predictable response of the institutional left to his cowardly and apparent self-deletion has been to insist, loudly and with quivering outrage, that his death is our fault. You see, we normal people pointed out that he lied about his background, his achievements, his credentials, and his work. The fact that we did what a functioning institution should've done itself outraged his boosters, so these moral illiterates now invert the moral calculus to keep the exposure of academic fraud from happening again. Arday lied pathologically and endlessly, enabled by a ridiculously solicitous academia, then likely killed himself when his lies were exposed. Obviously, the villains are the people who did not lie and did not choose to end his life.
And you'll never guess their key accusation in a million years.
Okay, you guessed it: RACISM!

....
But let's be serious about these condescending leftists. They knew Arday was a phony. They also knew he was useful. His existence supported their narrative, so that irritating objective truth thing could be dispensed with. But he was never their peer; he was their pet. They tried to make Jason Arday into something he wasn't -- an intellectual and a genius -- because he was a good-looking black guy with the kind of lengthy dreads that send a tingle down the legs of childless liberal wine women who spend their endless free time reading Ibram X. Kendi's tomes (that relic of Woke 1.0 is yet another clown whose scamming was too much even for left-wing academia to bear) and doing the work to ameliorate their appalling residual whiteness.
...
The new party line is that we're to blame. It's our fault that Arday is dead. You see, if we hadn't told the truth about his many, many lies and exposed them, this never would have happened. And that's probably true, in a sense. He would've gone on being a celebrated icon of the left, though most of the left understood he was a joke and kept their laughter in check for the good of the movement.
...

We're not going to play their game. We're not going to hold fire for fear of feelz. We're not going to ignore the truth lest the liar lash out at himself or others. Sometimes the truth hurts, but the only people the truth hurts are people exposed doing something they shouldn't be doing. The truth is more important than feelings. And the truth is more important than Arday's life. If the choice we are presented with is that Jason Arday will go on living a lie and degrading our civilization by doing so, or that Jason Arday might hurt himself, it's Option 2 every day of the week. We're not going to be held hostage or intimidated or shamed into silence and, therefore, complicity.

NEW Students of Jason Arday address a vigil, telling a crowd

�Racism did this�

�For many of us, Cambridge was once imagined as an arrival..we believed in the university..that we might belong�

�Jason�s death & the cruelty & smear around him reminds us that for many, we do not� pic.twitter.com/YDu4oboUSz
— Mousumi Bakshi 📣 (@mo_bakshi) August 16, 2026

Andy Ngo
@MrAndyNgo
14h
Never forget that Arday sicced police and lawyers on people to silence them from reporting out his lies and plagiarism. It took very brave people to continue investigating when others were intimidated into stopping.
Arday killed himself once his house of lies finally collapsed under its own weight and he couldn't face the world to say two words: "I'm sorry."
From Jussie Smollett to George Floyd, leftists always pick unethical, violent and/or fraudulent people as their heroes.

I�m undercover at the London rally for the deceased DEI academic fraud Jason Arday. Thousands are here to defend DEI and the lies of Arday, who k�lled himself after he was outed by journalists as a fraud.

The crowd are doing BLM-style chants and fist pumps, mirroring how BLM is� pic.twitter.com/1bQJWSmtgP
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) August 17, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:42 PM

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1 Well, he did crack the code

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 17, 2026 04:42 PM (N1DT3)

2 I mean, eventually it's going to cause a backlash, but grifters know you gotta take every chance you can get.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 17, 2026 04:43 PM (N1DT3)

3 Is it any surprise that the most prominent people taking advantage of an obvious grift are ALSO obvious grifters?

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 17, 2026 04:44 PM (N1DT3)

4 I guess I better nood.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 17, 2026 04:44 PM (N1DT3)

5 And back

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 17, 2026 04:44 PM (N1DT3)

6 saw a great comment on X about this "blame whitey" narrative for Arday's death:

"He finally did something himself and you want to give credit to someone else"

Posted by: the dandy at August 17, 2026 04:45 PM (8l8nW)

7 "Never forget that Arday sicced police and lawyers on people to silence them from reporting out his lies and plagiarism. It took very brave people to continue investigating when others were intimidated into stopping."

Yes, he understood the grift. The police have been well-trained to support the grift everywhere they can.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 17, 2026 04:45 PM (N1DT3)

8 6 saw a great comment on X about this "blame whitey" narrative for Arday's death:

"He finally did something himself and you want to give credit to someone else"
Posted by: the dandy at August 17, 2026 04:45 PM (8l8nW)

That's absolutely terrible and I'm a terrible person for laughing out loud.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 17, 2026 04:46 PM (N1DT3)

9 Are you, like me, sick of the left pretending that the Woke AF Wall Street Journal is "conservative"?

—

They’re as rock ribbed conservative as we are.
- National Review

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 17, 2026 04:46 PM (dKrJA)

10 I'd like to see who paid Arday's lawyers.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 17, 2026 04:46 PM (rp63B)

11 En fuego!

Posted by: That Guy who shouts "En fuego!" at August 17, 2026 04:47 PM (0sNs1)

12 8 6 saw a great comment on X about this "blame whitey" narrative for Arday's death:

"He finally did something himself and you want to give credit to someone else"
Posted by: the dandy at August 17, 2026 04:45 PM (8l8nW)

That's absolutely terrible and I'm a terrible person for laughing out loud.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 17, 2026 04:46 PM (N1DT3)

Clever clever cruelty. An HQ specialty.

Posted by: tubal at August 17, 2026 04:48 PM (Gqar8)

13 From Jussie Smollett to George Floyd, leftists always pick unethical, violent and/or fraudulent people as their heroes.

===

ain't that the truth

Posted by: runner at August 17, 2026 04:48 PM (g47mK)

14 Yeah, cause Ward Churchill was left alone because white.

Posted by: Bete at August 17, 2026 04:49 PM (LX4y3)

15 Arday's students whom he did not teach were happy to be not taught by him. They loved not taking a class from him. And now, they won't be able to not take a class from him any longer.

Posted by: huerfano at August 17, 2026 04:49 PM (2Xqig)

16 Frankly, my dear, I don't give a fuck about Jason Arday.
Gonna' go fold my underwear.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 17, 2026 04:49 PM (EYrlY)

17 Looking at the video... yeah, that's what the average Brit crowd looks like...

Yeah, I know.

Posted by: man at August 17, 2026 04:49 PM (XuXeR)

18 >>>>turn 600 miles of margarine in six days into twelve

600 miles of a marathon?

Posted by: m at August 17, 2026 04:50 PM (odBC9)

19 > Racism did this...

Yes, but not the way they're saying. Racism gave Arday a position of authority he did not earn and burdened him with responsibilities he could not fulfill. Arday collapsed spectacularly when realists exposed his fraud and the fraud of his employers.

Arday was a turtle who jumped from his post.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 17, 2026 04:50 PM (mkw2N)

20 15 Arday's students whom he did not teach were happy to be not taught by him. They loved not taking a class from him. And now, they won't be able to not take a class from him any longer.
Posted by: huerfano at August 17, 2026 04:49 PM (2Xqig)

So Unfair!! All because of White People, of course.

Posted by: tubal at August 17, 2026 04:50 PM (Gqar8)

21 600 miles of margarine is a really slippery slope.

Posted by: tubal at August 17, 2026 04:51 PM (Gqar8)

22 Was this guy famous at all? I had never heard of him. Granted I have no interest in anything to do with academia. Had he written best selling books or something. Seems weird how a university plagiarism story blew up like that.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 17, 2026 04:51 PM (dKrJA)

23 From Jussie Smollett to George Floyd, leftists always pick unethical, violent and/or fraudulent people as their heroes.
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Leftists are all, to a man, unethical, violent and/or fraudulent, so there's nothing else to pick from. Period.

Posted by: ballistic at August 17, 2026 04:52 PM (oqH4h)

24 Honkeys ruin everything!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 17, 2026 04:52 PM (uipH1)

25 "600 Miles of Margarine" by the Proclaimers did not fare as well as their hit "500 Miles."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 17, 2026 04:53 PM (amcLV)

26 "Jason Arday's academic rise and fall set off a debate about whether he was a plagiarist or victim of a racial witch hunt."

The only victim here is the truth. His "background" was literally too good to be true but they wanted to believe it so they believed it.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 17, 2026 04:53 PM (cpFbA)

27
Many people have noted that Arday could have made money and a brand new career off this scandal. Jayson Blair got a $500,000 advance for "Burning Down My Master's House."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 17, 2026 04:53 PM (XJ22o)

28 Hold on. It's not the end of the week yet. His super healing powers may not have fully kicked in yet.

I have been having stoicism lectures from YouTube on in the background. I think the Venn diagram containing stoicism and lefties has two circles not touching.

With one circle holding out a pudgy finger shrieking "OLD, EVIL, RACIST WHITE GUYS!!"

