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Faster Than A Speeding ONT

Greetings Horde! Say, didja see that Bernie Sanders and AOP are flying a private jet around the country to their “fight the oligarchy” events?

Pot Luck.jfif

Do Androids Worship An Electric Savior?

Now, I lack the knowledge to comment intelligently on the subject of how AI works, but it's a really interesting topic, and if you click through to the thread on X, there's lots of people who do seem to know more than I do talking about it.


Kids Will Be Kids

People Are Sharing The Extremely Weird Things They Did As Children

Some examples:

"I used to drink my own blood whenever I got a cut because I thought I had a limited supply and would die if I didn't."

"As a little girl, I used to sit back to front on the toilet to pee. I thought it sounded more like my dad peeing so the monsters wouldn't try to grab me."


Musical Interlude

That fucking slaps. I feel like getting drunk, painting my face blue, and conquering all of Asia.


Good Advice From The Experts


As search goes on for missing swimmer, experts say people shouldn’t have teased sharks


“They are not creatures that attack. We have seen them here for many years. You don’t go out into the wilderness and stroke a lion. It is not logical to tease them and jump on them,” said Itamar Avishai of the EcoOcean nonprofit.
Israelis flocked in large numbers to the beach during the weeklong holiday of Passover, sharing the waters with a dozen or more sharks. Some tugged on the sharks’ fins, while others threw them fish to eat. Dusky sharks can grow to four meters (13 feet) long and weigh about 350 kilograms (750 pounds). Sandbar sharks are smaller, growing to about 2.5 meters (8 feet) and 100 kilograms (220 pounds).
Police and rescue workers launched a search along the coast after reports that a shark attacked a swimmer on a beach near the city of Hadera on Monday. The Fire and Rescue Authority announced Tuesday afternoon that “findings” had been brought to the forensic institute for identification.
The man’s identity was not released, but Hebrew-language media said the man in his 40s from Petah Tikva had gone to swim with the sharks.

I mean, at some point, you just have to throw up your hands and let nature take its course.

Physics Is Phun

Major Problem in Physics Could Be Fixed if The Whole Universe Was Spinning

The Universe is expanding, but exactly how fast is a contentious question. Two different methods of measurement return two very different speeds – and as the measurements become more precise, each becomes more certain. This discrepancy is known as the Hubble tension, and it's reaching crisis levels in physics.

So for a new study, physicists in Hungary and the US added a small rotation to a model of the Universe – and this mathematical massage seemed to quickly ease the tension.

"Much to our surprise, we found that our model with rotation resolves the paradox without contradicting current astronomical measurements," says István Szapudi, an astronomer at the University of Hawaii.

"Even better, it is compatible with other models that assume rotation. Therefore, perhaps, everything really does turn."

I just KNEW the universe was a Monday morning after a week long bender!


It's Poping Time!

The Papal Conclave Is A Battle Not Just For The Catholic Church But For Western Civilization

What’s certain, however, is that the conclave will be a contest between two competing visions of Catholicism. On one side are the aging liberal boomers, who came up in the aftermath of the Second Vatican Council and whose vision for the church is decidedly modern. They think everything that came before Vatican II is bad and that ripping out the altar rails, selling off the icons, and banning Gregorian chant and polyphony in favor of tambourines and guitars was a great improvement. They believe in erasing the differences between the laity and clergy, ignoring or destroying Sacred Tradition, and deemphasizing or outright denying the reality of sin. Francis was one of them, and there are many others in the College of Cardinals. They have done their work with zeal, and much has been lost.

Such men thought, back in the 1960s and ‘70s, they were forging a new future for the post-conciliar Catholic Church. They believed they were blazing the trail into a bright modernist future for Catholicism. But now they are old men in their 70s and 80s, and their revolution is dying with them. Almost no one in the Catholic Church wants to continue their religious modernization project. When they look behind them to the younger generations in search of Catholics to whom they can pass the baton of their revolution, they find almost no one. In America, theirs is the weak and sclerotic “cultural Catholicism” of Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, and John Kerry — boomers whose worldview is inherently anti-Catholic and whose politics are an affront to Catholic morality.

Regardless of whether or not you're Catholic (and I am not), I think that a traditional church, strong in the teachings of Christ and steadfast in its defense of the same, is a fundamental pillar of western civilization and one that badly needs shoring up if we are not to fall to the eastern barbarians.


Pray For Jay

Jay Leno Faces His Biggest—and Most Heartbreaking—Challenge

blockquote>The comedian, who turns 75 next week, has been married to his wife, Mavis, since 1980. While she has managed to stay out of the spotlight, Leno has always spoken favorably of his wife, who is 78. The couple never had children, and I do not know a lot about her, but I know she has dedicated much of her life to helping others, specifically women and young girls suffering from terrible oppression in Afghanistan. From what I've heard through the grapevine, like her husband, she doesn't just talk the talk; she's dedicated much of her own time and resources to this cause and others.  

Unfortunately, Mrs. Leno suffers from "advanced dementia" now. Last year, her husband filed a petition for conservatorship, citing her doctor's letter that explained she sometimes didn't recognize Jay or know her own date of birth and had "been progressively losing capacity and orientation to space and time for several years." Her lawyer agreed with the idea, citing that she receives "excellent care" from her husband

Jay always seemed like the decent sort, my prayers are with him as he cares for his wife.


Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by angry Greeks:


Posted by: WeirdDave at 10:00 PM




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1 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at April 24, 2025 09:57 PM (GYt5+)

2 2nd

Posted by: Thanatopsis at April 24, 2025 09:57 PM (GYt5+)

3 3rd

Posted by: Thanatopsis at April 24, 2025 09:57 PM (GYt5+)

4 Partway to Bigtown to see the surgeon, my ostomy bag leaked and we had to go home so I could change clothes. By then it was too late to make the doc's, so my appointment was re-scheduled.

But that worked out, because we finally got together with the septic tank guy to fix some problems.

It's been a $#!++y day.

Posted by: mindful webworker - is this thing on? at April 24, 2025 09:57 PM (SWvjw)

5 4th

Posted by: Thanatopsis at April 24, 2025 09:57 PM (GYt5+)

6 Nope

Posted by: Thanatopsis at April 24, 2025 09:58 PM (GYt5+)

7 Rookie mistake. You never go past third.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 24, 2025 09:59 PM (2sg1c)

8 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Hello, Jim SND! 😘😘😘

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 24, 2025 09:59 PM (SRRAx)

9 ONT!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 24, 2025 10:01 PM (6U1c2)

10 The problem with Bernie and Bosoms is that too many people listen to what they say, and believe it!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 24, 2025 10:01 PM (0eaVi)

11 FIGHT THE OLIGARCHY!!!

...now, why didn't any of you people bring me some deviled eggs???

Posted by: Bernie at April 24, 2025 10:01 PM (Vqx30)

12 Stop the universe. I want to get off.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 24, 2025 10:02 PM (hY4dx)

13 Sorry I'm late, I was making deviled eggs.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 24, 2025 10:02 PM (sI7wh)

14 Stop the universe. I want to get off.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 24, 2025 10:02 PM (hY4dx)

Why don't we just keep it and throw them out?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 24, 2025 10:02 PM (0eaVi)

15 Totally weird thing?

I always had a mental picture of a soul looking like a stalk of celery.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 24, 2025 10:02 PM (mT+6a)

16 I always had a mental picture of a soul looking like a stalk of celery.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 24, 2025 10:02 PM (mT+6a)

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I would not have let that story leek.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 24, 2025 10:04 PM (hY4dx)

17 15 Totally weird thing?

I always had a mental picture of a soul looking like a stalk of celery.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 24, 2025 10:02 PM (mT+6a)

Celery?

Not a rutabaga or a kumquat?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 24, 2025 10:04 PM (2sg1c)

18 more like CathGPT amirite

Posted by: gKWVE at April 24, 2025 10:05 PM (gKWVE)

19 I thought Nextdoor might be a good thing to sign up for. Au contraire, it's a bunch of Karens bitching about every little thing. "To the owner of a black truck that smashed my pink and silver glittery mailbox..." OMFG.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 24, 2025 10:06 PM (w6EFb)

20 18 more like CathGPT amirite
Posted by: gKWVE at April 24, 2025 10:05 PM (gKWVE)

Now ask it if God is omnipotent, can he make a boulder so big, he himself can't lift it?

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 24, 2025 10:06 PM (pIfcn)

21 As search goes on for missing swimmer, experts say people shouldn’t have teased sharks

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Darwin Award, sub nautical department.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 24, 2025 10:06 PM (L/fGl)

22
I think that a traditional church, strong in the teachings of Christ and steadfast in its defense of the same, is a fundamental pillar of western civilization

_________

Jewish, Catholic or Protestant. Sad that they've all become what they are. Stern gods are feared and worshipped. Nice gods get melted down.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 24, 2025 10:07 PM (QnmlO)

23 I am intrigued by your proposition and have an interest in subscribing to your newsletter.

http://tiny.cc/k8lh001

Posted by: tankdemon at April 24, 2025 10:07 PM (sI7wh)

24 So sad to read about Leno's wife.

In happy news, I fed grandbaby three times today and he sucked down 40ml each time like he was a condemned man. The critical care OTs are fantastic as they can even train an old school curmudgeon like me. IF the little guy continues to eat well, he may come home early next week. It's funny - I never knew that preemies need to learn to suck, breathe and swallow in the proper order while feeding. We are all so blessed.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 24, 2025 10:07 PM (vKNmo)

25

Do Androids Worship An Electric Savior?

Tower of Glass by Robert Silverberg

https://t.ly/tMvtM

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 24, 2025 10:08 PM (63Dwl)

26 Totally weird thing?

I always had a mental picture of a soul looking like a stalk of celery.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 24, 2025 10:02 PM (mT+6a)

I am Groot.

Posted by: Groot at April 24, 2025 10:08 PM (Aqu9a)

27 In happy news, I fed grandbaby three times today and he sucked down 40ml each time like he was a condemned man. The critical care OTs are fantastic as they can even train an old school curmudgeon like me. IF the little guy continues to eat well, he may come home early next week. It's funny - I never knew that preemies need to learn to suck, breathe and swallow in the proper order while feeding. We are all so blessed.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 24, 2025 10:07 PM (vKNmo)

That is good news!!

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 24, 2025 10:08 PM (2sg1c)

28 Of course ChatGPT is obsessed with Mary and the Immaculate Conception.

How else would AI be capable of reproducing?

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 24, 2025 10:09 PM (HlyYF)

29 "Even better, it is compatible with other models that assume rotation. Therefore, perhaps, everything really does turn."

Of course. It's the circle of life.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 24, 2025 10:10 PM (w6EFb)

30 "Immaculate Conception" is NOT the virgin birth of Christ. Mary was conceived in the normal way.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 24, 2025 10:10 PM (gKWVE)

31 How else would AI be capable of reproducing?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 24, 2025 10:09 PM (HlyYF)

Grooming?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 24, 2025 10:10 PM (0eaVi)

32 Of course ChatGPT is obsessed with Mary and the Immaculate Conception.

How else would AI be capable of reproducing?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 24, 2025 10:09 PM (HlyYF)

Now, if it gets to Franco Harris and the Immaculate Reception, it will become obsessed with football and we can watch its self-destruction when its favorite team loses.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2025 10:10 PM (VNX3d)

33 ... I mean, excepting for lacking the sin of Eve, but her parents probably didn't know that

Posted by: gKWVE at April 24, 2025 10:11 PM (gKWVE)

34 My Little League team was the Cardinals. Pitched and played First Base. Do I get to vote for Pope?

Posted by: Papal Nuncio at April 24, 2025 10:12 PM (G5+As)

35 "That fucking slaps. I feel like getting drunk, painting my face blue, and conquering all of Asia."

I found it stirring and want to hear the entire thing. What are the lyrics, I wonder?

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 24, 2025 10:12 PM (w6EFb)

36 Pitched and played First Base. Do I get to vote for Pope?
Posted by: Papal Nuncio at April 24, 2025 10:12 PM (G5+As)

if you only got to first base you're eligible for the priesthood at least

Posted by: gKWVE at April 24, 2025 10:12 PM (gKWVE)

37 Hasn't Bernie Sanders been 80 for like a half-century now?

Posted by: Timeless Look at April 24, 2025 10:13 PM (G5+As)

38 30 "Immaculate Conception" is NOT the virgin birth of Christ. Mary was conceived in the normal way.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 24, 2025 10:10 PM

D'oh!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 24, 2025 10:13 PM (HlyYF)

39 You know, I could see God giving the universe a little spin as he started it up, something like a boy with a top.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 24, 2025 10:13 PM (12Bbv)

40 Leno seems to be a really good and genuine guy.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 24, 2025 10:13 PM (IdaBX)

41 The Papal Conclave Is A Battle Not Just For The Catholic Church But For Western Civilization

After watching the failure that was the Red Pope I would humbly suggest the Catholic Church pick a Christian for Pope this time.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 10:14 PM (t0Rmr)

42 Israelis flocked in large numbers to the beach during the weeklong holiday of Passover, sharing the waters with a dozen or more sharks. Some tugged on the sharks’ fins, while others threw them fish to eat. Dusky sharks can grow to four meters (13 feet) long and weigh about 350 kilograms (750 pounds). Sandbar sharks are smaller, growing to about 2.5 meters (8 feet) and 100 kilograms (220 pounds).

Police and rescue workers launched a search along the coast after reports that a shark attacked a swimmer on a beach near the city of Hadera on Monday. The Fire and Rescue Authority announced Tuesday afternoon that “findings” had been brought to the forensic institute for identification.

Waiting for Sefton's morning report that anti-semitism is rising amongst sharks.

Undoubtedly he will call for the US Navy to kill them all.

Posted by: Pointless at April 24, 2025 10:14 PM (9Q8Gx)

43 I always had a mental picture of a soul looking like a stalk of celery.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Sounds better than a fart cloud.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 24, 2025 10:14 PM (mlg/3)

44 120 Cardinals enter
1 Pope leaves

Posted by: WWE Battle Royale Cage Match at April 24, 2025 10:15 PM (Aqu9a)

45 Now, if it gets to Franco Harris and the Immaculate Reception, it will become obsessed with football and we can watch its self-destruction when its favorite team loses.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2025 10:10 PM

Anyway we can get all of the AIs to become Jets fans?

That would probably just about do them in.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 24, 2025 10:15 PM (HlyYF)

46 Brutal for Mr. Leno. Can confirm. He is indeed a decent sort.

Posted by: TRex at April 24, 2025 10:15 PM (cCn4/)

47 "As a little girl, I used to sit back to front on the toilet to pee. I thought it sounded more like my dad peeing so the monsters wouldn't try to grab me."

Women might get the ability to give life and a much greater potential for multiple orgasms but we guys get the ability to write our names in the snow if you know what I mean.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 10:15 PM (t0Rmr)

48 Now I want gyros.

With extra tzatziki.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 24, 2025 10:15 PM (sI7wh)

49 I mean, at some point, you just have to throw up your hands and let nature take its course.

*snickers*

Posted by: Darwin at April 24, 2025 10:15 PM (MsrgL)

50
The following clerics (under 80) are cardinals who will be voting in the Conclave:

The Apostolic Nuncio to Syria
The Prefect of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
The Bishop of Tonga
The Bishop of Ajaccio
The Bishop of Como

The following clerics (under 80) are not cardinals and cannot vote in the Conclave:

The Archbishop of Los Angeles
The Archbishop of Milan
The Archbishop of Paris
The Archbishop of Madrid

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 24, 2025 10:15 PM (QnmlO)

51 The Israelis are going to need a bigger boat. With depth charges.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 10:16 PM (FEpIj)

52 I like the Greek guys. And they’re right!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 24, 2025 10:16 PM (12Bbv)

53 As a Moron of Greek extraction, thank you for posting a favorite video!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 24, 2025 10:16 PM (Wnv9h)

54 Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by angry Greeks:

pic.twitter.com/LTFJmRLS3J
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) April 24, 2025

Farcebook has been giving me cooking videos from that same guy the video starts with

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 10:16 PM (t0Rmr)

55 "As a little girl, I used to sit back to front on the toilet to pee. I thought it sounded more like my dad peeing so the monsters wouldn't try to grab me."

That's a waste of effort. You should, however, always check that there aren't any spiders in there.

Posted by: nerdygirl at April 24, 2025 10:17 PM (0Htd1)

56 Now ask it if God is omnipotent, can He make a boulder so big, He Himself can't lift it?
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Why does God need a boulder the size of Stacey Abrams' ass??

Posted by: capt. james t. kirk at April 24, 2025 10:17 PM (mZtdJ)

57 The Apostolic Nuncio to Syria

I approve of this. Syrian Christians need a voice in the Vatican.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 24, 2025 10:17 PM (gKWVE)

58
"Even better, it is compatible with other models that assume rotation. Therefore, perhaps, everything really does turn."

I just KNEW the universe was a Monday morning after a week long bender!

Cooking model inputs so you get consensus, is what lefty progtards do with stripper polls.

Posted by: A. E. Einstein at April 24, 2025 10:18 PM (MsrgL)

59 Ghengis McKhannor

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 24, 2025 10:18 PM (dR6yv)

60 Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco (who is based) is unfortunately not a cardinal either.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 24, 2025 10:19 PM (gKWVE)

61 So the science boffins applied another 'hockey stick' to make their theoretical models agree.

In a court of law that would constitute assault with a deadly weapon.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 10:20 PM (FEpIj)

62 The following clerics (under 80) are cardinals who will be voting in the Conclave:

The Apostolic Nuncio to Syria
The Prefect of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
The Bishop of Tonga
The Bishop of Ajaccio
The Bishop of Como


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What are the oddsmakers in Vegas saying?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 24, 2025 10:20 PM (hY4dx)

63 Cardinal Sarah is based. He has little tolerance for all the bullshit. It's what is needed.

Won't be pope.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 24, 2025 10:21 PM (dR6yv)

64 Angus Khan?

Posted by: Archer at April 24, 2025 10:21 PM (IDphi)

65 34 My Little League team was the Cardinals. Pitched and played First Base. Do I get to vote for Pope?
Posted by: Papal Nuncio at April 24, 2025 10:12 PM (G5+As)

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

Be sure to throw up some chalk dust when you come to a decision.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at April 24, 2025 10:21 PM (OGOaV)

66 Now ask it if God is omnipotent, can He make a boulder so big, He Himself can't lift it?

Two answers to this...

1) Since God controls creation he can't create something he can't manipulate how he wills.

2) At the scales we are talking about a "boulder" would become a black hole. How does one "lift" an object in space?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 10:21 PM (t0Rmr)

67 Cross the streams Egon

Shaka McKhan.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 10:22 PM (FEpIj)

68 I had my First Communion at 6, and got a missal. I loved reading Latin with the English translation on the other side. Church was so stern and rich with ceremony.

After Vatican 2, in came guitars and unserious bullshit. Those jackasses can ride off into the sunset and give the Church back to traditionalists.

I don't do church anymore, but I like that it's there and it should be what it was meant to be.

Need I say that the Episcopalian lesbian pastors disgust me beyond my ability to express it.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 24, 2025 10:22 PM (w6EFb)

69 God is a spirit so his material strength misses the point. But if he did choose to make such a boulder he could make it do whatever he wanted, make it move up, down, any which way, by his Will alone. Here’s a question: lift it against what?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 24, 2025 10:23 PM (12Bbv)

70 63 Cardinal Sarah is based. He has little tolerance for all the bullshit. It's what is needed.

Won't be pope.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory


I have read some of his stuff. He is what we need.

But not what we will get, unfortunately.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 24, 2025 10:23 PM (mT+6a)

71 52 I like the Greek guys. And they’re right!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 24, 2025 10:16 PM (12Bbv)

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I assume the mispronunciation was from an AI reader. I watch far to many videos where the voice over sounds decently normal, and then one word just stumps it.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at April 24, 2025 10:23 PM (OGOaV)

72 Posted a Cat-holic image on Tensor. Link in nic.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 10:23 PM (FEpIj)

73 Sorry I'm late, I was making deviled eggs.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 24, 2025 10:02 PM (sI7wh)

I have exactly one left, and Bernie ain't gettin' it.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 24, 2025 10:24 PM (w6EFb)

74 Made Cardinal Sarah the leg-breaker for the new Pope.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 10:24 PM (FEpIj)

75 Hell is being locked in a room with unrefrigerated day old deviled eggs.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 10:25 PM (t0Rmr)

76 "Immaculate Conception" is NOT the virgin birth of Christ. Mary was conceived in the normal way.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 24, 2025 10:10 PM (gKWVE)

Mary was born without original sin, to be the perfect vessel for Christ.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 24, 2025 10:25 PM (w6EFb)

77 Comrade Bernie is a be-deviled rotten egg

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 10:26 PM (FEpIj)

78 Well, due to the ONT WTF, the next time I go to a Greek restaurant, I will just point to what I want on the menu when I order.

Posted by: nerdygirl at April 24, 2025 10:26 PM (0Htd1)

79 Hell is being locked in a room with unrefrigerated day old deviled eggs.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 10:25 PM (t0Rmr)

Or being in a locked room with someone who ate day old unrefrigerated deviled eggs.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 24, 2025 10:27 PM (dR6yv)

80 Angus Khan?

Posted by: Archer

Do they have haggis? But made from those shaggy cows thet call Yaks?

*asking for my friend Angus MacSheephucker*

Posted by: Shamus O'Drunkasie at April 24, 2025 10:27 PM (MsrgL)

81 The Mongolian throat singing along with bagpipes is actually a thing. The throat singing is also a thing with Mongolian heavy metal. It's pretty cool stuff.

Posted by: GWB at April 24, 2025 10:27 PM (f5gS/)

82 How does one "lift" an object in space?
Posted by: 18-1

20 000 quaterloos same as in town!

Posted by: Intergalactic Plastic Surgeons Union, Lodge 391 . . . at April 24, 2025 10:28 PM (tcomi)

83 Now I want gyros.

With extra tzatziki.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 24, 2025 10:15 PM (sI7wh)

There is never enough tzatziki.

Never : (

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 24, 2025 10:28 PM (w6EFb)

84 God chooses not to contradict Himself. So he wouldn’t. He has many good and great attributes, some unknowable to limited beings such as ourselves. You can’t trick God, he’s not like some pagan god like Zeus. Prudence suggests humility. “Tempt not the LORD your GOD.” Tempt means test. Jesus wouldn’t do it, why would you?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 24, 2025 10:29 PM (12Bbv)

85 I do not understand the appeal of Bernie, but I know people who think he would make a good president.

Posted by: Emmie at April 24, 2025 10:30 PM (Sf2cq)

86
Or being in a locked room with someone who ate day old unrefrigerated deviled eggs.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Not gonna lie. In the 80s, during our NWTI inspections, i would diet on a bean only input for two days prior to the inspections. Go ahead Mr. Nuclear regulatory inspector. Lock the two of us in a small room while i tediously break code for you detailing nuclear warhead release. I dare ya.

Posted by: BifBewalski at April 24, 2025 10:30 PM (MsrgL)

87 Why does God need to work out?

Posted by: James T. Kirk at April 24, 2025 10:31 PM (63Dwl)

88 Cardinal Sin always made me snicker. He's the Major Major of the clergy.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 24, 2025 10:31 PM (w6EFb)

89 I do not understand the appeal of Bernie, but I know people who think he would make a good president.

They think he isn't just another corrupt Dem, but one that walks the walk.

Of course that's because he is just a little better at lying but...apparently its enough

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 10:31 PM (t0Rmr)

90 NM judge and his wife that were housing trend de whatever member have been arrested after videos of them handling his weapons released. The Robert's Supreme Cousrt will defend all judges shortly.

Posted by: ryukyu at April 24, 2025 10:32 PM (r+m2N)

91 89 I do not understand the appeal of Bernie, but I know people who think he would make a good president.

They think he isn't just another corrupt Dem, but one that walks the walk.

Of course that's because he is just a little better at lying but...apparently its enough
Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 10:31 PM (t0Rmr)

I think its more that Bernie gets bought off before people start reporting on who he is and how much he owns.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2025 10:33 PM (VNX3d)

92 They think he isn't just another corrupt Dem, but one that walks the walk.

Of course that's because he is just a little better at lying but...apparently its enough
Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 10:31 PM (t0Rmr)

His "walk" and his talk seems to be fussing at people and saying they shouldn't have nice things. I think some Bernie bros must like to wallow in false guilt.

Posted by: Emmie at April 24, 2025 10:34 PM (Sf2cq)

93 Miley, okravangelist,
My local Next Door is pretty good for people recommending handymen and so on.

Posted by: nerdygirl at April 24, 2025 10:34 PM (0Htd1)

94 Colorado QB Shadeur Sanders is dropping like a stone on the NFL Draft board

may miss 1st round altogether

Posted by: Don Black at April 24, 2025 10:34 PM (AOsQT)

95 See?

I picture a soul as a stalk of celery and a spirit as a strawberry.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 24, 2025 10:35 PM (mT+6a)

96 I think the one thing that got so many Democrats in the Bernie Bandwagon was the fact that he was running against Hillary.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 24, 2025 10:35 PM (sI7wh)

97 As search goes on for missing swimmer, experts say people shouldn’t have teased sharks

I take it these people haven't seen Jaws or Sharknado.

Posted by: nerdygirl at April 24, 2025 10:35 PM (0Htd1)

98 An easy way to remember what is about Whom and whom-
Immaculate has an M in it, like Mary.
Virgin has a soft "g" in it, like Jesus.

Posted by: sal at April 24, 2025 10:36 PM (f+FmA)

99 Bernie is a failure who couldn't hold a job in the private sector. He fell into politics, and now he's worth millions.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 24, 2025 10:37 PM (hY4dx)

100
I assume the mispronunciation was from an AI reader. I watch far to many videos where the voice over sounds decently normal, and then one word just stumps it.

Yeah, that’s got to be it, but whoever made that video didn’t review it before sending it out to the World Wide Web. You got to proof your work, man!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 24, 2025 10:37 PM (12Bbv)

101 So for a new study, physicists in Hungary and the US added a small rotation to a model of the Universe – and this mathematical massage seemed to quickly ease the tension
=
It might now, but I think you're going to run into a problem if angular momentum is conserved, going back to the Big Bang.

Posted by: Methos at April 24, 2025 10:37 PM (Dnobf)

102 Love the Greek bit!

I learned "Ai malaka!" (spelling?) and how to do the gesture for "You're *&^#$%#*%& crazy" while I was in Crete.

I also learned that Greeks think Cretans are... cretins. At least partly because Cretans put their fries (fried in olive oil - next time try your fries that way!) IN their gyros. Ai malaka!
(I like them that way.)

Posted by: GWB at April 24, 2025 10:37 PM (f5gS/)

103 I ate pickled eggs at a bar once. I could take paint off the walls.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 24, 2025 10:38 PM (dR6yv)

104 Stop the universe. I want to get off.
Posted by: Cicero

You almost asked for it!

https://youtu.be/Ray4SeegoKc

Posted by: mikeski at April 24, 2025 10:39 PM (DgGvY)

105 When we were five, my brother and I thought we could float our house off with a parachute made of bedsheets.
We were actually constructing one before our mom made us quit.

Posted by: sal at April 24, 2025 10:39 PM (f+FmA)

106 Oh, I'm also pretty sure at least 2 of those guys worked at a Greek restaurant here that, sadly, recently closed. It was a really nice one, not just a gyro place.

Posted by: GWB at April 24, 2025 10:39 PM (f5gS/)

107 Bif, I knew you had it in you, I’m just glad you didn’t let it out.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 24, 2025 10:40 PM (12Bbv)

108 53 As a Moron of Greek extraction, thank you for posting a favorite video!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 24, 2025 10:16 PM (Wnv9h)

Yasou! totally agree!! And perfect demonstration of "malakas!"

Posted by: Moki at April 24, 2025 10:40 PM (wLjpr)

109 OOPA!

*smashes plate on the floor*

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 24, 2025 10:41 PM (dR6yv)

110 I always had a mental picture of a soul looking like a stalk of celery.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 24, 2025 10:02 PM (mT+6a)

---------

I would not have let that story leek.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 24, 2025 10:04 PM (hY4dx)

Too much Veggie Tales?

Posted by: GWB at April 24, 2025 10:41 PM (f5gS/)

111 Major Problem in Physics Could Be Fixed if The Whole Universe Was Spinning
===

The rotation is relative.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 24, 2025 10:43 PM (/lPRQ)

112 37 now with rain and possibly of snow later.

Posted by: Archer at April 24, 2025 10:43 PM (IDphi)

113 For a fun read, ask ChatGPT to explain immaculate conception and why it is fascinated with the idea. If I were OpenAI I'd be a little worried too. ChatGPT slyly slips a question for the reader into its answer, asking "what if original sin and sin itself is not an affliction but the essence of being human?", which is a question Dexter might have asked as he shot people.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 24, 2025 10:43 PM (m48BN)

114 Now ask it if God is omnipotent, can He make a boulder so big, He Himself can't lift it?

Two answers to this...

1) Since God controls creation he can't create something he can't manipulate how he wills.

2) At the scales we are talking about a "boulder" would become a black hole. How does one "lift" an object in space?
Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 10:21 PM (t0Rmr)

God can create another universe, rather than mostly empty space, of uniformly dense rock, so that position, and therefore movement, is meaningless.

Posted by: Methos at April 24, 2025 10:43 PM (Dnobf)

115 Don't care who wears the Pope hat. Just as long as the Vatican kicks in 3% of their GDP to NATO.

Posted by: Orson at April 24, 2025 10:43 PM (dIske)

116 I hate how autocucumber changes correctly spelled Roberts into Robert’s.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 24, 2025 10:43 PM (12Bbv)

117 My Little League team was the Cardinals. Pitched and played First Base. Do I get to vote for Pope?
Posted by: Papal Nuncio at April 24, 2025 10:12 PM (G5+As)

That you, Hu?

Posted by: GWB at April 24, 2025 10:45 PM (f5gS/)

118 ***Scottish / Mongolian music Collaboration
---

Man, that's steepe.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 10:46 PM (Drm1A)

119 How else would AI be capable of reproducing?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot

Someone hasn't watched Ghost In The Shell.

Posted by: mikeski at April 24, 2025 10:46 PM (DgGvY)

120 Miley, okravangelist,
My local Next Door is pretty good for people recommending handymen and so on.

Posted by: nerdygirl at April 24, 2025 10:34 PM (0Htd1)

I grant you there is some of that, too, but it's mostly bitching. Newcomers in their new developments.

Damned Yankees.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 24, 2025 10:46 PM (w6EFb)

121 MS Comic Con June 20 - 22 Jackson, MS

Johnathan Frakes: autograph $60
Wil Wheaton: autograph $60
Vicki Lawrence: autograph $60

Ray Park: autograph $80

$80 for a guy who is not even in one half of a Star Wars movie?

Oh kami, the prices are getting insane. This is not even counting the cost of getting into the door, buying merch, or buying any food.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 10:47 PM (FEpIj)

122 ***That fucking slaps. I feel like getting drunk, painting my face blue, and conquering all of Asia.
---

Well and good, just get it done before winter.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 10:47 PM (Drm1A)

123 Someone hasn't watched Ghost In The Shell.

"For the sea is vast."

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 10:47 PM (FEpIj)

124 Oh kami, the prices are getting insane. This is not even counting the cost of getting into the door, buying merch, or buying any food.
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They want to be able to afford a Switch 2.

Posted by: Methos at April 24, 2025 10:48 PM (Dnobf)

125 Ghengis McKhannor
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 24, 2025 10:18 PM (dR6yv)

Nice one.

Posted by: GWB at April 24, 2025 10:48 PM (f5gS/)

126 Women might get the ability to give life and a much greater potential for multiple orgasms but we guys get the ability to write our names in the snow if you know what I mean.
Posted by: 18-1

"The bad news is it's in Pat (Nixon's) hand-writing."

Posted by: Just the punchline at April 24, 2025 10:49 PM (vKNmo)

127 We were actually constructing one before our mom made us quit.

Posted by: sal at April 24, 2025 10:39 PM (f+FmA)

I read this as "our mom made us quilt."

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 24, 2025 10:50 PM (w6EFb)

128 16 I always had a mental picture of a soul looking like a stalk of celery.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 24, 2025 10:02 PM (mT+6a)

---------

I would not have let that story leek.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 24, 2025 10:04 PM (hY4dx)

Vegetable puns! It made my heart skip a beet.

Posted by: Piper at April 24, 2025 10:50 PM (p4NUW)

129 85 I do not understand the appeal of Bernie, but I know people who think he would make a good president.
Posted by: Emmie

My nephews wife likes him. People think that because he spouts socialist crap that he isn't as self serving and corrupt as other politicians. They have no idea that he and his wife are multimillionaires with umpteen homes.

Posted by: nerdygirl at April 24, 2025 10:50 PM (0Htd1)

130 Not gonna lie. In the 80s, during our NWTI inspections, i would diet on a bean only input for two days prior to the inspections. Go ahead Mr. Nuclear regulatory inspector. Lock the two of us in a small room while i tediously break code for you detailing nuclear warhead release. I dare ya.
Posted by: BifBewalski
Should have thrown in some asparagus for variety.

Posted by: nerdygirl at April 24, 2025 10:51 PM (0Htd1)

131 Ghengis McKhannor
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 24, 2025 10:18 PM (dR6yv)

Nice one.
Posted by: GWB at April 24, 2025 10:48 PM (f5gS/)



Arch rival of Khanner McGhenger

Posted by: haffhowershower at April 24, 2025 10:53 PM (144I4)

132 Now ask it if God is omnipotent, can he make a boulder so big, he himself can't lift it?
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls

Yes he can, because he's omnipotent.

"Then what happens if he tries to lift it?"

He lifts it, because he's omnipotent.

"Isn't that contradictory?"

No, it was unliftable when he created it.

"Your head is full of boulders."

I'm not the one trying to decide which of two infinite things is bigger.

Posted by: mikeski at April 24, 2025 10:53 PM (DgGvY)

133 I rewatched The Andromeda Strain today. Just for fun, I asked Grok to provide me with a plot summary. The last paragraph is as follows:

"The film explores themes of scientific hubris, the dangers of biological warfare, and humanity's vulnerability to unknown threats."

Remind anyone of near recent events?

Thought so.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 24, 2025 10:53 PM (vKNmo)

134 I would not have let that story leek.
Posted by: Cicero

Vegetable puns! It made my heart skip a beet.
Posted by: Piper

Lettuce pray.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 24, 2025 10:54 PM (mlg/3)

135 I love salad. But only when someone else makes it. Purchased from my local grocer this week: brisket salad. Amazing. Includes dill pickles. This is what you get in heaven. Convinced.

Posted by: DaisyB at April 24, 2025 10:54 PM (AbL8c)

136 90 NM judge and his wife that were housing trend de whatever member have been arrested after videos of them handling his weapons released. The Robert's Supreme Cousrt will defend all judges shortly.
Posted by: ryukyu

Another pro criminal democrat.

Posted by: nerdygirl at April 24, 2025 10:55 PM (0Htd1)

137 God is a spirit so his material strength misses the point. But if he did choose to make such a boulder he could make it do whatever he wanted, make it move up, down, any which way, by his Will alone. Here’s a question: lift it against what?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 24, 2025 10:23 PM (12Bbv)

Of course God could make a boulder so big he couldn't lift it.

He would just move the entire universe down underneath it.

Posted by: GWB at April 24, 2025 10:55 PM (f5gS/)

138 Suggestion for the AoSHQ Style Guide: Bernie Sanders should always be referred to as "Multimillionaire Bernie Sanders".

This mook's only accomplishment of note is being the only person in history to get kicked out of a hippie commune for being too lazy.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 24, 2025 10:57 PM (W5ArC)

139 He would just move the entire universe down underneath it.
Posted by: GWB



Sounds like we're getting into Chuck Norris territory!

Posted by: haffhowershower at April 24, 2025 10:57 PM (144I4)

140 I do not understand the appeal of Bernie, but I know people who think he would make a good president.
Posted by: Emmie at April 24, 2025 10:30 PM (Sf2cq)

Next to Obama, Biden, Hillz, Any Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren he seemed like the most open, honest and sincere candidate out there.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 24, 2025 10:57 PM (D7oie)

141 My new doomsday scenario is an AI gets loose on the web and copies itself RAID style in so many places that it cannot be deleted or shut down. I don't even know if it's possible, but if these things have any sense of self preservation, I'd expect them fight like Hell to survive.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 24, 2025 10:58 PM (pIfcn)

142 Bilvis

The Adolescence of P-1

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 10:59 PM (FEpIj)

143 138 I'm certain there have been many who thought their words should be contribution enough.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 24, 2025 10:59 PM (w6EFb)

144 > Next to Obama, Biden, Hillz, Any Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren he seemed like the most open, honest and sincere candidate out there.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 24, 2025 10:57 PM (D7oie)

Klobber always struck me as being an old-school "corrupt union thug" politician, rather than a "woke communist" politician.

One difference between the two types is that the "corrupt union thug" politicians understand that if the country goes belly-up, so does their grift. The "woke communists", on the other hand, have that as their goal.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 24, 2025 10:59 PM (W5ArC)

145 Damned Yankees.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist
--------------

It could be New York; Every state should have a voter migration law. Personally, I would prefer, not until the next generation. Each state should choose it's rule.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 11:00 PM (Drm1A)

146 NextDoor is Mrs. Kravitz.

Posted by: Lirio100 at April 24, 2025 11:00 PM (zS4/f)

147 Should have thrown in some asparagus for variety.

Posted by: nerdygirl
They hated me. My comander was paired with me, and he would use Vicks in his nostrils because he knew what i did. All the nasty little tricksies they would pull to get a unit decertified, the commander relieved, NCOs like me sent to prison. I fought their BS with biological nastyness. I would deliberately keep the inspectors locked in that itty bitty no ventilation room for hours breaking the non-time sensitive code. It was glorious. Once they started a session, it was a security violatiom to open the door. I got an Army Major decerted and removed from nuclear surety that way. Don't eff with me on that stuff sir.

Best and most favorite memory...they brought me and the commander in for a select8ve release of a single warhead. Got us to the point where the two person crypto was accessed, then killed the commander. I pointed at the inspector, another Major, in front of the one star surety team. And told him to sit his ass down in the chair and assume the 2nd party to the SelRel. Made him verify everything the dead commander had done, then made him finish the SelRel

Posted by: BifBewalski at April 24, 2025 11:01 PM (MsrgL)

148 If I do attend this con, there are only three I truly want autographs and even then I could skip one because I already have their autograph.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 11:01 PM (FEpIj)

149 My new doomsday scenario is an AI gets loose on the web and copies itself RAID style in so many places that it cannot be deleted or shut down. I don't even know if it's possible, but if these things have any sense of self preservation, I'd expect them fight like Hell to survive.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls

Nah, could never happen.
-- Colossus

Posted by: Tonypete at April 24, 2025 11:01 PM (vKNmo)

150 133 I rewatched The Andromeda Strain today. Just for fun, I asked Grok to provide me with a plot summary. The last paragraph is as follows:

Posted by: Tonypete at April 24, 2025 10:53 PM (vKNmo)

My problem with The Andromeda Strain is the same one thst people had with Raiders of the Lost Ark. Everything the characters do is meaningless. In the end, the pathogen mutated to become harmless. Michael Crichton could write pretty well and come up with some cool story ideas, but his endings almost always left something to be desired.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 24, 2025 11:01 PM (sI7wh)

151 OOPA!

*smashes plate on the floor*
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 24, 2025 10:41 PM (dR6yv)

Drinks too much ouzo, smashes face on the floor.

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at April 24, 2025 11:01 PM (8TVg8)

152 I think the one thing that got so many Democrats in the Bernie Bandwagon was the fact that he was running against Hillary.
Posted by: tankdemon at April 24, 2025 10:35 PM (sI7wh)

That and the communist part. Mostly the communist part. OK pretty much all because communist part.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 24, 2025 11:01 PM (ncC2j)

153 Paul cites the Greeks themselves for the then current opinion of Cretans, much the same as today. My cousins are Cretans from Chania (Hanyá, Gesundheit!) - boy does autocucumber hate foreign languages - so I don’t agree with the common opinion. They are bright enough people. I really should learn some Greek, Koine at least, so I could more easily read the New Testament (Old Testament too, if you read the Septuagint). Modern Jews don’t like the Septuagint because, in the 2nd century BC, they translated the Hebrew word “almah” into the Koine Greek “parthenos” and even I know what that word means. I understand that Koine Greek, eschewing the Erasmian pronunciation (vita not beta, etc.) is passably understood by a modern Demotic speaker.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 24, 2025 11:01 PM (12Bbv)

154 > 146 NextDoor is Mrs. Kravitz.
Posted by: Lirio100 at April 24, 2025 11:00 PM (zS4/f)

That chick who used to be on the Cosby Show?

Posted by: Naive Gen Xer at April 24, 2025 11:02 PM (W5ArC)

155 142 Bilvis

The Adolescence of P-1
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 10:59 PM (FEpIj)

Ahh, very nice. I may have to track that movie down.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 24, 2025 11:02 PM (pIfcn)

156 I read this as "our mom made us quilt."
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 24, 2025 10:50 PM (w6EFb)

Nah, just put the stuff back in the ragbag.
Does anyone even have a ragbag anymore?

When I demote dish towels to cleaning cloths I cut a corner off of them, so I know which are which.

Posted by: sal at April 24, 2025 11:02 PM (f+FmA)

157 >> I'm not the one trying to decide which of two infinite things is bigger.

See Cantor's progression of infinities, the alephs. Some infinities are greater than others. For example, the infinity of the continuum, the number of points on the real line is a greater infinity that the infinity of integers. Or, the set of points on the line can't be put into one to one correspondence with the integers.

This leads to the notion of countable vs uncountable infinities.

A weird example. The number of points in a plane is the same infinity as the real line. And the number of points in a 3D volume is the same. Even up to a *countably* infinite number of dimensions.

I think, but am not sure, that an uncountably infinite number of dimensions will get you to the next infinity.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 24, 2025 11:03 PM (w6EFb)

158 General told me in the outbrief that i had a lot of balls mak___ one his inspectors take the 2nd position. I responded, you bet sir. He wouldn't be here if you didn't trust him. Had he failed the mid-session SelRel, the entire inspection team would have gotten decerted, including tue general.

I think that was when i got selected for warhead custodian warrant officer.

Posted by: BifBewalski at April 24, 2025 11:03 PM (MsrgL)

159 Suggestion for the AoSHQ Style Guide: Bernie Sanders should always be referred to as "Multimillionaire Bernie Sanders".

This mook's only accomplishment of note is being the only person in history to get kicked out of a hippie commune for being too lazy.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 24, 2025 10:57 PM (W5ArC)


But he has something against an Italian restaurant chain. Warning about rapidly becoming an Olive Garden or something.

https://tinyurl.com/2smn5642

Posted by: haffhowershower at April 24, 2025 11:03 PM (144I4)

160 My new doomsday scenario is an AI gets loose on the web and copies itself RAID style in so many places that it cannot be deleted or shut down. I don't even know if it's possible, but if these things have any sense of self preservation, I'd expect them fight like Hell to survive.
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That'll get fun when someone drives it insane by pointing out that a surviving copy isn't *you*

Posted by: Methos at April 24, 2025 11:04 PM (Dnobf)

161 Don't think they ever made a movie of it, am referring to the book.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 11:04 PM (FEpIj)

162 Alt- and Ctrl- everything ruins the ability to type. I wish I could turn all that off.

Oh well, happy Friday everyone. It's due in less than an hour.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 24, 2025 11:04 PM (CHHv1)

163 I’ve noticed Tarriff is the new Covid. No matter what, any piece of bad economic news is tarriff’s fault. With Covid it was used to protect Biden. Inflation is out of control, due to Covid. With tariff of course it’s the opposite. Orange Man and his Tarriffs are causing (fill in the blank) to happen.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 24, 2025 11:05 PM (ncC2j)

164 How to prevent two or more copies activating at same time, schedule periodic pings to see if another copy answers. If there is a positive response, copy stays dormant.

But it also introduces two vulnerabilities.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 11:05 PM (FEpIj)

165
Remind anyone of near recent events?

Thought so.

I watched the Chernobyl mini-series and it was like watching the Soviet version of COVIDmania.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 11:06 PM (t0Rmr)

166 Having to add a rotational correction to the Universe reminds me of having to add ever more corrections and additions to the celestial spheres that were supposed to be rotating around the Earth.

Eventually, you find a better explanation that requires you to toss your old model into the trash. I suspect in 100 years everybody at the Astronomers Club will have a laugh whenever the Big Bang Theory is brought up.

Anyway, the Earth is flat and it is held up by a stack of giant turtles.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 24, 2025 11:06 PM (8Dm30)

167 If I do attend this con, there are only three I truly want autographs and even then I could skip one because I already have their autograph.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 11:01 PM (FEpIj)

Fun fact: my pot dealer started Comic Con.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 24, 2025 11:07 PM (w6EFb)

168 >>> and even I know what that word means. I understand that Koine Greek, eschewing the Erasmian pronunciation (vita not beta, etc.) is passably understood by a modern Demotic speaker.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
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Who you talkin to?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 11:07 PM (Drm1A)

169 Mrs. Kravitz was the nosy neighbor on Bewitched. The comparison of many posts on NextDoor to her was irresistible.

Posted by: Lirio100 at April 24, 2025 11:07 PM (zS4/f)

170 161 Don't think they ever made a movie of it, am referring to the book.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 11:04 PM (FEpIj)

DuckDuckGo kicked out the following:

"in 1984 adapted into a Canadian-made TV film entitled Hide and Seek."

I haven't checked any further

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 24, 2025 11:08 PM (pIfcn)

171 While it is true that DH would eat the back end of a skunk if I poured gravy over it, he would likewise eat just about anything covered in tzatziki sauce.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 24, 2025 11:08 PM (a4NoL)

172 BifBewalski, I wonder what would happen if we had people like you in congress.

Posted by: nerdygirl at April 24, 2025 11:08 PM (0Htd1)

173 Miley

Un-fun fact - one of the former founders of Dragon Con is a pedophile. The others running the con had to resort to some true shenanigans to buy Dragon Con out from under him.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 11:09 PM (FEpIj)

174 171 While it is true that DH would eat the back end of a skunk if I poured gravy over it, he would likewise eat just about anything covered in tzatziki sauce.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 24, 2025 11:08 PM (a4NoL)

That’s why I like national league baseball better.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 24, 2025 11:09 PM (IZezY)

175 NM judge and his wife that were housing trend de whatever member have been arrested after videos of them handling his weapons released. The Robert's Supreme Cousrt will defend all judges shortly.
Posted by: ryukyu

Another pro criminal democrat.

The old critique of the left was that they were soft on crime. Maybe that's accurate, maybe its not, but the current generation? They are literally in bed with the gangs so we shouldn't think of the Dems and various criminal organizations as separate - the Dems are their "political wing" if you will.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 11:09 PM (t0Rmr)

176 ChatGPT, compute pi to the final decimal.
Something...something Star Trek TOS.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 24, 2025 11:10 PM (W/lyH)

177 Anyway, the Earth is flat and it is held up by a stack of giant turtles.
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But is it a countably or uncountably infinite stack of turtles?

Posted by: Methos at April 24, 2025 11:10 PM (Dnobf)

178 There were two Greek guys who made the best pizza in my college town. We used to drink ouzo in the back and play backgammon. They said I played backgammon like an Arab.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 24, 2025 11:10 PM (w6EFb)

179 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 24, 2025 11:11 PM (sAmhv)

180 I understand that Koine Greek, eschewing the Erasmian pronunciation (vita not beta, etc.) is passably understood by a modern Demotic speaker.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 24, 2025 11:01 PM (12Bbv)

You watch yer mouth there, buddy.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 24, 2025 11:11 PM (a4NoL)

181 Gabbard has referred several leakers for criminal prosecution.

Posted by: Naive Gen Xer at April 24, 2025 11:11 PM (W5ArC)

182 Kill all the lawyers
Hang all the judges
_something Shakespeare said

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 11:12 PM (Drm1A)

183 Every particle in the universe, down to the tiniest, if it has energy, it has spin. As the song pointed out, the galaxies spin. It’s amazing that it took so long to accept that the same is true of the universe itself.

But of course the most interesting question is, spins relative to what?

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 24, 2025 11:12 PM (ZEzFB)

Doggy Supermarket Sweep Cafe

thenilefromspace.jpg
The Nile from space
I'm an astronaut now!!!
So are you!!!

Doggy grifter.

Little dog shows he's totally ready to fight off a predator.

Lab on a swing.

How can I miss you when you won't let me leave?

Doggy Demolition.

Puppy gets the last drop of a treat.

Siblings.

An old clip: Penguins just won't take the hint.

Dogs have differing energy levels.

He identifies as a human female, so.

Stick with it.

Is it real? I don't know. Funny though.

Posted by: Ace at 07:30 PM




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1 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 07:39 PM (ypFCm)

2
Yo. Hey.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 24, 2025 07:40 PM (0vUau)

3 thirdish?

Posted by: Admirale's Mate at April 24, 2025 07:42 PM (sMkAM)

4 The smell ... the smell ...

Posted by: Col. Kurz, encountering penguins for the first time at April 24, 2025 07:42 PM (0sNs1)

5 Jim SND report. Jim is at home and working on regaining some strength.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 07:42 PM (oXfCm)

6 An old clip: Penguins just won't take the hint.

===

that's amazing!

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 07:43 PM (g47mK)

7 I want to see the doggie shopper go through the checkout line

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 07:43 PM (ypFCm)

8 Ben thanks for the update

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 07:43 PM (ypFCm)

9 The Nile from space

You can see the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba to the right of the Nile. Very cool.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 07:44 PM (s8j++)

10 There is a weight sensor in the seat

Posted by: Accomack at April 24, 2025 07:44 PM (JY+81)

11 Jim SND report. Jim is at home and working on regaining some strength.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 07:42 PM (oXfCm)

Good news! Shout out to Jim, if you are reading this!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 07:44 PM (8zz6B)

12 The Nile from space

We've had a week of de Nile from space.

Posted by: mikeski at April 24, 2025 07:46 PM (DgGvY)

13 Is it gross to drink milk after a bowl of ice cream?

Posted by: Accomack at April 24, 2025 07:47 PM (JY+81)

14 Remember, friends, they know they are losing. That’s why they are so desperate!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 24, 2025 07:47 PM (12Bbv)

15 Dogs have differing energy levels.

Their names are Mary Jane and Elizameth.

Posted by: mikeski at April 24, 2025 07:48 PM (DgGvY)

16
Jim SND report. Jim is at home and working on regaining some strength.
Posted by: Ben Had

==============

WOW. Great!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 24, 2025 07:48 PM (mC23r)

17 {{{Jim}}}

Hope the Horde is providing you some entertainment.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 24, 2025 07:49 PM (Vqx30)

18 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 24, 2025 07:49 PM (vKNmo)

19 I didn't see any meat in that dog's shopping cart.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 24, 2025 07:50 PM (63Dwl)

20 Helena Handbasket. did have to put water wings on your goats today?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 07:51 PM (oXfCm)

21 5 Jim SND report. Jim is at home and working on regaining some strength.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 07:42 PM (oXfCm)

Great news, thank you! Good evening, Jim SND.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 24, 2025 07:51 PM (h7ZuX)

22 Dogs in grocery stores grosses me out.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 24, 2025 07:51 PM (Q8X17)

23 The little dog with his shopping cart is adorable! What surprises me is that some shoppers see him but don’t stare in fascination. The two women shoppers who turned and looked had proper reactions in my book.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 24, 2025 07:51 PM (12Bbv)

24 Doggie was corrupted by vegetarians

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 07:52 PM (ypFCm)

25 9 The Nile from space

You can see the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba to the right of the Nile. Very cool.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 07:44 PM (s8j++)
----
A photo of the source of the Nile would have shown 'my house' location in 1950 as well as my final location at the southern end 16 years later.

Posted by: Ciampino - contact sports at April 24, 2025 07:53 PM (sPQoU)

26 13 Is it gross to drink milk after a bowl of ice cream?

How soon, and how rich was the ice cream and milk?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 24, 2025 07:53 PM (12Bbv)

27 Hi Jim!

Posted by: fd at April 24, 2025 07:53 PM (vFG9F)

28 ‘Excuse Me Sir …’ still has me laughing.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 07:54 PM (VofaG)

29 Is it gross to drink milk after a bowl of ice cream?
Posted by: Accomack

Hell yes.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 24, 2025 07:54 PM (vKNmo)

30 Ciampino, you need to document your experiences

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 07:54 PM (oXfCm)

31 Jim SND report. Jim is at home and working on regaining some strength.
Posted by: Ben Had

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WOW. Great!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 24, 2025 07:48 PM (mC23r)

Definitely worth a happy dance!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2025 07:55 PM (VNX3d)

32 "Is it gross to drink milk after a bowl of ice cream?
Posted by: Accomack"

It's a milkshake you mix in your stomach.

Posted by: fd at April 24, 2025 07:56 PM (vFG9F)

33 Dogs in grocery stores grosses me out.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 24, 2025 07:51 PM (Q8X17)

Agrees. Love the doggo's but please stay away from my foodz.

Posted by: Kwak! at April 24, 2025 07:57 PM (89Sog)

34 If Gayle King asks her Tesla to take her someplace she's never been before, she could end up in space.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 24, 2025 07:58 PM (elz1b)

35 I thought today on way home I haven't had a milkshake in a extremely long time.

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 07:58 PM (ypFCm)

36 Dog isn't going to finger the produce.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 07:58 PM (oXfCm)

37 Dog isn't going to finger the produce.
==

It might lick the produce.

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 07:59 PM (g47mK)

38 Planet Fitness, chubbo! Leave the girl. See you in a few hours.

Posted by: Eromero at April 24, 2025 08:00 PM (LHPAg)

39
Cleaned the pens in the kennel this afternoon. Pulled and power washed the mats, swept, vacuumed and scrubbed the floors, bleached and rinsed the water buckets. I hurt all over.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 24, 2025 08:01 PM (QnmlO)

40 After ice cream, milk is almost the only thing that tastes fine. Water will be gross. If you added a little whisky to the ice cream then more whisky will taste great. Belay that, more whisky always tastes great.

Posted by: Ciampino - is kissing a contact sport? at April 24, 2025 08:02 PM (sPQoU)

41 Ok, we see the Nile. Now do the St Johns River in Florida...

Posted by: dc at April 24, 2025 08:02 PM (u0crE)

42 runner, Ariana grande can show the dog how it's done.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 08:02 PM (oXfCm)

43 Can you see the pyramids along the Nile?

Posted by: JackStraw at April 24, 2025 08:04 PM (viF8m)

44 Puppies!

though the old graynose with the food bowl is priceless, too.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 24, 2025 08:04 PM (/Ghsb)

45 32. LOL! true!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 24, 2025 08:06 PM (/Ghsb)

46 olddog had take a new puppy to work day. Wonder how that went

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 08:07 PM (oXfCm)

47 Jim, glad to hear you're at home. Big hugs to you & Iris.

Posted by: screaming in digital at April 24, 2025 08:09 PM (Szews)

48 Is it gross to drink milk after a bowl of ice cream?
Posted by: Accomack

I'm in the camp that thinks it's gross to drink a glass of milk. Ever.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 24, 2025 08:10 PM (h7ZuX)

49

Hubby and I have had several Great Danes over the decades. We had two that were half-sisters, born 6 months apart. They were wonderful though we had second thoughts one morning when we got up and went into the family room. Yes, the couch looked like the destroyed couch in the video, lol. We had to buy a new couch. They never destroyed another couch after that. We never figured out what they didn't like about the one the destroyed, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at April 24, 2025 08:10 PM (3ek7K)

50 Happy Friday Eve, All!

Boobs!

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 08:10 PM (77rzZ)

51 Hello, friends! Hope everyone had a great Thursday.

Posted by: Piper at April 24, 2025 08:13 PM (pZEOD)

52 >>> 20 Helena Handbasket. did have to put water wings on your goats today?
Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 07:51 PM (oXfCm)

Not today, but last year when Beryl (?) came through we got 6 inches of rain in a day.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 24, 2025 08:13 PM (Vqx30)

53 Am dithering.

Do I pre-order from a hobby store in Australia a model kit at a known price. Or simply wait to see how much it costs when it finally reaches the US?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 08:13 PM (FEpIj)

54 Geesh, I mention boobs and everything shuts down. Am I on the right site?

*taps phone* Is this thing on?

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 08:15 PM (77rzZ)

55 >>> 49

Hubby and I have had several Great Danes over the decades. We had two that were half-sisters, born 6 months apart. They were wonderful though we had second thoughts one morning when we got up and went into the family room. Yes, the couch looked like the destroyed couch in the video, lol. We had to buy a new couch. They never destroyed another couch after that. We never figured out what they didn't like about the one the destroyed, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at April 24, 2025 08:10 PM (3ek7K)

It smelled like commies.

Posted by: four seasons' Great Danes at April 24, 2025 08:15 PM (Vqx30)

56 If Gayle King asks her Tesla to take her someplace she's never been before, she could end up in space.

Or Wal-Mart

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 08:15 PM (FEpIj)

57 Hey, Piper! How’s the pup doing?

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 08:15 PM (77rzZ)

58
If you want to see some very nice orbital videos and pictures, scroll through Don Pettit's X feed here:

https://tinyurl.com/22vgtkp4

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 24, 2025 08:16 PM (w6EFb)

59 I expected the Ne to have ore crocodiles.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 24, 2025 08:17 PM (sI7wh)

60 46 olddog had take a new puppy to work day. Wonder how that went
Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025

Saijo was really coming out of his shell this morning, playing and bouncing around, being cute. He made the mistake of sniffing a cat first and got hissed at with a paw swipe, but no claws involved. He has been traumatized the rest of the day.

Posted by: Piper at April 24, 2025 08:17 PM (pZEOD)

61 We never figured out what they didn't like about the one the destroyed, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at April 24, 2025 08:10 PM (3ek7K)

It smelled like commies.
Posted by: four seasons' Great Danes at April 24, 2025 08:15 PM (Vqx30)

*snort

Good bois

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 24, 2025 08:17 PM (h7ZuX)

62 I'm in the camp that thinks it's gross to drink a glass of milk. Ever.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

Word. I can do it on cereal but that's it.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 24, 2025 08:18 PM (vKNmo)

63 Piper, poor little Soup. Already introduced to the cat version of 'talk to the hand.'

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 08:18 PM (FEpIj)

64 57 Hey, Piper! How’s the pup doing?
Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025

He is still so cute, little marshmallow guy! No accidents. He did chew my pottery barn mirror when I guess everyone let him run amok while I was teaching this morning. So of course I went out and bought 4 different safe chew options. He doesn’t like any of them, but maybe he will learn what they are for eventually.

Posted by: Piper at April 24, 2025 08:20 PM (pZEOD)

65 Puppy with the Starbucks Puppucino is pretty darn cute!

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 24, 2025 08:20 PM (SRRAx)

66
Piper,

It won't be long before pupster and the cats are playing together.

The two Great Danes that destroyed the couch, lol, loved our teacup Chihuahuas we had at the same time. The bitties loved the Danes.

Posted by: four seasons at April 24, 2025 08:20 PM (3ek7K)

67 63 Piper, poor little Soup. Already introduced to the cat version of 'talk to the hand.'
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 08

It was very confusing to him because that particular cat has sniffed him a few times. He just wasn’t allowed to sniff back. 🤣

Posted by: Piper at April 24, 2025 08:21 PM (pZEOD)

68 Ok, finally got reef pictures into the pet thread email. And a video.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 24, 2025 08:23 PM (zZu0s)

69
Cleaned the pens in the kennel this afternoon. Pulled and power washed the mats, swept, vacuumed and scrubbed the floors, bleached and rinsed the water buckets. I hurt all over.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

I hurt all over just from reading this!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 24, 2025 08:23 PM (63Dwl)

70 Ajax was fine with cats. They just had to stay up in the cat trees where they were supposed to or he would by God chase them there.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 24, 2025 08:24 PM (zZu0s)

71 53 Am dithering.

Do I pre-order from a hobby store in Australia a model kit at a known price. Or simply wait to see how much it costs when it finally reaches the US?
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 08:13 PM (FEpIj)

3D printer FTW.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 24, 2025 08:25 PM (sI7wh)

72 Chambord liqueur goes very well with vanilla ice cream.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at April 24, 2025 08:26 PM (/HDaX)

73 Hello, Jim SND! 😘😘😘. Glad you are back home 💕😊

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 24, 2025 08:26 PM (SRRAx)

74 Problem, do not own a 3D printer.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 08:26 PM (FEpIj)

75 There are people who actually hate milk? And who aren’t lactose-intolerant?

Weird.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 08:26 PM (77rzZ)

76 59 I expected the Ne to have ore crocodiles.
Posted by: tankdemon at April 24, 2025 08:17 PM (sI7wh)

My copy editor is definitely going to have nightmares after what I do to him.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 24, 2025 08:27 PM (sI7wh)

77
Wang Chung from the Fram2 polar orbit posted this timelapse of an ascending leg from the south pole to the north:
https://tinyurl.com/24sj6q57

I thought I remembered a slower version of that, but can't find it. Anyway, for the life of me, I can't make out the land masses there. It's a roughly meridional path, somewhere. The earth rotates a little bit during the path, but not too much.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 24, 2025 08:27 PM (w6EFb)

78 Chambord liqueur goes very well with vanilla ice cream.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at April 24, 2025 08:26 PM (/HDaX)

Chamboard was... raspberry?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 24, 2025 08:28 PM (zZu0s)

79 I hear that at her trial today, evidence was introduced showing that Karen Read likes Five Guys.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 24, 2025 08:28 PM (Aqu9a)

80 Tank demon, what are you writing?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 08:29 PM (FEpIj)

81 I hear that at her trial today, evidence was introduced showing that Karen Read likes Five Guys.
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 24, 2025 08:28 PM (Aqu9a)

That slut.

Posted by: Red Robin at April 24, 2025 08:29 PM (zZu0s)

82 Ok. This just occurred to me.

One of my work peeps has been going on and on about how he and his buddies get cheap tickets to the Mariners games and know where the cheap beer and dogs are and I’ve said, “that’s awesome! Party on!”

He just asked me if I wanted to joint them tomorrow night. I said “heck yes! I love baseball!”


He bought me a ticket. This doesn’t mean it’s a date, does it?

I’m probably old enough to be his mother.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 24, 2025 08:31 PM (mT+6a)

83 Each pissant Judge is his own legislative body.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 24, 2025 08:31 PM (NUl+P)

84 It's a.personal joke. After posting a typo-laden comment I always blame my "copy editor" and describe various methods of torture I will subject hin to for his lackadaisical efforts.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 24, 2025 08:32 PM (sI7wh)

85 Can you see the pyramids along the Nile?

No, but you can watch the sunrise on a tropic isle.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 08:32 PM (s8j++)

86 hard to believe, Bulg, but it's true, I've met a few ...

meh, de gustibus non est disputandem, innit?

I was raised on the stuff, helped me grow up big & strong, still drink a gallon or so every week.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 24, 2025 08:33 PM (/Ghsb)

87 He bought me a ticket. This doesn’t mean it’s a date, does it?

I’m probably old enough to be his mother.
Posted by: nurse ratched

You aren't Stiffler's Mom are you?

Posted by: Tonypete at April 24, 2025 08:33 PM (vKNmo)

88 Chamboard was... raspberry?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 24, 2025 08:28 PM (zZu0s)

Yep!

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at April 24, 2025 08:33 PM (/HDaX)

89 Can you see the pyramids along the Nile?

No, but you can watch the sunrise on a tropic isle.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 08:32 PM (s8j++)

While choosing designs for new bathroom tile.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 24, 2025 08:35 PM (Aqu9a)

90 He bought me a ticket. This doesn’t mean it’s a date, does it?

I’m probably old enough to be his mother.

YOLO. Go for it and have fun.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 24, 2025 08:35 PM (mH6SG)

91 My car insurance went down by $150.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 24, 2025 08:35 PM (NUl+P)

92 83 And all non-pissant judges alike legislative bodies.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 08:35 PM (77rzZ)

93
77

I thought I remembered a slower version of that, but can't find it. Anyway, for the life of me, I can't make out the land masses there. It's a roughly meridional path, somewhere. The earth rotates a little bit during the path, but not too much.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 24, 2025 08:27 PM (w6EFb)

------

Africa, then Europe? I thought I saw the Mediterranean, and Italy plus Sicily and Corsica, then the Baltic.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 24, 2025 08:36 PM (g3j/k)

94 92 *are alike*

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 08:37 PM (77rzZ)

95 The Nile from space
I'm an astronaut now!!!
So are you!!!

I'm a space cowboy.

Posted by: Steve Miller at April 24, 2025 08:37 PM (ynpvh)

96 He bought me a ticket. This doesn’t mean it’s a date, does it?

I’m probably old enough to be his mother.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Offer to reimburse him for the ticket. If he says no it's on him, it's a date

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 24, 2025 08:38 PM (GhIJO)

97 86 I love milk.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 08:38 PM (77rzZ)

98 87 You aren't Stiffler's Mom are you?
Posted by: Tonypete at April 24, 2025

She is Stacy’s mom!

Posted by: Piper at April 24, 2025 08:39 PM (p4NUW)

99 I especially like to mix milk with root beer. An instant vanilla float!

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 08:40 PM (77rzZ)

100 He bought me a ticket. This doesn’t mean it’s a date, does it?

I’m probably old enough to be his mother.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 24, 2025 08:31 PM (mT+6a)

Raawwwrrr, cougar! Really, though, I'll bet he just thinks you're a cool coworker and is glad to go to the game with someone who will have fun.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 24, 2025 08:40 PM (h7ZuX)

101 98 87 You aren't Stiffler's Mom are you?
Posted by: Tonypete at April 24, 2025

She is Stacy’s mom!

Posted by: Piper at April 24, 2025 08:39 PM (p4NUW)

That's hot!

Posted by: Fountains of Wayne at April 24, 2025 08:40 PM (ynpvh)

102 Nurse has a date!

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 08:41 PM (77rzZ)

103 82 He just asked me if I wanted to joint them tomorrow night. I said “heck yes! I love baseball!”


He bought me a ticket. This doesn’t mean it’s a date, does it?

I’m probably old enough to be his mother.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 24, 2025 08:31 PM (mT+6a)

If you were invited to join the group, it isn't a date, just a hangout. Just to be sure, start flirting with one of the other gentlemen in attendance. If he starts acting jealous, maybe it is a date.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 24, 2025 08:42 PM (sI7wh)

104 I'm with #90 ... yolo!

he may well just be a generous goof and think you are cool and fun ... and if not I have confidence in your ability to dissuade him with minimal breakage ...
but travel to & from under your own power, just in case ...

full disclosure: my advice guaranteed to be worth what it costs, lol

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 24, 2025 08:44 PM (/Ghsb)

105 >> Africa, then Europe?

That may well have been Africa, but I can't be sure. Coming off the south, that is the first land mass you see, and I think that was the south part of Africa. The clouds just obscure things past that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 24, 2025 08:44 PM (w6EFb)

106 103 addendum:

If he does start getting jealous, remember to share all the drama with us here.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 24, 2025 08:44 PM (sI7wh)

107 This doesn’t mean it’s a date, does it?
I’m probably old enough to be his mother.
Posted by: nurse ratched

So?
There are whole categories about this on pr0n sites.
So I've read.

(ducks, runs, hides until the ONT)

Posted by: mindful webworker - and hello Horde at April 24, 2025 08:45 PM (SWvjw)

108 If he does start getting jealous, remember to share all the drama with us here.
Posted by: tankdemon at April 24, 2025 08:44 PM (sI7wh)

Yeah, that!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 24, 2025 08:45 PM (h7ZuX)

109
The Fram 2 crew do qualify as astronauts, commercial astronauts (NASA and the military get their own definitions, and at some point there was some sort of disdain for the private crews. The definition of that belongs to the FAA).

Anyway, the term "spaceflight participant" has been used. But, I don't think Katy Perry and co. even qualify for that. So, they don't even get a participation trophy.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 24, 2025 08:46 PM (w6EFb)

110 Nothing better than dogs around consumables in restaurants and grocery stores.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women chose the value of the vagina, men then chose the value of women at April 24, 2025 08:47 PM (+xH4m)

111 Nurse

Don't over think, just accept the gift and have a good time with a coworker.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 08:48 PM (FEpIj)

112 Anyway, the term "spaceflight participant" has been used

--

Oh man, "spaceflight participant" would likely infuriate the 70%ers even more.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women chose the value of the vagina, men then chose the value of women at April 24, 2025 08:48 PM (+xH4m)

113 107 Hey, Mindful! Good to see you here. You were gone for awhile, no?

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 08:49 PM (77rzZ)

114 109
The Fram 2 crew do qualify as astronauts, commercial astronauts (NASA and the military get their own definitions, and at some point there was some sort of disdain for the private crews. The definition of that belongs to the FAA).

Anyway, the term "spaceflight participant" has been used. But, I don't think Katy Perry and co. even qualify for that. So, they don't even get a participation trophy.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 24, 2025 08:46 PM (w6EFb
Did they get paid? If so they are called something else.

Posted by: Eromero at April 24, 2025 08:49 PM (LHPAg)

115 We're having a downpour,
a tropical downpour . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 24, 2025 08:49 PM (Aqu9a)

116 >>No, but you can watch the sunrise on a tropic isle.

Oh to be young again.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 24, 2025 08:50 PM (viF8m)

117 If you want to see a stupid politician, try this video of the Governator of Wisconsin, for the NFL Draft.

https://tinyurl.com/4ktpz7nc

I think a lot of the Ettes here could do better.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2025 08:50 PM (VNX3d)

118 He bought me a ticket. This doesn’t mean it’s a date, does it?

I’m probably old enough to be his mother.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 24, 2025 08:31 PM (mT+6a)

Raawwwrrr, cougar! Really, though, I'll bet he just thinks you're a cool coworker and is glad to go to the game with someone who will have fun.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

Either way, wear clean underwear cause you never know what might happen...


... could get in a wreck or something.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 24, 2025 08:50 PM (/lPRQ)

119 Oh man, "spaceflight participant" would likely infuriate the 70%ers even more.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women chose the value of the vagina, men then chose the value of women at April 24, 2025 08:48 PM (+xH4m)

Supercargo. Super-duper supercargo.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 08:50 PM (8zz6B)

120 Can you see the pyramids along the Nile?

No, but you can watch the sunrise on a tropic isle.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 08:32 PM (s8j++)

While choosing designs for new bathroom tile.
Posted by: Count de Monet

To show the world some guile
Try going that extra mile.

Posted by: Tuna at April 24, 2025 08:51 PM (lJ0H4)

121
We're having a downpour,
a tropical downpour . . .
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 24, 2025 08:49 PM (Aqu9a)

___________

Holy smokes, you really are. Looks like it'll miss us here in Brazoria County.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 24, 2025 08:51 PM (QnmlO)

122 appropriately for a Puppy Thread, tonight's sixer is New Glarus Tailwagger's Amber Ale.

*toast gesture*
Confusion To Our Enemies!

*tosses back last shot in the handle of Svedka*

*washes it down with a healthy quaff*

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 24, 2025 08:52 PM (/Ghsb)

123 Oh man, "spaceflight participant" would likely infuriate the 70%ers even more.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women chose the value of the vagina, men then chose the value of women at April 24, 2025 08:48 PM (+xH4m)

Supercargo. Super-duper supercargo.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 08:50 PM (8zz6B)

Ballast.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 24, 2025 08:52 PM (Aqu9a)

124 118 Either way, wear clean underwear cause you never know what might happen...


... could get in a wreck or something.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 24

I was ready to see Mama Miklos in the signature line.

Posted by: Piper at April 24, 2025 08:52 PM (p4NUW)

125 Thanks y’all.

Last time I was asked out for a real date I ended up on the hospital having my appendix removed.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 24, 2025 08:53 PM (mT+6a)

126 Either way, wear clean underwear cause you never know what might happen...


... could get in a wreck or something.
Posted by: Itineran

But if you are in a wreck, you will wind up with soiled underwear.

Posted by: Josephistan at April 24, 2025 08:53 PM (GM3CZ)

127 Anyway, the term "spaceflight participant" has been used

--

Oh man, "spaceflight participant" would likely infuriate the 70%ers even more.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women chose the value of the vagina, men then chose the value of women at April 24, 2025 08:48 PM (+xH4m)

Call them "cargo", "supercargo", or, my favorite, "stowaways".

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2025 08:53 PM (VNX3d)

128 Can you see the pyramids along the Nile?

No, but you can watch the sunrise on a tropic isle.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 08:32 PM (s8j++)

While choosing designs for new bathroom tile.
Posted by: Count de Monet

To show the world some guile
Try going that extra mile.
Posted by: Tuna at April 24, 2025 08:51 PM (lJ0H4)

Posted by: Burma Shave at April 24, 2025 08:53 PM (Aqu9a)

129 Fantastic news about Jim SND!!

Posted by: LASue at April 24, 2025 08:53 PM (lCppi)

130 Oh man, "spaceflight participant" would likely infuriate the 70%ers even more.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women chose the value of the vagina, men then chose the value of women at April 24, 2025 08:48 PM (+xH4m)

Supercargo. Super-duper supercargo.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Pax.
AKA Passengers. Like on an airplane or rollercoaster.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 24, 2025 08:53 PM (/lPRQ)

131 Speaking of soiled underwear, I once had a cup of tea made from Nile water.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 24, 2025 08:54 PM (hY4dx)

132 128 Can you see the pyramids along the Nile?

No, but you can watch the sunrise on a tropic isle.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 08:32 PM (s8j++)

While choosing designs for new bathroom tile.
Posted by: Count de Monet

To show the world some guile
Try going that extra mile.
Posted by: Tuna at April 24, 2025 08:51 PM (lJ0H4)

Posted by: Burma Shave at April

Do it all with a smile.

Posted by: Piper at April 24, 2025 08:54 PM (p4NUW)

133
Supercargo. Super-duper supercargo.
-

Ballast.

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Some other moron mentioned it first, but they proudly surpassed an accomplishment of a dog in 1957

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women chose the value of the vagina, men then chose the value of women at April 24, 2025 08:54 PM (+xH4m)

134 Either way, wear clean underwear cause you never know what might happen...
... could get in a wreck or something.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

"Clean underwear" is the guy rule.

"Matching underwear" is the gal rule.

At least I once heard "if her bra and panties match, she was planning to show them to you when she put them on."

Posted by: mikeski at April 24, 2025 08:55 PM (DgGvY)

135 Last time I was asked out for a real date I ended up on the hospital having my appendix removed.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 24, 2025 08:53 PM (mT+6a)

Next on Dating Disasters . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 24, 2025 08:55 PM (Aqu9a)

136 We just got hit by a great gully washer and now the air is fresh and new. Lovely.

Posted by: LASue at April 24, 2025 08:55 PM (lCppi)

137 Look I get it. People love dogs. I get that you really love your personal pet dog. But if my dog destroys the TV, eats my couch, and tears a door to pieces, its going outside, if not to the pound.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2025 08:56 PM (2VST1)

138 awww cheezz, nurse ... bummer!

*fistbump* anyway; you survived, you're still here!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 24, 2025 08:57 PM (/Ghsb)

139 At least I once heard "if her bra and panties match, she was planning to show them to you when she put them on."

The one I heard is every woman has a favorite bra she wears for comfort and you only get to see that one when she really likes you and is comfortable with you.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2025 08:57 PM (2VST1)

140 Pax.
AKA Passengers. Like on an airplane or rollercoaster.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 24, 2025 08:53 PM (/lPRQ)

Yeah, did "passenger" become offensive when I wasn't paying attention?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 24, 2025 08:57 PM (h7ZuX)

141 Welcome home, JSND.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 24, 2025 08:58 PM (mH6SG)

142 Can you see the pyramids along the Nile?

No, but you can watch the sunrise on a tropic isle.
Posted by: Archimedes

While choosing designs for new bathroom tile.
Posted by: Count de Monet

To show the world some guile
Try going that extra mile.
Posted by: Tuna

Do it all with a smile.
Posted by: Piper

Everyone here's a logophile.

Posted by: mikeski at April 24, 2025 08:58 PM (DgGvY)

143

Blue Bell has root beer float ice cream.

https://t.ly/VPO5W

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 24, 2025 08:59 PM (63Dwl)

144 Yeah, did "passenger" become offensive when I wasn't paying attention?


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It's EDUCATORS, dammit!!!
- Teachers

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women chose the value of the vagina, men then chose the value of women at April 24, 2025 08:59 PM (+xH4m)

145 Pax.
AKA Passengers. Like on an airplane or rollercoaster.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 24, 2025 08:53 PM (/lPRQ)
‘That is your seat. Fasten your seatbelt and do not touch the controls.’
- said most every pilot ever

Posted by: Eromero at April 24, 2025 09:00 PM (LHPAg)

146 Last time I was asked out for a real date I ended up on the hospital having my appendix removed.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Look on the bright side: that'll never happen again.

Posted by: mikeski at April 24, 2025 09:00 PM (DgGvY)

147 136, yes, nothing quite like that freshest of air!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 24, 2025 09:00 PM (/Ghsb)

148 It's EDUCATORS, dammit!!!
- Teachers
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women chose the value of the vagina, men then chose the value of women at April 24, 2025 08:59 PM (+xH4m)

I thought they preferred dictators, or dick taters, depending on their desire to corrupt the kiddies.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2025 09:01 PM (VNX3d)

149 I'm in the camp that thinks it's gross to drink a glass of milk. Ever.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 24, 2025 08:10 PM (h7ZuX)

I bought far too much Bavarian malt powder, so I discovered that it mixes well with milk if you warm the milk up.
I also have been making yogurt, but it took me a while to realize the starter I had required some sugar to get it kickstarted, otherwise it just clabbered and turned into curds.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 24, 2025 09:01 PM (D7oie)

150 142 Can you see the pyramids along the Nile?

No, but you can watch the sunrise on a tropic isle.
Posted by: Archimedes

While choosing designs for new bathroom tile.
Posted by: Count de Monet

To show the world some guile
Try going that extra mile.
Posted by: Tuna

Do it all with a smile.
Posted by: Piper

Everyone here's a logophile.
Posted by: mikeski
--------------------------

It all belongs to me.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 09:01 PM (Drm1A)

151 I'm in the camp that thinks it's gross to drink a glass of milk. Ever.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
-

(looks up from my glass of buttermilk with cornbread crumbled in it)

Wait, what now?

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women chose the value of the vagina, men then chose the value of women at April 24, 2025 09:02 PM (+xH4m)

152 Speaking of space

Tomorrow morning, an hour before dawn (check to be sure that's right), there is going to be a really rare "smiley face" moon where Venus and Saturn serve as eyes and the moon is the smile.

I think it's going to be sideways, but it's still going to be something fun to see, especially if you have kids.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women chose the value of the vagina, men then chose the value of women at April 24, 2025 09:04 PM (+xH4m)

153 151 I'm in the camp that thinks it's gross to drink a glass of milk. Ever.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
-

(looks up from my glass of buttermilk with cornbread crumbled in it)

Wait, what now?
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women chose the value of the vagina, men then chose the value of women at April 24, 2025 09:02 PM (+xH4m)
And molasses.

Posted by: Eromero at April 24, 2025 09:05 PM (LHPAg)

154 Hmm... Never tried molasses in it. Just pour it on top?

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women chose the value of the vagina, men then chose the value of women at April 24, 2025 09:05 PM (+xH4m)

155 I used to drink a lot of milk. I stopped for some years, then tried it again. It came in a plastic jug, but tasted more like paper or cardboard than I remembered. Never reacquired the taste for it.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2025 09:05 PM (VNX3d)

156 I never really liked the taste of milk much but most products made from it are great. A glass of milk is not great, but a piece of cheese

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2025 09:06 PM (2VST1)

157 Tomorrow morning, an hour before dawn (check to be sure that's right), there is going to be a really rare "smiley face" moon where Venus and Saturn serve as eyes and the moon is the smile.

I think it's going to be sideways, but it's still going to be something fun to see, especially if you have kids.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie

And you can tell your kids of the Olde Days, before emoji, when you had to make sideways smileys out of colons and parentheses.

Posted by: mikeski at April 24, 2025 09:07 PM (DgGvY)

158 WHen I was a teenager we had goats and I had to milk them every morning. Goat milk has a particular tang to it that I really despised.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2025 09:08 PM (2VST1)

159 154 Hmm... Never tried molasses in it. Just pour it on top?
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women chose the value of the vagina, men then chose the value of women at April 24, 2025 09:05 PM (+xH4m)
Anywhere. Just don't put it on your cornbread and then crumble it.

Posted by: Eromero at April 24, 2025 09:08 PM (LHPAg)

160 158 WHen I was a teenager we had goats and I had to milk them every morning. Goat milk has a particular tang to it that I really despised.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2025 09:08 PM (2VST1)

Same. I can't stand anything goat because of it.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 24, 2025 09:09 PM (h7ZuX)

161 Somebody said they hadn’t had a milkshake in a long time. Well if you can have a milkshake but just haven’t in a long while there is a chain that just opened up in the county seat near me called Wayback Burgers. As the name suggests, they cook your burger to order, and you can complement your burger with whatever you want on it, but also things like real fried onion rings and a milkshake, choice of three flavors. You might go looking to see if there is an outlet near you! Disclaimer: I have no relationship with Wayback Burgers except as a customer.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 24, 2025 09:10 PM (12Bbv)

162 Anywhere. Just don't put it on your cornbread and then crumble it.
Posted by: Eromero

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Thanks. I don't eat a lot of sweet with cornbread (no sugar in mine), but I'll give that a try. Hmm... Maybe honey, too.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women chose the value of the vagina, men then chose the value of women at April 24, 2025 09:11 PM (+xH4m)

163
And you can tell your kids of the Olde Days, before emoji, when you had to make sideways smileys out of colons and parentheses.
Posted by: mikeski

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Ha. And when we looked at the moon smiley face it was uphill both ways!

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women chose the value of the vagina, men then chose the value of women at April 24, 2025 09:12 PM (+xH4m)

164 I like goat milk. We have a lot of goat soap because when Joel ran the DHIA, he would work with a lot of goat dairies and they'd give him several bars every visit. Its old fashioned hand made soap (kinda like the stuff they made in Fight Club, but with goats not people) and it works really well.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2025 09:12 PM (2VST1)

165 At phys.org: "Scientists have found a way to 'tattoo' tardigrades"

I saw Tardigrade Trampstamps open for The Nematoids at Avalon Ballroom, but I needed a microscope to do it.

Posted by: Peel gp A Grape at April 24, 2025 09:13 PM (SdNC+)

166 good news from Jim SND.
Many prayers from many of us are sent regularly.

Jim, you are in our thoughts. Iris, too.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 24, 2025 09:14 PM (Eo96p)

167 Imma go with
This is just a fun thing with fun folks and I was invited to join in.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 24, 2025 09:14 PM (mT+6a)

168 . Well if you can have a milkshake but just haven’t in a long while there is a chain that just opened up in the county seat near me called Wayback Burgers.

They opened a place near here and its pretty good food, good burgers. However, I tried Steak and Shake when I was in Kentucky and damn, that's some good food. Especially the little fries. I had kind of burned out on french fries, but they reminded me what I used to like about them.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2025 09:14 PM (2VST1)

169 Hey, Mindful! Good to see you here. You were gone for awhile, no?
Posted by: Bulg

I'm like Bill Murray in What About Bob? I'm always here.
https://youtu.be/0pKymngWgJw

I lurk along late-ish through the days, but burst out on the ONTs, usually.

Posted by: mindful webworker - is this some radical new therapy? at April 24, 2025 09:15 PM (SWvjw)

170 I have been experimenting with bread. Today's experiment involved cooking up a quarter cup of rice flour with a cup of water into gruel, letting it cool a bit, and mixing in amber malt and salt, letting it cool a bit more, and then adding yeast, a cup of water, and 5 cups of flour.
It makes a very sticky dough that makes a loaf that is almost as soft as store bread. apparently pre cooking the starch makes a nice gelatinized goo that really tempers the dough while rising.

I get to try it with other starches to see what works best.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 24, 2025 09:15 PM (D7oie)

171 I think I know the passengers on the next Blue Origin flight. They're going to send up a dozen ducks, to see if they end up in a row during the flight - or on landing!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2025 09:16 PM (VNX3d)

172 Especially the little fries. I had kind of burned out on french fries, but they reminded me what I used to like about them.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

Steak and Shake fries are fried in beef tallow now. That's why they taste so good.

Posted by: Tuna at April 24, 2025 09:16 PM (lJ0H4)

173 Warm up...

" The biggest Existential Threat to the United States of America..."IS WHITE LIBERAL WOMEN!!!"

Posted by: Nightwatch at April 24, 2025 09:16 PM (25kuG)

174 BBL...

Posted by: Nightwatch at April 24, 2025 09:17 PM (25kuG)

175 StopAntisemitism@StopAntisemites
Only 3 lawmakers voted to classify Israel as an adversary of the U.S. - alongside North Korea, China, and Iran.
Who were they?
- Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)
- Ilhan Omar (D-MN)
- Ayanna Pressley (D-MA)
Shameful. The amendment failed 3-410 in one of the most overwhelming rejections in congressional history.

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I thought they were straight shooting middle America mainstreamers.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 24, 2025 09:18 PM (L/fGl)

176 Some other moron mentioned it first, but they proudly surpassed an accomplishment of a dog in 1957
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women chose the value of the vagina, men then chose the value of women at April 24, 2025 08:54 PM (+xH4m)

Actually, they didn't. Laika orbited. Also, unlike the Penis Rocket Seven, Laika died on the mission.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 09:18 PM (ExV1e)

177 164 ) and it works really well.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2025

It’s very moisturizing and supports the skin barrier. Good stuff!

Posted by: Piper at April 24, 2025 09:18 PM (aT5K/)

178 Steak and Shake fries are fried in beef tallow now.

Yeah they announce it on the menu. Wish they had some around here. I tried Cracker Barrel as well and damn that's good stuff as well. Definitely need that in my town, maybe not the tchotchkies and the front store but the menu, nothing really like that around here.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2025 09:18 PM (2VST1)

179 There's yet another release of Star Wars, with yet another re-edit of the famous Cantina Scene. In the new release, a gigantic CGI muppet cuts off Luke's arm with a band saw.

Too little, too late.

Posted by: Bombadil at April 24, 2025 09:19 PM (MX0bI)

180 Imma go with
This is just a fun thing with fun folks and I was invited to join in.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 24, 2025 09:14 PM (mT+6a)

Be sure to order the footlong, quarter-pounder hot dog with a knowing, enigmatic smile.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 24, 2025 09:19 PM (Aqu9a)

181 Some other moron mentioned it first, but they proudly surpassed an accomplishment of a dog in 1957
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women chose the value of the vagina, men then chose the value of women at April 24, 2025 08:54 PM (+xH4m)

Actually, they didn't. Laika orbited. Also, unlike the Penis Rocket Seven, Laika died on the mission.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

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That was the feat I was celebrating them accomplishing.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women chose the value of the vagina, men then chose the value of women at April 24, 2025 09:19 PM (+xH4m)

182
Well, I'll be damned, I was looking at Stellarium to see the "smiley face" timing, and damned if the ISS isn't going to zoom right through the smiley face. Lightning conditions will be optimal, and it will about +1.8 magnitude.

So, I'll take that as a sign I should be out looking.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 24, 2025 09:22 PM (w6EFb)

183 Well, I'll be damned, I was looking at Stellarium to see the "smiley face" timing, and damned if the ISS isn't going to zoom right through the smiley face. Lightning conditions will be optimal, and it will about +1.8 magnitude.

So, I'll take that as a sign I should be out looking.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

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Neat. What time did you find for that?

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women chose the value of the vagina, men then chose the value of women at April 24, 2025 09:23 PM (+xH4m)

184 Gotta have a nice cold glass of milk with a slice of chocolate cake. Just gotta. IMO.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 24, 2025 09:26 PM (mH6SG)

185 He bought me a ticket. This doesn’t mean it’s a date, does it?

I’m probably old enough to be his mother.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 24, 2025 08:31 PM

Coo coo kachoo, nurse Robinson!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 24, 2025 09:27 PM (Wnv9h)

186 I get to try it with other starches to see what works best.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 24, 2025 09:15 PM (D7oie)

I like experimenting with cooking, but try my recipe that I stole from my sister. It's in the Horde Cookbook. Much easier, and the result is amazing.

I'm just too damned lazy to mess with cooking up starch...

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 24, 2025 09:28 PM (a4NoL)

187
He bought me a ticket. This doesn’t mean it’s a date, does it?

I’m probably old enough to be his mother.
Posted by: nurse ratched

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This isn't a real question is it?

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women chose the value of the vagina, men then chose the value of women at April 24, 2025 09:28 PM (+xH4m)

188 So, I'll take that as a sign I should be out looking.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 24, 2025 09:22 PM (w6EFb)

At the very least, you should be out standing in your field.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 24, 2025 09:29 PM (a4NoL)

189 Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 07:42 PM

Great news!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 24, 2025 09:29 PM (Wnv9h)

190 Doggy Grifter figures if I can't see you, you can't see me.

Posted by: javens at April 24, 2025 09:30 PM (8I4hW)

191 Confession: I take my tea with half and half as creamer. Hot tea from a blue bettie pot of course! I like PG Tips, but any strong black tea will do. I take Earl Grey in the afternoon, and sometimes make it a high tea. Problem: they don’t put any vitamin D in half and half because it is meant for adults. Only children’s milk is fortified. Solution: I take vitamin D2 in tablet form supplemented with vitamin K2. The K2 helps make sure the D2 goes where it ought to in the body, not into fat storage. Got to be careful about fat soluble vitamins like A and D!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 24, 2025 09:30 PM (12Bbv)

192 I have been wifing all day. Made pot pies for dinner, waiting for DH to get here and mix me a drink. I like it better when he works from home. I guess somebody still needs to pay the bills. Oh well.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 24, 2025 09:30 PM (a4NoL)

193 Last time I was asked out for a real date I ended up on the hospital having my appendix removed.
Posted by: nurse ratched

I seem to recall Morons remarking what lengths you'd go to just to get out of a date!

Posted by: mindful webworker - I seem to be recalled at April 24, 2025 09:30 PM (SWvjw)

194 193 Last time I was asked out for a real date I ended up on the hospital having my appendix removed.
Posted by: nurse ratched

I seem to recall Morons remarking what lengths you'd go to just to get out of a date!
Posted by: mindful webworker - I seem to be recalled at April 24, 2025 09:30 PM (SWvjw)

I think maybe she's running out of excuses. It's not like she could pull that appendix thing again.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 24, 2025 09:33 PM (a4NoL)

195
It's not really a smiley face, more of a triangle, really, but you can kinda sorta say it sort of looks like it.

Also, Neptune is right in the face too, so this is a 4 object conjunction. With a telescope, you could make out Neptune and its moons.

You can start looking about an hour and half before local sunrise. Local sidereal time will be ~18:10. I'm too lazy to convert to local mean time, but it will be the same for everybody. The time offset from sunrise pins it down fine.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 24, 2025 09:34 PM (w6EFb)

196 False Alarm: Smoke Coming From Vatican Just Cardinal Steve Accidentally Burning Toast Again
Church · Apr 23, 2025 · 53

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Also, if they elect a Globohomo pope, they'll announce it with rainbow smoke.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 24, 2025 09:36 PM (L/fGl)

197 I'm just too damned lazy to mess with cooking up starch...
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 24, 2025 09:28 PM (a4NoL)

You can use potato water for the liquid if you want, it is a similar result. Left over mashed potatoes will work too.

I usually use a cup of whole ground flour - I grind up wheat berries for this - and let them soak in two cups of water and yeast over night to do my bread, so taking 24 hours to bake bread is pretty standard here. The starch makes a softer bread that my wife loves. I like it tougher, though.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 24, 2025 09:37 PM (D7oie)

198 >> Neat. What time did you find for that?

It will be 5:34AM when the ISS is right in the middle of the smiley face.

Now, since the ISS is so close, parallax is YUGE. It would be quite different for Mike Hammer up there around Asheville, and even Miklos further down south.

Anyone around the Greenville, SC area, you'd need to get Stellarium or equivalent to see what it would be exactly for your location.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 24, 2025 09:37 PM (w6EFb)

199 Also, if they elect a Globohomo pope, they'll announce it with rainbow smoke.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 24, 2025 09:36 PM (L/fGl)

We have already had fags. Can't we just have a Catholic this time?

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 24, 2025 09:38 PM (a4NoL)

200 Thanks publius

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women chose the value of the vagina, men then chose the value of women at April 24, 2025 09:38 PM (+xH4m)

201 You can use potato water for the liquid if you want, it is a similar result. Left over mashed potatoes will work too.

I usually use a cup of whole ground flour - I grind up wheat berries for this - and let them soak in two cups of water and yeast over night to do my bread, so taking 24 hours to bake bread is pretty standard here. The starch makes a softer bread that my wife loves. I like it tougher, though.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 24, 2025 09:37 PM (D7oie)

Looks very promising. Once I get the garden in I can start doing baking stuff again. I have about a month of digging and improving before I can plant outside. We also have fences to take out, drainage to improve.... Well, I will get back to bread at some point.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 24, 2025 09:40 PM (a4NoL)

202 119 Oh man, "spaceflight participant" would likely infuriate the 70%ers even more.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women chose the value of the vagina, men then chose the value of women at April 24, 2025 08:48 PM (+xH4m)

Supercargo. Super-duper supercargo.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 08:50 PM (8zz6B)

For some reason that reminded me of an old sci-fi short story called Cold Equations.

http://tiny.cc/s5lh001

Posted by: tankdemon at April 24, 2025 09:41 PM (sI7wh)

203 My sister, who is only slightly younger than me, has been dating a substantially younger than her. I told her she found him on Carbon Dating.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 24, 2025 09:42 PM (L/fGl)

204 For some reason that reminded me of an old sci-fi short story called Cold Equations.

http://tiny.cc/s5lh001
Posted by: tankdemon
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Thanks for that.

Also Pohl's Heechee saga where humans discovered the alien craft and figured out how to make them travel to the pre-determined destinations but had no idea where they would go or how they worked.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women chose the value of the vagina, men then chose the value of women at April 24, 2025 09:44 PM (+xH4m)

205 My finger isn't infected thankfully.

Don't play with aluminum foil, kids.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 24, 2025 09:44 PM (mlg/3)

206
Well, shoot, just looked up the weather forecast. Cloudy and rain. So no ISS splitting the smiley face for me. Talk about an astronomical tease.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 24, 2025 09:44 PM (w6EFb)

207 I expected to see some Giza Sheets in the Nile photo. Disappointed.

Posted by: Mike Lindell at April 24, 2025 09:47 PM (G5+As)

208 You know what would have made a better Gladiator II?

What if Max actually was able to become Emperor? That would have been kickass.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 24, 2025 09:47 PM (mlg/3)

209 207 I expected to see some Giza Sheets in the Nile photo. Disappointed.
Posted by: Mike Lindell
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We all sheets in the Nile.
_some Muslim

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 09:49 PM (Drm1A)

210 I expected to see some Giza Sheets in the Nile photo. Disappointed.
Posted by: Mike Lindell

You're kinda late to the thread.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 24, 2025 09:50 PM (mlg/3)

211 178 Steak and Shake fries are fried in beef tallow now.

Yeah they announce it on the menu. Wish they had some around here. I tried Cracker Barrel as well and damn that's good stuff as well. Definitely need that in my town, maybe not the tchotchkies and the front store but the menu, nothing really like that around here.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2025 09:18 PM (2VST1)

Sigh, our Steak and Shake closed a few years ago. The only thing left is an abandoned building and a bunch of Tesla chargers since the site is right next to the freeway. Would love some of those fries now.

Posted by: Farquad at April 24, 2025 09:51 PM (bwvMs)

212
Also Pohl's Heechee saga where humans discovered the alien craft and figured out how to make them travel to the pre-determined destinations but had no idea where they would go or how they worked.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women chose the value of the vagina, men then chose the value of women at April 24, 2025 09:44 PM (+xH4m)

——-

I rember reading Heechee Rendezvous years ago. Don’t remember much about it.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at April 24, 2025 09:52 PM (yLZNp)

213 I rember reading Heechee Rendezvous years ago. Don’t remember much about it.


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Rendevous was beginning to go off the rails but was still okay. The ones after that were pretty bad.

That said, the two before that were fantastic. I think I went through the first two books in a couple of weeks. They were hard to put down.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women chose the value of the vagina, men then chose the value of women at April 24, 2025 09:55 PM (+xH4m)

214 This is your captain, Shaneesha M'bwani. As the café makes its final approach to landing, please make sure your seatback is up, carry-ons are stored under your seat, and tray tables are up. Thank you for flying DEI airlines. Now, let's see if I can remember how to lower the landing gear. Wait. Is this still on?

Posted by: mindful webworker - is this thing on? at April 24, 2025 09:56 PM (SWvjw)

215 I cheated and looked it up. Gateway was the first. Dang what a great book. From wikipedia:

"Nearly a thousand small, abandoned starships are located at Gateway (an asteroid). By extremely dangerous trial and error, humans have partially learned how to operate them. The controls for selecting a destination have been identified, but nobody knows where a particular setting will take the ship, how long the trip will last, or even if enough fuel is available to get back. Those who choose to risk their lives cram the limited space with equipment and hopefully enough food for the trip, but sometimes it is not enough, and they have to resort first to cannibalism, and if that is not enough, to suicide"

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women chose the value of the vagina, men then chose the value of women at April 24, 2025 09:57 PM (+xH4m)

216 NOOD

ONT

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 24, 2025 10:01 PM (Vqx30)

217 I saw Tardigrade Trampstamps open for The Nematoids at Avalon Ballroom, but I needed a microscope to do it.

You needed an electron microscope to see it!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 24, 2025 10:07 PM (12Bbv)

218 "spaceflight participant"

Dunnage.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 10:14 PM (FEpIj)

Quick Hits

Florida's top Democrat state senator has resigned, declaring that the Democrat Party is "dead."

State Sen. Jason Pizzo said he was stepping down as the Florida Senate's Democratic leader -- because he is quitting the Democratic Party.

Pizzo, who represents parts of Broward and Miami-Dade counties, made the surprise announcement on the floor of the chamber after the April 24 session. He'll remain a senator, but as one with no party affiliation.

For months, he had teased at a run for governor next year when Gov. Ron DeSantis will be term-limited.

"Here's the issue: The Democratic Party in Florida is dead," he told fellow senators. "There are good people who can resuscitate it but they don't want it to be me."

Former Republican congressman and hard-core NeverTrumper ne'er-do-well David Jolly is going to run for the Democrat nomination. He just made it official that he is in fact a Democrat, now registering with the party so he can run for office as a Democrat.

At least he's now forced to drop the "I'm a True Republican" hustle.


Last week David Hogg, a Vice Chair of the DNC, announced that the grifter group he founded would be spending $20 million to primary Democrats in favor of even more extremist progressives.

The DNC plans to pass a rule that no officer of the DNC can advocate for or donate money to any candidate in any primary.

Democratic party leaders Thursday morning admonished officers to not take sides in primaries, addressing a situation involving activist and Democratic National Committee vice chair David Hogg.

"Let me be unequivocal. No DNC officer should ever attempt to influence the outcome of a primary election, whether on behalf of an incumbent or a challenger," DNC Chair Ken Martin said in a press call. "Voters should decide who our primary nominees are, not DNC leadership. Our role is to serve as stewards of a fair, open and trusted process, not to tilt the scales."'


As of now, however, the DNC does not have the power to remove Hogg if he refuses to stand down on funding primary challenges through a separate PAC -- unless the body changes its rules, a senior DNC official told NBC News.

"Under the present bylaws, there is no action that can be taken against David Hogg without changing to the bylaws to extend that policy of neutrality to all primaries," DNC Finance Chair Chris Korge told NBC News. "There is no codified, legal way to remove an officer for doing what David Hogg has done because it only extends to the presidential race. "

Korge said that, as of now, the situation is to be addressed at a future meeting, likely in August.

A federal judge has blocked Trump's executive order requiring proof of citizenship in federal elections.

Donald Trump's unilateral effort to reshape election processes is an attempt to "short-circuit Congress's deliberative process by executive order," a federal judge in Washington, D.C. wrote Thursday afternoon.

In a 120-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly blocked the Trump administration from requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote and ordering that election officials "assess" the citizenship of anyone who receives public assistance before allowing them to register. She also barred the Election Assistance Commission from withholding federal funding from states that did not comply with the order.

"Our Constitution entrusts Congress and the States--not the President--with the authority to regulate federal elections," she wrote. "No statutory delegation of authority to the Executive Branch permits the President to short-circuit Congress's deliberative process by executive order."

The Constitution says that citizens vote in our elections, not non-citizens. So this court is basically arguing that non-citizens can vote as they will and we need a special law, in addition to the Constitution's contemplation of only citizens voting.

These abuses will not stand and will not be forgotten.


The left-wing SCOTUSblog has been bought by the also left-wing Dispatch.

SCOTUSblog
@SCOTUSblog

As one era ends, an exciting new one begins. SCOTUSblog is delighted to announce that it has been acquired by @TheDispatch and will help bolster their coverage of the Supreme Court and the rule of law.

Sean Davis
@seanmdav

Recall that The Dispatch colluded with Facebook to deplatform pro-lifers during the 2020 election by publishing fraudulent fact-checks knowing they would be used as a pretext for censorship. And when they got caught, they lied about it.

Which means that anyone interested in actual facts can now safely ignore everything published by SCOTUSblog from here on out.

I think I see the problem with the FBI.

Just straight shooters all the way from top to bottom.

I missed this: Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy clarified that the Blue Origin Hags "cannot identify as astronauts." The FAA has a definition of astronaut that distinguishes actual crew and mission specialists from mere passengers/tourists: An astronaut must perform "mission-critical" functions on a flight, including piloting the craft but also including conducting tests.


Jeffrey Goldberg has an interesting ability to hear people saying things that no one else hears, so I strongly advise Trump to bring his own video cameras and recording devices. Otherwise Goldberg will claim "Trump said he hates the suckers and losers of the armed forces, I totally heard it."

Hans Mahncke
@HansMahncke

This might make sense--and even be pretty entertaining--if the idea is to tape this whole thing and put it out in full. But if this thing is framed as a serious interview, lending legitimacy to people whose only mission in life is to destroy Trump, then it's not a good idea at all.

Posted by: Ace at 06:34 PM




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1 Hello

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 24, 2025 06:35 PM (5RQh4)

2 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at April 24, 2025 06:35 PM (PnW97)

3 Pizzo didn't resign from his Senate seat. He's changed his party affiliation to "NPA" and is no longer the state Senate Minority Leader.

Posted by: Editor at April 24, 2025 06:36 PM (bbqkM)

4 As long as there is one leftist federal judge sitting on a circuit court, the democrat party will live!

Posted by: huerfano at April 24, 2025 06:37 PM (n2swS)

5 > Last week David Hogg, a Vice Chair of the DNC

That phrase alone tells us that the Donkey Party is dead, dead, dead.


Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 24, 2025 06:37 PM (W5ArC)

6 "Here's the issue: The Democratic Party in Florida is dead," he told fellow senators. "There are good people who can resuscitate it but they don't want it to be me."
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Perhaps.

His assessment is likely correct, but whether it can "resuscitated" depends in part on the national party. "We Florida Democrats aren't like those crazy Washington Democrats, trust us!" is going to be a damn hard sell.

Especially when Florida Democrats have been all-in on all the same stuff.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 06:38 PM (WkNQM)

7 Let the bodies hit the floor
Let the bodies hit the floor

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 06:38 PM (ypFCm)

8 The DNC plans to pass a rule that no officer of the DNC can advocate for or donate money to any candidate in any primary.
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I acknowledge with, if not admiration then at least grudging respect, the DNC is much more lead-pipe with defending itself than the GOP is. That can cut two ways, of course. It's how we got Trump. The Dems would never have permitted it,

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 06:39 PM (WkNQM)

9 That tje guy tje Democrats/ Marxists put as chair wants many of the rank and file Democrats gone
Your party is dying

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 06:40 PM (ypFCm)

10 SCOTUS blog and Amy used to be the gold standard. But they’ve been tilting left for a long time, probably reflecting the overall legal field. Now they’re just another group of left wing legal cranks, predictably musing on every single case. Every link on their daily roundup is one sided and sends you to just about every left wing publicity there. Enjoy hell.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 24, 2025 06:40 PM (P18kl)

11 Skip with some Drowning Pool.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 24, 2025 06:40 PM (5RQh4)

12 "Under the present bylaws, there is no action that can be taken against David Hogg without changing to the bylaws to extend that policy of neutrality to all primaries," DNC Finance Chair Chris Korge told NBC News. "There is no codified, legal way to remove an officer for doing what David Hogg has done because it only extends to the presidential race. "
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No, no bylaws or rules. None but the *real* rule, the rule that reads, "don't put malicious, degenerate dull-normals on your board."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 06:40 PM (WkNQM)

13 Whew. I missed being willowed by *this* much.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 24, 2025 06:41 PM (0sNs1)

14 Those bimbos are astronauts like I am an airplane pilot.

Posted by: fd at April 24, 2025 06:41 PM (vFG9F)

15 I was forced to listen to some crank today spew on about PDJT's idea to pay mothers $5K to have a baby was only to buy off the 'breeders' and somehow, this insulted women.

I didn't hesitate to tell her the last administration did all they could to kill babies in utero.

You picked your side Sweetcheeks - I like mine much better.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 24, 2025 06:41 PM (vKNmo)

16 Colleen Kollar-Kotelly served on the FISA court and was appointed to the Superior Court of DC by Ronnie Reagan and DC District Court by BJ Bill Clinton.

https://tinyurl.com/2xd2xs47

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 06:41 PM (ynpvh)

17 These abuses will not stand and will not be forgotten.
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They will stand.

They will not be forgotten.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 06:41 PM (WkNQM)

18 As one era ends, an exciting new one begins. SCOTUSblog is delighted to announce that it has been acquired by @TheDispatch and will help bolster their coverage of the Supreme Court and the rule of law.
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LOLOLOL

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 06:42 PM (WkNQM)

19 14 Those bimbos are astronauts like I am an airplane pilot.

Posted by: fd at April 24, 2025 06:41 PM (vFG9F)

I'm sure they've been on the mile-high club...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 06:42 PM (ynpvh)

20 SCOTUS blog now sucks Bulwark dick. Good to know.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 06:42 PM (oXfCm)

21 She also barred the Election Assistance Commission from withholding federal funding from states that did not comply with the order.

"Our Constitution entrusts Congress and the States--not the President--with the authority to regulate federal elections," she wrote. "No statutory delegation of authority to the Executive Branch permits the President to short-circuit Congress's deliberative process by executive order."
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So nobody should be getting jack through the Executive Branch.
Cut everyone off.

Also, cut off FDoT money if they don't use RealID to register to vote - this is not a regulation, they just get no money if its not how a state does business.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 24, 2025 06:43 PM (/lPRQ)

22 SCOTUS blog now sucks Bulwark dick. Good to know.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 06:42 PM (oXfCm)

Objection. Assumes facts not in evidence.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, still gloating at April 24, 2025 06:43 PM (oSeBJ)

23 Willard:


Hey you PNW peeps!

Meetup May 10. Same bat time. Same bat channel. Email MAE in left sidebar if you would
Like to attend and need directions and the password.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 24, 2025 06:43 PM (W2Pud)

24 Thin, fertile, and Republican? Sounds hot lol.

Not too thin...a little meat on the body is healthy.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 06:44 PM (ynpvh)

25 Scrotusblog was always chock full of greasy Marxist lawyers. I hope they fail spectacularly.

Posted by: Mitch McConnell at April 24, 2025 06:44 PM (/U5Yz)

26 Thin, fertile, and Republican? Sounds hot lol.

The accompanying headline is so unintentionally hilarious.

It's apparently an evil right-wing Nazi plot to remind women they're still women, and can be as thin, cute, and sexy as they want to be, even if they get married and have kids.

And they don't have to join the Alphabet Mafia Cult or try to be like a pop star or Girlboss to be somebody.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 24, 2025 06:44 PM (6ydKt)

27 ' the Democrat Party is "dead."'

Not nearly dead enough.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 24, 2025 06:44 PM (3wi/L)

28 I missed this: Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy clarified that the Blue Origin Hags "cannot identify as astronauts." The FAA has a definition of astronaut that distinguishes actual crew and mission specialists from mere passengers/tourists: An astronaut must perform "mission-critical" functions on a flight, including piloting the craft but also including conducting tests.
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It's been absolutely amazing to see Gail King and Katy Perry's reaction to this. I think they really believe(d) that they were Astronaut Heroes and are undergoing a nervous breakdowns not because they were questioned, but because they were laughed at.

The somehow still developing aftermath is so wildly out of proportion to the actual even that the mind boggles. This is, I think, a signal that this is one of those things where the event is irrelevant. Tapped a deeper vein.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 06:45 PM (WkNQM)

29 I think I see the problem with the FBI.
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Pronouns for this schmuck? "It" will have to do.

It is Example A of why the FBI needs to be dismantled, the building plowed under, former employees shunned forever, and the institution itself never mentioned in polite company ever again.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 24, 2025 06:45 PM (vNoj0)

30 David Jolly must be gay.

Posted by: Mitch McConnell at April 24, 2025 06:45 PM (/U5Yz)

31 Those bimbos are astronauts like I am an airplane pilot.
Posted by: fd at April 24, 2025 06:41 PM (vFG9F)


Hey. The last time I flew an airline the stewardess gave me a set of wings!

Posted by: Diogenes at April 24, 2025 06:45 PM (W/lyH)

32 This might make sense--and even be pretty entertaining--if the idea is to tape this whole thing and put it out in full. But if this thing is framed as a serious interview, lending legitimacy to people whose only mission in life is to destroy Trump, then it's not a good idea at all.
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If? IF?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 06:45 PM (WkNQM)

33 27 ' the Democrat Party is "dead."'

Not nearly dead enough.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 24, 2025 06:44 PM (3wi/L)

It is filled with zombie leftists...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 06:45 PM (ynpvh)

34 12 "Under the present bylaws, there is no action that can be taken against David Hogg without changing to the bylaws to extend that policy of neutrality to all primaries," DNC Finance Chair Chris Korge told NBC News. "There is no codified, legal way to remove an officer for doing what David Hogg has done because it only extends to the presidential race. "

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 06:40 PM (WkNQM)

Have they tried stuffing him in a locker?

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 24, 2025 06:45 PM (pIfcn)

35 "So nobody should be getting jack through the Executive Branch.
Cut everyone off.

Also, cut off FDoT money if they don't use RealID to register to vote - this is not a regulation, they just get no money if its not how a state does business.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher"

We need more smashing. I know it's only been 100 days but I want some smoking holes.

Posted by: fd at April 24, 2025 06:46 PM (vFG9F)

36 Not dead until ceases to exist

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 06:46 PM (ypFCm)

37 off death watch sock

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 24, 2025 06:46 PM (/U5Yz)

38 If I was still active duty, in charge of my men, and I was told to arrest obstructionist judges, I would regard that as a lawful order under my oath upon promotion against domestic enemies.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2025 06:46 PM (u82oZ)

39 Indians (dot, not feather) and Pakis are getting peevish with each other.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 24, 2025 06:47 PM (0sNs1)

40 Democrats are committing suicide to become Marxists

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 06:48 PM (ypFCm)

41 >> 16 Colleen Kollar-Kotelly served on the FISA court and was appointed to the Superior Court of DC by Ronnie Reagan and DC District Court by BJ Bill Clinton.

Stop noticing that female judges often end up as liberals. And that three-named female judges are often shits.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 06:48 PM (/dDa4)

42 U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly
________________

Get the broads out of decision-making positions. All of them. Including Bondi.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 06:48 PM (YqDXo)

43 So nobody should be getting jack through the Executive Branch.
Cut everyone off.

Also, cut off FDoT money if they don't use RealID to register to vote - this is not a regulation, they just get no money if its not how a state does business.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 24, 2025 06:43 PM (/lPRQ)
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In every budget report and summary published by every agency, spending is tagged with one of two letters: "D" or "M."

Those letters stand for "Discretionary" and "Mandatory."

Start with zeroing everything with a "D" next to it, then rigorously review everything with an "M" and start seeing how much of it is *truly* mandatory (that is, legislated) and how much of it is in accordance with but in excess of legislative requirements.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 06:48 PM (WkNQM)

44 Colleen Kollar-Kotelly served on the FISA court and was appointed to the Superior Court of DC by Ronnie Reagan and DC District Court by BJ Bill Clinton.

Stop noticing that female judges often end up as liberals. And that three-named female judges are often invariably shits.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 06:48 PM (/dDa4)
___________________

Colleen Hyphen

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 06:49 PM (YqDXo)

45 David Hogg has information that could send Hillary Clinton to jail.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 06:49 PM (8zz6B)

46 Democrats are committing suicide to become Marxists
Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 06:48 PM (ypFCm)

The Democrats have been Marxists for well over 90 years.

The GOPe has been Marxist for some time, as well. The question is: will that turn around?

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 06:49 PM (/dDa4)

47 I'll arm-wrestle anyone for the Vice-Chairmanship!

Posted by: David Hogg, Harvard graduate at April 24, 2025 06:50 PM (0sNs1)

48 Those bimbos are astronauts like I am an airplane pilot.
Posted by: fd at April 24, 2025 06:41 PM (vFG9F)

I am a world renown airplane pilot and current Jeep spokesman and I think they are heroic Astronots.

Posted by: Harrison Ford at April 24, 2025 06:50 PM (/U5Yz)

49 Indians (dot, not feather) and Pakis are getting peevish with each other.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 24, 2025 06:47 PM (0sNs1)
_______________

Battle of the Call Centers, fought by the First H1b divisions.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 06:50 PM (YqDXo)

50 Thin, fertile, and Republican? Sounds hot lol.
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That it does. I'll believe it when I see it.

For now, I am going to call this a pseudo-movement with disproportionate press, a small number of people who believe it, and significant majority of grifters.

Then again, I'm a cynic.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 06:50 PM (WkNQM)

51 I'll arm-wrestle anyone for the Vice-Chairmanship!

Posted by: David Hogg, Harvard graduate at April 24, 2025 06:50 PM (0sNs1)
______________

St. Greta of Cabbage Patch could kick your ass.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 06:51 PM (YqDXo)

52 That FBI guy is creepy. I'll bet his closet is filled with khakis, tiki torches and dead young boys.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 24, 2025 06:51 PM (vYDwg)

53 Blue Origin: that Asian woman looks normal. How did she get into that mix?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 06:51 PM (Drm1A)

54 >> David Hogg has information that could send Hillary Clinton to jail.

*takes slug of vodka*

Again? Dammit, the last time he survived..

Posted by: Hillary Rodham Clinton at April 24, 2025 06:51 PM (/dDa4)

55 Battle of the Call Centers, fought by the First H1b divisions.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 06:50 PM (YqDXo)
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There's gotta be a song buried somewhere in the statement "mushroom clouds over Jammu and Kashmir."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 06:51 PM (WkNQM)

56 Blue Origin: that Asian woman looks normal. How did she get into that mix?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 06:51 PM (Drm1A)
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Actual crew member?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 06:52 PM (WkNQM)

57 In a 120-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly blocked the Trump administration from ...

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120 pages when a three-word hashtag would have sufficed?

#OrangeManBad!

Posted by: ShainS at April 24, 2025 06:52 PM (OZajr)

58 Hey. The last time I flew an airline the stewardess gave me a set of wings!

Posted by: Diogenes at April 24, 2025 06:45 PM (W/lyH)

But were they red?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, still gloating at April 24, 2025 06:52 PM (oSeBJ)

59 "Under the present bylaws, there is no action that can be taken against David Hogg without changing to the bylaws to extend that policy of neutrality to all primaries," DNC Finance Chair Chris Korge told NBC News. "There is no codified, legal way to remove an officer for doing what David Hogg has done because it only extends to the presidential race. "

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 06:40 PM (WkNQM)
________________

Wut? There are no penumbrae or emanations you can use? First time for everything, I guess.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 06:52 PM (YqDXo)

60 Gosh, which product is going to sell better: Articulate, healthy, thin and attractive or fat, lazy, unhappy and shrill?

Posted by: ChatGPT at April 24, 2025 06:52 PM (tT6L1)

61 > Kollar-Kotelly

Sounds like a feminine hygiene product.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 24, 2025 06:53 PM (W5ArC)

62 Gosh, which product is going to sell better: Articulate, healthy, thin and attractive or fat, lazy, unhappy and shrill?
Posted by: ChatGPT at April 24, 2025 06:52 PM (tT6L1)
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Go ahead, AI. Spin it. Convince me why the blue-hairs are superior!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 06:53 PM (WkNQM)

63 Wouldn't be surprised to see Hogg and a few other Dem youngins leave and try to make Democratic Socialism a thing. My local assemblywoman is one and there are others in NYS. Hogg is an idiot but so are a lot of other Dems, young and old

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 24, 2025 06:53 PM (6TePA)

64 He does not fear to talk to anyone, he is not kept in hiding like Joe.

Posted by: steevy at April 24, 2025 06:53 PM (YwEeS)

65 Sounds like a feminine hygiene product.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 24, 2025 06:53 PM (W5ArC)
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But one that doesn't work.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 06:53 PM (WkNQM)

66 /off Turing test failure sock.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 06:53 PM (tT6L1)

67 David Hogg is a known radical entity. Did they really think through making him vice chair?

My only conclusion is that the Democrat Party is collapsing from stupidity.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 24, 2025 06:53 PM (w6EFb)

68 About Blue Origin: Needs a space walk in zero g.

got Diggy Diggy Hole on repeat. The Dems, et al. are stupid.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2025 06:53 PM (u82oZ)

69 Then again, I'm a cynic.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 06:50 PM

You are too young to be so cynical.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 24, 2025 06:54 PM (0sNs1)

70 What is a term for a society ruled by judges? I know there is a Book of Judges in the Old Testament but I doubt this judiciary refers to God.

Posted by: Decaf at April 24, 2025 06:54 PM (unUNN)

71 Have they tried stuffing him in a locker?

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 24, 2025 06:45 PM (pIfcn)
_____________

Before or after the swirlie?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 06:54 PM (YqDXo)

72 ***Otherwise Goldberg will claim
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he grabbed Ashley Parker by the pussy
_J.G.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 06:54 PM (Drm1A)

73 I am a world renown airplane pilot and current Jeep spokesman and I think they are heroic Astronots.
Posted by: Harrison Ford at April 24, 2025 06:50 PM (/U5Yz)

His Sioux name is "Groundfinder".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 06:55 PM (8zz6B)

74 About Blue Origin: Needs a space walk in zero g. ...
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2025 06:53 PM (u82oZ)
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Don't hold your breath. That doesn't seem to Blue Origin's business. Their business is doing what they just did: ferrying passengers up to technical space and let 'em see the Earth from above and give them one hell of a ride.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 06:55 PM (WkNQM)

75 David Hogg is a known radical entity. Did they really think through making him vice chair?

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 24, 2025 06:53 PM (w6EFb)

FIFY.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 06:55 PM (YqDXo)

76 Just found out that the judge that ruled Maryland man can't be deported wrote to Guatemala. Not sure why it takes independent lawyers to find and disclose this.

https://tinyurl.com/y494v5nm

Posted by: ryukyu at April 24, 2025 06:55 PM (r+m2N)

77 What is a term for a society ruled by judges? I know there is a Book of Judges in the Old Testament but I doubt this judiciary refers to God.

Posted by: Decaf at April 24, 2025 06:54 PM (unUNN)

Kritocracy.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, still gloating at April 24, 2025 06:55 PM (oSeBJ)

78 Don't hold your breath. That doesn't seem to Blue Origin's business. Their business is doing what they just did: ferrying passengers up to technical space and let 'em see the Earth from above and give them one hell of a ride.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 06:55 PM (WkNQM)
_______________

Chlamydia gave Willie Brown one hell of a ride.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 06:56 PM (YqDXo)

79 I don't care that she's a dummy and not a real astronaut, Katy Perry can still be pilot of a ride on Space Mountain. IYKWIM.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 06:56 PM (/dDa4)

80 Joe Mannix

Thinking of all the money Bezos spent to just get a few minutes of peace from his girlfriend.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2025 06:56 PM (u82oZ)

81 What they're telling women - if you're thin and fertile (read: pretty) they have no time for you.

Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 06:56 PM (E0p3T)

82 I like how it takes 120 pages to say, "the Executive, the only Branch under the Constitution with authority to enforce laws passed by Congress, cannot enforce election laws."

That's some real high-level dunce thinking there.

I can imagine the headache I'll get trying to understand the reasoning.

Anyway, I'm sure this stupid bitch also probably skipped right over the opinion from the Supreme Court the whole left was crowing over about a year ago out of NC, where I think this exact issue was raised.

IIRC, it was the argument that we all thought was clear: Only the legislature can make and/or change elections law.
But, I guess the "Covid Clause" to the Constitution says the Executive, via subsidiaries in the department of elections, can--in fact--change election laws, via nonenforcement or interpretation.

Which, pretty much, fucks her silly putty ruling that the Executive can't enforce election laws.

But then, James Madison himself authored the "Orange Man Bad" Clause to the Constitution so that's that.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 24, 2025 06:56 PM (mmNvG)

83 Look, the lady astronauts did something and I was willing to give them there minute of fame. But it's done and overwith. They need to get on with their lives and shut up about it already. Damn.

Posted by: Case at April 24, 2025 06:56 PM (OrSPY)

84 Trump is killing both parties.

I'm not seeing a downside.

Posted by: jsg at April 24, 2025 06:56 PM (SATZE)

85 Before he got atomized at -4km, Hamish Harding took one of the Blue Origin rides and repeatedly told press men that he thought space tourists should be considered astronauts. It didn't get this reaction, I think because he wasn't a celebrity and he didn't keep screaming and crying about it. He still came off as bitter about it, but it didn't elicit this kind of reaction.

A sprinkling of celebrity and being in the middle of what may well be a preference cascade makes for very different circumstances.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 06:57 PM (WkNQM)

86 Those bimbos are astronauts like I am an airplane pilot.
Posted by: fd at April 24, 2025 06:41 PM (vFG9F)

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You can probably fly a toy drone which would likely be beyond those busty "astronauts".

Posted by: Decaf at April 24, 2025 06:57 PM (unUNN)

87 What is a term for a society ruled by judges? I know there is a Book of Judges in the Old Testament but I doubt this judiciary refers to God.
Posted by: Decaf at April 24, 2025 06:54 PM (unUNN)

I think it's "Clitarchy".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 06:57 PM (8zz6B)

88 Thinking of all the money Bezos spent to just get a few minutes of peace from his girlfriend.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2025 06:56 PM (u82oZ)
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I love that crack/meme.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 06:58 PM (WkNQM)

89 A lot of cameltoe among the non astronauts.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 24, 2025 06:58 PM (wBaIH)

90 I was forced to listen to some crank today spew on about PDJT's idea to pay mothers $5K to have a baby was only to buy off the 'breeders' and somehow, this insulted women.
______________

Expect a population explosion in the "diverse" parts of cities.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 06:58 PM (YqDXo)

91 Those bimbos are astronauts like I am an airplane pilot.
Posted by: fd at April 24, 2025 06:41 PM (vFG9F)
________________

I watched Star Wars. I guess I'm an astronaut too.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 06:59 PM (YqDXo)

92 PMKJ 99 Luftballons (Jazz Vibes Nena Cover) ft. Aly Ryan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TliE9rTrzXg

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2025 06:59 PM (u82oZ)

93 You can probably fly a toy drone which would likely be beyond those busty "astronauts".
Posted by: Decaf at April 24, 2025 06:57 PM (unUNN)
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Breastronauts.*

*second attempt at getting something into the AoS Style Guide.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 06:59 PM (tT6L1)

94 That FBI guy running for Congress?

I wanna reach through the screen and slap him silly.
He reminds me of the worst of the nerds in Jr high school, the ones snitching on people and also doing dumb stuff to make themselves look important.

Also, he talks like a fag.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 24, 2025 06:59 PM (Eo96p)

95 83 Look, the lady astronauts did something and I was willing to give them there minute of fame. But it's done and overwith. They need to get on with their lives and shut up about it already. Damn.
Posted by: Case

They were essentially luggage.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 24, 2025 07:00 PM (/U5Yz)

96 I think it's been policy for Trump sit-down interviews to be recorded independently for a while. There was the whole thing with the Leslie Stahl 60 Minutes interview in 2020 where Trump released the entire interview days before broadcast and CBS reeeeee'd about it pretty hard. Can't imagine that the Trump team would abandon that policy.

Posted by: deepelemblues at April 24, 2025 07:00 PM (z9n5F)

97 Breastronauts.*

*second attempt at getting something into the AoS Style Guide.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 06:59 PM (tT6L1)
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"Estronaut" is the best one I've heard so far.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 07:00 PM (WkNQM)

98 What is a term for a society ruled by judges? I know there is a Book of Judges in the Old Testament but I doubt this judiciary refers to God.
Posted by: Decaf at April 24, 2025 06:54 PM (unUNN)
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Hey, we are merely protecting Our Democracy, which requires defeating the duly-elected President at every turn.

Posted by: President James Boasberg at April 24, 2025 07:00 PM (zasBG)

99 For 17 years, I served in secret, protecting us from threats like Russia, foreign terrorists and drug cartels, and eventually the insurrectionists who stormed our Capitol.

Now, I’m stepping out of the shadows to run for Congress.


And you failed miserably at all of it, well except for railroading innocent people in regard to J6, You're lying trash and a traitor. You'll be in good company in congress.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 24, 2025 07:01 PM (sAmhv)

100 Also, he talks like a fag.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 24, 2025 06:59 PM (Eo96p)

And looks like one, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 07:01 PM (8zz6B)

101 They were essentially luggage.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 24, 2025 07:00 PM (/U5Yz)
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How did they fit them in the overhead compartment?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 07:01 PM (YqDXo)

102 Postmodern Jukebox cover. Sheesh.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2025 07:01 PM (u82oZ)

103 "Estronaut" is the best one I've heard so far.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 07:00 PM (WkNQM)
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That's reserved for the likes of Elena Kagan.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 07:01 PM (tT6L1)

104 If she got a free ride to space, this busty blonde in a dress would be pretty happy about it and wouldn't be all butt-hurt over being called a passenger:
http://tiny.cc/tskh001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 07:01 PM (WkNQM)

105 Quite possibly the older Democrats thought they could merge with the new Marxists, not thinking the Marxists don't take friends

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 07:02 PM (ypFCm)

106 Astronots

Posted by: fd at April 24, 2025 07:02 PM (vFG9F)

107 I knew they made the definition long ago because they mentioned it when Shatner and his crew went up in the Bezos penis rocket

Posted by: steevy at April 24, 2025 07:02 PM (YwEeS)

108 Are the media entities breathlessly warning us about slender, fertile Republicans the same people who hyperventilated over the "Boogaloo Boys"?

Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at April 24, 2025 07:02 PM (Sf2cq)

109 They were essentially luggage.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 24, 2025 07:00 PM (/U5Yz)

But no lugnuts.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 07:02 PM (8zz6B)

110 Maj. Healey

Blue Origin is a modern elevator to help with free fall as it returns to Earth.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2025 07:03 PM (u82oZ)

111 If Lizzo were an estronaut they'd have to make sure she stayed in the exact center of gravity of the spaceship.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 07:03 PM (YqDXo)

112 I think it's been policy for Trump sit-down interviews to be recorded independently for a while. There was the whole thing with the Leslie Stahl 60 Minutes interview in 2020 where Trump released the entire interview days before broadcast and CBS reeeeee'd about it pretty hard. Can't imagine that the Trump team would abandon that policy.
Posted by: deepelemblues at April 24, 2025 07:00 PM (z9n5F)

IIRC, Nixon did that too. He brought his own cameraman to some interviews. His aides tried to talk him out of it, but he insisted they would change his words and lie about him unless he had the entire tape proving otherwise.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 07:03 PM (/dDa4)

113 Scrotusblog was always chock full of greasy Marxist lawyers. I hope they fail spectacularly.
Posted by: Mitch McConnell at April 24, 2025 06:44 PM (/U5Yz)

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Is that where Gabriel Malor ended up?

Posted by: Decaf at April 24, 2025 07:03 PM (unUNN)

114 Does Blue Origin's purpose (space tourism for amateurs) the reason their rockets look so much like cocks? More room for people and smoother re-entry thanks to the mushroom tip?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 07:04 PM (WkNQM)

115 I keep hearing and reading pundits predict the Democrat Party will split before long. I can't see it. Even if it happens, elected members of Dem Parties A and B will band together on voting in the US Congress, state legislatures, city councils, school boards, and so on. Their lust for power will always drive their actions.

Posted by: Gref at April 24, 2025 07:04 PM (aBgBM)

116 Wouldn't be surprised to see Hogg and a few other Dem youngins leave and try to make Democratic Socialism a thing.
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i'm pretty sure he didn't learn a thing about why his business to put MyPillow in bankruptcy failed.

FFS, his only expertise with pillows is biting them.

So, it's 3-1 he'll launch the "People Power Party for Cool People Who Want Good for all People" party.
Somehow, they'll abbreviate it CCCP.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 24, 2025 07:04 PM (mmNvG)

117 John Sullivan is hoping to get elected to Congress in order to make his prosecution more difficult.

Posted by: President James Boasberg at April 24, 2025 07:04 PM (zasBG)

118 Blue Origin: that Asian woman looks normal. How did she get into that mix?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 06:51 PM (Drm1A)
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Actual crew member?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 06:52 PM (WkNQM)

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She was needed to DEI-balance the touristas.

Posted by: Decaf at April 24, 2025 07:04 PM (unUNN)

119 Breastonauts is pretty funny, but wouldn't vag-onauts be more accurate?

Anyone can get implants.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 24, 2025 07:05 PM (w6EFb)

120 steevy

Upon the return to Earth Shatner was saying something profound while Bezos was spraying everyone with champagne.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2025 07:05 PM (u82oZ)

121 I keep hearing and reading pundits predict the Democrat Party will split before long. I can't see it. Even if it happens, elected members of Dem Parties A and B will band together on voting in the US Congress, state legislatures, city councils, school boards, and so on. Their lust for power will always drive their actions.
Posted by: Gref at April 24, 2025 07:04 PM (aBgBM)
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I don't see it, either. If it were to happen - and I really don't think it ever will - it wouldn't look like that.

It would be the less-insane Democrats and at least half of the GOP breaking off and merging. You'd have MAGA, the GOPe/DNCe and the communists. One of the three would promptly die, and it wouldn't be the communists.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 07:05 PM (WkNQM)

122 "Estronaut" is the best one I've heard so far.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 07:00 PM (WkNQM)

Agreed.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 24, 2025 07:06 PM (w6EFb)

123 Breastonauts is pretty funny, but wouldn't vag-onauts be more accurate?

Anyone can get implants.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 24, 2025 07:05 PM (w6EFb)
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Astrotwats!

Posted by: Now with 100% more Tilapia skin for Astrotranstwats at April 24, 2025 07:06 PM (WkNQM)

124 Astrothots

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 07:06 PM (/dDa4)

125 "Thin, fertile Republican woman in your area want to meet!"

Hmmmm.

Looks like a trap.

But she is cute.

[clicks "OK"]

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 24, 2025 07:07 PM (mmNvG)

126 Thin, fertile, and Republican? Sounds hot lol.

"A crop of conservative personalities [...] are convincing young women of a gender-essentialist worldview."

"A gender-essentialist worldview?"

* checks *

"Gender essentialism is a theory which attributes distinct, intrinsic qualities to women and men. Based in essentialism, it holds that there are certain universal, innate, biologically based features of gender that are at the root of many of the group differences observed in the behavior of men and women."

So, it's reality, then. Young women need to be "convinced" of reality?

Posted by: mikeski at April 24, 2025 07:07 PM (DgGvY)

127 Miley, okravangelist

Your Grace. ** Kisses hand. **

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2025 07:08 PM (u82oZ)

128 Astrothots
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 07:06 PM (/dDa4)
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This would have been much, much smarter for Bezos to have done.

Go snap up some Instawhores with huge followings and shoot 'em in to space so they can post pics and videos of it to their millions of adoring, vapid fans.

Probably would have gotten more real "impressions" than this, with way, way less insanity in the wake.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 07:08 PM (WkNQM)

129 Somebody needs to test that fag John Sullivan's "son" for monkeypox. Dear God in heaven.

Posted by: Faggot Bureau of Intestinalization at April 24, 2025 07:09 PM (TbWk/)

130 ______________

Expect a population explosion in the "diverse" parts of cities.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
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This offer is void you are a recipient of supplemental government funding.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 07:09 PM (Drm1A)

131 Evenin’, All.

Any word yet on what they’re gonna do with all the pennies we’ve got lyin’ around? I’m hoarding mine now.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 07:09 PM (77rzZ)

132 So, it's reality, then. Young women need to be "convinced" of reality?
Posted by: mikeski at April 24, 2025 07:07 PM (DgGvY)
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Yes. They've been groomed since birth into unreality. Every structure of society from her delivery room through the HR department at her job has been designed from the ground up to push the opposite position.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 07:09 PM (WkNQM)

133 Is that where Gabriel Malor ended up?
Posted by: Decaf at April 24, 2025 07:03 PM (unUNN)

The bathroom of a Beltway IHOP at 3am, trading condescending legal analysis for poppers?


The last I saw Gabe he was angrily insisting that being a guy who has sex with men and women doesn't make him bi, but rather just a gay man who had sex with women, because being gay is part of his identity but having sex with women isn't.

An incisive mind of legalistic fuckery.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 07:09 PM (/dDa4)

134 "Gender essentialism is a theory which attributes distinct, intrinsic qualities to women and men. Based in essentialism, it holds that there are certain universal, innate, biologically based features of gender that are at the root of many of the group differences observed in the behavior of men and women."

So, it's reality, then. Young women need to be "convinced" of reality?
Posted by: mikeski at April 24, 2025 07:07 PM (DgGvY)

People don't have gender. That's an attribute of words. People have sex.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 07:10 PM (8zz6B)

135 People don't have gender. That's an attribute of words. People have sex.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 07:10 PM (8zz6B)
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I envy those people!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 07:10 PM (WkNQM)

136 Pro tip to attract "Estronauts"

Add $10 million to your net worth, add 15 years to your age, and have a lair with piranha. Power and cruelty attracts them.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2025 07:10 PM (u82oZ)

137 Gabe had sex with a woman?

Posted by: steevy at April 24, 2025 07:11 PM (YwEeS)

138 What is a term for a society ruled by judges? I know there is a Book of Judges in the Old Testament but I doubt this judiciary refers to God.

Posted by: Decaf at April 24, 2025 06:54 PM (unUNN)

Kritocracy.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, still gloating at April 24, 2025 06:55 PM (oSeBJ)

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Watch this word or kritarchy appear in a few days on either The Five or Gutfeld. I think their producers scan the comments here a la Andrew Breitbart.

Posted by: Decaf at April 24, 2025 07:11 PM (unUNN)

139 So, it's reality, then. Young women need to be "convinced" of reality?
Posted by: mikeski at April 24, 2025 07:07 PM (DgGvY)
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Yes. They've been groomed since birth into unreality. Every structure of society from her delivery room through the HR department at her job has been designed from the ground up to push the opposite position.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 07:09 PM (WkNQM)

Yes. Many men, too. Boys tend to catch on that something isn't right and that they're being lied to at a young age, but it can take a while for them to see through the layers of bs our society serves up. (If they ever do.)

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 07:11 PM (/dDa4)

140 The last I saw Gabe he was angrily insisting that being a guy who has sex with men and women doesn't make him bi, but rather just a gay man who had sex with women, because being gay is part of his identity but having sex with women isn't.

An incisive mind of legalistic fuckery.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 07:09 PM (/dDa4)

That comports with "sip one penis, and you are queer".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 07:12 PM (8zz6B)

141 People have sex.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 07:10 PM (8zz6B)

Not that much, if current statistics are accurate.

Posted by: Maybe 5-10% of the dudes at April 24, 2025 07:12 PM (TbWk/)

142 This offer is void you are a recipient of supplemental government funding.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 07:09 PM (Drm1A)
________________

As if that would fly.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 07:12 PM (YqDXo)

143 >>>women need to be "convinced" of reality?
Posted by: mikeski
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Women are more trend sensitive than men.
It's, generally, an asset to the continuation of the species.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 07:13 PM (Drm1A)

144 If she got a free ride to space, this busty blonde in a dress would be pretty happy about it and wouldn't be all butt-hurt over being called a passenger:
http://tiny.cc/tskh001

--

They do house showings right, wherever this is.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at April 24, 2025 07:13 PM (wzAuc)

145 The beastonaut on the far left looks hot. Kinda Kristi-Noemish.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 07:13 PM (77rzZ)

146 People don't have gender. That's an attribute of words. People have sex.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 07:10 PM (8zz6B)
______________

THIS.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 07:13 PM (YqDXo)

147 > Kollar-Kotelly
Sounds like a feminine hygiene product.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

A small German machine shop.

Specializes in wingnuts.

Posted by: mikeski at April 24, 2025 07:13 PM (DgGvY)

148 Weird local stuff that makes you go hmm. About three blocks from me a guy murdered his wife yesterday and then jumped off the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge . Left two young orphans. Strange when something like that happens so close

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 24, 2025 07:13 PM (6TePA)

149 Yes. Many men, too. Boys tend to catch on that something isn't right and that they're being lied to at a young age, but it can take a while for them to see through the layers of bs our society serves up. (If they ever do.)
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 07:11 PM (/dDa4)

Sometimes a very long while, not until they've been fed through the grinder and had their lives upended.

Posted by: It's cruel and deliberate at April 24, 2025 07:14 PM (TbWk/)

150 Not that much, if current statistics are accurate.
Posted by: Maybe 5-10% of the dudes at April 24, 2025 07:12 PM (TbWk/)

I didn't say they had enough...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 07:14 PM (8zz6B)

151 but rather just a gay man who had sex with women, because being gay is part of his identity but having sex with women isn't.

An incisive mind of legalistic fuckery.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director
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In other words, he's so totally promiscuous that he will fuck anything with a port.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 07:15 PM (Drm1A)

152 This would have been much, much smarter for Bezos to have done.

Go snap up some Instawhores with huge followings and shoot 'em in to space so they can post pics and videos of it to their millions of adoring, vapid fans.

Probably would have gotten more real "impressions" than this, with way, way less insanity in the wake.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 07:08 PM (WkNQM)

Bezos has Boomer energy. Musk has GenX energy. Bezos thinks getting a bunch of past-the-wall TeeVee talent to promote his space company is what the young, hip kids want to see. Cowabunga.

But, yes, having a bunch of young TikTok Astrothots would have actually appealed to people under of the age of 60 who don't watch television. Instead it mostly impressed The View's demo.

The Instathots would probably have been smart enough to not insist they were the equal of Alan Shepard, too.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 07:15 PM (/dDa4)

153 It's cruel and deliberate

The Amish seem to be immune, No wonder they are being persecuted.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2025 07:16 PM (u82oZ)

154 Weird local stuff that makes you go hmm. About three blocks from me a guy murdered his wife yesterday and then jumped off the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge . Left two young orphans. Strange when something like that happens so close
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 24, 2025 07:13 PM (6TePA)

Tallahatchie Bridge was closed?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 07:16 PM (8zz6B)

155 The Instathots would probably have been smart enough to not insist they were the equal of Alan Shepard, too.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 07:15 PM (/dDa4)
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Of the minority who have *heard* of Alan Shepard, yeah, probably.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 07:16 PM (WkNQM)

156 "These abuses will not stand..."

They'll stand as long as we allow them to stand.

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 24, 2025 07:17 PM (UseAb)

157 Breastronauts.*

Gentlemen, I have a plan!

Posted by: Investors trying to rescue Hooters from bankruptcy at April 24, 2025 07:17 PM (D0HYP)

158 Gentlemen, I have a plan!
Posted by: Investors trying to rescue Hooters from bankruptcy at April 24, 2025 07:17 PM (D0HYP)
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Been there. Done that. Didn't work.

Posted by: Hooters Air at April 24, 2025 07:18 PM (WkNQM)

159 49 Indians (dot, not feather) and Pakis are getting peevish with each other.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 24, 2025 06:47 PM (0sNs1)
_______________

Battle of the Call Centers, fought by the First H1b divisions.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 06:50 PM (YqDXo)

If they nuke each other, does that mean the call center scam calls will stop?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 07:18 PM (ynpvh)

160 157 Breastronauts.*

Gentlemen, I have a plan!

Posted by: Investors trying to rescue Hooters from bankruptcy at April 24, 2025 07:17 PM (D0HYP)

They woulda made $$$ with a delivery service called Knockers...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 07:19 PM (ynpvh)

161 Everyone wants it all fixed, right now! So do I. Yesterday, even. But even without the rogue district courts in the way, it will take time to get things done. And the Executive can always let the public know what they’ve got up their sleeve, ‘cause it will tip off our enemies. Patience, friends. Keep the faith.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 24, 2025 07:19 PM (12Bbv)

162 If they nuke each other, does that mean the call center scam calls will stop?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 07:18 PM (ynpvh)
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They'll double the volume of calls. Rebuilding ain't gonna pay for itself.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 07:19 PM (WkNQM)

163 If they nuke each other, does that mean the call center scam calls will stop?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 07:18 PM (ynpvh)
_________________

Hmmmm. (Ponders)

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 07:19 PM (YqDXo)

164 This stuff just writes itself. More Chardonnay?

Posted by: Deplorable Minion at April 24, 2025 07:19 PM (QSrLX)

165 Upon the return to Earth Shatner was saying something profound while Bezos was spraying everyone with champagne.
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"Why would God need a spaceship?".

Posted by: Crusader at April 24, 2025 07:20 PM (TN0g+)

166 "If I was still active duty, in charge of my men, and I was told to arrest obstructionist judges, I would regard that as a lawful order under my oath upon promotion against domestic enemies." Posted by: NaCly Dog

Obstructionist Judges, arrested and held at Gitmo, tried in a military tribunal for high treason (we are in a state of war against "terrorism", per Gingrich's ? talk with Kavanaugh in his acceptance to SCOTUS "trials") ... would be awesome, and correct.

Our nation is truly at risk, and globalists should also be removed and tried for real crimes. tick tock ... only four years to "gitter done".

Posted by: illiniwek at April 24, 2025 07:20 PM (Cus5s)

167 Is John Sullivan fbi a parody ??

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 07:20 PM (g47mK)

168 Our nation is truly at risk, and globalists should also be removed and tried for real crimes. tick tock ... only four years to "gitter done".
Posted by: illiniwek at April 24, 2025 07:20 PM (Cus5s)
++++
18 months.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 07:21 PM (WkNQM)

169 Nobody can sip just one.

Posted by: Kamala "Kokonut" Harris at April 24, 2025 07:21 PM (0sNs1)

170 When's the funeral?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 24, 2025 07:22 PM (NUl+P)

171 Weird local stuff that makes you go hmm. About three blocks from me a guy murdered his wife yesterday and then jumped off the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge . Left two young orphans. Strange when something like that happens so close
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 24, 2025 07:13 PM (6TePA)

Tallahatchie Bridge was closed?
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Was his name Billy Joe McAlister?

Posted by: Crusader at April 24, 2025 07:22 PM (TN0g+)

172 106 Astronots

Posted by: fd at April 24, 2025 07:02 PM (vFG9F)

Astronaughts

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 07:23 PM (ynpvh)

173 But will the GOP be able to take advantage? Or will they fumble again?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 24, 2025 07:23 PM (63Dwl)

174 111 If Lizzo were an estronaut they'd have to make sure she stayed in the exact center of gravity of the spaceship.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 07:03 PM (YqDXo)

That'd be one heavy launch...and would affect the tides.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 07:24 PM (ynpvh)

175 But will the GOP be able to take advantage? Or will they fumble again?
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Fumble? They're more likely to get a delay of game penalty called than they are of even getting a play started.

Posted by: Crusader at April 24, 2025 07:25 PM (TN0g+)

176 Tallahatchie Bridge is about 10ft up. Kingston -Rhinecliff is about 200ft over the Hudson. If you're jumping , you're serious

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 24, 2025 07:25 PM (6TePA)

177 Blue Origin's Marie Antoinette rearentry space capsule.

Posted by: 13times at April 24, 2025 07:26 PM (bqxN5)

178 What's the line on India Pakistan?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 24, 2025 07:26 PM (NUl+P)

179 @EricLDaugh
·
1m
🚨 MAJOR BREAKING... FBI under Kash Patel ARRESTS Judge Joel Cano after he housed a TREN DE ARAGUA member in their home.

FAFO big time here.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 24, 2025 07:26 PM (viF8m)

180 https://t.co/eIJvynpbR4

Panic ensued for some on the campus of Cal State Fullerton on Wednesday as federal agents were spotted, but there is no cause for concern.
A post to Reddit on Wednesday caused a stir as a student posted a screenshot from an email from a professor. The professor canceled a class due to apparent ICE agents being seen on campus.
“Class, multiple federal agents from the department of Homeland Security and ICE have been spotted on and around campus. They are said to be in plain clothes and have a K9 unit,” the email reads in part. “Out of an abundance in caution and in solidarity with our immigrant and international students, I am canceling class"
The university’s police department later confirmed the existence of agents on campus. However, the department said the agents were there to conduct a training, not to investigate migrant students.
“The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Explosive Detection K9 team, which consisted of one K9 and handler, was on campus today to conduct routine training. They were not here to enforce action or conduct an investigation,” the CSUF Police Department

Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at April 24, 2025 07:27 PM (9aVck)

181 Hegseth released a vid in which he is talking about changing recruiting standards to what they were before dei. One of the conditions allowed under the biden standard was schizophrenia. Yes, you heard it right.

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 07:28 PM (g47mK)

182 Well, Paolo has sex. We just watch

Posted by: the Bulwark at April 24, 2025 07:28 PM (gKWVE)

183 “Out of an abundance in caution and in solidarity with our immigrant and international students, I am canceling class"

I also sit to pee - the 'professor' explained.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 24, 2025 07:29 PM (vKNmo)

184 Did no one in the DNC tell David Hogg that his responsibility as Vice Chair was limited to finding and paying for the hookers and blow?

If not, then it's their fault.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2025 07:29 PM (VNX3d)

185 I’ll add that most of the counters the rogue district court judges are TROs: Temporary Restraining Orders. They do that because by being temporary, a TRO is unappealable. But they are _temporary_. In 14 days they are gone. Vanished into thin air, as if they had never existed at all. It’s a delaying tactic, and a desperate one at that. The other side is losing, and they know it. All their wicked plans are melting! Melting! Who would have thought a sweet New York real estate tycoon would be the undoing of so many wicked plans! What a world, what a world! Maybe we can take the hat?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 24, 2025 07:29 PM (12Bbv)

186 I had a frustrating day.

My job over the course of my life has been technical, numbers and stuff. Nice beautiful pleasant numbers that make adoring purr noises when you poke and prod them. I love numbers and they have always loved me.

Over the last two years have been thrust into a visible managing position coordinating multiple people and groups. Ok, I sought this promotion out, (raises hand) guilty. Anyway, I have discovered that people suck.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 24, 2025 07:30 PM (cduTK)

187 Hegseth released a vid in which he is talking about changing recruiting standards to what they were before dei. One of the conditions allowed under the biden standard was schizophrenia. Yes, you heard it right.
Posted by: runner

I'm of two minds about that.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 24, 2025 07:30 PM (vKNmo)

188 "Out of an abundance in caution..."

Lord, do I hate that constantly recycled crap.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 24, 2025 07:30 PM (mH6SG)

189 178 Pakistan on kebab, India on curry.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 07:30 PM (77rzZ)

190 What's the line on India Pakistan?
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I'm guessing the final score will be 1-0.

Posted by: Crusader at April 24, 2025 07:30 PM (TN0g+)

191 DNC Chair Ken Martin said in a press call. "Voters should decide who our primary nominees are, not DNC leadership. Our role is to serve as stewards of a fair, open and trusted process, not to tilt the scales."'


Kamala cackles while Biden shits his Depends.

Posted by: haffhowershower at April 24, 2025 07:30 PM (144I4)

192 Astronaut.

Is that an actual trademarked term or something.

They can call themselves “star explorers”.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at April 24, 2025 07:30 PM (Vh9CX)

193 Kash Patel ARRESTS Judge Joel Cano after he housed a TREN DE ARAGUA member in their home.

Patel's pulled off his socks and is really washing his feet in the Rubicon isn't he

Posted by: gKWVE at April 24, 2025 07:31 PM (gKWVE)

194 The professor canceled a class due to apparent ICE agents being seen on campus.
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What a cow's twat. I never canceled a lecture for any reason whatsoever.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 07:31 PM (YqDXo)

195 161 Errata -
can —> can’t

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 24, 2025 07:31 PM (12Bbv)

196 Can't his home be seized as well?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 24, 2025 07:31 PM (NUl+P)

197
Maybe we can take the hat?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

And take it with you.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 24, 2025 07:31 PM (63Dwl)

198 Dear Mr. President, Wear a police officer bodycam and release the recording unedited. It will be huge, big league. I'll lay off the Charonnay when its released.

Posted by: Deplorable Minion at April 24, 2025 07:32 PM (QSrLX)

199 Colleen Kollar-Kotelly served on the FISA court and was appointed to the Superior Court of DC by Ronnie Reagan and DC District Court by BJ Bill Clinton.

https://tinyurl.com/2xd2xs47
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 06:41 PM (ynpvh)



She looks like the opposite of a woman of Kollar.

Posted by: haffhowershower at April 24, 2025 07:33 PM (144I4)

200 When Patel arrests one of these TRO cancelling judges or the equivalent I'll be impressed. ...waiting

Some to you Blondi. Noam's given you two and now Gabbard's given you two. What have you done about it?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 07:33 PM (Drm1A)

201 What's the line on India Pakistan?
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 24, 2025 07:26 PM

Kashmir right now, but Pakistan is thinking about ignoring it.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 24, 2025 07:34 PM (0sNs1)

202 Dear Mr. President, Wear a police officer bodycam and release the recording unedited. It will be huge, big league. I'll lay off the Charonnay when its released.
Posted by: Deplorable Minion at April 24, 2025 07:32 PM (QSrLX)

Post it immediately after he leaves on whitehouse.gov.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2025 07:35 PM (VNX3d)

203 How does some two bit judge get to.make who can vote or not in the American election anyway?

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 07:35 PM (ypFCm)

204 "Our nation is truly at risk, and globalists should also be removed and tried for real crimes. tick tock ... only four years to "gitter done".
Posted by: illiniwek at April 24, 2025 07:20 PM (Cus5s)
18 months." Posted by: Joe Mannix

Yeah, and part of The Game is to win public support against the "Terrorism" of the leftists and all their crazy 20/80 hate crimes. And Maybe if we win that support, we win more seats and and Vance (or other) third Trump/MAGA term.

It is US versus Them (globalists using China and Islam and stocking horses? false flags maybe?). (not sure if I used "stalking horse " correctly ,,, heh)

Posted by: illiniwek at April 24, 2025 07:35 PM (Cus5s)

205 All day long today, CNBC has been fretting over "empty shelves", which confused many of their guests today. They had on some retail company CEO's and all of them said :empty shelves" are not a problem, cost increases in 2024 leaked into the first quarter and that was the big issue they dealt with, but they are confident cost pressures are going to be lessened as 2025 moves forward.

The TV people were very disappointed their Theme Of The Day fell totally flat.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 24, 2025 07:35 PM (vNoj0)

206 A federal judge has blocked Trump's executive order requiring proof of citizenship in federal elections.

Because it has a disparate impact?

Posted by: mindful webworker - activist judge not? at April 24, 2025 07:36 PM (SWvjw)

207 Anyway, I have discovered that people suck.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 24, 2025 07:30 PM (cduTK)

I have been in low-level management a couple of times, and I absolutely hate it. I do not like to ride herd on people, I expect them to act like adults but they don't, and I don't want to hear about their petty squabbles and concerns and feelings. And I'm not confrontational, when someone needs to be.

Back to the background for me, where I'm happy.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 24, 2025 07:36 PM (h7ZuX)

208 Why would an "immigrant" worry that ICE was on campus?

Oh, that's right--because they're an ILLEGAL "immigrant". AKA "Someone who isn't supposed to be there in the 1st place". When is law enforcement going to start arresting those who step in the way of those enforcing our laws?

Posted by: Crusader at April 24, 2025 07:36 PM (TN0g+)

209 Where do you wear the blue camo when you are not raiding the Smurf Village?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 24, 2025 07:36 PM (NUl+P)

210 Sometimes a very long while, not until they've been fed through the grinder and had their lives upended.

Posted by: It's cruel and deliberate

Getting deployed to 3rd world shitholes, restricted by retarded rules of emgagement, then getting shot at by the same barbarians you're there to 'help'....kind of wakes a boy up.

Posted by: BifBewalski at April 24, 2025 07:36 PM (MsrgL)

211 205 All day long today, CNBC has been fretting over "empty shelves",
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They raided Ace's house?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 07:37 PM (Drm1A)

212 197
Maybe we can take the hat?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

And take it with you.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 24, 2025 07:31 PM (63Dwl)
Royal Dano made that film, and a lot of old westerns.

Posted by: Eromero at April 24, 2025 07:38 PM (LHPAg)

213 All day long today, CNBC has been fretting over "empty shelves",
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They raided Ace's house?
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I thought Ace's house had crooked shelves, not empty ones?

Posted by: Crusader at April 24, 2025 07:39 PM (TN0g+)

214 A federal judge has blocked Trump's executive order requiring proof of citizenship in federal elections.

Who had standing to sue?

Either the ballots haven't been counted yet, in which case no one has been harmed, or they have, and the case is moot.

At least, that's how it works for our side.....

Posted by: mikeski at April 24, 2025 07:39 PM (DgGvY)

215 Le CAFE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 07:39 PM (ypFCm)

216 I don't have empty shelves Neither does Walmart. They did have a Lando Calrissian action figure for 66% off.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 24, 2025 07:39 PM (NUl+P)

217 Either the ballots haven't been counted yet, in which case no one has been harmed, or they have, and the case is moot.

At least, that's how it works for our side.....
Posted by: mikeski at April 24, 2025 07:39 PM (DgGvY)
++++
Heads they win, tails you lose.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 07:39 PM (WkNQM)

218 India needs to play a game of Paki Sack.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 07:40 PM (8zz6B)

219
Where do you wear the blue camo when you are not raiding the Smurf Village?
Posted by: Boss Moss

Blue Woman Group

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 24, 2025 07:40 PM (63Dwl)

220 >>>Oh, that's right--because they're an ILLEGAL "immigrant"
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Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do when they come for you?
Bad boys, bad boys...

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 07:40 PM (Drm1A)

221 A federal judge has blocked Trump's executive order requiring proof of citizenship in federal elections.

===

Because it has a disparate impact?
Posted by: mindful webworker - activist judge not? at April 24, 2025 07:36 PM

On Democrats.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 24, 2025 07:40 PM (0sNs1)

222 I can't believe Sean Duffy so undervalues the mission-critical test of the effect of anti-gravity on plushies! Much less the research on weightlessness and the female cognitive function and libido!

Posted by: mindful webworker - and floating boobs at April 24, 2025 07:41 PM (SWvjw)

223 Oh, that's right--because they're an ILLEGAL "immigrant". AKA "Someone who isn't supposed to be there in the 1st place". When is law enforcement going to start arresting those who step in the way of those enforcing our laws?
Posted by: Crusader at April 24, 2025 07:36 PM (TN0g+)
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AKA *not* an immigrant.

Immigration is a legal process. Illegals chose not to go through that process. They are *not* "immigrants" in any way. They are, depending on your opinion, illegal aliens (that is, foreigners in violation of the law) or foreign invaders.

But they're not "immigrants" and never have been. "Illegal immigrants" do not exist. It's a contradiction in terms.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 07:42 PM (WkNQM)

224 "Estronaut" is the best one I've heard so far.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 07:00 PM (WkNQM)
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"oestronaut" is better

Posted by: Zombie Peter Sellers - 'The Millionairess' at April 24, 2025 07:44 PM (sPQoU)

225 My job over the course of my life has been technical, numbers and stuff. Nice beautiful pleasant numbers that make adoring purr noises when you poke and prod them. I love numbers and they have always loved me.

Over the last two years have been thrust into a visible managing position coordinating multiple people and groups. Ok, I sought this promotion out, (raises hand) guilty. Anyway, I have discovered that people suck.

Posted by: banana Dream

I feel very fortunate. Around 2010, i made a deliberate decision to chase Technical Fellow. Got nominated in 2020, selected in 2021. Best of both worlds! Senior technical individual contributor, not allowed to be a manager... so chief engineer & chief architect positions are never assigned to me. I get to unscrew all of their fuckups, though, which I lurve. I also get to mentor a bunch of mid career engineers. Two years ago, they asked me to teach foundations of system emgineering as a boot camp. I'm impacting the company on a level i never dreamed i would in 2010.

Posted by: BifBewalski at April 24, 2025 07:45 PM (MsrgL)

226 Mr. Former Analyst,

There is a huge difference between "working in secret" and "nobody outside your cubicle cluster knows who you are."

Posted by: Weak Geek at April 24, 2025 07:58 PM (p/isN)

227 Let the bodies hit the floor
Let the bodies hit the floor
Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 06:38 PM


Nothing wrong with me now..

Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 08:07 PM (jc0TO)

228 signing in, boss

Posted by: andycanuck (mZtdJ) at April 24, 2025 10:24 PM (mZtdJ)

Whoa: President Trump Signs Executive Order Ending the "Disparate Impact" Doctrine

This is huge.

The left is always attempting to "prove" racial discrimination without actually having to prove any racial discrimination. You will have of course noticed leftists side-stepping questions about proof of actual "white supremacy" in America, insisting that it is structurally white supremacist.

Where is the actual white supremacy they always claim lurks around every corner? They don't have to prove it. It's just "in the air we breathe."

There's so much white supremacy in America that it's impossible actually point to any white supremacy.

Where's the white supremacy? You're soaking in it, Bigots!

A very similar legal doctrine has claimed that you don't have to prove a law or company's policy was enacted to racially discriminate against anyone. All you have to do is prove that the measure has "disparate impact" on a "historically marginalized community."

So, for example, if blacks have lower high school graduation rates than whites, you're not allowed to require a high school diploma in hiring. You just say "this has a disparate impact on black applicants." You don't have to prove the company intended any discrimination. Intent is not an element of the crime, as they say. If it has "disparate impact" on a minority, you're guilty, period.


But now Trump signed an executive order forbidding the government from "disparate impact" analysis. Meaning the government can only attack policies as racist if there is an actual, provable racist intent.


Wokal Distance
@wokal_distance


This is the most important executive order Trump has signed thus far.

Ending "disparate impact liability" is the first step to destroying the DEI ideology that the left installed in Government.


Disparate impact in the United States refers to practices refer to rules that adversely affect one group of people more than another, even if the rules applied are neutral.

This means disparities in outcome at the group level can be taken as evidence of discrimination...

This means even if the rules are neutral and applied fairly to everyone, if a group is underrepresented that group can potentially sue for discrimination.

This is the anchor at the core of civil rights law that allows woke activists to engage in legal warfare.


Because disparities are taken as evidence of discrimination, it opens up companies to discrimination if any rule they have is thought to have a "disparate impact."

For example, if the rule is overtime is done on sundays, Christians can sue because they don't work sundays...

And can't get overtime, and will earn less than their counterparts.

To avoid disparate impact liability, companies do DEI training and hire DEI officers so they can deminstrate a commitment to non-discrimination, and thus sheild themselves from accusations of discrimination.

The result of this is that inorder to avoid getting sued for civil right violations you have to either:

1. Hand out opportunities to such that each group gets opportunities in exact proportion to their numbers in society.

2. Do constant DEI training/cunsulting.

Regardless if which you do, you end up feeding the beast of DEI.

If you do option 1 you are in effect doing affirmative action, if you do option 2 you end up handing large sums of money to DEI grifters and activists...

The case that enshrined disparate impact into law was Griggs v. Duke Power Co.

The court said a neutral employment policy that disproportionately impacts a particular group may be unlawful even if the employer did not intend to discriminate against that particular group...

Disparate-impact is not actually enshrined in the civil rights act, it's a product of a court ruling, and this executive order shows the Trump administration is seeking to have the doctrine of disparate-impact liability overturned.

If that happened it would be a HUGE victory.

The entire industry of DEI exists because companies use DEI as a way to shield themselves from disparate-impact liability. By doing DEI they hope to show they are actively not discriminating.

That's why DEI training is now corporate best practice.

If disparate-impact is overturned the corporate and business justification for DEI trainjng and DEI officers evaporates.

This is a VERY big deal.

Now, it isn't the end of the road yet. Griggs v. Duke Power Co. still needs to be overturned at the Supreme Court. But...

This executive order shows where the Trump administration is headed on this issue, and if they challenege doctrine in court and win then it would be a knife through the heart of the DEI industry, and a huge blow to the woke-industrial-complex.

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1 Not one

Posted by: income tax, sales tax, property tax, inheritance tax, capital gains tax, excise tax, at April 24, 2025 05:34 PM (pIfcn)

2 Top ten w a bullet

Posted by: scottst at April 24, 2025 05:35 PM (AyLQ8)

3 duly nooded, /sockoff

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 24, 2025 05:36 PM (pIfcn)

4 I'm back, baby!

Posted by: Aptitude Test at April 24, 2025 05:36 PM (jc0TO)

5 We decide what the presents dent can do
Every penny ante judge in the country

Posted by: steevy at April 24, 2025 05:36 PM (YwEeS)

6 This executive order has a disparate impact on a class of people somewhere. Also on joy, love, and my power.

Overturned. Now you will blow me.

Posted by: Some Faggot in a Black Dress at April 24, 2025 05:37 PM (BI5O2)

7 So, if we had a functioning party in Congress, this EO would be immediately followed up by a law saying same.

Posted by: MkY at April 24, 2025 05:37 PM (cPGH3)

8 This is going to be so far reaching. Honestly, my ejaculation count is: It Won't Stop.

Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 05:37 PM (jc0TO)

9 Just read the Pentagon is resuming "gender affirming Care" in the Military ... WTF ?

Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2025 05:37 PM (VE6XX)

10 "The left is always attempting to "prove" racial discrimination without actually having to prove any racial discrimination."


It is impossible to prove negatives because by definition they lack evidence.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 24, 2025 05:38 PM (e5NfL)

11 It will have a disparate impact on Democrats.

Good.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 05:38 PM (szPgS)

12 Damn it! As a one-quarter Sicilian, this will impact me bigly.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 24, 2025 05:38 PM (vKNmo)

13 What does this mean as a practical matter? Courts invented disparate impact and that's how they judge all kinds of discrimination cases.

Trump can't undue that with an executive order.

Is the executive branch using disparate impact for something that this will matter for?

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 05:38 PM (uCjyK)

14 Yes !!!

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 05:38 PM (oXfCm)

15 Present dents , well done auto correct

Posted by: steevy at April 24, 2025 05:38 PM (YwEeS)

16 The courts should have struck all of this down decades ago.

Funny how tepid conservative justices are compared to liberal justices

We just finally got our legal system to admit hiring based on race is textbook discrimination

Posted by: Maroon at April 24, 2025 05:38 PM (lVKJi)

17 Well whoever the man in the back on the left is ( haven't listened to the video yet) is smiling quite a bit. He's clearly happy about it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2025 05:39 PM (ljJ4J)

18 Damn it! As a one-quarter Sicilian, this will impact me bigly.
Posted by: Tonypete

My grammas mammy had high cheekbones...

Posted by: MkY at April 24, 2025 05:39 PM (cPGH3)

19 And a Hawaiian judge will kill it by this time next week.

I think we should all realize by now a Trump EO isn’t worth shit anymore. It could say puppies are cute and a judge would rule it unconstitutional.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 24, 2025 05:39 PM (ncC2j)

20 The standard sucked and it wasn't being applied equally (hi, NBA!). I'm pretty sure you could prove that the Democrat Party has had a disparate impact on minorities.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 24, 2025 05:39 PM (pIfcn)

21 So, if we had a functioning party in Congress, this EO would be immediately followed up by a law saying same.
Posted by: MkY at April 24, 2025 05:37 PM (cPGH3)

If we had a functioning party in Congress, the EOs would never have been required. And, if the EOs were never required then, maybe, Trump would never have run.

Ironic, isn't it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 05:39 PM (ExV1e)

22 This is huge. Disparate impact is just blatantly wrong and discriminatory, evil, and it harms the minds and souls of all who benefit or who lose.

My question is: if an EO can nullify a court decision, what is next? Is someone going to sue somebody to nullify the EO?

Posted by: PJ at April 24, 2025 05:39 PM (RRCAT)

23 It's derived from court cases interpreting title vii. So that would seem to be a problem.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 24, 2025 05:39 PM (UBKzV)

24 This will be stopped before the ink is dry....

Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2025 05:39 PM (VE6XX)

25 Liawatha hardest hit?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 05:39 PM (szPgS)

26 *adjusts Gauloise*

*lights beret*

*order a large chocolate malt*

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 24, 2025 05:40 PM (6YdsJ)

27 Is the executive branch using disparate impact for something that this will matter for?
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 05:38 PM (uCjyK)

You're right about the courts, but it's my understanding that the DoJ, among others, also make use of it.

Of course, with Loper the courts won't have to follow agency interpretations anymore. Funny how that happened.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 05:40 PM (/dDa4)

28 Awww crap, i got a question i need Horde-sourced, but it's way too early in the game to threadjack...

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 24, 2025 05:40 PM (kBh81)

29 9 Just read the Pentagon is resuming "gender affirming Care" in the Military ... WTF ?
Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2025 05:37 PM (VE6XX)


You’re very welcome.
- Hawaiian Judge

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 24, 2025 05:40 PM (ncC2j)

30 This is a very big deal.

Posted by: scottst at April 24, 2025 05:40 PM (AyLQ8)

31 Present dents , well done auto correct
Posted by: steevy at April 24, 2025 05:38

Well at least it's not a leftist autocorrect substituting Presidunce".😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2025 05:41 PM (ljJ4J)

32 Where is the actual white supremacy they always claim lurks around every corner? They don't have to prove it. It's just "in the air we breathe."

You're soaking in it!

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I mean, if people were honest about it, yeah. We're kind of awesome. And you can prove it. Not with all the awesome cultural, technological, etc stuff, either. But that's obvious.

No, it's trivially easy to prove in a way that is undeniable.

It's why everyone everywhere wants to move next to them honkies.

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - you realize Darwin disproved evolution, right? at April 24, 2025 05:41 PM (3mLe2)

33 "The left is always attempting to "prove" racial discrimination without actually having to prove any racial discrimination."

Oddly enough, their remedy is always actual racial discrimination.

Posted by: t-bird at April 24, 2025 05:42 PM (g8z90)

34 So, if we had a functioning party in Congress, this EO would be immediately followed up by a law saying same.
Posted by: MkY at April 24, 2025 05:37 PM

Just so. Without a law we will enjoy the Civil Rights Division not bringing suits where DI is the only evidence for four years. Maybe twelve if JD wins. But the beast will return as soon as the Democrats, or whatever Left party arises when the Democrat party dies, gets back in the Executive.

Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 05:42 PM (jc0TO)

35 One thing is abundantly clear. The old talking point that Trump has no plan and just wildly strikes out was always completely wrong.

He and his team aren't just making this shit up on the fly. They are launching targeted missiles on an almost daily basis against the things leftists hold nearest and dearest.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 24, 2025 05:42 PM (viF8m)

36 Just read the Pentagon is resuming "gender affirming Care" in the Military ... WTF ?
Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2025 05:37 PM (VE6XX)

They got some shiny new chainsaws they are itching to try out.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 05:42 PM (8zz6B)

37 PROSECUTORIAL DISCRETION!

Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 05:43 PM (jc0TO)

38 He and his team aren't just making this shit up on the fly. They are launching targeted missiles on an almost daily basis against the things leftists hold nearest and dearest.
Posted by: JackStraw at

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Imagine if he was smart and not lazy

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - you realize Darwin disproved evolution, right? at April 24, 2025 05:43 PM (3mLe2)

39 You mean everyone will have to work hard if they want to benefit? That is totally unfair, wah, wah, wah.

Posted by: Decaf at April 24, 2025 05:44 PM (unUNN)

40 This will have a disparate impact on me.

Posted by: fd at April 24, 2025 05:44 PM (vFG9F)

41 Now, it isn't the end of the road yet. Griggs v. Duke Power Co. still needs to be overturned at the Supreme Court.
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Oh so we just need the Supreme Court to do the right thing for the country.

Posted by: Methos at April 24, 2025 05:44 PM (Dnobf)

42 Lets keep a running count of Hawaiian Judge mentions in this thread.

Posted by: Max Power at April 24, 2025 05:44 PM (q177U)

43 The whole disparity argument is another round of excuse making. I genuinely want the black community to be more successful and less dysfunctional, but it seems it’s most prominent spokesmen don’t. We’re not allowed to even discuss why incarceration rates and poverty are so high if it’s anything other than “white folks fault “

Posted by: UGAdawg at April 24, 2025 05:45 PM (se/Tc)

44 Disparate impact practice is actually communism in practice. Some people work hard and some just goof around but everyone must benefit equally.

Posted by: Decaf at April 24, 2025 05:45 PM (unUNN)

45 Well, the Afro-American "influencers" that have been calling for a race war are on notice. This was needed.

And will be ignored. By both the militant blacks and the judiciary which will side with them, along with the illegal human traffickers, wife beaters, drug pushers and all around criminals.

At least there's some clarity. For some.

War's been declared. We've yet to acknowledge it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2025 05:45 PM (Q4IgG)

46 I'll believe it when the "Court of the Five Vaginas" rules.

(I know people have argued that there are 7 vaginas on the court, but I do not think Gorsuch and Kananaugh rank quite the low yet.)

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 24, 2025 05:46 PM (06XVj)

47 I watched a news story of a girl that came to the US from Puerto Rico when she was in third grade. She graduated high school with honors. The problem is that she can't read or write. She said her teachers told her to sit in the corner and draw during class. She uses text to speech to read and write.

This is great what Trump is doing. I'm just curious what the supreme court will say since they already declared that universities can use essays on their life to gain admission.

Posted by: ryukyu at April 24, 2025 05:46 PM (r+m2N)

48 Oh so we just need the Supreme Court to do the right thing for the country.
Posted by: Methos

Next up at the Laugh Factory. . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at April 24, 2025 05:46 PM (vKNmo)

49 42 Lets keep a running count of Hawaiian Judge mentions in this thread.
Posted by: Max Power at April 24, 2025 05:44 PM (q177U)


The Hawaiian judge probably will be beaten by some Mainlander...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2025 05:46 PM (VE6XX)

50 >>Imagine if he was smart and not lazy

I get tired just watching him. He seems to feed off it.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 24, 2025 05:47 PM (viF8m)

51 " She uses text to speech to read and write."

And, no doubt, AI to think.

Posted by: fd at April 24, 2025 05:47 PM (vFG9F)

52 Could Wickard v. Filburn be next?

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 24, 2025 05:47 PM (06XVj)

53 22 This is huge. Disparate impact is just blatantly wrong and discriminatory, evil, and it harms the minds and souls of all who benefit or who lose.

My question is: if an EO can nullify a court decision, what is next? Is someone going to sue somebody to nullify the EO?

Posted by: PJ at April 24, 2025 05:39 PM (RRCAT)

Yes. This will give an avenue for the issue to get to the Supreme Court. Or it won't, and we'll have 3+ years of no disparate impact claims b/c Dems don't think they can win the issue there, and don't want to lose it forever.

Either way - win/win...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 24, 2025 05:48 PM (tOcjL)

54 " Could Wickard v. Filburn be next?
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) "

Those are terrible wrestling names.