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 17, 2026 04:53 PM (Sco7b)

29 25 "600 Miles of Margarine" by the Proclaimers did not fare as well as their hit "500 Miles."
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 17, 2026 04:53 PM (amcLV)

500 Miles is a truly ghastly earwig.

Posted by: tubal at August 17, 2026 04:54 PM (Gqar8)

30 The only victim here is the truth. His "background" was literally too good to be true but they wanted to believe it so they believed it.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 17, 2026 04:53 PM (cpFbA)
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I mean it's a half-inch away from "Kim Jong Il played golf for the first time and scored an 18."

Commit bullshit through and through.

Posted by: ballistic at August 17, 2026 04:54 PM (oqH4h)

31 Commie bullshit

Posted by: ballistic at August 17, 2026 04:55 PM (oqH4h)

32 So, you're on the Cambridge Tenure Committee... Jason Arday or George Costanza?

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at August 17, 2026 04:55 PM (yyBU8)

33 If you have to lie to make your point, then you don't have one, except maybe on the crown of your head.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 17, 2026 04:55 PM (PVjNi)

34 Eugippius' take is that Arday's meteoric rise was due to being one of a few pleasant looking black intellectuals available.
John Carter of Mars' take is that Arday's rise is due to his open forgiving look where most black intellectuals either have a resting bitchface or go peak Black Panther.
Both feel it was as much a fraud as his self reported history, achievements and career.

My take is that Arday was who was selected because he was the only candidate left after the competent people were told to get off the grounds because they were white, straight, or had actual ability.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 17, 2026 04:55 PM (rbvCR)

35 6 saw a great comment on X about this "blame whitey" narrative for Arday's death:

"He finally did something himself and you want to give credit to someone else"
Posted by: the dandy at August 17, 2026 04:45 PM (8l8nW)

Good one.

Posted by: m at August 17, 2026 04:55 PM (odBC9)

36 31 Commie bullshit
Posted by: ballistic at August 17, 2026 04:55 PM (oqH4h)

Commit works too.

Posted by: tubal at August 17, 2026 04:55 PM (Gqar8)

37 Uckfay Arday.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 17, 2026 04:56 PM (ndZc7)

38 Someone on zerohedge.

How did Arday possibly complete 30 marathons in 35 days!?

Running from bank guards.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 17, 2026 04:57 PM (Sco7b)

39 That's an enormous crowd, supporting academic dishonesty and race-baiting.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 17, 2026 04:57 PM (gYIcH)

40 aw a great comment on X about this "blame whitey" narrative for Arday's death:

"He finally did something himself and you want to give credit to someone else"
Posted by: the dandy at August 17, 2026 04:45 PM (8l8nW)
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I thought that myself, but did not phrase it as well.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 17, 2026 04:57 PM (amcLV)

41 I subscribe to the wall street journal for 30+ years. And dumped them about three years ago.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 17, 2026 04:57 PM (pim0Q)

42 There's a reason they always choose someone like Arday versus someone like Thomas Sowell for their diversity. Arday is never going to be a threat to them and the money wasted on promoting him comes from the taxpayer.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 04:57 PM (uhVAy)

43 >blame autistic mimicry, a l supervisor who left, & one you never met
...
>have your Jesus College page quietly turn Professorial Fellow into l Fellow & a Liverpool master's vanish

There're some random ells here: a ell supervisor, [an] ell Fellow

Posted by: m at August 17, 2026 04:58 PM (odBC9)

44 > The only victim here is the truth. His "background" was literally too good to be true but they wanted to believe it so they believed it.

Places like Cambridge often employ due diligence firms like Kroll to investigate prospective professors. I'd be curious to see if anyone can find out if they had an investigation, what the report said, and whether the hiring committee ignored their findings. Or possibly the firm's findings were doctored.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 17, 2026 04:58 PM (mkw2N)

45 18 >>>>turn 600 miles of margarine in six days into twelve

600 miles of a marathon?
Posted by: m at August 17, 2026 04:50 PM (odBC9)

ANY margarine is awful, but 600 miles of it is a nightmare.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 17, 2026 04:58 PM (PVjNi)

46
"Jason Arday's academic rise and fall set off a debate about whether he was a plagiarist or victim of a racial witch hunt."

================

Of course the WSJ wrote this. There is no "debate." On one side are people who refuse to address a single fact about Arday. I gave myself another ulcer hate-watching some of these people on the BBC and you couldn't even get them to admit the basics.

Interviewer: "Does one plus one equal two?"

Professor Heebiejeebiela: "You would never ask that of a white professor!"

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 17, 2026 04:58 PM (XJ22o)

47 21 600 miles of margarine is a really slippery slope.
Posted by: tubal at August 17, 2026 04:51 PM (Gqar

; )

Posted by: m at August 17, 2026 04:58 PM (odBC9)

48 "600 Miles of Margarine" by the Proclaimers did not fare as well as their hit "500 Miles."
Posted by: Captain Obvious

The copyright kept Lizzo from using the title for her next album, though.

Which is probably racism.

Posted by: mikeski at August 17, 2026 04:59 PM (VHUov)

49 Whatever happened to "hubris?"

I'd say that's really at the root of the Jason Arday affair.

His own pride devoured him.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 17, 2026 04:59 PM (FZ29D)

50 If he had just laid low a few years he probably would have gotten a fat book deal to write a book about his fraud.

Posted by: steevy at August 17, 2026 04:59 PM (YwEeS)

51 43 >blame autistic mimicry, a l supervisor who left, & one you never met
...
>have your Jesus College page quietly turn Professorial Fellow into l Fellow & a Liverpool master's vanish

There're some random ells here: a ell supervisor, [an] ell Fellow
Posted by: m at August 17, 2026 04:58 PM (odBC9)

AI be glitchy sometimes.

Posted by: tubal at August 17, 2026 04:59 PM (Gqar8)

52 From Jussie Smollett to George Floyd, leftists always pick unethical, violent and/or fraudulent people as their heroes.
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This is unspeakably wicked, by the way.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 17, 2026 05:00 PM (akQZV)

53 There're some random ells here: a ell supervisor, [an] ell Fellow
Posted by: m at August 17, 2026 04:58 PM (odBC9)
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levorotatory

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 17, 2026 05:00 PM (amcLV)

54 Like Hitler killed Hitler, Arday killed Arday.
Both ardent socialists....mmmm
Correlation might be causation.

Posted by: torabora at August 17, 2026 05:01 PM (LC+5l)

55 He was a black man, of course he had no agency.

Posted by: Liberals at August 17, 2026 05:01 PM (jvkDG)

56 600 miles of margarine

It's like the story of the tigers in the Little Black Sambo story!

Wikipedia:

Sambo encounters four hungry tigers, and he surrenders his colourful new clothes, shoes and umbrella so that they will not eat him.

The tigers are vain and each thinks that it is better dressed than the others. They have a big argument and chase each other around a tree until they are reduced to a pool of ghee (clarified butter).

Posted by: m at August 17, 2026 05:01 PM (odBC9)

57 Was this guy famous at all? I had never heard of him. Granted I have no interest in anything to do with academia. Had he written best selling books or something. Seems weird how a university plagiarism story blew up like that.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 17, 2026 04:51 PM (dKrJA)

Like AOC, he was a big name on the intellectual circuit in the UK. Had a prime position in a University there (and they have a lot fewer than here), was undoubtedly on all the best shows on the best channels.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 05:01 PM (uhVAy)

58 Margarine - I CAN believe it’s not butter.

Posted by: tubal at August 17, 2026 05:01 PM (Gqar8)

59 I understand his parents are going through great pain with the permanent loss of their son, but they also know his mutism, illiteracy, and other stories from his childhood were pure BS. They let him lie publicly and prodigiously for years for his advancement and fame. They're not blameless in all of this.

Posted by: Wally at August 17, 2026 05:01 PM (avzFa)

60 r/blackpeopleofreddit

Nathan Cofnas, the man at the centre of Arday plagiarism row, was dismissed for views on race. I saw his interview with Nathan Cofnas discussing Jason Arday. They appeared to suggest, and I’m paraphrasing, that “nature had righted the wrong” and that people with the “right” degrees and credentials could now become professors again.

"Cofnas was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1986 or 1987. He was raised Jewish and grew up in Manhattan." That explains a LOT.

FFS, born in Chicago! What the hell is in the water here? We have NIck Fuentes, Tim Pool, Charlie Kirk in the Chicago suburbs… We have to do a better job of shipping these people out to the red states.

Illinois overall is pretty damn racist.

All this for entertainment of the white right, essentially. And for white racists to feel smug that a black person lied about something. When the other side lies as a matter of course and can NEVER be trusted.

It was a witch hunt. White professors who plagiarise or white politicians who steal never get this kind of scrutiny. I hope the media and the UK reflect on this, I doubt it. They will be on to the next victim.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 17, 2026 05:02 PM (orDeD)

61 44 > The only victim here is the truth. His "background" was literally too good to be true but they wanted to believe it so they believed it.

Places like Cambridge often employ due diligence firms like Kroll to investigate prospective professors. I'd be curious to see if anyone can find out if they had an investigation, what the report said, and whether the hiring committee ignored their findings. Or possibly the firm's findings were doctored.
Posted by: bonhomme at August 17, 2026 04:58 PM (mkw2N)

Surely they have NDAs.

Posted by: m at August 17, 2026 05:03 PM (odBC9)

62 If he had just laid low a few years he probably would have gotten a fat book deal to write a book about his fraud.
Posted by: steevy at August 17, 2026 04:59 PM (YwEeS)

doubtful, Jussie himself doesn't get those acting gigs. They have new tools now.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 05:03 PM (uhVAy)

63 Ward Churchill was kind of a prototype. An early adopter or whatever. They are common now.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 17, 2026 05:03 PM (akQZV)

64 Yes the left has decided "right wingers witch hunt" and he was "lynched" is the angle to go with.

Posted by: steevy at August 17, 2026 05:03 PM (YwEeS)

65 How come racism is never questioned when it involves a white person, mostly white men?

Yea, I know the answer. If the left didn't have double standards they'd have no standards at all.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 17, 2026 05:04 PM (viF8m)

66 I’m undercover at the London rally for the deceased DEI academic fraud Jason Arday. Thousands are here to defend DEI and the lies of Arday,

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

Long ago universities were the bastions of truth, today they are the pits of lies and anger.

Posted by: Decaf at August 17, 2026 05:04 PM (ZNpJk)

67 Say "what I am not is a liar"
****,
I said I'm not a crook and it didn't get me anywhere. But I didn't unalive myself either.

Posted by: Zombie Richard Nixon at August 17, 2026 05:04 PM (LC+5l)

68 I understand his parents are going through great pain with the permanent loss of their son, but they also know his mutism, illiteracy, and other stories from his childhood were pure BS. They let him lie publicly and prodigiously for years for his advancement and fame. They're not blameless in all of this.

Posted by: Wally at August 17, 2026 05:01 PM

There are a whole bunch of people who need to share the blame for this guy. His parents are just at the top of the list.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 17, 2026 05:04 PM (cpFbA)

69 It was a witch hunt. White professors who plagiarise or white politicians who steal never get this kind of scrutiny. I hope the media and the UK reflect on this, I doubt it. They will be on to the next victim.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 17, 2026 05:02 PM (orDeD)

No, you stupid ass, white professors who plagiarize are dismissed without fanfare, because nobody is stomping their boots on pavement about how noble whitey is to have made it this far in academia. Black professors who plagiarize have lots of folks yelling and screaming "racism" instead of looking at the facts of the case.

Black privilege.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 17, 2026 05:05 PM (PVjNi)

70 > The only victim here is the truth. His "background" was literally too good to be true but they wanted to believe it so they believed it.

Places like Cambridge often employ due diligence firms like Kroll to investigate prospective professors. I'd be curious to see if anyone can find out if they had an investigation, what the report said, and whether the hiring committee ignored their findings. Or possibly the firm's findings were doctored.
Posted by: bonhomme at August 17, 2026 04:58 PM (mkw2N)

Surely they have NDAs.
Posted by: m at August 17, 2026 05:03 PM (odBC9)

Either not done in this case or they ignored it, take your pick. It isn't like even a little thinking collapses his stories into Paul Bunyan type myths, so they weren't fooled or honest when they hired him.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 05:05 PM (uhVAy)

71 Arday was a turtle who jumped from his post.
Posted by: bonhomme

He's one of the post turtles who was actually put back on the ground.

"When you were told you were an eagle, then learned you are a turtle, you will drown yourself." -- Confucius, probably

Posted by: mikeski at August 17, 2026 05:05 PM (VHUov)

72 I do hope they set up a fund to set up an AI to go through ALL of the Master and PhD theses over the last 30 years to check for plagiarism and to make sure they were actually written by the degree-holder.

What a beautiful way to honor Arday's memory.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 17, 2026 05:05 PM (Sco7b)

73 More honorable than Claudine Gay.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 17, 2026 05:06 PM (bX16E)

74 I have a relative who believes ALL of the white racism garbage the Left spoon feeds her - female, 40’s, liberal,college educated, found a brown guy to marry. Poster child for a type of self loather.

Posted by: tubal at August 17, 2026 05:06 PM (Gqar8)

75
Arday was kind of the Ultimate Trannie.

He pretended to be something he clearly was not, a Cambridge Elite Intellectual, but-

used the bullying and never-ending malice of the Left to force compliance with his pitiful mummery and silly frolic among the academics.

If only he'd claimed to be a woman, that would've been the Grand Slam of Fake Achievement. Sad.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 17, 2026 05:06 PM (iJfKG)

76 Arday's argument was that UK universities, even education itself should be "decolonialized."

Nonsensical, you say? When was England ever a colony?

But that's not it!!

Education is based on (superior) western thought and precepts and should not be. The global south has something to offer that should be included in western efucation. Just because.

What? Collectivism

The it takes a villiage shibboleth.

So marxism, oh no, that's western. We mean community.

But the catholics, jews, quakers, et al have been preaching community and family for 5 thousand years?

Um

Posted by: dagny at August 17, 2026 05:06 PM (chM/Q)

77 Hubris → Atis → Nemesis → Tisis.

Posted by: 13times at August 17, 2026 05:06 PM (6iKlf)

78 Either not done in this case or they ignored it, take your pick. It isn't like even a little thinking collapses his stories into Paul Bunyan type myths, so they weren't fooled or honest when they hired him.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 05:05 PM (uhVAy)

Or the folks on the selection committee are as stupid as paste.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 17, 2026 05:07 PM (PVjNi)

79 Why don't These People understand that hiring Arday was racist?

Posted by: m at August 17, 2026 05:07 PM (odBC9)

80 Did Ace cover that Atlantic article by the black dude who quit his tenure track position (to write at the Atlantic) because he felt like a token black?

It is really stunning -- he seems to understand that he advanced his whole life thanks to DEI, and only recently started to think that every black person he met in a high position was probably incompetent. So it only took him his whole life till now to understand the problem with affirmative action -- it tars all minorities as unqualified even if they are qualified.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 17, 2026 05:07 PM (yljFf)

81 and only recently started to think that every black person he met in a high position was probably incompetent.
==
this too, is the story of Obama

Posted by: in before you at August 17, 2026 05:09 PM (jvkDG)

82 FFS, born in Chicago! What the hell is in the water here? We have NIck Fuentes, Tim Pool, Charlie Kirk in the Chicago suburbs… We have to do a better job of shipping these people out to the red states.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 17, 2026 05:02 PM (orDeD)

What is in the water is that you can see on the streets even a generation and a half ago that Chicago is one of the least American in modes of though parts of the US. Politics was corrupt and winked at, looting the state and city was normal. Anyone who still has American values who lives there thinks of it as a foreign land. I was one of them when I went to Grad School there.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 05:09 PM (uhVAy)

83 All backwards. It's blacks like him who make it difficult for hardworking, inventive, entrepreneuring, self-sufficient blacks.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 17, 2026 05:10 PM (n5tGW)

84
Too bad the protesting people are not out there everyday protesting the government who has ruined their country by importing muzzies.

Posted by: four seasons at August 17, 2026 05:10 PM (/QHx4)

85 74 I have a relative who believes ALL of the white racism garbage the Left spoon feeds her - female, 40’s, liberal,college educated, found a brown guy to marry. Poster child for a type of self loather.
Posted by: tubal at August 17, 2026 05:06 PM (Gqar

The silly leftist I check with on Facebook to see the latest idiocies is likewise white as snow but he married a black woman (likewise an idiot, I knew them in college) so he thinks he is the epitome of the righteous man. Nauseating. He bragged that when he worked with Boy Scouts he convinced an old Scout leader to be "more accepting of gays." He also spouts the No Kings crap, and he is all in on "fighting the power with truth."

He is so upset that conservatives are such H8Rs, he can't see the hate he spews daily.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 17, 2026 05:10 PM (PVjNi)

86 Hollywood should Jason's life story starring Tom Cruise.

"A Colored Man In Cambridge"

Lots of stupid people will pay to see it.

Posted by: Hollis P. Wood at August 17, 2026 05:11 PM (pq3aS)

87 Dingos ate my racism.

Posted by: Sifty boones at August 17, 2026 05:11 PM (nOND2)

88 He lied his self as far up the food chain as he could get.
Reminds me of the Ghanian illegal alien Iowa schools chief who recently was deported after being found out.

At least Arday deported off the planet. The other guy is out there scheming how to get back. Get back. Get back to where you once belonged.

Posted by: torabora at August 17, 2026 05:11 PM (LC+5l)

89 Did Ace cover that Atlantic article by the black dude who quit his tenure track position (to write at the Atlantic) because he felt like a token black?