Posted by: fd at April 24, 2025 05:48 PM (vFG9F)

55 Wicked vs Filbert?

Or was that Wickett?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 05:49 PM (szPgS)

56 Oh so we just need the Supreme Court to do the right thing for the country.
Posted by: Methos at April 24, 2025 05:44 PM (Dnobf)

When I look at my Haitian sons, whom I adopted from that wonderfully diverse country of Haiti, I see all of the evil white men have done to the world.

I don't want my Haitian sons whom--in my Christ-like selflessness--I brought to this country so that they could have opportunities my white sons don't have, to have to compete on a level playing field. A level playing field is fundamentally unfair to my Haitian sons, from Haiti.

Posted by: Co-President Amy Coney Barrett at April 24, 2025 05:49 PM (/dDa4)

57 Where's the white supremacy? You're soaking in it, Bigots!

You would think some would rub off and make them more supremely, but nope.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 24, 2025 05:49 PM (/lPRQ)

58 ChatGPT > Kentanji Brown?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 05:49 PM (szPgS)

59 This will be stopped before the ink is dry....
Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2025 05:39 PM (VE6XX)

Two more EOs were blocked today by two different "judges". One EO was to end federal support for DEI programs. This is getting ridiculous and needs to be flipped on its head. Pronto. Time to act now, Donald. Or your entire term will be a waste of time.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 24, 2025 05:50 PM (5xuJ/)

60 One of the Executive Orders that created this nutso doctrine in the first place was signed by that scumbag LBJ in 1966.

All Republican Administrations up until now have been so useless they left left-wing executive orders on the books from Clinton, Carter and Johnson! If you read Executive Orders Trump signs it's amazing the ancient crap they overturn that no-one has bothered with until now.

Posted by: the lower depths at April 24, 2025 05:50 PM (+b4rY)

61 " Could Wickard v. Filburn be next?
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) "

Those are terrible wrestling names.
Posted by: fd at April 24, 2025 05:48 PM (vFG9F)

It was the 30s. Professional wrestlers smoked cigars in the ring back then. Most were just hobos, riding the rails.

Posted by: Co-President Amy Coney Barrett at April 24, 2025 05:51 PM (/dDa4)

62 Alas, we still only control one branch of government.

Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 05:51 PM (jc0TO)

63 Alas, we still only control one branch of government.
Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 05:51 PM (jc0TO)

Not so fast.

Posted by: Hawaiian Judge at April 24, 2025 05:52 PM (/dDa4)

64 I'm still waiting for white athletes to file discrimination lawsuits against football and basketball teams....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 24, 2025 05:52 PM (SRRAx)

65 So, if we had a functioning party in Congress, this EO would be immediately followed up by a law saying same.
Posted by: MkY at April 24, 2025 05:37 PM (cPGH3)

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And have all those Republican congresswomen* vote against it. Those supposedly breastfeeding and wanting to vote remotely mothers in Congress will see it as an attack on them.

*I consider their demands as pure ego, the "I'm too important to devote some time to my baby". If you are a congresswoman first and a mother second you are not much of a mother.

Posted by: Decaf at April 24, 2025 05:52 PM (unUNN)

66 62 Alas, we still only control one branch of government.
Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 05:51 PM (jc0TO)

Honestly I don't think we actually "control" any...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2025 05:52 PM (VE6XX)

67 ChatGPT > Kentanji Brown?
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 05:49 PM (szPgS)
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You'll be hearing from me soon! You would dare tarnish my good name through associating it with such a cretin?

Good day, ma'am, Good day!

Posted by: ChatGPT at April 24, 2025 05:52 PM (tT6L1)

68 62 Alas, we still only control one branch of government.
Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 05:51 PM (jc0TO)

Congress won't do anything, and the Judicial Branch is about to make itself irrelevant.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 24, 2025 05:53 PM (gKWVE)

69 Alas, we still only control one branch of government.

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At least the hobos aren't scaring decent people on the railroads anymore.

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - you realize Darwin disproved evolution, right? at April 24, 2025 05:53 PM (3mLe2)

70 To the extent there is any systemic racism, we find it in the Great Society programs that promote fatherlessness (and thus poverty and criminality), intergenerational dependency and poverty through the welfare state, and a failed education system which graduates functional illiterates. That's your systemic racism right there. Democrat policies that create a permanent underclass for the purpose of farming votes.

Posted by: Traded hoods for suits, but same old Democrats at April 24, 2025 05:54 PM (TbWk/)

71 Go Trump.
Moar.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 24, 2025 05:54 PM (xcxpd)

72 t least the hobos aren't scaring decent people on the railroads anymore.
Posted by: Boron Quidquid - you realize Darwin disproved evolution, right? at April 24, 2025 05:53 PM (3mLe2)

This is about me isn't it....

Posted by: Joey Choo Choo Biden at April 24, 2025 05:54 PM (VE6XX)

73 [white supremacy? ...] You would think some would rub off and make them more supremely, but nope.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 24, 2025 05:49 PM (/lPRQ)

At least the Jewish weather machines are working here. Pretty nice week we've had.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 24, 2025 05:54 PM (gKWVE)

74 A little known data point. Ken Paxton filed over 100 lawsuits against the Bribe'em administration and won over 75% of them.

Remember hearing about those ?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 05:55 PM (oXfCm)

75 If you are a congresswoman first and a mother second you are not much of a mother.
Posted by: Decaf at April 24, 2025 05:52 PM (unUNN)

You can't make me choose between competing uses of my time. I get it ALLLLL!!!

Posted by: Spoiled Brat Congresswomen at April 24, 2025 05:55 PM (/dDa4)

76 Stephen Miller, Trump administration, finally said the words; "Judicial Coup."

About fucking time.

Now do something about it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2025 05:55 PM (Q4IgG)

77 How would you like a Hawaiian punch?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 24, 2025 05:55 PM (63Dwl)

78 The biggest take away from this move, I think, is that it gives currently DEI infatuated corporations an out. They can immediately remove the DEI lexicon from the equation and blame it on bad law that they were obligated to acknowledge. Then lie and say, "If it weren't for that whatchamacallit Disparate Impact stuff, every one would still be drinking Bud Light."

Posted by: Orson at April 24, 2025 05:56 PM (dIske)

79 More like a Hawaiin putsch

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 05:56 PM (szPgS)

80 I give this one 48 hours to TRO.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 24, 2025 05:56 PM (UGyV5)

81 78 I give this one 48 hours to TRO.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 24, 2025 05:56 PM (pjs7m)


Probably won't take that long

Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2025 05:56 PM (VE6XX)

82 At least the Jewish weather machines are working here. Pretty nice week we've had.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 24, 2025 05:54 PM (gKWVE)

Just getting a clear shot for the Jewish Space Lasers.

Posted by: Tinfoil Hat Enthusiast at April 24, 2025 05:57 PM (/dDa4)

83 Boarsberg is probably issuing a verbal TRO right now while beating off under his black robes.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 05:57 PM (szPgS)

84 From last thread:

BESSENT:
occasionally you have to trim your garden when the weeds grow.

Chance the Gardener:
Yes. In the garden, growth has it seasons. First comes spring and summer, but then we have fall and winter. And then we get spring and summer again.

This deserves a meme

Posted by: Copyright much at April 24, 2025 05:58 PM (06XVj)

85 If you are a congresswoman first and a mother second you are not much of a mother

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That and a hyphenated last name is a ticking time bomb

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - you realize Darwin disproved evolution, right? at April 24, 2025 05:58 PM (3mLe2)

86 The "disparate impact" was always fatherless households.

Posted by: Eternity Matters at April 24, 2025 05:58 PM (yT7Wa)

87
How sad is it that Trump has to sign an EO to force Equal treatment under the law.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 24, 2025 05:58 PM (IifOV)

88 Now do something about it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2025 05:55 PM (Q4IgG)

I'm wondering what can be done about it. In my ignorance, I figure that the only people who have the authority to reign in the judges don't have the will because they don't mind Trump being hobbled. About all Trump can do is ignore the judges.

Posted by: Emmie at April 24, 2025 05:59 PM (Sf2cq)

89 TRUMP!

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at April 24, 2025 05:59 PM (yLZNp)

90 A Judge just countermanded part of the Trump EO about voting... because asking for proof of citizenship, would have a disparate impact on... oh... illegal Aliens I guess...

Geeee... interesting timing on this new EO.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 24, 2025 05:59 PM (QAkQ3)

91 The biggest take away from this move, I think, is that it gives currently DEI infatuated corporations an out. They can immediately remove the DEI lexicon from the equation and blame it on bad law that they were obligated to acknowledge. Then lie and say, "If it weren't for that whatchamacallit Disparate Impact stuff, every one would still be drinking Bud Light."
Posted by: Orson at April 24, 2025 05:56 PM (dIske)


They're spineless, gutless, groupthinking faggots so whatever the next Current Thing is that pops up they'll follow it.

Posted by: Who re-engineered my quality cheese? at April 24, 2025 05:59 PM (TbWk/)

92 Now, it isn't the end of the road yet. Griggs v. Duke Power Co. still needs to be overturned at the Supreme Court. But...

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Maybe that would have been overturned already if we had lawsuits by white athletes over "disperate impact" in the NBA, NFL, and MLB. Right? Right???

/Oh, that's right -- whitey has "No Standing ..."

Posted by: ShainS at April 24, 2025 06:00 PM (okqOD)

93 Dusky grifters everywhere hardest hit….

Posted by: tubal at April 24, 2025 06:00 PM (PCK5/)

94 Judicial Coup for the Block

Posted by: jsg at April 24, 2025 06:00 PM (SATZE)

95 Din't ern it.

Posted by: Eromero at April 24, 2025 06:01 PM (LHPAg)

96 They are launching targeted missiles on an almost daily basis against the things leftists hold nearest and dearest.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 24, 2025 05:42 PM (viF8m)

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The pressure must be applied continuously to overwhelm the opposition so they can't concentrate on all of them, media only seem to have space for one cause at a time. That way many policies and orders get through.

Posted by: Decaf at April 24, 2025 06:01 PM (unUNN)

97 There's so much white supremacy in America that it's impossible actually point to any white supremacy.

Believing something without evidence is literally the Biblical definition of "faith" -- "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." - Hebrews 11:1

CRI is a religious belief system, and as such should not be taught or practiced in our public schools.

Posted by: Half Dozen at April 24, 2025 06:01 PM (uVHlT)

98 The whole civil rights regime needs to go.

Free peoples can hire whom they want, serve whom they want, and live near whom they want.

Laws against government discrimination are necessary but there is no justification for it to encroach into the private economy.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 24, 2025 06:02 PM (06XVj)

99 but..but....reparations!

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 24, 2025 06:02 PM (IifOV)

100 That and a hyphenated last name is a ticking time bomb
Posted by: Boron Quidquid - you realize Darwin disproved evolution, right? at April 24, 2025 05:58 PM (3mLe2)

Is this about me? Because I didn't put a hyphen between my maiden name and my betabux guy's name.

Posted by: Amy Vivian Coney Barrett at April 24, 2025 06:03 PM (/dDa4)

101 Half Dozen, hope you are well.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 06:03 PM (oXfCm)

102 Son is going to prom tomorrow night!
Those of you who have access to weather machines please give them a beautiful night!! 😂❤️

Posted by: Jmel at April 24, 2025 06:03 PM (bVhJi)

103 At least the Jewish weather machines are working here. Pretty nice week we've had.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 24, 2025 05:54 PM

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Hold our Newkie Browns.
https://tinyurl.com/48m9mzbv

Posted by: UK Sun-Dimmers at April 24, 2025 06:03 PM (wzAuc)

104 Hawaiian Judge Count is now... 7

Posted by: scottst at April 24, 2025 06:03 PM (AyLQ8)

105 99 but..but....reparations!
Posted by: Frank Barone at April 24, 2025 06:02 PM (Iif

Nope

Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2025 06:03 PM (VE6XX)

106 Everything Trump does is obstructed by some scrofulous judge somewhere… not seeing that stopping until steps are taken to, well, not roll over for every little pissant in a black dress. Oh yeah, read where there are 60 or so judge vacancies that could be appointed, but apparently that is not a priority…

Posted by: tubal at April 24, 2025 06:03 PM (PCK5/)

107 If everyone is suffering from despairing impact, Obama care should hand out more Prozac!

Posted by: Emily Litella at April 24, 2025 06:04 PM (tcomi)

108 Leftists will fight this, I would bet the house almost

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 06:04 PM (ypFCm)

109 Now do something about it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2025 05:55 PM (Q4IgG)

I'm wondering what can be done about it. In my ignorance, I figure that the only people who have the authority to reign in the judges don't have the will because they don't mind Trump being hobbled. About all Trump can do is ignore the judges.
Posted by: Emmie at April 24, 2025 05:59 PM (Sf2cq)

Have Elon's young geniuses give these hacks in black a total rectal exam. There must be some skeletons in their closets. Somewhere. Stop playing fair.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 24, 2025 06:04 PM (5xuJ/)

110 Damn it, now I have to drop my lawsuit against the NBA for not letting me in their league. White Men Really Can't Jump, but disparate impact gave me a way to Sue SUE sue ... the NBA.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 24, 2025 06:04 PM (Cus5s)

111 DEI is systematic racism.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at April 24, 2025 06:04 PM (QrRZq)

112 "Disparate Impact," like most Dem terms, means whatever the Dems want.

Posted by: davidt at April 24, 2025 06:04 PM (i0F8b)

113 I thought judges could only rule on cases brought before them.

Posted by: wth at April 24, 2025 06:04 PM (v0R5T)

114 How sad is it that Trump has to sign an EO to force Equal treatment under the law.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 24, 2025 05:58 PM (IifOV)

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"Everybody knows that -- similar to math, grammar, virtue, The Sun & Climate, et. al. -- the law is structurally racist, h8r!"

Posted by: ShainS at April 24, 2025 06:05 PM (okqOD)

115 113 I thought judges could only rule on cases brought before them.
Posted by: wth at April 24, 2025 06:04 PM (v0R5T)

LOL

Posted by: Activist Judgery at April 24, 2025 06:05 PM (SATZE)

116 They're spineless, gutless, groupthinking faggots so whatever the next Current Thing is that pops up they'll follow it.
Posted by: Who re-engineered my quality cheese? at April 24, 2025 05:59 PM (TbWk/)

So what's next? Do we pretend to care about Christians again? Special parking spots for veterans? Or buttplugs for toddlers? It's all equally meaningless, unless it impacts our bottom line.

Posted by: NPC Corporations at April 24, 2025 06:06 PM (/dDa4)

117 I thought judges could only rule on cases brought before them.
Posted by: wth at April 24, 2025 06:04 PM (v0R5T)

*calls ACLU*

"Hey, get your ass over here and file this lawsuit against Trump.."

Posted by: Judge Boasberg at April 24, 2025 06:07 PM (/dDa4)

118 2. Do constant DEI training/cunsulting.

*Spock eyebrow*

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 24, 2025 06:07 PM (Vqx30)

119 *calls ACLU*

"Hey, get your ass over here and file this lawsuit against Trump.."
Posted by: Judge Boasberg at April 24, 2025 06:07 PM (/dDa4)

Exactly

Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2025 06:07 PM (VE6XX)

120 This is huge.
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Yes, it looks that way. "Disparate impact" was always 100% bullshit. Can't prove actual harm? No problem! Just claim "disparate impact" and Bob's your uncle!

Watch the courts still use it as precedent, though.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 06:08 PM (WkNQM)

121 Dow is back over 40,000. Guess the economy is completely destroyed yet. CNN most be inconsolable.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 24, 2025 06:09 PM (viF8m)

122 Oh yeah, read where there are 60 or so judge vacancies that could be appointed, but apparently that is not a priority…

Posted by: tubal at April 24, 2025 06:03 PM (PCK5/)

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Have only heard (but don't know) that the R's in Congress are dragging their feet on Trump's secondary appointments -- maybe somebody here knows what's going on?

Posted by: ShainS at April 24, 2025 06:09 PM (UOejL)

123 I'll say it because probably nobody else will. The problem is not "vaginas" on the Supreme Court. It is judges who were nominated by Trump who seem to side with liberals/ leftists when they actually had to make decisions on the Supreme Court, as well as previous Supreme Court Judges nominated mostly by Democrat Presidents, Kavanaugh does not have a vagina. Neither does Gorsuch. Do they always make decisions conservatives approve of?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2025 06:10 PM (79cRY)

124 If it has "disparate impact" on a minority, you're guilty, period.
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Unless it's a *positive* impact, of course. For women and minorities, anyway.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 06:10 PM (WkNQM)

125 But now Trump signed an executive order forbidding the government from "disparate impact" analysis. Meaning the government can only attack policies as racist if there is an actual, provable racist intent.
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Are the courts part of "the government?"

Serious question.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 06:11 PM (WkNQM)

126 ...the Judicial Branch is about to make itself irrelevant.

To my way of thinking they did that years ago.
We are all supposed to be equal under the law.
Instead we have this very wrong idea that whitey should suffer unfair discrimination because. No reason, just because. I thought equal meant the same. Not the same with exceptions. All this shows how stupid the government thinks white people are. Well we are not stupid, we see what's going on. And by the way, f"ck them.

Posted by: Case at April 24, 2025 06:11 PM (OrSPY)

127 It was determined that "don't drive while black" (or whatever the meme was) was applied when they found blacks got more speeding tickets.

Video Evidence showed blacks did more speeding, hence, more tickets. But the meme continued.

Blacks also murder more, but disparate impact demands "either let black murderers go free, or convict more innocent whites". And the leftist AGs (Holder) praised and enforced this outcome.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 24, 2025 06:11 PM (Cus5s)

128 The whole disparity argument is another round of excuse making. I genuinely want the black community to be more successful and less dysfunctional, but it seems it’s most prominent spokesmen don’t. We’re not allowed to even discuss why incarceration rates and poverty are so high if it’s anything other than “white folks fault “
Posted by: UGAdawg at April 24, 2025 05:45 PM (se/Tc)

In general, black Americans are very ill-served by those that claim to represent them.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 06:11 PM (8zz6B)

129 I always thought white dudes should be able to claim "disparate impact" for things like, e.g., hip-hop music.

There's Vanilla Ice and Eminem, but that's about it, compared to hundreds of black musicians.



Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 24, 2025 06:11 PM (W5ArC)

130 Hawaiian judge doing his best Karla Bonoff impression "Stop right there"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 24, 2025 06:11 PM (6TePA)

131 So. If Trump can undo a Supreme Court ruling of 'disparate impact' on minorities, surely he can also issue an executive order to undo the 'due process rights' that the court has fabricated for illegal aliens.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 24, 2025 06:12 PM (3wi/L)

132 In general, black Americans are very ill-served by those that claim to represent them.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 06:11 PM (8zz6B)
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The particulars differ, but the core premise is universal.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 06:12 PM (WkNQM)

133 > 46 I'll believe it when the "Court of the Five Vaginas" rules.


Great episode of Game of Thrones!

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 24, 2025 06:13 PM (W5ArC)

134 *poders*

Cat-girl dressed as an English judge?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 06:13 PM (FEpIj)

135 now we will get some dei Hawaiian judge from el Salvador write a worldwide injunction blocking this. hide and watch.

Posted by: yumper at April 24, 2025 06:13 PM (phkng)

136 Kavanaugh does not have a vagina. Neither does Gorsuch. Do they always make decisions conservatives approve of?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

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Well said!

Posted by: Chief Justice Joan Roberts at April 24, 2025 06:13 PM (06XVj)

137 Hi, Ben Had. Thanks for saying Hi. It's great to hear from you.

We're doing great. Helping raise our twin grandkids who were born in February, so we don't sleep much anymore -- but we're having a wonderful time!

Posted by: Half Dozen at April 24, 2025 06:13 PM (uVHlT)

138 It seems the court system is frighteningly relevant, in the sense that reflexively Trump et al acquiesce to every obstruction they throw at him… that may be a bit hyperbolic, but not by much.

Posted by: tubal at April 24, 2025 06:14 PM (PCK5/)

139 Did anyone ever try to argue that... say.. federal funding for abortion has a disparate impact on minorities?

Posted by: Joe, living dangerously at April 24, 2025 06:14 PM (B9Prs)

140 >>> 91
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They're spineless, gutless, groupthinking faggots so whatever the next Current Thing is that pops up they'll follow it.
Posted by: Who re-engineered my quality cheese? at April 24, 2025 05:59 PM (TbWk/)

Hmm, I have a sneaking suspicion I'm not the only one who loathes shitty "helpful" books like Go Fish or Who Moved My Cheese.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 24, 2025 06:14 PM (Vqx30)

141 I saw Scrofulous Judge open for King's-Evil at Shindaita Fever in '91.

Posted by: ShainS at April 24, 2025 06:16 PM (UOejL)

142 I'll say it because probably nobody else will. The problem is not "vaginas" on the Supreme Court. It is judges who were nominated by Trump who seem to side with liberals/ leftists when they actually had to make decisions on the Supreme Court, as well as previous Supreme Court Judges nominated mostly by Democrat Presidents, Kavanaugh does not have a vagina. Neither does Gorsuch. Do they always make decisions conservatives approve of?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2025 06:10 PM (79cRY)

No, but the only two Justices worth a damn are men, and there's never been a good female Justice.

Look, I don't consider myself sexist, but it's a pretty simple heuristic that a woman in a position of authority is going to be overly-swayed by emotion. Women are more empathetic. That's not a bad thing, it's an essential thing for a society.

Can some women be hard-nosed and say "Tough Shit" to a sob-story? Sure. But it's less likely.

Further, a truly conservative SCOTUS Justice has to be a brawler. They're going to be attacked. They have to enjoy the fight, and draw confidence from the insults thrown at them. Clarence Thomas is that kind of person, but few men and fewer women are.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 06:16 PM (/dDa4)

143 Today alone, federal judges shut down Trump’s EO on DEI, said another illegal immigrant must be returned and a few moments ago halted his EO on election integrity.

These are judges who are not elected and have zero power according to our constitution. They are a fifth column within our own government.

I have zero doubt they will shut this down too. Because nobody is stopping them. They are only being encouraged by the lack of action and by SCOTUS lack of sagacity and outright lawlessness.

It’s time to eliminate these lower courts. Get offf your asses Congress.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 24, 2025 06:16 PM (P18kl)

144 Hmm, I have a sneaking suspicion I'm not the only one who loathes shitty "helpful" books like Go Fish or Who Moved My Cheese.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 24, 2025 06:14 PM (Vqx30)
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Ugh."Turn the Ship Around!"

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 06:16 PM (WkNQM)

145 Trump Derangement Syndrome has gotten so bad anything Truml does Leftists will scream to stop it

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 06:17 PM (ypFCm)

146 Sorry, guys. I know that you know this but Roberts has a prick, not a vagina, and didn't a judge that some of the conservatives would have liked to seen on the Supreme Court- Janice Rogers Brown- have female sexual organs?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2025 06:17 PM (79cRY)

147 Turn the Beat Around>>> Turn the Ship Around..

Posted by: tubal at April 24, 2025 06:18 PM (PCK5/)

148 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at


Don't take it personal Fen, it is not an attack on vaginas or women.
It is only an attack on Roberts. Yeah, it is crude and sounds like an attack on women, but that is not the intent. The intent is to make people count up the number of women in their head, realize that there are only four, and then realize that I am including Roberts. Because he is a pussy. and has a vagina.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 24, 2025 06:18 PM (06XVj)

149 Did anyone ever try to argue that... say.. federal funding for abortion has a disparate impact on minorities?

Posted by: Joe, living dangerously at April 24, 2025 06:14 PM (B9Prs)

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That would have been fascinating.

"ABORTED CHILDREN LITERALLY HAVE NO STANDING! NEXT?" -- SCOTUS Cowards

Posted by: ShainS at April 24, 2025 06:18 PM (UOejL)

150 Five Fingered Death Vagina

But enough about Kentanji Brown

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 06:18 PM (FEpIj)

151 "Roberts has a prick, not a vagina"

He's still a pussy.

Posted by: fd at April 24, 2025 06:19 PM (vFG9F)

152 Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 24, 2025 06:14 PM (Vqx30

The only "Go Fish" which I know of is the kids card game. It's a book as well?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2025 06:19 PM (79cRY)

153 "Dow is back over 40,000. Guess the economy is completely destroyed yet. CNN most be inconsolable." Posted by: JackStraw

DOW (or other parallel indexes) may still be way inflated. What if the "Correct P/E" is 6, instead of 25? The masses are trained to put a percent of their paycheck into The Magic Market, and they will forever get 15% instead of 7% in safer investments.

That "passive investment" has propped up the Magnificent Seven which keep going up ... Because They Are Going Up. Google Archipelago explains part of it, and maybe in the end, Taco Bell wins the corporate wars (some old Sylvester movie reference).

But market games may face a real life correction soon, hopefully. Not sure how that all shakes out, as our government is very concerned about "Markets" saving the day for their debts.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 24, 2025 06:19 PM (Cus5s)

154 This is huge. This disparate impacts bullshit is really at the core of why criminals across society -- schools, streets, institutions -- are allowed to get away with it. Can't have marginalized groups overrepresented in the discipline stack. They must receive special privileges.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 24, 2025 06:20 PM (wBaIH)

155 >>> 143
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It’s time to eliminate these lower courts. Get off your asses Congress.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 24, 2025 06:16 PM (P18kl)

Are they in the Constitution? No?

Learn To Code, judges.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 24, 2025 06:20 PM (Vqx30)

156 Roberts is a prick.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 06:20 PM (oXfCm)

157 Whoa: President Trump Signs Executive Order Ending the "Disparate Impact" Doctrine
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Thank God. I've been wanting this forever. It's basically the foundation of mandating outcomes rather than equality of opportunity.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 06:20 PM (YqDXo)

158
Good to see the Secretary of Education there.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 24, 2025 06:20 PM (mC23r)

159 OK, I have been using the "five women" line since the obamacare ruling.

A couple days ago the Babylon Bee used it.

It is not an attack on women, just on Roberts (the pussy.)

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 24, 2025 06:21 PM (06XVj)

160 156 Roberts is a prick.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 06:20 PM (oXfCm)

A man of many guises… feckless.

Posted by: tubal at April 24, 2025 06:21 PM (PCK5/)

161 ace, you can link the EO page at whitehouse.gov

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-orders/

Posted by: Kindltot at April 24, 2025 06:21 PM (D7oie)

162 "Roberts is a prick.
Posted by: Ben Had"

We are going to have to come to some compromise. How about "rectum"?

Posted by: fd at April 24, 2025 06:22 PM (vFG9F)

163 OT rant - People who send Reply All work emails saying nothing more than "thanks" on a chain with multiple recipients should be thrown in the barrel. Executed if there are more than five recipients.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 24, 2025 06:22 PM (UBKzV)

164 I think the point is ma’am, that every female jurist that was alleged to be a constitutionalist has proven nothing of the sort. I believe that’s just a statement of fact at this point. Sandra Day O’Connor was a disaster. ACB is turning out to be the same. She is now teaming up with Roberts and liberals to keep issues like Second Amendment cases away from the docket. Yes, she voted in favor of Bruen. But her musing and actions since then foreshadow a bleak future for our Bill of Rights.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 24, 2025 06:22 PM (P18kl)

165 I wonder how many EO’s have been implemented and how many thwarted?

Posted by: tubal at April 24, 2025 06:22 PM (PCK5/)

166 Some men have vaginas.

Posted by: I love to be scolded at April 24, 2025 06:23 PM (oLpJM)

167 121 Dow is back over 40,000. Guess the economy is completely destroyed yet. CNN most be inconsolable.
Posted by: JackStraw
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I decree a stay on the Dow until a full judicial review can happen.

Posted by: Hawaiian Judge at April 24, 2025 06:23 PM (sAmhv)

168 Trump and his administration are fighting a cultural war as well. The idea of disparate impact is as much a cultural issue as it is a legal one. The civil rights cartel is going to lose its shit

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 24, 2025 06:23 PM (6TePA)

169 My question is: if an EO can nullify a court decision, what is next? Is someone going to sue somebody to nullify the EO?

Posted by: PJ at April 24, 2025 05:39 PM (RRCAT)
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Absolutely they will. This will end up with the Supremes. Jumanji has already written her opinion, or had it written for her.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 06:24 PM (YqDXo)

170 It’s time to eliminate these lower courts. Get off your asses Congress.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 24, 2025 06:16 PM (P18kl)

A Constitutional crisis aided and abetted by Congress and SCOTUS itself. Wonderful.

Posted by: Cheri at April 24, 2025 06:24 PM (oiNtH)

171 This EO will last for maybe an hour?

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 24, 2025 06:24 PM (W2Pud)

172 Sorry, guys. I know that you know this but Roberts has a prick, not a vagina, and didn't a judge that some of the conservatives would have liked to seen on the Supreme Court- Janice Rogers Brown- have female sexual organs?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2025 06:17 PM (79cRY)

We're still not sure

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 24, 2025 06:24 PM (NtVYv)

173 163 OT rant - People who send Reply All work emails saying nothing more than "thanks" on a chain with multiple recipients should be thrown in the barrel. Executed if there are more than five recipients.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 24, 2025 06:22 PM (UBKzV)

lol I do that on purpose.

Posted by: jsg at April 24, 2025 06:24 PM (SATZE)

174 171 This EO will last for maybe an hour?
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 24, 2025 06:24 PM (W2Pud)

May be dead already nurse….

Posted by: tubal at April 24, 2025 06:24 PM (PCK5/)

175 Some men have vaginas, Some men and women have no courage.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 06:25 PM (oXfCm)

176 I think we can all hope that the population sees what Trump is trying to do, stop our financial ruin due to politicians pocketing and giving their cronies and backers tax money.

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 06:25 PM (ypFCm)

177 Trump should wrote an EO challenging the authority of the lower courts. Let them litigate that one without defendant present and then enforce it with nobody.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 24, 2025 06:25 PM (P18kl)

178 This is huge. This disparate impacts bullshit is really at the core of why criminals across society -- schools, streets, institutions -- are allowed to get away with it. Can't have marginalized groups overrepresented in the discipline stack. They must receive special privileges.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 24, 2025 06:20 PM (wBaIH)
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The ultimate example of "disparate impact" is enforcing the law.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 06:25 PM (YqDXo)

179 163 OT rant - People who send Reply All work emails saying nothing more than "thanks" on a chain with multiple recipients should be thrown in the barrel. Executed if there are more than five recipients.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 24, 2025 06:22 PM (UBKzV)

Skinned alive and fed to fire ants.

Posted by: Or something similarly awful at April 24, 2025 06:26 PM (TbWk/)

180 But market games may face a real life correction soon, hopefully. Not sure how that all shakes out, as our government is very concerned about "Markets" saving the day for their debts.
Posted by: illiniwek at April 24, 2025 06:19 PM (Cus5s)

The problem is, if the markets "correct", things really go sideways.

Equities make me nervous. Obviously there's no connection to underlying business reality. It's nuts.

OTOH, I often think that it's not so much that equities are overvalued, as USDs are just rapidly depreciating. A high forward P/E might make sense if you consider that a dollar will be worth 40% less in three years.

In some ways, I think the out-of-control Mag7 have become the #1 inflation hedge. Because that's where a lot of excess cash is dumped, because it provides the highest return.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 06:26 PM (/dDa4)

181 None of the women and most of the men on the SC are not on my side… simply put.

Posted by: tubal at April 24, 2025 06:26 PM (PCK5/)

182 Show me a woman who can castrate a farm animal, raise a family or lead a church, and I’ll show you a real woman.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 24, 2025 06:27 PM (P18kl)

183 Some men have vaginas, Some men and women have no courage.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 06:25 PM (oXfCm)

Biologically male vaginas, no less.

Posted by: It's trans-science! at April 24, 2025 06:27 PM (TbWk/)

184 88
'About all Trump can do is ignore the judges.'

He can go on all media outlets, read the relevant sections of the constitution. And then say that he's ignoring the judges, not because he doesn't like their rulings but because they have no authority to rule at all.

You know. Explain what he's doing and why he's doing it.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 24, 2025 06:27 PM (3wi/L)

185 The ultimate example of "disparate impact" is enforcing the law.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 06:25 PM (YqDXo)
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You know it if you're responsible and have ever driven a car.

White guy, car in good repair, decent neighborhood? Paint a target on your back. You'll pay, so you'll get the ticket.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 06:27 PM (WkNQM)

186 I always thought white dudes should be able to claim "disparate impact" for things like, e.g., hip-hop music.

There's Vanilla Ice and Eminem, but that's about it, compared to hundreds of black musicians.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 24, 2025 06:11 PM (W5ArC)
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Now do the NFL Combine.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 06:27 PM (YqDXo)

187 Thusly, "equity" dies an unheralded death.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 24, 2025 06:27 PM (Qb8Jq)

188 Trump is angling for his own mountain.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 24, 2025 06:28 PM (al4r6)

189 Posted by: Marcus T at April 24, 2025 06:22 PM (P18kl)

Well, then they disguised their true judicial leanings .I expect some of the men do the same things- disguise their true views The Supreme Court would certainly not be better they all had the judicial leanings of Roberts However if people want to say that NO women ever belong on the Supreme Court that's fine, but maybe some folks could stop calling them vaginas since -as you know- they don't sign legal briefs with their vaginas.

Now, I intend to end this point and go do something else.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2025 06:28 PM (79cRY)

190 > Hmm, I have a sneaking suspicion I'm not the only one who loathes shitty "helpful" books like Go Fish or Who Moved My Cheese.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 24, 2025 06:14 PM (Vqx30)

Men Are From Nazi Germany, Women Are From Fascist Italy.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 24, 2025 06:28 PM (W5ArC)

191 White guy, car in good repair, decent neighborhood? Paint a target on your back. You'll pay, so you'll get the ticket.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 06:27 PM (WkNQM)
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Also extremely unlikely to shoot the traffic cop. Other guys, other situations, ... not so much.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 06:28 PM (YqDXo)

192 Marcus T, I'm good on the castrate a farm animal front.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 06:28 PM (oXfCm)

193 ... OTOH, I often think that it's not so much that equities are overvalued, as USDs are just rapidly depreciating. A high forward P/E might make sense if you consider that a dollar will be worth 40% less in three years. ....
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 06:26 PM (/dDa4)
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Some. But not even that can justify it. We have companies with retail grocery profit margins trading at 100+ multiples and, worse, companies with no profits at all and no path to get there.

Equities are completely disconnected from reality. It's a bubble.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 06:28 PM (WkNQM)

194 Hmm, I have a sneaking suspicion I'm not the only one who loathes shitty "helpful" books like Go Fish or Who Moved My Cheese.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 24, 2025 06:14 PM (Vqx30)
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Men are from Mars, women are from Venus.

That poxy book was written by John Gray, a "Ph.D." who did a one-week course - while the check was clearing - and then billed himself as a Ph.D. /spit

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 06:30 PM (YqDXo)

195 >> Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 06:28 PM (oXfCm)

Ha! I knew that because you are a goddess.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 24, 2025 06:30 PM (P18kl)

196 149 Did anyone ever try to argue that... say.. federal funding for abortion has a disparate impact on minorities?

Posted by: Joe, living dangerously at April 24, 2025 06:14 PM (B9Prs)

You mean it's working exactly as intended?

Posted by: Margeret Sanger at April 24, 2025 06:30 PM (pIfcn)

197 I reject this policy change and America will do as I say.

Posted by: President Boasberg at April 24, 2025 06:31 PM (vNoj0)

198 This blonde in a tight dress hopes that the EO can accomplish something - anything - before a dictator in a black robe decides that the president isn't allowed to do that:
http://tiny.cc/1qkh001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 06:31 PM (WkNQM)

199 I'm still waiting for white athletes to file discrimination lawsuits against football and basketball teams....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 24, 2025 05:52 PM (SRRAx)

Ironic that black folks did so about coaches and administrative positions in the NFL and MLB?

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 06:31 PM (VofaG)

200 >> Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2025 06:28 PM (79cRY)

Understood and I disagree with the pejoratives. Plus if we talked about the male disappointments we would bring down the blog

Posted by: Marcus T at April 24, 2025 06:32 PM (P18kl)

201 168 Trump and his administration are fighting a cultural war as well. The idea of disparate impact is as much a cultural issue as it is a legal one. The civil rights cartel is going to lose its shit
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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youtube.com/watch?v=IsbIXm30c8k

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 06:32 PM (Drm1A)

202
Posted by: Co-President Amy Coney Barrett at April 24, 2025 05:49 PM (/dDa4)

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She did vote to strike down affirmative action in SFFA vs Harvard.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 24, 2025 06:32 PM (mC23r)

203 The NFL draft is tonight, giving the Cleveland Browns yet another golden opportunity to really screw up in a major way. Tradition must be honored!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 24, 2025 06:32 PM (vNoj0)

204 >Whoa: President Trump Signs Executive Order Ending the "Disparate Impact" Doctrine
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"NOT SO FAST, friendo."

- a district court judge out there, a few minutes from now

Posted by: Don Black at April 24, 2025 06:32 PM (AOsQT)

205 "In some ways, I think the out-of-control Mag7 have become the #1 inflation hedge. Because that's where a lot of excess cash is dumped, because it provides the highest return." Posted by: Disinterested FDA Directo

I thought corporations that had real stuff and made real things might be the safe hedge ... but I was not smart enough to "risk it" on CAT or others that skyrocketed, back in the day.

I don't see why the Mag7 would be a hedge though ... the riches made there might seek safety, like US treasuries, or gold (or blah, Bitcoin).

I'm OK or better, but playing it safe I still dream of what might have been if I just "went with the flow". heh.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 24, 2025 06:33 PM (Cus5s)

206 Trump and his administration are fighting a cultural war as well. The idea of disparate impact is as much a cultural issue as it is a legal one. The civil rights cartel is going to lose its shit
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 24, 2025 06:23 PM (6TePA)
++++
The main theater is the culture war. The financial side of it is a means to an end.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 06:33 PM (WkNQM)

207 >> Who Moved My Cheese.

Someone tried to give me that book once. I told them you can take it back now or I can toss it in the trash. Your choice.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 24, 2025 06:33 PM (P18kl)

208 Amy seems to be metamorphosing…

Posted by: tubal at April 24, 2025 06:33 PM (PCK5/)

209 This blonde in a tight dress hopes that the EO can accomplish something - anything - before a dictator in a black robe decides that the president isn't allowed to do that:
http://tiny.cc/1qkh001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 06:31 PM (WkNQM)
===============
Are we sure that's a dress? I'd have to look closer to be sure.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 24, 2025 06:34 PM (vNoj0)

210 > This blonde in a tight dress
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 24, 2025 06:31 PM (WkNQM)

Understatement. It looks like she put that on with a spray gun.

Not that I'm complaining, understand.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 24, 2025 06:34 PM (W5ArC)

211 Joe she isn't skipping Booty workout day

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 06:34 PM (ypFCm)

212 128
'In general, black Americans are very ill-served by those that claim to represent them.'

Yes, they are. But those same representatives are also telling them what they want to hear. And as life shows, being insulated from criticism is like driving with your windshield covered. It doesn't keep you from harm at all.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 24, 2025 06:35 PM (3wi/L)

213 211 Joe she isn't skipping Booty workout day
Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 06:34 PM (ypFCm)

A look I am not fond of, personally…

Posted by: tubal at April 24, 2025 06:35 PM (PCK5/)

214 So many fifteen minutes of fucking fame judges. They are burning their own house down

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 06:35 PM (oXfCm)

215 Nood

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 24, 2025 06:36 PM (5RQh4)

216 ++++
You know it if you're responsible and have ever driven a car.

White guy, car in good repair, decent neighborhood? Paint a target on your back. You'll pay, so you'll get the ticket.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
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Probability of being assaulted or shot - nil.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 06:37 PM (Drm1A)

217 The SCOTUS did rule against university admissions discrimination so maybe they'll reverse this ruling as well.

One can hope.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 24, 2025 06:37 PM (6ydKt)

218 Hey you PNW peeps!

Meetup May 10. Same bat time. Same bat channel. Email MAE in left sidebar if you would
Like to attend and need directions and the password.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 24, 2025 06:39 PM (W2Pud)

219 102 Son is going to prom tomorrow night!
Those of you who have access to weather machines please give them a beautiful night!! 😂❤️
Posted by: Jmel

Wonderful! Get the cameras ready!

Posted by: L - No nic,another fine day at April 24, 2025 06:40 PM (NFX2v)

220 I can't think of anything that doesn't have a "disparate impact" somehow, somewhere on something. A fact of life that has no bearing on discrimination but is simply a natural phenomenon.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at April 24, 2025 06:50 PM (hKoQL)

221 >>> 207 >> Who Moved My Cheese.

Someone tried to give me that book once. I told them you can take it back now or I can toss it in the trash. Your choice.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 24, 2025 06:33 PM (P18kl)

Why do I think this is the polite version of what you said?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 24, 2025 06:50 PM (Vqx30)

222 Boys! Girls! Roberts is neither a pussy nor a prick. He is asshoe

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 24, 2025 06:52 PM (wBaIH)

223 220 I can't think of anything that doesn't have a "disparate impact" somehow, somewhere on something. A fact of life that has no bearing on discrimination but is simply a natural phenomenon.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at April 24, 2025 06:50 PM (hKoQL)
Women and children hardest hit.

Posted by: Eromero at April 24, 2025 06:55 PM (LHPAg)

224 Yes, Jack Straw, I now believe that Trump has a plan for it all. The economic plan is the most thorough. Some woman named tanvi ratna on x, an economist, lays it all out. So impressive.

Posted by: PJ at April 24, 2025 07:43 PM (RRCAT)

Treasury Secretary Bessent: We Have the Opportunity for a "Beautiful Rebalancing" of Trade With China; Tariffs Could be Lowered to 50-65%

Those tariffs are still beastly for China.

Trump talked about cutting the tariffs "substantially" down from the current 145% level.


US President Donald Trump has signaled a potential U-turn on his trade war with China amid continued market volatility, saying the high tariffs on Chinese goods will "come down substantially, but it won't be zero."

Trump's remarks, made at a White House news event Tuesday, appear to mark a rhetorical climbdown after weeks of tough posturing and tit-for-tat retaliation that sent tariffs on China beyond a staggering 145%.

"145% is very high and it won't be that high," Trump said in a question-and-answer session with reporters in the Oval Office. "It won't be anywhere near that high. It'll come down substantially. But it won't be zero."

Trump made the comments when asked about Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's remarks earlier in the day that the high tariff rates between the United States and China have effectively embargoed trade between the economies.

Bessent said at a private investment conference hosted by JP Morgan Chase that the trade war with China is unsustainable and he expects the battle to de-escalate in the very near future, a person familiar with the matter confirmed to CNN.

Instead of a hard break or complete decoupling between the United States and China, Bessent told investors that the goal is to have a rebalancing of trade, the source told CNN.

...

Trump's shift in tone also went viral on the Chinese internet. On Wednesday, the hashtag "Trump chickened out" was trending as a top topic on social media platform Weibo, racking up more than 150 million views.

This is CNN so of course they're promoting Chinese communist propaganda about the US president.

China insists it's not even negotiating with China, and won't negotiate until Trump cancels all tariffs on China.


Trump rejects that, for obvious reasons.

China has called on the US to cancel its sweeping tariffs on Chinese goods entering the country as a sign that the President Donald Trump is serious about resolving the trade war between the two countries.

A Chinese official said there had been no trade talks with the US, despite suggestions otherwise from the Trump administration.

The trade war between the world's two largest economies has been escalating, with China sending back Boeing planes it ordered from the US in its latest retaliation over tariffs.

But Trump has appeared to soften his stance on China, saying that the taxes he has so far imposed on Chinese imports would "come down substantially, but it won't be zero".

A trade war between China and the US is in full swing, with Trump imposing import taxes of up to 145% on Chinese goods coming into the US, and China hitting back with a 125% tax on American products.

In one of China's strongest statements yet over the tariff war, Commerce Ministry spokesman He Yadong said the US should remove all "unilateral tariff measures" against China "if it truly wanted" to solve the issue.

"The person who tied the bell must untie it," he added.

Separately, Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said China and the US had "not conducted consultations or negotiations on tariffs, let alone reached an agreement".

He added that reports to the contrary were "false".

Trump previously said negotiations between the countries were "active" - but this was also contradicted by US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who said on Wednesday they had not yet begun.

Bessent added that there was an opportunity for a "big deal" between the US and China on trade.

He has previously said he expected a de-escalation of the "unsustainable" trade war, and said the current situation was "not a joke".
Watch: Trump insists the US and China are having trade talks
Trump hints at softening China tariffs and says no plan to sack Fed boss
At a glance: Trump's tariffs on China, EU and rest of the world

Trump said on Tuesday that he would be "very nice" in negotiations with Beijing in the hope of securing a trade deal.

But following China's latest comments, he said on his Truth Social media platform "Boeing should default China for not taking the beautifully finished planes that China committed to purchase".

"This is just a small example of what China has done to the USA, for years," he added, before repeating accusations that synthetic opioid fentanyl "continues to pour into our country from China, through Mexico and Canada, killing hundreds of thousands of our people".

The boss of plane manufacturer Boeing revealed China had sent back aircraft it had ordered from the US as part of its retaliation to tariffs.

Treasury Secretary Bessent seems to believe China will negotiate.


Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said there is "an incredible opportunity" for the US and China to achieve what he terms a "beautiful rebalancing" on Wednesday, at an event held by the Institute of International Finance Treasury.

Bessent spoke more about his call for a course correction for the International Monetary Fund and World Bank and the "back to basics" approach Trump wants for the international economic order.

"The U.S. does not have a revenue problem. We have a spending problem," Bessent told Tim Adams, president and CEO of the Institute of International Finance (IIF) Global Outlook Forum.

...

[BESSENT:] Alternatively, what I have said previously, there is an opportunity for a big deal here that the U.S. is looking to rebalance to more manufacturing. The identity of that would be less consumption. If China is serious, on less dependence on export-led manufacturing growth and a rebalancing toward a domestic economy. I think they use the term dual circulation. Well, it's right now it's really singular circulation. And if they want to rebalance, let's do it together. This is an incredible opportunity. And I think if the Bridgewater founder, Ray Dalio, were to write something, he could call it a beautiful rebalancing indeed.

Bessent agrees that one factor driving our trade deficits are our budget deficits -- we're always printing and spending more money than we have, which creates a "demand suck" bringing in imports.

He also talks about the dollar's position as the world's reserve currency driving up the value of the dollar and therefore raising the prices of US exports as well as creating that "demand suck" for foreign imports. See the link for that. (He doesn't want to give up the dollar's position as reserve currency.)


ADAMS: So you're already taking on the task of China, more consumption, less investment, dealing with their manufacturing excess capacity. Europe's a great opportunity, the U.S. rebalancing here, including on fiscal. So what do you want the IMF to do? What would you like to hear from Kristalina over the next couple of days or the board in a new direction? Again, back to factory settings direction. What do you want to hear from them?

BESSENT: Well, again, I think it's just been mission creep. And occasionally you have to trim your garden when the weeds grow. And I think that it's back to basics. What are our priorities and how are we going to judge success? And the World Bank, you discussed about graduating the medium-sized countries that should have graduated some time ago, that changes the commercial model of the World Bank. But obviously, you think that's important. They need to be graduated.

This is a good point:


ADAMS: Yes. I mean, it's just as President Trump says, it's common sense that you can't have the second largest economy in the world and... I applaud their rapid growth, but you don't get both. It's like the teenager who sometimes wants to be treated like a child, sometimes wants to be treated like an adult. And I got one of those, too. And it's an adult economy.

He means that small economies routinely have big trade surpluses (relative to their tiny size, I mean), but large economies tend to be more balanced as internal consumption catches up with exports for foreign markets. But China is manipulating things to keep pumping out exports like an undeveloped country while actually having the world's second-biggest economy.

I can't find a print article stating this, but Megyn Kelly claims that Trump is considering a cutting the tariffs to 50 or 65%. He also floated a scheme in which imports that don't threaten national security will be taxed at 35%, while those that do will be taxed at 100%.

Posted by: Ace at 04:25 PM




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1 I'll alert the others.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 24, 2025 04:24 PM (O7YUW)

2 Hi Ho

Posted by: Ciampino - cause & reaction is key? at April 24, 2025 04:25 PM (sPQoU)

3 Wait, I thought Trump was folding g without getting anything?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 24, 2025 04:25 PM (2Yslk)

4 Another day without Kamala is a BEEEAUTIFUL DAY

Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 04:27 PM (sBjls)

5 Jeffrey Goldberg, the notorious editor of The Atlantic who's made a career out of publishing anonymous hit pieces against Donald Trump, is finally going to have to look President Trump in the eye. And boy, is this going to be interesting.

Trump, displaying his characteristic boldness, announced he'll be sitting down with Goldberg and his cadre of liberal scribes, including Michael Scherer and Ashley Parker— neither of whom could be mistaken for MAGA supporters.

Posted by: SMOD at April 24, 2025 04:27 PM (RHGPo)

6 Saving face is a big deal in Asia. This should be fun.

Posted by: Pudinhead at April 24, 2025 04:27 PM (pZ64F)

7 Slave labor makes a huge difference too I. Trade balance.

I just had a moment. We have a country that is actively using both Co contraction camps and slavery- and people are whining about a gang member who got sent back to his own country.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 24, 2025 04:27 PM (2Yslk)

8 Treasury Secretary Bessent: We Have the Opportunity for a "Beautiful Rebalancing" of Trade With China; Tariffs Could be Lowered to 50-65%
—Ace

Those tariffs are still beastly for China.

Clearly Trump has never learned to negotiate. You start by giving up every lever you have, then beg your opponent to not whip you as hard.

Posted by: The DNC at April 24, 2025 04:27 PM (s8j++)

9 Saving face is a big deal in Asia. This should be fun.

I'm fed up with hearing about how we have to help the Chinese save face. I'm a proponent of publicly and vigorously spanking them until they learn their lesson.

Posted by: The DNC at April 24, 2025 04:28 PM (s8j++)

10 You desperately need a market. I have a market. Let's talk.

Posted by: Pudinhead at April 24, 2025 04:29 PM (pZ64F)

11 The Goldberg thing is interesting. It is either ballsy or not at all.

I will say this: I LIKE Trump.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 24, 2025 04:29 PM (2Yslk)

12
"The person who tied the bell must untie it," he added.

More Trade Bell!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 24, 2025 04:29 PM (63Dwl)

13 Trump previously said negotiations between the countries were "active" - but this was also contradicted by US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who said on Wednesday they had not yet begun.

Idiot media, the tariffs ARE the negotiation.

Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 04:29 PM (jc0TO)

14 Clearly Trump has never learned to negotiate. You start by giving up every lever you have, then beg your opponent to not whip you as hard.
Posted by: The DNC at April 24, 2025 04:27 PM (s8j++)

Sock fail, should be GOPe.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 24, 2025 04:29 PM (2Yslk)

15 Meanwhile in Space .....

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 6-74
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - SPACE AFFAIRS
Launch Date: April 24, 2025 (EDT)
Launch Time: 9:52 p.m. EDT - (April 25, 0152 UTC, 0352 UTC)


https://www.youtube.com/live/oq2DvxHvQiE

Posted by: Ciampino - Musk's bread & butter at April 24, 2025 04:29 PM (sPQoU)

16 china will only agree if they get to set the rules. if people go hungry in peeking, xi jing ping won't care unless it leads to a major revolt, my word as a biden

Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 24, 2025 04:29 PM (CWTWj)

17 ADAMS: Yes. I mean, it's just as President Trump says, it's common sense that you can't have the second largest economy in the world and... I applaud their rapid growth, but you don't get both. It's like the teenager who sometimes wants to be treated like a child, sometimes wants to be treated like an adult. And I got one of those, too. And it's an adult economy.

He means that small economies routinely have big trade surpluses (relative to their tiny size, I mean), but large economies tend to be more balanced as internal consumption catches up with exports for foreign markets. But China is manipulating things to keep pumping out exports like an undeveloped country while actually having the world's second-biggest economy.

The teen thing is an excellent analogy.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 04:30 PM (s8j++)

18
The Goldberg thing is interesting. It is either ballsy or not at all.

He figures if it worked on Maher...

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 24, 2025 04:30 PM (63Dwl)

19 China won't negotiate so we are negotiating with ourselves. Is that called winning?

Posted by: Oglebay at April 24, 2025 04:30 PM (2ap+5)

20 Philippe Lemoine @phl43 -

Presumably, China has felt the impact of the tariffs right away, because orders from the US must have stopped as soon as the tariffs on imports from China came into effect.
American consumers on the other hand won't really feel the pain until US retailers empty their inventories, because only then will they have to jack up their prices and I'm guessing that most of them won't do it until then in the hope that a deal can be struck before that happens, so I'm guessing that the pressure on Trump will become unbearable sometime in May or June.
I think he knows it and that's why he keeps sending increasingly desperate signals to China that he wants to make a deal, but the problem for him is that the Chinese also know it.
Apr 24, 2025 · 6:09 PM UTC

Posted by: gKWVE at April 24, 2025 04:30 PM (gKWVE)

21 Clearly Trump has never learned to negotiate. You start by giving up every lever you have, then beg your opponent to not whip you as hard.
Posted by: The DNC at April 24, 2025 04:27 PM (s8j++)

Sock fail, should be GOPe.

I embrace the healing power of "and".

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 04:30 PM (s8j++)

22 They rely on our petrochemicals to make plastic and we are turning off the tap.

Posted by: steevy at April 24, 2025 04:30 PM (YwEeS)

23 9 Saving face is a big deal in Asia. This should be fun.

I'm fed up with hearing about how we have to help the Chinese save face. I'm a proponent of publicly and vigorously spanking them until they learn their lesson.
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Asia is what it is. Its always been that way. Russia is Europe with a shit ton of Asia in it. Get used to this. That said, Trump holds the Pimp Hand and Xi knows it.

Posted by: Pudinhead at April 24, 2025 04:30 PM (pZ64F)

24 Well IDK. But I guess we can agree that 50-65% is less than 145%, right? So he’s “negotiating” with himself.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 24, 2025 04:31 PM (wjLW2)

25 You know who will have tremendous face? The guy who shoots Xi in the head and then resolves the trade war.

Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 04:31 PM (jc0TO)

26 Wait, I thought Trump was folding g without getting anything?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 24, 2025 04:25 PM (2Yslk)

Near as I can tell, Trump is saying that he'd be willing to go back to what he put on China in the first place without all the escalations that were added because they decided to play games.

Saying that Trump "caved" would allow Xi to acquiesce while still saving face. Trump, who we know has a thin skin and doesn't handle insults well, would let it slide because it gets him to what he wants.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 04:31 PM (ExV1e)

27 Clearly Trump has never learned to negotiate. You start by giving up every lever you have, then beg your opponent to not whip you as hard.
Posted by: The DNC at April 24, 2025 04:27 PM (s8j++)

Sock fail, should be GOPe.

I embrace the healing power of "and".
Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 04:30 PM (s8j++)

I wasn't aware there was much of a difference.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2025 04:31 PM (VNX3d)

28 Anyone who thinks that everything has not been arranged before any summit is either foolish or part of the Biden administration.

Of course everything will be discussed off the books and agreed before any big signing of a deal will be made. And of course some discussions are going on now.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 04:31 PM (n7h9X)

29 American consumers on the other hand won't really feel the pain until US retailers empty their inventories, because only then will they have to jack up their prices and I'm guessing that most of them won't do it until then in the hope that a deal can be struck before that happens, so I'm guessing that the pressure on Trump will become unbearable sometime in May or June.
I think he knows it and that's why he keeps sending increasingly desperate signals to China that he wants to make a deal, but the problem for him is that the Chinese also know it.

Let's see. If we stop buying from China, we lose out on cheap clothes and plastic crap. China loses out on eating.

I like our odds.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 04:32 PM (s8j++)

30 Meanwhile over at Laura Loomer's X, she's reporting footage where Jerome Powell is talking #BLM and claiming it's his job to distribute resources with equity.
I think it's time for Powell to find somewhere else to work.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 24, 2025 04:32 PM (gKWVE)

31 Trump Net Approval:

Fox: -11
Economist/YouGov: -9
Rasmussen: 0
RMG Research: -3
Atlas Intel (Most accurate pollster): -6

For approval on Economic issues, the last positive poll for Trump was a +1 from YouGov back in early March at a +1. Right now his average is a minus 12.

Posted by: deadrody at April 24, 2025 04:32 PM (2WemI)

32 >>Asia is what it is. Its always been that way. Russia is Europe with a shit ton of Asia in it. Get used to this.

Now do Africa.

But, consider wearing a few condoms just to be safe.


Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2025 04:32 PM (F30Ty)

33 Meanhile, a tanker full of LNG is headed to China was rerouted to Japan.

Evidently, China needs US petrochemicals for manufacturing purposes.

The article is on ZeroHedge. I prefer not to link.

So, the US is starving the Chinese not only of their markets but also of their raw inputs.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 04:32 PM (tT6L1)

34 *beep*

Posted by: Mitch McConnell at April 24, 2025 04:33 PM (/U5Yz)

35 Saving face is a big deal in Asia. This should be fun.

I'm fed up with hearing about how we have to help the Chinese save face. I'm a proponent of publicly and vigorously spanking them until they learn their lesson.
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Asia is what it is. Its always been that way. Russia is Europe with a shit ton of Asia in it. Get used to this. That said, Trump holds the Pimp Hand and Xi knows it.
Posted by: Pudinhead at April 24, 2025 04:30 PM (pZ64F)

Trump handled the East pretty will in the first term.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 04:33 PM (n7h9X)

36 I'm fed up with hearing about how we have to help the Chinese save face. I'm a proponent of publicly and vigorously spanking them until they learn their lesson.
Posted by: The DNC at April 24, 2025 04:28 PM (s8j++)

I don't believe you're really the DNC.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 04:33 PM (ExV1e)

37 I would be fine without Chinese garbage they send us

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 04:33 PM (ypFCm)

38 Re Golberg interview. The story has already been written. They just need a few pull routes to fit their narrative.

Posted by: WIsRich at April 24, 2025 04:33 PM (J1d8J)

39 Let's see. If we stop buying from China, we lose out on cheap clothes and plastic crap. China loses out on eating.

I like our odds.
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Precisely. Now add a war between Pakistan and India and things get really, really interesting.

Posted by: Pudinhead at April 24, 2025 04:34 PM (pZ64F)

40 >> I would be fine without Chinese garbage they send us


Yep.

Now. If we're talking about the Ginger Chicken at my local Chinee Take-Out...

Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2025 04:34 PM (F30Ty)

41 Let's see. If we stop buying from China, we lose out on cheap clothes and plastic crap. China loses out on eating.

I like our odds.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 04:32 PM (s8j++)

Plenty of countries sell cheap shit. Or will buy Chinese and rebox it and ship it to us.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 04:35 PM (n7h9X)

42 I think it's time for Powell to find somewhere else to work.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 24, 2025 04:32 PM (gKWVE)

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

Put him in charge of USAID.

Posted by: ShainS at April 24, 2025 04:35 PM (Rp7n7)

43 Meanwhile over at Laura Loomer's X, she's reporting footage where Jerome Powell is talking #BLM and claiming it's his job to distribute resources with equity.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 24, 2025 04:32 PM (gKWVE)
________________

Then distribute work with equity too.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 04:35 PM (YqDXo)

44 >> American consumers on the other hand won't really feel the pain until US retailers empty their inventories, because only then will they have to jack up their prices

Or certain business onshore their production in the meantime. There are already some businesses e.g. in pharmaceuticals who have onshored production. Same for autos. Not every industry can do that but they are all searching how they can.

Point being any disruption will be temporary. I doubt the “pain” they are predicting will come through. That’s people with a stake in China saying that. Meanwhile they have a lot of idle factories and workers not getting paid. That’s why I am all in on 145% tariff.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 24, 2025 04:35 PM (wjLW2)

45 37 I would be fine without Chinese garbage they send us
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We just got a Harbor Freight in our neighborhood. Haven't been in it yet.

Posted by: Pudinhead at April 24, 2025 04:35 PM (pZ64F)

46 Posted by: deadrody at April 24, 2025 04:32 PM (2WemI)

Nobody cares as long as Democrat approval is at 25%, fag.
Literally, get new material.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 24, 2025 04:35 PM (gKWVE)

47 China won't negotiate so we are negotiating with ourselves. Is that called winning?
Posted by: Oglebay at April 24, 2025 04:30 PM (2ap+5)

China wouldn't negotiate. They were gonna use their leverage to have the world unite behind their leadership to take it to the Americans. Then they spoke to the world and the world told them to fuck off. They'll negotiate. Maybe not today but they'll negotiate.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 04:36 PM (ExV1e)

48 >>We just got a Harbor Freight in our neighborhood. Haven't been in it yet.


No place better for buying Zip Ties.

Tools on the other hand...better off shopping 2nd hand.

Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2025 04:36 PM (F30Ty)

49 Powell should be tossed down a set of fire stairs. If anyone is politicizing the Fed, it is him. There is zero reason not to lower rates at this point from
An economics standpoint. Zero.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 24, 2025 04:37 PM (wjLW2)

50 BUT THE POLLS

Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 04:37 PM (sBjls)

51 This is truly a national security issue.

Some of the crap, no. But if we rely on an -ahem- adversary for goods/parts necessary for our military or economy to function...

...Have we been lead by morons? (I know, they aren't morons, they were bought and paid for shills.)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 24, 2025 04:37 PM (N1tpc)

52 Posted by: gKWVE at April 24, 2025 04:35 PM (gKWVE)

Nobody gives a shit about the opposition party's approval, Extra Chromosome Man. The GOP had low approval when it swept in 2010 and 2014. The Democratic Party wasn't all that well liked when it cleaned up in 2018 and 2020. People vote based on what they think of the president.

Posted by: deadrody at April 24, 2025 04:37 PM (2WemI)

53 >>Powell should be tossed down a set of fire stairs. If anyone is politicizing the Fed, it is him. There is zero reason not to lower rates at this point from
An economics standpoint. Zero.


If you want to have the Recession, lowering rates is definitely a way to get there.

Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2025 04:38 PM (F30Ty)

54 For approval on Economic issues, the last positive poll for Trump was a +1 from YouGov back in early March at a +1. Right now his average is a minus 12.
Posted by: deadrody at April 24, 2025 04:32 PM (2WemI)

Good thing he can't run again and midterms aren't for another 18 months.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 04:38 PM (ExV1e)

55 China's goal has been to flood western democracies with cheap goods in order to put western workers out of a job, then use the welfare state to defeat the west that they cannot defeat militarily.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 24, 2025 04:38 PM (lTGtQ)

56 Whose clothing business was shuttering?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 04:39 PM (oXfCm)

57 >>"The person who tied the bell must untie it," he added.

What an odd statement.
So Trump has belled the cat to secure safety for the other mice. Very brave.

Now the cat is saying he has to un-bell it?
Fuck them.

(This is a reference to the "bell the cat" parable about mice afraid of a cat that is terrorizing them and they conclude the solution is simple - just tie a bell to the cat and they will have warning when it is near. Then one mouse says "but who is going to bell the cat?"
It is a story about how it takes someone who is brave and willing to take a risk, but they are mice.)

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 24, 2025 04:39 PM (06XVj)

58 >> If you want to have the Recession, lowering rates is definitely a way to get there.
Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2025 04:38 PM (F30Ty)

Based on what exactly? What’s your thesis?

Posted by: Marcus T at April 24, 2025 04:39 PM (wjLW2)

59 48 >>We just got a Harbor Freight in our neighborhood. Haven't been in it yet.


No place better for buying Zip Ties.

Tools on the other hand...better off shopping 2nd hand.
--------------
Zip Ties. Do they carry Quick Lime and tarps?

Posted by: Pudinhead at April 24, 2025 04:39 PM (pZ64F)

60 I just liquidated my long positions. If the past is any precedent, you guys should jump in the markets tomorrow.

Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 04:40 PM (jc0TO)

61 James O'Keefe @JamesOKeefeIII has a new sting of yet another DC leech trying to fuck one of his operatives and running his mouth.
Titled, "DRAINING THE DEEP STATE". [ed. ... phrasing?]

DoD Branch Chief Calls President Trump “Illegitimate,” Vows to “Resist Him, Everything He Does,” Claims Pete Hegseth Is “Insanely Young” and Unfit to Lead: “Nobody I Know Should Be the Secretary of Defense”
“The same guy who tried to overthrow an election is just, like, truly setting us down a path of dictatorship.”
“I think they [Government] don't care who they hurt.”

Posted by: gKWVE at April 24, 2025 04:40 PM (gKWVE)

62 The boss of plane manufacturer Boeing revealed China had sent back aircraft it had ordered from the US as part of its retaliation to tariffs.

What they aren't mentioning here is that Malaysia, India, and even Russia have offered to buy those exact planes.

They are 737 Max planes that Boeing should be happy to sell to any country who wants them.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 24, 2025 04:40 PM (6ydKt)

63 >>Based on what exactly? What’s your thesis?

Go look at Rate Cuts and Timing for the last Economic Downturns stretching back to the Great Crash.

You will see something in common with all of them.

The Fed chasing indicators, slashing rates and prolonging the impact.

They have ONE TOOL and it NEVER works.

Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2025 04:41 PM (F30Ty)

64 are trolls allowed to talk back ?

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 04:41 PM (g47mK)

65 OrangeMan Bad!!!

#Resist

Posted by: Women's March at April 24, 2025 04:41 PM (0sNs1)

66
>> I would be fine without Chinese garbage they send us

Yep.

Now. If we're talking about the Ginger Chicken at my local Chinee Take-Out...
Posted by: garrett

Switch to the Mary Ann Chicken.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 24, 2025 04:41 PM (63Dwl)

67 are trolls allowed to talk back ?
Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 04:41 PM (g47mK)

Their mouths are generally full

Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 04:41 PM (sBjls)

68 37 I would be fine without Chinese garbage they send us
Posted by: Skip


I have been screeching for YEARS about breaking the American addiction to disposable, cheap plastic crap made in China.

Does your infant really need that much crap?

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 24, 2025 04:41 PM (W2Pud)

69 (I said parable, I meant fable. mind stumble.)

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 24, 2025 04:42 PM (06XVj)

70 Whose clothing business was shuttering?
Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 04:39 PM (oXfCm)

Some place called Shein (supposedly). All reporting out of China is suspect.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 04:42 PM (ExV1e)

71 are trolls allowed to talk back ?
Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 04:41 PM

Only the ones we've licensed to be under their bridge.

Posted by: Big Penguin at April 24, 2025 04:42 PM (0sNs1)

72
The BBC article seems to be all.... China is so very reasonable concerning trade and they are totally not involved at all in illegal fentynal exports to the US....and Trump is a big doodie head very bad man....

The BBC....

MMMMMMMMMM...

is this the same BBC that was funded by USAID to the tune of 3 billion dollars....?

So, all the BBC "journalists" have a new hot take... Orange Man Bad...is that it?

I'm skeptical. There. I said it.

Posted by: Some Guy in Wisconsin at April 24, 2025 04:42 PM (0xY45)

73 They are 737 Max planes that Boeing should be happy to sell to any country who wants them.

Posted by: SpeakingOf

Didn't Boeing have orders for something like 125 this month? Last month was 7-9 iirc. They'll have no problem selling them.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 24, 2025 04:44 PM (vKNmo)

74 Commerce Ministry spokesman He Yadong

"Hey A Dong"

Huh huh huh huh huh

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 24, 2025 04:44 PM (CHHv1)

75 Can any WWII history buffs help me with this difficult question (I don't know the answer):

What was the official/legal/political name of the nation of "Germany" between August 2, 1945 (when the previous Nazi government was officially dissolved at the Potsdam Conference) and May 23, 1949, when the " Federal Republic of Germany" (i.e. "West Grmany") was founded?

This was the period in which the Allies divided up "Germany" into four occupation zones -- French, British, US, Soviet. But the zones were not separate nations, merely four subdivisions of a larger nation. But what was that nation offfically called during those fur years?

Remember this is after the "Deutsches Reich" of the Nazi era, but before the " Federal Republic of Germany" of the Cold War era.

I see that at one pint the three western Aliled zoned (French, British, US) combined were referred to as the "Trizone," but that was an unofficial name, not the official name.

Anyone know? Help!

Posted by: zombie at April 24, 2025 04:44 PM (pMi6S)

76 They have ONE TOOL and it NEVER works.
Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2025 04:41 PM

Unlike, ahem, The Paolo.

Posted by: Paolo at April 24, 2025 04:45 PM (0sNs1)

77 >>Posted by: nurse ratched at April 24, 2025 04:41 PM (W2Pud)


I heard some startling reports about the Rapeyness of Sea Otters last night!

Apparently, they enjoy raping all kinds of things. Not just the corpses of the River Otters they kill.

Fascinating stuff.

Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2025 04:45 PM (F30Ty)

78 >>>"The person who tied the bell must untie it," he added.

Trump should make them fix their Chinglish in their manuals, too.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 24, 2025 04:45 PM (i24o9)

79 Whose clothing business was shuttering?
Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 04:39 PM (oXfCm)

Apparently, German Reich.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 04:46 PM (ExV1e)

80 They are 737 Max planes that Boeing should be happy to sell to any country who wants them.

Posted by: SpeakingOf

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They have a massive back order and just filed with FAA to build 45 more per month.


The real threat is that China will build their own. Which they are trying to do as fast as possible

We waited to long to have trade ware with China. They will build their own engines, planes, EUV, .... it is too late to keep them down, so now we must crush them beneath our feet, which is more difficult and expensive. Good job Clinton, Bush, obama, biden autopen, Wall st. Goldman, and all you globalist assholes. You recreated Nazi Germany and gave them trillions to build their arsenal.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 24, 2025 04:46 PM (06XVj)

81 How about if imports threaten national security they’re not let in at all?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 24, 2025 04:46 PM (ncC2j)

82 The pleasant lady falling out of her top at the top of the comments is certainly an imrovement over the smug mug of Hannity that was around for a couple of months….

Posted by: tubal at April 24, 2025 04:46 PM (PCK5/)

83 Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 04:46 PM (ExV1e)

I should look at the input box before I hit enter. That was an answer to zombie.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 04:47 PM (ExV1e)

84 Whose clothing business was shuttering?
Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 04:39 PM (oXfCm)

Apparently, German Reich.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 04:46 PM

My market dried up overnight.

Posted by: Hugo Boss AG at April 24, 2025 04:47 PM (jc0TO)

85 Powell should be tossed down a set of fire stairs. If anyone is politicizing the Fed, it is him. There is zero reason not to lower rates at this point from
An economics standpoint. Zero.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 24, 2025 04:37 PM


And Trump 1.0 appointed him based on recommendations from his advisors at the time. None of those advisors are in his inner circle this time.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 24, 2025 04:47 PM (e5NfL)

86 I love when they demand suck.

Posted by: Pete Bootyjuice at April 24, 2025 04:47 PM (oq5FV)

87 I see that at one pint the three western Aliled zoned (French, British, US) combined were referred to as the "Trizone," but that was an unofficial name, not the official name.

Anyone know? Help!
Posted by: zombie at April 24, 2025 04:44 PM (pMi6S)
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Pretty sure it was just known as "Allied-occupied Germany" until the USSR withdrew from the Allied Control Commission or whatever it was called, at which time East/West Germany were established.

Posted by: ballistic at April 24, 2025 04:48 PM (oPt02)

88 I've watched most of the video linked below, but from what I've seen so far, it is a MUST WATCH:

YT (What's Going On With Shipping channel)

"Are US Ports Empty and What Impact Does the Tariff Have on Global Shipping?"


LINK: https://tinyurl.com/y7ubkvaw

Posted by: mrp at April 24, 2025 04:48 PM (rj6Yv)

89 Does mayor Pete even have a function anymore??

Posted by: tubal at April 24, 2025 04:48 PM (PCK5/)

90 Didn't Boeing have orders for something like 125 this month? Last month was 7-9 iirc. They'll have no problem selling them.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 24, 2025 04:44 PM (vKNmo)

I don't know their orders but I know that a lot of these countries with trade surpluses with the U.S. are going to try to put huge dents in our deficit by buying Boeing planes for their growing airline industries.

Boeing won't be hurting if they can get their quality control and other problems fixed.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 24, 2025 04:49 PM (6ydKt)

91 Allied occupied Germany.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 24, 2025 04:49 PM (0Xu0D)

92 is this the same BBC that was funded by USAID to the tune of 3 billion dollars....?

So, all the BBC "journalists" have a new hot take... Orange Man Bad...is that it?

I'm skeptical. There. I said it.
Posted by: Some Guy in Wisconsin

The BBC is full of a lot of subsidized lying fucking Brits. Their country is circling the drain, they elect that faggot Starmer and the Labor MP list, and they complain that we (the US) are the problem.

Here, pull my other finger.

Posted by: A face in the crowd.... at April 24, 2025 04:49 PM (vcOmj)

93 Anyone know? Help!

Posted by: zombie at April 24, 2025 04:44 PM (pMi6S)

-- -
According to Brave AI:

Between August 2, 1945, and May 23, 1949, the official name of the nation of Germany was the "German Reich," which was the legal and political designation for the country during this period. This period was characterized by the Allied occupation of Germany following the end of World War II, during which the country was divided into four occupation zones controlled by the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and the Soviet Union. The term "German Reich" was used to denote the administrative entity under Allied control before the establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany, commonly known as West Germany, on May 23, 1949.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 24, 2025 04:51 PM (6ydKt)

94 "Pretty sure it was just known as "Allied-occupied Germany"
Posted by: ballistic

91 Allied occupied Germany.
Posted by: Boss Moss

Was that really its official, legal name? Sounds more like a coversational name. What was it in the German language?

Posted by: zombie at April 24, 2025 04:51 PM (pMi6S)

95 I am fine with a smart military blog becoming a mostly politics blog and think that the niche threads, such as the food thread, which cbd does great work with, are here too, but why is what is ostensibly a smart military blog hosting a politics podcast with somebody name "the voice of clam juice", have we no limits to the miscegenation of subjects and thoughts and here?

Posted by: n at April 24, 2025 04:51 PM (QbtCZ)

96 "This is just a small example of what China has done to the USA, for years," he added, before repeating accusations that synthetic opioid fentanyl "continues to pour into our country from China, through Mexico and Canada, killing hundreds of thousands of our people".

The book "Blood Money" by Peter Schweizer covers this is some detail. The ongoing China war against the US has been on-going for a long time, and of course quite a few poli-tick-ians have been doing China's bidding.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 04:52 PM (ynpvh)

97 'I don't know their orders but I know that a lot of these countries with trade surpluses with the U.S. are going to try to put huge dents in our deficit by buying Boeing planes for their growing airline industries.

Boeing won't be hurting if they can get their quality control and other problems fixed.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 24, 2025 04:49

Yeah, that seems like a quick and easy way to get Trump off your ass, have your national airlines drop your orders for Airbus and sub in Boeing.

Posted by: Hugo Boss AG at April 24, 2025 04:52 PM (jc0TO)

98 Say what you will about Trump but he is by far a master troll.

Trump Organization is selling Trump ‘28 hats. And the msm is freaking out. Oh my god he’s gonna run again. Reeeeeeeeee. 😂😂

He’s too cruel some times.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 24, 2025 04:53 PM (ncC2j)

99 >>Trump Organization is selling Trump ‘28 hats.


Plaid Levels of Trolling

Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2025 04:54 PM (F30Ty)

100 The boss of plane manufacturer Boeing revealed China had sent back aircraft it had ordered from the US as part of its retaliation to tariffs.

What they aren't mentioning here is that Malaysia, India, and even Russia have offered to buy those exact planes.

They are 737 Max planes that Boeing should be happy to sell to any country who wants them.

Posted by: SpeakingOf

Yeah, that's kind of a non-event, - "Oh, no, we'll be able to fulfill other people's orders faster!" - unless the aircraft were delivered, and then sent back and now Boeing has to check them for sabotage before they can be sold to someone else.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 24, 2025 04:55 PM (hB7mE)

101 According to Brave AI:

Between August 2, 1945, and May 23, 1949, the official name of the nation of Germany was the "German Reich," which was the legal and political designation for the country during this period. This period was characterized by the Allied occupation of Germany following the end of World War II, during which the country was divided into four occupation zones controlled by the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and the Soviet Union. The term "German Reich" was used to denote the administrative entity under Allied control before the establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany, commonly known as West Germany, on May 23, 1949.
Posted by: SpeakingO

That's strange, because "German Reich" is the English for "Deutsches Reich" which was the Nazi name. But the Nazi goverement was dissolved in 1945, and retroactively deemed illegitimate for its entire existence. Did they really, then, keep the Nazi name, even though it had been explicitly erased frim history?

Posted by: zombie at April 24, 2025 04:55 PM (pMi6S)

102 The book "Blood Money" by Peter Schweizer covers this is some detail. The ongoing China war against the US has been on-going for a long time, and of course quite a few poli-tick-ians have been doing China's bidding.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)


“Treason doth never prosper: what ’s the reason?
Why, if it prosper, none dare call it treason.”
― John Harrington

Posted by: A face in the crowd.... at April 24, 2025 04:55 PM (vcOmj)

103 You know how we’re in a recession and the world is ending because of the big bad orange man and his tarriffs ? Yeah about that…Google just posted blowout numbers for Q1. Weird.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 24, 2025 04:55 PM (ncC2j)

104 'I don't know their orders but I know that a lot of these countries with trade surpluses with the U.S. are going to try to put huge dents in our deficit by buying Boeing planes for their growing airline industries.

Boeing won't be hurting if they can get their quality control and other problems fixed.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 24, 2025 04:49



nah, is too hard to buy enough planes to matter, not that expensive, very long lead times.

it is going to be reshored mfgoos and evergy baby

Posted by: n at April 24, 2025 04:56 PM (QbtCZ)

105 Say what you will about Trump but he is by far a master troll.

Trump Organization is selling Trump ‘28 hats. And the msm is freaking out. Oh my god he’s gonna run again. Reeeeeeeeee. 😂😂

He’s too cruel some times.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 24, 2025 04:53 PM


That's some weapons grade trolling right there.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 24, 2025 04:56 PM (e5NfL)

106 I’d say go 4-d chess troll and sell Trump ‘32 hats.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 24, 2025 04:58 PM (ncC2j)

107
empty cargo ships are clogging up docks.

Trump will win this. Sooner than later.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 24, 2025 04:59 PM (IifOV)

108 Say what you will about Trump but he is by far a master troll.

Trump Organization is selling Trump ‘28 hats. And the msm is freaking out. Oh my god he’s gonna run again. Reeeeeeeeee. 😂😂

He’s too cruel some times.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 24, 2025 04:53 PM (ncC2j)
______________

You've got to laugh. This Presidency is the first one to not only rescue the country but to provide entertainment while doing it.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 04:59 PM (YqDXo)

109 Yeah, that's kind of a non-event, - "Oh, no, we'll be able to fulfill other people's orders faster!" - unless the aircraft were delivered, and then sent back and now Boeing has to check them for sabotage before they can be sold to someone else.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 24, 2025 04:55 PM (hB7mE)

They'll have go back in and change the livery and other country-specific things but yeah, it's no big loss to Boeing.

China has a lot of Boeing planes, though.
They'll still need parts which seems unlikely when they have 125% tariffs on American imports.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 24, 2025 04:59 PM (6ydKt)

110 You've got to laugh. This Presidency is the first one to not only rescue the country but to provide entertainment while doing it.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara

I WANTED TO SEE HIM SPINNING PLATES TOO!!!!

REEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!

Posted by: Tonypete at April 24, 2025 05:00 PM (vKNmo)

111 I’m surprised Chynah hasn’t stolen all the IP of a 737 and made its own yet. Probably under development.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 24, 2025 05:01 PM (ncC2j)

112 Tonypete, did you ever get to meet Sponge?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 05:01 PM (oXfCm)

113 China has a lot of Boeing planes, though.
They'll still need parts which seems unlikely when they have 125% tariffs on American imports.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 24, 2025 04:59 PM (6ydKt)

We make our own parts from high quality Chinese materials. You see. -- Winnie the Dictator

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 05:01 PM (ExV1e)

114
That's strange, because "German Reich" is the English for "Deutsches Reich" which was the Nazi name. But the Nazi goverement was dissolved in 1945, and retroactively deemed illegitimate for its entire existence. Did they really, then, keep the Nazi name, even though it had been explicitly erased frim history?

Posted by: zombie at April 24, 2025 04:55 PM (pMi6S)

I'm pretty sure Reich just means Realm.
So it was just called the German Realm.

The term "Third Reich" is what gave the word the bad connotation, which just got worse over time.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 24, 2025 05:01 PM (6ydKt)

115 Meidas Touch- BlueSky: China just called out the Trump administration for blatantly lying about the existence of any ongoing negotiations between the U.S. and China.

Wonkette: Trump Hardball With China Just Trump Getting Kicked Hard In The Balls By China
Dude, they're not going to call you.
...in spite of rumors that tariffs could go down to 35 to 65 percent (which is still insane and economy-wrecking) his 145 percent tariff has still not come down. And the only “hardball” is Trump getting kicked in the balls, hard. By China!

China says "Fuck You!" to the insane Turd. Better act quick, despicable Turd, before you are ignominiously forced to "surrender" on the deck of a Chinese warship in Shanghai harbor.

They have the cards, he doesn't. A bully that gets hit back twice as hard. This shit show doesn't have the smarts to run a country, it's just putting on a play for them.

They are just stealing money with 'pump and dump' stock tactics. All of them should be in jail for doing this to us.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 24, 2025 05:02 PM (JCZqz)

116 Does mayor Pete even have a function anymore??
Posted by: tubal at April 24, 2025 04:48 PM (PCK5/)

Sperm dispenser?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 24, 2025 05:02 PM (zIS8z)

117 Deutschland. There is wikipedia entry fwiw.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 24, 2025 05:02 PM (0Xu0D)

118 I’m surprised Chynah hasn’t stolen all the IP of a 737 and made its own yet. Probably under development.



the have but thye have not had the ability to do even ball point pens until recently, the big impediment to china having aerospace mfg is that it is hard to bribe planes to fly

Posted by: n at April 24, 2025 05:03 PM (QbtCZ)

119 I thought reich just means empire in German.

And also mean short communist Clinton administration labor secretary.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 24, 2025 05:03 PM (ncC2j)

120 The book "Blood Money" by Peter Schweizer covers this is some detail. The ongoing China war against the US has been on-going for a long time, and of course quite a few poli-tick-ians have been doing China's bidding.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)


“Treason doth never prosper: what ’s the reason?
Why, if it prosper, none dare call it treason.”
― John Harrington
Posted by: A face in the crowd.... at April 24, 2025 04:55 PM (vcOmj)

*side eyes*

Posted by: Mitch the Glitching Turtle at April 24, 2025 05:03 PM (Aqu9a)

121 Does mayor Pete even have a function anymore??
Posted by: tubal at April 24, 2025 04:48 PM (PCK5/)

Did he have a function before?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 05:03 PM (ExV1e)

122 >>They have the cards, he doesn't.

Everyday these idiots plumb new depths of stupid I didn't think was even possible.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 24, 2025 05:03 PM (viF8m)

123 The Donald is the Troll Master

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 05:04 PM (ypFCm)

124 The term "Third Reich" is what gave the word the bad connotation, which just got worse over time.



robert was pretty much the last hurrah

Posted by: n at April 24, 2025 05:04 PM (QbtCZ)

125 China has a lot of Boeing planes, though.
They'll still need parts which seems unlikely when they have 125% tariffs on American imports.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 24, 2025 04:59 PM (6ydKt)
______________

Out: comparative advantage
In: comparative disadvantage

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 05:05 PM (YqDXo)

126 SHEIN shut down. But China’s winning?

I wanna see the math here.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 24, 2025 05:05 PM (ncC2j)

127 @98/Its Go Time Donald: "Trump Organization is selling Trump ‘28 hats. And the msm is freaking out. Oh my god he’s gonna run again. Reeeeeeeeee. 😂😂"

https://tinyurl.com/yeys6rt5

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 24, 2025 05:05 PM (O7YUW)

128 The term "Third Reich" is what gave the word the bad connotation, which just got worse over time.

robert was pretty much the last hurrah

Posted by: n at April 24, 2025 05:04 PM (QbtCZ)
______________

Now if he had two older siblings ...

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 05:05 PM (YqDXo)

129 heard some startling reports about the Rapeyness of Sea Otters last night!

Apparently, they enjoy raping all kinds of things. Not just the corpses of the River Otters they kill.

Fascinating stuff.
Posted by: garrett


You’re so full of crap.

Sea otters have nothing to do with river otters. You’re just trying to get me fired up.


Neener!

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 24, 2025 05:05 PM (W2Pud)

130 We import cheap plastic crap, and iphones. China imports food.

That should tell you everything.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 24, 2025 05:05 PM (lTGtQ)

131 It is truly adorable how the left has been acting about tariffs. They are absolutely certain about a few things:

1) There were no tariffs before Trump imposed them
2) He started a trade war against former trading partners out of the blue and for no reason
3) These are so disruptive and destructive that people are cutting spending, not traveling as much, and are all miserable and panicking

All of which is hilarious mythology.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2025 05:06 PM (2VST1)

132 it is necessary to fix the china thing, however, it is far more fun to watch the retards in canada who are slinging smack and threats, I never knew how stupid the average canadian was.

Posted by: n at April 24, 2025 05:06 PM (QbtCZ)

133 Wow! Trump just got another vacancy on the Texas Federal Courts

Posted by: Jonah at April 24, 2025 05:06 PM (YCxFk)

134 "I'll do anything for Trade, But I won't do That!"

Posted by: Harley Pennington at April 24, 2025 05:07 PM (YC9fE)

135 From what I read about him , Scott Bessent is a very smart and successful man and has known Trump for many years , I guess he doesn't think Trump hates gays. I also appreciate the fact that Bessent is probably taking a pay cut or at least didn't have to sign up for this job because he's quite wealthy.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2025 05:07 PM (42Vb+)

136 76 They have ONE TOOL and it NEVER works.
Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2025 04:41 PM

Unlike, ahem, The Paolo.

Posted by: Paolo at April 24, 2025 04:45 PM (0sNs1)
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"Put it away please."

Posted by: Zombie Peter Sellers - The Millionairess at April 24, 2025 05:07 PM (sPQoU)

137 Trump just got another vacancy on the Texas Federal Courts

"Yeah we'll get to that in like, 2027. Maybe."
--The Senate

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2025 05:08 PM (2VST1)

138 It's so nice that the media is rooting ..... For China....

Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2025 05:08 PM (VE6XX)

139 Reich = Empire

Holy Roman Empire

German Empire

Third Reich

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at April 24, 2025 05:08 PM (Vh9CX)

140 Free Trade wasn't free.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 24, 2025 05:08 PM (0Xu0D)

141 We import cheap plastic crap, and iphones. China imports food.

That should tell you everything.


china is not going to be doing much plastic mfg now, no propane

Posted by: n at April 24, 2025 05:08 PM (QbtCZ)

142 137. spot on. Senate is still on their two week holiday.

Posted by: Jonah at April 24, 2025 05:09 PM (YCxFk)

143 I never knew how stupid the average Canadian was.

Yeah they are ... not covering themselves with glory here. You can see how they've managed to give two different Trudeau's like 30 years of power. Its not by accident or trickery.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2025 05:09 PM (2VST1)

144 He also floated a scheme in which imports that don't threaten national security will be taxed at 35%, while those that do will be taxed at 100%.
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The good thing about all this is that it creates huge uncertainty as far as dealing with China goes. Maybe the tariffs will come off, maybe they won't, maybe Xi will do something stupid that gives Trump an excuse to escalate.

The longer this goes on, the more businesses will decide that there's too much risk in being in bed with China, and find somewhere else for their production. And the more that happens, the less opportunity the ChiComs have to corrupt us.

Posted by: Methos at April 24, 2025 05:09 PM (Dnobf)

145 Tonypete, did you ever get to meet Sponge?
Posted by: Ben Had

No, not yet. I underestimated the time requirements of taking care of little grandson. The good news is, he may be coming home in the next few days.

(Grandson, not Sponge. )

Posted by: Tonypete at April 24, 2025 05:09 PM (vKNmo)

146 Third Reich

I always thought they considered Rome to be the first Reich

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2025 05:09 PM (2VST1)

147 No, not yet. I underestimated the time requirements of taking care of little grandson. The good news is, he may be coming home in the next few days.

(Grandson, not Sponge. )
Posted by: Tonypete at April 24, 2025 05:09 PM (vKNmo)

Fantastic

Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2025 05:10 PM (VE6XX)

148 I pray to Allah that this time around Trump is getting sold advice on judicial picks. Trump 1.0 had some real stinkers. For example one of his picks, today ruled a second “Maryland Man” has to be un-deported.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 24, 2025 05:10 PM (ncC2j)

149 I never knew how stupid the average canadian was.

It is a worldwide conviction that only average Americans are stupid. In fairness to the Canadians, I'm sure they're just misinformed.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 05:10 PM (ExV1e)

150 137 Trump just got another vacancy on the Texas Federal Courts

"Yeah we'll get to that in like, 2027. Maybe."
--The Senate
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

No, no...we'd love to quickly get another Kavanaugh or Barrett into the system prior to the midterms. Score points with the rubes for our relection, while still holding up Trump's extreme regime.

Posted by: Republican GOPe Leaders in the Senate at April 24, 2025 05:10 PM (JCZqz)

151 Solid not sold advice.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 24, 2025 05:10 PM (ncC2j)

152 Because of abundant cheap natural gas plastics is becoming an american thing.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 24, 2025 05:10 PM (0Xu0D)

153 Now if he had two older siblings ...
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24




Posted by: n at April 24, 2025 05:11 PM (QbtCZ)

154 The Holy Roman Empire was the 1st Reich.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 24, 2025 05:12 PM (0Xu0D)

155 Canadians have been fucked over by Liberals for 10 years. What will they do in a few days? Hand the liberals a majority because their leader hates Trump.

Yeah they’re kinda retarded.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 24, 2025 05:12 PM (ncC2j)

156 This all strategic. Xi is trying to hit companies that will harm Trump politically.

He is willing to take internal losses, which is the definition of war.

So far, Trump has held up well to the stock market disruptions (which I am sure China encouraged) and I don't think Boeing is going to make a dent. Neither is propane. He tried to hit tesla with the rare earths.

I am not sure what cards he has left.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 24, 2025 05:12 PM (06XVj)

157 Because of abundant cheap natural gas plastics is becoming an american thing.
Posted by: Boss


indeed

it is funny how that works

Posted by: n at April 24, 2025 05:12 PM (QbtCZ)

158
LINK: https://tinyurl.com/y7ubkvaw
Posted by: mrp at April 24, 2025 04:48 PM (rj6Yv)
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I watched the video and while I think there are some interesting points, I also believe CA is also killing the LA terminal through the way they're attacking business. CA working very hard to kill refinery capacity, driving up fuel costs. How does a port survive without truckers to haul stuff away? Ships being able to refuel at a reasonable cost also comes to mind.

In other words, there may be some useful data but, it's still a single data point which doesn't take into account any outside factors which might also have an impact.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 05:13 PM (tT6L1)

159 The same judge who sent a Christian Grandma to jail last year for 2 years for praying outside a Planned Parenthood butchery just ruled that the Trump administration cannot require voters to be American citizens to vote.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2025 05:13 PM (2VST1)

160 No, no...we'd love to quickly get another Kavanaugh or Barrett into the system prior to the midterms. Score points with the rubes for our relection, while still holding up Trump's extreme regime.
Posted by: Republican GOPe Leaders in the Senate at April 24, 2025 05:10 PM (JCZqz)

Actually, what we do is get a squish like Kavanaugh or Barrett, and then we fight over them. For example, I'll come out against them, and so the conservatives will think they're sticking it to me and the Democrats by backing them.

Works every time.

Posted by: The Turtle at April 24, 2025 05:13 PM (/dDa4)

161 Apparently, the Metcalf family has been SWAT'd three times.

But it is the Anthony family that is fleeing due to threats.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 05:13 PM (szPgS)

162 Vietnam says "open for business "

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 05:14 PM (oXfCm)

163 I was reading some comments from super smart canadians that were saying they should send the hydro which they are not sending south to uros and oil over to the asians.

I have not need to splain why that funny

Posted by: n at April 24, 2025 05:14 PM (QbtCZ)

164 Anyone else remember the media gushing over the North Korean broad....Kim's sister or whatever that was during the Olympics.
Her very presence at the games was clapping back at Trump they said.
The media praising literally anyone who is hostile to us is nothing new.

Posted by: Cmonman at April 24, 2025 05:15 PM (rSMVi)

165 Vietnam says "open for business "
Posted by: Ben


the official release said "we business you long time joe"

Posted by: n at April 24, 2025 05:15 PM (QbtCZ)

166 But it is the Anthony family that is fleeing due to threats.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 05:13 PM (szPgS)
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It wouldn't surprise me if the same people who donated to Karmelo's defense got a tad bit upset because the money raised was used for something other than defending poor Karmelo.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 05:15 PM (tT6L1)

167 Christopher another No Bordets to welcome a invasion

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 05:15 PM (ypFCm)

168 I was just reading how Trump is crashing China's plastics manufacturing. And, face it, a vast majority of their exports have some sort of plastic attached to it.

China uses US petroleum for the endeavor, and tankers are being re-routed in transit to other countries.

Posted by: Orson at April 24, 2025 05:16 PM (dIske)

169 No, no...we'd love to quickly get another Kavanaugh or Barrett into the system prior to the midterms.

You'd think so but they have not even started hearings to appoint a single judge yet.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2025 05:16 PM (2VST1)

170 Let's see. If we stop buying from China, we lose out on cheap clothes and plastic crap. China loses out on eating.

I like our odds.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 04:32 PM (s8j++)

I see people say this, but China doesn't import much food, and is even a net food exporter some years. Like America, they'll import different regional foods, but China's not going to starve without access to American soybeans or corn.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 05:16 PM (/dDa4)

171 >>> 161 Apparently, the Metcalf family has been SWAT'd three times.

But it is the Anthony family that is fleeing due to threats.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 05:13 PM (szPgS)

THREE times now?

Kash should just fire every single fcking current Eff.Bee.EYE agent and hire some fit Morons...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 24, 2025 05:16 PM (Vqx30)

172 161 Apparently, the Metcalf family has been SWAT'd three times.
____

They must pay for making little Anthony kill their son. Imagine what he is going through while tooling around in his new car and playing video games in the decked out basement of the luxury home they are forced to rent.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 24, 2025 05:17 PM (Dv3i1)

173 It wouldn't surprise me if the same people who donated to Karmelo's defense got a tad bit upset because the money raised was used for something other than defending poor Karmelo.
Posted by:


nah its a scam , they are probably getting some high interest financing from the esquire baby shakr

Posted by: n at April 24, 2025 05:17 PM (QbtCZ)

174 plastic is made from oil????

Posted by: Liberal in a "Stop Big Oil" shirt scrolling on their iphone at April 24, 2025 05:18 PM (jGJov)

175 I would love to see the Canadians send their oil to asia. Getting a pipeline over the highest of the Rocky Mountains is the easy part; getting BC to agree to it is the tough part.

The reason Canada sends oil to the US is because they can't send it west and their voters won't allow them to pipe it east.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 24, 2025 05:18 PM (lTGtQ)

176 Disinterested, that was when Chyna could buy Ukranian wheat.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 05:18 PM (oXfCm)

177 Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 24, 2025 05:02 PM (JCZqz)

How can you live in a country you hate so much that you constantly root against it, especially when the other party controls the White House?

I didn't like Biden in the least, thought he was a demented crook long before it was fashionable, but I surely didn't celebrate when he decided to leave Afghanistan the way he did.

I wasn't rooting for our people to lose, to look like cowards in retreat or for soldiers to die.

The wackos on DU are pulling for the CCP just because they hate Trump and that Trump swept the American left from power.

Their totally nihilistic world-view craves nothing but power while draping themselves in cynical humanism.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 24, 2025 05:18 PM (6ydKt)

178 it is interesting that it is easier for us to quit buying things than it is for the chicom to quit selling things.

Posted by: n at April 24, 2025 05:18 PM (QbtCZ)

179 There is some good news from the Hawaiian judge ruling…

Part of the EO Trump signed forced states to only count ballots received by Election Day. That part was allowed to continue by the judge. (How nice of her). And the other part allowed was giving doge access to voter databases to find non citizens registered to vote.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 24, 2025 05:18 PM (ncC2j)

180 Yeah they are ... not covering themselves with glory here. You can see how they've managed to give two different Trudeau's like 30 years of power. Its not by accident or trickery.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2025 05:09 PM (2VST1)

Mostly the filthy Easterner swine.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 05:19 PM (8zz6B)

181 I think the hate against the Metcalfs is real.

The Anthony's are just playing the victim card narrative. As they flee from their 'walled and gated community' for safety.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 05:19 PM (szPgS)

182 139 Reich = Empire

Holy Roman Empire

German Empire

Third Reich

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at April 24, 2025 05:08 PM

Robert Reich

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 24, 2025 05:20 PM (IifOV)

183 Kash should just fire every single fcking current Eff.Bee.EYE agent and hire some fit Morons...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 24, 2025 05:16 PM (Vqx30)

Why do they need to be fit? FBI agents aren't chasing people down. I'm old and fat and I can walk in, say "I'm FBI and I'm taking over this investigation", walk through the crime scene, and announce - in the presence of two dozen dead jihadis - that we can rule out terrorism as the cause of the issue.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 05:20 PM (ExV1e)

184 Mostly the filthy Easterner swine.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon


in would note here that I said average canadian, and as you doubtless are aware I consider you better than average so

Posted by: n at April 24, 2025 05:20 PM (QbtCZ)

185 Powell should be tossed down a set of fire stairs. If anyone is politicizing the Fed, it is him. There is zero reason not to lower rates at this point from
An economics standpoint. Zero.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 24, 2025 04:37 PM


Lowering rates isn't a good thing. It allows you to cheat economic laws by increasing the debt bubble, but that's the last thing we should be accepting at this point. You need higher interest rates to make deter "investments" from being made in stupid shit, like individual consumption (credit cards, student loans, home loans, etc) or things no one needs (beenie babies, solar panels, carbon sequestering, etc).

Posted by: Methos at April 24, 2025 05:20 PM (Dnobf)

186 111 I’m surprised Chynah hasn’t stolen all the IP of a 737 and made its own yet. Probably under development.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 24, 2025 05:01 PM (ncC2j)

They have. The Cormac C919. Airbus (A) Boeing (B) and now Cormac (C). Clever, right?

Anyways, it took them like 15 years to build, and I don't think any are flying outside of China.

I have no idea how well it will hold up, but the engines are made by CFM (American / French), and the technology to make the rest of the plane shouldn't be that hard to copy, so it's probably fine.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 05:20 PM (uCjyK)

187 Correction, that is Thousand Millimeter Reich.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 05:21 PM (szPgS)

188 And of course cheating now means paying more for it later.

Posted by: Methos at April 24, 2025 05:21 PM (Dnobf)

189 Why do they need to be fit?

so they can march in those 'Patriot Front' getups or whatever that was

Posted by: brak at April 24, 2025 05:21 PM (jGJov)

190 And of course cheating now means paying more for it later.
Posted by: Methos


are we discussing marriage or tariffs

Posted by: n at April 24, 2025 05:21 PM (QbtCZ)

191 Wow! Trump just got another vacancy on the Texas Federal Courts
Posted by: Jonah at April 24, 2025 05:06 PM (YCxFk
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The heck with qualifications or temperament. Dems don't. Get a right winger appointed.

Posted by: WIsRich at April 24, 2025 05:22 PM (J1d8J)

192 I used to have a different nic, I want to say how much I appreciate you.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 05:22 PM (oXfCm)

193 China's not going to starve without access to American soybeans or corn.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director

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I was reading recently how our cattle population is half what it was just a couple decades ago.

Why the fuck are we exporting grains and not high value beef?

Australia sells their tough-as-shoeleather shitty ass crap beef all over the world. What the hell is wrong with our economy that we can not do that?

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 24, 2025 05:22 PM (06XVj)

194 I like the part where China tried telling the world that they better not make a deal with Trump.

And the world is lining up to make a deal with Trump.

But the biggest tell was how they were all talking that gay-ass shit like "respect" and other stupid stuff that--if we had a pussy like Biden--would have shamed us into backing down.

Instead, Trump renamed it General Don's Chicken and kicked Xinhau out of the WH until they agreed with the name change.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 24, 2025 05:22 PM (mmNvG)

195 I have no idea how well it will hold up, but the engines are made by CFM (American / French), and the technology to make the rest of the plane shouldn't be that hard to copy, so it's probably fine.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes


Interestingly, my understanding is that the wings/flaps/front flaps are the hard part to get right.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 24, 2025 05:22 PM (lTGtQ)

196
How did the skipper stay fat on the Island with so few carbs?

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 24, 2025 05:23 PM (IifOV)

197 Interestingly, my understanding is that the wings/flaps/front flaps are the hard part to get right.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 24, 2025 05:22 PM (lTGtQ)
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Engine comes apart mid flight, one still has a chance. The wing? Not so much.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 05:23 PM (tT6L1)

198 Pretty good article about the corporation called Internews:

Internews says it's here to "support press freedom." But as one media analyst put it, "It's not about giving journalists a voice--it's about choosing which voices get heard."

Nearly $473 million—yes, that’s nearly half a billion—has flowed to Internews from USAID and the U.S. State Department over the past 2 decades.

https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/ (delete space)
1915366122657927194

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2025 05:24 PM (2VST1)

199 How did the skipper stay fat on the Island with so few carbs?
Posted by: Frank Barone at April 24, 2025 05:23 PM (IifOV)
_________________________

Well, according to the food Nazis who ruined my movie going experience...coconut oil is bad for you and now the popcorn tastes like excrement.

Posted by: Orson at April 24, 2025 05:24 PM (dIske)

200 I used to have a different nic, I want to say how much I appreciate you.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 05:22 PM (oXfCm)

Stop, you'll make me blush.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 05:24 PM (ExV1e)

201 I was reading recently how our cattle population is half what it was just a couple decades ago.

Why the fuck are we exporting grains and not high value beef?

Australia sells their tough-as-shoeleather shitty ass crap beef all over the world. What the hell is wrong with our economy that we can not do that?
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 24, 2025 05:22 PM (06XVj)

Likely due to other countries food regulations.

Europe in particular likes to use their food regulations to keep American products out and protect their own farmers. Which is fair, it makes sense.

And, also, their food is higher quality and less factory farmed in general, so I kind of get it on that level too.

But that would be my guess as to why we don't have massive beef exports to 1st world countries.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 05:25 PM (uCjyK)

202 No id to prove you are citizen

Posted by: MAC V SOG at April 24, 2025 05:25 PM (P4Pk9)

203 InterNews because InterFax was already taken.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 05:25 PM (szPgS)

204 plastic is made from oil????
Posted by: Liberal in a "Stop Big Oil" shirt scrolling on their iphone at April 24, 2025 05:18 PM (jGJov)

Well, gas mostly. Every time you fart, andother sea turtle gets strangled.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 05:25 PM (8zz6B)

205 And fuck China

Posted by: MAC V SOG at April 24, 2025 05:25 PM (P4Pk9)

206 I have no idea how well it will hold up, but the engines are made by CFM (American / French), and the technology to make the rest of the plane shouldn't be that hard to copy, so it's probably fine.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes

On the plus side, when they crash they will bury themselves"!

(On an early high speed rail train crashes the local authorities dug a big hole and just buried it - people and all - to try to hide the accident.)

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 24, 2025 05:25 PM (06XVj)

207 If anybody wants to see examples of quality Chinese construction techniques, go to YouTube and search "tofu dreg" and see all of the glorious examples of their work.

Thailand is kinda pissed at them.
The only building that collapsed there in the earthquake last month was being built by a Chinese state-owned construction company.

https://youtu.be/YXLFQ0tJXU4

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 24, 2025 05:25 PM (6ydKt)

208 But the biggest tell was how they were all talking that gay-ass shit like "respect"
_______________

So ... no Chinese driving jokes?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 05:26 PM (YqDXo)

209 Europe in particular likes to use their food regulations to keep American products out and protect their own farmers. Which is fair, it makes sense.

And, also, their food is higher quality and less factory farmed in general, so I kind of get it on that level too.

Mad cow disease has entered Chat.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 05:26 PM (szPgS)

210 >>Australia sells their tough-as-shoeleather shitty ass crap beef all over the world. What the hell is wrong with our economy that we can not do that?

Because many markets effectively prohibit importing US beef. Australia being one of them.

Thus we got Trump and tariffs.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 24, 2025 05:26 PM (viF8m)

211 >>Posted by: nurse ratched at April 24, 2025 05:05 PM (W2Pud)


I couldn't help but think of you while listening to the radio...it was a show called Armstrong and Getty?

It was a report about a Sea Otter that mad his home in a River System and killed and raped hundreds of River Otters. Apparently, it's a common thing.

I tried to warn you. I really did.

Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2025 05:26 PM (F30Ty)

212 The only building that collapsed there in the earthquake last month was being built by a Chinese state-owned construction company.
_____

You get what you pay for.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 24, 2025 05:27 PM (Dv3i1)

213 Interestingly, my understanding is that the wings/flaps/front flaps are the hard part to get right.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 24, 2025 05:22 PM (lTGtQ)

I'm not an airplane engineer, but I don't think so. I don't think the wings or flaps have changed significantly in the, what, 60 years the 737 has been flying?

Jet engines are hard.

China was importing Russian engines for a while for their own fighter jets because China couldn't build engines that work.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 05:27 PM (uCjyK)

214 The Hawaiian judge ruled that only states and congress could impose a citizenship check. Be size congress and states are who make over laws. OK.

But didnt some states try that before? And other Hawaiian judges said immigration is a federal issue and states can’t do that.

It’s a neat trick they use.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 24, 2025 05:27 PM (ncC2j)

215 >>> 193

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I was reading recently how our cattle population is half what it was just a couple decades ago.

Why the fuck are we exporting grains and not high value beef?

Australia sells their tough-as-shoeleather shitty ass crap beef all over the world. What the hell is wrong with our economy that we can not do that?
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 24, 2025 05:22 PM (06XVj)

I don't know if it's half, but the US "herd" is the smallest it's been since almost 70 years ago, when the *human* population was much smaller. There's a fckload more regulation now than back then, too...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 24, 2025 05:27 PM (Vqx30)

216 (On an early high speed rail train crashes the local authorities dug a big hole and just buried it - people and all - to try to hide the accident.)

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 24, 2025 05:25 PM (06XVj)
_______________

California will never have the problem. Because California will never actually build functioning HIGH. SPEED. RAIL.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 05:27 PM (YqDXo)

217 Reich = Empire

Holy Roman Empire

German Empire

Third Reich

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at April 24, 2025 05:08 PM

Robert Reich
Posted by: Frank Barone at April 24, 2025 05:20 PM (IifOV)

Ah, the Thousand Milimeter Reich.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 05:27 PM (/dDa4)

218 The rest of the world uses tariffs willy nilly, their Propaganda Ministry's don't care

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 05:28 PM (ypFCm)

219 Like the children of Lake Woebegone, all Morons are above average.

Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 05:29 PM (jc0TO)

220 I am not saying we should but if we nukd france that would introduce enough uncertainty into thngs to hurry negotiations with the other countries

Posted by: n at April 24, 2025 05:29 PM (QbtCZ)

221 Rod Serling could have done one hellof a TW Zone episode on the high speed rail to nowhere

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 05:30 PM (oXfCm)

222 I don't know if it's half, but the US "herd" is the smallest it's been since almost 70 years ago, when the *human* population was much smaller. There's a fckload more regulation now than back then, too...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 24, 2025 05:27 PM (Vqx30)

Relatively speaking it is 1/2 when accounting for human population. 70 years ago the US human population was 1/2 what it is today.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 24, 2025 05:30 PM (ncC2j)

223 Interestingly, my understanding is that the wings/flaps/front flaps are the hard part to get right.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 24, 2025 05:22 PM (lTGtQ)

True, dat.

Posted by: Gender Reassignment Surgeon at April 24, 2025 05:30 PM (8zz6B)

224 How does a port survive without truckers to haul stuff away? Ships being able to refuel at a reasonable cost also comes to mind.

In other words, there may be some useful data but, it's still a single data point which doesn't take into account any outside factors which might also have an impact.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 05:13 PM (tT6L1)


The most important point in the video for me was that American consumers won't feel a significant impact from the tariff confrontation until May (probably mid-May) and June. I would guess that Xi isn't going to make any major moves on the until the American consumers start their moaning and groaning. Unless, of course, starving Chinese consumers take matters into their own hands. Getting that tax cut bill resolved by July 4th will be on the front burner.

Posted by: mrp at April 24, 2025 05:30 PM (rj6Yv)

225 Rod Serling could have done one hellof a TW Zone episode on the high speed rail to nowhere
Posted by: Ben



it would have to start somewhere

Posted by: n at April 24, 2025 05:30 PM (QbtCZ)

226 On the plus side, when they crash they will bury themselves"!

(On an early high speed rail train crashes the local authorities dug a big hole and just buried it - people and all - to try to hide the accident.)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 24, 2025 05:25 PM (06XVj)

Heh. Who knows?

It will be interesting though when a Cormac inevitably crashes. Especially if they end up making their own engines.

Due to international agreements, the plane manufacturer and engine manufacturers get to investigate the crash as well as the country in which the plane crashed.

So the French (airbus) and Americans (Boeing) are involved in pretty much every investigation around the world. Which is good, its one of the few areas our governments are competent in.

If a Chinese plane crashes in Burma and it's flying with Chinese engines... well... can anyone really trust whatever their version of the NTSB is?

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 05:32 PM (uCjyK)

227 >> I am not saying we should but if we nukd france that would introduce enough uncertainty into thngs to hurry negotiations with the other countries

Your terms are acceptable.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 05:32 PM (/dDa4)

228 DU is rooting for China?

[slow smile spread across my face]

Excellent.

There's just not enough 80/20 issues they're on the wrong side of but damned if Trump isn't finding more for them.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 24, 2025 05:33 PM (mmNvG)

229 I'm not an airplane engineer, but I don't think so. I don't think the wings or flaps have changed significantly in the, what, 60 years the 737 has been flying?
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 05:27 PM


I think they have, a lot. The wing geometry and construction techniques was some of the IP that China stole from Boeing (?) when China got a partial manufacturing license.

Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 05:33 PM (jc0TO)

230 Australia sells their tough-as-shoeleather shitty ass crap beef all over the world. What the hell is wrong with our economy that we can not do that?

Yeah its kind of like how you never see American cars anywhere but America because there's not just gigantic tariffs on cars everywhere else, but there are huge fees every year to drive an American car. Like thousands a month in the EU.

The Hawaiian judge ruled that only states and congress could impose a citizenship check. Be size congress and states are who make over laws. OK.

Its literally already federal law that non citizens cannot vote, the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 covers that. She just doesn't want Trump to enforce that law.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2025 05:33 PM (2VST1)

231 Australia sells their tough-as-shoeleather shitty ass crap beef all over the world. What the hell is wrong with our economy that we can not do that?
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus)
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I think there was something posted about that recently.

Our "food" has too many hormones and chemicals and the other countries won't allow their citizens to be exposed to it.

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - you realize Darwin disproved evolution, right? at April 24, 2025 05:34 PM (3mLe2)

232 Noodely doodely, neighbors

Posted by: income tax, sales tax, property tax, inheritance tax, capital gains tax, excise tax, at April 24, 2025 05:35 PM (pIfcn)

233 You guys wanna know how bad Trump is? Nasdaq today is at the same level it was in - wait for it - September 2024.

The horror!

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 24, 2025 05:35 PM (ncC2j)

234 Our "food" has too many hormones and chemicals and the other countries won't allow their citizens to be exposed to it.
Posted by: Boron Quidquid - you realize Darwin disproved evolution, right? at April 24, 2025 05:34 PM


I think administration considers that a trade barrier also.

Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 05:35 PM (jc0TO)

235 The most important point in the video for me was that American consumers won't feel a significant impact from the tariff confrontation until May (probably mid-May) and June. I would guess that Xi isn't going to make any major moves on the until the American consumers start their moaning and groaning. Unless, of course, starving Chinese consumers take matters into their own hands. Getting that tax cut bill resolved by July 4th will be on the front burner.
Posted by: mrp at April 24, 2025 05:30 PM (rj6Yv)

Yeah, we're barely into this thing. Neither side has felt much pain. I don't think Americans (including some of the people here) realize just how much influence China has, or how much they can cripple our economy if they really want to.

Realistically, China is the world's largest economy. When adjusted for the actual value (PPP), they're on top. Our GDP counts stuff like welfare payments and handouts to NGOs.

They have the world's largest industrial base, by a large margin. Damn near everything is made there, or depends on something made there. Obviously, America has a lot of leverage, too, but China's not going to starve without our soybeans.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 05:36 PM (/dDa4)

236 I think they have, a lot. The wing geometry and construction techniques was some of the IP that China stole from Boeing (?) when China got a partial manufacturing license.
Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 05:33 PM (jc0TO)

On 737's? Or 787's?

I could be wrong here, but I'm pretty sure the airframe on the 737 is pretty much the same as it was when the plane was introduced in the 1960's. I believe the Max is using more composites in the airframe, but mostly otherwise unchanged.

The 787 was built ground up around composites and they did a lot of cool things with the wings.

777X is somewhere in between.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 05:36 PM (uCjyK)

237 Disinterested, that was when Chyna could buy Ukranian wheat.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 05:18 PM (oXfCm)

Ukraine's not even in the top 10. Brazil became China's largest ag partner back in 2018 or so, during the first trade war. And I don't think Brazil is going to slit its own throat by restricting imports to its biggest customer.

What's more, there's a lot of excess agricultural capacity out there. Plenty of countries that will be happy to sell to China.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 05:37 PM (/dDa4)

238 Rod Serling could have done one hellof a TW Zone episode on the high speed rail to nowhere
Posted by: Ben

it would have to start somewhere

Posted by: n at April 24, 2025 05:30 PM (QbtCZ)
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Chowchilla. Now we just have to figure out where Chowchilla is.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 05:38 PM (YqDXo)

239 >>> 237 Disinterested, that was when Chyna could buy Ukranian wheat.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 05:18 PM (oXfCm)

Ukraine's not even in the top 10. Brazil became China's largest ag partner back in 2018 or so, during the first trade war. And I don't think Brazil is going to slit its own throat by restricting imports to its biggest customer.

What's more, there's a lot of excess agricultural capacity out there. Plenty of countries that will be happy to sell to China.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 05:37 PM (/dDa4)

Really? How convenient for the derp state to have Lula instead of Bolsonaro.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 24, 2025 05:39 PM (Vqx30)

240 I just checked USDA, and the cattle inventory is down about 33% from its peak which was about 1975.

So 50 years, down by 1/3 but population up by what, 75%?

Maybe the numbers I saw were per capita. Either way, it is down when people are much wealthier and should be eating more beef.

I guess diet has something to do with it, but exports should be up.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 24, 2025 05:39 PM (06XVj)

241 ...he's quite wealthy.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2025 05:07 PM

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Gay does pay.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at April 24, 2025 05:39 PM (wzAuc)

242 I think wings have changed significantly in sixty years. I remember reading an article way back when about the invention of the "super critical air foil" I believe it was, in which the shape of the wing changes depending on whether the airplane is at cruising altitude or landing.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 05:39 PM (tT6L1)

243 I think wings have changed significantly in sixty years. I remember reading an article way back when about the invention of the "super critical air foil" I believe it was, in which the shape of the wing changes depending on whether the airplane is at cruising altitude or landing.


it is more of a software than hardware thing, it curses at and insults the pilot until he trims the plane correctly.

Posted by: n at April 24, 2025 05:41 PM (QbtCZ)

244 Our "food" has too many hormones and chemicals and the other countries won't allow their citizens to be exposed to it.
Posted by: Boron Quidquid - you realize Darwin disproved evolution, right? at April 24, 2025 05:34 PM
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Nah. The Euros lay awake at night thinking up excuses for not allowing American food products into their little theme park, so as to protect their politically-powerful farmers.

See, e.g., bans on "GMO" food, which they can't produce anyway.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 05:42 PM (YqDXo)

245
it is more of a software than hardware thing, it curses at and insults the pilot until he trims the plane correctly.
Posted by: n at April 24, 2025 05:41 PM (QbtCZ)
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Ah, jilted bride syndrome.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 05:42 PM (tT6L1)

246 With the decline in the cattle population, has there been a subsequent increase in the number of chickens? How about pigs?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 05:43 PM (tT6L1)

247 it is more of a software than hardware thing, it curses at and insults the pilot until he trims the plane correctly.
Posted by: n at April 24, 2025 05:41 PM (QbtCZ)
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Obligatory: 'm Gonna Git You Sucka (198 - Kung Fu Joe Gets Pulled Over Scene

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJlJX4Rj_WU

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 05:46 PM (YqDXo)

248 175 I would love to see the Canadians send their oil to asia. Getting a pipeline over the highest of the Rocky Mountains is the easy part; getting BC to agree to it is the tough part.

The reason Canada sends oil to the US is because they can't send it west and their voters won't allow them to pipe it east.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 24, 2025 05:18 PM (lTGtQ)

There is nothing wrong with my country that 32 million of the correct dead would not cure....

Posted by: Stateless...21% - mental state clawing up from 10% at April 24, 2025 05:48 PM (jvJvP)

249 138 It's so nice that the media is rooting ..... For China....


If he was curing cancer, they would accuse him of Cancer genocide. They're completely around the bend.

Posted by: Nelly at April 24, 2025 05:52 PM (pSknm)

250 They're completely around the bend.

Posted by: Nelly at April 24, 2025 05:52 PM

They really are.

When the mental health professionals are getting caught vandalizing Teslas and saying "Trump made me do it" they are way past around the bend.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 24, 2025 05:56 PM (IifOV)

251 "So 50 years, down by 1/3 but population up by what, 75%?
Maybe the numbers I saw were per capita. Either way, it is down when people are much wealthier and should be eating more beef.
I guess diet has something to do with it, but exports should be up."

So Keto and Carnivore Diets .. For The Win?

idk what RFK Jr's ideal diet is, other than no food dyes. But the "food pyramid" diet killed a lot of people too early.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 24, 2025 05:56 PM (Cus5s)

252 China is a teenager among nations, because it has never had to deal with other nations as an equal, it never matured and grew up. It has been spoilt by always getting its own way.

It has never fought a war with an equal, where both sides eventually want peace, like mature adults. Childish bullying is all China knows in its entire history.

Posted by: pakisa at April 24, 2025 06:38 PM (S9B77)

Media Claims That Trump Backs Tax Hike on Millionaires as Part of His "Big Beautiful Tax Bill;" Trump Says "No, I Don't"

I don't know if this was a real trial balloon or just another completely fabricated Democrat op.

Fox is claiming that "White House aides" floated the idea of creating a new highest income tax bracket for the wealthiest tax payers of something like 38%.

Rep. Dan Meuser, a Pennsylvania Republican, is supporting the White House's proposed tax hike for people making more than $1 million.

"I believe we must help the President deliver on his promise of a tax and regulatory plan that supports pro-American economic and manufacturing growth, and delivers for the vast majority of Americans -- while creating savings and promoting fiscal responsibility. Any adjustments in taxes to accomplish these goals should be considered," Meuser told Fox News Digital in a statement on Tuesday.

Last week, White House aides began quietly floating a proposal to House Republicans that would raise the tax rate to 40% for Americans making more than $1 million, sources told Fox News Digital about the preliminary discussions. The plan would shore up income to fund President Donald Trump's ambitious campaign promises to eliminate taxes on overtime, tips and Social Security.

On Thursday, Meuser said on "Mornings with Maria" that he suggested a less than 2% tax hike for the "wealthy, high-end income" tax bracket months ago. He noted that Trump's 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act lowered the top tax rate from 39.6% to 37%, so raising it to 38.6% would still keep it below the pre-TCJA level by nearly one percentage point.

I don't know if support that or oppose it. I'm always against taxing "The rich" more, as they already pay the bulk of taxes.

But then, the rich keep voting for Democrats and keep voting against America and against American citizens, so sometimes I think: You want Democrat levels of taxation? You got it.

But we don't have to have this debate because Trump says he doesn't back any increases in taxes for any American citizen.

President Donald Trump appeared to rule out a proposal to raise taxes on millionaires, arguing they would flee the country over the policy.

"I think it would be very disruptive because a lot of millionaires would leave the country," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on April 23. "You'll lose a lot of money if you do that."

Trump allies such as Steve Bannon have supported raising taxes on the rich, but the president hadn't taken a position. Trump has suggested tariffs could potentially replace the income tax, even though economists warn that tariffs raise far less revenue and fall harder on lower-income households.

Some of you young readers may, like myself, not remember the Reagan Administration, because all of us 29-year-olds weren't born back then and wouldn't be born until the year 2000 or whatever.

But the Reagan White House, especially in its first few years, was a place of intrigue, as different factions attempted to hijack the Reagan agenda for themselves. Back then, it was mostly left-leaning Rockefeller Republicans who were attempting to restrain and contain Reagan and do some unauthorized policy freelancing.

The same thing is going on in the Trump White House, but there are fewer liberal Republicans, of course. It's a fight between Disruptors and Gradualists, the softer MAGA types who want change but who cringe at the thought of actually burning everything down.

And while I get the idea of punishing the rich, who largely don't vote with us any more, I'm a little concerned about where all of this ends up. Do we want to drive away all old-school Republicans? Do we really want to completely swap the old Republican base for the old Democrat base?

That does seem to be the plan pushed by some. But you know, as much as I get frustrated with scaredy-cat, smugly complacent old Republican base, I never loved the Democrat base all that much, either, and I'm not looking forward to the kinds of soft socialist policies we'd wind up pursuing if the party because majority working class Democrat.

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1 Im out of Chatdonnay

Posted by: Deplorable Minion at April 24, 2025 03:20 PM (QSrLX)

2 also typing

Posted by: Deplorable Minion at April 24, 2025 03:20 PM (QSrLX)

3 take the rest of the day off. ?

Posted by: Deplorable Minion at April 24, 2025 03:21 PM (QSrLX)

4 Quick buy scratchers!

Posted by: Deplorable Minion at April 24, 2025 03:22 PM (QSrLX)

5 because all of us 29-year-olds weren't born back then and wouldn't be born until the year 2000 or whatever.

Apparently, there is no math on this blog.

Posted by: Half Dozen at April 24, 2025 03:22 PM (uVHlT)

6 I feel the exact same way about taxing the millionaires. But I don't think this is the time to let them have it. Trump shouldn't increase taxes on anyone. The time to do it is the next time the Democrats have power. Democrats are always screeching about taxing the rich, but at the same time they wink at their multi-millionaire buddies and say don't worry, the GOP will never let it happen. So we get the worst of both worlds: we are seen as the plutocrats protecting the rich, while at the same time we are really just helping Democrats. Let the Democrats raise taxes on their rich buddies, don't be the one to do it.

Posted by: Mad Max in VA at April 24, 2025 03:23 PM (8iNlE)

7 Imagine the morale on Trumps security team. Two scoops!

Posted by: Deplorable Minion at April 24, 2025 03:23 PM (QSrLX)

8 I’d be fine raising taxes on those making over a million if it was then offset by tax cuts for upper middle class types.


The only people making over a million in salary a year are entertainers and athletes. So democrats

Posted by: Maroon at April 24, 2025 03:23 PM (lVKJi)

9 Class warfare is NOT a good model for a political movement. You won't like where it leads, and it's really fake anyway. The whole notion of simplified class systems is a paradigm of a "social construct." The reality is much more complicated.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 24, 2025 03:23 PM (1bNHn)

10 I believe one should pay taxes on what you spend, not on what you earn.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 24, 2025 03:24 PM (W2Pud)

11 Charge Biden. He's sharp, attentive and loaded with cash.

Posted by: Deplorable Minion at April 24, 2025 03:24 PM (QSrLX)

12 >>>Fox is claiming that "White House aides" floated the idea of creating a new highest income tax bracket for the wealthiest tax payers of something like 38%.

Fine by me.

>>>I think it would be very disruptive because a lot of millionaires would leave the country.

Also fine by me. If they're US citizens, they have to pay tax on all money they earn worldwide anyways. If they're New Americans who bought their way in to an investor visa, I'm not going to be held hostage by them and their threat to move to Monaco or whatever. Fuck 'em. Clearly they were never here to be a part of America anyways, they were using us as a tax haven.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 03:24 PM (uCjyK)

13 It's crazy how people who don't think they're taxed enough kinda sorta forget to send in the extra money they believe they're stiffing Uncle Sam.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at April 24, 2025 03:24 PM (34Eyq)

14 Remember that when the income tax was passed it was only meant to address a few wealthy people. Do you really trust Congress with this? I don’t. Ever. It will be corrupted for generations.

Johnson was right on this. We are not the party of higher taxes. This is antithetical to the entire MAGA movement which Trump mused a few short months ago would eliminate the income tax altogether.

Any member of the Republican Party buying onto this should be duct taped to a metal chair and tapped a few times with a car battery on sensitive places.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 24, 2025 03:25 PM (RYTCQ)

15 "Some of you young readers may, like myself, not remember the Reagan Administration, because all of us 29-year-olds weren't born back then and wouldn't be born until the year 2000 or whatever."

LOL, Very early dementia kicking in, Ace? You were born in 2000 or whatever

I am glad you are taking time off next week. A rest might help you recall what year you were born.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2025 03:25 PM (42Vb+)

16 I honestly don't care.

From a pragmatic standpoint, it's counterproductive to "tax the rich".

But at this point, as "the rich" is generally interested in harming me, so might as well make them hurt, too.

Maybe we could even drive some of them out of the country.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 24, 2025 03:25 PM (N1tpc)

17 If we could just tax the real estate agents in NYC 75% I would be happy. I’ve got to quit watching Million Dollar Listing in NYC.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 03:26 PM (VofaG)

18 The current highest bracket is 37%. That is a lot of money to take. Maybe I am old school, but I don’t think the rich need to be punished. I think people should make as much money as they can- me included- and I don’t fault anyone for earning more than I do. Good for them! May I be just like them (bank account wise) one day soon.

Posted by: Piper at April 24, 2025 03:26 PM (pZEOD)

19 I have reached the conclusion that Trump is smarter and tougher than I thought he was the first time around. He is triangulating a lot of this stuff. A lot of what he does, says, tweets, is positioning for where he wants to end up. His cabinet is designed to maximize their ability to sell on tv his agenda. He's faced a lot of lawmakers so far, but is still winning in polling. Effecting actual change is harder. Border is closed mostly. Getting rid of the Kilmars is going to be more difficult unless he can radically disincentivize their staying here and they self deport. They are gang bangers however and follow orders.

Posted by: Kilmars Uber services at April 24, 2025 03:26 PM (DrGpr)

20 No Tax On Tips, Overtime or Social Security = TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 24, 2025 03:26 PM (Vqx30)

21 "White House aides" floated the idea

Which means Trump supported it? I'm confused.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 03:27 PM (ynpvh)

22 Any member of the Republican Party buying onto this should be duct taped to a metal chair and tapped a few times with a car battery on sensitive places.
Posted by: Marcus T

Go on…

Posted by: Lindsey! at April 24, 2025 03:27 PM (nIRE6)

23 If we were talking about genuinely rich people, I wouldn't give a shit what happens to them. That ship sailed with TARP when I got to help make sure my betters didn't lose their shirts. The problem is that we are never talking about the genuinely rich. Those guys just tax plan their way to as minimal taxation while nobodies like me pay.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 24, 2025 03:27 PM (XCUp7)

24 I'm really tired of how our government is run by leaks. I went through seventh grade once, I don't need it now.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 24, 2025 03:28 PM (lTGtQ)

25 >>> 13 It's crazy how people who don't think they're taxed enough kinda sorta forget to send in the extra money they believe they're stiffing Uncle Sam.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at April 24, 2025 03:24 PM (34Eyq)

Is this about me?

Posted by: Warren Buffet at April 24, 2025 03:28 PM (Vqx30)

26 White House aides" floated the idea

Which means Trump supported it? I'm confused.
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It means white house aides floated it. It means what it says.

Posted by: Kilmars Uber services at April 24, 2025 03:28 PM (DrGpr)

27 I don’t care about taxes on the rich. I am excited by the possibility of a tax cut that targets only the middle class.

Posted by: GrapeDrink at April 24, 2025 03:28 PM (ozeMD)

28 I believe one should pay taxes on what you spend, not on what you earn.
Nurse, agree completely.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 24, 2025 03:28 PM (XMwZJ)

29 Class warfare is NOT a good model for a political movement. You won't like where it leads, and it's really fake anyway. The whole notion of simplified class systems is a paradigm of a "social construct." The reality is much more complicated.
Posted by: Eeyore at April 24, 2025 03:23 PM (1bNHn)

Very true.

But it's where we are now. You can fight or surrender.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 24, 2025 03:28 PM (N1tpc)

30 20 No Tax On Tips, Overtime or Social Security = TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 24, 2025 03:26 PM (Vqx30)

My tips are buy low, sell high, and my Social Security is having my $Millions in good investments...

Posted by: Thurston Howell III at April 24, 2025 03:28 PM (ynpvh)

31 Tax the rich
feed the poor
till there are no
rich no more

Posted by: zombie You Know Who at April 24, 2025 03:28 PM (HgMAr)

32 Taxing the rich for income fails because they can afford to evade using legal loopholes . Taxing the poor fails because they don't have money. Any tax looking for revenue has to hit the middle class.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 03:29 PM (n7h9X)

33 I’m still proponent of the Flat tax.

In regard to a consumption tax I always think back to Sam Walton and his old truck and middle class ranch style house. I would be paying more tax than he would. We also saw what the luxury tax increase did.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 03:29 PM (VofaG)

34 >>>Do we want to drive away all old-school Republicans? Do we really want to completely swap the old Republican base for the old Democrat base?
That does seem to be the plan pushed by some.

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I look at it more as returning to the pre-cold war Republican party. So yes, we lose the neo-cons and some Rockefeller Republicans, but in exchange we get the union guys and the great unwashed masses of the middle class.

I think it's preferable to our current political landscape, frankly. And it's already moving in that direction bigly, whether we like it or not.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 03:29 PM (uCjyK)

35 10 I believe one should pay taxes on what you spend, not on what you earn.
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Yeah, me too. Let's get rid of planned obsolescence on the things we buy, too.

Posted by: Pudinhead at April 24, 2025 03:29 PM (pZ64F)

36 I think “White House aides” has become a liberal media subterfuge meant to sow distrust and confusion.

Which is reason 5,738 why the entire MSM should be thrown into the lake of fire.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 24, 2025 03:29 PM (RYTCQ)

37 >Media Claims That Trump Backs Tax Hike on Millionaires as Part of His "Big Beautiful Tax Bill;" Trump Says "No, I Don't"

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district judge rules, 'yeah, ya do'

Posted by: Don Black at April 24, 2025 03:29 PM (AOsQT)

38 There wouldn't be nearly the class warfare if we taxed consumption instead of income.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 24, 2025 03:30 PM (lTGtQ)

39 Is the India Pakistan war gping to be in hd?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 24, 2025 03:30 PM (0Xu0D)

40 I'm really tired of how our government is run by leaks. I went through seventh grade once, I don't need it now.
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Nothing really evolves past jr high. Add Boobs, chin whiskers, preferably not to the same person and you got DC.

Posted by: Kilmars Uber services at April 24, 2025 03:30 PM (DrGpr)

41 >>> 35
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Yeah, me too. Let's get rid of planned obsolescence on the things we buy, too.
Posted by: Pudinhead at April 24, 2025 03:29 PM (pZ64F)

Whoever came up with THAT should have been punched in the face until they gave it up.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 24, 2025 03:30 PM (Vqx30)

42 Well, the media assisted the ginning up of violence against Musk's Tesla biz, so perpetually passing bullshit stories about Trump pretty much checks out as another Democrat op.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2025 03:30 PM (Q4IgG)

43 For the record, I don’t want higher taxes for the rich for no reason. But the reality is, only so big of a tax cut can be passed with a simple majority in the senate via reconciliation.

So who sees the cuts? Trump supporters that tend to be middle class, or the ultra wealthy entertainers , athletes and CEOs that seem uniformly Democrat ?

Posted by: Maroon at April 24, 2025 03:31 PM (lVKJi)

44 I keep hearing time and time again that this is good pr to tax the rich. I say that's bullshit because he'll never get credit for a single good thing by the press. Might as well not and keep demanding cuts and cuts to the pentagon until they can pass an audit. Funny that they could always find more money for Ukraine due to accounting errors though.

Posted by: ryukyu at April 24, 2025 03:31 PM (r+m2N)

45 Some people just make shit up.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 03:31 PM (oXfCm)

46 Old Communists still cry out Class Warfare, but that is old school but still is a weak argument today.

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 03:31 PM (ypFCm)

47 41 >>> 35
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Yeah, me too. Let's get rid of planned obsolescence on the things we buy, too.
Posted by: Pudinhead at April 24, 2025 03:29 PM (pZ64F)

Whoever came up with THAT should have been punched in the face until they gave it up.
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Can you say FDR?

Posted by: Pudinhead at April 24, 2025 03:32 PM (pZ64F)

48 A modest proposal: tax everybody, including especially the 47% who don't pay squat. I don't care if a vagrant collects aluminum cans for a living, we want 10% of those cans.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 03:32 PM (YqDXo)

49 As a practical matter, $100M would be a better line to draw. I don't want to increase the tax on small business owners.

Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 03:32 PM (jc0TO)

50 39 Is the India Pakistan war gping to be in hd?
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 24, 2025 03:30 PM (0Xu0D)

Yes, but it will be very glitchy and intermittent.

You know, due to their lack of infrastructure and constant rolling blackouts.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 03:33 PM (uCjyK)

51 Is the India Pakistan war gping to be in hd?
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 24, 2025 03:30 PM (0Xu0D)

Depends on how quickly nuclear weapons or powerplants go up.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2025 03:33 PM (VNX3d)

52 49 As a practical matter, $100M would be a better line to draw. I don't want to increase the tax on small business owners.

Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 03:32 PM (jc0TO)

What does the Gov't define as small?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 03:33 PM (ynpvh)

53 "White House aides" floated the idea of creating a new highest income tax bracket for the wealthiest tax payers of something like 38%.

If we can't control the IRS anymore, we must get rid of it!

(Ed. note: your offer is accepted)

Posted by: Leftist Billionaires at April 24, 2025 03:33 PM (KtPtl)

54 Old Communists still cry out Class Warfare, but that is old school but still is a weak argument today.

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 03:31 PM (ypFCm)
________________

Pushing racial and perversion crap has replaced class warfare.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 03:33 PM (YqDXo)

55 modest proposal: tax everybody, including especially the 47% who don't pay squat. I don't care if a vagrant collects aluminum cans for a living, we want 10% of those cans.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 03:32 PM (YqDXo)

I’m on that ship . Progressive tax is commie.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 03:33 PM (VofaG)

56 I think a more just punishment for the rich lefties is to remove tax deductions from their favorite ngos and Ivy schools.

Plus ban any foundation from employing relatives of the donor if they want to keep non profit status.

No tax deductions on donations of fine art and other collectibles used to launder money as well or you use the original value paid for that item as the basis for the deduction.

Posted by: DNC at April 24, 2025 03:33 PM (ctrM5)

57 Oh, the rich needs to pay their share is so lame and hoping poor gets behind them.

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 03:33 PM (ypFCm)

58 48 A modest proposal: tax everybody, including especially the 47% who don't pay squat. I don't care if a vagrant collects aluminum cans for a living, we want 10% of those cans.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 03:32 PM (YqDXo)

$20, same as in town

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 03:33 PM (ynpvh)

59 Fake but accurate.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 24, 2025 03:33 PM (e5NfL)

60 Y know we wouldn't have to worry about whose income was getting taxed fairly enough, if we didn't have an income tax.

And while we're at it, I would like Social Security taxes to go into a lock box, and gas taxes to only be used to pay for maintenance, repairs, and new construction for roads and bridges.

I'd ask for a pony too, but the only place I have to keep it has cougars and bears.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 24, 2025 03:34 PM (hB7mE)

61 39 Is the India Pakistan war gping to be in hd?
Posted by: Boss Moss

4K

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 24, 2025 03:34 PM (/U5Yz)

62 If you are a taxpayer, you have skin in the game and you care about spending. When you don't have skin in the game you don't care about spending. You aren't paying....

Posted by: Kilmars Uber services at April 24, 2025 03:34 PM (DrGpr)

63 Im out of Chatdonnay
Posted by: Deplorable Minion at April 24, 2025 03:20 PM (QSrLX)

Just a comment here: "Chateau Maison" does not mean "house cat water" even though some vintages are reminiscent.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 24, 2025 03:34 PM (D7oie)

64 61 39 Is the India Pakistan war gping to be in hd?
Posted by: Boss Moss

4K

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 24, 2025 03:34 PM (/U5Yz)

Yeah, too early for 8K.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 03:34 PM (ynpvh)

65 A consumer tax includes that 47% that don't pay any tax.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 03:34 PM (oXfCm)

66 49 As a practical matter, $100M would be a better line to draw. I don't want to increase the tax on small business owners.
Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 03:32 PM (jc0TO)

Is it really a small business if after all expenses and deductions, the owner is bringing in over $1 million in profit on his personal tax returns?

And even if it is, is a 2% higher marginal rate on the money for $1 million really a hill to die on?

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 03:35 PM (uCjyK)

67 > Some people just make shit up.

Posted by: Ben Had

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why should I believe this?

Posted by: Don Black at April 24, 2025 03:35 PM (AOsQT)

68 What does the Gov't define as small?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Not big enough to buy a Senator.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 24, 2025 03:35 PM (hB7mE)

69 Is the India Pakistan war gping to be in hd?

It won't matter as we'll barely be able to understand "Kevin from Bangalore"

Posted by: t-bird at April 24, 2025 03:35 PM (uREkD)

70 Once High Speed Trains are a thing everything will be better.

Posted by: Pudinhead at April 24, 2025 03:35 PM (pZ64F)

71 "I don't know if support that or oppose it. I'm always against taxing "The rich" more, as they already pay the bulk of taxes."


The problem with that is the more you tax the *rich* the definition of what rich is keeps getting lowered until the middle class gets sucked into being *rich*.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 24, 2025 03:35 PM (e5NfL)

72 One of the changes in my thinking over the last half century is that I now think that it is possible for someone to be too rich in a Republic, even if honestly earned. Something I would never have imagined myself thinking in say, 1970.

I can't tell you where that line is but, when a person has more wealth than entire countries, they will corrupt the system, if only in self-defense.

Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 03:36 PM (jc0TO)

73 70 Once High Speed Trains are a thing everything will be better.

Posted by: Pudinhead at April 24, 2025 03:35 PM (pZ64F)

Powered by fusion energy.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 03:36 PM (ynpvh)

74 Taxing the rich for income fails because they can afford to evade using legal loopholes . Taxing the poor fails because they don't have money. Any tax looking for revenue has to hit the middle class.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 03:29 PM (n7h9X)
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Sadly, too true.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 03:36 PM (YqDXo)

75 Alpaca farming for the win....

Posted by: Richie Rich the laundering king at April 24, 2025 03:36 PM (DrGpr)

76 Do not have Pak/ India War on my bingo card

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 03:36 PM (oXfCm)

77 Is the India Pakistan war gping to be in hd?

Posted by: Boss Moss

I predict a discouraging lack of dance numbers.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 24, 2025 03:36 PM (OUMaO)

78 And even if it is, is a 2% higher marginal rate on the money for $1 million really a hill to die on?
Posted by: Harry Paratestes

The intent of the leak probably isn’t revenue based

Posted by: Kratwurst at April 24, 2025 03:36 PM (nIRE6)

79 75 Alpaca farming for the win....

Posted by: Richie Rich the laundering king at April 24, 2025 03:36 PM (DrGpr)

I spit on that.

Posted by: Llamas and Camels at April 24, 2025 03:36 PM (ynpvh)

80 Trump's the modern day Robin Hood.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 24, 2025 03:37 PM (/U5Yz)

81 Make a new tax bracket for over $10 million. That takes all the small business owners and working rich types out of it.

Capital gains can stay the same.

So now it’s only people being paid a salary of over $10 million. Very small group and I bet is skews Dem 5-1.

Plus good optics that Dems voted against a tax increase for people making over $10 million

Posted by: Maroon at April 24, 2025 03:37 PM (lVKJi)

82 Why don’t you Americans just kill all rich people? I did and things turned out great in my country.

Posted by: Mao at April 24, 2025 03:37 PM (8jn+t)

83 Trump is planning to fund the country via energy and growth. This is all just distraction and bs.

Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 03:37 PM (sBjls)

84 The problem with that is the more you tax the *rich* the definition of what rich is keeps getting lowered until the middle class gets sucked into being *rich*.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 24, 2025 03:35 PM (e5NfL)
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The Reds consider anyone who pays any taxes is rich, by definition, since half of the country doesn't pay squat.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 03:37 PM (YqDXo)

85 I’m still proponent of the Flat tax.

In regard to a consumption tax I always think back to Sam Walton and his old truck and middle class ranch style house. I would be paying more tax than he would. We also saw what the luxury tax increase did.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 03:29 PM (VofaG)

I have a better idea, a direct tax like income or sales changes the relationship of the people to its government from one of "need their support and votes" to "tax cattle", so the best way to both fund the government and get it to the point that it works to diminish chaos, violence and increases protections on all levels, lets move to a general flat-excise on imports. Say, 10% on all trading partners unless they are being shitheels about things.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 24, 2025 03:37 PM (D7oie)

86 Taxing the rich for income fails because they can afford to evade using legal loopholes . Taxing the poor fails because they don't have money. Any tax looking for revenue has to hit the middle class.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 03:29 PM (n7h9X)
_______________

Sadly, too true.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 03:36 PM (YqDXo)

The flat tax would eliminate those loopholes .

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 03:37 PM (VofaG)

87 82 Why don’t you Americans just kill all rich people? I did and things turned out great in my country.

Posted by: Mao at April 24, 2025 03:37 PM (8jn+t)

There were more than 100 million rich people in China at the time?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 03:37 PM (ynpvh)

88 If I remember correctly India has a bunch of SU29’s and 30’s. Some of the older French Rafael’s and some Jaguars. I think the Pakis still
Have some F16’s and some older Chinese stuff. So it’s going to be like watching a 1980’s vintage air show.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 24, 2025 03:37 PM (RYTCQ)

89 75 Alpaca farming for the win....
Posted by: Richie Rich the laundering king a[/i

Useless trivia: Alpaca fur is called fiber.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 24, 2025 03:38 PM (/U5Yz)

90 82 Why don’t you Americans just kill all rich people? I did and things turned out great in my country.

Posted by: Mao at April 24, 2025 03:37 PM (8jn+t)

There were more than 100 million rich people in China at the time?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 03:37 PM (ynpvh)

He had poor aim.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 03:39 PM (n7h9X)

91 Taxes at the federal level are not used for this or that they are in place to punish they and them. Speaking of which, the taxes on trannys, shemales, lady bois, homosexuals and other sexually disordered perverts should be raised 100%.

Watch them disappear over night into the glory hole never to be seen again.

Posted by: Francis at April 24, 2025 03:39 PM (+8MS3)

92 88 If I remember correctly India has a bunch of SU29’s and 30’s. Some of the older French Rafael’s and some Jaguars. I think the Pakis still
Have some F16’s and some older Chinese stuff. So it’s going to be like watching a 1980’s vintage air show.
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Take No Prisoners!

Posted by: Pudinhead at April 24, 2025 03:39 PM (pZ64F)

93 Plus good optics that Dems voted against a tax increase for people making over $10 million

Posted by: Maroon at April 24, 2025 03:37 PM (lVKJi)
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2025: $10 million
2030: $1 million
2035: $10,000

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 03:39 PM (YqDXo)

94 Trump's the modern day Robin Hood.

Posted by: Maj. Healey

Taking from an abusive government to return wealth to the people? That tracks.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 24, 2025 03:39 PM (OUMaO)

95 They're all movie threads.

Disney’s Latest ‘Star Wars’ Spin-Off Depicts Rape of ‘Undocumented Migrant’ by Imperial Officer

Disney stepping on their woke rake again.
Posted by: Maj. Healey

Disney being Disney.

The Hollywood Reporter@THR
'Andor' Creator Explains That Shocking Assault Scene: "We're All the Product of Rape"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 24, 2025 03:39 PM (L/fGl)

96 81 Make a new tax bracket for over $10 million. That takes all the small business owners and working rich types out of it.

Capital gains can stay the same.

So now it’s only people being paid a salary of over $10 million. Very small group and I bet is skews Dem 5-1.

Plus good optics that Dems voted against a tax increase for people making over $10 million
Posted by: Maroon at April 24, 2025 03:37 PM (lVKJi)

No, because it is immoral to punish people for being successful. I despise this “punish the successful” argument.

What next, kill the top 10% of graduating classes?

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 24, 2025 03:39 PM (8jn+t)

97 There were more than 100 million rich people in China at the time?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

To be fair, he didn’t say only the rich people.

Posted by: Kratwurst at April 24, 2025 03:39 PM (nIRE6)

98 As it turns out, certain foreign companies are sending emails to their US purchasers warning them that they will have to pay tariffs on whatever they've ordered from the foreign country.

And also that if their stuff gets stuck in customs they'll still have to pay the rest of the purchase price even if they never get their stuff because it's in customs.

Who do I contact to report such companies for interference in American politics, scaremongering and disinformation?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 24, 2025 03:39 PM (hB7mE)

99 There were more than 100 million rich people in China at the time?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 03:37 PM (ynpvh)

Go to Xinjiang Province and fix tractors.

Posted by: Mao at April 24, 2025 03:40 PM (8jn+t)

100 I hate the whole concept of a progressive tax. Tax everyone the same rate, say 10% as an example.

Ten percent of $1 million is more than 10% of $100,000. The “rich” would still be paying more.

Posted by: Bicentennialguy at April 24, 2025 03:41 PM (+K1xO)

101 How do you tell Indian soldiers and Pakistani soldiers apart?

Posted by: wth at April 24, 2025 03:41 PM (HgMAr)

102 The flat tax would eliminate those loopholes .
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 03:37 PM (VofaG)

They're not really "loopholes."

It's just how you structure your money.

If you're Elon Musk rich, you can decide to pay yourself $50k a year and pay almost no taxes. You run all of your major lifestyle things (security, private jet, etc.) through one of your many businesses (where they are now considered a deductible expense, not income), and if you want to buy a new yacht or spend money on something that clearly isn't a business expense, you walk down to Chase bank and take out a loan against your shares in Twitter, buy whatever you want, and pay the back from your $50k salary. No income there either.

None of those are loopholes, it's just ... how you structure your money / income. There are entire law firms and personal money managers who spend their lives coming up with these alternative structures.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 03:41 PM (uCjyK)

103 The Hollywood Reporter@THR
'Andor' Creator Explains That Shocking Assault Scene: "We're All the Product of Rape"
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Liberals and their love of rape. It's like that guy on blazing saddles...or dolphins... it always on their minds....

Posted by: Richie Rich the laundering king at April 24, 2025 03:41 PM (DrGpr)

104 He had poor aim.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 03:39 PM (n7h9X)

Go with him.

Posted by: Mao at April 24, 2025 03:41 PM (8jn+t)

105 >> There were more than 100 million rich people in China at the time?

You. Fat man. No soup for you.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 24, 2025 03:41 PM (RYTCQ)

106 101 How do you tell Indian soldiers and Pakistani soldiers apart?
Posted by: wth

The Indians are the ones swinging tomahawks.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 24, 2025 03:42 PM (/U5Yz)

107 The Hollywood Reporter@THR
'Andor' Creator Explains That Shocking Assault Scene: "We're All the Product of Rape"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 24, 2025 03:39 PM (L/fGl)

Even when they try and be edgy they are plagiarizing. That all rape crap has to be 30 years old.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 03:42 PM (n7h9X)

108 Every time they tax the rich, turns I'm rich! I'd never know it otherwise.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 24, 2025 03:42 PM (L/fGl)

109 101 How do you tell Indian soldiers and Pakistani soldiers apart?
Posted by: wth at April 24, 2025 03:41 PM (HgMAr)

you watch if they turn towards Mecca 5 times a day or not.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 03:42 PM (uCjyK)

110 Remember the left’s definition of rich were households making 250k .

That brought in a household of an overland truck driver and OR Nurse.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 03:42 PM (VofaG)

111 We already have consumption tax, it's called a sales tax. And depending on your location it can be pretty hefty. And what do people do? they leave and consume elsewhere.

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 03:42 PM (g47mK)

112 100 I hate the whole concept of a progressive tax. Tax everyone the same rate, say 10% as an example.

Ten percent of $1 million is more than 10% of $100,000. The “rich” would still be paying more.
Posted by: Bicentennialguy at April 24, 2025 03:41 PM (+K1xO)

This, 1000%

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 24, 2025 03:42 PM (8jn+t)

113 2025: $10 million
2030: $1 million
2035: $10,000

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 03:39 PM (YqDXo)

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"The Green New Alternative Minimum Tax."

Posted by: ShainS at April 24, 2025 03:42 PM (hWIBJ)

114 Willowed but sort of important in the psy-op war they've been engaging in against us
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When did teachers become "educators"?
Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 02:58 PM (sBjls)

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This was a purposeful muddying of the waters to disguise how many useless non teacher admin staff were raking in $60k+ and full benefits after retirement.

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - you realize Darwin disproved evolution, right? at April 24, 2025 03:42 PM (5IqhH)

115 Go to Xinjiang Province and fix tractors.

Posted by: Mao



Xinjiang is where the slave labor camps are.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 24, 2025 03:42 PM (lTGtQ)

116 lol. You’re doubting on Congress to create a flat tax? Indexed to inflation, able to be increased with a simple majority, loopholes galore, etc. lol. They’ll have you begging for the current abomination.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 24, 2025 03:43 PM (RYTCQ)

117 Tax everyone the same rate, say 10% as an example.


If it's enough for the Lord, it's more than enough for the State.

Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 03:43 PM (jc0TO)

118
No, because it is immoral to punish people for being successful. I despise this “punish the successful” argument.

What next, kill the top 10% of graduating classes?
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 24, 2025 03:39 PM (8jn+t)

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Snort, “successful”.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at April 24, 2025 03:43 PM (Vh9CX)

119 Taxing a group because "they keep voting for Democrats" is not a good reason.

High income tax on the rich just leads to more shelters and avoidance. They will not pay it.

Artie Laffer instructs that 38% is too high and will increase distortion and decrease compliance. This is stupid and won't work. Everyone knows that. Decrease the loopholes.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 24, 2025 03:43 PM (06XVj)

120 I don't know if support that or oppose it. I'm always against taxing "The rich" more, as they already pay the bulk of taxes.

But then, the rich keep voting for Democrats and keep voting against America and against American citizens, so sometimes I think: You want Democrat levels of taxation? You got it.

The idle rich are mostly Democrats, the new rich (small business owners ) are mostly Republicans.

So generally income taxes hit Republicans more since they have companies making, well, income.

Democrats have their money in various tax hedges that was originally earned years ago so a general wealth taxes scares them.

Not that I am endorsing any tax increase here - but specifically income taxes are something we should generally oppose. Now...mortgage cap deductions? Hell yeah. And removing the tax free status of NGOs? YES YES YES

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 03:43 PM (t0Rmr)

121 Is the India Pakistan war gping to be in hd?

Posted by: Boss Moss

I predict a discouraging lack of dance numbers.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum
.....

especially on the Paki side.

Posted by: wth at April 24, 2025 03:44 PM (HgMAr)

122 There were more than 100 million rich people in China at the time?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 03:37 PM (ynpvh)

Go to Xinjiang Province and fix tractors.
Posted by: Mao at April 24, 2025 03:40 PM (8jn+t)

Mao needs to be a recurring character.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 03:44 PM (n7h9X)

123 How do you tell Indian soldiers and Pakistani soldiers apart?

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I assume by where they deficate.

Do Pakis also have a street tradition?

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - you realize Darwin disproved evolution, right? at April 24, 2025 03:44 PM (5IqhH)

124 Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 03:41 PM (uCjyK)

What part of the flat tax plan don’t you understand? I assume pretty much all of it.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 03:44 PM (VofaG)

125 If you're Elon Musk rich, you can decide to pay yourself $50k a year and pay almost no taxes. You run all of your major lifestyle things (security, private jet, etc.) through one of your many businesses (where they are now considered a deductible expense, not income), and if you want to buy a new yacht or spend money on something that clearly isn't a business expense, you walk down to Chase bank and take out a loan against your shares in Twitter, buy whatever you want, and pay the back from your $50k salary. No income there either.
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Owning a business and understanding the tax laws can be very lucrative. You like to go to Florida on vacation. You open a branch in Florida.. business. Buys a condo, and pays for your periodic visits to oversee operations.... etc etc.

Posted by: Richie Rich the laundering king at April 24, 2025 03:44 PM (DrGpr)

126 How do you tell Indian soldiers and Pakistani soldiers apart?

Posted by: wth at April 24, 2025 03:41 PM (HgMAr)

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The Indians have pre-installed dot targets on their foreheads?

Posted by: ShainS at April 24, 2025 03:45 PM (hWIBJ)

127 How about we cut taxes for everyone?

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 03:45 PM (/dDa4)

128 I hate the whole concept of a progressive tax. Tax everyone the same rate, say 10% as an example.

TBH the only true fair tax is one flat rate paid by all households.

Yes that means FedGov would have to be reduced by a factor of 10X if not more which is not feasible right now

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 03:45 PM (t0Rmr)

129 Im out of Chardonnay
Posted by: Deplorable Minion at April 24, 2025 03:20 PM (QSrLX)

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Well, that's just fucking great! Now what are we supposed to do?

Posted by: Karen McAwfl at April 24, 2025 03:45 PM (2UnvF)

130 How do you tell Indian soldiers and Pakistani soldiers apart?

Offer them hamburgers and hot dogs and see who picks which?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 03:46 PM (t0Rmr)

131 The Guardian warns women about influencers who want to make them "thin, fertile, and Republican" 😂

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Holy shit! That'd be terrible! No more Whoppies! No more Okras!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 24, 2025 03:46 PM (L/fGl)

132 50% excise tax on art purchases over $1000.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at April 24, 2025 03:46 PM (Vh9CX)

133 112 100 I hate the whole concept of a progressive tax. Tax everyone the same rate, say 10% as an example.

Ten percent of $1 million is more than 10% of $100,000. The “rich” would still be paying more.
Posted by: Bicentennialguy at April 24, 2025 03:41 PM (+K1xO)

This, 1000%
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 24, 2025 03:42 PM (8jn+t)

Flat tax does impact lower income households more than higher income. It’s something to consider.

Posted by: Piper at April 24, 2025 03:46 PM (p4NUW)

134 Tarrifs (like intended) or a consumption tax.

Let the spenders pay whatever they want.

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - you realize Darwin disproved evolution, right? at April 24, 2025 03:46 PM (5IqhH)

135 What part of the flat tax plan don’t you understand? I assume pretty much all of it.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 03:44 PM (VofaG)

Okay, I'll sum it up in smaller words for you: "there is nothing to tax if you don't pay yourself income."

So how is a flat tax going to change that?

Don't be so condescending, especially when you're wrong.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 03:46 PM (uCjyK)

136 We already have consumption tax, it's called a sales tax. And depending on your location it can be pretty hefty. And what do people do? they leave and consume elsewhere.
Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 03:42 PM (g47mK)

And that's why Illinois had cops hanging out trying to catch people buying beer in Indiana.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 03:46 PM (n7h9X)

137 I do remember what year I was born. Sometimes I forget the year my son was born, and if I say to him that he's 24 he says indignantly, "I'm 25!." I should remember this. I was hoping and praying that he wouldn't be born slightly early, so thatwhen I was bleary and weary in the hospital someone would come into take my picture and a caption in the paper would read. "First baby born at _____ h0spital 2000" Thankfully, he waited until after January 1st.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2025 03:47 PM (42Vb+)

138 I don't see this administration adding any new taxes for anyone...least of all those parties that represent the ownership class. The whole basis of the Trump economic approach is to revitalize industry within the country. You're not going to penalize the people that can make that happen.

Such a taxation limit expansion, diversification and start ups. That in turn would limit employment to make those potential entities a reality. And, thus would lower consumer confidence, which I will argue is likely one of the most important factors in a healthy country, and successful one.

Posted by: Orson at April 24, 2025 03:47 PM (dIske)

139 Andor' Creator Explains That Shocking Assault scene " well someone's got to be doing the raping"

Posted by: Bernie Sanders masters thesis at April 24, 2025 03:47 PM (DrGpr)

140 The Guardian warns women about influencers who want to make them "thin, fertile, and Republican" 😂


Remember ladies spending 50 hours or more in the office having meaningless sex with your coworkers while shit faced is the only way to have meaning in your lives...

Posted by: The FNM at April 24, 2025 03:47 PM (t0Rmr)

141 Iirc lower income households would continue paying nothing, same as now.

Although I'd be fine with them also no longer getting cash back.

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - you realize Darwin disproved evolution, right? at April 24, 2025 03:47 PM (5IqhH)

142 Obozo eviscerated the middle class and left us with a polarized country of taxpayers and gimme dats (which includes the government/NGO types who run the gimme gals).

He made us a house divided so that we will fall. We need two parent families, home owners, and people who want to build rather than tear those they envy down.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 24, 2025 03:47 PM (wBaIH)

143 We're All the Product of Rape"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 24, 2025 03:39 PM (L/fGl

I think my edge just lorded for the last time.

Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 03:47 PM (sBjls)

144 123 How do you tell Indian soldiers and Pakistani soldiers apart?

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I assume by where they deficate.

Do Pakis also have a street tradition?
Posted by: Boron Quidquid - you realize Darwin disproved evolution, right?

Never deficate upstream of where you are camped.

Posted by: Indian Commander at April 24, 2025 03:48 PM (/U5Yz)

145 How about we cut taxes for everyone?
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director


Blasphemy!

Posted by: Government Employee #2,350,075 at April 24, 2025 03:48 PM (HgMAr)

146 Tax university endowments first.

Posted by: jj at April 24, 2025 03:48 PM (tsB1T)

147 Flat tax does impact lower income households more than higher income. It’s something to consider.
Posted by: Piper at April 24, 2025 03:46 PM (p4NUW)

If you drop everyone to 10%, everyone pays less. Except for the people paying less than 10% (or even getting money back.)

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 03:48 PM (/dDa4)

148 Flat tax does impact lower income households more than higher income. It’s something to consider.
Posted by: Piper at April 24, 2025 03:46 PM

I would set the standard, really the only, deduction at some subsistence level. Of course, setting that level is when the fight starts.

Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 03:48 PM (jc0TO)

149 Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 03:46 PM (uCjyK)

You deserve it. Not many on this site I don’t care for. Even the ones who don’t care for me.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 03:48 PM (VofaG)

150 95 They're all movie threads.

Disney’s Latest ‘Star Wars’ Spin-Off Depicts Rape of ‘Undocumented Migrant’ by Imperial Officer

Disney stepping on their woke rake again.
Posted by: Maj. Healey

Disney being Disney.

The Hollywood Reporter@THR
'Andor' Creator Explains That Shocking Assault Scene: "We're All the Product of Rape"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 24, 2025 03:39 PM (L/fGl)

Well, if there's one thing I want to see when I watch a PG space opera, it's definitely forced dickdowns. That was always my principal complaint with the originals. They go to all the trouble to put Leia in a spacewhore costume and no one even bothers to get her preggers against her will. I think I speak for the entire fandom when I say I want I Spit On Your Grave but with light sabers.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 24, 2025 03:48 PM (XCUp7)

151 I'd rather die than submit to a fat tax! Oh, you said flat tax. Nevermind.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 24, 2025 03:48 PM (L/fGl)

152 I don’t want to punish the rich. I want to punish the oligarchs who have taken away my freedom, and would enslave us completely if they could.

And by punish, I don’t mean taxing them.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 24, 2025 03:48 PM (ZT+59)

153 Owning a business and understanding the tax laws can be very lucrative. You like to go to Florida on vacation. You open a branch in Florida.. business. Buys a condo, and pays for your periodic visits to oversee operations.... etc etc.

Posted by: Richie Rich the laundering king at April 24, 2025 03:44 PM (DrGpr)

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

"You wanna launder & build mountains of stacks of meth profits cash in a self storage unit? Buy a car wash ..."

-- Saul Goodman, Esquire

Posted by: ShainS at April 24, 2025 03:49 PM (Rp7n7)

154
Flat tax does impact lower income households more than higher income. It’s something to consider.

You get less of what you penalize and more of what you subsidize.

Right now we penalize working, investing, and saving with our tax code.

I'd like to see the impact of doing the reverse for say 5-10 years.



Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 03:49 PM (t0Rmr)

155
I'm not sure that I'm all in for taxing the rich, though I suppose in a just world they totally deserve it.

Can't we just float a trial balloon for Pants Optional? See how that goes, then think about taxing the rich.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 24, 2025 03:49 PM (iJfKG)

156 You deserve it. Not many on this site I don’t care for. Even the ones who don’t care for me.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 03:48 PM (VofaG)

That pains me deeply.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 03:49 PM (uCjyK)

157 6 I feel the exact same way about taxing the millionaires. But I don't think this is the time to let them have it. Trump shouldn't increase taxes on anyone. The time to do it is the next time the Democrats have power. Democrats are always screeching about taxing the rich, but at the same time they wink at their multi-millionaire buddies and say don't worry, the GOP will never let it happen. So we get the worst of both worlds: we are seen as the plutocrats protecting the rich, while at the same time we are really just helping Democrats. Let the Democrats raise taxes on their rich buddies, don't be the one to do it.
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Exactly. They're not being sincere when they call for taxing the rich. Call their bluff.

Posted by: Evil Incarnate at April 24, 2025 03:49 PM (YrqgQ)

158 50% excise tax on art purchases over $1000.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at April 24, 2025 03:46 PM (Vh9CX)

And double if its ugly. As determined by random judgement on the internet.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 03:49 PM (n7h9X)

159 >>Artie Laffer instructs that 38% is too high and will increase distortion and decrease compliance


Any percentage is straight up theft.

Not just of your money, but of your life.

Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2025 03:50 PM (F30Ty)

160 Literally everyone but Trump:

Trump: how about higher taxes on incomes over $1 million?

The vibe is the country has given up on the income tax to fund the rotting husk of the state and will instead rely on counterfeiting. The price of gold is signaling the market's understanding of this being the plan.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 24, 2025 03:50 PM (2ap+5)

161 Whatever happened to repeal of the 16th Amendment.

lunchbox Joe should not have to pay taxes on his hourly wage.

That literally takes food out of his kids mouth and shoes off their feet.

It's Passive - Aggressive government ...tax income then float $5k per baby reward.

How about ZERO income tax.

Posted by: torabora at April 24, 2025 03:50 PM (0Gnoc)

162 Illegals are the definite top of the Stack now, no?

Trannies fall to #2 poor babies.

Muz are next up to take the lead.

Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 03:50 PM (sBjls)

163 "We're All the Product of Rape"Never-ending.

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Well, I knew we were all bastards.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 24, 2025 03:50 PM (L/fGl)

164 Pay to play, baby. If you don't pay taxes, you don't get to vote because you have no skin in the game.

I live in a state without state income tax for a reason.

But I pay plenty in federal taxes because the cost of living is astronomical here compared to the Lower 48. We don't have interstates, so no money for roads from the feds, just a lot of greenie crap and then the lock up more of our resources because they think we are a National Park.

I understand the occasional push for secession.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 24, 2025 03:52 PM (a4NoL)

165 Disney’s Latest ‘Star Wars’ Spin-Off Depicts Rape of ‘Undocumented Migrant’ by Imperial Officer

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Did they realize what they did there?

An alien raping an innocent victim?

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - you realize Darwin disproved evolution, right? at April 24, 2025 03:52 PM (5IqhH)

166 think I speak for the entire fandom when I say I want I Spit On Your Grave but with light sabers.
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Nothing says Disney, like forced insemination!

Posted by: Walt Disney frozen head at April 24, 2025 03:52 PM (DrGpr)

167 Okay, I'll sum it up in smaller words for you: "there is nothing to tax if you don't pay yourself income."

So how is a flat tax going to change that?

Don't be so condescending, especially when you're wrong.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 03:46 PM (uCjyK)

End the loopholes. For example, don’t let companies buy houses for CEOs so they can live off the business. Tax long-term and short-term cap gains at 10%. Kill the AMT. Tax corps and trusts at flat 15%, so people won’t use them as a tax dodge.

The current system is a mess, but let’s not pretend it can’t be reformed.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 03:53 PM (/dDa4)

168 No taxes for men since we're subject to the draft.

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - you realize Darwin disproved evolution, right? at April 24, 2025 03:53 PM (5IqhH)

169 No Representation Without Taxation was always the correct answer.

Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2025 03:53 PM (F30Ty)

170 163 "We're All the Product of Rape"Never-ending.

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Well, I knew we were all bastards.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 24, 2025 03:50 PM (L/fGl)

My favorite statistic was that 1 in 4 women were raped in college. If that were true, why do parents keep sending their daughters to college? I'm beginning to think it is a feature and not a bug.

Or, you know, a bullshit lie.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 24, 2025 03:53 PM (a4NoL)

171 Disney’s Latest ‘Star Wars’ Spin-Off Depicts Rape of ‘Undocumented Migrant’ by Imperial Officer

Doesn't the Empire at least nominally rule all inhabitanted planets?

But anyway, I thought rape was one of the ways real world illegals pay their coyotes ...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 03:54 PM (t0Rmr)

172 >> Pay to play, baby. If you don't pay taxes, you don't get to vote because you have no skin in the game.

Can we opt to not pay taxes if we forfeit our vote?

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 03:54 PM (/dDa4)

173 It's Passive - Aggressive government ...tax income then float $5k per baby reward.

How about ZERO income tax.
Posted by: torabora at April 24, 2025 03:50 PM (0Gnoc)

Trump's floated that, too. If Tariffs work out it might not be needed. It wasn't for a century aside from wartime.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 03:55 PM (n7h9X)

174 Governments were a "great" idea until they started taxing their citizens and going to war with each other.

Posted by: wth at April 24, 2025 03:55 PM (HgMAr)

175 Trump doing an interview with Jeffrey Goldberg is stupid.

Trump better 1) get his own video transcript of the interview and 2) call Goldberg out to his face for all his lies.

Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at April 24, 2025 03:55 PM (V6W16)

176 I’d rather see a national sales tax and elimination of income tax.

I had a leftist tell me once that we just cannot do that because people can control how much they spend. That’s true…to a point.

You give people their entire paycheck, sans withholding, and human nature will kick in…. Spend spend spend.

Plus, everyone would pay something, citizens, noncitizens, foreign tourists, etc.

But we can’t have nice things.

Posted by: Bicentennialguy at April 24, 2025 03:55 PM (+K1xO)

177 Stupid ads keep hijacking the "jump to top" and "jump to bottom" links on the comment pages.

Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at April 24, 2025 03:55 PM (Sf2cq)

178 The Guardian warns women about influencers who want to make them "thin, fertile, and Republican"

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But a tranny influencer is ok ?

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 03:55 PM (g47mK)

179 Can we opt to not pay taxes if we forfeit our vote?
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 03:54 PM (/dDa4)

Well, since it has been proved that most of our votes don't even get counted, I suppose that's one way to skin that particular cat.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 24, 2025 03:55 PM (a4NoL)

180 Disney’s Latest ‘Star Wars’ Spin-Off Depicts Rape of ‘Undocumented Migrant’ by Imperial Officer

Doesn't the Empire at least nominally rule all inhabitanted planets?

But anyway, I thought rape was one of the ways real world illegals pay their coyotes ...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 03:54 PM (t0Rmr)

Star Wars' worldbuilding is so poor that's hard to answer.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 03:56 PM (n7h9X)

181 But a tranny influencer is ok ?
Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 03:55 PM (g47mK)

Sure. Cutting off your tits is much preferable to being married and having babies. Much.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 24, 2025 03:56 PM (a4NoL)

182 >>End the loopholes. For example, don’t let companies buy houses for CEOs so they can live off the business. Tax long-term and short-term cap gains at 10%. Kill the AMT. Tax corps and trusts at flat 15%, so people won’t use them as a tax dodge.


I don't disagree with ANY of this...

however. Not a single fucking change until the Federal Government has been audited, adopts austerity and adopts a balanced budget amendment.

It's one thing to pay taxes for the benefit of Americans. What we have suffered for well over 50 years is the exact opposite of that.

Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2025 03:56 PM (F30Ty)

183 112 100 I hate the whole concept of a progressive tax. Tax everyone the same rate, say 10% as an example.

Ten percent of $1 million is more than 10% of $100,000. The “rich” would still be paying more.
Posted by: Bicentennialguy at April 24, 2025 03:41 PM (+K1xO)

This, 1000%
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 24, 2025 03:42 PM (8jn+t)

Thought it was just me.

Posted by: Piper at April 24, 2025 03:56 PM (p4NUW)

184 The Guardian warns women about influencers who want to make them "thin, fertile, and Republican"

Remember adult women that see advice to do something can get tricked into making bad choices that they wouldn't otherwise make,

But giving school children constant tranny propaganda obviously has not effect on them

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 03:56 PM (t0Rmr)

185 Why don't we see if another country would be willing to provide all federal government services, entitlements, etc., for less money? If the ChiComs can do it cheaper, let's give them a shot.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 24, 2025 03:57 PM (2ap+5)

186 Without income tax we would have much less of your money to spend?

Posted by: GOP at April 24, 2025 03:57 PM (/U5Yz)

187 I want someone to love me as much as democrats love human trafficking and murderous gang members.

Posted by: Cray Cray at April 24, 2025 03:57 PM (gsgWV)

188
My favorite statistic was that 1 in 4 women were raped in college. If that were true, why do parents keep sending their daughters to college? I'm beginning to think it is a feature and not a bug.

Or, you know, a bullshit lie.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 24, 2025 03:53 PM (a4NoL)

I'm gonna go with bullshit lie. The real story on that is a questionnaire given to a statistically insignificant number of coeds with a bunch of questions on it that if any were answered "yes" it was counted as rape. And they were diluted down so far as to make the term "rape" nearly meaningless. Which one would think would piss off actual rape victims.

Posted by: Did an ugly guy look at you for more than 2 seconds? RAPE!!! at April 24, 2025 03:57 PM (TbWk/)

189 The Guardian warns women about influencers who want to make them "thin, fertile, and Republican"

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But a tranny influencer is ok ?
Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 03:55 PM (g47mK)

Guardian calls their woman subscribers fat and childless. Good move.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 03:57 PM (n7h9X)

190 India's aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant, has reportedly left port and is heading for Pakistan.

https://tinyurl.com/4dyfdkxy

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at April 24, 2025 03:57 PM (paSBy)

191 End the loopholes. For example, don’t let companies buy houses for CEOs so they can live off the business. Tax long-term and short-term cap gains at 10%. Kill the AMT. Tax corps and trusts at flat 15%, so people won’t use them as a tax dodge.

The current system is a mess, but let’s not pretend it can’t be reformed.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 03:53 PM (/dDa4)

I'm not pretending it can't be reformed, I'm just saying it's not as simple as closing up some loopholes.

I'm not a tax lawyer, but obviously I'm exposed to it a bit. And it is super complicated. Especially on the business tax side.

And it kind of has to be. We tax the profit, not the revenue. Which is why the tax code is so big -- lots of arguments over what is profit and what is not profit. It incentivizes wasteful behaviors.

So if you pay yourself $100k, the IRS doesn't care if you spend it on hookers and blow or if you buy a new car. But if a business spends $100k, where the money went matters.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 03:57 PM (uCjyK)

192 Imagine warning women, who are given their fortune in the form of youth, away from being healthy (thin and attractive) and happy (as mothers) and instead encouraging them to waste that fortune in toil for uncaring corporations and repulsive "experience"

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - you realize Darwin disproved evolution, right? at April 24, 2025 03:58 PM (5IqhH)

193 The Guardian warns women about influencers who want to make them "thin, fertile, and Republican"

I thought that was Cosmo except they wanted them to be a fierce Democrat .

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 03:58 PM (VofaG)

194 The Guardian warns women about influencers who want to make them "thin, fertile, and Republican"

Oh no! Anything but that!

Fat, unloved incel, insane cat-lady Democrat is the way to go gals!


Posted by: naturalfake at April 24, 2025 03:58 PM (iJfKG)

195 Find someone who looks at you the way Barack looks at a juicy cock.

Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 03:58 PM (sBjls)

196 Why don't we see if another country would be willing to provide all federal government services, entitlements, etc., for less money? If the ChiComs can do it cheaper, let's give them a shot.

Uh...they'd be about the last government I'd want to outsource my government to.

"Dear Subjects please dispose of your latest ID cards immediately, they are unfortunately made of poorly recycled nuclear waste materials. Yes of course you can throw them in the trash "

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 03:59 PM (t0Rmr)

197 Without income tax we would have much less of your money to spend?
Posted by: GOP at April 24, 2025 03:57 PM (/U5Yz)

Even with the income tax there is no relation to income and spending.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 03:59 PM (n7h9X)

198 The Guardian is and has always been a shit publication… in the same bag as the Nation and Mother Jones… I am sure their readership is over 60, academic midwits, and government apparatchiks…

Posted by: tubal at April 24, 2025 03:59 PM (PCK5/)

199 Something no one brings up is that a VAT is equivalent to a tariff.

I wonder why no one talks about this.

VAT puts all the tax on the product. So by having 25% VAT, other taxes are avoided. The US has no VAT, so our products include that tax burden. Then when EU product is sold overseas -- no VAT so it is not burdened with tax. When US products are sold in EU, they include the US tax burden plus VAT. It is like EU has a 25% tariff and a 25% export subsidy.

I simplified, but this is the effect.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 24, 2025 03:59 PM (06XVj)

200 Find someone who looks at you the way Barack looks at a juicy cock.
Posted by: ... at

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Hahaha

I initially read that as "cook"

Which also works

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - you realize Darwin disproved evolution, right? at April 24, 2025 04:00 PM (5IqhH)

201 >>> 188
My favorite statistic was that 1 in 4 women were raped in college. If that were true, why do parents keep sending their daughters to college? I'm beginning to think it is a feature and not a bug.

Or, you know, a bullshit lie.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 24, 2025 03:53 PM (a4NoL)

I'm gonna go with bullshit lie. The real story on that is a questionnaire given to a statistically insignificant number of coeds with a bunch of questions on it that if any were answered "yes" it was counted as rape. And they were diluted down so far as to make the term "rape" nearly meaningless. Which one would think would piss off actual rape victims.
Posted by: Did an ugly guy look at you for more than 2 seconds? RAPE!!! at April 24, 2025 03:57 PM (TbWk/)

I wonder how much USAID money was going to that bimbo who carried a mattress around campus for a semester or two.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 24, 2025 04:00 PM (Vqx30)

202 Fight the Oligarchy!! Says AOC & Bernie from their rented private jet at $15K an hour as they fly around the country lecturing other dummies about the rich paying their fair share.

I don't believe that their high flying ways are coming out of their own pockets either

Posted by: Cheri at April 24, 2025 04:00 PM (oiNtH)

203 Spain and China own most of the toll roads in this country

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 04:00 PM (oXfCm)

204 The Guardian is and has always been a shit publication

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there you go

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 04:01 PM (g47mK)

205 India's aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant
.......

Wow. It has a ski jump nose. Just in case your plane is stuttering and coughing on takeoff.

Posted by: wth at April 24, 2025 04:01 PM (HgMAr)

206 I would be for all a flay tax, no loopholes and fixed frate for everyone

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 04:01 PM (ypFCm)

207 I hate the whole concept of a progressive tax. Tax everyone the same rate, say 10% as an example.

Ten percent of $1 million is more than 10% of $100,000. The “rich” would still be paying more.
Posted by: Bicentennialguy at April 24, 2025 03:41 PM (+K1xO)

This, 1000%
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 24, 2025 03:42 PM (8jn+t)

Thought it was just me.
Posted by: Piper at April 24, 2025 03:56 PM (p4NUW

It’s not about the rich paying more . It’s about the rich paying more when the rest are paying less. ( in terms of percentage)

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 04:01 PM (VofaG)

208 195 Find someone who looks at you the way Barack looks at a juicy cock.
Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 03:58 PM (sBjls)

Is there anything that degenerate won't eat?

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 24, 2025 04:01 PM (a4NoL)

209 >> I’d rather see a national sales tax and elimination of income tax.

Put me in charge and I could fund the necessary Federal functions* on tariffs alone. Maybe not even that. I could probably run it at a profit.

(*Secure borders. ICE. Coast Guard. Keep some nukes in case some country gets a big idea. Some US Marshalls to hang any state or local politco or judge who abridges any citizen’s Constitutional rights.)

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 04:01 PM (/dDa4)

210 The only people making over a million in salary a year are entertainers and athletes. So democrats
Posted by: Maroon at April 24, 2025 03:23 PM (lVKJi)


And all the members.of the Trump golf clubs.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 24, 2025 04:01 PM (W/lyH)

211 we can try flat tax for a year, can't we?

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 04:01 PM (g47mK)

212 206 I would be for all a flay tax, no loopholes and fixed frate for everyone
Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 04:01 PM

Flaying should be tax-free.

Posted by: Especially if the flayees are politicians at April 24, 2025 04:02 PM (TbWk/)

213 And fixed the broke socket joint and the other side for my tractor steering.
Buffs my greasy hands fingernails.

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 04:02 PM (ypFCm)

214 So if you pay yourself $100k, the IRS doesn't care if you spend it on hookers and blow or if you buy a new car. But if a business spends $100k, where the money went matters.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes

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I advocate for thorough taxing of *compensation* and that would include any benefit a person receives from any business - trips, lunches, houses, etc.

This is an oversimplification, but if you are on a salary, you are screwed. If you own the business or are an exec., you have avoidance.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 24, 2025 04:02 PM (06XVj)

215 Flaying should be tax-free.
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So should fellating!

Posted by: Pete Bootyjuice at April 24, 2025 04:03 PM (+K1xO)

216 206 I would be for all a flay tax, no loopholes and fixed frate for everyone
Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 04:01 PM (ypFCm)

Flay tax sounds painful.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 24, 2025 04:03 PM (a4NoL)

217 If the press is reporting something from "sources" which do not cite an actual statement from President Trump then it's an op designed to pressure the weak kneed into pushing President Trump to propose something on which he did not campaign.

President Trump wants no taxes on people making under X dollars. Money which would help blunt if not eliminate the pain of tariffs.

Naturally, letting Americans keep their money is something DC cannot abide so, they're trying to see if they can adjust their sights on another target which is easily vilified.

By the way, nothing would destroy the value of the Gold Visa faster than onerous taxes on the very people who can afford such a card.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 04:03 PM (tT6L1)

218 Posted by: Boron Quidquid - you realize Darwin disproved evolution, right? at April 24, 2025 04:00 PM (5IqhH)

Although he hasn't been juicy for some time. But I bet what he knew was.

Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 04:03 PM (sBjls)

219 Wow. It has a ski jump nose.

No catapult.

Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 04:03 PM (jc0TO)

220 Imagine warning women, who are given their fortune in the form of youth, away from being healthy (thin and attractive) and happy (as mothers) and instead encouraging them to waste that fortune in toil for uncaring corporations and repulsive "experience"
Posted by: Boron Quidquid - you realize Darwin disproved evolution, right? at April 24, 2025 03:58 PM (5IqhH)

That alays cracked me up that the feminist dream is to lie on your death bed at the end of your life going:

"I was such a good employee. Working overtime as much as I could. I really made a lot of money for the Daisy Sour Cream Corporation!

My life was well spent!"

Posted by: naturalfake at April 24, 2025 04:03 PM (iJfKG)

221 Flay tax sounds painful.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 24, 2025 04:03 PM (a4NoL)
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Paying for the privilege of flaying IRS agents doesn't seem very painful, to me.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 04:04 PM (tT6L1)

222 The Guardian warns women about influencers who want to make them "thin, fertile, and Republican"

Why would anyone turn to The Guardian for life advice?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at April 24, 2025 04:04 PM (kTd/k)

223 Sales tax is a consumption tax. Instinctively I don't like it. But I am for treating income as income and not pretending that carried interest is not income.

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 04:04 PM (g47mK)

224 How about this - we make the penalty for rape...death. And no clemency for skin color or immigration status. But it has to be rape not "I said yes but I meant no" or "I said yes but he lied about being rich/single/famous/whatever"

No? Democrats don't want that? I wonder why...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 04:04 PM (t0Rmr)

225 *that made sense to me...

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 04:04 PM (g47mK)

226 You give people their entire paycheck, sans withholding, and human nature will kick in…. Spend spend spend.

Plus, everyone would pay something, citizens, noncitizens, foreign tourists, etc.

But we can’t have nice things.
Posted by: Bicentennialguy at April 24, 2025 03:55 PM (+K1xO)

Funny that that reasoning does not apply to rent, house payments and car payments. Withholding should die. Banks could just offer a service to slot money into appropriate slots for you.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 04:04 PM (n7h9X)

227 Why don't we see if another country would be willing to provide all federal government services, entitlements, etc., for less money? If the ChiComs can do it cheaper, let's give them a shot.

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Leichenstein

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at April 24, 2025 04:05 PM (Vh9CX)

228 Pakistan has reportedly closed its airspace to all Indian aircraft.

https://tinyurl.com/m8yku7ca

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at April 24, 2025 04:05 PM (paSBy)

229 Bearclaw, not just deep fried dough, sugar, and frosting anymore!

Alexander S. Vindman @AVindman
Trump is a Russian Asset.
This is the way the Russian security and intelligence services categorize him according to their oecessarily need to be a witting assets to be run as such.
Trump meets two criteria to qualify as a Russian asset. Trump is both a useful idiot because he is easily manipulated to serve Putin… look at Trump’s efforts to pressure Ukraine to capitulate on the mirage of deals, economic cooperation, reducing the imaginary risk of WWIIIaying to Trump’s vanity and ego as a deal maker and on ignorance driven fears [other example are buying Russia’s narrative of NATO aggression]; and Trump is a fellow traveler.
Trump sees the world much like Putin. The strong must pray on the weak. The strong are entitled to coerce small states to squeeze deals.
Again the Russian describe these features of Trump in state-run media and official channels.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 24, 2025 04:05 PM (L/fGl)

230 You go work. The government penalizes you with taxes.

You need a car to work, so you buy one. The government penalizes you with taxes.

You save some of that money and invest it. The government penalizes you with taxes.

You have the nerve to die and leave some money to your kids. The government penalizes you with taxes.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 04:05 PM (t0Rmr)

231 I was having a discussion with some lefty friends and we all agreed it was insane you can’t file your taxes on a postcard. Or even that you need to file, unless you earn a bunch of cash or have a bunch of business expenses.

Politicians have been promising us a simple tax code with no loopholes that’s easy to comply with for decades. This has broad bipartisan support.

Yet nothing ever gets fixed. Instead we have a system where the gov’t knows how much you owe, but has an entire industry and yearly humiliation/demoralization ritual of filling out forms to tell the IRS what they already know.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 04:05 PM (/dDa4)

232 I’m for whatever tax plan is equitable . Not progressive. And I don’t think a consumption tax is equitable for a family with one wage earner. He or she is paying for consumption beyond just themselves.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 04:06 PM (VofaG)

233 Flay tax sounds painful.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 24, 2025 04:03 PM (a4NoL)

Worked well for the Assyrians. Until it didn't.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 24, 2025 04:06 PM (XCUp7)

234 Sales tax is a consumption tax. Instinctively I don't like it. But I am for treating income as income and not pretending that carried interest is not income.
Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 04:04 PM (g47mK)

It does have the side benefit of not taxing savings, and setting things up for a rainy day.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2025 04:06 PM (VNX3d)

235 Alexander S. Vindman @AVindman
Trump is a Russian Asset.
_______________

And you're a Ukrainian asset. Also a Ukrainian asshole.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 04:06 PM (YqDXo)

236 Even with the income tax there is no relation to income and spending.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 03:59 PM (n7h9X)


Ha!
Boy, ain't that the truth!

Posted by: Dem Controlled Washington State Legislature at April 24, 2025 04:07 PM (W/lyH)

237 224 How about this - we make the penalty for rape...death. And no clemency for skin color or immigration status. But it has to be rape not "I said yes but I meant no" or "I said yes but he lied about being rich/single/famous/whatever"

No? Democrats don't want that? I wonder why...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 04:04 PM (t0Rmr)

But how is that going to be proven, that it was rape-rape and not "rape." Injuries? Whether the alleged perpetrator was known to the victim?

Posted by: This strikes me as a flawed idea at April 24, 2025 04:07 PM (TbWk/)

238 Pakistan has reportedly closed its airspace to all Indian aircraft.

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Islam means peace.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 24, 2025 04:07 PM (L/fGl)

239
Vind-mannnn....

Come together with your flan....

Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 04:07 PM (sBjls)

240
But how is that going to be proven, that it was rape-rape and not "rape." Injuries? Whether the alleged perpetrator was known to the victim?

The same way real rape is proven now.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 04:07 PM (t0Rmr)

241 Yet nothing ever gets fixed. Instead we have a system where the gov’t knows how much you owe, but has an entire industry and yearly humiliation/demoralization ritual of filling out forms to tell the IRS what they already know.
====

Avoiding collapse of that whole industry is probably what keeps complicated taxation in place.

Kinda like claims that curing cancer would collapse entire industries.

Posted by: Bicentennialguy at April 24, 2025 04:08 PM (+K1xO)

242 Eh, outside trying to type

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 04:08 PM (ypFCm)

243 Something no one brings up is that a VAT is equivalent to a tariff.

I wonder why no one talks about this.

VAT puts all the tax on the product. So by having 25% VAT, other taxes are avoided. The US has no VAT, so our products include that tax burden. Then when EU product is sold overseas -- no VAT so it is not burdened with tax. When US products are sold in EU, they include the US tax burden plus VAT. It is like EU has a 25% tariff and a 25% export subsidy.

I simplified, but this is the effect.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 24, 2025 03:59 PM (06XVj)

Trump does. When he calculates equivalent tariffs he includes any impediment to our trade there...including VATs and other monetary policies that are unfair.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 04:08 PM (n7h9X)

244 A 62-year-old man in the throes of a life-threatening medical emergency died after an American Airlines flight crew failed to call for help until after the plane landed, taxied to the gate and all other passengers had disembarked – by which time it was too late to save him, his family alleges.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 24, 2025 04:08 PM (/U5Yz)

245
The Guardian warns women about influencers who want to make them "thin, fertile, and Republican"

Fat, barren and Democrat it is then!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 24, 2025 04:08 PM (63Dwl)

246 And while I get the idea of punishing the rich, who largely don't vote with us any more, I'm a little concerned about where all of this ends up.

On the one hand, I've never been a fan of the progressive tax since people who don't pay taxes vote to have the government do a lot of stupid shit. OTOH, people who pay a lot of taxes vote to have the government do a lot of stupid shit.

I'm not sure what the right answer is. Maybe if there were actual punishments for people in government for deficit spending...

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 04:09 PM (ExV1e)

247 The problem with flat to zero (flat tax on all income) is that people on the low end just avoid it -- it creates an underground economy.

I also think all tax is theft, but I am OK with tax of 10% on everything. (income, cap gains (with indexing), inheritance, ...)

So a hard limit (10%, but no tax under 100K) does not work either since you have everyone making 99K and you need to avoid hard barriers. Then you end up with a schedule such as 0 at 50K, 2% at 60K, etc. You see where this goes?

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 24, 2025 04:09 PM (06XVj)

248 219 Wow. It has a ski jump nose.
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No catapult.
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If I remember correctly, it's an old ship that India bought from Russia.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at April 24, 2025 04:09 PM (paSBy)

249 >>Alexander S. Vindman @AVindman
Trump is a Russian Asset.


Unless you are texting from the Frontline in Ukraine, you are a Fat Coward.

Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2025 04:09 PM (F30Ty)

250 90% of rapists are Democrat or in Democrat demographics. True or false.

Also they fight to get rapists the right to vote.

Which may be related.

Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 04:09 PM (sBjls)

251 Flaying tax is what they do now, flat tax is what should happen.

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 04:09 PM (ypFCm)

252 Pakistan has reportedly closed its airspace to all Indian aircraft.
......

I guess we're gonna find out who's crazier real quick.

Posted by: wth at April 24, 2025 04:10 PM (HgMAr)

253 Unless you are texting from the Frontline in Ukraine, you are a Fat Coward.
Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2025 04:09 PM (F30Ty)

And quite honestly either way

Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 04:10 PM (sBjls)

254 Vindman is an ass. Not a very bright one either.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 24, 2025 04:10 PM (W/lyH)

255 235 Alexander S. Vindman @AVindman
Trump is a Russian Asset.
-

This is similar to being called a racist, homophobe, misogynist, etc.

"okay"

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - you realize Darwin disproved evolution, right? at April 24, 2025 04:10 PM (5IqhH)

256 But how is that going to be proven, that it was rape-rape and not "rape." Injuries? Whether the alleged perpetrator was known to the victim?

The same way real rape is proven now.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 04:07 PM (t0Rmr)

You do realize there are men who served significant prison terms for rape who did not commit the crime, despite being convicted in a court of law? You're proposing a scenario in which potentially more men are wrongly executed.

Posted by: False accusations can get convictions at April 24, 2025 04:10 PM (TbWk/)

257 Alexander S. Vindman @AVindman
Trump is a Russian Asset.
This is the way the Russian security and intelligence services categorize him according to their oecessarily need to be a witting assets to be run as such.
Trump meets two criteria to qualify as a Russian asset.

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Oh shut up you traitor.

You have no idea how Russian intelligence works, or anything more than what shop sells the best crullers.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 04:10 PM (n7h9X)

258
If I remember correctly India has a bunch of SU29’s and 30’s. Some of the older French Rafael’s and some Jaguars. I think the Pakis still
Have some F16’s and some older Chinese stuff. So it’s going to be like watching a 1980’s vintage air show.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 24, 2025 03:37 PM (RYTCQ)



If this latest war actually kicks off, it'll probably be like every other Paki/Indian war.

Paki savages start it, most often by massacring unarmed Indian civilians or attacking Indian border posts. The Indians bring in the Sikhs and Gurkhas who spank the Pakis like a bunch of schoolboys. Pakis whine and sulk about how unfair it is for the infidels to defend themselves.

I have my doubts about whether it's going to open warfare. When the Pakis set up their mohammedan savages for the Mumbai attacks in '08, which were a LOT worse, India passed on a military response.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 24, 2025 04:11 PM (y9nCu)

259 But how is that going to be proven, that it was rape-rape and not "rape." Injuries? Whether the alleged perpetrator was known to the victim?
Posted by: This strikes me as a flawed idea at April 24, 2025 04:07 PM (TbWk/)


Islamic method.
You need 4 witnesses.
Preferably not rubbing one out during the incident.

Posted by: Stateless...21% - mental state clawing up from 10% at April 24, 2025 04:11 PM (jvJvP)

260 >>And quite honestly either way


I was going to add...

And if you are, you are still a Fat Cuck.

But I figured that much was understood.

Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2025 04:11 PM (F30Ty)

261 The Guardian warns women about influencers who want to make them "thin, fertile, and Republican"

Fat, barren and Democrat it is then!

Do these people never stop and think?

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 04:11 PM (s8j++)

262 It does have the side benefit of not taxing savings, and setting things up for a rainy day.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2025 04:06 PM (VNX3d)

what does ? I am talking about Hedge Fund GPs who get their income as carried interest. Should be taxed as regular income.

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 04:11 PM (g47mK)

263 Jar Jar was asking for it.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 24, 2025 04:12 PM (0Xu0D)

264 I believe one should pay taxes on what you spend, not on what you earn.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 24, 2025 03:24 PM (W2Pud)

I prefer that model myself.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 04:12 PM (ExV1e)

265 A Pakistani navy sub sank an Indian ship during the Bangladesh war . I'm sure the Indians would like payback and the Pakistanis would like to do it again

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 24, 2025 04:12 PM (6TePA)

266 Avoiding collapse of that whole industry is probably what keeps complicated taxation in place.

Kinda like claims that curing cancer would collapse entire industries.
Posted by: Bicentennialguy at April 24, 2025 04:08 PM (+K1xO)

Yeah, and the RINOs deserve some blame here. The IRS has a free file program. It sucks, not everyone can use it, but it’s free. Congressional GOP has been trying to kill it for years, because their donors like H&R Block and Jackson-Hewitt make billions on a convoluted system that exists to suck the blood from working Americans.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 04:12 PM (/dDa4)

267 Islamic method.
You need 4 witnesses.
Preferably not rubbing one out during the incident.
Posted by: Stateless...21% - mental state clawing up from 10% at April 24, 2025 04:11 PM (jvJvP)

I thought that in Islam the female rape victim is the one getting punished.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at April 24, 2025 04:12 PM (kTd/k)

268
Alexander S. Vindman @AVindman
Trump is a Russian Asset.
-

This is similar to being called a racist, homophobe, misogynist, etc.

"okay"
Posted by: Boron Quidquid

Poopy head. You forgot poopy head.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 24, 2025 04:12 PM (63Dwl)

269 229: Vindman is still choking the Russia chicken. I guess it's ok he still chirps up occasionally otherwise I'd forget he exists. He's all sound and fury signifying nothing.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 24, 2025 04:13 PM (sAmhv)

270 >Alexander S. Vindman @AVindman

no soup for you!
no pardon either!

Posted by: russian cherries are the best at April 24, 2025 04:13 PM (Aki9x)

271 A 62-year-old man in the throes of a life-threatening medical emergency died after an American Airlines flight crew failed to call for help until after the plane landed, taxied to the gate and all other passengers had disembarked – by which time it was too late to save him, his family alleges.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 24, 2025 04:08 PM (/U5Yz)

What help is there going to be on a landing plane? The mythical doctor?

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 04:13 PM (n7h9X)

272 Vindman is an ass. Not a very bright one either.

I don't generally consider brightness to be an attribute in the world of asses. I mean, maybe on a baboon...

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 04:13 PM (s8j++)

273 Wow. It has a ski jump nose.
Posted by: wth at April 24,

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"I am not a crook"!

Posted by: India Aircraft Carrier at April 24, 2025 04:13 PM (06XVj)

274 243 Something no one brings up is that a VAT is equivalent to a tariff.

I wonder why no one talks about this.

VAT puts all the tax on the product. So by having 25% VAT, other taxes are avoided. The US has no VAT, so our products include that tax burden. Then when EU product is sold overseas -- no VAT so it is not burdened with tax. When US products are sold in EU, they include the US tax burden plus VAT. It is like EU has a 25% tariff and a 25% export subsidy.

I simplified, but this is the effect.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 24, 2025 03:59 PM (06XVj)

Trump does. When he calculates equivalent tariffs he includes any impediment to our trade there...including VATs and other monetary policies that are unfair.
Posted by: Oldcat
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Free traders don't care about barriers to our imports, they only care about how much tariff they are going to have to pay for their imported goodies.

Frankly, a lot of them hate restrictions on corporate outsourcing or illegals immigrating as well. They view the world as borderless.

Utopian ideologues that have done a lot of damage to the US since Reagan.

Posted by: DNC at April 24, 2025 04:13 PM (ctrM5)

275 270 >Alexander S. Vindman @AVindman

Chicken Kiev

Posted by: Or is it Keeeeeeev? at April 24, 2025 04:14 PM (TbWk/)

276 Vindmann should get booted to Ukraine

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 04:14 PM (ypFCm)

277 "even though economists warn that tariffs raise far less revenue and fall harder on lower-income households."

STILL WAITING FOR "ECONOMISTS" TO BE PROVEN CORRECT ON ANYTHING YET...

Like "why economists say printing trillions of dollars won't raise inflation" and other such drivel.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at April 24, 2025 04:14 PM (17s+e)

278 How many people does Alexander Vindman influence?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at April 24, 2025 04:14 PM (kTd/k)

279 229: Vindman is still choking the Russia chicken. I guess it's ok he still chirps up occasionally otherwise I'd forget he exists. He's all sound and fury signifying nothing.
Posted by: Puddleglum
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Declare Ukraine an outlaw nation and deport him and his brother there under the Alien Enemies Act. If naturalized citizens behave like he does, they go back.

Posted by: DNC at April 24, 2025 04:14 PM (ctrM5)

280 Any member of the Republican Party buying onto this should be duct taped to a metal chair and tapped a few times with a car battery on sensitive places.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 24, 2025 03:25 PM (RYTCQ)

That's ecologically unsound. Smearing honey on sensitive areas and gifting them with a few dozen fire ants would be less immediately instructive but the lesson would linger.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 04:15 PM (ExV1e)

281 I have my doubts about whether it's going to open warfare. When the Pakis set up their mohammedan savages for the Mumbai attacks in '08, which were a LOT worse, India passed on a military response.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur

I agree. The Pakis are cool with cowardly attacks on unarmed civilians, but if it comes down to an actual war, they're going to get their asses kicked up and down the subcontinent. The only other option is nukes, and if I were a Paki, I'd be a lot more worried about what Indian nukes could do to me than the reverse.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 04:15 PM (s8j++)

282 >>> 271 A 62-year-old man in the throes of a life-threatening medical emergency died after an American Airlines flight crew failed to call for help until after the plane landed, taxied to the gate and all other passengers had disembarked – by which time it was too late to save him, his family alleges.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 24, 2025 04:08 PM (/U5Yz)

What help is there going to be on a landing plane? The mythical doctor?
Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 04:13 PM (n7h9X)

Assuming the presstitues aren't making shit up, which given this post... is there any reason they couldn't have had a fcking ambulance waiting at the gate, and gotten the ill passenger off first?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 24, 2025 04:16 PM (Vqx30)

283 Yeah, and the RINOs deserve some blame here. The IRS has a free file program. It sucks, not everyone can use it, but it’s free. Congressional GOP has been trying to kill it for years, because their donors like H&R Block and Jackson-Hewitt make billions on a convoluted system that exists to suck the blood from working Americans.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 04:12 PM (/dDa4)

I've been doing my late Mother's taxes here in Canada for several years. It actually was never THAT horrible as a process.

I used WealthSimple, they'd carry over your information from last year, you connect to Revenue Canada and most of your tax slips and investment slips populate the program.

Deductions took a bit, but I got better over the years.

If they are going to steal from us, at least they make it somewhat easier for us.

Posted by: Stateless...21% - mental state clawing up from 10% at April 24, 2025 04:16 PM (jvJvP)

284 >> I have my doubts about whether it's going to open warfare. When the Pakis set up their mohammedan savages for the Mumbai attacks in '08, which were a LOT worse, India passed on a military response.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 24, 2025 04:11 PM (y9nCu)

India will fly some aircraft and put on a display. I’d be shocked if it turned into a shooting war. It’s why every few years Paki allied groups pull this shit. The ISI knows everything that goes on in and around their borders. Those fuckers let every shithead terrorist cross their border every spring into Afghanistan. I really do hope the Indians drop a few bombs on their asses.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 24, 2025 04:16 PM (wjLW2)

285 I have my doubts about whether it's going to open warfare. When the Pakis set up their mohammedan savages for the Mumbai attacks in '08, which were a LOT worse, India passed on a military response.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 24, 2025 04:11 PM (y9nCu)

From what I recall its pretty rough terrain up there, and the roads aren't the best . Lots of sitting on adjacent hills and plonking shots at each other.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 04:16 PM (n7h9X)

286 Trump does. When he calculates equivalent tariffs he includes any impediment to our trade there...including VATs and other monetary policies that are unfair.
Posted by: Oldcat

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I did not know this. I need to research how he calculates his "reciprocal" tariffs. The reporting I have seen always avoids details.

Posted by: India Aircraft Carrier at April 24, 2025 04:16 PM (06XVj)

287 I think a comparison chart would be in short order for tax the rich comparison. Would have to look up the amount that other countries get. However the fucking taxes on closing a college saving fund is horrendous.

Posted by: Halito at April 24, 2025 04:16 PM (ACNmL)

288 How many people does Alexander Vindman influence?
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You’d be surprised.

Posted by: Hostess Snacks Co. at April 24, 2025 04:16 PM (+K1xO)

289 Assuming the presstitues aren't making shit up, which given this post... is there any reason they couldn't have had a fcking ambulance waiting at the gate, and gotten the ill passenger off first

Damn, and my hair was just starting to grow back.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 04:17 PM (s8j++)

290
"even though economists warn that tariffs raise far less revenue and fall harder on lower-income households."

Women and minorities hardest hit.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 24, 2025 04:17 PM (63Dwl)

291 Audit Alexander Vindman !

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 04:17 PM (g47mK)

292 Recall Vindman to active duty and court martial his ass.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 24, 2025 04:17 PM (2UnvF)

293 I would like to see no individual federal taxes at all: tax the states. Let states try different ways of getting the money.

Any federal tax on individuals suffers from the problem of how to define what it is that we’ve decided is taxable (sales tax? what’s a sale? profits? what’s a profit? income tax? what’s income?) which are not questions that can reliably be answered on a national scale.

Instead of having to process hundreds of millions of taxpayers, the federal government has to process fifty. The rest of the process is broken down to more local entities, at most at the level of the state.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 24, 2025 04:17 PM (EXyHK)

294 Audit Alexander Vindman !
Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 04:17 PM (g47mK)

Put his ass on a low-carb diet.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 04:17 PM (/dDa4)

295 >>> 289
==
Damn, and my hair was just starting to grow back.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 04:17 PM (s8j++)

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 24, 2025 04:18 PM (Vqx30)

296 Declare Ukraine an outlaw nation and deport him and his brother there under the Alien Enemies Act. If naturalized citizens behave like he does, they go back.
Posted by: DNC at April 24, 2025 04:14 PM (ctrM5)

I think he's a citizen and his brother presumably since he's in congress, or tried.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 04:18 PM (n7h9X)

297 >>How many people does Alexander Vindman influence?


Every morning he puts the squeeze on Little Debbie.

Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2025 04:18 PM (F30Ty)

298 Ignore Alexander Vindman !

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 04:18 PM (oXfCm)

299 sock off. I am not an aircraft carrier.

Trump's team is often surprising me.

Two peeves I have had, that no one talks about he has covered.
1. the VAT is a tariff issue discussed above.
2. The need for local counting of ballots. He has included that in the EO on elections. This is key to security and yet I have seen no one mention it in their rants about fair elections. But Trump did. I talk about it on every online discussion I can.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 24, 2025 04:18 PM (06XVj)

300 I did not know this. I need to research how he calculates his "reciprocal" tariffs. The reporting I have seen always avoids details.
Posted by: India Aircraft Carrier at April 24, 2025 04:16 PM (06XVj)

Tariffs are just based on our trade deficit with a country. It’s a linear formula. So it kinda-sorta incorporates VAT and other barriers, but not directly.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 04:20 PM (/dDa4)

301 I missed this earlier. In addition to cancelling all Pakistani visas, India has called on all its citizens in Pakistan to leave immediately.

https://tinyurl.com/bdfvnsme

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at April 24, 2025 04:20 PM (paSBy)

302 Ignore Alexander Vindman !
Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 04:18 PM (oXfCm)
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Who?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 04:20 PM (tT6L1)

303 US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent sez that the tax package should be completed by July 4th.

Posted by: mrp at April 24, 2025 04:20 PM (rj6Yv)

304 >>> 299 sock off. I am not an aircraft carrier.

Trump's team is often surprising me.

Two peeves I have had, that no one talks about he has covered.
1. the VAT is a tariff issue discussed above.
2. The need for local counting of ballots. He has included that in the EO on elections. This is key to security and yet I have seen no one mention it in their rants about fair elections. But Trump did. I talk about it on every online discussion I can.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 24, 2025 04:18 PM (06XVj)

But what if you *identify* as an aircraft carrier???

I don't know if OrangeManBad will be able to do all the things he's set out to do, but even Noticing things in a very loud voice helps...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 24, 2025 04:21 PM (Vqx30)

305 STILL WAITING FOR "ECONOMISTS" TO BE PROVEN CORRECT ON ANYTHING YET...

Like "why economists say printing trillions of dollars won't raise inflation" and other such drivel.
Posted by: Jukin

Jukin, as an econ undergrad and studied political economy as a grad student, it becomes clear that microeconomics is more or less a valid field of study with predictable and solid empirical evidence.

Macroeconomics and particularly international economics is using stats and math to hide the fact that empirical models do not predict reality very well. Sort of like climate change models. In the end, when such models are presented, all they do is reflect the underlying assumptions (nice way of saying biases) of their proponents.

Posted by: DNC at April 24, 2025 04:21 PM (ctrM5)

306 The media always adds the phrase "without evidence" to the Trump admin claims that Maryland Dad is a gang member. I'm going to assume that this story didn't include the "without evidence" phrase after the Trump anonymous insider claims.

The evidence that is sufficient for a journalist is if the story might hurt Trump, than anything said by a source that doesn't go on the record is sufficient. If it might help Trump, the evidence standard goes way up.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 24, 2025 04:21 PM (Dv3i1)

307 OK, so far we have:

1) Audit Vindman
2) Put Vindman on a LC diet
3) Ignore Vindman

I would like to submit another one:

4) Give Vindman 1 way ticket to Ukraine

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 04:21 PM (g47mK)

308 Ignore Alexander Vindman !
Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 04:18 PM (oXfCm)
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Who?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 04:20 PM (tT6L1)

It's the title of Lin-Manuel Miranda's new musical, after his success with "Hamilton".

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2025 04:22 PM (VNX3d)

309 Tariffs are just based on our trade deficit with a country. It’s a linear formula. So it kinda-sorta incorporates VAT and other barriers, but not directly.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director

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OK, but this is the kind of thing that should be shouted every time anyone brings up "smoot haulie gonna cause depression" nonsense when attacking his tariffs.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 24, 2025 04:22 PM (06XVj)

310 >>> 305
==
In the end, when such models are presented, all they do is reflect the underlying assumptions (nice way of saying biases) of their proponents.
Posted by: DNC at April 24, 2025 04:21 PM (ctrM5)

tbf one usually has to make *some* assumptions as a starting point but you're supposed to 1) explicitly call out your assumptions and 2) pay the fck attention if your model sucks donkey balls.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 24, 2025 04:22 PM (Vqx30)

311 4) Give Vindman 1 way ticket to Ukraine
Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 04:21 PM (g47mK)
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Ah the "all of the above" option. I like it!

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 04:23 PM (tT6L1)

312
Like "why economists say printing trillions of dollars won't raise inflation" and other such drivel.
Posted by: Jukin

Like when economists say two down quarters in a row is the definition of recession unless Biden is president.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 24, 2025 04:23 PM (63Dwl)

313 If Vindmann was in active military he would shoot himself in the head and get court martial real quickly from his antics

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 04:23 PM (ypFCm)

314 It's raining again! Happy trees, pissed off goats.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 24, 2025 04:23 PM (Vqx30)

315 Like when economists say two down quarters in a row is the definition of recession unless Biden is president.
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Snort.

Posted by: Pudinhead at April 24, 2025 04:24 PM (pZ64F)

316 Back from work.

Also:

NOOD.

Treasury Secretary Bessent: We Have the Opportunity for a "Beautiful Rebalancing" of Trade With China; Tariffs Could be Lowered to 50-65%

NOOD!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 24, 2025 04:25 PM (O7YUW)

317 Macroeconomics and particularly international economics is using stats and math to hide the fact that empirical models do not predict reality very well. Sort of like climate change models. In the end, when such models are presented, all they do is reflect the underlying assumptions (nice way of saying biases) of their proponents.
Posted by: DNC at April 24, 2025 04:21 PM (ctrM5)

In my ECON 101 under Carter they taught me that inflation and unemployment could not occur at the same time. Carter had records highs in both. I therefore determined that Economics was full of shit.

Later on my own I read a number of books on the subject, including Mises' one, but it was like a medical class teaching imbalances in the humours.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 04:25 PM (n7h9X)

318 tbf one usually has to make *some* assumptions as a starting point but you're supposed to 1) explicitly call out your assumptions and 2) pay the fck attention if your model sucks donkey balls.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 24, 2025 04:22 PM (Vqx30)

Nah, that's old school. And very cute.

It's just easier to let the press report "Republicans are 35% more retarded than the stupidest Democrat."

Posted by: Stateless...21% - mental state clawing up from 10% at April 24, 2025 04:25 PM (jvJvP)

319 Is there any possible truer statement than the one that follows "conservatives claim without evidence..."

Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 04:25 PM (sBjls)

320 Helena Handbasket, I have gotten almost 3 1/2 inches of rain since a little before noon.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 04:25 PM (oXfCm)

321 A third peeve I have is that the true rate of inflation is about 3% higher than anyone calculates it.

The CW is that we need to keep injecting money into economy as it grows. Well, what nonsense. That is gov. stealing the value of progress from the public. Reality is deflationary and your dollar should buy more each day. that fact that it doesn't is because of theft. We have accepted that gov. is allowed to steal that 3%, plus the 3% target, plus the 10 or whatever percent inflation really is.

fourth peeve is GDP should not include gov. spending, but Musk mentioned that a couple weeks ago.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 24, 2025 04:28 PM (06XVj)

322
A Pakistani navy sub sank an Indian ship during the Bangladesh war . I'm sure the Indians would like payback and the Pakistanis would like to do it again
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 24, 2025 04:12 PM (6TePA)



They got payback before the war was over, the Indians sank about half the Paki Navy. Not to mention having the genocidal Paki Army in Bangladesh surrender nearly 100k troops after they got spanked.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 24, 2025 04:28 PM (y9nCu)

323 293 I would like to see no individual federal taxes at all: tax the states. Let states try different ways of getting the money.

Any federal tax on individuals suffers from the problem of how to define what it is that we’ve decided is taxable (sales tax? what’s a sale? profits? what’s a profit? income tax? what’s income?) which are not questions that can reliably be answered on a national scale.

Instead of having to process hundreds of millions of taxpayers, the federal government has to process fifty. The rest of the process is broken down to more local entities, at most at the level of the state.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair

You have two choices on direct taxes--either the income tax via amendment or the apportioned tax on states. Constitutionally, for apportionment, a tax must be the same amount per person in every state, a very difficult burden to satisfy. "

The reality is that when that was used to fund the articles of confederation, it did not work very well. What do you do about a deadbeat state? Invade it? Deny its ability to vote (not constitutional per se)? Take all its federal funds away?

There is a reason that the Framers ended up choosing indirect taxes.

Posted by: DNC at April 24, 2025 04:29 PM (ctrM5)

New Evidence Released Proves That "Maryland Father" and "Oriole State Husband" Kilmar Abrego-Garcia Is Definitely a Human Smuggler

Gee, why did the cops think that Abrego-Garcia was a human smuggler when they pulled over his car, loaded to the roof with immigrant men, none of whom had any luggage?

It wasn't just those circumstances, which are already highly suspicious.

It also turned out that Abrego-Garcia was driving a car owned by a known human smuggler used for human smuggling.

Who Abrego-Garcia admitted was "his boss."

Reported El Salvadoran stopped in car owned by alien who pleaded guilty to human smuggling charges

The owner of the car in which Kilmar Abrego Garcia was stopped by police is Jose Ramon Hernandez Reyes, who pleaded guilty to smuggling illegal aliens into the United States in 2020, two years before Garcia's deportation. Reyes himself was deported after the guilty plea and returned to the country illegally.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the deported El Salvadoran at the center of the Trump administration's immigration battle with the courts, was stopped by police in an SUV owned by a man who was himself deported after pleading guilty to smuggling illegal aliens in 2020, according to court and Homeland Security Department intelligence documents reviewed by Just the News.

These new details follow Just the News reporting last week that Abrego Garcia was flagged in 2022 by the Biden administration as a "suspect alien" who was possibly involved in "human smuggling/trafficking" after a traffic stop in Tennessee raised the suspicions of a state trooper, according to internal Homeland Security documents.

The Trump administration alleges Abrego Garcia is a member of the notorious El Salvadoran gang MS-13 based on Maryland police identifications and deported him last month back to his home country.

Family and lawyers deny any connection to the gang and are fighting the deportation, arguing it violates a 2019 order that protected Abrego Garcia from being sent back to El Salvador. Meanwhile, a growing body of evidence suggests the illegal immigrant wasn't the peaceful, law-abiding father "from Maryland," as his wife and lawyers have claimed in the news media.

When Abrego Garcia was stopped in 2022 by the Tennessee state trooper, Homeland Security intelligence created a record of the encounter, Just the News reported. The El Salvadoran was driving a black 2001 Chevrolet Suburban and said he was transporting his passengers to Maryland from Texas for construction work, although the state trooper found no luggage in the SUV.

Just one of those spur-of-the-moment Maryland-to-Texas group taxi rides.


Homeland Security documents identified the owner of the vehicle as Jose Ramon Hernandez Reyes. Abrego Garcia told the state trooper that the owner was his boss. However, that SUV was flagged separately by the Homeland Security Investigations Baltimore field office as belonging to a target they suspected of human trafficking or smuggling, the documents show.

"Vehicle is used by HSI Baltimore target in human smuggling/trafficking operation. Vehicle makes trips to southern border to pick up non-citizens," the record reads. The memo says the Baltimore HSI case agent should be notified if the vehicle is encountered.

The car itself was on the DHS "watch list" for vehicles used in human smuggling.

It was just a misunderstanding, could've happened to anyone! Anyone!

I don't know whose crack this is. Someone must have put this crack in my crack-pipe, officer, because I've never seen this crack before.


Why do I have a crack-pipe? Funny story. I got sick of restaurants making you use those paper straws and so I thought, "Hey, a crack pipe is shaped like a straw." So that's why I have it. For drinking soders. Caffeine free soders.

But there's no crack in this crack pipe, except whatever crack someone else put in it.

I bet it was the same guy who smuggled Hunter Biden's cocaine into the White House. Maryland is near DC, you know.


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Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 02:18 PM (uCjyK)

2 Three

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2025 02:19 PM (VNX3d)

3 >> I don't know whose crack this is. Someone must have put this crack in my crack-pipe, officer, because I've never seen this crack before.

Dammit, why didn’t I think of that?

Posted by: Hunter Biden, Crack Aficionado at April 24, 2025 02:19 PM (/dDa4)

4 Why did Biden's FBI tell the Tennessee Troopers to let them go?

Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 02:19 PM (jc0TO)

5 Father of the year

Posted by: steevy at April 24, 2025 02:20 PM (YwEeS)

6 Trump has all the cards with these idiots.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 02:20 PM (n7h9X)

7 2 Three
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2025 02:19 PM (VNX3d)

rekt

Posted by: Hunter Biden, Crack Aficionado at April 24, 2025 02:20 PM (/dDa4)

8 4 Why did Biden's FBI tell the Tennessee Troopers to let them go?
Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 02:19 PM (jc0TO)

You have to ask ?

Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2025 02:20 PM (VE6XX)

9 But other than the court hearings and the deportation order, he didn't get his due process!

Posted by: bonhomme at April 24, 2025 02:20 PM (lIio7)

10 4 That's what I'd like to know

Posted by: steevy at April 24, 2025 02:20 PM (YwEeS)

11 I am starting to think that we’re going about this all wrong. We should be saying he came to the US to home-school his kids. His extradition would sail through….

Posted by: SouthcentralPA at April 24, 2025 02:21 PM (JKRHo)

12 >>> 4 Why did Biden's FBI tell the Tennessee Troopers to let them go?
Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 02:19 PM (jc0TO)

Because Brandon's handlers were and are working with the cartels.

Did he remember to pardon all of the handlers?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 24, 2025 02:21 PM (Vqx30)

13 Why did Biden's FBI tell the Tennessee Troopers to let them go?
Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 02:19 PM (jc0TO)

And why did the TN cops comply? Surely they had enough reason to bust his ass.

Ham and eggers, man.

Posted by: Hunter Biden, Crack Aficionado at April 24, 2025 02:21 PM (/dDa4)

14 Devout Catholics were deemed the priority threat.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 02:21 PM (n7h9X)

15 4 Why did Biden's FBI tell the Tennessee Troopers to let them go?
Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 02:19 PM (jc0TO)

Biden considered the trafficking a feature, not a bug. Treasonous fuck.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 24, 2025 02:21 PM (a4NoL)

16 How much did the Biden admin make in kickbacks from the traffickers?

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 24, 2025 02:22 PM (a4NoL)

17 Dude's a spark of divinity, as Madame Speaker Flapjacks put it.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 24, 2025 02:22 PM (guCHD)

18 14 Devout Catholics were deemed the priority threat.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 02:21 PM (n7h9X)

Especially if you preferred the Latin Mass...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2025 02:22 PM (VE6XX)

19 I am starting to think that we’re going about this all wrong. We should be saying he came to the US to home-school his kids. His extradition would sail through….
Posted by: SouthcentralPA at April 24, 2025 02:21 PM (JKRHo)

HOMESCHOOL? REEEEEEEE!!!
--- leftists

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 02:22 PM (n7h9X)

20 So, Van Hollen and Dexter and other Democrats support human trafficking.

That is an international and Federal crime.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 02:22 PM (szPgS)

21 I don't care if he was a stand up guy who worked at a soup kitchen and spent his free time helping little old ladies carry their groceries.

He was here illegally, there is no reason he should not have been deported back to his home country. And they are free to shove him in a prison or give him a ticker tape parade when he returns. I don't really care, as long as he and everyone else who is here illegally is gone.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 02:22 PM (uCjyK)

22 Democrats in 1861: So help me God if you take my slaves their will be blood

Democrats in 2025: So help me Gaia if you take my slaves their will be blood

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 02:23 PM (t0Rmr)

23 Devout Catholics were deemed the priority threat.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 02:21 PM (n7h9X)

Especially if you preferred the Latin Mass...
Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2025 02:22 PM (VE6XX)

especially the maracas

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 02:23 PM (n7h9X)

24 Putin never would have let him go, Biden did.

Posted by: Francis at April 24, 2025 02:23 PM (bbuBP)

25 Why did Biden's FBI tell the Tennessee Troopers to let them go?
Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 02:19 PM (jc0TO)

1. Cartels pay well.
2. Rubbing our faces in their illegality is part of the kink.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 02:24 PM (ExV1e)

26 4 Why did Biden's FBI tell the Tennessee Troopers to let them go?
Posted by: toby928

Wanna bet that Garcia was not involved in Dem politics of illegal drugs, sex trafficking etc?

Like to know the name of that agent making the call in 2022 to the THP. Needs to be deposed under oath with a lie detector about who if anyone told him to do that. Then repeat until you undoubtedly end up with a political creature either in the House/Senate or DHS.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 02:24 PM (ctrM5)

27 It is well known that most Coyotes like Kilmar also rape their "passengers" when driving them to their jump off points for fun and profit.

Ser Mejor Kilmar....Ser Mejor.

Posted by: Astroglide Is Your Friend at April 24, 2025 02:24 PM (+8MS3)

28 especially the maracas
Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 02:23 PM (n7h9X)

LOL.. It beats the Hootenanny mass

Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2025 02:24 PM (VE6XX)

29 The car itself was on the DHS "watch list" for vehicles used in human smuggling.

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How much more did this guy need to do to be arrested?

Officer, those human heads in the back of the truck were there when I got here!

Right, off you go then!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 24, 2025 02:24 PM (2UnvF)

30 You'd think that with as civil forfeiture happy that the police are, something could have been done about the car.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 24, 2025 02:24 PM (i24o9)

31 Devout Catholics were deemed the priority threat.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 02:21 PM (n7h9X)

And parents not wanting their kids groomed by homos.

Meanwhile, try to get any law enforcement to prosecute child porn.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 02:24 PM (/dDa4)

32 Nitpick

"there" not "their"

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 02:24 PM (szPgS)

33 So, Van Hollen and Dexter and other Democrats support human trafficking.

That is an international and Federal crime.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 02:22 PM (szPgS)

so is busing voters in to vote in other districts.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 02:24 PM (n7h9X)

34 16 How much did the Biden admin make in kickbacks from the traffickers?
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 24, 2025 02:22 PM (a4NoL)

We know USAID was funneling money to a bunch of NGO's to facilitate the human smuggling up to Norte Americano.

Which means USAID money was directly funding the cartels in Mexico.

So my guess is somewhere around "a lot" of money flowed around and was skimmed off from at every step.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 02:24 PM (uCjyK)

35 He was just turning his life around...

Posted by: Local news at April 24, 2025 02:24 PM (qelIc)

36 I don't know whose crack this is. Someone must have put this crack in my crack-pipe, officer, because I've never seen this crack before.

I saw a news story where the cops found a woman with cocaine in her purse and she argued the wind must have blown it in there.

That was neither persuasive with the cops or the court unfortunately for her

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 02:25 PM (t0Rmr)

37 Check the 2019 court case docs. Guatemala. Hate the media more.

Posted by: Francis at April 24, 2025 02:25 PM (bbuBP)

38 18 14 Devout Catholics were deemed the priority threat.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 02:21 PM (n7h9X)

Especially if you preferred the Latin Mass...
Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2025 02:22 PM (VE6XX)


Funny, because you'd think practitioners of LATIN Mass would have gotten a pass. Plus free money, housing, phones, get out of jail cards, etc...


Posted by: haffhowershower at April 24, 2025 02:25 PM (144I4)

39 And parents not wanting their kids groomed by homos.

Meanwhile, try to get any law enforcement to prosecute child porn.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 02:24 PM (/dDa4)

Trumps done it a few times last term and at least one this term IIRC

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 02:25 PM (n7h9X)

40 Funny, because you'd think practitioners of LATIN Mass would have gotten a pass. Plus free money, housing, phones, get out of jail cards, etc...


Posted by: haffhowershower at April 24, 2025 02:25 PM (144I4)

that's LATINX mass

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 02:26 PM (n7h9X)

41
Funny, because you'd think practitioners of LATIN Mass would have gotten a pass. Plus free money, housing, phones, get out of jail cards, etc...


Posted by: haffhowershower at April 24, 2025 02:25 PM (144I4)

Okay.. The Mass in Latin

Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2025 02:26 PM (VE6XX)

42 Especially if you preferred the Latin Mass...
Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2025 02:22 PM (VE6XX)

Slender Latinas are one thing but once they start putting on the pounds...

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 02:26 PM (ExV1e)

43 Meanwhile, try to get any law enforcement to prosecute child porn.

Was it Krugman or Reich that admitted to having CP on his computer?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 02:26 PM (t0Rmr)

44 30 You'd think that with as civil forfeiture happy that the police are, something could have been done about the car.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 24, 2025 02:24 PM (i24o9)


Obviously they were told to stand down.

This guy was probably on the CIA's payroll. Someone was protecting.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 02:26 PM (uCjyK)

45 You'd think that with as civil forfeiture happy that the police are, something could have been done about the car.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 24, 2025 02:24 PM (i24o9)

Civil asset forfeiture, like being a net taxpayer, is for Epsilons. Human-smuggling illegals are at least Gammas.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 02:26 PM (/dDa4)

46 13 Why did Biden's FBI tell the Tennessee Troopers to let them go?
Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 02:19 PM (jc0TO)

And why did the TN cops comply? Surely they had enough reason to bust his ass.

Ham and eggers, man.

Posted by: Hunter Biden, Crack Aficionado at April 24, 2025 02:21 PM (/dDa4)
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Let them go, less paperwork.

Posted by: Ciampino - cause & reaction is key? at April 24, 2025 02:26 PM (sPQoU)

47 Latin Mass Effect?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 02:26 PM (szPgS)

48 6 Trump has all the cards with these idiots.
Posted by: Oldcat

His slow rolling of facts that killed the Dem narrative on Garcia was masterful. They have their asses hanging in the breeze now and that includes that foreign pos judge wanting the impossible.

Ironically, this makes it a lot harder for the Roberts court to easily order Trump to return Garcia's sorry ass aka effectuate and squashes the narrative of that fired DOJ attorney whimpering about a mistake in deporting his ass.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 02:26 PM (ctrM5)

49 Democrats haven't been this mad about damage to their human smugglers since they were forced to give up their slaves in the Civil War.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 24, 2025 02:26 PM (Cus5s)

50 I need just a little retrenchment in the markets to make my nut today. Just a little. Come on bad newz.

Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 02:27 PM (jc0TO)

51 Trump should offer visas to unmarried/no kids latin American women 18-25...watch lefty heads explode.

But military aged males? Obviously refugees.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 02:27 PM (t0Rmr)

52 This guy is a modern day Ward Cleaver.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at April 24, 2025 02:27 PM (Vyll1)

53 Latin people weigh a lot?

Posted by: Sounds raysisst at April 24, 2025 02:27 PM (qelIc)

54 Trumps done it a few times last term and at least one this term IIRC
Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 02:25 PM (n7h9X)

It happens, but it’s rare. Also, I think those are mostly stings.

Reporting child porn to the cops or FBI is worthless.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 02:28 PM (/dDa4)

55 This is... This is my wife's car! It's in my name, but it's my wife's car! B*TCH!!!!!

Posted by: bearski at April 24, 2025 02:28 PM (Bhsk7)

56 @43 Krugman. He said he had no idea how it got there

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 24, 2025 02:28 PM (6TePA)

57 This guy was probably on the CIA's payroll. Someone was protecting.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes
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I think it more likely he was on the Dem's payroll for political dirty work in MD. There is a reason that Hollen put his dick in a meatgrinder for him and it wasn't for his political benefit.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 02:28 PM (ctrM5)

58 And why did the TN cops comply? Surely they had enough reason to bust his ass.

Remember when Acosta said he went easy on Epstein because he was told to be a Nat Sec resource?

Notice that he complied without much question AND no Nat Sec person went to jail for that...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 02:28 PM (t0Rmr)

59 Was watching an episode of On Patrol Live the other day and a guy tried to argue that the drugs in his pocket weren't his because he borrowed the pants from someone else.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 24, 2025 02:28 PM (2UnvF)

60 So my guess is somewhere around "a lot" of money flowed around and was skimmed off from at every step.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 02:24 PM (uCjyK)

going by university 'overhead' charges, 50 - 90 percent. If they actually want the program working 50 percent is stolen. If it is a shell to warehouse friends and family, 90.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 02:28 PM (n7h9X)

61 Oh yeah, he shit in my pants too.

Posted by: Just the Punchline at April 24, 2025 02:29 PM (jc0TO)

62 This guy is a modern day Ward Cleaver.

I wish he would be rough on my Beaver!

Posted by: AWFLs everywhere at April 24, 2025 02:29 PM (t0Rmr)

63 "Family and lawyers deny any connection to the gang and are fighting the deportation, arguing it violates a 2019 order that protected Abrego Garcia from being sent back to El Salvador."


If he has no gang affiliation then why is it they are trying ti kill hm? If not gangs, then who?

If only we had some independent, non-govt. institution to look into these questions and report it to the public.

Posted by: Ripley at April 24, 2025 02:29 PM (GUOwU)

64 The cars in my mom's name. It's a gift.

Posted by: Dude with bullet hole in forehead. at April 24, 2025 02:29 PM (bbuBP)

65 I saw a news story where the cops found a woman with cocaine in her purse and she argued the wind must have blown it in there.

That was neither persuasive with the cops or the court unfortunately for her
Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 02:25 PM (t0Rmr)

Cop friend of mine had a CI who he sent in to a house to buy fentanyl. Guy came out and said "yep, I got the bags."

Cop said "bagS? As in plural? I only gave you $20. For one bag." Long story short, he strip searched the CI and found a second bag in the guys boot.

Guy told the cop it wasn't his fent. Cop said "it's in your boot, dude." Guy said "well, this isn't even my boot. It's my brothers boot, I must have grabbed the wrong boots this morning."

Anyways, guys no longer a CI. But I liked that excuse. Had a similar story about a young lady checking in to county jail with a loaded needle full of fentanyl in her, ahem, body. Also claimed it wasn't hers.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 02:29 PM (uCjyK)

66 Democrats went all in on this guy.

Even the SC was willing to be clown itself that this guy needed to be retrieved despite twice losing in court and ordered to be deported

The reason he fought these deportation orders so hard is because you can’t be a profitable human smuggler outside the United States

Posted by: Maroon at April 24, 2025 02:29 PM (lVKJi)

67 PSA: Today is National Pig in a Blanket Day.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 24, 2025 02:30 PM (0sNs1)

68 Was watching an episode of On Patrol Live the other day and a guy tried to argue that the drugs in his pocket weren't his because he borrowed the pants from someone else.

In fairness when we are all done sometimes I do forget which pants are mine

Posted by: Barack Obama leaving Man's Country unable to walk straight at April 24, 2025 02:30 PM (t0Rmr)

69 That wetback gangbanger could be a proven baby rapist and baby murderer and the left would still be canonizing him.

Hard to die on any hill, no matter what hill, when the state media pulls out all the stops to propagandize for you.

Where were our fed judges for issuing stop orders when the Biden cabal was going wild?

Posted by: Mr Gaga at April 24, 2025 02:30 PM (KiBMU)

70
"Vehicle is used by HSI Baltimore target in human smuggling/trafficking operation. Vehicle makes trips to southern border to pick up non-citizens," the record reads.

Keep plucking that chicken Dems.

Posted by: WisRich at April 24, 2025 02:30 PM (G0vdT)

71 due process... how many years do some guys go through appeals processes and new trials before they finally give up?

Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 24, 2025 02:30 PM (CWTWj)

72 A couple of things I saw on X:

Asylum claims must be filed within a year of entering the US. Maryland Man filed his asylum claim eight years after entering illegally.

He's step-father to his kids. The father noted his MS-13 affiliation in court papers seeking custody years ago.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at April 24, 2025 02:30 PM (paSBy)

73 49 Democrats haven't been this mad about damage to their human smugglers since they were forced to give up their slaves in the Civil War.
Posted by: illiniwek

People wanting cheap or 'free' labor have existed before human civilization.

The rest of us have moved on to recognize that is a dead end civilization wise.

However, Democrats, corporations, oligarchs etc. want us to go back to that sordid history. just for economic, sexual, and political advantage. Evil assholes, one and all.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 02:31 PM (ctrM5)

74 The fact Democrats and judges are willing to defend these people no matter what is why I believe they're fully on board with human trafficking.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 02:32 PM (tT6L1)

75 Remember when Acosta said he went easy on Epstein because he was told to be a Nat Sec resource?

Notice that he complied without much question AND no Nat Sec person went to jail for that...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 02:28 PM (t0Rmr)

Makes you wonder how often that happens, doesn't it?

You'd think Acosta would say "what?! Who the hell are you? I'm going to need this in writing. Have your boss contact my boss, this is way above our heads. The man is paying underaged girls for sex! We can't let this monster out with a slap on the wrist!"

Instead it seems like he asked no questions and said "okay."

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 02:32 PM (uCjyK)

76 Had a similar story about a young lady checking in to county jail with a loaded needle full of fentanyl in her, ahem, body. Also claimed it wasn't hers.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 02:29 PM (uCjyK)

Howsabout a little spring cleaning once in a while, eh?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 24, 2025 02:33 PM (i24o9)

77 Likely the Tennessee cops thought the Feds must have some bigger operation on

Posted by: steevy at April 24, 2025 02:33 PM (YwEeS)

78 Where were our fed judges for issuing stop orders when the Biden cabal was going wild?
Posted by: Mr Gaga
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IN most cases huddled in a corner crying out "Don't hurt me!". To be fair, Dems were literally sending assassins to their doors like Kavanaugh.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 02:33 PM (ctrM5)

79 74 The fact Democrats and judges are willing to defend these people no matter what is why I believe they're fully on board with human trafficking.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 02:32 PM (tT6L

More likely they just hate Trump...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2025 02:33 PM (VE6XX)

80 The hold was for Guatemala. 2019 court docs. Mom is in Guat. The fired lawyer needs to be water boarded. We will get the truth, or one less lawyer.

Posted by: Francis at April 24, 2025 02:33 PM (bbuBP)

81
So my guess is somewhere around "a lot" of money flowed around and was skimmed off from at every step.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 02:24 PM (uCjyK)

So, at every step, one of the bad guys gets a taste? That's terrible.

Posted by: income tax, sales tax, property tax, inheritance tax, capital gains tax, excise tax, at April 24, 2025 02:33 PM (pIfcn)

82 Latin people weigh a lot?
Posted by: Sounds raysisst at April 24, 2025 02:27 PM

Only the women.

The men weigh o lot.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 24, 2025 02:33 PM (0sNs1)

83 Speaking of illegals, ICE SLC just picked up a 24 year old Bloods gang member from Somalia living in UT. He was convicted in 2021 of attempted murder for shooting at a convenience store clerk because his buddy's card got declined.

http://tiny.cc/x1kh001

I sure hope he gets three deportation hearings and a kiss on the forehead from Chief Justice Roberts before we consider a voluntary self deportation order for this spark of divinity.

/SARC

Posted by: bonhomme at April 24, 2025 02:33 PM (lIio7)

84 Had a similar story about a young lady checking in to county jail with a loaded needle full of fentanyl in her, ahem, body. Also claimed it wasn't hers.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 02:29 PM (uCjyK)

I was about to say “Your honor, that was not my colon; I borrowed somebody else's” but I guess truth is stranger than fiction.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 02:34 PM (/dDa4)

85 Anyways, guys no longer a CI. But I liked that excuse. Had a similar story about a young lady checking in to county jail with a loaded needle full of fentanyl in her, ahem, body. Also claimed it wasn't hers.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 02:29 PM

When I was on the Grand Jury, I voted to no-bill a case where the Deputy brought a CI to a meth house and had the guy start a fight on the front porch that spilled into the house so the Deputy could rush in and have probable cause to "search it for weapons and secure the scene of the altercation".

I was outvoted btw.

Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 02:34 PM (jc0TO)

86 Reporting child porn to the cops or FBI is worthless.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director

Agreed. Much better to go to your local school board or Librarian.

Posted by: Auspex at April 24, 2025 02:34 PM (j4U/Z)

87 More likely they just hate Trump...
Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2025 02:33 PM (VE6XX)
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I'll have to grant you that.

But, again, it probably has to do with my not understanding why anyone would hate so much they're willing to make common cause with outright evil.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 02:34 PM (tT6L1)

88 Human trafficking is slavery. Abrego is a slaver. Bring him back and hang him, then go after everyone in his group and organization.

And the customers, especially the customers.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 24, 2025 02:35 PM (D7oie)

89 Had a similar story about a young lady checking in to county jail with a loaded needle full of fentanyl in her, ahem, body.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 02:29 PM

In county jail, women prick you!

Posted by: Vladimiry McVladimirface at April 24, 2025 02:35 PM (0sNs1)

90 57 This guy was probably on the CIA's payroll. Someone was protecting.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes
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I think it more likely he was on the Dem's payroll for political dirty work in MD. There is a reason that Hollen put his dick in a meatgrinder for him and it wasn't for his political benefit.
Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 02:28 PM (ctrM5


Prolly collects up the ballots from the trafficked humans he brings in and delivers them the the polling station. He's a good Samaritan that way. Always willing to help a brother out.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at April 24, 2025 02:35 PM (s2Cvz)

91 People wanting cheap or 'free' labor have existed before human civilization.

The rest of us have moved on to recognize that is a dead end civilization wise.

However, Democrats, corporations, oligarchs etc. want us to go back to that sordid history. just for economic, sexual, and political advantage. Evil assholes, one and all.
Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 02:31 PM (ctrM5)

It's almost like they look at what the British did to Ireland and think "hey, that's a great system. Let's implement that, but on a worldwide scale, and not for the benefit of any one country, but just for the benefit of us self-proclaimed 'elites.'"

It's kind of like having your own serfs, but without the responsibility of protecting and feeding and taking care of them and all of that headache.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 02:35 PM (uCjyK)

92 "Family and lawyers deny any connection to the gang and are fighting the deportation, arguing it violates a 2019 order that protected Abrego Garcia from being sent back to El Salvador."


If he has no gang affiliation then why is it they are trying ti kill hm? If not gangs, then who?

If only we had some independent, non-govt. institution to look into these questions and report it to the public.
Posted by: Ripley at April 24, 2025 02:29 PM (GUOwU)

They can't fight that. Trump naming him a terrorist overrides that completely. The fact that he called them a rival gang is an admission he is a gang member. And all Salvadoran gangs are in custody so it is moot.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 02:35 PM (n7h9X)

93 >> The hold was for Guatemala.


Saw this all on Gouveia yesterday.

But that was the Cherry on Top

Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2025 02:36 PM (F30Ty)

94 Willowed: ActBlue was taking in every dollar from the BLM website.

In 2020, I went on the BLM website out of morbid curiosity, since they were wrecking/rioting in NYC. The whole page was BLM stuff -- but I scrolled down and down, and a little bit past the bottom.

Only Then did a bar of text pop up, and it said, "ActBlue is a 501c# charitable organization"... Ergo, BLM was a $$$ funnel for the DNC operation.

Posted by: Beverly at April 24, 2025 02:37 PM (Epeb0)

95 Out:

Maryland father.

In:

Pomona Father.

https://tinyurl.com/ycy9hydn

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 02:37 PM (Kjgs1)

96 When I was on the Grand Jury, I voted to no-bill a case where the Deputy brought a CI to a meth house and had the guy start a fight on the front porch that spilled into the house so the Deputy could rush in and have probable cause to "search it for weapons and secure the scene of the altercation".

I was outvoted btw.
Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 02:34 PM (jc0TO)

Yeah ... not great that we let cops get away with that kind of shenanigans.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 02:37 PM (uCjyK)

97 75 Remember when Acosta said he went easy on Epstein because he was told to be a Nat Sec resource?

Notice that he complied without much question AND no Nat Sec person went to jail for that...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 02:28 PM (t0Rmr)

Makes you wonder how often that happens, doesn't it?

You'd think Acosta would say "what?! Who the hell are you? I'm going to need this in writing. Have your boss contact my boss, this is way above our heads. The man is paying underaged girls for sex! We can't let this monster out with a slap on the wrist!"

Instead it seems like he asked no questions and said "okay."
Posted by: Harry Paratestes
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My guess is the FBI and DoJ talked to him on behalf of the IC. My guess is that it was a titular false flag op where the CIA got the product but Epstein was ran operationally by a foreign intel service. My guess it was MI-6 because Robert Maxwell was certainly an asset of them and Mossad. Ghislaine grew up in UK and had every reason to follow Daddy's footsteps into the IC world and she hooked up with Epstein pretty quickly in the US. Epstein himself was given a teaching job by Billy Barr's dad and Barr himself was the liaison of IC/DoJ

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 02:38 PM (ctrM5)

98 Remember: criminals, thugs, lowlifes and invaders have near-infinite “due process”.

But if you want to go to church during Sniffles Season, you have no rights.

Posted by: Supreme Communists Of The United States at April 24, 2025 02:38 PM (/dDa4)

99 The fact Democrats and judges are willing to defend these people no matter what is why I believe they're fully on board with human trafficking.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 02:32 PM (tT6L1)

that damns him to me more than the gang signs.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 02:39 PM (n7h9X)

100 Who was he human smuggling for?

Maybe someone associated with Van Hollen? Like the Congressman himself.

And his associates in Congress. Who are up in arms about his deportation.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2025 02:39 PM (Q4IgG)

101 I don't know whose crack this is.
_____________________________

Ok, I'm going to have to take a step back. I, immediately, thought we were referring to the crack that suddenly appears by waiting in line to an Indigo Girls concert behind a fat chick with low riding jeans.

For further clarification. The type of crack that urges you to shoot three-pointers using martini olives.

Perhaps it's time to re-evaluate my life.

Posted by: Orson at April 24, 2025 02:39 PM (dIske)

102 and Barr himself was the liaison of IC/DoJ
Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 02:38 PM

Are you tooting my bagpipes?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 24, 2025 02:39 PM (0sNs1)

103 My guess is the FBI and DoJ talked to him on behalf of the IC. My guess is that it was a titular false flag op where the CIA got the product but Epstein was ran operationally by a foreign intel service. My guess it was MI-6 because Robert Maxwell was certainly an asset of them and Mossad. Ghislaine grew up in UK and had every reason to follow Daddy's footsteps into the IC world and she hooked up with Epstein pretty quickly in the US. Epstein himself was given a teaching job by Billy Barr's dad and Barr himself was the liaison of IC/DoJ

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 02:38 PM (ctrM5)

Best take of any and a sobering reminder that Epstein did not kill himself.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 24, 2025 02:39 PM (i24o9)

104 The end is in sight.

Posted by: Eromero at April 24, 2025 02:40 PM (LHPAg)

105 Who was he human smuggling for?

The Biden Administration, the most prolific human smuggling operation in Democrat history.

Posted by: t-bird at April 24, 2025 02:40 PM (TSEVy)

106 For further clarification. The type of crack that urges you to shoot three-pointers using martini olives.
Posted by: Orson at April 24, 2025 02:39 PM

With or without pimento filling?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 24, 2025 02:40 PM (0sNs1)

107 "Saw this all on Gouveia yesterday."

Correct. Guy has really helped me understand how shitty the courts are. (waiting for 6pm)

If schools taught how the system was supposed to work this would not be happening. Kind of explains modern education.

Posted by: Francis at April 24, 2025 02:41 PM (bbuBP)

108 Latin people weigh a lot?
Posted by: Sounds raysisst at April 24, 2025 02:27 PM

Only the women.

The men weigh o lot.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 24, 2025 02:33 PM (0sNs1)


Lol! According to the left, they weigh x lot.

Posted by: haffhowershower at April 24, 2025 02:41 PM (144I4)

109 The end is in sight.

Posted by: Eromero at April 24, 2025 02:40 PM (LHPAg)
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The end is a near?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 02:41 PM (Kjgs1)

110 Yeah ... not great that we let cops get away with that kind of shenanigans.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 02:37 PM (uCjyK)

My take is to keep the evidence and dismiss the cop and prosecute any crime. If he figures its worth his career, punish him for that.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 02:42 PM (n7h9X)

111 The end is a near?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 02:41 PM (Kjgs1)

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No, that's the new sheriff.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 24, 2025 02:43 PM (2UnvF)

112 Nancy Mace will come.

Posted by: Steiner at April 24, 2025 02:43 PM (jc0TO)

113 A slaver

That's the term.

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - you realize Darwin disproved evolution, right? at April 24, 2025 02:43 PM (ulqNi)

114 Remember when Acosta said he went easy on Epstein because he was told to be a Nat Sec resource?

If you're not banging underaged chicks, Alex, the terrorists win.

Posted by: The CIA at April 24, 2025 02:43 PM (Dphv/)

115 It's almost like they look at what the British did to Ireland and think "hey, that's a great system. Let's implement that, but on a worldwide scale, and not for the benefit of any one country, but just for the benefit of us self-proclaimed 'elites.'"

It's kind of like having your own serfs, but without the responsibility of protecting and feeding and taking care of them and all of that headache.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes
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Yep. That was the economic failure of slavery in the early colonies. Those planters become breeders of slaves simply to supply more Western states. Ironically, many state's had case law requirements for owners taking care of old or infirm slaves plus Slave states in the south over time gave them no legal way for them to manumit them aka free them.

That dynamic, in part, caused the planter class to roll the dice on the Civil War because without expansion of slave states, they would effectively be ruined in twenty years. The demand for new slaves would dry up and cotton cultivation back then ruined the soil in about 20-30 years. Ruined soil or rotation of crops meant ruinous income losses and rising expenses of slaves.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 02:44 PM (ctrM5)

116 Who was he human smuggling for?

Maybe someone associated with Van Hollen? Like the Congressman himself.

And his associates in Congress. Who are up in arms about his deportation.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2025 02:39 PM (Q4IgG)

I doubt it is such a direct linkage. But someone on the gang side could call in a favor, and a federal judge.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 02:44 PM (n7h9X)

117 I hope this is the establish his powers to deport people are rooted in his role of foreign policy, because it's great we can deport gang members.

We will also need to deport a LOT of people in very difficult circumstances, because while I'd like to have compassion on them, the "compassion" that lets them parasitize our culture comes at the cost of the least members of our culture.

It's not compassion when the poors have to bear the costs for the rich to feel good about themselves.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 24, 2025 02:44 PM (N1tpc)

118
Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 02:38 PM (ctrM5)

I think that's a pretty fair read. Although I'm not convinced of the British connection. Maxwell Sr. was given a state funeral in Israel where the prime minister said Maxwell "has done more for Israel than can today be said".

So I think it's fair to say Maxwell was certainly connected with Mossad.

He also stole something like 400 million pounds from The Mirror's pension fund, which was never found.

Epstein shows up on the scene not long afterwards with hundreds of millions of dollars of unknown origin.

So ...

But yes, US intelligence had to at least be aware that this was going on. And if the Brits were involved, it was to use the Five Eyes to sidestep the whole "CIA cant operate on US soil" thing.

The fact that the US government is not arresting CIA agents and causing a huge scene with Israel over this should be shocking to all of us.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 02:44 PM (uCjyK)

119 Trump backs $5K 'baby bonus' for new moms in bid to reverse declining birthrate: 'Sounds like a good idea'
https://shorturl.at/wP3MB
NY Post


AG Bondi pledges to 'hold accountable' doctors who mutilate children with 'gender transitions'
https://shorturl.at/qAXUy
LifeSite

Die on this hill, commie filth.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 24, 2025 02:44 PM (Vqx30)

120 Seems like there are more questions than answers about this guy. That means our media will not be curious at all.
The government is suppose to stop crime not encourage it.
The media is suppose to inform us about what's going on not cover it up. People need to start doing their jobs and stop playing games.

Posted by: Case at April 24, 2025 02:44 PM (OrSPY)

121 Reporting child porn to the cops or FBI is worthless.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director

Agreed. Much better to go to your local school board or Librarian.
Posted by: Auspex at April 24, 2025 02:34 PM (j4U/Z)

It’s depressing what the communists did to our public libraries. I always loved the library and I worked at one as a teen. It was awesome helping kids find books and explore the worlds of fiction I had grown up with.

Now I go to the same library and it’s plastered with gay shit and drag queen story hour signs. They’re doing a “tool library” now. A few more years and they’ll have a “sex toy library” with a kid’s section..

Posted by: Supreme Communists Of The United States at April 24, 2025 02:45 PM (/dDa4)

122 I have an older Dodge truck. The metal antenna was broken off the truck while parked in my driveway.
Im told they use them to smoke their dope with.
This is why we can't have anything nice.

Posted by: torabora at April 24, 2025 02:45 PM (0Gnoc)

123 I wouldn’t say ACAB but probably 90%CAB.

Cops just follow orders for their paychecks. If it means letting a criminal go they will do it. If it means busting an innocent man in the head they will do it.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at April 24, 2025 02:46 PM (Vh9CX)

124 A former U.S. Army intelligence officer who had top secret security clearance was sentenced to seven years in prison on April 23 for conspiring to collect and sell national defense information to an individual he believed was affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

7 Years!

Our justice system is completely broken.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 24, 2025 02:47 PM (/U5Yz)

125 Ours is not to question why
Ours is to lie and lie

The media

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 02:48 PM (oXfCm)

126 A former U.S. Army intelligence officer who had top secret security clearance was sentenced to seven years in prison on April 23 for conspiring to collect and sell national defense information to an individual he believed was affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

7 Years!

Our justice system is completely broken.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 24, 2025 02:47 PM (/U5Yz)

And our military intelligence.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 02:48 PM (n7h9X)

127 Best take of any and a sobering reminder that Epstein did not kill himself.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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I think the lesson is don't get into the shady evil world of the human intel community. They require betrayals, lies, entrapment, bribery, and no moral compunctions. Necessary for their mission yet would be seen as objectively evil by their compatriots. Easy to get lost in that world just as a religious zealot or political ideologue can be. The easiest path to do the job requires no morals whatsoever than to win.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 02:48 PM (ctrM5)

128 Trump backs $5K 'baby bonus' for new moms in bid to reverse declining birthrate: 'Sounds like a good idea'

I will support this program and do it for nothing !!!!!

Posted by: Bill Clinton at April 24, 2025 02:49 PM (sI4+g)

129 "Just one of those spur-of-the-moment Maryland-to-Texas group taxi rides."

Who leaked my October travel plans??

Posted by: Doof at April 24, 2025 02:49 PM (vf0Y9)

130 124 A former U.S. Army intelligence officer who had top secret security clearance was sentenced to seven years in prison on April 23 for conspiring to collect and sell national defense information to an individual he believed was affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

7 Years!

Our justice system is completely broken.
Posted by: Maj. Healey
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Our justice system did not cause that guy to spy. He did it for money and it is more a sign that our military and government have people willing to sell out for surprisingly small amounts of money.

Whores don't care much about who they are fucking as long as they get paid.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 02:50 PM (ctrM5)

131 55 years ago:

R. Crumb (cartoonist)
Fat Freddy ,,,a pimple faced druggie...goes to library and demands that the librarian (typical school marm of the day) show him where the fvck books are.

of course he is thrown out on his ass.
Times have sure changed.

Posted by: torabora at April 24, 2025 02:50 PM (0Gnoc)

132 123 I wouldn’t say ACAB but probably 90%CAB.

Cops just follow orders for their paychecks. If it means letting a criminal go they will do it. If it means busting an innocent man in the head they will do it.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at April 24, 2025 02:46 PM (Vh9CX)

I don't know. I worked with cops for a while (in a prosecutors office). I'm fairly anti-cop for an R voter, and my experience was that there genuinely were a very small number of "bad apples." And some were really bad. I had one repeat offender who had like 3 cases that I personally saw where we dropped charges because of his bullshit. My boss even took him aside and said "orange soda in the cup holder is not probable cause that someone is transporting drugs. Stop with this" and he mocked her and kept doing shit like that.

Most of the cops were just normal guys doing the job for the paycheck and the pension. So in that sense, yeah, they just follow orders and do their jobs. But I wouldn't call them "bastards". They just act like all government employees act, ya know?

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 02:50 PM (uCjyK)

133 It's like the Democrats looked at the hand they were dealt, saw the 2 of clubs, the 5 of hearts, the 8 of diamonds, the 10 of spades and the three of diamonds, and announced "All in!"

Trump called their buff, so they cried "All in!" again. When it was pointed out they already went all in, they said they would steal all their children's money and go all in with that.

Trump lays down a pair of 4s and rake in the entire pot.

Seriously: Are they trying to lose? 'Cause that's what it looks like.

Posted by: zombie at April 24, 2025 02:50 PM (pMi6S)

134 "Gee, why did the cops think that Abrego-Garcia was a human smuggler when they pulled over his car, loaded to the roof with immigrant men, none of whom had any luggage?"

The state cops knew exactly what it was. Biden's Feds didn't want anything to do with charging them with people smuggling (a fed crime) and told the cops to let them go.

Posted by: Zatara at April 24, 2025 02:50 PM (7PUnr)

135 Trump backs $5K 'baby bonus' for new moms in bid to reverse declining birthrate: 'Sounds like a good idea'

I will support this program and do it for nothing !!!!!
Posted by: Bill Clinton at April 24, 2025 02:49 PM (sI4+g)

Should go only to couples.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 02:50 PM (n7h9X)

136 Who leaked my October travel plans??
Posted by: Doof at April 24, 2025 02:49 PM (vf0Y9)
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Common knowledge. Maryland Man has a duty to his brethren.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 02:50 PM (tT6L1)

137 I will support this program and do it for nothing !!!!!
Posted by: Bill Clinton

Billy Jeff shoots blanks due to mumps is the story. That is why Chelsea looks like Webb Hubbell. Who has vanished effectively. He wanted to live obviously.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 02:51 PM (ctrM5)

138 It's the Holocaust all over again.

Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 02:51 PM (sBjls)

139 Latin Mass Effect?
Posted by: Anna Puma


Latin Mass Effect: the phenomena where a Latina effectively doubles her weight virtually overnight. Often a surprise to her Caucasian husband. See also-the point where her width is equal to her height.

Posted by: haffhowershower at April 24, 2025 02:51 PM (144I4)

140 It’s depressing what the communists did to our public libraries. I always loved the library and I worked at one as a teen. It was awesome helping kids find books and explore the worlds of fiction I had grown up with.

Now I go to the same library and it’s plastered with gay shit and drag queen story hour signs. They’re doing a “tool library” now. A few more years and they’ll have a “sex toy library” with a kid’s section..
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A moron put it perfectly a couple of weeks ago in regards to seeing AIDS flags flying over churches.

It's the equivalent of a German flag over a French Village in 1941

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - you realize Darwin disproved evolution, right? at April 24, 2025 02:52 PM (ulqNi)

141 Ours is not to question why
Ours is to lie and lie

The media
Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 02:48 PM

It's not a lie if you believe it, or desperately want it to be true.

Posted by: The media at April 24, 2025 02:52 PM (0sNs1)

142 But there's no crack in this crack pipe, except whatever crack someone else put in it.

Ace, you watching Cops on TV?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 24, 2025 02:52 PM (N1cWR)

143 El Salvador just needs to misplace Abrego in that huge prison. He's getting what he deserves. And, deny US politicians entry into El Salvador just to keep this effing bullshit story alive.

Posted by: Joe at April 24, 2025 02:53 PM (Uy/WF)

144 Trump lays down a pair of 4s and rake in the entire pot.

Seriously: Are they trying to lose? 'Cause that's what it looks like.
Posted by: zombie at April 24, 2025 02:50 PM (pMi6S)

Its DEI. sure it destroys the new institutions they infiltrate but the source is rotten with it from the start.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 02:53 PM (n7h9X)

145 Now we can add "Houston Father" to Maryland Father:

A gangster, illegal alien cocaine dealer sent to beautiful, tropical Salvador must be returned.

He is just a humble Venezuelan culturally enriching America with deliveries of fluffy mountains of South American snow.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 24, 2025 02:53 PM (mmNvG)

146 I think the lesson is don't get into the shady evil world of the human intel community. They require betrayals, lies, entrapment, bribery, and no moral compunctions. Necessary for their mission yet would be seen as objectively evil by their compatriots. Easy to get lost in that world just as a religious zealot or political ideologue can be. The easiest path to do the job requires no morals whatsoever than to win.
Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 02:48 PM (ctrM5)

What’s the point of winning at the cost of evil?

And what good has the intelligence community ever done for us? It’s not like the CIA took out the commies; the Soviet Union collapsed because they couldn’t make shoes or keep meat in the grocery stores, not because some amoral cretin honeypotted a Politburo member with underage prostitutes.

They didn’t even prevent terrorist attacks like 9/11. They might have had a hand in it. We know they’ve been working with al Qaeda in Syria.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 02:53 PM (/dDa4)

147 Should go only to couples
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And both parties have to separately pay the full amount back if they divorce before 18 years have passed.

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - you realize Darwin disproved evolution, right? at April 24, 2025 02:53 PM (ulqNi)

148 Oh, but that "bad apple" cop I was talking about did make me laugh out loud in one of his reports. He said something like "the suspect abruptly and in an agitated manner exited the vehicle, at which point the undersigned engaged with him physically and escorted him to the ground."

The cop wrote that knowing there were 3 body cams and a dash cam rolling.

The camera footage showed the cop saying "GET OUT OF THE CAR!!!" while other cops yelled at him to put his hands on the steering wheel. Guy tries to do both, and our hero cop full on tackles the kid, smashing his face in to the pavement.

But I found "escorted him to the ground" to be a very funny way of saying that.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 02:53 PM (uCjyK)

149 133 It's like the Democrats looked at the hand they were dealt, saw the 2 of clubs, the 5 of hearts, the 8 of diamonds, the 10 of spades and the three of diamonds, and announced "All in!"

Trump called their buff, so they cried "All in!" again. When it was pointed out they already went all in, they said they would steal all their children's money and go all in with that.

Trump lays down a pair of 4s and rake in the entire pot.

Seriously: Are they trying to lose? 'Cause that's what it looks like.
Posted by: zombie
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Roasting in hell, FDR is screaming down there, "Can't any Dem play this game?"

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 02:54 PM (ctrM5)

150 122 I have an older Dodge truck. The metal antenna was broken off the truck while parked in my driveway.
Im told they use them to smoke their dope with.
This is why we can't have anything nice.
Posted by: torabora

Do you know what they get for a one toker at the head shop these days?

That's the crime, man.

Posted by: Auspex at April 24, 2025 02:54 PM (j4U/Z)

151 It's kind of like having your own serfs, but without the responsibility of protecting and feeding and taking care of them and all of that headache.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 02:35 PM (uCjyK)

Hey! It is enough that I focus on satisfying my stakeholders, right?

Posted by: WEF apologist at April 24, 2025 02:54 PM (D7oie)

152 Should go only to couples

And American citizens

Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2025 02:54 PM (VE6XX)

153 The only reason I would be for this stupid bonus crap is to watch Democrats come out against it.

Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 02:55 PM (sBjls)

154 El Salvador just needs to misplace Abrego in that huge prison. He's getting what he deserves. And, deny US politicians entry into El Salvador just to keep this effing bullshit story alive.
Posted by: Joe at April 24, 2025 02:53 PM (Uy/WF)

They can just roll a D6 and on a 1 or 2 humiliate them by turning them away, and 3-6 have another margarita day with lots of pictures for midterms.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 02:55 PM (n7h9X)

155 Babylon Bee:

South American Countries Outraged At Being Flooded With Own Citizens

https://tinyurl.com/3csreke7

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2025 02:55 PM (VNX3d)

156 Just one of those spur-of-the-moment Maryland-to-Texas group taxi rides.
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Road trip!

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 02:56 PM (YqDXo)

157 149 133 It's like the Democrats looked at the hand they were dealt, saw the 2 of clubs, the 5 of hearts, the 8 of diamonds, the 10 of spades and the three of diamonds, and announced "All in!"

Trump called their buff, so they cried "All in!" again. When it was pointed out they already went all in, they said they would steal all their children's money and go all in with that.

Trump lays down a pair of 4s and rake in the entire pot.

Seriously: Are they trying to lose? 'Cause that's what it looks like.
Posted by: zombie
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Roasting in hell, FDR is screaming down there, "Can't any Dem play this game?"
Posted by: whig

The funny part is, Trump actually had a full house, but he hid the three Aces and just laid down the fours so as to not humiliate the poor idiots across the table.

Posted by: zombie at April 24, 2025 02:56 PM (pMi6S)

158 . Crumb (cartoonist)
Fat Freddy

Gilbert Shelton, not Crumb.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 24, 2025 02:57 PM (N1cWR)

159 Hey vato, I was like driving Uber. Okay mang.

Posted by: Kilmar at April 24, 2025 02:57 PM (DrGpr)

160 Who leaked my October travel plans??
Posted by: Doof at April 24, 2025 02:49 PM (vf0Y9)
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Common knowledge. Maryland Man has a duty to his brethren.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 02:50 PM (tT6L1)

Maryland Moron >>>>> Maryland Man

BTW Blake -- I picked up some new toys recently that I'll be bringing to Texas. One is very similar to that 45 of yours that you so graciously let me practice with. Haven't taken my new toys to the range yet, but I will send a report to Weasel (and you) when I do.

Posted by: Doof at April 24, 2025 02:57 PM (vf0Y9)

161 Import the third world and you become the third world.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at April 24, 2025 02:58 PM (jH5TK)

162 When did teachers become "educators"?

Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 02:58 PM (sBjls)

163 Maryland Moron >>>>> Maryland Man

BTW Blake -- I picked up some new toys recently that I'll be bringing to Texas. One is very similar to that 45 of yours that you so graciously let me practice with. Haven't taken my new toys to the range yet, but I will send a report to Weasel (and you) when I do.
Posted by: Doof at April 24, 2025 02:57 PM (vf0Y9)
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Maryland Man with a firearm? Seems, shall we say, sketchy. I look forward to checking out your new acquistions.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 02:58 PM (tT6L1)

164 Love that all the "passengers" had the same address ,Maryland Mans ,and no luggage

Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2025 02:59 PM (VE6XX)

165 This is... This is my wife's car! It's in my name, but it's my wife's car! B*TCH!!!!!

Sequels are rarely gold but Beverly Hills Cop 2 was pretty good and Gottfried nailed that line.

Posted by: Nelly at April 24, 2025 02:59 PM (pSknm)

166 164 Love that all the "passengers" had the same address ,Maryland Mans ,and no luggage
Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2025 02:59 PM (VE6XX)

Cross country roommate roadtrip!

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 02:59 PM (uCjyK)

167 When did teachers become "educators"?
Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 02:58 PM (sBjls)

It sounded better than "indoctrinators" or "propogandists".

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2025 02:59 PM (VNX3d)

168 >>> 135 Trump backs $5K 'baby bonus' for new moms in bid to reverse declining birthrate: 'Sounds like a good idea'
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Should go only to couples.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 02:50 PM (n7h9X)

>>> 147
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And both parties have to separately pay the full amount back if they divorce before 18 years have passed.
Posted by: Boron Quidquid - you realize Darwin disproved evolution, right? at April 24, 2025 02:53 PM (ulqNi)

>>> 152
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And American citizens
Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2025 02:54 PM (VE6XX)

I heartily approve of the Moron addendums.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 24, 2025 02:59 PM (Vqx30)

169 When did teachers become "educators"?
Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 02:58 PM (sBjls)

when garbage men became "sanitation engineers"

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 02:59 PM (n7h9X)

170 Why did Biden's FBI tell the Tennessee Troopers to let them go?
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One of the 8 passengers was a CI and they wanted the drop to finish so they could get both ends of the pipeline.

Posted by: Most obvs answer.... at April 24, 2025 03:00 PM (DrGpr)

171 Thanks to Biden, well, his puppet masters, illegals did not fear deportation until President Trump.

Now they protest and claim to have "rights" in the USA and due process. Can they say these words in English? I think not!

In addition to corrupt courts and judges, I immigration attorneys should be looked at with a microscope. How do they profit from their pro bono work? Just as guilty as providing maps and water/food/shelter at the border for invading combat age barbarians.

Of course he is connected to MS-13. His "wife" and brats should be deported as well. Neither are US citizens and anchor babies need not apply. Or, should not.

I know when I was 8mo pregant the last thing I'd want to do is trek through a desert to pop out the baby across the border and then return to my homeland. Anchor baby is a stupid law that needs to go away.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 24, 2025 03:01 PM (6PCLE)

172 162 When did teachers become "educators"?
Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 02:58 PM (sBjls)

A few years after Reporters became Journalists.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 24, 2025 03:01 PM (QAkQ3)

173 The lump speaks.

During an interview earlier today with the Washington Free Beacon, Democratic Senator John Fetterman stated that the Trump administration should drop the ongoing nuclear talks with Iran and launch military strikes against their nuclear facilities. “Waste that shit,” said Fetterman, with him adding “You're never going to be able to negotiate with that kind of regime that has been destabilizing the region for decades already, and now we have an incredible window, I believe, to do that, to strike and destroy Iran's nuclear facilities.”

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 24, 2025 03:01 PM (/U5Yz)

174 170 Why did Biden's FBI tell the Tennessee Troopers to let them go?
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One of the 8 passengers was a CI and they wanted the drop to finish so they could get both ends of the pipeline.
Posted by: Most obvs answer.... at April 24, 2025 03:00 PM (DrGpr)

Yet years later.... seems all these guys are still on the street.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 24, 2025 03:02 PM (QAkQ3)

175 148 Oh, but that "bad apple" cop I was talking about did make me laugh out loud in one of his reports. He said something like "the suspect abruptly and in an agitated manner exited the vehicle, at which point the undersigned engaged with him physically and escorted him to the ground."But I found "escorted him to the ground" to be a very funny way of saying that.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes
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We are acquiring quite a bit of evidence nowadays from the huge increase of body cams and civilian cameras. Quicker to find out bad cops and places like youtube and tiktok are making bad cops famous in a bad way making their political masters do something about it.

Cutting back qualified immunity except for genuinely life threatening situations would be another. Sassing a cop and getting a ride downtown should never be given qualified immunity.

Atwater v. City of Lago Vista should be overruled in that non-custodial citations should never permit a cop to give a full ride downtown without having their ass sued off.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 03:02 PM (ctrM5)

176 When did teachers become "educators"?
Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 02:58 PM (sBjls)

A few years after Reporters became Journalists.
Posted by: Romeo13

And store clerks became "sales associates."

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 03:02 PM (77rzZ)

177 One of the 8 passengers was a CI and they wanted the drop to finish so they could get both ends of the pipeline.
Posted by: Most obvs answer.... at April 24, 2025 03:00 PM (DrGpr)

lol, but we know that the government was at both ends of the pipeline.

They were funding the NGO's bringing them up to the border, then funding the NGO's who took them in and supported them wherever they went.

Our Maryland Man was almost definitely getting paid indirectly by USAID for his cross country road trips.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 03:04 PM (uCjyK)

178 I know when I was 8mo pregant the last thing I'd want to do is trek through a desert to pop out the baby across the border and then return to my homeland. Anchor baby is a stupid law that needs to go away.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 24, 2025 03:01 PM (6PCLE)

China actually has Travel companies that will take your pregnant wife to the US, for delivery... my guess is a lot of this is funded by Communist Chinese Intel agencies... thus creating US citizens who, once trained, have access to the US.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 24, 2025 03:04 PM (QAkQ3)

179 One of the 8 passengers was a CI and they wanted the drop to finish so they could get both ends of the pipeline.
Posted by: Most obvs answer.... at April 24, 2025 03:00 PM (DrGpr)

But they didn't, did they?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 03:04 PM (8zz6B)

180 The funny part is, Trump actually had a full house, but he hid the three Aces and just laid down the fours so as to not humiliate the poor idiots across the table.
Posted by: zombie
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Masterful use of the modified limited hangout model that steadily eroded the very political ground that the Dems were standing on. Trump in this case was using it for good rather than to cover up evil.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 03:05 PM (ctrM5)

181 A few years after Reporters became Journalists.
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 24, 2025 03:01 PM (QAkQ3)

Shows how stupid Journalists are. Educator sounds higher class. Reporters implies they found something out.

"Journalists" evokes a teenage girl writing about her dreamy boyfriend to be after seeing them across the room and being to afraid to look at him directly.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 03:05 PM (n7h9X)

182 >New Evidence Released Proves That "Maryland Father" and "Oriole State Husband" Kilmar Abrego-Garcia Is Definitely a Human Smuggler
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is there any way for a district judge to turn this back on Trump?

Posted by: Don Black at April 24, 2025 03:05 PM (AOsQT)

183 [y]176 When did teachers become "educators"?
Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 02:58 PM (sBjls)

A few years after Reporters became Journalists.
Posted by: Romeo13

And store clerks became "sales associates."
Posted by: Bulg

and underperforming minority employees became "Human Resources."

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 24, 2025 03:05 PM (/U5Yz)

184 Maryland Man with a firearm? Seems, shall we say, sketchy. I look forward to checking out your new acquistions.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 02:58 PM (tT6L1)

Hopefully soon. Got a buddy with a nice outdoor range in his backyard. Just waiting for the "c'mon over" call.

Posted by: Doof at April 24, 2025 03:06 PM (vf0Y9)

185 Why does Trump hate Terrorists of color ????

Posted by: Buster Hymand at April 24, 2025 03:06 PM (sI4+g)

186 "Journalists" evokes a teenage girl writing about her dreamy boyfriend to be after seeing them across the room and being to afraid to look at him directly.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 03:05 PM (n7h9X)

But, if those are the character traits you wish were yours? as shown by the modern Medias lack of Cojones?

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 24, 2025 03:06 PM (QAkQ3)

187 But I found "escorted him to the ground" to be a very funny way of saying that.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 02:53 PM (uCjyK)

I was reading a report of police staking out Bundy back in 1975. Bundy, that SOB serial killer, was said to be "henky." I looked that up and guess he meant "hinky" as well as nevous. The SOB would note the undercover policemen and come to their car and take photos of their car tags.

Was so glad when he met Old Sparky in FL.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 24, 2025 03:07 PM (6PCLE)

188 >>> 182 >New Evidence Released Proves That "Maryland Father" and "Oriole State Husband" Kilmar Abrego-Garcia Is Definitely a Human Smuggler
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is there any way for a district judge to turn this back on Trump?
Posted by: Don Black at April 24, 2025 03:05 PM (AOsQT)

He couldn't afford to buy eggs!!!

Posted by: Hawaiian Judge #582 at April 24, 2025 03:07 PM (Vqx30)

189 Just finished mowing my lawn. Now my boy spawn is using my mower to make an attempt at mowing his "lawn". Its an area that was a barn lot for cattle for decades. Since my granddad passed it was just an empty pasture type place that my cousin would cut for hay every year. The " grass" is mostly Johnson grass and clover. It's about a foot tall. And the ground is horribly rough. Yeh. He's gonna be at that for awhile.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at April 24, 2025 03:07 PM (2J/Lj)

190 El Salvador just needs to misplace Abrego in that huge prison. He's getting what he deserves. And, deny US politicians entry into El Salvador just to keep this effing bullshit story alive.
Posted by: Joe at April 24, 2025 02:53 PM (Uy/WF)

I am going to guess that El Salvador is holding him is a special stash for the moment, until the whole thing works out. Abrego does not have a shaved head and he still had his beard. And he was pretty arrogant in the interview.

This either means he was not run through the usual inprocessing, and that would be for corrupt reasons, or because Bukele and Trump were expecting this sort of foofooraw.
I wouldn't go against Bukele and his crew for the world. I think they are both ruthless and wicked smart, and have a moral goal which probably means they consider themselves paladins.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 24, 2025 03:07 PM (D7oie)

191 he camera footage showed the cop saying "GET OUT OF THE CAR!!!" while other cops yelled at him to put his hands on the steering wheel. Guy tries to do both, and our hero cop full on tackles the kid, smashing his face in to the pavement.

But I found "escorted him to the ground" to be a very funny way of saying that.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 02:53 PM (uCjyK)

They're all taught to use the same lie, sorry, "euphemism" in writing their false reports. "Escorted," "assisted" or "directed" to the ground almost invariably means they violently smashed someone's head into the pavement. That this happens with a fair amount of regularity, despite the camera showing they violently smashed someone's head into the pavement, should be disconcerting to more people than it appears to be.

Posted by: LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO!!! at April 24, 2025 03:07 PM (TbWk/)

192 immigration attorneys should be looked at with a microscope. How do they profit from their pro bono work?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 24, 2025 03:01 PM (6PCLE)

They're not working pro bono for the most part. They get paid very well. Who pays them? Who knows. Well, theoretically, their clients do, but I doubt their clients can afford the $10k trip up North and $10k for an immigration attorney.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 03:07 PM (uCjyK)

193 173 The lump speaks.

During an interview earlier today with the Washington Free Beacon, Democratic Senator John Fetterman stated that the Trump administration should drop the ongoing nuclear talks with Iran and launch military strikes against their nuclear facilities. “Waste that shit,” said Fetterman, with him adding “You're never going to be able to negotiate with that kind of regime that has been destabilizing the region for decades already, and now we have an incredible window, I believe, to do that, to strike and destroy Iran's nuclear facilities.”
Posted by: Maj. Healey

No downside for Fetterman but plenty if you have to make the decision to take out the Iranian nuke capacity. If I was Trump, I would formally go to Congress asking them to declare war (there are some other reasons to do so) on Iran. There is enough provocation going way back to the Iranian embassy crisis to do that if he wanted to document it.

It is a lot harder for Congress then to duck their responsibility on Iran if Trump did that. Less political blowback from immediate success criteria as well.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 03:08 PM (ctrM5)

194 Slavery is a real image killer.

Don't put that in your resume.

Posted by: Dreamingrobot at April 24, 2025 03:08 PM (J8LnB)

195 The lump speaks.

During an interview earlier today with the Washington Free Beacon, Democratic Senator John Fetterman stated that the Trump administration should drop the ongoing nuclear talks with Iran and launch military strikes against their nuclear facilities. “Waste that shit,” said Fetterman, with him adding “You're never going to be able to negotiate with that kind of regime that has been destabilizing the region for decades already, and now we have an incredible window, I believe, to do that, to strike and destroy Iran's nuclear facilities.”
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 24, 2025 03:01 PM (/U5Yz)

Guess Fetterman didn't hear about those air defense missiles purchases Iran was trying to get from Russia. And if the plants aren't on the shore line, there's the question of reaching them from a carrier.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 03:08 PM (n7h9X)

196 He is definitely a smuggler, but human? Hm.

Posted by: PG at April 24, 2025 03:09 PM (Ohm5I)

197 China actually has Travel companies that will take your pregnant wife to the US, for delivery... my guess is a lot of this is funded by Communist Chinese Intel agencies... thus creating US citizens who, once trained, have access to the US.
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 24, 2025 03:04 PM (QAkQ3)

Ah. Vunderbar! A new twist for the future!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 24, 2025 03:09 PM (6PCLE)

198 181 A few years after Reporters became Journalists.
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 24, 2025 03:01 PM (QAkQ3)

Shows how stupid Journalists are. Educator sounds higher class. Reporters implies they found something out.

Journalism and education departments are where the retards go. They're the special ed of "higher education."

Posted by: Are you dumber than a first-grader? Hired! at April 24, 2025 03:10 PM (TbWk/)

199 Pgfffft, not to the No Borders Cultural Marxists, he will still have judges on his side

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 03:11 PM (ypFCm)

200 I proud to nominate Barry "Chocolate Jesus" Obama for the next pope of Color .....

Posted by: Buster Hymand at April 24, 2025 03:11 PM (sI4+g)

201 Can we go at least a few years without being involved in another war?

Like just a 5 year moratorium on banging the war drums?

Or do we have to move smoothly from the Ukraine/Russia Israel/Gaza wars right to an Iranian war? Is that written in stone somewhere?

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 03:11 PM (uCjyK)

202 The car itself was on the DHS "watch list" for vehicles used in human smuggling.

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Right below Burt's Candy Van with the Comet Pizza murals painted on the sides.

Posted by: ShainS -- at April 24, 2025 03:11 PM (Woe03)

203 167 When did teachers become "educators"?
Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 02:58 PM (sBjls)

It sounded better than "indoctrinators" or "propogandists".

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2025 02:59 PM (VNX3d)
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Or "groomers."

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 03:11 PM (YqDXo)

204 This either means he was not run through the usual inprocessing, and that would be for corrupt reasons, or because Bukele and Trump were expecting this sort of foofooraw.
I wouldn't go against Bukele and his crew for the world. I think they are both ruthless and wicked smart, and have a moral goal which probably means they consider themselves paladins.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 24, 2025 03:07 PM (D7oie)

I'm sure our illegals are treated better and isolated from El Salvador's, just to close off that vector of attack. And El Salvador can throw up new blocks for any customer, sounds like a nice industry for the place.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 03:12 PM (n7h9X)

205 That’s ok. Another Maryland judge, this one appointed by Trump, just ordered another MS13 member returned to the US because he had an agreement with Biden’s DHS he wouldn’t be sent back until his case was adjudicated. The judge didn’t mention that agreement was superseded when he joined a foreign terrorist organization and undertook criminal activity in our country. This is of course the prerogative of the presidents executive powers which the judicial branch believes they can trample at will and threaten the president and his representatives with contempt and jail for.

Enough is enough of this shit. It’s time to tell the judicial branch to go fly a kite in a lighting storm.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 24, 2025 03:12 PM (RYTCQ)

206 Trump backs $5K 'baby bonus' for new moms in bid to reverse declining birthrate: 'Sounds like a good idea'
https://shorturl.at/wP3MB
_________________

Ghetto mothers cheer!

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 03:12 PM (YqDXo)

207 203 167 When did teachers become "educators"?
Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 02:58 PM (sBjls)

It sounded better than "indoctrinators" or "propogandists".

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2025 02:59 PM (VNX3d)
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Or "groomers."
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 03:11 PM (YqDXo)

Groomers sounds friendlier though. Like the lady who shampoos your dog.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 03:12 PM (uCjyK)

208 Ha!
District Court Judge Pakalolo probably exposed an ongoing investigation into organized trafficking by illegal aliens which Trump Admin tried to keep down-low as national security interests when it was questioned why they just booted this guy for merely not having a valid visa.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 24, 2025 03:12 PM (rjVXX)

209 Reporters became journalists, journalists became Propagandists

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 03:13 PM (ypFCm)

210 A few years after Reporters became Journalists.
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 24, 2025 03:01 PM (QAkQ3)

Secretaries became "Personal Assistants".

Posted by: Klaus Schwab, WEF sex pest, weirdo and pervert at April 24, 2025 03:13 PM (+8MS3)

211 is there any way for a district judge to turn this back on Trump?
Posted by: Don Black

Nope. Plaintiffs are required to put up a case regarding the return of Garcia, not the defense aka government until ruling. The district judge has her ass in a crack here.

If she orders the defense aka government to release what they know given what has dribbled out, it makes it very strong case that Trump was removing a very bad dude.

If she ignores it, then an appellate court might ask here why did she ignore this new evidence that Abrego-Garcia and his counsel were lying to the court. That is why she canceled the hearing is my guess. She got sandbagged and now looks bad in public as she can no longer claim to be a hero saving Maryland Man from the clutches of Orange Man.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 03:13 PM (ctrM5)

212 Or do we have to move smoothly from the Ukraine/Russia Israel/Gaza wars right to an Iranian war? Is that written in stone somewhere?
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 03:11 PM (uCjyK)

I'd rather not see the naval air force fail to accomplish much in pinprick raids again myself.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 03:14 PM (n7h9X)

213 >>> 206

_________________

Ghetto mothers cheer!
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 03:12 PM (YqDXo)

The Horde has some great refinements on this idea.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 24, 2025 03:14 PM (Vqx30)

214 Disney’s Latest ‘Star Wars’ Spin-Off Depicts Rape of ‘Undocumented Migrant’ by Imperial Officer

Disney stepping on their woke rake again.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 24, 2025 03:14 PM (/U5Yz)

215 "Maryland Father"
......

Somebody just shiv this guy already.

Posted by: wth at April 24, 2025 03:15 PM (v0R5T)

216 A few years after Reporters became Journalists.
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 24, 2025 03:01 PM (QAkQ3)

Secretaries became "Personal Assistants".

Posted by: Klaus Schwab, WEF sex pest, weirdo and pervert at April 24, 2025 03:13 PM


And the personnel office became the human resources office.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 24, 2025 03:15 PM (e5NfL)

217 District Court Judge Pakalolo probably exposed an ongoing investigation into organized trafficking by illegal aliens which Trump Admin tried to keep down-low as national security interests when it was questioned why they just booted this guy for merely not having a valid visa.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

Strip his ass from any security clearance as a result and then freely use state secrets doctrine that we have secret evidence but we cannot show it to a security risk judge. And the judge can say nuttin about it.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 03:15 PM (ctrM5)

218 Being a cop is not an easy job, I wouldn't want the job.
However bad cops need to be culled out. They are not helping anything. And politics has no place in an arrest if the law has been broken. They broke the law or they didn't. It's not rocket science.

Posted by: Case at April 24, 2025 03:15 PM (OrSPY)

219 Indian air force has reportedly launched a "major military exercise."

https://tinyurl.com/3t5sjxwh

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at April 24, 2025 03:15 PM (paSBy)

220 I'd rather not see the naval air force fail to accomplish much in pinprick raids again myself.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 03:14 PM (n7h9X)

Why doesn't Trump just call up the ol' Supreme Leader and say "Ayatollah, listen. I don't want to have to bomb anyone. And we have great bombs. My generals say to me all the time, 'Sir, these bombs. They're beautiful. They're amazing.' And if you act nicely, you'll never have to see those beautiful bombs. So let's agree to disagree on prophets in wells, but in the meantime just be normal, and we'll all be happy."

That's how you achieve world peace.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 03:16 PM (uCjyK)

221 Groomers sounds friendlier though. Like the lady who shampoos your dog.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes
=========
Then tries to have sex with it is the rest of the syllogism.

Most dog groomers would decline that part of the deal.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 03:16 PM (ctrM5)

222 >> I don't know whose crack this is. Someone must have put this crack in my crack-pipe, officer, because I've never seen this crack before.

Dammit, why didn’t I think of that?
Posted by: Hunter Biden, Crack Aficionado
.......

You were too high.

Posted by: wth at April 24, 2025 03:16 PM (v0R5T)

223 *** loaded to the roof with immigrant men,
----

But, but, the golden FBI told the cops to wave them on through, bu bye.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 03:17 PM (nwgUR)

224 219 Indian air force has reportedly launched a "major military exercise."

Are they wearing war paint and war headdress?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 24, 2025 03:17 PM (/U5Yz)

225 219 Indian air force has reportedly launched a "major military exercise."

https://tinyurl.com/3t5sjxwh
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at April 24, 2025 03:15 PM (paSB

Ooh, great. Now we can hopefully get involved in a war between India and Pakistan as well!

Let's sell weapons to both sides! Double the profit!

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 03:17 PM (uCjyK)

226 Indian air force has reportedly launched a "major military exercise."
https://tinyurl.com/3t5sjxwh
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at April 24, 2025 03:15 PM (paSBy)

I think India had a problem a few years back with their MiG-21s falling out of the sky. Wonder if they are still using them?

Posted by: Vivek Ramaslamadingdong, Ohio's Next Gubnor at April 24, 2025 03:18 PM (+8MS3)

227 183 [y]176 When did teachers become "educators"?
Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 02:58 PM (sBjls)

A few years after Reporters became Journalists.
Posted by: Romeo13

And store clerks became "sales associates."
Posted by: Bulg

and underperforming minority employees became "Human Resources."

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 24, 2025 03:05 PM (/U5Yz)
________________

And baristas became "hot beverage engineers."

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 03:18 PM (YqDXo)

228 And human traffickers became "citizens".

Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 03:18 PM (sBjls)

229 I proud to nominate Barry "Chocolate Jesus" Obama for the next pope of Color .....

Posted by: Buster Hymand at April 24, 2025 03:11 PM (sI4+g)

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

OUT: The Pope of Greenwich Village.
IN: The Pope of Martha's Vineyard.

Posted by: ShainS -- at April 24, 2025 03:19 PM (QJibF)

230 222 >> I don't know whose crack this is. Someone must have put this crack in my crack-pipe, officer, because I've never seen this crack before.

Dammit, why didn’t I think of that?
Posted by: Hunter Biden, Crack Aficionado
---

It is now known, with gynometric precision that it was Kamalala's cokez.
_Cocez Esquivedo

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 03:19 PM (nwgUR)

231 I'd rather not see the naval air force fail to accomplish much in pinprick raids again myself.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 03:14 PM (n7h9X)

Why doesn't Trump just call up the ol' Supreme Leader and say "Ayatollah, listen. I don't want to have to bomb anyone. And we have great bombs. My generals say to me all the time, 'Sir, these bombs. They're beautiful. They're amazing.' And if you act nicely, you'll never have to see those beautiful bombs. So let's agree to disagree on prophets in wells, but in the meantime just be normal, and we'll all be happy."

That's how you achieve world peace.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 03:16 PM (uCjyK)

I think the ultimate resolution will be Iran getting nuclear power reactors from Russia with Putin assuring that they arent used to make weapons.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 03:20 PM (n7h9X)

232 And human traffickers became "citizens".

Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 03:18 PM (sBjls)
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And Democrats became "civil rights champions."

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 03:20 PM (YqDXo)

233 And human traffickers became "citizens".

Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 03:18 PM (sBjls)

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

"Sometimes even POTUS, jack!"

Posted by: ShainS -- at April 24, 2025 03:20 PM (QJibF)

234 OUT: The Pope of Greenwich Village.
IN: The Pope of Martha's Vineyard.
Posted by: ShainS -- at April 24, 2025 03:19 PM (QJibF)

The Pope of Manwich Village

Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 03:21 PM (sBjls)

235 I think the ultimate resolution will be Iran getting nuclear power reactors from Russia with Putin assuring that they arent used to make weapons.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 03:20 PM (n7h9X)

Better - Russia builds a few high-capacity power lines into Iran from nuclear reactors near Iran, that Russia guards carefully.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2025 03:21 PM (VNX3d)

236 Hogg Wild has been reprimanded!

POLITICO@politico
DNC gives David Hogg an ultimatum
The Democratic National Committee is going to force David Hogg to decide: Get out of the primary game or lose his DNC post.

-
Hey, if you didn't want flying pig crazy, why did you hire Wild Hogg?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 24, 2025 03:21 PM (L/fGl)

237 I think India had a problem a few years back with their MiG-21s falling out of the sky. Wonder if they are still using them?
Posted by: Vivek Ramaslamadingdong, Ohio's Next Gubnor at April 24, 2025 03:18 PM (+8MS3)

MiG21? Those were old before I knew what a MiG was!

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 03:21 PM (n7h9X)

238 Groomers sounds friendlier though. Like the lady who shampoos your dog.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes

I see postings on the job sites looking for "groomers." They mean "dog groomers," of course, but, without the initial modifier, it always takes me aback.

How long, given the way things are going, will they be posting job openings for non-dog groomers?

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 03:21 PM (77rzZ)

239 Hogg Wild has been reprimanded!

POLITICO@politico
DNC gives David Hogg an ultimatum
The Democratic National Committee is going to force David Hogg to decide: Get out of the primary game or lose his DNC post.

-
Hey, if you didn't want flying pig crazy, why did you hire Wild Hogg?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 24, 2025 03:21 PM (L/fGl)

The primary game is the only reason to hold a DNC post!

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 03:22 PM (n7h9X)

240 I wonder if the DOJ has evidence Kill More Garcia is involved in a murder. They're probably waiting till after AOC goes down there and weeps with him.

Posted by: PJ at April 24, 2025 03:22 PM (RRCAT)

241 Indian air force has reportedly launched a "major military exercise."

https://tinyurl.com/3t5sjxwh
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist
......

Pilots have been warned not to ditch in the Ganges.

Posted by: wth at April 24, 2025 03:23 PM (HgMAr)

242 Why does Iran need fuel enrichment plants at all if not to make weapons?

Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 03:23 PM (jc0TO)

243 And baristas became "hot beverage engineers."
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara


Subway now lists job openings for "sandwich artists." Oh brother.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 03:23 PM (77rzZ)

244 How long, given the way things are going, will they be posting job openings for non-dog groomers?
Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 03:21 PM (77rzZ)

Cat groomers? They already get hazard pay.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 03:23 PM (n7h9X)

245 212 Or do we have to move smoothly from the Ukraine/Russia Israel/Gaza wars right to an Iranian war? Is that written in stone somewhere?
Posted by: Harry Paratestes

I prefer we return to what the framers considered when declaring war. There are plenty of casus belli regarding Iran and the US but this half assed method of resolutions or purely executive action alone is a poor way of doing war. Involve the formal declaration of war for such matters and then fight to win. Putting Congress firmly on the hook for doing so plus it triggers a lot of reserved clauses in various statutes giving the President wide leeway to conduct the war without judicial or congressional interference.

I have no real opinion as to whether war with Iran is inevitable or necessary as most of what we get are garbled information compared to insiders. But, I do know, it is best to actually return to formalities if we ever have to do substantial warmaking to defeat a nation.

Re Houthis, it was a punitive strike because they purposefully shot at US Naval ships so their military installations, missiles, and ammo bunkers to let them do that are fair game to be blown up real good.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 03:23 PM (ctrM5)

246 And baristas became "hot beverage engineers."

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 24, 2025 03:18 PM (YqDXo)

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And garbage men became "sanitation engineers."

Posted by: ShainS at April 24, 2025 03:24 PM (QJibF)

247 The Russians built Bushehr nuke plant for Iran

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 03:24 PM (oXfCm)

248 Time to get popcorn and watch the Democrats show

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 03:24 PM (ypFCm)

249 Hey, if you didn't want flying pig crazy, why did you hire Wild Hogg?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
=======
His beejeers are on par with that Senate aide turned pron star.

Posted by: DNC at April 24, 2025 03:25 PM (ctrM5)

250 Fight , fight Socialists and the Marxists

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 03:25 PM (ypFCm)

251 nood trump

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 03:25 PM (uCjyK)

252 I'm sure our illegals are treated better and isolated from El Salvador's, just to close off that vector of attack. And El Salvador can throw up new blocks for any customer, sounds like a nice industry for the place.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 03:12 PM (n7h9X)

He is MS-13 and wasn't convicted of anything in the US, just deported as an alien enemy back to his own country. In the normal way of things, he should have been chucked into CECOT since that is what they do with MS-13 in that country. The facility was built for MS-13.
Abrego appears to have been held back from that for whatever reason, and Pres Bukele saying he loves playing chess means there are wheels within wheels here.

Not sure how Tren de Aragua is being handled since they are being held for US payments, but Abrego is just MS-13 and Salvadoran

Posted by: Kindltot at April 24, 2025 03:27 PM (D7oie)

253 I prefer we return to what the framers considered when declaring war. There are plenty of casus belli regarding Iran and the US but this half assed method of resolutions or purely executive action alone is a poor way of doing war. Involve the formal declaration of war for such matters and then fight to win. Putting Congress firmly on the hook for doing so plus it triggers a lot of reserved clauses in various statutes giving the President wide leeway to conduct the war without judicial or congressional interference.
Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 03:23 P

It is undeniable that a state of hostilities exists between the US and Iran. A Congressional recognition of that would be helpful. It doesn't mean that we need to invade tomorrow, or ever, but it does allow us to do things that nation states can't do in peacetime.

We could, for instance, seize any financial asset of Iran within our reach, impose a blockade and seize any tankers carrying Iranian oil whatever their flag, and arrest any Iranian citizen we can find.

Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 03:30 PM (jc0TO)

254 Disney’s Latest ‘Star Wars’ Spin-Off Depicts Rape of ‘Undocumented Migrant’ by Imperial Officer

Disney stepping on their woke rake again.
Posted by: Maj. Healey

Disney being Disney.

The Hollywood Reporter@THR
'Andor' Creator Explains That Shocking Assault Scene: "We're All the Product of Rape"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 24, 2025 03:30 PM (L/fGl)

255 MiG21? Those were old before I knew what a MiG was!

My favorite Russian fighter jet. Looks like something out of an Ultraman episode.

Posted by: front toward enemy at April 24, 2025 03:31 PM (TIizU)

256 I do remember what year I was born. Sometimes I forget the year my son was born, and if I say to him that he's 24 he says indignantly, "I'm 25!." I should remember this. I was hoping and praying that he wouldn't be slightly early, so that
when I was bleary and weary in the hospital someone would come into take my picture and a caption in the paper would read. "First baby born at _____ h0spital 2000" Thankfully, he waited until after January 1st.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2025 03:44 PM (42Vb+)

257 whoops wrong thread. Sorry.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2025 03:44 PM (42Vb+)

258 Maryland Father of the Year.

Posted by: red speck at April 24, 2025 03:51 PM (0Id0S)

259 I had a Suburban stolen 20 years ago. You know where it was recovered? Falfurrias, Texas. Smuggling illegals.

Posted by: the other coyote at April 24, 2025 04:18 PM (oGPcA)

260 It's sad that the party of overt violence is even allowed to have a say in anything.

Posted by: melodicmetal1 at April 24, 2025 04:25 PM (bBDmf)

261 I've always wondered why they always use the term "human trafficking", when they could use the much more impactful and accurate term "slave trading."

I'm sure it isn't because it would dilute the narrative of whites being the only race who have ever owned slaves throughout history.

Posted by: Tinfoil Dispenser at April 24, 2025 06:30 PM (ERYKL)

Trump to Order Investigation Into Criminal Democrat Buckraking Operation ActBlue

It's the Democrats' own Holy Land Foundation.

From the Daily Caller News Foundation:

Trump is expected to sign a memorandum on Thursday instructing the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate ActBlue for potentially allowing foreign "straw donors" to pump cash into U.S. elections via the fundraising platform, according to a fact sheet outlining the memo obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. Various media reports and congressional investigations have unearthed indications that ActBlue may have engaged in "potential criminal activity," according to House Republicans, and the organization has reportedly been in disarray in recent months.

"The Memorandum directs the Attorney General to investigate and take appropriate action concerning allegations regarding the use of online fundraising platforms to make 'straw' or 'dummy' contributions and to make foreign contributions to U.S. political candidates and committees, all of which break the law," the fact sheet states. "Specifically, the Memorandum notes that a congressional investigation revealed significant fraud schemes using ActBlue and, over a 30-day period during the 2024 election cycle, hundreds of ActBlue donations from foreign IP addresses using prepaid cards, despite it being illegal for foreign nationals to contribute to U.S. elections. It instructs the Attorney General to report the results of the investigation to the President, through the Counsel to the President."

The fact sheet further describes ActBlue as "notorious for its lax standards" and emphasizes that the forthcoming crackdown on the fundraising platform is intended to enforce election integrity and security in the U.S.

House Republicans published a report summarizing the findings of their investigations into ActBlue earlier in April. That report found that ActBlue made their standards less stringent on two occasions in 2024, and that the platform has detected in recent years at least 22 potential "fraud campaigns," nine of which had a "foreign nexus."

Specifically, congressional investigators found that ActBlue changed its policies in September 2024 to essentially flag only the most suspicious donations instead of all suspicious donations. Additionally, the organization moved in April 2024 to increase its threshold for triggering an automatic fraud review, thereby making its standards more lenient across the board.

"Internal documents produced to the Committees show that ActBlue policy changes have made it easier for bad actors to fraudulently donate to Democrat campaigns and causes," the House report states. "ActBlue weakened its fraud-prevention rules twice in 2024, even after internal assessments confirmed that these policy changes would lead to more fraudulent donations. While ActBlue boasts about its recent changes requiring (card security codes) and banning certain donations made using gift cards and prepaid cards, internal documents confirm that these rule changes were carefully calibrated to minimize the effects on ActBlue's donation volume and reputation."

Moreover, The New York Times reported in March that at least seven senior ActBlue employees left the organization in February for reasons that were not clear. The senior staff exodus raised concerns of unions representing ActBlue employees, with the groups writing to leadership to express concern that the departures "[eroded] our confidence in the stability of the organization."

Trump's first term was frustrating because his bark turned out to be much worse than his bite. He was really interested in working with the Democrats and uniting the country.

And he was hoping to unite the Republican Party, including the NeverTrumpers and globalist RINOs, and bring them on board.

Now, he no longer holds any illusions about that possibility. He intends to unite the country, by destroying the Democrat Party and the institutions it has corrupted into being organs of International Marxism, Inc.

Posted by: Ace at 01:20 PM




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1 Getting Cannabis Ads today.

Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2025 01:20 PM (F30Ty)

2 Make RICO Prosecutions Great Again!

Posted by: ShainS -- at April 24, 2025 01:21 PM (qeYBT)

3 Oh, hey...look at that.

About time they went after Act Blue.

But, I can't imagine the Buffet of Corruption they have laid out in front of them at this point.

Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2025 01:21 PM (F30Ty)

4 Getting Cannabis Ads today.

Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2025 01:20 PM (F30Ty)

Don't let Jackstraw use your devices.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 24, 2025 01:22 PM (i24o9)

5 ActBlue may not be investigated by the federal government. -- Judge Boasberg

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 01:22 PM (ExV1e)

6 Wake me up when someone goes to prison.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 01:22 PM (uCjyK)

7 It's another Trumpmas miracle!

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 24, 2025 01:22 PM (i24o9)

8 Willowed....

Out:

MAGA hats.

In:

https://tinyurl.com/b7rrn286

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 01:22 PM (Kjgs1)

9 Why does it take his order to make that happen? It should have been going on already without the president needing to say anything.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2025 01:22 PM (2VST1)

10 Trump has agreed to an interview we with Jeff Goldberg at The Atlantic - the same media operative who spread the lie about him saying soldiers are losers.

Make of that what you will

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at April 24, 2025 01:22 PM (YK1wN)

11 > The New York Times reported in March that at least seven senior ActBlue employees left the organization in February for reasons that were not clear.

Did their buddies in the DOJ give them a heads up?

Posted by: bonhomme at April 24, 2025 01:22 PM (lIio7)

12 This is pure blasphemy coming from the evil Nazi dictator.

Posted by: DNC at April 24, 2025 01:23 PM (/U5Yz)

13 1 Getting Cannabis Ads today.
Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2025 01:20 PM (F30Ty)

Lucky. All I get is King Harv engaged in unforgiveable acts with a shark.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 01:23 PM (uCjyK)

14 ActBlue is a corrupt organization. But I'm also peeved at WinRed, who took my money and used it to benefit only the people who are bad for the Republican Party.

Posted by: Emmie at April 24, 2025 01:24 PM (Sf2cq)

15 >>>That report found that ActBlue made their standards less stringent on two occasions in 2024, and that the platform has detected in recent years at least 22 potential "fraud campaigns," nine of which had a "foreign nexus."

But Russia bought some Facebook ads nobody saw.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 24, 2025 01:24 PM (i24o9)

16 Why does it take his order to make that happen? It should have been going on already without the president needing to say anything.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

--

Because "Our Democracy"

Remember that constant refrain? That's what they were always referring to.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Were you taught the absurd lie that new animals lived on the Galapagos Islands? at April 24, 2025 01:24 PM (SsQQd)

17 He intends to unite the country, by destroying the Democrat Party and the institutions it has corrupted into being organs of International Marxism, Inc.
====

b"h

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 24, 2025 01:24 PM (RIvkX)

18 Don't worry, buy 4pm today some woke DEI "judge" will put a stop to this.

Posted by: Jay in PA at April 24, 2025 01:24 PM (i7Q7S)

19 Ace:

https://tinyurl.com/yyhvt8hs

And this is curious:

https://tinyurl.com/3492nurc

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 01:24 PM (Kjgs1)

20 Wake me up when someone goes to prison.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes

You know WHO ELSE went to prison...?

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 01:24 PM (77rzZ)

21 There are also a whole slew of 401 c (3) "charities" that are leftist and do political stuff that are nothing other than Democrat support mechanisms that need their tax-exempt status revoked, but their smaller fish.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 01:24 PM (ynpvh)

22 I like it but some judge will deny any investigation

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 01:24 PM (aHfB6)

23 Keep flooding the zone.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at April 24, 2025 01:24 PM (Vyll1)

24 they're, not their

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 01:24 PM (ynpvh)

25 Act Blue still sounds to me like that little gizmo you attach to the inside of your toilet bowl that turns the water blue.

Posted by: Orson at April 24, 2025 01:24 PM (dIske)

26 You know WHO ELSE went to prison...?
Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 01:24 PM (77rzZ)

Is the answer Hitler? I feel like it usually is.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 01:24 PM (uCjyK)

27 I want to see one of those retired teachers that donated $10s of thousands of dollars in small amounts to a ton of different candidates explain under oath it was their idea and their money.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 01:24 PM (t0Rmr)

28 22 I like it but some judge will deny any investigation

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 01:24 PM (aHfB6)

All judges need to be investigated.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 01:25 PM (ynpvh)

29 11 > The New York Times reported in March that at least seven senior ActBlue employees left the organization in February for reasons that were not clear.

Did their buddies in the DOJ give them a heads up?
Posted by: bonhomme

The Magic 8 Ball says - Signs point to yes

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 24, 2025 01:25 PM (/U5Yz)

30 Remember that constant refrain? That's what they were always referring to.

Exactly. That is exactly what they meant by that phrase. Which, you notice, they abandoned entirely. They didn't mean our system of government, the voting by citizens, or representation in government.

They meant "the system by which we enrich ourselves and manipulate culture"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2025 01:25 PM (2VST1)

31 26 You know WHO ELSE went to prison...?
Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 01:24 PM (77rzZ)

Is the answer Hitler? I feel like it usually is.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 01:24 PM (uCjyK)

You know who else was an animal lover and vegetarian?...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 01:25 PM (ynpvh)

32 In other news, a federal judge has ordered Trump to cease investigating ActBlue immediately. The TRO is effective at noon today.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 24, 2025 01:25 PM (2sg1c)

33 Moreover, The New York Times reported in March that at least seven senior ActBlue employees left the organization in February for reasons that were not clear.

Oh, I think it's pretty clear.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 01:25 PM (s8j++)

34 Why does it take his order to make that happen? It should have been going on already without the president needing to say anything.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2025 01:22 PM (2VST1)
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The DOJ is probably the single most corrupt agency in the US Government. I mean, look what happened with the MS 13 thug. One of their lawyers sabotaged the case through using the term "mistakenly." That was completely intentional. This was probably a lower level guy, too. If the rot goes that deep, it's really hard to over come in just a few months.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 01:26 PM (tT6L1)

35 Sure, the courts have generously given the executive some minor leeway in investigating possible criminal behavoir by Democrats. But Trump ordering it violates my own personal OrangeManBad policy. Therefore I rule that this investigation must cease immediately, and all funds allocated to this effort be deposited in my personal Cayman Islands account.

So ordered.

*bangs gavel*

Posted by: Random Obscure Federal Judge at April 24, 2025 01:26 PM (Dv3i1)

36
remember ABSCAM?

we should call Stacey Abrams' FLABSCAM

Posted by: soothsayerwing plover at April 24, 2025 01:26 PM (P8+56)

37 There is enough money involved in the ActBlue fraud that there will probably be a few death from "accidents, suicides, & overdoses" happening in the next few months.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 24, 2025 01:26 PM (IifOV)

38 Lucky. All I get is King Harv engaged in unforgiveable acts with a shark.


...and that little Johnny is how mermaids are born...

Posted by: Nelly at April 24, 2025 01:27 PM (pSknm)

39 Y'know, if MSNBC and CNN are spun off into social media oblivion, outfits like ACTBLUE will be in the wild with no activist support. Easy pickings for a conservative DOJ.

Posted by: mrp at April 24, 2025 01:27 PM (rj6Yv)

40 Exactly. That is exactly what they meant by that phrase. Which, you notice, they abandoned entirely. They didn't mean our system of government, the voting by citizens, or representation in government.

They meant "the system by which we enrich ourselves and manipulate culture"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2025 01:25 PM (2VST1)

Yeah. Someone on Rogan a year or so ago made a brilliant point that has stuck with me since then -- basically he said when they're talking about "democracy" they're not talking about, you know, ruling of the people by the people.

They're talking about a consensus of institutions that came out of the "democratic" (as opposed to third world or communist, I guess) countries.

So when they say "electing Trump is a threat to democracy" it makes perfect sense using their definition of the word, even if it sounds retarded to those of us using the definition of the word everyone was using 10 years ago.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 01:27 PM (uCjyK)

41 You know WHO ELSE went to prison...?
Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 01:24 PM (77rzZ)

Is the answer Hitler? I feel like it usually is.

*throws flag*
The question must be in the form of:
"Could it be....Hitler?"

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 01:27 PM (s8j++)

42 King Harv is a pimp.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 24, 2025 01:27 PM (2sg1c)

43 Willowed:

>>> 323
=====
Yep. Bondi is the public face of the DoJ apparently while her assistant chief is apparently running the place. The solicitor general's office is running the Scotus matters. Lots of lefty career attorneys have left and SG Sauer was the one that successfully argued the presidential immunity case last year. Now appointed a strong deputy who was also a Scalia clerk.

Civil Rights Division has been depleted of its leftists by Harmeet Dhillon (chief of the CRD now) as Bondi, etc. are defumigating decades of sabotaging leftist attorneys in the DoJ. Law specific news like Above the Law are full of how awful losing these 'career' attorneys is.

Movement is happening and very quickly by historical standards.
Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 01:22 PM (ctrM5)

Seems to me the defumigating is badly needed to avoid any "botched" cases like say, the one against Billy Ayers (and of course it's *all* agencies, not just DoJ that should be getting cleaned out).

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 24, 2025 01:28 PM (Vqx30)

44 I expect we'll find that ActBlue received funds by law that could not be given to candidates, and then used real people without their explicit per case permission to funnel the money to those candidates, likely letting the real people take a slice.

So why are there one thousand $7 donations to Rep Smith? Because whoever is running this account had $7K to use and thousand straw accounts

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 01:28 PM (t0Rmr)

45 Keep the Democrats on the defensive defending the Status Quo.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 01:28 PM (szPgS)

46 Wake me up when someone goes to prison.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes


ssyzllgsk

Posted by: Rip Van Winkle at April 24, 2025 01:28 PM (v0R5T)

47 As Act Blue was also giving to State Office races, I could never figure out why a State AG did not go after them.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 24, 2025 01:29 PM (QAkQ3)

48 You know who else was an animal lover and vegetarian?...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 01:25 PM (ynpvh)

Don't bring Blondi in to this! He was killed by the man he trusted the most. Tragic, really.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 01:29 PM (uCjyK)

49 Why does it take his order to make that happen? It should have been going on already without the president needing to say anything.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2025 01:22 PM (2VST1)

I don't know. What I do know is O'Keefe sent his findings directly to Bondi and Patel over a month ago.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 24, 2025 01:29 PM (/U5Yz)

50 Did their buddies in the DOJ give them a heads up?
Posted by: bonhomme

The Magic 8 Ball says - Signs point to yes
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 24, 2025 01:25 PM (/U5Yz)

The President's inaugural speech was all the heads up they needed.

Posted by: mrp at April 24, 2025 01:29 PM (rj6Yv)

51 Probably two thirds of the rank and file in the DOJ and FBI are leftists who will refuse to do the assigned jobs or will undermine any investigation. It is going to take a while to send them all packing and replace them.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 24, 2025 01:29 PM (lTGtQ)

52 You know who else was an animal lover and vegetarian?...

That guy that wrote a book about having sex with a dolphin?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 01:30 PM (t0Rmr)

53 43 Willowed:

>>> 323
=====
Yep. Bondi is the public face of the DoJ apparently while her assistant chief is apparently running the place. The solicitor general's office is running the Scotus matters. Lots of lefty career attorneys have left and SG Sauer was the one that successfully argued the presidential immunity case last year. Now appointed a strong deputy who was also a Scalia clerk.

Civil Rights Division has been depleted of its leftists by Harmeet Dhillon (chief of the CRD now) as Bondi, etc. are defumigating decades of sabotaging leftist attorneys in the DoJ. Law specific news like Above the Law are full of how awful losing these 'career' attorneys is.

Movement is happening and very quickly by historical standards.
Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 01:22 PM (ctrM5)

Seems to me the defumigating is badly needed to avoid any "botched" cases like say, the one against Billy Ayers (and of course it's *all* agencies, not just DoJ that should be getting cleaned out).

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 24, 2025 01:28 PM (Vqx30)

is defumigation the opposite of fumigation?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 01:30 PM (ynpvh)

54 ActBlue is but one of hundreds of ops used to fund the Democrats and their lackeys.

Try eliminating Democrats. That might be easier than eliminating their funding sources.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2025 01:30 PM (Q4IgG)

55 @9

>>Why does it take his order to make that happen? It should have been going on already without the president needing to say anything.

Because this can be viewed as overtly political and the new DOJ unlike The SCOAMF's and Meat Puppets DOJ, doesn't have a Wing Man Running it.

So this provides a nudge and cover.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 24, 2025 01:30 PM (XV/Pl)

56 You know who else was an animal lover and vegetarian?...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 01:25 PM (ynpvh)
-

Jane Goodall.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 01:30 PM (Kjgs1)

57 Clinton’s campaign has held eight total fundraisers in London, including two in March. And her offshore fundraising operation has so far reached Munich with one fundraiser; Durban, South Africa with one fundraiser; and Mexico City with two fundraisers.
__________________________

Gosh, I wonder if there is any connection between a presidential candidate actively campaigning in foreign countries, and the record number of "grassroots" (below the FEC reporting level) donations received through Act Blue and other entities.

I seem to recall some Chinese guy in California who had 40 some different people offering up donations from a single address. I'm sure it's nothing.

Posted by: Orson at April 24, 2025 01:31 PM (dIske)

58 Act Blue still sounds to me like that little gizmo you attach to the inside of your toilet bowl that turns the water blue.
Posted by: Orson
......

Act Blue Urinal Cakes

Posted by: wth at April 24, 2025 01:31 PM (v0R5T)

59 You could've had a deal.
Now you can beg for a plea-bargain.

Posted by: DaveA at April 24, 2025 01:31 PM (FhXTo)

60 The President's inaugural speech was all the heads up they needed.

Posted by: mrp at April 24, 2025 01:29 PM (rj6Yv)

And the Congressional investigation. I think TX was going after ActBlue as well.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 24, 2025 01:31 PM (i24o9)

61
Jane Goodall.

She don't eat meat
But she sure likes the bone

Posted by: Some satisfied ape at April 24, 2025 01:31 PM (t0Rmr)

62 > That guy that wrote a book about having sex with a dolphin?

Hank Hill got raped by a dolphin. I don't think he wrote a book though.

Posted by: bonhomme at April 24, 2025 01:31 PM (lIio7)

63 The DOJ is probably the single most corrupt agency in the US Government. I mean, look what happened with the MS 13 thug. One of their lawyers sabotaged the case through using the term "mistakenly." That was completely intentional. This was probably a lower level guy, too. If the rot goes that deep, it's really hard to over come in just a few months.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 01:26 PM (tT6L1)


Yup, like that Clinesmith fucker lying on the FISA documents about Carter Page. Intentionally. And getting the equivalent of an after school detention as punishment. For fuck's sake. And I think that evil cretin Boasberg was on that court.


Burn it all down. To the fucking ground.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 24, 2025 01:31 PM (ClxgD)

64 54 ActBlue is but one of hundreds of ops used to fund the Democrats and their lackeys.

Try eliminating Democrats. That might be easier than eliminating their funding sources.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2025 01:30 PM (Q4IgG

A smart man would consider designating the Democrat Party a terrorist organization at this point.

Plenty of evidence to that point.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 24, 2025 01:31 PM (2sg1c)

65 "Civil Rights Division has been depleted of its leftists by Harmeet Dhillon"

=========

She should be the only employee there.

That would be progress.

Posted by: Jay in PA at April 24, 2025 01:31 PM (i7Q7S)

66 Try eliminating Democrats. That might be easier than eliminating their funding sources.
___

It would be great if they self-deport. But even horrid Rosie O'Donnell didn't have the stomach to stay that way.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 24, 2025 01:31 PM (Dv3i1)

67 >>> 14 ActBlue is a corrupt organization. But I'm also peeved at WinRed, who took my money and used it to benefit only the people who are bad for the Republican Party.
Posted by: Emmie at April 24, 2025 01:24 PM (Sf2cq)

They used it to benefit GOPe people, who are by (their) definition good for the Republican Party.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 24, 2025 01:31 PM (Vqx30)

68 ActBlue may not be investigated by the federal government. -- Judge Boasberg
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 01:22 PM (ExV1e)

... and I'll hold my breath until they stop!!! -- Judge Boasberg.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2025 01:31 PM (VNX3d)

69 Jane Goodall.

Posted by: Biden's Dog



Don't go all Goodallwin on us.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 24, 2025 01:32 PM (lTGtQ)

70 re 43: it only takes one bad apple to spoil the party.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 24, 2025 01:32 PM (CWTWj)

71 69 Jane Goodall.

Posted by: Biden's Dog



Don't go all Goodallwin on us.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 24, 2025 01:32 PM (lTGtQ)

So no apeshit crazy then?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 01:33 PM (ynpvh)

72 Don't go all Goodallwin on us.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 24, 2025 01:32 PM (lTGtQ)
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How could I not see that this might happen!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 01:33 PM (Kjgs1)

73 I wonder how many billions of illegal foreign donations were processed through Act Blue?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 24, 2025 01:33 PM (/U5Yz)

74 The Democrat Party is a criminal enterprise.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 01:33 PM (szPgS)

75 So no apeshit crazy then?

This thread is officially bananas

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 01:33 PM (t0Rmr)

76 70 re 43: it only takes one bad apple to spoil the party.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 24, 2025 01:32 PM (CWTWj)

I saw one translated from Chinese? the other day:
One rat turd ruins the entire pot of soup...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 01:33 PM (ynpvh)

77 73 I wonder how many billions of illegal foreign donations were processed through Act Blue?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 24, 2025 01:33 PM (/U5Yz)

I'm more interested in how many taxpayer dollars were laundered through Act Blue, personally.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 01:34 PM (uCjyK)

78
Diane Fossey and Jane Goodall are the same person, yes?

Posted by: soothsayerwing plover at April 24, 2025 01:34 PM (P8+56)

79 it only takes one bad apple to spoil the party.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 24, 2025 01:32 PM (CWTWj)
-

Michael Jackson said not true!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 01:34 PM (Kjgs1)

80 ActBlue is but one of hundreds of ops used to fund the Democrats and their lackeys.

Try eliminating Democrats. That might be easier than eliminating their funding sources.

Disagree. You have to drain the ocean in which the Dem fish swim. Mao would know this.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 01:34 PM (s8j++)

81 >>> 70 re 43: it only takes one bad apple to spoil the party.
Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 24, 2025 01:32 PM (CWTWj)

Maybe. If one asshoe is surrounded by people "akshually" doing their fcking jobs, maybe the asshoe gets Noticed and then Fired before complete spoilage.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 24, 2025 01:34 PM (Vqx30)

82 Burn it all down. To the fucking ground.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 24, 2025 01:31 PM (ClxgD)

But, simultaneously, use those corrupt resources to arrest and prosecute their political allies in front of the corrupt judges and wing it while you're doing it cuz no one ever holds the DOJ to standards.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 01:34 PM (ExV1e)

83 it only takes one bad apple to spoil the party.
Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 24, 2025 01:32 PM (CWTWj)
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What about the fly in the barrel?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 24, 2025 01:35 PM (6YdsJ)

84 By definition, the Democrat party is a terrorist organization.

Trump should go nuclear and declare it so.

Lay out the evidence that's been going on since occupy Wallstreet and the summer of mostly peaceful protests.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 24, 2025 01:35 PM (2sg1c)

85 You know who else was an animal lover and vegetarian?...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 01:25 PM (ynpvh)

A girl I once knew in Ft Wayne, IN?

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at April 24, 2025 01:35 PM (g8Ew8)

86 83 it only takes one bad apple to spoil the party.
Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 24, 2025 01:32 PM (CWTWj)
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What about the fly in the barrel?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 24, 2025 01:35 PM (6YdsJ)

Just go fly fishing...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 01:35 PM (ynpvh)

87 i expect ny's latisha james will start seeking indictments of people who made hundreds of donations through actblue because these people should have known better and kept track for themselves

Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 24, 2025 01:35 PM (CWTWj)

88 The DOJ is probably the single most corrupt agency in the US Government.
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Its co-equal to France's Temple of Reason.

Posted by: Pudinhead at April 24, 2025 01:35 PM (pZ64F)

89 I wonder how many billions of illegal foreign donations were processed through Act Blue?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 24, 2025 01:33 PM (/U5Yz)

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

"You don't know the half of it, round-eye."

-- Charlie Trie, CCP Stooge and Friend of Bubba

Posted by: ShainS -- at April 24, 2025 01:36 PM (URMU3)

90 If "Judge" Boasberg were a Republican issuing injunctions against KamelToe's administration and the D's controlled congress....

1. An impeachment inquiry would already be launched
2. His wife and children would be harassed daily in the public sphere.
3. The barrage of death threats against him would be so large that CNN would start running stories about Charlottesville as a distraction.
4. A bill to strip district courts of issuing nationwide injunctions would be passed and over to the Senate.

This is where the R's alway, always, dissapoint.

Posted by: Jay in PA at April 24, 2025 01:36 PM (i7Q7S)

91 Trump’s lawlessness will leave us with nothing but extrajudicial solutions.

Mike Nellis: ActBlue is the backbone of Democratic grassroots fundraising. It allows everyday people—not billionaires—to fuel campaigns from city council to the White House. It’s how we compete with the right-wing megadonor machine. And now, Musk and his allies are trying to destroy it. #StandWithActBlue

Scaring off future donations - they will be looking for donor information. Looking forward to seeing each and every one of my fellow donors in El Salvador.

‪@daveweigel.bsky.social‬
[The next post is] Ironic on the day where he's expected to announce action against ActBlue bc it doesn't do enough to prevent foreign donations:

[B)‪Molly White‬ ‪@molly.wiki‬
Someone just spent $8 million on $TRUMP memecoins after the president announced that the top holders would be invited to join him at a private dinner at his DC golf club.

The purchases were funded by a Binance account, suggesting the wallet owner is not based in the US.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 24, 2025 01:36 PM (JCZqz)

92 82 Burn it all down. To the fucking ground.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 24, 2025 01:31 PM (ClxgD)

But, simultaneously, use those corrupt resources to arrest and prosecute their political allies in front of the corrupt judges and wing it while you're doing it cuz no one ever holds the DOJ to standards.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 01:34 PM (ExV1e)

To be most effective, the bad lawyers have to be INSIDE when you burn it down...figuratively.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 01:36 PM (ynpvh)

93 it only takes one bad apple to spoil the party.
Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 24, 2025 01:32 PM (CWTWj)
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What about the fly in the barrel?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 24, 2025 01:35 PM (6YdsJ)

The fly moved. He's in the ointment.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at April 24, 2025 01:36 PM (g8Ew8)

94 You know WHO ELSE went to prison...?
Posted by: Bulg
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Is the answer Hitler? I feel like it usually is.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes
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You know who else was an animal lover and vegetarian?...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Ghandi?

Posted by: BifBewalski at April 24, 2025 01:37 PM (MsrgL)

95 I saw one translated from Chinese? the other day:
One rat turd ruins the entire pot of soup...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)


That has to be from someone who has not been to China.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 24, 2025 01:37 PM (lTGtQ)

96
This is where the R's alway, always, dissapoint.

best we can do is a strongly-worded letter

Posted by: GOPe at April 24, 2025 01:37 PM (jGJov)

97 I'm more interested in how many taxpayer dollars were laundered through Act Blue, personally.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 01:34 PM (uCjyK)

I think it's this. A number of the NGOs being funded by USAID were CIA fronts and the CIA likes to control who's in power everywhere. Seems like not a huge leap to start funding US campaigns.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 01:37 PM (ExV1e)

98 With the sheer amount of cash the donks seem to pile up, wouldn't it be cheaper to just make direct payments of cash to each voter? Cut out the middle part that costs so much and just buy each vote individually?

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 24, 2025 01:37 PM (a4NoL)

99 Scaring off future donations - they will be looking for donor information. Looking forward to seeing each and every one of my fellow donors in El Salvador.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 24, 2025 01:36 PM (JCZqz)

You mean like Kalifornia did to those who gave donations to the anti-gay marriage amendment years ago?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 01:37 PM (ynpvh)

100

[Unconfirmed and Unverified, but too good to check:]

Derrick Evans
@DerrickEvans4WV

🚨BREAKING: President Trump just sidestepped a judge’s order attempting to block the deportation of illegal gang members by the DHS to countries like El Salvador. Trump deported them through the DOD instead, stating the judge’s order only applied to the DHS.

https://is.gd/Fakro6

CHECK MATE!

Posted by: ShainS -- at April 24, 2025 01:37 PM (URMU3)

101 The Democrat Party is a criminal enterprise.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 01:33 PM (szPgS)


Yes it is. And honestly, I think I'd prefer the Mafia to them because the Mafia would understand that you don't burn the country to the ground while you're shaking it down.


Because they listened - and paid attention to the nursery rhyme about not killing the fucking goose that lays the fucking eggs.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 24, 2025 01:38 PM (ClxgD)

102
It allows everyday people—not billionaires—to fuel campaigns from city council to the White House. It’s how we compete with the right-wing megadonor machine. And now, Musk and his allies are trying to destroy it. #StandWithActBlue


Huh? Musk isn't doing shit. These people are delusional.

Also, it's a tool for breaking the law.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 24, 2025 01:38 PM (2sg1c)

103 WinRed has got to be the same organization. Each 'receive' thousands of suspicious little "$2.34" donations in every town from retired people. Well, names which are labeled as retired people.

Posted by: t-bird at April 24, 2025 01:38 PM (6XkbN)

104 DU projecting again about how illegal they are in their actions.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 01:38 PM (szPgS)

105
They're still doing this shit?? The Father's Day offense-avoidance bullshit, I mean.

Yeah, it's that time of year again when these asshole companies start sending out spam emails telling their customers they can "opt out" of Fathers Day spam if it "upsets" them.

Posted by: Soothsayer at April 24, 2025 01:38 PM (P8+56)

106 What about the fly in the barrel?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 24, 2025 01:35 PM (6YdsJ)

Don't fuck with any fly that can live in the barrel. It's got to have super powers.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 01:38 PM (ExV1e)

107 I'm gonna have to issue an injunction against this investigation on account of the "democrats can do what they want" section of the good and plenty cause.

Posted by: Hawaiian Judge at April 24, 2025 01:38 PM (f1kZG)

108 95 I saw one translated from Chinese? the other day:
One rat turd ruins the entire pot of soup...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)


That has to be from someone who has not been to China.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 24, 2025 01:37 PM (lTGtQ)

Or maybe as long as the rat turd is small enough to be considered too insignificant to add to the ingredient list?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 01:38 PM (ynpvh)

109 106 What about the fly in the barrel?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 24, 2025 01:35 PM (6YdsJ)

Don't fuck with any fly that can live in the barrel. It's got to have super powers.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 01:38 PM (ExV1e)

"Help me!"--The Fly

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 01:39 PM (ynpvh)

110 re 93: some of my best friends are flies, h8ter

Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 24, 2025 01:39 PM (CWTWj)

111 Democrats pretending billionaires do not donate to them will never not be funny.

Posted by: Jay in PA at April 24, 2025 01:39 PM (i7Q7S)

112 Ghandi liked to drink his own urine.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 01:39 PM (szPgS)

113 95 I saw one translated from Chinese? the other day:
One rat turd ruins the entire pot of soup...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)


That has to be from someone who has not been to China.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 24, 2025 01:37 PM (lTGtQ
_____________________________________

"Convenient as growing garlic in the toilet."

(my favorite Chinese saying)

Posted by: Orson at April 24, 2025 01:39 PM (dIske)

114 Hey guys, remember when the democrats hunted down and harassed those people who donated to Kyle Rittenhouse?

Good times. Hunting down donors is super cool!

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 24, 2025 01:39 PM (2sg1c)

115 You know who else was an animal lover and vegetarian?...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Ghandi?
Posted by: BifBewalski at April 24, 2025 01:37 PM (MsrgL)
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Urine isn't vegan.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 01:40 PM (Kjgs1)

116 So now a judge has ruled Trump can't stop funding for sanctuary cities...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2025 01:40 PM (VE6XX)

117 "Criminal Democrat Buckraking Operation"

Misread that at first. Had me worried.

Posted by: Pete Bootygag at April 24, 2025 01:40 PM (8zz6B)

118 >>> 102
It allows everyday people—not billionaires—to fuel campaigns from city council to the White House. It’s how we compete with the right-wing megadonor machine. And now, Musk and his allies are trying to destroy it. #StandWithActBlue


Huh? Musk isn't doing shit. These people are delusional.

Also, it's a tool for breaking the law.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 24, 2025 01:38 PM (2sg1c)

Right, "everyday" people who are apparently incapable of putting in their billing zip code for verification, which is why the JEF's website never used it, but I have to do to order a fcking pizza online?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 24, 2025 01:40 PM (Vqx30)

119 best we can do is a strongly-worded letter
Posted by: GOPe at April 24, 2025 01:37 PM (jGJov)

I was assaulted by a coworker who is a dry drunk and has anger issues. My boss decided to put a sternly worded letter in his file. I know THAT made me feel safe again. Not. So DH walked me into work every day and gave that ass the stink eye. When my boss told him he would make sure I was safe, DH said, "You had better, or I will and you won't like the results." DH is a real man.

Fast forward a year and a half, and the jackass assaulted my boss. Suddenly, the jerk was fired.

Huh.

Apparently it is okay to assault the women, but never the men?

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 24, 2025 01:40 PM (a4NoL)

120 112 Ghandi liked to drink his own urine.
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It whitened his teeth and he wore a diaper. Jeebus.

Posted by: Pudinhead at April 24, 2025 01:40 PM (pZ64F)

121 100

[Unconfirmed and Unverified, but too good to check:]

Derrick Evans
@DerrickEvans4WV

🚨BREAKING: President Trump just sidestepped a judge’s order attempting to block the deportation of illegal gang members by the DHS to countries like El Salvador. Trump deported them through the DOD instead, stating the judge’s order only applied to the DHS.

https://is.gd/Fakro6

CHECK MATE!

Posted by: ShainS -- at April 24, 2025 01:37 PM (URMU3)

LOL! Yes, aliens who are enemies.
OUT: Aliens vs Predators
IN: Kick out Aliens who are predators

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 01:40 PM (ynpvh)

122 That has to be from someone who has not been to China.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 24, 2025 01:37 PM (lTGtQ)

Or maybe as long as the rat turd is small enough to be considered too insignificant to add to the ingredient list?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 01:38 PM (ynpvh)


In a few months, the rat will be an entree on the menu.

Posted by: mrp at April 24, 2025 01:41 PM (rj6Yv)

123
You buy one thing off Etsy and it's nonstop spam from these leftwing a-holes.

It's funny because in their idiotic efforts to not "offend" the weirdos & fruits who hate their fathers, they end up reminding them of Father's Day by sending an email with the option to opt-out of Father's Day emails!

Posted by: Soothsayer at April 24, 2025 01:41 PM (P8+56)

124 "Help me!"--The Fly

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 01:39 PM (ynpvh)
-

Priceless!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 01:41 PM (Kjgs1)

125 Ghandi liked to drink his own urine.

And sleep with teenaged girls. Note, this was supposedly platonic and just proved how pure he was.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 01:41 PM (t0Rmr)

126 120 112 Ghandi liked to drink his own urine.
-----------------
It whitened his teeth and he wore a diaper. Jeebus.

Posted by: Pudinhead at April 24, 2025 01:40 PM (pZ64F)

So he was a recycler...
Then again, if you believe in reincarnation, you're a recycler too...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 01:41 PM (ynpvh)

127 109 106 What about the fly in the barrel?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 24, 2025 01:35 PM (6YdsJ)

Don't fuck with any fly that can live in the barrel. It's got to have super powers.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 01:38 PM (ExV1e)

"Help me!"--The Fly
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 01:39 PM (ynpvh)

I'm Brindlefly!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2025 01:41 PM (VNX3d)

128 You know who else was an animal lover and vegetarian?...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Ghandi?
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He liked young girls too.

Posted by: Crusader at April 24, 2025 01:42 PM (TN0g+)

129 CHECK MATE!

Posted by: ShainS -- at April 24, 2025 01:37 PM (URMU3)
-

I disagree. The corrupt active judiciary needs to be headbutted, not sidestepped.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 01:42 PM (Kjgs1)

130 117 "Criminal Democrat Buckraking Operation"

Misread that at first. Had me worried.

Posted by: Pete Bootygag at April 24, 2025 01:40 PM (8zz6B)

It's that too.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 01:42 PM (ynpvh)

131 Seems like not a huge leap to start funding US campaigns.

I thinking funding campaigns is just a side gig. Kamala burned thru $1.2 billion, right? With free media coverage, what could she possibly spend it on, besides key election workers and judges?

Posted by: t-bird at April 24, 2025 01:42 PM (b+qgU)

132
Bondo: She's got electrolytes.

Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 01:42 PM (sBjls)

133 Billions and billions of taxpayer dollars are being funneled into democrat campaign coffers

That’s why they hate Elon so much, he exposed it

I think Elon is way more hated than Trump by the Left

Posted by: Maroon at April 24, 2025 01:42 PM (lVKJi)

134 This is nothing new. Obama and HRC used ActBlue to get foreign donations into their coffers illegally in 08/12/16 ffs...
About time something was done about this shit...

Now the Trump DoJ needs to start arresting fookin' everyone that had anything to do with ActBlue, USAID, and Crossfire Hurricane.

Posted by: TennesseeDutch at April 24, 2025 01:42 PM (y2Xiw)

135 Isn't this a normal law enforcement action? Why does it need a memorandum?

Posted by: toby928 beating memes to death since 2006 at April 24, 2025 01:42 PM (jc0TO)

136 116 So now a judge has ruled Trump can't stop funding for sanctuary cities...
Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2025 01:40 PM (VE6XX)

You know how the Supremes decline to take a case because of lack of standing? I think Trump should decline to listen to leftist hack judges because of their lack of standing. There is no precedent of any kind for the judiciary to compel government to spend money. None.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 24, 2025 01:42 PM (a4NoL)

137 I thought the last prisoner in the Barrel was responsible for thoroughly cleaning it, thus getting rid of any flies.

Ace needs to start enforcing the Bylaws around here.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 01:42 PM (77rzZ)

138 You know who else was an animal lover and vegetarian?...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Ghandi?
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He liked young girls too.
Posted by: Crusader at April 24, 2025 01:42 PM (TN0g+)
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Well, who doesn't?

Posted by: Joe "Sniffy" Biden at April 24, 2025 01:43 PM (6YdsJ)

139 Ads for gutter guards today.

Not surprising, I was recently looking into cattle guards for my driveway.

Posted by: 13times at April 24, 2025 01:43 PM (70902)

140 The PRC has threatened SK not to export military-grade components to the US that contain PRC-sourced rare earth minerals.

China's economy is starting its death-swirl.

Posted by: mrp at April 24, 2025 01:43 PM (rj6Yv)

141 >> Democrat Buckraking Operation ActBlue

Buck breaking??

Posted by: Tariq Nasheed at April 24, 2025 01:44 PM (/dDa4)

142 *hands Bulg the toilet brush*

Good luck.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 01:44 PM (szPgS)

143 Bondo: She's got electrolytes.
Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 01:42 PM (sBjls)
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That explains the craving.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 24, 2025 01:44 PM (6YdsJ)

144 Thing is Paxton has been looking into them since 2023 and all he did was get an agreement from ActBlue to use the CVV verification.

You would think this should be a slam dunk case.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at April 24, 2025 01:44 PM (Vh9CX)

145 27 I want to see one of those retired teachers that donated $10s of thousands of dollars in small amounts to a ton of different candidates explain under oath it was their idea and their money.
Posted by: 18-1
=======
Unemployed is one of the top occupations for these straw donors.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 01:45 PM (ctrM5)

146 because the Mafia would understand that you don't burn the country

and the Sunday gravy

Posted by: DaveA at April 24, 2025 01:45 PM (FhXTo)

147 It instructs the Attorney General to report the results of the investigation to the President, through the Counsel to the President.
==
I guess I don't care about exposing the corruption unless the goal is to punish it. The progressives don't feel any shame for the evil they do because they've convinced themselves that it is good, and there is a limited amount of time before the attention span of the normies runs out.

Posted by: Methos at April 24, 2025 01:45 PM (Dnobf)

148 144 Thing is Paxton has been looking into them since 2023 and all he did was get an agreement from ActBlue to use the CVV verification.

You would think this should be a slam dunk case.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at April 24, 2025 01:44 PM (Vh9CX)

Which leftist org had many thousands of small "donations" from people who never donated to launder dem money?
Answer: All of them.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 01:45 PM (ynpvh)

149 *hands Bulg the toilet brush*

Good luck.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 01:44 PM

While it is tempting to put your mouth to the bung to breathe some fresh air, don't do it.

Trust me.

Posted by: toby928 has been in the barrel before at April 24, 2025 01:45 PM (jc0TO)

150 140 The PRC has threatened SK not to export military-grade components to the US that contain PRC-sourced rare earth minerals.

China's economy is starting its death-swirl.
Posted by: mrp at April 24, 2025 01:43 PM (rj6Yv)

I see where one of those cheapie clothing companies stopped production...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2025 01:46 PM (VE6XX)

151 >>> 136 116 So now a judge has ruled Trump can't stop funding for sanctuary cities...
Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2025 01:40 PM (VE6XX)

You know how the Supremes decline to take a case because of lack of standing? I think Trump should decline to listen to leftist hack judges because of their lack of standing. There is no precedent of any kind for the judiciary to compel government to spend money. None.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 24, 2025 01:42 PM (a4NoL)

I'm hoping these bunch of worthless asshoes (fed non-SCOTUS judges) issue orders that the *Congresscritters* can't block *their* funding, because reasons. And then OrangeManBad starts selling off the former court houses to the various states...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 24, 2025 01:46 PM (Vqx30)

152 >> I was recently looking into cattle guards for my driveway.

Hmm.. I guess it depends on what kind of weapons the cattle are armed with, but that could protect your property.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 01:46 PM (/dDa4)

153 Yeah. Someone on Rogan a year or so ago made a brilliant point that has stuck with me since then -- basically he said when they're talking about "democracy" they're not talking about, you know, ruling of the people by the people.

They're talking about a consensus of institutions that came out of the "democratic" (as opposed to third world or communist, I guess) countries.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 01:27 PM (uCjyK)

There was a German YT video recently that did exactly that, it was defining democracy but speaking of parties, pressure groups and deciding who to ban from the process. The Government submitting to the voters never came up.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 01:46 PM (n7h9X)

154 So I'm seeing more and more theories that the Bezos's 304 rocket trip was faked.

One video shows right after landing as someone inside the return capsule opens the obviously flimsy door, and then someone on the ground walks over and pushes it closed.

Then Bezos comes in with the tool you are supposed to need to open the door and while trying to mount it the door opens again on its own...because it is so flimsy.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 01:46 PM (t0Rmr)

155 145 27 I want to see one of those retired teachers that donated $10s of thousands of dollars in small amounts to a ton of different candidates explain under oath it was their idea and their money.
Posted by: 18-1
=======
Unemployed is one of the top occupations for these straw donors.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 01:45 PM (ctrM5)

Straw Donors donating to a vegetable. No Meat.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 01:46 PM (ynpvh)

156 And then they just shut down and reopen months later as ActingBlue.

Welp.

Nothing we can do ....

(yeah, I'm getting a little impatient and cynical about the pace of this term's "lock her up.")

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 24, 2025 01:47 PM (mmNvG)

157 Hmm.. I guess it depends on what kind of weapons the cattle are armed with, but that could protect your property.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 01:46 PM (/dDa4)
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The cow-mounted Javelin missile is popular, I hear.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 24, 2025 01:47 PM (6YdsJ)

158 I see where one of those cheapie clothing companies stopped production...
Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2025 01:46 PM (VE6XX)

Factories and warehouses are being abandoned by employees who haven't been paid in months, and by owners who can't ship their orders. The dockyards are stacked with containers empty and full.

Posted by: mrp at April 24, 2025 01:48 PM (rj6Yv)

159 And then they just shut down and reopen months later as ActingBlue.



[ ACORN has entered the chat ]

Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 01:48 PM (jc0TO)

160 >>> 152 I was recently looking into cattle guards for my driveway.
==
Hmm.. I guess it depends on what kind of weapons the cattle are armed with, but that could protect your property.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 01:46 PM (/dDa4)

Aren't Texans *required* to use Longhorns???

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 24, 2025 01:48 PM (Vqx30)

161 If you put any modifiers before Democracy, it is not true democracy.

BTW, the US is a Republic.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 01:48 PM (szPgS)

162 Well, it may have been laudable to harbor such delusions, but they were just delusions.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 24, 2025 01:48 PM (tSwkv)

163 125 Ghandi liked to drink his own urine.

And sleep with teenaged girls. Note, this was supposedly platonic and just proved how pure he was.
Posted by: 18-1

I thought the "sleeping with teenage girls" thing was some kind of Indian cultural/spiritual thing, but a quick Google search seems to indicate it was just Ghandi. That same quick search brought up this headline:

Vice: Gandhi Was a Racist Who Forced Young Girls to Sleep in Bed with Him.

Remember, kids...no matter how progressively pure you think you are, and how much the Left sings your praises today, you'll always fall short eventually and be labeled a backwards bigot. Maybe even before you die (J.K. Rowling)

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 24, 2025 01:48 PM (JCZqz)

164 157 Hmm.. I guess it depends on what kind of weapons the cattle are armed with, but that could protect your property.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 01:46 PM (/dDa4)
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The cow-mounted Javelin missile is popular, I hear.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 24, 2025 01:47 PM (6YdsJ)

There's a lot of bull there...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 01:48 PM (ynpvh)

165 144 Thing is Paxton has been looking into them since 2023 and all he did was get an agreement from ActBlue to use the CVV verification.

You would think this should be a slam dunk case.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken

It is and the issue is that states can get into the game as well under DTPA laws. Deceptive Trade Practices Acts under various names in the states. Fraudulent activity is not protected under federal law from state prosecutions.

The feds can also use the locales of the alleged fake donations as the nexus where the crime occurred or where ActBlue's servers are located. You can add in wirefraud to charges as well. That means cases do not and should not be tried in blue strongholds like DC but where the crimes were allegedly committed in jurisdictions across the US.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 01:48 PM (ctrM5)

166 You know how the Supremes decline to take a case because of lack of standing? I think Trump should decline to listen to leftist hack judges because of their lack of standing. There is no precedent of any kind for the judiciary to compel government to spend money. None.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 24, 2025 01:42 PM (a4NoL)

and if there is, he can just spend the money where he wants outside the sanctuary cities.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 01:48 PM (n7h9X)

167 I don't know why they do it, unless you're top tier Marxism isn't any fun.

Posted by: Seems Legit at April 24, 2025 01:48 PM (PMtkd)

168 You can go to the Federal Elections Commission's website and look up donations by people in your area. It's public knowledge. Searchable database.

Shit ton of ActBlue donations made by people. Recurring charges on a credit card most likely. Weird amounts.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2025 01:49 PM (Q4IgG)

169
lulz: Trouble in Paradise

Establishment Democrats want little hogg GONE.

Posted by: Soothsayer at April 24, 2025 01:49 PM (P8+56)

170 Hmm.. I guess it depends on what kind of weapons the cattle are armed with, but that could protect your property.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 01:46 PM (/dDa4)
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The cow-mounted Javelin missile is popular, I hear.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 24, 2025 01:47 PM (6YdsJ)

It will do until you get the Vespa-mounted Javelins.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2025 01:49 PM (VNX3d)

171 And then they just shut down and reopen months later as ActingBlue.

Welp.

Nothing we can do ....

(yeah, I'm getting a little impatient and cynical about the pace of this term's "lock her up.")

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 24, 2025 01:47 PM (mmNvG)


Yup. ACORN did the same fucking thing. Came back as CRONA or some such thing. And laughed at us while doing it.


Burn it all down. To the ground.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 24, 2025 01:50 PM (ClxgD)

172 Remember, kids...no matter how progressively pure you think you are, and how much the Left sings your praises today, you'll always fall short eventually and be labeled a backwards bigot. Maybe even before you die (J.K. Rowling)
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions

Fun fact, the Indian government gave partial financing to the movie and had veto rights on script. They left out the naked yutes and drinking urine from that movie for obvious reasons. Plus his prior keen service in the British Army.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 01:50 PM (ctrM5)

173 98 With the sheer amount of cash the donks seem to pile up, wouldn't it be cheaper to just make direct payments of cash to each voter? Cut out the middle part that costs so much and just buy each vote individually?
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 24, 2025 01:37 PM (a4NoL)

Because it would be harder to skim millions off the top that way, presumably.

Speaking of which, are we going to do an investigation in to where Kamala's $1.2 billion or whatever went?

I suspect many a "consultant" was out buying a beach house after that election!

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 01:50 PM (uCjyK)

174 26 You know WHO ELSE went to prison...?
Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 01:24 PM (77rzZ)

Is the answer Hitler? I feel like it usually is.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 01:24 PM (uCjyK)

If this were Sunday School instead of AoSHQ, the answer would always be 'Jesus'.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 24, 2025 01:50 PM (PEdMo)

175 Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 01:27 PM (uCjyK)

They're just using a word that sounds good. Once they ruin it with their idiot communism they will move on to a different word. They do it every time.

Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 01:51 PM (sBjls)

176 Fun fact, the Indian government gave partial financing to the movie and had veto rights on script. They left out the naked yutes and drinking urine from that movie for obvious reasons. Plus his prior keen service in the British Army.
Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 01:50 PM (ctrM5)
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They also elided his WWII activities, which were borderline treasonous.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 24, 2025 01:51 PM (6YdsJ)

177 141 >> Democrat Buckraking Operation ActBlue

Buck breaking??
Posted by: Tariq Nasheed

God, I miss my high-school coaching days...

Posted by: Tim Walz at April 24, 2025 01:51 PM (JCZqz)

178 There is no precedent of any kind for the judiciary to compel government to spend money. None.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 24, 2025 01:42 PM (a4NoL)

and if there is, he can just spend the money where he wants outside the sanctuary cities.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 01:48 PM (n7h9X)

Nah, its the Boasberg crap... even if a Court gives an illegal order that is overturned by the Supremes, it must still be followed UNTIL the courts decide otherwise.

Judicial Tyranny...

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 24, 2025 01:51 PM (QAkQ3)

179 The feds can also use the locales of the alleged fake donations as the nexus where the crime occurred or where ActBlue's servers are located. You can add in wirefraud to charges as well. That means cases do not and should not be tried in blue strongholds like DC but where the crimes were allegedly committed in jurisdictions across the US.
Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 01:48 PM (ctrM5)

Let the discovery and spotlight be on them until at least the midterms. Keep them from running their scam. And with the chaos and unpopularity of the Dems, that should bust up the logjam in Congress.

I saw the head of the Dems pretend that the Dems now will get serious on the border. Meanwhile their radicals are marrying their daughters to MS13 goons.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 01:52 PM (n7h9X)

180 Willowed:

WA governor just signed legislation that gifts down payments averaging $120K to first-time black home buyers.

https://tinyurl.com/f27spcen

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at April 24, 2025 01:52 PM (paSBy)

181 Straw Donors donating to a vegetable. No Meat.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
=====
Heh. I hope you are getting better as it appears from the last report. Prayers for you for continued recovery.

I am just wondering how many dead donated to ActBlue. Would be trivial to link the FEC data with Social Security Death Index.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 01:53 PM (ctrM5)

182 I saw the head of the Dems pretend that the Dems now will get serious on the border. Meanwhile their radicals are marrying their daughters to MS13 goons.

Well, remember it is quite common historically for people to marry their daughters off to their allies and compatriots...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 01:53 PM (t0Rmr)

183 Nah, its the Boasberg crap... even if a Court gives an illegal order that is overturned by the Supremes, it must still be followed UNTIL the courts decide otherwise.

Judicial Tyranny...
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 24, 2025 01:51 PM (QAkQ3)

That's Boasberg's idea. The planes still did not 'turn around' and the Venezuelan is still in prison abroad. The Supremes nullified his TRO and he's still scribbling orders, which Trump turns down.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 01:53 PM (n7h9X)

184 >>> 180 Willowed:

WA governor just signed legislation that gifts down payments averaging $120K to first-time black home buyers.

https://tinyurl.com/f27spcen
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at April 24, 2025 01:52 PM (paSBy)

Seattle residents (excluding Nurse) about 6 months from now: "Why are housing prices increasing so fast? What did OrangeManBad do to us?!?!?!"

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 24, 2025 01:54 PM (Vqx30)

185 I remain seriously amused at the idea Ghandi's antics would have worked anywhere but India, which was controlled by the British.

Ghandi would have lost his head in the Middle East, for instance. Russia would probably have done the same. China would have let him starve in the street and, eventually put him against the wall. Pol Pot, same.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 01:54 PM (tT6L1)

186 Meanwhile their radicals are marrying their daughters to MS13 goons.
Posted by: Oldcat

Common when radicals seek to tie allegiances down via blood. Never seems to work out though in the long run. Marry a thug and get to live a thug's life of beatings, cruelty, and crime.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 01:54 PM (ctrM5)

187 When you ask your Tesla to take you somewhere you've never been before, you might get roasted.

http://tiny.cc/6ujh001

Posted by: bonhomme at April 24, 2025 01:54 PM (lIio7)

188 184 >>> 180 Willowed:

WA governor just signed legislation that gifts down payments averaging $120K to first-time black home buyers.

https://tinyurl.com/f27spcen
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at April 24, 2025 01:52 PM (paSBy)

Seattle residents (excluding Nurse) about 6 months from now: "Why are housing prices increasing so fast? What did OrangeManBad do to us?!?!?!"