It is really stunning -- he seems to understand that he advanced his whole life thanks to DEI, and only recently started to think that every black person he met in a high position was probably incompetent. So it only took him his whole life till now to understand the problem with affirmative action -- it tars all minorities as unqualified even if they are qualified.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 17, 2026 05:07 PM (yljFf)

Does he think his job at the Atlantic is any different? It is tokenism all the way down at those types of places.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 05:11 PM (uhVAy)

90 I cannot--help but feel bad for Arday and his family, which includes his widow, two young children, ...
---------

Of course I feel sorry for the wife and children. They are in a terrible situation that is not of their own making. For Arday, himself, not so much.

I feel sorrow for the children of Goebbels too.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 17, 2026 05:11 PM (XeU6L)

91 77 Hubris → Atis → Nemesis → Tisis.
Posted by: 13times at August 17, 2026 05:06 PM (6iKlf)

"Hubris, Ate, and Nemesis are three minor Greek deities, mostly remembered today for their function in ancient Greek drama."

Hubris - arrogance
Ate - folly
Nemesis - retribution (of divine justice)

Posted by: m at August 17, 2026 05:11 PM (odBC9)

92 Should have trolled these assholes by wearing a Crystal Palace jersey to the rally.

Posted by: mr tmz at August 17, 2026 05:12 PM (rJ48h)

93 Either not done in this case or they ignored it, take your pick. It isn't like even a little thinking collapses his stories into Paul Bunyan type myths, so they weren't fooled or honest when they hired him.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 05:05 PM (uhVAy)

Or the folks on the selection committee are as stupid as paste.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 17, 2026 05:07 PM (PVjNi)

I'm sure they are very stupid, but nobody is THAT stupid.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 05:13 PM (uhVAy)

94 Yeah, it's all the "White peoples" fault. Believe your own bullshit so you can pass the blame. You get free housing, free food and a free education but you can't make an honest living. Why I'm always going to jail? Because you break the law. Why can't I get a good paying job? Because you can barely read or write because when you were young you blew off school and ran around with thugs instead. But of course it's all the White mans fault. Do us all a favor and shut the fuck up.

Posted by: Case at August 17, 2026 05:13 PM (UKrJG)

95 Are we sure of 2 things:
Wife and kids exist
It wasn't a sham marriage

Posted by: Sifty boones at August 17, 2026 05:13 PM (nOND2)

96 It was a witch hunt. White professors who plagiarise or white politicians who steal never get this kind of scrutiny. I hope the media and the UK reflect on this, I doubt it. They will be on to the next victim.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions

Got one thing right, Biden did the same and Reddit loved him.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 17, 2026 05:13 PM (NnhvP)

97 I'm sure they are very stupid, but nobody is THAT stupid.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 05:13 PM (uhVAy)

I see you never met my oldest sister.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 17, 2026 05:13 PM (PVjNi)

98 Uggh. Warren Washington people. The American Meteorological Society as an annual award named after him. Or George Washington Carver, Carver should be famous enough that even Brits would have heard of him.

Point with W.W. is that blacks damn well could and did reach the pinnacles of academia, research before racist white liberals came up with Affirmative Action to cast doubt on minority achievements.

Posted by: PaleRider at August 17, 2026 05:15 PM (Aq/6w)

99
Was this guy famous at all? I had never heard of him. Granted I have no interest in anything to do with academia. Had he written best selling books or something. Seems weird how a university plagiarism story blew up like that.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez

=================

It blew up because of the implications that this guy got lionized in academia (Cambridge's youngest black professor) only because of his race.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 17, 2026 05:15 PM (XJ22o)

100 I can't believe this guy was straight.

Posted by: garrett at August 17, 2026 05:15 PM (TjiFM)

101 Too bad the protesting people are not out there everyday protesting the government who has ruined their country by importing muzzies.

Posted by: four seasons at August 17, 2026
****
They'll be protesting when heads are being lopped off in soccer stadiums here, but they're going to be in the line so too late.

Posted by: torabora at August 17, 2026 05:15 PM (LC+5l)

102 >>Of course I feel sorry for the wife and children. They are in a terrible situation that is not of their own making. For Arday, himself, not so much.

Kids. I have a hard time believing his wife didn't know he was a scammer and went along with it for the money and prestige.

Or she's too stupid to feel pain.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 17, 2026 05:16 PM (viF8m)

103 Actually, blame the Jews and the world is your oyster.

Posted by: Oystergruppenfuhrer Platner at August 17, 2026 05:16 PM (qwype)

104 Education is based on (superior) western thought and precepts and should not be. The global south has something to offer that should be included in western efucation. Just because.

What? Collectivism

The it takes a villiage shibboleth.

So marxism, oh no, that's western. We mean community.

Communism, Socialism, all those flavors are Western ideologies. I'll start buying into this 'uncolonial ideas' when they start putting up Bhuddist or Confucian ideas, and not the woozy western version hippies got from trips to India.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 05:16 PM (uhVAy)

105 Stupid people have stupid problems. And I can’t really bring myself to give a shit.

If grifting off dimwitted shitlibs is as easy as this, everyone should be doing it.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 17, 2026 05:16 PM (Ie9Qa)

106 Hubris Ate Nemesis would be a great name for a rock band.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 17, 2026 05:16 PM (n5tGW)

107 This fraud dovetails nicely with the report from the U of Berkeley math professor who says that his students, at a supposedly elite university can't do middle school math. The education system in the West has been crap since at least the 90s

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 17, 2026 05:16 PM (rp63B)

108 Point with W.W. is that blacks damn well could and did reach the pinnacles of academia, research before racist white liberals came up with Affirmative Action to cast doubt on minority achievements.
==
Damn straight, MFer.

Posted by: Thomas Sowell and Clarence Thomas at August 17, 2026 05:16 PM (jvkDG)

109 100 I can't believe this guy was straight.
Posted by: garrett at August 17, 2026 05:15 PM (TjiFM)

Wellllll - Obama is married, with kids too. Straight as an arrow.

Posted by: tubal at August 17, 2026 05:17 PM (Gqar8)

110 Actually, blame the Jews and the world is your oyster.
Posted by: Oystergruppenfuhrer Platner at August 17, 2026 05:16 PM (qwype)

Only about half the world. The rest persecutes the expatriate Chinese communities they have.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 05:17 PM (uhVAy)

111 "A Colored Man In Cambridge"

Lots of stupid people will pay to see it.
Posted by: Hollis P. Wood at August 17, 2026 05:11 PM (pq3aS)

The Last Scamarai?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 17, 2026 05:17 PM (Ot/FD)

112 94 Yeah, it's all the "White peoples" fault. Believe your own bullshit so you can pass the blame.

Posted by: Case at August 17, 2026 05:13 PM (UKrJG)

It's so sad.

They're capable of building a Wakanda.

But we whites keep holding them back and they end up with Detroit. And Oakland.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 17, 2026 05:17 PM (Sco7b)

113 That guy had some epically stupid lies; i'm surprised he didn't lie about women or dudes he was hooking up with; maybe he avoided that because he was afraid he would get called out.
I've seen people get destroyed on social media for way less than the tower of bullsh*t this guy lived on so my sympathy is pretty well nonexistent. Also, he was English so i really don't give a f**k.

Posted by: Nelly at August 17, 2026 05:17 PM (6+ehB)

114 Are we sure he's just not taking credit for someone else's suicide?

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 17, 2026 05:17 PM (g6pne)

115 Arday's the new UK version of George Floyd?

I guess he can't breathe, either.

Brainwashed students obey their masters.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 17, 2026 05:17 PM (hzuYO)

116 Might simmer before it blows open.

The Independent, 'Jason Arday’s family statement in full after former Cambridge professor found dead
The family said they are ’in shock to have lost this amazing father, partner, brother, uncle and son’ Summer Woolley,
Saturday 15 August 2026

In part, “Jason was subjected to a campaign of sustained abuse for more than three years since he accepted the role of professor at Cambridge University by those who would leave no stone unturned in their quest to undermine him.

“The campaign of misinformation was too much for Jason, who was a gentle man and who always wanted to see the best in everyone. We are in shock to have lost this amazing father, partner, brother, uncle and son."

“We won’t comment further at this point beyond asking the press to leave us alone now, and to stop the campaign of harassment which has been waged against Jason and his family for too long.”
---
Dr. Arday & wife married in 2014 & split in 2019. They had 2 children & remained close.

hbcustorian,
The life and death of Professor Jason Arday should drive home the point anew: nothing about respectability or exceptionality can save Black people from white supremacy.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 17, 2026 05:17 PM (NFX2v)

117 "It takes a Village to Raise a Child"

What a bunch of twaddle. Now we have to sit back and watch a Child raze a Village. Stupid fucking wenches.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 17, 2026 05:17 PM (akQZV)

118 This, too, is the story of "teens" at the Wisconsin State Fair.

Posted by: Hushed narrator voice at August 17, 2026 05:18 PM (2Ez/1)

119 Bubba Wallace is thriving, even though he started a racial mess that was all bullshit. I'm sure NASCAR forked over some millions for something that didn't happen.