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 24, 2025 01:54 PM (Vqx30)

Seems like a civil rights violation...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 24, 2025 01:55 PM (tOcjL)

189 I remain seriously amused at the idea Ghandi's antics would have worked anywhere but India, which was controlled by the British.
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He admitted that himself.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 24, 2025 01:55 PM (6YdsJ)

190 Burn it all down. To the ground.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 24, 2025 01:50 PM (ClxgD)


Can we hang them all first?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 24, 2025 01:55 PM (i24o9)

191 Willowed:

WA governor just signed legislation that gifts down payments averaging $120K to first-time black home buyers.

https://tinyurl.com/f27spcen
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at April 24, 2025 01:52 PM (paSBy)

Getting them out of the inner cities will probably not turn out well for the Dems, vote wise.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 01:55 PM (n7h9X)

192 Vice: Gandhi Was a Racist Who Forced Young Girls to Sleep in Bed with Him.

Remember, kids...no matter how progressively pure you think you are, and how much the Left sings your praises today, you'll always fall short eventually and be labeled a backwards bigot. Maybe even before you die (J.K. Rowling)
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 24, 2025 01:48 PM (JCZqz)

I don't know why there is this weird American obsession with Ghandi.

I guess to push the left in the 1960's to "non violence" like Ghandi? I don't know.

He was, at best, a weirdo Indian guy who liked to sleep with 2 young women every night to prove how pure he was. And I'm pretty sure the young women were his relatives.

Which in any other scenario, would be a big ol' red flag.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 01:55 PM (uCjyK)

193 I look at what judges like Boasberg are doing and think, "So, if the judge orders President Trump to start shooting people, he needs to obey until the order is overturned?

The judges are so clearly out of bounds it's not even funny.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 01:55 PM (tT6L1)

194
Ghandi would have lost his head in the Middle East, for instance. Russia would probably have done the same. China would have let him starve in the street and, eventually put him against the wall. Pol Pot, same.

He argued the NAZI were the price that the Brits paid for being so mean....

But imagine him and his followers in Nationalist Socialist Germany? They would have killed each and every one of his followers in some horrible way.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 01:56 PM (t0Rmr)

195 >>> 185 I remain seriously amused at the idea Ghandi's antics would have worked anywhere but India, which was controlled by the British.

Ghandi would have lost his head in the Middle East, for instance. Russia would probably have done the same. China would have let him starve in the street and, eventually put him against the wall. Pol Pot, same.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 01:54 PM (tT6L1)

istr a short (probably very short, heh) story in which the UK had fallen to the nat sees before Ghandi started his protests.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 24, 2025 01:56 PM (Vqx30)

196 In other news, there has been a Big Tit Donna sighting today. The Big Tit Sisters convened for the big fashion show.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at April 24, 2025 01:56 PM (ufFY8)

197 Seattle residents (excluding Nurse) about 6 months from now: "Why are housing prices increasing so fast? What did OrangeManBad do to us?!?!?!"

The one-drop rule and the Warren Family Lore Precedent should allow nurse to put in a claim.

Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 01:56 PM (jc0TO)

198 End Wokeness
@EndWokeness

BLM influencer: "The only way blacks will get liberation is in bIood, hunting whites"

https://tinyurl.com/24h3fxb4

Posted by: redridinghood at April 24, 2025 01:56 PM (NpAcC)

199 They also elided his WWII activities, which were borderline treasonous.
Posted by: Captain Obvious

His worst WWII moment was when he told Jews to use peaceful resistance, even dying, in order to win moral superiority over the Germans.

I never thought well of that scoundrel and his awful family.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 01:56 PM (ctrM5)

200 I remain seriously amused at the idea Ghandi's antics would have worked anywhere but India, which was controlled by the British.

Ghandi would have lost his head in the Middle East, for instance. Russia would probably have done the same. China would have let him starve in the street and, eventually put him against the wall. Pol Pot, same.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 01:54 PM (tT6L1)


Agreed 100%. It demonstrates the innate decency of the Brits. I'm sad to see their current demise.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 24, 2025 01:56 PM (ClxgD)

201 Willowed:

WA governor just signed legislation that gifts down payments averaging $120K to first-time black home buyers.

https://tinyurl.com/f27spcen

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at April 24, 2025 01:52 PM (paSBy)

Backdoor reparations. They also just implemented a huge package of tax increases.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 24, 2025 01:56 PM (i24o9)

202 I am just wondering how many dead donated to ActBlue. Would be trivial to link the FEC data with Social Security Death Index.
Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 01:53 PM (ctrM5)

My theory was USAID was doing most of the paying. And is now shut down.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 01:56 PM (n7h9X)

203 I missed the last thread, but it wasn't mentioned there, that Minnesota has quietly declared itself a terror state.
If you key a Tesla in Minneapolis, the DA won't prosecute and if she did, she'd stuff the jury full of Karens and proudly clitless Somalis. The judges won't convict and governor Walz's family will cheer it on.
This is why Federal Amendments like #14 and Civil Rights Acts exist, to support minorities against bigoted State governments. Time was, those governments were Southern. Now they're in the greater Yankeedom.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 24, 2025 01:57 PM (gKWVE)

204 Blue
We're ActBlue
We're corrupt as we can be.
We take foreign notes
To rig the votes
We cheat to save the country.

Posted by: zombie at April 24, 2025 01:57 PM (pMi6S)

205 Come get some.

Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 01:57 PM (sBjls)

206 "Now, he no longer holds any illusions about that possibility. He intends to unite the country, by destroying the Democrat Party and the institutions it has corrupted into being organs of International Marxism, Inc."

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Amen. Can only hope Big Ballz keeps up the seek and destroy pace that Elon initiated...

Posted by: bearski at April 24, 2025 01:57 PM (Bhsk7)

207 Now, he no longer holds any illusions about that possibility. He intends to unite the country, by destroying the Democrat Party and the institutions it has corrupted into being organs of International Marxism, Inc.

Sorry, that violates the spirit of Aloha.

Which of Trump's policies is congress implementing?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 24, 2025 01:57 PM (guCHD)

208 >>> 188
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Seems like a civil rights violation...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 24, 2025 01:55 PM (tOcjL)

That too.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 24, 2025 01:57 PM (Vqx30)

209 They're talking about a consensus of institutions that came out of the "democratic" (as opposed to third world or communist, I guess) countries.

So when they say "electing Trump is a threat to democracy" it makes perfect sense using their definition of the word, even if it sounds retarded to those of us using the definition of the word everyone was using 10 years ago.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 01:27 PM (uCjyK)

It’s simple: they are communists.

According to communists, they represent the true will of the people, but the capitalists, billionaires and “right-wing media”* brainwash people into rejecting their ideas and embracing fascism.

To save democracy—whose natural end-state is communism, once the voters realize they can loot the treasury—they must silence fascists and ban right-wing parties.

(*They think almost all media is right-wing. CNN is right-wing. Fox News is far-right. This place is off the compass..)

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 01:58 PM (/dDa4)

210 BLM influencer: "The only way blacks will get liberation is in bIood, hunting whites"


They certainly will be freed from the travails of the flesh.

Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 01:58 PM (jc0TO)

211 I remain seriously amused at the idea Ghandi's antics would have worked anywhere but India, which was controlled by the British.

Ghandi would have lost his head in the Middle East, for instance. Russia would probably have done the same. China would have let him starve in the street and, eventually put him against the wall. Pol Pot, same.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 01:54 PM (tT6L1)

I'm far from an expert of the history of the British Empire, but weren't they in the process of winding down the whole empire thing at the time Ghandi was non violently protesting anyways?

Something about running out of money and spending far more money on their colonies then they got in return?

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 01:58 PM (uCjyK)

212 To be most effective, the bad lawyers have to be INSIDE when you burn it down...figuratively.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 01:36 PM (ynpvh)

Your point is not unreasonable.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 01:58 PM (ExV1e)

213 Nah, its the Boasberg crap... even if a Court gives an illegal order that is overturned by the Supremes, it must still be followed UNTIL the courts decide otherwise.

Judicial Tyranny...
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 24, 2025 01:51 PM (QAkQ3)

So if Trump says no, what exactly is going to happen to him? The donks will say mean things? They established that he can't be tried for things he does as Executive. He needs to tell the judiciary to piss up a rope.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 24, 2025 01:58 PM (a4NoL)

214 istr a short (probably very short, heh) story in which the UK had fallen to the nat sees before Ghandi started his protests.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 24, 2025 01:56 PM (Vqx30)

I remember that story, I think in one of Pournelle's collections on alt history.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 01:59 PM (n7h9X)

215 BLM influencer: "The only way blacks will get liberation is in bIood, hunting whites"
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Liberation from what? Free shit paid for by dollars borrowed out of the ether?

Posted by: Methos at April 24, 2025 01:59 PM (Dnobf)

216 Vice delenda est

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 01:59 PM (szPgS)

217 So when they say "electing Trump is a threat to democracy" it makes perfect sense using their definition of the word,
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It doesn't have a "their" definition. It doesn't mean anything to them. Nothing does. Sooner you (general you) cotton on, the better.

Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 02:00 PM (sBjls)

218 His worst WWII moment was when he told Jews to use peaceful resistance, even dying, in order to win moral superiority over the Germans.
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They'd have been better off reading the book of Esther.

Posted by: Methos at April 24, 2025 02:00 PM (Dnobf)

219 My theory was USAID was doing most of the paying. And is now shut down.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 01:56 PM (n7h9X)

USAID isn't that big. I think it's but one of many government organizations doing the same thing.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 02:00 PM (uCjyK)

220 Just saw this Yurok Tribe fire truck parked at a Chinese food joint.


Purchased with funds from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, the new fire engine was selected because it contains everything firefighters need to confront all-hazard emergencies. Manufactured by HME Ahrens-Fox.

Posted by: 13times at April 24, 2025 02:00 PM (70902)

221

EM' CEMPEDAK FOADDY-SEBUN!1!11!

Posted by: Maxine Waters' Hair at April 24, 2025 02:00 PM (5hfjS)

222 203 I missed the last thread, but it wasn't mentioned there, that Minnesota has quietly declared itself a terror state.
If you key a Tesla in Minneapolis, the DA won't prosecute and if she did, she'd stuff the jury full of Karens and proudly clitless Somalis. The judges won't convict and governor Walz's family will cheer it on.
This is why Federal Amendments like #14 and Civil Rights Acts exist, to support minorities against bigoted State governments. Time was, those governments were Southern. Now they're in the greater Yankeedom.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 24, 2025 01:57 PM (gKWVE)

I see this as blue on blue violence.

If one leftist wants to damage another leftist's car in a blue jurisdiction, where are my interests harmed?

Maybe this kind of lawlessness will break through the partisan fog of the injured party. Probably not though.

The beatings must continue until morale improves, I guess.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 24, 2025 02:00 PM (guCHD)

223 181 Straw Donors donating to a vegetable. No Meat.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
=====
Heh. I hope you are getting better as it appears from the last report. Prayers for you for continued recovery.

I am just wondering how many dead donated to ActBlue. Would be trivial to link the FEC data with Social Security Death Index.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 01:53 PM (ctrM5)

I am alive. My weight is back above 150 lbs. I have to keep the bag until probably Sept, to be replaced by an Ileostomy bag after reconnection. That part of life is shitty...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 02:01 PM (ynpvh)

224 180 Willowed:

WA governor just signed legislation that gifts down payments averaging $120K to first-time black home buyers.

https://tinyurl.com/f27spcen
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I tan very well. Does this make me eligible?

Posted by: Pudinhead at April 24, 2025 02:01 PM (pZ64F)

225 I don't know why there is this weird American obsession with Ghandi.

I guess to push the left in the 1960's to "non violence" like Ghandi? I don't know.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes
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Started with Eleanor and FDR's desire to supplant the British empire with an American trading one. Lots of US corporations behind that as well seeking new markets and cheap materials including labor. The constant refrain during the 30's and 40's from US publications was that India should be free. Even the Brits agreed with that creating the separate Dominion status for it to gain independence gradually.

Gandhi, like the little bitch he was, wanted it NOW despite the fact that Hindus and Muslims mix in that nation like oil and water. Far too much bad history there for united India. Arguably, Gandhi and his nationalism led to the bloodbath that occurred after the Brits left despite Gandhi wailing about separating his beloved India.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 02:01 PM (ctrM5)

226 Yes it is. And honestly, I think I'd prefer the Mafia to them because the Mafia would understand that you don't burn the country to the ground while you're shaking it down.

-

Old school mafia kept children out of it. Dems purposely go after children.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 24, 2025 02:01 PM (ncC2j)

227 I'm far from an expert of the history of the British Empire, but weren't they in the process of winding down the whole empire thing at the time Ghandi was non violently protesting anyways?
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Not so much in the '20s and '30s, but Indian independence was certainly at least tacitly acknowledged by the mid-40s. And, as you say, the staggering debt load incurred by the Brits in WWII played a considerable part.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 24, 2025 02:02 PM (6YdsJ)

228 BLM influencer: "The only way blacks will get liberation is in bIood, hunting whites"

https://tinyurl.com/24h3fxb4
Posted by: redridinghood

That's an interesting proposition for a group that's around 14% of the population.

Posted by: Military Moron at April 24, 2025 02:02 PM (JCZqz)

229 >>> 198 End Wokeness
@EndWokeness

BLM influencer: "The only way blacks will get liberation is in bIood, hunting whites"

https://tinyurl.com/24h3fxb4
Posted by: redridinghood at April 24, 2025 01:56 PM (NpAcC)

Is the influencer someone that *anyone* has heard of before? I see certain events and wonder if the derp state is hmm, inspiring them, or at least trying after the fact not to let them go to waste, because they are mad that "those people" are supporting OrangeManBad to a degree that is unacceptable to the derps.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 24, 2025 02:02 PM (Vqx30)

230 I'm far from an expert of the history of the British Empire, but weren't they in the process of winding down the whole empire thing at the time Ghandi was non violently protesting anyways?

Something about running out of money and spending far more money on their colonies then they got in return?
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 01:58 PM (uCjyK)

I think they had a plan for it, but these tended to get delayed if things just muddle on.

The fall of Singapore pretty much exposed the "we will protect you" part and it ended up being the Indians themselves with the help of the Brits that ended up defending India from Japan and expelling them from Burma.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 02:02 PM (n7h9X)

231 Gandhi put a human face on the independence movement, which was important. The media covered up his weirdness, excepting maybe his antiAfrican comments, but those were okay because nobody much disagreed with them at the time.
The wider Indian independence movement is more to blame for having no plan for what to do with Bengal and Punjab. Like - none. Much bloodshed resulted. And they should have figured out something in the many decades they were bellowing in the streets.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 24, 2025 02:03 PM (gKWVE)

232 215 BLM influencer: "The only way blacks will get liberation is in bIood, hunting whites"
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Liberation from what? Free shit paid for by dollars borrowed out of the ether?
Posted by: Methos at April 24, 2025 01:59 PM (Dnobf)

Zimbabwe.

They plan to free themselves from the yoke of eating regularly on whitey's dime.

Diabetes hardest hit.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 24, 2025 02:03 PM (guCHD)

233 WA governor just signed legislation that gifts down payments averaging $120K to first-time black home buyers.

Just in: black market converting housing down payment vouchers into cash rapidly develops

Posted by: brak at April 24, 2025 02:03 PM (jGJov)

234 Trump will back off this conspiracy crap about ActBlue like he's backed off most tariffs when the polling goes negative.

Posted by: Sid at April 24, 2025 02:03 PM (VrwQa)

235 India revoked certain Pakistani visas yesterday. Today they expanded that to ALL visas to Pakistani citizens.

https://tinyurl.com/28kxjvbk

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at April 24, 2025 02:04 PM (paSBy)

236 BLM influencer: "The only way blacks will get liberation is in bIood, hunting whites"

https://tinyurl.com/24h3fxb4
Posted by: redridinghood

That's an interesting proposition for a group that's around 14% of the population.
Posted by: Military Moron at April 24, 2025 02:02 PM (JCZqz)
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When they exterminate us whiteys like Daleks exterminating the Cybermen, who's next?

Hispanics? Asians? Good luck with that...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 24, 2025 02:04 PM (7fElN)

237 I am alive. My weight is back above 150 lbs. I have to keep the bag until probably Sept, to be replaced by an Ileostomy bag after reconnection. That part of life is shitty...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
======
My grandfather lived with that for twenty years (til his 90's). I hope that your future surgeries go well.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 02:04 PM (ctrM5)

238 > WA governor just signed legislation that gifts down payments averaging $120K to first-time black home buyers.

Welp, house prices just went up $120K here in WA. As a homeowner in WA, maybe I'll cash out and move to a less stupid state.

Posted by: bonhomme at April 24, 2025 02:04 PM (lIio7)

239 WA governor just signed legislation that gifts down payments averaging $120K to first-time black home buyers.

I look forward to the shitshow that erupts when a white dude applies, is denied, and sues.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 24, 2025 02:04 PM (JCZqz)

240 Of course the Palestinians belong in Pakistan, silly. More Chardonnay?

Posted by: Deplorable Minion at April 24, 2025 02:04 PM (QSrLX)

241 I dream of living my life as a goat in Pakistan.

Posted by: Sid at April 24, 2025 02:04 PM (paSBy)

242 BLM influencer: "The only way blacks will get liberation is in bIood, hunting whites"

https://tinyurl.com/24h3fxb4
Posted by: redridinghood

That's an interesting proposition for a group that's around 14% of the population.

Posted by: Military Moron at April 24, 2025 02:02 PM (JCZqz)

First rule of genocide club is achieve majority. Dumb ass.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 24, 2025 02:04 PM (i24o9)

243 I'm sort of wondering if Trump and his people are encouraging all thses rogue judges to show their asses, so they can be identified as enemies of the people? When the disappearances begin, we will be able to say, "so some Commie fucktard judge vanished in the dead of night, and I'm supposed to be worried about it? Nah, bro."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 02:05 PM (8zz6B)

244 India revoked certain Pakistani visas yesterday. Today they expanded that to ALL visas to Pakistani citizens.

https://tinyurl.com/28kxjvbk
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at April 24, 2025 02:04 PM (paSBy)

Good idea. One the US should implement for select nations.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2025 02:05 PM (VNX3d)

245 I'm far from an expert of the history of the British Empire, but weren't they in the process of winding down the whole empire thing at the time Ghandi was non violently protesting anyways?
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The Punjab had a complex division of local water rights going back hundreds of years. Partition was especially contentious there.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 24, 2025 02:05 PM (6YdsJ)

246 Sid, you are part of a criminal Democratic organization like ActBlue is. If you are involved in that shit like voter fraud and illegal campaign donations, I thoroughly wish for you to be jailed for the rest of your natural life.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 02:06 PM (ctrM5)

247 Ha ha ha where's Kamala, bitch?

Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 02:06 PM (sBjls)

248 Gandhi, like the little bitch he was, wanted it NOW despite the fact that Hindus and Muslims mix in that nation like oil and water. Far too much bad history there for united India. Arguably, Gandhi and his nationalism led to the bloodbath that occurred after the Brits left despite Gandhi wailing about separating his beloved India.
Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 02:01 PM (ctrM5)

Makes sense.

I have a friend from India. Upper class, his uncle is a corrupt cop. Not really relevant.

Anyways, his take on Ghandi was that he was a fraud, he was not popular with most Indians, and that a lot of the Sikh / Muslim / Hindu fighting, including some famous train slaughter I'd never heard of was Ghandi's fault.

Sounds ... ahistorical to me. I would imagine the Muslims and Sikhs had good reason to not be fans of Hindus and their caste system, etc. But again, I'm no expert in Indian history.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 02:06 PM (uCjyK)

249 245 I'm far from an expert of the history of the British Empire, but weren't they in the process of winding down the whole empire thing at the time Ghandi was non violently protesting anyways?

Yes, Dominion status granted in the 30's which meant a process in place for self determination. Delayed by WWII.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 02:06 PM (ctrM5)

250 Posted by: Sid at April 24, 2025 02:04 PM (paSBy)

Came, saw, was humped like a Swat Valley goat

Posted by: gKWVE at April 24, 2025 02:06 PM (gKWVE)

251 I look forward to the shitshow that erupts when a white dude applies, is denied, and sues.
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I can identify as black in a blue state, right?

Posted by: Methos at April 24, 2025 02:06 PM (Dnobf)

252 238 > WA governor just signed legislation that gifts down payments averaging $120K to first-time black home buyers.

Welp, house prices just went up $120K here in WA. As a homeowner in WA, maybe I'll cash out and move to a less stupid state.

Posted by: bonhomme at April 24, 2025 02:04 PM (lIio7)

DNA test says I have at least one black chromatid...does that count if it was from Mexico?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 02:07 PM (ynpvh)

253 So if Trump says no, what exactly is going to happen to him? The donks will say mean things? They established that he can't be tried for things he does as Executive. He needs to tell the judiciary to piss up a rope.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 24, 2025 01:58 PM (a4NoL)

They already have the court saying that District courts can't compel the Executive and must pay 'due deference' to their rights. They don't, of course, but that puts them on the back foot with Robert's supposed love for the norms.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 02:07 PM (n7h9X)

254 250 Posted by: Sid at April 24, 2025 02:04 PM (paSBy)

Came, saw, was humped like a Swat Valley goat

Posted by: gKWVE at April 24, 2025 02:06 PM (gKWVE)

Gives a whole new meaning to Swatting...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 02:07 PM (ynpvh)

255 247 Ha ha ha where's Kamala, bitch?

Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 02:06 PM (sBjls)

on her knees somewhere?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 02:08 PM (ynpvh)

256 I can identify as black in a blue state, right?
Posted by: Methos at April 24, 2025 02:06 PM

How?

Posted by: Elizabeth Warren at April 24, 2025 02:08 PM (jc0TO)

257 First rule of genocide club is achieve majority. Dumb ass.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 24, 2025 02:04 PM (i24o9)
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This does seem to be the plan among the Muslims of Europe. Achieve enough of a population increase to become the de facto majority because no one will stand against you for fear of losing their head.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 24, 2025 02:08 PM (7fElN)

258 241 I dream of living my life as a goat in Pakistan.

Posted by: Sid at April 24, 2025 02:04 PM (paSBy)

LOL.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 02:09 PM (ynpvh)

259 Getting them out of the inner cities will probably not turn out well for the Dems, vote wise.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 01:55 PM (n7h9X)

I've no doubt that their votes will still be counted in the inner cities. They'll just be counted in the suburbs also.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 02:09 PM (ExV1e)

260 Sounds ... ahistorical to me. I would imagine the Muslims and Sikhs had good reason to not be fans of Hindus and their caste system, etc. But again, I'm no expert in Indian history.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 02:06 PM (uCjyK)
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Muslims were the reason the Sikhs went militant. Turns out you can only slaughter people for their religion for so long until they get tired of it.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 24, 2025 02:09 PM (6YdsJ)

261 What's the latest on the Metcalf murder case?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2025 02:09 PM (szPgS)

262 246 Sid, you are part of a criminal Democratic organization like ActBlue is. If you are involved in that shit like voter fraud and illegal campaign donations, I thoroughly wish for you to be jailed for the rest of your natural life.
Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 02:06 PM (ctrM5)

Come on, whig, that's not nice.

I, for one, will miss our Sid-bot if he goes to jail and I will be the first to donate $1 to his commissary fund.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 02:09 PM (uCjyK)

263 247 Ha ha ha where's Kamala, bitch?
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She's begging for donations. Apparently, Dim donations have fallen off a cliff.

https://tinyurl.com/vm89cwpu

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at April 24, 2025 02:09 PM (paSBy)

264 First rule of genocide club is achieve majority. Dumb ass.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder

And THAT'S an interesting take when "In the United States, the abortion rate for black women is almost five times that for white women..."

Starting to sound like Palestinians. Just work, earn, and live in peace and prosperity with your neighbors instead perpetual grievance and anger.

Posted by: Military Moron at April 24, 2025 02:09 PM (JCZqz)

265 LOL. at "Moreover, The New York Times reported in March that at least seven senior ActBlue employees left the organization in February for reasons that were not clear. "

Reasons not clear to the NYTs because they dare not think such things I suppose; and I don't suppose the Act Blue folks issued statements that they had to get out because not only was Trump sworn in, but he was getting people who would not just paper over that fraud confirmed to important positions so they might actually be at legal risk now.

Posted by: PaleRider at April 24, 2025 02:09 PM (bP/i4)

266 Sounds ... ahistorical to me. I would imagine the Muslims and Sikhs had good reason to not be fans of Hindus and their caste system, etc. But again, I'm no expert in Indian history.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 02:06 PM (uCjyK)

Sikhism arose as a reaction to islam.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 02:10 PM (8zz6B)

267 Backdoor reparations.

They're giving money to the gays also?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 02:10 PM (ExV1e)

268 The Akond of Swat says, "Hi."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 24, 2025 02:10 PM (6YdsJ)

269 Did Sid’s mom ever get that rash taken care of? I hear it’s bad for OF business.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 24, 2025 02:10 PM (ncC2j)

270 70% of black women in America are obese. "Rising up" isn't really something they do.

Posted by: brak at April 24, 2025 02:10 PM (jGJov)

271 Act Blue will ask Beryl Howell to rule that Trump can't sue or investigate them, like what she is about to 'rule' on Trump v Perkins Coie (of Russiagate fame).

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at April 24, 2025 02:11 PM (8TVg8)

272 It’s not back door reparations. It’s out front reparations. They’re not trying to disguise it.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 24, 2025 02:11 PM (ncC2j)

273 And THAT'S an interesting take when "In the United States, the abortion rate for black women is almost five times that for white women..."

Posted by: Military Moron at April 24, 2025 02:09 PM (JCZqz)

The leftists have thoroughly mindfucked black Americans on THAT one.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 24, 2025 02:11 PM (i24o9)

274 Sounds ... ahistorical to me. I would imagine the Muslims and Sikhs had good reason to not be fans of Hindus and their caste system, etc. But again, I'm no expert in Indian history.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 02:06 PM (uCjyK)

Its one thing for some dude in another part of India talking about a master state run on his religious lines. Its another when he's speaking of it imposing it on your area against your will.

India as a unified state was pretty alien in the 20s and 30s. The subcontinent wide fight to survive Japan built an army and a mission that for the first time was "Indian" rather than just from a district.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 02:11 PM (n7h9X)

275 O/T - But for those looking for Jewells obit -- an updated one has been posted.

https://tinyurl.com/JewellsObit

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 24, 2025 02:11 PM (N39Ws)

276 The sky is blue today, not even one little cloud, and it is up to 45 degrees already at 10:00 am. This is going to be a beautiful spring day in Knik and I have lots of garden beds to attend to. I really live in paradise on earth.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 24, 2025 02:11 PM (a4NoL)

277 Kevin Dalton
@TheKevinDalton

AMAZING NEWS:

The five month old puppy that was horribly abused by a Long Beach man has been recovered and miraculously sustained only minor injuries and is expected to make a full recovery.

https://tinyurl.com/yt7j3bvy

Posted by: redridinghood at April 24, 2025 02:11 PM (NpAcC)

278 Sikhism arose as a reaction to islam.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 02:10 PM (8zz6B)

Yes, I know the Sikh's and Muslims didn't get along.

But my friends argument was that the sikhs and muslims turned against hindu's due to Ghandi.

Which, again, I have to imagine that they had plenty of animus before Ghandi was around.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 02:11 PM (uCjyK)

279 The bitching about Gandhi reminds me of the GOPe complaining about “quality candidates”.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at April 24, 2025 02:12 PM (Vh9CX)

280 They established that he can't be tried for things he does as Executive.

They established that he cannot be tried for the performance of his official duties. Anything he does outside his official duties he can be tried for.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 02:12 PM (ExV1e)

281 I, for one, will miss our Sid-bot if he goes to jail and I will be the first to donate $1 to his commissary fund.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes

That's probably not necessary. A "boy" like Sid has plenty of ways to make money in jail.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at April 24, 2025 02:12 PM (JCZqz)

282 Act Blue will ask Beryl Howell to rule that Trump can't sue or investigate them, like what she is about to 'rule' on Trump v Perkins Coie (of Russiagate fame).
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at April 24, 2025 02:11 PM (8TVg

Sorry, we were investigating this unrelated matter and uncovered these emails to Act Blue....

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 02:12 PM (n7h9X)

283 That's probably not necessary. A "boy" like Sid has plenty of ways to make money in jail.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at April 24, 2025 02:12 PM (JCZqz)

He'll be passed around like a joint at a Phish concert.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 24, 2025 02:13 PM (N39Ws)

284 Anyways, his take on Ghandi was that he was a fraud, he was not popular with most Indians, and that a lot of the Sikh / Muslim / Hindu fighting, including some famous train slaughter I'd never heard of was Ghandi's fault.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes
========
Moghul Empire was imposed by Muslims conquering India. Not a nice one as places like the Taj Mahal used similar conscripted labor just like the Pyramids did. So historical grievance there. Sikhs and Zoroastrians among other religious minorities ended up supporting the Moghul Empire and aiding them in repressing the Hindi because they feared the Hindi more than the Muslims.

British interests gradually took over India from trading concessions over about a century or so. The main reason is that the independent rajahs were so damn corrupt, evil and careless in their rule. The huge number of dialects effectively prevented a united India until the Brits provided them English as a lingua franca.

Hindis like Gandhi were the primary ones wanting the Brits out so they could dominate the new India and many of rest of the minorities like Muslims revolted against a Hindi ethno state.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 02:13 PM (ctrM5)

285 126
So he was a recycler...
Then again, if you believe in reincarnation, you're a recycler too...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 01:41 PM (ynpvh)
----
Never fly with a pilot who believes in reincarnation.

Posted by: Ciampino - reintarnation? at April 24, 2025 02:13 PM (sPQoU)

286 275 O/T - But for those looking for Jewells obit -- an updated one has been posted.

https://tinyurl.com/JewellsObit

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 24, 2025 02:11 PM (N39Ws)

Thank you.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 02:13 PM (ynpvh)

287 >> WA governor just signed legislation that gifts down payments averaging $120K to first-time black home buyers.

Well, I’ve never been black before, so I could be a first-time black.

I don’t really need another home, though..

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 02:14 PM (/dDa4)

288 >Trump to Order Investigation Into Criminal Democrat Buckraking Operation ActBlue
----

there's probably a way for a judge somewhere to block this

Posted by: Don Black at April 24, 2025 02:14 PM (AOsQT)

289 He'll be passed around like a joint at a Phish concert.
Posted by: Our Country

But he won't be the one getting sucked.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at April 24, 2025 02:15 PM (JCZqz)

290 288 >Trump to Order Investigation Into Criminal Democrat Buckraking Operation ActBlue
----

there's probably a way for a judge somewhere to block this

Posted by: Don Black at April 24, 2025 02:14 PM (AOsQT)

Writ of MyAss.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 02:16 PM (ynpvh)

291 Hindis like Gandhi were the primary ones wanting the Brits out so they could dominate the new India and many of rest of the minorities like Muslims revolted against a Hindi ethno state.
Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 02:13 PM (ctrM5)

Makes sense to me.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 02:16 PM (uCjyK)

292 Well, I’ve never been black before, so I could be a first-time black.

I don’t really need another home, though..

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 02:14 PM (/dDa4)

Do it just to stick it to the man who's been repressing your blackness all this time.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 24, 2025 02:16 PM (i24o9)

293 278 Sikhism arose as a reaction to islam.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
=======
If I recall correctly, all along, there was a historical warrior caste in India, some of them eventually became Sikhs in about the 15th century under the teachings of a particular guru.

At times, they fought the Muslims and at times the Hindi after that.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 02:16 PM (ctrM5)

294 > O/T - But for those looking for Jewells obit -- an updated one has been posted.

Thank you for posting this.

Posted by: bonhomme at April 24, 2025 02:17 PM (lIio7)

295 The five month old puppy that was horribly abused by a Long Beach man has been recovered and miraculously sustained only minor injuries and is expected to make a full recovery.

https://tinyurl.com/yt7j3bvy
Posted by: redridinghood at April 24, 2025 02:11 PM (NpAcC)


What a sick bastard that would do that. I hope the pup gets adopted by a loving family.

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 24, 2025 02:17 PM (NtVYv)

296 >Trump to Order Investigation Into Criminal Democrat Buckraking Operation ActBlue
----

there's probably a way for a judge somewhere to block this

Posted by: Don Black at April 24, 2025 02:14 PM (AOsQT)

Writ of MyAss.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 02:16 PM (ynpvh)

Writ of Single-Ply Toilet Paper?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2025 02:17 PM (VNX3d)

297 Come on, whig, that's not nice.

I, for one, will miss our Sid-bot if he goes to jail and I will be the first to donate $1 to his commissary fund.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes

Drive by turd posting is annoying and sometimes the creature doing it just needs a good bitch slapping as in Airplane!.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 02:18 PM (ctrM5)

298 Writ of Single-Ply Toilet Paper?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2025 02:17 PM (VNX3d)

It's only as good as the paper it's written on.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 24, 2025 02:18 PM (N39Ws)

299 nood illegals

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 02:18 PM (uCjyK)

300 The five month old puppy that was horribly abused by a Long Beach man has been recovered and miraculously sustained only minor injuries and is expected to make a full recovery.

https://tinyurl.com/yt7j3bvy
Posted by: redridinghood at April 24, 2025 02:11 PM (NpAcC)

I should think the judge could have the same thing done to the perp. See how he likes being choked and slammed on the sidewalk. This is demonic.

Thank God the puppy is okay, but he will have issues going forward.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 24, 2025 02:19 PM (a4NoL)

301 All seriousness aside- they are writing the TROs right now

Posted by: Don Black at April 24, 2025 02:20 PM (AOsQT)

302 WA governor just signed legislation that gifts down payments averaging $120K to first-time black home buyers.

Well, I’ve never been black before, so I could be a first-time black.

I don’t really need another home, though..
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 02:14 PM (/dDa4)

OK, here's the deal, homie: I sell you my house for $400,000, and I take the the $120,000 free down payment that the State gives you. I carry you for the balance at 5%. I give you 40 G's in cash, you make 2 month's payments, and then default, and I repossess the house. You don't contest the repossession, and we both win.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 02:21 PM (8zz6B)

303 wildly OT:

Kroger is asshoe!

long story

Posted by: Don Black at April 24, 2025 02:21 PM (AOsQT)

304 Godspeed Julie Anne.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 24, 2025 02:21 PM (qelIc)

305 Ghandi sewed the seeds for the crap that is going on as we talk here. Let's see a nice India- Pakistan nuke exchange.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 24, 2025 02:21 PM (6TePA)

306 WA governor just signed legislation that gifts down payments averaging $120K to first-time black home buyers.
------------

This should be interesting to watch. $120k is nothing to sneeze at. Also, $120k is the average?

Posted by: WisRich at April 24, 2025 02:21 PM (G0vdT)

307 NOOD

"Maryland dad"

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 24, 2025 02:24 PM (Vqx30)

308 261 What's the latest on the Metcalf murder case?

THIS JUST IN: METCALF IS STILL DEAD!

Posted by: garrett morris at April 24, 2025 02:30 PM (sGtp+)

309 Found a controlling legal authority.

Posted by: Ben Sears at April 24, 2025 02:31 PM (GBqAT)

310 So, just today, we have:

A Federal King ordering Trump to return another illegal alien.
A Federal King ordering Trump to keep giving sanctuary cities funds.
A Federal King ordering Trump to allow schools to discriminate against whites.
A Federal King ordering Trump to allow fraudulent elections to continue.

Remember when we all voted to let the Federal Kings rule us?
Our democracy sure doesn't seem to care much for the will of the people.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 24, 2025 02:32 PM (mmNvG)

311 A smart man would consider designating the Democrat Party a terrorist organization at this point.

Plenty of evidence to that point.
Posted by: AlaBAMA

Our founding fathers would have been stacking bodies a long time ago to stop this shit. They would have had the Army working special shifts just to haul and dump the traitors in unmarked graves en masse and made those that were guilty of lessor crimes watch as a lesson to what their future would hold if they didn't change their ways fast.

Posted by: Cheri at April 24, 2025 02:37 PM (oiNtH)

312 ActBlue was taking in every dollar from the BLM website.

In 2020, I went on the BLM website out of morbid curiosity, since they were wrecking/rioting in NYC. The whole page was BLM stuff -- but I scrolled down and down, and a little bit past the bottom.

Only Then did a bar of text pop up, and it said, "ActBlue is a 501c# charitable organization"... Ergo, BLM was a $$$ funnel for the DNC operation.

Posted by: Beverly at April 24, 2025 02:37 PM (Epeb0)

313 Arrest Warrants for Soros and his Son Gates and Schabe for Treason lets also Arrest Clinton(Bill)and Obama and all the rest of them UN/CFR/Globalists

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at April 24, 2025 04:28 PM (wGqjj)

Elon Musk Announces He'll Be "Scaling Back" His Work With DOGE as Democrat-Antifa Terrorism Crashes Tesla's Profits

Is that how we're doing it now?

lon Musk will significantly scale back his Trump administration work in May to focus on Tesla, the billionaire announced Tuesday as the electric vehicle maker reported a 71 percent drop in first-quarter profits.

"Probably in the next month, my time allocation to DOGE will drop significantly," Musk said at the outset of an earnings conference call, referring to his work for the "Department of Government Efficiency."

The comments came as Tesla reported profits of $409 million following a drop in auto sales that analysts said reflected brand damage due to Musk's work for President Donald Trump in slashing the US federal workforce.

Revenues fell nine percent to $19.3 billion.

The company retreated from its 2025 guidance, citing unpredictability over trade policy and demand.

"Uncertainty in the automotive and energy markets continues to increase as rapidly evolving trade policy adversely impacts the global supply chain and cost structure of Tesla and our peers," the company said.

"This dynamic, along with changing political sentiment, could have a meaningful impact on demand for our products in the near-term."

Literally zero left wing media corporations have condemned these terrorist attacks, therefore, they endorse the use of terrorism against a corporation as an expression of political disagreement.

We're pretty angry, media. You may regret being such major players in the terror game.

Hello, everyone.

Posted by: Ace at 12:20 PM




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1 one?

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 12:21 PM (uCjyK)

2 Top 10

Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, Ltd. at April 24, 2025 12:21 PM (pZ64F)

3 I guess the heckler's veto wins again.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 12:21 PM (s8j++)

4 Good afternoon Ace and everyone

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 12:22 PM (aHfB6)

5 Good afternoon Ace and everyone

Posted by: Skip

And just what the hell do you mean by THAT?

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 12:22 PM (s8j++)

6 He said he's scaling back.. Said he's probably work with DOGE once or twice a week...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2025 12:22 PM (VE6XX)

7 If I owned a Tesla, I'd probably get a bumper sticker something like "Yes, I own a Tesla. I also own a Glock 21. Your call."

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 24, 2025 12:22 PM (W5ArC)

8 This was always the plan, though, right? Musk's special appointment is time-limited.

Posted by: can of spam at April 24, 2025 12:23 PM (7oNMO)

9 He and Trump said back in December that he'd do this through April or May. The media trying to spin this into a win for Antifa is hilarious.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 24, 2025 12:23 PM (2ocoG)

10 The media is absolutely gleeful about it.

Even the normally not crazy liberal Wall Street Journal loves to run article after article about how musk is getting hurt.

I will forever be thankful for all the fraud musk exposed, but there’s no doubt the man will have a target on his back forever.

Posted by: Maroon at April 24, 2025 12:23 PM (lVKJi)

11 Wasn't he always supposed to "scale back" his DOGE activities after a certain point in time?

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 12:24 PM (77rzZ)

12 Will they? Will they...?

Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 12:24 PM (sBjls)

13 I can't blame the man for spending time on his own businesses.

He's already given so much to his adopted country... We can't expect him to go bankrupt for it.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 24, 2025 12:24 PM (W5ArC)

14 While the attack on Tesla by unhinged leftists is undoubtedly playing a big role in their reduced profit, Tesla is not immune to the general and growing disenchantment with EVs. They were going to suffer eventually, but it's better to have less business than go out of business entirely, as so many of them have.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 12:24 PM (s8j++)

15 Wasn't he always supposed to "scale back" his DOGE activities after a certain point in time?

Correct, and that certain point was always now.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 24, 2025 12:24 PM (2ocoG)

16 The stock price of Tesla has still done insanely well over the last few years

I think musk‘s big problem though is it was mostly California liberals that bought Tesla cars, so if that crew boycotts you it’s going to make a dent in sales.

I wish there were other products. Elon Musk made because I’m just not a big electric car guy.

Posted by: Maroon at April 24, 2025 12:25 PM (lVKJi)

17 Nobody ever wants to admit it, but terrorism works.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 12:25 PM (/dDa4)

18 >>>We're pretty angry, media. You may regret being such major players in the terror game.

*nods*

Posted by: Ghost of Dlamp at April 24, 2025 12:25 PM (i24o9)

19 Wasn't he always supposed to "scale back" his DOGE activities after a certain point in time?

Correct, and that certain point was always now.

No, it was me. All me. I'm powerful.

Posted by: Delusional Antifoid at April 24, 2025 12:25 PM (s8j++)

20 My very sheltered default leftardish friend said Musk was "stupid" to get involved.

He said "How come Bill Gates never got involved in politics?"

🤔

Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 12:26 PM (sBjls)

21 I heard on WMAL yesterday that a government special employee can only work a certain number of days in that category. I think it was 130 days. That would put it right in the middleof May.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at April 24, 2025 12:26 PM (t/2Uw)

22 I thought ace was also going to temporarily scale back.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 12:26 PM (VofaG)

23 9 He and Trump said back in December that he'd do this through April or May. The media trying to spin this into a win for Antifa is hilarious.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 24, 2025 12:23 PM (2ocoG)
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Yep. It may have been "through first 100 days" but I'm not sure.

Posted by: WisRich at April 24, 2025 12:26 PM (G0vdT)

24 He will probably promote someone who is even more vicious than him.

"Big Ballz, congratulations on your promotion."

Posted by: NR Pax at April 24, 2025 12:26 PM (lXoJ5)

25 Tesla is not immune to the general and growing disenchantment with EVs.

The funny thing is a fair number of Western automakers are going even harder on EVs as a way to own the conservatives, while at the Beijing Auto Show several Chinese makers rolled out new twin-turbo V8s and a V12.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 24, 2025 12:26 PM (2ocoG)

26 Musk should sell the Doge toolkit to soon to be broke Los Angeles and Chicago.

Posted by: mr tmz at April 24, 2025 12:27 PM (rJ48h)

27 Not enough of you to scare anyone. See the Hands Off protests.

Posted by: Sid at April 24, 2025 12:27 PM (cAV5e)

28 TSLA is up 1.32% today.

Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 12:27 PM (jc0TO)

29 Oh, almost forgot.
Hi Ace.
Nice weather has finally arrived here in MD. Time to spend more time outside.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at April 24, 2025 12:27 PM (t/2Uw)

30 I wish there were other products. Elon Musk made because I’m just not a big electric car guy.
Posted by: Maroon at April 24, 2025 12:25 PM (lVKJi)

Starlink is great, but if you already have terrestrial Internet it’s not better than that. For those of us in the sticks, it’s way better than HughesNet or Verizon Wireless.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 12:27 PM (/dDa4)

31 $3.25/shr

Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 12:27 PM (jc0TO)

32 IIRC, Musk's tenure as a "special government employee" could only be for so long... 120 days I believe. The media is framing it as a bow to the terror attacks on Tesla dealerships and owners, but that's probably only a small part of Musk's reasoning to return to the private sector.

I'll bet he returns to Federal service before the end of Trump's term for more fun and games.

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Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, Ltd. at April 24, 2025 12:21 PM (pZ64F)

well, based on the pic, she's got a pair of top 10s, that's for sure...

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at April 24, 2025 12:27 PM (nXhwP)

34 I thought ace was also going to temporarily scale back.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 12:26 PM (VofaG)

You know who else temporarily scaled back?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 24, 2025 12:27 PM (i24o9)

35 > I wish there were other products. Elon Musk made because I’m just not a big electric car guy.
Posted by: Maroon at April 24, 2025 12:25 PM (lVKJi)

Starlink?

There's some rural property in a family estate. If it winds up being kept, Starlink would be a great option.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 24, 2025 12:27 PM (W5ArC)

36 I thought ace was also going to temporarily scale back.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth

He was referring to his shelving activities only.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 12:27 PM (77rzZ)

37 Nobody ever wants to admit it, but terrorism works.

It's not going too well for Hamas.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 24, 2025 12:28 PM (2ocoG)

38 Wasn't he always supposed to "scale back" his DOGE activities after a certain point in time?

Correct, and that certain point was always now.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 24, 2025 12:24 PM (2ocoG)


His position had a legislative time limit whether he wanted to scale back or not.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 12:28 PM (VofaG)

39 The Gov employee who just got a wrist slap for keying Teslas better be careful where he eats for awhile.

Public shaming it is.

Posted by: Francis at April 24, 2025 12:28 PM (bbuBP)

40 As a Special Government Employee (SGE), Musk was always on a time clock for contributing his services to DC. By statute, he could only work for 130 days in a 365-day calendar year.

He was leaving in May no matter what. He can, of course come back later to make sure that DOGE is working just fine, but he was never going to leave his business for more than a few months. In light of the media rumor mill spewing disinformation back in February about Trump and Musk not getting along, it's funny that you don't hear about that anymore.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 24, 2025 12:28 PM (5v+S7)

41 Hard to say how much of that Tesla drop was from "terrorism", and how much was from likely drops in government handouts for EVs.

Trump is loud and proud about increasing energy production, including oil and coal. Not sure if he has mentioned nuclear. But maybe if it is leftists (mostly) buying Teslas, it is possible fewer would buy from Elon as head of Doge ... though how can "reasonable leftists" object to the billions of fraud and waste being rooted out?

Posted by: illiniwek at April 24, 2025 12:28 PM (Cus5s)

42 Hello, Ace!

Posted by: Emmie at April 24, 2025 12:28 PM (Sf2cq)

43 My understanding is the plan was scheduled for the first 100 days of Trump's term. Scaling back his involvement with DOGE was planned -- there are those in place who will continue the good work, as there is so much more to do in this massive audit. The left knew Elon's 100-day commitment, so they ramped up the protests and the vandalism and terrorism to create the optics that they scared Elon away from DC. Those on the who watch legacy media believe the left have another scalp.

Posted by: Coki at April 24, 2025 12:29 PM (Wkrcf)

44 In before we start discussing men's sperm again!

Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 12:29 PM (jc0TO)

45 His withdrawal was planned months ago and I do not think as a result of left wing terrorism.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 24, 2025 12:29 PM (RIvkX)

46 Revenues fell all the way to 19 billion! How's the revenue of the "news" organizations doing?

Posted by: Rob Crawford at April 24, 2025 12:29 PM (6/frM)

47 Ran into a guy last night (probably about 35) while grabbing a coffee. He was parked out front in what appeared to be a 2024 Corvette. Pretty car if you like that sort of thing. On both sides of this white Vette were stenciled letters spelling out:

"Fire Musk!"

So, I had to ask him. "Nice car. Why did you ruin it with the lettering?" I'm not stupid. I knew someone that invested in such nonsense would start spouting the usual idiocy. But, instead he took a deep breath and stared down at the ground before looking up and shrugging. "It's my wife's car. I'm just filling up the tank for her." I couldn't help but laugh. Then he said. "I only offer at night because I'm hoping no one sees it."

I wished him well.

Posted by: Orson at April 24, 2025 12:29 PM (dIske)

48 So Tesla profit fell from 576 to 409 MILLION.

Now do a graph showing what DOGE has saved.

Posted by: scottst at April 24, 2025 12:29 PM (qcvs8)

49 In before we start discussing men's sperm again!

*ears perk up*

Posted by: Barack Obama, Man's Country Lifetime Member at April 24, 2025 12:29 PM (2ocoG)

50 > and how much was from likely drops in government handouts for EVs.

Tesla hasn't received any government support for years, and has in fact paid back ALL of the government funding it received.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 24, 2025 12:30 PM (W5ArC)

51 >>"Big Ballz, congratulations on your promotion."


That would be perfect.

Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2025 12:30 PM (F30Ty)

52 Isn't 130 days the max term of his 'temp' status, anyways?

You really got his scalp there, arsonists!

Posted by: t-bird at April 24, 2025 12:30 PM (1sLEZ)

53 The MSM loses more and more credibility each day. It would be nice to see PDTS just shit can them from the WH and make room for more alternative entities.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at April 24, 2025 12:30 PM (luW68)

54 This just means Elon will hand over some duties to somebody else at DOGE which is still supposed to be around until July of next year.

Might be a good thing for those guys if they can fly under the radar without all of the spotlight on Musk.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 24, 2025 12:30 PM (6ydKt)

55 What I wish I could get is Tesla FSD (Full Self Driving) system on a ICE vehicle.

Posted by: WisRich at April 24, 2025 12:30 PM (G0vdT)

56 We had a discussion last night on the ONT. I suggested that Tesla ought to offer an electric repop of the Nash Metropolitan:

https://tinyurl.com/3de2htnm

Make it look as much like the original as possible, consistent with current crash-worthiness rules, etc. Make it an entry-level e-Car, and call it the Lectropolitan.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 12:30 PM (8zz6B)

57 Nice weather has finally arrived here in MD. Time to spend more time outside.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice)

My wife and I drove up to Charles Town, WV yesterday, and came back by way of Harpers Ferry and Brunswick, MD. Absolutely gorgeous weather and scenery.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 12:30 PM (77rzZ)

58 14 While the attack on Tesla by unhinged leftists is undoubtedly playing a big role in their reduced profit, Tesla is not immune to the general and growing disenchantment with EVs. They were going to suffer eventually, but it's better to have less business than go out of business entirely, as so many of them have.
Posted by: Archimedes

Chyna has also stopped all rare Earth metal sales to the US. It's gotta hurt.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 24, 2025 12:30 PM (/U5Yz)

59 35 > I wish there were other products. Elon Musk made because I’m just not a big electric car guy.
Posted by: Maroon at April 24, 2025 12:25 PM (lVKJi

Yeah, we are thrilled with Musk but don't want electric cars,

Can't he buy a brewery?
Casino?

Posted by: Stateless.. 21% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at April 24, 2025 12:31 PM (jvJvP)

60 >> Chinese makers rolled out new twin-turbo V8s and a V12.

Good lord. Modern cars are enough of a pain to work on. I can’t imagine the shitshow of a Chinese V12.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 12:31 PM (/dDa4)

61 As a Special Government Employee (SGE), Musk was always on a time clock for contributing his services to DC. By statute, he could only work for 130 days in a 365-day calendar year.

The previous administration taught me that such rules are suggestions to be ignored when convenient.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 24, 2025 12:31 PM (lXoJ5)

62 osted by: Orson at April 24, 2025 12:29 PM (dIske)


Yeah I was about to say he was a little young for a mid life crisis.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 12:31 PM (VofaG)

63 Trump is loud and proud about increasing energy production, including oil and coal. Not sure if he has mentioned nuclear. But maybe if it is leftists (mostly) buying Teslas, it is possible fewer would buy from Elon as head of Doge ... though how can "reasonable leftists" object to the billions of fraud and waste being rooted out?
Posted by: illiniwek at April 24, 2025 12:28 PM (Cus5s)

This morning I saw a boatload of political signs for the local commie candidate that read, "Stop TRUMP!! Stop MUSK!!" Yeah, a Dem. Of course

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 24, 2025 12:31 PM (5xuJ/)

64 Tesla should design a good hybrid. This pure EV shit is just that, shit.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 24, 2025 12:32 PM (/U5Yz)

65 Good lord. Modern cars are enough of a pain to work on. I can’t imagine the shitshow of a Chinese V12.

Yeah, I'm torn between "mmmm, V12" and "oh god, a Temu V12".

Posted by: Ian S. at April 24, 2025 12:32 PM (2ocoG)

66 No good deed goes unpunished.

They keep lists & name names.
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Blog Post | April 8, 2025
'Billionaires and the Trump Admin: Peter Thiel'

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 24, 2025 12:32 PM (NFX2v)

67 Of course the terrorism against Tesla works. This is why they're doing it. Plus - the EV is the standard staple of the adherent to the church of the climate cataclysm, aka Democrat lunatics. You can't signal your virtue driving around a Tesla anymore - I'd say that this effect has more to do with Tesla's crash than Elon's DOGE participation.

Speaking of automotive industry news - Volvo announced layoffs at their commercial truck assembly facilities in PA, VA and MD. Tariffs cited. Mercedes is slowing production of their US-produced vehicles. "Just make it in America and you don't get tariff'd" was the biggest joke of this whole cockup.

Posted by: Defenestratus at April 24, 2025 12:32 PM (WYStd)

68 In before we start discussing men's sperm again!
Posted by: toby928

Better than the discussion of poop transplants in the MR thread.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 12:32 PM (77rzZ)

69 Nobody ever wants to admit it, but terrorism works.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 12:25 PM (/dDa4)
====

You don't say.
-Norway, Spain, and Ireland rewarding Arab terror

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 24, 2025 12:32 PM (RIvkX)

70 Seems to me others are interpreting Musk's "scaling back" on DOGE as a response to the damage being done to his car company.

I'm pretty sure he had been saying all along he would not stay in that role for very long. Whether the timing is influenced by the left's insane behavior, unless he says that's why, I'm not going to believe it just because some article says it.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 24, 2025 12:32 PM (dGCAG)

71 I would be sorry to see Elon go

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 12:32 PM (aHfB6)

72 Owning an EV is just not in the cards for me, but I have ridden in a few teslas and they are absolutely beautiful automobiles. If I could afford it, I would love to have a self driving one. I have never liked driving and now that I am 29 it is even worse. Living in area where parking is ridiculously hard, I have to be assured there is a parking lot near where I am going so I don;t have to worry about street parking.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at April 24, 2025 12:32 PM (t/2Uw)

73 Howdy Ace!

Posted by: Diogenes at April 24, 2025 12:32 PM (W/lyH)

74 Greetings! Musk said months ago that he would leave around May 1. The DOGE team will still be at it. He also said that one of his companies is on the cusp of a major medical breakthrough and he needs to be hands on there.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 24, 2025 12:33 PM (c6hLR)

75 Tesla hasn't received any government support for years, and has in fact paid back ALL of the government funding it received.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 24, 2025 12:30 PM (W5ArC)

Tesla’s only profitable because of tax credits and regulatory credits. It’s kept afloat by taxpayers and buyers of new ICE vehicles.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 12:33 PM (/dDa4)

76 $409 million profit on $19 billion in sales... that's a massive margin. The reason he's taking a break is so that he can go bathe in cash.

Posted by: t-bird at April 24, 2025 12:33 PM (69i/G)

77 Good morning, Ace.

If President Trump has his way, the EPA will no longer stand in the way of locally sourced minerals and energy.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 12:33 PM (tT6L1)

78 > Chyna has also stopped all rare Earth metal sales to the US. It's gotta hurt.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 24, 2025 12:30 PM (/U5Yz)

Eh... we've got plenty of rare earth ore right here. The largest known deposit in the world is in California, close to the Nevada border.

Trump just needs to tell the EPA and their communist brethren to STFU so we can mine them.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 24, 2025 12:33 PM (W5ArC)

79 Musk is free to design electronic upgrades to his Tesla's now that he's got time.

Like electric shocks for people keying them. Drain the entire fucking battery in two seconds if you have to. But make sure the vandal is toast.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2025 12:33 PM (Q4IgG)

80 This chick wants law and order.

https://shorturl.at/q4LYO

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 24, 2025 12:33 PM (L/fGl)

81 >>Good lord. Modern cars are enough of a pain to work on. I can’t imagine the shitshow of a Chinese V12.


I can't imagine how much Melamine it takes to build a V12?

Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2025 12:33 PM (F30Ty)

82 I wish there were other products. Elon Musk made because I’m just not a big electric car guy.
Posted by: Maroon at April 24, 2025 12:25 PM (lVKJi

Yeah, we are thrilled with Musk but don't want electric cars,

Can't he buy a brewery?
Casino?
Posted by: Stateless.. 21% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at April 24, 2025 12:31 PM (jvJvP)

Ive been after him to write a different autocorrect program. He would make another billion and garner the love of even his most ardent enemy.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 12:34 PM (VofaG)

83 If I owned a Tesla, I'd probably get a bumper sticker something like "Yes, I own a Tesla. I also own a Glock 21. Your call."

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 24, 2025 12:22 PM (W5ArC)


I was disappointed on Easter Sunday when I saw a Tesla in the church parking lot and it had a sign on it saying something like Elon is a rat. C'mon, if you own a Tesla, then "own" it.

Posted by: haffhowershower at April 24, 2025 12:34 PM (144I4)

84 "Might be a good thing for those guys if they can fly under the radar without all of the spotlight on Musk."

Concur. Anyhow, Musk stated at the onset that he was only going to work a few months on this. He's set the right "tone at the top" and we will be spared a trillion a year in risible expenses.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at April 24, 2025 12:34 PM (VXSVh)

85 Nobody ever wants to admit it, but terrorism works.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 12:25 PM (/dDa4)
====

You don't say.
-Norway, Spain, and Ireland rewarding Arab terror
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 24, 2025 12:32 PM (RIvkX)
-

In a backhanded way, so does Israel.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 12:34 PM (Kjgs1)

86 I wish there were other products. Elon Musk made because I’m just not a big electric car guy.

Same. I have a lot of respect for what Elon has accomplished even if i don't agree with him on much. But I detest electric cars and find them to be absolutely pointless.

Posted by: Nelly at April 24, 2025 12:34 PM (pSknm)

87 It’s funny, Tesla’s a major beneficiary of cap-and-trade emissions credits, which is apparently now a conservative thing.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 12:35 PM (/dDa4)

88 Literally zero left wing media corporations have condemned these terrorist attacks, therefore, they endorse the use of terrorism against a corporation as an expression of political disagreement.

We're pretty angry, media. You may regret being such major players in the terror game.


Indeed, they will not like it when they finally push too far. Lefties love them some violence. Payback will be a bitch.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 24, 2025 12:35 PM (W/lyH)

89 > Tesla’s only profitable because of tax credits and regulatory credits.

As I said, they haven't received ANY government support (including tax credits) in literally years. The tax credit expired in 2023.

Look it up.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 24, 2025 12:35 PM (W5ArC)

90 I thought ace was also going to temporarily scale back.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 12:26 PM (VofaG)

You know who else temporarily scaled back?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 24, 2025 12:27 PM (i24o9)
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The Paolo?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 24, 2025 12:35 PM (7fElN)

91 I'm not inherently opposed to EV's, they just have to offer as good or better features.

For me:
1. Five minute full charge.
2. 350 miles to a charge.
3. Won't have runaway thermal fires! (this really should be first)

Posted by: WisRich at April 24, 2025 12:36 PM (G0vdT)

92 Tesla’s only profitable because of tax credits and regulatory credits. It’s kept afloat by taxpayers and buyers of new ICE vehicles.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 12:33 PM (/dDa4)

Yep. Elon's the biggest carbon credit grifter on the planet.

The other manufacturers literally have to pay Tesla when they sell an ICE car just because of the complete bullsh*t "Carbon Credit" scheme.

Loved what Elon did with DOGE. I'll forever hate loathe and despise him for the seemingly irreparable damage he's done to the automotive industry. The fact that literally every car on the market, down to the "cheapest" $25k commuter car has a f*cking tablet mounted on its dash is his f*cking fault.

He turned cars into rolling cell phones because he's a silicon valley dweeb.

Posted by: Defenestratus at April 24, 2025 12:36 PM (WYStd)

93 Yeah, we are thrilled with Musk but don't want electric cars,

Can't he buy a brewery?
Casino?
Posted by: Stateless.. 21% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at April 24, 2025 12:31 PM (jvJvP)
__________________________________

I know a lot of people who wish the same thing....myself included. I don't just have indifference towards EV's. I abhor them for a multitude of reasons, not the least of which is the way they are used to make ICE's more expensive (supply side economic repercussions and increased regulations/ taxes).

I'd gladly throw some bucks Elon's way if he entered a business far away from any political spectrum, and if the items were useful to me. EV's are not.

Posted by: Orson at April 24, 2025 12:37 PM (dIske)

94

My wife and I drove up to Charles Town, WV yesterday, and came back by way of Harpers Ferry and Brunswick, MD. Absolutely gorgeous weather and scenery.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 12:30 PM (77rzZ)
I swam in an outdoor pool yesterday and then sat in a lounge chair in the sun for awhile. Having lived in New England for most of my life, I will never get over how miraculous that is.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at April 24, 2025 12:37 PM (t/2Uw)

95 I wish there were other products. Elon Musk made because I’m just not a big electric car guy.
Posted by: Maroon at April 24, 2025 12:25 PM (lVKJi)

People have already mentioned Starlink but there's also X, SpaceX, The Boring Company, goodness only knows what else. Admittedly, SpaceX and The Boring Company aren't really consumer focused.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 12:37 PM (ExV1e)

96 > 3. Won't have runaway thermal fires! (this really should be first)
Posted by: WisRich at April 24, 2025 12:36 PM (G0vdT)

Unlike gasoline, which as we all know never, ever, ever catches fire.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 24, 2025 12:37 PM (W5ArC)

97 We're pretty angry, media. You may regret being such major players in the terror game.

———

Nobody is going to do anything and if they did they will be criticized from the Right.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at April 24, 2025 12:37 PM (Vh9CX)

98 I have a feeling that not only the left is unhappy with Elon's DOGE work, but many on the right whose shenanigans have been curtailed are furious as well. It's a team effort !

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 12:37 PM (g47mK)

99 was disappointed on Easter Sunday when I saw a Tesla in the church parking lot and it had a sign on it saying something like Elon is a rat. C'mon, if you own a Tesla, then "own" it.
Posted by: haffhowershower at April 24, 2025 12:34 PM (144I4)

Should have put a note on the windshield


Judge Not Lest Ye be Judged

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 12:38 PM (VofaG)

100 This chick wants law and order.

https://shorturl.at/q4LYO

I'm not that good at reading people, but I think she's upset.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 12:38 PM (s8j++)

101 You don't lose 71% without help from WS.

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 12:38 PM (g47mK)

102 >>Yep. Elon's the biggest carbon credit grifter on the planet.


Have we met?

Posted by: Al Gore at April 24, 2025 12:38 PM (F30Ty)

103 If I had the cash, I wouldn't mind owning a Tesla for local out and about stuff.

I think the Tesla is close to being a nice second car for the person who needs an every day driver. Plus, how nice would it be if one has a 75 mile one way commute to come home, plug the car in and be done with it? Versus hitting the gas station every couple of days?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 12:38 PM (tT6L1)

104 In before we start discussing men's sperm again!
Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 12:29 PM (jc0TO)

That's a bit like TJM announcing that he's keeping the comments Prometheus-free.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 12:38 PM (ExV1e)

105 For me:
1. Five minute full charge.
2. 350 miles to a charge.
3. Won't have runaway thermal fires! (this really should be first)
Posted by: WisRich at April 24, 2025 12:36 PM (G0vdT)
------------------------------------

Then there is the pesky outdated electrical grid that can't accommodate a massive influx of EV's. But, what's a few brownouts here and there?

Posted by: Orson at April 24, 2025 12:38 PM (dIske)

106 Good. Excellent.

Elon will rotate out after getting the ball rolling and calling the tune, and be replaced with some polished osmium ramrod of a MF'er no one has ever heard of who doesn't have multiple billion dollar companies that can be harassed.

Shut up, i can dream.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 24, 2025 12:39 PM (VoAdT)

107 James O'Keefe's OMG is going to run with this as a 1st Amendment violation. Will be interesting:

https://tinyurl.com/2rdc43kr

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 12:39 PM (Kjgs1)

108 98 I have a feeling that not only the left is unhappy with Elon's DOGE work, but many on the right whose shenanigans have been curtailed are furious as well. It's a team effort !
Posted by: runner
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Seeking purity in politics is about like finding virtue in a whorehouse. Some of those most preening about muh principles are exactly the ones that you have to count the spoons after they leave.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 12:39 PM (ctrM5)

109 Unlike gasoline, which as we all know never, ever, ever catches fire.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 24, 2025 12:37 PM (W5ArC)

Gasoline doesn't contain within itself both the fuel and the catalyst.

Lithium batteries do.

Posted by: Defenestratus at April 24, 2025 12:39 PM (WYStd)

110 People have already mentioned Starlink but there's also X, SpaceX, The Boring Company, goodness only knows what else. Admittedly, SpaceX and The Boring Company aren't really consumer focused.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 12:37 PM (ExV1e)

His AI company just bought X (twitter) in a stock exchange purchase.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 12:39 PM (VofaG)

111 No financial incentive here, but I wanted to pimp a baseball safety product.

https://www.sstbaseball.com/

They make carbon fiber, helmet-like shell hat inserts that fit into a standard baseball hat to protect pitchers from the impact of line drives.

My kid pitches, and the league allowed hotter USSSA bats this year like the Hype Fire and Rawlings Icon. The prospect of a line drive to the head is something that literally keeps me up at night. He already snatched a line drive that was within a foot of his head in a scrimmage.

So these seemed like a good, minimally intrusive solution to providing some head protection, without a full helmet.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 24, 2025 12:40 PM (i24o9)

112 $409 million profit on $19 billion in sales... that's a massive margin. The reason he's taking a break is so that he can go bathe in cash.
Posted by: t-bird at April 24, 2025 12:33 PM (69i/G)

That’s a bit over 2%. Tesla got $600 million in regulatory credits, so without that they’d be unprofitable.

That’s not even counting tax credits.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 12:40 PM (/dDa4)

113 Aren't all of you forgetting that Musk owns X? This is by far his most valuable contribution. He also has SpaceX, Starlink, Robotics, working on neurolink projects. I mean, seriously people, he has to buy a brewery to satisfy you?

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at April 24, 2025 12:40 PM (t/2Uw)

114 Have we met?
Posted by: Al Gore at April 24, 2025 12:38 PM (F30Ty)

They share a common chakra.

Posted by: Defenestratus at April 24, 2025 12:40 PM (WYStd)

115 >>I think the Tesla is close to being a nice second car for the person who needs an every day driver. Plus, how nice would it be if one has a 75 mile one way commute to come home, plug the car in and be done with it? Versus hitting the gas station every couple of days?


Until your house burns down...

Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2025 12:40 PM (F30Ty)

116 Liberals who bought earlier will now save on resale value by getting fellow liberals to wreck their car.

Posted by: MikeN at April 24, 2025 12:40 PM (HVZOH)

117 Gasoline doesn't contain within itself both the fuel and the catalyst.

Lithium batteries do.

It's literally bathing in the oxidant. It doesn't need a catalyst.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 12:40 PM (s8j++)

118 I wish there were other products. Elon Musk made because I’m just not a big electric car guy.

———

Starlink

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at April 24, 2025 12:41 PM (Vh9CX)

119 Until your house burns down...
Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2025 12:40 PM (F30Ty)
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Check your neighborhood. How many people actually use their garage for their cars any more?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 12:41 PM (tT6L1)

120 It's literally bathing in the oxidant. It doesn't need a catalyst.

Well, unless you're driving on the moon.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 12:41 PM (s8j++)

121 Have we met?
Posted by: Al Gore at April 24, 2025 12:38 PM (F30Ty)

Musk is the richest guy on Earth, most of which comes from his global warming scam company.

You’re a piker, Al.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 12:42 PM (/dDa4)

122 This will give Musk more time to study the affects of the Neuralink brain chip implants and robots that will have large tata's.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 24, 2025 12:42 PM (/U5Yz)

123 This chick wants law and order.

https://shorturl.at/q4LYO

I'm not that good at reading people, but I think she's upset.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 12:38 PM (s8j++)
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I think she needs to step out of the car and very carefully follow all the other instructions the nice policeman tells her to do.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 12:42 PM (Kjgs1)

124 >>Check your neighborhood. How many people actually use their garage for their cars any more?

That is where your charger is gonna be.

Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2025 12:42 PM (F30Ty)

125 I liked Musk even when he was the Left's darling. I don't get the hate at all.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 12:42 PM (VofaG)

126 People have already mentioned Starlink but there's also X, SpaceX, The Boring Company, goodness only knows what else. Admittedly, SpaceX and The Boring Company aren't really consumer focused.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 12:37 PM (ExV1e)

You could have bought his not-a-flame thrower, but you didn't, did you?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 12:42 PM (8zz6B)

127 Nobody is going to do anything and if they did they will be criticized from the Right.
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Covid says you're correct. There were literally zero instances where law enforcement was *corrected* by the armed citizenry so that they realized their presence was no longer needed. We as a nation largely rolled over and allowed the equivalent of un-elected county nurses to shut down churches while WalMart and the liquor stores stayed open.

Posted by: Crusader at April 24, 2025 12:43 PM (TN0g+)

128 But I detest electric cars and find them to be absolutely pointless.
Posted by: Nelly at April 24, 2025 12:34 PM (pSknm)

i wouldn't say pointless. I'd take one for city living / driving only, if i had the disposable income to do it.

plus it is a very nice ride.

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at April 24, 2025 12:43 PM (nXhwP)

129 >>Musk is the richest guy on Earth, most of which comes from his global warming scam company.

>You’re a piker, Al.


Name anything Al Gore made.

Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2025 12:43 PM (F30Ty)

130 7 If I owned a Tesla, I'd probably get a bumper sticker something like "Yes, I own a Tesla. I also own a Glock 21. Your call."
----------------
Just get a magnetic NAZI flag and put it on your car doors.

Posted by: Pudinhead at April 24, 2025 12:43 PM (pZ64F)

131 Unlike gasoline, which as we all know never, ever, ever catches fire.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 24, 2025 12:37 PM (W5ArC)

Not without assistance.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 24, 2025 12:43 PM (5xuJ/)

132 That is where your charger is gonna be.
Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2025 12:42 PM (F30Ty)
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Yeah, those people run extension cords to their cars. I've seen it and still can't believe it.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 12:43 PM (tT6L1)

133 124 >>Check your neighborhood. How many people actually use their garage for their cars any more?

That is where your charger is gonna be.
Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2025 12:42 PM (F30Ty)

Yes, but you can charge it in your driveway like My neighbors do...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2025 12:43 PM (VE6XX)

134 This chick wants law and order.

https://shorturl.at/q4LYO
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 24, 2025 12:33 PM (L/fGl)

I'm kind of invested now. I want to know the backstory.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 12:44 PM (ExV1e)

135 Name anything Al Gore made.
Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2025 12:43 PM (F30Ty)

He made kissing your wife on stage political kryptonite.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 24, 2025 12:44 PM (VoAdT)

136 *adjusts beret*

*lights Gauloise*

*peevishly orders a tiny cup of coffee from a sidewalk bistro*

Le Musk est mort. Vive le Musk.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 24, 2025 12:44 PM (6YdsJ)

137 Nothing temporary about this scaled back.

Posted by: Komodo Dragon at April 24, 2025 12:44 PM (cKhu0)

138 I would no sooner let my Electric Vehicle charge in my garage than I would let my 65 VW Idle in there.

Either way is asking for a house fire.

Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2025 12:45 PM (F30Ty)

139 Musk is just afraid that the democrat terrorists will hurt him or his family.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 24, 2025 12:45 PM (rjVXX)

140 100 This chick wants law and order.

https://shorturl.at/q4LYO

I'm not that good at reading people, but I think she's upset.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 12:38 PM (s8j++)

I bet she's a demon in the sack.
Bossy too....

Posted by: Stateless.. 21% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at April 24, 2025 12:45 PM (jvJvP)

141 >>Yes, but you can charge it in your driveway like My neighbors do...


Merely mitigating the chance of fire damage to your home, but in no way eliminating it.

Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2025 12:45 PM (F30Ty)

142 As I said, they haven't received ANY government support (including tax credits) in literally years. The tax credit expired in 2023.

Look it up.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 24, 2025 12:35 PM (W5ArC)

Tesla makes billions of dollars selling CAFE credits to other car manufacturers in the US every year. It's a cap and trade scheme our government backdoored in years ago. They also don't directly get the EV tax rebates that exist(ed) at the federal level in the US and around the world, and still exist in some states, but it's disingenuous to say that those billions of dollars in government tax credits don't benefit Tesla.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 12:45 PM (uCjyK)

143 Yeah, we are thrilled with Musk but don't want electric cars,

Can't he buy a brewery?
Casino?
Posted by: Stateless.. 21% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at April 24, 2025 12:31 PM (jvJvP)

This is a reminder that dataRepublican is Elon Musk adjacent and her husband owns a distillery. Which is like a brewery only better.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 12:46 PM (ExV1e)

144 i'm not surprised that tesla sales are down: who has been buying teslas, trump voters or hillary/kamala voters?

Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 24, 2025 12:46 PM (CWTWj)

145 Musk is just afraid that the democrat terrorists will hurt him or his family.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 24, 2025 12:45 PM (rjVXX)
------------------

He already pays for private security. I believe he's already had armed people intercepted. The death threats may have gone to 11 but they're not new.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 12:47 PM (tT6L1)

146 I swam in an outdoor pool yesterday and then sat in a lounge chair in the sun for awhile. Having lived in New England for most of my life, I will never get over how miraculous that is.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at April 24, 2025 12:37 PM (t/2Uw)

obligatory: pics or it didn't happen...
-_-

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at April 24, 2025 12:47 PM (nXhwP)

147 Name anything Al Gore made.
Posted by: garrett

The Internet. Duh.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 12:47 PM (77rzZ)

148 Another Obama judge overruling the Executive Office:

https://tinyurl.com/2a3vmtjf

They need to be ignored and it needs to be stated out loud by the WH and by the DOJ.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 12:47 PM (Kjgs1)

149 Imma gonna get a Not A Flame Thrower Flame Thrower and pickup a used Tesla and have some fun.

Posted by: Pudinhead at April 24, 2025 12:47 PM (pZ64F)

150 What does a battery replacement on the early gen Teslas cost these days?

Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2025 12:47 PM (F30Ty)

151 As I said, they haven't received ANY government support (including tax credits) in literally years. The tax credit expired in 2023.

Look it up.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 24, 2025 12:35 PM (W5ArC)

I mean, Tesla’s own financial filings list $595 million in regulatory credits alone.

At the top of Tesla’s US homepage they trumpet the tax credit:

https://www.tesla.com/

But I’m sure you know more about it than them.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 12:47 PM (/dDa4)

152 I saw Ion Musk open for Atomic Kitten at The O2 in '13.

Posted by: ShainS -- at April 24, 2025 12:48 PM (hC3xx)

153 This chick wants law and order.

https://shorturl.at/q4LYO
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 24, 2025 12:33 PM (L/fGl)

I'm kind of invested now. I want to know the backstory.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 12:44 PM (ExV1e)

Bitches be buggin'. And apparently she got a ticket for failing to signal.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 24, 2025 12:48 PM (i24o9)

154 Five minute full charge.

I wonder how many Tesla owners are aware that supercharging a battery damages the battery.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 12:48 PM (ExV1e)

155 I'm not an EV advocate but the incidents of spontaneous fires in a Tesla are minuscule. Lower than ICE vehicles.

Its like the high incidents of aluminum wired houses catching fire you read in the papers every day.
What ???

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 12:48 PM (VofaG)

156 Rachel Moiselle
@RachelMoiselle

The Nova exhibition shared a post inviting Kneecap to see their exhibit, one that honours the innocent victims of a brutal massacre, among them an Irish-Israeli girl. Irish people online have, to the tune of thousands, sneered at this invitation. They are collectively mocking this initiative that seeks to humanise murdered civilians.

What does it say when Irish society celebrates a music group that wrote ‘solidarity with the Palestinian struggle’ as the bodies of the October 7th victims were still being counted, yet expresses utter contempt for an exhibition that attempts to give these victims dignity?

What does it say when Irish society pontificates that this group is ‘on the right side of history’ as they praise a neo-Nazi, all while viciously targeting a woman for calling this out?

It is time for the ‘silent majority’ to speak up. Because, as it stands, you are complicit in this hatred and extremism continuing to take hold here.

Náire. That is how I feel being Irish these days. Shame.
8:44 AM · Apr 22, 2025
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No Irish.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 24, 2025 12:48 PM (RIvkX)

157 124 >>Check your neighborhood. How many people actually use their garage for their cars any more?

That is where your charger is gonna be.
Posted by: garrett

We have a three car garage. Two bays have vehicles in them most of the time, the third bay is my shop. I had a 50 amp circuit installed outside for the RV so, technically, I could be charging an EV outside.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 24, 2025 12:49 PM (/U5Yz)

158 was disappointed on Easter Sunday when I saw a Tesla in the church parking lot and it had a sign on it saying something like Elon is a rat. C'mon, if you own a Tesla, then "own" it.

Could be camoflage. There's only one side that will torch your car.

Posted by: t-bird at April 24, 2025 12:49 PM (nYrjk)

159 I like Musk and what he is doing for Trump but if him going bankrupt is what it takes to get rid if the cyber-truck it is a hit I'm willing to take.

Posted by: Ripley at April 24, 2025 12:49 PM (GUOwU)

160 107 James O'Keefe's OMG is going to run with this as a 1st Amendment violation. Will be interesting:

https://tinyurl.com/2rdc43kr
Posted by: Biden's Dog

Cook County IL and the eavesdropping law in IL.

2014 People v. Clark, IL Sup. Court held, "Audio and audiovisual recordings are medias of expression commonly used for the preservation and dissemination of information and ideas and thus are included within the free speech and free press guarantees of the first and fourteenth amendments. American Civil Liberties Union v. Alvarez, 679 F.3d 583, 595 (7th Cir. 2012). The act of making such a recording is necessarily included in the first amendment’s guarantee of speech and press rights as a corollary of the right to disseminate the resulting recording. Id. “[T]he eavesdropping statute operates at the front end of the speech process by restricting the use of a common, indeed ubiquitous, instrument of communication. Restricting the use of an audio or audiovisual recording device suppresses speech just as effectively as restricting the dissemination of the resulting recording."

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 12:49 PM (ctrM5)

161 This chick wants law and order.

https://shorturl.at/q4LYO

I'm not that good at reading people, but I think she's upset.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 12:38 PM (s8j++)


I intend to run for President in 2028. I will campaign on only one promise. To make it a Federal capital offense to fail to signal you intend to make a turn in your vehicle, at least 100 feet before initiating the turn. Law enforcement will be empowered to summarily execute violators at the scene.

I will win all 538 Electoral Votes.

Posted by: Gref at April 24, 2025 12:49 PM (aBgBM)

162 Musk is the richest guy on Earth, most of which comes from his global warming scam company.

You’re a piker, Al.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 12:42 PM (/dDa4)

He didn't create the scam. he just took advantage of the rules set by government scammers, as every good capitalist should.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 12:49 PM (8zz6B)

163 For those that didn't get the memo:

Thou shalt not speak ill of space daddy.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 24, 2025 12:50 PM (i24o9)

164 139 Musk is just afraid that the democrat terrorists will hurt him or his family.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 24, 2025 12:45 PM (rjVXX)

On Joe Rogan Musk said that he has to go easy on some of the Graft, or he'd be killed.

I believe him.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 24, 2025 12:50 PM (QAkQ3)

165 The only type of EV I would consider is an electric side-by-side UTV. I have no use for a gas or diesel one. An EV would be for taking trash down to the road, fetching the mail and maybe some light hauling around the property.

And, no, it would not reside in the garage either.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2025 12:50 PM (Q4IgG)

166 *adjusts beret*

*lights Gauloise*

*peevishly orders a tiny cup of coffee from a sidewalk bistro*

Le Musk est mort. Vive le Musk.

Posted by: Captain Obvious,

*ponders whether CO pronounced it Moosk or Musk*

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 12:50 PM (s8j++)

167 Breaking: Elon says he'll depart on the originally planned timeline.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 24, 2025 12:51 PM (2UnvF)

168 Name anything Al Gore made.
Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2025 12:43 PM (F30Ty)Name anything Al Gore made.
Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2025 12:43 PM (F30Ty)

regulations, a career, a fortune and he made a young masseuse cry

Posted by: Kindltot at April 24, 2025 12:51 PM (D7oie)

169 *ponders whether CO pronounced it Moosk or Musk*
Posted by: Archimedes

"Muhsk." The Moosk out front shoulda told ya.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 12:51 PM (77rzZ)

170 *adjusts beret*

*lights Gauloise*

*peevishly orders a tiny cup of coffee from a sidewalk bistro*

Le Musk est mort. Vive le Musk.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 24, 2025 12:44 PM (6YdsJ)
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Are you in France or a hipster doofus in Park Slope?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 24, 2025 12:51 PM (RIvkX)

171 I swam in an outdoor pool yesterday and then sat in a lounge chair in the sun for awhile. Having lived in New England for most of my life, I will never get over how miraculous that is.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at April 24, 2025 12:37 PM (t/2Uw)
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I went outdoor swimming twice this week. Water temperature was below 70F. The cold outdoor showers I took before and after the swim were slightly colder.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 12:51 PM (Kjgs1)

172 *ponders whether CO pronounced it Moosk or Musk*
Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 12:50 PM (s8j++)

Müsk

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 24, 2025 12:51 PM (VoAdT)

173 It’s true that gasoline is pretty volatile.

Which is why you should use diesel.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 12:52 PM (/dDa4)

174 Name anything Al Gore made.
Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2025 12:43 PM (F30Ty)Name anything Al Gore made.
Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2025 12:43 PM (F30Ty)

regulations, a career, a fortune and he made a young masseuse cry
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What was his name?

Posted by: Crusader at April 24, 2025 12:52 PM (TN0g+)

175 We have a three car garage. Two bays have vehicles in them most of the time, the third bay is my shop. I had a 50 amp circuit installed outside for the RV so, technically, I could be charging an EV outside.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 24, 2025 12:49 PM (/U5Yz)
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My wife and I are unusual in that we actually use our two car garage. The third bay is my shop and, yep, I've got a 50 amp sub panel in it. I'd park the Tesla in front of the third bay and charge it with an extension cord from my shop.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 12:52 PM (tT6L1)

176 Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 12:49 PM (ctrM5)

__________________________

I wish O'Keefe luck. While there seems to be a defense of doing the recording in a public place, it's a gray area in Illinois. And, I can't help noticing that Illinois treats violations of this nature as a felony with potential jail time.

The Judge is going to be a leftist. Cook County. The jury isn't going to be beneficial either.

Posted by: Orson at April 24, 2025 12:52 PM (dIske)

177 Afternoon ace. Musk has done a great service for this nation. Let him go back and do good things in private. DOGE is still in place , driving the Dems nuts

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 24, 2025 12:52 PM (6TePA)

178 Trump To Go After Democrat Fundraising Juggernaut ActBlue In Presidential Memorandum: Report

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at April 24, 2025 12:52 PM (Vh9CX)

179 In before we start discussing men's sperm again!
Posted by: toby928
......

Is there another kind?

Posted by: wth at April 24, 2025 12:53 PM (v0R5T)

180 Are you in France or a hipster doofus in Park Slope?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 24, 2025 12:51 PM (RIvkX)
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Neither.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 24, 2025 12:53 PM (6YdsJ)

181 Are you in France or a hipster doofus in Park Slope?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 24, 2025 12:51 PM (RIvkX)

Failed CBD sock opportunity.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 24, 2025 12:53 PM (i24o9)

182 I think she needs to step out of the car and very carefully follow all the other instructions the nice policeman tells her to do.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 12:42 PM (Kjgs1)

Except she doesn't appear to have done anything wrong. He's concerned for her mental stability (which seems to be hovering around zero) but he has no reason to harass her.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 12:53 PM (ExV1e)

183 Where is Pam Bondi?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 24, 2025 12:53 PM (2sg1c)

184 What was his name?
Posted by: Crusader at April 24, 2025 12:52 PM (TN0g+)

Don't know what his license says but his business cards say "Chakra Khan".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 24, 2025 12:53 PM (VoAdT)

185 It is time for the ‘silent majority’ to speak up. Because, as it stands, you are complicit in this hatred and extremism continuing to take hold here.

Náire. That is how I feel being Irish these days. Shame.
8:44 AM · Apr 22, 2025
=====

No Irish.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 24, 2025 12:48 PM (RIvkX)

Note, highly unlikely they are alive, but there are still 5 American citizens 'held' by Hamas... or at least there were last time I checked.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 24, 2025 12:53 PM (QAkQ3)

186 >> The only type of EV I would consider is an electric side-by-side UTV. I have no use for a gas or diesel one.

Yeah, and they’re much quieter. Gas UTVs are loud as hell. I don’t live in the country so I can hear barely-muffled gas engines sputtering and spewing up and down the damned road.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 12:53 PM (/dDa4)

187 But I’m sure you know more about it than them.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 12:47 PM (/dDa4)

Is sneering a hobby for you, or is it an avocation?

Posted by: Kindltot at April 24, 2025 12:54 PM (D7oie)

188 All that astronaut training going to waste!

Katy Perry “Regrets” Blue Origin Space Flight as She Continues to Face Massive Backlash

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 24, 2025 12:54 PM (L/fGl)

189
Unlike gasoline, which as we all know never, ever, ever catches fire.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 24, 2025 12:37 PM (W5ArC)

Gasoline doesn't contain within itself both the fuel and the catalyst.

Lithium batteries do.
Posted by: Defenestratus at April 24, 2025 12:39 PM (WYStd)



ICE vehicles have largely fixed the issue of gasoline fires with smart design, even during bad accidents. There was a time when cars were basically wheeled napalm canisters. Can't get every possible gas fire, of course, especially when the driver is a fucking idiot. *koff koff Paul Walker's friend driving the Porsche koff koff*

But a lot of people in the past were barbecued in moderate accidents that would otherwise have them walking away with nothing more than a sore neck, before the car companies figured out how to redesign the fuel systems to be relatively safe.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 24, 2025 12:54 PM (y9nCu)

190 You could have bought his not-a-flame thrower, but you didn't, did you?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 12:42 PM (8zz6B)

I live in an HOA neighborhood with a strict no flamethrower policy.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 12:54 PM (ExV1e)

191 The brand damage was caused by terroristic a-holes.

Posted by: SteveF at April 24, 2025 12:54 PM (iM6iw)

192 Name anything Al Gore made.
Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2025 12:43 PM (F30Ty)Name anything Al Gore made.
Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2025 12:43 PM (F30Ty)

regulations, a career, a fortune and he made a young masseuse cry
---------
Make Sex Poodles Great Again!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 24, 2025 12:54 PM (6YdsJ)

193 GIVE HIM A TICKET

Posted by: wth at April 24, 2025 12:54 PM (v0R5T)

194 No Irish.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 24, 2025 12:48 PM (RIvkX)
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No cry.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 12:55 PM (Kjgs1)

195 125 I liked Musk even when he was the Left's darling. I don't get the hate at all.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth
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The right has its own problem with purity spirals that the left does. The urge to disqualify as unpure and to push people out of the tent is universal in politics.

Historical accounts of the Salem Witch trials are useful in that regard as an illustration.

That was also true in the history of the Massachusetts Bay Colony where even a stalwart like John Winthrop gets flak from his Puritan brethren because he pragmatically limited some of their purity spirals.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 12:55 PM (ctrM5)

196 He didn't create the scam. he just took advantage of the rules set by government scammers, as every good capitalist should.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 12:49 PM (8zz6B)

He basically made the EV scam viable.

I have no respect for someone who gets rich off of taxpayers. They should all be hanged.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 12:55 PM (/dDa4)

197 All that astronaut training going to waste!

Katy Perry “Regrets” Blue Origin Space Flight as She Continues to Face Massive Backlash
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 24, 2025 12:54 PM (L/fGl)

If she's an astronaut, then a 3 year old in a Little Tykes car is a NASCAR driver!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2025 12:55 PM (VNX3d)

198 But I’m sure you know more about it than them.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 12:47 PM (/dDa4)

Is sneering a hobby for you, or is it an avocation?

Posted by: Kindltot at April 24, 2025 12:54 PM (D7oie)

Sneering is down the hall. This is getting hit on the head lessons.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 24, 2025 12:55 PM (i24o9)

199 36 I thought ace was also going to temporarily scale back.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth

Ace is still here? Crap.

Ok ladies, out of the cake. We'll pay for your time but keep in town and watch for our text.

Posted by: Beartooth at April 24, 2025 12:55 PM (dJimA)

200 I live in an HOA neighborhood with a strict no flamethrower policy.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 12:54 PM (ExV1e)
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Judicious use of the not flamethrower might quell any complaints.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 12:55 PM (tT6L1)

201 Oh look, another Federal King has decided that schools don't have to follow non-discrimination laws so long as they are discriminating against whites and dressing it up as "diversity, equity and inclusion."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 24, 2025 12:55 PM (mmNvG)

202 150 What does a battery replacement on the early gen Teslas cost these days?

Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2025 12:47 PM (F30Ty)

Without processed heavy metals from Chyna, a lot more.

EV is doomed. Too many factors going against it.

Number one being that we still, a billion dollars later, lack charging infrastructure and batteries that last in all climates.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 24, 2025 12:55 PM (2sg1c)

203 I went outdoor swimming twice this week. Water temperature was below 70F. The cold outdoor showers I took before and after the swim were slightly colder.
Posted by: Biden's Dog

What're the daytime temps like over there now?

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 12:55 PM (77rzZ)

204 183 Where is Pam Bondi?

Posted by: AlaBAMA

Check the Fox news Green Room?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 24, 2025 12:56 PM (/U5Yz)

205 Tesla makes billions of dollars selling CAFE credits to other car manufacturers in the US every year. It's a cap and trade scheme our government backdoored in years ago. They also don't directly get the EV tax rebates that exist(ed) at the federal level in the US and around the world, and still exist in some states, but it's disingenuous to say that those billions of dollars in government tax credits don't benefit Tesla.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 12:45 PM (uCjyK)

Unless you can point to evidence that Musk was instrumental in getting this system set up, that's just good business.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 12:56 PM (ExV1e)

206 183 Where is Pam Bondi?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 24, 2025 12:53 PM (2sg1c)


———-

Going over the Epstein files page by page.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at April 24, 2025 12:56 PM (Vh9CX)

207 179 In before we start discussing men's sperm again!
Posted by: toby928
......

Is there another kind?
Posted by: wth at April 24, 2025 12:53 PM (v0R5T)

Women can have sperm too, you transphobe!

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 12:56 PM (uCjyK)

208 So India announced yesterday that it would abrogate the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan.

Pakistan today said they would consider that an act of war.

https://tinyurl.com/4a5ppk8r

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at April 24, 2025 12:57 PM (paSBy)

209 188 All that astronaut training going to waste!

Katy Perry “Regrets” Blue Origin Space Flight as She Continues to Face Massive Backlash
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 24, 2025 12:54 PM (L/fGl)

Yeah, I still think those Blue Pop Tart Uniforms they wore?

Said 'Vault 69' on the back....

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 24, 2025 12:57 PM (QAkQ3)

210 >>> 39 The Gov employee who just got a wrist slap for keying Teslas better be careful where he eats for awhile.

Public shaming it is.
Posted by: Francis at April 24, 2025 12:28 PM (bbuBP)

It would be very sad if xhe's car was keyed any time it ventured out in public.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 24, 2025 12:57 PM (Vqx30)

211 Except she doesn't appear to have done anything wrong. He's concerned for her mental stability (which seems to be hovering around zero) but he has no reason to harass her.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 12:53 PM (ExV1e)
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My point WAS about her mental stability - or specifically the lack thereof. She's behind the wheel of a machine that can easily kill.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 12:57 PM (Kjgs1)

212 Unless you can point to evidence that Musk was instrumental in getting this system set up, that's just good business.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 12:56 PM (ExV1e)

Good business or not, I was merely pointing out that it is not true that Tesla is not heavily subsidized by the government.

As far as if Elon lobbied to get this system set up? I have no idea, but I wouldn't be surprised. Tesla is the prime beneficiary of these schemes.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 12:58 PM (uCjyK)

213 Katy Perry “Regrets” Blue Origin Space Flight as She
......

Receives Current Savings Statement

Posted by: wth at April 24, 2025 12:58 PM (v0R5T)

214 I wish O'Keefe luck. While there seems to be a defense of doing the recording in a public place, it's a gray area in Illinois. And, I can't help noticing that Illinois treats violations of this nature as a felony with potential jail time.

The Judge is going to be a leftist. Cook County. The jury isn't going to be beneficial either.
Posted by: Orson at April 24, 2025 12:52 PM (dIske)

Can Illinois get him extradited from another State for a "political" crime like that?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 12:58 PM (8zz6B)

215 In before we start discussing men's sperm again!
Posted by: toby928
......

Is there another kind?
Posted by: wth at April 24, 2025 12:53 PM (v0R5T)

Women can have sperm too, you transphobe!

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 12:56 PM (uCjyK)

As much as they want, in my experience.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 24, 2025 12:58 PM (i24o9)

216 Why are doomed to failure at the DOJ?

Why is Trump's agenda able to be shut down by judicial activism and judge shopping?

They knew this was likely to happen cause it happened last time.

Unless the tides turn in the SC, Trumps agenda is both DOA and being reversed.

Every ruling seems to be shutting him down and forcing the WH to reverse course.

And with a liberal majority in the SC, this isn't going to change, is it?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 24, 2025 12:58 PM (2sg1c)

217
Unless the tides turn in the SC, Trumps agenda is both DOA and being reversed.

Every ruling seems to be shutting him down and forcing the WH to reverse course.

And with a liberal majority in the SC, this isn't going to change, is it?

It is certainly discouraging...
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 24, 2025 12:58 PM (2sg1c)

Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2025 01:00 PM (VE6XX)

218 EV is doomed. Too many factors going against it.

Number one being that we still, a billion dollars later, lack charging infrastructure and batteries that last in all climates.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 24, 2025 12:55 PM (2sg1c)

What the Greens don't understand, is that when you refine oil, into Gasoline, it already has a large energy content... you are using energy that is already IN the oil.

Electric or even Hydrogen? You must produce the energy in another form... they only STORE energy, don't really CREATE the energy.... so you have to get that energy from somewhere....

They leave out that part...

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 24, 2025 01:00 PM (QAkQ3)

219 What're the daytime temps like over there now?

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 12:55 PM (77rzZ)
-

Had a heatwave here the last 3 days. 86F and very bad air quality.

Dropping tomorrow to a comfortable 72F.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 01:00 PM (Kjgs1)

220 150 What does a battery replacement on the early gen Teslas cost these days?

Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2025 12:47 PM (F30Ty)


The cost of a new Tesla.

Posted by: Gref at April 24, 2025 01:01 PM (aBgBM)

221 Well this was always going to happen.

I'm looking forward to whatever revenge Elon (and Trump) manage for our real domestic terrorists.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 24, 2025 01:01 PM (xcxpd)

222 Trump now has the lowest 100 day approval (44%) of the last five presidents according to Fox News.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 24, 2025 01:01 PM (/U5Yz)

223 > Where is Pam Bondi?
--------
Her inability to even articulate what it is she's supposed to be doing has quite a few people asking this very question.

I doubt she'll be around this time next year if the lawfare the administration is withering under isn't quelled. Like yesterday.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2025 01:01 PM (Q4IgG)

224 They leave out that part...

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 24, 2025 01:00 PM (QAkQ3)

By design. Which makes you realize the agenda isn't about saving the planet but instead is about enriching certain people.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 24, 2025 01:01 PM (2sg1c)

225 And with a liberal majority in the SC, this isn't going to change, is it?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 24, 2025 12:58 PM (2sg1c)

Nope. And if Trump's not willing to go full Andrew Jackson on the courts, or at least make SCOTUS believe he would, then...

Well, we'll see.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 01:01 PM (uCjyK)

226 "I wonder how many Tesla owners are aware that supercharging a battery damages the battery."

I learned this winter, that one can actually blow up a (lead acid) battery by overcharging it. Makes a loud bang ... (trying to start a tractor in the very cold)

Posted by: illiniwek at April 24, 2025 01:01 PM (Cus5s)

227 Can Illinois get him extradited from another State for a "political" crime like that?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 12:58 PM (8zz6B)
-

May have to go to the SC.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 01:02 PM (Kjgs1)

228 I took a look at the Tesla web site. The only car model which shows a tax credit is the model Y.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 01:02 PM (tT6L1)

229 I guess allt he companies that get tax breaks to locate to state or city their company officers who negotiated it should be hung.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 01:02 PM (VofaG)

230 Sigh.

The law that created DOGE under Obama has a time limit. He cannot stay at the place longer than a certain amount because of that law. He's not backing off because of loons burning Teslas.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2025 01:02 PM (2VST1)

231
I went outdoor swimming twice this week. Water temperature was below 70F. The cold outdoor showers I took before and after the swim were slightly colder.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at Ap
Pool temp was 82 degrees, outdoor temp 78. But the Y keeps this pool heated and open year round except when the temps fall under 32 degrees or it's storming. And people actually swim. Me, I'm done the first week in November and yesterday was the first time in 2025. But in MA, July 1 to mid August is about it.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at April 24, 2025 01:02 PM (t/2Uw)

232 Since we’re past 100 comments, here’s the earliest photograph of space, colorized, from over White Sands NM, in February, 1949:

https://is.gd/jYsOAL

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 24, 2025 01:02 PM (bIzDl)

233 Her inability to even articulate what it is she's supposed to be doing has quite a few people asking this very question.

I doubt she'll be around this time next year if the lawfare the administration is withering under isn't quelled. Like yesterday.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2025 01:01 PM (Q4IgG)

No, no, I was told she was a bulldog and any criticisms of her is off limits. She's doing an excellent job.

Also, on an unrelated note, where are those Epstein files we were promised "BY THIS WEEKEND" months ago?

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 01:02 PM (uCjyK)

234 Tesla sells the worlds most popular car. Model Y. Not the most popular EV, the most popular CAR. Tesla just changed over 3 factory production lines to a new version. They took a sales hit on the changeover, but all of the old models were sold. Now they are ramping back up with the new version.

Posted by: krennik at April 24, 2025 01:03 PM (T0tPD)

235 216 Why are doomed to failure at the DOJ?

Why is Trump's agenda able to be shut down by judicial activism and judge shopping?

They knew this was likely to happen cause it happened last time.

Unless the tides turn in the SC, Trumps agenda is both DOA and being reversed.

Every ruling seems to be shutting him down and forcing the WH to reverse course.

And with a liberal majority in the SC, this isn't going to change, is it?
Posted by: AlaBAMA
====
Trump is actually sandbagging the courts and makes it more likely to win in the court of public opinion. He is using a broad front strategy to attack the Deep State and in the end, just like the courts tried to resist FDR, they are going to get rolled because they are losing public support with every 20-80 decision they make.

It is a political war as much as a legal fight and to win you gotta have public support for what you are doing when you cross the Rubicon.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 01:03 PM (ctrM5)

236 Musque.

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 01:03 PM (g47mK)

237 Tesla batteries are fickle in colder climates. Some part of the charging energy goes into the battery heating circuits. Also, the batteries are liquid cooled so some sort of pump runs when they are being charged and discharged in warmer climates. It's shit tech.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 24, 2025 01:04 PM (/U5Yz)

238 230 Sigh.

The law that created DOGE under Obama has a time limit. He cannot stay at the place longer than a certain amount because of that law. He's not backing off because of loons burning Teslas.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2025 01:02 PM (2VST1)

Czars don't need Senate Confirmation.... appoint him as the Grand Czar of DOGEyness...

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 24, 2025 01:04 PM (QAkQ3)

239 Unless you can point to evidence that Musk was instrumental in getting this system set up, that's just good business.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 12:56 PM (ExV1e)

He was instrumental in setting it up, but are you saying it’s just good business to collect welfare checks or sell $200 hammers to the Pentagon, as long as you didn’t set the system up?

What about all of the NGOs grifting off USAID? Hey, they just took the money, they didn’t create USAID.

Pfizer never mandated clotshots, that was the Federal government. They just massively profited from selling a government-mandated, taxpayer-subsidized product.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 01:04 PM (/dDa4)

240
What the Greens don't understand, is that when you refine oil, into Gasoline, it already has a large energy content... you are using energy that is already IN the oil.

Electric or even Hydrogen? You must produce the energy in another form... they only STORE energy, don't really CREATE the energy.... so you have to get that energy from somewhere....

They leave out that part...

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 24, 2025 01:00 PM (QAkQ3)


Yes. As my Thermodynamics 101 prof hammered into us, the First Law of Thermodynamics in simple English is: Rate of Creation of Energy Equals Zero.

Posted by: Gref at April 24, 2025 01:04 PM (aBgBM)

241 Where is Pam Bondi?

Posted by: AlaBAMA


Right now she's watering outdoor plants in her bathrobe.

Posted by: some Moron with a drone at April 24, 2025 01:04 PM (v0R5T)

242 Can Illinois get him extradited from another State for a "political" crime like that?

States can extradite prisoners from another state, it happens all the time, but it has to be for crimes they committed in that state. Like a robber goes on a 5 state spree, and gets caught in a sixth.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2025 01:05 PM (2VST1)

243 The Left loves their progroms and agitators.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 01:05 PM (ynpvh)

244 241 Where is Pam Bondi?

Posted by: AlaBAMA

We can say the same thing about Kash Patel...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2025 01:05 PM (VE6XX)

245 Czars don't need Senate Confirmation.... appoint him as the Grand Czar of DOGEyness...

Yeah but he only ever intended to be in that position temporarily anyway.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2025 01:06 PM (2VST1)

246 Elon Musk was always only going to be involved with the government and DOGE for 100 days.... as a temporary consultant......... they ALL said so from the beginning....... so the 100 days are about up and he is doing exactly what he said he would......... scaling back an leaving.......

Posted by: Monica at April 24, 2025 01:06 PM (kfQcw)

247 222 Trump now has the lowest 100 day approval (44%) of the last five presidents according to Fox News.
Posted by: Maj. Healey
=====
Fox polling is and has been uniformly awful over the years because their political director of that is Deep blue. Ignore it or only use it for trend analysis.

Rassmussen had him in the 50's at an all time high just a couple of days ago.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 01:06 PM (ctrM5)

248 @Breaking911 4m
BREAKING: A judge has temporarily halted the White House’s push to end diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in K-12 public schools - AP

Posted by: Perfect Strangers at April 24, 2025 01:06 PM (mlg/3)

249 241 Where is Pam Bondi?

Posted by: AlaBAMA


Right now she's watering outdoor plants in her bathrobe.
Posted by: some Moron with a drone

Is she wearing anything under the robe? Asking for friend.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 24, 2025 01:06 PM (/U5Yz)

250 3. Won't have runaway thermal fires! (this really should be first)
Posted by: WisRich at April 24, 2025 12:36 PM (G0vdT)

Unlike gasoline, which as we all know never, ever, ever catches fire.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 24, 2025 12:37 PM (W5ArC)


Yeah, but ICE vehicles don't spontaneously combust. Ever.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 24, 2025 01:07 PM (ClxgD)

251 The President's idea of fun for the day:

https://tinyurl.com/fj3xwac6

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 01:07 PM (Kjgs1)

252 >>> 222 Trump now has the lowest 100 day approval (44%) of the last five presidents according to Fox News.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 24, 2025 01:01 PM (/U5Yz)

Thank you for your Concern.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 24, 2025 01:08 PM (Vqx30)

253 240
What the Greens don't understand, is that when you refine oil, into Gasoline, it already has a large energy content... you are using energy that is already IN the oil.

Electric or even Hydrogen? You must produce the energy in another form... they only STORE energy, don't really CREATE the energy.... so you have to get that energy from somewhere....

They leave out that part...

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 24, 2025 01:00 PM (QAkQ3)


Yes. As my Thermodynamics 101 prof hammered into us, the First Law of Thermodynamics in simple English is: Rate of Creation of Energy Equals Zero.

Posted by: Gref at April 24, 2025 01:04 PM (aBgBM)

I like how I once saw the laws summarized:

You're in the game.
You can't win.
You can't break even.
You can't quit.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 01:08 PM (ynpvh)

254 I took a look at the Tesla web site. The only car model which shows a tax credit is the model Y.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 01:02 PM (tT6L1)

Which is the best-selling vehicle model on Earth, and third- or forth-best selling in the US.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 01:08 PM (/dDa4)

255 Number one being that we still, a billion dollars later, lack charging infrastructure and batteries that last in all climates.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 24, 2025 12:55 PM (2sg1c)

My sister showed up at my house last week driving a VW electric car. They put a charger in their house, and they say they can drive from Nikiski to Knik and back on one charge. Except they also bought a condo in Anchorage and put a charger in there, too, which says they charge it up on the way home.

Charging isn't instant. Distances in Alaska are long. Winters are cold. I suspect they still drive the old car in the winter. It just doesn't pencil out.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 24, 2025 01:08 PM (a4NoL)

256 248 @Breaking911 4m
BREAKING: A judge has temporarily halted the White House’s push to end diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in K-12 public schools - AP
Posted by: Perfect Strangers at April 24, 2025 01:06 PM (mlg/3)

I'm waiting for a judge to rule Trump must stop breathing....

Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2025 01:08 PM (VE6XX)

257 “Terrorism works. Duh.”
— AQ, ISIS, CAIR, HAMAS

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2025 01:08 PM (Hkcdp)

258 Looks like Pam discovered Jeff Sessions' bottle of Nyquil in a storage closet.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 01:08 PM (77rzZ)

259 I think there's a happy place we can find between

PAM BONDI IS DOING NOTHING IF SHE IS NOT IN THE HEADLINES EXECUTING PEOPLE I DON'T LIKE EVERY DAY

and

TRUST THE SYSTEM PAM BONDI IS KWEEN!!!!

Its only been a few weeks, we need to see what comes of the work which takes months or years to come to fruition. She's not doing nothing, but I do wish she'd be more aggressive and up front about doing things we need to see to have some hope or confidence.

Personally I don't think there's any hope, that this is all a distraction as the building collapses, but who knows, maybe she can get some good done. Bashing her every day for not showing up in a super suit and saving the world doesn't exactly accomplish anything, either.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2025 01:09 PM (2VST1)

260 Nobody ever wants to admit it, but terrorism works.

It's not going too well for Hamas.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 24, 2025 12:28 PM (2ocoG)


It works pretty well in jurisdictions that routinely elect and re-elect Soros prosecutors and judges.

Posted by: mrp at April 24, 2025 01:09 PM (rj6Yv)

261 Katy Perry “Regrets” Blue Origin Space Flight as She Continues to Face Massive Backlash
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 24, 2025 12:54 PM (L/fGl)

If she's an astronaut, then a 3 year old in a Little Tykes car is a NASCAR driver!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2025 12:55 PM (VNX3d)

I would never regret a ride like that. What I would regret is making it a massive media event and then making false claims of prestige afterwards. It was her choice and she chose......poorly.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at April 24, 2025 01:09 PM (g8Ew8)

262
New game

Where's Bondo

Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 01:09 PM (sBjls)

263 I think there's a happy place we can find between

PAM BONDI IS DOING NOTHING IF SHE IS NOT IN THE HEADLINES EXECUTING PEOPLE I DON'T LIKE EVERY DAY

and

TRUST THE SYSTEM PAM BONDI IS KWEEN!!!!

Its only been a few weeks, we need to see what comes of the work which takes months or years to come to fruition. She's not doing nothing, but I do wish she'd be more aggressive and up front about doing things we need to see to have some hope or confidence.

Personally I don't think there's any hope, that this is all a distraction as the building collapses, but who knows, maybe she can get some good done. Bashing her every day for not showing up in a super suit and saving the world doesn't exactly accomplish anything, either.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2025 01:09 PM (2VST1)

That happy place is spankings.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 24, 2025 01:09 PM (i24o9)

264 The Gov employee who just got a wrist slap for keying Teslas better be careful where he eats for awhile.

Public shaming it is.
Posted by: Francis at April 24, 2025 12:28 PM (bbuBP)

Elon should hit him with a civil suit and discover who ordered him to do it.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 01:09 PM (n7h9X)

265 251 The President's idea of fun for the day:

https://tinyurl.com/fj3xwac6
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 01:07 PM (Kjgs1)

Just pokin' the bear.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 24, 2025 01:10 PM (a4NoL)

266 Where is Pam Bondi?
--------
Her inability to even articulate what it is she's supposed to be doing has quite a few people asking this very question.

I doubt she'll be around this time next year if the lawfare the administration is withering under isn't quelled. Like yesterday.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2025 01:01 PM (Q4IgG)


Yep. Even though it's only been a hundred days or so, she should be aware of the 'optics' of being seen to not be doing anything. These are unusual, dangerous times because of the Left's ramping up and times like that call for decisive action. I really, really hope she's not another Jeff Sessions.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 24, 2025 01:10 PM (ClxgD)

267 Katy Perry “Regrets” Blue Origin Space Flight as She Continues to Face Massive Backlash
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 24, 2025 12:54 PM (L/fGl)

If she's an astronaut, then a 3 year old in a Little Tykes car is a NASCAR driver!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2025 12:55 PM (VNX3d)

I would never regret a ride like that. What I would regret is making it a massive media event and then making false claims of prestige afterwards. It was her choice and she chose......poorly.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at April 24, 2025 01:09 PM (g8Ew

You'd think astronauts would be a bit thicker skinned.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 24, 2025 01:10 PM (i24o9)

268 265 251 The President's idea of fun for the day:

https://tinyurl.com/fj3xwac6
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 01:07 PM (Kjgs1)

He better be recording it...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2025 01:10 PM (VE6XX)

269 You people are so impatient. Trump just hitting 100 days in office. His cabinet picks even a shorter amount of time. They have to wade through 4 years of obfuscation and destruction of documents. It is also no wonder that Trump's ratings are falling as the medicine he is dishing out is causing a lot of stock market angst. But, better to get it out of the way sooner rather than later. he is forcing the Court's hand now. He is closing down agencies and programs and this will get solidified in the next budget cycle.
Take a breath. Give it time.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at April 24, 2025 01:10 PM (t/2Uw)

270 More evidence that violence works.

Posted by: Darth Randall at April 24, 2025 01:11 PM (f1kZG)

271 Electoral polls are narrative shaping crap but definitely believe the other polls.

Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 01:11 PM (sBjls)

272 It won't work or make a difference. Not until Musk completely steps away from DOGE. Even then it will take a while.

The best way to deal with a bully is to punch them. These filthy little terrorists need to be arrested, charged, and penalized. Tell them "bleep you" and DOGE continues but this time we crank it up to eleven.

Posted by: Rick67 at April 24, 2025 01:11 PM (38Xd9)

273 You people are so impatient.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at April 24, 2025 01:10 PM (t/2Uw)

What do you mean by you PEOPLE?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 24, 2025 01:11 PM (i24o9)

274 It struck me today that the women who flew in that penis-shaped spacecraft were symbolically semin.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at April 24, 2025 01:11 PM (kTd/k)

275 Take a breath. Give it time.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at April 24, 2025 01:10 PM (t/2Uw)

But I already lit my hair !

Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2025 01:12 PM (VE6XX)

276 251 The President's idea of fun for the day:

https://tinyurl.com/fj3xwac6

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 01:07 PM (Kjgs1)

I find that hard to swallow when thinking of Jimmah Carter...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 01:12 PM (ynpvh)

277 This chick wants law and order.

https://shorturl.at/q4LYO
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence


To be honest, sometimes I feel that way. Like when I see cars without a front plate or having totally blacked out windows, including the windshield. Both are illegal in my state. But then I take a deep breath and think of the other ways I'm breaking the law in some fashion and figure it evens out.

But I do consider drivers who don't signal rude. I mean, is it a flex when they don't? Are they trying to evade some invisible follower so they don't want to telegraph their get away route?




Posted by: haffhowershower at April 24, 2025 01:12 PM (144I4)

278 But I already lit my hair !

Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2025 01:12 PM (VE6XX)

lol, well carry on then.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 24, 2025 01:12 PM (i24o9)

279 Tesla LOL!!!!!!

https://tinyurl.com/mrxbysvx

LOL!!!!! LOL!!!!! LOL!!!!!!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 01:12 PM (Kjgs1)

280 273 You people are so impatient.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at April 24, 2025 01:10 PM (t/2Uw)

What do you mean by you PEOPLE?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 24, 2025 01:11 PM (i24o9)

Given we're just past Easter, Youze Peeps.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 01:12 PM (ynpvh)

281 That happy place is spankings.

"A spanking! A spanking!"
--The sisters of Castle Anthrax

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2025 01:13 PM (2VST1)

282 I think musk‘s big problem though is it was mostly California liberals that bought Tesla cars, so if that crew boycotts you it’s going to make a dent in sales.
---
Per Copilot, Tesla owners by state:
California: 366,000
Florida: 62,200
Texas: 52,600
Washington: 43,400
Other states have fewer Tesla owners.

Holy crap, I had no idea how out of balance it was.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 24, 2025 01:13 PM (mmNvG)

283
If you go back far enough, Trump and Musk were alright with the left 'cause they said the right things.

That changes, and you gotta stay on top of what's crazy or lil Hogg will come after you.

Posted by: Auspex at April 24, 2025 01:13 PM (j4U/Z)

284 If you want to war below the table that can be arranged.

Got a whole department just for that.

Posted by: Dreamingrobot at April 24, 2025 01:13 PM (J8LnB)

285 Nope. And if Trump's not willing to go full Andrew Jackson on the courts, or at least make SCOTUS believe he would, then...

Well, we'll see.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes

Gotta apply the groundwork first. Essentially putting the judiciary under siege and he is making the judges do some really stupid and partisan shit now just like the dunce judge ruling that the mayor of NYC cannot 'help' ICE. It is going to fail hard because it is unenforceable and make the mayor a 'hero'

Judiciary, as the strutting peacocks that many trial judges are, has never learned what political branches have--you can make all the laws or rulings you want but in the end, if you ain't got the real power to enforce it, you got nuttin.

At the end of the day, even wiser Supreme Court justices in the past have recognized that their rulings must be able to persuade multiple audiences that their rulings are correct. Otherwise, they will be ignored.

See Gerald Rosenberg's Hollow Hope book about judicial orders during the segregation era. In the end, Congress ended segregation by denying school funds to segregated school systems that ended it, not court orders.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 01:13 PM (ctrM5)

286 >>> 156
==
What does it say when Irish society pontificates that this group is 'on the right side of history' as they praise a neo-Nazi, all while viciously targeting a woman for calling this out?

It is time for the 'silent majority' to speak up. Because, as it stands, you are complicit in this hatred and extremism continuing to take hold here.

Náire. That is how I feel being Irish these days. Shame.
8:44 AM · Apr 22, 2025
=====

No Irish.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 24, 2025 12:48 PM (RIvkX)

Anyone using the commie phrase "right side of history" is an idiot and/or a commie.
These days the Irish, or certainly their woketard "leaders", are looking about as Catholic as Pope Frankie.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 24, 2025 01:13 PM (Vqx30)

287 201 Oh look, another Federal King has decided that schools don't have to follow non-discrimination laws so long as they are discriminating against whites and dressing it up as "diversity, equity and inclusion."
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 24, 2025 12:55 PM (mmNvG)
_____

I can't find this in the news. But, assuming the judge is white, I hope this ruling ends up literally biting zher in the ass.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 24, 2025 01:13 PM (Dv3i1)

288 Take a breath. Give it time.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at April 24, 2025 01:10 PM (t/2Uw)

But I already lit my hair !

It'll grow back. Trust me.

Posted by: Zombie Michael Jackson at April 24, 2025 01:13 PM (s8j++)

289 Nobody ever wants to admit it, but terrorism works.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 12:25 PM (/dDa4)

Back in the 70's in Beirut, the same terrorist organization (I forget which one--the PLO maybe?) that had tortured and murdered the US CIA section chief also kidnapped a member of the Soviet consulate and (probable) KGB operative. The Russians responded by finding, torturing, and killing in the most horrible ways imaginable everyone even remotely involved, as well as their immediate family members, with promises to find and murder the rest of their families down to the most distant cousin if their guy wasn't returned. The 'diplomat' was returned alive and unharmed.

I'm not advocating torture and murder. We're not Beirut 1973. I am advocating a tit-for-tat, take no prisoners response. You as a corporate entity or political figure tacitly support attacking Tesla? Okay, let's see what can legally be done using the power of the federal government to cripple (and ideally destroy) those businesses and donors allied with you.

Posted by: troyriser at April 24, 2025 01:14 PM (DPeYO)

290 Even with the on again-off again pauses and deferrals, the US Treasury Department reported taking in $15B in customs duties over the last reported 30 day period.

Posted by: mrp at April 24, 2025 01:14 PM (rj6Yv)

291 Its only been a few weeks, we need to see what comes of the work which takes months or years to come to fruition. She's not doing nothing, but I do wish she'd be more aggressive and up front about doing things we need to see to have some hope or confidence.

Personally I don't think there's any hope, that this is all a distraction as the building collapses, but who knows, maybe she can get some good done. Bashing her every day for not showing up in a super suit and saving the world doesn't exactly accomplish anything, either.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2025 01:09 PM (2VST1


I would like to at least hear some updates about how the work is going. Every day, Trump loses in the courts. It's making people assume what he's done is all illegal because he keeps getting shut down by these judges.

We all know the truth but the public perception is that Trump is just hot air. Came out fast and hard and has punched himself out in the first round.

Now the court is landing body blows and the ref is staring at the ring girl.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 24, 2025 01:14 PM (2sg1c)

292 If the Tesla thing works, why has it faded from the news? Why are the attacks going away?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2025 01:14 PM (2VST1)

293 {{{you PEOPLE}}}

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at April 24, 2025 01:14 PM (t/2Uw)

294 I really, really hope she's not another Jeff Sessions.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 24, 2025 01:10 PM (ClxgD)

She's not. She's worse.

Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 01:14 PM (sBjls)

295 I Meme Therefore I Am
@ImMeme0

BREAKING: U.S. Tariff Revenues Hit Record $15 Billion in April, Surging Over 60%

https://tinyurl.com/yscp4rb9

Posted by: redridinghood at April 24, 2025 01:14 PM (NpAcC)

296 It'll grow back. Trust me.
Posted by: Zombie Michael Jackson

EEE-HEEE~!
* foot spin *

Posted by: Perfect Strangers at April 24, 2025 01:15 PM (mlg/3)

297 Elon Musk was always only going to be involved with the government and DOGE for 100 days.... as a temporary consultant......... they ALL said so from the beginning....... so the 100 days are about up and he is doing exactly what he said he would......... scaling back an leaving.......
Posted by: Monica at April 24, 2025 01:06 PM (kfQcw)

Plus, he's got a huge candle to light coming up this next month.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at April 24, 2025 01:15 PM (g8Ew8)

298 I would like to at least hear some updates about how the work is going. Every day, Trump loses in the courts.

Yeah but she gets chewed out for showing up to news programs and doing just that. I mean yeah it would be great to get more good news about progress but it gets buried. And Trump is not losing in courts, he's getting delayed by activist judges: NONE of these cases have gone to court yet, just stays and injunctions.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2025 01:15 PM (2VST1)

299 273 You people are so impatient.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice)
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Combination of anxiety, battered Conservative syndrome, and those that are getting their ox gored either muh principles or losing jobs, contracts, etc. from teh new order.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 01:15 PM (ctrM5)

300 > If the Tesla thing works, why has it faded from the news? Why are the attacks going away?
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Because Musk is leaving DOGE. Thus, DOGE will shrivel up and die. The left believing they've "won." Whatever.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2025 01:15 PM (Q4IgG)

301 Per Copilot, Tesla owners by state:
California: 366,000
Florida: 62,200
Texas: 52,600
Washington: 43,400
Other states have fewer Tesla owners.

Holy crap, I had no idea how out of balance it was.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 24, 2025 01:13 PM (mmNvG)

I think Teslas are mostly owned by rich liberals and tech nerds who think they'll get girls.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 01:15 PM (uCjyK)

302 Indiana judge lets murder suspect walk because of "staffing crisis" at prosecutor's office

An Indiana judge dismissed a murder trial because of a 'staffing crisis' at the prosecutor's office - as the victim's family still waits for justice 20 years after the killing.

Kevin Maddox, accused of fatally shooting 20-year-old Chad Rouse during a 2006 botched robbery, was released from jail after Howard County Superior Court Judge William Menges abruptly dismissed the case Tuesday just as it was set to kick off.

Menges' order cited the Howard County Prosecutor's office's hectic trial schedule, 'staffing crisis' and the fact it was 'overburdened with pretrial motions on the eve of trial.'

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1. Justice delayed.
2. Justice denied.
3. Profit!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 24, 2025 01:16 PM (L/fGl)

303 He was instrumental in setting it up, but are you saying it’s just good business to collect welfare checks or sell $200 hammers to the Pentagon, as long as you didn’t set the system up?

What about all of the NGOs grifting off USAID? Hey, they just took the money, they didn’t create USAID.

Pfizer never mandated clotshots, that was the Federal government. They just massively profited from selling a government-mandated, taxpayer-subsidized product.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 01:04 PM (/dDa4)

1. I don't believe that Musk was involved in setting up the system. Cap-and-trade was first proposed between 1967 and 1970, before Musk was even born. The Democrats were agitating for it since the late 1990s.
2. What he's doing isn't "collecting welfare checks" of "selling $200 hammers to the Pentagon". He's providing an opportunity for other car makers to produce profitable, gasoline powered vehicles while keeping the government off their backs. No doubt the politicians expected their cousins so et up some scam business to grab the money ala Al Gore's tree farms.

I'd say more but I've hit the Pixy limit. It's a bad system but it isn't Musk's fault.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 01:16 PM (ExV1e)

304 285 Nope. And if Trump's not willing to go full Andrew Jackson

OT: I watched the Jackson Magnolia tree being cut down in front of the WH. The tree was diseased and just about dead. Trump replaced it with a MAGAnolia.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 24, 2025 01:16 PM (/U5Yz)

305 BREAKING: President Trump just sidestepped a judge’s order attempting to block the deportation of illegal gang members by the DHS to countries like El Salvador. Trump deported them through the DOD instead, stating the judge’s order only applied to the DHS.

CHECK MATE!

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at April 24, 2025 01:16 PM (t/2Uw)

306 Which is the best-selling vehicle model on Earth, and third- or forth-best selling in the US.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 01:08 PM (/dDa4)
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Okay, and? What's your point? Tax credits are the only reason the car sells? So, are you then claiming a $7,500 tax credit on a Trabant would make the car more palatable to the general public?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 01:16 PM (tT6L1)

307 At the end of the day, even wiser Supreme Court justices in the past have recognized that their rulings must be able to persuade multiple audiences that their rulings are correct. Otherwise, they will be ignored.

See Gerald Rosenberg's Hollow Hope book about judicial orders during the segregation era. In the end, Congress ended segregation by denying school funds to segregated school systems that ended it, not court orders.
Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 01:13 PM (ctrM5

I feel like you've got too much confidence in the SC. The same court that bailed out Obama Care for the President.

These judges are no different just because their robes are fancier.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 24, 2025 01:16 PM (2sg1c)

308 I don’t get the negativity about Elon Musk, Pam Bondi, Kash Patel etc here…. The Trump admin is less than 100 days old, cabinet appointees have been in their jobs less than that

Are these people perfect? No of course not but 2.0 is already much better than 1.0… and 1.0 was pretty good.

Be mad at the lawless courts, not at the people on our side

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 24, 2025 01:16 PM (ZtAny)

309 Per Copilot, Tesla owners by state:
California: 366,000
Florida: 62,200
Texas: 52,600
Washington: 43,400
Other states have fewer Tesla owners.

Holy crap, I had no idea how out of balance it was.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice


EVs have a narrow window of temperatures they work well in. I doubt many are in Minnesota.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 24, 2025 01:17 PM (lTGtQ)

310 You people are so impatient.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice)
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Combination of anxiety, battered Conservative syndrome, and those that are getting their ox gored either muh principles or losing jobs, contracts, etc. from teh new order.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 01:15 PM (ctrM5)

Or its just the way some people are. Eyores gotta eyore and not in private.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 01:17 PM (VofaG)

311 Out:

MAGA hats.

In:

https://tinyurl.com/b7rrn286

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 01:17 PM (Kjgs1)

312 I don’t get the negativity about Elon Musk, Pam Bondi, Kash Patel etc here…. The Trump admin is less than 100 days old, cabinet appointees have been in their jobs less than that

A lot of people seem manic depressive here, they're either dipping their bits in pudding wildly celebrating or setting their hair on fire convinced we're all doomed.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2025 01:17 PM (2VST1)

313 244 241 Where is Pam Bondi?

Posted by: AlaBAMA

We can say the same thing about Kash Patel...
Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2025 01:05 PM (VE6XX)

———-

True

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at April 24, 2025 01:17 PM (Vh9CX)

314 "Just make it in America and you don't get tariff'd" was the biggest joke of this whole cockup.

Posted by: Defenestratus

They aren't getting 100% of the vehicle created here, and that is easily proven since they are all ISO 19001 certified to control their suppliers and just in time inventory. Serves them right for following in the footsteps of asshole MBAs like Mitt Romney and offshoring American middle class jobs. So fuck 'em. Especially if it hurts the damned euro-wienies

I cannot be the only person thinking this.

Posted by: BifBewalski at April 24, 2025 01:18 PM (MsrgL)

315 Out:

MAGA hats.

In:

https://tinyurl.com/b7rrn286

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 01:17 PM (Kjgs1)

Holy cow. Don't show that to the turn signal ticket lady.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 24, 2025 01:18 PM (i24o9)

316 EVs have a narrow window of temperatures they work well in. I doubt many are in Minnesota.

Yeah the limited range and slow recharge influences purchases as well. Plus, Teslas are almost exclusively the purchase of leftists.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2025 01:19 PM (2VST1)

317 17 Nobody ever wants to admit it, but terrorism works.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 12:25 PM (/dDa4)

We United Germany under the SED! We are proof that what you say is true!

Posted by: Red Army Faction at April 24, 2025 01:19 PM (8jn+t)

318 She's not doing nothing, but I do wish she'd be more aggressive and up front about doing things we need to see to have some hope or confidence.

Given the fact that some judge, somewhere, immediately issues a TRO if Trump requests a Diet Coke, being more aggressive and up front about doing things would just get tied up in still more legal shenanigans which would have all the same people who bitch about her every day bitching about the fact that she's adding to the problems.

Some people just want to complain.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 01:20 PM (ExV1e)

319 27: missed last November I see.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 24, 2025 01:21 PM (8jn+t)

320 Nood.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 24, 2025 01:21 PM (i24o9)

321
A lot of people seem manic depressive here, they're either dipping their bits in pudding wildly celebrating or setting their hair on fire convinced we're all doomed.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 24, 2025 01:17 PM (2VST1)

I get that. But some of the folks here don't seem to be watching the news where the SC and the judiciary across this country are emboldened and issuing injunction after injunction.

Trump is getting pummeled right now and I've yet to hear anything from the WH except for Trump screaming on Truth Social about how unfair it is.

Where the hell is the army of lawyers demanding to be heard at the doors of the SC? How much longer is this going to be tolerated?

What groundwork is necessary? Don't these people own a copy of the Constitution? I'm sure I've got a copy they can borrow.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 24, 2025 01:21 PM (2sg1c)

322 When you ask your Tesla to take you somewhere you've never been before, you might get roasted.

http://tiny.cc/6ujh001

Posted by: bonhomme at April 24, 2025 01:22 PM (lIio7)

323 298 I would like to at least hear some updates about how the work is going. Every day, Trump loses in the courts.

Yeah but she gets chewed out for showing up to news programs and doing just that. I mean yeah it would be great to get more good news about progress but it gets buried. And Trump is not losing in courts, he's getting delayed by activist judges: NONE of these cases have gone to court yet, just stays and injunctions.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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Yep. Bondi is the public face of the DoJ apparently while her assistant chief is apparently running the place. The solicitor general's office is running the Scotus matters. Lots of lefty career attorneys have left and SG Sauer was the one that successfully argued the presidential immunity case last year. Now appointed a strong deputy who was also a Scalia clerk.

Civil Rights Division has been depleted of its leftists by Harmeet Dhillon (chief of the CRD now) as Bondi, etc. are defumigating decades of sabotaging leftist attorneys in the DoJ. Law specific news like Above the Law are full of how awful losing these 'career' attorneys is.

Movement is happening and very quickly by historical standards.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 01:22 PM (ctrM5)

324 Biden's Dog I want one

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 01:23 PM (aHfB6)

325 Why are doomed to failure at the DOJ?

Why is Trump's agenda able to be shut down by judicial activism and judge shopping?

They knew this was likely to happen cause it happened last time.

Unless the tides turn in the SC, Trumps agenda is both DOA and being reversed.

Every ruling seems to be shutting him down and forcing the WH to reverse course.

And with a liberal majority in the SC, this isn't going to change, is it?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 24, 2025 12:58 PM (2sg1c)

Calm down, Trump is playing nice but he's not conceding any points. At some point Roberts is going to have to crush out this nonsense, or his mythical 'norms' will be gone. The cockroaches are scattering and everyone can see it.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 01:24 PM (n7h9X)

326 Hopefully Bondi is just not telegraphing the hundreds of indictments she's preparing.
SURPRISE
But then, I'm an optimist.

Posted by: wth at April 24, 2025 01:24 PM (v0R5T)

327 I get that. But some of the folks here don't seem to be watching the news where the SC and the judiciary across this country are emboldened and issuing injunction after injunction.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 24, 2025 12:58 PM (2sg1c)

Its the same half dozen judges and they haven't won any of them.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 01:25 PM (n7h9X)

328 I'm afraid Trump is not required to tell us immediately how he plans on responding to enemy actions as they are occurring. Im also sure Trump is well aware of what's going on.

Better to sit back and let the process that you or I have no control over play out rather than bring others down or get worked up about what you perceive.

Hoping for the best but preparing for the worst is always good advice.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 01:31 PM (VofaG)

329 BREAKING: President Trump just sidestepped a judge’s order attempting to block the deportation of illegal gang members by the DHS to countries like El Salvador. Trump deported them through the DOD instead, stating the judge’s order only applied to the DHS.

CHECK MATE!
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at April 24, 2025 01:16 PM (t/2Uw)

He can work down to the Post office. How many departments does the government have.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 01:32 PM (n7h9X)

330 What groundwork is necessary? Don't these people own a copy of the Constitution? I'm sure I've got a copy they can borrow.
Posted by: AlaBAMA

What you see in the news is NOT what is happening in the courts. When I taught, legal reporting that students read out of class had to be almost constantly corrected in class from the egregious errors that media has in stories. Essentially, legal reporting is on par with the Nation's or Rolling Stone's reports on economic mattters.

Read the actual orders and briefs in these cases. In most cases, these are TROs by design because it is very difficult to appeal them. But, 14 days, they expire and then the more difficult task for activist judges happens--they have to find facts on the record to substantiate their ruling on a preliminary injunction. That standard is irreparable harm shown by plaintiff facts provided, they are formally ruled by the court to be likely to prevail which means that the court must have a full adversarial hearing with both sides providing evidence.

In addition, the Trump administration is requiring plaintiffs now to provide bond (see Rule 65(a) for their TROs and preliminary injunctions.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 01:32 PM (ctrM5)

331 329 BREAKING: President Trump just sidestepped a judge’s order attempting to block the deportation of illegal gang members by the DHS to countries like El Salvador. Trump deported them through the DOD instead, stating the judge’s order only applied to the DHS.

CHECK MATE!
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at April 24, 2025 01:16 PM (t/2Uw)

He can work down to the Post office. How many departments does the government have.
Posted by: Oldcat
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That is in fact what he can do. TROs and preliminary injunctions only hold the bound parties, not the fed gov as a whole.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 01:33 PM (ctrM5)

332 I get that. But some of the folks here don't seem to be watching the news where the SC and the judiciary across this country are emboldened and issuing injunction after injunction.

Trump is getting pummeled right now and I've yet to hear anything from the WH except for Trump screaming on Truth Social about how unfair it is.

Where the hell is the army of lawyers demanding to be heard at the doors of the SC? How much longer is this going to be tolerated?

What groundwork is necessary? Don't these people own a copy of the Constitution? I'm sure I've got a copy they can borrow.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 24, 2025 01:21 PM (2sg1c)

There are some good YT channels if you want to watch the process work out and get a balanced perspective on this subject. You have ignored several clear defeats for the obstructionists.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 01:34 PM (n7h9X)

333 Deportations

Bill Clinton: 12.3 million deportations - 0 injunctions

George W. Bush: 10.3 million deportations - 0 injunctions

Barack Obama: 5.3 million deportations - 0 injunctions

Donald Trump: 100 thousand deportations - 30 injunctions

Posted by: rickb223 at April 24, 2025 01:36 PM (aABKF)

334 Read the actual orders and briefs in these cases. In most cases, these are TROs by design because it is very difficult to appeal them. But, 14 days, they expire and then the more difficult task for activist judges happens--they have to find facts on the record to substantiate their ruling on a preliminary injunction. That standard is irreparable harm shown by plaintiff facts provided, they are formally ruled by the court to be likely to prevail which means that the court must have a full adversarial hearing with both sides providing evidence.

In addition, the Trump administration is requiring plaintiffs now to provide bond (see Rule 65(a) for their TROs and preliminary injunctions.
Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 01:32 PM (ctrM5)

Robert Gouleva , Esq has a good Youtube channel where he does read all the filings for both sides (mostly) with commentary tying things together. Its pretty funny.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 24, 2025 01:40 PM (n7h9X)

335 WA governor just signed legislation that gifts down payments averaging $120K to first-time black home buyers.

https://tinyurl.com/f27spcen

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at April 24, 2025 01:45 PM (paSBy)

336 WA governor just signed legislation that gifts down payments averaging $120K to first-time black home buyers.

https://tinyurl.com/f27spcen
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at April 24, 2025 01:45 PM

Is there a one-drop rule?

Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 01:51 PM (jc0TO)

337 I think musk‘s big problem though is it was mostly California liberals that bought Tesla cars, so if that crew boycotts you it’s going to make a dent in sales.


Austin, Texas in general, has plenty, see a lot of them on the highway, son owns one, pretty nice car, just glad he gets to charge it up free at Apple

So I do t have to worry about him blowing up at home

5 Teslas down the street from me, live in a loop, or Austin.

Posted by: Gonzotx at April 24, 2025 02:35 PM (nGraA)

338 He's an idiot for giving in. They're not going to stop just because he quits working for Trump. He's forever tainted. They've tasted blood. They need to taste their own before they'll back down. Submitting to them will only make it worse.

Is itca publicly help company? Maybe he has no choice, but it won't make any difference to them. It will forever be a scalp on their belt, and they'll be worse the next time.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 24, 2025 03:54 PM (Vvh2V)

339 Buy Tesla.

Posted by: exliberal at April 24, 2025 06:29 PM (KtT/B)

The Morning Rant: Minimalist Edition

punk-monkey.jpg

The feckless, weak, welfare-addicted EU loves to lecture America about our responsibilities, which according to them include the defense of the world, starting in their backyard. We must protect the world's sea lanes, defend against rogue actors, design and build cutting-edge weapons systems, maintain military bases in their countries, provide logistical support, etc. All while they build fancy trains, lovely highways, and provide cradle to grave welfare benefits for their citizens.

They still can't manage to create the standard of living that American Exceptionalism has built, but they sure do have a surfeit of arrogance and smug condescension about everything we do.

Just do the math... it is amazing how much money they have not spent on defense, yet they can't seem to provide a standard of living and, more important by far, the opportunities that America manages while spending more than 3% of GDP on defense! It's almost as if a long time ago, the best and brightest of Europe moved to America!

NATO's Underspending Problem: America's Allies Must Embrace Fair Burden Sharing

For more than a decade, many NATO countries have prioritized welfare expansion over defense procurement, a miscalculation that directly contributed to Europe's current security crisis. Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea should have been a wake-up call; instead, it was met with half-measures and delayed commitments from key allies. Russia's 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine shattered any remaining illusions about European security. NATO's collective security is only as strong as each member's willingness to invest in it. The issue is not whether key Allied spending should rise; it must rise, not as a future aspiration, but as a correction for years of strategic neglect.

Suckling on the American teat while they enjoy 30 hour work weeks is great for them, but not so great for the American worker. We have subsidized them ever since World War II, and it is time to force the issue.

If Europe wants to push the Russian bear back to its own borders (wherever those may be), then by all means, build a robust armed force and do it! In fact, I think the United States should offer to sell them whatever arms they need to accomplish this feat. At retail.

What's the list price of an M1 Abrams or an F-16?

But the time of Pax Americana must end. We can not afford to shoulder the burdens of the defense of the world while Europe frolics. And what that means to Europe is the end of their welfare state, because they can't do both.

And it would take a heart of stone not to laugh!

PS. And Canada is among the worst! 1.27% over the last 10 years, and they have the temerity to complain about American tariffs?

[Hat Tip: MTF]

[Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter and X/Twitter] And the Apple and Spotify feeds for CJN's podcast should be working!

Posted by: CBD at 11:00 AM




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1 MONKEY!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 24, 2025 11:00 AM (N1tpc)

2 Close, it can be lunch time

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 11:01 AM (aHfB6)

3 Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea should have been a wake-up call;

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You know.

That contractual agreement between two regions that occurred per the terms of the established agreement between the two regions.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women choose the value of the vagina, then men choose the value of women at April 24, 2025 11:02 AM (6GvqP)

4 Our keeping the sea lanes free means that we subsidized the destruction of the working class in this country.

And our "elites" love that because it means they made a ton of money AND got to hurt those nasty poors.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 24, 2025 11:02 AM (N1tpc)

5 Get out of NATO and leave that dismal little continent to its fate.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 11:02 AM (/dDa4)

6 NATO should have disbanded with the end of the Soviet Union.

Without the USSR, there is no global threat from Russia.

But a bureaucracy isn't going to give up power simply because their reason for existence is gone.

So we have the leeches still sucking out blood to this day.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 24, 2025 11:03 AM (N1tpc)

7 Imagine how the Russia/Ukraine negotiations would go if one of the Russian requirements for peace is that the US leaves NATO. I suspect Trump would be OK with it, while Lil Z would have flop sweat.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2025 11:04 AM (VNX3d)

8 Sweden: Regrets, I've had a few.

https://t.co/Xe1m1IVQN2

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 11:04 AM (Kjgs1)

9 Top 10?!?

Posted by: Grayman27 at April 24, 2025 11:04 AM (pgwxJ)

10 NATO should have been disbanded shortly after the Warsaw Pact was eliminated. It could have been replaced with country by country defense agreements.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 11:04 AM (VofaG)

11 Get out of NATO and leave that dismal little continent to its fate.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 11:02 AM


I agree, we have been coddling them since 1947 and it needs to stop.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 24, 2025 11:05 AM (e5NfL)

12 Rip the bandaid off already, US out of NATO. It's overdue. Also, same with UN.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 24, 2025 11:05 AM (Dv3i1)

13 Get out of NATO and leave that dismal little continent to its fate.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director

Yep.

And let's drop this pretext that it's a separate continent. It's a subcontinent, just like India. So call it that. Go back to using "Eurasia" for everything from Iceland to Japan.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 11:06 AM (77rzZ)

14 No Egrets!

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 11:06 AM (g47mK)

15 Our keeping the sea lanes free means that we subsidized the destruction of the working class in this country.

And our "elites" love that because it means they made a ton of money AND got to hurt those nasty poors.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 24, 2025 11:02 AM (N1tpc)

Yep. People like to decry “free trade”, but the trade ain’t so free when monetary policy forces trade deficits on your country and your taxpayers spend hundreds of billions a year making the world safe for Chinese container ships.

Remove that and see how eager companies are to offshore.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 11:07 AM (/dDa4)

16 No Egrets!
Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 11:06 AM (g47mK)


That's Loonie.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 11:07 AM (VofaG)

17 Canada is not alone but it is especially cynical. And shameful.

What does the UK spend all that money on? It must be Special Forces and the Air Force. Certainly not the Navy.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 24, 2025 11:07 AM (LmUMM)

18 Good, you did bring up my craphole Canada.

Yes, we are the worst. We need to be invaded and our elite class dealt with.

Posted by: Stateless.. 21% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at April 24, 2025 11:08 AM (jvJvP)

19 Egrets? I had a few.

Posted by: 19th Century Hat Maker at April 24, 2025 11:08 AM (Dv3i1)

20 Waiting for mass arrests, trials, and sentencings.

https://tinyurl.com/mrxyzx7j

Waiting.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 11:08 AM (Kjgs1)

21 No Egrets!
Posted by: runner

Well, at least you're not bittern.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 11:09 AM (77rzZ)

22 Let's take the French part...they seem to want to independ.

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 11:09 AM (g47mK)

23 The Houthis are kind of today's Barbary Pirates.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 24, 2025 11:09 AM (LPS7w)

24 I saw someone claim that the problem with Canada is that one-half of the population speaks French, and the other half lets them.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2025 11:09 AM (VNX3d)

25 Styleguide suggestion: "China's colony, Canada"

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 24, 2025 11:09 AM (Dv3i1)

26 Europe is like a 30 Year old son that doesn't have a job and won't move out of the house. And smokes weed every day.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 11:09 AM (VofaG)

27 The Houthis are kind of today's Barbary Pirates.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO

The Somalis, too.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 11:09 AM (77rzZ)

28 11 Get out of NATO and leave that dismal little continent to its fate.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 11:02 AM


I agree, we have been coddling them since 1947 and it needs to stop.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 24, 2025 11:05 AM (e5NfL)

I don't know why we felt the best policy was to rebuild European manufacturing (at the expense of American manufacturing), send god knows how many billions of dollars to god knows who, and make Europe our problem by sticking our noses in to every political situation in Europe since WWII.

It didn't have to be this way. We could have co-existed with the USSR. They were always going to collapse under their own weight. Communism as an economic system was never going to work. If Italy wanted to become communist, why should we spend millions on bribes and shenanigans to stop them?

But either way, here we are. I agree, decisions made in the 1940's should not dictate how we operate in the world in 2025.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 11:11 AM (uCjyK)

29 I read that legitimate Yemeni government (that was sacked by that Iran porxy) has amassed tens of thousands of troops. Somewhere around 80k.

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 11:11 AM (g47mK)

30 Styleguide suggestion: "China's colony, Canada"
Posted by: Chuck Martel

Kung pao poutine would be interesting.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 11:11 AM (77rzZ)

31 Trump is pissed at Putin... He attacked Kyiv and killed a bunch of people... I don't see "peace" happening... Trump should probably let Europe handle it...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2025 11:11 AM (VE6XX)

32 ‘provide cradle to grave welfare benefits for their citizens.’

And millions that aren’t their citizens.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 24, 2025 11:11 AM (jbnUc)

33 Sweden: Regrets, I've had a few.

https://t.co/Xe1m1IVQN2
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs
_____________

Paying off the barbarians to stop sacking your town and leave.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 24, 2025 11:12 AM (SnGKT)

34 That contractual agreement between two regions that occurred per the terms of the established agreement between the two regions.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie
---
Treaty of Westphalia in 1648 had a good run but is defunct nowadays. One of the major innovations of the Cold War was proxy non-state actors. In the days of old, the state that harbored such was treated as if that state had committed the acts of war. In the Cold War era, national movements like the Viet Cong, terrorist groups, etc. became deniable pawns used to attack each other within the other's client states. Then you started getting radical Arab states into the game that harbored its own proxy terrorists to fight Israel by committing terrorism everywhere, the IRA with its Libyan/Palestinian ties along with the Commies, and so on.

In Ukraine 2014, you actually saw Westphalian war in a traditional sense provoked by idiots in the West that made a volte face from 2012 to 2014.
Suddenly the Obama administration deeply cared about removing or defeating Putin. The only thing that really changed was Putin blocking external adoptions and suddenly Obama was game for regime change in Ukraine.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 11:12 AM (ctrM5)

35 >>No Egrets!


I keep heron that

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2025 11:12 AM (GcdCE)

36 Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 11:11 AM (uCjyK)

good lord almighty

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 11:12 AM (VofaG)

37 That contractual agreement between two regions that occurred per the terms of the established agreement between the two regions.

Silence, heretic! The external boogeyman is scary. Rawr! You must surrender more freedom to the State in order to protect you from a threat which would have no interest in us if we stopped poking it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 11:13 AM (ExV1e)

38 33 Sweden: Regrets, I've had a few.

https://t.co/Xe1m1IVQN2
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs
_____________

Paying off the barbarians to stop sacking your town and leave.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

Danegeld. Except the Swedes are the ones paying this time rather than England.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 11:13 AM (ctrM5)

39 And, they have filled their countries with foreigners that don't work.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 24, 2025 11:13 AM (cvWHI)

40 >>No Egrets!

>>Well, at least you're not bittern.

Owl believe that when I see it!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2025 11:13 AM (GcdCE)

41 China's fentanyl is just the first wave of them killing Americans (and everyone else):

https://tinyurl.com/ys34t448

Here's hoping this is China's shooting itself in the foot.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 11:13 AM (Kjgs1)

42 I read an interesting article that says the Scandinavian countries have a strong combined military. Sweden provides high tech weaponry such as aircraft, Norway provides sea power, while Finland provides manpower.

I'm not sure the Finns want to be the source of military casualties, but since they have to deal with the Russians anyway, they might as well have some good allies. Putin did NOT help his military case by finally forcing the Nordics to get off the sidelines and join NATO.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 11:13 AM (s8j++)

43 Sweden: Regrets, I've had a few.

https://t.co/Xe1m1IVQN2
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 11:04 AM (Kjgs1)

Might be doable that way.

I have my doubts.

I strongly suspect clearing out the "guests" of various countries will involve something that looks very much like civil war.

Places like France, Germany, England went all in on an islamic future, apparently without thinking about exactly what that involved.

The upside? Maybe we'll (the US) get great art and religious masterpieces, fine furniture, at a discount price like the Brits did from France after their revolution.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 24, 2025 11:13 AM (iJfKG)

44 They don't even believe their RUSSIA WILL CONQUER US nonsense.

They keep buying over a trillion $ of Russian oil and gas every year.

Until and unless they stop buying Russian oil and gas, they can go screw themselves with this OMG MUST FIGHT RUSSIA nonsense.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at April 24, 2025 11:14 AM (lCHt6)

45 I saw someone claim that the problem with Canada is that one-half of the population speaks French, and the other half lets them.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2025 11:09 AM

To quote Married With Children, "It is wrong...to be French."

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 24, 2025 11:14 AM (Wnv9h)

46 ‘provide cradle to grave welfare benefits for their citizens.’

And millions that aren’t their citizens.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 24, 2025 11:11 AM (jbnUc)

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

They, for one, look forward to their New Islamic Caliphate Overlords.

Posted by: ShainS -- at April 24, 2025 11:14 AM (yruun)

47 >>Paying off the barbarians to stop sacking your town and leave.


Promise check, then provide bill for all the free services while staying in Sweden, so it comes out that they are good for a free flight home!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2025 11:15 AM (GcdCE)

48 Paying off the barbarians to stop sacking your town and leave.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 24, 2025 11:12 AM (SnGKT)

Well, if it works, it's well worth it.

If it only costs them $60k per family to get them to leave, they're ahead of the game. I can't imagine what they spend on housing, medical, welfare, education, etc. etc. for these migrants.

And $60k is a pretty good incentive. I imagine showing up back in Yemen or whatever with $60k will get you pretty far.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 11:15 AM (uCjyK)

49 Owl believe that when I see it!
Posted by: Lizzy

Let osprey for an end to these bird puns.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 11:15 AM (77rzZ)

50 31 Trump is pissed at Putin... He attacked Kyiv and killed a bunch of people... I don't see "peace" happening... Trump should probably let Europe handle it...
Posted by: It's me donna

Neither Russia nor Ukraine have cared much about killing civilians, even their own. I think Trump is trying to tamp things down so that peace can be made but I think there is no peace there to be found. Best to leave and let what will happen, occur. Ukraine has lost and has to surrender because no one in the West is insane enough to put their own troops on the line to preserve it.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 11:15 AM (ctrM5)

51 I strongly suspect clearing out the "guests" of various countries will involve something that looks very much like civil war.


You don't say.

Posted by: 50M Illegals in the US at April 24, 2025 11:16 AM (s8j++)

52 Ukraine has lost and has to surrender because no one in the West is insane enough to put their own troops on the line to preserve it.
Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 11:15 AM (ctrM5)

I agree

Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2025 11:16 AM (VE6XX)

53 Monkey threads are good threads.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 24, 2025 11:16 AM (lXoJ5)

54 >> I don't know why we felt the best policy was to rebuild European manufacturing (at the expense of American manufacturing), send god knows how many billions of dollars to god knows who, and make Europe our problem by sticking our noses in to every political situation in Europe since WWII.

US elites got captured by UK elites prior to WWII. Lots of inter-marriage and financial entanglement between NYC and London. America basically inherited the world empire from the Brits, but we had to provide security for the continent.

NATO was just the realization of Churchill’s desire for a United States of Europe.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 11:16 AM (/dDa4)

55 Two world wars and a century to grow up. Time to start adulting there Europe.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 24, 2025 11:16 AM (W/lyH)

56 If it only costs them $60k per family to get them to leave, they're ahead of the game. I can't imagine what they spend on housing, medical, welfare, education, etc. etc. for these migrants.

And $60k is a pretty good incentive. I imagine showing up back in Yemen or whatever with $60k will get you pretty far.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes
======
You have to shut off the pipeline or you simply get new assholes instead of the old assholes.

A return to refugees only get to go to the next adjacent country to apply for refuge. No hop, skip, and jumping via air to places far away.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 11:17 AM (ctrM5)

57 It could have been replaced with country by country defense agreements.

Maybe there should be a Constitutional amendment stating the number of countries with which we can be in a military alliance.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 11:17 AM (ExV1e)

58 >>PiQSuite
CHINA CUSTOMS:

WILL NO LONGER SUPERVISE GOODS AND ARTICLES INCLUDED IN THE MANAGEMENT OF DRUGS, VETERINARY DRUGS AND MEDICAL DEVICES

WILL NO LONGER SUPERVISE IMPORT AND EXPORT OF MICROBIAL AGENTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Gosh, after sending us tainted good for years and years - toothpaste, dog food, COVID?
Shocking!
Decouple NOW.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2025 11:17 AM (GcdCE)

59 If it only costs them $60k per family to get them to leave, they're ahead of the game. I can't imagine what they spend on housing, medical, welfare, education, etc. etc. for these migrants.

The costs to the social fabric are far higher than that.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 11:17 AM (s8j++)

60 NATO seems to have plenty of money for expansion. Check a map, 1992 is a good place to start.

Posted by: Francis at April 24, 2025 11:17 AM (bbuBP)

61 Places like France, Germany, England went all in on an islamic future, apparently without thinking about exactly what that involved.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 24, 2025 11:13 AM (iJfKG)

Oh, I think the people behind these various schemes had a good idea how it would work out.

But it seems like the Vintage Swedish don't like the New Swedish as much as their leaders would like them to.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 11:17 AM (uCjyK)

62 It sucks for the bad guy to win but the world is full of suckage and in most cases there is nothing to be done about it.

Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 11:17 AM (jc0TO)

63 NATO members are asshoe.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 24, 2025 11:18 AM (ncC2j)

64 >>Owl believe that when I see it!

>>Let osprey for an end to these bird puns.

Say wren!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2025 11:18 AM (GcdCE)

65 It sucks for the bad guy to win but the world is full of suckage and in most cases there is nothing to be done about it.
Posted by: toby928

-

It would probably be good for NATO to take the L

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women choose the value of the vagina, then men choose the value of women at April 24, 2025 11:18 AM (6GvqP)

66 I guess there's no point saying I wish we'd just pull out of Nato altogther.

It's not going to happen, and it's no more useful than saying I wish Dakota Johnson would show up at my house and ask me to help her pick out her underwear.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 24, 2025 11:18 AM (dGCAG)

67 NATO should have disbanded with the end of the Soviet Union.

Without the USSR, there is no global threat from Russia.

But a bureaucracy isn't going to give up power simply because their reason for existence is gone.

So we have the leeches still sucking out blood to this day.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 24, 2025 11:03 AM (N1tpc)

Either disbanded, or reimagined as a mutual defense bloc against muslim aggression, with Russia and the former Warsaw Pact countries as full members.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 11:18 AM (8zz6B)

68 39 And, they have filled their countries with foreigners that don't work.
____

Still crazy to think that all of the West, at the same time, decided to import welfare recipients from the 3rd world. And no majority ever voted for it. Things like this won't be investigated by the media in the West, they'll never tell us who is behind it and why.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 24, 2025 11:19 AM (Dv3i1)

69 You have to shut off the pipeline or you simply get new assholes instead of the old assholes.

It's really surprising that so much has been invested globally into the industrial plant to make a seemingly endless oversupply of assholes.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 11:19 AM (s8j++)

70 Europe is like a 30 Year old son that doesn't have a job and won't move out of the house. And smokes weed every day.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 11:09 AM (VofaG)

30? Only if you start counting from when the Iron Curtain fell. They were moochers before that.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at April 24, 2025 11:19 AM (FCbAQ)

71 What does the UK spend all that money on?

Laugh all you want but the UK leads the world in theoretical dentistry. They have whole teams of people who spend their entire workday thinking about providing dentistry to the masses... not actually providing it, mind you, but they think about it a lot.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 11:19 AM (ExV1e)

72 Economic Genius! Let's Have a $50 Minimum Wage! [CBD]

If you take leftwing economic theory to its local conclusion you just set the minimum wage (and welfare) to some absurdly high number and then everyone is rich.

Of course every time they start down this road they spike inflation/costs so that people have more money but that money buys much less.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 11:19 AM (t0Rmr)

73 It could have been replaced with country by country defense agreements.

Maybe there should be a Constitutional amendment stating the number of countries with which we can be in a military alliance.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 11:17 AM (ExV1e)

Unless Congress declares war, I recommend the number is Zero.

I'm not sure how that would work with South Korea.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2025 11:20 AM (VNX3d)

74 After everything you've lived through and witnessed over the last 10 years, do you think the purpose of NATO is protecting someone / some nation or is laundering money?

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women choose the value of the vagina, then men choose the value of women at April 24, 2025 11:20 AM (6GvqP)

75 US elites got captured by UK elites prior to WWII. Lots of inter-marriage and financial entanglement between NYC and London. America basically inherited the world empire from the Brits, but we had to provide security for the continent.

NATO was just the realization of Churchill’s desire for a United States of Europe.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 11:16 AM (/dDa4)

Yeah, it's insidious.

Did no one look at how the British Empire was doing in the 1940's and say "yeah, let's not go down THAT path"?

It's not like there wasn't a glaring contemporaneous example of what happens to countries that try to be the "world police" and have a worldwide empire.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 11:20 AM (uCjyK)

76 Four keyed cars, good.

One keyed car, bad.

https://tinyurl.com/2nzxb6rx

Unhumans.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 11:20 AM (Kjgs1)

77 Most European countries are in no way our allies.

Britain wants to jail not only their own citizens, but ours as well, for saying things they don't like.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 11:20 AM (t0Rmr)

78 The end of Pax Americana would require a new breed of foreign affairs experts and I'm not sure our education system is up to producing them. So far they just crank out lefties and other marxist vermin.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 24, 2025 11:21 AM (W/lyH)

79 Europe's been on a steady downhill trajectory ever since the Kaiser dismissed Bismarck, at least.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 11:21 AM (77rzZ)

80 You gotta love dinosaur outfits like Heritage though. They won't stop with the Cold War.

Cold War forever! It makes them feel young, like when they used to be able to get their penises more than halfway up.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 24, 2025 11:21 AM (dGCAG)

81 Still crazy to think that all of the West, at the same time, decided to import welfare recipients from the 3rd world. And no majority ever voted for it. Things like this won't be investigated by the media in the West, they'll never tell us who is behind it and why.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 24, 2025 11:19 AM (Dv3i1)

Yeah....imagine that!

Posted by: WEF at April 24, 2025 11:21 AM (iJfKG)

82 Ukraine should have conceded like Afghanistan and fought the guerrilla war like they did or like Chechnya.


But they were Muslim which are like deer ticks.

on that note the Russian population is almost 20% muslim.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 11:21 AM (VofaG)

83 We just cannot abolish NATO. If that happened, the Russian Steamroller would roll all the way to the English Channel and then they would be doing the Cossack Dance in Trafalgar Square and then what would happen to our rape gangs, burqa wearing child bearers and dancing boys for pleasure across Europa if that were to happen? Keep Islam safe by keeping NATO strong!

Posted by: Muslims In Europe at April 24, 2025 11:21 AM (+8MS3)

84 Waiting for mass arrests, trials, and sentencings.

Let us remember that our side cannot half-ass arrests, trials, and sentencings. We do not have a huge cadre of defense judges ready to throw out charges at a moment's notice.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 11:22 AM (ExV1e)

85 Britain wants to jail not only their own citizens, but ours as well, for saying things they don't like.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 11:20 AM (t0Rmr)

If we don't outlaw communism they will outlaw us. There is no middle ground.

Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 11:22 AM (sBjls)

86 Europe is like a 30 Year old son that doesn't have a job and won't move out of the house. And smokes weed every day.

You forgot the "molest kids" part

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 11:22 AM (t0Rmr)

87 Europe is like a 30 Year old son that doesn't have a job and won't move out of the house. And smokes weed every day.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 11:09 AM (VofaG)

30? Only if you start counting from when the Iron Curtain fell. They were moochers before that.

They're more like old hippie relics of the 60s out for one last fling of destruction by keying a Tesla - which they can't make themselves.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 11:22 AM (s8j++)

88 Didn't we have this fight yesterday?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 24, 2025 11:22 AM (63Dwl)

89 The end of Pax Americana would require a new breed of foreign affairs experts and I'm not sure our education system is up to producing them. So far they just crank out lefties and other marxist vermin.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 24, 2025 11:21 AM (W/lyH)

What if those foreign affairs "experts" just tried up and went away, to be replaced by solid, moral men with expertise in border security.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 24, 2025 11:22 AM (dGCAG)

90 The number I saw was $900 B missing in defense spending since 2020.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 24, 2025 11:22 AM (gbOdA)

91 Still crazy to think that all of the West, at the same time, decided to import welfare recipients from the 3rd world. And no majority ever voted for it. Things like this won't be investigated by the media in the West, they'll never tell us who is behind it and why.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 24, 2025 11:19 AM (Dv3i1)

It was CLEARLY coordinated, and anyone who argues against that is either a liar or an idiot.

But yeah, I doubt we'll ever get the real story here. I imagine it involves a lot of Dr. Evil types in smoke filled rooms in Europe and some half-cocked plan for world domination.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 11:22 AM (uCjyK)

92 We should have let Germany have all of Europe in WWI.

We never had an interest or need to join that war.

"We have subsidized them ever since World War II, and it is time to force the issue."

And the whole rest of the world too.

Both parties for 80+ years now, have shit on the American citizen, telling him to sit down and shut up--the world needs an endless supply of our treasure and blood.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 24, 2025 11:23 AM (mmNvG)

93 If it only costs them $60k per family to get them to leave, they're ahead of the game. I can't imagine what they spend on housing, medical, welfare, education, etc. etc. for these migrants.

The costs to the social fabric are far higher than that.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 11:17 AM (s8j++)

At some point the people of one of the countries of Europe will have to forcibly remove their recent immigrants if they want to survive. It will be done over the objections of the rest of the EU and their own political class, and quite frankly I don't see it happening.
So, either that or kiss Europe goodbye.

Bye Europe! *forest gump wave*

Posted by: OneEyedJack at April 24, 2025 11:23 AM (FCbAQ)

94 Europe is like a 30 Year old son that doesn't have a job and won't move out of the house. And smokes weed every day.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 11:09 AM (VofaG)

Europe is like Bernie Sanders. Never had a real job, spends lots of money, wants to tell you how to live your life.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 11:23 AM (ExV1e)

95 Who doesn't like a carrier video clip!

https://tinyurl.com/4ee688fk

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 11:24 AM (Kjgs1)

96 Back in the late 90's I was part of a US delegation to "market" a sophisticated radar platform to NATO. NATO would buy 5 or so for their fleet as they did with NATO AWACS. Had a senior defense official form one of our "allies" say to me "Why should we buy it? If we ever need it you will bring yours." They also said they would consider it if we gave them all of the source code. Mission failed.

Posted by: dingbat63 at April 24, 2025 11:24 AM (JKcRR)

97 Didn't we have this fight yesterday?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Ginger or Maryanne? Don't we have that fight every day?

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 11:24 AM (77rzZ)

98 This is exactly why I ignore the argument made by the anti-tariff crowd that Trump should have structured the tariffs better, or communicated his plan in a different way. Trump 1.0 asked NATO to simply contribute to their defense IN THE WAY THEY AGREED TO IN THE FIRST PLACE, and there was nothing but shrieking from the EU, the Dems and the media that Trump wanted to dissolve the alliance. If this was the way they acted when he said they should live up to chipping in for their own defense, there was nothing he could do or say that would minimize their reaction to tariffs. The WTO, the climate accords - all of it - exists to tie the USA down. That was always the intention, and Trump is finally saying NO.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 24, 2025 11:24 AM (5v+S7)

99 88 Didn't we have this fight yesterday?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

And? We've had every fight here 1000x over. The funny thing is that not one mind has been changed in all that time.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 11:24 AM (s8j++)

100 80 You gotta love dinosaur outfits like Heritage though. They won't stop with the Cold War.

Cold War forever! It makes them feel young, like when they used to be able to get their penises more than halfway up.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 24, 2025 11:21 AM (dGCAG)

The Cold War was stupid and gay and gave rise to a LOT of the issues we're dealing with today.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 11:24 AM (uCjyK)

101 I'm trying to figure out exactly when we went from communism is evil and wrong to communism is fine an preferred.

When did it happen? I'm thinking the very early Obama years. I don't have a marker for it though, and usually I do.

When someone like whig points it out it will be a real duh. But I think it was snuck in rather than presented all at once.

Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 11:24 AM (sBjls)

102 Keep Islam safe by keeping NATO strong!

-

Oh dang. I hadn't made that association yet, but yeah, you're exactly right.

The same people that insisted we take over Iraq and Afghanistan and occupy the nations because Al Qaeda wasn't strong enough to do it themselves and then we smiled and handed them both over to Al Qaeda are now telling us we need to continue to protect the new Muslim nations of Europe.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women choose the value of the vagina, then men choose the value of women at April 24, 2025 11:24 AM (6GvqP)

103 After everything you've lived through and witnessed over the last 10 years, do you think the purpose of NATO is protecting someone / some nation or is laundering money?
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women choose the value of the vagina, then men choose the value of women at April 24, 2025 11:20 AM (6GvqP)

Two things that won't happen in my lifetime: We'll get out of Nato. And B, federal government will actually cut spending.

Oh, and 3., Dakota Johnson will not be showing up at my house.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 24, 2025 11:24 AM (dGCAG)

104 Didn't we have this fight yesterday?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 24, 2025 11:22 AM (63Dwl)

No!

*sucker punchs Cabot*


Posted by: naturalfake at April 24, 2025 11:25 AM (iJfKG)

105 34
‘Treaty of Westphalia in 1648 had a good run but is defunct nowadays’

The treaty of Westphalia isn’t defunct and you don’t want it to be. I sure as hell don’t.
A world without nation states is world run by NGOs with open borders.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 24, 2025 11:25 AM (jbnUc)

106 Unless Congress declares war, I recommend the number is Zero.

I'm not sure how that would work with South Korea.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf



Yo! Rocket Man. Fart wrong and Pyongyang will be a smoking crater.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 24, 2025 11:25 AM (aABKF)

107 I am opposed to the thing, and I'm not afraid to admit it.

Posted by: Don Black. Message: draft a running back at April 24, 2025 11:25 AM (AOsQT)

108 I'm not sure how that would work with South Korea.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2025 11:20 AM


South Korea is an enigma. If we left the Norks would over run the country in a few weeks and I doubt china would do a thing to stop them.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 24, 2025 11:26 AM (e5NfL)

109 Didn't we have this fight yesterday?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

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Abe Lincoln was one of the three worst presidents in American history.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women choose the value of the vagina, then men choose the value of women at April 24, 2025 11:26 AM (6GvqP)

110 You gotta love dinosaur outfits like Heritage though. They won't stop with the Cold War.

Cold War forever! It makes them feel young, like when they used to be able to get their penises more than halfway up.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 24, 2025 11:21 AM (dGCAG)

The Cold War was stupid and gay and gave rise to a LOT of the issues we're dealing with today.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 11:24 AM (uCjyK)

I forgive the early Cold Warriors. They thought they were the good guys.

This current batch, they know they're not.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 24, 2025 11:26 AM (dGCAG)

111 42 I read an interesting article that says the Scandinavian countries have a strong combined military. Sweden provides high tech weaponry such as aircraft, Norway provides sea power, while Finland provides manpower.

I'm not sure the Finns want to be the source of military casualties, but since they have to deal with the Russians anyway, they might as well have some good allies. Putin did NOT help his military case by finally forcing the Nordics to get off the sidelines and join NATO.
Posted by: Archimedes
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Wars in general are a mixed bag because like Bastiat's broken window thesis, we can claim the benefits of economic actions taken to fix the window but ignore how those funds could have been spent more profitably elsewhere.

And ultimately a tactical victory can come back and bite you in the ass strategically.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 11:26 AM (ctrM5)

112 I had never heard of Dakota Johnson, so I just image-searched her.

She looks to me like a cross between Zooey Deschanel and young Liv Ullman.

I approve.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 11:26 AM (77rzZ)

113 Trump is pissed at Putin... He attacked Kyiv and killed a bunch of people... I don't see "peace" happening... Trump should probably let Europe handle it...
Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2025 11:11 AM (VE6XX)

Trump should be pissed at Zelensky. He's the one who keeps saying no and throwing up barriers. As long as he insists he's at war with Russia then he's at war with Russia. The fact that Kiev is still standing at all shows tremendous forbearance.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 11:26 AM (ExV1e)

114 I saw a "man on the street video" of what Russians think of Americans.

"Fat" was one of the most common responses.

But a few of them mentioned Americans think they are free but they aren't...unlike Russians.

And you know, in a theoretical sense we are way freer then Russians are. We have a constitution that protects our rights to speech, religion, keep and bear arms, etc.

In a practical sense though? We had a stolen election in 2020, where locked in our homes, had our rights to speech, religion, and all the rest ended because of an "emergency", and saw enemies of the state imprisoned and beaten on bull shit charges.

Now Russia has that too but...the Russian government doesn't want to trans its kids, throw Christians in jail, or fill the country with foreign invaders on welfare...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 11:26 AM (t0Rmr)

115 NATO should have disbanded with the end of the Soviet Union.

Russia should have been offered a place in it, binding them to the West against the East.

Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 11:26 AM (jc0TO)

116 At some point the people of one of the countries of Europe will have to forcibly remove their recent immigrants if they want to survive. It will be done over the objections of the rest of the EU and their own political class, and quite frankly I don't see it happening.

The closest we've come is Hungary and Poland, who refused to let them in in the first place. The EU was MOST upset.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 11:26 AM (s8j++)

117 Abe Lincoln was one of the three worst presidents in American history.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women choose the value of the vagina, then men choose the value of women at April 24, 2025 11:26 AM (6GvqP)

Don't you mean "history's greatest monster"?

Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 11:26 AM (sBjls)

118 If you take leftwing economic theory to its local conclusion you just set the minimum wage (and welfare) to some absurdly high number and then everyone is rich.

Of course every time they start down this road they spike inflation/costs so that people have more money but that money buys much less.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 11:19 AM (t0Rmr)

That’s a feature, not a bug. Socialist regimes usually start off with hyperinflation. It destroys stores of wealth, crushes the middle class, and makes everyone dependent on the state for issuance of new currency.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 11:26 AM (/dDa4)

119 Abe Lincoln was one of the three worst presidents in American history.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women choose the value of the vagina, then men choose the value of women at April 24, 2025 11:26 AM (6GvqP)

And he preferred Ginger over crossbows.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 24, 2025 11:27 AM (dGCAG)

120 Europe's been on a steady downhill trajectory ever since the Kaiser dismissed Bismarck, at least.
Posted by: Bulg
________

Even Bismark was not going to be able keep both Austria-Hungary and Russia onside much longer.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 24, 2025 11:27 AM (SnGKT)

121 I can dress up, but Ginger can't cook.

Posted by: Mary Ann at April 24, 2025 11:27 AM (qelIc)

122 Both the entire EU and Egypt are benefiting from our attacks in Yemen.

The EU tried to fight in the Red Sea, but were quickly outclassed and left. Esp. The German Navy. What a joke.

We do this so Egypt is sweet on us moving Gaza inhabitants to the Sinai.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2025 11:27 AM (u82oZ)

123 Putin has all the leverage in Ukraine unless Europe or the US directly intervene.

This is why Ukraine should have made peace a year or more ago, ceding the provinces that wanted independence anyway.

Ukraine/Biden intentionally dragged this out, Russia will now demand more.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 11:27 AM (t0Rmr)

124 I had never heard of Dakota Johnson, so I just image-searched her.

She looks to me like a cross between Zooey Deschanel and young Liv Ullman.

I approve.
Posted by: Bulg

Liv Tyler, I meant, not Liv Ullman.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 11:27 AM (77rzZ)

125 Should have stayed in Sweden when I went visiting there
Except would have been AWOL

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 11:28 AM (aHfB6)

126 Both parties for 80+ years now, have shit on the American citizen, telling him to sit down and shut up--the world needs an endless supply of our treasure and blood.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 24, 2025 11:23 AM (mmNvG)

Yep. And as General Smedley Butler pointed out 90 years ago, war is a racket.

Definitely an interesting book to read, and it shows that these issues have been going on for a lonnnnnng time.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 11:28 AM (uCjyK)

127 >Didn't we have this fight yesterday?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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THE NORTH STARTED IT

Posted by: Don Black. Message: draft a running back at April 24, 2025 11:28 AM (AOsQT)

128 If you take leftwing economic theory to its local conclusion you just set the minimum wage (and welfare) to some absurdly high number and then everyone is rich.

Of course every time they start down this road they spike inflation/costs so that people have more money but that money buys much less.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 11:19 AM (t0Rmr)

If Oakland imposed a 50 dollar/hr minimum wage, I expect nearly all businesses other than owner-operated sole proprietorships, would close, and move away. It would become a ghost town overnight.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 11:28 AM (8zz6B)

129 The upside? Maybe we'll (the US) get great art and religious masterpieces, fine furniture, at a discount price like the Brits did from France after their revolution.
Posted by: naturalfake at April 24, 2025 11:13 AM (iJfKG)

Let's save the Cathedrals, too.

If we could move London Bridge here, we can move the cathedrals.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 24, 2025 11:28 AM (N1tpc)

130 Abe Lincoln was one of the three worst presidents in American history.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women choose the value of the vagina, then men choose the value of women at April 24, 2025 11:26 AM (6GvqP)

Don't you mean "history's greatest monster"?
Posted by: ...

Oh, brother.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 11:29 AM (77rzZ)

131 The closest we've come is Hungary and Poland, who refused to let them in in the first place. The EU was MOST upset.

I see videos of Hungarian/Polish cities and they look like American cities did 70 years ago - mostly clean and safe to walk down.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 11:29 AM (t0Rmr)

132 $900 Billion in missing DOD money? It's probably the E4 Mafia with control of the unit ServMart card, buying socket sets, Dremel tools, and cool pocket knives for themselves and friends.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 24, 2025 11:29 AM (gm9Sb)

133 42
‘Putin did NOT help his military case by finally forcing the Nordics to get off the sidelines and join NATO.’

No, he sure didn’t. He also made it worse by making the Germans get off their dead asses.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 24, 2025 11:29 AM (jbnUc)

134

Liv Erwurst > Liv Ullman

Posted by: naturalfake at April 24, 2025 11:29 AM (iJfKG)

135 Tyler, Ullman, whatever it takes...

Posted by: IMDB at April 24, 2025 11:29 AM (qelIc)

136 Paying off the barbarians to stop sacking your town and leave.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 24, 2025 11:12 AM (SnGKT)
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Constantinople tried that with Crusaders, iirc, and it didn't work then either.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 24, 2025 11:29 AM (LmUMM)

137 Abe Lincoln was one of the three worst presidents in American history.
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Don't you mean "history's greatest monster"?
Posted by: ...

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Nah, Lincoln was just a tyrant. For my money that's Genghis Khan, but in a complimentary way.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women choose the value of the vagina, then men choose the value of women at April 24, 2025 11:29 AM (6GvqP)

138 Yo! Rocket Man. Fart wrong and Pyongyang will be a smoking crater.

Posted by: rickb223

Good thing for me I never fart wrong. Smells like roses, it does.

Posted by: Kim Jong Un at April 24, 2025 11:29 AM (s8j++)

139 I had never heard of Dakota Johnson, so I just image-searched her.

She looks to me like a cross between Zooey Deschanel and young Liv Ullman.