Posted by: 15 FBI Agents Descend On Garage at August 17, 2026 05:18 PM (JM9I6)

120 >>>>All backwards. It's blacks like him who make it difficult for hardworking, inventive, entrepreneuring, self-sufficient blacks.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 17, 2026 05:10 PM (n5tGW)
****
So true, its teh 90% that makes it hard for the other 10% (maybe).

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at August 17, 2026 05:18 PM (yyBU8)

121
Lol Victor

Posted by: four seasons at August 17, 2026 05:19 PM (/QHx4)

122 111 "A Colored Man In Cambridge"

Lots of stupid people will pay to see it.
Posted by: Hollis P. Wood at August 17, 2026 05:11 PM (pq3aS)

The Last Scamarai?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 17, 2026 05:17 PM (Ot/FD)

Ooooh that’s good!

Posted by: tubal at August 17, 2026 05:19 PM (Gqar8)

123 The crowd are doing BLM-style chants and fist pumps,
......

Harmless Milli Vanilli fans.

Posted by: wth at August 17, 2026 05:19 PM (UjdFS)

124 Sad to say, but I am developing a strange new respect for teh ressisms.

It's catchy. Like pickleball.

Given that the alternative is being a doormat and victim for low IQ savages, I'm at peace with it.

Posted by: Sifty boones at August 17, 2026 05:19 PM (nOND2)

125 83 All backwards. It's blacks like him who make it difficult for hardworking, inventive, entrepreneuring, self-sufficient blacks.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 17, 2026 05:10 PM (n5tGW)

It's people like him who make it difficult for hardworking, inventive, entrepreneuring, self-sufficient people.

Posted by: m at August 17, 2026 05:19 PM (odBC9)

126 It takes a village to shoot and bury all the communists.

I like my version better.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 17, 2026 05:19 PM (Ie9Qa)

127 Bubba Wallace is thriving, even though he started a racial mess that was all bullshit. I'm sure NASCAR forked over some millions for something that didn't happen.
Posted by: 15 FBI Agents Descend On Garage at August 17, 2026 05:18 PM (JM9I6)

You'd have to first convince me that it wasn't all NASCAR's idea to begin with.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 17, 2026 05:19 PM (Ot/FD)

128 I have a hard time believing his wife didn't know he was a scammer and went along with it for the money and prestige.

Or she's too stupid to feel pain.
Posted by: JackStraw

When you don't notice your husband isn't actually missing for a month+ when he's running 30 marathons in 35 days..... that would be a special kind of stupid.

Posted by: mikeski at August 17, 2026 05:19 PM (VHUov)

129 He had a radio bbc series, had FIVE bbc documentaries, had many many newspaper spreads, was given many many honary degrees, had a TED talk, was on a bbc question time panel, had innumerable padcast and radio interviews, Signed and had ghost written a 1.4 mil book deal.

He was well know ENOUGH for someone to notice he was full of shit.

Posted by: dagny at August 17, 2026 05:20 PM (chM/Q)

130 Forget about the plagiarism, Arday's biographical details were so over the top that anyone not retarded would have paused. But this is the age of political self-lobotomization, so everyone apparently just assumed he was a literal magic negro. This timeline is so dumb.

Posted by: pumpkin spice chewing tobacco at August 17, 2026 05:20 PM (+aL9E)

131 Sad to say, but I am developing a strange new respect for teh ressisms.

It's catchy. Like pickleball.

Given that the alternative is being a doormat and victim for low IQ savages, I'm at peace with it.

Posted by: Sifty boones at August 17, 2026 05:19 PM (nOND2)

There's nobody in the world more racist than an elite leftist.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 05:20 PM (uhVAy)

132 Point with W.W. is that blacks damn well could and did reach the pinnacles of academia, research before racist white liberals came up with Affirmative Action to cast doubt on minority achievements.
==
Damn straight, MFer.
Posted by: Thomas Sowell and Clarence Thomas
------

Ben Carson

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 17, 2026 05:20 PM (XeU6L)

133 >>126 It takes a village to shoot and bury all the communists.

Sometimes it's easiest to just hit the entire village with napalm.

Posted by: Roy at August 17, 2026 05:21 PM (qwype)

134
hbcustorian,
The life and death of Professor Jason Arday should drive home the point anew: nothing about respectability or exceptionality can save Black people from white supremacy.

OFFS

Posted by: It's me donna at August 17, 2026 05:21 PM (FtULh)

135
Gonna' go fold my underwear.

Nobody will see the wrinkles.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 17, 2026 05:21 PM (Cqx++)

136 Of course I feel sorry for the wife and children. They are in a terrible situation that is not of their own making. For Arday, himself, not so much.

Kids. I have a hard time believing his wife didn't know he was a scammer and went along with it for the money and prestige.

Or she's too stupid to feel pain.
===
Well, I let's face it. He was a decepticon basically. I 'm not sure how old his wife's kids are, but frankly, he wasn't going to be a good long term influence on them. Its painful now, but long term, the guy was a walking time bomb of lies, probably suffering from wildly powerful guilt and panic attacks. He wasn't going to get better surrounded by enabling leftists. He was going to get more twisted and unstable over time. Wasn't going to be a happy childhood, nor even a stable one.

Posted by: Not Dr. Phil at August 17, 2026 05:21 PM (jvkDG)

137 I have a hard time believing he was married to an actual woman.

Posted by: nckate at August 17, 2026 05:21 PM (enNUy)

138 >>When you don't notice your husband isn't actually missing for a month+ when he's running 30 marathons in 35 days..... that would be a special kind of stupid.

Right? I run an average of 5 ultra marathons a month and people notice when I'm not around.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 17, 2026 05:21 PM (viF8m)

139 135
Gonna' go fold my underwear.

Nobody will see the wrinkles.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 17, 2026 05:21 PM (Cqx++)

Gotta starch ‘em.

Posted by: tubal at August 17, 2026 05:22 PM (Gqar8)

140 Did Ace cover that Atlantic article by the black dude who quit his tenure track position (to write at the Atlantic) because he felt like a token black?

It is really stunning -- he seems to understand that he advanced his whole life thanks to DEI, and only recently started to think that every black person he met in a high position was probably incompetent. So it only took him his whole life till now to understand the problem with affirmative action -- it tars all minorities as unqualified even if they are qualified.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 17, 2026 05:07 PM

At least he figured it out, he was at least smart enough to do that.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 17, 2026 05:22 PM (cpFbA)

141 When you don't notice your husband isn't actually missing for a month+ when he's running 30 marathons in 35 days..... that would be a special kind of stupid.
Posted by: mikeski at August 17, 2026 05:19 PM (VHUov)

I'd like to see those travel vouchers. You must have to scramble to find 30 different marathons in that short a time.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 05:22 PM (uhVAy)

142 He also spouts the No Kings crap, and he is all in on "fighting the power with truth."
Posted by: tcn in AK

That's the truth they choose over facts, right?

Posted by: mikeski at August 17, 2026 05:22 PM (VHUov)

143 The way I'm reading all of this is that the internal polling for Dems must show an erosion of support among AWFLs and minorities. These groups may be drifting towards fringe movements like DSA, or significant numbers of voters might be suffering from anxiety fatigue and dropping out.

I dunno, but after years of driving people crazy with bullshit and propaganda, the DNC + MSM spin machine appears to be maxxed out with diminishing returns.

Posted by: mrp at August 17, 2026 05:22 PM (rj6Yv)

144 No ot didn't. He got caught in his lies and couldn't live with the shame or a cast out fraud he might have become.

Posted by: Skip at August 17, 2026 05:23 PM (Ia/+0)

145 This is The Emperor has No Clothes played out in in the highest levels of academia. People so smug and educated that they failed to learn the lesson of a story told to little children.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 17, 2026 05:23 PM (Ie9Qa)

146 Ta-Nehisi Coates is a former national correspondent for The Atlantic. He is the author of The Beautiful Struggle, We Were Eight Years in Power, The Water ...

Posted by: m at August 17, 2026 05:23 PM (odBC9)

147 The entire 'Hate Whitey' curriculum is entirely plagiarized pseudo-intellectual quackery. The most enthusiastic are, as a rule, dumb as a post. They just spout thought-ending clichés. It's a hell of a grift, and probably still heavily subsidized by taxpayer dollars. Professional shit-stirrers, with a thin veneer of respectability. Nice work if you can get it.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 17, 2026 05:24 PM (akQZV)

148 the DNC + MSM spin machine appears to be maxxed out with diminishing returns"

And they seem to be low on cash. Funny, no?

Posted by: man at August 17, 2026 05:24 PM (XuXeR)

149 Hey man I gots a new line of business with Hunter...

I am Slow Joe Blo Jiden...... It goes like this ....

Oh my God, Jill, look at Big Mike’s butt, it is so big, ugh
She looks like a rap guys' girlfriend or Commie Politician’s Mama
Who understands those Commie Guys? Ugh, they only talk to her
Because she looks like totally High T and manly, okay?
I mean, her butt and massive glutes, it's just so big like Hunter likes
Ugh, I can't believe it's just so round, it's like out there
I mean, ugh, gross, look, ugh, she's just so manly
I like big butts and I cannot lie and you other ex-Prez can't deny
When Big Mike walks in with that woman of color bod
And a round thing in your face, you get sprung
Wanna pull up tough 'cause you notice that butt was stuffed
Deep in those pant suits she's wearin' I can't stop starin'

You say you wanna get in my Vette ?
Well, use me, use me 'cause you ain't average
I've seen 'em dancin', to hell with romancin'
She sweat, wet, got it goin' like a turbo 'Vette

Big Mike gots Back ..........

Posted by: Blo Jiden at August 17, 2026 05:24 PM (8lUeo)

150 This is The Emperor has No Clothes played out in in the highest levels of academia. People so smug and educated that they failed to learn the lesson of a story told to little children.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 17, 2026 05:23 PM (Ie9Qa)

White Euro Dominance Stories have no relevance.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 05:24 PM (uhVAy)

151 Communism, Socialism, all those flavors are Western ideologies. I'll start buying into this 'uncolonial ideas' when they start putting up Bhuddist or Confucian ideas, and not the woozy western version hippies got from trips to India.

They tried to find philosophy in grass huts, contaminated water, nose bones, female genital mutilation and street shitting.

They came up with ubuntu

Posted by: dagny at August 17, 2026 05:25 PM (chM/Q)

152 The life and death of Professor Jason Arday should drive home the point anew: nothing about respectability or exceptionality can save Black people from white supremacy.
==
the point missed

unearned respectability isn't respectable
unearned exceptionality isn't exceptional

Leftist phony promotionalism does a grave disservice to those promoted who did not earn it.

O what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive.

Posted by: what is it with this insufferable prigs who work so HARD to miss the point at August 17, 2026 05:25 PM (jvkDG)

153 I am looking forward to the upcoming Netflix miniseries with Arday, Talcum X, and Rachel Dolemite.

I wonder which one Allen Richson will play...

Posted by: Sifty boones at August 17, 2026 05:26 PM (nOND2)

154 If Cambridge would have called him on his lies at the very beginning, he might still be alive.

But in the end, the only person responsible for Mr. Arday's suicide is Mr. Arday himself.

And that is all there is to it.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 17, 2026 05:26 PM (SRRAx)

155 Gonna' go fold my underwear.
.......

How do you fold a thong?

Posted by: wth at August 17, 2026 05:26 PM (UjdFS)

156 Posted by: Common Tater at August 17, 2026 05:24 PM (akQZV)

That's where ai comes in handy.

Global south contributions

Like what?

Posted by: dagny at August 17, 2026 05:26 PM (chM/Q)

157 He was only 41. If he'd have been able to run marathons to age 55, well, just think of how many thousands of marathons that is.

Posted by: Runnin' From The Cops Here at August 17, 2026 05:26 PM (JM9I6)

158 So, if the only reason black people cannot possibly succeed is whitey keeps 'em down, doesn't that mean that black people are incapable of rising above nay-sayers and succeeding on their own?

How is that not the most racist attitude ever?

What it means is that the complainers don't want to show up, put in the work, do the heavy lifting, and grab the golden ring.

There are a hell of a lot of white people who feel the same way, but I don't see them blaming black folks for their shortcomings.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 17, 2026 05:27 PM (PVjNi)

159 147 The entire 'Hate Whitey' curriculum is entirely plagiarized pseudo-intellectual quackery. The most enthusiastic are, as a rule, dumb as a post. They just spout thought-ending clichés. It's a hell of a grift, and probably still heavily subsidized by taxpayer dollars. Professional shit-stirrers, with a thin veneer of respectability. Nice work if you can get it.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 17, 2026 05:24 PM
++++

And it drives up our Blacktose Intolerance.

Posted by: Most people at August 17, 2026 05:27 PM (2Ez/1)

160 I would hope that this story gives a wake up call to a lot of the white students.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 17, 2026 05:27 PM (W90Ou)

161 And they seem to be low on cash. Funny, no?
Posted by: man at August 17, 2026 05:24 PM (XuXeR)

Don’t believe the DNC being broke is significant. They are always broke. The dems fund their candidates much differently than Reps.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 17, 2026 05:27 PM (Ie9Qa)

162 Sambo encounters four hungry tigers, and he surrenders his colourful new clothes, shoes and umbrella so that they will not eat him.
The tigers are vain and each thinks that it is better dressed than the others. They have a big argument and chase each other around a tree until they are reduced to a pool of ghee (clarified butter).
Posted by: m at August 17, 2026 05:01 PM (odBC9)

Sambo is a variation on a series of stories that go from Red Ridinghood in Europe, and the Tiger Grandmother stories from SE Asia. In a way they seem to reflect the story of Ishtar and that story's reflection, the story of Persephone and Demeter.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 17, 2026 05:27 PM (rbvCR)

163 saw a great comment on X about this "blame whitey" narrative for Arday's death:

"He finally did something himself and you want to give credit to someone else"
Posted by: the dandy at August 17, 2026 04:45 PM (8l8nW)

Good one.
Posted by: m at August 17, 2026 04:55 PM (odBC9)

I wish he waited until after his book came out. I understand his next project was to finish Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire". The collaboration was going to be called...

...Arday/RR...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 17, 2026 05:27 PM (nbLIj)

164 It's been at a very minimum 15 years since being called a racist would even raise my eyebrow. These days in the USA it's just another way of saying hello.

Hey Racist, bro, how ya doin?
My Ray-C, it's been a long time!

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 17, 2026 05:28 PM (n5tGW)

165 Leftist phony promotionalism does a grave disservice to those promoted who did not earn it.

O what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive.
Posted by: what is it with this insufferable prigs who work so HARD to miss the point at August 17, 2026 05:25 PM (jvkDG)

And the hidden cost of the loss of a good, wise minority candidate position or non minority position in place of this person. Both of those might have challenged the conventional wisdom, which of course can not be allowed.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 05:28 PM (uhVAy)

166 Global south contributions

Like what?
Posted by: dagny at August 17, 2026 05:26 PM (chM/Q)

H1B and diversity!

Posted by: Kindltot at August 17, 2026 05:28 PM (rbvCR)

167
This is The Emperor has No Clothes played out in in the highest levels of academia. People so smug and educated that they failed to learn the lesson of a story told to little children.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe

=================

To put it another way, instead of "little children" make that any blue-collar worker glancing over a resume for a new hire.

Foreman: "This guy claims WHAT? Fshh." (tosses resume)

College Professor: "HmmMMnmmnnNmmm. OoOOoo00o0ooOooh."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 17, 2026 05:29 PM (XJ22o)

168 Sambo’smMamma made him pancakes and used the Tiger butter on them.

Posted by: tubal at August 17, 2026 05:29 PM (Gqar8)

169 If grifting off dimwitted shitlibs is as easy as this, everyone should be doing it.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe

You want to see more? Go to any U or college's women studies.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 17, 2026 05:29 PM (NnhvP)

170 I simply cannot be made to care about Mr Arday.

Sad for his wife and kids though.

That’s the extent of it.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 17, 2026 05:30 PM (W2Pud)

171 The wsj got too leftist for me back in the 90s sometime; IDK who thinks of it as being conservative, lol.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 17, 2026 05:30 PM (VyBeY)

172 It's impossible here in this hood. I tried to get ahead, but somebody done stole my bootstraps.

Posted by: Victim of Society at August 17, 2026 05:31 PM (JM9I6)

173 142 He also spouts the No Kings crap, and he is all in on "fighting the power with truth."
Posted by: tcn in AK

That's the truth they choose over facts, right?
Posted by: mikeski at August 17, 2026 05:22 PM (VHUov)

If I ever hear the phrase, "My truth," again, I will personally take a fork to the emitter.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 17, 2026 05:31 PM (PVjNi)

174 If grifting off dimwitted shitlibs is as easy as this, everyone should be doing it.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe

You want to see more? Go to any U or college's women studies.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 17, 2026 05:29 PM (NnhvP)

The dimwits keep their jobs and dodge any blowback. The Puppet Professors do the dancing and if that fails the suiciding.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 05:31 PM (uhVAy)

175
Are you, like me, sick of the left pretending that the Woke AF Wall Street Journal is "conservative"?

WSJ reporting has never been conservative. They've been reliably commie for decades, but the editorial page has been establishment GOPe for all that time. I remember discussions about the WSJ schizophrenia from at least 30 years ago.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 17, 2026 05:32 PM (y9nCu)

176 Has anyone asked how much was Cambridge University paying for Jason Arday's teaching ?

Posted by: dantesed at August 17, 2026 05:32 PM (Oy/m2)

177 168 Sambo’smMamma made him pancakes and used the Tiger butter on them.
Posted by: tubal at August 17, 2026 05:29 PM (Gqar

My mom named our dog Sambo, because he was mostly black and she liked the way it sounded. Then the neighbors told her they found that rather racist, so she called him Sam.