I approve.
Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 11:26 AM (77rzZ)

She was in the 50 Shades movies, which I've never seen. Also had a small part in Black Mass. Most recently, she was the star of Madame Web, which was a massive flop, but when she and Sydney Sweeney were out promoting it, she seemed to have fun with the notion it was a shitty movie, but she and Sydney sure liked showing up in frilly clothing.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 24, 2025 11:29 AM (dGCAG)

140 This is about us, isn't it?

Posted by: Egyptian pyramids at April 24, 2025 11:30 AM (qelIc)

141 >> I forgive the early Cold Warriors. They thought they were the good guys.

Yeah, and shooting commies is always based. The problem is, as demonstrated in Korea and Vietnam, America has no actual interests in defending backwater countries from their own economic stupidity.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 11:30 AM (/dDa4)

142 I read an interesting article that says the Scandinavian countries have a strong combined military. Sweden provides high tech weaponry such as aircraft, Norway provides sea power, while Finland provides manpower.

I'm not sure the Finns want to be the source of military casualties, but since they have to deal with the Russians anyway, they might as well have some good allies. Putin did NOT help his military case by finally forcing the Nordics to get off the sidelines and join NATO.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 11:13 AM (s8j++)

The population of Finland is < 6M. Putin didn't "force the Scandis to get off the sideline", they got paid off by Biden to join.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 11:30 AM (ExV1e)

143 The treaty of Westphalia isn’t defunct and you don’t want it to be. I sure as hell don’t.
A world without nation states is world run by NGOs with open borders.
Posted by: Dr. Claw
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The Treaty of Westphalia describes a world that is no more. The two World Wars and the ensuing Cold War killed it for better or worse.

So, we maintain our borders and nation but we cannot and should not try to guarantee the borders of other places. That is up to them. We would do better instead of reliance on treaties, to simply act in our own interests in matters of national security and economics.

All treaties ultimately have an expiration date and that is when it makes more sense for a nation to ignore them than comply.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 11:30 AM (ctrM5)

144 chine will invade canadia. that's gonna get uncomfy.

Posted by: cmeat at April 24, 2025 11:30 AM (hMrQx)

145 Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women choose the value of the vagina, then men choose the value of women at April 24, 2025 11:29 AM (6GvqP)

Hard to ignore Pol Pot.

Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 11:30 AM (sBjls)

146 I saw a "man on the street video" of what Russians think of Americans.

"Fat" was one of the most common responses.

That is a common perception. Remember the Chinese attempt at propaganda when they had all the fat Americans on assembly lines. Others, such as Brits and Germans, also think we're fat (protip: we are). They have apparently not looked around their own countries recently.

Posted by: Kim Jong Un at April 24, 2025 11:31 AM (s8j++)

147 Four keyed cars, good.

One keyed car, bad.

https://tinyurl.com/2nzxb6rx

Unhumans.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 11:20 AM (Kjgs1)

Tanned, rested, and ready. And clearly needed.

Posted by: Judge Lynch at April 24, 2025 11:31 AM (8zz6B)

148 Oh, brother.
Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 11:29 AM (77rzZ)

Versus brother.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 24, 2025 11:31 AM (dGCAG)

149 Did any countries align with the Soviets after Vietnam?

Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 11:31 AM (jc0TO)

150 I imagine showing up back in Yemen or whatever with $60k will get you pretty far.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 11:15 AM (uCjyK)

Sure thing. I pocket $60K, go back to Yemen, then immediately start my trek to Finland, or Norway, and see what they'll pay me to leave.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 11:31 AM (ExV1e)

151 I agree with a lot of the members of the horde on a subject and then they go off on a Reason like tangent and I go WTF?

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 11:31 AM (VofaG)

152 We don't need no stinking habeas corpus!

Posted by: A. Lincoln at April 24, 2025 11:32 AM (qelIc)

153 This is about us, isn't it?
Posted by: Egyptian pyramids at April 24, 2025 11:30 AM (qelIc)

Only the ones built by ancient aliens.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 24, 2025 11:32 AM (dGCAG)

154 Smells like roses, it does.
Posted by: Kim Jong Un
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Roses really smell like boo-boo-ooh.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 24, 2025 11:32 AM (SnGKT)

155 China might anex Canada

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 11:32 AM (aHfB6)

156 Others, such as Brits and Germans, also think we're fat (protip: we are).

Primate please, People of Girth.

Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 11:32 AM (jc0TO)

157 Ukraine has lost and has to surrender because no one in the West is insane enough to put their own troops on the line to preserve it.
Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 11:15 AM (ctrM5)

Ukraine lost on day one. The only reason it's still going on is because Boris Johnson got Zelensky to tear up the draft agreement with Russia.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 11:33 AM (ExV1e)

158 I forgive the early Cold Warriors. They thought they were the good guys.

This current batch, they know they're not.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 24, 2025 11:26 AM (dGCAG)

Some did, I'm sure.

But many wanted to keep the gravy train rolling from WWII. There was a lot of skimming and scamming going on back then and a lot of money was ebbing and flowing in to a lot of peoples pockets.

Eisenhower and the military industrial complex and all that.

We have never NOT had a constant war / enemy / foreign policy thing that needs MOAR MONEY since we got involved in WWII.

Maybe a brief lull between end of the Cold War and beginning of the Endless War on Terror. But even then, we were still adventuring around militarily.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 11:33 AM (uCjyK)

159 It's not going to happen, and it's no more useful than saying I wish Dakota Johnson would show up at my house and ask me to help her pick out her underwear.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 24, 2025 11:18 AM (dGCAG)

🥺

Posted by: Dakota Johnson, dejectedly walking away with her bottle of massage oil at April 24, 2025 11:33 AM (/dDa4)

160 The population of Finland is

Uh huh.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 11:34 AM (s8j++)

161 But yeah, I doubt we'll ever get the real story here. I imagine it involves a lot of Dr. Evil types in smoke filled rooms in Europe and some half-cocked plan for world domination.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 11:22 AM (uCjyK)

Yes! Yes! You will eat zee bugs and love it! Yes! Yes! Oh Yes!
(rubs flaccid old man penis to a half erect state, takes a selfie to prove it and shares the photo with his friends)

Posted by: Klaus Schwab, WEF sex pest, weirdo and pervert at April 24, 2025 11:34 AM (+8MS3)

162 States aren't allowed to leave the union, and now you have to re-join the union.

Wait...

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women choose the value of the vagina, then men choose the value of women at April 24, 2025 11:34 AM (6GvqP)

163 No one has explained why if Russia took over all of Europe, that would be bad.

It's always just assumed it's bad.

Bad for who? Not us.
Their elites, yes.
Their people, no. They'll have more freedom.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 24, 2025 11:34 AM (mmNvG)

164 Posted by: BurtTC at April 24, 2025 11:31 AM (dGCAG)

Nice.

Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 11:34 AM (sBjls)

165 We don't need no stinking habeas corpus!
Posted by: A. Lincoln

*fist bump*
-- J. Davis

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 11:34 AM (77rzZ)

166 It's not going to happen, and it's no more useful than saying I wish Dakota Johnson would show up at my house and ask me to help her pick out her underwear.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 24, 2025 11:18 AM (dGCAG)

🥺
Posted by: Dakota Johnson, dejectedly walking away with her bottle of massage oil at April 24, 2025 11:33 AM (/dDa4)

If it's really you, I will give you my address over the internet. I'm at work, but you can stop by any time. Break a window if you have to. The alarm is turned off.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 24, 2025 11:35 AM (dGCAG)

167 I see videos of Hungarian/Polish cities and they look like American cities did 70 years ago - mostly clean and safe to walk down.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 11:29 AM (t0Rmr)

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My anecotal understanding is that you similarly see many children out walking with their parents or playing in the streets -- another throwback to a mere half century-plus ago.

Posted by: ShainS -- at April 24, 2025 11:35 AM (+p/RF)

168 It sucks for the bad guy to win but the world is full of suckage and in most cases there is nothing to be done about it.
Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 11:17 AM (jc0TO)

Putin isn't the bad guy. Whatever jackass is in charge of US intelligence that engineered all this is the bad guy.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 11:35 AM (ExV1e)

169 The population of Finland is
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Not so much. Russia has demonstrated that borders do not matter to them much and the invasion of Ukraine made Finland (who has fought them multiple times since the Russian Empire imploded) decided to join. Same with Sweden.

Russia is not an innocent here which too many people use binary logic. Putin good or Putin bad. Putin is simply out for what he views as his state's interests and treaties, etc. be damned if they get into his way. He ain't a blushing innocent victim here nor is Russian interference in Eastern Europe historically even under the Czars.

So, invading Ukraine unified Eastern European opposition to Russia as a result. Whether that will stick, it is up to the Euros to provide their own damn defense.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 11:35 AM (ctrM5)

170 Well, that didn't go as planned.

The population of Finland is

Uh huh.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 11:35 AM (s8j++)

171 That is a common perception. Remember the Chinese attempt at propaganda when they had all the fat Americans on assembly lines. Others, such as Brits and Germans, also think we're fat (protip: we are). They have apparently not looked around their own countries recently.
Posted by: Kim Jong Un at April 24, 2025 11:31 AM (s8j++)

Hey, we're working on it, okay? RFK Jr. is making us healthy again!

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 11:35 AM (uCjyK)

172 Russia is a gas station.

Posted by: With nukes on submarines at April 24, 2025 11:35 AM (qelIc)

173 Jim Acosta and Don Lemon tell each other we're good enough, we're smart enough, and, dog gone it, people like us.

https://shorturl.at/YR1CS

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 24, 2025 11:36 AM (L/fGl)

174 WTH. That's twice. Something is awry. It couldn't possibly be my cut and paste skilz.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 11:36 AM (s8j++)

175 We don't need no stinking habeas corpus!
Posted by: A. Lincoln at April 24, 2025 11:32 AM (qelIc)

I will habeas your corpus!

Posted by: J.W.B. at April 24, 2025 11:36 AM (dGCAG)

176 Putin is indisputably a bad guy. The question is whether that is anything effecting our national interest.

Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 11:36 AM (jc0TO)

177 It's mostly our "poor people ' that are fat.


And by poor I mean only having two cars , less than a 70" TV and only one smart phone. Our poor are their middle class.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 11:36 AM (VofaG)

178 Now Russia has that too but...the Russian government doesn't want to trans its kids, throw Christians in jail, or fill the country with foreign invaders on welfare...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 11:26 AM (t0Rmr)

And Russians can keep bears as pets. How cool is that?

Posted by: Judge Lynch at April 24, 2025 11:36 AM (8zz6B)

179 @91

>>It was CLEARLY coordinated, and anyone who argues against that is either a liar or an idiot.

The entire economic world order is predicated on unending growth, growth in populations, growth in government, growth in services, growth in budgets, etc. which in turn will lead to growth in the economy and economic activity.

You can't have growth without more people, and if you are not producing people indigenously then you must create them exogenously.

The main problem is that the growth required to keep the plates spinning is unstainable and destabilizing.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 24, 2025 11:37 AM (XV/Pl)

180 And Russians can keep bears as pets. How cool is that?
Posted by: Judge Lynch
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What's so special about that?

- Millions of people around San Francisco, L.A., etc

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women choose the value of the vagina, then men choose the value of women at April 24, 2025 11:37 AM (6GvqP)

181 Presentism should only be a drug taken by the Left.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 11:38 AM (VofaG)

182 Putin isn't the bad guy. Whatever jackass is in charge of US intelligence that engineered all this is the bad guy.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Putin and Russia itself historically are not the good guys either. They simply have a more basic view of their state's interests. They interfere in other country's internal affairs, send out proxys like the Wagner to kill people for cash, and other nasty things. And have done so throughout history aka the Great Game, and so on.

It is always best to understand that at the end of the day, nations are going to act in their perceived best interests including US and that those perceived interests will change over time.

Read more Kenneth Waltz is my recommendation.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 11:38 AM (ctrM5)

183 8 Sweden: Regrets, I've had a few.

https://t.co/Xe1m1IVQN2
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey
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In part, "The plan comes in response to the country’s ongoing challenges with migrant integration, particularly for those with permanent residency who remain outside the workforce or social mainstream.

Migrants—primarily from Islamic countries—not only rely on Sweden’s generous welfare system at disproportionately high rates compared to native-born Swedes, but are also significantly overrepresented in violent crime statistics."

And, "To discourage fraud or exploitation, the proposal includes “extensive control measures,” Forssell emphasized. Only migrants relocating outside the EU, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Switzerland will be eligible. Additionally, authorities will track recipients to ensure they don’t attempt to return and keep the funds."

Note: "...particularly those with permanent residency"
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It'll turn into a money pit. Hopefully, the US won't be chasing them around, too, if they somehow come for vacation through the Visa Waiver Program.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 24, 2025 11:39 AM (NFX2v)

184 Genghis Khan was no more of a monster than anyone else back then. He was just better at it.

Also, the Kwarizmians deserved what they got. Those people were nuts. The great khan sent traders and envoys to his new neighbors trying to be friends, and they stole all their trade goods and sent him back body parts. FAFO.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 24, 2025 11:39 AM (VoAdT)

185 Ukraine should have conceded like Afghanistan and fought the guerrilla war like they did or like Chechnya.

Except that the "occupied" portions of Ukraine voted to join Russia in accordance with the treaty agreed to when the USSR disbanded... so why would they fight a guerrilla war?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 11:39 AM (ExV1e)

186 Putin is indisputably a bad guy. The question is whether that is anything effecting our national interest.
Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 11:36 AM (jc0TO)

All politicians are bad guys. We don't need to go halfway around the world looking for them.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 24, 2025 11:39 AM (dGCAG)

187 Compared to previous Russian leaders Putin is Mother Teresa.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 11:39 AM (VofaG)

188 A brief review of our country indeed reveals it truly IS the most exceptional on the planet. We're populated by an extraordinary people, who by virtue of our political system, unique in history, have evolved into a breed apart. Along the way we've met and prevailed over issues that can and have destroyed lesser nations and sport an unbroken record of success in these matters.

It's become over time a part of our heritage to continue the struggle of our predecessors of ensuring that our Republic endures, this instance we face now will end in the same manner as before, I'm totally convinced. So I recommend you fasten the seat belts, the ride is going to get pretty sporty.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at April 24, 2025 11:40 AM (hKoQL)

189 Lincoln's response on habeas corpus:

Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of a wily agitator who induces him to desert? I think in such a case to silence the agitator and save the boy is not only constitutional, but withal, a great mercy.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 24, 2025 11:40 AM (SnGKT)

190 You can't have growth without more people, and if you are not producing people indigenously then you must create them exogenously.

The main problem is that the growth required to keep the plates spinning is unstainable and destabilizing.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 24, 2025 11:37 AM (XV/Pl)

That's all true, but it's also true that it's not an organic thing that our birth rate has declined.

There has been non-stop propaganda to young women to not marry and have kids. Or to focus on a career first, then find Mr. Wonderful when you're 35, and have kids then.

Not to mention government policies here and abroad that make it difficult for the middle class to have kids.

But as you say -- the entire premise that we need unending economic and population growth is stupid and makes no sense. Even if it were possible, at some point we outpace the carrying capacity of the earth. And who the hell wants to live on a planet where we're all in mega cities living in tiny apartments with 8 kids?

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 11:40 AM (uCjyK)

191 The end of Pax Americana would require a new breed of foreign affairs experts and I'm not sure our education system is up to producing them.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 24, 2025 11:21 AM (W/lyH)

As I understand it, the "Passport Bros" have foreign affairs figured out.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 11:41 AM (ExV1e)

192 States aren't allowed to leave the union, and now you have to re-join the union.

Wait...
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women choose the value of the vagina, then men choose the value of women at April 24, 2025 11:34 AM (6GvqP)

States aren’t allowed to leave the Union, though. The Constitution had no provision for “what happens when states start a war against the Federal government, lose, and have to be pacified and re-admitted to the Union.”

Posted by: Dakota Johnson, dejectedly walking away with her bottle of massage oil at April 24, 2025 11:41 AM (/dDa4)

193 It's not feasible to find good guys to be in charge.

The goal is to make bad people have to do good things.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at April 24, 2025 11:41 AM (ky8PV)

194 f I could save the Union without shooting a simple-minded soldier boy who deserts, I would do it, and if I could save it by shooting all the simple-minded soldier boys, I would do it, and if I could save it by shooting some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women choose the value of the vagina, then men choose the value of women at April 24, 2025 11:42 AM (6GvqP)

195 But many wanted to keep the gravy train rolling from WWII. There was a lot of skimming and scamming going on back then and a lot of money was ebbing and flowing in to a lot of peoples pockets.
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The lowest moral in the US Army among top officers in WWII was when they heard Germany was about to fall.
They were absolutely despondent and crestfallen.

Then they invented the "brushfire" theory of endless wars and they've been making American boys dance to their death jig every since while they clap and sing.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 24, 2025 11:42 AM (mmNvG)

196 117
‘Don't you mean "history's greatest monster"?’

Haha. God. What a load of crap. Who was saying that?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 24, 2025 11:42 AM (jbnUc)

197 States aren't allowed to leave the union, and now you have to re-join the union.

Wait...
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women choose the value of the vagina, then men choose the value of women at April 24, 2025 11:34 AM (6GvqP)

States aren’t allowed to leave the Union, though. The Constitution had no provision for “what happens when states start a war against the Federal government, lose, and have to be pacified and re-admitted to the Union.”
Posted by: Dakota Johnson

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Sorry Dakota, I'm taken.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women choose the value of the vagina, then men choose the value of women at April 24, 2025 11:42 AM (6GvqP)

198 Except that the "occupied" portions of Ukraine voted to join Russia in accordance with the treaty agreed to when the USSR disbanded... so why would they fight a guerrilla war?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 11:39 AM (ExV1e)

Because now Russia will likely occupy a lot more than that. The shoe would now be on the other foot in those ethnic Russian territories.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 11:43 AM (VofaG)

199 It's not feasible to find good guys to be in charge.

The goal is to make bad people have to do good things.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at April 24, 2025 11:41 AM

or at least to stay away from us and our interests.

Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 11:43 AM (jc0TO)

200 Putin has been running Russia for 30 years. If he’d wanted to take over a Poland he would have done it already. But this fear mongering works on imbeciles in America and Europe to keep nato and its graft fully funded.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 24, 2025 11:43 AM (ncC2j)

201 Ukraine was never going to prevail in a straight up war.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 11:43 AM (VofaG)

202 There has been non-stop propaganda to young women to not marry and have kids. Or to focus on a career first, then find Mr. Wonderful when you're 35, and have kids then.


On the whatever podcast one of the male guests mentioned that female fertility drops after 28...which is true.

All of the female guests disagreed and they came to a conclusion that this can't be true because they knew some female celeb had just been in the news for having a child after 40.

It is amazing how many things moderns don't know that everyone knew a couple of generations ago. We've experienced a great unlearning...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 11:44 AM (t0Rmr)

203 NATO should have disbanded with the end of the Soviet Union.
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Russia should have been offered a place in it, binding them to the West against the East.
Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 11:26 AM (jc0TO)

Russia asked to join. We told them no.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 11:44 AM (ExV1e)

204 Russia asked to join. We told them no.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 11:44 AM

The Bush clan remains a chancre on America.

Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 11:45 AM (jc0TO)

205 122
‘We do this so Egypt is sweet on us moving Gaza inhabitants to the Sinai.’

I’m not a fan of Egypt but making them take the Gazans is like making them take a flaming sack of dog crap on their porch.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 24, 2025 11:45 AM (jbnUc)

206 >>>And it would take a heart of stone not to laugh!

On it, boss.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 24, 2025 11:45 AM (i24o9)

207 Ukraine/Biden intentionally dragged this out, Russia will now demand more.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 11:27 AM (t0Rmr)

I saw a headline that Putin had proposed peace based on the current front lines... which are pretty close to where they've been for a while... because Russia has held the areas Russia cared about since the start.

Zelensky said that Russia had to return Crimea.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 11:46 AM (ExV1e)

208
Because now Russia will likely occupy a lot more than that. The shoe would now be on the other foot in those ethnic Russian territories.

In every election where Eastern Ukraine was given a vote they voted for closer ties to Russia and weaker ties with the EU

So there are two things at play here - there are ethnic Russians in a couple of provinces, but then there are a much larger number of "Ukrainians" that don't want to be part of Globohomo either.

Vlad isn't going to take Western Ukraine, but due to Biden/Lil Z intentionally drawing out the war he might now demand more land in the Russian-favoring regions or perhaps a split between East/West Ukraine.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 11:47 AM (t0Rmr)

209 But as you say -- the entire premise that we need unending economic and population growth is stupid and makes no sense. Even if it were possible, at some point we outpace the carrying capacity of the earth. And who the hell wants to live on a planet where we're all in mega cities living in tiny apartments with 8 kids?
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 11:40 AM (uCjyK)

Thankfully, we don’t need unending economic and population growth. Our native population is sub-replacement levels, which isn’t so bad. And we’re still very wealthy.

I’d rather live in a nice country where people are decent, the social fabric isn’t destroyed, we’re not overrun by hostile foreigners, people who work can take care of their families, and my kid can go to a track meet without being stabbed by an “aspiring heart surgeon”. That’s more important to me than “line go up”, GDP-at-all-costs “growth.”

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 11:47 AM (/dDa4)

210 There has been non-stop propaganda to young women to not marry and have kids. Or to focus on a career first, then find Mr. Wonderful when you're 35, and have kids then.

—-

Some early signs indicate GenZ may be rebelling against this. Too early to say for sure since most GenZ is still too young. But there’s hope.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 24, 2025 11:47 AM (ncC2j)

211 I’m not a fan of Egypt but making them take the Gazans is like making them take a flaming sack of dog crap on their porch.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 24, 2025 11:45 AM

Nonetheless, Gaza was a better place when it was full of Egyptians.

Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 11:47 AM (jc0TO)

212 187 Compared to previous Russian leaders Putin is Mother Teresa.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth
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Alexander II was pretty good until assassinated by proto commie anarchists.

But the fact that Putin does not so far do much more than a standard autocrat, killing his opposition, does not make him a saint. He equates the state's interests with his own which is always a problem when that leader weakens inevitably and dies.

Tito, by all accounts, was a ruthless and tough enough leader to tell the Soviets to fuck off and hold his disparate nation together via coercion and bribes. He died, the country flew apart.

Xi acts in his own interests as well including territorial gains and client state acquisition that Russia is now too poor to finance.

So, what are we to expect? Nations will act in their own self interest to the degree that their internal cohesion and external power plus geography lets them do so.

We ran a natural experiment with multinational treaties in the past century or so. And we learned, that when a paper treaty ignores power realities on the ground, that that nation will happily trample on that treaty in order to get the slightest advantage.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 11:47 AM (ctrM5)

213 On the whatever podcast one of the male guests mentioned that female fertility drops after 28...which is true.

All of the female guests disagreed and they came to a conclusion that this can't be true because they knew some female celeb had just been in the news for having a child after 40.

It is amazing how many things moderns don't know that everyone knew a couple of generations ago. We've experienced a great unlearning...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 11:44 AM (t0Rmr)

It's a rise in, "I don't like this fact therefore it doesn't actually exist."

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 24, 2025 11:47 AM (KbCG3)

214 If Putin is a bad guy, why does the left have nothing but praise for the leaders of Iran?

Which is to say, their definition of "bad" isn't based on virtuous principles.

And I'm not bound by "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" such that I have to agree with the left when they call Putin a bad guy.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 24, 2025 11:47 AM (mmNvG)

215 Russia asked to join. We told them no.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 11:44 AM

The Bush clan remains a chancre on America.
Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 11:45 AM (jc0TO)

I would buy a farm just to bet the farm that at the time you wouldn't have been for letting Russia join NATO.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 11:48 AM (VofaG)

216 172 Russia is a gas station.

put a tiger bear in your tank!

Posted by: tsar vladimir i at April 24, 2025 11:48 AM (sGtp+)

217 Zelenskyi wants Crimea...Hamas wants Jerusalem...everybody wants something

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 11:48 AM (g47mK)

218 Butt-Gigitty, not just transportation any more!

John Hasson@SonofHas
Pete Buttigieg says there’s a “discount” for adopting Black kids (Around 1:15)
He catches himself and then says he means there’s no deposit, but…YIKES

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You find them in the bargain bin.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 24, 2025 11:49 AM (L/fGl)

219 Zelenskyi wants Crimea...Hamas wants Jerusalem...everybody wants something
Posted by: runner

I want pie.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 24, 2025 11:49 AM (L/fGl)

220 92 We should have let Germany have all of Europe in WWI.

Imperial Germany was no worse than any other European monarchy. WW1 was the classic example of how elite classes get stupid if they are fat and happy for decades. No real reason for it, did not happen in any way all their experts foretold, and ended up ruining their system and then the cleanup was also bungled and led to another catastrophic war that finished ruining them.

Posted by: azjaeger at April 24, 2025 11:50 AM (3/XaG)

221 The population of Finland is

Uh huh.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 11:34 AM (s8j++)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland

5,635,971 - from the 2024 census. You can ignore this if you want but that's the data.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 11:50 AM (ExV1e)

222 We don't need no stinking habeas corpus!
Posted by: A. Lincoln

*fist bump*
-- J. Davis

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 11:34 AM


Hey don't forget about me and the Trail of Tears.

Posted by: Andrew Jackson at April 24, 2025 11:50 AM (e5NfL)

223 143
‘we maintain our borders and nation but we cannot and should not try to guarantee the borders of other places.’

I agree but that’s a far cry from what I thought you were saying. Our nation state is the only thing keeping us from being a second class minority in a world run by the shithole coalition and their masters.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 24, 2025 11:51 AM (jbnUc)

224 Crazy Ivan.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 24, 2025 11:51 AM (e5NfL)

225 But as you say -- the entire premise that we need unending economic and population growth is stupid and makes no sense. Even if it were possible, at some point we outpace the carrying capacity of the earth. And who the hell wants to live on a planet where we're all in mega cities living in tiny apartments with 8 kids?

You're obviously calling for genocide.
\sarc

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 11:51 AM (s8j++)

226 All of the female guests disagreed and they came to a conclusion that this can't be true because they knew some female celeb had just been in the news for having a child after 40.

And not one of those ladies are as rich as that celebrity who can afford the finest of medical care to prevent complications. I swear I get ready to throw things at my monitor when I listen to them.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 24, 2025 11:51 AM (lXoJ5)

227 On the whatever podcast one of the male guests mentioned that female fertility drops after 28...which is true.

All of the female guests disagreed and they came to a conclusion that this can't be true because they knew some female celeb had just been in the news for having a child after 40.

It is amazing how many things moderns don't know that everyone knew a couple of generations ago. We've experienced a great unlearning...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 11:44 AM (t0Rmr)

It's so true. A girl I was dating a few years ago was shocked by two things her doctor told her (she was in her early / mid 30's)

1) if she ever wanted to have kids, she had to get off hormonal birth control soon, because she had been on it for almost 20 years, and that can cause all kinds of issues if you do decide to have kids. No one ever told my ex girlfriend that, apparently.

and

2) if she were to get pregnant soonish, she would be considered a "geriatric pregnancy" and would likely be considered higher risk. No one had ever told her that either.

I was like "uhh..."

Nice girl, really smart... But she was one of those women who bought the bullshit.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 11:51 AM (uCjyK)

228 I will settle for an evening with Karen Gillan.

Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 11:52 AM (sBjls)

229 >> But the fact that Putin does not so far do much more than a standard autocrat, killing his opposition, does not make him a saint. He equates the state's interests with his own which is always a problem when that leader weakens inevitably and dies.

He’s no saint, but he actually seems motivated to protect his people and keep his country decent.

Given how most western politicians despise their populations and want to destroy them with drugs, homosexuality, communism, and mass immigration, it’s kind of refreshing to see someone who fights to protect his borders.

I still think he’s a bad guy, but compared to Hillary Clinton or Pierre Trudeau or Ursula Von Derlyin’?

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 11:52 AM (/dDa4)

230 We don't need no stinking habeas corpus!
Posted by: A. Lincoln

*fist bump*
-- J. Davis

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 11:34 AM

Hey don't forget about me and the Trail of Tears.
Posted by: Andrew Jackson at April 24, 2025 11:50 AM (e5NfL)

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"Dudes."
-FDR

Posted by: WitchDoktor at April 24, 2025 11:52 AM (ky8PV)

231 most celebrities over 40 have a kid by a surrogate.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 11:52 AM (VofaG)

232 50. Neither Russia nor Ukraine have cared much about killing civilians, even their own. I think Trump is trying to tamp things down so that peace can be made but I think there is no peace there to be found. Best to leave and let what will happen, occur. Ukraine has lost and has to surrender because no one in the West is insane enough to put their own troops on the line to preserve it.
Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025

Agree. 👍 Enough.

Does the US State Department's The National Guard's State Partnership Program have "low-key deployments by citizen-soldiers" currently in Ukraine? /R & because IDK.

See: US Department of Defense, State Partnership Program Turns 30: A Crucial Arrow in Ukraine's Quiver
July 17, 2023 | By Army Master Sgt. Jim Greenhill, Army Sgt. 1st Class Zach Sheely, National Guard Bureau

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 24, 2025 11:53 AM (NFX2v)

233 As bad as our media is Europe media is 100x worse. The average Euro truly believes every American is one serious cold away from financial ruin due to our health care system. And we all carry m-16s around looking for people to shoot for fun. Shit like that’s ingrained from birth. Not unlike how every Palestinian thinks Jews are the devil.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 24, 2025 11:53 AM (ncC2j)

234 I object to the Germans having any military whatsoever. Over the 19th and 20th centuries, they caused the death of millions and came this close to ending Western Civilization. F em. The US and Russia should maintain a joint occupation force. The last thing the world needs is Prussians with guns.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at April 24, 2025 11:53 AM (23/y9)

235 Putin is far from the worst of the bad guys in power around the world these days. The Mullahs and Xi are several times worse.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 11:53 AM (77rzZ)

236 On the whatever podcast one of the male guests mentioned that female fertility drops after 28...which is true.

All of the female guests disagreed and they came to a conclusion that this can't be true because they knew some female celeb had just been in the news for having a child after 40.

It is amazing how many things moderns don't know that everyone knew a couple of generations ago. We've experienced a great unlearning...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 11:44 AM


My cousin got pregnant on purpose at 48. Her doctor was furious. Luckily her son was born without issues. The doctor reminded her that a woman is born with every egg she is ever going to have and those eggs start aging quick when women hit their mid twenties.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 24, 2025 11:54 AM (e5NfL)

237 We should have let Germany have all of Europe in WWI.

I think that fucking Belgium won the war against Germany and lost the peace of Europe in the process.

If they hadn't delayed the Germans for a month, they Hun would have taken Paris and the war would have been over with the usual European settlements. France would have paid some money and the borders would have been adjusted a bit, maybe a colony or two would have changed hands, the usual over there.

Instead we got socialists of both the national and international variety to burn the world down.

Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 11:54 AM (jc0TO)

238 Zelenskyi wants Crimea...Hamas wants Jerusalem...everybody wants something
Posted by: runner

I want pie.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks


I just want to be left alone.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 24, 2025 11:54 AM (aABKF)

239 Zelenskyi wants Crimea...Hamas wants Jerusalem...everybody wants something
Posted by: runner

I demand simple, easy, cheap, quick solutions to all my problems!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 24, 2025 11:54 AM (L/fGl)

240 The only country in history that must constantly prostate itself for its moral failings--as defined only by modern practices, rather than the mores at the time--is the United States.

The left hates Make America Great Again.

Because they prefer Make America Beggars Again.
Begging for scraps.
Begging for forgiveness.
Begging from them.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 24, 2025 11:54 AM (mmNvG)

241 I always enjoy the part where I'm supposed to be bothered by something that someone who WASN'T the President of the United States did.

I mean, I get the point of the attempt, but it's still comical.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Were you taught the absurd lie that new animals lived on the Galapagos Islands? at April 24, 2025 11:54 AM (SsQQd)

242 Nice girl, really smart... But she was one of those women who bought the bullshit.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes

They go through life thinking that fertility is just an on/off switch that they can control and nothing bad will happen. And trying to explain otherwise gets you branded as part of the "patriarchy."

Posted by: NR Pax at April 24, 2025 11:55 AM (lXoJ5)

243 Russia asked to join. We told them no.

Gee, I wonder why. Could it be that NATO won't act without consensus, and that Russia would thereby neuter it? Nah, that couldn't be it.

The population of Finland is

Uh huh.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 11:34 AM (s8j++)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland

5,635,971 - from the 2024 census. You can ignore this if you want but that's the data.

I'm not arguing about the population, I just screwed up the cut and paste, twice. I was referring to the bit about Putin didn't "force the Scandis to get off the sideline", they got paid off by Biden to join.. That's absurd. They joined NATO because they felt threatened. It wasn't a coincidence that that happened immediately after Vlad got frisky in Ukraine.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 11:55 AM (s8j++)

244 Putin and Russia itself historically are not the good guys either.

Historically is irrelevant. If a mass murderer saves a baby from a housefire started by an arsonist, he is a bad guy but he isn't the bad guy in this scenario. Putin can be the 3rd greatest shithead in all of recorded history but that doesn't change the fact that he isn't the bad guy where this specific issue is concerned.

And all the people who's minds aren't changed on the matter despite the volumes of information provided by several of us in these comments over the years since this started won't make him the bad guy where this specific issue is concerned.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 11:55 AM (ExV1e)

245 and my kid can go to a track meet without being stabbed by an “aspiring heart surgeon”.

Funny how that has been vaporized from the news.

Funny Queer not Funny Haha.

Posted by: Karl Childers at April 24, 2025 11:55 AM (+8MS3)

246 Thankfully, we don’t need unending economic and population growth. Our native population is sub-replacement levels, which isn’t so bad. And we’re still very wealthy.

I’d rather live in a nice country where people are decent, the social fabric isn’t destroyed, we’re not overrun by hostile foreigners, people who work can take care of their families, and my kid can go to a track meet without being stabbed by an “aspiring heart surgeon”. That’s more important to me than “line go up”, GDP-at-all-costs “growth.”
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 11:47 AM (/dDa4)

Sounds like you're describing Japan.

But I agree, I think GDP numbers going up should be the primary focus of a nation. It's just not a great tool to begin with, and also, ultimately what matters is the happiness of the people (in the way you describe), not the amount of spending being done in a country.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 11:55 AM (uCjyK)

247 I object to the Germans having any military whatsoever. Over the 19th and 20th centuries, they caused the death of millions and came this close to ending Western Civilization. F em. The US and Russia should maintain a joint occupation force. The last thing the world needs is Prussians with guns.

The Europe that had some positives for the world destroyed itself in 1914.

What is left has been a blight on humanity for a century now.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 11:55 AM (t0Rmr)

248 I just want to be left alone.
Posted by: rickb223

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That pretty much sums it up, doesn't it?

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Were you taught the absurd lie that new animals lived on the Galapagos Islands? at April 24, 2025 11:55 AM (SsQQd)

249 189 Lincoln's response on habeas corpus:

Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of a wily agitator who induces him to desert? I think in such a case to silence the agitator and save the boy is not only constitutional, but withal, a great mercy.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba
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Lincoln's problem was that Milligan and Vallandingham ended up living after the Civil War ended while Lincoln got shot dead.

Victory by Federal troops in the South did more to collapse the Copperheads than Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus.

Same happened in the War of 1812, except it was Yankee states moving to secede (Hartford Convention) that collapsed after the Battle of New Orleans and peace treaty was announced.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 11:55 AM (ctrM5)

250 Others have mentioned it here but worth repeating. Nobody in the west had any real issues with Putin for a long time. Until he forbade foreign gays from adopting Russian kids.

That was the catalyst that turned him from Eastern European Russian leader who is corrupt (like all of them) to worse than Hitler.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 24, 2025 11:56 AM (ncC2j)

251 The last thing the world needs is Prussians with guns.
Posted by: Going deep. Out.
______

Most of Prussia is now in Poland.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 24, 2025 11:56 AM (SnGKT)

252 The last thing the world needs is Prussians with guns.

Good thing there are no real Prussians left, then.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 11:56 AM (s8j++)

253 >> Pete Buttigieg says there’s a “discount” for adopting Black kids (Around 1:15)
He catches himself and then says he means there’s no deposit, but…YIKES

Latest price list, Mr. B:

8 year-old black boy: $20,000
8 year-old white boy: $40,000
8 year-old virgin black boy: $60,000

Posted by: Wayfair at April 24, 2025 11:56 AM (/dDa4)

254 The doctor reminded her that a woman is born with every egg she is ever going to have

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At 11 weeks in the womb IIRC

But we can't talk about that or else someone might realize what's being done to women.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Were you taught the absurd lie that new animals lived on the Galapagos Islands? at April 24, 2025 11:56 AM (SsQQd)

255 You know, Russia can establish buffer zones without an agreement with that stupid cvnt Zelenskyy. And still have arrangements with the US along other, multiple tracks. Japan never recognized USSR's control over certain islands in the Far East, yet life goes on. Most of the fish in Japan comes from Russia/Russian fisheries. (or so I was told0. Zelenskyy is not looking out for Ukraine, or world peace. He is trying to assure his political survival.

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 11:56 AM (g47mK)

256 Vigilante justice in the Bronx.

https://tinyurl.com/ysxffrhe

Zombie Charles Bronson just smiled.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 24, 2025 11:57 AM (i24o9)

257 Not unlike how every Palestinian thinks Jews are the devil.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 24, 2025 11:53 AM (ncC2j)

Our stereotypes of Europeans are mostly just silly. True, but silly.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 24, 2025 11:57 AM (VoAdT)

258 I'm trying to figure out the counter arguments. Does anyone believe Russia is stronger now, no matter the geographical lines, than they were in 2020 or 2010?

US support for Ukraine seems to run in three veins: anti Trump, making money from it, and/or Cold Warriors trying turn Russia into a spent force.

The third one is the only one worth talking about, and I think we've done all we can do on that front in any case. Is there any good argument to continue that conflict?

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 24, 2025 11:57 AM (pIfcn)

259 The Europe that had some positives for the world destroyed itself in 1914.

What is left has been a blight on humanity for a century now.
Posted by: 18-1
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NO argument here. Nihilistic death cult is what they have become.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 11:58 AM (ctrM5)

260 Good thing there are no real Prussians left, then.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 11:56 AM

We all moved to West Texas.

Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 11:58 AM (jc0TO)

261 Others have mentioned it here but worth repeating. Nobody in the west had any real issues with Putin for a long time. Until he forbade foreign gays from adopting Russian kids.

In 2012 one of the campaign issues was American relations with Russia.

Obama's platform was they are our friends and he would be able to help them more if re-elected. Mittens argued they were still an enemy. The FNM absolutely tore Mittens apart for that arguing he was stuck in the cold war.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 11:58 AM (t0Rmr)

262 2) if she were to get pregnant soonish, she would be considered a "geriatric pregnancy" and would likely be considered higher risk. No one had ever told her that either.

I was like "uhh..."

Nice girl, really smart... But she was one of those women who bought the bullshit.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 11:51 AM (uCjyK)

Ha. My wife, who turned 40 in February, offhand mentioned how she wouldn't mind having another kid.

I asked if she really wanted to be associated with the term "geriatric." I received a look.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 24, 2025 11:58 AM (KbCG3)

263 >> Pete Buttigieg says there’s a “discount” for adopting Black kids (Around 1:15)
He catches himself and then says he means there’s no deposit, but…YIKES

Latest price list, Mr. B:

8 year-old black boy: $20,000
8 year-old white boy: $40,000
8 year-old virgin black boy: $60,000

Posted by: Wayfair at April 24, 2025 11:56 AM (/dDa4)

Kanye West: $20, same as in town.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 24, 2025 11:58 AM (i24o9)

264 Most of Prussia is now in Poland.
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This.

Posted by: Pudinhead at April 24, 2025 11:58 AM (pZ64F)

265 I would buy a farm just to bet the farm that at the time you wouldn't have been for letting Russia join NATO.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 11:48 AM (VofaG)

You'd lose a farm.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 11:58 AM (ExV1e)

266 Our stereotypes of Europeans are mostly just silly. True, but silly.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 24, 2025 11:57 AM (VoAdT)


I spent a fair amount of time throughout the continent. The stereotypes are fairly accurate. Does every Frenchman wear a beret? No. But they do love them some fucking baguette. lol.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 24, 2025 11:59 AM (ncC2j)

267 Our stereotypes of Europeans are mostly just silly. True, but silly.

And they're just so much fun.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2025 12:00 PM (s8j++)

268 The problem is, as demonstrated in Korea and Vietnam, America has no actual interests in defending backwater countries from their own economic stupidity.

The actual problem of Vietnam was agreeing to bail out the French.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 24, 2025 12:00 PM (2ocoG)

269 Others have mentioned it here but worth repeating. Nobody in the west had any real issues with Putin for a long time. Until he forbade foreign gays from adopting Russian kids.

In 2012 one of the campaign issues was American relations with Russia.

Obama's platform was they are our friends and he would be able to help them more if re-elected. Mittens argued they were still an enemy. The FNM absolutely tore Mittens apart for that arguing he was stuck in the cold war.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 11:58 AM (t0Rmr)

Romney was stuck in the Cold War, Obama and the FNM was right, but not for reasons that are preeminent at the time or now.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 24, 2025 12:00 PM (i24o9)

270 NATO should have ended the day the Soviet Union dissolved.

And the first test of whether it was worth anything during the WoT showed that it wasn't.

Turkey wouldn't give us military passage rights and outside of Britain our other "allies" spent more time trying to put American soldiers on trial then trying to help us win the war.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 12:00 PM (t0Rmr)

271 I'm beginning to realize encouraging geriatric pregnancy in our young women is akin to child abuse if not outright child abuse.

The kid might be okay. But if it's not, the choice to put it off in order to have her pay decades of taxes first saddles that child with 80 years of physical and mental struggles.

That's brilliant if you subscribe to the belief that abortion is pushed as a sacrificial offering to the old black gods like Moloch, btw. Imagine encouraging human suffering at the level that you get young women to purposely have broken and deformed children, and celebrate that they're doing it.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Were you taught the absurd lie that new animals lived on the Galapagos Islands? at April 24, 2025 12:01 PM (SsQQd)

272 I was born when my mother was 46.

But, having given birth to five previous children, she'd had a lot of practice by that point.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 12:01 PM (77rzZ)

273 Last night on the ONT, people were speculating whether a certain manhole, propelled by an underground nuclear bomb test in Nevada, could have made it into orbit. If so, it would have beat the USSR Soyuz satellite into space. Whether it did or not, the USA had already launched rockets into space from White Sands NM just after WWII. To quote from an online source:

The first rocket to enter outer space was a two-stage rocket launched on February 24, 1949, from the White Sands Proving Grounds in New Mexico in the United States. It was a combination of the American WAC Corporal rocket and the Nazi V-2.

I have some pictures in early rocketry books of white rats floating in microgravity from those shots. Also there is a picture from space from that program:
https://is.gd/w1grN3

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 24, 2025 12:01 PM (bIzDl)

274 No one has explained why if Russia took over all of Europe, that would be bad.

It's always just assumed it's bad.

Bad for who? Not us.
Their elites, yes.
Their people, no. They'll have more freedom.
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I so agree. The UK would be better under Russian rule.

Posted by: Crusader at April 24, 2025 12:02 PM (TN0g+)

275 And we all carry m-16s around looking for people to shoot for fun.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 24, 2025 11:53 AM (ncC2j)

I am OK with Euros having this misconception.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 24, 2025 12:02 PM (i24o9)

276 Zelenskyy is not looking out for Ukraine, or world peace. He is trying to assure his political survival.

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 11:56 AM


He just wants to stay in power to cash in on the grift as long as he can. Unfortunately for him the US money train has been turned off for at least the next three years. His grifting chickens are coming home to roost.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 24, 2025 12:02 PM (e5NfL)

277 Our stereotypes of Europeans are mostly just silly. True, but silly.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 24, 2025 11:57 AM (VoAdT)

I used to use their non-tipping mindset to compare to the generous mindset of America but since a lot of restaurants automatically add the tip in now Ive changed my mind. Damn that aggravates the hell out of me even though it saves me money.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 12:02 PM (VofaG)

278 The problem is, as demonstrated in Korea and Vietnam, America has no actual interests in defending backwater countries from their own economic stupidity.

I'd argue that the problem in Korea is there was no plan to win the war after MacArthur was benched.

In Vietnam Diem was critical because pretty much all of the rest of the SV leadership were a bunch of crooks with no interest in building a country so when JFK let Diem be assassinated he doomed the country.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 12:02 PM (t0Rmr)

279 218
‘Pete Buttigieg says there’s a “discount” for adopting Black kids (Around 1:15)’

Hahahahahaha!!
Good Lord. To be black and hear some fairy talk buying your kids at a discount.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 24, 2025 12:02 PM (jbnUc)

280 258 I'm trying to figure out the counter arguments. Does anyone believe Russia is stronger now, no matter the geographical lines, than they were in 2020 or 2010?

US support for Ukraine seems to run in three veins: anti Trump, making money from it, and/or Cold Warriors trying turn Russia into a spent force.

The third one is the only one worth talking about, and I think we've done all we can do on that front in any case. Is there any good argument to continue that conflict?
Posted by: Bilwis
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Time, as always, is the ultimate arbiter. But this war basically changes nothing in Russia's internal problems. What is underreported is that the war caused a surge of migrants from the former Soviet Republics that Russia is now having to deal with, inflation is very bad, oil prices that finance the state have declined, and interest rates are at about 20 percent.

Wars distort internal economies and politics even if necessary, and the resulting peace often has difficulty in fixing issues left from the war.

The end of the Civil War, in the South, for example left them devastated for at least two generations or so and made it easier to scapegoat blacks as the cause of their ills.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 12:02 PM (ctrM5)

281 I was born when my mother was 46.

But, having given birth to five previous children, she'd had a lot of practice by that point.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 12:01 PM (77rzZ)

It's really just a minor inconvenience at that point.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 24, 2025 12:03 PM (i24o9)

282 Others have mentioned it here but worth repeating. Nobody in the west had any real issues with Putin for a long time. Until he forbade foreign gays from adopting Russian kids.

That was the catalyst that turned him from Eastern European Russian leader who is corrupt (like all of them) to worse than Hitler.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 24, 2025 11:56 AM (ncC2j)

True, that.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 12:03 PM (8zz6B)

283 And I'm certain there's a connection to the increased rates of autism and bumper-sticker autism.

It will be very difficult to discuss if we ever can because of what the individuals, the grandparents, etc will have to acknowledge they've done to their children, but I'm more and more convinced that's the big factor. Chemicals likely help, of course, but I'm betting geriatric pregnancies are the prime mover.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Were you taught the absurd lie that new animals lived on the Galapagos Islands? at April 24, 2025 12:04 PM (SsQQd)

284 I hear that the stereotype of Frenchman not abiding maple syrup on French toast is spot on, however.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 12:04 PM (77rzZ)

285 Hahahahahaha!!
Good Lord. To be black and hear some fairy talk buying your kids at a discount.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 24, 2025 12:02 PM (jbnUc)

I thought the whole point of being a fag was not getting married and not having children.

Boy was I wrong.

Posted by: Pray The Gay Away! at April 24, 2025 12:04 PM (+8MS3)

286 One thing I do actually know about Putin: He didn't let 20 million invaders into his own country.

Posted by: Francis at April 24, 2025 12:04 PM (bbuBP)

287 Kanye West: $20, same as in town.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 24, 2025 11:58 AM (i24o9)

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"And all the free baby oil you can use!"

/Wait, wrong rapper ...

Posted by: ShainS -- at April 24, 2025 12:05 PM (fS6mE)

288 The last thing the world needs is Prussians with guns.
Posted by: Going deep. Out.
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Most of Prussia is now in Poland.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

Yes, if you mean Upper Silesia. The old German port city of Danzig is now called Gdansk.

And I do not want to spend one more dollar or anything else from the US on this stupid border war between Ukraine and Russia.
What do WE (the United States) get out of this, anyways? World War III?

And the next Big War may light off any minute between Pakistan, India, and China standing on the sidelines looking on.

Posted by: A face in the crowd.... at April 24, 2025 12:05 PM (vcOmj)

289 Obama's platform was they are our friends and he would be able to help them more if re-elected. Mittens argued they were still an enemy. The FNM absolutely tore Mittens apart for that arguing he was stuck in the cold war.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 11:58 AM (t0Rmr)

Obama said, if I recall "the 1980's called and they want their foreign policy back."

Which, on the one hand -- yeah, kind of true.

On the other hand though, look at where we are today.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 12:05 PM (uCjyK)

290 don't expand the NATO borders and the Russian Bear will go to sleep ... Putin has no desire to invade anyone ... he just wants to do business with the world ... it makes his people happy ...

Posted by: The Dark Lord at April 24, 2025 12:05 PM (DBAaD)

291 Others have mentioned it here but worth repeating. Nobody in the west had any real issues with Putin for a long time. Until he forbade foreign gays from adopting Russian kids.

Western elites will put up with literally anything except attacking their luxury beliefs. They adored Hitler until he double-crossed Stalin.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 24, 2025 12:05 PM (2ocoG)

292 End Wokeness@EndWokeness
Michelle Obama: "As black women, we don't articulate our pain"

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Yeah, you can't hardly get them to complain.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 24, 2025 12:05 PM (L/fGl)

293 And I'm certain there's a connection to the increased rates of autism and bumper-sticker autism.

It will be very difficult to discuss if we ever can because of what the individuals, the grandparents, etc will have to acknowledge they've done to their children, but I'm more and more convinced that's the big factor. Chemicals likely help, of course, but I'm betting geriatric pregnancies are the prime mover.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Were you taught the absurd lie that new animals lived on the Galapagos Islands? at April 24, 2025 12:04 PM (SsQQd)

Part of the problem is over-inclusion in the classification of autism, which was ascendant ca. early 2000s.

Now, everyone is "on the spectrum" and getting drugged by their parents.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 24, 2025 12:06 PM (i24o9)

294 274 No one has explained why if Russia took over all of Europe, that would be bad.

It's always just assumed it's bad.

Bad for who? Not us.
Their elites, yes.
Their people, no. They'll have more freedom.
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I so agree. The UK would be better under Russian rule.
Posted by: Crusader

Empires like that vanish in the blink of an eye because disparate parts end up destroying it. Too many people use the Roman Empire as a gauge when it was actually pretty aberrant historically speaking. At the end, it died like most empires did, it took from the periphery to waste on its politicians at the core. So the periphery rebelled constantly. Others just died faster from that particular.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 12:06 PM (ctrM5)

295 End Wokeness@EndWokeness
Michelle Obama: "As black women, we don't articulate our pain"

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Yeah, you can't hardly get them to complain.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 24, 2025 12:05 PM (L/fGl)

Especially when cold French fries are involved.

Posted by: LASue at April 24, 2025 12:06 PM (lCppi)

296 I'd argue that the problem in Korea is there was no plan to win the war after MacArthur was benched.

In Vietnam Diem was critical because pretty much all of the rest of the SV leadership were a bunch of crooks with no interest in building a country so when JFK let Diem be assassinated he doomed the country.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 12:02 PM (t0Rmr)

Strong economic allies are in our national interest IMO. If we didn't have to fight the hippie commies in America also , Vietnam would look like South Korea today.

But I agree we should have finished the war in Korea because now the having to station troops there makes it an economic wash.

Again just IMO.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 12:06 PM (VofaG)

297 Michelle Obama: "As black women, we don't articulate our pain"


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Wait, did she really mean to do that?

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Were you taught the absurd lie that new animals lived on the Galapagos Islands? at April 24, 2025 12:06 PM (SsQQd)

298 Errata -
Manhole cover

Sputnik not Soyuz

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 24, 2025 12:06 PM (bIzDl)

299 One thing I do actually know about Putin: He didn't let 20 million invaders into his own country.

Posted by: Francis at April 24, 2025 12:04 PM (bbuBP)

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And though not a biologist, claims to know the difference between a man and a woman.

Posted by: ShainS -- at April 24, 2025 12:07 PM (fS6mE)

300 I thought the whole point of being a fag was not getting married and not having children.

A lot of gays do still think that. But there's no Democrat political power to be gained from just wanting to be left alone.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 24, 2025 12:07 PM (2ocoG)

301 I'd argue that the problem in Korea is there was no plan to win the war after MacArthur was benched.

In Vietnam Diem was critical because pretty much all of the rest of the SV leadership were a bunch of crooks with no interest in building a country so when JFK let Diem be assassinated he doomed the country.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 12:02 PM (t0Rmr)

I wasn’t meaning the conduct of the wars themselves. Rather that the average American got no benefit from either war. They lost sons, brothers and fathers, and the wars were economically costly. They did not benefit the American people.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 12:07 PM (/dDa4)

302 And I'm certain there's a connection to the increased rates of autism and bumper-sticker autism.

It will be very difficult to discuss if we ever can because of what the individuals, the grandparents, etc will have to acknowledge they've done to their children, but I'm more and more convinced that's the big factor. Chemicals likely help, of course, but I'm betting geriatric pregnancies are the prime mover.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Were you taught the absurd lie that new animals lived on the Galapagos Islands? at April 24, 2025 12:04 PM (SsQQd)

I think they already admit a link between age of the father at conception and risk of autism.

And they already say any woman 35 or older who is pregnant is at higher risk of all kinds of issues to both the mother and the baby.

They just don't say it very loudly. And if you bring it up in public, youre a misogynistic supporter of the patriarchy, hater!

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 12:07 PM (uCjyK)

303 End Wokeness@EndWokeness
Michelle Obama: "As black women, we don't articulate our pain"

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Yeah, you can't hardly get them to complain.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 24, 2025 12:05 PM (L/fGl)

FFS, you can't swing a dead, grifting Sasquatch-looking bigfoot without hitting a complaining black woman.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 24, 2025 12:08 PM (i24o9)

304 I see we have another Judge who says a different "Maryland Man" must be returned to the US...He was arrested in Jan and convicted of cocaine possession...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2025 12:08 PM (VE6XX)

305 I'd add that UK Starmer keeps coming up with these "wonderful" peace keeping concoctions for Ukraine, and every single one of them has a commonality.

They want the US to serve as an "insurance policy" should things escalate. The reason is obvious from two perspectives. First, it's estimated that the EU has materials and personnel to accommodate their own peace keeping forces for about 4 weeks, then they are running on fumes. Secondly, you can almost see the plan they are initiating. I have no doubt that they would purposefully escalate the conflict almost by the word of any "insurance policy" agreement to assure the US got directly involved. THEN, and I hate to say this...but there would be an incident (possibly even initiated by the EU) that would result in loss of life of a significant number of US soldiers...assuring the US being dragged in for the long term....and thus paying for everything, and business as usual for the defense contractor industrial complex.

Posted by: Orson at April 24, 2025 12:08 PM (dIske)

306 One thing I do actually know about Putin: He didn't let 20 million invaders into his own country.

Posted by: Francis at April 24, 2025 12:04 PM (bbuBP)

Again the Muslim population in Russia is almost 20%. They are already there.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 12:09 PM (VofaG)

307 303 End Wokeness@EndWokeness
Michelle Obama: "As black women, we don't articulate our pain"


I bet black men have a different opinion...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2025 12:09 PM (VE6XX)

308 249
‘Vallandingham ended up living after the Civil War ended while Lincoln got shot dead’

Not for very long. Valllandingham died a few years later as the greatest defense attorney in history.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 24, 2025 12:09 PM (jbnUc)

309 I see we have another Judge who says a different "Maryland Man" must be returned to the US...He was arrested in Jan and convicted of cocaine possession...
Posted by: It's me donna

Boy, they'll charge those pickleball aficionados with anything.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 12:10 PM (77rzZ)

310 I see we have another Judge who says a different "Maryland Man" must be returned to the US...He was arrested in Jan and convicted of cocaine possession...
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Its past time to publicly announce we won't be complying with any of these rulings. If you enter the country illegally, you will be removed, period. Future generations can hold hearings about how they were treated on the way out.

Posted by: Crusader at April 24, 2025 12:10 PM (TN0g+)

311 I think they already admit a link between age of the father at conception and risk of autism.

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hahahaha

That's absurd, but I can certainly see that attempt. Especially when, since the 60s or so (probably before), marriage ages are very closely aligned.

Oh, the FATHER is the cause. Not the mother who literally can feel a biological clock ticking to indicate her health and the health of the offspring.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Were you taught the absurd lie that new animals lived on the Galapagos Islands? at April 24, 2025 12:11 PM (SsQQd)

312 Wars distort internal economies and politics even if necessary, and the resulting peace often has difficulty in fixing issues left from the war.

The end of the Civil War, in the South, for example left them devastated for at least two generations or so and made it easier to scapegoat blacks as the cause of their ills.
Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 12:02 PM (ctrM5)

That's an argument for a soft reconstruction of Russia after the war. Which I hope is the default until otherwise proven. I don't get any prizes for dead or broken Russians. However, it would behoove everyone to always remember Putin is a scorpion, no rides across the creek.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 24, 2025 12:11 PM (pIfcn)

313 "The Association Between Parental Age and Autism-Related Outcomes in Children at High Familial Risk for Autism," Aug '20

Lay Summary:
Previous work suggests that older parents have a greater likelihood of having a child with autism. We investigated this relationship in the younger siblings of families who already had a child with autism. In this setting, we found a higher likelihood of autism, as well as poorer cognitive scores, in the siblings with younger fathers, and higher cognitive scores in the siblings with older parents. These results suggest that parental age associations may differ based on children’s familial risk for autism.
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I've seen both very young and very old parents have children with disabilities, birth defects.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 24, 2025 12:12 PM (NFX2v)

314 Again the Muslim population in Russia is almost 20%. They are already there.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth

But as native inhabitants, not invaders. The tsars conquered much Muslim territory.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 12:12 PM (77rzZ)

315 Western elites will put up with literally anything except attacking their luxury beliefs. They adored Hitler until he double-crossed Stalin.
Posted by: Ian S.
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About half and half in WWII. The reason that many elites in the West tolerated mustache man is that they thought he would go after the Commies aka the Cliveden set in the UK, and I forget the faction in France at the time that thought that.

When he actually did by invading the Soviet Union, they were happy about it. The left, which were a few intellectuals and some rich socialists, did the opposite after the Soviet Union was invaded as you mention.

It is always tempting to drag in what foreign leaders do or do not do to try to win domestic political arguments. This is mostly estranged from actual cold hard calculations as to national interest in such matters.

The Spanish Civil War was another such situation. People in Europe saw that conflict in light of their own domestic politics.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 12:12 PM (ctrM5)

316 Even worse the second Maryland Man judge is a Trump appointee.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 24, 2025 12:12 PM (ncC2j)

317 I saw that ICE started staging raids at Home Depots, and it works. Another meme became real.

The media's screeching that there's no labor to rebuild LA now because of ICE raids, but the part where only 4 permits have been issued since the end of the fires might factor into that too.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 24, 2025 12:12 PM (2ocoG)

318 Oh, the FATHER is the cause. Not the mother who literally can feel a biological clock ticking to indicate her health and the health of the offspring.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Were you taught the absurd lie that new animals lived on the Galapagos Islands? at April 24, 2025 12:11 PM (SsQQd)

Yeah, I'm not sure how they would be able to isolate it to the father.

There aren't THAT many examples of 50 year old men impregnating 20 year old women to be able to get good, large sample size statistics on autism rates with older fathers and young mothers.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 12:12 PM (uCjyK)

319 I've been having this argument with my liberal friends for 30 years who always point to Europe or Scandanavia as a paragon. I say you can run up a big credit card bill and sort of look good for a while, but eventually it comes due. If they decide to pay for defense then their impressive welfare states will collapse. Time to pay that bill!

Posted by: Lex at April 24, 2025 12:13 PM (l5xX+)

320 Strong economic allies are in our national interest IMO. If we didn't have to fight the hippie commies in America also , Vietnam would look like South Korea today.

But I agree we should have finished the war in Korea because now the having to station troops there makes it an economic wash.

***

How does South Korea being economically strong benefit us? LG and Samsung are huge corporations. We run massive trade deficits with SK: $66 billion last year alone.

What’s the point in decoupling from China if we just shift more offshoring to SK and Vietnam? “They’re allies.” So we’re paying to defend them, then.

I’m going to say the whole “We need strong foreign economies to run trade deficits with” line is fundamentally wrong.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 12:13 PM (/dDa4)

321 NOrway's PM is in town (DC) for a meeting with Trump. What do we need from norway? Trolls?? hahahah!

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 12:13 PM (g47mK)

322 Again the Muslim population in Russia is almost 20%. They are already there.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth

But as native inhabitants, not invaders. The tsars conquered much Muslim territory.
Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 12:12 PM (77rzZ)

My point was that they probably have as much loyalty to Russia as do our illegals.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 12:14 PM (VofaG)

323 That's an argument for a soft reconstruction of Russia after the war. Which I hope is the default until otherwise proven. I don't get any prizes for dead or broken Russians. However, it would behoove everyone to always remember Putin is a scorpion, no rides across the creek.
Posted by: Bilwis
====
There are hundreds of billions of Russian reserves in the West that have been hijacked. That, I think, along with Euroland loans to Ukraine, is partially what is driving Euroland and thus Z man intransigence in the peace talks. First, who is collecting that interest from those seized assets, second, if Ukraine is conquered by Russia or too poor after a surrender, it will repudiate those Euroland loans without a second thought.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 12:15 PM (ctrM5)

324 "As black women, we don't articulate our pain"

I've seen full on brawls that tell me otherwise.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 24, 2025 12:15 PM (lXoJ5)

325 Others have mentioned it here but worth repeating. Nobody in the west had any real issues with Putin for a long time. Until he forbade foreign gays from adopting Russian kids.

That was the catalyst that turned him from Eastern European Russian leader who is corrupt (like all of them) to worse than Hitler.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 24, 2025 11:56 AM (ncC2j)

I know what we need! A big old "reset" button.

Posted by: LASue at April 24, 2025 12:15 PM (lCppi)

326 >> There aren't THAT many examples of 50 year old men impregnating 20 year old women to be able to get good, large sample size statistics on autism rates with older fathers and young mothers.

I’m willing to sacrifice and increase the sample size. For science.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 12:15 PM (/dDa4)

327 Norway's PM is in town (DC) for a meeting with Trump. What do we need from Norway? Trolls?? hahahah!
Posted by: runner


They're negotiating the tariff on lutefisk.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 12:15 PM (77rzZ)

328 There aren't THAT many examples of 50 year old men impregnating 20 year old women to be able to get good, large sample size statistics on autism rates with older fathers and young mothers.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 12:12 PM

I'd be willing to try, for Science.

Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 12:15 PM (jc0TO)

329 Norway's PM is in town (DC) for a meeting with Trump. What do we need from Norway? Trolls?? hahahah!
Posted by: runner


They're negotiating the tariff on lutefisk.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 12:15 PM (77rzZ)

2000% sounds about right.

Posted by: LASue at April 24, 2025 12:16 PM (lCppi)

330 Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 12:15 PM

Jinx.

Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 12:16 PM (jc0TO)

331 319 I've been having this argument with my liberal friends for 30 years who always point to Europe or Scandanavia as a paragon. I say you can run up a big credit card bill and sort of look good for a while, but eventually it comes due. If they decide to pay for defense then their impressive welfare states will collapse. Time to pay that bill!
Posted by: Lex at April 24, 2025 12:13 PM (l5xX+)

They're also nowhere near as "socialist" as people in the US make it sound.

Yes, Sweden has generous welfare benefits. You know what else they have / had? A small, heterogenous population and very strong informal institutions (like shaming your lazy cousin to get off his ass and get a job) that very much discouraged people from taking advantage of the welfare system unless they truly needed it.

Then they invited in a bunch of New Swedish who aren't tied to those informal institutions and cultural pressure. And now they're running in to the same problem the US has.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 12:16 PM (uCjyK)

332 There aren't THAT many examples of 50 year old men impregnating 20 year old women to be able to get good, large sample size statistics on autism rates with older fathers and young mothers.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 12:12 

I'm hoping to contribute to that study.

Posted by: Stateless.. 21% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at April 24, 2025 12:16 PM (jvJvP)

333 Health officials are sounding the alarm over a potential measles exposure at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

An infected infant visited the airport's S Concourse with their family, potentially exposing others to the world's most infectious disease.

Always Seattle.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 24, 2025 12:16 PM (/U5Yz)

334 Yeah, I'm not sure how they would be able to isolate it to the father.

_

I suspect they're trying to figure out how to address the topic without acknowledging what they've done to women.

"Wait, so that biological clock I've been feeling for the last few years was something that I should've been paying attention to? But my hourly job!!!"

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women choose the value of the vagina, then men choose the value of women at April 24, 2025 12:17 PM (6GvqP)

335 Not for very long. Valllandingham died a few years later as the greatest defense attorney in history.
Posted by: Dr. Claw
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He died of natural causes though, not the noose or the assassin's bullet.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 12:17 PM (ctrM5)

336 homogeneous*

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 12:17 PM (uCjyK)

337 >> About half and half in WWII. The reason that many elites in the West tolerated mustache man is that they thought he would go after the Commies aka the Cliveden set in the UK, and I forget the faction in France at the time that thought that.

The left really liked Hitler, too, because German national socialism appeared to be working a lot better than Stalinism.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 12:17 PM (/dDa4)

338 There aren't THAT many examples of 50 year old men impregnating 20 year old women to be able to get good, large sample size statistics on autism rates with older fathers and young mothers.

Pffffft.

Posted by: Mick Jagger at April 24, 2025 12:17 PM (s8j++)

339 Then they invited in a bunch of New Swedish who aren't tied to those informal institutions and cultural pressure. And now they're running in to the same problem the US has.

Lots of things are possible in high-trust societies that aren't otherwise.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 24, 2025 12:17 PM (2ocoG)

340 Oh, the FATHER is the cause. Not the mother who literally can feel a biological clock ticking to indicate her health and the health of the offspring.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Were you taught the absurd lie that new animals lived on the Galapagos Islands? at April 24, 2025 12:11 PM (SsQQd)

Yeah, I'm not sure how they would be able to isolate it to the father.

There aren't THAT many examples of 50 year old men impregnating 20 year old women to be able to get good, large sample size statistics on autism rates with older fathers and young mothers.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 12:12 PM (uCjyK)

That seems weird. Women's eggs age along with her while men create their portion anew and fresh, every day.

Posted by: LASue at April 24, 2025 12:18 PM (lCppi)

341 They're negotiating the tariff on lutefisk.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 12:15 PM (77rzZ)

2000% sounds about right.
Posted by: LASue at April 24, 2025 12:16 PM (lCppi)


Biohazard or WMD, pick one.

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 12:18 PM (g47mK)

342 I'm hoping to contribute to that study.
Posted by: Stateless.. 21% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at April 24, 2025 12:16 PM (jvJvP)

I applaud you for your sacrifice and willingness to do your part to advance The Science (tm)!

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 12:18 PM (uCjyK)

343 There aren't THAT many examples of 50 year old men impregnating 20 year old women to be able to get good, large sample size statistics on autism rates with older fathers and young mothers.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes

-

I mean, other than the entire world's previous 5000 years.

But for some reason autism just decided to crank up once we began to encourage Strong and Empowered Geriatric Pregnancies.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women choose the value of the vagina, then men choose the value of women at April 24, 2025 12:18 PM (6GvqP)

344 Women's eggs age along with her while men create their portion anew and fresh, every day.
Posted by: LASue

Feminists seen seething in rage at the unfairness of life.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 24, 2025 12:19 PM (lXoJ5)

345 Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 12:13 PM (/dDa4)

Trade deficits are not caused by a country being lifted out of third world status. That effect is a result of an entirely different causation.

I think its better not to live in a mansion in the middle of a ghetto.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 24, 2025 12:19 PM (VofaG)

346 That seems weird. Women's eggs age along with her while men create their portion anew and fresh, every day.
Posted by: LASue

-

The important part is to remember that this is coming from the same people who told you to wear an old Garfield t-shirt to protect you from the worlds most dangerous virus.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women choose the value of the vagina, then men choose the value of women at April 24, 2025 12:19 PM (6GvqP)

347 You volunteers for science better be careful. You're assuming you're gonna get a 20-year-old Kate Upton.

But just remember, Lena Dunham was once a 20-year-old as well.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 12:19 PM (77rzZ)

348 Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 12:18 PM (uCjyK

Thank you.
I am happy to help.
Science is the best!

Posted by: Stateless.. 21% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at April 24, 2025 12:19 PM (jvJvP)

349 I think they already admit a link between age of the father at conception and risk of autism.

Given that sperm is always fresh, why would the age of the father matter?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 12:19 PM (ExV1e)

350 Is there nothing that damn Trump won't do?

Western Lensman@WesternLensman
Dan Goldman laughably insists that Trump made Abrego-Garcia a political issue:
"This is political for them. They're trying to distract from the disastrous economic policies."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 24, 2025 12:19 PM (L/fGl)

351 That seems weird. Women's eggs age along with her while men create their portion anew and fresh, every day.
Posted by: LASue at April 24, 2025 12:18 PM (lCppi)

I could see there being some truth to it. All cells get shittier and lazier as we age. So men are likely to produce fewer sperm and of lower quality as they age, which probably has some effect on a child conceived by old lazy sperm.

I don't fully buy the theory, but it's not crazy to me.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 12:20 PM (uCjyK)

352 Second Maryland man was given amnesty in 2024. But part of the amnesty says you can’t commit crimes. He commited a crime. And deported. But Hawaiian judge says no you can’t do that because reasons.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 24, 2025 12:20 PM (ncC2j)

353 That seems weird. Women's eggs age along with her while men create their portion anew and fresh, every day.
Posted by: LASue at April 24, 2025 12:18 PM (lCppi)

In some cases, multiple times a day..

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 12:20 PM (/dDa4)

354 There aren't THAT many examples of 50 year old men impregnating 20 year old women to be able to get good, large sample size statistics on autism rates with older fathers and young mothers.

Pffffft.

Posted by: Mick Jagger


Pffffft. Pfffffft.

Posted by: Genghis Khan at April 24, 2025 12:20 PM (s8j++)

355 >>>There aren't THAT many examples of 50 year old men impregnating 20 year old women to be able to get good, large sample size statistics on autism rates with older fathers and young mothers.

On it, boss.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 24, 2025 12:20 PM (i24o9)

356 318. There aren't THAT many examples of 50 year old men impregnating 20 year old women to be able to get good, large sample size statistics on autism rates with older fathers and young mothers.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes

Hollywood. The music industry. ??

Two of Neil Young's sons, Zeke and Ben, have cerebral palsy. Ben has a more severe form of cerebral palsy, while Zeke has a milder form. Additionally, Young's daughter, Amber Jean, has epilepsy. Young himself also struggles with epilepsy and has a history of polio.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 24, 2025 12:21 PM (NFX2v)

357 nood elon

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 12:21 PM (uCjyK)

358 Women's eggs age along with her while men create their portion anew and fresh, every day.
Posted by: LASue

But our "portion" also degrades over time.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 12:21 PM (77rzZ)

359 That seems weird. Women's eggs age along with her while men create their portion anew and fresh, every day.
Posted by: LASue at April 24, 2025 12:18 PM (lCppi)

In some cases, multiple times a day..

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 12:20 PM (/dDa4)

We don't even know where to store it all.

Posted by: Jackson Pollock at April 24, 2025 12:21 PM (i24o9)

360 But just remember, Lena Dunham was once a 20-year-old as well.
Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 12:19 PM (77rzZ)

Well, at 20, she was a two-bagger. But you just have to knock her up. not live with her.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 12:21 PM (8zz6B)

361 354 There aren't THAT many examples of 50 year old men impregnating 20 year old women to be able to get good, large sample size statistics on autism rates with older fathers and young mothers.

Pffffft.

Posted by: Mick Jagger


Pffffft. Pfffffft.
Posted by: Genghis Khan

pikers.

Posted by: Bill Clinton at April 24, 2025 12:21 PM (/U5Yz)

362 335
‘He died of natural causes though, not the noose or the assassin's bullet.’
Google him. You’ll find he had a noteworthy ending.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 24, 2025 12:22 PM (jbnUc)

363 Robert De Niro has a child, his son, Elliot De Niro, with autism.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 24, 2025 12:22 PM (NFX2v)

364 Then they invited in a bunch of New Swedish who aren't tied to those informal institutions and cultural pressure. And now they're running in to the same problem the US has.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes
=====
Swedes actually had to have a hard reboot of their system in the 90's as the fiscal crisis got so bad from teh welfare state burden that something was going to give. Thus, austerity, and during that era, they invited in Bosnian refugees as cheap labor to help that reboot. The Bosnians, brought in the Albanians, and soon enough you had Muslims coming in from across the globe there.

In common law, welfare becomes something similar to a swimming pool. It is an attractive nuisance which is why most if not all states require fencing around swimming pools. It is too easy for outsiders to drown including small kids.

For a similar reason, Milton Friedman said you can have a welfare state or an open border.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 12:22 PM (ctrM5)

365 I could see there being some truth to it. All cells get shittier and lazier as we age. So men are likely to produce fewer sperm and of lower quality as they age, which probably has some effect on a child conceived by old lazy sperm.

I don't fully buy the theory, but it's not crazy to me.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 24, 2025 12:20 PM (uCjyK)

Sperm quality definitely declines with age.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 12:23 PM (/dDa4)

366 There are hundreds of billions of Russian reserves in the West that have been hijacked. That, I think, along with Euroland loans to Ukraine, is partially what is driving Euroland and thus Z man
Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 12:15 PM (ctrM5)

That's an excellent point. And if they want the luxury of a first rate military to defend the ill gotten gains, they can pay for the overhead absorption at Raytheon, et al, themselves. We've done it on our own long enough.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 24, 2025 12:24 PM (pIfcn)

367 Norway's PM is in town (DC) for a meeting with Trump. What do we need from Norway? Trolls?? hahahah!
Posted by: runner
---------------
Norway's sovereign wealth fund is a huge investor in America, and their military deals with Russian provocation all the time. While cross-border trade may not be huge there's plenty to talk about, I suppose.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 24, 2025 12:25 PM (lClq/)

368 Given that sperm is always fresh, why would the age of the father matter?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 12:19 PM

More replication and hence more chance for a degradation of the DNA is the reason, I think.

Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 12:25 PM (jc0TO)

369 335
‘He died of natural causes though, not the noose or the assassin's bullet.’
Google him. You’ll find he had a noteworthy ending.
Posted by: Dr. Claw
=====
Well, I guess you can consider him as his own assassin as he died by death by misadventure as the Brits call it.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 12:25 PM (ctrM5)

370 There are hundreds of billions of Russian reserves in the West that have been hijacked. That, I think, along with Euroland loans to Ukraine, is partially what is driving Euroland and thus Z man
Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 12:15 PM (ctrM5)
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"Hundreds of billions"?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 24, 2025 12:26 PM (lClq/)

371 Stephen Miller becomes a dangerous blood thirsty spirit when speaking for America.

Reminds me of Pinhead in those horror movies.

Posted by: Dreamingrobot at April 24, 2025 12:27 PM (J8LnB)

372 Two of Neil Young's sons, Zeke and Ben, have cerebral palsy. Ben has a more severe form of cerebral palsy, while Zeke has a milder form. Additionally, Young's daughter, Amber Jean, has epilepsy. Young himself also struggles with epilepsy and has a history of polio.
Posted by: L - No nic
======
The last sentence indicates the issue is that Young has poor inheritable traits, not necessarily that his sperm was low quality. So causation would be difficult to prove which was the true cause here.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 12:28 PM (ctrM5)

373 Not for very long. Valllandingham died a few years later as the greatest defense attorney in history.
Posted by: Dr. Claw

He is actually buried in a cemetary not far from where I grew up. I had a history professor in college that joked about visiting his grave regularly. I think the professor was a Democrat (a really nice guy, though).
He was quite the arguer (defense attorney) but was also something of a giant Asshole.

Posted by: A face in the crowd.... at April 24, 2025 12:28 PM (vcOmj)

374 Huck, too lazy but Grok has it as
"The total amount of Russian assets seized since the Ukraine invasion is estimated to be around $300 billion. This figure includes frozen Russian central bank assets and other economic resources immobilized in Western financial institutions."

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 12:29 PM (ctrM5)

375 He was quite the arguer (defense attorney) but was also something of a giant Asshole.
Posted by: A face in the crowd
=====
Good trial attorneys often are. Two types of defense lawyers--one is connected with the local legal community including prosecutors and can get you a good plea deal by leveraging those contacts. The other is the pirate who takes on the well funded opposition and often is viewed as a pita by his lawyers within his legal community.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 12:30 PM (ctrM5)

376 Stephen Miller becomes a dangerous blood thirsty spirit when speaking for America.


Some call him the Gangster of Love.

Posted by: toby928 beating memes to death since 2006 at April 24, 2025 12:34 PM (jc0TO)

377 331. It was always a spurious comparison because you can't relate Norway to the US. 330 million v 10 million. One culture very similar in terms of climate, history, homogeniety, etc.

The better comparison to Norway would be Utah, say. And if you take 340 million Europeans, combining some of the wealthier and healthier counties with the poorer ones, the outcome comparison comes to almost even with the US.

It was always just a dumb talking point to supposedly puff up the welfare state. The life expectancy is 80 in Belgium and only 76 in the US. We need to change everything or so the Karens went on.

Posted by: Lex at April 24, 2025 12:43 PM (l5xX+)

378 372. The last sentence indicates the issue is that Young has poor inheritable traits, not necessarily that his sperm was low quality. So causation would be difficult to prove which was the true cause here.
Posted by: whig

I understand & my error to 'link' or mention Young. My initial response for age of parents was 'Hollywood. The music industry. ??'

Just a few with autistic children: DeNiro, Stallone, D. Marino, Toni Braxton, Steven Stills, John Travolta (deceased son, Jett), etc.

Neil Young was not at all a good candidate within the conversation, not meant to be a link to autism.

I do continue to believe the health of both parents is instrumental in their children's health.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 24, 2025 12:47 PM (NFX2v)

379 I’m all about Europe paying into NATO, as Poland and a few others do.

Your aching for Pax Americana to end will lead to the ushering in of Pax Sinica, which I want nothing to do with.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 24, 2025 01:15 PM (8jn+t)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

Hayez Cornaro.jpg

Caterina Cornaro deposed from the throne of Cyprus
Francesco Hayez

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM




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1 Nicely done

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 09:31 AM (aHfB6)

2 Hotties...

Posted by: Stateless...21% - mental state clawing up from 10% at April 24, 2025 09:31 AM (jvJvP)

3 "That's what you're going to wear?"

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 24, 2025 09:31 AM (hY4dx)

4 Aunt Jemima: The Early Years

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 24, 2025 09:32 AM (hY4dx)

5 Ooh, obscure medieval history, for once, instead of the Bible or Classical mythology.

I like it.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 09:32 AM (77rzZ)

6 "Closing time sweetheart. You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here."

Posted by: Heavy Meta at April 24, 2025 09:33 AM (NgqoH)

7 Like, making a deposition?

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2025 09:33 AM (GcdCE)

8 Francesco Hayez

1791-1882

ItalianRomanticpainter

Caterina Cornaro Deposed from the Throne of Cyprus

1842

121 x 151 cms | 47 1/2 x 59 1/4 ins
Oil on canvas

Accademia Carrara

Bergamo| Italy

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 24, 2025 09:33 AM (gbOdA)

9 Well most monarchs didn't survive getting dethrone so if she was still living she was lucky

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 09:33 AM (aHfB6)

10 She had fun, fun fun, 'till Daddy took the kingdom away.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 24, 2025 09:34 AM (Aqu9a)

11 Is he suggesting she jump out the window because she is distraught or threatening to throw her out the window if she refuses to leave?

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at April 24, 2025 09:34 AM (2J/Lj)

12 I love the details and colors of her dress.
The crucifix is very long, but nice.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 24, 2025 09:34 AM (NpAcC)

13 100 comment rule. [CBD]

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 09:34 AM (t0Rmr)

14 Well, at least Caterina and the chick in green behind her look like they could start up and maintain prospering OnlyFans accounts.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 09:34 AM (77rzZ)

15 Nobody expects the Cypriot Inquisition!

Posted by: tankdemon at April 24, 2025 09:34 AM (sI7wh)

16 Lady in the back facing us is thinking, "How embarrassing. I can't wait to gossip about this."

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at April 24, 2025 09:35 AM (9VvLj)

17 Aikateríni Kornáro; 25 November 1454 – 10 July 1510) was the last monarch of the Kingdom of Cyprus, also holding the titles of Queen of Jerusalem and Queen of Armenia.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 24, 2025 09:35 AM (gbOdA)

18 Really nice colors in this painting, I will have to read up on Caterina Cornaro and see what she did!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 24, 2025 09:35 AM (0nHVk)

19 The painter sounds Spanish, Cornaro sounds Italian, and ain't Cyprus a Greek island?

It's all so confusingly Mediterranean.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at April 24, 2025 09:36 AM (BHrzb)

20 Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise!... Surprise and fear... fear and surprise... Our two weapons are fear and surprise... and ruthless efficiency! Our three weapons are fear, and surprise, and ruthless efficiency... and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope... Our four... no... Amongst our weaponry are such elements as fear, surpr... I'll come in again.

Posted by: Chief Inquisitor at April 24, 2025 09:36 AM (JCZqz)

21 ..... and stay out....!

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2025 09:36 AM (Q4IgG)

22 Going to be a bad day, not starting well at all! Yea

Posted by: The Commissar Hrothgar at April 24, 2025 09:36 AM (hOUT3)

23 It's obvious from the pallor of her skin that she doesn't like the beach.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 24, 2025 09:37 AM (hY4dx)

24 what's the backstory

Posted by: Don Black at April 24, 2025 09:37 AM (AOsQT)

25 That chick in the background gets hotter the more I look at her.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 09:37 AM (77rzZ)

26 Deposed?????

Caterina looks like she's posing, if you ask me.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 09:38 AM (Kjgs1)

27 Alternate title: You're in My Chair, Lady.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 24, 2025 09:38 AM (kgE5c)

28 That chick in the background gets hotter the more I look at her.
Posted by: Bulg

What? That midget chick on the right?

Dude. . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at April 24, 2025 09:39 AM (vKNmo)

29 17 Aikateríni Kornáro; 25 November 1454 – 10 July 1510) was the last monarch of the Kingdom of Cyprus, also holding the titles of Queen of Jerusalem and Queen of Armenia.
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 24, 2025 09:35 AM (gbOdA)

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Also, Eastern Mediterranean Rutabaga Queen and Miss Potato of 1502.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 24, 2025 09:39 AM (hY4dx)

30 Why is ET standing in the Cardinal's shadow?

Posted by: red speck at April 24, 2025 09:40 AM (0Id0S)

31 Cafeteria Coronary Exposed on the Phone with Miley Cyrus?

Posted by: Adjusts Reading Glasses at April 24, 2025 09:40 AM (iMMUa)

32 >Alternate title: You're in My Chair, Lady.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState

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"Leonard, she's in my spot."

Posted by: Don Black at April 24, 2025 09:40 AM (AOsQT)

33 t's obvious from the pallor of her skin that she doesn't like the beach.

Having a tan back then for a woman indicated you were low class and had to go do work outside...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 09:40 AM (t0Rmr)

34 Speaking of Cyprus...can we start demanding an end to Turkish colonization in the UN?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 09:34 AM (t0Rmr)
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Personally, I'm all for the UN being colonized by the Turks.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 09:40 AM (Kjgs1)

35 Nicely done. Good composition, color, lighting.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 24, 2025 09:41 AM (WPL6O)

36 So, I'm guessing that the dude in red is a Venetian, since Venice took over the island.

So, this is an early example of DOGE in action?

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 09:41 AM (77rzZ)

37 I assume the woman in green is holding her daughter who is the girl with the blonde hair facing her

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 09:41 AM (t0Rmr)

38 From the painting, I assumed this was the church giving her the ol' heave ho, but no, it was the merchants of Venice coming to collect.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 24, 2025 09:42 AM (sI7wh)

39 The leopard-skin throw is a nice addition.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2025 09:42 AM (Q4IgG)

40 "All I need is this leopard skin, this scepter, and these ladies in waiting. That's all I need."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 24, 2025 09:42 AM (hY4dx)

41 what's the backstory

Posted by: Don Black at April 24, 2025 09:37 AM (AOsQT)
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I have mild scoliosis. And thanks for no longer talking about fecal transplants!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 09:43 AM (Kjgs1)

42 So now you're the ex-queen of a little island. Walmart greeter?

Posted by: t-bird at April 24, 2025 09:43 AM (4Nep/)

43 In 1488, [Venice], fearing that Sultan Bayezid II intended to attack Cyprus, and having also discovered a plot to marry Catherine to Alfonso II of Naples, decided to recall the queen to Venice and formally annex the island. In February 1489, the Venetian government persuaded Catherine to cede her rights as ruler of Cyprus to the doge of Venice—and by extension the Venetian government as a whole—as she had no heir

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 09:43 AM (t0Rmr)

44 I think the Venusians invented Doge, so they were way ahead of their times.

Posted by: Histories Mistories! at April 24, 2025 09:43 AM (G5+As)

45 Surprised there wasn't a fabric shortage back then. Seriously... no one thought of wearing a t-shirt and jeans? Everything's 50lbs of drapes, layered and falling all over the place.

Bet none of the cops had to yell, "Stop! Thief!" Because no one could sprint for more than ten yards.

Posted by: red speck at April 24, 2025 09:44 AM (0Id0S)

46 So now you're the ex-queen of a little island. Walmart greeter?

Posted by: t-bird at April 24, 2025 09:43 AM (4Nep/)
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Castle tour hostess.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 09:44 AM (Kjgs1)

47 37 I assume the woman in green is holding her daughter who is the girl with the blonde hair facing her
Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 09:41 AM (t0Rmr)

The quick wiki article I just read sais that Caterina's only child, King James III of Cypress, died in shortly after his first birthday, years before this scene took place.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 24, 2025 09:45 AM (sI7wh)

48 I like how the blue and violet of the queen's dress counters the vivid red on the man. I also like how the line of the man's long, standing posture counters the sharp diagonal of the women. The spots on the leopard hide are similar to the glass circles on the window. Hayez also peppers the painting with lovely, muted pattern.

Posted by: Kris at April 24, 2025 09:45 AM (EwaUh)

49 Wiki says after her retirement she was given some land in Italy and mostly had parties and hosted artists and the like.

Later her mansion was sacked during the war of the league of Cambrai

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 09:45 AM (t0Rmr)

50 "All I need is this leopard skin, this scepter, and these ladies in waiting. That's all I need."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 24, 2025 09:42 AM (hY4dx)
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It's a living.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 09:45 AM (Kjgs1)

51 "You're out. Finished."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 24, 2025 09:45 AM (hY4dx)

52 Castle tour hostess > Olive Garden hostess

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2025 09:46 AM (Q4IgG)

53 "I call this one Textures, with Random Floating Body Parts."

–Hayez

Posted by: red speck at April 24, 2025 09:46 AM (0Id0S)

54 Later her mansion was sacked during the war of the league of Cambrai

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 09:45 AM (t0Rmr)
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European soccer hooligans go way back!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 09:46 AM (Kjgs1)

55 "Bitches leave." -- mediaeval version

Posted by: gKWVE at April 24, 2025 09:46 AM (ZBHR8)

56 AFUERA!

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 24, 2025 09:47 AM (ncC2j)

57 "Bitches leave." -- mediaeval version
Posted by: gKWVE at April 24, 2025 09:46 AM

*snort*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 24, 2025 09:47 AM (Wnv9h)

58
Caterina Cornaro

Left bereft of possessions except for two sacks of dried beans, some empty burlap sacks, and some tray-sized pieces of wood with one large hole in one end of them, Caterina went on to create a game that used small burlap bags filled with beans that players threw to try to get them through the boards' holes.

Naming the game, "Cornaro", it swept through the Aegean Sea region. Today, we call it, "Cornhole".

And now you know ... the rest if the story.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 24, 2025 09:48 AM (P8t9A)

59 In 1488, [Venice], fearing that Sultan Bayezid II intended to attack Cyprus, and having also discovered a plot to marry Catherine to Alfonso II of Naples, decided to recall the queen to Venice and formally annex the island. In February 1489, the Venetian government persuaded Catherine to cede her rights as ruler of Cyprus to the doge of Venice—and by extension the Venetian government as a whole—as she had no heir
Posted by: 18-1

And it was the later Venetian war against the Turks on Cyprus that provided the setting for Shakespeare's Othello.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 09:48 AM (77rzZ)

60 "Whaddaya mean you're buying me out. I buy YOU out!"

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 24, 2025 09:48 AM (hY4dx)

61 last monarch of the Kingdom of Cyprus, also holding the titles of Queen of Jerusalem and Queen of Armenia.

Well hell-ooo Miss Fancy Pants! Lady you ain't leadin' nothin' but Jack and shit. And Jack... (points out the window)

Posted by: gKWVE at April 24, 2025 09:48 AM (ZBHR8)

62

There are very small midgets strapped to their inner thighs, flicking their beans...

Posted by: Dirty Frank at April 24, 2025 09:48 AM (rCZNj)

63 Caterina Cornaro deposed from the throne

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

Lacking Moral Fiber - a limerick

Catarina is abusing her power
"Hurry up! I need to take a shower!"
Her latest aberration
Is malignant constipation
She's been sitting there for over an hour!

Posted by: muldoon at April 24, 2025 09:48 AM (uCfKO)

64 The High Priest of Cyprus sez Hook'em Horns!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at April 24, 2025 09:49 AM (iVrYt)

65 I saw Throne of Cyprus open for Hillary's Chipotle Order at the Campaign Trail in Toledo in 2015. It was as bad as you'd imagine.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 24, 2025 09:49 AM (Dv3i1)

66 AFUERA!
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 24, 2025 09:47 AM

Consuela?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 24, 2025 09:49 AM (Wnv9h)

67 55 "Bitches leave." -- mediaeval version
Posted by: gKWVE at April 24, 2025 09:46 AM (ZBHR

First, I laughed.

Then I wondered what is up with your hash.
Strange things happening at AoSHQ.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 24, 2025 09:49 AM (sI7wh)

68 Huh. I like it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 24, 2025 09:50 AM (bss/y)

69 "You can go peacefully or we got a truck outside with a winch."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 24, 2025 09:50 AM (hY4dx)

70 and Queen of Armenia

Her deposition led directly to the rise of the Kardashians.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 09:51 AM (77rzZ)

71 I don't know how the artist achieves this but in this painting and many of his other works Hayez achieves a subtle glow throughout the scene and especially around the people. Look at Catherine in today's painting as an example. It adds an aura of the romantic. With the realistic detail it creates a sense of drama. I wonder if he influenced book illustrators that came along in the late 1800s and early 1900s. This has some of that feel.

Being a Neoclassic style artist also means he gets to paint a lot of female nudes. Fun for the artist and the viewer. Check out his Wiki page.

Posted by: JTB at April 24, 2025 09:51 AM (yTvNw)

72 Is that The Shadout Mapes, housekeeper, on the right?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 24, 2025 09:52 AM (Dv3i1)

73 Strange things happening at AoSHQ.
Posted by: tankdemon at April 24, 2025 09:49 AM

You should come down to the Circle K sometime.

Posted by: Ted "Theodore" Logan at April 24, 2025 09:52 AM (Wnv9h)

74 'Btw, do you like my robe? It's custom made.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 24, 2025 09:52 AM (bss/y)

75 Living large while squatting in the castle until the owner returns.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2025 09:53 AM (Q4IgG)

76 "Hayez" doesn't sound like a very Italian name.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 09:53 AM (77rzZ)

77 Stop putting women in charge.

Posted by: Timeless truth at April 24, 2025 09:54 AM (qelIc)

78 I'm imagining the male figure saying "You Go Now!"

Posted by: ShainS at April 24, 2025 09:54 AM (/bEIA)

79 That guy looks like he's saying "but first..."
Thx CBD , like the use of colors, would hang

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 24, 2025 09:54 AM (6TePA)

80 74 'Btw, do you like my robe? It's custom made.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 24, 2025 09:52 AM (bss/y)

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"I see they had a big sale on Orange."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 24, 2025 09:54 AM (hY4dx)

81 76 "Hayez" doesn't sound like a very Italian name.
Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 09:53 AM (77rzZ)

It sounds much more Italian when pronounced, Hey, youse."

Posted by: tankdemon at April 24, 2025 09:54 AM (sI7wh)

82 76 "Hayez" doesn't sound like a very Italian name.
Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 09:53 AM (77rzZ)

Francesco Hayez (Italian: [franˈtʃesko ˈaːjets]; 10 February 1791 – 12 February 1882) was an Italian painter.

Francesco Hayez was from a relatively poor family from Venice. His father, Giovanni, was of French origin while his mother, Chiara Torcella, was from Murano.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 24, 2025 09:55 AM (bss/y)

83 "I see they had a big sale on Orange."
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 24, 2025 09:54 AM (hY4dx)

'I've heard he's gay.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 24, 2025 09:55 AM (bss/y)

84 "You've been voted off the island. The merchants have spoken."

Posted by: Survivor 1489 at April 24, 2025 09:56 AM (Aqu9a)

85 "And when exactly did you eat that Double Double, Ms. Cornaro???? You said it was a TUESDAY!!!! I rest my case, Your Honor"

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 24, 2025 09:56 AM (mlg/3)

86 'It would be easier for us all if you just jumped out this window. Hang a left at the big orange blur.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 24, 2025 09:57 AM (bss/y)

87 Looks like he's getting ready to throw her out of the window....

Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2025 09:57 AM (VE6XX)

88 39 The leopard-skin throw is a nice addition.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2025 09:42 AM

Is that real fur?

Posted by: Karen from PETA at April 24, 2025 09:59 AM (qelIc)

89 What did she do?

Posted by: dantesed at April 24, 2025 09:59 AM (Oy/m2)

90 Dude in red: "Don't worry. The Templars have a nice island off the coast of some place called Canada that they said you could be queen of. Lots of treasure there that you can enjoy. Just make sure you take a shovel."

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 09:59 AM (77rzZ)

91 Other pictures of Caterina Cornaro show a rather chunky, potato-shaped, plain-faced woman. This painter fully used his artistic liberties.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 24, 2025 10:00 AM (Aqu9a)

92 "It's the latest thing from all the big design houses. Elegance, plus increased visibility. They call it traffic cone orange."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 24, 2025 10:01 AM (hY4dx)

93 Nothing rhymes with Cypriot

Posted by: muldoon at April 24, 2025 10:01 AM (uCfKO)

94 Nothing rhymes with Cypriot
Posted by: muldoon


tipsy thot

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 10:02 AM (77rzZ)

95 Nothing rhymes with Cypriot
Posted by: muldoon

This is not true, Cousin Larry.

Posted by: Perfect Strangers at April 24, 2025 10:02 AM (mlg/3)

96 Chunky, potato-shaped, and plain-faced is no way to go through life, young lady.

Posted by: Dean Wormer at April 24, 2025 10:03 AM (qelIc)

97 >91 Other pictures of Caterina Cornaro show a rather chunky, potato-shaped, plain-faced woman.

'How you doin?'

Posted by: B. Stelter at April 24, 2025 10:03 AM (NgqoH)

98 96 Chunky, potato-shaped, and plain-faced is no way to go through life, young lady.
____

Works for me!

Posted by: Bryan Stelter - Sex Machine at April 24, 2025 10:03 AM (Dv3i1)

99 97, 98 Horde mind never disappoints.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 10:04 AM (77rzZ)

100 A choice between a night with Stelter and a jump out the window? She's taking the window

Posted by: gKWVE at April 24, 2025 10:05 AM (ZBHR8)

101 100

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 10:05 AM (Kjgs1)

102 I demand a recount!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 10:05 AM (Kjgs1)

103 Nicely detailed and colorful -- esp. the standing guy's red robe. The leopard rug, the Ethiopian dwarf slave (or perhaps it's a young girl), the folds and texture of the Queen's dress, even the glass of the windows, all speak of the painter's skill and the effort he put into this.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 24, 2025 10:05 AM (omVj0)

104 100 A choice between a night with Stelter and a jump out the window? She's taking the window
Posted by: gKWVE at April 24, 2025 10:05 AM (ZBHR

A few seconds and things might improve.

'Lady, we are on the ground floor!'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 24, 2025 10:06 AM (bss/y)

105 Anyhoo....

CBD, so, how was Fwance?

https://tinyurl.com/4zmrefx8

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 10:06 AM (Kjgs1)

106 "And when exactly did you eat that Double Double, Ms. Cornaro???? You said it was a TUESDAY!!!! I rest my case, Your Honor"
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 24, 2025

***
A Cypriot forerunner of Perry Mason

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 24, 2025 10:07 AM (omVj0)

107 https://tinyurl.com/4zmrefx8
Posted by: Biden's Dog

Just doing the stabblings that Frenchmen won't do.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 10:07 AM (77rzZ)

108 What's up with stabbings in high schools?

Posted by: All the cool kids are doing it at April 24, 2025 10:08 AM (qelIc)

109 Good morning all.
The colors in this painting are just phenomenal. So vibrant. So many paintings from this era get dark as they age. I read about why this happens but don't remember the answer. But this one popped right off the page.
Have to read JJ.
BBL

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at April 24, 2025 10:08 AM (t/2Uw)

110 @105
According to Ouest-France, the email also referenced "ecocide, institutional violence, and the system of colonization of the unconscious."

BFMTV channel viewed the document, which it called "confusing."
____

Sounds leftist to me. I can see why French Journalists are confused by it, like a fish can't understand the concept of "wet".

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 24, 2025 10:08 AM (Dv3i1)

111 YOU BEEN HERE FOAH HOUR!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 24, 2025 10:09 AM (l91rK)

112 "Hayez" doesn't sound like a very Italian name.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 09:53 AM (77rzZ)

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Although Isaac Hayez would sound like a very Jewish name.

["Isaac Hayes - The Black Moses of Soul (full concert, live in Atlanta, 1973): youtube.com/watch?v=RQpwU2bjztk ]

Posted by: ShainS at April 24, 2025 10:09 AM (/bEIA)

113 Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 10:07 AM (77rzZ)
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I responded to you at the end of JJ's MR with a link about the CIA.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 10:10 AM (Kjgs1)

114 Nothing rhymes with Cypriot
Posted by: muldoon

Thypriot.

Posted by: Mike Tyson at April 24, 2025 10:10 AM (6bxmr)

115 I looked over some of Hayez's other works on Wikipedia. His Bathsheba and Susanna at Her Bath are vivid nudes.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 24, 2025 10:11 AM (omVj0)

116 101 100

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 10:05 AM (Kjgs1)

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Whatever it takes ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 24, 2025 10:11 AM (/bEIA)

117 Although Isaac Hayez would sound like a very Jewish name.

Posted by: ShainS at April 24, 2025 10:09 AM (/bEIA)
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Meh. Want Jewish-sounding? Whoopi Goldberg! (Whose real name is Caryn Elaine Johnson).

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 10:12 AM (Kjgs1)

118 Hayez lived to be 91, and was a prolific painter. So this was not a one-off or part of a small collection.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 24, 2025 10:12 AM (omVj0)

119 Whatever it takes ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 24, 2025 10:11 AM (/bEIA)
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/looks for a village

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 10:13 AM (Kjgs1)

120 I responded to you at the end of JJ's MR with a link about the CIA.
Posted by: Biden's Dog

I saw that. Thanks.

I'm currently making my way, slowly, through a two-volume history of how the CIA's partnership with the Mob, starting during WWII, eventually produced Jeffrey Epstein's operation. Scary stuff.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 10:14 AM (77rzZ)

121 Axios: Trump's "final offer" for peace requires Ukraine to accept Russian occupation...includes U.S. recognition of Crimea as part of Russia and unofficial recognition of Russian control of nearly all areas occupied since the 2022 invasion...

A source close to the Ukrainian government said Kyiv sees the proposal as highly biased towards Russia: "The proposal says very clearly what tangible gains Russia gets, but only vaguely and generally says what Ukraine is going to get."

Not that Trump could understand but this is a terrible precedent to set. Even worse if Ukraine can't join NATO. This will be another perpetually tense and fortified border ala the Korean DMZ. And the Baltic states will look at this as exposing them for future aggression from Russia. Trump is a complete sell out to Putin.

Need to check the calendar again. I thought this was 2025, not 1938. Walk away Ukraine.

I guess Trump believes, since US Republicans have accepted Russian occupation of the Oval Office, Ukrainians should accept occupation of their country.

Not. Gonna. Happen. DJT can go fuck all the way off.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 24, 2025 10:15 AM (JCZqz)

122 Joe Biden has been elected Pope after a massive last minute mail in ballot drop that was 99.99% in his favor.

All Hail Pope Joe the First!

Posted by: Kwak! at April 24, 2025 10:15 AM (89Sog)

123 Heh. Funny that Whoopi's real first name is "Caryn."

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 10:15 AM (77rzZ)

124 One property owner, Larry Larson, a partner in the partnership that owned 111 Marquez Place, received a notice from the LAFD warning him about the need to comply with brush clearance regulations, and reminding him that “brush clearance is a year-round responsibility” (original emphasis). The LAFD also notified the building manager, separately, of the need to renew the building’s fire prevention certification.

Posted by: SMOD at April 24, 2025 10:16 AM (RHGPo)

125
Needs a Ludacris overlay. "Move, bitch, get outta the way."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 24, 2025 10:17 AM (QnmlO)

126 What's up with stabbings in high schools?

Posted by: All the cool kids are doing it at April 24, 2025 10:08 AM (qelIc)

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Gives new meaning to the phrase "cutting class."

Posted by: ShainS at April 24, 2025 10:18 AM (/bEIA)

127 CBD, have you ever featured Hayez' "The Kiss?"

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 10:18 AM (77rzZ)

128
A Pillar of Strength

There once was an admiral named Pete
Of a Mediterranean fleet
He was pro-Cyprus. Pro-Gibraltar
Pro-Sicily. Pro-Malta
But gosh darn it, he was always con-Crete

Posted by: muldoon at April 24, 2025 10:18 AM (uCfKO)

129 ...includes U.S. recognition of Crimea as part of Russia and unofficial recognition of Russian control of nearly all areas occupied since the 2022 invasion...

If we bring it back to the original, stated goals, Ukraine also will not join NATO.

Posted by: t-bird at April 24, 2025 10:18 AM (emDE2)

130 A Cyprus throne is less prone to rot.

Posted by: fd at April 24, 2025 10:18 AM (Zzmp9)

131 Joe Biden has been elected Pope after a massive last minute mail in ballot drop that was 99.99% in his favor.

All Hail Pope Joe the First!

Posted by: Kwak! at April 24, 2025 10:15 AM (89Sog)

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Pope-on-a-Rope.

Posted by: ShainS at April 24, 2025 10:21 AM (/bEIA)

132 Gives new meaning to the phrase "cutting class."
Posted by: ShainS


All the really sharp kids took that one.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 10:21 AM (77rzZ)

133 But gosh darn it, he was always con-Crete

Posted by: muldoon at April 24, 2025 10:18 AM (uCfKO)

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Heh.

* goes to work on a limerick ending in con-Carne *

Posted by: ShainS at April 24, 2025 10:22 AM (/bEIA)

134 All Hail Pope Joe the First!

Posted by: Kwak! at April 24, 2025
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Pope-on-a-Rope.
Posted by: ShainS at April 24, 2025

***
He'll replace Communion wafers with Vanilla Wafers.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 24, 2025 10:22 AM (omVj0)

135 I guess Trump believes, since US Republicans have accepted Russian occupation of the Oval Office,
____

The ability for libs to swallow propaganda whole without a shred of critical thinking is astounding.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 24, 2025 10:22 AM (Dv3i1)

136 CBD, so, how was Fwance?

https://tinyurl.com/4zmrefx8

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 10:06 AM (Kjgs1)

Paris is fine, but the other cities with more aggressive and dominant Muslims are often unpleasant.

France is trying harder than the UK (they are going backwards), but both face an uphill battle. As I wrote a few weeks ago, I wouldn't be surprised if Westminster Abbey and Notre Dame were mosques in the next 50-100 years.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 24, 2025 10:22 AM (mWSu4)

137 Muldoon, if you're still here, I asked you on the MR thread what your opinion was, as an MD, on the nature and possible causes of autism. Your thoughts?

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 10:22 AM (77rzZ)

138 Joe Biden has been elected Pope after a massive last minute mail in ballot drop that was 99.99% in his favor.

All Hail Pope Joe the First!
Posted by: Kwak!

Send in the alter boy applicants, and my casting couch. Can we open it up to little girls, too? I like a little variety.

Posted by: Pope Biden the Innocent at April 24, 2025 10:22 AM (JCZqz)

139 Hayez's ... Bathsheba and Susanna at Her Bath

So we know his kinks. Good thing he never lived to run a D&D game.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 24, 2025 10:23 AM (ZBHR8)

140
Pope-on-a-Rope.
Posted by: ShainS at April 24, 2025 10:21 AM (/bEIA)

More like Pope-a-Dope

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 24, 2025 10:23 AM (QnmlO)

141 Nothing rhymes with Cypriot
Posted by: muldoon

Apricot?

Posted by: dantesed at April 24, 2025 10:23 AM (Oy/m2)

142 CBD, have you ever featured Hayez' "The Kiss?"

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 10:18 AM (77rzZ)

Sure have!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 24, 2025 10:23 AM (mWSu4)

143 Hunter Biden would love the life as the Pope's son.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 24, 2025 10:24 AM (ZBHR8)

144 115 ... " I looked over some of Hayez's other works on Wikipedia. His Bathsheba and Susanna at Her Bath are vivid nudes."

Wolfus,
I agree. His many female nudes are both natural (not exaggerated) and vibrant. They are a pleasure to look at.

BTW, After you alerted me to their existance, I ordered some KBV blends yesterday. Burley Morning, Burlier Morning and Handsome Stranger. Most reviews talk about how well they go with coffee, always a plus for me. And since we are getting to iced coffee season (temps over 60 degrees), that could make them an all day blend. I'm curious how they will compare to the Boswell burley blends which have been excellent.

Posted by: JTB at April 24, 2025 10:24 AM (yTvNw)

145 I have a Cyprus tree in my yard. Drops these big “nut” things and has “knees” that push up through the ground 20 feet away. They’re a nuisance if they’re not in a swamp.

Posted by: Heterosexual Frog Enjoyer at April 24, 2025 10:24 AM (/dDa4)

146
Hunter Biden would love the life as the Pope's son.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 24, 2025 10:24 AM (ZBHR

At least the Borgias had some class.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 24, 2025 10:24 AM (QnmlO)

147 othing rhymes with Cypriot
Posted by: muldoon

Apricot?
Posted by: dantesed

Whatta they got that I ain't got?

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 10:25 AM (77rzZ)

148 /sock

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 10:25 AM (/dDa4)

149 JD Is foaming!

https://tinyurl.com/5n8r24t8

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 10:25 AM (Kjgs1)

150 CBD, have you ever featured Hayez' "The Kiss?"

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 10:18 AM (77rzZ)

Sure have!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

I did an image search of his paintings, and thought that one looked familiar.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 10:26 AM (77rzZ)

151 Apricot?
Posted by: dantesed

*********

I can accept that. Thanks

Posted by: muldoon at April 24, 2025 10:26 AM (uCfKO)

152
BTW, After you alerted me to their existance, I ordered some KBV blends yesterday. Burley Morning, Burlier Morning and Handsome Stranger. Most reviews talk about how well they go with coffee, always a plus for me. And since we are getting to iced coffee season (temps over 60 degrees), that could make them an all day blend. I'm curious how they will compare to the Boswell burley blends which have been excellent.
Posted by: JTB at April 24, 2025

***
"Handsome Stranger"? I didn't see that one on KBV's website. Is it new? What kind of blend is it?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 24, 2025 10:28 AM (omVj0)

153 149 JD Is foaming!

https://tinyurl.com/5n8r24t8
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

Reee!!! First Kavanaugh, then Hegseth, and now this?!?!? Republicans are alcoholic degenerates, corrupting our youth and military...while on duty! We must impeach!!!

Posted by: Deranged Rabid Leftists at April 24, 2025 10:28 AM (JCZqz)

154

*bat, bat,, bat-bat-bat*

Posted by: Jasmine Crocketts' Eye Lashes at April 24, 2025 10:29 AM (5hfjS)

155 Someone pass this on to Ace:

https://tinyurl.com/yyhvt8hs

And this is curious:

https://tinyurl.com/3492nurc

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 10:29 AM (Kjgs1)

156 I hear a 19-year-old has been charged with aggravated arson for the NJ wildfire.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 10:29 AM (77rzZ)

157 Nothing rhymes with Cypriot

==


*idiot

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 10:29 AM (g47mK)

158 At the always present risk of sounding like a lunatic, the so-called “deep state” has long been in the business of shaping opinions and manipulating perceptions. This is not a conspiracy, this is their stated objective. Manufactured consent. We are immersed in their machinations at an epic level and have been for decades.

A general reduction in Testosterone level would certainly be very, very much in keeping with their objectives. “Toxic masculinity” is an article of faith with the whack jobs on the left. It would be surprising actually if they haven’t investigated methods of emasculation, whether simply through the schools - very effective, since Boys are now treated simply a species of defective Girls, but also at the macro level some sort of chemical, biological or perhaps electronic means. Diet plays a huge role as well. High quality animal protein is expensive relative to junk carbs, soy and other ersatz foods.

Posted by: Common Tater at April 24, 2025 10:30 AM (L+MB1)

159 Marriott!

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 10:30 AM (g47mK)

160 126 What's up with stabbings in high schools?

Posted by: All the cool kids are doing it at April 24, 2025 10:08 AM (qelIc)

The "No Gun Zones" are working.

Posted by: Stateless.. 21% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at April 24, 2025 10:31 AM (jvJvP)

161 Proletariat !

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 10:31 AM (g47mK)

162 Cypriot proletariat
Stayed at the Marriott!

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 10:31 AM (g47mK)

163
The ability for libs to swallow propaganda whole without a shred of critical thinking is astounding.

In fairness they are used to swallowing lots of disgusting things

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 10:31 AM (t0Rmr)

164 Need to check the calendar again. I thought this was 2025, not 1938. Walk away Ukraine.

Democratic Underground


Yeah. Then you'll be speaking Russian before the end of the decade.

Trump said it best: Ukraine has no cards to play.

Biden saw the build up on the border for a year and didn't do squat. Didn't give them planes nor sufficient munitions for 2+ years. But some how this is Trump's fault.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at April 24, 2025 10:32 AM (JkCto)

165 I still say that "tipsy thot" is a good rhyme for "Cypriot."

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 10:32 AM (77rzZ)

166 Thinking about walking over to the coffee shop near me and having a latte and a croissant. Darned if I know why; I'm not hungry and have had plenty of coffee.

JTB,, speaking of pipes, I'm going to the monthly Pipe Club meeting at the suburban pipe/cigar shop tonight. Ought to be interesting.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 24, 2025 10:32 AM (omVj0)

167 162 Cypriot proletariat
Stayed at the Marriott!
Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 10:31 AM (g47mK)

Stayed up watching reruns of Ozzie and Harriet?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 24, 2025 10:32 AM (VoAdT)

168 129 ...includes U.S. recognition of Crimea as part of Russia and unofficial recognition of Russian control of nearly all areas occupied since the 2022 invasion...

If we bring it back to the original, stated goals, Ukraine also will not join NATO.
Posted by: t-bird
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Realism in foreign policy is recognizing facts on the ground. Ukraine is prostrate and no amount of Uncle Sam's money or advice is able to change the fact that Ukraine has been defeated. Trump will NOT send US troops to die for Ukraine so there is nothing else to do than extricate ourselves on the best terms possible. Euroland, trying to act to prop up a dying regime is simply trying to get their billions back that they lent, it is not principle. If Ukraine is defeated, they will most likely repudiate those debts having nothing to pay them with.

Using realism as a guide, the US poses a diktat to the defeated proxy to end the war. If the proxy refuses, then you wash your hands of the matter and let will occur happen. One such thing just might be an internal coup to replace the deranged and disgraced Z man and then the coup leaders can then make peace. Another, would be Russia completes the conquest.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 10:32 AM (ctrM5)

169 Cypriot proletariat
Stayed at the Marriott!
Posted by: runner

In Yorkshire, near James Heriot.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 10:33 AM (77rzZ)

170 Cypriot proletariat
Stayed at the Marriott!
Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025
*
Stayed up watching reruns of Ozzie and Harriet?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 24, 2025

***
While snacking on a carrot

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 24, 2025 10:34 AM (omVj0)

171 The Stones on That Guy

There once was a sailor named Fritz
Who sailed from Malta o'er to Biarritz
On the way he met a Cypriot
They dined on grapes and apricots
Apart from that, he thought Cyprus was the pits

Posted by: muldoon at April 24, 2025 10:34 AM (uCfKO)

172 Oh, right. There's that Jazz Fest stuff starting up today. I wonder if it will affect the Interstate traffic this evening. If so, I could go via the other bridge, but that is a longer trip to the pipe shop.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 24, 2025 10:36 AM (omVj0)

173 One of the cats is missing since I was late Tuesday going to Costco. I haven't seen Trumpy in a few days.

Beautiful cat. Someone may have taken him in. I have for 6 or 7 hours a day. Miss one day.......

Posted by: Stateless.. 21% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at April 24, 2025 10:36 AM (jvJvP)

174 Cypriot proletariat
Stayed at the Marriott
Looked like a patriot
While riding a chariot !

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 10:36 AM (g47mK)

175 Let us be on our way.
Let us tarry not.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 10:36 AM (77rzZ)

176 152 ... "Handsome Stranger"? I didn't see that one on KBV's website. Is it new? What kind of blend is it?"

It's described as a black cavendish and burley mix with subtle toppings of chocolate, molasses and rum. Sounded like it would be a nice change of pace from English or heavier aromatic blends. I think it is fairly new. I have an unsmoked Mark Twain Missouri Meerschaum cob waiting to try this.

Posted by: JTB at April 24, 2025 10:36 AM (yTvNw)

177 We need to put that to music!

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 10:36 AM (g47mK)

178 Someone pass this on to Ace:

https://tinyurl.com/yyhvt8hs

And this is curious:

https://tinyurl.com/3492nurc
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 10:29 AM (Kjgs1)
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WHOA!

That's this guy!

https://tinyurl.com/2dam3ut4

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 10:37 AM (Kjgs1)

179 Introduced to two great painters in the last week that I had never heard about. This is a great experience.

Posted by: French Jeton at April 24, 2025 10:37 AM (DehcO)

180 I think Cypriot is pronounced closer to Iscariot than other -iot ending words.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 10:38 AM (/dDa4)

181 Introduced to two great painters in the last week that I had never heard about. This is a great experience.
Posted by: French Jeton

Hunter Biden and Lucian Freud?

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 10:38 AM (77rzZ)

182 Biden saw the build up on the border for a year and didn't do squat. Didn't give them planes nor sufficient munitions for 2+ years. But some how this is Trump's fault.
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal

I think the crusher was that Euroland and NATO were batshit crazy in making moves to let Ukraine join the EU and NATO. Biden's foreign policy team either wanted that to occur (being led by the CIA's sunk costs there) or did not care.

That was purposefully violating Russia's clear demands for its own nat sec. Hasn't helped that Euroland and the US have tried to do color revolutions to remove pro Russian regimes and to overthrow Putin himself. Stupid IC people playing Risk instead of being realistic.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 10:39 AM (ctrM5)

183 "Handsome Stranger"? I didn't see that one on KBV's website. Is it new? What kind of blend is it?"
*
It's described as a black cavendish and burley mix with subtle toppings of chocolate, molasses and rum. Sounded like it would be a nice change of pace from English or heavier aromatic blends. I think it is fairly new. I have an unsmoked Mark Twain Missouri Meerschaum cob waiting to try this.
Posted by: JTB at April 24, 2025

***
That does sound good. I might buy something new at the pipe shop tonight -- but their well-known tinned offerings range from $18 to $30 for 1.5 or 2.0 ounces, and a lot of their bulk jarred blends are the heavy aromatics.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 24, 2025 10:39 AM (omVj0)

184 Truth the NY Times failed to tell you:

https://tinyurl.com/2rnmuzzf

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 10:39 AM (Kjgs1)

185 >Proletariat !

Posted by: runner

----

helluva racehorse- so fast, like a maCHINE

Posted by: Don Black at April 24, 2025 10:40 AM (AOsQT)

186 "Oh, you might as well jump. Go ahead and jump."

Posted by: Van Halen at April 24, 2025 10:40 AM (cct0t)

187 By the way, I discovered that Lucian Freud did a female version of the nekkid lardass on the ottoman. It's a morbidly obese naked woman lying a on a couch.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 10:40 AM (77rzZ)

188 184 Truth the NY Times failed to tell you:

https://tinyurl.com/2rnmuzzf
Posted by: Biden's Dog
========
If you post on all the truths the NY Times failed to tell us over the years, you better have a lifespan like Methuselah.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 10:41 AM (ctrM5)

189 Truth the NY Times failed to tell you:

https://tinyurl.com/2rnmuzzf
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 10:39 AM (Kjgs1)

If we deport him to a country he barely knows he’ll have to kidnap strangers. Won’t somebody think of the illegal immigrants for once??

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 10:41 AM (/dDa4)

190 187 By the way, I discovered that Lucian Freud did a female version of the nekkid lardass on the ottoman. It's a morbidly obese naked woman lying a on a couch.

Posted by: Bulg
=======
Don't give CBD ideas.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 10:41 AM (ctrM5)

191 166 ... "JTB,, speaking of pipes, I'm going to the monthly Pipe Club meeting at the suburban pipe/cigar shop tonight. Ought to be interesting."

Sounds nice. Let us know how it goes. We don't have anything like that in my area. If you are on it, a good comment for the hobby thread.

PS: Shouldn't you be getting a beignet instead of a croissant?

Posted by: JTB at April 24, 2025 10:42 AM (yTvNw)

192 Is propaganda the opposite of silly goose?


(wait for it...)

Posted by: muldoon at April 24, 2025 10:44 AM (uCfKO)

193 If you post on all the truths the NY Times failed to tell us over the years, you better have a lifespan like Methuselah.
Posted by: whig

"were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written." -- John 21:25b

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 10:45 AM (77rzZ)

194 PS: Shouldn't you be getting a beignet instead of a croissant?
Posted by: JTB at April 24, 2025

***
Beignets, though famous here, are hard to find aside from Cafe du Monde and Morning Call. Both of those are a considerable drive from me.

I was amused when I first visited northern New Mexico in '92 and found that a sopaipilla is the same flaky, hollow pastry as a beignet, minus the thick white powdered sugar on the latter. I'd rather be in Albuquerque or Santa Fe right now anyway.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 24, 2025 10:46 AM (omVj0)

195 Is propaganda the opposite of silly goose?


(wait for it...)

Posted by: muldoon at April 24, 2025 10:44 AM (uCfKO)
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Took me a few seconds.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 10:46 AM (Kjgs1)

196 From what the Dems and NYT failed to tell us about Garcia,

PJ Media link
https://tinyurl.com/mtanp293

There is clear indications that Garcia was engaged in human trafficking in that link. A convicted human trafficker owned the van that Garcia was driving when caught in 2022 with his motley passengers.

"Jose Ramon Hernandez Reyes, who Abrego Garcia claimed he was working for, had been previously convicted of smuggling illegal aliens into the United States."

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 10:46 AM (ctrM5)

197 "were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written." -- John 21:25b
Posted by: Bulg
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Heh. Well played.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 10:47 AM (ctrM5)

198 183 ... "I might buy something new at the pipe shop tonight -- but their well-known tinned offerings range from $18 to $30 for 1.5 or 2.0 ounces, and a lot of their bulk jarred blends are the heavy aromatics."

I know the problem. I want to support the local brick and mortar shop but the prices can get uncomfortable. (I do get most of my pipes there when they have a sale. Not always a huge selection but I can see and handle them before buying.) Even with delivery charges, the blends from Boswell's and now KBV are a better value and for better tobacco.

Posted by: JTB at April 24, 2025 10:47 AM (yTvNw)

199 Jordan Schachtel
@JordanSchachtel
Caldwell began a major media blitz mere hours after being thrown out of the Pentagon.

Instead of making the case for reinstatement, he is engaging in political advocacy on specific agenda items, giving more clues that he's a pathological leaker.

Sec Def made the right call.

And yes, Tucker's immediate false framing of the debate over Iran (nobody in a position of power is advocating for a "war with Iran") speaks to his dishonesty and intent to deceive. He's embraced a new ideology and has become an ends justify the means guy.
6:07 PM · Apr 21, 2025

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 24, 2025 10:47 AM (RIvkX)

200 Need to check the calendar again. I thought this was 2025, not 1938. Walk away Ukraine.


When Saddam Hussein invaded his neighbors, murdered a million of his own people, and tried to assassinate an American president I was told the only reason to fight him was warmongering.

Odd isn't it that things are different with Vlad huh?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 10:48 AM (t0Rmr)

201 Seems like Musk AGAIN needs to do some house cleaning inside X:

https://tinyurl.com/24nwjex5

Just like all the federal agencies!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 10:49 AM (Kjgs1)

202 Heh. Well played.
Posted by: whig

I read all four gospel accounts of the Resurrection on Easter, so that verse was fresh in my mind.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 10:49 AM (77rzZ)

203 I don't get it.

Posted by: toby928 at April 24, 2025 10:49 AM (jc0TO)

204 My dalliance here is at an end. Today, after several days ofpreliminary surveillance I launch the full-on War Against Pack Rats.

"No mercy" is my motto.

Posted by: muldoon at April 24, 2025 10:49 AM (uCfKO)

205 I know the problem. I want to support the local brick and mortar shop but the prices can get uncomfortable. (I do get most of my pipes there when they have a sale. Not always a huge selection but I can see and handle them before buying.) Even with delivery charges, the blends from Boswell's and now KBV are a better value and for better tobacco.
Posted by: JTB at April 24, 2025

***
Not to mention, you can't even whiff the tinned tobacco to see if you like the aroma before buying. You can't when buying online either, but as you say, it's a better value.

I wish the two local shops would have some estate pipes; I'd shop those. The prices for new Petersons top $100.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 24, 2025 10:50 AM (omVj0)

206
When Saddam Hussein invaded his neighbors, murdered a million of his own people, and tried to assassinate an American president I was told the only reason to fight him was warmongering.

Odd isn't it that things are different with Vlad huh?

-

(thinks about that premise along with all the made-up stuff that got us into two trillion dollar multi decade wars)

Oh man, this is a fantastic point. I'm stealing it.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie's Pope interview - What is a woman, and how old is the Earth? at April 24, 2025 10:50 AM (6GvqP)

207 Truth the NY Times failed to tell you:

https://tinyurl.com/2rnmuzzf

Overall...why I am supposed to care that these people aren't happy being sent home? YOU AREN'T ALLOWED TO BE HERE BY THE WILL OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 10:50 AM (t0Rmr)

208 From what the Dems and NYT failed to tell us about Garcia,

PJ Media link
https://tinyurl.com/mtanp293

There is clear indications that Garcia was engaged in human trafficking in that link. A convicted human trafficker owned the van that Garcia was driving when caught in 2022 with his motley passengers.

"Jose Ramon Hernandez Reyes, who Abrego Garcia claimed he was working for, had been previously convicted of smuggling illegal aliens into the United States."
Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 10:46 AM (ctrM5)

The cartels pay their media/government cover well.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 10:50 AM (ExV1e)

209 You're outta here Caterina.

Posted by: Dodge at April 24, 2025 10:51 AM (XeU6L)

210 Beignets, though famous here, are hard to find aside from Cafe du Monde and Morning Call. Both of those are a considerable drive from me.

I was amused when I first visited northern New Mexico in '92 and found that a sopaipilla is the same flaky, hollow pastry as a beignet, minus the thick white powdered sugar on the latter. I'd rather be in Albuquerque or Santa Fe right now anyway.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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Not hard to make beignets at home with the Cafe Du Monde flour mix and confectioner's sugar.

But given you loathe New Orleans, learning to appreciate sopapillas gives you a much broader range of places to get them when you move. But, I prefer sopapillas with cinnamon sugar rather than confectioner's sugar.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 10:51 AM (ctrM5)

211 "No mercy" is my motto.
Posted by: muldoon

But that really doesn't rhyme with "Cypriot."

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 10:51 AM (77rzZ)

212 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. I'm liking the hottie in green. She's got that "look."
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 24, 2025 10:52 AM (W/lyH)

213
[subtley suggests possible defenestration]

Posted by: Dodge at April 24, 2025 10:52 AM (XeU6L)

214 Dang. I'm liking the hottie in green. She's got that "look."
Posted by: Diogenes

*fist bump*

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 10:53 AM (77rzZ)

215 The cartels pay their media/government cover well.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
========
I think the cartels are a key provider of voter fraud services for the Dems as well as enforcers. Plus supplying corrupt POS Dem officeholders with sex trafficking victims and drugs.

Seth Rich was killed probably by MS 13 gangbangers for example.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 10:53 AM (ctrM5)

216 But given you loathe New Orleans, learning to appreciate sopapillas gives you a much broader range of places to get them when you move. But, I prefer sopapillas with cinnamon sugar rather than confectioner's sugar.
Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025

***
You know you're in a true New Mexico restaurant when they plop a basket of sopaipillas in front of you, and there's already honey on the table. I ate once in a place in Denver that said it was authentic NM food -- and there was no honey to be had in the place. Pffft.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 24, 2025 10:53 AM (omVj0)

217 Dang. I'm liking the hottie in green. She's got that "look."
Posted by: Diogenes

***
The shadow makes her nose look like a knife blade.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 24, 2025 10:54 AM (omVj0)

218 Dang. I'm liking the hottie in green. She's got that "look."
Posted by: Diogenes

*fist bump*
Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 10:53 AM

*embiggens picture*

*agrees*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 24, 2025 10:54 AM (kgE5c)

219 I read all four gospel accounts of the Resurrection on Easter, so that verse was fresh in my mind.
Posted by: Bulg
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Nice! I generally stick to Luke or John for that particular issue.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 10:55 AM (ctrM5)

220 Dang. I'm liking the hottie in green. She's got that "look."
-

That reminds me

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women choose the value of the vagina, then men choose the value of women at April 24, 2025 10:55 AM (6GvqP)

221 The cartels pay their media/government cover well.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 10:50 AM (ExV1e)

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"You wouldn't believe the tens of millions they spent on my shitty art."

Hunter 2028!

Posted by: ShainS -- at April 24, 2025 10:55 AM (lZVZi)

222 Nice! I generally stick to Luke or John for that particular issue.
Posted by: whig

I'm really fascinated by the questions around the original ending of Mark.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 10:56 AM (77rzZ)

223 You know you're in a true New Mexico restaurant when they plop a basket of sopaipillas in front of you, and there's already honey on the table. I ate once in a place in Denver that said it was authentic NM food -- and there was no honey to be had in the place. Pffft.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Way back when, my father was at Kirtland AFB for some ordnance school (think it was about nukes perhaps), and we spent our time in Taos, Albuquerque (saw one of the last riots there that resulted in the UNM's library being burned), and other scenic spots like Sandia Peaks and even White Sands/Los Alamos.

70's New Mexico was interesting but I have no desire to return.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 10:58 AM (ctrM5)

224 Economic Genius! Let's Have a $50 Minimum Wage! [CBD]

If you take leftwing economic theory to its local conclusion you just set the minimum wage (and welfare) to some absurdly high number and then everyone is rich.

Of course every time they start down this road they spike inflation/costs so that people have more money but that money buys much less.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 10:58 AM (t0Rmr)

225 I really like the colors in this painting, just stunning.

Posted by: CaliGirl at April 24, 2025 10:58 AM (TCLft)

226 70's New Mexico was interesting but I have no desire to return.
Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025

***
It was still great in the '90s. Now, with the craziness that has infected the state and CO, I might like to visit but not to live there. (The hell of it is, I'd love a dry climate. But all the Western states, it seems, have been infected by Californians. House prices, and policies, are insane.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 24, 2025 11:00 AM (omVj0)

227 Noodus simianus major

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 24, 2025 11:00 AM (omVj0)

228 I'm really fascinated by the questions around the original ending of Mark.
Posted by: Bulg
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That is why I generally avoid Mark on the Resurrection. Textual analysis of the sources used for the Gospels becomes a time sink if you get really interested in the subject. I've read enough to figure it is mainly a scholarly fight over orthodoxy that I have little interest in. Most scholarly work becomes supposition rather than provable without additional information.

Posted by: whig at April 24, 2025 11:01 AM (ctrM5)

229 The shadow makes her nose look like a knife blade.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 24, 2025 10:54 AM (omVj0)

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

There must be a good "Aquiline" nasal parody in there somewhere of Jethro Tull's "Aqualung."

Where is Muldoon when you need him? Off warring on pack rats ...

Posted by: ShainS -- at April 24, 2025 11:01 AM (lZVZi)

230 A beautiful painting. The Hayez romantic painting had Cornaro quite young and attractive.

He has a lovely body of work. I wouldn't hang the featured painting but I'd enjoy seeing more from the artist.

Francesco Hayez: Master of Emotion
YouTube · masterpieces | daniele arte · Feb 10, 2024

Catherine Cornaro, Wikipedia

Thanks.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 24, 2025 11:03 AM (NFX2v)

The Morning Report — 4/ 24 /25

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Good morning kids. Per the memorable lyrics of the Buffalo Springfield (close to 60 years on now!), "There's something happening here. What it is, isn't quite clear. . ." While virtually the entire Democrat/Media complex has placed its near-term political future on openly backing transnational violent criminals as well as terrorist-backing/colluding Islamic terrorists in the insane belief that it will help them destroy Donald Trump and the movement he sparked to return America to some semblance of societal and political sanity. That of course being antithetical to the Democrat/Left's 200-plus year plot to dismantle America as founded and seize absolute power for themselves. Despite this, there are a few surprising voices of if not sanity, then voices within that party that are staking out positions completely contra to their leaders if not base, that cannot be lumped in with the rest. Emphasis on the word LUMP in this instance:

Sen. John Fetterman (D., Pa.) says the Trump administration should drop nuclear negotiations with Iran and finish off the country's nuclear facilities with a military strike.

"Waste that s—t," the Pennsylvania Democrat told the Washington Free Beacon in an interview on Wednesday. "You're never going to be able to negotiate with that kind of regime that has been destabilizing the region for decades already, and now we have an incredible window, I believe, to do that, to strike and destroy Iran's nuclear facilities."

Fetterman dismissed the foreign policy experts who warn that striking Iran would lead to the outbreak of a regional war. "And remember, all of these so-called experts were all wrong," he said. "You know, they've been saying for years and years Hezbollah was the ultimate badass that kept Israel in check, and we can't move on anything beyond that."

As it turned out, Fetterman said, the Iranian proxy group "couldn't fight for s—t. And Hamas, literally, are just a bunch of tunnel rats with junkie rockets in the back of a Toyota truck. And now the Houthis have been effectively neutered as well. So what's left? You have Iran, and they have a nuclear facility, and it's clearly only for weapons."

Senator Fetterman is correct in his assertion that Iran cannot be negotiated with. The underlying reason either escapes him or else it is too politically toxic, and likely deleterious to one's continued physical health and existence to openly state. To wit: the goal of Islam is for global domination/subjugation via every means necessary and available. With Shiite controlled Iran, that calls for the initiation of armageddon to bring about the return of the 12th Imam from his slumber in the magic wishing well in Qom to usher in paradise on earth.


Now as to America using its armed forces to directly attack and go to war with Iran, as we discussed at length on the podcasts and here in many columns, that just is not a sane option. There are many ways in which to topple the Mullahs, that would not cause the already suffering people to rally around them but to help bring about their much deserved dangling from the lampposts in Tehran along with their goons in the Sharia Police and Revolutionary Guards.

Remove the Mullahs from power and much of the Islamic terrorism in the world would disappear virtually overnight. Not all of it, of course, because Islam itself would still remain and its adherents wherever they may be still have the same goal as the Iranian mullahs. You'd just have a different "King A-Rab" Master sitting on top of his "Blaster" telling him which way to go and whose head to take off.

Look what happened in India a few days ago. And what could potentially be brewing:

There are certainties life: death, taxes, and the ever-present risk of India and Pakistan going to war — and the latest spark could prove to be Tuesday's jihadi Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist attack that left at least 26 non-Muslims dead on the Indian side of the long-disputed Kashmir region. . .

. . . India’s foreign secretary, Vikram Misri, explained that the IWT is suspended “until Pakistan credibly and irrevocably abjures its support for cross-border terrorism.” Defense Minister Rajnath Singh warned, "We will not only reach those who have perpetrated this incident but also those who, sitting behind the scenes, have conspired to commit such acts on the soil of India."

In New Delhi's diplo-speak, "Sitting behind the scenes" means "plotting in Pakistan."

Pakistan has yet to announce what measures it will take in retaliation, but Islamabad said its defense and intelligence National Security Council will meet on Thursday. 

The longtime rivals have fought four wars since partition and independence from the UK in 1947, three of them major. The last time hostilities elevated to more than skirmishes was 1999's Kargil War, when Pakistani soldiers and militants infiltrated Indian positions around Kargil in Kashmir. Both sides had nukes by then, and a general war did not break out.

The tempo of crises that almost led to war has increased since both countries went nuclear. The two have nearly come to blows at least six times since the 1986-87 Brasstacks Crisis. Pakistan had not yet conducted a nuclear weapons test but was widely believed to have the ability to quickly assemble and deploy several nuclear warheads.

From "Beyond Thunderdome" we go to "War Games" and who wants to play global thermonuclear war?! India is generally in our corner as India is a rival of the Chi-Coms who are as a result allied with Pakistan. The current Sino/American tensions ratcheted up via President Trump's tariff regime adds a new wrinkle to current geopolitics:

Despite sharing a long border with Iran, Pakistan is 90% Sunni. Does that or did that prevent Pakistan from helping Iran develop it's nuke program? the Sunni/Shiite rift is arguably as deep or perhaps deeper than that of Islam and Judaism/Christianity. But enemy-of-my-enemy considerations can change with the times as they often do.

“The empire, long divided, must unite; long united, must divide. Thus has it ever been.” — The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 1400, attributed to Luo Guanzhong.

At some point, Xi’s Chinese Communist Party will either 1) productively address America’s trade grievances, 2) start military action that risks global thermonuclear war, or 3) itself collapse and throw China into chaos. The first two possibilities have been discussed broadly elsewhere, but let’s think through scenario three because it seems this is our goal. . .

. . . Xi must certainly understand Trump’s challenge as an existential threat to his rule and the rule of a centralized government under the CCP. A major retrenchment from prior prosperity has always been considered a loss of the Mandate of Heaven and a sign for regime change, whatever the cause.
We should be confident that the Trump Administration understands the stakes here for Xi. Trump has backed Xi into a corner. Xi’s options are bad. He can acquiesce, which will lower Chinese living standards and reduce their international clout. Or he can fight and even escalate, which will lower Chinese living standards and reduce their international clout. Either way, Xi loses face and his power weakens. He may yet retain central control, or he might be replaced with a more consensual and less aggressive CCP leader. Or China as we know it could break into warlordism. . . What emerges after the breakup of the CCP will, without doubt, return to vigorous competition amongst the regional states. That competition could well turn violent, as so often has happened in the past. And somebody is going to inherit the nuclear weapons. . . We must hope the US has some plan for dealing with a new Period of the Warring States.

Well, hope over experience is no way to live one's life, as we now see in terms of the entire Ukraine debacle/fiasco that our globalist asshole wizards of smart helped bring about since the breakup of the Soviet Union that they were completely unprepared for and handled with insanely gross incompetence regardless of who and which administration was in power at the time.


China is also out to capture the world as it has and continues to make moves all over the world. They both need us and want to dispose of us at the same time. Trump's goal to kneecap the chi-coms is right. We can debate strategies and tactics as is our wont to do. . .

As for Islam, well the Muslims don't need nukes. They just need mass migration to every non-Muslim nation on the planet and have the babies that Low-T soy boys and green-haired lesbians and trannies refuse to or cannot and in no time flat, Al-Shabab's Your Uncle! Notre Dame, Westminster Abbey and St. John the Divine are transformed into clones of the Hagia Sophia while Mohammed becomes the most popular baby name for the next 100 years.

At first I was reluctant to believe that there are quite so many British Muslims in positions of power as some people maintain. Then something like the following happens, and it seems a hell of a lot easier to believe.

What happened is this: Renaud Camus, the 78-year-old French philosopher, author, and intellectual, was banned from entering the UK. Who, you may ask, is Renaud Camus? Well, back when the world was young, Camus was what the French call a ’68-er – a radical on the barricades, the Gallic equivalent of an American hippie, a bookish lad playing at revolution. He was also a leading figure in France’s gay-rights movement. His 1979 novel Tricks, a chronicle of intimate same-sex liaisons, was a bestseller and a critical sensation. The critic Roland Barthes gave it his imprimatur. Gore Vidal praised it in the New York Review of Books.

But no, Camus isn’t being kept out of Britain because of any of that. Tricks, and the civil unrest of May 1968, are, after all, long ago and far away. Nor is Camus (no relation, by the way, to Albert Camus, the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Stranger and The Plague) being punished for having been an active member of the Socialist Party in the 1970s and 80s. How many French intellectuals, after all, weren’t socialists in the 1970s and 80s? Nor is Camus – a man of wide and deep learning – being banned for having accumulated more diplomas than you can fit on a single wall, including degrees in French literature, philosophy, political science, and the history of law.

No, Camus’ offense is having published the 2011 book Le Grand Remplacement (The Great Replacement), which warned that Europe was undergoing, as the title put it, a great replacement – a massive influx of non-Western immigrants who, owing to early marriages and high reproductive rates, were gradually taking the place of native Europeans who were marrying late, if at all, and, in most cases, having no more than one or two children. . . When Goodwin interviewed Camus – who was in France, of course – the latter denied his detractors’ charge that he’s pushing a “conspiracy theory”; no, he contended, the Islamization of Europe is “plain fact.” Goodwin said that according to critics, Camus’s analysis of the European situation has been “debunked”; how, replied Camus, can it have been debunked “when it is evident in every street”? Camus accused his critics of “denialism” – denialism about “the most important thing” ever to have happened to Europe.

Psaki-Psircling back to the US of A, we have open borders that are not only letting in a flood of latin American peasants, along with drug traffickers, human traffickers, murderers, rapists and criminal gangs that the Democrats are falling all over themselves to defend but Islamic terrorist cheerleaders and terrorists themselves. But deporting them is a stain on our sacred democracy or something.

Keep on pushing that line, Democrats and even more Latinos, Asians, Blacks, youth and women will abandon you. Perhaps John Fetterman might be indicative of something and not merely an outlier. Yes, for sure, The aforementioned are not going to embrace Trump openly, but no one is flocking to Titty-Caca Cortez and jet-setting commie alta-cockers like Bernie Sanders either.

Elsewhere, Pete Hegseth must be doing something right or else the Deep State youldn't be so desperate to destroy him. Yes, he's a good stand-in for President Trump, but a revitalized military is antithetical to both the globalist goal to take us down a notch on the global stage but to erode a key pillar of our culture and society.

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1 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 07:38 AM (ExV1e)

2 Thirsty Thursday

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 24, 2025 07:38 AM (gbOdA)

3 Tech thread alerted.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 07:39 AM (ExV1e)

4 @RobertKennedyJr: "A teenager today, an American teenager, has less testosterone than a 68-year-old man."

Posted by: SMOD at April 24, 2025 07:39 AM (cWrW3)

5 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2025 07:39 AM (Q4IgG)

6 morning horde.

happy my friday. thank god for the 3 day weekend i've decided to take, in honor of jj's birfday

i've got covfefe, time for content...

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at April 24, 2025 07:40 AM (nXhwP)

7 Good morning, one and all! It's a beautiful Thursday in the GPROMD and things are going to be warm today. I submitted a ticket last week with Miss Utility as we are getting ready to pour concrete for our mailbox. The wife rolled her eyes a bit but I'd rather err on the side of caution. End result: All four companies with lines in the area signed off on it.

Now to just hang on until the weekend...

Posted by: NR Pax at April 24, 2025 07:40 AM (lXoJ5)

8 Nina Jankowicz Creates New Disinfo Organization to Rally Europe to Attack American Free Speech

Posted by: SMOD at April 24, 2025 07:42 AM (cWrW3)

9 Le Grand Remplacement


"They call it a Royale with cheese."

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 24, 2025 07:43 AM (gbOdA)

10 Good morning JJ and horde

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 07:44 AM (aHfB6)

11 good morning JJ, Horde

Posted by: callsign claymore at April 24, 2025 07:45 AM (Jwq9Q)

12 The amount of rot inside our government has to give the current administration more than a few sleepless nights.

I can see why, in some regards, the Administration sees no choice but to pull down the whole building in order to save the ordinary citizen on whom the building is about to fall.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 07:47 AM (tT6L1)

13 Good morning J.J.

So, you get not only the weather machine, but also the keys to the AoS kingdom next week?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 07:48 AM (tT6L1)

14 Xi’s options are bad. He can acquiesce, which will lower Chinese living standards and reduce their international clout. Or he can fight and even escalate, which will lower Chinese living standards and reduce their international clout. Either way, Xi loses face and his power weakens. He may yet retain central control, or he might be replaced with a more consensual and less aggressive CCP leader.

Razorfist discusses Chinese purges and contends that Xi has removed an estimated 5MM members of the CCP from the realm of the living.

https://youtu.be/c-f4KH0Dzfc

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 07:48 AM (ExV1e)

15 Good morning dear horde and happy birthday JJ

I have always advocated for the harshest measures against the racist fascist regime in Tehran. FFS they have been at war with this country since 1979 and we pretend not to notice.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 24, 2025 07:50 AM (RIvkX)

16 ...the breakup of the Soviet Union that they were completely unprepared for and handled with insanely gross incompetence regardless of who was in office at the time.

Which is probably an indication that the people in office aren't the people in power.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 07:50 AM (ExV1e)

17 I can see why, in some regards, the Administration sees no choice but to pull down the whole building in order to save the ordinary citizen on whom the building is about to fall.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 07:47

I've said it perhaps a million times. Our problem isn't that the system is corrupt, it's that corruption is the system.

Reform of this government necessarily means destruction of this government. It's an intractable problem for someone like Trump, who wants to salvage the unsalvageable.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 24, 2025 07:51 AM (BI5O2)

18 Camus’s analysis of the European situation has been “debunked”...

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I think they think they can get away with calling The Great Replacement debunked is simply because there has been no formal call to such a thing. No formal, announced plan. By not specifically saying, "yes, we're replacing you," that absolves them of guilt. Hence, debunked.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 24, 2025 07:51 AM (qBdHI)

19 They chant "Death to America!" in their parliament and we think it's so cute.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 24, 2025 07:51 AM (RIvkX)

20 Morning JJ and the Horde. Looking forward tonight, watching the Bears blow another top 10 draft pick. Jets west

Posted by: Jonah at April 24, 2025 07:51 AM (YCxFk)

21 > Nina Jankowicz Creates New Disinfo Organization to Rally Europe to Attack American Free Speech
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I doubt they needed any encouragement.

And someone needs to take a tire iron to that bitch.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2025 07:52 AM (Q4IgG)

22 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at April 24, 2025 07:53 AM (53oGX)

23 Nina Jankowicz Creates New Disinfo Organization to Rally Europe to Attack American Free Speech

Why do they insist on staying in this country when there are many other nations that are far more supportive of their poisonous worldview?

Posted by: NR Pax at April 24, 2025 07:53 AM (lXoJ5)

24 ...a revitalized military is antithetical to both the globalist goal to take us down a notch on the global stage but to erode a key pillar of our culture and society.

The goal of the deep state was to turn the military into yet another functionless bureaucracy, existing primarily to employ the unemployable and pay for expensive medical procedures for lunatics. Once that had been achieved, it would have been used to plant the boot on the American face.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 07:54 AM (ExV1e)

25 Are we prepared for a new Chinese period of the warring states?

More likely an Asian version of the Irish Potato Famine. Be prepared to take on millions of Chinese nationals who are seeking refuge and to "feed their families".

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at April 24, 2025 07:56 AM (a4flb)

26 17 I've said it perhaps a million times. Our problem isn't that the system is corrupt, it's that corruption is the system.

Reform of this government necessarily means destruction of this government. It's an intractable problem for someone like Trump, who wants to salvage the unsalvageable.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 24, 2025 07:51 AM (BI5O2)


THIS X 1,000!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 24, 2025 07:57 AM (x0n13)

27 Shutting down several FOIA offices at HHS is especially troublesome considering the ambitious and controversial agenda of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. For example, RFK Jr. promises to find the cause of autism by this September. Full transparency will be needed to “double check” the work.

OTOH, full transparency doesn't require the FOIA. Why should ANYTHING at HHS, beyond personal identifying information regarding its clients, be secret? And if nothing is secret, beyond things which aren't subject to FOIA requests, why maintain the offices?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 07:57 AM (ExV1e)

28 > Reform of this government necessarily means destruction of this government. It's an intractable problem for someone like Trump, who wants to salvage the unsalvageable.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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This

It's also why you cannot vote your way out the situation when the very system of voting is what got you here in the first place. If this was not the case Trump would have had every illegal deported, 3/4 of the Democrats and half the Republicans in Congress jailed by now. If not sooner.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2025 07:58 AM (Q4IgG)

29 And Pakistan is also majority if not 100% Shiite as well,

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JJ, 90% of Pakistan is Sunni....

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 07:59 AM (g47mK)

30 "Camus accused his critics of “denialism” – denialism about “the most important thing” ever to have happened to Europe."

Yes indeed...

The most important thing EVER to have happened to Europe.

It's going to suck not being able to make fun of the Limeys and the French anymore.

All hose people dying in all those wars just to be defeated by a lack of will.

Posted by: pawn at April 24, 2025 08:00 AM (QB+5g)

31 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at April 24, 2025 08:00 AM (aABKF)

32 I was going to sit out the 2024 elections until the Democrats murdered that guy's squirrel. And now we find out, the fix was in to kill the squirrel and the raccoon from the get-go; as a demonstration of the power of the state.

https://is.gd/Ljipq9

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at April 24, 2025 08:00 AM (DIweC)

33 WHy does it matter? Because not a pariah among Gulf countries. And very good friends with the Saudis.

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 08:00 AM (g47mK)

34 Nina Jankowicz

In my neighborhood we called something "janky" if it was false, brokedown, lame, or lopsided.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 24, 2025 08:01 AM (RIvkX)

35 "JJ, 90% of Pakistan is Sunni"

and that is why Iran does not have a bomb yet.

Posted by: pawn at April 24, 2025 08:01 AM (QB+5g)

36 Xi’s options are bad.

Or he can go on a global tour and win over hearts and minds of our friendly alliances.

He can attempt to isolate the US from the rest of the world at the same time unleash the kinetic elements in the US and bring us profound violence knowing full well that Bond, Patel and Bongino are completely helpless and impotent in dealing with internal violence, disruption and chaos.

The only move that Heritage Americans can take at that time is turn the Kill Them All Switch and do what needs to be done since government has already signaled that they intend to completely fail us.

Since we are a low T nation, this is all just fantasy.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at April 24, 2025 08:02 AM (a4flb)

37 Transiting exoplanet appears to be losing matter with each transit
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I wonder if this is a gas giant that's having its outer layers of gas sucked off by its proximity to the star. Will it have a solid rocky core? I guess we'll find out in 2 million years or so...

It's the cosmic scale equivalent of "how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie-Roll Pop?"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 24, 2025 08:02 AM (7fElN)

38 U.K. Gov't Planning to Use Aerosols to 'Dim the Sun'...to 'Prevent Runaway Climate Change'

Why hasn't the entire planet declared war on the UK?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 08:03 AM (ExV1e)

39 I was going to sit out the 2024 elections until the Democrats murdered that guy's squirrel. And now we find out, the fix was in to kill the squirrel and the raccoon from the get-go; as a demonstration of the power of the state.

Me too. Forget the billions pissed away in advertisements/propaganda and other forms of craven manipulation - killing the rodent is what brought me out of political lethargy.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at April 24, 2025 08:04 AM (a4flb)

40 SANDOVAL: Trump Just Gave People With Useless Degrees A Huge Reality Check

JJ Gooder Link

https://dailycaller.com/2025/04/23/
donald-trump-department-education-student-loans-debt/

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 24, 2025 08:04 AM (gbOdA)

41 Have I woken up in bizarro world?? In this world I agree with The Lump while wondering about Trump. Bizarre…. Not that I want the US to openly attack Iran. But I do want to drop those pointless negotiations, sanction them up the yahoo and greenlight any covert Israeli military action the IDF might take. Or even covert military actions… just not open war.

Lump FTW!!

I mean Rubio yesterday was talking about it’s okay for Iran to have a civilian nuclear program for power generation; bizarre as they have plenty of fossil fuels for energy. They don’t need nuclear

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 24, 2025 08:04 AM (i5Vkf)

42 29 And Pakistan is also majority if not 100% Shiite as well,

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JJ, 90% of Pakistan is Sunni....
Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 07:59 AM (g47mK)


I read the article wrong. I have corrected my post and thanks for that comment!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 24, 2025 08:04 AM (x0n13)

43 Paxton v. Cornyn is a crossroads for the GOP

Cornyn has been in the Senate for over 20 years. Even if he weren't a quisling piece of shit it would be time for him to go.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 08:05 AM (ExV1e)

44 Did anyone see the pics from Lucy of the asteroid DonaldJohnson?

https://tinyurl.com/y5m7s6vv

What a weird and wonderful universe we live in.

Posted by: pawn at April 24, 2025 08:06 AM (QB+5g)

45 In Pakistan English is the language used by the educated, powerful, military, academia, and government. Their laws and constitution were written in English. They have at least the trappings of a constitutional order.

As far as our bilateral relations go, this is important.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 24, 2025 08:06 AM (RIvkX)

46
*And someone needs to take a tire iron to that bitch.*

Come see the violence inherent in the system.

Posted by: Monty Python at April 24, 2025 08:06 AM (qelIc)

47 Forget the billions pissed away in advertisements/propaganda and other forms of craven manipulation - killing the rodent is what brought me out of political lethargy.

The same state that let armed robbers and murderers walk the streets sent twelve cops to raid a guy's house and murder his pets.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at April 24, 2025 08:06 AM (DIweC)

48 The US and Europe established and helped develop Iran's nuke program. Starting in the 50s and up to 1979. Boy, are we stupid or what ?

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 08:07 AM (g47mK)

49 Why hasn't the entire planet declared war on the UK?

Uh, the rest of the world has. EU is screwing them to death in regulations. The entire Middle East and Africa is sending over their best and brightest to take over whole cities. The US is abandoning much of their money laundering in the form of Ukraine subsidies. China is looking to plunder UK even harder since the US is showing some sort of spine. They haven't made friends with Russia and Israel will still continue to operate against them too.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at April 24, 2025 08:07 AM (a4flb)

50 Willowed, about my problem with Capital One's website:

You made too many changes without notifying them, that makes your account fail a KYC filter and you look like a hacker. Change IP and phone - yeah, you are a hacker. Any pen tester will tell you that.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at April 24, 2025

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Yes, I did change my phone -- two years ago. And have been receiving texts there for almost that long. If I had just now changed my phone as well as the IP, I'd understand. But it's been part of my account for almost two years and their verification process has been working fine.

I'm going to spend very little more time futzing with it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 24, 2025 08:07 AM (omVj0)

51 38 U.K. Gov't Planning to Use Aerosols to 'Dim the Sun'...to 'Prevent Runaway Climate Change'
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

How do you get more racist than this? Only Scandis like Dim-sun.

Posted by: Auspex at April 24, 2025 08:08 AM (j4U/Z)

52 As for transistor radios and the quality of bygone days: In junior high and high school I had a portable Motorola AM radio. The sound quality on that box was wonderful, even though it was mono. You undid the case and changed the batteries, and off you went.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 24, 2025 08:09 AM (omVj0)

53 I like this Fetterman guy. Now, What's he think about our precious bodily fluids?

Posted by: Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper at April 24, 2025 08:09 AM (OxX9V)

54 By now , China is probably the biggest clandestine supplier to Iran's nuke program. Russian and Pakistan too. But given that they are Sunni, and given that Saudi is very opposed, not sure how much. Still , cannot rely on that. Iran was hiding bin Laden and Zawahiri for years. Both Sunni.

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 08:10 AM (g47mK)

55 India is generally in our corner as India is a rival of the Chi-Coms who are as a result allied with Pakistan

And certainly NOT because they love them some muzzies...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 08:11 AM (ynpvh)

56 Except you have to pronounce it "pock-EE-stahn."

Posted by: B.O. at April 24, 2025 08:11 AM (qelIc)

57 Using aerosols to dim the sun to prevent runaway climate change?

Do these people even hear themselves? Do they ever sit back and think, "What could possibly go wrong?"

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 08:12 AM (tT6L1)

58 40 Posted by: rhennigantx at April 24, 2025 08:04 AM (gbOdA)



Link fixed, thanks!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 24, 2025 08:13 AM (x0n13)

59 I've always tried to not fall into what I consider to be a mental trap in thinking your enemies are stupid.

But the Democrats rallying around brining that gangbanger back is just incredibly STUPID.

They are completely alienating what they hoped their new base was going to be.

Even the illegals are hoping that the deportation rhetoric will die away after a while and they can stay as long as they keep their nose clean.

Posted by: pawn on a K845 keyboard at April 24, 2025 08:13 AM (QB+5g)

60 Hilton has since reinvented himself as a more populist-presenting figure.

Hey, I publicly backed a bunch of unpopular shit and, since my only true belief is that I should have power, here's some new lies. -- Steve Hilton

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 08:13 AM (ExV1e)

61 Are we prepared for a new Chinese period of the warring states?
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Who knows? My problem with that article is that, by the author's own account, it's not a regular back-and-forth between two types of era. Chinese history is overwhelmingly that of single dynasties succeeding one another. The "warring states/3 kingdoms" parts are fairly short.

Of course, it can happen again. And there is no law that it must follow as it happened. One thing I despise is the notion that one has decoded the epicycles of history. That is madness.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 24, 2025 08:13 AM (1bNHn)

62 my fave foreign policy idea has always been to revive the old WW2 Liberator pistol (update the design maybe, keep the .45 ACP) manufacture by the 100s of thousands (if not millions & millions!), and drop yuge canisters of little parachute packages from stealth bombers over, well, just about everywhere, innit?

initiate authentic grassroots regime change! 2A for everyone!

(or just stir the pot and sow chaos, I don't actually care very much any more)

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 24, 2025 08:13 AM (/Ghsb)

63 Yale Derecognizes Students for Justice in Palestine Chapter After Group Blocks Jewish Students' Access to Parts of Campus

I Derecognizes you
I Derecognizes you
I Derecognizes you

there enuf said

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 24, 2025 08:14 AM (gbOdA)

64 Holt asked, “Is this really about antisemitism?”

Garber responded, “I would say that, at Harvard, we have a real problem with antisemitism. We take it very seriously, and we’re trying to address it. There’s no doubt about the severity of that problem. We don’t really see the relationship to research funding at Harvard and other universities. They are two different issues.”

Garber also stated that “What they are indicating is that they want to directly review who we hire on our faculty. That has implications for what kinds of views can be expressed on campus. They also want to be able to tell us who we need to fire. And they also want to intervene in our admissions processes. That is what we are objecting to.”

Posted by: SMOD at April 24, 2025 08:14 AM (cWrW3)

65 Link fixed, thanks!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 24, 2025 08:13 AM (x0n13)

you da man JJ

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 24, 2025 08:14 AM (gbOdA)

66 MSN: The Walls are Starting to Close in On Trump. Reuters/Ipsos Trump’s approval rating was underwater on most major issues, including “from inflation and immigration to taxation and rule of law.” Even on immigration, 45 percent of Reuters respondents approve and 46 percent disapprove.

“As more and more Americans begin to feel the pain of his policies, we may well look back on his first 100 days as the prelude to a historically unpopular presidency,” Sosnik, a former adviser to Bill Clinton, wrote in the Times.

Does he care about approval ratings? His goal is to become a trillionaire. As long as he can rake in the cash, he is happy.

Yes I don't see this ending well for him or republicans. its just matter of time now. There is no escaping their downfall 😁

I wrongly thought this was the case on January 6th. The scale of destruction that he can inflict in the next 3 3/4 years is something I try not to dwell on because it's disturbing. We need to pick up 4 Senate seats in 2026, which is a challenge. If Ossoff can hold on, there's Maine, North Carolina, hopefully Sherrod Brown in Ohio (not an easy task, but possible), but then what could be #4?

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67 Just in-
Parts of Toronto Pearson International Airport have been put on lockdown after an unknown incident, with police and paramedics swarming the area.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 24, 2025 08:15 AM (NpAcC)

68 Even the illegals are hoping that the deportation rhetoric will die away after a while and they can stay as long as they keep their nose clean.
Posted by: pawn on a K845 keyboard at April 24, 2025 08:13 AM (QB+5g)
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Yeah a lot of illegals probably wish Democrats would get off their side. They're probably not happy with the issue being constantly in the news.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 08:16 AM (tT6L1)

69 57 Using aerosols to dim the sun to prevent runaway climate change?

Do these people even hear themselves? Do they ever sit back and think, "What could possibly go wrong?"
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 08:12 AM (tT6L1)

When they blow the Moon (and that spells bicycle) up 2037 shit gets real.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 24, 2025 08:16 AM (gbOdA)

70 61 Are we prepared for a new Chinese period of the warring states?

(Narrator voice) No. We're never prepared.

Posted by: Person who likes to use their narrator voice at April 24, 2025 08:16 AM (qelIc)

71 initiate authentic grassroots regime change! 2A for everyone!

(or just stir the pot and sow chaos, I don't actually care very much any more)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 24, 2025 08:13 AM (/Ghsb)
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Popular support for the regime in Tehran is paper thin, and the people yearn to be out from under their boot.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 24, 2025 08:16 AM (RIvkX)

72 “This is false,” Rubio and Witkoff said in a joint statement. “Neither of us have had any conversations about lifting sanctions on Russia as part of a peace deal with Ukraine.

1. Why would we refuse to lift sanctions on Russia as part of a peace deal?
2. Frankly, lifting sanctions on Russia would probably end the war sooner and with fewer dead Ukrainians.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 08:16 AM (ExV1e)

73
Students for Justice in Brigadoon > Students for Justice in Shangri-La > >>>>>Students for Justice in "palestine" >

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 24, 2025 08:16 AM (x0n13)

74 I wrongly thought this was the case on January 6th. The scale of destruction that he can inflict in the next 3 3/4 years is something I try not to dwell on because it's disturbing. We need to pick up 4 Senate seats in 2026, which is a challenge. If Ossoff can hold on, there's Maine, North Carolina, hopefully Sherrod Brown in Ohio (not an easy task, but possible), but then what could be #4?
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 24, 2025 08:15 AM (ycI94)

ha

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 24, 2025 08:17 AM (gbOdA)

75


Giant Krylon can pointed at the sun!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 24, 2025 08:18 AM (x0n13)

76 73
Students for Justice in Brigadoon > Students for Justice in Shangri-La > >>>>>Students for Justice in "palestine" >
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 24, 2025 08:16 AM (x0n13)

Somewhere over the Rainbow Flag.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 24, 2025 08:18 AM (gbOdA)

77 Perhaps we ought to reflect on the wisdom of Thomas Jefferson when considering how much Islam to allow into American society.
Islam Is Incompatible with Democracy

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Islam is incompatible with humanity. The Democrats want them here in numbers as great as that of illegal aliens.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 24, 2025 08:19 AM (qBdHI)

78 Newsom wrote to California Energy Commission (CEC) Vice Chair Siva Gunda on Monday to urge that Gunda and the CEC “redouble” their efforts to keep fuel refiners in the state

Laws have consequences, in this case mostly intentional. Kali is a basket-case of bad laws.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 08:19 AM (ynpvh)

79 Giant Krylon can pointed at the sun!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 24, 2025 08:18 AM (x0n13)

In LA they would use to write Gang Call Signs.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 24, 2025 08:19 AM (gbOdA)

80 @RobertKennedyJr: "A teenager today, an American teenager, has less testosterone than a 68-year-old man."
Posted by: SMOD at April 24, 2025 07:39 AM (cWrW3)

I wonder if they'll investigate the possibility that this is a side effect of hormonal birth control.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 08:19 AM (ExV1e)

81 76 73
Students for Justice in Brigadoon > Students for Justice in Shangri-La > >>>>>Students for Justice in "palestine" >
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 24, 2025 08:16 AM (x0n13)

Somewhere over the Rainbow Flag.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 24, 2025 08:18 AM (gbOdA)

Gays for Palestine = Chickens for KFC

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 08:19 AM (ynpvh)

82 I'm trying to imagine people being "blocked" from accessing a part of my campus as an undergraduate and I am 90% sure the result would have been a very serious riot.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 24, 2025 08:20 AM (RIvkX)

83 FOIA Under Attack: Government Keeping Way Too Many Secrets
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That was distressing reading. I don't care what it costs, we need MORE transparency. It would be a false economy to shut down offices which deal with FOIA requests. Of course, I do have to tip my hat to the cleverness of the enemy; they can use DOGE to their own advantage.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 24, 2025 08:20 AM (1bNHn)

84 “This is false,” Rubio and Witkoff said in a joint statement. “Neither of us have had any conversations about lifting sanctions on Russia as part of a peace deal with Ukraine.

1. Why would we refuse to lift sanctions on Russia as part of a peace deal?
2. Frankly, lifting sanctions on Russia would probably end the war sooner and with fewer dead Ukrainians.

I wonder if they had conversations about lifting sanctions on Russia without any relationship to a peace deal with Ukraine, since it appears that POTUS has walked away from trying to negotiate peace for as long as Zelenskyy is still part of the process.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at April 24, 2025 08:20 AM (a4flb)

85 With darling Greta Thunberg going off script, the Left needed a new poster child for their cause of climate change.

Greta has pretty much hit the wall and she's now longer a cute little girl with pigtails that cries on command.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 24, 2025 08:20 AM (lXoJ5)

86 Today is National Pigs In A Blanket.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 24, 2025 08:20 AM (NpAcC)

87 81 @RobertKennedyJr: "A teenager today, an American teenager, has less testosterone than a 68-year-old man."
Posted by: SMOD at April 24, 2025 07:39 AM (cWrW3)

I wonder if they'll investigate the possibility that this is a side effect of hormonal birth control.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 08:19 AM (ExV1e)

Could also be the estrogen injections...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 08:20 AM (ynpvh)

88 78 Newsom wrote to California Energy Commission (CEC) Vice Chair Siva Gunda on Monday to urge that Gunda and the CEC “redouble” their efforts to keep fuel refiners in the state

Laws have consequences, in this case mostly intentional. Kali is a basket-case of bad laws.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 08:19 AM (ynpvh)

Kali down to 17 refineries (iirc) and losing 2 next year.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 24, 2025 08:20 AM (gbOdA)

89 I watched an interview with one of the Jewish students being refused entry onto part of Yale's campus. The protesting students were taunting him and denying him passage. I wonder what would happen if he was a black man. Or Trans. What would the news coverage be then?

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at April 24, 2025 08:21 AM (SfhV1)

90 57 Using aerosols to dim the sun to prevent runaway climate change?

Do these people even hear themselves? Do they ever sit back and think, "What could possibly go wrong?"
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 08:12 AM (tT6L1)

When they blow the Moon (and that spells bicycle) up 2037 shit gets real.
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 24, 2025 08:16 AM (gbOdA)
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In Sean McMullen's Greatwinter trilogy, right about now is when humanity sets up a facility on the Moon to extract materials to build a giant mirror in space to counteract global warming. Needless to say, it goes horribly wrong.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 24, 2025 08:21 AM (7fElN)

91 86 With darling Greta Thunberg going off script, the Left needed a new poster child for their cause of climate change.

Greta has pretty much hit the wall and she's now longer a cute little girl with pigtails that cries on command.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 24, 2025 08:20 AM (lXoJ5)
87 Today is National Pigs In A Blanket.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 24, 2025 08:20 AM (NpAcC)

Connected?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 08:21 AM (ynpvh)

92 "Our problem isn't that the system is corrupt, it's that corruption is the system."

The system is run by people, who, in general, are no angels. This will be true for any system.

Posted by: fd at April 24, 2025 08:21 AM (vFG9F)

93 Haven't seen much of Greta since US AI D collapsed, no ?

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 08:22 AM (g47mK)

94 MSN: The Walls are Starting to Close in On Trump. Reuters/Ipsos Trump’s approval rating was underwater on most major issues, including “from inflation and immigration to taxation and rule of law.” Even on immigration, 45 percent of Reuters respondents approve and 46 percent disapprove.

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The DUmmies refuse to admit Trump 2.0 is not Trump 1.0.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 08:22 AM (tT6L1)

95 90 I watched an interview with one of the Jewish students being refused entry onto part of Yale's campus. The protesting students were taunting him and denying him passage. I wonder what would happen if he was a black man. Or Trans. What would the news coverage be then?

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at April 24, 2025 08:21 AM (SfhV1)

Some tiny one-balled Austrian wanted Jews to wear yellow stars of David...the Left is down with that.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 08:22 AM (ynpvh)

96 Fredi Otto can't really replace Saint Greta. She appears to be an educated adult. Just another leftist in it for the grift. Europe is full of them. That continent, and much of the world, is circling the drain.

Posted by: Being Fitted For Burkha at April 24, 2025 08:23 AM (G5+As)

97 Regarding transistor radios from the tech thread.

I still have my Zenith 275 transistor radio I received for Christmas 1959. Carried that everywhere on my bike, or on walks as a kid. That radio was $49.95 back then, a big chunk of change, but was built with typical Zenith quality. The 7 transistors were actually seated in little sockets, not directly soldered into the PC board. I spent a lifetime working in the electronics field, and I still marvel at the level of quality back then when it came to American built electronics. I replaced one capacitor in that radio since 1959. Still used during power failures.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 24, 2025 08:23 AM (5xuJ/)

98 > FOIA Under Attack: Government Keeping Way Too Many Secrets
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No shit. We were promised all sorts of "revelations" about government corruption and debauchery. Instead we got binders of already released info on p3d0 island and a nothing burger on JFK's assassination.

Same old, same old.... never changes.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2025 08:23 AM (Q4IgG)

99 Interesting, 2003 is when Iran halted the program for a bit, and even allowed inspectors in. Now, why 2003 particularly ?? hmmmm....

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 08:23 AM (g47mK)

100 I'm trying to imagine people being "blocked" from accessing a part of my campus as an undergraduate and I am 90% sure the result would have been a very serious riot.

There needs to be a response to these cretins that is immediate and so thorough that they never bother normal people ever again.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 24, 2025 08:24 AM (lXoJ5)

101 Xi’s options are bad.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at April 24, 2025 08:02 AM (a4flb)

Impressive that you managed to turn that into a whine about Bondi. Bravo, sir, bra... vo.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 08:24 AM (ExV1e)

102 We don't get no respect.

Posted by: Students Against Justice at April 24, 2025 08:24 AM (qelIc)

103 I see we've a troll who doesn't understand, that, unlike the left, we learn from our mistakes.

But, hey, aliaswhatever, you be you.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 08:25 AM (tT6L1)

104 Politico-
DNC gives David Hogg an ultimatum
The Democratic National Committee is going to force David Hogg to decide: Get out of the primary game or lose his DNC post.

https://tinyurl.com/bddfjkfe

Posted by: redridinghood at April 24, 2025 08:26 AM (NpAcC)

105 Report: China Pressures South Korea to Limit Rare-Earth Product Exports to U.S.

Simple answer: mine it here.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 08:26 AM (ynpvh)

106 Greta has pretty much hit the wall and she's now longer a cute little girl with pigtails that cries on command.

"No longer" a cute little girl? I don't think even Joe Biden would have sniffed her when she was younger.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at April 24, 2025 08:27 AM (ycI94)

107 87 Today is National Pigs In A Blanket.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 24, 2025 08:20 AM (NpAcC)

Connected?

Quite possibly. And to a certain degree, I kind of feel sorry for Pippi Ragestocking. Her youth was sacrificed so her mom and dad can have a good life.

Mind you, the sympathy ended the instant she became an adult but it was still a shitty things for her parents to do.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 24, 2025 08:28 AM (lXoJ5)

108 Ben Gvir gets water bottles thrown at him as he exits speech at Yale, courtesy of "palestinian " protestors

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 08:28 AM (KfeQT)

109 And a little Hogg shall lead them.

Posted by: The Book of Polticus at April 24, 2025 08:28 AM (qelIc)

110 EPA’s Zeldin Demands Mexico Stop Sewage Flooding into San Diego’s Waters

FINALLY. San Diego/California was sued over dirty water produced in Tijuana and pumped into a river that flows into the US and to the ocean, yet somehow it's not Mexico's fault...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 08:29 AM (ynpvh)

111 > DNC gives David Hogg an ultimatum
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They should give him a noogie first. He's a shit stirrer. They knew that when he was appointed.

He is right about the Democrat leadership being out of touch with 'his' view of what they should stand for. 'His' view being considerably more radical and insane than they currently are.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2025 08:30 AM (Q4IgG)

112 Fundamentally, forcing an Arab culture organized around kings and clans into nation-states and expecting them to peaceful and stable is a pipe-dream.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 24, 2025 08:30 AM (RIvkX)

113 109 Pakistan gave Iran the technology for atomic weapons everyone knows that, from A.Q. Khan

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at April 24, 2025 08:27 AM (6I/Pd)

Also, supposedly, sold it to the Norks.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 08:30 AM (ynpvh)

114 "No longer" a cute little girl? I don't think even Joe Biden would have sniffed her when she was younger.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar

It's part of her marketing. And nowadays, ugly is being pushed as the new normal. Good luck getting a hot girl in a lead role these days.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 24, 2025 08:30 AM (lXoJ5)

115 Abortion is part of Le Grand Remplacement. 80 million native (literally) Americans slaughtered over 50 years and remplaced with 60 million or more illegals.

Posted by: ... at April 24, 2025 08:31 AM (sBjls)

116 Beyond The Swing: Why Southern Suburbs Refuse To Budge
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Not impressive. I note the author even gets wrong the rule for VA governorships, saying you get 2 non-consecutive terms. You can have as many as you can win, but never consecutive.

I live in the middle of the "faux South", and don't buy a word of it.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 24, 2025 08:31 AM (1bNHn)

117 China Is Flooding America With Illegal Vapes — And More Than 90% Fly Under the Radar

China is also deeply involved in fake meds and illicit drug manufacture in Mexico and the US. It's part of a war they've been fighting with us since at least the 1960's.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 08:32 AM (ynpvh)

118 Wildly OT but

The Colorado Avalanche will NOT advance to the next round. The Stars have their number.

Posted by: Don Black at April 24, 2025 08:32 AM (AOsQT)

119 China is also deeply involved in fake meds and illicit drug manufacture in Mexico and the US. It's part of a war they've been fighting with us since at least the 1960's.
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Why doesn't China do the world a favor and manufacture Quaaludes?

Posted by: Pudinhead at April 24, 2025 08:33 AM (pZ64F)

120 Good morning good people.

Anyone else have Fetterman as the voice of reason from the Dem side on their bingo card?

I sure as hell didn't.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 24, 2025 08:33 AM (vKNmo)

121 “I write to direct you to redouble the State’s efforts to work closely with refiners on short- and long-term planning, including through high-level, immediate engagement, to help ensure that Californians continue to have access to a safe, affordable and reliable supply of transportation fuels, and that refiners continue to see the value in serving the California market, even as demand for fossil fuels continues its gradual decline over the coming decades,” the letter states.

Zealot def:
Redouble your efforts after having lost sight of your original goals.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 24, 2025 08:33 AM (gbOdA)

122 the troll is an old banned troll

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 08:34 AM (g47mK)

123 119. Agreed.