Of course, literature has always been racist......

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 17, 2026 05:32 PM (PVjNi)

178 Wouldn't put it past many others running total fraud on their degrees. Been a few College Presidents caught, how many staff on these campuses could their be?

Posted by: Skip at August 17, 2026 05:33 PM (Ia/+0)

179 Has anyone asked how much was Cambridge University paying for Jason Arday's teaching ?
Posted by: dantesed at August 17, 2026 05:32 PM (Oy/m2)

Nothing, I'm sure the UK taxpayers and grant money funded it all.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 05:33 PM (uhVAy)

180 Think of the thousands of jungle fever commie fanfiction stories that won't get written now by green-haired septum ring Subaru drivers.

Someone think of the harpies!

Posted by: Sifty boones at August 17, 2026 05:33 PM (nOND2)

181 No Way ...........Joe Biden would have to eat at least 16 Oz of Viagra to possibly get a semi hard on after seeing Big Mikes Massive Glutes... ..........

Posted by: Mike Hunt at August 17, 2026 05:34 PM (G5jnN)

182
If Cambridge would have called him on his lies at the very beginning, he might still be alive.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth

===============

The beginning was much earlier. He plagiarized his Ph.D. thesis from Liverpool John Moores University, which should have thwarted his academic career right there.

And that's merely what we know because his thesis is on record -- he had probably been plagiarizing and slacking through all his undergrad and graduate studies.

I think this was a solid 20+ years of promoting a complete phony.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 17, 2026 05:34 PM (XJ22o)

183 How do you fold a thong?
Posted by: wth at August 17, 2026 05:26 PM

My understanding is you put it in a crack, but I could be wrong, since, like all good Gub Thread commentators, I go commando.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 17, 2026 05:34 PM (0sNs1)

184
WSJ reporting has never been conservative.
===
The guys who started FUSION GPS were Wall Street Journal reporters.

Posted by: its always been part of the problem at August 17, 2026 05:34 PM (jvkDG)

185 Northern Illinois is enjoying a precious few hours of RH < 50%. Feels good to have the windows open for a while.

Posted by: gp at August 17, 2026 05:35 PM (Jr5Lq)

186 And that's merely what we know because his thesis is on record -- he had probably been plagiarizing and slacking through all his undergrad and graduate studies.

I think this was a solid 20+ years of promoting a complete phony.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 17, 2026 05:34 PM (XJ22o)

There's a reason Obama's records at uni are still sealed I imagine.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 05:35 PM (uhVAy)

187 We all knew this is where they were going to go - was just waiting for the headline.

Posted by: Halfhand at August 17, 2026 05:36 PM (2vEgU)

188 This story is so old now. A DEI hire got caught lying, and he quit because he got caught, and he was so sociopathic that he killed himself.
That seems like a win to me. Bet this sociopath didn't leave a dime to his family.

Posted by: Tamminator at August 17, 2026 05:36 PM (tHEhe)

189 "158 So, if the only reason black people cannot possibly succeed is whitey keeps 'em down, doesn't that mean that black people are incapable of rising above nay-sayers and succeeding on their own?

How is that not the most racist attitude ever?"

well, these are demonrats, who fought a war to keep their slaves, then effed over the freedmen for a century until finally lbj drove all the nails into their coffin in the name of a permanent voting bloc ... so that's a pretty high bar. I say that attitude towards black people is kinda par for the demonrat course, rly.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 17, 2026 05:37 PM (VyBeY)

190 "It's not racist. His full name is Samuel Beauregard!

....

After my great grandpa who was a colonel in the Army of Northern Virginia!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 17, 2026 05:37 PM (Ot/FD)

191
Never understood the thong thing. Why woud anyone want a piece of fabric up the ass?

Well i guess it is better than having a penis up the ass.

Posted by: four seasons at August 17, 2026 05:37 PM (/QHx4)

192 Wall Street Journal: Newsweek for People Like Ellis from Die Hard

Posted by: Sifty boones at August 17, 2026 05:37 PM (nOND2)

193 183 How do you fold a thong?
Posted by: wth at August 17, 2026 05:26 PM

You thing a thong, thilly.

Posted by: Mike Tyson at August 17, 2026 05:37 PM (skR0U)

194 And the hidden cost of the loss of a good, wise minority candidate position or non minority position in place of this person. Both of those might have challenged the conventional wisdom, which of course can not be allowed.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 05:28 PM (uhVAy)

Thomas Sowell is 97 years old and has been challenging conventional wisdom for most of that time. They don't want wise minorities. They want lawn jockeys that shoo away the wise minorities, much in the way gargoyles were used to shoo away evil spirits..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 17, 2026 05:37 PM (nbLIj)

195 193 Ha!

Posted by: gp at August 17, 2026 05:38 PM (Jr5Lq)

196 He didn't lie about carrying oxygen 18 times for other people while climbing Mt. Everest did he? I really want to believe that one.

Posted by: DanMan at August 17, 2026 05:38 PM (8uzBS)

197 My mom named our dog Sambo, because he was mostly black and she liked the way it sounded. Then the neighbors told her they found that rather racist, so she called him Sam.

Of course, literature has always been racist......
Posted by: tcn in AK

"Sambo" is also a Russian martial art.

And there's a Japanese band named for it: Sambomaster.

I presume they've never toured the USA. That would be awkward.

Posted by: mikeski at August 17, 2026 05:39 PM (VHUov)

198 >>>this story is so old now. A DEI hire got caught lying, and he quit because he got caught, and he was so sociopathic that he killed himself.
That seems like a win to me. Bet this sociopath didn't leave a dime to his family.
Posted by: Tamminator at August 17, 2026 05:36 PM (tHEhe)
*****
Thank you.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at August 17, 2026 05:39 PM (yyBU8)

199 173 142 He also spouts the No Kings crap, and he is all in on "fighting the power with truth."
Posted by: tcn in AK

That's the truth they choose over facts, right?
Posted by: mikeski at August 17, 2026 05:22 PM (VHUov)

If I ever hear the phrase, "My truth," again, I will personally take a fork to the emitter.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 17, 2026 05:31 PM (PVjNi)

It is existentialist claptrap that the culture has bought into, along with hedonism and nihilism. Godless amoral bullshit.

Posted by: tubal at August 17, 2026 05:40 PM (Gqar8)

200 If I ever hear the phrase, "My truth," again, I will personally take a fork to the emitter.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 17, 2026 05:31 PM

This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Transistor at August 17, 2026 05:41 PM (0sNs1)

201 198.
Bingo.

Posted by: Sifty boones at August 17, 2026 05:41 PM (nOND2)

202 "It's not racist. His full name is Samuel Beauregard!

....

After my great grandpa who was a colonel in the Army of Northern Virginia!"
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 17, 2026 05:37 PM (Ot/FD)

Commander of the Army of the Potomac (CSA) at 1st Bull Run, PGT Beauregard.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 05:41 PM (uhVAy)

203
...Arday/RR...

That was Lippy the Lion's buddy.

https://t.ly/j67MU

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 17, 2026 05:41 PM (Cqx++)

204 191
Never understood the thong thing. Why woud anyone want a piece of fabric up the ass?

Well i guess it is better than having a penis up the ass.

Posted by: four seasons at August 17, 2026 05:37 PM (/QHx4)

That sounds really really uncomfortable and unpleasant, that last bit.

Posted by: tubal at August 17, 2026 05:41 PM (Gqar8)

205 It's worse than you think.

His whole decolonize grift meant "destroy the west" and elevate diversity, ie street shitters.

Posted by: dagny at August 17, 2026 05:41 PM (chM/Q)

206 I wonder if he stuck his head in an oven like Sylvia Plath. That's all I've got.

I feel a bit sorry for his family but I don't know them and read he's been divorced since 2019.

I feel the same for his family as I do for that starlet...had seen her name but had to look her up.

I can't often get verklempt over people I don't know either in real live or on line. I was certainly mourning the people who died on 9/11, but that was different.

The marchers and BLM nitwits just want attention. To join. There moment of fame and being united. To heck with the fact that he lied, cheated and his skin color got him there.

I ain't got time for dis.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 17, 2026 05:42 PM (hzuYO)

207 And Francis Bacon, Lord Byron and Issac Newton ( all Cambridge University graduates) sighed . I expect probably Stephen Fry and John Cleese are upset as well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 17, 2026 05:42 PM (W90Ou)

208 He didn't lie about carrying oxygen 18 times for other people while climbing Mt. Everest did he? I really want to believe that one.
==
where does one find the time . . .