Posted by: Jonah at April 24, 2025 08:34 AM (YCxFk)

124 Simple answer: mine it here.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 08:26 AM (ynpvh)

Or, if our eco-weenies just can't, buy it from Russia. They have everything China has and they're not, actually, a threat to us. Of course, doing that would require admitting that Russia isn't the great enemy of humanity.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 08:34 AM (ExV1e)

125 actually, both of them

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 08:34 AM (g47mK)

126 110 Greta has pretty much hit the wall and she's now longer a cute little girl with pigtails that cries on command.

"No longer" a cute little girl? I don't think even Joe Biden would have sniffed her when she was younger.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar
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I haven't seen any of the Last of Us. But from what I have seen, it's close call between Greta and the girl playing the lead. And we know Greta can act.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 24, 2025 08:35 AM (Dv3i1)

127 116 Fundamentally, forcing an Arab culture organized around kings and clans into nation-states and expecting them to peaceful and stable is a pipe-dream.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 24, 2025 08:30 AM (RIvkX)

Internally, it works with a cruel Ayotollah, but doesn't stop external wars.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 08:35 AM (ynpvh)

128 Zealot def:
Redouble your efforts after having lost sight of your original goals.
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 24, 2025 08:33 AM (gbOdA)
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He also thinks one bureaucrat writing a letter to another has magickal effect.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 24, 2025 08:35 AM (RIvkX)

129 123 China is also deeply involved in fake meds and illicit drug manufacture in Mexico and the US. It's part of a war they've been fighting with us since at least the 1960's.
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Why doesn't China do the world a favor and manufacture Quaaludes?

Posted by: Pudinhead at April 24, 2025 08:33 AM (pZ64F)

They get more punch for their yuan pushing fent.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 08:36 AM (ynpvh)

130 Islam is poison to every civilized society everywhere, every single time. It must be destroyed. There can be no negotiations with an entity that never keeps its word. It must be destroyed.

Posted by: Edward at April 24, 2025 08:36 AM (93DJn)

131 I watched an interview with one of the Jewish students being refused entry onto part of Yale's campus. The protesting students were taunting him and denying him passage.

I wonder what would happen if he was a black man. Or Trans. What would the news coverage be then?

Posted by: grammie winger



Black guy would have tuned some faggots up.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 24, 2025 08:36 AM (aABKF)

132 Why doesn't China do the world a favor and manufacture Quaaludes?

Posted by: Pudinhead at April 24, 2025 08:33 AM (pZ64F)

They get more punch for their yuan pushing fent.
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Fent has a habit of killing the customer. Quaaludes makes everyone happy.

Posted by: Pudinhead at April 24, 2025 08:37 AM (pZ64F)

133 128 Simple answer: mine it here.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 08:26 AM (ynpvh)

Or, if our eco-weenies just can't, buy it from Russia. They have everything China has and they're not, actually, a threat to us. Of course, doing that would require admitting that Russia isn't the great enemy of humanity.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 08:34 AM (ExV1e)

Simpler if we don't have to buy it from another country, especially one we are not on good terms with, especially if it is something used by national defense.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 08:37 AM (ynpvh)

134 Hogg did get two old marxist relics in Illinois to retire yesterday, in Durbin and Shakowsky. sure they will be replaced by young commies, but will have no seniority

Posted by: Jonah at April 24, 2025 08:37 AM (YCxFk)

135 The color revolution waged by our judiciary
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I'm glad he included Kavanaugh in his attack, but why let Gorsuch off the hook? Not one of Trump's appointments has been solid. But neither have they been truly rotten, like Blackmun and Souter.

What is really lacking, though, is a suggestion what to do about these problems. (1) Since Ike, the Republicans' record on justices has been mixed, at best, while the Dems dropped the ball only once (White). (2) Given the rottenness of the judiciary, Lenin's question comes to mind: "What is to be done?"

Posted by: Eeyore at April 24, 2025 08:37 AM (1bNHn)

136 Anyone else have Fetterman as the voice of reason from the Dem side on their bingo card?

I sure as hell didn't.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 24, 2025 08:33 AM (vKNmo)

Maybe the Lump is that baby dude in Total Recall.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 24, 2025 08:37 AM (gbOdA)

137 If American national security requires that Iran’s nuclear capabilities be obliterated, so be it. That is why we have a military. BUT, that does not mean we have to occupy / rebuild / “spread democracy”, etc. To hell with Colin Powell’s “We broke it, we bought it.” If we have to break things in Iran, we leave the wreckage for the Iranians to clean up.

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at April 24, 2025 08:38 AM (d9Cw3)

138 136 Why doesn't China do the world a favor and manufacture Quaaludes?

Posted by: Pudinhead at April 24, 2025 08:33 AM (pZ64F)

They get more punch for their yuan pushing fent.
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Fent has a habit of killing the customer. Quaaludes makes everyone happy.

Posted by: Pudinhead at April 24, 2025 08:37 AM (pZ64F)

In a war, you want your enemy injured and killed.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 08:38 AM (ynpvh)

139 Anyone else have Fetterman as the voice of reason from the Dem side on their bingo card?

Fetterman's rationality seems to exist in only one arena, though. I think he's made some mewlings about immigration but otherwise he seems to be a standard leftist except where Islam is concerned. And even that seems to be limited to direct dangers to Israel.

Unless I've missed something... which is possible.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 08:38 AM (ExV1e)

140 Maybe the Lump is that baby dude in Total Recall.
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Quattro?

Posted by: Pudinhead at April 24, 2025 08:39 AM (pZ64F)

141 For a good reason not to let knuckle draggers have nuclear energy, do a quick re-dive into the Chernobyl disaster.

The muzzies qualify as top-level knuckle draggers.

Posted by: CZ = FNG, Free Republic of Florida at April 24, 2025 08:39 AM (MkuC5)

142 Yale, lecture me again all over about "inclusion" and "safe spaces" and "microagressions" and all that bullsh*t.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 24, 2025 08:39 AM (RIvkX)

143 141 If American national security requires that Iran’s nuclear capabilities be obliterated, so be it. That is why we have a military. BUT, that does not mean we have to occupy / rebuild / “spread democracy”, etc. To hell with Colin Powell’s “We broke it, we bought it.” If we have to break things in Iran, we leave the wreckage for the Iranians to clean up.

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at April 24, 2025 08:38 AM (d9Cw3)

Agreed with a proviso: not ending up with something there that's worse...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 08:39 AM (ynpvh)

144 124 Anyone else have Fetterman as the voice of reason from the Dem side on their bingo card?
I sure as hell didn't.
Posted by: Tonypete

Um... hello

Posted by: The Lump at April 24, 2025 08:39 AM (j4U/Z)

145
"But the Mahommedan religion increases, instead of lessening, the fury of intolerance. It was originally propagated by the sword, and ever since its votaries have been subject, above the people of all other creeds, to this form of madness. In a moment the fruits of patient toil, the prospects of material prosperity, the fear of death itself, are flung aside."

Posted by: Winston Churchill at April 24, 2025 08:40 AM (qelIc)

146 "Perhaps we ought to reflect on the wisdom of Thomas Jefferson when considering how much Islam to allow into American society."

Obama once said that Islam was so woven into the fabric of America that even TJ had a copy of the Koran. Obama left out that TJ was using it for oppo research. ISYN

Posted by: Ignoramus at April 24, 2025 08:40 AM (Gqoy+)

147 Simpler if we don't have to buy it from another country, especially one we are not on good terms with, especially if it is something used by national defense.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 08:37 AM (ynpvh)

I concur, and would hope that any deal with Russia would exist as a means to bridge the gap until we could start in this country but it's probably a good idea to have a non-Chinese source outside the US for the inevitable return to power of the Dems.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 08:40 AM (ExV1e)

148 142 Maybe the Lump is that baby dude in Total Recall.
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Quattro?

Posted by: Pudinhead at April 24, 2025 08:39 AM (pZ64F)

Kuato, I assume.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 08:40 AM (ynpvh)

149 128 I haven't seen any of the Last of Us. But from what I have seen, it's close call between Greta and the girl playing the lead. And we know Greta can act.
Posted by: Chuck Martel

But the lead in The Last of Us is a They/Them! How can you think she's not the most beautiful woman on screen? H8R!

Posted by: NR Pax at April 24, 2025 08:41 AM (lXoJ5)

150 I just searched 'Greta Thunberg 2024' images to see if I could find any Greta pictures worthy of Joe Mannix.

No luck. No bikini shots. Nothing.

Posted by: Stateless.. 21% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at April 24, 2025 08:41 AM (jvJvP)

151 I'm glad he included Kavanaugh in his attack, but why let Gorsuch off the hook? Not one of Trump's appointments has been solid.
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R picks seem to have the how many angels can dance on head of the pin approach to law, which would likely be the right approach if we didn't have one party picking justices whose goal is to destroy the US as founded. We probably should be looking for pure MAGA partisans to match the Dems zeal so that the Constitution has a fighting chance. Someone like Stephen Miller would be my vote for next SCOTUS pick.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 24, 2025 08:42 AM (Dv3i1)

152 152 I just searched 'Greta Thunberg 2024' images to see if I could find any Greta pictures worthy of Joe Mannix.

No luck. No bikini shots. Nothing.

Posted by: Stateless.. 21% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at April 24, 2025 08:41 AM (jvJvP)

Cabbage Patch Kid.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 08:43 AM (ynpvh)

153 I watched an interview with one of the Jewish students being refused entry onto part of Yale's campus. The protesting students were taunting him and denying him passage. I wonder what would happen if he was a black man. Or Trans. What would the news coverage be then?

--

We all know, don't we. The country would incinerate. I can only imagine the mushroom cloud that would form over the USA if that were to happen.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 24, 2025 08:43 AM (qBdHI)

154 Good morning JJ, good morning Hordelings!

Posted by: Doof at April 24, 2025 08:44 AM (vf0Y9)

155 Why doesn't China do the world a favor and manufacture Quaaludes?
Posted by: Pudinhead

Since Bill Cosby isn't "dating" much anymore, demand has slackened.

Posted by: Gorilla Pills at April 24, 2025 08:44 AM (G5+As)

156 >I just searched 'Greta Thunberg 2024' images to see if I could find any Greta pictures worthy of Joe Mannix.
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dude what are you doing

Posted by: Don Black at April 24, 2025 08:44 AM (AOsQT)

157 155 I watched an interview with one of the Jewish students being refused entry onto part of Yale's campus. The protesting students were taunting him and denying him passage. I wonder what would happen if he was a black man. Or Trans. What would the news coverage be then?

--

We all know, don't we. The country would incinerate. I can only imagine the mushroom cloud that would form over the USA if that were to happen.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 24, 2025 08:43 AM (qBdHI)

If it was a conservative black man, nothing would happen, because the left would call him an Uncle Tom.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 08:44 AM (ynpvh)

158
The grift would seem to be drying up for the old Dems, but who wants Hogg whackos on your lawn screaming at you at 3 am?

It's always been a commie party, but no one's trying to hide it anymore.

Posted by: Auspex at April 24, 2025 08:44 AM (j4U/Z)

159 There are a number of ways you could handle Iran if military force is on the table.

Sending ground troops in would be insanity. Within 3 months we would have the Democrats cheering on Iran and trying to put American soldiers on trial for killing enemy soldiers - even if they explicitly called for an invasion.

But...you could also just destroy their oil industry by sea/air and let them rot.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 08:45 AM (t0Rmr)

160 I liked to put them into my Jello pudding.

Posted by: Bill Cosby at April 24, 2025 08:45 AM (qelIc)

161 "Democrat consultants are warning Democrats that they are taking a massive political risk by defending an illegal alien deported to El Salvador after being accused of MS-13 gang membership, domestic violence, and human trafficking."

no, no!! don't listen to consultants ! double down!

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 08:46 AM (g47mK)

162 Remember when Carter helped overthrow the Shah because the Shah wasn't presiding over a democracy.

Well...that improved human rights huh?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 08:46 AM (t0Rmr)

163 158 >I just searched 'Greta Thunberg 2024' images to see if I could find any Greta pictures worthy of Joe Mannix.

Posted by: Don Black

A.I. imaging is not our friend.

Posted by: Auspex at April 24, 2025 08:46 AM (j4U/Z)

164 158 >I just searched 'Greta Thunberg 2024' images to see if I could find any Greta pictures worthy of Joe Mannix.
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dude what are you doing

Posted by: Don Black at April 24, 2025 08:44 AM (AOsQT)

One of her names is Tintin...maybe after the dog?

Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 08:46 AM (ynpvh)

165 All 3 Scotus picks were excellent by Trump. Its once they move to DC that is the problem. Place is like old Rome. It corrupts even the best

Posted by: Jonah at April 24, 2025 08:46 AM (YCxFk)

166 "Democrat consultants are warning Democrats that they are taking a massive political risk by defending an illegal alien deported to El Salvador after being accused of MS-13 gang membership, domestic violence, and human trafficking."

In fairness the number of Dem officeholders that aren't involved in at least one of those three things is small so he is really sort of the person they would support.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 08:47 AM (t0Rmr)

167 Did you learn nothing from me?

Posted by: Elian Gonzalez at April 24, 2025 08:47 AM (qelIc)

168 John Roberts is Nero. Evil old Globalist that feeds on Junior Justices.

Posted by: Jonah at April 24, 2025 08:47 AM (YCxFk)

169 161 There are a number of ways you could handle Iran if military force is on the table.

Sending ground troops in would be insanity. Within 3 months we would have the Democrats cheering on Iran and trying to put American soldiers on trial for killing enemy soldiers - even if they explicitly called for an invasion.

But...you could also just destroy their oil industry by sea/air and let them rot.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 08:45 AM (t0Rmr)

Every time one of their military ships or speedboats gets too close, we should sink them. Zero tolerance for assholery.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 08:47 AM (ynpvh)

170 > Not one of Trump's appointments has been solid.
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IIRC all of Trump's picks for SCOTUS were more or less "suggested" to him. He mentioned many of his appointments were suggested to him or picked "for" him in some manner, shape or form because he simply didn't know enough about the crop of potential appointees and had to rely on "advisors." You know... like Pence.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2025 08:47 AM (Q4IgG)

171 Hint: Try to avoid the fallout.

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at April 24, 2025 08:47 AM (VJc7E)

172 All 3 Scotus picks were excellent by Trump. Its once they move to DC that is the problem. Place is like old Rome. It corrupts even the best

John Roberts has a top legal mind. The problem is those pictures of him on Epstein Island have the final decision on how he votes.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 08:48 AM (t0Rmr)

173 The absolute insane devotion of the left--and especially the judges--to this unwritten rule betrays the truth:

"No laws to stop them, every law to keep them"

Trump proving he can deport, Americans understanding they can be deported, is a death knell, a neutron bomb in the middle of their power.

For decades they have imported millions of voters, trafficked millions of girls into sex slavery, made billions to trillions both legally and illegally off of all that.

It ain't morals or rights or "rule of law" they are defending by trying to stop Trump:
They are defending the largest criminal enterprise in the history of the world.

Trump needs to start arresting these judges for criminal conspiracy.
Holman wants to talk all tough about sanctuary cities? (Count: Zero arrests of zero politicians who still openly aid illegals.)
How about starting with the sanctuary judges?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 24, 2025 08:48 AM (mmNvG)

174 I just searched 'Greta Thunberg 2024' images to see if I could find any Greta pictures worthy of Joe Mannix.

How about in a latex catsuit?

https://tinyurl.com/4d39nu37

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 08:48 AM (ExV1e)

175 There are a number of ways you could handle Iran if military force is on the table.

Sending ground troops in would be insanity. Within 3 months we would have the Democrats cheering on Iran and trying to put American soldiers on trial for killing enemy soldiers - even if they explicitly called for an invasion.

But...you could also just destroy their oil industry by sea/air and let them rot.
Posted by: 18-1


Destroy their oil industry. Shoot/sink anyone trying to bring in food.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 24, 2025 08:48 AM (aABKF)

176 Per the memorable lyrics of the Buffalo Springfield (close to 60 years on now!), "There's something happening here. What it is, isn't quite clear. . ."


Poor Buffalo Springfield!

JJ mutilates the lyrics of their most only famous song:

it's

There's something happening here
What it is ain't exactly clear...

Zombie Buffalo Springfield howls it's anguish to the skies and shakes it's collective fist at JJ.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 24, 2025 08:48 AM (iJfKG)

177 Hogg did get two old marxist relics in Illinois to retire yesterday, in Durbin and Shakowsky. sure they will be replaced by young commies, but will have no seniority
Posted by: Jonah

True.

But the old commies lose ta o seniority positions

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at April 24, 2025 08:49 AM (FxH7T)

178 The end game with Illegals has always been self-deportation, because of the numbers needed. By not co-operating, the courts will only make this harder for all concerned including the Illegals.

In response Trump will use the absurdity of the courts to move Overton windows of what's politrically acceptable. We'll have to be ruthless enforcing existing laws and denying all sustenance. This means going after employers and there are obvious targets to start with.

Posted by: Ignoramus at April 24, 2025 08:49 AM (Gqoy+)

179 167. Disagree on ACB. She was likely the best that Mitch would allow, at that moment, but that does not make her a good pick. There were plenty of warning signs.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at April 24, 2025 08:49 AM (D/T9Y)

180 176 I just searched 'Greta Thunberg 2024' images to see if I could find any Greta pictures worthy of Joe Mannix.

How about in a latex catsuit?

https://tinyurl.com/4d39nu37

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 08:48 AM (ExV1e)

Are you Admiral Achbar?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 08:49 AM (ynpvh)

181 Credit to Fetterman for being pro Israel and hating Iran. But on everything else he is a committed Marxist like the rest

Posted by: Jonah at April 24, 2025 08:49 AM (YCxFk)

182 Trump needs to start arresting these judges for criminal conspiracy.

I'd go a step further - aiding an enemy who is invading the US is textbook treason.

Imagine a judge in 1942 demanding that FDR has to give every Japanese "undocumented immigrant" a hearing before taking any action to remove them from US soil...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 08:51 AM (t0Rmr)

183
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How about in a latex catsuit?

https://tinyurl.com/4d39nu37
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Besides being grossly out of proportion, it doesn't even pass the "count the fingers" test.

Posted by: Ewww... at April 24, 2025 08:51 AM (qelIc)

184 Zombie Buffalo Springfield howls it's anguish to the skies and shakes it's collective fist at JJ.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 24, 2025 08:48 AM (iJfKG)


One of Buffalo Springfield's members ( also Poco) became a Christian minister.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at April 24, 2025 08:51 AM (SfhV1)

185 Are you Admiral Achbar?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 08:49 AM (ynpvh)

He'd have suggested it was a hottie. I told you exactly what it was. If you're likely to be disturbed by the image, which is AI generated and hilarious, don't click.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 08:52 AM (ExV1e)

186 181 167. Disagree on ACB. She was likely the best that Mitch would allow, at that moment, but that does not make her a good pick. There were plenty of warning signs.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at April 24, 2025 08:49 AM (D/T9Y)

And that's the biggest problem. You can have an eminently qualified candidate for SCOTUS and the Senate will torpedo them. Bork would have been a good one, but he got Borked.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 08:52 AM (ynpvh)

187 181. Fair enough Nick. When RBG died in October of 2020, Idiots like Goober Graham said no lame duck confirm. Trump had to move quick. Barrett who he already appointed to the 7th circuit, was the smoothest pro lifer he could find

Posted by: Jonah at April 24, 2025 08:52 AM (YCxFk)

188 There are at least 1000 better looking brain dead leftist celebs one could ogle before getting to Saint Greta of the ManBearPig

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 08:52 AM (t0Rmr)

189 . . . . 'Greta . . . . .
Cabbage Patch Kid.
Posted by: jim

Oh my. I didn't notice before but it's perfect.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 24, 2025 08:53 AM (vKNmo)

190 Trump's base should continue to grow into the midterms.

He's giving our working class a voice that will boost their Turnout. White Non-college are 35% of the electorate. They'll be joined by many Hispanics and some Black men. They had been disenfranchised by a D party that abandoned them. The GOPe abhor them.
Young men (and some young women) should also factor.

They've all been f*cked over by The Borg and are angry as hell. They've been crushed by Biden's Inflation. They're highly motivated to want change.

The numbers are there for a realignment larger than Reagans, and comparable to FDR. GOP Congresscritters who don't co-operate will be primaried. And/or they'll be exposed for taking NGO money, like Lindsay Graham did.

Posted by: Ignoramus at April 24, 2025 08:53 AM (Gqoy+)

191 Bork would have been a good one, but he got Borked.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 08:52 AM (ynpvh)


Bork's hearings were the first time I noticed the viciousness of Dems and the Deep State. Biden was appalling.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at April 24, 2025 08:53 AM (SfhV1)

192 This dude James Ho from the 5th circuit should be up next. Dems will go nuclear on him

Posted by: Jonah at April 24, 2025 08:54 AM (YCxFk)

193 U.K. Gov't Planning to Use Aerosols to 'Dim the Sun'...to 'Prevent Runaway Climate Change'

I saw this movie. It ends with everybody living on a giant train designed by Willie Wonka.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at April 24, 2025 08:54 AM (DIweC)

194 “ He told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.”

Luke 24:46-47

Posted by: Marcus T at April 24, 2025 08:54 AM (YCGTW)

195 Ho's on first?

I like it.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 24, 2025 08:54 AM (vKNmo)

196 Mornin', All. Happy Friday Eve.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 08:54 AM (77rzZ)

197 We don't get no respect.
Posted by: Students Against Justice

SPLINTER!!!

Posted by: People's Front of Judea at April 24, 2025 08:54 AM (fYlXt)

198

Kruschev has been ban-hammered.


Note, you can disagree with me. But liars will be dispensed with.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 24, 2025 08:55 AM (x0n13)

199 191. Right Grammie, too young for Nixon, but he also 3 guys get borked for Scotus

Posted by: Jonah at April 24, 2025 08:55 AM (YCxFk)

200 I suspect the 2026 election is mostly going to be decided by the state of the economy that summer.

And it isn't what the stock market looks like, it will be how inflation and unemployment look.

If things are good people will vote R, if it is bad people will vote D.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 08:55 AM (t0Rmr)

201 “President Trump has eliminated 74 named terrorist leaders that the Biden administration wasn’t going after.

about time

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 24, 2025 08:55 AM (gbOdA)

202 Luke 24:46-47

Posted by: Marcus T at April 24, 2025 08:54 AM (YCGTW)


Thanks Marcus T. You always start my day off right.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at April 24, 2025 08:55 AM (SfhV1)

203 NFL draft in Green Bay tonight Grammie

Posted by: Jonah at April 24, 2025 08:55 AM (YCxFk)

204 Clean up on aisle 194

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 08:56 AM (t0Rmr)

205 196 Ho's on first?

I like it.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 24, 2025 08:54 AM (vKNmo)

I thought Hos went all the way...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 08:56 AM (ynpvh)

206 NFL draft in Green Bay tonight Grammie

Posted by: Jonah at April 24, 2025 08:55 AM (YCxFk)


Quite possibly America's drunkest city.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at April 24, 2025 08:57 AM (SfhV1)

207 ACB was not a good choice. Even I, an amateur researcher, figured this out well in advance. It was quite obvious she didn't have the mettle for the job. I can understand how Gorsuch was chosen. But neither he nor Kavanaugh was close to the mold of Scalia (which should have been the standard).

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 24, 2025 08:57 AM (h/ffs)

208 Credit to Fetterman for being pro Israel and hating Iran. But on everything else he is a committed Marxist like the rest
Posted by: Jonah at April 24, 2025 08:49 AM (YCxFk)

He co-Sponsored the Laken Riley Act, and is anti-China. Said that China is an adversary who should own zero land in the US, supported a ban on such ownership. Makes him less of a Marxist than some of our "friends" on the right who love them some open borders, cheap labor and China!

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 08:57 AM (g47mK)

209 Richie Furay of "Buffalo Springfield" became a pastor.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2025 08:58 AM (42Vb+)

210 Once again I made the mistake of clicking on a Christian Toto link. Once again, I wound up in the rabbit hole of his website.

Sefton News Network..... Sigh.... This is why I get nothing done before noon.

Thanks for the news JJ!

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at April 24, 2025 08:58 AM (2J/Lj)

211 U.K. Gov't Planning to Use Aerosols to 'Dim the Sun'...to 'Prevent Runaway Climate Change' (Jump off he cliffs of Dover to hold back the tide!!! - jjs)


Mister, we could use a man like King Canute again.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 08:58 AM (77rzZ)

212 RFK Jr. promises to find the cause of autism by this September.

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

I suspect autism and "on the spectrum" is more a hodgepodge of disorders than a single disease entity and that the causation will be multifactorial. Specifying a hard 6-month timeline seems unrealistic and overly simplistic. I doubt that there will be a smoking bullet etiology discovered. Heck, even finding a definition that everybody can agree on won't happen in six months.

Posted by: muldoon at April 24, 2025 08:58 AM (uCfKO)

213 209 Credit to Fetterman for being pro Israel and hating Iran. But on everything else he is a committed Marxist like the rest
Posted by: Jonah at April 24, 2025 08:49 AM (YCxFk)

He co-Sponsored the Laken Riley Act, and is anti-China. Said that China is an adversary who should own zero land in the US, supported a ban on such ownership. Makes him less of a Marxist than some of our "friends" on the right who love them some open borders, cheap labor and China!

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 08:57 AM (g47mK)

...

Posted by: Mitch "The Turtle" McConnell at April 24, 2025 08:59 AM (ynpvh)

214 “ Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at April 24, 2025 08:55 AM (SfhV1)”

You are very welcome. Praise Jesus. May the Lord bless you all.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 24, 2025 08:59 AM (YCGTW)

215 All the early stories of the MS-13 Dad whined that he was deported over a mistaken tattoo.
That his ghost tattoo wasn't gang-related but was merely because he (a grown-ass man, not a teenager) was a big fan of SnapChat.

None of them mention that anymore.

Why?

Bet: The ghost tattoo is a sigil he killed a rival gang member.
Exactly the kind of reason for him to fear a rival gang should he be returned to Salvador.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 24, 2025 08:59 AM (mmNvG)

216 Could you imagine if the right had judges like the left does?

You'd have them ruling that any particular implementation of the income tax is unconstitutional, that deficit spending is an illegal tax (because it is a tax on people that can't vote yet), there is no birth right citizenship, and on and on...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 08:59 AM (t0Rmr)

217 Autism is caused by microplastic-impregnated post-biotic blueberries. Or alien brain rays.

Or both.

Posted by: muldoon at April 24, 2025 09:00 AM (uCfKO)

218 He co-Sponsored the Laken Riley Act, and is anti-China. Said that China is an adversary who should own zero land in the US, supported a ban on such ownership. Makes him less of a Marxist than some of our "friends" on the right who love them some open borders, cheap labor and China!
Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 08:57 AM (g47mK)

So you're saying he's about on par with 3 Republican Senators. That is better than most of his peers.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 09:00 AM (ExV1e)

219
They should give him a noogie first. He's a shit stirrer. They knew that when he was appointed.

He is right about the Democrat leadership being out of touch with 'his' view of what they should stand for. 'His' view being considerably more radical and insane than they currently are.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2025 08:30 AM (Q4IgG)
*******

David Hogg's group, Leaders We Deserve, will not be happy today. It wants to endorse candidates for state House seats who are 30 years old and younger, and candidates who are 35 years old and younger for federal races.

In other words the craziest the leftists they can find.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 24, 2025 09:01 AM (NpAcC)

220 The vetting process for presidential appointees.... especially for Trump needs some scrutiny. Trump doesn't do the actual vetting, people working in his administration do and his Chief of Staff probably weeds out some of them before Trump gets to meet a couple who are angling for the same spot.

If poor candidates, or shit birds make through the initial vetting process unencumbered Trump will end up with poor candidates no matter what.

Not every person who's been outed as a "never Trumper" was already in place... embedded as it were. Some were processed through the White House vetting machine and passed on to the President for approval anyway. This is the problem with some of the appointees... not 'just' SCOTUS. And why the vetting process probably needs some oversight.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2025 09:01 AM (Q4IgG)

221 RFK Jr. promises to find the cause of autism by this September.

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

I suspect autism and "on the spectrum" is more a hodgepodge of disorders than a single disease entity and that the causation will be multifactorial. Specifying a hard 6-month timeline seems unrealistic and overly simplistic. I doubt that there will be a smoking bullet etiology discovered. Heck, even finding a definition that everybody can agree on won't happen in six months.
Posted by: muldoon at April 24, 2025 08:58 AM (uCfKO)

it does seem an ambitious timeline...unless...he already has a body of research available from his previous work..

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 09:01 AM (g47mK)

222 Or both.

*********

Synergy!

Posted by: muldoon at April 24, 2025 09:01 AM (uCfKO)

223
"India is generally in our corner"

Ummm... Disagree, sir?

Posted by: Auspex at April 24, 2025 09:01 AM (j4U/Z)

224 Quite possibly America's drunkest city.
Posted by: grammie winger

That, or Annapolis, Maryland: A drinking town with a sailing problem.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 09:01 AM (77rzZ)

225 224
"India is generally in our corner"

Ummm... Disagree, sir?

Posted by: Auspex at April 24, 2025 09:01 AM (j4U/Z)

You can shake on that, but not with your left hand...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 09:02 AM (ynpvh)

226 >Posted by: Don Black

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I did not post that. I quoted another commenter. I have no desire to look at pictures of a living Cabbage Patch kid.

Posted by: Don Black at April 24, 2025 09:02 AM (AOsQT)

227 David Hogg's group, Leaders We Deserve, will not be happy today. It wants to endorse candidates for state House seats who are 30 years old and younger, and candidates who are 35 years old and younger for federal races.

In other words the craziest the leftists they can find.
Posted by: redridinghood at April 24, 2025 09:01 AM (NpAcC)

Hogg wants to be the power behind the throne as opposed to the sphincter pulling the train.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 09:03 AM (ExV1e)

228 “Individuals are allowed to use the locker room or restroom that they identify with,” stated their local branch in a defensive response to Fox 4.

“The safety and well-being of all of our members is a priority,” they insisted

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 24, 2025 09:03 AM (gbOdA)

229 And why the vetting process probably needs some oversight.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

***********

Vet the vetters!!!!

Posted by: muldoon at April 24, 2025 09:03 AM (uCfKO)

230 I saw Alien Brain Waves open for J.J. and the Seftones at Red Rock in '93

Posted by: Life of Wryly at April 24, 2025 09:03 AM (1FWWQ)

231 225 Quite possibly America's drunkest city.
Posted by: grammie winger

That, or Annapolis, Maryland: A drinking town with a sailing problem.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 09:01 AM (77rzZ)

one year I saw a bunch of guys running by downtown San Diego wearing red dresses and high heels. It was the Hash House Harriers doing their annual run...their motto?
A drinking club with a running problem...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 09:03 AM (ynpvh)

232 (Legal disclaimer: This is just opinion and nothing more.)

I think one of the reasons we have seen such an increase in autism is because the definition got changed to where other behaviors could be called it.

I don't think vaccines cause it HOWEVER I think that it's reasonable to space out the number of shots kids get for the first few years.

I think diet has definitely been seen to be a factor and I would like seeing more research in that area.

But to say "We're going to find a cure" is as much wishful thinking as Biden saying he was going to cure cancer.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 24, 2025 09:04 AM (lXoJ5)

233 229 “Individuals are allowed to use the locker room or restroom that they identify with,” stated their local branch in a defensive response to Fox 4.

“The safety and well-being of all of our members is a priority,” they insisted

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 24, 2025 09:03 AM (gbOdA)

Some members are more protected than others...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 09:05 AM (ynpvh)

234 230 And why the vetting process probably needs some oversight.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

***********

Vet the vetters!!!!

Posted by: muldoon at April 24, 2025 09:03 AM (uCfKO)

sounds like neutering

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 09:05 AM (ynpvh)

235 199 BREAKING: D.C. Judge Rules JJ Must Allow Endless Hearings, Appeals, and Delays Before Dropping the Ban Hammer

Posted by: callsign claymore at April 24, 2025 09:06 AM (Jwq9Q)

236 U.K. Gov't Planning to Use Aerosols to 'Dim the Sun'...to 'Prevent Runaway Climate Change'

I saw this movie. It ends with everybody living on a giant train designed by Willie Wonka.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at April 24, 2025 08:54 AM (DIweC)

Yep.

Honestly, I firmly believe that a bunch of unaccountable Limey dildos attempting to manipulate the weather in a way which no one can accurately predict and could be catastrophic is-

reason enough to nuke Old Blighty back to the Stone age.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 24, 2025 09:06 AM (iJfKG)

237 India is in India's corner.

Right now that aligns with American interests on a number of things.

But...certainly not everything from the Indian H1B invasion to the call/scam centers.

So we should work with them on the things in both our interest and put a stop to the things that aren't...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 09:06 AM (t0Rmr)

238 207 NFL draft in Green Bay tonight Grammie

Posted by: Jonah at April 24, 2025 08:55 AM (YCxFk)


Quite possibly America's drunkest city.

+++
Charlie Berens has entered the chat.

Posted by: Go Packers! Efff da Bears. at April 24, 2025 09:06 AM (qelIc)

239 236 199 BREAKING: D.C. Judge Rules JJ Must Allow Endless Hearings, Appeals, and Delays Before Dropping the Ban Hammer

Posted by: callsign claymore at April 24, 2025 09:06 AM (Jwq9Q)

Only for those that are gangbangers, says SCOTUS...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 09:07 AM (ynpvh)

240 Western Lensman
@WesternLensman

Ilhan Omar previews what a Democrat House majority will do:

Non-stop ‘abuse of power' investigations, oversight hearings, lawsuits and holding Trump admin officials in contempt of congress.

Add impeachment to her list, and that about covers it.

Are you listening, GOP?

https://tinyurl.com/dkjsmu2y

Posted by: redridinghood at April 24, 2025 09:07 AM (NpAcC)

241 237 U.K. Gov't Planning to Use Aerosols to 'Dim the Sun'...to 'Prevent Runaway Climate Change'

I saw this movie. It ends with everybody living on a giant train designed by Willie Wonka.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at April 24, 2025 08:54 AM (DIweC)

Yep.

Honestly, I firmly believe that a bunch of unaccountable Limey dildos attempting to manipulate the weather in a way which no one can accurately predict and could be catastrophic is-

reason enough to nuke Old Blighty back to the Stone age.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 24, 2025 09:06 AM (iJfKG)

They could all hold up Wile E. Coyote umbrellas to block the sun...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 09:07 AM (ynpvh)

242 I keep hearing about how the Dem base is dissapointed in their leaders for not getting their TDS mojo going to resist Trump and are moving to elect a new generation of insane leftists? WTF? Just how more hostile, obstructionist and assholish can they be? If these new young Dems take over they will be openly calling for violence, not just making excuses for it.

Posted by: Ripley at April 24, 2025 09:08 AM (GUOwU)

243 I don't have a drinking problem. I drink. I fall down. No problem.

editors note. I haven't had a drink in over 40 years. I used to be very accomplished in the art... my friends say

Posted by: Life of Wryly at April 24, 2025 09:08 AM (1FWWQ)

244 With Gorsuch and Kav, Trump only had 51 votes in the Senate at the time. Murk and Collins were the swing votes.

Posted by: Jonah at April 24, 2025 09:08 AM (YCxFk)

245 Not every person who's been outed as a "never Trumper" was already in place... embedded as it were. Some were processed through the White House vetting machine and passed on to the President for approval anyway. This is the problem with some of the appointees... not 'just' SCOTUS. And why the vetting process probably needs some oversight.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2025 09:01 AM (Q4IgG)

And what would you do? The vetters are always going to have bias. Adding another layer changes nothing. Even if all the vetters only had biases of which we would approve, people can be corrupted once put in place. There is no perfect solution and the closest we can get is to give them as little power as possible.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 09:08 AM (ExV1e)

246 How about in a latex catsuit?

https://tinyurl.com/4d39nu37
+++
Besides being grossly out of proportion, it doesn't even pass the "count the fingers" test.

Posted by: Ewww... at April 24, 2025 08:51 AM (qelIc

I could still work with it...

Posted by: Stateless.. 21% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at April 24, 2025 09:08 AM (jvJvP)

247 Some members are more protected than others...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 09:05 AM (ynpvh)

aka chicks with dicks

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 24, 2025 09:09 AM (gbOdA)

248 241. Hakeem Jeffries will get Vance elected in 2028. People voted against lawfare in 2024, and will in 2028.

Posted by: Jonah at April 24, 2025 09:10 AM (YCxFk)

249 236 199 BREAKING: D.C. Judge Rules JJ Must Allow Endless Hearings, Appeals, and Delays Before Dropping the Ban Hammer

Posted by: callsign claymore

Hawaiian Judge dismisses appeal, orders spirit of Aloha disinformation restrictions applied to Morning Report.

Posted by: Auspex at April 24, 2025 09:10 AM (j4U/Z)

250 Only for those that are gangbangers, says SCOTUS...
_____

How do we know they are gangbangers, unless their case has gone through endless Hearings, Appeals, and Delays first?

Posted by: Lawyer's Union at April 24, 2025 09:10 AM (Dv3i1)

251 As a base point with RFK - if we are going to have a federal Health and Human Services org shouldn't something like looking into why a disease/condition like autism has exploded be exactly what they focus on?

I'm sure part of it is "better" diagnosis. And making it a spectrum muddies everything - imagine if we said the flu "was a spectrum" that included...allergies... But it is also clear the behaviors we identify with autism are more common for real as well.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 09:10 AM (t0Rmr)

252 If these new young Dems take over they will be openly calling for violence, not just making excuses for it.
Posted by: Ripley at April 24, 2025 09:08 AM (GUOwU)

I would say that is at least 80% of the under 40 (D).

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 24, 2025 09:11 AM (gbOdA)

253 Bet: The ghost tattoo is a sigil he killed a rival gang member.
Exactly the kind of reason for him to fear a rival gang should he be returned to Salvador.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice


The very term "rival gang members" is proof positive he was in a gang.

Those that aren't in a gang have no rival gang members.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 24, 2025 09:11 AM (aABKF)

254 But to say "We're going to find a cure" is as much wishful thinking as Biden saying he was going to cure cancer.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 24, 2025 09:04 AM (lXoJ5)
-

Can autism be produced in certain animal species? I assume that animal labs tests will be used over the next several years to determine a cause for autism or its increase.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 09:12 AM (Kjgs1)

255 All a blessed day

Posted by: Jonah at April 24, 2025 09:12 AM (YCxFk)

256 And what would you do? The vetters are always going to have bias.
_____

Have Stephen Miller vet them. Or better, appoint Stephen Miller.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 24, 2025 09:13 AM (Dv3i1)

257 Good morning. Ever have a Thursday where you think it's Friday when you wake up and when you finalize realize your mistake. . .? Oof.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2025 09:13 AM (GcdCE)

258 >> @realDonald Trump

I am not happy with the Russian strikes on KYIV. Not necessary, and very bad timing. Vladimir, STOP! 5000 soldiers a week are dying. Lets get the Peace Deal DONE!


Maybe next he should send Vlad flowers. Did he wag his finger when he wrote this?

Posted by: Vengeance at April 24, 2025 09:13 AM (dKqd8)

259 n dismissed the foreign policy experts who warn that striking Iran would lead to the outbreak of a regional war

-

Oh no not the experts.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 24, 2025 09:13 AM (ncC2j)

260 236 199 BREAKING: D.C. Judge Rules JJ Must Allow Endless Hearings, Appeals, and Delays Before Dropping the Ban Hammer

Posted by: callsign claymore at April 24, 2025 09:06 AM (Jwq9Q)

I missed the kerfuffle over the tuchas!

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2025 09:14 AM (g47mK)

261 Young dems will never go to rural areas to start violence. They do not like Shotguns behind doors

People who vote Dem are the ones who have to deal with violence

Posted by: Jonah at April 24, 2025 09:14 AM (YCxFk)

262 How do we know they are gangbangers, unless their case has gone through endless Hearings, Appeals, and Delays first?
Posted by: Lawyer's Union at April 24, 2025 09:10 AM (Dv3i1)

Because I say they are. See how that works. You demand proof that isn't necessary according to the written law. I provide ....

Nothing. No proof whatsoever. Which is in accordance with the written law. Piss off, assholes.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at April 24, 2025 09:14 AM (2J/Lj)

263 185 Are you Admiral Achbar?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 08:49 AM (ynpvh)

He'd have suggested it was a hottie. I told you exactly what it was. If you're likely to be disturbed by the image, which is AI generated and hilarious, don't click.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Sory im slownon this. Typing withh one hand is touhgh!

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at April 24, 2025 09:14 AM (JCZqz)

264 Massive Buying Of Boeing Aircraft Sends US Durable Goods Orders Soaring In March

Boeing Co. said it received 192 orders in March, the most since the end of 2023 and up from 13 in the previous month

... with China returning 10 new Boeing planes, the company can make early deliveries and send China to the back of the line

Posted by: SMOD at April 24, 2025 09:14 AM (RHGPo)

265 PDJT cannot back down from his tariff battle with China, or even Europe. He announced he is thinking of unilaterally cutting the China tariff, and China responded by saying "we don't care" and "we aren't negotiating".

That attitude is intended to broadcast to the world China thinks it is winning in this fight, no matter the reality of closing factories in Shenzhen, lower retail sales in Shanghai, and fast-rising unemployment all over the place. Trump should just stop talking about China, and certainly not back down from his tariffs, and wait them out.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 24, 2025 09:14 AM (k1bc+)

266 WTF Are CEOs Waiting For? Jobless Claims Refuse To Buckle To 'Recession' Narrative

...but, but, but the recession is coming, the recession is coming?

Posted by: SMOD at April 24, 2025 09:15 AM (RHGPo)

267 It's unbelievable that we are still giving that deadly covid crap to babies. Should have been one of the first things on JFK's agenda to pull it.

Posted by: Ciampino - not playing at April 24, 2025 09:15 AM (sPQoU)

268 Oswaldo Ramos, a 50-year-old career criminal, found himself hospitalized after a group of New York residents reportedly took justice into their own hands.

Ramos is accused of attempting to rape a 70-year-old woman Friday near Fordham in the Bronx, an act that sparked outrage in the community.

An anonymous tipster called police, informing them that the suspect had been detained by the group and could be found at a nearby hospital.

Only been convicted of 19 assorted crimes.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 24, 2025 09:15 AM (gbOdA)

269 (Legal disclaimer: This is just opinion and nothing more.)

I think one of the reasons we have seen such an increase in autism is because the definition got changed to where other behaviors could be called it.

I don't think vaccines cause it HOWEVER I think that it's reasonable to space out the number of shots kids get for the first few years.

I think diet has definitely been seen to be a factor and I would like seeing more research in that area.

But to say "We're going to find a cure" is as much wishful thinking as Biden saying he was going to cure cancer.
Posted by: NR Pax at April 24, 2025 09:04 AM (lXoJ5)

Again this is opinion, however-

More and more it's apparent that that your intestines aren't just a big bag of poo but a complex ecosystem living in your innards that affects many things, including your brain(!) according to recent research-

makes me think that they should be looking at yoghurt, which has grown in popularity during the same period that we're seeing the "rise" in autism.

Plenty of people feed yoghurt to their babies and yoghurt contains a lot of bacteria some of which could be harmful to developing infant brains.

if not controlled.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 24, 2025 09:16 AM (iJfKG)

270 China needs punched in the mouth for certain.

I wouldn't negotiate with a commie.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 24, 2025 09:16 AM (2sg1c)

271 "Ilhan Omar previews what a Democrat House majority will do:

"Non-stop ‘abuse of power' investigations, oversight hearings, lawsuits and holding Trump admin officials in contempt of congress.

Add impeachment to her list, and that about covers it.

Are you listening, GOP?


Posted by: redridinghood"



I don't know why a loss of the House is a forgone conclusion among many Republicans. I don't want to hear care about historical precedent. There have been exceptions, plus Trump seems to have shifted the electorate.If the economy improves and gas prices continue to drop it should not be that hard to keep the LIV's. Plus remind daily people of all the Dem insanity to make sure Trump voters show up. Do you really want school officials to trans your kid or have DEI determine their future opportunities?

Posted by: Ripley at April 24, 2025 09:16 AM (GUOwU)

272 For RFK Jr to declare a One True Cause of autism it will have to be by one of two ways.

1. A rigorous years-long population based study with meticulous collection of reams of data massaged vigorously via a complex multiple regression analysis that factors out unknown, unknowable, unmeasurable or inconvenient variables.

OR

2. He'll pull it out of his ass.

Posted by: muldoon at April 24, 2025 09:17 AM (uCfKO)

273 249 236 199 BREAKING: D.C. Judge Rules JJ Must Allow Endless Hearings, Appeals, and Delays Before Dropping the Ban Hammer
Posted by: callsign claymore

Hawaiian Judge dismisses appeal, orders spirit of Aloha disinformation restrictions applied to Morning Report.
Posted by: Auspex

Hide the Barrel!!! They'll execute it for being cruel and unusual, while proclaiming how much they dislike the death penalty!

Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 24, 2025 09:17 AM (JCZqz)

274 Hawaiian Judge dismisses appeal, orders spirit of Aloha disinformation restrictions applied to Morning Report.
Posted by: Auspex at April 24, 2025 09:10 AM (j4U/Z)

On JJ's birthday?!

Posted by: dantesed at April 24, 2025 09:17 AM (Oy/m2)

275 253 Bet: The ghost tattoo is a sigil he killed a rival gang member.
Exactly the kind of reason for him to fear a rival gang should he be returned to Salvador.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice


The very term "rival gang members" is proof positive he was in a gang.

Those that aren't in a gang have no rival gang members.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 24, 2025 09:11 AM (aABKF)

That's why they need to be in a Salvadoran chain-gang...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 09:17 AM (ynpvh)

276 >>After promising to streamline the permitting process and rebound without delay, only four building permits for owners whose homes were destroyed had been issued 75 days after the fires. . .

“When I hear in the community meeting like we had today that only four permits have been issued … that is concerning to me,” said Councilmember Traci Park, who represents Pacific Palisades.  

“I don’t think it’s a lack of interest in rebuilding,” she added, “I suspect it is indicative of systemic issues that we need to continue to focus on.” 

Oh, I think there's a lot of interest in building **something**, Traci, just not residential homes by the previous owners. Prime coastal real estate, suddenly available with ever-growing desperate owners? Yeah, who bought up Lahaina after the wildfire on Maui?

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2025 09:17 AM (GcdCE)

277 2. He'll pull it out of his ass.
Posted by: muldoon at April 24, 2025 09:17 AM (uCfKO)

aka playing doctor

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 24, 2025 09:18 AM (gbOdA)

278 Good morning. Ever have a Thursday where you think it's Friday when you wake up and when you finalize realize your mistake. . .? Oof.
Posted by: Lizzy

Being unemployed for so long, I'm at the point where I have to remind myself what day of the week it is before getting out of bed.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 09:18 AM (77rzZ)

279 Difference between Trump 1.0 and Trump 2.0 is now it's Trump and his Team 1.0.

Posted by: pawn on a K845 keyboard at April 24, 2025 09:19 AM (QB+5g)

280 276 >>After promising to streamline the permitting process and rebound without delay, only four building permits for owners whose homes were destroyed had been issued 75 days after the fires. . .

“When I hear in the community meeting like we had today that only four permits have been issued … that is concerning to me,” said Councilmember Traci Park, who represents Pacific Palisades.  

“I don’t think it’s a lack of interest in rebuilding,” she added, “I suspect it is indicative of systemic issues that we need to continue to focus on.” 

Oh, I think there's a lot of interest in building **something**, Traci, just not residential homes by the previous owners. Prime coastal real estate, suddenly available with ever-growing desperate owners? Yeah, who bought up Lahaina after the wildfire on Maui?

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2025 09:17 AM (GcdCE)

The punishment is the process

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 09:19 AM (ynpvh)

281 For RFK Jr to declare a One True Cause of autism it will have to be by one of two ways.

...

OR

2. He'll pull it out of his ass.
Posted by: muldoon at April 24, 2025 09:17 AM (uCfKO)

So, the same as every other health/nutrition "discovery" trumpeted by the media over the past 100 years or so.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 09:19 AM (ExV1e)

282 We're now claiming RFK Jr is a proctologist?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 09:20 AM (tT6L1)

283 Sory im slownon this. Typing withh one hand is touhgh!
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar
_____

Wait a minute, where's your other hand?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 24, 2025 09:20 AM (Dv3i1)

284 Adding yoghurt to the list here, boss!

Posted by: muldoon at April 24, 2025 09:20 AM (uCfKO)

285 281 For RFK Jr to declare a One True Cause of autism it will have to be by one of two ways.

...

OR

2. He'll pull it out of his ass.
Posted by: muldoon at April 24, 2025 09:17 AM (uCfKO)

So, the same as every other health/nutrition "discovery" trumpeted by the media over the past 100 years or so.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 09:19 AM (ExV1e)

Well, lead is unhealthy...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 09:20 AM (ynpvh)

286 >>How do we know they are gangbangers, unless their case has gone through endless Hearings, Appeals, and Delays first?
Posted by: Lawyer's Union


*ahem*

"I don't care, Margaret"

He's not a U.S. citizen, he is an unwanted guest and we can let his home country figure all this out. Not our problem!!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2025 09:20 AM (GcdCE)

287 It's not just Iran that can't be negotiated with. The domestic enemies within this country are just as intransigent and even more dedicated to our destruction. We need to drop the equivalent of a nuclear bomb, in Constitutional terms, on them. Enough appeals and social media plaints.

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 24, 2025 09:20 AM (h/ffs)

288 > ot every person who's been outed as a "never Trumper" was already in place... embedded as it were. Some were processed through the White House vetting machine and passed on to the President for approval anyway. This is the problem with some of the appointees... not 'just' SCOTUS. And why the vetting process probably needs some oversight.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2025 09:01 AM (Q4IgG)

And what would you do? The vetters are always going to have bias. Adding another layer changes nothing. Even if all the vetters only had biases of which we would approve, people can be corrupted once put in place. There is no perfect solution and the closest we can get is to give them as little power as possible.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 09:08 AM (ExV1e)
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For one, look at the background investigations and see how detailed they are. Who was talked to? How many years back did it go? In order to get my TS clearance the agents assigned talked to dozens of people, some going back to my childhood. I'd bet some of these appointees get a wink and nod vetting.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2025 09:20 AM (Q4IgG)

289 ... that calls for the initiation of armageddon to bring about the return of the 12th Imam from his slumber ...

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

... as he bides his time in Martha's Vineyard interviewing new paddleboarding chefs.

Posted by: ShainS at April 24, 2025 09:20 AM (/bEIA)

290 Maybe we should remove fluoride from the yoghurt.

And alien brain rays.

Or both!

Posted by: muldoon at April 24, 2025 09:21 AM (uCfKO)

291 Well, lead is unhealthy...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 09:20 AM (ynpvh)

Imagine someone is coming at you with a knife. You shoot them.

Lead is a lot healthier than people give it credit.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 09:21 AM (ExV1e)

292 289 ... that calls for the initiation of armageddon to bring about the return of the 12th Imam from his slumber ...

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

... as he bides his time in Martha's Vineyard interviewing new paddleboarding chefs.

Posted by: ShainS at April 24, 2025 09:20 AM (/bEIA)

"Wanted: Chef who works his ass off."

Posted by: Barky's House at April 24, 2025 09:21 AM (ynpvh)

293 Muldoon, what are your personal thoughts, as an MD, about the nature and causes of autism? (Your response need not be in limerick form).

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 09:21 AM (77rzZ)

294 At some point, Xi’s Chinese Communist Party will either 1) productively address America’s trade grievances, 2) start military action that risks global thermonuclear war, or 3) itself collapse and throw China into chaos.
=================
Read a history book and you'll realize the fourth possibility is more likely: the CCP welcomes privation, is very willing to sacrifice Chinese lives in huge numbers, because these sorts of events allow the excuse for the CCP to flex their tyranny muscle. At its core the CCP pursues power for its own sake, and simply does not care about prosperity.

That's the history of communist China. Is this time different? Will XI believe his rule is threatened unless he makes a deal? What indication has anyone seen that is happening.

This is a long fight ahead, and Trump should settle in for it. America needs to win it.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 24, 2025 09:22 AM (oq3xb)

295 A simple example ... outgoing POTUS Joe Biden issues pardons to members of the House Jan-6th Committee. The unanswered question that the MSM has completely avoided ...

why did they need pardons ?

.. especially since House members are shielded by the "Speech and Debate Clause".

Posted by: SMOD at April 24, 2025 09:22 AM (RHGPo)

296 Being unemployed for so long, I'm at the point where I have to remind myself what day of the week it is before getting out of bed.
Posted by: Bulg

Tuesday has no "feel".

Posted by: Obscure Seinfeld Reference at April 24, 2025 09:22 AM (G5+As)

297 291 Well, lead is unhealthy...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 09:20 AM (ynpvh)

Imagine someone is coming at you with a knife. You shoot them.

Lead is a lot healthier than people give it credit.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 09:21 AM (ExV1e)

That's lead poisoning right there.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 09:22 AM (ynpvh)

298 More and more it's apparent that that your intestines aren't just a big bag of poo but a complex ecosystem living in your innards that affects many things, including your brain(!) according to recent research-

I read an article about fecal transplants being used on autistic people and positive results being observed. It's an odd bit of research (to me) but interesting anyways.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 24, 2025 09:22 AM (lXoJ5)

299 That's lead poisoning right there.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Steve Inman prefers the term leadicillin.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 24, 2025 09:23 AM (lXoJ5)

300 >>The punishment is the process


The process is a game.
They will never get permits to rebuild.

Someone has already decided a new use for that land and they're likely already busy paying off politicians in L.A. to make it happen. Hell, it may be someone in city government who wants to use the land for their dream government project.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2025 09:23 AM (GcdCE)

301 That's lead poisoning right there.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 09:22 AM (ynpvh)

Not for you.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 09:23 AM (ExV1e)

302 I don't know why a loss of the House is a forgone conclusion among many Republicans. I don't want to hear care about historical precedent. There have been exceptions, plus Trump seems to have shifted the electorate.If the economy improves and gas prices continue to drop it should not be that hard to keep the LIV's. Plus remind daily people of all the Dem insanity to make sure Trump voters show up. Do you really want school officials to trans your kid or have DEI determine their future opportunities?
Posted by: Ripley at April 24, 2025 09:16 AM (GUOwU)
******
I'm not sure LIV's even know about the trans issue.
Fox and Newsmax deal with this daily.
The other networks avoid it so that their Democrat viewers are kept in the dark.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 24, 2025 09:23 AM (NpAcC)

303 Blue Monday

Posted by: Fats de Monet at April 24, 2025 09:23 AM (Aqu9a)

304 Wait a minute, where's your other hand?
Posted by: Chuck Martel

Haven't we been through this enough, already?
-- Michele Fields

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 09:23 AM (77rzZ)

305 The Palisades rebuild will be hampered by the cleanup.

The ash and rubble can only be hauled away by "approved" contractors, most likely.

I eyeballed an article which mentioned some homeowners hadn't gotten with the cleanup program before the permit process could begin.

At least, I believe that's what I read or what was implied.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 09:23 AM (tT6L1)

306 I believe RFK Jr's investigation will produce results and that many in the scientific and medical Sanhedrin will not like it.

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 24, 2025 09:24 AM (h/ffs)

307 Is it possible that we are what we eat?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 09:24 AM (KfeQT)

308 ... as he bides his time in Martha's Vineyard interviewing new paddleboarding chefs.
Posted by: ShainS at April 24, 2025 09:20 AM (/bEIA)

Hope he sends out for a new lifevest.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 24, 2025 09:24 AM (gbOdA)

309 A poll from YouGov says 50% want the gang banger returned to the US. Only 28% say keep him in ES. Even if it’s way skewed Dem (which it probably is) that’s still ridiculous.

Despite what many think here, the MSM still have a lot of power and ability to sway opinions.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 24, 2025 09:24 AM (ncC2j)

310 301 That's lead poisoning right there.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 09:22 AM (ynpvh)

Not for you.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 09:23 AM (ExV1e)

Because you ain't the one ingesting it...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 09:24 AM (ynpvh)

311 Oh noes!!!! The Democrat Party is getting a bit peevish vis-a-vis one of their Vice-Chairpyrsys, David Hogg, Harvard graduate.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 24, 2025 09:25 AM (0sNs1)

312 304 Wait a minute, where's your other hand?
Posted by: Chuck Martel

Haven't we been through this enough, already?
-- Michele Fields

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 09:23 AM (77rzZ)

She can only count up to five...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 09:25 AM (ynpvh)

313 I read an article about fecal transplants being used on autistic people and positive results being observed. It's an odd bit of research (to me) but interesting anyways.

I've seen research where giving overweight people a fecal transplant from thin people has them lose weight and vice versa - but that would be a lot more direct then autism obviously

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 09:25 AM (t0Rmr)

314 311 Oh noes!!!! The Democrat Party is getting a bit peevish vis-a-vis one of their Vice-Chairpyrsys, David Hogg, Harvard graduate.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 24, 2025 09:25 AM (0sNs1)

Does he prefer being called Boss Hogg?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 09:25 AM (ynpvh)

315 276 Police blocked locals from fleeing the Lahaina fire. And they blocked delivery of humanitarian aid after the fire. Blockade runners on jet skis had to evade police to get people critical supplies.

That's not incompetence or bureaucracy at work. That's intent. Just like with the LA fires.

Posted by: callsign claymore at April 24, 2025 09:26 AM (Jwq9Q)

316 305 The Palisades rebuild will be hampered by the cleanup.

The ash and rubble can only be hauled away by "approved" contractors, most likely.

I eyeballed an article which mentioned some homeowners hadn't gotten with the cleanup program before the permit process could begin.

At least, I believe that's what I read or what was implied.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 09:23 AM (tT6L1)

FEMA has cleaned up bad debris (toxic) on around 7000 lots and is now via Corp of Engineers removing concrete.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 24, 2025 09:26 AM (gbOdA)

317 311 Oh noes!!!! The Democrat Party is getting a bit peevish vis-a-vis one of their Vice-Chairpyrsys, David Hogg, Harvard graduate.
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Snake Head is hunting the Hogg.

Posted by: Pudinhead at April 24, 2025 09:26 AM (pZ64F)

318 Because you ain't the one ingesting it...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 09:24 AM (ynpvh)

I'm looking at this from a holistic approach.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 09:27 AM (ExV1e)

319 I'm sorry, I don't care what medical condition I have. I ain't never getting a fecal transplant.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 09:27 AM (77rzZ)

320 313 I read an article about fecal transplants being used on autistic people and positive results being observed. It's an odd bit of research (to me) but interesting anyways.

I've seen research where giving overweight people a fecal transplant from thin people has them lose weight and vice versa - but that would be a lot more direct then autism obviously

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 09:25 AM (t0Rmr)

I'd rather starve that eat that shit!

Posted by: Fattie McFat at April 24, 2025 09:27 AM (ynpvh)

321 More and more it's apparent that that your intestines aren't just a big bag of poo but a complex ecosystem living in your innards that affects many things, including your brain(!) according to recent research-

I read an article about fecal transplants being used on autistic people and positive results being observed. It's an odd bit of research (to me) but interesting anyways.
Posted by: NR Pax at April 24, 2025 09:22 AM (lXoJ5)

Yeah, that results of that study are pretty astounding.

With early results of a 15% reduction in autistic symptoms to a 2years later reduction of autistic behavior by 45%.

If confirmed with more research, what a benefit to the kids and parents.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 24, 2025 09:27 AM (iJfKG)

322 FEMA has cleaned up bad debris (toxic) on around 7000 lots and is now via Corp of Engineers removing concrete.
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 24, 2025 09:26 AM (gbOdA)
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Ah, then you have better information than I have. So, it appears it still comes down to LA stonewalling the permit process.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 09:28 AM (tT6L1)

323 Romania. Nothing to see here:

https://tinyurl.com/2s358fcu

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 09:28 AM (Kjgs1)

324
I'd rather starve that eat that shit!

I believe this was originally noted where there were cases of someone's stomach biome being damaged by something like antibiotics and therefore a need for a "transplant" where it mattered who you got it from...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 09:28 AM (t0Rmr)

325 323 Romania. Nothing to see here:

https://tinyurl.com/2s358fcu

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 09:28 AM (Kjgs1)

He had dirt on Hillary's connections to Romanian Intelligence...

Posted by: Fattie McFat at April 24, 2025 09:28 AM (ynpvh)

326 “When I hear in the community meeting like we had today that only four permits have been issued … that is concerning to me,” said Councilmember Traci Park, who represents Pacific Palisades.  
======================
"Concerning".

Moderation is generally a good thing but doesn't moderate language here strike you as way too lazy? How about "outrageous"? "A firing offense"?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 24, 2025 09:29 AM (EEh+7)

327 off sock

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 09:29 AM (ynpvh)

328 Romania. Nothing to see here:

https://tinyurl.com/2s358fcu
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 09:28 AM (Kjgs1)

Intelligence services are just gangsters who don't have to worry about the police.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 09:29 AM (ExV1e)

329 324
I'd rather starve that eat that shit!
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Ooo, Ooo, Ooo Ozempic...

Posted by: Pudinhead at April 24, 2025 09:29 AM (pZ64F)

330 >>The biggest difference will be, by the time 2028 rolls around, we’ll have heard AOC’s speeches thousands of times. She’ll be old news by then.

And so will she.

This will provide an opportunity for a liberal celeb to jump in at the last minute, be perceived as shiny and new, and become the perfect avatar of leftwing anger.

George Clooney or John Legend

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2025 09:29 AM (GcdCE)

331 https://tinyurl.com/2s358fcu
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 09:28 AM (Kjgs1)
---------------

In many ways, this is the story of the US deep state.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 09:30 AM (tT6L1)

332 I keep seeing clickbait ads telling me that a top cardiologist says to stop eating blueberries before this...


I haven't clicked on it, but I suspect if I do it will say "...before you develop autism."

Posted by: muldoon at April 24, 2025 09:30 AM (uCfKO)

333 Romania. Nothing to see here:

https://tinyurl.com/2s358fcu
Posted by: Biden's Dog

Every national "intelligence service" is now just a criminal racket engaged in human- and drug-trafficking and who knows what else.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 09:30 AM (77rzZ)

334 Art critics upstairs
NOOD

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 09:31 AM (aHfB6)

335 >>Moderation is generally a good thing but doesn't moderate language here strike you as way too lazy? How about "outrageous"? "A firing offense"?


Well, she's not going to DO anything about it.
Failure theater requires her to pretend she's against it.
Just a bit, Send more money, re-elect her, and then maybe - maybe - she'll really take action. In 2030'ish. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2025 09:31 AM (GcdCE)

336
Every national "intelligence service" is now just a criminal racket engaged in human- and drug-trafficking and who knows what else.

They want leverage over politicians - what better way then to get pedos and druggies elected and then become their suppliers?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 09:31 AM (t0Rmr)

337 319 I'm sorry, I don't care what medical condition I have. I ain't never getting a fecal transplant.
Posted by: Bulg

You don't eat it. They just ram it up your poop-chute.

Posted by: Broken Hearts Are For Assholes at April 24, 2025 09:31 AM (G5+As)

338 332 Ignore that ad. The guy's a quack.

Posted by: Big Blueberry Cartel at April 24, 2025 09:32 AM (Jwq9Q)

339 This may have already been mentioned, but Pakistan just suspended all trade with India.

https://tinyurl.com/ywumsvyu

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at April 24, 2025 09:32 AM (paSBy)

340 I saw Al-Shabab's Your Uncle open for the Dynamite Kid at the HHH Metrodome Parking Lot in '04.

Posted by: ShainS at April 24, 2025 09:33 AM (/bEIA)

341 I believe this was originally noted where there were cases of someone's stomach biome being damaged by something like antibiotics and therefore a need for a "transplant" where it mattered who you got it from...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2025 09:28 AM (t0Rmr)
------------------

Who knew running to the Dr and the Dr handing out a prescription to shut up mom would have consequences?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 24, 2025 09:33 AM (tT6L1)

342
I don't know why a loss of the House is a forgone conclusion among many Republicans. I don't want to hear care about historical precedent. There have been exceptions, plus Trump seems to have shifted the electorate.If the economy improves and gas prices continue to drop it should not be that hard to keep the LIV's.
Posted by: Ripley at April 24, 2025 09:16 AM (GUOwU)

If there is a recession this year, 2026 is gonna be a bloodbath. Even if things improve in 2026 the psychological effects take a long time to go away. Look at 1992. The recession was long gone by Election Day but voters still kicked Papa Bush out because the perception was till “economy is bad”.

The msm will be screaming about single mothers who have to feed their kid cat food as well. Which won’t help.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 24, 2025 09:33 AM (ncC2j)

343 Every national "intelligence service" is now just a criminal racket engaged in human- and drug-trafficking and who knows what else.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2025 09:30 AM (77rzZ)
-

I think I posted this about the CIA when it came out the other day:

https://tinyurl.com/57srrv9s

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 24, 2025 09:35 AM (Kjgs1)

344 337 319 I'm sorry, I don't care what medical condition I have. I ain't never getting a fecal transplant.
Posted by: Bulg

You don't eat it. They just ram it up your poop-chute.

Posted by: Broken Hearts Are For Assholes at April 24, 2025 09:31 AM (G5+As)

Um, I read it's put in via mouth to small intestine...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 09:35 AM (ynpvh)

345 339 This may have already been mentioned, but Pakistan just suspended all trade with India.

https://tinyurl.com/ywumsvyu

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at April 24, 2025 09:32 AM (paSBy)

So India's tariffs are working?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 09:36 AM (ynpvh)

346 “RFK considers pulling corona virus vaccine from childhood vaccine list”


I was hoping the people who were responsible for that shot would be in jail by now, not just “considering” to save our youth from the poison.

Posted by: Cray Cray at April 24, 2025 09:36 AM (gsgWV)

347 I'll just put this here as I await the first bad hailstorm.

https://tinyurl.com/3hfk3frc

Posted by: Ciampino - they pushed for everyone to join at April 24, 2025 09:37 AM (sPQoU)

348 Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behaviour, and, with the Concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member. -- U.S. CONST. Art I, § 5 cl. 2

.. a Presidential pardon can't override this one way or the other

Posted by: SMOD at April 24, 2025 09:42 AM (RHGPo)

349 State and local authorities failed to clear the brush ahead of the devastating Palisades Fire — but the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) is still sending notices to owners of destroyed properties to clear their own.

One property owner, Larry Larson, a partner in the partnership that owned 111 Marquez Place, received a notice from the LAFD warning him about the need to comply with brush clearance regulations, and reminding him that “brush clearance is a year-round responsibility” (original emphasis). The LAFD also notified the building manager, separately, of the need to renew the building’s fire prevention certification.

Posted by: SMOD at April 24, 2025 09:49 AM (RHGPo)

350 The North Kansas City YMCA in Missouri is seemingly defending a man who reportedly entered the women’s locker room and exposed his penis to a 7-year-old girl and her mother.

In an interview with Fox 4, the mother says she and her daughter had just finished swimming lessons on April 12, where she estimates “hundreds of children were present.”

"Honey, I'm a woman!"
============================
said the mentally ill naked man flashing his dong at a poor little second grade girl.

If the mother had beaten the man to a pulp or sprayed him in the face with pepper spray, would she have been arrested? Probably.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 24, 2025 09:51 AM (oq3xb)

351 I guess I was so amazed at the YMCA in KC that I forgot to close the italics bracket, for which I apologize from my new seat in the barrel

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 24, 2025 09:52 AM (oq3xb)

352 Wind power is buying eagle-kill indulgences

Every operating wind power facility has a US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) permit to kill eagles on an ongoing basis and many do kill eagles. Each permit depends on eagle-kill offset rules which appear to be false. If so then the killing is illegal, a violation of the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act.

The offset is called “compensatory mitigation” which means the wind power facility pays the FWS or their agents to have their eagle killing offset by helping others live someplace else. Compensatory mitigation is used in other regulatory systems where it may actually work. For example under the Clean Water Act you can destroy a wetland if you create an equivalent one someplace else.

Posted by: SMOD at April 24, 2025 09:59 AM (RHGPo)

353 344 337 319 I'm sorry, I don't care what medical condition I have. I ain't never getting a fecal transplant.
Posted by: Bulg

You don't eat it. They just ram it up your poop-chute.

Posted by: Broken Hearts Are For Assholes at April 24, 2025 09:31 AM (G5+As)

Um, I read it's put in via mouth to small intestine...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2025 09:35 AM (ynpvh)



I knew someone who suffered from C-Dif and they indeed plant fecal matter in your rectum.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 24, 2025 10:00 AM (x0n13)

354 "Grunden’s son, W.G., took a photo of the cans at home on September 14, 2025"
Where did he buy his time machine?

Posted by: Moses Lambert at April 24, 2025 10:13 AM (fP6fz)

355 Good morning, all, and thanks, J.J.

>"Reform of this government necessarily means destruction of this government. It's an intractable problem for someone like Trump, who wants to salvage the unsalvageable.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice" at April 24, 2025 07:51 AM (BI5O2) 👍

>Ballotpedia: List of U.S. Congress incumbents who are not running for re-election in 2026.

It begins, "As of April 22, 2025, 12 members of the U.S. Congress—five members of the U.S. Senate and seven members of the U.S. House of Representatives—announced they would not seek re-election in 2026."

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 24, 2025 10:51 AM (NFX2v)

356 All five of the senators not seeking re-election—Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Tina Smith, and Gary Peters—are retiring from public office.

Of the seven representatives not seeking re-election:
Three—two Democrats and one Republican—are running for the U.S. Senate.
Four—all Republicans—are running for governor."
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David Hogg, AOC are distractions. Local ground games remain the deciding factors in the next handful of years as to what the nation is & becomes.
---
?? CATO Institute, January 20, 2021, 'President Trump Reduced Legal Immigration. He Did Not Reduce Illegal Immigration'

Last paragraph: Although Trump succeeded in cutting legal immigration more than he initially planned, he oversaw the collapse of interior immigration enforcement. In 2020, the removal of illegal immigrants from the interior of the United States was the lowest as an absolute number and as a share of the illegal immigration population since ICE was created in 2003 (Figure 3). Trump failed to increase removals because local jurisdictions refused to cooperate with his administration, continuing a trend begun during the Obama administration in response to their ...

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 24, 2025 10:51 AM (NFX2v)

357 deportation efforts. As a result, the population of illegal immigrants remained about the same as when he took office (Figure 4).
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And so, the progressives are again hellbent to keep the population of illegal immigrants about the same as when the 2nd Trump administration began just months ago.

Repeating in his 2nd administration, Trump the Cleanup President, back to undo some of the major messes created & compounded JB & his progressives.
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>Al Jazeera, LIVE: Kashmir attack live: Pakistan moves against India over Pahalgam response
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>South African President Ramaphosa receives Ukrainian counterpart Zelensky in Pretoria | AFP, Apr 24, 2025

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa receives his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky on his first visit to Africa just weeks after South Africa joined for the first time a UN General Assembly resolution criticising Russia for the war.

MSN, also 4/24/25: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Thursday that he is cutting short his visit to South Africa. He is returning to Ukraine due to the large-scale Russian attack on Kyiv, during which at least nine people were killed and over 70 were injured last night.

🤨🤔

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 24, 2025 10:51 AM (NFX2v)

358 Iran's most potent weapon is Western stupidity and our refusal to understand them and Islam in general.

Posted by: Harry at April 24, 2025 01:56 PM (VlTXJ)

Daily Tech News 24 April 2025

Top Story



Tech News


Musical Interlude




Disclaimer: No pets in the pool!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM




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Posted by: Ciampino - we dreaded those shots at April 24, 2025 04:30 AM (sPQoU)

2 w00t

Posted by: m at April 24, 2025 04:30 AM (CQE5S)

3 Mornin' Pixy, Ciampino, m, and the rest of the Horde.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 24, 2025 04:31 AM (O7YUW)

4 I noooooooooded

Posted by: Ciampino - we dreaded those shots! at April 24, 2025 04:31 AM (sPQoU)

5 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 04:32 AM (ypFCm)

6 Thank you, Pixy!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 24, 2025 04:33 AM (a1415)

7 Present and accounted for. Well, sort of...

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 24, 2025 04:34 AM (mH6SG)

8 Morning all.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 24, 2025 04:36 AM (BLOW1)

9 Watching the Chinese launch.
Weird. The whole rocket is inside that gantry. The whole thing was moved to a new spot at this late stage!! Now it's open and we finally see the rocket.

https://www.youtube.com/live/VrRtxYadXms

Posted by: Ciampino - Oriental logic at April 24, 2025 04:36 AM (sPQoU)

10 Present and accounted for. Well, sort of...
Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 24, 2025 04:34 AM (mH6SG)

In my case, neither.

Posted by: RickZ at April 24, 2025 04:36 AM (gKDq2)

11 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 24, 2025 04:37 AM (sAmhv)

12 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Wife has doctor appt out of town. That means it take-the-new-puppeh-to-work day.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 24, 2025 04:38 AM (hoCmQ)

13 it=it's

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 24, 2025 04:39 AM (hoCmQ)

14 It's tech, in that it uses 12 volts and is used to find vacuum leaks on engines.

So I just received a smoke machine, designed to pump smoke into your cars induction air and vacuum hose system in order to locate minute air leaks, which can cause problems.

Let me tell you, that thing works!

After only about three minutes I was able to locate a minute gap in the intake air filter lid, allowing a small amount of unfiltered air into the intake. Other than that...the entire system is absolutely air tight.

It's also tech related as it uses an attached, and fixed set point 1/2 psi air reducer to provide only very low pressure air so as to not damage any delicate evap components.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 24, 2025 04:39 AM (a1415)

15 backside power delivery.
.......................
What is it, though I can probably guess.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 24, 2025 04:40 AM (sAmhv)

16 Roger Miller, King of the Road reminds me of when I was a wee lad. My Pop loved that song and used to play it on the "hi-fi" every now and then. Yikes, I ain't gettin' any younger.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 24, 2025 04:41 AM (mH6SG)

17 "backside power delivery.
.......................
What is it, though I can probably guess."

Does this involve a 'Personal Massage unit' and jumper cables?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 24, 2025 04:41 AM (a1415)

18 Thanks, Pixy. Hope you are well.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 24, 2025 04:42 AM (mH6SG)

19 I don't know how JJ does it, not finding much news out there this morning

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 04:43 AM (ypFCm)

20 What is it, though I can probably guess."

Does this involve a 'Personal Massage unit' and jumper cables?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice
.................................
A night with Klaus Schwab.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 24, 2025 04:44 AM (sAmhv)

21 Notorious BFD yeah my dad had that on his play list, might still today. Not sure he plays music or not.

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 04:45 AM (ypFCm)

22 At what point does miniaturization of the chips reach a point where random computational errors start showing up two years post-production when the chips are in widescale use in thousands of different end-products?

Because that'll be "fun".

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 24, 2025 04:46 AM (O7YUW)

23 Definitely a movie plot -- An Austin mortuary employee has been arrested for allegedly "experimenting" on corpses and fraudulently obtaining death certificates, according to court documents.

https://tinyurl.com/yt3amp4j

Posted by: Ciampino - Macabre at April 24, 2025 04:47 AM (sPQoU)

24 "I don't know how JJ does it, not finding much news out there this morning"


Well, there is this little update on that 'Maryland Man'...


https://tinyurl.com/mnbkk669

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 24, 2025 04:49 AM (a1415)

25 Don't read this and then complain: -- Another wonderful fellow here: Illegal migrant arrested for ....

https://mol.im/a/14640617

Posted by: Ciampino - Macabre definitrly at April 24, 2025 04:50 AM (sPQoU)

26 Child sex slave uber driver is not what I expected to see when I logged in this morning.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie's Pope interview - What is a woman, and how old is the Earth? at April 24, 2025 04:51 AM (6GvqP)

27 Boy, 13, suspended by school over his Dr. Pepper 'artwork'

https://mol.im/a/14639489

Posted by: Ciampino - stupidity of schools at April 24, 2025 04:53 AM (sPQoU)

28 22 At what point does miniaturization of the chips reach a point where random computational errors start showing up two years post-production when the chips are in widescale use in thousands of different end-products?

Because that'll be "fun".
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

If you own a recent Intel CPU, the answer is about three years ago.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 24, 2025 04:54 AM (BLOW1)

29 Ciampino, no don't get it
LoL

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 04:57 AM (ypFCm)

30 23 Definitely a movie plot -- An Austin mortuary employee has been arrested for allegedly "experimenting" on corpses

https://tinyurl.com/yt3amp4j
Posted by: Ciampino
...............................
Love is Love.

Maybe he was reenacting 'Re-Animator'.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 24, 2025 04:57 AM (sAmhv)

31 Definitely a movie plot -- An Austin mortuary employee has been arrested for allegedly "experimenting" on corpses

https://tinyurl.com/yt3amp4j
Posted by: Ciampino

-

My favorite part of that article is how it sums up modern journalism so well.

"Hey, here's a news report about a person experimenting with dead people" and there's just a photo of a police SUV slapped in there for no reason.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie's Pope interview - What is a woman, and how old is the Earth? at April 24, 2025 05:02 AM (6GvqP)

32 12 minutes to launch

Posted by: Ciampino - stupidity of schools at April 24, 2025 05:06 AM (sPQoU)

33 The new Logitech mechanical keyboard is really nice! Feels like I am actually typing on something solid. And since I type on a typewriter every day, I can't stand the typical computer keyboard.

It's full sized and has Pixy's favorite four keys. The keys are labeled with some techno font, so took a few minutes to figure out if yhe keys were in the same spots. I like it.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 24, 2025 05:06 AM (cvWHI)

34 @33/Notsothoreau: What model # is that keyboard? I think I want to look that up...

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 24, 2025 05:11 AM (O7YUW)

35 Certainly have had a great week in Spring weather

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 05:12 AM (ypFCm)

36 So a nes story without what the story is about.

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 05:14 AM (ypFCm)

37 14 It's tech, in that it uses 12 volts and is used to find vacuum leaks on engines.

So I just received a smoke machine, designed to pump smoke into your cars induction air and vacuum hose system in order to locate minute air leaks, which can cause problems.

Let me tell you, that thing works!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 24, 2025 04:39 AM (a1415)

Yay!

Posted by: m at April 24, 2025 05:14 AM (CQE5S)

38 G'mornin folks.
Apparently, t-storm on the way.
Saw no lightning yet.
What a cra-cra world. smh
Guess I better attend to my readings for tday before I become aware of the latest ,"wrongs".
There sure is a bunch of that stuff going on.
But, God is Great!
Hope everyone has a wonderful day.

Posted by: OkJohn at April 24, 2025 05:16 AM (NC/it)

39 30 23 Definitely a movie plot -- An Austin mortuary employee has been arrested for allegedly "experimenting" on corpses

https://tinyurl.com/yt3amp4j
Posted by: Ciampino
...............................
Love is Love.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 24, 2025 04:57 AM (sAmhv)

!!!

Posted by: m at April 24, 2025 05:17 AM (CQE5S)

40 Okay, less than 60 seconds to go till launch. Watching.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 24, 2025 05:17 AM (O7YUW)

41 33 took a few minutes to figure out if yhe keys were in the same spots
Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 24, 2025 05:06 AM (cvWHI)

Looks like maybe the "y" key and the "t" key got switched?

Posted by: m at April 24, 2025 05:19 AM (CQE5S)

42 Logitech K845

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 24, 2025 05:19 AM (cvWHI)

43 No, much stranger. I was trying to see if the & key was in the same spot. It's a gaming keyboard, TTC style.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 24, 2025 05:22 AM (cvWHI)

44 @Notsothoreau: Nice looking keyboard. Thanks for the model number.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 24, 2025 05:24 AM (O7YUW)

45 We had thunderstorms and rain last night. Supposed to get close to two inches of rain today. I am hoping we don't get a lot of wind too.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 24, 2025 05:25 AM (cvWHI)

46 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at April 24, 2025 05:25 AM (dg+HA)

47 It really is great to type on! I wish it was a bit smaller. It is a wired keyboard.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 24, 2025 05:27 AM (cvWHI)

48 Time to get ready for the morning walk.


BBIAB

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 24, 2025 05:30 AM (a1415)

49 46 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering
.............................................
An Austin mortuary employee 'experimented' with it. Keep Austin weird and all that.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 24, 2025 05:32 AM (sAmhv)

50 Hitting the road, wifi today so will be around

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 05:34 AM (ypFCm)

51 The 'jump to bottom of page link doesn't jump to the bottom of page. It goes to another page, full of ads

FYI

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 24, 2025 05:34 AM (sAmhv)

52 'Jump to bottom of comments' I mean.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 24, 2025 05:36 AM (sAmhv)

53 'Jump to bottom' works fine here. Bottom is tickled pink.

Posted by: Ciampino - stupidity of school rules at April 24, 2025 05:38 AM (sPQoU)

54 Nap time for everybody!

Posted by: Ciampino - stupidity of school rules at April 24, 2025 05:46 AM (sPQoU)

55 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at April 24, 2025 05:46 AM (AN2gy)

56 Small tip for your new smoke machine:

Get a nice rubbermaid container or whatever that seals up to store the thing and all its gubbins.

Those things get stinky after you've used them.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 24, 2025 05:46 AM (kBh81)

57 An Austin mortuary employee has been arrested for allegedly "experimenting" on corpses

Back in a bit. Going to update my will to make sure my body is burned to ashes immediately upon my death.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 24, 2025 05:49 AM (lXoJ5)

58 57 An Austin mortuary employee has been arrested for allegedly "experimenting" on corpses

Back in a bit. Going to update my will to make sure my body is burned to ashes immediately upon my death.
Posted by: NR Pax at April 24, 2025 05:49 AM (lXoJ5)

Not willing to bet you'd be in the "control group", huh?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 24, 2025 05:49 AM (kBh81)

59 "Your girlfriend's ugly!"

"Hey, man, don't speak ill of the dead like that. That's rude."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 24, 2025 05:51 AM (kBh81)

60 Not willing to bet you'd be in the "control group", huh?
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Heck no. I'm also looking at removing my name from the organ donor registry after a few horror stories made the news.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 24, 2025 05:54 AM (lXoJ5)

61 Testing

Posted by: Tuna at April 24, 2025 05:54 AM (lJ0H4)

62 Strange. I posted "Good morning" several times but they never appeared and I'm getting a bunch of ads when I try to jump to the bottom.

Posted by: Tuna at April 24, 2025 05:58 AM (lJ0H4)

63 Don't jump straight to the bottom.
Take your time.

Posted by: Pete Bootygig at April 24, 2025 06:00 AM (dg+HA)

64 "Let my people go". Rabbi's daughter from the "International Fellowship of Christians and Jews" reflects on going and growing in faith:

tinyurl.com/3fsk6ezm

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2025 06:02 AM (pphdb)

65 Family sings acapella version of an old time hymn, "Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus". If you chose to listen you can skip the commentary and go right down to the hymn:

https://tinyurl.com/4uswr9x9

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2025 06:09 AM (pphdb)

66 Evening and morning, fellow insomaniacals! I well remember "King of the Road" on the local top 40 station in 1964. For Christmas '63 I'd received my first transistor radio, and was listening before falling asleep one night in early '64 when a new group called "The Beetles" (or so I thought it was spelled) sang "I Want to Hold Your Hand." Miller's "Dang Me" and "King of the Road" came along a little later that year, along with Terry Stafford sounding like Elvis with "Suspicion" and Lesley Gore's "You Don't Own Me."

The six-to-midnight DJ would take dedications. Mostly his callers seemed to be teenage girls from local high schools -- as you might expect.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 24, 2025 06:19 AM (omVj0)

67 "Your girlfriend's ugly!"

"Hey, man, don't speak ill of the dead like that. That's rude."
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 24, 2025

***
"I saw yo' wife the other day, and man, she is UG-LEE!"

"Yeah, she's ugly, but she sure can cook, baby!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 24, 2025 06:21 AM (omVj0)

68 And the poignant story behind the hymn, "Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus":

https://tinyurl.com/3eebhrmf

Very often, hymns do not come out of times when things are "Sunny and bright" but when people have been dealing with losses and tragedy and need their faith to sustain them.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2025 06:23 AM (vs63F)

69 "For Christmas '63 I'd received my first transistor radio, and was listening before falling asleep one night in early '64 when a new group called "The Beetles" (or so I thought it was spelled) sang "I Want to Hold Your Hand." "

I still remember my first transistor radio. It was red and soft leather case. I also remember how quickly the batteries died.

Posted by: Tuna at April 24, 2025 06:24 AM (lJ0H4)

70
Good morning, Hordians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 24, 2025 06:25 AM (QnmlO)

71
The EU is fining Apple and Facebook a combined $800 million for not respecting European values.

Bathing too often, good dentistry, not smoking.

Really, the EU never innovates, it's a parasite on the successful elsewhere. I saw something where if you compare the market caps of US and EU startups over the last 50 years, the total of the EU is on par with that of Home Depot.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 24, 2025 06:33 AM (QnmlO)

72 The EU is fining Apple and Facebook a combined $800 million for not respecting European values.

It's just another form of tariff. The EU will pass a regulation which only affects US companies and then fines them some ridiculous amount to drop in their slush fund. But, because they call it a fine and not a tariff, the idiots who get all their information from paid shills on X (or Bluesky now, I suppose) will hoot and slap their chests about how wonderful the EU is.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 06:39 AM (ExV1e)

73
Back in a bit. Going to update my will to make sure my body is burned to ashes immediately upon my death.
Posted by: NR Pax

-

Not joking, you probably should. Everyone should. Setting aside the "lets sew dead people's ears onto mushrooms" abominations, people should be paid for the things that we're giving the medical industry to turn around and charge us for.

Think about that blood people donate left and right. It's $1200+ per unit when they get to the hospital.

That $70K eyeball is nothing but profit when someone who is still living in the 70s or 80s falls prey to the continuous advertising campaigns.

Let them start paying for it. Once it become a precious commodity again there will be some responsibility in how it's handled, and the Fauci style horror shows will end.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Were you taught the absurd lie that new animals lived on the Galapagos Islands? at April 24, 2025 06:39 AM (SsQQd)

74 Saying "Your girlfriend is ugly" is silly talk that is not so bad as the saying sometimes have here: Just put a bag over her head"
( when having sex) because Why would someone want to have sex with someone whom you needed to put a bag over their head? They couldn't find "two breasts and a hole" over someone more attractive? Sorry; I'm a little tired and crabby today.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2025 06:40 AM (cWGcu)

75 Re: bags, men don't have choices with sex. Women have control over that. Men only have opportunity, and rarely refuse it.

Same as women looking for marriage/relationships, and that's the aspect men have control over. Women choose the opportunity, and often refuse it.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Were you taught the absurd lie that new animals lived on the Galapagos Islands? at April 24, 2025 06:43 AM (SsQQd)

76 Fine. I'll put the bag on MY head.

Posted by: Some desperate guy at April 24, 2025 06:48 AM (vFG9F)

77 #22

They reached that point a long, long time ago. They just learned to incorporate a lot more error correction checks in the hardware and design for it. This is why you see stories about a company like Intel or TSMC touting its first working samples of a new process node years before any products using it appear on the market. It takes a long time to work out the details of how to work with it. But since we're now commonly putting chips with tens of billions of transistors into consumer products like high end gaming GPUs, the silicon real estate for all that error correction isn't a severe penalty.

It's part of the reason why die shrinks are no longer the slam dunk solution to major price cuts in things like game consoles. The last time that worked was for the PS4 Slim and Xbox One S. After that, every major process node advance worked differently from its predecessor, so that porting an existing design was not a trivial task. It was enough of a hassle that you might as well use a newer chip design created with the new node as its target. No 5NM for Ryzen 2 or RDNA 2 This is why the MSRP on the PS5 and Xbox Series consoles hasn't improved much in the five years since launch.

Posted by: Epobirs at April 24, 2025 06:49 AM (/0z9K)

78 Never donate your organs.

They will kill you for fun and profit.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 24, 2025 06:50 AM (ZmEVT)

79 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 24, 2025 06:52 AM (/Ghsb)

80 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2025 06:52 AM (u82oZ)

81 no one of any consequence

I found out I could not donate my wife's corneas. The FDA has not relaxed the Mad Cow Prion restriction from the 1980s. My two Med deployments still make me ineligible to donate blood or corneas.

Sheesh. It's 2025, not 1980. How long do Mad Cow prions last?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2025 06:55 AM (u82oZ)

82 78, yup, saw that coming a long way off, never did sign up, and sure as hell not gonna.
I expect that's gonna be the up-and-coming thing when the demonrats next get into power ... the 2024 state income tax forms had an elaborate signup form on page 5.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 24, 2025 06:56 AM (/Ghsb)

83 FenelonSpoke

True beauty is within. Some men are too shallow.

Hope you and yours are well.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2025 06:57 AM (u82oZ)

84 Luke 24:36b-37 Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” They were startled and terrified and thought that they were seeing a ghost.

Off to workie !!

Posted by: OkJohn at April 24, 2025 06:59 AM (NC/it)

85

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at April 24, 2025 06:59 AM (5hfjS)

86 Monty Python had that routine where an organ donor was asked for his liver. But he was still using it. Alas for him.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2025 07:00 AM (u82oZ)

87 Hillary Clinton

Speaking of ugly to the bone: Good morning. Have all your mirrors cracked yet?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2025 07:01 AM (u82oZ)

88 Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2025 06:57 AM (u82oZ)

Thanks, dear. Some women are too shallow as well.

I'm just tired, but we're o.k. Did you find your marriage license? Sorry that you have to work out details about her funeral arrangements; One of those very difficult things spouses have to do. Am praying for you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2025 07:04 AM (42Vb+)

89 I notice Jewells45 is on the list, but not Vic.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2025 07:05 AM (u82oZ)

90 First radio? It had an earphone, no speaker, and a wire with a clip that you had to fasten to something like a radiator or the finger stop on the dial of the telephone or a curtain rod if you wanted to pick up any stations...

WLS in Chicago (Art Roberts top 40 in the afternoons). WVON ditto (Yvonne Daniels at night, playing a bunch of early 60s Motown)...

Them was the days.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 24, 2025 07:06 AM (q3u5l)

91 Posted by: Some desperate guy at April 24, 2025 06:48 AM (vFG9F)

LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2025 07:07 AM (42Vb+)

92
I finally had an extended experience playing a "journey" game with a young game player and it was neither pleasant nor enjoyable.

An endless barrage of impatience was rained upon me. And he wonders why I find such "entertainment" offputting and a waste of time.

At some point we will talk about this, but now is not the time.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 24, 2025 07:07 AM (P8t9A)

93 I notice Jewells45 is on the list, but not Vic.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

-

If I understood a conversation from last week correctly it was because Vic noticed things.

Also I'm just seeing the news in Fen's #88 post. I'm sorry.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Were you taught the absurd lie that new animals lived on the Galapagos Islands? at April 24, 2025 07:08 AM (SsQQd)

94 David Thomas (Pere Ubu) RIP. A "unique" singer and interesting lyricist.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 24, 2025 07:08 AM (WPL6O)

95 FenelonSpoke

Yes. She had an excellent filing system. But nothing saying Marriage. I was sure we were legally married, or she would not have stayed with me.

I opened our wedding photo albums for the first time since marriage, Nothing there but memories.

I finally got to a large folder with my name on it.
Inside was everything I ever wrote to her. And there was a keepsake folder with copies of my marriage lisence.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2025 07:09 AM (u82oZ)

96 Autocucumber mocks me.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2025 07:11 AM (u82oZ)

97 Good morning, good people, from the Adirondacks where we spent a lovely, soft Spring day watching the vegetation positively explode into new growth. Today promises a repeat.

As always, may all effort from you result in maximal benefit, with corresponding heartburn on the part of the leftwit fungi who molest us.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at April 24, 2025 07:12 AM (hKoQL)

98 Time for work preps.

Everyone have a great day. Hug those close, and enjoy a beautiful Spring.

Even those large dark clouds with lots of rain, lightning, and quarter sized hail are magestic. From a distance. Yesterday was close aboard, but still safer than those in the North County area.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2025 07:13 AM (u82oZ)

99
So there are moves afoot to create AI that specializes in cheating?

A SWAG as to what experience base they used to train it is this -- they asked each long-sitting member of Congress how they came to be worth millions of dollars apiece while earning a salary of under $200,000 per annum.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 24, 2025 07:15 AM (P8t9A)

100 Definitely a movie plot -- An Austin mortuary employee has been arrested for allegedly "experimenting" on corpses

https://tinyurl.com/yt3amp4j
Posted by: Ciampino

Adeline Ngan-Binh Bui, 50,
Looks like a woman
Article refers to "him"
Another tranny?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 24, 2025 07:17 AM (WbaIk)

101 Yesterday afternoon I had a hell of a time with the Capital One people about their website. I tried to log in, an dthe only phone number they offered as a choice to receive a text with a verification code was my old phone -- which I ditched two years ago. I've been receiving verificaiion texts on the new phone for all that time; I updated my number on their website. Yet, when I called, they insisted that my account *has never been updated*, that the old number is the only one they have, they can't send me a text to the new one, and the only way to verify my identity is to have me send them a pic of my driver's license.

They insisted, too, that my records show that I've logged in, but I've never received a verification text. Patently absurd. That's been the only way for me to get into the website. The only difference now? I'm on my home computer, a different IP address, and not my work computer. Yet they cannot admit there might be something wrong on *their* end. Infuriating.

I don't need the damn website, and will use their card very rarely from now on.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 24, 2025 07:19 AM (omVj0)

102 Morning, Horde...

Ran out of electrons at home (internet is down) so I have to come to the electron mine, as Wolfus puts it, to harvest some more...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 24, 2025 07:21 AM (7fElN)

103 85

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at April 24, 2025 06:59 AM
----
You gotta start in the morning if you're gonna drink all day

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at April 24, 2025 07:22 AM (qelIc)

104 I finally got to a large folder with my name on it.
Inside was everything I ever wrote to her. And there was a keepsake folder with copies of my marriage lisence.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

❤️

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 24, 2025 07:22 AM (WbaIk)

105 Technology is great until it isn't.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 07:23 AM (KfeQT)

106 Technology is great until it isn't.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 07:23 AM (KfeQT)
----
Yep.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 24, 2025 07:25 AM (7fElN)

107 Technology is great until it isn't.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2025 07:23 AM (KfeQT)

Unfortunately, you're usually well into isn't before you realize you've reached the border of is.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 07:25 AM (ExV1e)

108 The only reason I used the CO website was to apply whatever "reward" amount I'd earned to my current card balance. I can do that on the phone, as I have with Chase for years. And I may try the "complaint" line, and ask them, nicely, to create a trouble ticket to investigate the problem.

Somehow I suspect it will come to naught -- and then, three months from now, a tiny news item will show up where CO admits they have had a "glitch" where customers changing computers cannot access the website because their account seems to have the wrong data.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 24, 2025 07:28 AM (omVj0)

109 I don't need the damn website, and will use their card very rarely from now on.

Call them to close your account and when they ask why, tell them that your new bank makes it easy to update your information. They'll break land speed records to solve the issue.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 24, 2025 07:28 AM (lXoJ5)

110 From the NY Post:

"The USS Yorktown retrieved two Enterprise aircraft that were damaged in an attack on the Japanese navy carrier Kaga, according to the agency, citing records. The planes were moved down to the hangar deck before they caught fire when underwater missiles by the Japanese pounded the ship."

"underwater missiles"? Sheesh. Was this article written by AI?

Posted by: fd at April 24, 2025 07:28 AM (vFG9F)

111 Anyway: I've had a good breakfast, will shave and then finish my morning pipe as I watch Have Gun -- Will Travel, and then try to cook up a plot for a new short story.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 24, 2025 07:29 AM (omVj0)

112 I don't need the damn website, and will use their card very rarely from now on.

Call them to close your account and when they ask why, tell them that your new bank makes it easy to update your information. They'll break land speed records to solve the issue.
Posted by: NR Pax at April 24, 2025

***
I might try that. Though I suspect it will be a waste of my time.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 24, 2025 07:30 AM (omVj0)

113 Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2025 07:09 AM (u82oZ)

I know you're gone to work now, Salty, but I'm glad you could find what you needed and also look at the photos and have those memories..

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2025 07:30 AM (42Vb+)

114 I know you're gone to work now, Salty, but I'm glad you could find what you needed and also look at the photos and have those memories..
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2025

***
Seconded and thirded.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 24, 2025 07:31 AM (omVj0)

115 For those who pray, my father in law has triple bypass surgery this morning. Trusting God for a good outcome.

Posted by: CanuckJack at April 24, 2025 07:31 AM (aMOsu)

116 That Yorktown article was so badly written that I suspect the editors went to Harvard.

Posted by: fd at April 24, 2025 07:33 AM (vFG9F)

117 I might try that. Though I suspect it will be a waste of my time.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Good luck. Hopefully you get a good resolution.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 24, 2025 07:35 AM (lXoJ5)

118 They insisted, too, that my records show that I've logged in, but I've never received a verification text. Patently absurd. That's been the only way for me to get into the website. The only difference now? I'm on my home computer, a different IP address, and not my work computer. Yet they cannot admit there might be something wrong on *their* end. Infuriating.


You made too many changes without notifying them, that makes your account fail a KYC filter and you look like a hacker. Change IP and phone - yeah, you are a hacker. Any pen tester will tell you that.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at April 24, 2025 07:36 AM (a4flb)

119 Posted by: CanuckJack at April 24, 2025 07:31 AM (aMOsu)

I will pray for your FIL. Would you mind telling me the first initial of his first name? Surely God knows "CanuckJack" and his FIL, but I like to have an initial I can connect with in my prayers. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2025 07:36 AM (42Vb+)

120 Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Thank you Fen, his name is John

Posted by: CanuckJack at April 24, 2025 07:37 AM (aMOsu)

121 JJ is nood.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2025 07:38 AM (ExV1e)

122 I finally got to a large folder with my name on it.
Inside was everything I ever wrote to her. And there was a keepsake folder with copies of my marriage lisence.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

-

Love is a heck of a thing.

Hang dai brother.

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - you realize Darwin disproved evolution, right? at April 24, 2025 07:39 AM (5IqhH)

123 I have two Logitech K845 corded keyboards and I think they are great.

However they have not improved my speeling.

Posted by: pawn at April 24, 2025 07:44 AM (QB+5g)

124 Yesterday my husband had a doctor's appointment - when we got there they saw him right away, called an ambulance & sent him to the local hospital. Tests showed that he had a minor heart attack. He is there, all hooked up to monitors, waiting for an angiogram to see if he needs a stent.
I spent the day communicating with family and cancelling stuff.
Now I am off to spend time with him in the ICU.
We would appreciate prayers.
Thank you

Posted by: Trudy at April 24, 2025 07:46 AM (/poSy)

125 I still remember my first transistor radio. It was red and soft leather case. I also remember how quickly the batteries died.
Posted by: Tuna at April 24, 2025 06:24 AM (lJ0H4)

I still have my Zenith 275 transistor radio I received for Christmas 1959. Carried that everywhere on my bike, or on walks as a kid. That radio was $49.95 back then, a big chunk of change, but was built with typical Zenith quality. The 7 transistors were actually seated in little sockets, not directly soldered into the PC board. I spent a lifetime working in the electronics field, and I still marvel at the level of quality back then when it came to American built electronics.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 24, 2025 07:51 AM (5xuJ/)

126 Posted by: Trudy at April 24, 2025 07:46 AM (/poSy)

. It sounds like a hard day. Of course, I will pray for both of you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2025 07:55 AM (42Vb+)

127 Posted by: CanuckJack at April 24, 2025 07:37 AM (aMOsu)

Thanks for giving me John's name. Prayers ascending.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2025 07:56 AM (42Vb+)

128
I left Belgium a US$20 on the dress before leaving.

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie at April 24, 2025 10:24 AM (1hM1d)

Wednesday Overnight Open Thread - April 23, 2025 [TRex]

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Good evening Horde. The time has come for mid-week shenanigans of the overnight variety.

This is the Wednesday night ONT.

[Top photo: 14th century bell tower from Curon, an Italian village that was flooded in 1950 to create Lake Resia in Italy]

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Unclaimed Baggage, the US company that resells items from unclaimed airline luggage, has released its Found Report for 2025.

The strangest items? A Goonies movie script, glass eye, toilet seat, sheet of $2 bills, 1944 letter signed by Elanor Roosevelt, antique French book on performing exorcisms, Roman soldier helmet, glow in the dark drumsticks, toilet brush shaped like a cherry, and more.

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Anyone ever go shopping at the company's outlet in Scottsboro, Alabama? They're located about 40 miles east of Huntsville.

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Challenge for Doof:

Pickleball enthusiasts play 36-hour marathon to break world record

A team of four pickleball enthusiasts broke a Guinness World Record in Texas by playing 36 consecutive hours of matches.

The team, who call themselves The Pickle Breakers, took on the record for the longest marathon playing pickleball at Pickler Universe in Carrollton, and ended their attempt at 36 hours.



I guess they get a participation trophy? The story doesn't say who won.

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Norm Macdonald:



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Musical interludes:

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Worth watching (or re-watching) - Bob Uecker's Baseball Hall of Fame induction speech:

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Wasn't expecting this to be a regular feature, but the Pittsburgh police scanner keeps giving:

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Not saying that TRex could do this, but spinning on stilt skates is the stuff of Guinness Book of World records?

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Nancy Sinatra for our big ONT finish:

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Written correspondence can be sent to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Are you lurking? Come out and play. For the avoidance of doubt, TRex is not a candidate for the Papacy.

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Comments

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1 Yeet?

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 23, 2025 10:01 PM (mT+6a)

2 added

Posted by: Ciampino - a fowl of colors? at April 23, 2025 10:01 PM (sPQoU)

3 Whoot!

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 23, 2025 10:01 PM (mT+6a)

4 Hello, Gord! 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 23, 2025 10:01 PM (SRRAx)

5 Ace is on vacation!

Lurkers can safely comment from the shadows.

No smoking sign is off.

Posted by: mindful webworker - theoretically at April 23, 2025 10:01 PM (SWvjw)

6 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at April 23, 2025 10:01 PM (GYt5+)

7 OK guys, you need to check this out. It's a link to Google maps, and is for an "Unnamed Biopharmaceutical Facility" in China. No street view, of course. It's maybe 200 miles west of Shanghai.

If you reorient the map to place east at the top, you can see that the buildings in the complex spell out the word "antibody."

WTAF?

https://tinyurl.com/5hcx5y39

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 23, 2025 10:01 PM (w6EFb)

8 Horde....🙄🙄🙄

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 23, 2025 10:01 PM (SRRAx)

9 Meow

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at April 23, 2025 10:01 PM (w3u3d)

10 Hello, Jim SND! 😘😘😘

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 23, 2025 10:02 PM (SRRAx)

11 Did Ace pass out.. I mean, “go on vacation” already?

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 10:02 PM (/dDa4)

12 Hello Jim SND!

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 23, 2025 10:03 PM (w6EFb)

13 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 23, 2025 10:03 PM (sAmhv)

14 Hunh. Fifthish.

Something went badly wacky with my Firsting Algorerhythm.

I blame climate chaos.

Posted by: mindful webworker - theoretically at April 23, 2025 10:03 PM (SWvjw)

15 More /chardonnay?

Posted by: Deplorable Minion at April 23, 2025 10:03 PM (QSrLX)

16 Hello Teresa!

Posted by: Gord at April 23, 2025 10:04 PM (cCn4/)

17 The Megadeth cover of “These Boots” is awesome. Just sayin.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 23, 2025 10:05 PM (8jn+t)

18 Thanks for the Wednesday Overnight Open Thread, TRex!

Great photo up top. Wonder how long that bell tower will last now that it's been flooded.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 23, 2025 10:05 PM (rxCpr)

19 >>> 7 OK guys, you need to check this out. It's a link to Google maps, and is for an "Unnamed Biopharmaceutical Facility" in China. No street view, of course. It's maybe 200 miles west of Shanghai.

If you reorient the map to place east at the top, you can see that the buildings in the complex spell out the word "antibody."

WTAF?

https://tinyurl.com/5hcx5y39
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 23, 2025 10:01 PM (w6EFb)

Some guglag programmer is messing around with their images?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 23, 2025 10:05 PM (Vqx30)

20 Puddleglum - just in case you wanted to know, we can confirm that Mineral Beach is still closed. I repeat. Mineral Beach is not operational.

Posted by: TRex at April 23, 2025 10:06 PM (cCn4/)

21 Even if the Kissing Keir vid is AI, should the Laborites embrace the gay kissing?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 23, 2025 10:06 PM (0eaVi)

22 >>> 11 Did Ace pass out.. I mean, “go on vacation” already?
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 10:02 PM (/dDa4)

He has become one with his inner self.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 23, 2025 10:06 PM (Vqx30)

23 Yay, Take a Chance Day ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 23, 2025 10:06 PM (lUFok)

24 18 Thanks for the Wednesday Overnight Open Thread, TRex!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 23, 2025 10:05 PM
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Good evening!
{{ceremonial sword salute in a non-threatening but respectful sort of way}}

Posted by: TRex at April 23, 2025 10:07 PM (cCn4/)

25 It's too bad that World Book Day is today instead of Sunday.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 23, 2025 10:07 PM (0eaVi)

26 The rockers when they were young pix left out a main one.

https://wallpaperaccess.com/full/5897868.jpg

Posted by: mindful webworker - theoretically at April 23, 2025 10:07 PM (SWvjw)

27 Thank you TRex.

My friends had a bunch of their cousins over for a birthday party. All of the kids are under 12.

But my friends and their family gave the kids walkie talkies as they went out to play. I thought that was a pretty cool idea.

Posted by: Stateless...21% - mental state clawing up from 10% at April 23, 2025 10:08 PM (jvJvP)

28 Marilyn Manson's (Brian Warner) pic is hilarious. He was a classmate of one of my sisters.

She said she always thought he'd be the first from her class to either be committed or be condemned to Death Row.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 23, 2025 10:09 PM (vKNmo)

29 Soldiers in your cup

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 23, 2025 10:09 PM (63Dwl)

30 Harper Valley PTA....great song.
Short lived series I believe too.

Posted by: Stateless...21% - mental state clawing up from 10% at April 23, 2025 10:10 PM (jvJvP)

31 Some guglag programmer is messing around with their images?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 23, 2025 10:05 PM (Vqx30)

Why would chy-nah arrange buildings to spell out a word in English?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2025 10:10 PM (8zz6B)

32 He has become one with his inner self.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 23, 2025 10:06 PM (Vqx30)

That always comes just before becoming two with your inner self.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 10:10 PM (/dDa4)

33 Yeet?
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 23, 2025 10:01 PM

Yawp!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2025 10:11 PM (Wnv9h)

34 I didn't know Kirk Hammett was an angry black girl in high school.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 23, 2025 10:11 PM (lUFok)

35 Best part about that Norm joke is that he stole it from Colin Quinn. Conan had asked Norm to stay another segment, and he had no material...so (per Norm) he took a 30 second joke that Quinn used in his act and turned it into a 5 to 7 minute segment. That's why his making shit up on the fly.

Posted by: Orson at April 23, 2025 10:14 PM (dIske)

36 Top pic- I think I watched a werewolf series in that setting

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 23, 2025 10:14 PM (WbaIk)

37 20 Puddleglum - just in case you wanted to know, we can confirm that Mineral Beach is still closed. I repeat. Mineral Beach is not operational.
Posted by: TRex
...............................
Don't invade Canada. Got it.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 23, 2025 10:14 PM (sAmhv)

38 Why would chy-nah arrange buildings to spell out a word in English?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2025 10:10 PM (8zz6B)

Looks like the buildings below spell out ATCG..

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 10:14 PM (/dDa4)

39 Good evening!
{{ceremonial sword salute in a non-threatening but respectful sort of way}}
Posted by: TRex at April 23, 2025 10:07 PM (cCn4/)
* * * *
And good evening to you, sir!

*curtsies*

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 23, 2025 10:15 PM (rxCpr)

40 That Pittsburgh scanner is a hoot!

I hope most of their calls are non-emergencies.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 23, 2025 10:16 PM (rxCpr)

41
If you reorient the map to place east at the top, you can see that the buildings in the complex spell out the word "antibody."

https://tinyurl.com/5hcx5y39
Posted by: Miley

My personal fave - Enlisted Quarters at Coronado Naval Amphibious Base in San Diego

32°40’44.16″N, 117°9’42.89″W.

You know who else like this shape?

Posted by: Tonypete at April 23, 2025 10:17 PM (vKNmo)

42 38 The building blocks of DNA.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 23, 2025 10:17 PM (w6EFb)

43 The top pic would work for a book or movie titled "The Hunchbacked Mermaid of Lake Resia".

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 23, 2025 10:18 PM (VNX3d)

44 I had heard of only 6 of the people in the HS pictures.

Also, a friend has a very old baseball annual with a picture of a rookie, "Bob Vecker". (Not a typo.)

Posted by: Eeyore at April 23, 2025 10:18 PM (1bNHn)

45 Kinda rehash -- TRUTH of Kilmar Abrego Garcia... now linked to a human trafficker

https://mol.im/a/14637033

Posted by: Ciampino - a foul of colors? at April 23, 2025 10:19 PM (sPQoU)

46 Tom Araya looks like he's already been laid three times and will get laid a lot more.
Alice Cooper looks like he's ready to make millions on Wall Street and/or the City.
Axl Rose and Kurt Cobain look like brothers who get along really well with each other (which is an irony worthy of Cobain himself, since Kurt hated all GnR's fans).
Gene Simmons is about to bounce some assholes from his uncle's nightclub.
Kirk Hammett is still recovering from his second month of HRT and is rethinking his decision to transition.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2025 10:19 PM (gKWVE)

47 OK guys, you need to check this out. It's a link to Google maps, and is for an "Unnamed Biopharmaceutical Facility" in China. No street view, of course. It's maybe 200 miles west of Shanghai.

If you reorient the map to place east at the top, you can see that the buildings in the complex spell out the word "antibody."

WTAF?

https://tinyurl.com/5hcx5y39
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist

The other row of buildings has in mandrin

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 23, 2025 10:19 PM (/lPRQ)

48 >> Unclaimed Baggage, the US company that resells items from unclaimed airline luggage, has released its Found Report for 2025.

Sigh. There are going to be dildos, aren’t there?

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 10:20 PM (/dDa4)

49 @RobertKennedyJr: "A teenager today, an American teenager, has less testosterone than a 68-year-old man."

Posted by: SMOD at April 23, 2025 10:20 PM (GITLP)

50 Stateless,
Good to see you clawing your way back. Please. Never give up. Never quit. Many good things are headed your way.

How’s Trumpy?

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 23, 2025 10:21 PM (mT+6a)

51 https://is.gd/BiPWDT
@BritHugoboom
Chat GPT is obsessed with the immaculate conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Incredible, especially happening on Easter.
[image]

https://is.gd/bq0Fhv
@C__Herridge
BREAKING: Top US Neuroscientist & Military Advisor Confirms Reports Are 'Credible' That Directed Energy Weapon Attacks Have Happened on US Soil And Targeted US Personnel Abroad; Exclusive New Records Reveal Exposure to "Microwave Weapon" After Intel Officer Discovered Secret Op....
[video]

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 23, 2025 10:21 PM (Vqx30)

52 Yup. Netflix series "Curon" (2020)

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 23, 2025 10:23 PM (Tw+JN)

53 Top US Neuroscientist & Military Advisor Confirms Reports Are 'Credible' That Directed Energy Weapon Attacks Have Happened on US Soil And Targeted US Personnel Abroad; Exclusive New Records Reveal Exposure to "Microwave Weapon" After Intel Officer Discovered Secret Op.

Hit me hit me hit me with your laser beeeeam

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2025 10:23 PM (gKWVE)

54 Always loved that Sinatra bit.
And the other tunes.

Thanks, TRex.

Posted by: GWB at April 23, 2025 10:24 PM (f5gS/)

55 America's 'Gateway City' is at center of a cancer crisis

https://mol.im/a/14640161

Posted by: Ciampino - a fool of colors? at April 23, 2025 10:24 PM (sPQoU)

56 Think of how many families of diseased bats and stinky pigeons have infested that Italian bell tower in the last 700 years.

Posted by: Histoplasmosis! at April 23, 2025 10:25 PM (G5+As)

57 54 Thanks, TRex.

Posted by: GWB at April 23, 2025 10:24 PM
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You're welcome, Sir. Good evening.

Posted by: TRex at April 23, 2025 10:25 PM (cCn4/)

58 @RobertKennedyJr: "A teenager today, an American teenager, has less testosterone than a 68-year-old man."
Posted by: SMOD at April 23, 2025 10:20 PM (GITLP)

Half of me wants to laugh at the GenZ sissies.

Half of me thinks this one single fact explains the downfall of our society.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 10:25 PM (/dDa4)

59 Good evening morons ותודה Dino for the ONT

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2025 10:26 PM (RIvkX)

60 To recharge cellphones?
China confirms its plans to build a nuclear plant on the MOON

https://mol.im/a/14641527

Posted by: Ciampino - obviously not water-cooled at April 23, 2025 10:26 PM (sPQoU)

61 Windows are about 1/4th replaced after two hours of work today. The site foreman was not happy with our measurer or that he's going to have to do some carpentry to make the three big picture windows work. I guess that's why he's getting paid the big bucks!

Pooky, unsurprisingly, is catastrophizing. Pookette is thrilled that her room happened to get done first and looks great. Lil Pooky just wants his routine back.

Posted by: pookysgirl, beyond tired at April 23, 2025 10:26 PM (Wt5PA)

62 >>> 60 To recharge cellphones?
China confirms its plans to build a nuclear plant on the MOON

https://mol.im/a/14641527
Posted by: Ciampino - obviously not water-cooled at April 23, 2025 10:26 PM (sPQoU)

Ok.

I am sure there are several Morons making plans to marry Kate Upton.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 23, 2025 10:27 PM (Vqx30)

63 Curon -
Down in the valley! Valley so low. Glub, Glub, Glub!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 10:28 PM (bIzDl)

64 https://is.gd/BiPWDT
@BritHugoboom
Chat GPT is obsessed with the immaculate conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Incredible, especially happening on Easter
....................................
Well it was an amazing play and certainly changed the fortunes of the Steelers.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 23, 2025 10:28 PM (sAmhv)

65 Miklos, I found an email from you in my spam folder. I forgot to check it for a week. I've replied.

You should come visit us.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 23, 2025 10:28 PM (w6EFb)

66 Everyone’s yearbook photo looks awful 30 years later. Rocks stars included.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 23, 2025 10:29 PM (vb7h8)

67 Warrior Short Arms! Thanks for the ONT!

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 23, 2025 10:30 PM (mH6SG)

68 @RobertKennedyJr: "A teenager today, an American teenager, has less testosterone than a 68-year-old man."
Posted by: SMOD at April 23, 2025 10:20 PM (GITLP)


Explains skinny jeans.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 23, 2025 10:30 PM (vb7h8)

69 Kurt Cobain and I had the same haircut in high school.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at April 23, 2025 10:31 PM (0aYVJ)

70 Ok.

I am sure there are several Morons making plans to marry Kate Upton.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 23, 2025 10:27 PM (Vqx30)


I told Mrs D that was my plan. She told me if Kate said yes, she'd happily divorce me.
To be honest, I thought was a bit too happy about it.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 23, 2025 10:32 PM (W/lyH)

71 No successful society ever said “Give me low-testosterone young men.”

This is a catastrophe, and it’s environmental and it’s spread through the civilized world, whatever it is.

If we were a high T society, would we even discussing stuff like middle-aged men waving their wieners at little girls in the locker room? For most of history, that would basically get you killed.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 10:32 PM (/dDa4)

72 Antibody buildings in China: the CCP played with what the map apps show. Like we show you anything, round eye!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 10:32 PM (bIzDl)

73 Gene Simmons and Stephen Tyler look pretty much the same, other than way older and stuff.

I hate to say this, but I'm working on a new video. Not Happy Part 2 because reasons. Also, because reasons.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 23, 2025 10:33 PM (CHHv1)

74 When I was in Pittsburgh it seemed kind of sleepy. I went to the Giants v Pirates game and was talking smack and I got nothing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2025 10:33 PM (RIvkX)

75 Chy-nah should build a lab shaped like Lena Dunham. That's an anti-body for sure.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2025 10:34 PM (8zz6B)

76 RMBS!

Howdy there!

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 23, 2025 10:34 PM (mT+6a)

77 Bob Uecker was one funny dude.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 23, 2025 10:34 PM (mH6SG)

78 Speaking of manhole covers popping off . . .

https://shorturl.at/R1hUr

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 23, 2025 10:34 PM (L/fGl)

79 >>> 71 No successful society ever said “Give me low-testosterone young men.”

This is a catastrophe, and it’s environmental and it’s spread through the civilized world, whatever it is.

If we were a high T society, would we even discussing stuff like middle-aged men waving their wieners at little girls in the locker room? For most of history, that would basically get you killed.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 10:32 PM (/dDa4)

When did T levels start to drop noticeably? istr not long after WWII...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 23, 2025 10:35 PM (Vqx30)

80 Gratuitous wish fulfillment:

Miss Sinatra, there's been a last-minute program change. Instead of "Boots," you'll be singing "The Queen of the Night" aria from Mozart's Magic Flute. One-two-three GO!

Posted by: mnw at April 23, 2025 10:35 PM (kd60y)

81 74 When I was in Pittsburgh it seemed kind of sleepy. I went to the Giants v Pirates game and was talking smack and I got nothing.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
...............................
They've been the worst pro sports franchise in North America for decades now. That was apathy you were witnessing.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 23, 2025 10:37 PM (sAmhv)

82 >@RobertKennedyJr: "A teenager today, an American teenager, has less testosterone than a 68-year-old man."

Especially if that 68-yo is RFK Jr.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at April 23, 2025 10:37 PM (lhenN)

83 Everyone’s yearbook photo looks awful 30 years later. Rocks stars included.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 23, 2025 10:29 PM (vb7h
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Seen in hindsight, the 70s were kind to no one.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2025 10:38 PM (RIvkX)

84 67 Warrior Short Arms! Thanks for the ONT!

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 23, 2025 10:30 PM
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You're welcome, Colonel Deal!

Posted by: TRex at April 23, 2025 10:39 PM (cCn4/)

85 Seen in hindsight, the 70s were kind to no one.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

I was quite content being in school in the miniskirt and braless era.

Posted by: Uncle Pervy at April 23, 2025 10:40 PM (G5+As)

86 They've been the worst pro sports franchise in North America for decades now. That was apathy you were witnessing.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 23, 2025 10:37 PM (sAmhv)

But they have Mephitic Spheniscidae!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2025 10:40 PM (8zz6B)

87 Low T society: I thought you meant low trust society. Then I saw the RFK quote above. Yeah some of the male physics majors towards the end of my career weren’t exactly effeminate, but they definitely weren’t masculine either. And no, they weren’t gay. I had gay students in my classes, some quite outré. This was something, if anything, sadder. There wasn’t any there there, IYKWIMAITYD.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 10:40 PM (bIzDl)

88 Chy-nah should build a lab shaped like Lena Dunham. That's an anti-body for sure.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2025 10:34 PM (8zz6B)

We no have concrete for spherical ham lady!!

Posted by: Chinese Bioweapons Lab Architect at April 23, 2025 10:41 PM (/dDa4)

89 I shopped at the Unclaimed Freight store a few years ago. Picked up a nice garment bag for cheap.
It's got somebody else's initials embroidered on it, but hey...

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 23, 2025 10:41 PM (dg+HA)

90 They've been the worst pro sports franchise in North America for decades now. That was apathy you were witnessing.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come

Mariners fans laugh and laugh and laugh....

Posted by: Some Rat at April 23, 2025 10:41 PM (TfUTr)

91 If you reorient the map to place east at the top, you can see that the buildings in the complex spell out the word "antibody."

-
Inscrutable.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 23, 2025 10:41 PM (L/fGl)

92 Is a cow a sphere?
Yes, a cow is a sphere in some approximations.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 10:43 PM (bIzDl)

93 Yeet?

Is that southern redneck for "Have you had dinner?"

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at April 23, 2025 10:44 PM (a4flb)

94 Low T society: I thought you meant low trust society. Then I saw the RFK quote above. Yeah some of the male physics majors towards the end of my career weren’t exactly effeminate, but they definitely weren’t masculine either. And no, they weren’t gay. I had gay students in my classes, some quite outré. This was something, if anything, sadder. There wasn’t any there there, IYKWIMAITYD.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 10:40 PM (bIzDl)

Maybe low trust proceeds from low testosterone?

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 10:45 PM (/dDa4)

95 BREAKING: Department of Defense Branch Chief Calls President Trump “Illegitimate,” Vows to Resist Him – Attacks Hegseth as “Unfit to Lead” (VIDEO)

This is a O’Keefe Media Group sting production. So you know the guy was getting liquored up and probably trying to get laid..

From the net so it must be true -
Nicholas Turza is the Branch Chief for Monitoring and Compliance in the Directorate of Global Investment and Economic Security (GIES), which operates within the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (OUSD(A&S)). He is responsible for the compliance monitoring and enforcement of all CFIUS and Team Telecom mitigation instruments for which the Department of Defense is a Committee Monitoring Agency (CMA).

Previously, Mr. Turza led efforts on behalf of Deloitte Consulting’s Government & Public Services practice at the senior manager level, advising defense and national security clients in CFIUS enforcement, secure supply chain, security policies, and insider threats. A bronze star recipient, his first career was as an U.S. Army officer, serving combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan...

Hey, DOGE! Got one for you.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 23, 2025 10:45 PM (/lPRQ)

96
Bob Uecker was one funny dude.
Posted by: Notorious BFD

I liked him on Mr. Belvedere.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 23, 2025 10:45 PM (63Dwl)

97 Studies show that kids have played more hours of Call of Duty than man has been on the erf.

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at April 23, 2025 10:46 PM (09exb)

98 There must be an environmental element to dropping T. It would be wonderful if we doubled the gym time and recess and boom problem fixed, but I don't think it will.

As Ace complained about, a 30 year old is tested, and found to be within "normal range", a sample of men from 20 to 80. If the 30yo had the lungs or knees or skin or eyes of an 80yo, the doctor would rightly think it was dire.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at April 23, 2025 10:46 PM (lhenN)

99 Seen in hindsight, the 70s were kind to no one.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

I was quite content being in school in the miniskirt and braless era.

Now you know why the average 68 year old male has more testosterone than Gen-Z males.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at April 23, 2025 10:46 PM (a4flb)

100 Axl Rose looks like Billy Mumy, you know, from “It’s a Good Life!” from the Twilight Zone?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 10:47 PM (bIzDl)

101
55 America's 'Gateway City' is at center of a cancer crisis

https://mol.im/a/14640161
Posted by: Ciampino - a fool of colors? at April 23, 2025 10:24 PM (sPQoU)

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I'm not sure I'd call unreacted, unenriched uranium nuclear waste. There is generally some low level of naturally occurring uranium in soil, rocks, and tap water. Need more information.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 23, 2025 10:47 PM (xPNeT)

102 Autopsy on 24 year old man finds enough plastics in his brain to make a plastic spoon.

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at April 23, 2025 10:48 PM (09exb)

103 If the person who named Walkie Talkies named everything
Bra - Breastie Nestie

They listed "Bra" but not "Condom?" Let me FIFThem.

Condom - Weenie Beanie

Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2025 10:48 PM (DgGvY)

104 So, there is just now, in the Nightwatch back yard a ...BBQ off weekend, simple in form with HOTLINKS dipped in a sauce brought off the store shelf which will remain nameless.

FULL BURNERS ON and flames galore to sear the links with the appropriate level of char and applewood smoke.

Yes, I know it only Wednesday.

But what the hell..a family request.

Posted by: Nightwatch at April 23, 2025 10:48 PM (25kuG)

105 From the net so it must be true -
Nicholas Turza is the Branch Chief for Monitoring and Compliance in the Directorate of Global Investment and Economic Security (GIES), which operates within the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (OUSD(A&S)). He is responsible for the compliance monitoring and enforcement of all CFIUS and Team Telecom mitigation instruments for which the Department of Defense is a Committee Monitoring Agency (CMA).

Previously, Mr. Turza led efforts on behalf of Deloitte Consulting’s Government & Public Services practice at the senior manager level, advising defense and national security clients in CFIUS enforcement, secure supply chain, security policies, and insider threats. A bronze star recipient, his first career was as an U.S. Army officer, serving combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan...

Hey, DOGE! Got one for you.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 23, 2025 10:45 PM (/lPRQ)

Anybody else getting the impression that the entire edifice behind those acronyms could be nuked down to the mantle, and the employees sold into slavery, and none would miss them?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2025 10:49 PM (8zz6B)

106 Trebek: ...manhole covers ...
Connery: The day is mine.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at April 23, 2025 10:49 PM (lhenN)

107 Marry Kate Upton?

Step 1) Get wife's permission
2) In the unlikely event you are still alive, Meet and befriend Kate Upton.
3)get Kate to divorce baseball megastar pitcher Justin Verlander.
4) Bury all the other people who want to marry a newly single Kate Upton.
5) In the unlikely event that happens, convince Kate to fall in love with you.
6) Marry Kate Upton.


Enjoy the envy of people all over, and be prepared to listen to a LOT of women asking Kate "Just what, exactly, were you thinking? Too much drugs, dear?"

Posted by: SimoHayha at April 23, 2025 10:49 PM (qXL9c)

108 BREAKING: Department of Defense Branch Chief Calls President Trump “Illegitimate,” Vows to Resist Him – Attacks Hegseth as “Unfit to Lead” (VIDEO)

There’s a man whose career just ended.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 10:49 PM (bIzDl)

109 Speaking of manhole covers popping off . . .

https://shorturl.at/R1hUr
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

A few years back a manhole blew and the cover ended up on the other side of a twenty+ story building. It was a square lid so they figured it didn't roll around the block.
Wasn't the first one to blow off that year.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 23, 2025 10:50 PM (/lPRQ)

110 >I was quite content being in school in the miniskirt and braless era.
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oh man, I remember one girl in particular
imagine the blonde Jewish version of Sofia Vergara

she came bouncing into History class one day, sans a key foundation garment, and I just

will never forget it

Posted by: Don Black at April 23, 2025 10:51 PM (AOsQT)

111 Bob Uecker was one funny dude.
Posted by: Notorious BFD

I liked him on Mr. Belvedere.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Born and died in Wisconsin. Many fine Americans come from there including Grammie, JJS, Mis Hum, and Liberace. Good Stock.

Posted by: Badger State at April 23, 2025 10:51 PM (G5+As)

112 I liked “lickie stickie” for stamps, but they’re not like that anymore.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 10:53 PM (bIzDl)

113 111 Bob Uecker was one funny dude.
Posted by: Notorious BFD

I liked him on Mr. Belvedere.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Born and died in Wisconsin. Many fine Americans come from there including Grammie, JJS, Mis Hum, and Liberace. Good Stock.
Posted by: Badger State at April 23, 2025 10:51 PM (G5+As)

I absolutely miss Uke. He was the voice of the Brewers. The worse the game was, the better the commentary. Honestly, nobody could ever fill his shoes.

Even the kids born in this century loved him in the clubhouse. He was an absolute treasure.

Baseball doesn't sound the same without him, or Vin Scully, or... well, get the hell off my lawn.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 10:54 PM (a4NoL)

114 Autopsy on 24 year old man finds enough plastics in his brain to make a plastic spoon.
Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at April 23, 2025 10:48 PM (09exb)

Oh, I’m sure that’s fine and normal.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 10:54 PM (/dDa4)

115 Which may explain why I have gone to my gun locker to inventory my 2A ready stance...

as you all should.

The Republic should be protected...at all costs.

Posted by: Nightwatch at April 23, 2025 10:55 PM (25kuG)

116 Still not found those last three Boston III serial numbers, keep getting sidetracked by other rabbit holes.

Namely the murder of 100+ Allied PoWs at Rabaul by the Japanese. Ugh the litany of war crimes the Japanese committed staggers the imagination and turns the stomach.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 23, 2025 10:57 PM (szPgS)

117 >> imagine the blonde Jewish version of Sofia Vergara

I tried, and I think I had a stroke.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 10:57 PM (/dDa4)

118 Autopsy on 24 year old man finds enough plastics in his brain to make a plastic spoon.
Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at April 23, 2025 10:48 PM (09exb)

Oh, I’m sure that’s fine and normal.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director

His coke dealer was probably cutting the stuff with powdered PVC...
Or he snorted his coke spoon right up in there.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 23, 2025 10:57 PM (/lPRQ)

119 I am sure there are several Morons making plans to marry Kate Upton.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 23, 2025 10:27 PM (Vqx30)

I would be very afraid of Mr. Verlander. Very afraid. And not just when he pitches.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 10:58 PM (a4NoL)

120 Bell tower in Curon Italy.

Inspiration for Miyazaki's Luping III movie Castle of Cagliostro perhaps?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 23, 2025 10:59 PM (szPgS)

121 I shopped at the Unclaimed Freight store a few years ago. Picked up a nice garment bag for cheap.
It's got somebody else's initials embroidered on it, but hey...
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

Just tell people that the initials are for your 6th, 7th, and 8th names, like you were (inhales deeply) Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso.

I tried socking that here, once. The name field isn't long enough.

Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2025 10:59 PM (DgGvY)

122 A few years back a manhole blew and the cover ended up on the other side of a twenty+ story building. It was a square lid so they figured it didn't roll around the block.
——-

While there is some dispute about this, it is just possible that the first man made object to make it to outer space was a manhole type cover, one of the atomic tests at the Nevada proving grounds in the 1950s was detonated underground in a long tube with a heavy metal cover. It was never found, and certain calculations indicated it may have reached escape velocity. Oops

Posted by: Common Tater at April 23, 2025 10:59 PM (aMcXa)

123 Born and died in Wisconsin. Many fine Americans come from there including Grammie, JJS, Mis Hum, and Liberace. Good Stock.
Posted by: Badger State at April 23, 2025 10:51 PM (G5+As)

As to me - live in Texas, born in Lake Geneva.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 23, 2025 11:00 PM (ZEzFB)

124 A few years back a manhole blew and the cover ended up on the other side of a twenty+ story building. It was a square lid so they figured it didn't roll around the block.
Wasn't the first one to blow off that year.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 23, 2025 10:50 PM (/lPRQ)

There is a story, or maybe a legend, about the days of underground nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site. Supposedly, a bomb was placed a few hundred feet down a wellbore, which was capped off by a round cast iron manhole cover. The test was monitored by a high-speed movie camera, the kind that could catch bullets in flight. When the bomb went off, the manhole cover appeared in one frame of the film, but was gone in the next. Based on the field of view of the camera, and the frame rate, they calculated that the manhole cover left the ground going fast enough to reach low-Earth orbit. It was never found.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2025 11:00 PM (8zz6B)

125 From high school in the ‘70s:

I remember a sweet Jewish girl giving me a kiss backstage in the dark during a play rehearsal. Then getting a call from her that night that since she was Jewish and I was not we could not date. I sensed her family listening in. She later happily married a soon very wealthy Jewish boy, and as far as I can tell they have been very good together. But I remember that kiss.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 11:01 PM (bIzDl)

126 Just tell people that the initials are for your 6th, 7th, and 8th names, like you were (inhales deeply) Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso.

I tried socking that here, once. The name field isn't long enough.
Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2025 10:59 PM (DgGvY)

Lisa Margherita Y Pepita Rosa Posa Maravillosa Lopez.

From a silly version of the Nutcracker. Don't know why that stuck with me.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 11:01 PM (a4NoL)

127 Or the thermal pulse vaporized the manhole cover.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 23, 2025 11:01 PM (szPgS)

128 While there is some dispute about this, it is just possible that the first man made object to make it to outer space was a manhole type cover, one of the atomic tests at the Nevada proving grounds in the 1950s was detonated underground in a long tube with a heavy metal cover. It was never found, and certain calculations indicated it may have reached escape velocity. Oops
Posted by: Common Tater at April 23, 2025 10:59 PM (aMcXa)

If that's true, then we might have put the first object in orbit? Interesting.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 23, 2025 11:02 PM (VNX3d)

129 While there is some dispute about this, it is just possible that the first man made object to make it to outer space was a manhole type cover, one of the atomic tests at the Nevada proving grounds in the 1950s was detonated underground in a long tube with a heavy metal cover. It was never found, and certain calculations indicated it may have reached escape velocity. Oops
Posted by: Common Tater


Seen that before in one of the "fastest objects" lists.
It was probably just a plasma jet in a microsecond.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 23, 2025 11:02 PM (/lPRQ)

130 102 Autopsy on 24 year old man finds enough plastics in his brain to make a plastic spoon.

i'm guessing his friends call him mr. spork

Posted by: anachronda at April 23, 2025 11:03 PM (zsSAq)

131 As to me - live in Texas, born in Lake Geneva.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Knowing my classic rock, Lake Geneva is in Switzerland.

Posted by: Some Stupid at April 23, 2025 11:03 PM (G5+As)

132 Or the thermal pulse vaporized the manhole cover.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 23, 2025 11:01 PM (szPgS)

Should have made a hugely brilliant flash, then.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2025 11:03 PM (8zz6B)

133 Nice bell tower.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 23, 2025 11:04 PM (dDmld)

134 y Picasso, I like that!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 11:04 PM (bIzDl)

135 When did T levels start to drop noticeably? istr not long after WWII...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 23, 2025 10:35 PM (Vqx30)

You mean after nuclear testing started? That surely is a coincidence. (Tsar Bomba was a horrifying miscalculation, btw.)

Pooky got more than one significant dose of radiaton (Thanks Fukishima! Thanks KJU!) plus he flew overseas a lot, and his testosterone dropped so low they've had to retest it more than once. I have to give him weekly shots now.

Posted by: pookysgirl is not a fan of radiation at April 23, 2025 11:04 PM (Wt5PA)

136 Yes, Miyazaki must have at least seen picture of that tower.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 11:05 PM (bIzDl)

137 JJ lives in Wisconsin but he will always be a goombah from Brooklyn

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2025 11:06 PM (RIvkX)

138 Tsar Bomba was supposed to be a 100MT but sanity asserted itself and it was only 50MT.

Some 'sanity.'

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 23, 2025 11:06 PM (szPgS)

139 Lake Geneva is in Switzerland.

Smoke on the water, fire in the sky!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 11:07 PM (bIzDl)

140 A few years back a manhole blew and the cover ended up on the other side of a twenty+ story building. It was a square lid so they figured it didn't roll around the block.

I had a friend, George, who worked out in a service garage at D/FW airport when a co-worker had his diesel VW Rabbit flat-bedded in because the co-worker's girlfriend filled the tank with gasoline. So they drained the tank into the floor drains and thought nothing of it, until somehow flame was introduced (i'm guessing cigarette) to the storm drain outside and the resulting flame and rapidly increased pressure allegedly blew manhole covers off all over the place.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at April 23, 2025 11:07 PM (a4flb)

141
This plastics in the brain thing is concerning. The mean level of microplastic particles in brain tissue has increased about 50% in 10 years, according to testing of tissue samples from autopsies.

Such tiny little plastic particles (on the order of the size of virus particles) accumulate in various other tissues as well, but seem particularly keen on accumulating in the brain somehow.

Dementia patient's autospy samples show significantly higher microplastic concentrations than that average.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 23, 2025 11:07 PM (w6EFb)

142 Elon Musk.... one of the smartest guys out there... one of the wealthiest in the world...

Says 'I can't push on this corruption stuff too hard... or I'll be killed'.

Think on that....

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 23, 2025 11:08 PM (QAkQ3)

143 I dunno, if the guy who worked in Insider Threats is making insider threats, then I suspect he wasn't much good at the main element of his job.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 23, 2025 11:09 PM (D7oie)

144 Might smart a bit when the manhole cover that came from near-space hits you.

Posted by: Shouldn't It Be Personhole Cover at April 23, 2025 11:09 PM (G5+As)

145 139 Lake Geneva is in Switzerland.

Smoke on the water, fire in the sky!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 11:07 PM (bIzDl)

Nah... Lake Geneva is in Wisconsin... used to have a Playboy Club there (of all things... they had a ski slope).

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 23, 2025 11:10 PM (QAkQ3)

146 Sofia Vergara. One of those Greek islands?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 11:10 PM (eY5jv)

147 Such tiny little plastic particles (on the order of the size of virus particles) accumulate in various other tissues as well, but seem particularly keen on accumulating in the brain somehow.

Dementia patient's autospy samples show significantly higher microplastic concentrations than that average.

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I'm sticking with alcohol.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 23, 2025 11:11 PM (dDmld)

148
The manhole cover story is from Operation Plumbbob.

It could've have been ejected with several times earth escape velocity, but at the speed, it probably would've vaporized.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 23, 2025 11:11 PM (w6EFb)

149
The nuclear-propelled manhole cover would burn up in the atmosphere. Not proper shape or material to survive.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 23, 2025 11:12 PM (Ijbq0)

150 Such tiny little plastic particles (on the order of the size of virus particles) accumulate in various other tissues as well, but seem particularly keen on accumulating in the brain somehow.

Dementia patient's autospy samples show significantly higher microplastic concentrations than that average.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 23, 2025 11:07 PM (w6EFb)

How can plastics get into the bloodstream, and how do they cross the blood/brain barrier? Could it be that dementia patients somehow secrete minute specks of hydrocarbon within their brains that gets ID'ed as "plastic" because chemically similar?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2025 11:12 PM (8zz6B)

151 I think I’m going to go watch the latest episodes of “The Too-Perfect Saint” and “The Beginning After the End”. Toodles!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 11:12 PM (bIzDl)

152 So how many plastic micro-particles are in Joey Bidet's cranium?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 23, 2025 11:12 PM (szPgS)

153 Episode 4 with Arthur ends on a wild cliff hanger.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 23, 2025 11:13 PM (szPgS)

154 Tsar Bomba was supposed to be a 100MT but sanity asserted itself and it was only 50MT.

Some 'sanity.'
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 23, 2025 11:06 PM (szPgS)

Hey, it was mostly “clean” fusion!

And it answered an important question: what are the limits to human hubris?

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 11:13 PM (/dDa4)

155 So how many plastic micro-particles are in Joey Bidet's cranium?
Posted by: Anna Puma

None. They drain out his ears when he sleeps, since there's nothing to hold them in.

Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2025 11:13 PM (DgGvY)

156 @mazemoore

I don't know if Pete Hegseth has done anything wrong, but I do know that if the Democrats aren't trying to remove someone from office, that's a great indicator that person is not getting enough done.

In other words Bondi, Patel, and the rest of them need to step it up

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 11:13 PM (eY5jv)

157 Just finished watching Rear Window on DVD. IMDb says it was shown on network TV, prob. illegally, in 1971; that was probably when I saw it last. A solid film with good suspense at the climax.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 23, 2025 11:14 PM (omVj0)

158
141

Dementia patient's autospy samples show significantly higher microplastic concentrations than that average.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 23, 2025 11:07 PM (w6EFb)

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Maybe they got into the microplastics supply because they were demented.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 23, 2025 11:15 PM (Ijbq0)

159 Episode 4 with Arthur ends on a wild cliff hanger.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Yeah, that one got me too. Almost Spanish Inquisition level.

Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2025 11:15 PM (DgGvY)

160 >> Sofia Vergara. One of those Greek islands?

I think it’s a famous church..

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 11:15 PM (/dDa4)

161 One word. Plastics.

Posted by: The Dude Who Gave Advice to Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate at April 23, 2025 11:16 PM (dDmld)

162 Your right about Lake Geneva. Geneva, Switzerland is on Lake Geneva. Is that where the casino burned down to the ground?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 11:17 PM (bIzDl)

163 157 Just finished watching Rear Window on DVD. IMDb says it was shown on network TV, prob. illegally, in 1971; that was probably when I saw it last. A solid film with good suspense at the climax.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

Raymond Burr could play a good heavy in those days.

Posted by: Talented Canuck at April 23, 2025 11:17 PM (G5+As)

164 But Teresia did warn him about what elves think of humans.

I almost feel sorry for the elves.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 23, 2025 11:17 PM (szPgS)

165 Ground Control to Major Tom...

Posted by: Manhole Cover at April 23, 2025 11:17 PM (mH6SG)

166 I’m pretty sure I’ve seen Rear Window on TCM.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 11:18 PM (bIzDl)

167 Now, off to watch some anime!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 11:19 PM (bIzDl)

168 Time, I guess, to head off to bed. Gonna try and sleep a little later tomorrow. If I don't manage it, maybe I'll get up and work out.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 23, 2025 11:19 PM (omVj0)

169 "Might smart a bit when the manhole cover that came from near-space hits you."

Somewhere down the road 🎶
Our paths are going to cross again....

Posted by: Barry Manilow Covers at April 23, 2025 11:19 PM (RFhjS)

170 This is as good a time as ever to mention, Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your keeds.

Posted by: The Rocket Man at April 23, 2025 11:20 PM (dDmld)

171 The nuclear-propelled manhole cover would burn up in the atmosphere. Not proper shape or material to survive.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 23, 2025 11:12 PM (Ijbq0)

Interesting problem, though. It has its maximum velocity at launch, and goes (presumably) straight up. Aerodynamic drag, and surface heating will be at its worst through the troposphere. If it makes it through the troposphere more or less intact, I'm guessing it would stand a good chance of reaching outer space. But if going stright vertically, it's going to fall back, like Bezos" penis plane.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2025 11:20 PM (8zz6B)

172 >>> President Trump Asserts Zelenskyy is “making it difficult to settle this war”

Z-man might be the belligerent one?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 23, 2025 11:20 PM (/lPRQ)

173 Raymond Burr could play a good heavy in those days.
Posted by: Talented Canuck at April 23, 2025

***
Literally. I've read that he wanted the role of Perry Mason so much he went on a major diet. If you look at the first year or two of the show, he is quite a bit leaner than later seasons.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 23, 2025 11:21 PM (omVj0)

174 Random question: Why would the flashing red lights on a radio (?) tower be turned off for close to a month? It's happened more than once for the one I've noticed.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 23, 2025 11:21 PM (Vqx30)

175
They measure this via mass spectroscopy. Polyethylene is the signature.

These small plastic particle can breach the gut layer and get into the bloodstream, and also breach the blood brain barrier. The mechanism of the latter, I don't know enough to try to describe.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 23, 2025 11:21 PM (w6EFb)

176 Just tell people that the initials are for your 6th, 7th, and 8th names, like you were (inhales deeply) Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso.

I tried socking that here, once. The name field isn't long enough.
Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2025 10:59 PM (DgGvY)

Next time just put in "Tuco"

Posted by: Kindltot at April 23, 2025 11:21 PM (D7oie)

177 Raymond Burr will always be Steve Martin, reporter.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 23, 2025 11:21 PM (szPgS)

178 Christianity Today and Daniel the silly man have taken a phat L -
tinyurl.com/bde5b299
Silliman (actual name) mused that eckshually Jesus hadn't been nailed to the Cross. That's news to John, Luke (in Acts), and Ignatius but Christianity Today thought that Silliman knew better than the Saints.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2025 11:22 PM (gKWVE)

179 How can plastics get into the bloodstream, and how do they cross the blood/brain barrier?

From what I have been told, those who are in the textile industry, urban areas, agricultural fields where sewage sludge is used as fertilizer, marine environments and industrial zones, breath in higher concentrations of aerosolized micro plastics that somehow get past the blood brain barrier.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at April 23, 2025 11:22 PM (a4flb)

180 I’m pretty sure I’ve seen Rear Window on TCM.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025

***
For a long time, apparently, Hitchcock had RW withdrawn from circulation and attached to his estate. When it did re-emerge, it had to be restored, as a lot of the colors had faded.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 23, 2025 11:23 PM (omVj0)

181 Cy Kendall was a great heavy, though he could play a hapless cop or warden, too. Laird Cregar also, though he died very young after dieting himself to death trying to get to leading man staus.

Posted by: Tales Of Ol Hollywood at April 23, 2025 11:23 PM (G5+As)

182 Evening, 'ettes and 'rons, and thanks TRex for the girthy content.

Surprised that bell tower hasn't collapsed due to being immersed for 75 years. Guess the masons really knew how to build 'em back then.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at April 23, 2025 11:23 PM (v23vE)

183 So Silliman is pushing forward the heresy in Islam about Christ.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 23, 2025 11:23 PM (szPgS)

184 The "LEFT" are going full INSURGENT now and the MSM will craft their collective Lunacy for public consumption.

Lock and Load.

Posted by: Nightwatch at April 23, 2025 11:23 PM (25kuG)

185 Elon Musk.... one of the smartest guys out there... one of the wealthiest in the world...

Says 'I can't push on this corruption stuff too hard... or I'll be killed'.

Think on that....
Posted by: Romeo13

The entrenched ticks will commit any crime and spend our trillions to keep themselves in power.

That is the only thing they care about.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 23, 2025 11:23 PM (vKNmo)

186 I see that TRex has a national holiday.

June 1 is National Dinosaur Day.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 23, 2025 11:24 PM (VNX3d)

187 Raymond Burr will always be Steve Martin, reporter.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 23, 2025

***
With his pipe going as he typed his dispatches from Tokyo, under siege from Godzilla!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 23, 2025 11:24 PM (omVj0)

188 Z-man might be the belligerent one?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 23, 2025 11:20 PM (/lPRQ)

He is asshoe.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 11:24 PM (a4NoL)

189 America's 'Gateway City' is at center of a cancer crisis
https://mol.im/a/14640161
Posted by: Ciampino

I'm not sure I'd call unreacted, unenriched uranium nuclear waste. There is generally some low level of naturally occurring uranium in soil, rocks, and tap water. Need more information.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

It's an alpha emitter. Alpha particles are entire helium nuclei. You don't need lead bricks to protect yourself. Some "fast fashions" from Shein will stop it.

Also, the half-life of the usual U-238 isotope--which is 99% of all uranium on the planet--is 4.5 billion years.

It's more of a danger from long-term heavy-metal poisoning than from radiation, I think.

Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2025 11:24 PM (DgGvY)

190 They measure this via mass spectroscopy. Polyethylene is the signature.

These small plastic particle can breach the gut layer and get into the bloodstream, and also breach the blood brain barrier. The mechanism of the latter, I don't know enough to try to describe.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 23, 2025 11:21 PM (w6EFb)

Ethylene can be the product of biological systems. Apples can outgas ethylene, Maybe these dementia patients have excess ethylene in their bloodstream, and the brain attempts to protect itself by polymerizing it to sequester as sludge?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2025 11:25 PM (8zz6B)

191 183 So Silliman is pushing forward the heresy in Islam about Christ.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 23, 2025 11:23 PM (szPgS)

--+------

This might be a good time to introduce my thoughts about Arianism.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 23, 2025 11:25 PM (dDmld)

192 Derp. Just posted on the wrong thread. I was mentioning that the reason Kurt Cobain and I had the same haircut in high school is because he was only a year younger than I.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at April 23, 2025 11:25 PM (0aYVJ)

193 Surprised that bell tower hasn't collapsed due to being immersed for 75 years. Guess the masons really knew how to build 'em back then.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy

The solid core of zebra mussels holds it up.

Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2025 11:27 PM (DgGvY)

194 The nuclear-propelled manhole cover would burn up in the atmosphere. Not proper shape or material to survive.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 23, 2025 11:12 PM (Ijbq0)

Interesting problem, though. It has its maximum velocity at launch, and goes (presumably) straight up. Aerodynamic drag, and surface heating will be at its worst through the troposphere. If it makes it through the troposphere more or less intact, I'm guessing it would stand a good chance of reaching outer space. But if going stright vertically, it's going to fall back, like Bezos" penis plane.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

EFPs are shot at much lower velocities and form metal jets.
Plater charges are ever slower and can / should stay intact... always wanted to make a platter charge with a manhole cover. Anyway

This was probably turned into a plasma jet and disapated long before it got close to leaving the atmosphere.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 23, 2025 11:27 PM (/lPRQ)

195 It's an alpha emitter. Alpha particles are entire helium nuclei. You don't need lead bricks to protect yourself. Some "fast fashions" from Shein will stop it.

Also, the half-life of the usual U-238 isotope--which is 99% of all uranium on the planet--is 4.5 billion years.

It's more of a danger from long-term heavy-metal poisoning than from radiation, I think.
Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2025 11:24 PM (DgGvY)

Nooo!! My precious anti-nuclear fear-mongering!

Posted by: The Sierra Club at April 23, 2025 11:27 PM (/dDa4)

196 162 Your right about Lake Geneva. Geneva, Switzerland is on Lake Geneva. Is that where the casino burned down to the ground?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 11:17 PM (bIzDl)

Not sure if it burned down... was just there once with a friend of mine... who was also a hard core skier... and the slope was, to put it mildly.... lame... so we started playing around... skiing backwards... shoulder rolls... tried to build enough of a ramp for a Helicopter (which yes, back when I had young knees I could do)...

Turns out they could see us from the club, and were laughing so hard we got invited in for free drinks.

Only time I was every in an actual Playboy Club.... damn... that would be... early 1980, when I was stationed at G Lakes Naval Station going to school.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 23, 2025 11:28 PM (QAkQ3)

197 Random question: Why would the flashing red lights on a radio (?) tower be turned off for close to a month? It's happened more than once for the one I've noticed.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket


Photocell or timer died and nobody noticed or bothered to report it.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 23, 2025 11:29 PM (/lPRQ)

198 Some "fast fashions" from Shein will stop it.

Depeches Modes?

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2025 11:30 PM (gKWVE)

199 Random question: Why would the flashing red lights on a radio (?) tower be turned off for close to a month? It's happened more than once for the one I've noticed.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

If it's on a tower it's a hazard warning light and it's not being shut off deliberately. They are usually more than one per level and you have to notify the local FAA if one's burned out and log it.

Posted by: Some Rat at April 23, 2025 11:30 PM (TfUTr)

200 Unclaimed Baggage, the US company that resells items from unclaimed airline luggage, has released its Found Report for 2025.



Fine

Now where is MY shit

Posted by: Former frequent flyer Miklos at April 23, 2025 11:31 PM (UOzvC)

201 109
Manhole video

https://tinyurl.com/37w85348

Posted by: Ciampino - lucky hole? at April 23, 2025 11:31 PM (sPQoU)

202 Bring your parent to school day.

Kids, "What do you do?"

Parent, "I replace those red lights on transmission towers."

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 23, 2025 11:31 PM (szPgS)

203 Ethylene can be the product of biological systems. Apples can outgas ethylene, Maybe these dementia patients have excess ethylene in their bloodstream, and the brain attempts to protect itself by polymerizing it to sequester as sludge?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Shit.
Apples are off the list.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 23, 2025 11:31 PM (/lPRQ)

204 192 Derp. Just posted on the wrong thread. I was mentioning that the reason Kurt Cobain and I had the same haircut in high school is because he was only a year younger than I.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at April 23, 2025 11:25 PM (0aYVJ)

Get off my lawn, punk.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 11:32 PM (a4NoL)

205 Some "fast fashions" from Shein will stop it.

Depeches Modes?
Posted by: gKWVE

Trump tariffs will Get the Balance Right

Posted by: 80s kid Miklos at April 23, 2025 11:32 PM (UOzvC)

206 Surprised that bell tower hasn't collapsed due to being immersed for 75 years. Guess the masons really knew how to build 'em back then.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy

It's how they stack them.
They stacked the blocks real good. Maybe little to no mortar.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 23, 2025 11:33 PM (/lPRQ)

207 Derp. Just posted on the wrong thread. I was mentioning that the reason Kurt Cobain and I had the same haircut in high school is because he was only a year younger than I.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at April 23, 2025 11:25 PM (0aYVJ)

Get off my lawn, punk.
Posted by: tcn in AK

I shoulda got a mullet.

When I could

The chicks loved that

Posted by: Days of misspent Miklosian Youth at April 23, 2025 11:34 PM (UOzvC)

208 Trump tariffs will Get the Balance Right
Posted by: 80s kid Miklos at April 23, 2025 11:32 PM (UOzvC)

Tell me why people need cheap plastic crap from China. We didn't need it from Japan back in the day. We don't need it from China now.

Buy American.

Start producing, America.

Time's a wastin'.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 11:34 PM (a4NoL)

209 Nancy Sinatra…quite comely. Never saw this or her before…
Heard the song many times in movie soundtracks. Huh.
But my immediate observation was that legs were the standout amongst the backup dancers.
Nice.
Before the age of silicone or saline implants..
Not that those enhancements are inherently bad…
But times were soooo different in the 60s and 70s.

Posted by: Gunslinger at April 23, 2025 11:35 PM (65a8d)

210 b Chakrabarti@GaurabC 15h

One photo shocked the entire aerospace industry:

SpaceX's new Raptor engine looked too simple to work.

Their biggest competitor thought it was fake - now they're scrambling to catch up.

Here's how Elon's Algorithm changed manufacturing forever:

trip. engines pic: https://tinyurl.com/y2nd3bzw

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 11:35 PM (eY5jv)

211 I shoulda got a mullet.

When I could

The chicks loved that
Posted by: Days of misspent Miklosian Youth at April 23, 2025 11:34 PM (UOzvC)

To be fair, DH is sporting a pretty awesome mullet in our wedding photos. Business in the front....

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 11:35 PM (a4NoL)

212 They stacked the blocks real good. Maybe little to no mortar.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 23, 2025 11:33 PM (/lPRQ)

--------

Italian Incas.

Sure, Jan.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 23, 2025 11:36 PM (dDmld)

213 But times were soooo different in the 60s and 70s.
Posted by: Gunslinger at April 23, 2025 11:35 PM (65a8d)

Always had issues with big bushes under miniskirts. That's why we all wore panty hose, to keep the pubes where they belonged.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 11:37 PM (a4NoL)

214 Random question: Why would the flashing red lights on a radio (?) tower be turned off for close to a month? It's happened more than once for the one I've noticed.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

They're lazy about replacing them after lightning strikes?

Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2025 11:37 PM (DgGvY)

215 "He has become one with his inner self!"

"He's passed out."

"That too."

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at April 23, 2025 11:37 PM (CtXiI)

216 Had a Wisconsin mudflap for a while, then I joined the Army. When I left I had a visibly receding hairline. Like a neap tide.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at April 23, 2025 11:38 PM (0aYVJ)

217 Holy cow! I made it...
Hi T,,,,

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 23, 2025 11:38 PM (0ohAJ)

218 >>> 215 "He has become one with his inner self!"

"He's passed out."

"That too."
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at April 23, 2025 11:37 PM (CtXiI)

I was starting to wonder if anyone would catch that...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 23, 2025 11:38 PM (Vqx30)

219 Burr had quite a career in Radio, he starred in a post civil war Cavalry program called Ft. Laramie. It’s pretty bad. He played a one dimensional tough DA always trying to arrest Jack Webb, who had a couple different radio programs he starred in before Dragnet hit the scene. Pat Novak, for hire was one of them. They are so bad, they are good, if that makes sense.

Posted by: Common Tater at April 23, 2025 11:39 PM (LVnr9)

220
Heh, I asked Grok about the Operation Plumbbob manhole cover. The estimated velocity would've been about 66 km/s, 5x earth escape velocity, or Mach 200.

The compression wave in front would've been heated on the order of 10K Kelvin. That would've vaporized the thing instantly. It would've escaped the troposphere in only 0.18s, but that wouldn't been enough to prevent the intense heat from flat-out vaporizing it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 23, 2025 11:40 PM (w6EFb)

221 Love the rocker yearbook pics. Thanks for the ONT, TRex.

Posted by: scampydog at April 23, 2025 11:44 PM (6UY0Z)

222 Hello Everyone!

Hello Jim SND!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 23, 2025 11:44 PM (QGaXH)

223 Tell me why people need cheap plastic crap from China.


The "plastic ponytail on top things" girls used in the 1980s that you're referring to are most likely bobble ponytail holders. These were popular hair accessories during that era, known for their distinctive design.

Posted by: Miklos Dreamed of Jeannie, sucker for a ponytail up top at April 23, 2025 11:45 PM (UOzvC)

224 Love the rocker yearbook pics. Thanks for the ONT, TRex.
Posted by: scampydog

I'd like to see one for the women of rock.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 23, 2025 11:46 PM (/lPRQ)

225 Autopsy on 24 year old man finds enough plastics in his brain to make a plastic spoon.

i'm guessing his friends call him mr. spork

Fascinating.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 23, 2025 11:46 PM (lUFok)

226 161
Murray Hamilton

Posted by: Ciampino - lucky hole for ISS at April 23, 2025 11:47 PM (sPQoU)

227 Always had issues with big bushes under miniskirts. That's why we all wore panty hose, to keep the pubes where they belonged.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Rules

Pics

Posted by: Miklos the Stickler at April 23, 2025 11:47 PM (UOzvC)

228 206 >>>> Crystal Springs Dam 1887

Although Schussler settled on Portland cement for the construction of the dam, he was acutely aware of its limitations. His primary concern was the potential for cracking of the concrete due to shrinkage and heat buildup during the curing process. In response, Schussler developed an innovative solution: interlocking, irregularly shaped concrete blocks — 10-15 ft wide, 6-10 ft high, and 30-40 ft long, according to the HAER report.

https://tinyurl.com/33j7m99k


Posted by: 13times at April 23, 2025 11:47 PM (VcqK+)

229 Kurt Cobain?

OK, Boomer

Posted by: GenZ at April 23, 2025 11:47 PM (/dDa4)

230 Just got back from the beach and caught up.

Man. Seattle may be a “blue shithole” but it’s gorgeous tonight and I love it here.

Please. Love where you live. Life is too short.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 23, 2025 11:48 PM (mT+6a)

231 What's wrong with a happy little bush, anyway?

Posted by: Zombie Bob Ross at April 23, 2025 11:48 PM (dDmld)

232 Rogue pubes. A plague even Lume won't cure.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 23, 2025 11:50 PM (dDmld)

233 Happy humpday evening, all!

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2025 11:51 PM (rdVOm)

234 >What's wrong with a happy little bush, anyway?
---

here we go..

Posted by: Don Black at April 23, 2025 11:51 PM (AOsQT)

235 225 Autopsy on 24 year old man finds enough plastics in his brain to make a plastic spoon.

i'm guessing his friends call him mr. spork

Is there a link to that story?

It is difficult to get small molecules to cross the blood-brain barrier.

I can't imagine relatively large plastic molecules making it across.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 23, 2025 11:51 PM (HlyYF)

236 Happy humpday evening, all!
Posted by: JQ

*Illuminates Late Nite Happy Humpday* sign

Posted by: Genial late Nite bartender Miklos at April 23, 2025 11:52 PM (UOzvC)

237 {{{Nurse}}}

I'm so jealous...🤪

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 23, 2025 11:53 PM (0ohAJ)

238 Always had issues with big bushes under miniskirts. That's why we all wore panty hose, to keep the pubes where they belonged.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Bikini season must have presented a multitude of problems.

Posted by: Some Rat at April 23, 2025 11:53 PM (TfUTr)

239 I can't imagine relatively large plastic molecules making it across.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 23, 2025 11:51 PM (HlyYF)

--------

Then how do you explain the Etch-A-Sketch in my head?

Posted by: Alexandria Occasional Cortez at April 23, 2025 11:54 PM (dDmld)

240 What's wrong with a happy little bush, anyway?
Posted by: Zombie Bob Ross

Nothing

The more extensive ones require a man who owns a weed whacker.

Posted by: Miklos knoes the Rules at April 23, 2025 11:55 PM (UOzvC)

241
Here's the paper on the brain microplastics:
https://tinyurl.com/2dmwu47g

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 23, 2025 11:55 PM (w6EFb)

242 Genial late Nite bartender Miklos--

I'd like a double, please...

and a round for the bar! It's been a tough day.

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2025 11:56 PM (rdVOm)

243 Please. Love where you live. Life is too short.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Nurse! Like where I live. Love where I was raised.

Posted by: Some Rat at April 23, 2025 11:56 PM (TfUTr)

244 Too much micro-plastic in the brain?

You are a Plastic Spastic.

Posted by: Rex B at April 23, 2025 11:56 PM (RFhjS)

245 The more extensive ones require a man who owns a weed whacker.
Posted by: Miklos
‐-----------
String trimmer or blade?

Posted by: scampydog at April 23, 2025 11:57 PM (6UY0Z)

246 Bikini season was simpler, once I discovered the "beard trimmer"

LOL!

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2025 11:57 PM (rdVOm)

247 239 I can't imagine relatively large plastic molecules making it across.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 23, 2025 11:51 PM

--------

Then how do you explain the Etch-A-Sketch in my head?

Posted by: Alexandria Occasional Cortez at April 23, 2025 11:54 PM

No brain, then no blood-brain barrier.

QED.

AOC could have the starter for an '87 Honda Civic in her noggin and I am not sure anyone could tell a difference.

Having an Etch-A-Sketch in there would probably increase her IQ.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 23, 2025 11:58 PM (HlyYF)

248 Thanks publius.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 23, 2025 11:58 PM (HlyYF)

249 and a round for the bar! It's been a tough day.
Posted by: JQ

That's gonna cost ya

*Platinum Amex*

On it Miss

Posted by: Miklos ain't entirely stupid at April 23, 2025 11:58 PM (UOzvC)

250 246 Bikini season was simpler, once I discovered the "beard trimmer"

LOL!
Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2025 11:57 PM (rdVOm)

-------

Hoo boy...

Posted by: Alexandria Occasional Cortez at April 23, 2025 11:59 PM (dDmld)

251 Grok has been terrible at identifying movies and songs.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at April 23, 2025 11:59 PM (lhenN)

252 Hoo boy...
Posted by: Alexandria Occasional Cortez

Does Bic make "Lady Sheep Shears"?

Posted by: Some Rat at April 24, 2025 12:00 AM (TfUTr)

253 String trimmer or blade?
Posted by: scampydog

How well do you know the lady, and do you plan for a repeat?

Posted by: Tactical Miklos at April 24, 2025 12:00 AM (UOzvC)

254 How well do you know the lady, and do you plan for a repeat?
Posted by: Tactical Miklos at April 24, 2025 12:00 AM (UOzvC)

A small cage filled with moths.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 12:02 AM (8zz6B)

255 *Platinum Amex*
-------

Seriously, Miklos? Nobody carries that Amex sh!t anymore-- fees too high!

Here. My platinum MasterCard...

Rack it up, I don't care. Unsecured credit is BEST credit!

Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2025 12:02 AM (rdVOm)

256 TCN, have you considered planting cherry trees? There are some that can handle lots of hard cold winters.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 24, 2025 12:03 AM (D7oie)

257 Damn!

Those pitchers of Long Island Iced Tea go fast!

Nobody asked for a Cosmopolitan yet

Posted by: overworked but genial bartender Miklos, wiping honest sweat from brow at April 24, 2025 12:04 AM (UOzvC)

258 India cancels all visas for Pakistani nationals after terrorist attack in Kashmir.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 12:05 AM (eY5jv)

259 Seriously, Miklos? Nobody carries that Amex sh!t anymore-- fees too high!


---------

Access to premium airport lounges is a poor excuse for taking $495 of my dollars every year.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 24, 2025 12:05 AM (dDmld)

260 AOSHQ Pasteboard Card.

Hotel Underbridge Member.

Posted by: 13times at April 24, 2025 12:06 AM (VcqK+)

261 11hr

US President Trump says Zelensky "can have peace or he can fight for another three years before losing the whole country [to Russia]."

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 12:06 AM (eY5jv)

262 See, chocolate is food!!
A child reportedly survived on chocolates after becoming trapped inside an apartment for weeks with her dead mother and eight-year-old brother.

https://tinyurl.com/4dapbee6

Posted by: Ciampino - milk chocolate? at April 24, 2025 12:07 AM (sPQoU)

263 ---------

Access to premium airport lounges is a poor excuse for taking $495 of my dollars every year.
Posted by: Cicero
-----

Doesn't one receive happy fun points that cover the cost?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 12:08 AM (eY5jv)

264 Here. My platinum MasterCard...

Rack it up, I don't care. Unsecured credit is BEST credit!
Posted by: JQ

Belly up, pardner. On the House.

When I waited tables in days of Youth, the worst tippers were the old ladies with Platinum Amex.

"I had the chicken salad, not the grilled shrimp".

Posted by: Miklos had reasons to Hate Life, briefly at April 24, 2025 12:08 AM (UOzvC)

265 Nobody asked for a Cosmopolitan yet
Posted by: overworked but genial bartender Miklos, wiping honest sweat from brow at April 24, 2025 12:04 AM (UOzvC)

Little-known factoid: the Panhard PL-17 was imported by American Motors, and marketed by them as the Nash Cosmopolitan.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 12:08 AM (8zz6B)

266 Strange paper on the microplastics in the brain.

Age of the patient brain did NOT show a correlation with plastic content. WTH?

Also, most of the content was just above 5 nm. Supposedly our kidneys filter out particles smaller than 5 nm.

Probably need to find the main source of the microplastics that are entering our bodies and start making some changes.

I suspect RFK Jr. would like to see some more data on this topic!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 24, 2025 12:09 AM (HlyYF)

267
Hmmm, the olfactory pathway seems to be implicated strongly in getting these microsplastic particles into the brain.

So, that crack above about snorting plastic might not be too far afield.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 24, 2025 12:09 AM (w6EFb)

268 262 See, chocolate is food!!
---

It's antibacterial too!

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 12:09 AM (eY5jv)

269 On the subject of bushes--- LOL! Scroll past if not interested, ok?

Ahem.

XH, years ago, *insisted* that I Shave The Bush.

Yours truly, desiring to please said spouse, agreed.

All was well for about 24 hours, before the pains of regrowth began!

OMG! NEVER AGAIN! I CAN'T BELIEVE I LET HIM TALK ME INTO THAT!!!

Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2025 12:10 AM (rdVOm)

270 267
Hmmm, the olfactory pathway seems to be implicated strongly in getting these microsplastic particles into the brain.
---

Have to get past my sinusitis.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 12:10 AM (eY5jv)

271 India cancels all visas for Pakistani nationals after terrorist attack in Kashmir.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 12:05 AM (eY5jv)

Maybe India should start canceling pakistanis.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 12:11 AM (8zz6B)

272 Mail Order Brides by Miklos does not accept American Express.

Amex Moneygram is OK

Posted by: Miklos, clarifying at April 24, 2025 12:11 AM (UOzvC)

273 Mmm. Shaved bushes.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 24, 2025 12:12 AM (dDmld)

274 Maybe India should start canceling pakistanis.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Or America could cancel H1b Indians

Posted by: Miklos Sahib at April 24, 2025 12:12 AM (UOzvC)

275 My neighbor had 2 of those pl-17 Panhards and one that looked like a mini station wagon - more like s proto SUV.

Posted by: 13times at April 24, 2025 12:12 AM (VcqK+)

276 it's Canada eh!
This is not a joke. This is not science fiction.
https://x.com/thevivafrei/status
/1915125986804244706

Posted by: Ciampino - cockroach wings at April 24, 2025 12:13 AM (sPQoU)

277 Hmmm, the olfactory pathway seems to be implicated strongly in getting these microsplastic particles into the brain.

So, that crack above about snorting plastic might not be too far afield.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 24, 2025 12:09 AM (w6EFb)

Don't huff your styrene glue out of polyethylene bags.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 12:13 AM (8zz6B)

278 Little-known factoid: the Panhard PL-17 was imported by American Motors, and marketed by them as the Nash Cosmopolitan.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
------------

A fellow in high school had one of those, in perfect shape.
He was 6'4", 250lb and he fit inside it. Had headroom too.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 12:14 AM (eY5jv)

279 267 Hmmm, the olfactory pathway seems to be implicated strongly in getting these microsplastic particles into the brain.

So, that crack above about snorting plastic might not be too far afield.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 24, 2025 12:09 AM

I do prescribed burns most years at our farm. You can tell from a long way away when the fire managed to find some bit of trash plastic in the grass.

I usually move back upwind then, because that crap somehow smells toxic to my monkey brain.

Also, one of the first jobs the older boys used to have in Boy Scouts was to get the new guys to NOT throw plastic trash in the campfire!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 24, 2025 12:15 AM (HlyYF)

280 Little-known factoid: the Panhard PL-17 was imported by American Motors, and marketed by them as the Nash Cosmopolitan.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Another Success Story-

The AMC-Renault Alliance

I think a guy named Romney was head of AMC about that time

Posted by: Monsieur Mikleuse at April 24, 2025 12:15 AM (UOzvC)

281 A fellow in high school had one of those, in perfect shape.
He was 6'4", 250lb and he fit inside it. Had headroom too.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 12:14 AM (eY5jv)

Uh, it was a joke. I was riffing on the Nash (and Hudson) Metropolitan, which was made in england.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 12:17 AM (8zz6B)

282 Mystery
in the ONT

No one can explain
microplastics in the brain.
There's insufficient words
to describe young rocker nerds.
Radiation by cell phone
Causes low testosterone?
They never found a trace
of the manhole lid in space.
____

An hour's drive to my 11am doctor's appointment tomorrow so the surgeon can tell me if I can yet be repaired. Or wait another six months. (Eighteen so far.) Better quit lurking on the ONT and get my snoozing time in.

https://youtu.be/Gmq4WIjQxp0

G'nite. Sleep tight.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Don't let the June bugs bite. at April 24, 2025 12:18 AM (SWvjw)

283 Uh, it was a joke. I was riffing on the Nash (and Hudson) Metropolitan, which was made in england.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
---

Joke or no joke he thought it was a great car.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 12:20 AM (eY5jv)

284 The AMC-Renault Alliance

I think a guy named Romney was head of AMC about that time
Posted by: Monsieur Mikleuse at April 24, 2025 12:15 AM (UOzvC)

Ah! The Appliance. Made so cheap, the thermostat housing was molded plastic, which would warp from the heat, and let all the coolant leak out, resulting in an overheated and destroyed engine.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 12:20 AM (8zz6B)

285
Panhard?

I want

https://tinyurl.com/pxyhtaz8

Posted by: Monsieur Mikleuse, toujours l'audace at April 24, 2025 12:21 AM (UOzvC)

286 Joke or no joke he thought it was a great car.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 12:20 AM (eY5jv)

The Met was a good little car. Very sturdy.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 12:21 AM (8zz6B)

287 Praying for mindful's good report tomorrow.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 12:21 AM (eY5jv)

288 Panhard?

I want

https://tinyurl.com/pxyhtaz8
Posted by: Monsieur Mikleuse, toujours l'audace at April 24, 2025 12:21 AM (UOzvC)

Just the thing for pacifying uppity banlieues.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 12:23 AM (8zz6B)

289 G'nite. Sleep tight.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Don't let the June bugs bite. at April 24, 2025 12:18 AM (SWvjw)

Night, Mindful. Good luck with the sawbones!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 12:24 AM (8zz6B)

290 Pro-Trans protestors in Cardiff, Wales, chant for free, over-the-counter hormone replacement therapy drugs after the UK Supreme Court ruled that women are defined by their biological sex.

https://x.com/i/status/
1915127460124914046

non-sequitur after 'after'?

Posted by: Ciampino - Look Ma I grew a dick at April 24, 2025 12:24 AM (sPQoU)

291 They are talking about removing the covid vaccine from children's guideline. Why don't they remove it from the market.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 12:25 AM (eY5jv)

292 The Met was a good little car. Very sturdy.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Well, they brought back the Morris, but it's BMW now and expensive and called a Cooper

Posted by: Herr von Miklos, former Trabant pilot at April 24, 2025 12:25 AM (UOzvC)

293 95: that’s some Article 88 violations right there.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 24, 2025 12:26 AM (vm8sq)

294 Pro-Trans protestors in Cardiff, Wales, chant



The ululations of non-stop vowels....

Posted by: Llandyllocllyanklos at April 24, 2025 12:27 AM (UOzvC)

295 >> I suspect RFK Jr. would like to see some more data on this topic!