18 trips to Nepal and back alone let alone the time you have to spend staging before you summit and limited to window of time during the climbing season. It is absurd. Definitionally speaking, unbelievable.

Posted by: its always been part of the problem at August 17, 2026 05:42 PM (jvkDG)

209 The erosion of education standards affects everything and everyone, not just blacks. It is poisonous, in the long run. Passing people along who have not mastered the requisite skills isn't doing them any favors. It just compounds the problem and makes more work for everyone else at minimum, or starts getting people killed if placed into high levels of responsibility.

This isn't confined to academia, particularly government, where people cannot be fired (practically speaking) they just become a thorn in everyone's side. I've seen it many times. They just pass the shit sandwich around. Everybody gotta take a bite, and then they shuffle the idiot off somewhere else, where the cycle begins anew. Clown World.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 17, 2026 05:42 PM (akQZV)

210 'Twas beauty that killed the beast.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 17, 2026 05:42 PM (rbvCR)

211 Blah Blah Blah.

This is so old, at this point, that its like giving spoilers to basic math.

We've been caught in this loop - including certain influential holders of the Ban Button here - for so long that its become comical.

The insistence, including here, of refusing to call out group behavior. As a group - certain folks act certain ways. Its just math.

Cops will be dicks, as a group. Urban Yankees will be loud and rude. Poor Blacks will steal and pillage. As groups.

End of Story. The End.

Posted by: Howdy at August 17, 2026 05:43 PM (zGa1Y)

212 well, these are demonrats, who fought a war to keep their slaves, then effed over the freedmen for a century until finally lbj drove all the nails into their coffin in the name of a permanent voting bloc ... so that's a pretty high bar. I say that attitude towards black people is kinda par for the demonrat course, rly.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 17, 2026 05:37 PM (VyBeY)

You even left out Woodrow Wilson who took away all their Federal jobs for a long time.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 05:43 PM (uhVAy)

213 Never understood the thong thing. Why woud anyone want a piece of fabric up the ass?
Posted by: four seasons

It hold the plug in more tightly.

Posted by: Pete Bootygig at August 17, 2026 05:43 PM (VHUov)

214 The greatest mind of his generation...gone. He was on the verge of unifying General Racial Relativity and Quantum Racist Mechanics you bastards!

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at August 17, 2026 05:43 PM (V362x)

215 Street shitters should be tazed on site.

Posted by: Sifty boones at August 17, 2026 05:43 PM (nOND2)

216 Sambo was a native of India. No African blood at all.

Posted by: And No Tigers In Africa at August 17, 2026 05:45 PM (JM9I6)

217 It's worse than you think.

His whole decolonize grift meant "destroy the west" and elevate diversity, ie street shitters.
Posted by: dagny at August 17, 2026 05:41 PM (chM/Q)

Those are just magic words his handlers have him toss in to keep his ideas on the reservation.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 17, 2026 05:45 PM (uhVAy)

218 Street shitters should be tazed on site.
Posted by: Sifty boones

Wouldn't that just spread the shit around?

Posted by: mikeski at August 17, 2026 05:45 PM (VHUov)

219 Wouldn't a modern day lynching be, you know, a lynching?

Just ask that Bubba guy, or Juicy Smollett, Arrday's racisty-spirt animal.

Posted by: LASue at August 17, 2026 05:45 PM (XQ5fJ)

220 I wonder if he used an Okglay to exnay Arday...

Posted by: Sifty boones at August 17, 2026 05:45 PM (nOND2)

221 Never understood the thong thing. Why woud anyone want a piece of fabric up the ass?
Posted by: four seasons

It is to improve the visuals of extremely tight pants, while still preserving the mystery of whether or not the lady shaves or waxes.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 17, 2026 05:45 PM (rbvCR)

222
An astonishingly balanced and thorough NY Times article laid this at Cambridge's doorstep and got no replies from any of the relevant parties. Cambridge is now investigating "how this happened." I'm getting ready for my next round of hate-watching when they report their results.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 17, 2026 05:45 PM (XJ22o)

223 He didn't lie about carrying oxygen 18 times for other people while climbing Mt. Everest did he? I really want to believe that one.
==
where does one find the time . . .

18 trips to Nepal and back alone let alone the time you have to spend staging before you summit and limited to window of time during the climbing season. It is absurd. Definitionally speaking, unbelievable.
Posted by: its always been part of the problem at August 17, 2026 05:42 PM

At least I only claimed to be named after Edmund.

Posted by: Hillary! 2028! 2032! at August 17, 2026 05:45 PM (0sNs1)

224 Street shitters should be tazed on site.
==
then have their noses rubbed in it.

Posted by: proper conditioning is the solution to many poor behaviors at August 17, 2026 05:46 PM (jvkDG)

225 216 Sambo was a native of India. No African blood at all.
Posted by: And No Tigers In Africa at August 17, 2026 05:45 PM (JM9I6)

Yep. Nothing to do with Africa. At all. Even less so with blacks in the New World.

Posted by: tubal at August 17, 2026 05:46 PM (Gqar8)

226 The University system is at the root of all this rot. It infects everything in society and needs to be burned to the ground. With the faculty inside.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 17, 2026 05:46 PM (K6DGR)

227 Never understood the thong thing. Why woud anyone want a piece of fabric up the ass?

Because a Hot Chic with two ass cheeks you can bounce a quarter off of, and full hips to match ? Its a billboard.

Posted by: Howdy at August 17, 2026 05:46 PM (zGa1Y)

228 218

Worth the mess to see live Championship Breakdancing.

Posted by: Sifty boones at August 17, 2026 05:47 PM (nOND2)

229 Just Blame Whites and The World Is Your Oyster

Whoa... what's Platner got to do with this?

Posted by: GWB at August 17, 2026 05:47 PM (kU0PQ)

230 spread the shit around"

Turn the beat around?

Posted by: man at August 17, 2026 05:48 PM (XuXeR)

231 Worth the mess to see live Championship Breakdancing.
Posted by: Sifty boones at August 17, 2026 05:47 PM

This!

Posted by: Raygun at August 17, 2026 05:48 PM (0sNs1)

232 Nood.

Fake Education.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 17, 2026 05:49 PM (M/bUm)

233 Cambridge is now investigating "how this happened."
==
Allow me to assist you: Cambridge is operated by a lot of stupid twats who want to believe fairy tales are true, and will pretend any fool who agrees with them is a genius and give him/her/it tenure.

You may send your check to:
Me
Care of: Reality

Posted by: Reality Consultant at August 17, 2026 05:49 PM (jvkDG)

234 Did you crackers know that snooker is all about racism? Just look at it: the racist white supremacist cue ball just pushes all the coloured balls around and puts them in the holes. It particularly loves to push the black one around which has the highest value of all the balls on the table.

Posted by: Jason Arday at August 17, 2026 05:49 PM (V362x)

235 That was Lippy the Lion's buddy.

https://t.ly/j67MU
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 17, 2026 05:41 PM (Cqx++)

NOTHING TO SEE HERE! JUST A COUPLE OF 29 YEAR-OLDS DISCUSSING A FRAGMENT OF ARCANA THAT WAS PASSED DOWN TO US FROM PRIOR GENERATIONS!

(Glares at B. Cabot Jr)

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 17, 2026 05:49 PM (nbLIj)

236 spread the shit around"

Turn the beat around?
Posted by: man at August 17, 2026 05:48 PM (XuXeR)

Got to play percussion.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 17, 2026 05:49 PM (wVcYX)

237 Nood.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 17, 2026 05:49 PM (0sNs1)

238
This news comes, as we all know, just as Duke University's Law School continues to run around SFFA vs Harvard.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 17, 2026 05:50 PM (XJ22o)

239 236

I love this place.

Posted by: Sifty boones at August 17, 2026 05:50 PM (nOND2)

240 I see flowers stuck in the iron fence.

"This is just like when The People's Princess, Diana, died" is the cry/cray/crawfish of the day in Londonistan.

Arday could have whacked off his dreds and moved to Ireland and no one would be the wiser that he was basically a thief who got caught lying and cheating in a job he did not deserve.

Instead he offs himself as his ego was destroyed. He began to believe his own lies.

There's a term for this:
pseudologia fantastica or mythomania.

Combined with his megalomania and dimwittery there was no where to go, I guess.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 17, 2026 05:50 PM (hzuYO)

241 Cambridge is now investigating "how this happened."

This right here is the part of my entire life working I hate the most. Absolutely hate.

Because you've always got some HR bitch - and its always a bitch - pushing "sign this" and "lets all get together to meet about that" that is complete bullshit.

We all know, that work, that its bullshit. But you've always got one of these In the Workplace Lawyers doing this crap.

And then, when it falls apart ? Its always "Well, we'll just pretend nobody ever said so and go punished for their dissent. We'll now go through the motions".

Posted by: Howdy at August 17, 2026 05:54 PM (zGa1Y)

242 Nood

Posted by: Bete at August 17, 2026 06:42 PM (LX4y3)

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