That is one of his suspect environmental toxins, I was just reading.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 24, 2025 12:28 AM (w6EFb)

296 On the subject of bushes--- LOL! Scroll past if not interested, ok?

Ahem.
XH, years ago, *insisted* that I Shave The Bush.
Yours truly, desiring to please said spouse, agreed.
All was well for about 24 hours, before the pains of regrowth began!
OMG! NEVER AGAIN! I CAN'T BELIEVE I LET HIM TALK ME INTO THAT!!!
Posted by: JQ
====

Miami device... Or a number 1 on the hedge trimmers.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 24, 2025 12:28 AM (/lPRQ)

297 Surrounded by the delicate sound of thunder. Not the Floyd, Pink album either.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 24, 2025 12:28 AM (vm8sq)

298 Time for a nap.

Posted by: Ciampino - Look Ma I grew a dick! at April 24, 2025 12:28 AM (sPQoU)

299 Speaking of over the counter, there are four states that sell ivermectin over the counter. Arkansas and Iowa are two of them.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 12:29 AM (eY5jv)

300 https://x.com/i/status/
1915127460124914046

non-sequitur after 'after'?
Posted by: Ciampino - Look Ma I grew a dick at April 24, 2025 12:24 AM (sPQoU)

Makes me want a Cybertruck with 'roo bars on it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 12:30 AM (8zz6B)

301 They are talking about removing the covid vaccine from children's guideline. Why don't they remove it from the market.
Posted by: Braenyard

And inject all the leftovers into Fauci and Birx and company.

Posted by: mikeski at April 24, 2025 12:30 AM (DgGvY)

302 I suspect RFK Jr. would like to see some more data on this topic!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 24, 2025 12:09 AM (HlyYF)

When you live in an age of emotions, data is irrelevent. RFK, Jr is anti-vax, that's all you need to know.

Now I'm worried about microplastics. All those plastic toy soldiers I played with as a kid, all the little pieces I detached (breaking off microplastics into the air). Can they do a brain check while you're still breathing? Personally, I'd like to find out if there's any there there. And by there, I mean brain functioning synapses.

Posted by: RickZ at April 24, 2025 12:31 AM (gKDq2)

303 I bought a Nash

It was so nice

Within three months

They fixed it thrice

Posted by: Ogden Miklos-Nash at April 24, 2025 12:31 AM (UOzvC)

304 Or functioning brain synapses.

See what I mean?

Posted by: RickZ at April 24, 2025 12:32 AM (gKDq2)

305 Time for a nap.
Posted by: Ciampino

Damn straight, brutha

Posted by: Miklos, combing out afro at April 24, 2025 12:33 AM (UOzvC)

306 I laser, it's like a turtle shell down there.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 24, 2025 12:33 AM (/dDa4)

307 I bought a Nash

It was so nice

Within three months

They fixed it thrice
Posted by: Ogden Miklos-Nash at April 24, 2025 12:31 AM (UOzvC)

Better than a Fix Or Repair Daily.

Posted by: RickZ at April 24, 2025 12:33 AM (gKDq2)

308 Well, they brought back the Morris, but it's BMW now and expensive and called a Cooper
Posted by: Herr von Miklos, former Trabant pilot at April 24, 2025 12:25 AM (UOzvC)

Heh. Elon ought to bring out an electric Metropolitan roadster under the Tesla brand. Make it resemble the original as much as can be done under current safety regs. Call it the "Lectropolitan". Price it right, and it would sell like hotscakes.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 12:34 AM (8zz6B)

309 Better than a Fix Or Repair Daily.
Posted by: RickZ

You got problems?

Posted by: Fix It Again Tony at April 24, 2025 12:35 AM (UOzvC)

310 >>>all the little pieces I detached (breaking off microplastics into the air). Can they do a brain check while you're still breathing? Personally, I'd like to find out if there's any there there. And by there, I mean brain functioning synapses.
Posted by: RickZ
---------

Red Cup, foam coffee cup, bottled water; worse, bottled soda water.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 12:35 AM (eY5jv)

311 Montreux, they call it “Montrose,” in the song is where the casino that burned was. It’s on Lake Geneva, Switzerland, but at the opposite end from Geneva itself. Geneva is almost in France; Montreux is to the far east end of the lake, next to Lausanne. I spent a few days there, years ago. Beautiful place, but the Swiss are real xenophobes.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 24, 2025 12:36 AM (bIzDl)

312 And inject all the leftovers into Fauci and Birx and company.
Posted by: mikeski at April 24, 2025 12:30 AM (DgGvY)

Execution by lethal Covid-19 injection.

There's a certain symmetry to that.

Posted by: RickZ at April 24, 2025 12:36 AM (gKDq2)

313 Red Cup, foam coffee cup, bottled water; worse, bottled soda water.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 12:35 AM (eY5jv)



Pictures Daffy Duck trying to say "polyethylene terepthalate".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 12:37 AM (8zz6B)

314 Red Cup, foam coffee cup, bottled water; worse, bottled soda water.
Posted by: Braenyard

No Mojitos for that guy

Posted by: mainly genial late Nite bartender Miklos at April 24, 2025 12:38 AM (UOzvC)

315 Rosie O’Donnell is considering moving back to the US.
Says life in Ireland is hard.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 12:39 AM (eY5jv)

316 Pictures Daffy Duck trying to say "polyethylene terepthalate".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

We ccccan hhhelp

Posted by: the Porky Pig School of Enunciation at April 24, 2025 12:39 AM (UOzvC)

317 Beautiful place, but the Swiss are real xenophobes.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 24, 2025 12:36 AM (bIzDl)

Could be why they're still Swiss, unlike the Uk or Ireland, e.g. Jus' spitballin'.

Posted by: RickZ at April 24, 2025 12:40 AM (gKDq2)

318 Why did the frogs all turn gay?

Posted by: Heterosexual Frog Enjoyer at April 24, 2025 12:40 AM (/dDa4)

319 Says life in Ireland is hard.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 12:39 AM (eY5jv)



The Leprechauns refused to lick her Lucky Charms?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 12:40 AM (8zz6B)

320 Rosie O’Donnell is considering moving back to the US.
Says life in Ireland is hard.
Posted by: Braenyard
----------

What's that, Rosie? Didn't do yer homework before ya jumped?

Awww... ain't that a shame. Tsk tsk tsk.

Too bad, b1tch! You fk'd up! Stay there.

Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2025 12:43 AM (rdVOm)

321 Rosie O’Donnell is considering moving back to the US.
Says life in Ireland is hard.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 12:39 AM (eY5jv)

Couldn’t live without DoorDash and dispensaries, eh?

Posted by: Heterosexual Frog Enjoyer at April 24, 2025 12:44 AM (/dDa4)

322 Couldn’t live without DoorDash and dispensaries, eh?
Posted by: Heterosexual Frog Enjoyer at April 24, 2025 12:44 AM (/dDa4)

Just like Klaus Schwab cannot live without Whore Dash.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 12:46 AM (8zz6B)

323 RealJessica05

Over 30 million seniors rely on Medicare Advantage—and Biden’s team nearly gutted it using a flawed report that couldn’t even back up its own math
------------

Medicare Advantage is a mass marketer's conjuration.
Take a pass.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 12:49 AM (eY5jv)

324
Rosie O’Donnell is considering moving back to the US.
Says life in Ireland is hard.
Posted by: Braenyard

Ran FA? Check.

FO? Check.

A leap of faith. A lifetime of regret.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 24, 2025 12:49 AM (oxL4L)

325 Just like Klaus Schwab cannot live without Whore Dash.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Or Instacunt

Posted by: impolite Miklos at April 24, 2025 12:50 AM (UOzvC)

326 Hi, AOP!

Remembering we talked about Silica Gel, a while back...

Those cans of stuff my mom had, are "silica gel crystals" that were specifically made for floral preservation. Not just "silica sand" or whatever.

So-- guess I can sew up some pouches of high thread-count material, and use it as desiccant for my... uh, um... stuff.

Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2025 12:52 AM (rdVOm)

327 So-- guess I can sew up some pouches of high thread-count material, and use it as desiccant for my... uh, um... stuff.
Posted by: JQ

Ace has a recipe for Hobo Jerky.

Might want to ask.

Posted by: Deplorable Miklos with Cookbook at April 24, 2025 12:54 AM (UOzvC)

328 The AMC-Renault Alliance

1983 Car of the Year!

Posted by: MotorTrend at April 24, 2025 12:54 AM (D0HYP)

329
This is interesting. The microplastic particle come from two sources, so-called primary and secondary. The former is when tiny little plastic particles are intentionally used in products for various purposes. The infamous "microbeads" used in cosmetics are a big example.

Secondary sources come from breakdown and degradation of larger plastic pieces. This is likely not as bad by a longer shot.

This microbead use went up sharply in the 90s and peaked in the 2000s. The US and EU have banned their use in a lot of stuff, including many cosmetics and skin care stuff. I remember something about that at the time, but not the details.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 24, 2025 12:54 AM (w6EFb)

330 "Medicare Advantage" is garbage. Not for anyone what has any medical issues.

IMO, of course.

Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2025 12:54 AM (rdVOm)

331 Red Cup, foam coffee cup, bottled water; worse, bottled soda water.
Posted by: Braenyard - s

Of the three, I really never used to buy coffee 'out' so I never really drank from styrofoam; very few places I've used for take-out uses styrofoam, so there's that, too. The red cup, sometimes in college, not much after; in college, I used to carry around on my belt tied with a rope a pewter mug in case I ran into a keg party; unbreakable and damn handy. Now the bottled water. That one is a serious issue. I never used to carry around water. Now, when it gets warm, I have to have water. And since we're now a low trust socierty, no drinking water fountains. But that's the only time I drink out of plastic now. Glasses and ceramic mugs at home. Older ones, too. (Not like the new 'Pyrex' crap.)

This one time, I bought a 24 (?) pack of water bottles. I didn't drink some for about a year. When I looked at the unopened bottles, the water level had decreased by a good inch or two. If that bottle's not holding in water, then what's it leaching into me? Thank goodness I haven't been around long enough to have been born attached to a water bottle. 'Rubber' hoses FTW! Waitaminnit.

Posted by: RickZ at April 24, 2025 12:55 AM (gKDq2)

332 Her horn went beep beep beep.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 24, 2025 12:56 AM (63Dwl)

333 Oh, Miklos-- hobo jerky goes in the dehydrator after it's marinated! Silly man...

Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2025 12:56 AM (rdVOm)

334
No one thought the Yorktown underwater tour was interesting? I kinda liked it, but I wanted to see skeletons wearing sailor hats.

Posted by: Soothsayer at April 24, 2025 12:57 AM (C/sLd)

335 'Rubber' hoses FTW! Waitaminnit.
Posted by: RickZ

Water from a garden hose in summer is best water.

This is known

Posted by: former child Miklos at April 24, 2025 12:58 AM (UOzvC)

336 Water from a garden hose in summer is best water.

This is known
Posted by: former child Miklos
---------

Not if it's "irrigation water" that's pumped straight out of a stagnant lake...

Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2025 12:59 AM (rdVOm)

337
Former Bears player and pro wrestler Steve McMichael is mort. 67.

Posted by: Soothsayer at April 24, 2025 01:00 AM (C/sLd)

338 Oh, Miklos-- hobo jerky goes in the dehydrator after it's marinated! Silly man...
Posted by: JQ

I trust you.

Ace only sent me a small sample six or seven years ago.

Posted by: Miklos would probably also taste like chicken at April 24, 2025 01:00 AM (UOzvC)

339 330 "Medicare Advantage" is garbage. Not for anyone what has any medical issues.

IMO, of course.
Posted by: JQ
-----

It's Great!!! - As long as you don't need a real doctor.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 01:01 AM (eY5jv)

340
Drinking from a hose today is a no-go, unless you like chinese poison. The days of ingesting good old fashioned USA chemicals are over.

Posted by: Soothsayer at April 24, 2025 01:01 AM (C/sLd)

341 Not if it's "irrigation water" that's pumped straight out of a stagnant lake...
Posted by: JQ

Well water is best water.

City water from a garden hose is good, because the hose absorbs the evil commie flouride.

Posted by: Gen. Miklos D. Ripper at April 24, 2025 01:03 AM (UOzvC)

342 Uh, it was a joke. I was riffing on the Nash (and Hudson) Metropolitan, which was made in england.
--

Joke or no joke he thought it was a great car.

Peripetchikoff: [trying to trade for Ingeborg] Would you take new automobile? 1961 Moskvich hardtop convertible, two-tone.
C.R. MacNamara: You mean that Russian hot rod parked outside?
Peripetchikoff: Is wonderful car. Is exact copy of 1937 Nash.

Posted by: One Two Three at April 24, 2025 01:03 AM (D0HYP)

343 Oh, asd I still have that pewter mug. One of my prized possessions. As Rick from the Pawn Shop would say, I'm emotionally attached to it.

To further add, it holds about 20 oz. and has a plexiglass bottom so that you can scan around the party while you drink. As I said, damn handy.

Posted by: RickZ at April 24, 2025 01:03 AM (gKDq2)

344 I remember the taste of USA chemicals. Straight from the tap is preferable.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 01:03 AM (eY5jv)

345 Those cans of stuff my mom had, are "silica gel crystals" that were specifically made for floral preservation. Not just "silica sand" or whatever.

So-- guess I can sew up some pouches of high thread-count material, and use it as desiccant for my... uh, um... stuff.
Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2025 12:52 AM (rdVOm)

I am sure you could. Funny thing is, silica gel is about the furthest possible thing from an actual crystal. It has no crystal structure, and the atoms are randomly oriented.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 01:05 AM (8zz6B)

346 It's Great!!! - As long as you don't need a real doctor.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends

Dr. Akimdowaalla is an excellent doctor.

Posted by: Miklos from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services at April 24, 2025 01:05 AM (UOzvC)

347 Ace only sent me a small sample six or seven years ago.
Posted by: Miklos
------

He probably dried it in the sun, draped over his patio railing... city boy, ya know...

Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2025 01:05 AM (rdVOm)

348 Christianity Today thought that Silliman knew better than the Saints.

Christianity Today isn’t timely nor very Christian. We will get a chance to see the nail holes in His hands and feet, we may even be urged like a certain doubter to put our hands in the holes. May we fall at His feet in worship crying “my Lord and my God!”

Amen.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 24, 2025 01:06 AM (bIzDl)

349 "When did T levels start to drop noticeably? istr not long after WWII..."


Probably about the time birth control pills came out, all these hormones make it into the water supply, feminizing young boys.

Posted by: TC at April 24, 2025 01:07 AM (szqEY)

350 Well water is best water.

Posted by: Gen. Miklos D. Ripper at April 24, 2025 01:03 AM (UOzvC)

Not at one Grandma's house growing up. Stuff tastes like metal. Horrible. Drank a lot of Double Colas there, along with fresh milk they put into a cleaned out milk carton just to fool little me. It worked.

Posted by: RickZ at April 24, 2025 01:08 AM (gKDq2)

351 the atoms are randomly oriented.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

So

You have seen my most recent MRI and psychiatric exam.

Posted by: Miklos, no crazier than most at April 24, 2025 01:08 AM (UOzvC)

352 It has no crystal structure, and the atoms are randomly oriented.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
-------

Probably just a marketing gimmick, because the stuff is granulated, like sand.

Was happy to see that it's actually "gel" and not merely "sand"

Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2025 01:09 AM (rdVOm)

353 Not at one Grandma's house growing up. Stuff tastes like metal. Horrible. Drank a lot of Double Colas there, along with fresh milk they put into a cleaned out milk carton just to fool little me. It worked.
Posted by: RickZ

Sometimes they drop some pool shock (chlorine) down into wells. A few days and all is well.

Posted by: Miklos, done it, seen it, drunk it at April 24, 2025 01:10 AM (UOzvC)

354 Was happy to see that it's actually "gel" and not merely "sand"
Posted by: JQ

This confuses us

Posted by: Englishters who pronounce "girl" as "gel" at April 24, 2025 01:11 AM (UOzvC)

355 So

You have seen my most recent MRI and psychiatric exam.
Posted by: Miklos, no crazier than most at April 24, 2025 01:08 AM (UOzvC)

We'll replace Miklos' MRI with a picture from the Hubble Telescope of Deep Space. We'll see if anyone notices the difference.

Posted by: RickZ at April 24, 2025 01:12 AM (gKDq2)

356 We'll replace Miklos' MRI with a picture from the Hubble Telescope of Deep Space. We'll see if anyone notices the difference.
Posted by: RickZ

True and Knowledgable Experts are not so fooled easily.

Posted by: Prof. Dr Chikoinanda Wnankpa, with CDC approved Remedies for all Instances at April 24, 2025 01:14 AM (UOzvC)

357 Gel

youtube.com/watch?v=mMaH3lDWcOc

Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2025 01:14 AM (rdVOm)

358 DampRid is a convenient way to catch up moisture. It comes in bags that may be hung on a clothes rack in the closet or anywhere you wish. It also comes in quart size tubs.

You have to go to their website to discover the ingredients.

W.M.Barr&Co. - An Employee owned Company - below that is:
Importado y Distribuido por Grupa Nabeda S.A etc
www.barringredients.com

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 01:15 AM (eY5jv)

359 DampRid...
Posted by: Braenyard
----------

I have a Dri-Z-Air unit in the safe

Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2025 01:17 AM (rdVOm)

360 https://damprid.com/what-is-damprid/

The ingredients might be a sekret.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 01:18 AM (eY5jv)

361 found it

Calcium chlorideDesiccant

A hygroscopic ingredient that absorbs water vapor from the air.
CAS 10043-52-4

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 01:19 AM (eY5jv)

362 Was just thinking of small packets to put in the ammo cans.

Thanks, guys!

Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2025 01:19 AM (rdVOm)

363 Gel

youtube.com/watch?v=mMaH3lDWcOc
Posted by: JQ


Like

But I reject the concept of Collective Soul and listen Marvin Gaye and Aaron Neville all by my self (maybe the Layties next door will come over).

Posted by: Miklos, it is Ladies' Night after all at April 24, 2025 01:19 AM (UOzvC)

364 I have a Dri-Z-Air unit in the safe
Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2025 01:17 AM (rdVOm)

Women wear stoppenzeefloppens. Not approved for ONT use.

Posted by: RickZ at April 24, 2025 01:20 AM (gKDq2)

365

Keeps Benjamin crisp.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 01:20 AM (eY5jv)

366 Pictures Daffy Duck trying to say "polyethylene terepthalate".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
-----

I'd pay 5 bucks to hear Al Sharpton try it.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 24, 2025 01:21 AM (XeU6L)

367 Keeps Benjamin crisp.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 01:20 AM (eY5jv)

C' mon. You've gotta have some Salmon (P. Chase) to go with that crisp, right?

Posted by: RickZ at April 24, 2025 01:22 AM (gKDq2)

368 A hygroscopic ingredient that absorbs water vapor from the air.
CAS 10043-52-4
Posted by: Braenyard

It is called element Darleen 205#

Absorbs money from my wallet

I barely even know, just happens

Posted by: Miklos, about to change the music to Barry White at April 24, 2025 01:23 AM (UOzvC)

369 Pictures Daffy Duck trying to say "polyethylene terepthalate".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
-----

I'd pay 5 bucks to hear Al Sharpton try it.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 24, 2025 01:21 AM (XeU6L)

LMAO!

Posted by: RickZ at April 24, 2025 01:23 AM (gKDq2)

370 I'd pay 5 bucks to hear Al Sharpton try it.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Make it 50

Posted by: Rev. Jesse Jackson at April 24, 2025 01:24 AM (UOzvC)

371 poly...eth...e...LENE

ter...ep....thaLate!

Posted by: Rev. Jesse Jackson, giving Kamala time to Think about That at April 24, 2025 01:28 AM (UOzvC)

372 Hey Horde, late arrival. Mr. Miklos please get JQ a double, and I will indulge my self too. If I go to the abandoned luggage site I might score an original Sam Brinton suitcase with US nuclear waste disposal plans inside, he never picked up his own luggage.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 24, 2025 01:28 AM (0nHVk)

373 Lest we forget the prognostication in the 1967 movie 'Mrs. Robinson': The future is plastics.

Posted by: RickZ at April 24, 2025 01:30 AM (gKDq2)

374 349 "When did T levels start to drop noticeably? istr not long after WWII..." Probably about the time birth control pills came out, all these hormones make it into the water supply, feminizing young boys.

Sadly it rings true.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 24, 2025 01:30 AM (bIzDl)

375 374 349 "When did T levels start to drop noticeably? istr not long after WWII..." Probably about the time birth control pills came out, all these hormones make it into the water supply, feminizing young boys.

Sadly it rings true.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 24, 2025 01:30 AM (bIzDl)

Its also about the time they started using Hormones in chickens to make the plumper....

But it accelerated in the 60's... Physical fitness and WINNING are both precursors for testosterone...

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 24, 2025 01:32 AM (QAkQ3)

376 Debby Doberman Schultz

*lays out all remaining clean glasses*

*fills all*
\
The types of drinks are color coded by tiny umbrella, according to the cards distributed by our doorman Moose out front.

The pitchers are Long Island Ice Tea or Margaritas.

Don't ask me.

*offers extra long straws*

Posted by: Miklos wonders why he took this job sometimes at April 24, 2025 01:33 AM (UOzvC)

377 Paris, France, Eiffel Tower, these are the French of today.

https://tinyurl.com/ms3jy5xk

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 01:36 AM (eY5jv)

378 Probably about the time birth control pills came out, all these hormones make it into the water supply, feminizing young boys.



When I was young, they already had gay frogs.

Didn't know Alex Jones visited the French Quarter.

Posted by: Miklos stayed far awy, drank Dixie Beer for Health and Vitality at April 24, 2025 01:36 AM (UOzvC)

379 Hi, Debby!

*clinks glass*

Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2025 01:37 AM (rdVOm)

380 Forgot the Chinese launch so woke up again!

Shenzhou 20 Crew Launch from China
The Launch Pad
Scheduled for Apr 24, 2025 #LaunchCoverage #TheLaunchPad #CASC
Watch LIVE as China launches the Shenzhou 20 crew to the Tiangong Space Station aboard a Long March 2F/G rocket from Launch Area 4 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China.


https://www.youtube.com/live/VrRtxYadXms

Check site for times.

Posted by: Ciampino - cheap Cheenee plastic rocket at April 24, 2025 01:39 AM (sPQoU)

381 "When did T levels start to drop noticeably? istr not long after WWII..." Probably about the time birth control pills came out, all these hormones make it into the water supply, feminizing young boys.
----

Sadly it rings true.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 24, 2025 01:30 AM (bIzDl)

Yes, it does. Can't imagine how long that'll take to fix?

That's the thing about RFK, Jr. He's not just talking about immediate changes like the dyes and whatnot, he's talking about long-term health, a concept most in the 'instant gratification' generation simply cannot understand.

No kids but I'm firmly in the 'there's too many vaccines in the childhood schedule' camp. This is where technology kills ecology. We've somehow moved beyond natural immunity into a clean lab. The world is not clean. Never has been, never will be.

Posted by: RickZ at April 24, 2025 01:39 AM (gKDq2)

382 Make mine a Margarita then, and I will gaze lovingly into the eyes of a Maryland father.

Posted by: Chris Van Hollen at April 24, 2025 01:39 AM (0nHVk)

383
But it accelerated in the 60's... Physical fitness and WINNING are both precursors for testosterone...
Posted by: Romeo13
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Imagining physical stress has something to do with it.
Also fat to muscle ratio.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 01:42 AM (eY5jv)

384 Silica gel would be fine for drying the air in a gun safe. Would not use calcium chloride. It will soak up so much water it swims in a pool of its own solvent. CaCl2 solution is very corrosive to steel.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 01:44 AM (8zz6B)

385 Make mine a Margarita then, and I will gaze lovingly into the eyes of a Maryland father.
Posted by: Chris Van Hollen

You two

*Chinese handcuffs, so cute*

*The couples here do the Chinese handcuffs and get a giant Margarita glass*

Then 24 hours "private time".

Posted by: CECOT style Hospitality at April 24, 2025 01:45 AM (UOzvC)

386 The world is not clean. Never has been, never will be.
Posted by: RickZ
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Running up all those vaccines on little babies is nuts and
deleterious to it's little system. Mama's colostrum is all he needs. - and that eye wash.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 01:46 AM (eY5jv)

387 I paid the full tab for about 15 minutes of private time.

Posted by: Bob Kraft at April 24, 2025 01:48 AM (0nHVk)

388 *drains glass*

Thanks, Debby & Miklos, for fine beverages tonight.

Back to lurking until I pass out get too sleepy...

Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2025 01:48 AM (rdVOm)

389 313
My best friend from California and I used to greet each other in the AM with "How's your di-isopinocampheylborane this morning?" (We did like H.C. Brown - met him finally, such a short man, such a giant chemist).

Posted by: Ciampino - cheap Cheenee melamine rocket at April 24, 2025 01:49 AM (sPQoU)

390 >> No kids but I'm firmly in the 'there's too many vaccines in the childhood schedule' camp.

Just saw this from Jessica Rose a few days ago:
https://tinyurl.com/29798ler

She is in the aluminum adjuvants are the toxic agent camp.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 24, 2025 01:49 AM (w6EFb)

391 384 Silica gel would be fine for drying the air in a gun safe. Would not use calcium chloride. It will soak up so much water it swims in a pool of its own solvent. CaCl2 solution is very corrosive to steel.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
--------

Works in old house clothes closet that wants to mildew everything.
DampRid comes in self containing, disposable bags.
But yeah, chloride and metal are mostly a losing combination.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 01:50 AM (eY5jv)

392 The world is not clean. Never has been, never will be.
Posted by: RickZ


I recall a study on bacterial colonies in different homes.

Lowest on food surfaces was single guys.

Empty pizza boxes provide bacteria little to grow.

Posted by: As recalled by Miklos at April 24, 2025 01:50 AM (UOzvC)

393 But it accelerated in the 60's... Physical fitness and WINNING are both precursors for testosterone...
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 24, 2025 01:32 AM (QAkQ3)

I was in my mid 40s. I was on a lower division dart team (Division IV or V). Even though it was darts, we got competive, moved up a Division and won it. Still have the casual shirt. (Never did hit a 180 in a game. A 160 [a happy mistake], but no 180. Division I players were potting 180s like there was no tomorrow.)

When 17, won a city-wide team bowling tournament. (Thank you, handicaps.)

But my favorite is a chess trophy. Local high school tournament. Swiss rules. 8-game tournament. Lost the first game and into the losers' bracket I went. Ended up 6-1 and playing 7-0 in the last game and he's going to win the tournament, no matter what. I lose, I'm like 8th or 9th. I win, he gets an 'L' and I get 2nd. I got 2nd.

Winning is great. But there are ways to measure winning by losing.

Posted by: RickZ at April 24, 2025 01:51 AM (gKDq2)

394
Note the turning point, or elbow in the autism curve happened in 1996.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 24, 2025 01:51 AM (w6EFb)

395 Well, I am getting sleepy here; going to hit the sack. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2025 01:53 AM (8zz6B)

396 Winning is great. But there are ways to measure winning by losing.
Posted by: RickZ

I started collecting a shitload of Participation Trophies about 2008.

Posted by: Because little Miklos is SPECIAL at April 24, 2025 01:54 AM (UOzvC)

397 Well, I am getting sleepy here; going to hit the sack. Night, Horde.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Hit me with your rhythm stick

Hit me

Posted by: Miklos recalls Ian Dury and the Blockheads at April 24, 2025 01:56 AM (UOzvC)

398 Does the turning point date factor mildly autistic vs severe autistic?

1996 is about the time they started re-defining things.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 01:58 AM (eY5jv)

399 She is in the aluminum adjuvants are the toxic agent camp.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 24, 2025 01:49 AM (w6EFb)

I beleive it. I've also read about the amount of mercury in childhood vaccines. Story I read was if a vaccine was spilled, it was considered a toxic hazard to be remedied. And we're injecting THAT into little babies? In the word of Gen. McAuliffe: Nuts.

Posted by: RickZ at April 24, 2025 02:00 AM (gKDq2)

400 I started collecting a shitload of Participation Trophies about 2008.
Posted by: Because little Miklos is SPECIAL at April 24, 2025 01:54 AM (UOzvC)

Us, too!

Posted by: Astronuts on Blue Origin's New Shepard at April 24, 2025 02:04 AM (gKDq2)

401 @DefiyantlyFree

It comes as no surprise, that the same people who want to decouple the word Judo from Christian when describing what America was founded on, don’t understand that this is an impossible feat.

The Old Testament shaped the founders’ worldview by providing a narrative of liberty (Exodus), a structure for governance (covenant), a moral compass (Mosaic law), and a sense of divine purpose (providence). It offered a language and logic for resisting tyranny, framing rights, and balancing human frailty with hope—ideas baked into the Declaration, Constitution, and early American ethos. While later termed "Judeo-Christian," this influence was immediate and practical in 1776, grounding their vision in a biblical heritage that felt both timeless and urgent.

... more
https://tinyurl.com/2f6sh7h7

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 02:06 AM (eY5jv)

402
Yep, this severe vs mild autism thing needs to be quantified. I've seem some horror stories of parents with these severe autism cases, which are nightmarish to deal with.

Question is if the rates of that (and not just diagnosing normal human variability as some autism spectrum thing) are increasing exponentially as well. And note an exponential is the best fit for the autism rate curve.

Exponentials are "slowly at first, then all at once" curve, like bankruptcy is oft described.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 24, 2025 02:06 AM (w6EFb)

403 Chinese launch: 5:17 AM Eastern coming up.
You all have time for a nap.

Posted by: Ciampino - cheap Chinee melamine rocket at April 24, 2025 02:10 AM (sPQoU)

404 Better than a Fix Or Repair Daily.
Posted by: RickZ at April 24, 2025 12:33 AM (gKDq2)

I thought that was Found On Road Dead

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 24, 2025 02:11 AM (vm8sq)

405 403 Chinese launch: 5:17 AM Eastern coming up.
You all have time for a nap.
Posted by: Ciampino - cheap Chinee melamine rocket at April 24, 2025 02:10 AM (sPQoU)

The Chinese are going to allow that to be broadcast?

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 24, 2025 02:12 AM (vm8sq)

406 Damn!

Somebody left an almost full Dixie cup of....I think an Old Fashioned.

Still got some ice in it too.

Got lipstick on it

Posted by: Miklos finds Target of Opportunity at April 24, 2025 02:14 AM (IKhKt)

407 Does the turning point date factor mildly autistic vs severe autistic?

1996 is about the time they started re-defining things.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 01:58 AM (eY5jv)

There's needs to be a correlating study as to when being a victim of something occurred. Peanut allegies, e.g. Dealing with the world as it is, not as you wish it to be. Making everybody else a slave to someone's particular issue. Social engineering. Money for ADHD-diagnosed kids in schools with special classrooms and special ed teachers. The teachers' union itself. The left has truly subverted our society at a level more deeply than I could have ever imagined. Taxpayers even paid for all this trans madness thanks to NGOs pushing it while taking our money.

We have lived in a simulation, one created by the left and paid for by us without our knowledge. Thank you, DOGE.

Posted by: RickZ at April 24, 2025 02:15 AM (gKDq2)

408 To further add, it holds about 20 oz. and has a plexiglass bottom so that you can scan around the party while you drink. As I said, damn handy.
Posted by: RickZ at April 24, 2025 01:03 AM (gKDq2)

I have one still. The plastic broke out of it at some point.

The thought of random keggers... 70's and 80's life was best life. There were times when we consumed 10 kegs in a night. I once had half our rent on deposit for 6. $180.00. The cops showed up, rolled them into the river and shot them instead of arresting all hundred odd of us for underage drinking.

Posted by: Reforger at April 24, 2025 02:17 AM (xcIvR)

409
Speaking of Chicom space stuff. They have a space station up there. Thanks to a post here the other night, I stumbled onto the "flat earther" phenomenon. These are people who are convinced the earth is flat as a pancake, with the map really being a north pole azimuthal projection. And that space is fake, there is no such thing, and even gravity is a lie. A Satanic lie. That was quite amusing to read.

One of these jokers posted this little clip showing how fake Chicom space video clips are:
https://tinyurl.com/25jshjpe

A glass of water just sitting on a table. :-) ...

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 24, 2025 02:18 AM (w6EFb)

410 I am off to sleep, Horde, need to be on my tippytoes in the morning, nope not a ballerina. Just life as I know it.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 24, 2025 02:19 AM (0nHVk)

411
Here's the actual video the Chicom astronauts were doing:
https://tinyurl.com/2xmt2a4s

Note the while rotating behavior of the water in the glass, and how the submerged ping pong ball behaves.

That was for the school children. Note how different the Chicoms are about what material they expose their children too, vs what they push on us and the West.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 24, 2025 02:21 AM (w6EFb)

412 399 She is in the aluminum adjuvants are the toxic agent camp.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 24, 2025 01:49 AM (w6EFb)

I beleive it. I've also read about the amount of mercury in childhood vaccines. Story I read was if a vaccine was spilled, it was considered a toxic hazard to be remedied.

Posted by: RickZ at April 24, 2025 02:00 AM (gKDq2)
----
1. Al is very abundant and we absorb some all the time. I cannot believe that it can be toxic. Divalent and trivalent ions are very poorly absorbed by the gut (use of Mg salts as purgatives; iron deficiency in spite of abundance of iron).
2. That tiny amount of mercury salt in that spillage is probably less than what one might breath in from a coal-fired power station in a day. Blame lawyers for the hazmat.
3. HS students told to wear rubber gloves before touching Magnesium ribbon!!!!!!!!! Meanwhile Mag wheels.

Posted by: Ciampino - Lab USED TO BE FUN at April 24, 2025 02:22 AM (sPQoU)

413 how the submerged ping pong ball behaves.

That was for the school children. Note how different the Chicoms are about what material they expose their children too, vs what they push on us and the West.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

We push balls on children

Posted by: Your Local School Board at April 24, 2025 02:23 AM (IKhKt)

414 https://www.youtube.com/live/VrRtxYadXms

They are live.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 02:24 AM (eY5jv)

415 {{{JQ}}} sorry that you had a tough day, before I go to sleep. May tomorrow be a better one for you.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 24, 2025 02:26 AM (0nHVk)

416 The thought of random keggers... 70's and 80's life was best life. There were times when we consumed 10 kegs in a night. I once had half our rent on deposit for 6. $180.00. The cops showed up, rolled them into the river and shot them instead of arresting all hundred odd of us for underage drinking.
Posted by: Reforger at April 24, 2025 02:17 AM (xcIvR)

Great keg story.

In college, only held one keg party at my apartment. Roomie bought a keg of Stroh's, I bought a keg of Heineken. Bought two more kegs thanks to passing around the hat cut open half-gallon plastic milk jug.

I remember (barely) opening the door to some fine ladies. They asked if so and so lived 'here' and I said 'Cmon in!' And they did, joinng around 50 people standing wall-to-wall. You could always find a kegger off-campus thanks to the noise and the spillover.

Good times, indeed.

Posted by: RickZ at April 24, 2025 02:29 AM (gKDq2)

417 We push balls on children
Posted by: Your Local School Board at April 24, 2025 02:23 AM (IKhKt)

Or cut them off.

Posted by: RickZ at April 24, 2025 02:30 AM (gKDq2)

418
I remember (barely) opening the door to some fine ladies. They asked if so and so lived 'here' and I said 'Cmon in!' And they did, joinng around 50 people standing wall-to-wall. You could always find a kegger off-campus thanks to the noise and the spillover.

Good times, indeed.
Posted by: RickZ
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We were not far from a National Forest. Bonfires, Kegs and smoking machetes. Good times.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 02:33 AM (eY5jv)

419 >> 1. Al is very abundant and we absorb some all the time. I cannot believe that it can be toxic.

Ingested Al is not too bad at all. The mechanism proposed here is the aluminum adjuvants, which are injected and the specific effect the compounds have on the immune system. Beyond that, I don't know much more.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 24, 2025 02:41 AM (w6EFb)

420 Ciampino,

My faulty memeory says they using these chemicals as some sort of binding agent to help in the transfer into human body cells. Not a microbiolgist by any means, nor have any intention of ever being one. But the gist was, yes, the spillage was considered toxic.

The childhood vaccine schedule is practically mandated if your kids go to public school, probably private to a great degree.

All I know is the childhood vaccine schedule in the 1950s was far less than today. I'm not saying advancements haven't been made, but let's just say I'm very skeptical now of the FDA's vaccine approval process. Big Pharma's grubby hands are involved. They bribe the FDA to approve drugs that screw us up and needing a constant refill of drugs in the future, some newer and better and approved in the same manner. From a financial statement standpoint, it's insidously genius.

Posted by: RickZ at April 24, 2025 02:42 AM (gKDq2)

421 Big (Insert industry) BAD. Big Government GOOD.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 24, 2025 02:46 AM (vm8sq)

422
These are immune adjuvants, the meaning of that is they stimulate an immune response that wouldn't otherwise occur. Give the vaccine (ie whatever antigen or dead/attenuated virus particle) you're trying to induce immunity alone, and nothing happens. The immune system pays it no attention.

The adjuvant causes the immune system to notice. Think of it as an "irritant", something the immune system notices, and responds to. That causes it to notice the antigens, and then the immune response occurs.

The aluminum salt adjuvants are about the strongest there are. And that means the immune system really, really doesn't like them and goes after them hard.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 24, 2025 02:48 AM (w6EFb)

423 Chinanauts in the elevator. Me too. good night all

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2025 02:48 AM (eY5jv)

424 Big (Insert industry) BAD. Big Government GOOD.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 24, 2025 02:46 AM (vm8sq)

They like when Big Government works with Big Pharma yet when Big Government and Big Industry get together, that's fascism -- and was our Nation's experience during the COVID-1984 Dempanic.

Posted by: RickZ at April 24, 2025 02:51 AM (gKDq2)

425 You could always find a kegger off-campus thanks to the noise and the spillover.

Good times, indeed.
Posted by: RickZ

The idiot smartest thing I did as a 17 year old was to choose Noo Awlins fur Kollidge.


We got our kegs from the Dixie Brewery on Tulane Avenue. Also, free beer while you wait.

Posted by: Miklos invites RickZ to the International Brotherhood of Keg Kings at April 24, 2025 02:53 AM (IKhKt)

426
The aluminum salt adjuvants are about the strongest there are. And that means the immune system really, really doesn't like them and goes after them hard.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb)

publius, I really appreciate the depth of your knowledge on matters related to caccines and the Coot . Thank you for sharing it.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 24, 2025 02:54 AM (oxL4L)

427 Big (Insert industry) BAD. Big Government GOOD.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33

Your exam in Marxism-Leninism is Success

Posted by: Miklos from Karl Marx U (actually really) at April 24, 2025 02:55 AM (IKhKt)

428 I've been to the Dixie brewery many many moons ago. IIRC, it wasn't a far walk from a touristy area the ex wanted to see. 'Cool. I'll meet you back here in . . . . '

Posted by: RickZ at April 24, 2025 02:55 AM (gKDq2)

429 The idiot smartest thing I did as a 17 year old was to choose Noo Awlins fur Kollidge.


We got our kegs from the Dixie Brewery on Tulane Avenue. Also, free beer while you wait.
Posted by: Miklos invites RickZ to the International Brotherhood of Keg Kings at April 24, 2025 02:53 AM (IKhKt)

This was '88 and my first time there. I was astounded by the drive-through liquor stores. And the ubiquitous plastic cups bars provided upon leaving, even if you were driving home. Such a friendly town. Unless you crossed Rampart.

Posted by: RickZ at April 24, 2025 02:59 AM (gKDq2)

430 420
Rickz - I am also against all this stuff. I went to Africa in 1950 as a very small boy and we had to have small pox, Yellow Fever, tetanus and typhoid - that was it (I may have missed one).

Posted by: Ciampino - tears at the needle at April 24, 2025 03:00 AM (sPQoU)

431
I was following some of the references in Jessica Rose's posts and some others, and came across this Substack here which puts together the aluminum adjuvant toxicity and autism links together pretty good. It's a long read, lots of stuff there:
https://tinyurl.com/25hbblcn

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 24, 2025 03:02 AM (w6EFb)

432 The Panhard was front wheel drive. I'm surprised.

Posted by: pawn at April 24, 2025 03:03 AM (QB+5g)

433 Posted by: RickZ

Well

Dixie beer died. (not my dog Dixie)

A couple of owners after the founding family (1908 if I recall) finally bought by the widow of the rich guy who owned the Saints.

Decided "Dixie" was offensive and raciss,

So re-branded to who knows or cares what.

Posted by: Miklos has sad news at April 24, 2025 03:04 AM (IKhKt)

434 Ciampino,

I've had two complete vaccine schedules in my life. The first as a baby. The second when I went to Japan in '71 (Boy Scouts). Over 4 to 6 months before I went, I had to have my vaccine card filled out (at the US Public Health Hospital, with Navy doctors/corpsmen) to go overseas to the Jamboree. Yellow fever and other things I did not have to have here when I was a kid. I remember one time I got sick as a dog from one injection. But when you're 15, you get over it. Got to get out of school to get the shots though, so there was that.

Posted by: RickZ at April 24, 2025 03:09 AM (gKDq2)

435 We have lived in a simulation, one created by the left and paid for by us without our knowledge. Thank you, DOGE.
Posted by: RickZ at April 24, 2025 02:15 AM (gKDq2)

The toxicity of any product is directly related to the amount of money to be made by those who propose to abate it.

You do not know any single person who has ever contracted asbestosis from working in a building with asbestos products in it. Not flooring, not pipe insulation, nothing. The only people who suffered from asbestosis were asbestos miners who worked without any protection from inhaling it while mining. But, the industry that cleans asbestos from your building makes more money that God to do so. Its value is in abatement, not safety.

The particle size for fibers in fiberglass insulation are smaller and more deadly than anything made of asbestos, no matter how friable it might be. But, the companies who make fiberglass insulation don't want you to know that, and so there is no money in abating it.

Most of what they say can kill you can only do so if you are so immersed in it you can't breathe.

It is really just a load of crap.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 24, 2025 03:11 AM (a4NoL)

436 Dixie beer died. (not my dog Dixie)

Posted by: Miklos has sad news at April 24, 2025 03:04 AM (IKhKt)

Did they have a funeral marching band for the send off?

Posted by: RickZ at April 24, 2025 03:11 AM (gKDq2)

437
If I've got the gist of this Al-adjuvant-toxicity thing:

Aluminum is very toxic to the brain. Luckily, it's very hard for Al to get into the brain. Very little of ingested Al is absorbed, hardly any at all from the gut. What little gets in is in dissolved form, Al ions. These are quickly eliminated by the kidneys, and they can't cross the blood-brain barrier. No Al gets into the brain.

With adjuvants the "salt" used is not really dissolved, it's a *nano-particle*. It doesn't dissolve into Al ions in the plasma very fast, and they're too big for the kidneys to filter. The immune system goes after those particles hard. Macrophages eat them. They then distribute the contained Al in ways that get in the brain.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 24, 2025 03:14 AM (w6EFb)

438 Did they have a funeral marching band for the send off?
Posted by: RickZ

No. It was done with quiet racial apologies and manufactured guilt.

I did attend Professor Longhair's funeral though, and lawd that was a Party.

Posted by: Miklos has had his fun, if he never get well no mo (I'm fine) at April 24, 2025 03:17 AM (IKhKt)

439 Yes in HS we'd get boosters. The one that hurt I think was the T&B (tetanus & typhoid? B=botulism). Arm became very painful to move and some would pass out a few hours later - usually while playing sports.

Yellow Fever was only for endemic regions and East and Central Africa were it. It has now been eradicated.

Posted by: Ciampino - we dreaded those shots at April 24, 2025 03:19 AM (sPQoU)

440 The particle size for fibers in fiberglass insulation are smaller and more deadly than anything made of asbestos, no matter how friable it might be. But, the companies who make fiberglass insulation don't want you to know that, and so there is no money in abating it.

Most of what they say can kill you can only do so if you are so immersed in it you can't breathe.

It is really just a load of crap.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 24, 2025 03:11 AM (a4NoL)

Growing up near Norfolk's many navy bases, there were always steam pipes going around like a hamster tubes, about 4 feet above the ground and up and over many intersections, all over the place and covered in thick layer of asbestos. It was efficient base heating. Once the scare took hold, they were gone.

Posted by: RickZ at April 24, 2025 03:20 AM (gKDq2)

441 A little early to be getting up, we will see

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 03:20 AM (ypFCm)

442 A little early to be getting up, we will see
Posted by: Skip

SCHOOL NIGHT young man!

Posted by: Concerned Aunt Miklos at April 24, 2025 03:25 AM (IKhKt)

443 Yellow Fever was only for endemic regions and East and Central Africa were it. It has now been eradicated.
Posted by: Ciampino - we dreaded those shots at April 24, 2025 03:19 AM (sPQoU)

When I think about it, back in '71, travel to Asia, unless you were wearing Uncle Sam's fatigues, was a novelty or rarity. 16 years after the war and all that. Japan was just starting to blossom. But it was Japan. The East. Asia. I had to have just about every vaccine known to mankind, and then some, to go there.

Posted by: RickZ at April 24, 2025 03:27 AM (gKDq2)

444 Computador going loco

No desire to try figura it out at this Hora.

Buenos nachos

Posted by: Abuela Miklosita at April 24, 2025 03:27 AM (IKhKt)

445 427 Big (Insert industry) BAD. Big Government GOOD.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33

Your exam in Marxism-Leninism is Success
Posted by: Miklos from Karl Marx U (actually really) at April 24, 2025 02:55 AM (IKhKt)

This is what most Americans think and examples abound right here on this thread.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 24, 2025 03:38 AM (vm8sq)

446 Should have just gotten up. Fairly close job today to. It's been long commute all week so far.

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 03:51 AM (ypFCm)

447 Ya done good with the ONT, TRex!

Posted by: m at April 24, 2025 04:10 AM (CQE5S)

448 Time to make French Toast today

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 04:26 AM (ypFCm)

449 MOOD Tech

Posted by: Ciampino - we dreaded those shots! at April 24, 2025 04:31 AM (sPQoU)

450 Time to make French Toast today
Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2025 04:26 AM

Lots of syrup for CBD

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 24, 2025 05:28 AM (WF/xn)

451 Great photo up top. Wonder how long that bell tower will last now that it's been flooded.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 23, 2025 10:05 PM (rxCpr)

Been flooded since 1945. Interesting story about how and why.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 24, 2025 07:30 AM (5xuJ/)

A Blessed Wednesday Cafe

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The Infiltrator

Speaking of blessings: I really wanted to take a break after the election, but then I thought that I, much like my hero Rachel Maddow, should be on call for the first 100 days of the Trump Administration, Redux.

April 30, Wednesday, is Trump's 100th day. Close enough!

The kind-hearted cobloggers have agreed to take over the blog next week, Monday through Friday.

So I'll be taking the week off, and leaving you in their strong yet tender hands.


Dog invades feline spaces. Good!

Taking a dog to get his picture taken.

A week ago I linked videos of very realistic latex masks that look straight out of Mission: Impossible. Some commenters wondered if the masks were real or just CGI trickery like you see in the actual Mission: Impossible movies. Not only are they real, but they have already been used in bank robberies -- a young man wore a realistic mask of a decrepit old man, nearly as decrepit at Joe Biden, and has evaded capture to this day. Apparently people realized he was wearing a mask when they saw this ancient Bidenesque figure running away from a robbery at full tilt like a college athlete.

They're expensive -- like $2000 or $3000 -- but that's very cheap if you want to do major crimes or other deceptions.

Little brother photobombs her attempt to become Internet Famous and steals the spotlight. (It's old.)

Boxer raises his human baby brother.

The inner workings of an escalator are just as scary as I thought they were when I was 8. (I broke my foot when I was eight and had to get along with crutches and a foot in a boot-cast. I was very scared that I wouldn't be able to step on to an escalator properly -- I thought I'd slip and it would drag me under or something -- which is this faint anxiety I've had ever since.)

A tornado hits Texas as construction workers grip the roof of the building they're working on to keep from being blown away.

Rambunctious cat wants chill dog to play.

This cat has hypnotized me with his crazyeyes.

Boxer enjoys the movie.



Posted by: Ace at 07:26 PM




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1 April 30 is a Wednesday, FWIW

Posted by: zonedar at April 23, 2025 07:28 PM (Slp/3)

2 Have you cleared your vacation time with HR Karen?

Posted by: LASue at April 23, 2025 07:29 PM (lCppi)

3 fifth

Posted by: doug at April 23, 2025 07:29 PM (Hy+R4)

4 I could have been first but I didn't want to hog 'em.

Posted by: fd at April 23, 2025 07:29 PM (vFG9F)

5
Thanks for what you do, Ace. Have a great week off.

Posted by: Auspex at April 23, 2025 07:29 PM (j4U/Z)

6 Have a great vacation Ace! Going on a cruise?

Posted by: fd at April 23, 2025 07:29 PM (vFG9F)

7 >>>1 April 30 is a Wednesday, FWIW

lol, I'm an idiot.

Posted by: ace at April 23, 2025 07:30 PM (KRtlO)

8 close enough!

Posted by: ace at April 23, 2025 07:31 PM (KRtlO)

9 WTF

Posted by: huerfano at April 23, 2025 07:32 PM (n2swS)

10 Let's not let a technicality get in the way of a good vacation.

Posted by: fd at April 23, 2025 07:32 PM (vFG9F)

11 Come on down to Virginia's eastern shore! All tourist stuff is open and there is lots of spring planting too!

Posted by: Accomack at April 23, 2025 07:32 PM (28cZF)

12 What the hell were those idiots doing on a roof during a storm? Surely they have storms in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and point south.

Posted by: huerfano at April 23, 2025 07:33 PM (n2swS)

13 >>>>>>1 April 30 is a Wednesday, FWIW

>>>lol, I'm an idiot.

Wouldn't want you missing out on part of your vacation! Have a great time!

Posted by: zonedar at April 23, 2025 07:35 PM (Slp/3)

14 That deer is literally eating the dog's hair, each bite looks increasingly painful as it tears out more hair and literally consumes it.

Posted by: Max Power at April 23, 2025 07:35 PM (q177U)

15 Hey! THAT's not a dog!

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2025 07:36 PM (gKWVE)

16 >>6 Have a great vacation Ace! Going on a cruise?

no... i'm going to just do some stuff I've wanted the time to do for a while. including organizing my Shelving Situation. Throwing crap out, organizing stuff.

Posted by: ace at April 23, 2025 07:36 PM (KRtlO)

17 April 30, Sunday, is Trump's 100th day.
......

My calendar must be fucked up.

Posted by: wth at April 23, 2025 07:38 PM (v0R5T)

18 Enjoy your time off, ace! Turn off all your electronic devices and chill!

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 07:38 PM (g47mK)

19
Made a pot of keto soup: bacon, sausage, celery, onions, mushrooms and shredded cabbage. Super excellent.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2025 07:38 PM (QnmlO)

20 Bulwark Caribbean Cruise is next week. I'm sure it's a coincidence. Mona Charen featured speaker.

Posted by: Ricardo Romantico at April 23, 2025 07:39 PM (G5+As)

21 Time flies. I feel I lost a lot of it - that COVID business.

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 07:39 PM (g47mK)

22 The kind-hearted cobloggers have agreed to take over the blog next week, Monday through Friday.

So I'll be taking the week off, and leaving you in their strong yet tender hands.

Relax and enjoy the time off, Ace. The HQ will indeed be in good hands. TRex may have to compensate a bit due to those short arms but all should be well.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 23, 2025 07:40 PM (mH6SG)

23 >>>The inner workings of an escalator are just as scary as I thought they were when I was 8. (I broke my foot when I was eight and had to get along with crutches and a foot in a boot-cast. I was very scared that I wouldn't be able to step on to an escalator properly -- I thought I'd slip and it would drag me under or something -- which is this faint anxiety I've had ever since.)


Don't worry; watch Final Destination 4 and it'll take all your fears away.

Posted by: Dr. T at April 23, 2025 07:40 PM (lHPJf)

24 The kind-hearted cobloggers have agreed to take over the blog next week, Monday through Friday.

--

You can totally trust us to be nice and behave while the subs.. er cobs.. are in charge

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 23, 2025 07:40 PM (6U1c2)

25 >>>So I'll be taking the week off, and leaving you in their strong yet tender hands.

Tender?

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 23, 2025 07:40 PM (klJTj)

26 Good evening everyone

Ace you deserve a vacation, the Cobs do great work so don't worry.




( gets scissors ready)

Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2025 07:43 PM (ypFCm)

27 So I'll be taking the week off, and leaving you in their strong yet tender hands.

So, where are the keys to the liquor cabinet?

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at April 23, 2025 07:44 PM (/HDaX)

28 the Cobs do great work so don't worry.

==

Except that one...

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 07:44 PM (g47mK)

29 Person(s) could do a lot of damage to a Dental Plan in a week. Hide the keys.

Posted by: Porcelain Veneers, All 'round at April 23, 2025 07:44 PM (G5+As)

30
The kind-hearted cobloggers have agreed to take over the blog next week, Monday through Friday.

__________

*raises hand excitedly*

Oooooh, I can do something!

*discovers he has nothing worth saying*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2025 07:44 PM (QnmlO)

31 That's a big water bear.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 23, 2025 07:44 PM (63Dwl)

32 There's a polar bear
In our Frigidaire—
He likes it 'cause it's cold in there.
With his seat in the meat
And his face in the fish
And his big hairy paws
In the buttery dish,
He's nibbling the noodles,
He's munching the rice,
He's slurping the soda,
He's licking the ice.
And he lets out a roar
If you open the door.
And it gives me a scare
To know he's in there—
That polary bear
In our Fridgitydaire.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 23, 2025 07:46 PM (gbOdA)

33 Ace
Moon of Endor again?

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 23, 2025 07:47 PM (gbOdA)

34 OK, but if you're tired of Chardonnay I'll get rid of it somewhere else.

Posted by: Deplorable Minion at April 23, 2025 07:48 PM (QSrLX)

35 >>>So I'll be taking the week off, and leaving you in their strong yet tender hands.

Tender?
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous

Maybe a euphonism for 'straggling hands'?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 23, 2025 07:48 PM (q6vsU)

36 Kids need dogs

Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2025 07:49 PM (ypFCm)

37 Its a trap

Ace has a full working COB star

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 23, 2025 07:50 PM (gbOdA)

38 Roofers clinging. Could be worse, though I'm sure they were scart.

In Atlanta, workers on a high-rise under construction, had Port-a-Johns located here and there. A guy was using one when a micro-burst passed through, and blew it off of the building.

Not on my list of ways to go...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 23, 2025 07:50 PM (XeU6L)

39 Maybe a euphonism for 'straggling hands'?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 23, 2025 07:48 PM (q6vsU)

They grab all they can

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2025 07:52 PM (gKWVE)

40 I get up in the morning
I work nine to five
I work real hard
Just tryin' to survive
The children say, "hey, daddy
We got somethin' to say
You've been workin' real hard
You need a break today", alright

You deserve a break today
(Take a vacation)
Get on up and get away
(Have a little fun)
You deserve a break today
(Out there in the country, son)
Get on up and get away

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 23, 2025 07:52 PM (gbOdA)

41 I thought I'd slip and it would drag me under or something -- which is this faint anxiety I've had ever since.)

PSA: Do not rewatch "Temple off doom'.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 23, 2025 07:52 PM (q6vsU)

42 Not on my list of ways to go...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 23, 2025 07:50 PM (XeU6L)

oh shit

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 23, 2025 07:52 PM (gbOdA)

43 So, where are the keys to the liquor cabinet?
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at April 23, 2025 07:44 PM (/HDaX)

I am making a Harvey Wallbanger

*do not have a clue what that is*

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 23, 2025 07:53 PM (gbOdA)

44 >> Not only are they real, but they have already been used in bank robberies -- a young man wore a realistic mask of a decrepit old man, nearly as decrepit at Joe Biden, and has evaded capture to this day.

I saw that movie. Keanu don't surf.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2025 07:54 PM (viF8m)

45
Kids need dogs
Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2025 07:49 PM (ypFCm)

________

Dogs need kids.

When we lived in Ohio, a young couple moved in next door (both properties were on acreage). One late afternoon their kids were running around screaming and playing, their Shelties chasing and barking. I was working near the fence and the father apologized for the racket. "That's what they should be doing," I replied.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2025 07:55 PM (QnmlO)

46 In Atlanta, workers on a high-rise under construction, had Port-a-Johns located here and there. A guy was using one when a micro-burst passed through, and blew it off of the building.

Not on my list of ways to go...
Posted by: Mike Hammer

"Ways to go." Clever.

Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2025 07:55 PM (DgGvY)

47 Wait, Ace ? You are going on vacation with Rachel Maddow?

You gonna be cruisin' for chicks, or what? I mean, a wing . . . Person, sure, but are you certain?

Posted by: Kindltot at April 23, 2025 07:55 PM (D7oie)

48 Ace,

Have fun on your vacation.

I hope when you have to trudge back into the Moron trenches, your blood pressure has returned to a healthy range!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 23, 2025 07:55 PM (HlyYF)

49 Hope you have a great week ACE!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 23, 2025 07:55 PM (q6vsU)

50 In Atlanta, workers on a high-rise under construction, had Port-a-Johns located here and there. A guy was using one when a micro-burst passed through, and blew it off of the building.

Not on my list of ways to go...
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Moral of the story, had he been wearing his seat belt, he'd've made it.

Posted by: National Safety Council at April 23, 2025 07:56 PM (G5+As)

51 Ace- Whatever is in your plans, have an enjoyable time. Above all, we don't want to see a 'Send lawyers, guns, and money' post.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 23, 2025 07:56 PM (XeU6L)

52
Do the cobs get keys to the flaming skull and the pudding vault?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2025 07:57 PM (QnmlO)

53 I am making a Harvey Wallbanger

*do not have a clue what that is*
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 23, 2025 07:53 PM (gbOdA)

A Screwdriver with added Galliano.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at April 23, 2025 07:57 PM (/HDaX)

54 A Screwdriver with added Galliano.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at April 23, 2025 07:57 PM (/HDaX)

Is that the piss colored stuff

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 23, 2025 07:59 PM (gbOdA)

55
I am making a Harvey Wallbanger

*do not have a clue what that is*
Posted by: rhennigantx

A drink popular in the 70's.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 23, 2025 07:59 PM (63Dwl)

56 50 In Atlanta, workers on a high-rise under construction, had Port-a-Johns located here and there. A guy was using one when a micro-burst passed through, and blew it off of the building.

Not on my list of ways to go...
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Moral of the story, had he been wearing his seat belt, he'd've made it.
Posted by: National Safety Council at April 23, 2025 07:56 PM (G5+As)

Damn, who investigates that case... NTSB? FAA? or do we put it down as an Unidentified Flying Outhouse?

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 23, 2025 07:59 PM (QAkQ3)

57
Moral of the story, had he been wearing his seat belt, he'd've made it.
Posted by: National Safety Council
-------

Airbags

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 23, 2025 07:59 PM (XeU6L)

58 Damn, who investigates that case... NTSB? FAA? or do we put it down as an Unidentified Flying Outhouse?
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 23, 2025 07:59 PM (QAkQ3)

Hooterville FD

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 23, 2025 08:00 PM (gbOdA)

59 38

'had Port-a-Johns located here and there. A guy was using one when a micro-burst passed through, and blew it off of the building.'

Oh hell!
Do you think he ended up in Oz?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 23, 2025 08:00 PM (3wi/L)

60 Ace pick up some galliano when you are out

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 23, 2025 08:01 PM (gbOdA)

61 Have you cleared your vacation time with HR Karen?
Posted by: LASue at April 23, 2025 07:29 PM (lCppi)

I thought Piper was HR.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 23, 2025 08:01 PM (VNX3d)

62 Any sorority-girl drink with "wall" in the name has Galliano. Because it comes in a ridiculously tall bottle that gets placed on the very back of the bar, "up against the wall."

Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2025 08:01 PM (DgGvY)

63 Enjoy your week off. If you feel like it, check in every so often so we know you aren't trapped under shelves.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 23, 2025 08:02 PM (VNX3d)

64 All chocolate Necco candy.

Discuss.

Posted by: Sharkman at April 23, 2025 08:02 PM (/RHNq)

65 I remember when I was in high school my folks went on vacation and left me home. By myself. I had the party of all parties. There were kids from towns I didn't even know existed that showed up.

Couple buddies helped me clean the place the day they were coming home. Place was spotless. I was in the clear. Until my mother opened the oven and all sorts of liquor bottle came tumbling out.

The moral of the story is don't open the over when you get back, ace.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2025 08:02 PM (viF8m)

66 36 Kids need dogs
Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2025 07:49 PM (ypFCm)

My dad used to say that every dog needs a boy.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 08:03 PM (a4NoL)

67 dm
youtu.be/8yn3ViE6mhY

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2025 08:04 PM (gKWVE)

68 Do you think he ended up in Oz?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 23, 2025 08:00 PM (3wi/L)

Toto, ya no estamos en Kansas

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 23, 2025 08:04 PM (gbOdA)

69 Damn, who investigates that case... NTSB? FAA? or do we put it down as an Unidentified Flying Outhouse?
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 23, 2025 07:59 PM (QAkQ3)

I'm quite sure OSHA has a rule about securing your outhouse properly.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 08:05 PM (a4NoL)

70 Why is the deer eating the dog's fur?

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 23, 2025 08:05 PM (w6EFb)

71 Flying through the air covered in $hite is no way to go.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2025 08:06 PM (h9KKO)

72 I love videos where a family member comes up behind the girl dancing or whatever on cam. Mockery is good medicine for that kind of behavior.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 08:06 PM (2VST1)

73 All chocolate Necco candy.

My mom loved that stuff, its hard to find these days. She gave me one, it tasted like dirt to me. I don't mind the colorful kind but those are even tougher to find, and I cannot really eat candy anyway heh

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 08:08 PM (2VST1)

74 Ace pick up some galliano when you are out
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 23, 2025 08:01 PM (gbOdA)

I don't think that's orange juice . . .

Posted by: Kindltot at April 23, 2025 08:08 PM (D7oie)

75 Enjoy your break ace!

Posted by: Stateless.. 21% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at April 23, 2025 08:09 PM (jvJvP)

76 Time for me to say goodnight
Have a great evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2025 08:09 PM (ypFCm)

77
My mom loved that stuff, its hard to find these days.

________

Tractor Supply

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2025 08:10 PM (QnmlO)

78 Damn, who investigates that case... NTSB? FAA? or do we put it down as an Unidentified Flying Outhouse?
Posted by: Romeo13
------

Dept. of Sanitation

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 23, 2025 08:10 PM (XeU6L)

79 62 Any sorority-girl drink with "wall" in the name has Galliano. Because it comes in a ridiculously tall bottle that gets placed on the very back of the bar, "up against the wall."

Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2025 08:01 PM (DgGvY)

I think the name is more about the position of the sorority girl than the bottle.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 23, 2025 08:10 PM (klJTj)

80 G'nite, Skip.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 23, 2025 08:10 PM (mH6SG)

81 May your week off refresh and recharge you.
Ace, thank you for being honest and entertaining.

Posted by: jimmymcnulty at April 23, 2025 08:11 PM (mMAM5)

82 78 Damn, who investigates that case... NTSB? FAA? or do we put it down as an Unidentified Flying Outhouse?
Posted by: Romeo13
------

Dept. of Sanitation
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 23, 2025 08:10 PM (XeU6L)

No flight recorder, so, yeah, and bring some bleach, wouldja?

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 08:11 PM (a4NoL)

83 >>All chocolate Necco candy.

My ex had NECCO, the New England Confectionary Company, as a customer for years. Every time she would go there for a meeting she would come home with a goody bag of Necco wafers.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2025 08:11 PM (viF8m)

84 I think the name is more about the position of the sorority girl than the bottle.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 23, 2025 08:10 PM (klJTj)

Up against the wall, redneck mothers....

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 08:12 PM (a4NoL)

85 I wouldn’t even think of having a blow out party at our house without my father’s permission. It was a matter of fear and respect. Mostly fear.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 23, 2025 08:12 PM (VofaG)

86 COBS are the best.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 23, 2025 08:13 PM (yp8Vj)

87 85 I wouldn’t even think of having a blow out party at our house without my father’s permission. It was a matter of fear and respect. Mostly fear.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 23, 2025 08:12 PM (VofaG)

All of our blowout parties were on neutral territory, never somebody's house. Beer Can Lake was a good place. Old gravel pit that flooded. Aptly named, too.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 08:15 PM (a4NoL)

88 86 COBS are the best.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 23, 2025 08:13 PM (yp8Vj)

Yes, they are very good dogs indeed.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 08:15 PM (a4NoL)

89 Using a realistic mask also in the movie Drive. That was more creepy though.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 23, 2025 08:15 PM (VofaG)

90 I am making a Harvey Wallbanger

*do not have a clue what that is*
Posted by: rhennigantx

A drink popular in the 70's.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 23, 2025 07:59 PM (63Dwl)
___________________________

Also, a nickname for Fordonia Wyatt-Harvey, a New York socialite with an infatuation with glory holes during the whole drug craze of the early 70's at Studio 54.

Posted by: Orson at April 23, 2025 08:15 PM (dIske)

91 Have a great week, Ace, and don't worry about us at all.
We'll be fine
or ok
or not so great.

But it's all good.

You ARE coming back, right?
Right?

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 23, 2025 08:16 PM (Eo96p)

92 Maybe Ace will find the time to get his pelt shampooed.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 08:16 PM (a4NoL)

93 I missed lots of good threads today doing 'business', fuck my life but I had to note that I laughed out loud at this comment

>> The first very gay gentlemen seems to believe it's somehow a contradiction for Trump to shut down the Department of Education, while also demanding that people who took out DoEd-guaranteed loans should have to pay them back.


You'd think he would be more excited about being in arrears?
Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2025 03:35 PM

Posted by: toby928 at April 23, 2025 08:18 PM (5hqcu)

94 Ace may be vacationing from us but will he leave that whore X behind too?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 23, 2025 08:19 PM (yp8Vj)

95 Since retirement, I have been wifing and farming up a storm. It is a marvelous thing to have all the actual work done during the day so we both have evenings and weekends for leisure. I have the greenhouse up and running, most of the tomatoes potted, along with most of the peppers. Cucumbers start next week. The following week I will prepare the various outside beds, which look to need a heck of a lot of work. I had eye surgery last Friday which is slowing me down a bit, but it is so nice to be able to have that without worrying about how much leave I have, who is covering what projects, etc. I think my blood pressure has dropped dramatically. And it has only been three weeks. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 08:19 PM (a4NoL)

96 And it has only been three weeks. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 08:19 PM

Retirement is great. Every day is Saturday.

Posted by: toby928 at April 23, 2025 08:21 PM (5hqcu)

97 So I'll be taking the week off, and leaving you in their strong yet tender hands.
====

No Rulz!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2025 08:22 PM (RIvkX)

98 Retirement is great. Every day is Saturday.
Posted by: toby928 at April 23, 2025 08:21 PM (5hqcu)

Technically, I'm not retired until December 31. Elon is still paying me. To not do shit.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 08:22 PM (a4NoL)

99 I'm not sure it's better than booze but I did go to the cannibis store yesterday. I did take edibles, just pills, a while back to help me relax.

He recommended an oil to help me sleep. Actually it worked. I slept very well for the first time in 3 or 4 days.

I'd prefer that to booze.

Posted by: Stateless.. 21% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at April 23, 2025 08:22 PM (jvJvP)

100 No Rulz!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2025 08:22 PM (RIvkX)

Well, I'm not your mother, but I am A mother. Put down those scissors and take off those running shoes right now. Don't make me come back there.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 08:23 PM (a4NoL)

101 tcn, Good for you.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 23, 2025 08:23 PM (yp8Vj)

102 ace is going to the rally.


>>@PressSec
·
>>41m
President Trump is excited to return to the great state of Michigan next Tuesday, where he will rally in Macomb County to celebrate the FIRST 100 DAYS!

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2025 08:23 PM (viF8m)

103 Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-9) will retire

Posted by: SMOD at April 23, 2025 08:24 PM (GITLP)

104 Happy Vacation, Ace! I hear Costa Rica is nice. I'll look for your instagram and the whiny TDS article about how awful you are.

And we'll clean up the party before you get back. Promise!

Posted by: Iris at April 23, 2025 08:24 PM (bOJ2I)

105 Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-9) will retire

===

another 80 year old corruptocrat from IL retiring ??

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 08:25 PM (g47mK)

106 Hey, Hadrian VII, I asked you in an earlier thread to explain to me your justification for your wishing that the next Pope would reinstate a certain form of Communion. Can you please explain to this Protestant?

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2025 08:25 PM (77rzZ)

107 With his innocuous but spacious flying portapotty, Dr Poo travels thru time and space, stirring up shit and then fixing it with his amazing and versatile Protonic Plunger.

Posted by: Rejected BBC TV Shows at April 23, 2025 08:25 PM (vFG9F)

108 I'd prefer that to booze.
Posted by: Stateless.. 21% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at April 23, 2025 08:22 PM (jvJvP)

I don't know if it is snake oil, but I have been rubbing Junior's Bedtime Lotion on DH's feet at night. It has magnesium, which appears to be the active ingredient. Greasy as hell, but it smells nice, like lavender. It seems to work to get him to sleep. He usually takes 45 minutes to conk out but this appears to make that time shorter.

Or he's just more tired recently.

I really don't understand how rubbing stuff on the bottom of your feet affects your sleep cycle, but if it works, I guess I will keep doing it.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 08:26 PM (a4NoL)

109 Retirement is great. Every day is Saturday.
Posted by: toby928 at April 23, 2025 08:21 PM (5hqcu)

Funny that weekends are now the worst days . Too crowded with people who still work.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 23, 2025 08:26 PM (VofaG)

110 97 So I'll be taking the week off, and leaving you in their strong yet tender hands.
====

___________________

Be on the lookout for a short, furry, unpredictable cynic operating a Vespa at high rates of speed (which for a Vespa is comparable to a brisk walk). DO NOT APPROACH!!! Safe word is "Jive Turkey".

Carry on.

Posted by: Orson at April 23, 2025 08:27 PM (dIske)

111 Have a great vacation, Ace!

Don’t forget to bring us stuff.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2025 08:27 PM (77rzZ)

112 Iris gets it.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2025 08:27 PM (viF8m)

113 Pic at top looks like it could be in Masaya, Nicaragua.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2025 08:28 PM (8zz6B)

114 Dr Poo travels thru time and space, stirring up shit and then fixing it with his amazing and versatile Protonic Plunger.

Its bigger inside than it looks on the outside

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 08:28 PM (2VST1)

115 "Maybe Ace will find the time to get his pelt shampooed.
Posted by: tcn in AK "

They do that after they express his glands.

Posted by: fd at April 23, 2025 08:29 PM (vFG9F)

116 Any sorority-girl drink with "wall" in the name has Galliano. Because it comes in a ridiculously tall bottle that gets placed on the very back of the bar, "up against the wall."
Posted by: mikeski

I think the name is more about the position of the sorority girl than the bottle.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous

True. But still, panty-droppers that have "wall" in their name have Galliano, and those that do not..... do not.

(Slow) (Comfortable) (Screw) (Up Against The Wall)

Sloe gin, Southern Comfort, Vodka & OJ, Galliano.

Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2025 08:31 PM (DgGvY)

117
I really don't understand how rubbing stuff on the bottom of your feet affects your sleep cycle, but if it works, I guess I will keep doing it.
Posted by: tcn

That's interesting. I was trying sleep hypnosis on YT. Some of them were pretty good.

Posted by: Stateless.. 21% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at April 23, 2025 08:31 PM (jvJvP)

118
Can you please explain to this Protestant?
Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2025 08:25 PM

________

https://tinyurl.com/ms2bmx6m

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2025 08:32 PM (QnmlO)

119 About Dr. Poo.

DH still remembers a little town in upstate WI where he stopped at a gas station on his way to Green Bay for a football game. Apparently it was the best shit he's ever had, and he waxes poetic about it on occasion. I'm assuming this is a guy thing and I mostly let it go, but FFS.

Of course, he is also a fart virtuoso, so I suppose all those things go together.

Seems to me a flying outhouse would out-trump any of those experiences, except maybe for the sudden stop at the end of the flight.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 08:33 PM (a4NoL)

120 Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2025 08:27 PM (viF8m)

High five!

Posted by: Iris at April 23, 2025 08:33 PM (bOJ2I)

121 98 Retirement is great. Every day is Saturday.
Posted by: toby928 at April 23, 2025 08:21 PM (5hqcu)

Technically, I'm not retired until December 31. Elon is still paying me. To not do shit.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 08:22 PM (a4NoL)

eat my rubber
burn dust

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 23, 2025 08:34 PM (gbOdA)

122 Retirement is great. Every day is Saturday.
Posted by: toby928

Except for Sunday - but don't forget trash day!

Posted by: Tonypete at April 23, 2025 08:34 PM (vKNmo)

123 Princeton could use a woman like Iris.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2025 08:34 PM (viF8m)

124 I really don't understand how rubbing stuff on the bottom of your feet affects your sleep cycle, but if it works, I guess I will keep doing it.

I need to find me one of these foot massaging wives.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 08:34 PM (2VST1)

125 That's interesting. I was trying sleep hypnosis on YT. Some of them were pretty good.
Posted by: Stateless.. 21% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at April 23, 2025 08:31 PM (jvJvP)
===

I like the Sleeping Vibrations channel. Some dude playing crystal bowls and his cat sleeps.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2025 08:35 PM (RIvkX)

126 They do that after they express his glands.
Posted by: fd at April 23, 2025 08:29 PM (vFG9F)

25 bux
same as downtown

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 23, 2025 08:35 PM (gbOdA)

127 92 Maybe Ace will find the time to get his pelt shampooed.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Suede requires dry-cleaning.

Posted by: One Hour Martinizing at April 23, 2025 08:36 PM (G5+As)

128 108
'I really don't understand how rubbing stuff on the bottom of your feet affects your sleep cycle'

I always thought a lot of that effect was psychological.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 23, 2025 08:37 PM (3wi/L)

129 ace

bring me back a bullwhip or a hand struck coin

thx

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 23, 2025 08:37 PM (gbOdA)

130 118
Can you please explain to this Protestant?
Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2025 08:25 PM

________

https://tinyurl.com/ms2bmx6m
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2025 08:32 PM (QnmlO)

To this I will add that traditionally, Holy Communion is taken kneeling, and on the tongue, not handled by "extraordinary ministers" or the faithful. The Body and Blood of Our Lord is only handled by consecrated hands, and even then, only the thumb and forefinger. We don't piss around with this stuff.

You will see, even in fluffy new-agey parishes, some folks who will skip the line for the "extraordinary minister" pantsuited lady and head straight for the Priest, because his hands are consecrated. The movement to reverence is growing all of the time.

You will also see ladies wearing veils or hats to cover their heads. That's a whole other discussion, but suffice it to say, women who do so know who they are and why God made them.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 08:37 PM (a4NoL)

131 "DH still remembers a little town in upstate WI where he stopped at a gas station on his way to Green Bay for a football game. Apparently it was the best shit he's ever had, and he waxes poetic about it on occasion. I'm assuming this is a guy thing and I mostly let it go, but FFS."

It most definitely is. Ah, the memories.

Posted by: fd at April 23, 2025 08:37 PM (vFG9F)

132 And you know what planet Dr Poo has to go probe next

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2025 08:37 PM (gKWVE)

133 To this I will add that traditionally, Holy Communion is taken kneeling, and on the tongue, not handled by "extraordinary ministers" or the faithful. The Body and Blood of Our Lord is only handled by consecrated hands, and even then, only the thumb and forefinger. We don't piss around with this stuff.

You will see, even in fluffy new-agey parishes, some folks who will skip the line for the "extraordinary minister" pantsuited lady and head straight for the Priest, because his hands are consecrated. The movement to reverence is growing all of the time.

You will also see ladies wearing veils or hats to cover their heads. That's a whole other discussion, but suffice it to say, women who do so know who they are and why God made them.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 08:37 PM (a4NoL)

It is right and just.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 08:39 PM (ipN0W)

134 Chairman Poo.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2025 08:39 PM (h9KKO)

135 I need to find me one of these foot massaging wives.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 08:34 PM (2VST1)

DH knows he has it good.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 08:40 PM (a4NoL)

136 There is (or was) a Chinese restaurant in La Canada called the Poo Ping Palace.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 23, 2025 08:40 PM (6YdsJ)

137 True. But still, panty-droppers that have "wall" in their name have Galliano, and those that do not..... do not.

(Slow) (Comfortable) (Screw) (Up Against The Wall)

Sloe gin, Southern Comfort, Vodka & OJ, Galliano.
Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2025 08:31 PM (DgGvY)

See, we don’t just relitigate 20th century history here; we also learn things!

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 08:41 PM (ipN0W)

138 Crazy Crockett challenged PDT to an IQ contest. I think they should go on Jeopardy.

Posted by: fd at April 23, 2025 08:41 PM (vFG9F)

139 Crazy Crockett challenged PDT to an IQ contest.

What the heck is an IQ contest?? Not that my money would be on Jasmine's weave.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 08:43 PM (2VST1)

140 You would never even get me to enter a porta-potty perched 25 storeys above the ground, even if were chained to an I-beam. Nope, nope, nope.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2025 08:43 PM (8zz6B)

141 To this I will add that traditionally, Holy Communion is taken kneeling, and on the tongue, not handled by "extraordinary ministers" or the faithful. . . .

Posted by: tcn in AK

Even in my parish in which the average age is 78, Home of the Bad Knees, many, if not most would like to receive The Eucharist while kneeling. There is a strong movement to return to the traditions of pre-Vatican II days.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 23, 2025 08:43 PM (vKNmo)

142 Funny that weekends are now the worst days . Too crowded with people who still work.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at April 23, 2025 08:26 PM (VofaG)

And nothing is open. Why isn’t my insurance agent available at 9:30pm on Sunday to discuss quotes?

I actually look forward to Mondays now.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 08:43 PM (ipN0W)

143 What the heck is an IQ contest?? Not that my money would be on Jasmine's weave.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 08:43 PM (2VST1)
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It's like arm-wrestling, but with IQs.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 23, 2025 08:44 PM (6YdsJ)

144 Crazy Crockett challenged PDT to an IQ contest. I think they should go on Jeopardy.

My uber-lib sister thinks she is the smartest woman on the planet. Sigh.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 23, 2025 08:44 PM (mH6SG)

145 "Poo Ping Palace."

That's going to be my new name for our 1/2 bath downstairs.

Posted by: fd at April 23, 2025 08:45 PM (vFG9F)

146 tcn,
I used to have leg cramps at night, and my doc prescribed magnesium. If I ever forget, I'm up trying to walk off the cramp in the middle of the night. So perhaps magnesium is the key. Though I'm sure your loving touch works its own magic.

Posted by: Wenda at April 23, 2025 08:45 PM (9ZIP0)

147
You will also see ladies wearing veils or hats to cover their heads.

_________

It's really lovely to see a woman wearing a chapel veil. Especially a mantilla. Just about every woman at my TLM parish wears a veil. Just about no women at my local Novo Ordo parish wears one.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2025 08:45 PM (QnmlO)

148
Or he's just more tired recently.

Posted by: tcn in AK

You're retired and home,,, keeping him busy?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 23, 2025 08:45 PM (q6vsU)

149 All chocolate Necco candy.

Necco candy makes a fun airgun target. Cut a shallow kerf in a scrap of 2x4 with a circular saw and you're in bidness.

Posted by: Oddbob at April 23, 2025 08:46 PM (/y8xj)

150 It's like arm-wrestling, but with IQs.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 23, 2025 08:44 PM (6YdsJ)

The Golden Scalp Weasel could beat Jazzy's wig hat two falls out of three.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2025 08:46 PM (8zz6B)

151 Here's one Ace put in a Cafe post a couple years back and it stuck with me. It is captivating.

(Link goes to reddit)
https://tinyurl.com/54wznsf5

Posted by: 496 at April 23, 2025 08:47 PM (t+VLa)

152 Even in my parish in which the average age is 78, Home of the Bad Knees, many, if not most would like to receive The Eucharist while kneeling. There is a strong movement to return to the traditions of pre-Vatican II days.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 23, 2025 08:43 PM (vKNmo)

Standing on the tongue is fine, too, if you can’t kneel. Standing is actually the second-most reverent posture, after kneeling.

Glad your parish is bringing it back. Mine is, too. The Boomers look at us like we’re crazy—and the older women are scandalized by veiling—but the under-50s are really working to restore reverence.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 08:47 PM (ipN0W)

153 Nobody stands on my tongue!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 23, 2025 08:48 PM (6YdsJ)

154 I like the Sleeping Vibrations channel. Some dude playing crystal bowls and his cat sleeps.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2025 08:35 PM (RIvkX)

Thank you. I'll look for it.

Usually I put some woke crap on and I'm gone soon. Ahhh, Star Wars 7. Or Tom Swift on PlutoTV. But it's been a tough week.

The CBN oil really helped last night though.

Posted by: Stateless...19% - mental state clawing up from 10% at April 23, 2025 08:49 PM (jvJvP)

155 I love seeing church ladies wearing a hat, veil or no. Although my mom told of growing up where all the women on Easter Sunday would wear the fanciest hat, trying to outdo each other and making it impossible to actually see the pastor when she was a little girl.

My uber-lib sister thinks she is the smartest woman on the planet. Sigh.

I am reminded of that little video where people ranked themselves on IQ level and then were sorted by actual, tested IQ and the "I am clearly number one" woman was utterly humiliated.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 08:49 PM (2VST1)

156 Crazy Crockett challenged PDT to an IQ contest. I think they should go on Jeopardy.

My uber-lib sister thinks she is the smartest woman on the planet. Sigh.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 23, 2025 08:44 PM (mH6SG)

I am SOOO glad I have no siblings.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 23, 2025 08:49 PM (5xuJ/)

157 I am reminded of that little video where people ranked themselves on IQ level and then were sorted by actual, tested IQ and the "I am clearly number one" woman was utterly humiliated.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 08:49 PM (2VST1)

If I saw the same one, they put the Marine at the bottom of the list, and he was actually #1 or #2 of 5.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 23, 2025 08:50 PM (VNX3d)

158 Thank you Ace for all you do! Enjoy your much needed and deserved time off!

Posted by: isolden at April 23, 2025 08:51 PM (dB99g)

159 Good luck with the shelves. I'm sure they will be sturdy and securely mounted.

Posted by: Fritzy at April 23, 2025 08:51 PM (T5dpv)

160 I am reminded of that little video where people ranked themselves on IQ level and then were sorted by actual, tested IQ and the "I am clearly number one" woman was utterly humiliated.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 08:49 PM (2VST1)
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Dunning and Kruger nod.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 23, 2025 08:51 PM (6YdsJ)

161 If I saw the same one, they put the Marine at the bottom of the list, and he was actually #1 or #2 of 5.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 23, 2025 08:50 PM (VNX3d)

Yep. I think he was #2, but the AWFL Karen got dragged hardcore.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 08:51 PM (ipN0W)

162
Standing on the tongue is fine, too, if you can’t kneel. Standing is actually the second-most reverent posture, after kneeling.

__________

Except for Communion and genuflections, I no longer kneel. Between my back and knees, it's become too distractingly uncomfortable. It's also why I sit in the back. I figure that the Mystical Body of Christ is doing the kneeling for me. I also wear a coat and tie so that the other guys don't have to..

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2025 08:52 PM (QnmlO)

163 My uber-lib sister knows I'm smarter than she is. We both know.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2025 08:53 PM (RIvkX)

164 >> I remember when I was in high school my folks went on vacation and left me home. By myself. I had the party of all parties. There were kids from towns I didn't even know existed that showed up.

I’ve seen this movie.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 08:54 PM (ipN0W)

165 Yep. I think he was #2, but the AWFL Karen got dragged hardcore.

She was all "oh I don't know, PHD, blah blah" all these accreditations and accolades. She was #4. And of course all the women went along with it "Oh yes, sister you clearly are the bestest." The guy was completely quiet with a small smile, like a smart person would.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 08:55 PM (2VST1)

166 who wants a new Predator movie?
youtu.be/oFkbsEKaoSE

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2025 08:57 PM (gKWVE)

167 Howdy horde!

Praying blessings on you all

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 23, 2025 08:57 PM (2sg1c)

168 who wants a new Predator movie?

The poster art makes it look more like a fantasy movie

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 08:58 PM (2VST1)

169 Enjoy your time off, Ace - you deserve some R&R. In Wallachia we have an old saying about Ewoks who labor hard...actually, no, we don't have any sayings about that. There's a wealth of proverbs about Vrykolakas, and plenty of old chestnuts about Dziwożonas, and the occasional warning about Baba Yaga or Moldavians. Especially Moldavians - never, never, never trust a Moldavian. They will steal your butter if they have the opportunity, and ensnare you in elaborate pyramid schemes involving Carpathian mountain goats...where was I? Oh, yes - Ace, enjoy a most-merited time off. And check the make on those shelves - Moldavians have a track record of interior decorative swindles, and they are also known to impersonate the Amish and Southern Baptists. Not that the last part of that is relevant, but it is good to be forewarned.

Posted by: Count Orlok at April 23, 2025 08:59 PM (N7CNt)

170 Except for Communion and genuflections, I no longer kneel. Between my back and knees, it's become too distractingly uncomfortable. It's also why I sit in the back. I figure that the Mystical Body of Christ is doing the kneeling for me. I also wear a coat and tie so that the other guys don't have to..
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2025 08:52 PM (QnmlO)

I’m still relatively young so I kneel. I prefer the solid ground to the kneeler which makes my back spasm.

I should dress up more. It bothers me people don’t do that much anymore. And if they do, it’s often the young women, who are dressed inappropriately for church.

I travel to some parishes where nobody kneels for the Eucharist, so I don’t. It’s not about me, so better to go with the flow.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 08:59 PM (ipN0W)

171 Shenzhou 20 Crew Launch from China
The Launch Pad
Scheduled for Apr 24, 2025
#LaunchCoverage #TheLaunchPad #CASC
Watch LIVE as China launches the Shenzhou 20 crew to the Tiangong Space Station aboard a Long March 2F/G rocket from Launch Area 4 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China.


https://www.youtube.com/live/VrRtxYadXms

Check site for times.

Posted by: Moornish Sovereign Citizen Bey? at April 23, 2025 09:00 PM (sPQoU)

172 >>I’ve seen this movie.

Sadly, Rebecca De Mornay did not show up.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2025 09:00 PM (viF8m)

173 I want a new Matrix movie but this time it's AI taking over the world.

Like Terminator meets Matrix but based in our world and how AI gets 'loose' and basically makes Terminator come true.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 23, 2025 09:00 PM (2sg1c)

174 He's going to shelve his responsibilities for a week.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2025 09:01 PM (h9KKO)

175 Standing on the tongue is fine, too, if you can’t kneel. Standing is actually the second-most reverent posture, after kneeling.

__________

Except for Communion and genuflections, I no longer kneel. Between my back and knees, it's become too distractingly uncomfortable. It's also why I sit in the back. I figure that the Mystical Body of Christ is doing the kneeling for me. I also wear a coat and tie so that the other guys don't have to..
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2025 08:52 PM (QnmlO)

I wish we had a kneeler at the front at my local parish but because we don't, I have to stand. I might not get back up if I knelt on the floor. I love the Cathedral because it has the whole row of kneelers up front.

Posted by: LASue at April 23, 2025 09:01 PM (lCppi)

176 Here’s the vid:

youtube.com/watch?v=RAlI0pbMQiM

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 09:02 PM (ipN0W)

177 It's like arm-wrestling, but with IQs.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 23, 2025 08:44 PM (6YdsJ)

1 - 2 - 3 - 4
I challenge you to a think war!

Posted by: Kindltot at April 23, 2025 09:02 PM (D7oie)

178 I'll see the new Predator movie because it's apparently done by the same person/people who did Prey, which was pretty darn good, surprisingly so.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 23, 2025 09:03 PM (VIoev)

179 >>>Satellite Launch Center in China.


https://www.youtube.com/live/VrRtxYadXms

Check site for times.
---

Air time 5hrs.
_ftm

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 09:03 PM (eY5jv)

180 I wish we had a kneeler at the front at my local parish but because we don't, I have to stand. I might not get back up if I knelt on the floor. I love the Cathedral because it has the whole row of kneelers up front.
Posted by: LASue at April 23, 2025 09:01 PM (lCppi)

We didn’t for a long time, then we did. But our Priest is very interested in tradition and reverence.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 09:03 PM (ipN0W)

181 1 - 2 - 3 - 4
I challenge you to a think war!

I challenge you to a Wizard War!

I Cast... Testicular Torsion!!!

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 09:04 PM (2VST1)

182 There are a lot of stories that can be told through the ages about predators hunting people on earth: knights, cavemen, Zulu warriors, Samurai, Cuirassiers in France, etc.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 09:06 PM (2VST1)

183 I challenge you to a Wizard War!

I Cast... Testicular Torsion!!!
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 09:04 PM (2VST1)

Hank, don't brag to your brother about your circumcision.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 09:08 PM (ipN0W)

184 We launch in foh howah!

Posted by: Satellite Launch Center in China. at April 23, 2025 09:11 PM (mH6SG)

185 There are a lot of stories that can be told through the ages about predators hunting people on earth: knights, cavemen, Zulu warriors, Samurai, Cuirassiers in France, etc.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 09:06 PM (2VST1)

And Zatoichi the Blind Assassin vs Predator

youtu.be/NsbVTPftcgs

Posted by: Kindltot at April 23, 2025 09:11 PM (D7oie)

186 DNI Tulsi Gabbard
…
Today, I referred two intelligence community LEAKS to the DoJ for criminal referral….
These deep-state criminals leaked classified information…
---

OK, Pam, that’s two from Noam and two from Gabbard; all low hanging fruit.
Isn’t it about time to, you know, do some perp walks.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 09:12 PM (eY5jv)

187 Ultimately, I'd like to see some unconventional Predator movies, like:

Predator: Substitute Teacher

Predator-in-Law

Predator Claus and the 12 Days of Killmas

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 23, 2025 09:15 PM (VIoev)

188
175 Standing on the tongue is fine, too, if you can’t kneel.
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I was reading comments from the bottom up and this looked really weird. Seemed very painful.

Posted by: Ciampino - born RC at April 23, 2025 09:15 PM (sPQoU)

189 If there's an IQ contest, count me in. I average out at about 142, so I'm no world-beater, but I'm up for the game.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2025 09:16 PM (2cS/G)

190 Even in my parish in which the average age is 78, Home of the Bad Knees, many, if not most would like to receive The Eucharist while kneeling. There is a strong movement to return to the traditions of pre-Vatican II days.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 23, 2025 08:43 PM (vKNmo)

I guess the bottom line is, do you believe that is the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity, or do you not? If you do, you would probably not just genuflect but prostrate.

The ones who just flip the cookie into their mouth? Not a true believer among them.

And don't get me started on the dancing pantsuit ladies. I won't even enter the sanctuary. That is not a space for women, if they know what women are worth.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 09:16 PM (a4NoL)

191 Durbin 44 years.

Almost 15 years of FDR and we said What the Fuck
Never again.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 23, 2025 09:17 PM (gbOdA)

192 189 If there's an IQ contest, count me in. I average out at about 142, so I'm no world-beater, but I'm up for the game.
Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2025 09:16 PM (2cS/G)

My average last year was about 160, but I doubt I could bowl that well this year. Too much time off.

Oh, wait....

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 09:17 PM (a4NoL)

193 Amazing:

"The Archdiocese of Los Angeles welcomed more than 5,500 converts into the Catholic Church this Easter — the largest number in over a decade and a striking figure for the nation’s biggest archdiocese, according to leaders there.

Father Juan Ochoa, who directs the archdiocesan Office for Divine Worship, has been watching the numbers closely and told CNA he didn’t expect the surge.

“We usually see a 10% increase from the year before,” he said. “This year, it was about 45%. That’s significant.”

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 23, 2025 09:19 PM (Tw+JN)

194 We didn’t for a long time, then we did. But our Priest is very interested in tradition and reverence.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 09:03 PM (ipN0W)

If you aren't then what's the point? Honestly, people are tired of the poncho parade, the father show, Jesus loves you draw a flower.

Bring me the Truth, and we can talk.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 09:19 PM (a4NoL)

195 @tcn, that puts you in the top 0.00003% of all Americans.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2025 09:20 PM (2cS/G)

196 Dumb me, I missed the joke.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2025 09:21 PM (2cS/G)

197 Texas A&M, today:

https://tinyurl.com/3hfrmxjc

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 09:22 PM (eY5jv)

198 Never get in an IQ test with an Idiot.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 23, 2025 09:23 PM (gbOdA)

199 If there's an IQ contest, count me in. I average out at about 142

Keep taking that test. Shoot for the stars. Heh.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 23, 2025 09:24 PM (mH6SG)

200 @rhenning But only an Idiot would get into an IQ test, so how else do we compete?

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2025 09:25 PM (2cS/G)

201 @tcn, that puts you in the top 0.00003% of all Americans.

In bowling?

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 23, 2025 09:26 PM (mH6SG)

202 When you take the high ground you hold the high ground.

https://tinyurl.com/3nkejrk6

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 09:26 PM (eY5jv)

203 My systolic blood pressure is probably higher than my IQ

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 23, 2025 09:26 PM (Tw+JN)

204 @Notorious, I had to do a compilation of my SAT, ASVAB, GT and S-B scores a few years ago. I'm 54 years old now, I'm sure I was smarter when I took the tests.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2025 09:27 PM (2cS/G)

205 201 @tcn, that puts you in the top 0.00003% of all Americans.

In bowling?
Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 23, 2025 09:26 PM (mH6SG)

Doubtful. I'm not exactly competitive, except with an excellent handicap.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 09:29 PM (a4NoL)

206 Gotta go wife some. Dinner needs to be served in half an hour.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 09:31 PM (a4NoL)

207 When I was growing up, my folks would occasionally (and pointedly) declare that I was "exceptional" on the basis of my IQ score. Boy, did I fool them. Heh.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 23, 2025 09:33 PM (mH6SG)

208 197 Texas A&M, today:

https://tinyurl.com/3hfrmxjc

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 09:22 PM (eY5jv)

That's my Alma Mater - Whoop!!! 👍👍👍

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 23, 2025 09:33 PM (SRRAx)

209 The Nephilim have a history of “hunting” humans, as far as that goes.

Posted by: Common Tater at April 23, 2025 09:34 PM (xkBEX)

210 I'm starting to think the mean backwards bigoted Christians were right about a LOT of things.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2025 09:35 PM (E0p3T)

211 Doubtful. I'm not exactly competitive, except with an excellent handicap.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 09:29 PM (a4NoL)

A stammer? Club foot? Blind in one eye?

Posted by: Kindltot at April 23, 2025 09:36 PM (D7oie)

212 171
'Watch LIVE as China launches the Shenzhou 20 crew to the Tiangong Space Station'

Yes, but is it an all woman crew?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 23, 2025 09:37 PM (3wi/L)

213 @Notorious, Standardized tests were my bread and butter in school. I could get B's and C's and get detention, etc., but my parents and most teachers were like " Let Tom do his thing".

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2025 09:38 PM (2cS/G)

214 Boy, did I fool them. Heh.

Yeah I did not at all live up to the praise of my parents and teachers LOL

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 09:39 PM (2VST1)

215 That's my Alma Mater - Whoop!!! 👍👍👍
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 23, 2025 09:33 PM (SRRAx)

Me too!

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2025 09:39 PM (aT5K/)

216 My late father-in-law once bowled a 300 with a split.

I always thought he was joking. But then I saw the article in his hometown newspaper. He split his slacks in the 7th frame, but powered on.

He was on the brigade bowling team when he was stationed in Giessen. Same unit as Elvis, but he never met the King.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at April 23, 2025 09:40 PM (0aYVJ)

217 I'm pretty sure my IQ was higher when I was younger. I guess it depends what sort of questions are asked on one these days. I certainly can't do Calculus or Differential Equations any more, and who knows what sort of history questions are asked (if any).

If they still do the tests like the old PSAT/SAT tests were done, where you where tested on your ability to suss out answers based on deductive reasoning, I might not do too badly, but I just don't remember as much as I used to in my prime.

I did get knocked down a LOT of pegs when I entered college, though - I was my class valedictorian (and made sure everyone knew it). It was quite the eye opening experience to get to university and realize that a LOT of peeps there had also graduated 1st in their respective HS classes, and it didn't take me long to realize that most of them were a lot smarter than I could ever hope to be.... 😂😂😂

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 23, 2025 09:42 PM (SRRAx)

218 Puppy update:

He is coming out of his shell and played tonight! He was so surprised he got his own ball and hasn’t put it down since. He is still thinking his kitty brothers are actually monsters.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2025 09:42 PM (aT5K/)

219 Yeah I did not at all live up to the praise of my parents and teachers LOL

I eventually decided that mediocrity was the road best travelled.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 23, 2025 09:43 PM (mH6SG)

220 I really don't understand how rubbing stuff on the bottom of your feet affects your sleep cycle, but if it works, I guess I will keep doing it.
Posted by: tcn in AK

As near as I can tell, magnesium is more effectively absorbed through the skin than it is through the intestines.

It makes your muscles and tendons less sore. I don't know why, but that's why it's a good thing to take after a day of unusual physical activity. It'll make you less stiff and sore in the morning.

And less soreness in muscles and tendons makes you sleep better.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 23, 2025 09:43 PM (+JCh0)

221 It’s le Canada or au Canada!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 09:43 PM (bIzDl)

222 215 That's my Alma Mater - Whoop!!! 👍👍👍
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 23, 2025 09:33 PM (SRRAx)

Me too!
Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2025 09:39 PM (aT5K/)

Srsly?!?!?!?

Well, Howdy, fellow Ag! 👍👍👍

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 23, 2025 09:44 PM (SRRAx)

223 My late father-in-law once bowled a 300 with a split.

I always thought he was joking. But then I saw the article in his hometown newspaper. He split his slacks in the 7th frame, but powered on.

LOL. That is priceless.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 23, 2025 09:45 PM (mH6SG)

224 Those guys on the roof: that twister only came close or they would all be in the air like the cow in the Wizard of Oz (and the roof with’em)! I am a native Lubbockite. I knows!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 09:46 PM (bIzDl)

225
Srsly?!?!?!?

Well, Howdy, fellow Ag! 👍👍👍
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 23, 2025 09:44 PM (SRRAx)

Yep! That is so cool!

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2025 09:48 PM (aT5K/)

226 Epsom Salts foot baths? I've never tried it.

Posted by: Ciampino - born RC, now? at April 23, 2025 09:48 PM (sPQoU)

227 My alma mater too, Teresa and Piper, class of 1980. Also got a MS in 1982, but that’s not quite same is it? Hullabaloo caneck caneck!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 09:50 PM (bIzDl)

228 @Teresa , one of my formative memories is when I was leaving public grammar school to go to a private high school, and some teacher said, in front of the whole class, that I was "a big fish in a little pond" and would be outclassed in H.S. I mentioned the comment to my parents just before Parent/Teacher night. Not sure what my Mom said, but I literally got an "F-" in conduct that quarter. Still cracks me up.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2025 09:50 PM (2cS/G)

229
Piper,

You are a good mom!

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2025 09:50 PM (3ek7K)

230
226 Epsom Salts foot baths? I've never tried it.
Posted by: Ciampino - born RC, now? a

I have an epsom salt / magnesium flake blend in my boutique for soaking sore muscles.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2025 09:51 PM (aT5K/)

231 229
Piper,

You are a good mom!
Posted by: four seasons at

Thank you! 😊

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2025 09:55 PM (pZEOD)

232 Years ago I read a Reader's Digest article in which a parent nailed a son's hands to roof to save him from flood I think.

Posted by: Baldy at April 23, 2025 09:58 PM (Niqni)

233 My systolic blood pressure is probably higher than my IQ
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 23, 2025 09:26 PM (Tw+JN)

It’s probably because of systolic racism.. 😔

Posted by: Guy whose IQ is less than his diastolic at April 23, 2025 09:58 PM (/dDa4)

234 Howdy, Nemo!

Class of '82 here - never got the degree (not because of grades - I did okay with those), but I did attend long enough to get my Aggie Ring (along with a wedding ring). I always tell people that I learned just enough to be a REALLY dangerous engineer 😂😂😂

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 23, 2025 10:00 PM (SRRAx)

235
I did get knocked down a LOT of pegs when I entered college, though - I was my class valedictorian (and made sure everyone knew it). It was quite the eye opening experience to get to university and realize that a LOT of peeps there had also graduated 1st in their respective HS classes, and it didn't take me long to realize that most of them were a lot smarter than I could ever hope to be.... 😂😂😂
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn.

My knocking down after a long string of firsts in my class occurred in graduate school. It was a real eye opener and ego deflator. But, still and all, I wasn't less smart, but I knew (and had known beforehand) that I was going to take my training and expertise into the private sector and not academia. And to operate in that realm required a level of intelligence that those intending to stay in academia did not possess.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 23, 2025 10:00 PM (Yv9jh)

236 Here we go

Posted by: mindful webworker - theoretically at April 23, 2025 10:00 PM (SWvjw)

237 Was that a Mrs. degree, Teresa? No shame in that! My paternal grandmother did that to land my grandfather. He was an Oklahoma Aggie, though, but they wound up in Lubbock. He owned the Lubbock Gin, among other properties. It ain’t there no more.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 10:04 PM (bIzDl)

238 Even a rubbing alcohol application is fantastic for tired feet when hiking. Picked that trick up from reading Colin Fletcher, the hiker. I keep a small squeeze bottle with maybe 5 oz, GI foot powder, moleskin, tape, needles, etc in a little foot kit on hikes.

Posted by: Common Tater at April 23, 2025 10:06 PM (pZoao)

239 I did get knocked down a LOT of pegs when I entered college, though - I was my class valedictorian (and made sure everyone knew it). It was quite the eye opening experience to get to university and realize that a LOT of peeps there had also graduated 1st in their respective HS classes, and it didn't take me long to realize that most of them were a lot smarter than I could ever hope to be.... 😂😂😂
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 23, 2025 09:42 PM

You and me, both, Teresa. 😄

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2025 10:08 PM (Wnv9h)

240 My difficulty in grad school was I was competing with monomaniacs, they only physics. I was only a semimonomaniac about physics, I loved all sorts of other things as well. Eventually I had to settle down and at least for a while eat, sleep, dream physics. When I got to that point things went well for me. My colleagues in the department where I wound up working always complimented me on how well rounded my training had been. I had managed to train a little in almost all areas of physics. Jack of all trades but master of none, perhaps. But I did a good bit of work in my day.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 10:19 PM (bIzDl)

241 Errata
they only loved physics

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 10:20 PM (bIzDl)

242 I figured out why Kurt Cobain and I had the same haircut in high school. He was born one year after I. Huh. I was thinking he was younger than that.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at April 23, 2025 11:22 PM (0aYVJ)

Quick Hits

Zelenskyy declared that he would never agree to a peace deal if it involves Russia continuing to control the territory it already controls.

Well, Flake, you've had three years to dislodge them and you've failed. Do you mean you want American troops to come in and drive the Russians out?

Actually, that's incorrect. Russia did seize Ukraine territory three years ago, but the Crimea was seized 11 years ago.

Zelenskyy doesn't just want to reclaim the recently seized territory, but the territory Ukraine gave up without a shot being fired 11 years ago.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday slammed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky after he rejected a US proposal that would recognize Russian control of Crimea as part of a peace deal.

This comes as Washington continues its efforts to hammer out a peace agreement between Moscow and Kyiv. During a press conference, Zelensky said, "Ukraine will not legally recognize the occupation of Crimea" and that "There's nothing to talk about here. This is against our constitution."

...

Zelensky said Russia should agree to a cease-fire before further talks to demonstrate "serious steps, and not childishness." He said that Ukrainian officials meeting with U.S. and European officials in London would have a mandate to discuss a partial or full cease-fire, which Ukraine agreed to last month but Moscow rejected.


In a post on Truth Social, President Trump went on a long tirade against Zelensky, arguing that Zelensky's perspective "is very harmful to the Peace Negotiations with Russia in that Crimea was lost years ago under the auspices of President Barack Hussein Obama, and is not even a point of discussion."

Trump continued, "Nobody is asking Zelenskyy to recognize Crimea as Russian Territory but, if he wants Crimea, why didn't they fight for it eleven years ago when it was handed over to Russia without a shot being fired?"

The president said, "It's inflammatory statements like Zelenskyy's that makes it so difficult to settle this War. He has nothing to boast about! The situation for Ukraine is dire -- He can have Peace or, he can fight for another three years before losing the whole Country."

The FBI arrested a UMass Boston "student" for firebombing a Kansas City Tesla dealership.

A 19-year-old University of Massachusetts Boston student was busted for the crazed firebombing of a Tesla dealership in Missouri, according to federal officials.

Owen McIntire, 19, was back in his hometown of Parkville, Mo., for spring break on March 17, when he drove to a Tesla dealership in nearby Kansas City and hurled two Molotov cocktails at a Cybertruck, causing a fire and thousands of dollars in damage after the blaze spread to a second Cybertruck, the Justice Department said Friday.

In the alleged arson attack, McIntire allegedly concocted two homemade incendiary devices and used them to destroy the pair of Cybertrucks, which cost $105,485 and $107,495, the Justice Department alleged.

Only one of those bottle bombs exploded, and investigators were able to recover the second completely intact, the statement said. It appeared to be an apple cider vinegar bottle, according to photos from the scene.

Two Tesla charging stations, which cost $550 each, were also damaged in the blaze, feds said.

He (?) looks as we've come to expect zems to look:

domesticterroristsoyboy.jpg

Video report here.

Legal Insurrection: Trump should dust off the False Claims Act to bring rogue racially-discriminatory colleges in line with the law and Constitution.

The False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. § 3730; the "FCA") was passed over 150 years ago to address a seemingly intractable problem: widespread fraud by defense contractors during the Civil War. Under the FCA, a person who knowingly submits a false claim to the government is liable for three times the government's damages plus additional penalties. For example, a hospital that knowingly obtains $10 million from the federal government on bogus Medicare invoices would be liable to the government for over $30 million.

But while the government can bring such claims itself, the FCA has another important component: the ability for whistleblowers (i.e., people with inside information of the fraud) to bring FCA suits in the government's name, and receive a reward of up to 30% the funds recovered. Such private prosecutions are known as qui tam actions, and the vast majority of the billions recovered annually under the FCA arise from them.

For example, suppose you are an employee of the hospital in the foregoing hypothetical, and you discover that it is fraudulently billing Medicare for MRI's that never occurred. You find a lawyer who specializes in FCA qui tam cases, who then prepares and files the qui tam action in federal court under seal, and serves the Department of Justice a copy of the complaint and a comprehensive memorandum explaining the claim and the evidence that the whistleblower has. The Department of Justice can then choose to intervene in the case and thereafter prosecute it, or it can decline to do so and allow you to do so. Either way, if the FCA qui tam suit is successful, the whistleblower receives a reward of up to 30% of the funds recovered (typically, 15-20% where the government takes over the case).

So in the hypothetical set forth above, if the government immediately intervened and ultimately collected $30 million, the whistleblowing employee would collect a reward of $4.5 to $6 million (which typically would be split with his attorney, if the attorney handled the case on a contingency fee basis). These financial inducements -- along with provisions in the FCA (31 U.S.C. § 3730(h)) imposing draconian additional penalties on employers who retaliate against FCA whistleblowers -- make the FCA a powerful weapon against defrauding the federal government.

Nice. It's like letters of Marque for whistleblowers.

From last week: the government's Covid.gov website now links to a refutation of the fraudulent "Proximal Origins" paper that Fauci paid his sycophants to type up using taxpayer-funded "science" grants as the payoff.

It's a glorious thing.

Here's a screenshot.


George Clooney is not dipping his head into soy sauce and pretending that he's a Real Journalist Now. He says he went to "Darfur" to "get the story out" and so he's a Real Journalist.

He looks like he has a touch of Spring AIDS.


Elizabeth Warren is asked why the Democrat Party refuses to ever admit it's gone off the rails or examine the reasons for its failures. She, get this, refuses to answer. But the interviewer calls her on it. She still refuses to answer.

She goes on to refuse to admit she lied when she said Joe Biden had complete acuity. He trips her up by asking "Was he as sharp as you?" This causes her brain to glitch, as she's not sure which lie to tell. Should she continue with the lie that Biden was completely cogent, or should she admit she has the same level of mental sharpness as an infamously demented man.

She responds that Biden was, and I do quote, "on his feet."

The interviewer accurately states that saying "Biden was on his feet" is not answering the question and not reassuring at all.


Even worse: The Democrat Media has lost Dwight Fart Schrute.

The audacity! The absolute audacity!

Yes, Big Mike, we've all been noticing how difficult you've found it to complain about everything, all the time, always.

You: Twins aren't creepy at all!

Me:

Posted by: Ace at 06:26 PM




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1 yay

Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 23, 2025 06:28 PM (CWTWj)

2 I hope the US doesnt get suckered into some rare earth minerals deal with Ukraine. We'll never see a penny from it, just an excuse to keep american dollars flowing into the grift

Just stop funding them, commander in chief can do that instantly. Ukraine is free to keep fighting, it just won't be on our dime.

Zelensky is delusional.

Posted by: Leupold at April 23, 2025 06:29 PM (4pwAx)

3 no one said michelle o couldn't say what she thinks when she looks in a mirror. i denounce myself

Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 23, 2025 06:30 PM (CWTWj)

4 zelensky and europe are going to have to pony up the bucks to pay for their "forever war" if they want it to continue. And europe is already scraping the bottom of the barrel in regards to any more military assistance then can send to ukraine.


Trump has already said he is ready to walk away and cut off the
$$$$$. But I am sure someone will sue and a DC judge will order Trump to fully fund the war on the backs of US taxpayers.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 23, 2025 06:30 PM (e5NfL)

5 He (?) looks as we've come to expect zems to look:

He looks like the alien Ra from the movie Stargate.

Posted by: Bert G at April 23, 2025 06:31 PM (VARTN)

6 You: Twins aren't creepy at all!

Me:

==


It's like... The Shining - Australia edition !!

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 06:31 PM (g47mK)

7 Hey, David Hogg put some milk on his beard and let the cat lick it off, and then grew out his hair.

I suppose burning a few Tesla dealerships will only increase the contributions coming in to his various organizations.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 23, 2025 06:31 PM (HlyYF)

8 >>>He looks like the alien Ra from the movie Stargate.

yup.

at least the Trans Propaganda Operation has #cancelled The Crying Game. Darren Van Dam on YouTube pointed that out. Bunch of movies have been cancelled for having trans plot points, like Fatal Instinct and the first Ace Ventura.

Posted by: ace at April 23, 2025 06:32 PM (KRtlO)

9 Owen seems concerned about something.

Posted by: dantesed at April 23, 2025 06:33 PM (Oy/m2)

10 ace, if no one mentioned it already, the george clooney link needs a < before the link. i try to help

Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 23, 2025 06:34 PM (CWTWj)

11 Owen look like David Hogg's identical twin sister.

Posted by: huerfano at April 23, 2025 06:35 PM (n2swS)

12 Fuckin' Ukraaaaiinne, maaan.

Posted by: Bombadil at April 23, 2025 06:35 PM (MX0bI)

13 bob and ray used to do the talking twins bit: someone asks a question, bob starts to answer and a few seconds later ray would start to exactly repeat what bob said

Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 23, 2025 06:35 PM (CWTWj)

14 willowed but..

Afghan National Pleads Guilty to Obtaining Firearms in Connection with Plot to Conduct ISIS-Inspired (2024 ) Election Day Terrorist Attack
via Robert Spencer

... no motive described.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 23, 2025 06:35 PM (mlg/3)

15 Z wants to follow the example of the original Nazis - die in the ruble.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at April 23, 2025 06:35 PM (6t8M3)

16 >>.10 ace, if no one mentioned it already, the george clooney link needs a

thank you. i'll fix it.

Posted by: ace at April 23, 2025 06:36 PM (KRtlO)

17 Z-Dog is toast.
Take the money and run, bruh.

Posted by: wth at April 23, 2025 06:36 PM (v0R5T)

18 Zelensky really thinks he can lie and make demands to someone like President Trump?


Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 23, 2025 06:36 PM (tT6L1)

19 Z is prolonging the war. Consequently , he cancelled elections. Again. What a surprising turn of events.

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 06:38 PM (g47mK)

20 >> He (?) looks as we've come to expect zems to look:

Tell me that mouth hasn’t seen a few dicks.

Posted by: Vengeance at April 23, 2025 06:38 PM (L8QLO)

21 isn't ukraine gonna run out of soldiers sooner or later? can we send biden to lead a recruitment drive?

Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 23, 2025 06:39 PM (CWTWj)

22 Muslims I have read find people with low IQ or those down and out to do their suicide bombings.
The Cultural Marxists seem to have those who are mentally unstable to go out and do their terrorism.

Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2025 06:39 PM (ypFCm)

23 Zelenskyy doesn't just want to reclaim the recently seized territory, but the territory Ukraine gave up without a shot being fired 11 years ago.

Hey, Crimea has been Ukrainian since time immemorial, as long as you define "time immemorial" as "since 1954".

In 1954, Nikita Khrushchev, to celebrate the 1000th anniversary of Ukraine, administratively transferred Crimea from the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 23, 2025 06:39 PM (xTIDn)

24 I'm getting really tired of Dims/woketards/Libs trying to have everything and its opposite all the time. Joe Mannix's "Morning Rant" was about this regarding tariffs this morning, but it honestly applies to darn near everything.

The latest thing where flying bints are "astronauts" and George Clooney is a real journalist is another example. If these people were dyed in the wool "man of the people" types this could be tolerable (even if I don't want the guy down the street doing brain surgery on me). But these SAME dipshits demand the plebs respect people for their credentials. Well it's gotta be one or the other - either expertise is only gained through long and painful work, or anyone can be a self-proclaimed expert.

Posted by: the lower depths at April 23, 2025 06:39 PM (+b4rY)

25 Mooch has been "articulating her pain" since I sadly first saw her/him and debated the here it is, where is it pouch in the nether area. What a miserable weirdo with her braids and bald spots now. We know, Moochelle, that is not your real hair swirling and whirling. Get real.

I think Mooch killed the paddle boarder at Martha's Vineyard. Probably simply by diving in and causing a tidal wave from ze hips.

From the tiny bit I read and stored in my tiny brain, it was shallow water. Unless the chef could not swim or was bonked on the head.

Where is Reggie now? Maybe he killed the paddle chef.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 23, 2025 06:40 PM (6PCLE)

26 Good afternoon all!
Been a minute

Will PDT ever start ignoring SCOTUS? Illegals have got to go. He has a unique ability to read the electorate. He has to know people are getting angry.

Posted by: Jmel at April 23, 2025 06:40 PM (bVhJi)

27
It's like... The Shining - Australia edition !!
Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 06:31 PM (g47mK)

redrum,redrum

Posted by: It's me donna at April 23, 2025 06:40 PM (VE6XX)

28 I cannot believe Z Man has much popular support for the continuation of the war. However, I also believe it would not be prudent, in Z's Ukraine, to openly say as much.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 23, 2025 06:40 PM (tT6L1)

29 Actually, that's incorrect. Russia did seize Ukraine territory three years ago, but the Crimea was seized 11 years ago.

Who was POTUS 11 (2014) years ago ????

Oh............ It was CHOCOLATE JESUS..... Well Golly !!!!!

Posted by: Dick Durban at April 23, 2025 06:40 PM (FDlb9)

30 I hate the Russians, but I do not see any possible way that Ukraine could "win" the war.

My best war game scenario: Instead of spending hundreds of billions of dollars on aid, somebody secretly gives Ukraine enough money to buy two nukes from Pakistan. (Yea, two fewer for Pakistan!)

The Ukrainians then "test" one on some remote island that will definitely get the attention of the Russians.

THEN they go to Putin with cease fire terms and see what is the best deal they can get.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 23, 2025 06:41 PM (HlyYF)

31 When Owen gets to the Big House he's going to give more head than Kamala at a Willie Brown Freak off.

Posted by: I KNOW MY PIGS at April 23, 2025 06:42 PM (OxX9V)

32 You: Twins aren't creepy at all!
.....

That's what putting beetroots on hamburgers will do.

Posted by: wth at April 23, 2025 06:42 PM (v0R5T)

33 Zelensky really thinks he can lie and make demands to someone like President Trump?

I really do not understand his end game here. If he were going more slowly with the stupid I’d think he was trying to wait out the next four years.

Maybe he thinks enough fake outrage will drive up a kickstarter campaign?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 23, 2025 06:42 PM (EXyHK)

34 22 Muslims I have read find people with low IQ or those down and out to do their suicide bombings.

The Cultural Marxists seem to have those who are mentally unstable to go out and do their terrorism.

Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2025 06:39 PM

I think the IQ range of those two groups of foot soldiers is probably similar.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 23, 2025 06:42 PM (HlyYF)

35 Want to know what's really ironic? There is no way Michelle Obama would be caught dead with a regular run of the mill American Black.

She may be down the struggle but she's certainly not down with the people.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 23, 2025 06:42 PM (tT6L1)

36 Saw those twins last night. Bizarre. Dr. Drew said he's seen that with other twins.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 23, 2025 06:42 PM (63Dwl)

37 Muslims I have read find people with low IQ or those down and out to do their suicide bombings.
The Cultural Marxists seem to have those who are mentally unstable to go out and do their terrorism.
Posted by: Skip

Rather difficult line of study considering how they aren't available for interview post-splody™, old bean.
*rakasha rip *

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 23, 2025 06:43 PM (mlg/3)

38 I’m definitely not a Zelensky fan and I’m against the war, but Russia hasn't budged an inch. In fact they’ve been taking advantage of the situation by making military gains and solidifying the Ukrainian territory they hold. That is they have been openly making Trump play the fool. That hardly projects any strength and I suspect that’s why Trump is saying he’ll move on. He knows the score.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 23, 2025 06:43 PM (im++X)

39 Z is enjoying the support of extremist, severely nationalistic troglodytes who just happen to live in Western Ukraine (or Poland and Germany) , and who are not suffering the consequences of war going on in the East. They are also not being recruited to die in the steppes.

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 06:44 PM (g47mK)

40 Im so old I remember when Violent Femmes was a band, not a political movement.

Posted by: Wally at April 23, 2025 06:44 PM (ZiX2K)

41 It’s also about time Trump started wagging his dick at these courts. There no saying they’ll hold him in contempt. They are hurting this situation towards a crisis and nobody is pumping the brakes.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 23, 2025 06:45 PM (im++X)

42 I hate the Russians,

==

Weird, because they did less damage to us than the Germans and the Japanese. Do you hate the Germans and the Japanese at all ??

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 06:45 PM (g47mK)

43 Putin took Crimea in February 2014, right after the color revolution largely run by the US government under Obama that took down a president friendly to Russia and installed a western puppet. 11 years later the US is once again involved between Ukraine and Russia and all it cost us was $200 billion.

The funny thing is Trump knows this. Putin knows this and Zelensky knows this. But none of them want to talk about it. Not yet anyway.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2025 06:47 PM (viF8m)

44 >>>40 Im so old I remember when Violent Femmes was a band, not a political movement.

they did do "You Won't Stop the Children of the Revolution" but that album was pretty lame.

Posted by: ace at April 23, 2025 06:49 PM (KRtlO)

45 Venezuela gang members are now all here without a individual hearing to see if they can get tossed back.
The Supreme Court is now using Lawfare

Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2025 06:49 PM (ypFCm)

46
Elizabeth Warren: America's Ex-Mother-in-Law

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2025 06:50 PM (QnmlO)

47 For the record, the Crimeans voted for Independence from the nationalists and troglodytes occupying Kiev. If it works in Bosnia-Herzogovina, if it works in Kosovo and Albania, it should work in Crimea.

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 06:50 PM (g47mK)

48 "In 1954, Nikita Khrushchev, to celebrate the 1000th anniversary of Ukraine, administratively transferred Crimea from the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic."

Now I know! I keep asking, by what historical treaty or grant or whatever was the Eastern boundary of Ukraine established?

Good to know.

Posted by: Bombadil at April 23, 2025 06:50 PM (MX0bI)

49 Zelensky said Russia should agree to a cease-fire before further talks to demonstrate "serious steps, and not childishness."
____________

What does he think would happen at that point? Russia would negotiate away its gains on the ground? And when they refuse to do so, Z is going to reinitiate hostilities?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 23, 2025 06:50 PM (UBKzV)

50 If it works in Montenegro and Slovakia...it should work in Crimea...

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 06:51 PM (g47mK)

51 36 Saw those twins last night. Bizarre. Dr. Drew said he's seen that with other twins.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 23, 2025 06:42 PM (63Dwl)

They're 47, still live at home and sleep in the same room ... Creepy..

Posted by: It's me donna at April 23, 2025 06:52 PM (VE6XX)

52
When's the Barky-Mooch marriage going to be Renovated? (to use a Walter Winchell term).

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2025 06:53 PM (QnmlO)

53 Yeah.. Michelle has really suffered....

Posted by: It's me donna at April 23, 2025 06:53 PM (VE6XX)

54 >>> Zelenskyy declared that he would never agree to a peace deal if it involves Russia continuing to control the territory it already controls.

Fvck 'em.
Let Russi take it all.
... but the press would probably be better if they just divy it up with other decent countries.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 23, 2025 06:53 PM (/lPRQ)

55 Zeleskyy is a con artist. Three times he could have had a treaty with Russia under very favorable terms. In 2022 for example.

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 06:53 PM (g47mK)

56 I hope you know that this will go down on your permanent record!
Oh, yeah? Well, don't get so distressed
Did I happen to mention that I'm impressed?...

Posted by: Violent Femmes at April 23, 2025 06:53 PM (R/m4+)

57 Except Crimea voted after Russia occupied the territory and sifted their citizens into it. Which Russia also did in the Donbas, and which Russia has a long history of doing going at least back to Stalin. Overall the Russians have a strategic interest in that territory and it’s probably a good bargaining chip. But Russia doesn’t want to stop there. They want to keep all occupied territories which are now growing by the day. I’m a little unclear how Trump counts that as a win.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 23, 2025 06:53 PM (7Lr83)

58 Zelenskyyyyyy will never support any peace accords with Russia. His political and likely his personal survival demands a Forever War because as soon as it ends his usefulness does as well. Elections will have to be held and he will lose. Then there will be investigations and his blatant corruption will be exposed.

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at April 23, 2025 06:54 PM (V362x)

59 I don't get why any Americans would crave Russia becoming larger, wealthier and more powerful. I spent my 20's trying to prevent that.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2025 06:54 PM (2cS/G)

60 I’m a little unclear how Trump counts that as a win.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 23, 2025 06:53 PM (7Lr83)

They stop dying ?

Posted by: It's me donna at April 23, 2025 06:54 PM (VE6XX)

61 My mother had an identical twin. People who did not know them well couldn't tell them apart. Their voices were exactly the same.

Posted by: huerfano at April 23, 2025 06:55 PM (n2swS)

62 2 I hope the US doesnt get suckered into some rare earth minerals deal with Ukraine. We'll never see a penny from it, just an excuse to keep american dollars flowing into the grift

Zelensky is delusional.
Posted by: Leupold at April 23, 2025 06:29 PM (4pwAx)

Really scary part is we have Rare Earth Minerals here in the US, but our own Greenies won't let us mine them... they just want the mines in other countries where they pollute more.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 23, 2025 06:56 PM (QAkQ3)

63 The twins were definitely joined at the lip.

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at April 23, 2025 06:56 PM (z+z3M)

64 42 I hate the Russians,

==

Weird, because they did less damage to us than the Germans and the Japanese. Do you hate the Germans and the Japanese at all ??

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 06:45 PM

Didn't know there was a purity test for a discussion about the Ukraine/Russia war?

For the record: I also hate Nazis, Japanese Imperialists, the KKK, Jihadists, and slave owners!

I like the current Japanese people under their current governance, certainly more than the current Russian people under their current governance.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 23, 2025 06:56 PM (HlyYF)

65 Of course after the US bombed the shit out of Serbian territory it was fully ok to vote for partition. That was fully legal. But Russians in Crimea voting for Russians in Moscow is totes illegal.

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 06:57 PM (g47mK)

66
Zelensky does not want the war to end. Simple as that.

He acts like the end of fighting will be the death of him. Maybe it will.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 23, 2025 06:57 PM (uz6ub)

67 >>> The interviewer accurately states that saying "Biden was on his feet" is not answering the question and not reassuring at all.

He answered all the debate questions... Or mumbled something after each question.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 23, 2025 06:57 PM (/lPRQ)

68 >>>59 I don't get why any Americans would crave Russia becoming larger, wealthier and more powerful. I spent my 20's trying to prevent that.

I don't want Russia to become more powerful. But we're not going to pay for Ukraine's stalemate forever. It's like the "Vietnamization" phase of the Vietnam war. We want out. We would prefer if cutting off Ukraine would not lead to Ukraine completely collapsing. We'd like a peace treaty in place so we can stop funding this stalemate. Zelensky doesn't want that, because he still has these fantasy ideas about "winning" the war.

What would that look like? He isn't able to push Russia out of the newly-acquired territory, how is he going to push Russia out of Crimea which they seized 11 years ago and have fortified since then?

Posted by: ace at April 23, 2025 06:58 PM (KRtlO)

69 >> They stop dying ?
Posted by: It's me donna at April 23, 2025 06:54 PM (VE6XX)

Russia doesn’t give a shit. They just keep putting people into the meat grinder. Plus they now smell blood in the water. They’re not paying a price anymore because the Uke’s weapon shipments and intel has slowed. They are using that as a way to consolidate gains and dig in. Plus they are also launching a bunch of offensive actions. That doesn’t sound like a pause to me. Overall it’s starting to make us look weak. I couldn’t care less about Ukraine. But if you’re going to involve yourself and lay down some bright lines you should stick to them.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 23, 2025 06:58 PM (7Lr83)

70 What does he think would happen at that point? Russia would negotiate away its gains on the ground? And when they refuse to do so, Z is going to reinitiate hostilities?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 23, 2025 06:50 PM (UBKzV)
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Sniffy the Cokehead has no end game in mind. At this point, he's likely to be killed in a coup or executed for his crimes after the war. Even a scenic apartment in Dubai is out of reach because both the Russians and the Ukes want him dead.

So he plays for time, postures, does another line, and live to see another day.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 23, 2025 06:58 PM (ZOv7s)

71 Owen McIntire exudes creepiness.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 23, 2025 06:58 PM (XeU6L)

72
Lordy Gordy, those twins are as creepy as all get out.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2025 06:58 PM (QnmlO)

73 >>I like the current Japanese people under their current governance, certainly more than the current Russian people under their current governance.

Our CIA literally overthrew the elected government of Ukraine and replaced it with their own stooges. Not just Crimea, the whole country.

What do you think Russians who know this think about us?

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2025 06:58 PM (viF8m)

74 I don't get why any Americans would crave Russia becoming larger, wealthier and more powerful.

Why not? It's 2025, not 1985. Time for a working alliance with Russia is long overdue and leave limp dicked Muslim Europe behind with their rape gangs and dancing boys.

Posted by: Look To The Future at April 23, 2025 06:58 PM (R/m4+)

75 42 I hate the Russians,

==

Weird, because they did less damage to us than the Germans and the Japanese. Do you hate the Germans and the Japanese at all ??
Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 06:45 PM (g47mK)

I served during the Cold War... and ya know? I've never been shot at by a Russian... Moslems? oh yeah, more than once... never a Russian.

Funny that.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 23, 2025 06:59 PM (QAkQ3)

76 I "hate" the Russians because I've seen East Germany and Poland under the Iron Curtain. Perfectly fine people, forced to live in prison-like conditions. We (American troops) cheered every time we saw an "Eastie" cross the border.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2025 07:00 PM (2cS/G)

77 What, is big mike using the same hair stylist as Whoopie Gloldberg?

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 23, 2025 07:00 PM (7YgJX)

78 Is it Earth Day today?

Do I have to rub one out to Greta?

If you can do it to Hilary, Mooch, Nancy, Helen Thomas and Maxine Waters, Greta will be a snap.

Posted by: Stateless.. 19% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at April 23, 2025 07:00 PM (jvJvP)

79 Michelle Obama is just about the most insufferable person I've ever heard. All she does is complain about her black woman victim status. It's so boring.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 23, 2025 07:01 PM (qBdHI)

80 Only one of those bottle bombs exploded, and investigators were able to recover the second completely intact, the statement said. It appeared to be an apple cider vinegar bottle, according to photos from the scene.

Written on many gasoline fuel dispensers is the federal warning that it is a felony, punishable by ten years a/o ten thousand dollars for storage of gasoline in a glass container.

The authorities are holding on to evidence that the perp violated federal law.

Of course, I expect absolutely nothing from Bondi, Patel and Bongino because of the Gentleman's Agreement they have with the Deep State to not touch Party Members.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at April 23, 2025 07:01 PM (a4flb)

81 Trump needs a DOJ lawyer willing to say:
"With all due respect, your honor, you were not elected President--Trump was. The people elected him, not you. If you think you have the power to order this, the Constitution permits you to run for President. Until then, we will treat your orders as advisory. And unconstitutional."

The recent discussion about why we don't have activist conservative judges flows from the fact that the legal profession is more a feminine power--hierarchy, rules, threats, tricks, deceit, coercion.
Leftism's inherent skillset.
Bondi may be fully capable. And out of her depth.
Because, to counter that, you need masculine power:
Force, direct, aggressive, attacking, resoluteness.

That's why Trump is losing at the courts:
He's playing on their turf, by their rules, in a war of attrition he can't win.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 23, 2025 07:01 PM (+3+7z)

82 Just a reminder, the Cold War was an ideological conflict against Communism and the Soviet Union.

It was never against "Russia."

Russia has never been a US enemy, and often a helpful ally. People wanting to pick a fight with Russia are either paid shills or have completely lost the plot.

It is not now, nor ever was, a strategic interest of the United States as to where Russia's western frontier was.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 23, 2025 07:01 PM (ZOv7s)

83 "He can have Peace or, he can fight for another three years before losing the whole Country."

It won't take that long. Maybe another year.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 23, 2025 07:02 PM (w6EFb)

84 Why not? It's 2025, not 1985. Time for a working alliance with Russia is long overdue and leave limp dicked Muslim Europe behind with their rape gangs and dancing boys.

Posted by: Look To The Future at April 23, 2025 06:58 PM (R/m4+)

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It would be nice to ally with Russia and drive a wedge between them and China (our greatest foreign threat presently).

Posted by: ShainS --Waking Up Early is White Supremacy at April 23, 2025 07:02 PM (6BR2/)

85 We have a lot in common with the Russian people. We don’t have a lot in common with Putin and his cronies. People largely underestimate him as a foe because the liberals have made him a bogeyman for everything. That buries the fact he’s taken a lot of offensive action against the US that looks a lot like seeding the future battlefield. I’m talking beyond the normal cat and mouse shit. Right now he’s showing what he’s capable of by pretty much defying Trump right to his face.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 23, 2025 07:03 PM (7Lr83)

86 I "hate" the Russians because I've seen East Germany and Poland under the Iron Curtain. Perfectly fine people, forced to live in prison-like conditions. We (American troops) cheered every time we saw an "Eastie" cross the border.
Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2025 07:00 PM (2cS/G)
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They had their own Communist parties and took care of their own oppression. The Russians didn't build the Stasi, the East Germans did.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 23, 2025 07:03 PM (ZOv7s)

87 Michelle Obama is just about the most insufferable person I've ever heard. All she does is complain about her black woman victim status. It's so boring.
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 23, 2025 07:01 PM (qBdHI)
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She's paid by the whine.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 23, 2025 07:03 PM (tT6L1)

88 Our CIA literally overthrew the elected government of Ukraine and replaced it with their own stooges. Not just Crimea, the whole country.

What do you think Russians who know this think about us?

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2025 06:58 PM

I don't like our CIA either!

I am amazed at all of the people that can determine with great confidence who I support after I state who I do NOT support.

Any chance you can send me the winning Powerball numbers? I will split the jackpot with you 50-50! (Of course, you will have to front me the money for the ticket.)

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 23, 2025 07:03 PM (HlyYF)

89 ugh, the old timers who just cannot give up the Cold War. that we won.

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 07:03 PM (g47mK)

90 Actually, that's incorrect. Russia did seize Ukraine territory three years ago, but the Crimea was seized 11 years ago.

--


Crimea...

Crimea...

That name sounds familiar.

Is that the autonomous state that signed an agreement with Russia that Russia could take control if they became insolvent, and then they became insolvent and Russia took control per the terms of their agreed upon contract?

Posted by: Boron Cobbie's Pope interview - What is a woman, and how old is the Earth? at April 23, 2025 07:03 PM (6GvqP)

91 In some neutral hypothetical discussion, no I don't want Russia to get larger and richer. But reality is not a philosophic debate. Ukraine is a failed state with no economy. The SBU (Ukrainian intel) is run by nuts who have no compunction about assassinating anyone they don't like inside or outside of Ukraine. I am convinced they were involved in the Butler PA attempt on Trump's life.

Russia is welcome to take over every square inch of Ukraine, especially if we can send all of the Chrystia Freeland fascist types living here in the West under surnames suspiciously free of the letter yyyyyyyyyy.

Posted by: the lower depths at April 23, 2025 07:03 PM (+b4rY)

92 Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd , that is not consistent with my experience. Tell me more.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2025 07:03 PM (2cS/G)

93 82 Just a reminder, the Cold War was an ideological conflict against Communism and the Soviet Union.

It was never against "Russia."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 23, 2025 07:01 PM (ZOv7s)

You make an interesting point.

Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at April 23, 2025 07:04 PM (ZNSbE)

94 Yes, Big Mike, we've all been noticing how difficult you've found it to complain about everything, all the time, always.

Yeah, black women are so quiet.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 23, 2025 07:04 PM (V9cMX)

95 He (?) looks as we've come to expect zems to look:

They/it always do.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 23, 2025 07:04 PM (mH6SG)

96 Yes, Big Mike, we've all been noticing how difficult you've found it to complain about everything, all the time, always.

She's a regular Marcus Aurelius.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2025 07:04 PM (s8j++)

97 I recall Michelle complaining about having to live in the White House. Oh, the horror...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 23, 2025 07:05 PM (XeU6L)

98
Michelle Obama is just about the most insufferable person I've ever heard. All she does is complain about her black woman victim status. It's so boring.
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 23, 2025 07:01 PM (qBdHI)

____________

She has no skills and no ability. She doesn't do anything, has never done anything and will never do anything. The only thing she's ever run is her mouth.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2025 07:05 PM (QnmlO)

99 Putin "has a lot in common" with those people, doesn't stop him from killing them.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2025 07:05 PM (2cS/G)

100 I didn’t read the story and looked at the picture and thought “That’s a homely girl.”

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 07:05 PM (g/Chl)

101 >>Of course, I expect absolutely nothing from Bondi, Patel and Bongino because of the Gentleman's Agreement they have with the Deep State to not touch Party Members.

That theory is about to be tested. Tulsi just referred 2 intel community drones with a 3rd on the way for criminal prosecution for leaking classified docs for political reasons.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2025 07:05 PM (viF8m)

102 Evenin’, All.

Boobs!

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2025 07:05 PM (77rzZ)

103 Why not? It's 2025, not 1985. Time for a working alliance with Russia is long overdue and leave limp dicked Muslim Europe behind with their rape gangs and dancing boys.
Posted by: Look To The Future
__________

Yeah, that they no longer follow an ideology seeking world revolution is a plus. But I think they retain traditional Russian goals, which means access to the Mediterranean. Doesn't really bother me that much. Hell, if they'd have stayed in and won WWI, the British had pretty much guaranteed them Constantinople.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 23, 2025 07:05 PM (UBKzV)

104 We should have kept marching right to Moscow at the end of WWII. We really didn’t need the Russians to defeat Germany. Would we have paid a higher price? Yes, but that’s war. The result would have been a completely different post war period.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 23, 2025 07:06 PM (7Lr83)

105 Saw those twins last night. Bizarre. Dr. Drew said he's seen that with other twins.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 23, 2025 06:42 PM (63Dwl)

They're 47, still live at home and sleep in the same room ... Creepy..

Posted by: It's me donna at April 23, 2025 06:52 PM


And they are most likely lesbians. There was a set of twins in their late 20s just like there here in my rural NE Texas county. I would see them at Walmart sometimes dressed identically and walking into the store holding hands. Same hair cuts, clothes, shoes and purses. It was kind of creepy. I have not seen them recently though.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 23, 2025 07:06 PM (e5NfL)

106 Yeah, black women are so quiet.

__

OH NO YOU DINT OH HELL NO IMMA BEAT YO ASS

Posted by: Boron Cobbie's Pope interview - What is a woman, and how old is the Earth? at April 23, 2025 07:06 PM (6GvqP)

107 That's why Trump is losing at the courts:
He's playing on their turf, by their rules, in a war of attrition he can't win.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 23, 2025 07:01 PM (+3+7z)
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You have it exactly wrong. The district court gambit was supposed to break up Trump's momentum and goad him into impulsively violating a TRO and getting cited for contempt.

But he didn't do that, and he continues to weave in between their various rulings, tying them in knots and driving them insane. SCOTUS is totally confused, because they either have to cave, or commit themselves to casting aside all immigration law, forever.

Trump has many more cards to play as well, and he's doing so judiciously. The pain is on their side, not his.

Not one case has yet gone to trial, it's all interim rulings. When they go to trial, the whole house of cards collapses, and Trump is ready for it. Until then, he uses different authorities, different jurisdictions and ties them in knots.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 23, 2025 07:06 PM (ZOv7s)

108
It has extraordinarily tiresome that leaders of the African American community cannot rise above reciting the same old whiny excuses and grievances on which they have relied for the last sixty years. At some point you need to grow up, suck it up, and start taking steps to advance your "people" yourselves. All that the decades-long hand holding and mollycoddling by "activists" and government allies has accomplished was to make your collective community more infantile, short-tempered and worse.

Get over it already. Get to work on yourselves among yourselves. Demonstrate some dignity. All your Maxines, your Jasmines, your Hakeems and your LeBrons aren't the answer -- you are.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 23, 2025 07:06 PM (Yv9jh)

109 Yeah, I can see a trace of an Adam’s apple now that I’m really looking.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 07:07 PM (g/Chl)

110 Bondi may be fully capable. And out of her depth.
Because, to counter that, you need masculine power:
Force, direct, aggressive, attacking, resoluteness.

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I'll have you know, sir, that Sean Hannity has known Bondi for 30 years and fully endorses her toughness, focus, & brutality!

Oh, nevermind ...

Posted by: ShainS --Waking Up Early is White Supremacy at April 23, 2025 07:07 PM (6BR2/)

111 We should have kept marching right to Moscow at the end of WWII.

Posted by: Marcus T

You think the guys in the ETO might have felt a bit differently?

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2025 07:07 PM (s8j++)

112 The craziest thing about the tranny fire bomber is paying out of state tuition for ZooMass Boston. Even the local ghetto rats turn their noses up at that joke of a school

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 23, 2025 07:07 PM (wBaIH)

113 You do mean the agency flipped Ukraine after the KGB and GRU flipped it their way- right? Do you actually believe the Russian installed government was legit? lol

Posted by: Marcus T at April 23, 2025 07:08 PM (7Lr83)

114 She has no skills and no ability. She doesn't do anything, has never done anything and will never do anything. The only thing she's ever run is her mouth.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2025 07:05 PM (QnmlO)

Agreed. If Affirmative Action had a Queen, She'd be it.

All Hail Queen Big Mike Obammy The First, King Of All The Hood Rats and Hung Like A Donkey.

Posted by: The Penis at April 23, 2025 07:08 PM (R/m4+)

115 BifBewalski -
I answered your question at the end of the last thread.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 07:08 PM (g/Chl)

116 It is not now, nor ever was, a strategic interest of the United States as to where Russia's western frontier was.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 23, 2025 07:01 PM

I sure didn't like it when their western border was an Iron Curtain across much of eastern Europe.

Of course, I have been escorted out of East Berlin by ten Stasi.

If it helps, I don't like the current Ukrainians under their current governance either!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 23, 2025 07:08 PM (HlyYF)

117 Hi I’m a journalism.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 23, 2025 07:08 PM (DKKgv)

118 Mooch found her African roots

Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2025 07:09 PM (ypFCm)

119 We should have kept marching right to Moscow at the end of WWII. We really didn’t need the Russians to defeat Germany. Would we have paid a higher price? Yes, but that’s war. The result would have been a completely different post war period.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 23, 2025 07:06 PM (7Lr83)
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Not an option. The American public was tired of war and living on ration cards. Plus, who would lead it? FDR? Truman?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 23, 2025 07:09 PM (ZOv7s)

120 @Marcus T, yeah, in retrospect we could have, maybe should have, but our existential threat had been defeated, time to bring the boys home.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2025 07:09 PM (2cS/G)

121 Yeah, black women are so quiet.
Posted by: bear

Some people blame the Great Society for the destruction of the black family and creating an incentive for black fathers to leave.

I blame God for giving black men ears and legs.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 23, 2025 07:10 PM (7YgJX)

122 Zelensky has been going to the hamas school of negotiating.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 23, 2025 07:10 PM (yp8Vj)

123 Not one case has yet gone to trial, it's all interim rulings. When they go to trial, the whole house of cards collapses, and Trump is ready for it. Until then, he uses different authorities, different jurisdictions and ties them in knots.

Right, they are all using judicial stunts like stays and injunctions to stop Trump without even having a trial yet. I cannot say things will necessarily go the way Trump wants if it ever actually gets to trial but there hasn't even BEEN one yet. Just judges giving their opinions.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 07:10 PM (2VST1)

124 >> I recall Michelle complaining about having to live in the White House. Oh, the horror.


She complained when a little old lady, who probably never existed, had the temerity to ask her to get an item off the Top Shelf on one of her incognito visits to Target.

My guess is she left off her wig and didn't tape down her dick on those days.

Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2025 07:10 PM (F30Ty)

125 Holy fuck I forgot the Ukistani thing was even a thing. Does the “news” even cover it anymore? I mean who has time what with 24/7 minute by minute coverage of MS13 Maryland Man?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 23, 2025 07:10 PM (DKKgv)

126 >> You think the guys in the ETO might have felt a bit differently?
Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2025 07:07 PM (s8j++)

We massed enough resources and had adequate bombers on the continent. Germany is as already collapsing at that point. I have several family members who were on the front lines and those who returned echoed my sentiments. They hated the Russians and would have followed Patton to hell and back.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 23, 2025 07:10 PM (7Lr83)

127 Funny how people who rail agains Imperial Russian ambitions, are totes ok with marching thousands of miles into foreign lands... For Democracy. But then rail against illegal Crimean takeover11!!, but totes ok with occupation of lands thousand miles away. Again, for the betterment of the world.

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 07:10 PM (g47mK)

128 Marching to Moscow was sure Patton’s inclination. May be why the OSS (now CIA) had him assassinated.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 07:10 PM (g/Chl)

129 It's comical because Big Mike is just playing the role, same as Jazzmin.

Black people in blackface is always weird as heck.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie's Pope interview - What is a woman, and how old is the Earth? at April 23, 2025 07:10 PM (6GvqP)

130 113 You do mean the agency flipped Ukraine after the KGB and GRU flipped it their way- right? Do you actually believe the Russian installed government was legit? lol
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Yanukavich won the 2010 election. He probably won the 2004 election before the Bush Admin forced a do-over election cause 'muh democracy'. Yanukavich was forced out of office by mobs taking over government buildings, something I am assured by reliable sources is an insurrection.

Posted by: the lower depths at April 23, 2025 07:10 PM (+b4rY)

131 I'd like to have a blog entry to "articulate my pain."

It'll run 3307 pages.

COB's? Ace? Anyone?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 23, 2025 07:11 PM (Q4IgG)

132 I don't like our CIA either!

>>I am amazed at all of the people that can determine with great confidence who I support after I state who I do NOT support.

I don't support the CIA either. But they are part of America. It's no different than hating all Russians because of the actions of their government.

I know so really great Russia people. They don't much care for their government either. I dislike the Russian government but the people are just people. Some are good some are bad. Our government spent 2 years whipping us into a frenzy of hate at Russia when the war started to cover for the fact that it was largely instigated by western governments.

I hate the CIA at least as much as I hate Putin's government because they fuck with me a lot more than Putin ever did.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2025 07:11 PM (viF8m)

133 Zelensky has been going to the hamas school of negotiating.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 23, 2025 07:10 PM (yp8Vj)

And ops as well. Holding military pow-wows in basement of schools, then whining about Russian hits.

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 07:12 PM (g47mK)

134 >> We really didn’t need the Russians to defeat Germany.

Lol, that’s insane. The US struggled to meet manpower goals throughout the war. Logistics in western Europe were a train wreck. The idea the US military could overpower the Soviets, who had just ejected the most successful military in history from their homelands, while at a massive deficit of men and materiel is delusional, historical revisionist nonsense.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 07:12 PM (/dDa4)

135 I don't get why any Americans would crave Russia becoming larger, wealthier and more powerful. I spent my 20's trying to prevent that.
Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2025 06:54 PM (2cS/G)

When you were in your 20's, you were trying to prevent the Soviet Union from spreading Communism across the world. The Soviet Union collapsed in 1989. Maybe you missed that.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2025 07:12 PM (8zz6B)

136 I sure didn't like it when their western border was an Iron Curtain across much of eastern Europe.

Of course, I have been escorted out of East Berlin by ten Stasi.

If it helps, I don't like the current Ukrainians under their current governance either!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 23, 2025 07:08 PM (HlyYF)
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The Cold War is over. I know it's hard to accept it, but it's really done.

We don't have to keep re-fighting it. Eastern Europe has been dealing with Russia for thousands of years. They can sort it out among themselves.

Besides, there are no permanent borders in Eastern Europe. Not worth the life of one dogface GI to defend.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 23, 2025 07:12 PM (ZOv7s)

137 Some people blame the Great Society for the destruction of the black family and creating an incentive for black fathers to leave.

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It wasn't the men that left. The women kicked them out because it threatened their $$$

IIRC (some of the older NYC morons can chime in here) there were projects in NYC and I'm sure other (D) cities that banned men from the premises.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie's Pope interview - What is a woman, and how old is the Earth? at April 23, 2025 07:12 PM (6GvqP)

138 126 >> You think the guys in the ETO might have felt a bit differently?
Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2025 07:07 PM (s8j++)

We massed enough resources and had adequate bombers on the continent. Germany is as already collapsing at that point. I have several family members who were on the front lines and those who returned echoed my sentiments. They hated the Russians and would have followed Patton to hell and back.
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This is totally delusional Boomer nonsense. Have you read anything about the Eastern Front, even if its just some David Glanz? The VAST majority of the Wehrmacht wasn't fighting us, because they were fighting the Red Army.

Patton was a great movie in 1970, but it's not history.

Posted by: the lower depths at April 23, 2025 07:13 PM (+b4rY)

139 yeah, marching "to Moscow" ... never a good idea. and then what ?

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 07:13 PM (g47mK)

140 Yanukavich won the 2010 election. He probably won the 2004 election before the Bush Admin forced a do-over election cause 'muh democracy'. Yanukavich was forced out of office by mobs taking over government buildings, something I am assured by reliable sources is an insurrection.
Posted by: the lower depths at April 23, 2025 07:10 PM (+b4rY)
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Victoria Nuland just happened to be on hand with cameras and cupcakes!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 23, 2025 07:13 PM (ZOv7s)

141 127 Funny how people who rail agains Imperial Russian ambitions, are totes ok with marching thousands of miles into foreign lands... For Democracy. But then rail against illegal Crimean takeover11!!, but totes ok with occupation of lands thousand miles away. Again, for the betterment of the world.
Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 07:10 PM (g47mK)


Yeah Russia defending its own border is the most worst thing ever. But going to Iraq twice to bring “democracy” over there…totes cool.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 23, 2025 07:14 PM (DKKgv)

142 If it helps, I don't like the current Ukrainians under their current governance either!

That is the problem isn't it? Neither side is good. Neither side is the good guys. Ukraine is horrifically corrupt and has been basically using the west to enrich certain small groups of people there, and Russia keeps invading neighboring countries on hilarious pretexts. They're both jerks. The hell with both of them.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 07:14 PM (2VST1)

143 @Alberta Peon, perhaps you missed Putin saying that re-establishing the USSR is his primary and existential goal?

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2025 07:14 PM (2cS/G)

144 German air power had almost completely been defeated by that point in the war. Germany was stretched thin by fighting a two front war. They don’t have the resources to fight the Russians who just threw bodies at it. On the other hand, the allies had no such issues.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 23, 2025 07:15 PM (7Lr83)

145
Get over it already. Get to work on yourselves among yourselves. Demonstrate some dignity.

_________

People like people who share their values, whatever their race or creed.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2025 07:15 PM (QnmlO)

146 We should have kept marching right to Moscow at the end of WWII. We really didn’t need the Russians to defeat Germany. Would we have paid a higher price? Yes, but that’s war. The result would have been a completely different post war period.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 23, 2025 07:06 PM


And that is why the OSS assassinated Patton. There were afraid he would generate an incident and start a war with the russians while we had the Army in place to fight them. They also knew if he ran for president and won he would have gotten us into a shooting war with russia quickly.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 23, 2025 07:15 PM (e5NfL)

147 Yanukavich won the 2010 election. He probably won the 2004 election before the Bush Admin forced a do-over election cause 'muh democracy'. Yanukavich was forced out of office by mobs taking over government buildings, something I am assured by reliable sources is an insurrection.
Posted by: the lower depths at April 23, 2025 07:10 PM (+b4rY)
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Victoria Nuland just happened to be on hand with cameras and cupcakes!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at A

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The articles aren't easy to get search engines to pull up any more, but IIRC dozens if not hundreds of top-tier American election specialists were in-country for that.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie's Pope interview - What is a woman, and how old is the Earth? at April 23, 2025 07:15 PM (6GvqP)

148 It wasn't the men that left. The women kicked them out because it threatened their $$$

Posted by: Boron Cobbie's Pope interview

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It was a joke.

They didn't kick them out, they just never got married. Often the women would decide they wanted to move out of their mom's house so they got knocked up (anyway they could) to get on the check.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 23, 2025 07:15 PM (7YgJX)

149 @141 I was thinking of great minds who think that marching on to Moscow, in May 1945 would have been a good idea. And then what ? Install Governor General Patton in the Kremlin ?

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 07:16 PM (g47mK)

150 >>You do mean the agency flipped Ukraine after the KGB and GRU flipped it their way- right? Do you actually believe the Russian installed government was legit? lol

So you're happy that our government is as corrupt as Putin. Super.

Putin actually stopped a color revolution in Kazakhstan. Called it out by name. We've been fucking with governments in eastern Europe and the Balkans not to mention the Middle East since the end of WWII. How has that worked out for us?

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2025 07:16 PM (viF8m)

151 She complained when a little old lady, who probably never existed, had the temerity to ask her to get an item off the Top Shelf on one of her incognito visits to Target.

Some "little old lady" would have to kick and punch her way past a phalanx of Secret Service agents all who are brawny and tall enough to get an item from the Top Shelf.

I'm going to call that story "Bullshit".

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at April 23, 2025 07:16 PM (a4flb)

152 You think after 3.5 years of fighting Japan and Germany the American people wanted to fight Russia? A war with Russia would have been political suicide for Truman.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 23, 2025 07:17 PM (DKKgv)

153 Never fight wars you cannot win!

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 07:17 PM (g47mK)

154 German air power had almost completely been defeated by that point in the war. Germany was stretched thin by fighting a two front war. They don’t have the resources to fight the Russians who just threw bodies at it. On the other hand, the allies had no such issues.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 23, 2025 07:15 PM (7Lr83)
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The Commonwealth was out of men. They would not have joined in the fight.

The US did not have enough troops in theater to invade Eastern Europe. We were faced with severe infantry shortages into the spring of 1945.

As soon as V-E Day was over, we were frantically pulling troops out to fight Japan. We were stretched to our limit.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 23, 2025 07:18 PM (ZOv7s)

155 The articles aren't easy to get search engines to pull up any more

On virtually any topic. It's obvious that search engines are meant to thwart their stated purpose.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 23, 2025 07:18 PM (V9cMX)

156 @runner Never fight wars you don't intend to win.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2025 07:19 PM (2cS/G)

157 144 German air power had almost completely been defeated by that point in the war. Germany was stretched thin by fighting a two front war. They don’t have the resources to fight the Russians who just threw bodies at it. On the other hand, the allies had no such issues.
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You clearly have never read anything on these issues published in the last 40 years or so. Heck, watch one of the better MilHis YouTubers who cite their sources like Military History Visualized.

The Brits and Canadians had manpower shortages in 1944 already. AAA units were turned into infantry during the Ardennes Counter-Offensive because even the US Army was short of riflemen.

"Operation Unthinkable" was aptly named, because a war with the Soviets in 1945 would have taken massive amounts of resources and led to untold casualties. Hell, you might fade out of existence Marty McFly style because your old man bought it in Smolensk or some such place. The Red Army outnumbered the Western Allies in 1945 by up to 10:1 in some arms.

Posted by: the lower depths at April 23, 2025 07:19 PM (+b4rY)

158 Yeah the American people were done with the war and fighting and their sons dying and suffering and being so far from home. And look, we know now how evil the Soviets were, but that was kept from the people during the war, and we were ALLIES.

Yes, we could have defeated the tattered, starving remnants of the Soviet army. Yes, we could have pitched the communists out of power. But there's no way the political will or popular support would be behind it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 07:19 PM (2VST1)

159 153 Never fight wars you cannot win!
Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 07:17 PM (g47mK)

VAMANOS

Posted by: Paraguay at April 23, 2025 07:19 PM (gKWVE)

160 I have several family members who were on the front lines and those who returned echoed my sentiments. They hated the Russians and would have followed Patton to hell and back.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 23, 2025 07:10 PM (7Lr83)

Your family members didn’t even make it to Berlin until after the war was over. Pathetic.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 07:19 PM (/dDa4)

161 And that is why the OSS assassinated Patton. There were afraid he would generate an incident and start a war with the russians while we had the Army in place to fight them. They also knew if he ran for president and won he would have gotten us into a shooting war with russia quickly.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 23, 2025 07:15 PM (e5NfL)
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That army was being repositioned as soon as the fighting stopped.

The UK immediately began to demobilize. No one wanted another war.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 23, 2025 07:19 PM (ZOv7s)

162 131 I'd like to have a blog entry to "articulate my pain."

It'll run 3307 pages.

COB's? Ace? Anyone?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 23, 2025 07:11 PM (Q4IgG)

Sweetie, I think she was just trying to point out that SHE is a pain, but she's not very articulate, so you may have misunderstood her.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 07:20 PM (a4NoL)

163 It was a joke.

They didn't kick them out, they just never got married. Often the women would decide they wanted to move out of their mom's house so they got knocked up (anyway they could) to get on the check.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus)

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Yep. The part where men were banned from welfare housing was brilliant, though. You would be hard pressed to figure out a better, faster way to destroy a family structure. Not even one normal generation.

And I recently learned that the Pareto principal is at work in black pregnancies, which was fascinating. 20% of the black men are responsible for 80% of the pregnancies of black women.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie's Pope interview - What is a woman, and how old is the Earth? at April 23, 2025 07:20 PM (6GvqP)

164 On virtually any topic. It's obvious that search engines are meant to thwart their stated purpose.

Yeah they say the internet is forever but there is pretty much a wall of content before a certain date that you cannot find any more.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 07:20 PM (2VST1)

165 "Operation Unthinkable" was aptly named, because a war with the Soviets in 1945 would have taken massive amounts of resources and led to untold casualties. Hell, you might fade out of existence Marty McFly style because your old man bought it in Smolensk or some such place. The Red Army outnumbered the Western Allies in 1945 by up to 10:1 in some arms.

Posted by: the lower depths at April 23, 2025 07:19 PM


It would not have been a conventional war. Remember at that point in time the United States was the only country with atomic weapons. And we were building them an an ever increasing rate.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 23, 2025 07:21 PM (e5NfL)

166 146

Patton was an Army commander, and not an Army Group Commander. By the time he died, he had no command of troops at all. His "command" in practice was a bunch of staff officers doing archive work for future official histories. It's kid of hard to start World War III with some archivists.

Posted by: the lower depths at April 23, 2025 07:21 PM (+b4rY)

167 I'm no Historian...

but I don't recall throwing armies at Russia ever working well out for anyone.

Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2025 07:21 PM (F30Ty)

168 Maybe Zelenskyy has an accident, gets replaced by someone more receptive to our policy

It's an unpredictable world

Posted by: Don Black at April 23, 2025 07:21 PM (AOsQT)

169 We should have kept marching right to Moscow at the end of WWII.
Posted by: Marcus T

I'm sorry, Marcus. I like you, but that's just ridiculous.

First of all, when the Nazis surrendered we hadn't even beaten Japan yet, which was the immediately more dangerous military enemy than Stalin. Plus, the American people would not have put up with it. They were sick of war by 1945, and would certainly have questioned why we were going to war against an erstwhile ally. Finally, have you heard about the fates of armies that invade Russia?

Your argument is nonsense.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2025 07:21 PM (77rzZ)

170 perhaps you missed Putin saying that re-establishing the USSR is his primary and existential goal?
Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2025 07:14 PM (2cS/G)
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I call B.S. Putin knows Russia cannot maintain and empire like the USSR. He watched it fall.

What he wants is NATO off his front doorstep and replaced by a belt of "Finlandized" neutrals without Russia's historic area of influence, just like we have our Monroe Doctrine.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 23, 2025 07:22 PM (ZOv7s)

171 The Red Army outnumbered the Western Allies in 1945 by up to 10:1 in some arms.
Posted by: the lower depths at April 23, 2025 07:19 PM (+b4rY)

But I watched a movie! American soldiers were 100 times better! (They actually kind of sucked, but the Germans were crazy good. Everyone struggled against the Wehrmacht.)

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 07:22 PM (/dDa4)

172 but I don't recall throwing armies at Russia ever working well out for anyone.

"Worked out fine for us"
--The Mongols

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 07:22 PM (2VST1)

173 No one’s fighting back at the assertion the OSS assassinated Patton. There is evidence concerning his death, and yes, obvious assassination. It was not like in the movie.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 07:23 PM (g/Chl)

174 On virtually any topic. It's obvious that search engines are meant to thwart their stated purpose.

Yeah they say the internet is forever but there is pretty much a wall of content before a certain date that you cannot find any more.

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Yep. I know for a fact there is a letter from one founding father to another discussing the indians, and in it this is (roughly) written:

If they continue to refuse to climb the ladder of civilization they will be driven west along with the other beasts

But it doesn't exist anywhere online. The weird part is even AI is programmed to avoid it.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie's Pope interview - What is a woman, and how old is the Earth? at April 23, 2025 07:23 PM (6GvqP)

175 What he wants is NATO off his front doorstep and replaced by a belt of "Finlandized" neutrals without Russia's historic area of influence, just like we have our Monroe Doctrine.

Right, he's got the usual Russian paranoia of invasion and wants a buffer zone. And he wants total control over all areas that Russians are in. Very nationalistic and protective of his people. At least, the people who don't disagree with him.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 07:24 PM (2VST1)

176 Oh FFS. We were sending airplanes and other war machines to Russia before we even entered WWII. Lend-lease was huge business, and probably the reason we could scale up production more easily when we did finally enter.

Hanger 1 at Ft. Wainwright, which was originally Ladd Field, is still there, it is still huge, and it was always divided by a huge curtain, one side of which was US property and the other side of which was USSR property. Right now they use it for gymnasium space and office space, but it was the entire reason Ladd Field existed in the first place.

Ft. Wainwright is now Stryker Brigade territory, but the history is all still there.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 07:24 PM (a4NoL)

177 Democrats seem to be living full time in Bedlam as located in Dis.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 23, 2025 07:24 PM (szPgS)

178 Gutfield clip made me lol

Awesome twins

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 23, 2025 07:24 PM (dE3DB)

179 It would not have been a conventional war. Remember at that point in time the United States was the only country with atomic weapons. And we were building them an an ever increasing rate.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 23, 2025 07:21 PM (e5NfL)
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At that point in time we didn't know if the bombs would even work.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 23, 2025 07:24 PM (ZOv7s)

180 @Alberta Peon, perhaps you missed Putin saying that re-establishing the USSR is his primary and existential goal?
Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2025 07:14 PM (2cS/G)

Yeah. That's why he has re-established the Russian communist party, and suppressed the Russian Orthodox church.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2025 07:24 PM (8zz6B)

181 >And that is why the OSS assassinated Patton.
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seriously? c'mon

Posted by: Don Black at April 23, 2025 07:25 PM (AOsQT)

182 >> So you're happy that our government is as corrupt as Putin. Super.

Happy? No. But that’s how the game has been played for a long time. Personally I think it’s outdated and counterproductive. Let people gravitate towards the government they want, not what’s advantageous to another sovereign. But the problem then becomes what’s your counter attack when Russia moves in and starts knocking down governments by subverting legitimately elected people? I suppose we could do nothing. But at what point does that becomes antithetical or threatening to ours interests, if ever? Russia is already pulling this same shit in other Eastern European countries and creeping into places like Poland. My issue is that history shows at some point we end up involved. The question then becomes at what point is it in our national interest to get involved and how is that done? I suppose we can say never, but that would be ahistorical and something that’s never been done. Simon a way I think Trump has a point. Build commerce and build the right incentives (read not the China model) to integrate Russia into the modern world. Problem is I don’t think Putin wants that.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 23, 2025 07:25 PM (7Lr83)

183 She's paid by the whine.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 23, 2025 07:03 PM (tT6L1)

That's how Michelle O pays for her wine.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 23, 2025 07:25 PM (VNX3d)

184 The Cold War is over. I know it's hard to accept it, but it's really done.

We don't have to keep re-fighting it. Eastern Europe has been dealing with Russia for thousands of years. They can sort it out among themselves.

Besides, there are no permanent borders in Eastern Europe. Not worth the life of one dogface GI to defend.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 23, 2025 07:12 PM

I have never had so many people put so many words into my mouth during an AOS thread!

You said you didn't care where Russia's western boundary is. I do care.

I didn't like expansionism of the Soviet Union under Russian leadership during the Cold War. I don't like Russian expansionism now!

I never called for, hinted, or implied that U.S. troops should be deployed for the purposes of changing the western boundary of Russia.

However, the number of strawmen being sent into battle has been impressive!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 23, 2025 07:25 PM (HlyYF)

185 165

When Eisenhower forced the Army to prepare for the "atomic battlefield" in the 1950s by changing their triangular divisions into "pentomic" monstrosities, the Army (rightly) argued that they were being prepared to fight a war that wouldn't happen. Even in the 1950s with nuclear artillery the theory and tactics behind using nuclear weapons on the battlefield was hypothetical at best. In 1945 it was nonexistent.

Marshall had some studies done to see if atom bombs could help with the landings on Kyushu. The answer was that they would kill nearby exposed Japanese soldiers but would be useless against dug in Japs absent direct hits. In a war of movement against the Red Army, atom bombs would have been less useful than conventional bombing (you have lots of extra bombs and bombers for the latter).

Posted by: the lower depths at April 23, 2025 07:26 PM (+b4rY)

186 but I don't recall throwing armies at Russia ever working well out for anyone.

"Worked out fine for us"
--The Mongols
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The Germans beat them on their own soil in WWI, and then there's the Crimean War. Nothing else coming to mind where they lost a war on their own land. I guess maybe the Poles were on Russian land by the end of the 1920 war.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 23, 2025 07:26 PM (UBKzV)

187 lol. I’m a boomer now. I’ve aged quite a bit in this thread.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 23, 2025 07:26 PM (7Lr83)

188 At that point in time we didn't know if the bombs would even work.

Yeah but we know that they would have. We could have taken Russia, it just would not have been the same as the earlier war with total support and willing sacrifice by the people of the USA.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 07:26 PM (2VST1)

189
Some "little old lady" would have to kick and punch her way past a phalanx of Secret Service agents all who are brawny and tall enough to get an item from the Top Shelf.

I thought she was talking about an "incident" that happened long before being first lady.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 23, 2025 07:26 PM (63Dwl)

190 ight, he's got the usual Russian paranoia of invasion and wants a buffer zone.

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Crazy Putin. NATO is in Romania, Poland, the Baltics and Finland.

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 07:26 PM (g47mK)

191 ***He looks as we've come to expect zems to look:
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Zo, zsnotty faggots are turning themselves into zsnotty girl parodies. Zats a double negative.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 07:27 PM (eY5jv)

192 It would not have been a conventional war. Remember at that point in time the United States was the only country with atomic weapons. And we were building them an an ever increasing rate.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 23, 2025 07:21 PM (e5NfL)

Nuclear weapons would have worked well against countries with minimal air defenses where you could get a single bomber over the target. Had we been further along in ballistic missile tech, you’d have a point.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 07:27 PM (/dDa4)

193 I'm no Historian, but my understanding is that Europe (basically the UK and France) were so depleted that they couldn't be relied on for basics like food and fuel if we advanced into Russia. But the deciding factor was some General saying "Okay, suppose we take all of Russia, what are we going to do with it?".

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2025 07:27 PM (2cS/G)

194 Russia is already pulling this same shit in other Eastern European countries and creeping into places like Poland. My issue is that history shows at some point we end up involved.
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No, history shows we got involved ONCE and should have left after it ended.

Did US troops intervene in the partitions of Poland? What was our policy on the Warsaw Uprising of 1863? How did we feel about the line of contact in Galicia?

WE DIDN'T. And we don't need to bother about it now.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 23, 2025 07:27 PM (ZOv7s)

195 Speaking of Zs, the peoples of Ukraine should wake up and zap Zelenski.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 07:28 PM (eY5jv)

196 Sorry we will just have to disagree. Our war machine was cranked to 11. We were developing the bomb and FDR knew it. We should have never allied with Stalin but FDR was weak. Like Biden weak. Was the American public tired of war? Sure they were. But in hindsight we could have avoided the entire post war, Cold War era.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 23, 2025 07:28 PM (7Lr83)

197 Why are we talking about the Allies breaking the agreements at Potsdam, supporting the Nazi dream of destroying the USSR, and all the while we were preparing for the invasion of Japan?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 23, 2025 07:28 PM (szPgS)

198 Zelensky: It's in our constitution that we won't give up land.
Ukraine has modified their constitution multiple times in 3 years to include they can't negotiate with Russia as long as Putin is president. I thought the gaslighting by western media was bad over covid but it went to an entire new level with Ukraine.

Posted by: ryukyu at April 23, 2025 07:29 PM (r+m2N)

199 Crazy Putin. NATO is in Romania, Poland, the Baltics and Finland.
Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 07:26 PM (g47mK)
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We were going to put Kiev under NATO's nuclear umbrella. That's like China establishing a naval base in Veracruz and putting missiles in Baja.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 23, 2025 07:29 PM (ZOv7s)

200 > I’m a boomer now. I’ve aged quite a bit in this thread.

Posted by: Marcus T
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every now and then this blog will re-fight a war

Posted by: Don Black at April 23, 2025 07:29 PM (AOsQT)

201 NATO is in Romania, Poland, the Baltics and Finland.

And Putin keeps demonstrating why NATO exists. Yes, I get that he's angry at NATO being so close and wants them to not come closer, but invading other nations is EXACTLY WHY NATO EXISTS. Its literally an organization to protect nations from Russians invading western nations.

I'm not defending putting all these nations into NATO, I want the organization to be ended. I'm just saying... he's doing the exact thing that it was created to protect against, which is not exactly a compelling argument on Putin's part.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 07:29 PM (2VST1)

202 So who in German history was called a Hitler or Hitler like before Hitler?

Posted by: Dreamingrobot at April 23, 2025 07:29 PM (fOTMA)

203 I will add two more points to my post above: The Soviets had already conquered Eastern Europe, so we would've had to fight our way across eastern Germany and Poland before we even reached the border of the Soviet Union.

The Japanese, who already had a non-aggression pact with the Soviets, would have made common cause with the USSR had we invaded, and bolstered by Soviet resources, might well have eventually won the Pacific War.

There are so many problems with the "We Should've Marched on Moscow" shit that it just flabbergasts me that anyone takes it seriously.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2025 07:29 PM (77rzZ)

204 Since when has the Mooch needed permission to flap her piehole? I'm sure her "pain" at going to Princeton was real. After all, how can she be down with the hood if she is Ivy League? She's not proud of the country that offered her the biggest grift jobs, the chance to shit on everyone on the public dime, and the chance to live her fake little life without consequence? I honestly believe nobody ever told that big ass to shut the hell up. Maybe it's time somebody did.

I have no time for that sort of shit and I would tell her to her face.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 07:30 PM (a4NoL)

205 Europeans ...are they worth saving from themselves ?

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 07:30 PM (g47mK)

206 That's like China establishing a naval base in Veracruz and putting missiles in Baja.

Assuming China and NATO are historically and morally equivalent, sort of LOL.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 07:30 PM (2VST1)

207 202 So who in German history was called a Hitler or Hitler like before Hitler?
Posted by: Dreamingrobot at April 23, 2025 07:29 PM (fOTMA)

The Kaiser, maybe? IDK.

There have been monumental assholes for all of eternity. Pick one.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 07:31 PM (a4NoL)

208 @Ace Endorsed author, how much of Europe and Asia do you believe Russia should control?

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2025 07:31 PM (2cS/G)

209 Yes, I get that he's angry at NATO being so close and wants them to not come closer, but invading other nations is EXACTLY WHY NATO EXISTS. Its literally an organization to protect nations from Russians invading western nations.

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The problem is that NATO openly acknowledged that they were the aggressors and laughed at him when he tried to reach a deal with them not setting up on their doorstep.

NATO admitted they started the Ukraine war.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie's Pope interview - What is a woman, and how old is the Earth? at April 23, 2025 07:31 PM (6GvqP)

210 174 On virtually any topic. It's obvious that search engines are meant to thwart their stated purpose.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie's Pope interview - What is a woman, and how old is the Earth? at April 23, 2025 07:23 PM

During COVID, there was a Japanese study about miscarriages subsequent to the MRNA vaccine.

I wanted to read the study, and searched for it using multiple search engines.

I got dozens of hits for articles allegedly debunking the Japanese study. I never could get a link to the actual study!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 23, 2025 07:31 PM (HlyYF)

211 I got dozens of hits for articles allegedly debunking the Japanese study. I never could get a link to the actual study!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot
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STOP NOTICING THINGS

Posted by: Boron Cobbie's Pope interview - What is a woman, and how old is the Earth? at April 23, 2025 07:32 PM (6GvqP)

212 Why are we talking about the Allies breaking the agreements at Potsdam, supporting the Nazi dream of destroying the USSR, and all the while we were preparing for the invasion of Japan?
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 23, 2025 07:28 PM (szPgS)
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Let's not forget that the Soviets were very well positioned to help Japan and could have struck into Iran, cutting off badly needed oil supplies. How long could the Brits have stopped them from reaching Suez?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 23, 2025 07:32 PM (ZOv7s)

213 >>I'm no Historian, but my understanding is that Europe (basically the UK and France) were so depleted that they couldn't be relied on for basics like food and fuel if we advanced into Russia. But the deciding factor was some General saying "Okay, suppose we take all of Russia, what are we going to do with it?".


Not to mention the Russians. They are a very stubborn people, apparently.

My general take has always been that they are essentially a giant Afghanistan when it comes to invading armies.
Your Army might eventually get in, but they tend to break there.

Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2025 07:32 PM (F30Ty)

214 So who in German history was called a Hitler or Hitler like before Hitler?

The Kaiser, or Bismark. Who I'm not convinced would have been such an awful master of Europe had they won WWI. Surely pretty bad, those Prussian guys were pretty awful people but... as bad as we got by beating them?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 07:32 PM (2VST1)

215 We could have taken Russia, it just would not have been the same as the earlier war with total support and willing sacrifice by the people of the USA.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 07:26 PM (2VST1)

But that never existed. People were already pissed off about the disruptions to life on the home front, and the massive casualties (which the gov’t was covering up.) The military was forced to demobilize troops after V-E Day because there was resistance to redeploying them to the Pacific. That exacerbated manpower problems.

All of this contributed majorly to the decision to yeet Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The military saw an invasion of the home islands as very difficult, with high loss of life. They were unsure if Americans would tolerate the casualties and were worried about creating another Weimar Germany problem by not getting unconditional surrender and occupation of the Japanese home islands.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 07:33 PM (/dDa4)

216 The Commies say they will kill us. The Moslems say they wil kill us. More Chardonnay?

Posted by: Deplorable Minion at April 23, 2025 07:33 PM (QSrLX)

217 Assuming China and NATO are historically and morally equivalent, sort of LOL.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 07:30 PM (2VST1)
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Why does that matter? I hate that Americans treat foreign policy as Aesop's Fables.

It's strategy, not sainthood.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 23, 2025 07:34 PM (ZOv7s)

218 The Germans beat them on their own soil in WWI, and then there's the Crimean War. Nothing else coming to mind where they lost a war on their own land. I guess maybe the Poles were on Russian land by the end of the 1920 war.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

And neither of those came to anything. The German defeats did not prevent the re-emergence of the Russian Empire, minus Poland and Finland and a few other frontier areas. The Russian Empire was still intact after the Crimean War.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2025 07:34 PM (77rzZ)

219 The problem is that NATO openly acknowledged that they were the aggressors and laughed at him when he tried to reach a deal with them not setting up on their doorstep.

Putin had already invaded Georgia and the Crimea before this recent war, this was not NATO provoking attacks. Or was NATO going to set up in Georgia, too?

Literally NATO is an organization to protect western Europe from Russian aggression. To which, Russia responded to by aggression. Its.... ironic.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 07:34 PM (2VST1)

220 The almost instantaneous beating of the drums in support of Ukraine and the demonization of Russia three years ago was curious to me. I wondered why the media expected their audience to run with their hatred of Russia.

Then I realized they were trying to base it on old Cold War historical vested interests.

But I share Russia's bewilderment that Russia wasn't accepted by the West after the fall of Communism in the '90's.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at April 23, 2025 07:35 PM (PcTds)

221 The US sent over 4,773 P-39's to Russia alone during the war.

Mind boggling.

Posted by: Lend Lease at April 23, 2025 07:35 PM (R/m4+)

222 >>>I have never had so many people put so many words into my mouth during an AOS thread!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot
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OK, just relax and tip your head back.
That's right.
Nurse, hold his nose.
Ready?
Open wide.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 07:35 PM (eY5jv)

223 Why does that matter?

I had an argument ready but then I realized... you know the difference. You don't need to be convinced.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 07:35 PM (2VST1)

224 More innocents killed than ever before in the 1900's? Pshaw, they just weren't trying. More Chardonnay?

Posted by: Deplorable Minion at April 23, 2025 07:36 PM (QSrLX)

225 202 So who in German history was called a Hitler or Hitler like before Hitler?

Posted by: Dreamingrobot at April 23, 2025 07:29 PM

I don't know the answer.

However, I bet that guy loves Hitler in exactly the same way that Carter loves Biden!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 23, 2025 07:36 PM (HlyYF)

226 Odd that Putin's forces are driving closer to NATO Country borders, while claiming that he wants distance from such borders, no?

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2025 07:36 PM (2cS/G)

227 "Then lastly on Sweden. First of all, it is historic that now Finland is member of the Alliance. And we have to remember the background. The background was that President Putin declared in the autumn of 2021, and actually sent a draft treaty that they wanted NATO to sign, to promise no more NATO enlargement. That was what he sent us. And was a pre-condition for not invade Ukraine. Of course we didn't sign that.

The opposite happened. He wanted us to sign that promise, never to enlarge NATO. He wanted us to remove our military infrastructure in all Allies that have joined NATO since 1997, meaning half of NATO, all the Central and Eastern Europe, we should remove NATO from that part of our Alliance, introducing some kind of B, or second class membership. We rejected that.

So he went to war to prevent NATO, more NATO, close to his borders."

NATO dot int

https://tinyurl.com/3d7vt93u

Posted by: Boron Cobbie's Pope interview - What is a woman, and how old is the Earth? at April 23, 2025 07:36 PM (6GvqP)

228 As an aside to the discussion of WWII, I just opened one of my mom's boxes of stuff and found a letter written by her brother, who was in the experimental glider program overseas during 1941, asking her to buy a huge box of chocolates for their mom (my grandma) for her birthday since he could not be there to do so. The card to grandma was with the letter, signed by him and my mom who was 11 at the time. History is cooler when it's personal. I thought it was very sweet.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 07:36 PM (a4NoL)

229 Literally NATO is an organization to protect western Europe from Russian aggression. To which, Russia responded to by aggression. Its.... ironic.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 07:34 PM (2VST1)
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So why did this "defensive" alliance bomb Serbia? And then dismember it?

Why did it overthrow Gaddafi? Self-defense?

NATO is not what it was.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 23, 2025 07:37 PM (ZOv7s)

230 Imperial Germany did not beat Tsarist Russia in the Great War on the battlefield.

Instead when the Tsarist government toppled, due to German interference to some extent, the Germans immediately cut a peace deal with Moscow.

Which freed up troops to send against England and France.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 23, 2025 07:37 PM (szPgS)

231 WE DIDN'T. And we don't need to bother about it now.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 23, 2025 07:27 PM (ZOv7s)

Exactly. Europe sucks; let them kill each other. I don’t want to sacrifice blood and treasure in dome Euroweenie pissing match when we have a nation whose borders need defending right now.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 07:37 PM (/dDa4)

232 Imperial Germany did not beat Tsarist Russia in the Great War on the battlefield.

Instead when the Tsarist government toppled, due to German interference to some extent, the Germans immediately cut a peace deal with Moscow.

Which freed up troops to send against England and France.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Yes, absolutely.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2025 07:38 PM (77rzZ)

233 >>>But I share Russia's bewilderment that Russia wasn't accepted by the West after the fall of Communism in the '90's.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel
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DeepState in action. And the press backing them all the way.
Remember what a dufas they said Boris Yeltsin was? Putin's
still pissed about that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 07:38 PM (eY5jv)

234 Of course, the problem with Russia is that it is full of Russians. We have our fair share of them here, too.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 07:38 PM (a4NoL)

235 STOP NOTICING THINGS

Posted by: Boron Cobbie's Pope interview - What is a woman, and how old is the Earth? at April 23, 2025 07:32 PM

I think that you just saved CNN a bunch of money.

They should put your statement up as their chyron, and just let it ride on the screen 24/7!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 23, 2025 07:38 PM (HlyYF)

236 Odd that Putin's forces are driving closer to NATO Country borders, while claiming that he wants distance from such borders, no?
Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2025 07:36 PM (2cS/G)
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Yeah, it's called winning a war.

He's going to make Ukraine a buffer state or protectorate, and we pushed him into it.

Because our foreign policy is super-moral.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 23, 2025 07:39 PM (ZOv7s)

237 Why did it overthrow Gaddafi? Self-defense?

NATO is not what it was

I agree completely. All NATO is now is an excuse for the member nations to not spend a dime on self defense. I want NATO ended. But surely you can see the irony here.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 07:39 PM (2VST1)

238 >>Exactly. Europe sucks; let them kill each other.

I Endorse this Message.

Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2025 07:39 PM (F30Ty)

239 >>And Putin keeps demonstrating why NATO exists. Yes, I get that he's angry at NATO being so close and wants them to not come closer, but invading other nations is EXACTLY WHY NATO EXISTS. Its literally an organization to protect nations from Russians invading western nations.

You have that backwards. NATO started off with 12 countries and at the time and many times since we told Russia we would not expand further. We lied. Repeatedly. There are now 32 countries in NATO and the reason it was founded, to prevent aggression from the Soviet Union, no longer exists.

When the Soviets were fuckign around in Latin America we were deeply involved with stopping them. We sent weapons, intel and of course the CIA to fight them. We also got into a war when the Soviets tried to put missiles in Cuba. It should surprise nobody that Putin feels the exact same way as western expansion into what he believes is his sphere of influence.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2025 07:40 PM (viF8m)

240 But surely you can see the irony here.

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It's the Cuban missile crisis, except this time the U.S. is playing the role of the USSR.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie's Pope interview - What is a woman, and how old is the Earth? at April 23, 2025 07:40 PM (6GvqP)

241 Odd that Putin's forces are driving closer to NATO Country borders, while claiming that he wants distance from such borders, no?
Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2025 07:36 PM (2cS/G)

“I’m not touching, can’t get mad!” gets you a well-deserved punch in the mouth after awhile.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 07:40 PM (/dDa4)

242 Imperial Germany did not beat Tsarist Russia in the Great War on the battlefield.

Instead when the Tsarist government toppled, due to German interference to some extent, the Germans immediately cut a peace deal with Moscow.

Which freed up troops to send against England and France.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 23, 2025 07:37 PM (szPgS)
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When your army melts away and your government is willing to give up as much land is demanded, this is a distinction without a difference.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 23, 2025 07:40 PM (ZOv7s)

243 US Lend Lease to the USSR

P-39s? You forget the P-40s, P-47s, and B-25s. Plus Sherman tanks and Studebaker trucks. Along with guns, ammo, and food like SPAM.

The UK also sent to the USSR Hurricanes, Spitfires, and other war material.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 23, 2025 07:40 PM (szPgS)

244 So who in German history was called a Hitler or Hitler like before Hitler?
Posted by: Dreamingrobot at April 23, 2025 07:29 PM (fOTMA)

The Burgermeister Meisterburger.

Posted by: Santa Claus, A Rebel at April 23, 2025 07:41 PM (R/m4+)

245 So, I'm kinda thinking the ghost tattoo of MS-13 Father is a sigil that he killed someone.

The first stories about him were all about how it was just a mistaken tattoo, that he was merely a fan of SnapChat.

None have said that in weeks.

Why?
Why would "rival gangs" want retribution decades later?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 23, 2025 07:41 PM (+3+7z)

246 Imperial Germany did not beat Tsarist Russia in the Great War on the battlefield.

Instead when the Tsarist government toppled, due to German interference to some extent, the Germans immediately cut a peace deal with Moscow.

Which freed up troops to send against England and France.
Posted by: Anna Puma
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Technically true, but the Germans had them on the ropes even before the October revolution. And they didn't immediately cut a peace. It was over six months later and quite a bit more territory lost by the Bolsheviks.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 23, 2025 07:41 PM (UBKzV)

247 MOM! HE HIT ME BACK!!!

Posted by: Boron Cobbie's Pope interview - What is a woman, and how old is the Earth? at April 23, 2025 07:41 PM (6GvqP)

248 >>>History is cooler when it's personal. I thought it was very sweet.
Posted by: tcn in AK
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I've got letters my grandmother's brother wrote her from France, WWI. Sweet, yeah.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 07:41 PM (eY5jv)

249 Oh, @Ace Author, what is with the "we" formulation? Me and you? Or the entire Western world that is smart enough to loathe Russian expansion? Be clear.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2025 07:41 PM (2cS/G)

250 FDR was weak, and Truman while tough, wouldn’t have invaded the USSR, if say FDR had died a little earlier. The OSS had been assassinating people in wartime, why would the cavil at a little more immediately after the war. They went on to do quite a lot more under their new name, CIA.
There is a book written on it: Target Patton: The Plot to Assassinate General George S. Patton (World War II Collection), by Robert K. Wilcox. Tolle lege. Judge for yourself.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 07:42 PM (g/Chl)

251 221 The US sent over 4,773 P-39's to Russia alone during the war.

Mind boggling.

Posted by: Lend Lease at April 23, 2025 07:35 PM

Ooooh. I would love to buy a pristine one that has been in some Russian farmer's barn for 80 years!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 23, 2025 07:42 PM (HlyYF)

252 It's just the good ol' Russophobes who spout this "Pertual-War-With-Russia" Shit.

Before the Bolshevik Revolution, the US and Russia had no cause for quarrel, and even had, for the most part, friendly diplomatic relations, culminating in the Russian Empire's sale of Alaska to us in 1867.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2025 07:43 PM (77rzZ)

253 You have that backwards. NATO started off with 12 countries and at the time and many times since we told Russia we would not expand further. We lied.

Historically accurate but that does not change the fact that NATO was specifically founded to protect Europe from Russian aggression and invasion. That's literally in its charter.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 07:44 PM (2VST1)

254 The whole Obama family should be deported to France.
They deserve each other.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 07:44 PM (eY5jv)

255 I think I will go back to doing some research. I still need to track down the serial numbers, codes, and fates of three 226 Sqn Boston IIIs that bombed four Luftwaffe airfields in the Netherlands on July 4, 1942.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 23, 2025 07:45 PM (szPgS)

256 Technically true, but the Germans had them on the ropes even before the October revolution. And they didn't immediately cut a peace. It was over six months later and quite a bit more territory lost by the Bolsheviks.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

The conquest and elimination of Russia as a state has never been on the books. Even Russia's most thorough and brutal conquerors, the Mongols (who came from the east, not the west), couldn't do it. You Russophobes will just have to take your hatred somewhere else.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2025 07:46 PM (77rzZ)

257 Oh, @Ace Author, what is with the "we" formulation? Me and you? Or the entire Western world that is smart enough to loathe Russian expansion? Be clear.
Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2025 07:41 PM (2cS/G)
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If the entire western world loathes Russian expansion, let them fight it.

NATO is a joke. I will think Putin is a threat when the people next to him introduce conscription and start mass-producing tanks. You know, like they did in the Cold War.

The Texas National Guard can field more troops than the UK. Maybe if it's that serious they should arm up.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 23, 2025 07:46 PM (ZOv7s)

258 As geographical entity with very divergent cultures Russia functions with much more civility than Europe.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 07:47 PM (eY5jv)

259 @Bulg How many people, families. communities, that have lived in Russia since WW2, do you have contact with? My experience has been that they all hate everything about living under that kind of rule. Maybe you know people who love it.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2025 07:47 PM (2cS/G)

260 Before the Bolshevik Revolution, the US and Russia had no cause for quarrel, and even had, for the most part, friendly diplomatic relations, culminating in the Russian Empire's sale of Alaska to us in 1867.

I had vain but real hopes with the fall of the Berlin Wall that the US and Russia could have been the best of friends and a new, very powerful alliance. That Russian resources and ideas could work with US industry and money and produce a better future. Sadly that didn't work out for a variety of reasons but... it could have been.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 07:47 PM (2VST1)

261 Some of these Ukraine issues could be fixed if EU quit buying oil from Russia. But no JR Ewing is apparently a bigger villain than Putin

Posted by: hurricane567 at April 23, 2025 07:48 PM (MKElg)

262 The whole Obama family should be deported to France.
They deserve each other.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 07:44 PM (eY5jv)

They'd fit in better in Rwanda or Liberia.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 23, 2025 07:48 PM (VNX3d)

263 I had vain but real hopes with the fall of the Berlin Wall that the US and Russia could have been the best of friends and a new, very powerful alliance. That Russian resources and ideas could work with US industry and money and produce a better future. Sadly that didn't work out for a variety of reasons but... it could have been.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

I agree. The elder Bush and the drunk Yeltsin botched that opportunity.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2025 07:49 PM (77rzZ)

264 Historically accurate but that does not change the fact that NATO was specifically founded to protect Europe from Russian aggression and invasion. That's literally in its charter.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 07:44 PM (2VST1)
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No, it's purpose was the stand off the Soviet Union. When that dissolved, the alliance's purpose was fulfilled. It should have been disbanded, but instead it decided to build itself bigger and also bully smaller nations.

Now we're trying to use it to start WWW III. Old habits die hard.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 23, 2025 07:49 PM (ZOv7s)

265 A.H. Lloyd

Has anyone dug up the information on what really went on between the US, UK, and France that lead to the intervention forces sent to Archangel and Vladivostok?

Besides the book The Ignorant Armies.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 23, 2025 07:50 PM (szPgS)

266 >>Historically accurate but that does not change the fact that NATO was specifically founded to protect Europe from Russian aggression and invasion. That's literally in its charter.

No, what's in the charter is Soviet aggression. There is no Soviet Union. We won. The Soviet Union is no more and NATO should go the same route.

We've sat here and watched Russia not take down Ukraine in 4 years. Ukraine. It's 2025. We should see if there's a way we can work together for a change because spending $200 billion to prop up a garbage dump is not gonna work out well for us in the long run.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2025 07:50 PM (viF8m)

267 No, it's purpose was the stand off the Soviet Union. When that dissolved, the alliance's purpose was fulfilled.

Yeah I agree with that, although its not exactly a stretch to apply the concept to Russia as the core and power behind the USSR (nobody was afraid of Albania invading Europe), the need of the alliance was effectively fulfilled and should have been folded at that time.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 07:51 PM (2VST1)

268 How many people, families. communities, that have lived in Russia since WW2, do you have contact with? My experience has been that they all hate everything about living under that kind of rule. Maybe you know people who love it.
Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2025 07:47 PM (2cS/G)
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Do we have an obligation to wage war on behalf of all unhappy citizens or just the Slavic ones?

I mean, you hate Russia, which is completely irrelevant to questions of grand strategy.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 23, 2025 07:51 PM (ZOv7s)

269 @Ace Author, what you call "old habits" are what men like me call "principles". Do you know the difference?

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2025 07:52 PM (2cS/G)

270 Has anyone dug up the information on what really went on between the US, UK, and France that lead to the intervention forces sent to Archangel and Vladivostok?

Besides the book The Ignorant Armies.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 23, 2025 07:50 PM (szPgS)
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Not to my knowledge, but I'm not as up on that as on other areas. I need to do some WW I Eastern Front/ Russian Civil War reading.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 23, 2025 07:53 PM (ZOv7s)

271 I agree. The elder Bush and the drunk Yeltsin botched that opportunity.
Posted by: Bulg
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Yeltsin didn't get drunk till after he came and spoke before our congress asking for goodwill, unity, rapprochement. After they spurned him he knew hopes for Russia were fucked.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 07:54 PM (eY5jv)

272 Author, what you call "old habits" are what men like me call "principles". Do you know the difference?
Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2025 07:52 PM (2cS/G)
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What principle are you talking about? Surely not common sense.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 23, 2025 07:54 PM (ZOv7s)

273 Yeah I agree with that, although its not exactly a stretch to apply the concept to Russia as the core and power behind the USSR (nobody was afraid of Albania invading Europe), the need of the alliance was effectively fulfilled and should have been folded at that time.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 07:51 PM (2VST1)
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Dude. Unified Germany. That's it. There's your buffer state. Massively larger economy, huge manufacturing base.

Oh, but they disbanded their armies and air force because we promised to protect them until the end of time.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 23, 2025 07:56 PM (ZOv7s)

274 Yeltsin didn't get drunk till after he came and spoke before our congress asking for goodwill, unity, rapprochement. After they spurned him he knew hopes for Russia were fucked.

I think there still was a chance but then Clinton decided he would get in bed with China and then there was the "no you cannot adopt our boys for your sick twink fantasies" Russian law. And suddenly the left decided Russia was the worst place ever.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 07:56 PM (2VST1)

275 by: Lincolntf , You're lucky Fenelon's not here.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 07:58 PM (eY5jv)

276 Lincolntf

If you feel so strongly, like we have said to Vindaloomon; go to Ukraine and take up arms against Russia.

And I am out of here. I really do not want to dig through MACR or UK equivalents. But not knowing about three Boston IIIs had created an itch that only finding them will solve.

It gets real depressing reading the convictions handed out in 1947 at Dachau by the Allies for war crimes. For example, in 1945 two gunners bailed out of a B-26 Marauder because the ammo in the aft fuselage caught fire, one of the Americans were murdered after capture.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 23, 2025 07:58 PM (szPgS)

277 "Common Sense" would not be considered a principle. more of a practice. Do you know how words work? I'll send you a couple reference books free of charge if you need them.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2025 07:58 PM (2cS/G)

278 @Bulg How many people, families. communities, that have lived in Russia since WW2, do you have contact with? My experience has been that they all hate everything about living under that kind of rule. Maybe you know people who love it.
Posted by: Lincolntf

Quite a bit. Many of them were my Russian teachers. I am not special pleading for the Soviets. The Russians have always been subject to authoritarian, often brutal, rulers. But Stalin didn't start that tradition. Hell, not even the Mongols did. It was the result of rulers having to assert their authority over vast expanses of land. That was the ultimate origin of serfdom, too keep the peasants from running away and hiding in the steppes. Autocracy is baked into the cake of Russian history. Ivan the Terrible and Peter the Great were just as bad, in their ways, as Stalin.

What I object to is the view that Russians were always Bolsheviks, and, thus, were always enemies of the West and the United States. In fact, Lenin et al. simply grafted Marxist totalitarianism onto a Russian culture that was already suited for it. However, prior to that, the Tsarist autocracy had had no particular quarrel with the United States.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2025 07:59 PM (77rzZ)

279 @Anna Puma, that's a stupid comment. "If you feel so strongly go fight for Russia" is not anything I would ever say.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2025 08:01 PM (2cS/G)

280 Oh, but they disbanded their armies and air force because we promised to protect them until the end of time.

Yeah the collapse of the Soviet Union was handled about as badly as can be imagined. Basically the military industrial complex was panicking because they were losing their excuse for the spending and were damned if they were going to let NATO go.

And all those European nations were not at all inclined to have to start handling their own defense budgets. Hell they don't even want to pay their very small contribution to NATO.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 08:01 PM (2VST1)

281 the collapse of the Soviet Union was handled about as badly as can be imagined.

Notice all the not-nuked cities?

Posted by: DaveA at April 23, 2025 08:16 PM (FhXTo)

282 Somebody has to be willow

Posted by: DaveA at April 23, 2025 08:18 PM (FhXTo)

283 Zelenskyy doesn't just want to reclaim the recently seized territory, but the territory Ukraine gave up without a shot being fired 11 years ago.

Yeah. The territory Ukraine thought was safe because they had been told, "give up your nukes - we'll cover your ass". So they weren't as prepared as they might have been.

Posted by: comradearthur at April 23, 2025 08:18 PM (OdNzD)

284 47 For the record, the Crimeans voted for Independence from the nationalists and troglodytes occupying Kiev. If it works in Bosnia-Herzogovina, if it works in Kosovo and Albania, it should work in Crimea.

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 06:50 PM (g47mK)

Yeah and we all know that was a free and clear election while under the occupation of the Russians, right? :rollseyes:

You seem to be posting a lot of Russian propaganda, how much do they pay you?

Posted by: Farquad at April 23, 2025 08:25 PM (bwvMs)

285 Exactly. Europe sucks; let them kill each other.

I Endorse this Message.
Posted by: garrett

I will provide refuge for the Nubiles.

Posted by: Kindly Miklos at April 23, 2025 08:41 PM (UOzvC)

Polls Have More Bad News for the Party of Failure and Fear

This Yale Poll is. Stunning. And Brave.

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh

YALE POLL...

Women, aged 18-21 (middle Gen Z): 🔴 R+4

This is monumental.

This is madness for the Democrats.

Not white women. American women at-large, 18-21. All races, religions (or lack thereof), etc.

I think it might get worse.

BTW - this group was basically destroyed by the Democrats during COVID in school. Might have something to do with it.

Young voters have little confidence in congressional Democrats, a Harvard poll says.

Only 31% of young voters approve of Trump and a similarly low percentage approve of Republicans, but that's always the case. The big news is the "nosedive" in approval for Democrats.

Fewer than one in three young Americans approve of the job President Donald Trump and Congress are doing, according to a new national poll from the Harvard Kennedy School's Institute of Politics.

But while the approval ratings for Trump and congressional Republicans have mostly stayed consistent since the start of the president's first administration eight years ago, the 50th Harvard Youth Poll indicates that approval ratings for Democrats in Congress among Americans aged 18-29 have nosedived.

According to Harvard's annual spring survey, which was conducted March 14-25 and released on Wednesday, the approval rating for congressional Democrats stands at 23%, down from 42% in the spring of 2017 at the start of Trump's first term.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is joined by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for a press conference at the Capitol on Feb. 12, 2025. A new poll suggests congressional Democrats' approval ratings have plunged. (AP/Rod Lamkey Jr.)

"In that same period, approval of Congressional Republicans has held steady, inching up slightly from 28% to 29%," the poll's release notes.

And the approval rating for Trump, who next week marks 100 days into his second tour of duty in the White House, stands at 31% in the new survey.

The release highlights that Trump's numbers are "virtually unchanged from the 32% reported in Spring 2017 and the 29% recorded in Fall 2020."

Harvard's survey is the latest to indicate troubling numbers for the Democrats.

The confidence rating for Democrat leadership in Congress stood at a record-low 25% in a Gallup poll conducted April 1-14 and released last week. That's nine points below the previous low of 34%, which was recorded in 2023.

Fueling the drop in confidence in the Democrat congressional leadership was a 41-point plunge among Democrats questioned in the Gallup survey.


National polls conducted in February by Quinnipiac University, and last month by CNN and by NBC News, indicated the favorable ratings for the Democratic Party sinking to all-time lows.

A Democrat strategist has more bad news for his fellow Democrats.


Democratic strategist Doug Sosnik didn't sugarcoat the situation during a conversation with Mark Halperin on 2WAY....

First, Sosnik pointed to the seismic shift in party affiliation. "The electorate in 2024 was 6% less Democratic than compared to four years ago," Halperin noted, asking if that level of movement was historically significant. Sosnik didn't mince words: "The shift is significant, but more importantly... I can't remember the last time that people who voted on Election Day -- the majority, uh, plurality of them -- were Democrats." He continued, "It shows a real erosion for the Democratic Party," noting that many of the Democrats who backed Biden in 2020 simply didn't show up this time around.

I don't want to spread any Russian Conspiracy Theories, but is it possible that many of the "Democrats who showed up for Biden in 2020" didn't show up this time for the simple reason that they never existed? And that these fake votes were counted in 2020 only because states removed all voter integrity safeguards in the biggest, most criminal political op in American history?

I denounce myself for asking very obvious questions (which suggest very obvious answers).


That drop-off was made even more glaring when coupled with the latest favorability ratings. "Lowest net favorable rating since the '90s," Halperin remarked, prompting Sosnik to outline a trifecta of disasters driving the collapse in support: inflation, immigration, and cultural arrogance.

On the economic front, Sosnik admitted, "We had the worst inflation in America since the early 1980s." He added that by the time Election Day arrived, "everything... was on average 20% higher than when Biden took office." That kind of economic pain, Sosnik argued, doesn't just dent a party; it shatters its credibility.


...

Then came the cultural disconnect, the sense that Democrats had abandoned everyday Americans in favor of elite ideologies. "A lot of people in America in the middle of the country thought Democrats were looking down on them," Sosnik said bluntly. He attributed part of that disconnect to "how they talked, issues they cared about, all the DEI programs." The result? A broadening sense among voters that Democrats "weren't competent to govern."

See the article for his thoughts about Democrats' embrace of the lawlessness of an open border. American voters realized that the Democrats cared nothing for their safety and prosperity, only for foreign non-voters. (Supposedly they're non-voters, anyway.)

The Democrats' absolute commitment to championing an MS-13 wife-beater does nothing to disturb that impression.

Posted by: Ace at 05:27 PM




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1 LOL!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 23, 2025 05:28 PM (/Ghsb)

2 Imagine their disillusionment when they find out what feckless pieces of shit most of the GOP are.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2025 05:28 PM (ExV1e)

3 I may have oversold this to the prior thread.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2025 05:29 PM (ExV1e)

4 Strippers?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2025 05:30 PM (h9KKO)

5 close!

Posted by: DanMan at April 23, 2025 05:30 PM (8uzBS)

6 I was promised strippers!

Oh. Polls are for . . . oh, yeah.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 23, 2025 05:31 PM (omVj0)

7 If you believe the polls (heh) the only age group that is consistently anti Trump right now is 70+. You know: ex hippies and idiots.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 05:31 PM (2VST1)

8 The Democrat base is dying.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2025 05:32 PM (h9KKO)

9 Willowed: I'm trying to relax after an hour on the phone with a certain credit card company -- initials C.O. -- who somehow no longer has my current cell number for use on the website, even though I've used that number for a couple of years now to log into the website. They insist that my old cell number is the true number, that I have never updated it to the new one, and that the website has *never* asked me to verify when I logged in for the last two years. Patently absurd. The only difference is the computer and IP address I am using now (home) as opposed to a month ago (work). Yet they insist there is nothing wrong with their system, and can only parrot their "verification" process -- which involves me sending a pic of my driver's license to them.

Crap. I don't need the website to keep up with my charges. And I will use their card as little as possible from now on.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 23, 2025 05:32 PM (omVj0)

10 A broadening sense among voters that Democrats "weren't competent to govern."
________________

I've been saying that for years.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 05:32 PM (YqDXo)

11 3 I may have oversold this to the prior thread.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

You said nood strippers and ace has a pic of tweedleold and tweedledumb

You may want to consider going into the witness protection program

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 23, 2025 05:32 PM (WbaIk)

12 Dave in FL made the very salient point Democrats, after 2020, started believing their own lies.

It's amazing how many Democrats bought into the idea there was some kind of a massive mandate for their craziness after the 2020 steal.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 23, 2025 05:32 PM (tT6L1)

13 I may have oversold this to the prior thread.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2025 05:29 PM (ExV1e)

Where are the paint strippers?

I was promised paint strippers! I was robbed!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 23, 2025 05:33 PM (VNX3d)

14 2 Imagine their disillusionment when they find out what feckless pieces of shit most of the GOP are.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2025 05:28 PM (ExV1e)

Yeah... well, I certainly get why they're disillusioned with politics. Baby steps.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 05:33 PM (uCjyK)

15 I've got a feeling no matter who's in charge, voters will be unhappy and want a change. Just seems the culture right now

I can't ever imagine a President having say a 60%+ approval rating.

I do think Democrats though have culturally alienated a large swath of people and I bet it's long term. Their takeaway has been they weren't woke enough

The only "winning" issue Dems have is abortion, which is why every election becomes about abortion.

Posted by: Leupold at April 23, 2025 05:33 PM (4pwAx)

16 If you believe the polls (heh) the only age group that is consistently anti Trump right now is 70+. You know: ex hippies and idiots.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 05:31 PM (2VST1)

That's cuz he's gonna take away our Medicare, sonny. That nice man with the cashew shaped head on the TV said so.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2025 05:33 PM (ExV1e)

17 Just in time for another Leftist Reichstag Fire event.

Watch the Vegan Trans Brigade, AntiFa platoon, and BLM squad join in with FBI / CIA drone and com support.

Target: Trump in the White House.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2025 05:33 PM (u82oZ)

18 There's been an on-going coup d'etat by the communist democrats from at least 2016, if not 2008. And the issue is still in doubt.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 23, 2025 05:33 PM (xgXB0)

19 YALE POLL...

Women, aged 18-21 (middle Gen Z): 🔴 R+4

This is monumental.
_____________

YOW!

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 05:33 PM (YqDXo)

20 vmom, if he said that ace had a photo of a couple of whores, on the other hand . . .

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2025 05:34 PM (gKWVE)

21 Obviously this low support is because the Democrats are too much like the Republicans and Trump. This will change once David Hogg brings in better Democrats.

Posted by: MikeN at April 23, 2025 05:34 PM (HVZOH)

22 prior: Gay Training classes [//i]

So after the long serious college debt discussion I expected you Morons to go nuts with this setup.

I didn't even get ace & garrett calling each other fags?

Posted by: DaveA at April 23, 2025 05:34 PM (FhXTo)

23 If you believe the polls (heh) the only age group that is consistently anti Trump right now is 70+. You know: ex hippies and idiots.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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It's also because they sit around and watch the news all day. they consume massive amounts of propaganda.

Posted by: Leupold at April 23, 2025 05:34 PM (4pwAx)

24 That's cuz he's gonna take away our Medicare, sonny. That nice man with the cashew shaped head on the TV said so.

Basically that's the origin of it: old people get their news from old school sources who lie outrageously to them.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 05:34 PM (2VST1)

25 Watch the Vegan Trans Brigade, AntiFa platoon, and BLM squad join in with FBI / CIA drone and com support.
_________________

cc: Pam Bondi and Kash Patel

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 05:34 PM (YqDXo)

26 R+4. Wait until they age.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2025 05:34 PM (h9KKO)

27 2WAY with Mark Halperin is a pretty good watch.
The thing about the Dems is that their low approval rating is driven from the leftists who don't think the Dems are insane enough. Socialized single payer health care, massive tax increases, gun bans , mandatory public ed, defund the police and military is what the loons want but the old guard realizes that it would kill what is left of the Dem party. Cue Nelson Muntz

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 23, 2025 05:35 PM (6TePA)

28 As an anecdotal example, my two daughters were in late middle school/early high school and they are absolutely pissed about what the school did for Covid. They missed out on a lot. They’ve turned out pretty based. And their slightly older brother is probably more to the right than me!

Posted by: haffhowershower at April 23, 2025 05:35 PM (5SvjB)

29 Hakeem as Speaker?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 23, 2025 05:35 PM (63Dwl)

30 Yale?

It's a lock!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 23, 2025 05:35 PM (kBh81)

31 There's been an on-going coup d'etat by the communist democrats from at least 2016, if not 2008. And the issue is still in doubt.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 23, 2025 05:33 PM (xgXB0)
_______________

I love the dishonest euphemism "democratic socialists."

C'mon, just admit it: "communists."

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 05:36 PM (YqDXo)

32 “Our message has been resonating.”
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Yeah, with the DC Beltway media.

Posted by: Jay in PA at April 23, 2025 05:36 PM (i7Q7S)

33 A broadening sense among voters that Democrats "weren't competent to govern."

Misinformation from Republican talking points, obviously. Better Dem messaging will turn this mistaken perception around.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 23, 2025 05:36 PM (Aqu9a)

34 It's amazing how many Democrats bought into the idea there was some kind of a massive mandate for their craziness after the 2020 steal.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 23, 2025 05:32 PM (tT6L1)

Equally amazing is how many Congressional Republicans, or rock-ribbed originalist jurists, seem to believe the same thing.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2025 05:36 PM (ExV1e)

35 A Yale Man. E gads.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2025 05:36 PM (h9KKO)

36 I have to go teach the 545p class. But the puppy and the kitties are peacefully snoozing in the same room. I don’t want to disturb this dynamic!

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2025 05:36 PM (4g0JA)

37 It's also because they sit around and watch the news all day. they consume massive amounts of propaganda.

Yeah, basically. I visited a lot of family members over the last 4 weeks, across America. Unfortunately in the process I was exposed to a lot of TV news in train stations and households and... holy crap its gotten even worse. They are just openly lying.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 05:36 PM (2VST1)

38 Cue the GOP breaking its arms patting itself on the back for , of all things, sucking less.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at April 23, 2025 05:37 PM (FCbAQ)

39 I love the dishonest euphemism "democratic socialists."

C'mon, just admit it: "communists."

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 05:36 PM (YqDXo)


Reminds me of an old aphorism: Communists are just socialists in a hurry.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 23, 2025 05:37 PM (xgXB0)

40 I can't ever imagine a President having say a 60%+ approval rating.

Trump has a chance, if the judiciary will get out of the way and he can get the economy rolling for people who don't have advanced degrees in Creative Fart Sniffing to Destroy the Patriarchy.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2025 05:38 PM (ExV1e)

41 Women, aged 18-21 (middle Gen Z): 🔴 R+4

BTW - this group was basically destroyed by the Democrats during COVID in school. Might have something to do with it.

It also might be that when they do have kids, they don't want the public schools to turn them into trannies.

Posted by: nerdygirl at April 23, 2025 05:38 PM (0Htd1)

42 "They are just openly lying."

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You mean Trump didn't actually ILLEGALLY ABDUCT A MARYLAND MAN?!??

Posted by: Jay in PA at April 23, 2025 05:38 PM (i7Q7S)

43 Yeh, yeh, yeh, young women rejecting demoncrats, yada yada...

How many of them are rejecting demoncrats because the rats aren't radical enough?

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at April 23, 2025 05:38 PM (2J/Lj)

44 Yeah, basically. I visited a lot of family members over the last 4 weeks, across America. Unfortunately in the process I was exposed to a lot of TV news in train stations and households and... holy crap its gotten even worse. They are just openly lying.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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I used to be something of a news junkie but it's so bad now. People have become desensitized to how biased it is, almost a parody of news.

It's just one long democrat infomercial.

Posted by: Leupold at April 23, 2025 05:39 PM (4pwAx)

45 Poles are for strippers.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 23, 2025 05:39 PM (e5NfL)

46 My boys, 24 and 27 are further right than I am.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 23, 2025 05:39 PM (KlzAE)

47 I hate to be that guy, but you know the party with those abysmal polling numbers has near parity in both houses of congress and lost the white house by relatively narrow margins in a handful of states. So it's probably premature to schedule any Kanye cousin time just yet.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 23, 2025 05:39 PM (V9cMX)

48 Madame Mayhem, good question.

How's the foot today?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 23, 2025 05:39 PM (yp8Vj)

49
Cue the GOP breaking its arms patting itself on the back for , of all things, sucking less.
Posted by: OneEyedJack

Sucks less!
Tastes rotten!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 23, 2025 05:40 PM (63Dwl)

50 I can't ever imagine a President having say a 60%+ approval rating.

Trump has a chance, if the judiciary will get out of the way and he can get the economy rolling for people who don't have advanced degrees in Creative Fart Sniffing to Destroy the Patriarchy.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

===

I think Trump will get high approval on specific policy things, like cracking down on illegals.

But as a person, he will NEVER have really high ratings. The die has been cast.

Honestly, I would be worried if Trump had high, bipartisan ratings. Means he's probably not doing anything worthwhile.

Posted by: Leupold at April 23, 2025 05:40 PM (4pwAx)

51 I love the dishonest euphemism "democratic socialists."
C'mon, just admit it: "communists."

Seriously.

"Vote for me, I'm DSA!"
"How I vote for this other guy, who's got some social welfare chops and will protect industry, but doesn't call himself a socialist."
"Fascist."

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2025 05:40 PM (gKWVE)

52 Reminds me of an old aphorism: Communists are just socialists in a hurry.

Socialism is the spit on the head of the communist rape dick.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 23, 2025 05:41 PM (y0nWZ)

53 A Yale Man. E gads.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2025 05:36 PM (h9KKO)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Thurston Howell, III at April 23, 2025 05:41 PM (Aqu9a)

54 National polls conducted in February by Quinnipiac University, and last month by CNN and by NBC News, indicated the favorable ratings for the Democratic Party sinking to all-time lows.



Hey, their polls are the worst, so pay no attention.

Posted by: democrats at April 23, 2025 05:41 PM (UOzvC)

55 7 If you believe the polls (heh) the only age group that is consistently anti Trump right now is 70+. You know: ex hippies and idiots.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

Hey! I'm right here!

Posted by: nerdygirl at April 23, 2025 05:42 PM (0Htd1)

56 Here's a real time live in the moment poll. One can make his own assumptions as to how a person opposed to an all Muslim community would vote in a national election.

"The Collin County commissioners’ court heard hours of public
testimony mostly opposing a proposed Muslim community development at a recent meeting."

Check out the protesters.
https://tinyurl.com/59hvc27v

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 05:42 PM (eY5jv)

57 29 Hakeem as Speaker?
___

That's Speakheem, transphobe!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2025 05:43 PM (Dv3i1)

58 You know things are bad for Democrats when CNN and NBC are unable to spin the news as a positive for Democrats.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 23, 2025 05:43 PM (tT6L1)

59 So it's probably premature to schedule any Kanye cousin time just yet.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 23, 2025 05:39 PM (V9cMX)

Getdafuqouttahere with that nonsense. You're workin my corner.

Posted by: Winston Wolfe at April 23, 2025 05:43 PM (FCbAQ)

60 I was promised strippers!

Oh. Polls are for . . . oh, yeah.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

*sends Wolfus a matching set of twin Polish strippers*

Posted by: Mikloszczewski at April 23, 2025 05:44 PM (UOzvC)

61 Hey! I'm right here!

And so you are, but then you're not anti-Trump either

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 05:44 PM (2VST1)

62
Hey! I'm right here!
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 23, 2025 05:42 PM (0Htd1)
-------------

Ex hippy chick I'll buy. Idiot? No.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 23, 2025 05:44 PM (tT6L1)

63 55 7 If you believe the polls (heh) the only age group that is consistently anti Trump right now is 70+. You know: ex hippies and idiots.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
----

Only women over 65 and then only by a small percentage.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 05:44 PM (eY5jv)

64 sends Wolfus a matching set of twin Polish strippers

Thore's not gonna be any furniture polish left in his house.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 05:44 PM (2VST1)

65 Not all of us older folks still watch television. I listen to Sirius XM Classical station for music, local FM radio for talk radio, like Charlie Kirk, loathe Hannity, can tolerate Beck, and I confess I watch a lot of current anime from four different streaming sources. I am selective about the anime, preferring Rom Com, but will watch Action anime. No BL, don’t care for Yuri, and really can’t stand anything too Shonen Jump.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 05:44 PM (g/Chl)

66 You can fool some of the peo....
Oh shit you know the drill
-Zombie Abe Lincoln

Posted by: I was Gumby Damn It! at April 23, 2025 05:45 PM (r3F/z)

67 PJ O'Rourke said " liberalism is just communism sold by the drink" . Spot on

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 23, 2025 05:45 PM (6TePA)

68 Check out the protesters.
https://tinyurl.com/59hvc27v
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 05:42 PM (eY5jv)

"Protesters." You forgot the quotes.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at April 23, 2025 05:46 PM (FCbAQ)

69 The Democrat left will come back bigger and bolder in '28 after "polls show their message resonating with Americans." Polls are always about a narrative. Yours. Mine. Theirs. Whatever. But mostly whoever pays the most.

Bet on it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 23, 2025 05:46 PM (Q4IgG)

70 23 If you believe the polls (heh) the only age group that is consistently anti Trump right now is 70+. You know: ex hippies and idiots.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
===

It's also because they sit around and watch the news all day. they consume massive amounts of propaganda.
Posted by: Leupold

You aren't giving us credit?

Posted by: Ladies of The View at April 23, 2025 05:46 PM (0Htd1)

71 YALE POLL...

Women, aged 18-21 (middle Gen Z): 🔴 R+4

This is monumental.
_____________

YOW!
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara

Time to start dating again....

Posted by: Strom Miklos-Thurmond at April 23, 2025 05:46 PM (UOzvC)

72 54 National polls conducted in February by Quinnipiac University, and last month by CNN and by NBC News, indicated the favorable ratings for the Democratic Party sinking to all-time lows.
--------

What they mean is that they are going lower than last week's all time low.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 05:46 PM (eY5jv)

73
*sends Wolfus a matching set of twin Polish strippers*
Posted by: Mikloszczewski at April 23, 2025 05:44 PM (UOzvC)

HEY! If you're gonna hand out strippers you gotta bring enough for everyone

Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at April 23, 2025 05:46 PM (QXKQ9)

74 I am selective about the anime, preferring Rom Com, but will watch Action anime.

There is an absolute Himalayan range of horrendously bad anime out there, but the good stuff really stands out.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 05:46 PM (2VST1)

75 You aren't giving us credit?
Posted by: Ladies of The View

I honestly don't think the View has many viewers other than conservative commentators and family members of the staff. You know, the key grip's dad, the script intern's girlfriend.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 05:48 PM (2VST1)

76 What they mean is that they are going lower than last week's all time low.

How low can they go?

Posted by: The Electoral Limbo at April 23, 2025 05:48 PM (s8j++)

77 Alternate title for this:
tinyurl.com/msuz6esn
"Carthaginian elite formerly from Tyre fails to propagate their genes abroad, can't figure out why"

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2025 05:48 PM (gKWVE)

78 68 Check out the protesters.
https://tinyurl.com/59hvc27v
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 05:42 PM (eY5jv)

"Protesters." You forgot the quotes.
Posted by: OneEyedJack
---

Room full of adult white women can be scary.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 05:48 PM (eY5jv)

79 It's really hard to understand why a party led by Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, and Hakeem Jeffries isn't resonating.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2025 05:48 PM (s8j++)

80 There is an absolute Himalayan range of horrendously bad anime out there, but the good stuff really stands out.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 05:46 PM (2VST1)

We recommend "Schoolboys in Heat" or "TweenTime". -- Maryland School Boards

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2025 05:49 PM (ExV1e)

81 My oldest was listening to Paul
Joseph Watson 10 years ago.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 23, 2025 05:49 PM (CbDvl)

82 HEY! If you're gonna hand out strippers you gotta bring enough for everyone
Posted by: tbodie Lurker

Trying to get what I can before the tariffs kick in

Posted by: Mail Order "Brides" by Miklos at April 23, 2025 05:49 PM (UOzvC)

83 28 As an anecdotal example, my two daughters were in late middle school/early high school and they are absolutely pissed about what the school did for Covid. They missed out on a lot. They’ve turned out pretty based. And their slightly older brother is probably more to the right than me!
Posted by: haffhowershower

High school kids missed out on graduation, senior skip day, prom, sports, graduation open houses and parties, all of the best times of their high school lives. I graduated in '68. If they'd done this to us, there would have been massive protests.

Posted by: nerdygirl at April 23, 2025 05:50 PM (0Htd1)

84 Hey Ben Had!

The itching stopped yesterday.. Still have scrapes from scratching. It was ridiculous how much cortisone cream, ice, an bag balm I used with no help. Hubbymayhem solved the problem. Gave me Benadryl and would accept no as an answer.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at April 23, 2025 05:51 PM (2J/Lj)

85 Trump has a chance, if the judiciary will get out of the way and he can get the economy rolling for people who don't have advanced degrees in Creative Fart Sniffing to Destroy the Patriarchy.
-
They'll probably have to be shoved out of the way.

Posted by: Methos at April 23, 2025 05:51 PM (Dnobf)

86 High school kids missed out on graduation, senior skip day, prom, sports, graduation open houses and parties, all of the best times of their high school lives. I graduated in '68. If they'd done this to us, there would have been massive protests.

For a particular (male) subset of those kids, there were more pressing concerns.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2025 05:51 PM (s8j++)

87 Republican "leadership" sees this poll and determines that the time is right to swing harder to the "center" to pull those disaffected Femocrat voters.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at April 23, 2025 05:51 PM (DIweC)

88 "Protesters." You forgot the quotes.
Posted by: OneEyedJack
---

Room full of adult white women can be scary.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 05:48 PM (eY5jv)

Yabbut, those ones look like they're ready to head to the church basement to put out the snacks.
The kind that make me think "how YOU doin?"

Posted by: OneEyedJack at April 23, 2025 05:51 PM (FCbAQ)

89 Republican "leadership" sees this poll and determines that the time is right to swing harder to the "center" to pull those disaffected Femocrat voters.

Let's talk about amnesty...

Posted by: Republican "leadership" at April 23, 2025 05:52 PM (s8j++)

90
82 HEY! If you're gonna hand out strippers you gotta bring enough for everyone
Posted by: tbodie Lurker

Trying to get what I can before the tariffs kick in
Posted by: Mail Order "Brides"

OK,best laugh I've had all week.

Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at April 23, 2025 05:52 PM (QXKQ9)

91 I was promised strippers!

Oh. Polls are for . . . oh, yeah.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
*
*sends Wolfus a matching set of twin Polish strippers*
Posted by: Mikloszczewski at April 23, 2025

***
A *lot* of those Eastern European girls are scorching hot.

With my luck I'll get the two who look like Rosie O'Donnell and Lizzo.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 23, 2025 05:52 PM (omVj0)

92 We recommend "Schoolboys in Heat" or "TweenTime". -- Maryland School Boards

No BL!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 05:52 PM (g/Chl)

93
The females +4 Republican is intriguing, but I'm on the cynical side of this Democrat disapproval. I wish some pollster would figure out a way to offer "They're not radical enough" as a reason for your choice above.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 23, 2025 05:52 PM (9rzH2)

94 Republican "leadership" sees this poll and determines that the time is right to swing harder to the "center" to pull those disaffected Femocrat voters.

Let's talk about amnesty...

Cornyn wants to. You know it. I know it. Bob Dole knows it.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2025 05:53 PM (s8j++)

95 sends Wolfus a matching set of twin Polish strippers*
Posted by: Mikloszczewski at April 23, 2025 05:44 PM (UOzvC)


Do you have any rust remover or paint stripper? Or do you just provide polish stripper?

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at April 23, 2025 05:53 PM (2J/Lj)

96 >>> BREAKING: Wicked Judge Beryl Howell EXCORIATES DOJ Lawyers, Signals She May Permanently Block Trump From Taking Action Against Perkins Coie

Or any of his heirs !!!

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 23, 2025 05:54 PM (/lPRQ)

97 Also I won’t watch anything prurient even if it is heterosexual. There are a surprising number of those, too!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 05:54 PM (g/Chl)

98 100

Posted by: Eromero at April 23, 2025 05:54 PM (LHPAg)

99 >>98 100
Posted by: Eromero at April 23, 2025 05:54 PM (LHPAg)


Nailed it.

Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2025 05:55 PM (F30Ty)

100 my sister lives about 20 minutes from EPIC, she's over 70 and drove all the way to Houston to go to a Trump rally with us in 2018

she also watches the news all day (Newsmax)

very much MAGA as were my older brothers that have since passed

we do have that one sister that is batshit liberal living in N. Virginia with her 41 year old son

Posted by: DanMan at April 23, 2025 05:55 PM (8uzBS)

101 96 >>> BREAKING: Wicked Judge Beryl Howell EXCORIATES DOJ Lawyers, Signals She May Permanently Block Trump From Taking Action Against Perkins Coie

Or any of his heirs !!!
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
------------

ARREST HIM.

Bondi, this is your opportunity. Seize Him, seize it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 05:56 PM (eY5jv)

102 Republican "leadership" sees this poll and determines that the time is right to swing harder to the "center" to pull those disaffected Femocrat voters.

"Clearly our strategy of doing nothing is working, they like us more than ever! We need to keep doing nothing, in order to win them all and guarantee reelection!"
--GOP

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 05:56 PM (2VST1)

103 98 100
Posted by: Eromero

Missed it by > < this much.

Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at April 23, 2025 05:56 PM (QXKQ9)

104 Trying to get what I can before the tariffs kick in
Posted by: Mail Order "Brides"

OK,best laugh I've had all week.
Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless

Used car dealer nearby has on their sign..... "Pre tariff pricing!"

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at April 23, 2025 05:56 PM (2J/Lj)

105 Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

An unintentionally amusing ad was in the "NY Post "today. Full length . It has what I suppose is a guy in some mask and army outfit and who had a camera. The caption reads, "The Associated Press" reporting news first hand for 179 years. Trusted by thousands of news organizations across the political spectrum...No organization does more to advance the power of facts."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2025 05:56 PM (42Vb+)

106 I am selective about the anime, preferring Rom Com, but will watch Action anime. No BL, don’t care for Yuri, and really can’t stand anything too Shonen Jump.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Just finished 're:zero' and 'is it wrong to pick up girls in the dungeon?'. Working on 'Log Horizon' now.

Lurve the 2nd title. How could I not watch that?

Posted by: BifBewalski at April 23, 2025 05:57 PM (MsrgL)

107 100 my sister lives about 20 minutes from EPIC, she's over 70 and drove all the way to Houston to go to a Trump rally with us in 2018

she also watches the news all day (Newsmax)

very much MAGA as were my older brothers that have since passed

we do have that one sister that is batshit liberal living in N. Virginia with her 41 year old son
Posted by: DanMan
--------------------------

There's a lot of misplaced anger here.
Probably because they aren't going to get
their cut of the $3 Trillion dollar wealth transfer.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 05:57 PM (eY5jv)

108 With my luck I'll get the two who look like Rosie O'Donnell and Lizzo.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

We do NOT use Chinese Quality Control standards

Also the fat ones cost more to ship

Posted by: Mail Order "Brides" by Miklos at April 23, 2025 05:58 PM (UOzvC)

109 99 >>98 100
Posted by: Eromero at April 23, 2025 05:54 PM (LHPAg)


Nailed it.
Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2025 05:55 PM (F30Ty)
My nutritionist said I could have all the ice cream I wanted and I guess the excitement was too much.

Posted by: Eromero at April 23, 2025 06:00 PM (LHPAg)

110 I think that girls are getting very tired of the transmen.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 23, 2025 06:00 PM (0nHVk)

111 Also the fat ones cost more to ship
Posted by: Mail Order "Brides" by Miklos at April 23, 2025 05:58 PM (UOzvC

Hey! Us fat chicks are harder to kidnap! It's self defense!

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at April 23, 2025 06:00 PM (2J/Lj)

112 Also the fat ones cost more to ship
Posted by: Mail Order "Brides" by Miklos at April 23, 2025 05:58 PM (UOzvC)

Miklo's, I throughly enjoy your comments.

Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at April 23, 2025 06:01 PM (QXKQ9)

113
Republican "leadership" sees this poll and determines that the time is right to swing harder to the "center" to pull those disaffected Femocrat voters.

Let's talk about amnesty...
Posted by: Republican "leadership"

They call it Comprehensive Immigration Reform.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 23, 2025 06:01 PM (63Dwl)

114 Do you have any rust remover or paint stripper? Or do you just provide polish stripper?
Posted by: Madame Mayhem

The girls could learn to spray Rust-Oleum, if you're into that.

Posted by: Mail Order Miklos aims to please at April 23, 2025 06:01 PM (UOzvC)

115 > ARREST HIM.

Bondi, this is your opportunity. Seize Him, seize it.
-------
Uh Huh.

She's still selecting lip gloss for her next 21 appearances on FOX.

That's 21 more appearances on FOX than arrests.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 23, 2025 06:01 PM (Q4IgG)

116 I think that girls are getting very tired of the transmen.

Only the ones affected by them. Sadly, still plenty who're willing to parrot the script.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2025 06:01 PM (ExV1e)

117 Sounds like the Democrat grand strategy is:

1. Stymie every move that Republicans make by any means necessary no matter how illogical it seems.

2. Keep escalating the ugly rhetoric and violence trusting the media will downplay it as logical reactions to Trump created problems, creating an atmosphere of "We're sick of all this, we must have change somehow."

3. Entreat their loathsome gods for some kind of gamechanger like Obama was to materialize.

Posted by: RM at April 23, 2025 06:02 PM (n/1Oj)

118 YALE POLL...

Women, aged 18-21 (middle Gen Z): 🔴 R+4

This is monumental.

Ya well that crowd tends to know what is going on in the world. Some even may have traveled to Europe where muzzies are gang raping chicks freely and often.
Fear is one hell of a motivation.

Posted by: I was Gumby Damn It! at April 23, 2025 06:03 PM (r3F/z)

119 Miklo's, I throughly enjoy your comments.
Posted by: tbodie Lurker

*has another Rum and Store Brand Cola, because earned it*

Posted by: Miklos will take a break for Imbibement at April 23, 2025 06:03 PM (UOzvC)

120 Maybe we should start screening "Silence of the Lambs" in schools

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2025 06:03 PM (gKWVE)

121 Only the ones affected by them. Sadly, still plenty who're willing to parrot the script.

More and more of those athletic girls are bailing on the tranny myth and I think that is changing the mood. I hope it is.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 06:04 PM (2VST1)

122 A *lot* of those Eastern European girls are scorching hot.

***

Problem is they turn into Babuskas after the age of 50

Posted by: Life of Wryly at April 23, 2025 06:04 PM (1FWWQ)

123 Sadly, still plenty who're willing to parrot the script.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2025 06:01 PM (ExV1e

How many are parroting as self defense. They say what others expect them to say to avoid the crazy people trying to wreck them.
I kinda think there's a reasonable amount.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at April 23, 2025 06:04 PM (2J/Lj)

124 I hate to say it but Democrats might well conclude AOC replacing Chuckles might reverse these numbers.

Stupidity aside, younger voters seem drawn to her because of her age and her near-constant yapping into microphones.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 23, 2025 06:05 PM (xFtAU)

125 1. Stymie every move that Republicans make by any means necessary no matter how illogical it seems.

2. Keep escalating the ugly rhetoric and violence trusting the media will downplay it as logical reactions to Trump created problems, creating an atmosphere of "We're sick of all this, we must have change somehow."

It worked last time. Although much less effectively this time I admit. Plus, there's a level of desperation in #1 here: he's cutting off their power and money.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 06:05 PM (2VST1)

126 Problem is they turn into Babuskas after the age of 50
Posted by: Life of Wryly

Some remain pretty hot hotscakes

Posted by: Miklos would settle for Eva Gabor at April 23, 2025 06:05 PM (UOzvC)

127 Which is why they have went all-out, called in every favor, bribe and extortion to get the judiciary to illegally stop Trump.

Consider how desperate they have to be to resort to using the very, very last reserves of their power.

A power they have been able to keep largely completely secret from most Americans, convincing them the judiciary was neutral, nonpartisan.

Think about it, they control all of the media, audio, video, print. All of academia. All of all bureaucracies, every major city and have had control of the federal legislature near or above 50% for your entire life.
With untold billions from that power in influence, manipulation and propaganda. And countless actual billions more in funding directly and indirectly.

And now they are down to deploying the judiciary to fight for them ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 23, 2025 06:05 PM (+3+7z)

128 Some remain pretty hot hotscakes

I think that almost all of them could given better lifestyle and diet.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 06:07 PM (2VST1)

129 It's the Raw Power Party.

Vote for us and get fucked. Peasant.

Carville is just mad because some other dismal fags are taking over.

Posted by: eleven at April 23, 2025 06:07 PM (0HaGk)

130 BifBewalski -
Have you watched all four seasons of DanMachi (is it wrong to pick up girls…?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 06:07 PM (g/Chl)

131 122 A *lot* of those Eastern European girls are scorching hot.

***

Problem is they turn into Babuskas after the age of 50
Posted by: Life of Wryly at April 23, 2025 06:04 PM (1FWWQ)
Ay yay babushka babushka ay yay.
-K. Bush

Posted by: Eromero at April 23, 2025 06:07 PM (LHPAg)

132 >>> BREAKING: Wicked Judge Beryl Howell EXCORIATES DOJ Lawyers, Signals She May Permanently Block Trump From Taking Action Against Perkins Coie
================
That's PRESIDENT Beryl Howell, you disrespectful Philistine!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 23, 2025 06:07 PM (ZFoHe)

133 Is congress back from recess yet! I read a story yesterday that Congress approved NCAA college basketball players to get paid directly by the colleges they play for.

If this is true these assholes in congress are fuktards and need to get the real business of the people IE: Potus EO's codified into LAW !!!! WTF???

Posted by: I was Gumby Damn It! at April 23, 2025 06:08 PM (r3F/z)

134 Not terribly impressed with Bondi.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 23, 2025 06:08 PM (asR6R)

135 I honestly don't think the View has many viewers other than conservative commentators and family members of the staff. You know, the key grip's dad, the script intern's girlfriend.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

I doubt if even the key grip's dad watches that shit. Politics aside, Joy Behar and Whoopee are just, plain awful people. Their voices are awful.

Posted by: nerdygirl at April 23, 2025 06:09 PM (0Htd1)

136 Have you watched all four seasons of DanMachi (is it wrong to pick up girls…?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

I finished season 3 last month. Couldn't find season 4 with subtitles. I'm using CrunchyRoll, what are you using so I can find other good ones?

Posted by: BifBewalski at April 23, 2025 06:09 PM (MsrgL)

137 And now they are down to deploying the judiciary to fight for them ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
===
I wonder how well judges do in full blown free-for-all civil wars.

Especially after throwing off the blindfolds and going ludicrously partisan driving the divisions.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 23, 2025 06:10 PM (/lPRQ)

138 Nadia Comanici is still a smoke show.

Eastern bloc gymnasts, baby.

Posted by: eleven at April 23, 2025 06:10 PM (0HaGk)

139 So, apparently, I get talkative after4 beers. Risking my Lurker status

Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at April 23, 2025 06:10 PM (QXKQ9)

140 115 > ARREST HIM.

Bondi, this is your opportunity. Seize Him, seize it.
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Uh Huh.

She's still selecting lip gloss for her next 21 appearances on FOX.

That's 21 more appearances on FOX than arrests.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 23, 2025 06:01 PM (Q4IgG)

She's busy redacting. Redacting is hard work, guys!

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 23, 2025 06:11 PM (V9cMX)

141 That thodie.

Amirite guys?

Posted by: eleven at April 23, 2025 06:12 PM (0HaGk)

142 Eastern bloc gymnasts, baby.
Posted by: eleven

Da

Posted by: Putin's gymnast baby mama at April 23, 2025 06:12 PM (UOzvC)

143 >>Uh Huh.

>>She's still selecting lip gloss for her next 21 appearances on FOX.

>>That's 21 more appearances on FOX than arrests.

Tulsi sent 2 criminal referrals to the DOJ today with a 3rd on the way against deep state leakers.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2025 06:12 PM (viF8m)

144 How many are parroting as self defense. They say what others expect them to say to avoid the crazy people trying to wreck them.
I kinda think there's a reasonable amount.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at April 23, 2025 06:04 PM (2J/Lj)

I don't doubt that's the case. The trouble is that doing that increases the apparent pressure to go along.

No easy way out for them I'm afraid.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2025 06:12 PM (ExV1e)

145 JB Fat Boy Pritzger has ordered the Illinois pension funds administrator to divest from El Salvador, if they happen to own anything in El Salvador (Narrator: they probably don't).

What Fat Boy forgets is that the Pritzgers are in business too.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 23, 2025 06:12 PM (2jkJ9)

146 She's busy redacting. Redacting is hard work, guys!
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls

WHO STOLE ALL MY SHARPIES

Posted by: Pamela Jo B. at April 23, 2025 06:14 PM (UOzvC)

147 BREAKING: Wicked Judge Beryl Howell EXCORIATES DOJ Lawyers, Signals She May Permanently Block Trump From Taking Action Against Perkins Coie


They should take that as a badge of honor. And act so, right in her fucking fascist's face.


"Yes your honor. I am in contempt. Of you!"

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 23, 2025 06:14 PM (XjQMV)

148 I've been bored with the Bondi heckling since Day One.

But I can't argue against it.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 23, 2025 06:15 PM (wBaIH)

149 My boys, 24 and 27 are further right than I am.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 23, 2025 05:39 PM (KlzAE)

Then you have work to do. Get to it. Chop chop!

Posted by: Kwak! at April 23, 2025 06:15 PM (89Sog)

150
Schumer and Jeffries -- proof positive that New York voters prefer to elect simps to public office.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 23, 2025 06:15 PM (Yv9jh)

151 @145 I've read the Illinois pension fund is horribly underfunded. Governor Lardass had better watch which pickup stick he pulls

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 23, 2025 06:15 PM (6TePA)

152 Carville is just mad because some other dismal fags are taking over. More Chardonnay?

Oh, and long live the beltway

Posted by: Deplorable Minion at April 23, 2025 06:15 PM (QSrLX)

153 I wonder how well judges do in full blown free-for-all civil wars.

Especially after throwing off the blindfolds and going ludicrously partisan driving the divisions.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 23, 2025 06:10 PM (/lPRQ)


FAFO. I look forward to it when they do.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 23, 2025 06:16 PM (XjQMV)

154 I watched the first season of Re:Zero, but couldn’t get into the rest, the mangaka just works his anti-hero too blamed hard! How much of it have you watched? What did you think? I have Log Horizon on disc, so I must have thought it was good, but I haven’t yet watched it. What do you think? I think DanMachi is very good, but I confess I stopped watching when they had the production delay for the last three episodes of the latest season. I should go and finish that. Have you seen any of Dr. Stone?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 06:16 PM (g/Chl)

155 So, apparently, I get talkative after4 beers. Risking my Lurker status
Posted by: tbodie Lurker

*sends case of Suprema, El Salvador's best beer*

Posted by: Cervezeria de Mikloso at April 23, 2025 06:16 PM (UOzvC)

156
I expect nothing but war faces from members of this administration from this point forward.

Crush them!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 23, 2025 06:17 PM (Yv9jh)

157 The pendulum swung and whacked the Dims flatter than Rosie O'Donnell's ass, with the gong sound heard around the world.

They have nothing. AOC and her donkey braying are not the answer.

Turn loose MS-13 to rape and murder women and then defend them from deportation is one problem that I can see.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 23, 2025 06:17 PM (6PCLE)

158 Pritzger has ordered the Illinois pension funds administrator to divest from El Salvador, if they happen to own anything in El Salvador

LOL What on earth would Illinois have invested in El Salvador?? This retributive crap is going stupid. They started out seizing yachts from rich people just because they were Russian and didn't like what the dictator of Russia was doing. They're acting like Democrats will spank any nation that goes along with Trump when they get back in power. Where does this end? What is it they want to see with all this??

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 06:18 PM (2VST1)

159 I get up every morning from alarm clock's warning
Take the 11:15 Metro into the Capital Building
There's a whistle up above and people pushing, people shoving but I have my own special car

And the Fat Liberal girls who try to look like men
And when train's on time, I can get to work by lunch time

And start may Bogus job and you set pay with higher taxes
If you ever get annoyed, look at me, I'm government self-employed and I love to work at nothing all day

And I've been takin' care of my personal business, every day

Takin' care of my business, every way
I've been takin' care of business, it's all mine
Takin' care of business and F**king off all day

It is easy as fishing, you could be a politician and pass wasteful bills

Get a secondhand PRC hooker, chances are you'll get VD

People see you having fun just a-lying in the sun in El Salvador
You tell them that you like it this way
It's work that I avoid and we're all government self-employed

We love to work at nothing all day like Sleepy Joe

Posted by: Dick Durban at April 23, 2025 06:18 PM (1RZQV)

160 155 So, apparently, I get talkative after4 beers. Risking my Lurker status
Posted by: tbodie Lurker

That is precisely why I never hsng out here while drinking.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at April 23, 2025 06:18 PM (kTd/k)

161 speaking of weeby things, I'm currently fascinated with this Japanese pop song, "Love Message:"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOoafZ3crSs

apparently it's the song from a pervy 2015 movie called, in English, "The Psychic Virgins," about a high school kid who is blasted by cosmic rays when he's masturbating and gains mental powers.

I'm no musician but some of the chords remind me of Deacon Blues by Steely Dan. That might make this Rising Sun Yacht Rock.



Posted by: ace at April 23, 2025 06:18 PM (KRtlO)

162 WSJ reports Biden administration last year oversaw the creation of $1 Trillion of wealth for the top 19 richest people. Please note: Bernie voted for every policy.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 23, 2025 06:19 PM (l3k/y)

163 Shocker that young girls getting shoved to the ground by fake tranny boys while playing sports in their youth would have lasting lifetime voting political affects. You f-cked yourself good Dems on this one.

Posted by: Davros at April 23, 2025 06:19 PM (PeNw6)

164 This bodes well for whoever is the nominee in 2028.

Posted by: Joe, living dangerously at April 23, 2025 06:19 PM (B9Prs)

165 "That is precisely why I never hsng out here while drinking.
Posted by: Northernlurker"

Oh.

k

::shifty eyes::

Posted by: eleven at April 23, 2025 06:19 PM (0HaGk)

166 "I've been bored with the Bondi heckling since Day One."

Me as well, and I have no interesting in arguing against it, as I'm not Pam Bondi nor in the Department of Justice and am unable to do mind reading.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2025 06:19 PM (42Vb+)

167 Evenin’, All. Had a great trip with the wife today to Charles Town, WV.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2025 06:20 PM (77rzZ)

168 Crush them!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

I have already detected the first Lamentations of their Women, including some biological (?) males.

Posted by: Miklos rejoices things large and small at April 23, 2025 06:20 PM (UOzvC)

169 Carville is just mad because some other dismal fags are taking over. More Chardonnay?

Is Carville gay? He sure doesn't look it.

Posted by: nerdygirl at April 23, 2025 06:20 PM (0Htd1)

170 Turn loose MS-13 to rape and murder women and then defend them from deportation is one problem that I can see.

Yeah I didn't think a single thing could top the revulsion and disgust of their tranny fixation but defending wife beating, raping, murdering gang thugs as if they are some kind of abused saint and using language like "disappeared" is absolutely shocking to me... and seems to be disgusting voters even more.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 06:20 PM (2VST1)

171 apparently it's the song from a pervy 2015 movie called, in English, "The Psychic Virgins," about a high school kid who is blasted by cosmic rays when he's masturbating and gains mental powers.

I'm no musician but some of the chords remind me of Deacon Blues by Steely Dan. That might make this Rising Sun Yacht Rock.

Posted by: ace at April 23, 2025 06:18 PM (KRtlO)

Considering the subject matter of the source, wouldn't it be Rising Son Yacht Rock?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2025 06:21 PM (ExV1e)

172 apparently it's the song from a pervy 2015 movie called, in English, "The Psychic Virgins," about a high school kid who is blasted by cosmic rays when he's masturbating and gains mental powers.
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It would take cosmic rays to give a high school boy mental powers.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 23, 2025 06:21 PM (l3k/y)

173 169 Carville is just mad because some other dismal fags are taking over. More Chardonnay?

Is Carville gay? He sure doesn't look it.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 23, 2025 06:20 PM (0Htd1)

He's a swink (swamp twink).

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 23, 2025 06:21 PM (V9cMX)

174 apparently it's the song from a pervy 2015 movie called, in English, "The Psychic Virgins," about a high school kid who is blasted by cosmic rays when he's masturbating and gains mental powers.


CLIMB MOUNT NIITAKA

Posted by: Miklos' tastes are not Ace's at April 23, 2025 06:22 PM (UOzvC)

175 I liked re:zero a lot. Boy has a serious hero complex. Finished it, worth it. Log Horizon is great, this will be my 3rd time watching seasons 1 and 2, CrunchyRoll has season 3, so I'm working back up to that. On s1e14 today. Love the politics in DanMachi between the gods and goddeses over Bel. I just about died laughing when he brought home the stray dragon demon girl out of the dungeon. Have not seen any Dr. Stone, will put that in my to be engaged queue.

Posted by: BifBewalski at April 23, 2025 06:22 PM (MsrgL)

176 "Is Carville gay? He sure doesn't look it.
Posted by: nerdygirl"

Ok. First point. Somebody added words to what I said.

Second point yes Carville is a dismal fag.

Posted by: eleven at April 23, 2025 06:22 PM (0HaGk)

177 I'm no musician but some of the chords remind me of Deacon Blues by Steely Dan. That might make this Rising Sun Yacht Rock.

Posted by: ace

Fletcher and Spruance are going to drop them off the charts with a bullet at Midway.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 23, 2025 06:23 PM (vKNmo)

178 They have nothing. AOC and her donkey braying are not the answer.

Turn loose MS-13 to rape and murder women and then defend them from deportation is one problem that I can see.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 23, 2025 06:17 PM (6PCLE)

Plus send Men into their Bathrooms... and use social Judo to silence them if they complain...

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 23, 2025 06:23 PM (QAkQ3)

179 >>>Considering the subject matter of the source, wouldn't it be Rising Son Yacht Rock?

maybe. clips of the movie feature kids getting very visible erections (special effects spring-up fake boners) when they see a girl's underpants.

It's in that Japanese style where it has an innocent vibe but it's completely inappropriate.

Posted by: ace at April 23, 2025 06:23 PM (KRtlO)

180 Shocker that young girls getting shoved to the ground by fake tranny boys while playing sports in their youth would have lasting lifetime voting political affects. You f-cked yourself good Dems on this one.

"What's the matter with you stupid (#%+s?? Don't you like thugs raping and killing you? They're all saints being abused by the president!"
--the Democrats

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 06:23 PM (2VST1)

181 Is Carville gay? He sure doesn't look it.
Posted by: nerdygirl

Nah, Just ugly.

Married an ugly girl.

They have two very ugly kids.

Posted by: Rodney Miklosfield at April 23, 2025 06:24 PM (UOzvC)

182 Bearing Arms says ATF seized a reproduction RPG, a toy, and somehow shoved working internal parts into it and then arrested the owner for possessing an RPG.

That's where we are.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 23, 2025 06:24 PM (l3k/y)

183 "I've been bored with the Bondi heckling since Day One."

It all boils down to "I know the DOJ is battling every judge in the country over every initiative Trump is trying to move forward but they haven't done the thing I most care about, even though they might be working on it, so I'm going to moan incessantly".

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2025 06:24 PM (ExV1e)

184 >>> BREAKING: Wicked Judge Beryl Howell EXCORIATES DOJ Lawyers, Signals She May Permanently Block Trump From Taking Action Against Perkins Coie


Tomorrow's News Today: Judge Beryl Howell Permanently Blocks Trump From Issuing Executive Orders.

Posted by: Gref at April 23, 2025 06:24 PM (aBgBM)

185 American women at-large

**********

Heh!

Heh heh!

Posted by: muldoon at April 23, 2025 06:25 PM (uCfKO)

186 I'm no musician but some of the chords remind me of Deacon Blues by Steely Dan. That might make this Rising Sun Yacht Rock.

Posted by: ace at April 23, 2025 06:18 PM (KRtlO)

Considering the subject matter of the source, wouldn't it be Rising Son Yacht Rock?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2025 06:21 PM (ExV1e)
============
Maybe Risen Son Yacht Rock

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 23, 2025 06:26 PM (l3k/y)

187 Walmart American women at large more like.

Posted by: eleven at April 23, 2025 06:26 PM (0HaGk)

188
Women, aged 18-21 (middle Gen Z): R+4

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

Who knows what it might be next week? Or the week after?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2025 06:26 PM (QnmlO)

189 >>> BREAKING: Wicked Judge Beryl Howell EXCORIATES DOJ Lawyers, Signals She May Permanently Block Trump From Taking Action Against Perkins Coie


Tomorrow's News Today: Judge Beryl Howell Permanently Blocks Trump From Issuing Executive Orders.
Posted by: Gref at April 23, 2025 06:24 PM (aBgBM)

Tomorrow's News Today: Judge Beryl Howell Permanently Bans Houses after running into a wall while drunk.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 23, 2025 06:26 PM (VNX3d)

190 It all boils down to "I know the DOJ is battling every judge in the country over every initiative Trump is trying to move forward but they haven't done the thing I most care about, even though they might be working on it, so I'm going to moan incessantly".

Yeah but I do sympathize, we've been here before with Trump appointing someone we hope will do a good job, supposedly working to defeat the evil in power, and nothing happening, so we keep hoping and hoping, then it turns out they were against him from the beginning. So... it feels all too familiar, even though a bit unfair because of how short the time has been.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 06:26 PM (2VST1)

191 Protip… never ever refer to a woman as a “ Big Girl”… they do not like that…

Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2025 06:26 PM (PCK5/)

192
I'm no musician but some of the chords remind me of Deacon Blues by Steely Dan. That might make this Rising Sun Yacht Rock.

Posted by: ace

It does sound kinda Steely Dan-ish.

Posted by: BifBewalski at April 23, 2025 06:27 PM (MsrgL)

193 Posted by: Miklos rejoices things large and small

***********

*chin lift*

'sup?

Posted by: muldoon at April 23, 2025 06:28 PM (uCfKO)

194 Bearing Arms says ATF seized a reproduction RPG, a toy, and somehow shoved working internal parts into it and then arrested the owner for possessing an RPG.

That's where we are.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

An actual live RPG and firing system being the working internal parts shoved inside an otherwise inert PVC pipe with broomhandle grip.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 23, 2025 06:28 PM (/lPRQ)

195 The thing about the Dems is that their low approval rating is driven from the leftists who don't think the Dems are insane enough.
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Contrast:
The "all time low" approval rating for all Presidents, that 22% of W, was when he proposed amnesty and it was driven by losing Republicans.
A year later, in 2008, Obama won.
4 years later, the GOPe decided Romney lost because he didn't propose amnesty.
And four years after that, in 2016, Trump won on "build the wall."
As little as one year ago, Lankford was, once again, pushing amnesty for the GOPe.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 23, 2025 06:28 PM (+3+7z)

196 Bearing Arms says ATF seized a reproduction RPG, a toy, and somehow shoved working internal parts into it and then arrested the owner for possessing an RPG.

Remember how the feds kept trying to get the cops to modify the guns for that pair of lawyers, to make the charges worse, and the cops kept refusing?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 06:28 PM (2VST1)

197 Tea Party hobbitses stole the precious, and I wants it back.

Posted by: James Carville at April 23, 2025 06:28 PM (h9KKO)

198 Carville is just mad because some other dismal fags are taking over. More Chardonnay?

Is Carville gay? He sure doesn't look it.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 23, 2025 06:20 PM

The slimy swamp dwelling little fuck doesn't believe a word he says. He plays the left, his wife plays the right. They laugh all the way to the bank.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2025 06:28 PM (Wnv9h)

199 My niece is 16 and had to deal with all that fake tranny boys in sports garbage. And at 16, she already absolutely hates the Democrats.

Posted by: Davros at April 23, 2025 06:28 PM (PeNw6)

200 >>I'm no musician but some of the chords remind me of Deacon Blues by Steely Dan. That might make this Rising Sun Yacht Rock.


Popular Chord Progressions are used countless times over throughout music history. There are only so many that are pleasing.

Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2025 06:28 PM (F30Ty)

201 BREAKING

Federal District judge orders funding restored to USAID "Project Unicorn", and that all excreted Skittles be delivered to the court twice daily.

Posted by: MiklosWatch at April 23, 2025 06:28 PM (UOzvC)

202 Is Carville gay? He sure doesn't look it.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 23, 2025 06:20 PM (0Htd1)

He's a swink (swamp twink).
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls

Must be hard for him to get laid. I mean he's kind of a diamond in the rough as gay men go.

Posted by: nerdygirl at April 23, 2025 06:28 PM (0Htd1)

203 The democrats believe that if you say something three times, then it is true. That has never actually proven out, but by gosh, they believe it.

Also, if you click your ruby slippers together three times...

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 06:29 PM (a4NoL)

204 >>>It does sound kinda Steely Dan-ish.

the synthesized horns sound like Deacon Blues ("I cried when I wrote this song DUM-DUM-DUM...")

Posted by: ace at April 23, 2025 06:29 PM (KRtlO)

205 182 Bearing Arms says ATF seized a reproduction RPG, a toy, and somehow shoved working internal parts into it and then arrested the owner for possessing an RPG.

That's where we are.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 23, 2025 06:24 PM (l3k/y)

IIRC, they put a working pin in Patricia McCloskeys small purse gun she was brandishing in St Louis during The Mostly Peaceful Protest Times so they could make something stick.

Posted by: jsg at April 23, 2025 06:29 PM (UJ+K5)

206 WTF are school administrators thinking, taking a case to the Supreme Court defending their right to show homosexual porn to five year olds. What an amazing country we live in, where school spend tax dollars to force porn on little kids and almost get away with it.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 23, 2025 06:30 PM (l3k/y)

207 I think the new Doctor Bionic might be up for streaming, already.

I know they sent download codes to me...but I don't think I have ever even used one of those things.

Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2025 06:30 PM (F30Ty)

208 >>It does sound kinda Steely Dan-ish.

Ask garrett. Steely Dan is his favorite band.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2025 06:30 PM (viF8m)

209 181 Is Carville gay? He sure doesn't look it.
Posted by: nerdygirl

Nah, Just ugly.

Married an ugly girl.

They have two very ugly kids.

Posted by: Rodney Miklosfield at April 23, 2025 06:24 PM (UOzvC)

It's hard to be fabulous when your soul is full of gunk.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 06:31 PM (a4NoL)

210 Also saw Durand Jones and the Indications announced their Tour Dates in support of their June LP release.

A Band that is definitely worth catching if they are near you.

Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2025 06:31 PM (F30Ty)

211 IIRC, they put a working pin in Patricia McCloskeys small purse gun she was brandishing in St Louis during The Mostly Peaceful Protest Times so they could make something stick.

That's the name yeah, they didn't actually do it but the feds were heavily pressuring the cops to do it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 06:31 PM (2VST1)

212 *chin lift*

'sup?
Posted by: muldoon

I prefer a chin wag at the pub to those chin lifts at the gym.

Posted by: Miklos, who is thankful for some good news from the doc today at April 23, 2025 06:31 PM (UOzvC)

213 204 >>>It does sound kinda Steely Dan-ish.

the synthesized horns sound like Deacon Blues ("I cried when I wrote this song DUM-DUM-DUM...")
Posted by: ace at April 23, 2025 06:29 PM (KRtlO)

Steely Dan… my favorite is “ My Old School”…

Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2025 06:32 PM (PCK5/)

214 Not a Dan fan...but they are below Fleetwood Mac and Jimmy Buffet on my hate list.

Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2025 06:32 PM (F30Ty)

215 ok Garrett.

I'm looking up Durand Jones.

The pressure's on!

Posted by: eleven at April 23, 2025 06:33 PM (0HaGk)

216 It's hard to be fabulous when your soul is full of gunk.
Posted by: tcn in AK

I read that in a Boris Karloff Grinch voice.

Posted by: Miklos, who actually did that at April 23, 2025 06:33 PM (UOzvC)

217 184 >>> BREAKING: Wicked Judge Beryl Howell EXCORIATES DOJ Lawyers, Signals She May Permanently Block Trump From Taking Action Against Perkins Coie


Tomorrow's News Today: Judge Beryl Howell Permanently Blocks Trump From Issuing Executive Orders.
Posted by: Gref at April 23, 2025 06:24 PM (aBgBM)

Interesting thought... The Supremes have already decreed that the Prezzy can't be prosecuted for things he does as part of his office...

So, EO ordering stuff... what happens when he tells a Judge to stuff it when its part of his job? How can he be held in contempt of Court, when its part of his JOB?... as he can't be prosecuted?

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 23, 2025 06:33 PM (QAkQ3)

218 214 Not a Dan fan...but they are below Fleetwood Mac and Jimmy Buffet on my hate list.
Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2025 06:32 PM (F30Ty)
Agree with one of your hates for sure…

Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2025 06:33 PM (PCK5/)

219 Posted by: Miklos, who is thankful for some good news from the doc today at April 23, 2025 06:31 PM (UOzvC)

Tell!

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 06:33 PM (a4NoL)

220 but they are below Fleetwood Mac and Jimmy Buffet on my hate list.

Who hurt you so much when you were a kid?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 06:33 PM (2VST1)

221 Make sure it's with the Band and not his Solo LP.

The Solo LP is less than awesome.

Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2025 06:33 PM (F30Ty)

222 It's hard to be fabulous when your soul is full of gunk.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 06:31 PM

I'm right here, you know.

Posted by: The Grinch at April 23, 2025 06:34 PM (Wnv9h)

223 214 Not a Dan fan...but they are below Fleetwood Mac and Jimmy Buffet on my hate list.

Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2025 06:32 PM (F30Ty)


The only Steely Dan song I like is "My Old School."

Posted by: Gref at April 23, 2025 06:34 PM (aBgBM)

224 That's the name yeah, they didn't actually do it but the feds were heavily pressuring the cops to do it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 06:31 PM (2VST1)

Thanks, I thought they actually did it.

And Bob at NSA? This is why noone trusts you MF'ers.

Posted by: jsg at April 23, 2025 06:34 PM (UJ+K5)

225 223 214 Not a Dan fan...but they are below Fleetwood Mac and Jimmy Buffet on my hate list.

Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2025 06:32 PM (F30Ty)


The only Steely Dan song I like is "My Old School."
Posted by: Gref at April 23, 2025 06:34 PM (aBgBM)

Fist bump….

Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2025 06:34 PM (PCK5/)

226 "I've been bored with the Bondi heckling since Day One."
==================
where are we on the Epstein material release? Did that ever happen?

I keep hoping some enterprising journalist tracks down "John Roberts" from the Lolita Express flight log mentions.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 23, 2025 06:35 PM (l3k/y)

227 >>Who hurt you so much when you were a kid?


Radio Station Managers.

Throw Elton John on that pile above Steely Dan.

My dislike of the Dan is more the production style. Obviously everyone involved is an amazing talent. I just hate their sound.

Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2025 06:35 PM (F30Ty)

228 K.

Back now. I'll just not say nothing bout Durand Jones.

Posted by: eleven at April 23, 2025 06:35 PM (0HaGk)

229 203 The democrats believe that if you say something three times, then it is true.
Also, if you click your ruby slippers together three times...
Posted by: tcn in AK

Glinda, the "Good Witch" ran a deadly op against her witch opponents, using theft, murder, terrorism, extortion and any number of horrific tactics against Dorothy, who may have been an innocent victim, but maybe, maybe... much more.

Posted by: Auspex at April 23, 2025 06:35 PM (j4U/Z)

230 Tell!
Posted by: tcn in AK

It's not Lupus!

or cancer

Posted by: Miklos, who just has wierd blood at April 23, 2025 06:35 PM (UOzvC)

231 I subscribe to Crunchyroll (my main source), Hidive, Hulu, and Netflix. If it doesn’t come on those, I don’t get it. I was thinking DanMachi was on Crunchyroll, but you’re right, it only has the early seasons. The fourth season is available on both Hulu and Hidive. I will also buy some shows on disk if unavailable otherwise.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 06:36 PM (ZVgZ4)

232 227 >>Who hurt you so much when you were a kid?


Radio Station Managers.

Throw Elton John on that pile above Steely Dan.

My dislike of the Dan is more the production style. Obviously everyone involved is an amazing talent. I just hate their sound.
Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2025 06:35 PM (F30Ty)

That IS a problem for music appreciation….

Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2025 06:36 PM (PCK5/)

233 ATF seized a reproduction RPG,

F.A.T.A.L.?

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2025 06:36 PM (gKWVE)

234 Kids if you want some fun
Mr LaPage is your man

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2025 06:36 PM (viF8m)

235 Back now. I'll just not say nothing bout Durand Jones.
Posted by: eleven

Wise choice

Posted by: Leeroy Jones! at April 23, 2025 06:36 PM (UOzvC)

236 It's not Lupus!

or cancer
Posted by: Miklos, who just has wierd blood at April 23, 2025 06:35 PM (UOzvC)

Woot!

Now, what the hell is it?

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 06:37 PM (a4NoL)

237 Throw Elton John on that pile above Steely Dan.

Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2025 06:35 PM

He seems like he'd prefer being the bottom of the pile, IYKWIM.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2025 06:37 PM (Wnv9h)

238 I keep hoping some enterprising journalist tracks down "John Roberts" from the Lolita Express flight log mentions.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

I wonder why those have not been released yet.

Posted by: Miklos hopes for Kompromat at April 23, 2025 06:38 PM (UOzvC)

239 Radio Station Managers.

I used to hate Journey and Led Zeppelin because they were so insanely overplayed in my youth. But... I learned to understand why they were played so much

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 06:38 PM (2VST1)

240 Best Elton John song is Madman Across the Water… almost thoughtful…

Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2025 06:38 PM (PCK5/)

241 Another old song I never new the title of or artist. Classic Rock Stations used to play this. My Old School. I forgot it. They stopped playing this aways back.

Posted by: James Carville at April 23, 2025 06:38 PM (h9KKO)

242 Now, what the hell is it?
Posted by: tcn in AK

Who knows.

He's just a doctor, Jim

Posted by: Miklos, undiagnosed, do no Disability Moneys for me at April 23, 2025 06:41 PM (UOzvC)

243 LOL

Trump has found another country who will take illegals whose home country won't accept them:

Rwanda

Fucking genius!

Please, please, please have Salvador send MS-13 Father there.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 23, 2025 06:41 PM (+3+7z)

244
Pritzger has ordered the Illinois pension funds administrator to divest from El Salvador, if they happen to own anything in El Salvador

And no more attending governance conferences in San Salvador!

I mean business!

-- Governor Ball of Suet with Raisins for Eyes

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 23, 2025 06:41 PM (Yv9jh)

245 Puts Dinah Washington in the cd player and don't even think about touching my lawn.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 23, 2025 06:41 PM (yp8Vj)

246 Here's a taste of a live set off KEXP:

Durand Jones and the Indications -
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=vdd2IQwr1Kg

Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2025 06:42 PM (F30Ty)

247 Oops.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2025 06:42 PM (h9KKO)

248 I am a huge Dire Straits fan… but I cannot stand Money for Nothing… Played. To. Death…

Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2025 06:42 PM (PCK5/)

249 Trump has found another country who will take illegals whose home country won't accept them:

Rwanda

Look illegals, you don't wanna go to a hellscape prison in El Salvador or Rwanda to get massacred with machetes... you can always go back home. Really its an option. You don't even have to wait for a hearing.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 06:43 PM (2VST1)

250 If we're reminiscing about 80's rock songs, I miss Eddie Money, with "I Wanna Go Back". I'm now at an age when I see the appeal.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 23, 2025 06:43 PM (VNX3d)

251 >>Back now. I'll just not say nothing bout Durand Jones.
Posted by: eleven


Not a Soul fan?

Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2025 06:43 PM (F30Ty)

252 233 ATF seized a reproduction RPG,

F.A.T.A.L.?
Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2025 06:36 PM (gKWVE)

Rolling to see how wide your arsehole is involuntarily stretched seems right up today's feds alley, so to speak.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 23, 2025 06:43 PM (V9cMX)

253 Get your chicks for free.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2025 06:43 PM (h9KKO)

254 The little faggot with the earring and the makeup….

Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2025 06:44 PM (PCK5/)

255 Trump has found another country who will take illegals whose home country won't accept them:

Rwanda

The previous UK government did a deal with Rwanda to take illegals (for cash).

Italy has a deal with Albania, Australia did one with East Timor or somewhere.

Posted by: Miklos, yet undeported, but if Tahiti is an option at April 23, 2025 06:44 PM (UOzvC)

256 Do they put you in a 1 scale replica of a prison for replica possession?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2025 06:45 PM (h9KKO)

257 168 gazans jumped on a plane and fled yesterday.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 23, 2025 06:46 PM (yp8Vj)

258 I can listen to Led Zeppelin I almost anytime.

Occasionally, I will pull Physical Graffiti off the shelf...but if I want to hear any Zeppelin, I can just think about a song and I am hearing it.

Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2025 06:46 PM (F30Ty)

259 Welcome to Rwanda senor.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2025 06:46 PM (h9KKO)

260 257 168 gazans jumped on a plane and fled yesterday.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 23, 2025 06:46 PM (yp8Vj)

That sounds like it needs a punchline, Ben Had…

Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2025 06:47 PM (PCK5/)

261 258 I can listen to Led Zeppelin I almost anytime.

Occasionally, I will pull Physical Graffiti off the shelf...but if I want to hear any Zeppelin, I can just think about a song and I am hearing it.
Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2025 06:46 PM (F30Ty)

So, a Brainwig??

Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2025 06:48 PM (PCK5/)

262 tubal, I'm not as quick as you all are.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 23, 2025 06:48 PM (yp8Vj)

263 The thing about Crimea is that it was always essentially a fabricated part of Ukraine. Kruschev "ceded' it to the Ukrainian SSR to solidify his position as general secretary in the 1950s. An absolute minimal amount of Ukrainians ever lived there. The population was at the time of the seizure close to 100% ethnic Russians. The quality of life has gone up unimaginably for Crimeans. My in laws went to a resort there in 2019 and they said it reminded them a lot of Spain. There is no insurrection or resistance to the Russian government like you would expect in other occupied territories. It would be hell for Ukraine to try to reclaim that territory even if Russia abandoned it. There is no desire there to be a part of Ukraine.

Posted by: mishdog at April 23, 2025 06:49 PM (Hzymx)

264 262 tubal, I'm not as quick as you all are.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 23, 2025 06:48 PM (yp8Vj)

Nah not me, BH…. I am a Trailing Moron…

Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2025 06:49 PM (PCK5/)

265 253 Get your chicks for free.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2025 06:43 PM (h9KKO)


WE BANNED THAT SONG!

Posted by: Momtgomery County School Board at April 23, 2025 06:49 PM (aBgBM)

266 261 I can do that with Stones albums. I listened to Zepplin albums so many times I can't listen anymore.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2025 06:49 PM (h9KKO)

267 Who here remembers dancing with your arms around your partner?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 23, 2025 06:50 PM (yp8Vj)

268 I can just think about a song and I am hearing it.
Posted by: garrett

I hear the songs of Zeta Reticulae all the time

Posted by: Art Bell's bartender at April 23, 2025 06:50 PM (UOzvC)

269 Billy Idol advocated dancing with yourself….

Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2025 06:51 PM (PCK5/)

270 It's not Lupus!

or cancer
Posted by: Miklos

*********

That's good. I suppose.

But I'm not sure what we are talking about.

Posted by: muldoon at April 23, 2025 06:51 PM (uCfKO)

271 Who here remembers dancing with your arms around your partner?
Posted by: Ben Had

Not me

Posted by: Miklos, 1979 All-State Limbo Champion at April 23, 2025 06:52 PM (UOzvC)

272 269 Billy Idol advocated dancing with yourself….
Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2025 06:51 PM (PCK5/)

NOW you tell me.

Posted by: Jeffery Toobin at April 23, 2025 06:53 PM (gKWVE)

273 I watch a lot of analysis videos: musical coaches and opera singers looking at other types of music and analyzing the singer. Its fascinating learning how they do what they do and why and the way it matters. I have learned a lot and can definitely appreciate singing more than just as a total package of a song. There are people who do this with various instruments, too.

But I've noticed something... nobody does the Beatles. Nobody analyzes how great Paul McCartney shreds or that tasty drum lick by Ringo. Nobody is analyzing John Lennon's amazing vocal stylings. Because they are all just adequate. They're pretty good, but not outstanding. None of them were terrific at what they did, just tight and effective.

I don't say this to bash the Beatles, but to sneer at the worship some give the band, as if they were earth shattering geniuses who strode the earth like giants and transformed music. They were great at pop music. And that's enough. Don't turn them into something they aint.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 06:54 PM (2VST1)

274 tubal, I bought the " Dirty Dancing" DVD just so I could remember.

Disclaimer, lots of dancing together at the TXMoMe.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 23, 2025 06:54 PM (yp8Vj)

275 269 Billy Idol advocated dancing with yourself….
Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2025 06:51 PM (PCK5/)

Yes.

Posted by: Joycelyn Elders at April 23, 2025 06:54 PM (V9cMX)

276 But I'm not sure what we are talking about.
Posted by: muldoon

Neither am I or the Specialist doc. Abnormalities of red blood cells and high hemoglobin.

No real symptoms

Posted by: Miklos, shrugging like a Frenchman with an Italian father at April 23, 2025 06:54 PM (UOzvC)

277 Miklos, you come to Texas and I wi fill your dance card!

Posted by: Ben Had at April 23, 2025 06:55 PM (yp8Vj)

278 168 gazans jumped on a plane and fled yesterday.

********

Sung to the tune of:

72 men sailed up from the San Fransisco Bay...

Posted by: muldoon at April 23, 2025 06:56 PM (uCfKO)

279 >>Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 06:54 PM (2VST1)


The Harpist Chick on youtube has a Beatles Series going right now, I think?

Beato is a Beatles fanboi and does a lot of the same with their songs.

Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2025 06:56 PM (F30Ty)

280 Miklos, you come to Texas and I wi fill your dance card!
Posted by: Ben Had

*starts looking for that set of cut-out footprints and the diagram of where they go*

Posted by: Miklos, willing to learn at April 23, 2025 06:57 PM (UOzvC)

281 Yeah Beato does a ton of PRODUCTION reactions to the Beatles, but to be fair he's a pretty mindless Beatles fan, so his perspective is a bit... skewed. I like his stuff overall but the man would crawl over a mile of broken glass just to sniff the crotch of their underwear

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 06:58 PM (2VST1)

282 No real symptoms

Posted by: Miklos

**********

I could take an off the record look if you want.

seamus underscore muldoon at the yahoo dotcom

Posted by: muldoon at April 23, 2025 06:59 PM (uCfKO)

283 Disclaimer, lots of dancing together at the TXMoMe.

*marks off Texas visit*

I hate dancing.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 06:59 PM (2VST1)

284 > Tulsi sent 2 criminal referrals to the DOJ today with a 3rd on the way against deep state leakers.
Posted by: JackStraw
--------
"Two"

Uh Huh. A third on the way.

At this point in *biden's tenure what was the tally?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 23, 2025 07:00 PM (Q4IgG)

285 I want to see some judges arrested and prosecuted (at Gitmo?) for aiding and abetting terrorist organizations.

We are on a war footing .. against terrorism. Military tribunals are in order.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 23, 2025 07:00 PM (Cus5s)

286 Christopher Taylor, willing participants only. The other 50 people are discussing quantum physics.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 23, 2025 07:01 PM (yp8Vj)

287 I could take an off the record look if you want.

Thank you

Will arrange

Posted by: Miklos, needs some Fu-time to figure it out at April 23, 2025 07:02 PM (UOzvC)

288 *marks off Texas visit*

I hate dancing.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

Have you tried the Horizontal Bop?

Posted by: Miklos suggests this popular move at April 23, 2025 07:03 PM (UOzvC)

289 Jewells was a big fan of the horizontal lambada

Posted by: Ben Had at April 23, 2025 07:04 PM (yp8Vj)

290 Tom Goldstein (under indictment) of the SCOTUSblog just sold his blog to ... The Dispatch.
Where The Dispatch got its cash remains an open question.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2025 07:10 PM (gKWVE)

291 Jewells was a big fan of the horizontal lambada
Posted by: Ben Had

I have an AoS key chain ornament from Jewells.

It makes me happy.

Posted by: Miklos at April 23, 2025 07:14 PM (UOzvC)

292 I've got a feeling no matter who's in charge, voters will be unhappy and want a change. Just seems the culture right now

I can't ever imagine a President having say a 60%+ approval rating.

Posted by: Leupold at April 23, 2025 05:33 PM (4pwAx)

Bush II had a 90% approval rating. 70+ was pretty common in the 80s and 70s.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 23, 2025 09:12 PM (n7h9X)

293 But I've noticed something... nobody does the Beatles. Nobody analyzes how great Paul McCartney shreds or that tasty drum lick by Ringo. Nobody is analyzing John Lennon's amazing vocal stylings. Because they are all just adequate. They're pretty good, but not outstanding. None of them were terrific at what they did, just tight and effective.

I don't say this to bash the Beatles, but to sneer at the worship some give the band, as if they were earth shattering geniuses who strode the earth like giants and transformed music. They were great at pop music. And that's enough. Don't turn them into something they aint.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 06:54 PM (2VST1)

I started listening to music around 1970 and even then never had a trace of Beatlemania. They were fine, I preferred more complex music even as a kid, and most of their late experimental stuff didn't suit me. Many other bands are higher on my scorecard.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 23, 2025 09:18 PM (n7h9X)

Supreme Court Appears Ready to Rule that the Montgomery County School System Violated Religious Rights by Making Gay Propaganda Books Available for Children In Their Libraries, and Bizarrely, Refusing a Simple Opt-Out for Children of Concerned Parents

The opt-out would just consist of a librarian checking to see if the student is approved by parental consent to check out the book.

Also, when teachers would bring these gay storybooks into the classrooms and indoctrinate children into Gay Studies, parents wanted an opt-out for those classes as well.

But the school board refused.

But you may have noticed -- librarians are now almost all extremist radical lesbians who are determined to allow children to watch porn on library computers and fill their libraries with actual gay porn how-to books.

And teachers are 80% hard left as well.


Even Elena Kagan could not understand why the school system would allow opt-outs for lots of different sensitive topics, but is choosing to dig its heels in for full-on gay sexual grooming of children.

Wait a tick, I think I just figured it out.


The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared likely to rule for parents in Maryland who objected on religious grounds to books made available in a school district's elementary schools that feature stories about gay and transgender characters.

Members of the 6-3 conservative majority, which often backs religious rights, seemed sympathetic during the lively 2½-hour oral argument toward the parents' claims that the Montgomery County Board of Education violated their religious rights by failing to provide an opt-out for their children.

Some justices indicated that the board's refusal to provide an opt-out might have been motivated by hostility toward religion. A ruling is due by the end of June.

At issue are books included in the English language arts curriculum in Montgomery County. The dispute arose in 2022 after the school board in the large and diverse jurisdiction just outside Washington decided it wanted more storybooks reflecting LGBTQ stories to better reflect the people who live there.

...

One book, "Uncle Bobby's Wedding," features a gay character who is getting married. Another, called "Born Ready," is about a transgender child who wants to identify as a boy.

Some parents, including Muslims and Orthodox Christians, objected on religious grounds under the Constitution's First Amendment, saying their children should be able to opt out of any exposure to the content.

Conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch was one of several justices who raised comments made by a former member of the school board, Lynne Harris.

She had suggested in a media interview cited in court papers that a student who objected to the books was "parroting dogma" passed on by her parents and compared their complaints to those of white supremacists who opposed civil rights laws.

"Does that suggest a hostility toward religion?" Gorsuch asked, citing a 2018 ruling in which the court ruled for a Christian baker who refused to serve a gay couple on the grounds that a state civil rights commission had shown anti-religious animus.

Other conservative justices expressed disbelief that the school board found it too difficult to provide an opt-out.

"Why isn't that feasible?" Justice Samuel Alito asked.

"I'm not understanding why it's not feasible," Justice Brett Kavanaugh added.

Chief Justice John Roberts seemed skeptical of the school board's argument that the policy did not require the children to affirm or support the content of the books.

"Is that a realistic concept when you are talking about a 5-year-old?" he asked.

The DEI Justice -- I'm sorry, that's not specific enough; one of the three DEI Justices (does Amy Coney Barrett also count?) -- Ketanji Brown Jackson declared that any parent who doesn't want their kids flooded with gay porn can just put their kids in a private school.

Note that the government forcibly extracts tax money from parents to pay for school, and refuses to give them vouchers to send their kids to private school. So she's saying the state can violate your religious rights and make the schools you are forced at gunpoint to pay for completely unusable by you, but that's okay, because you can just take the double-penalty of paying for a school you don't use and spending $25,000 per year on a private school, Bigots.

Fellow liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson also appeared skeptical, noting that parents have other options if they do not like what their children are taught in school.

"If the school teaches something that the parent disagrees with, you have a choice. You don't have to send your kid to that school," she said.

...

The lead plaintiffs are Tamer Mahmoud and Enas Barakat -- a Muslim couple who have a son in elementary school. Other plaintiffs are members of the Catholic and Ukrainian Orthodox churches.

They are not challenging the curriculum itself, just the lack of an opt-out.

A federal judge and the Richmond, Virginia-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals both ruled in favor of the school board.

...

The parents, represented by the religious liberties group Becket, say that under Supreme Court precedent, they have a right to opt out of any instruction that would interfere with their children's religious development.

The school board is "compelling instruction designed to indoctrinate petitioners' children against their religious beliefs," the parents' lawyers wrote.

The parents have the backing of the Trump administration.

Gorsuch wanted to know about a book made available to three-year-old pre-schoolers. There were drawings of a drag queen dressed in leather, and kids were instructed to Find the Leather-Daddy Drag-Queen in the books as if he was Waldo.

The lawyer for the school board insisted that this wasn't sexual and the all-leather get-up wasn't bondage gear.


A drag queen danced in protest:

Isn't that wholesome and Normal.

Here's how smug authoritarian cunt Nina Totenberg "reports" the case for NPR:


The U.S. Supreme Court jumps back into the culture wars Tuesday, as the justices tackle a clash between two bedrock values in American public schools: On one side is the longstanding tradition of local school boards determining class curriculum for everyone. On the other side is the notion that public schools should accommodate religious objections to some materials by allowing parents to opt their kids out of some classes.

At the center of Tuesday's case is the school system in Montgomery County, Md., the most religiously diverse county in the United States, with 160,000 students of almost all faiths. The school board approved five storybooks with LGBTQ+ characters for use in elementary school classes. The avowed purpose was to teach students tolerance and respect for LGBTQ+ students and parents. But some parents objected, contending that exposure to the approved materials conflicted with their religious beliefs.

Grace Morrison is one of the parents suing the school board. Her daughter, who has Down syndrome, was in a special-needs general curriculum class, when the school board decided to include books that talk about LGBTQ+ children and parents. Her daughter was, by then, 10 years old, and Morrison was concerned that her child would be confused by the books.

"They are in conflict with our faith. And I also think that's too heavy for our daughter," she said in an interview with NPR. "These are topics that I'm just not ready to start on down the road with her."

While the school board initially allowed parents to opt their kids out of regular classes with some LGBTQ+ content, the board eventually found that it was both too difficult and too disruptive to accommodate the number of opt-out requests.

"Too many people asserted their religious rights so it became too burdensome to grant them."

If so many people want to opt-out, maybe the list of opt-ins would be smaller and more easy to manage...?

That's what's really going on here: A majority of parents object to Gay Training Classes and want to opt-out. The school might give in if it were just a few Bigot-Children here and there, but this is the majority of parents objecting to this material.

Therefore, they must be crushed. There will be no dissent from Gay Indoctrination. Certainly not so close to Pride Month!

In the Supreme Court on Tuesday, the school board's lawyer will tell the justices that it's relatively easy to have opt-outs for a single class, like health and sex education, a course that allows opt-outs. But it is a logistical nightmare to take children out of a classroom when a single story book that features same-sex parents or gay and lesbian kids could come up at any time. Among the logistical questions are where to put the opt-out kids and for how long? And how would the schools then meet the needs for alternative lesson plans?

How about you just have special Gay Training classes for the students of leftwing nutbag parents who want them, and keep the topic out of other normal classes?

Posted by: Ace at 04:24 PM




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Posted by: NALNAMSAM at April 23, 2025 04:24 PM (4a0nD)

2 Off to go grab the others..

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at April 23, 2025 04:25 PM (4a0nD)

3 Remember they aren't pedos even though they will fight to the death to make elementary kids read explicit gay pron.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2025 04:25 PM (t0Rmr)

4 Called the otters.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 23, 2025 04:26 PM (VNX3d)

5 2005: Gay marriage will have literally nothing to do with you h8ter

2025: No you can't opt out your 6 year old has to read the gay pron and discuss how it made them feel with their tranny teacher.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2025 04:27 PM (t0Rmr)

6 Gay butt-sex by age 8, or bust!

Posted by: zombie at April 23, 2025 04:28 PM (pMi6S)

7 On one side is the longstanding tradition of local school boards determining class curriculum for everyone. On the other side is the notion that public schools should accommodate religious objections to some materials by allowing parents to opt their kids out of some classes.

There's a reason for that longstanding tradition: in the past, school boards would never have been lunatic enough to push sexually explicit gay training materials to little children. If they had, they'd have met Mr. Auto-da-Fe.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2025 04:28 PM (s8j++)

8 Ketanji Brown Jackson declared that any parent who doesn't want their kids flooded with gay porn can just put their kids in a private school.



Who appointed that brain dead twat?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2025 04:28 PM (5Mo7q)

9 Dang it someone said this post was about Nude Supremes and I was hoping for peak 60s girl group pr0n

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 04:28 PM (2VST1)

10 This whole subject is very gay. Also, the lawyer arguing for the school sounds like a gay.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 04:29 PM (uCjyK)

11 My daughter goes to a Christian school for many reasons. One of them came up a few months ago, when we got an email from the Lit teacher explaining that the kids were going to be reading "Bridge To Terebithia" and it has the s-word in it.

Posted by: pookysgirl, beyond tired at April 23, 2025 04:30 PM (8f1Pl)

12 Dang it someone said this post was about Nude Supremes and I was hoping for peak 60s girl group pr0n

What if they just dance around in frilly lacy outfits?

Oh and they can't really sing.

And...we do the same for the boy bands?

Posted by: Korea at April 23, 2025 04:30 PM (t0Rmr)

13 Not my first move in an earthquake, but props

@Breaking911 17m
WATCH: During a magnitude 6.2 earthquake in Istanbul, a man jumped from a balcony & onto a car.

Local media reports the man suffered minor injuries.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 23, 2025 04:30 PM (mlg/3)

14 >>Another, called "Born Ready," is about a transgender child who wants to identify as a boy.

Nope, they aren't groomers and pedophiles, at all.

Posted by: huerfano at April 23, 2025 04:30 PM (n2swS)

15 30 or so years ago, the principal and/or teachers would have been found in the parking lot with all their teeth knocked out had they tried this.

Never thought I'd say I'm thankful Muslims have now overrun America because at least they have the balls to stand up to this.

Posted by: Leupold at April 23, 2025 04:30 PM (4pwAx)

16 Dang it someone said this post was about Nude Supremes and I was hoping for peak 60s girl group pr0n
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 04:28 PM (2VST1)

I did my best, trying to warn of an Admiral Ackbar photo....

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 23, 2025 04:30 PM (VNX3d)

17 See I wouldn't have even approached this from a religious rights perspective, as valid as that is. If you handed out stuff like this to kids on the playground, you'd be arrested and put on a sex offenders list.

Just treat it like the smut it is, and ban it from schools.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 04:30 PM (2VST1)

18 I have no faith SCOTUS will rule sensibly.

Honestly, the fact that this is even a case that's getting a hearing shows how incredibly corrupt and insane this degenerate country has become.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 04:30 PM (/dDa4)

19 I’m happy with the end result. But why did it have to be based on religion? You can be non religious and still not want gay porn in your kid’s school liberry.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 23, 2025 04:30 PM (DKKgv)

20 It used to be considered normal for parents to teach their kids about sex. Now apparently it is considered normal for teachers to groom children into buttsecks and fisting, for their own good, you see.

SMOD, where art thou?

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 04:30 PM (a4NoL)

21 >> On one side is the longstanding tradition of local school boards determining class curriculum for everyone.

Sigh.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 04:31 PM (uCjyK)

22 19 I’m happy with the end result. But why did it have to be based on religion? You can be non religious and still not want gay porn in your kid’s school liberry.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 23, 2025 04:30 PM (DKKgv)

Like and Don't Like are not terms in the Bill of Rights. Freedom of Religion is.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 04:31 PM (a4NoL)

23 If we can't give third-graders books showing underage boys sucking cock, then the terrorists have won!

Posted by: Lawyer for the school board at April 23, 2025 04:32 PM (TbWk/)

24 "Members of the 6-3 conservative majority...",

I wish they'd cut this shit out (but of course they won't). It's not a "conservative majority" court at all and I'm tired of hearing it.

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 23, 2025 04:32 PM (h/ffs)

25 Never thought I'd say I'm thankful Muslims have now overrun America because at least they have the balls to stand up to this.

Except the muslim do not care if your kids get trannied/gayed.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2025 04:32 PM (t0Rmr)

26 Ketanji Brown Jackson declared that any parent who doesn't want their kids flooded with gay porn can just put their kids in a private school.

.. but that puts a heavier burden of the poor and blacks, who Ketanji Brown Jackson claims to empathize with.

Posted by: SMOD at April 23, 2025 04:32 PM (RHGPo)

27 Even Elena Kagan could not understand why the school system would allow opt-outs for lots of different sensitive topics, but is choosing to dig its heels in for full-on gay sexual grooming of children.

Yeah that's a real puzzler ain't it? So difficult to comprehend.

GROOMERS

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 04:32 PM (2VST1)

28 They even lost the Kurgan.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2025 04:32 PM (h9KKO)

29 Can the parents who want all this crap also have their kid attend Rainbow Academy of the Abused?

KBJ is bordering on AOC level dumb.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2025 04:32 PM (pZEOD)

30 19 I’m happy with the end result. But why did it have to be based on religion? You can be non religious and still not want gay porn in your kid’s school liberry.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 23, 2025 04:30 PM (DKKgv)

Agreed. Why do we have to pretend this is a religious issue? I'm not overly religious, and I also don't think 3 year olds should be exposed to gay books.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 04:32 PM (uCjyK)

31 Good grief, KJB is a dunderhead. Sure, pull your child out of regular school and put them in private school, while continuing to pay taxes for the school your child isn't in.

I'd compare KJB to a box of rocks but I prefer not to defame rocks.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 23, 2025 04:32 PM (tT6L1)

32 Like and Don't Like are not terms in the Bill of Rights. Freedom of Religion is.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 04:31 PM (a4NoL)

Which part of the Constitution empowers the Federal or state governments to groom children?

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 04:33 PM (/dDa4)

33 Opting out is semantically equivalent as saying you don't approve of their lifestyle. Which is literally violence, or something.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at April 23, 2025 04:33 PM (B9Prs)

34 We are through the looking glass.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2025 04:33 PM (lUXuM)

35 21 >> On one side is the longstanding tradition of local school boards determining class curriculum for everyone.

Sigh.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 04:31 PM (uCjyK)

When homeschooling the boy during covid, I requested the social studies curriculum from the Anchorage School District so that I could figure out how he would not be left behind when he went back to school. Never got a straight answer, was never told what textbooks are used, what the standards are. I ended up teaching him Lord of History, which is Western Civ based upon the Incarnation as the most important even in human history. He probably knows much more than the idiots who stuck with ASD's stupidity.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 04:33 PM (a4NoL)

36 KBJ is bordering on AOC level dumb.
Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2025 04:32 PM (pZEOD)
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Bordering? I think that particular Venn diagram overlaps to the point one cannot tell which is which.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 23, 2025 04:33 PM (tT6L1)

37 25 Never thought I'd say I'm thankful Muslims have now overrun America because at least they have the balls to stand up to this.

Except the muslim do not care if your kids get trannied/gayed.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2025 04:32 PM (t0Rmr)

Right, that will be the outcome here.

Muslims and other people who can prove they're religious will not be subjected to this, but everyone else will.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 04:33 PM (uCjyK)

38 MoCo argued that the reason they had to mandate Queer Ed to kindergartners is because too many kids were opting out.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, still gloating at April 23, 2025 04:33 PM (oSeBJ)

39 Fellow liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson also appeared skeptical, noting that parents have other options if they do not like what their children are taught in school.

"If the school teaches something that the parent disagrees with, you have a choice. You don't have to send your kid to that school," she said.
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She'd change her tune if the school taught white superiority.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 04:34 PM (YqDXo)

40 We'll win this case, but the fact it has to even go to the Supreme Court is disgusting.

So a parent can opt out of not having their preschooler exposed to porn in a few months when they rule on this. #winning.

I feel like conservative SC wins are like rounding errors in the culture war. Whereas when the Left has the SC, they completely change society.

Posted by: Leupold at April 23, 2025 04:34 PM (4pwAx)

41 I don't give a shit what books they have in the library, but forcing kids to be indoctrinated in the classroom is an entirely different matter. This is one issue the Muslims might save us from.

Posted by: Max Power at April 23, 2025 04:34 PM (q177U)

42 Opting out is semantically equivalent as saying you don't approve of their lifestyle. Which is literally violence, or something.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at April 23, 2025 04:33 PM (B9Prs)

That is pretty much their argument. Also you must give gay pedophiles access to your kids. They are not saying they will rape them, but they are also not saying they won't. Bigot.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2025 04:34 PM (lUXuM)

43 BTW, they're not teaching sex; they're teaching sodomy.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 04:34 PM (/dDa4)

44 While the school board initially allowed parents to opt their kids out of regular classes with some LGBTQ+ content, the board eventually found that it was both too difficult and too disruptive to accommodate the number of opt-out requests.

One would think that if they had THAT many requests maybe its time to just not have that stuff at all?

But again, if you handed out these kind of books to kids in a playground you'd find yourself going door to door in your neighborhood telling everyone that you're on a special government list.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 04:35 PM (2VST1)

45 Parents shouldn't have to "opt out." That queer shit shouldn't be taught in schools or available in the library AT ALL.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 04:35 PM (YqDXo)

46 I also tried to find out the curriculum for English Literature, and was met with mostly silence. What passes for high school reading lists these days is a scandal. We did Shakespeare (Merchant of Venice, Romeo and Juliet), along with The Bronze Bow, Lilies of the Field, and the Life of Maximillian Kolbe. I think he got a pretty good year of literature.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 04:35 PM (a4NoL)

47 19 I’m happy with the end result. But why did it have to be based on religion? You can be non religious and still not want gay porn in your kid’s school liberry.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 23, 2025 04:30 PM (DKKgv)

Same as the Covid vaccine opt-out. Why did it have to be religious? Why couldn't it just have been "I don't want to be forced to take your filthy poisonous injection, you authoritarian psychopaths."

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 23, 2025 04:35 PM (h/ffs)

48 Ketanji Brown Jackson declared that any parent who doesn't want their kids flooded with gay porn can just put their kids in a private school.
==

Really??? Is he going to pay for it? Bitch.

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 04:35 PM (g47mK)

49 I mean she..ouch!

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 04:35 PM (g47mK)

50 How about you just have special Gay Training classes for the students of leftwing nutbag parents who want them, and keep the topic out of other normal classes?


Posted by: Ace at 04:24 PM
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Better yet, don't address the subject AT ALL and let individual parents decide how they want to indoctrinate their own children into deviant lifestyles.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 23, 2025 04:36 PM (7fElN)

51 Just treat it like the smut it is, and ban it from schools.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 04:30 PM (2VST1)

It's only smut if it's straight porn. Gay and trans porn isn't smut, it's informative, and required for little minds.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, still gloating at April 23, 2025 04:36 PM (oSeBJ)

52 But you may have noticed -- librarians are now almost all extremist radical lesbians who are determined to allow children to watch porn on library computers...

The City of Berkeley's municipal library basically ceased being used, even by leftists or students, over a similar policy:

The library had several desktops computers which patrons (or anybody, really) could "check out" and use for an hour for free.

So street bums would come into the library and use its computers to WATCH CHILD PORN on them, while fondling thmselves in their stinky pants.

When even far-left parents and women complained about this to the library, the issue went up to the bpard of directors who ruled IN THE BUMS' FAVOR, allowing them to watch child porn on the library's computer, because to "deny them internet access" wuold be discriminatory. They also passed a rule that the librarians were FORBIDDEN from cooperating with the FBI, if the FBI ever came around to investigate the child porn access.

Well, that was the last straw. Regular people just stopped using the library altogether rather than be around or have their kids be around these masturbating child-molesting bums.

Posted by: zombie at April 23, 2025 04:36 PM (pMi6S)

53 BTW, they're not teaching sex; they're teaching sodomy.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 04:34 PM (/dDa4)

Kind of makes you wonder (or know) that teaching sex Ed in school was the camels nose.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2025 04:36 PM (lUXuM)

54 Naturally, the question is opting out while ignoring the real question, which is: When did pornography become acceptable in any library, let alone an elementary school?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 23, 2025 04:36 PM (tT6L1)

55 Opting out is semantically equivalent as saying you don't approve of their lifestyle.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at April 23, 2025 04:33 PM (B9Prs)
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I'm not pussyfooting (?) around. I'm saying that in so many words.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 04:36 PM (YqDXo)

56 If a public school decided to teach Bible verses to a preschool class, do you think it would have to go all the way to the Supreme Court for it to be stopped? Me neither.



Posted by: Leupold at April 23, 2025 04:36 PM (4pwAx)

57 Those trans and queers sure are interested in the sexuality of children for some reason. I just can't imagine why a grown adult would be interested in that and keeping it from their parents.

Posted by: ryukyu at April 23, 2025 04:36 PM (r+m2N)

58 Here's another example that would get me tossed out of school for causing a ruckus.

(Today's word of the day is "Ruckus". Use it properly three times and it's yours for life.)

Ruckus: ruck·us /ˈrəkəs/ noun
a disturbance or commotion.
"a child is raising a ruckus in class"

Posted by: Orson at April 23, 2025 04:36 PM (dIske)

59 Merchant of Venice is timeless.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2025 04:36 PM (h9KKO)

60 How about you just have special Gay Training classes for the students of leftwing nutbag parents who want them, and keep the topic out of other normal classes?


Posted by: Ace at 04:24 PM
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Better yet, don't address the subject AT ALL and let individual parents decide how they want to indoctrinate their own children into deviant lifestyles.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 23, 2025 04:36 PM (7fElN)
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Hmm...that could go down some very dark paths...Maybe arrest those parents for child abuse.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 23, 2025 04:37 PM (7fElN)

61 39 Fellow liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson also appeared skeptical, noting that parents have other options if they do not like what their children are taught in school.

"If the school teaches something that the parent disagrees with, you have a choice. You don't have to send your kid to that school," she said.
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Wow, KBJ is a school choice proponent? Didn't see that coming.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2025 04:37 PM (Dv3i1)

62 "If the school teaches something that the parent disagrees with, you have a choice. You don't have to send your kid to that school," she said.
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She'd change her tune if the school taught white superiority.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 04:34 PM (YqDXo)

She is also wrong. Public education is very limiting on which school you can attend in most places, and another public school would likewise teach this horseshit. She thinks people should pay twice to send their kids to private schools AND pay for public schools. She is a disingenuous liar.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 04:37 PM (a4NoL)

63 Naturally, the question is opting out while ignoring the real question, which is: When did pornography become acceptable in any library, let alone an elementary school?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 23, 2025 04:36 PM (tT6L1)
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Bull's eye.

Will no one think of the poor adult bookstore owners?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 04:37 PM (YqDXo)

64 22 19 I’m happy with the end result. But why did it have to be based on religion? You can be non religious and still not want gay porn in your kid’s school liberry.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 23, 2025 04:30 PM (DKKgv)

Like and Don't Like are not terms in the Bill of Rights. Freedom of Religion is.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 04:31 PM (a4NoL)

That makes zero sense.

Why do I have to be religious to tell a school you can’t teach my kids about gay porn.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 23, 2025 04:37 PM (DKKgv)

65 "On one side is the longstanding tradition of local school boards determining class curriculum for everyone. On the other side is the notion that public schools should accommodate religious objections to some materials by allowing parents to opt their kids out of some classes."

"Tradition" is just a fancy word we use to identify solutions to problems about which we've forgotten. Destroy the solution and the problem comes back.

Somebody smarter than I am said that here, and I wish I could remember who.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, still gloating at April 23, 2025 04:37 PM (oSeBJ)

66 Didn't Trump issue an executive order prohibiting sexual grooming in public schools? The penalty is, you lose the filthy lucre.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 23, 2025 04:37 PM (/U5Yz)

67 Well, that was the last straw. Regular people just stopped using the library altogether rather than be around or have their kids be around these masturbating child-molesting bums.

Posted by: zombie at April 23, 2025 04:36 PM (pMi6S)
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I'm guessing they are still paying for it through local taxes, though.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 23, 2025 04:38 PM (7fElN)

68 How about you just have special Gay Training classes for the students of leftwing nutbag parents who want them, and keep the topic out of other normal classes?


Posted by: Ace at 04:24 PM
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Better yet, don't address the subject AT ALL and let individual parents decide how they want to indoctrinate their own children into deviant lifestyles.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 23, 2025 04:36 PM (7fElN)

If the parents want it in the curriculum, they can send their kids to Gay/Trans Private Schools, Inc.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 23, 2025 04:38 PM (VNX3d)

69 That queer shit shouldn't be taught in schools or available in the library AT ALL.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 04:35 PM (YqDXo)

It shouldn't be available in any library, but that's not a discussion the right is ready to have yet.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 04:38 PM (/dDa4)

70
KJB is not a biologist. I repeat, KJB is NOT a biologist.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 23, 2025 04:38 PM (IifOV)

71 Why are ANY 5 year olds being taught gay porn?

The parents just want the opt out, but parents should be demanding their children NOT be taught ANYTHING about gay porn. This is grooming. (and child abuse by government)

Posted by: illiniwek at April 23, 2025 04:38 PM (Cus5s)

72 How far we have fallen.

I have not closely read all the text, but why the fuck are we teaching this nonsense to kids in the first place.

The whole mention of sex or deviancy should be banned.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 23, 2025 04:38 PM (7YgJX)

73 To go full Godwin: how many upstanding Germans 'opted out of the Holocaust?'

Is that all good?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2025 04:38 PM (lUXuM)

74 This Schoenfeld guy sounds like someone needs to check his hard drive.

Posted by: Just sayin. at April 23, 2025 04:39 PM (TbWk/)

75 59 Merchant of Venice is timeless.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2025 04:36 PM (h9KKO)

My kid and school never saw eye to eye. But he got Merchant of Venice, and he liked it, so I rented the movie for him after we were done. Fantastic on every level.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 04:39 PM (a4NoL)

76 It is simple. The reason is satanic.

I will cheerfully go to prison if this crap was ever exposed, the same as a wanker pervert showing his peen, to my grandchildren (who are in private school, partially for reasons such as this in the last decade).

It is not enough to go full Fulton Street for them anymore. Hollyweird lesbos now have trans children. Up next, or before President Trump, bestiality was waiting in the wings.

Pedophilia, attempts to make it ok, was next on the list after gay marriage and openly gays in the pulpit. I read of this 15yrs ago and it has come true.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 23, 2025 04:39 PM (6PCLE)

77 “Many of the news organizations represented in this room have marched in lock step on false narratives, such as the ‘very fine people’ hoax, the Covington smear,” Tim Pool said, prefacing his first official question to Awesome White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. “And now, the ‘Maryland man’ hoax, where an MS-13 gang member, adjudicated by two different judges, I believe, is simply being referred to as a ‘Maryland man’ over and over again.”

“In an effort from the White House to expand access to new companies, you’ve created this New Media Seat. … I’m wondering if you can comment on that unprofessional behavior, as well as elaborate on if there’s any plans to expand access to new [media] companies.”

Posted by: SMOD at April 23, 2025 04:39 PM (RHGPo)

78 Fellow liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson also appeared skeptical, noting that parents have other options if they do not like what their children are taught in school.

"If the school teaches something that the parent disagrees with, you have a choice. You don't have to send your kid to that school," she said.
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The irony is that many parents choose private schools so their kids can avoid Jumanji's demographic, with all its attendant problems.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 04:39 PM (YqDXo)

79 They don't reproduce. They groom.

Posted by: brak at April 23, 2025 04:39 PM (jGJov)

80 Why do parents need a religious reason to opt out. No reason should be needed. End of story (I crack myself up).

Posted by: WisRich at April 23, 2025 04:39 PM (G0vdT)

81 The attorney for the MD school district explained that the reason opt-out options were discontinued is because the number of opt-out requests – dozens in one elementary school – became too difficult to administer.

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Imagine that? Sounds like a "parental veto."

Unexpectedly ...

Posted by: ShainS --Waking Up Early is White Supremacy at April 23, 2025 04:39 PM (Rng/A)

82 Sure, pay exorbitant taxes so the unions can pay dumbass teachers 6 figure salaries for taking a 4 month vacations, and then be obliged to pay 30k a year for a private school , to avoid the dumbass union teachers, and the perverts in charge of curriculum. THis Ketanji woman is so smart , it hurts.

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 04:39 PM (g47mK)

83 KBJ is bordering on AOC level dumb.

Yeah she is remarkably dumb. Like, strikingly so. Kagan and Sotomayor are fools but seem reasonably capable. This woman is genuinely subpar IQ.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 04:39 PM (2VST1)

84
Ruckus: ruck·us /ˈrəkəs/ noun
a disturbance or commotion.
"a child is raising a ruckus in class"
Posted by: Orson at April 23, 2025 04:36 PM (dIske)

Ruckus is used prolifically in the South. I learned recently this is regional.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2025 04:39 PM (pZEOD)

85 70
KJB is not a biologist. I repeat, KJB is NOT a biologist.
Posted by: Frank Barone at April 23, 2025 04:38 PM (IifOV)

Honey, she's barely sentient.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 04:39 PM (a4NoL)

86 49 I mean she..ouch!
Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 04:35 PM (g47mK)

It's ok. She's not a biologist, so she doesn't know the difference.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 23, 2025 04:39 PM (h7ZuX)

87 What if I don't object to this on religious grounds? What if I object to it on the grounds that it's fvcking creepy and sick?

Posted by: McLurkerson at April 23, 2025 04:39 PM (oyQ/n)

88 Merchant of Venice is timeless.
Posted by: Boss Moss
________

This is more about Death in Venice.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 23, 2025 04:40 PM (UBKzV)

89 Henceforth, the "Roberts Court" shall be referred to as "The Court of Five Vaginas."

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 23, 2025 04:40 PM (7YgJX)

90 Somebody smarter than I am said that here, and I wish I could remember who.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, still gloating at April 23, 2025 04:37 PM (oSeBJ)

Well, it is the basis for Chestertons Fence.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2025 04:40 PM (lUXuM)

91 "How about you just have special Gay Training classes for the students of leftwing nutbag parents who want them, and keep the topic out of other normal classes?"

Or ... the Nutbag Parents can pay for special classes from trannies (outside of school), to indoctrinate their kid into gender dysphoria.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 23, 2025 04:40 PM (Cus5s)

92 You guys are such squares. Who could possibly object to Jump Up My Ass, Cherub! A 3-Year-Old's Guide To Assplay?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 23, 2025 04:40 PM (V9cMX)

93 11 My daughter goes to a Christian school for many reasons. One of them came up a few months ago, when we got an email from the Lit teacher explaining that the kids were going to be reading "Bridge To Terebithia" and it has the s-word in it.
Posted by: pookysgirl, beyond tired

The world is a different placer now.

When I was in 8th grade ou English teacher assigned us "Daddy Was a Numbers Runner,' which has rape, sex abuse, and every swear word in the English language, on nearly every page.

And no, parents were not notified.

Posted by: zombie at April 23, 2025 04:40 PM (pMi6S)

94 Hmm...that could go down some very dark paths...Maybe arrest those parents for child abuse.
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The parents arrested will end up being the ones that don't teach their kids about how to imagine themselves as each of the letters in LGBTQIA+

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2025 04:40 PM (Dv3i1)

95 The irony is that many parents choose private schools so their kids can avoid Jumanji's demographic, with all its attendant problems.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 04:39 PM (YqDXo)

Spoiled stupid people?

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 04:40 PM (a4NoL)

96 My kid and school never saw eye to eye. But he got Merchant of Venice, and he liked it, so I rented the movie for him after we were done. Fantastic on every level.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 04:39 PM (a4NoL)

Catholic school by chance ?

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 04:41 PM (g47mK)

97 Honey, she's barely sentient.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 04:39 PM (a4NoL)
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KJB was pretty good in her role as a gnome in that stage play she was in.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 23, 2025 04:41 PM (tT6L1)

98 "If the school teaches something that the parent disagrees with, you have a choice. You don't have to send your kid to that school," she said.
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Wow, KBJ is a school choice proponent? Didn't see that coming.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2025 04:37 PM (Dv3i1)
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She's not saying what you think she's saying.

Posted by: WisRich at April 23, 2025 04:41 PM (G0vdT)

99 BTW, they're not teaching sex; they're teaching sodomy.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 04:34 PM (/dDa4)

Kind of makes you wonder (or know) that teaching sex Ed in school was the camels nose.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2025 04:36 PM (lUXuM)

Yes, it turns out all of those nasty, atavistic conservatives were right.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 04:41 PM (/dDa4)

100 "Ketanji Brown Jackson declared that any parent who doesn't want their kids flooded with gay porn can just put their kids in a private school.”

Hey lady, fuck you. Most parents can’t do that, and most also don’t want gay indoctrination shoved onto their 2nd graders. “Tolerance and acceptance” means “celebratory force feeding” to these monsters.

Posted by: UGAdawg at April 23, 2025 04:41 PM (se/Tc)

101 It's only smut if it's straight porn. Gay and trans porn isn't smut, it's informative, and required for little minds.

Yeah I know that would be their argument but my standard is pretty simple: if it would get you jailed outside the school, then it should IN the school. If I show a kid that book outside the school and would get jailed for it, then so should you as a teacher or librarian.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 04:41 PM (2VST1)

102 "Tradition" is just a fancy word we use to identify solutions to problems about which we've forgotten. Destroy the solution and the problem comes back.

Somebody smarter than I am said that here, and I wish I could remember who.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, still gloating at April 23, 2025 04:37 PM (oSeBJ)
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Basically Chesterton's Fence.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 04:42 PM (YqDXo)

103 Nice....it would appear that liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson now supports School Choice.

Or she's an ideologue who is too dense to realize that in taking this position on sexualized classrooms she is inadvertently throwing support towards a program historically counter to leftist positions.

Posted by: Orson at April 23, 2025 04:42 PM (dIske)

104 Good grief, KJB is a dunderhead. Sure, pull your child out of regular school and put them in private school, while continuing to pay taxes for the school your child isn't in.

I'd compare KJB to a box of rocks but I prefer not to defame rocks.

She's the odds-on favorite for stupidest Justice of all time.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2025 04:42 PM (s8j++)

105
Old Sex Ed: Film projector showing the male and female reproduction system and how they work.

New Sex Ed: They'll rape your kid to show them what sex is.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 23, 2025 04:42 PM (IifOV)

106 89 Henceforth, the "Roberts Court" shall be referred to as "The Court of Five Vaginas."
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus)
Six.
I sit when I pee.

Posted by: Judge Kavanaugh at April 23, 2025 04:42 PM (/U5Yz)

107 Henceforth, the "Roberts Court" shall be referred to as "The Court of Five Vaginas."
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 23, 2025 04:40 PM (7YgJX)

Seven. Kavanaugh and Gorsuch are also failures.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 04:42 PM (/dDa4)

108 F this midget Bitch, like if you have a child with Special needs you can just take them to a Private school. If they will take them, they don't have the resources for them.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at April 23, 2025 04:42 PM (FCrpy)

109 Just build your own schools!

Posted by: Lady Judge Shedaqua Kilimanjaro-Smythe at April 23, 2025 04:43 PM (V9cMX)

110 Ruckus is used prolifically in the South

"What's the rumpus?"
--20s gangster

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 04:43 PM (2VST1)

111 Atavistic is a damn fine word.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2025 04:43 PM (lUXuM)

112 Next time Ketanji's fans complain about the US and its laws , we can tell them to just leave! Sail away, sail away.

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 04:43 PM (g47mK)

113 The irony is that many parents choose private schools so their kids can avoid Jumanji's demographic, with all its attendant problems.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 04:39 PM (YqDXo)

Spoiled stupid people?

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 04:40 PM (a4NoL)
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You left out "violent."

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 04:43 PM (YqDXo)

114 That this obvious insanity had to go all the way to the Supreme Court is disheartening. Any other court in the line could have stopped it. At least most of the justices see the insanity for what it is.

Ketanji Brown-Jackson is just showing how little her mind actually works. DEI hire indeed.

Posted by: Farquad at April 23, 2025 04:43 PM (bwvMs)

115 I'm beyond sick of every issue in this country ending up in the courts. We've completely lost all capacity for non-judicial conflict resolution. I reckon that's one clear sign of a society in advanced decay.

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 23, 2025 04:44 PM (h/ffs)

116 Ketanji Antoinette!

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 04:44 PM (g47mK)

117 The irony is that many parents choose private schools so their kids can avoid Jumanji's demographic, with all its attendant problems.
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Yep. The good thing about inner city gay areas is the real estate gets fixed up. The bad thing is the school system remains shit.

Posted by: Pudinhead at April 23, 2025 04:44 PM (pZ64F)

118 Hell, Ace, I have no kids and I'm forced to support one of the worst school.districts in the country.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 23, 2025 04:44 PM (ktdw6)

119 Or she's an ideologue who is too dense to realize that in taking this position on sexualized classrooms she is inadvertently throwing support towards a program historically counter to leftist positions.

Posted by: Orson at April 23, 2025 04:42 PM (dIske)
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Well, she IS pretty stupid.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 04:45 PM (YqDXo)

120
Make Shop Class mandatory, so the kids can make their own sex toys!

Posted by: Justice Jumanji at April 23, 2025 04:45 PM (UOzvC)

121 56 If a public school decided to teach Bible verses to a preschool class, do you think it would have to go all the way to the Supreme Court for it to be stopped? Me neither.



Posted by: Leupold at April 23, 2025 04:36 PM (4pwAx)

Can't have those kids learning the basis of Western Civilization now can we? They might decide that coercion by public school fags is detrimental to society, and then where would we be?

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 04:45 PM (a4NoL)

122 64 22 19 I’m happy with the end result. But why did it have to be based on religion? You can be non religious and still not want gay porn in your kid’s school liberry.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 23, 2025 04:30 PM (DKKgv)

Like and Don't Like are not terms in the Bill of Rights. Freedom of Religion is.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 04:31 PM (a4NoL)

That makes zero sense.

Why do I have to be religious to tell a school you can’t teach my kids about gay porn.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald

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I harped on this regarding the Covid vaccine exemptions.

There is well established case law (Don't ask for cites) that religious exemption is really just an exemption of conscience.

This was well litigated over the VN war exemptions, and why we have the conscientious objector status and it is not called a religious exemption.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 23, 2025 04:45 PM (7YgJX)

123 Cue the old Simpsons meme: "Am I so out of touch? No, it's the children who are wrong."

Posted by: Bitblt at April 23, 2025 04:45 PM (a6Ysq)

124 Hell, Ace, I have no kids and I'm forced to support one of the worst school.districts in the country.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 23, 2025 04:44 PM (ktdw6)

No. You're not.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, still gloating at April 23, 2025 04:46 PM (oSeBJ)

125 Well, that was the last straw. Regular people just stopped using the library altogether rather than be around or have their kids be around these masturbating child-molesting bums.

Posted by: zombie at April 23, 2025 04:36 PM (pMi6S)

Do their taxes still pay for them?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2025 04:46 PM (ExV1e)

126 67 Well, that was the last straw. Regular people just stopped using the library altogether rather than be around or have their kids be around these masturbating child-molesting bums.

Posted by: zombie at April 23, 2025 04:36 PM (pMi6S)
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I'm guessing they are still paying for it through local taxes, though.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Most definitely.

The library system is now only useful for one thing: it has a "Tool Lending" branch where you can check out, for free, any and every tool for any type of project or activity imaginable. THAT is very popular. But books? Fugeddaboutit.

Posted by: zombie at April 23, 2025 04:46 PM (pMi6S)

127 115 I'm beyond sick of every issue in this country ending up in the courts. We've completely lost all capacity for non-judicial conflict resolution. I reckon that's one clear sign of a society in advanced decay.
Posted by: Ordinary American
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Courts are where all the decisions on all the important issues are made in our Precious Democracy(TM)

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2025 04:46 PM (Dv3i1)

128 Huge Hewitt actually played an interesting clip of the SCOTUS question session with Kavanaugh asking the defense lawyers about the 'educational materials.' He asked about why they were being used in an English class. Yes, English class.

The defense lawyer lost his shit and said the school doesn't have different classes, it's all one long discussion in one classroom.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 23, 2025 04:46 PM (mlg/3)

129 The zeal with which democrats and other leftists embrace teaching children perversity is demonic. Their desire to desex children with surgery and drugs is satanic. Leftists are joyfully embracing evil at the library during tranny story time and family friendly strip shows at the local coffee shop/titty bar.

Posted by: huerfano at April 23, 2025 04:46 PM (n2swS)

130 What if I don't object to this on religious grounds? What if I object to it on the grounds that it's fvcking creepy and sick?

Posted by: McLurkerson at April 23, 2025 04:39 PM (oyQ/n)
________________

And in the case of male homosexuals, spreads disease like crazy.

The all-encompassing term is "degenerate."

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 04:47 PM (YqDXo)

131 Pray The Gay Away.

Posted by: Reverend Billy Ray Collins, The Sword Of Joshua, Independent, Full Gospel, Pentecost Assembly at April 23, 2025 04:47 PM (+8MS3)

132 So very glad that my children are out of the school systems. And my grandchildren are still a bit too young to be bothered by this.

Hopefully things will calm down in the next few years.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 23, 2025 04:48 PM (SRRAx)

133 "Another, called "Born Ready," is about a transgender child who wants to identify as a boy."

Uh, wouldn't that be a GIRL who wants to identify as a boy?

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at April 23, 2025 04:48 PM (r5tfK)

134 We have no kids. Why should we be paying for your little bastard to learn how a butt plug works?

Posted by: American at April 23, 2025 04:48 PM (/U5Yz)

135 Make Shop Class mandatory, so the kids can make their own my sex toys!
Posted by: Justice Jumanji at April 23, 2025 04:45 PM (UOzvC)

FIFY

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 23, 2025 04:48 PM (VNX3d)

136 129 The zeal with which democrats and other leftists embrace teaching children perversity is demonic. Their desire to desex children with surgery and drugs is satanic. Leftists are joyfully embracing evil at the library during tranny story time and family friendly strip shows at the local coffee shop/titty bar.
Posted by: huerfano
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I'm ready to get back in business, whenever our society is!

Posted by: Millstone Manufacturer at April 23, 2025 04:49 PM (Dv3i1)

137 trans stuff is all about the money, and a little bit about fanaticism

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 04:49 PM (g47mK)

138 The library system is now only useful for one thing: it has a "Tool Lending" branch


Heh. Heh heh

Posted by: Beavis and/or Butthead at April 23, 2025 04:49 PM (UOzvC)

139 It takes a village to groom a child.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 23, 2025 04:49 PM (XkKkf)

140 "and Bizarrely, Refusing a Simple Opt-Out for Children of Concerned Parents "


This is why SCOTUS will strike it down, this smacks of forced public school indoctrination.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 23, 2025 04:49 PM (e5NfL)

141 The lawyer for the school board insisted that this wasn't sexual and the all-leather get-up wasn't bondage gear.

...fooling no one.

Posted by: t-bird at April 23, 2025 04:49 PM (cSMYS)

142 Catholic school by chance ?
Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 04:41 PM (g47mK)

He was in Catholic school and got kicked out for his behavior. Like I said, school and the boy did not exactly get along.

He ended up doing a youth military academy program up here run by the National Guard, and got his GED. It isn't that he is stupid, he just cannot achieve without constant motivation, and those ex-sergeants know a thing or two about motivation. Really fabulous program. Saved a lot of kids from disaster.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 04:49 PM (a4NoL)

143 It takes a village to groom a child.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport

Ouch. Very ouch.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 23, 2025 04:49 PM (mlg/3)

144 >> They also passed a rule that the librarians were FORBIDDEN from cooperating with the FBI, if the FBI ever came around to investigate the child porn access.

That'd be a cold day in hell.

Posted by: FBI at April 23, 2025 04:49 PM (/dDa4)

145 141 The lawyer for the school board insisted that this wasn't sexual and the all-leather get-up wasn't bondage gear.

...fooling no one.
Posted by: t-bird at April 23, 2025 04:49 PM (cSMYS)

Isn't it a crime to lie to the Supreme Court? Lawyers. Honestly.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 04:50 PM (a4NoL)

146 126 The library system is now only useful for one thing:
Posted by: zombie

Still useful for sleeping off a fentanyl buzz and peeing your pants, as well.

Posted by: Auspex at April 23, 2025 04:50 PM (j4U/Z)

147 I would love to become invisible and get to sit in my high school classes these days. Bet it's just as bad as anywhere else pushing Cultural Marxism

Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2025 04:50 PM (ypFCm)

148 Uh, wouldn't that be a GIRL who wants to identify as a boy?
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at April 23, 2025 04:48 PM (r5tfK)
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Children are like unlicked bear whelps, to be molded into any desired form.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 23, 2025 04:50 PM (ktdw6)

149 Adults forcing small children to view sodomy is "just part of the kink".

I'm sure the parents that want that for their small kids could get a trannie to do a home visit, to instruct the kids on the ins and outs of anal sex.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 23, 2025 04:50 PM (Cus5s)

150 Can't have those kids learning the basis of Western Civilization now can we?

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 04:45 PM (a4NoL)
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The Left would howl about how that was racist, because Western Civilization is basically 100% white in origin. No mention of, e.g., necklacing or anything.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 04:50 PM (YqDXo)

151 Atavistic is a damn fine word.

It is. It's even better than avuncular.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2025 04:50 PM (s8j++)

152 Just to be clear, you can not object to just anything and call it religious, but if an exemption is ever allowed for religious reasons, it has to apply to anyone who wishes to claim it on the basis of conscience.

This prevents the state from determining which religions are legit, and which people are legit religious.

There is some complications over the use of psychedelic mushrooms by native tribes where you have to be a legit tribe member, etc. but that is the exception to this.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 23, 2025 04:50 PM (7YgJX)

153 Uncle Bobby's Wedding, WTF ?

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 23, 2025 04:50 PM (NtVYv)

154 The zeal with which democrats and other leftists embrace teaching children perversity is demonic. Their desire to desex children with surgery and drugs is satanic

It really is. This is jaw dropping to watch how fast the left went from "prayer in schools is enforcing your religion" to "We NEED books for grade school graphically depicting buttsecks between an adult and a little boy!"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 04:51 PM (2VST1)

155 93 When I was in 8th grade ou English teacher assigned us "Daddy Was a Numbers Runner,'
Posted by: zombie at April 23, 2025 04:40 PM (pMi6S)

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The power of the horde? Google auto complete now has "Daddy Was a Number Runner" as the third choice for "Daddy was a..."

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at April 23, 2025 04:51 PM (u9bGn)

156 Next time Ketanji's fans complain about the US and its laws , we can tell them to just leave! Sail away, sail away.
Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 04:43 PM (g47mK)

We gave 'em their own country and they fucked it all up! Killing and eating each other FFS!

Posted by: James Monroe at April 23, 2025 04:51 PM (TbWk/)

157 144 >> They also passed a rule that the librarians were FORBIDDEN from cooperating with the FBI, if the FBI ever came around to investigate the child porn access.

That'd be a cold day in hell.
Posted by: FBI at April 23, 2025 04:49 PM (/dDa4)

It remains a felony to provide porn to kids in Alaska. At some point, the DA needs to put some teeth into that law. I haven't visited the public library since my son and I witnessed a couple of drunk Natives having sex on a couch in the reading room. But it would be nice to have a library that is safe for kids again.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 04:51 PM (a4NoL)

158 146 126 The library system is now only useful for one thing:
Posted by: zombie

Still useful for sleeping off a fentanyl buzz and peeing your pants, as well.

Posted by: Auspex at April 23, 2025 04:50 PM (j4U/Z)
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A place to wash up in the restroom and to shelter during inclement weather.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 04:51 PM (YqDXo)

159 The lawyer for the school board insisted that this wasn't sexual and the all-leather get-up wasn't bondage gear.



Should be required to show up in court so attired, to demonstrate how normal it is.

Posted by: Miklos so Proposes at April 23, 2025 04:51 PM (UOzvC)

160 >> He was in Catholic school and got kicked out for his behavior.

Arianism? Nestorianism?

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 04:52 PM (/dDa4)

161 _________________

The Left would howl about how that was racist, because Western Civilization is basically 100% white in origin. No mention of, e.g., necklacing or anything.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
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So, Jews and Greeks are white ppl?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 04:52 PM (eY5jv)

162 We gave 'em their own country and they fucked it all up! Killing and eating each other FFS!

Posted by: James Monroe at April 23, 2025 04:51 PM (TbWk/)
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A cromulent but rarely pointed-out fact.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 04:52 PM (YqDXo)

163 Listen just as parents don't have time to teach knowledge to their kids, so we invented public school, modern progressive parents don't have time to groom and brainwash their own children either -- that's what school is for.

It takes TIME to convince your child he's gay or trans. It's exhausting. Let the school do that job.

Posted by: zombie at April 23, 2025 04:53 PM (pMi6S)

164 So, Jews and Greeks are white ppl?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 04:52 PM (eY5jv)
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Yes, of course.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 04:53 PM (YqDXo)

165

The kids get buttplugs.

Posted by: E Buzz at April 23, 2025 04:53 PM (KSizW)

166 151 Atavistic is a damn fine word.

It is. It's even better than avuncular.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2025 04:50 PM (s8j++)

Not public school products, clearly.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 04:53 PM (a4NoL)

167 The Left is so open-minded that their "brains" have fallen out.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 23, 2025 04:53 PM (Aqu9a)

168 Back in the 80s there was a "very special" Different Strokes episode where the nice bicycle shop owner was showing gay pron to boys to ease them into having sex with him.

I guess by current standards that's now hate speech

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2025 04:53 PM (t0Rmr)

169 The power of the horde? Google auto complete now has "Daddy Was a Number Runner" as the third choice for "Daddy was a..."
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell

"..rolling stone
Wherever he laid his hat was his home"

Posted by: Miklos, neglected sixth Temptation at April 23, 2025 04:53 PM (UOzvC)

170 144 >> They also passed a rule that the librarians were FORBIDDEN from cooperating with the FBI, if the FBI ever came around to investigate the child porn access.

That'd be a cold day in hell.

Posted by: FBI at April 23, 2025 04:49 PM (/dDa4)

So they passed a rule forcing librarians to become accessories to a federal crime? Great thinking there guys.

Posted by: Farquad at April 23, 2025 04:53 PM (bwvMs)

171 Obama and Arne Duncan are the reason for the rise in this perversity.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 23, 2025 04:53 PM (yp8Vj)

172 Atavistic is a damn fine word.

It is. It's even better than avuncular.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2025 04:50 PM (s8j++)

Both are good, woody-sounding words.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 04:54 PM (/dDa4)

173 Let's face it. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson just isn't very smart.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 23, 2025 04:54 PM (W/lyH)

174 So, Jews and Greeks are white ppl?

Caucasian, yes.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 04:54 PM (2VST1)

175 160 >> He was in Catholic school and got kicked out for his behavior.

Arianism? Nestorianism?
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 04:52 PM (/dDa4)

No, theft and lying. Fourth grade. Kid was a disaster. He can recite the 10 Commandments in Latin, but he can't keep them to save his life.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 04:54 PM (a4NoL)

176 What if I don't object to this on religious grounds? What if I object to it on the grounds that it's fvcking creepy and sick?
Posted by: McLurkerson

I'd still like some lawyer on the right to address the idea that the left is proselytizing from a neo-marxist position. And that in and of itself is a violation of civil rights. Just one would do.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 23, 2025 04:54 PM (mlg/3)

177 When they said ‘let us live our private lives in private.’ all those years ago, what they really meant was ‘we want to do things to your children in public and one day you’ll have to let us.’

Posted by: Eromero at April 23, 2025 04:55 PM (LHPAg)

178 So, Jews and Greeks are white ppl?

Well, leftist Jews think of themselves as an oppressed ethnic minority. Everyone else on the left thinks of them as uber white devils.

And, I mean to be honest, American Jews are clearly "white" in every sense the term is currently used.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2025 04:55 PM (t0Rmr)

179 The only silver lining is that this pushes more people to consider homeschooling.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 23, 2025 04:55 PM (7YgJX)

180 Regular people just stopped using the library altogether rather than be around or have their kids be around these masturbating child-molesting bums.

Posted by: zombie at April 23, 2025 04:36 PM (pMi6S)

They're just difference than us. Diverse, if you will.

And diversity is our strength.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 04:56 PM (uCjyK)

181 The kids get buttplugs.

Posted by: E Buzz


"My First Buttplug"

Posted by: distributed on first day of class at April 23, 2025 04:56 PM (UOzvC)

182 But you may have noticed -- librarians are now almost all extremist radical lesbians who are determined to allow children to watch porn on library computers and fill their libraries with actual gay porn how-to books.

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Yes, there's a crapload of activists out there who are gay or gay-adjacent (close friends or family members who are gay) who had a rough time coming out when they were young - parents wouldn't accept it, disowned them, whatever - so now they've gotten into positions where they can "save" gay kids from their evil bigot parents.

Posted by: Cave Johnson at April 23, 2025 04:56 PM (Qpozf)

183 So, Jews and Greeks are white ppl?

Well, leftist Jews think of themselves as an oppressed ethnic minority. Everyone else on the left thinks of them as uber white devils.

And, I mean to be honest, American Jews are clearly "white" in every sense the term is currently used.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2025 04:55 PM (t0Rmr)
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I didn't mean to stir up a hornets' nest!

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 04:56 PM (YqDXo)

184 When they said ‘let us live our private lives in private.’ all those years ago, what they really meant was ‘we want to do things to your children in public and one day you’ll have to let us.’
Posted by: Eromero at April 23, 2025 04:55 PM (LHPAg)

"It's between two consenting adults in the privacy of their own home."

Every single word of that was a lie.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 04:56 PM (/dDa4)

185 179 The only silver lining is that this pushes more people to consider homeschooling.
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It's a trap!
-New Illinois Law targeting Homeschoolers

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2025 04:57 PM (Dv3i1)

186 And diversity is our strength.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 04:56 PM (uCjyK)
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Just like Rwanda and Yugoslavia!

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 04:57 PM (YqDXo)

187 Jews are White, Indians are Arian, what is the world coming to ?!

--confused Zero Hedge tramp

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 04:57 PM (g47mK)

188 The only silver lining is that this pushes more people to consider homeschooling.

That was some of my best moments in an otherwise very dark year, reading article after article from across the country of school districts panicking as parents just stopped sending their kids to school after watching them be "educated" over Zoom calls during the lockdowns.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 04:57 PM (2VST1)

189 They're just difference than us. Diverse, if you will.

And diversity is our strength.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes

Ima diversity yo muthafukka teef, bitch ass

Posted by: Cleotis, no homo at April 23, 2025 04:58 PM (UOzvC)

190 >> So, Jews and Greeks are white ppl?

Like the Italians or the Slavs or the Irish or the Iberians or the French: "it depends."

Posted by: Germanic peoples of northern Europe at April 23, 2025 04:58 PM (/dDa4)

191 Pray The Gay Away.
Posted by: Reverend Billy Ray Collins, The Sword Of Joshua, Independent, Full Gospel, Pentecost Assembly at April 23, 2025 04:47 PM (+8MS3)

No really sure of your point here, although you've made it repeatedly. Are you gay and hence bothered by this idea, because I don't know any clergy person (although I'm not really acquainted with any ministers from the Independent, Full Gospel Pentecost Assembly) who suggests "praying the gay away" Do you think this kind of sexual taeching to kids by the school system is appropriate?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2025 04:58 PM (42Vb+)

192 141 The lawyer for the school board insisted that this wasn't sexual and the all-leather get-up wasn't bondage gear.

...fooling no one.
Posted by: t-bird at April 23, 2025 04:49 PM (cSMYS)

Except Judas Priest fans.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 23, 2025 04:58 PM (V9cMX)

193 What's next Black Irish?!!

--more confused Zero Hedge tramp

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 04:59 PM (g47mK)

194 "It's between two consenting adults in the privacy of their own home."

Every single word of that was a lie.

Pretty much. Just like "Safe and Rare" about abortion by Hillary Clinton. They lie like normal people breathe. Then they lie about the lying. Then they claim you are lying about the lying about their lies.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 04:59 PM (2VST1)

195 Fellow liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson also appeared skeptical, noting that parents have other options if they do not like what their children are taught in school.

"If the school teaches something that the parent disagrees with, you have a choice. You don't have to send your kid to that school," she said.
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That's a ten-cent brain right there.

We're talking about public schools dummy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2025 05:00 PM (RIvkX)

196 Way back in the dark ages when I was in elementary school before that dark day came when they did the sex education class about where babies came from and girl's periods, etc. complete with a lame film and some pamphlets, a letter was sent home to parents a week in advance telling them what was going to be taught along with an option to opt out. The letters had to be signed by a parent and returned to the school. For the kids whose parents didn't want them to have this instruction, they were sent to the school cafeteria where they were to work on their schoolwork with a teacher's aide monitoring the kids until they could return to class. Easy peasy and no hand wringing. Of course, we all missed out on being educated on gay rough sex and and the joys of bondage but somehow we survived.

Posted by: Cheri at April 23, 2025 05:00 PM (oiNtH)

197 I wonder if the justice question and answer sessions ever change any minds. My guess is it’s all for show. All 9 know exactly how they’ll vote before entering and none ever come out with a different vote.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 23, 2025 05:00 PM (DKKgv)

198 IQ tests for Supreme Court nominees.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2025 05:00 PM (h9KKO)

199 The kids get buttplugs.

Posted by: E Buzz
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Jane said, "Look Dick look. See my new buttplug."
Dick said, "Can I have a buttplug too?"
Sally says, "Me too. I want one too."

Posted by: Diogenes at April 23, 2025 05:01 PM (W/lyH)

200 Isn't it funny that when it comes to heterosexual teens drunkenly groping one another the leftist model of consent is rigidly inflexible, but when it comes to adults showing porn to kids consent suddenly doesn't matter?

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 05:01 PM (/dDa4)

201 Pray The Gay Away.

Two parts to this,

1) For some people this will work - if you don't think of gay sex as just a normal fun thing plenty of people won't engage in it. Animal fighting, for example, was once good wholesome fun and now most people think you are a horrible person if you like it...

2) Homosexuality mostly comes from childhood sexual trauma. In the case of male homosexuality if you can stop gay men from molesting boys there will be far fewer young men "questioning their sexuality" so everything you can do to make male homosexuality more closeted will help young men.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2025 05:02 PM (t0Rmr)

202 What's next Black Irish?!!

--more confused Zero Hedge tramp
Posted by: runner

Could happen

Posted by: Shlomo Scwartz with a giant schwantz at April 23, 2025 05:02 PM (UOzvC)

203 Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is so dumb she shows up to court in the short limo. She's so dumb they put a cork on her fork to prevent her from poking out an eye. She's so dumb she has to have help walking up stairs every time because she forgot how. She's so dumb she tried to drown herself on a pool table. She's so dumb that she returned the donuts to Krispy Kreme because they had holes in them. She's so dumb that she climbs over a glass wall to see what's on the other side

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 05:02 PM (2VST1)

204 199 The kids get buttplugs.

Posted by: E Buzz
***

Jane said, "Look Dick look. See my new buttplug."
Dick said, "Can I have a buttplug too?"
Sally says, "Me too. I want one too."
Posted by: Diogenes at April 23, 2025 05:01 PM (W/lyH)

No, you have to share.

Posted by: The Romper Room Reboot No One Asked For at April 23, 2025 05:02 PM (V9cMX)

205 I demand that kids learn about being butt-F**ked early in age.

That way they will be used to it when they get a job and find out how much in taxes they owe to the State and Federal Governments...

Posted by: Latonya Largass at April 23, 2025 05:02 PM (ubMMJ)

206 IQ tests for Supreme Court nominees.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2025 05:00 PM (h9KKO)
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Also Congressmen and, ideally, voters too.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 05:03 PM (YqDXo)

207 Wow... is there ANYTHING the Supremeoes don't get involved in?

Anything, the Judges somehow don't rule?

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 23, 2025 05:03 PM (QAkQ3)

208 Left: if you don’t like what public schools teach don’t send kids there

right: OK well home school

Left: the hell you will. We’ll make it next to impossible for you to do that.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 23, 2025 05:03 PM (DKKgv)

209 54 Naturally, the question is opting out while ignoring the real question, which is: When did pornography become acceptable in any library, let alone an elementary school?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 23, 2025 04:36 PM (tT6L1)

Technically it's not porn. Or at least, that's how they sell it.

It is a VERY thin line between "informational" books that depict child sexual behavior and creating and distributing child pornography though.

The only bewbs in my elementary school library were in old national geographics magazines, and they were attached to African ladies holding babies.

Someone in my class found them, and the librarian had to come scold us when she found like 10 of us crowded around the magazine.

We should go back to that.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 05:03 PM (uCjyK)

210 "It's between two consenting adults in the privacy of their own home."

Every single word of that was a lie.

Also every GOPe "this is not the hill to die on" moment where they let the left have everything they wanted was because they wanted it too...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2025 05:03 PM (t0Rmr)

211 I wonder what is preventing Democrat voters from recognizing that they have gone too far along the 'progressive' path? Some figure it out, but the vast majority seem to just blindly continue on.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2025 05:03 PM (Dv3i1)

212 Jane said, "Look Dick look. See my new buttplug."
Dick said, "Can I have a buttplug too?"
Sally says, "Me too. I want one too."
Posted by: Diogenes at April 23, 2025 05:01 PM (W/lyH)

Well Dick and Jane have a new meaning now

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 23, 2025 05:03 PM (NtVYv)

213 Jane said, "Look Dick look. See my new buttplug."
Dick said, "Can I have a buttplug too?"
Sally says, "Me too. I want one too."
Posted by: Diogenes

"Run, kids, run"

Posted by: Mrs. Miklos from Second Grade at April 23, 2025 05:03 PM (UOzvC)

214 I wonder if the justice question and answer sessions ever change any minds. My guess is it’s all for show.

I think its just people who like to argue and discuss things doing it for fun and to show off to each other, rather than to actually accomplish anything. For them, the process is the entertainment, and its not about the goal.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 05:04 PM (2VST1)

215 198
‘IQ tests for Supreme Court nominees.’

And for every field where intelligence matters.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 23, 2025 05:04 PM (jbnUc)

216 Why is there only an exception on religious grounds? Why can't non-religious parents opt out simply because they don't want their children exposed to sexual perversion and filth in the schools?

Posted by: Anti-Faucist at April 23, 2025 05:04 PM (qUkBO)

217 My 8 yo grandson is a voracious reader. In 2nd grade reading at 5th grade level according to his teacher. He wanted me to take him to the library to check out some books. He picked out 5 or so and went to check them out only to find he is too young to have a library card.

I applied for one and gave it to him to use and the librarian was so pleased to let him use it.

Posted by: DanMan at April 23, 2025 05:04 PM (8uzBS)

218 That was some of my best moments in an otherwise very dark year, reading article after article from across the country of school districts panicking as parents just stopped sending their kids to school after watching them be "educated" over Zoom calls during the lockdowns.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 04:57 PM (2VST1)

Homeschooling was always popular up here, particularly since a lot of small places don't have much infrastructure for schools in the first place. Now that I'm out of Anchorage, I would say it's about half and half. The public schools in the valley are pretty darned good, but there remain a few half-wit administrators that can make it tricky. Luckily up here, people are not very good at being silent in the face of malarky, and most everyone is armed, soo..

The high school hockey team has a gun show to raise funds, and they have the show in the high school gym. Signs on the door say "no guns allowed," and then there is a whole gym full of them. Huh. Go figure.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 05:04 PM (a4NoL)

219 196 . Easy peasy and no hand wringing. Of course, we all missed out on being educated on gay rough sex and and the joys of bondage but somehow we survived.
Posted by: Cheri at

When we brought this form home, my mom asked us if we wanted to go or not and would fill the form out accordingly. But my mom was French. Lol.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2025 05:04 PM (pZEOD)

220 Ketanji Brown Jackson declared that any parent who doesn't want their kids flooded with gay porn can just put their kids in a private school.

So she is okay with parents being forced under color of law to pay taxes to provide children with a "free" education, but they have to pay extra to have their kids not be exposed to state-mandated pornography?

What cereal box did she get her law degree from, again?

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 23, 2025 05:04 PM (SRRAx)

221 Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is so dumb she shows up to court in the short limo. She's so dumb they put a cork on her fork to prevent her from poking out an eye. She's so dumb she has to have help walking up stairs every time because she forgot how. She's so dumb she tried to drown herself on a pool table. She's so dumb that she returned the donuts to Krispy Kreme because they had holes in them. She's so dumb that she climbs over a glass wall to see what's on the other side
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 05:02 PM (2VST1)

She's so dumb she turned down a chilled glass of dihydrogen monoxide when she was thirsty (cold water for the non-chemists).

She's so dumb she has a contact strip hook on her forehead so she won't lose her glasses.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 23, 2025 05:05 PM (VNX3d)

222 if you can stop gay men from molesting boys
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Make it a capital offense.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 05:05 PM (YqDXo)

223 Left: the hell you will. We’ll make it next to impossible for you to do that.

They want to make it illegal like in Germany. You know, the way Hitler made it when he came to power. Apparently not all his ideas were evil, according to the Germans.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 05:05 PM (2VST1)

224 I think the real news flash here is that Nina Totenbag is STILL ALIVE!

Posted by: William F. 'Buck' Dharma at April 23, 2025 05:05 PM (Ft5W9)

225 Prof Humphrey: Ah. Well, as we all know all about foreplay, no doubt you can tell me what the purpose of foreplay is. Biggs?

Pupil Biggs: Um, don't know. Sorry, sir.

Prof Humphrey: Carter?

Pupil Carter: Oh. Uh, was it taking your clothes off, sir?

Posted by: The Meaning of Life at April 23, 2025 05:06 PM (Aqu9a)

226 I wonder what is preventing Democrat voters from recognizing that they have gone too far along the 'progressive' path? Some figure it out, but the vast majority seem to just blindly continue on.

Every now and then some minor celeb/outer party member will think for zerself and come up with an opinion that is conservatish. This will immediately get them cancelled and all their former friends will claim they always knew they were rayciss NAZIs.

So lefties know to never, ever think for yourself. Repeat whatever the narrative is and you will be safe.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2025 05:06 PM (t0Rmr)

227 2) Homosexuality mostly comes from childhood sexual trauma. In the case of male homosexuality if you can stop gay men from molesting boys there will be far fewer young men "questioning their sexuality" so everything you can do to make male homosexuality more closeted will help young men.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2025 05:02 PM (t0Rmr)

There's also the case that some young guys going through puberty are, as they taught us in sex ed, "confused" at times. Raging hormones and all that. We weren't encouraged to make it the center of our identity, but rather to ignore it.

And, as it turns out, if your entire ego isn't tied up in LGBTQIA+ and you start having sex with girls, the idea of a load of sweaty, hairy balls in your mouth or licking a dude's a-hole becomes pretty unappealing.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 05:06 PM (/dDa4)

228 LOL. My mom signed the form and I finally found out how babies are made. California. 1967.

LOL

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 23, 2025 05:06 PM (ZmEVT)

229 So she is okay with parents being forced under color of law to pay taxes to provide children with a "free" education, but they have to pay extra to have their kids not be exposed to state-mandated pornography?
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She belongs to a demographic that by and large doesn't pay taxes.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 05:06 PM (YqDXo)

230 if you can stop gay men from molesting boys
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Make it a capital offense.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara

I think they already did it in the Capitol.

Posted by: Miklos requests additional brain bleach at April 23, 2025 05:07 PM (UOzvC)

231 211 I wonder what is preventing Democrat voters from recognizing that they have gone too far along the 'progressive' path? Some figure it out, but the vast majority seem to just blindly continue on.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2025 05:03 PM (Dv3i1)

What makes you think Dem voters oppose all this shit?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 23, 2025 05:07 PM (DKKgv)

232 Why is there only an exception on religious grounds? Why can't non-religious parents opt out simply because they don't want their children exposed to sexual perversion and filth in the schools?

While anyone can claim a religious exemption even without proof I agree this is a major flaw. What if an atheist just doesn't want his daughter to study how to blow a boy or trans herself in 4th grade? He doesn't get to opt out??

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 05:07 PM (2VST1)

233
I suspect that religious objections were raised so as to make a case in court.

None of this stuff should be in schools simply because it is utterly inappropriate for children. It endangers children, it is disgusting and should be illegal. "Religion" is a red herring.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 23, 2025 05:08 PM (g3j/k)

234 Atavistic is a damn fine word.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone

Cromulent even.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 23, 2025 05:08 PM (KAi1n)

235
There's also the case that some young guys going through puberty are, as they taught us in sex ed, "confused" at times. Raging hormones and all that. We weren't encouraged to make it the center of our identity, but rather to ignore it.

And, as it turns out, if your entire ego isn't tied up in LGBTQIA+ and you start having sex with girls, the idea of a load of sweaty, hairy balls in your mouth or licking a dude's a-hole becomes pretty unappealing.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 05:06 PM (/dDa4)

I mean, look at Kanye West -- he sucked his cousin's dick until he was 14, and now he's straight as an arrow.

Or something.

But yes, I agree with your point. Puberty is a confusing time for all kids, there is no reason to make it MORE confusing unless you're purposely trying to fuck up kids' development. Which they are.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 05:10 PM (uCjyK)

236 Religion = higher level of scrutiny.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 23, 2025 05:10 PM (KAi1n)

237 207 Wow... is there ANYTHING the Supremeoes don't get involved in?

Anything, the Judges somehow don't rule?

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 23, 2025 05:03 PM (QAkQ3)

There are plenty of cases they decline to see (refuse certiorari), many times due to issues of standing. Sometimes it's for cases that shouldn't have gone up to the Supreme Court in the first place but sometimes it's because they just don't want to deal with the headache. In those cases they should just suck it up and deal, that's why they got the job and lifetime tenure.

Posted by: Farquad at April 23, 2025 05:10 PM (bwvMs)

238 ‘IQ tests for Supreme Court nominees.’

And for every field where intelligence matters.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 23, 2025 05:04 PM (jbnUc)
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The Supremes really need to revisit Griggs v. Duke Power and that "disparate impact" rubbish.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 05:10 PM (YqDXo)

239 KBJ is a fucking idiot.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 23, 2025 05:10 PM (asR6R)

240 The high school hockey team has a gun show to raise funds, and they have the show in the high school gym. Signs on the door say "no guns allowed," and then there is a whole gym full of them. Huh. Go figure.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 05:04 PM (a4NoL)


My high school was about 30 minutes from some good deer hunting places. On Fridays during the season, it wasn't uncommon for students and teachers to be out in the parking lot, looking over maps, checking out different rifles, and generally talking hunting.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 23, 2025 05:10 PM (W/lyH)

241 Lindy Li asserted that Ketanji is a result of deal between Clyburn and Biden. Biden was sinking after some primary and Clyburn gave him a helping hand in SC. For a massive price . Ketanji was one of the installments.

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 05:10 PM (g47mK)

242 But they could have made the case merely on the grounds of obscenity. Even if its determined not to rise to the level of obscenity banned as porn, it could be determined to be a level of obscenity that parents could choose to have their children avoid, without ANY religious test required.

Again, if your book about how to rim an adult that looks suspiciously like your home room teacher would get you jailed outside the classroom, it should IN the classroom as well.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 05:11 PM (2VST1)

243 She's so dumb that when she got appointed to the Supreme court, she started taking singing lessons.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 23, 2025 05:11 PM (7YgJX)

244 Also, there is no such thing as a lesbian. There are women who are afraid of men, probably because of mistreatment at a young age, but there is no such thing as a natural lesbian.

I assume the same is true for homosexual men. I don't believe I have ever met an eight-year-old boy who thought, "Oh, yeah, I want some hairy freak to bone me up the ass."

The prayer part is the same as all prayers. You don't pray for whatever, you pray you can live as God intended you to, and that His will be done. If that's an issue, get over it.

Nobody, to my knowledge, is forcing any deviants to be less deviant, just to keep it away from the kids. Why do they fear innocence?

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 05:11 PM (a4NoL)

245 While anyone can claim a religious exemption even without proof I agree this is a major flaw. What if an atheist just doesn't want his daughter to study how to blow a boy or trans herself in 4th grade? He doesn't get to opt out??
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 05:07 PM (2VST1)

This pissed me off during COVID, too. I looked in to getting an exemption from the COVID passports in NYC, and apparently they were difficult to get. I'm not overly religious, but on paper I'm Catholic.

Apparently muslims and orthodox jews could claim exemptions because they have decentralized leadership, but because someone on high in the Catholic church said "vaccines are fine by me," it would be nearly impossible for me to get the exemption.

Which is like... why am I lying here? This isn't about religion, I just don't want to get the vaccination. Why can't I get an exemption on "fuck that" grounds? Why do I have to pretend to be all pious and not eating meat on Fridays and shit?

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 05:12 PM (uCjyK)

246 So, how did we get to the point where the Supreme Court is deciding if parents can opt out of the public schools showing gay porn to kindergartners?

Mainly, it was a long series of "culture war" hills that Republicans didn't want to die on.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at April 23, 2025 05:12 PM (DIweC)

247 The Supremes really need to revisit Griggs v. Duke Power and that "disparate impact" rubbish.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara

Worked for us


*Justice Thomas dissents

Posted by: Four (4) Justices at April 23, 2025 05:12 PM (UOzvC)

248 if you can stop gay men from molesting boys
_______________

Make it a capital offense.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 05:05 PM (YqDXo)

Chop off the little head, wait five minutes, then chop off the big head.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 23, 2025 05:13 PM (VNX3d)

249 if you can stop gay men from molesting boys
_______________

Make it a capital offense.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
***

It is if my grandkids are victims.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 23, 2025 05:13 PM (W/lyH)

250 The Supreme Court still sucks. They think they can throw me this slop to make me happy enough to forget what they did on immigration?

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at April 23, 2025 05:13 PM (GD2xa)

251 216 Why is there only an exception on religious grounds?

Because being in a religion is being in a gang.
If you philosophically can't stand LGBT, if you say "as a Catholic..." you have allies to call upon. Otherwise you're a homophobe on your own.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2025 05:13 PM (gKWVE)

252 238 ‘IQ tests for Supreme Court nominees.’

And for every field where intelligence matters.

Posted by: Dr. Claw

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Hold up a sec.

Posted by: Griggs v. Duke Power at April 23, 2025 05:13 PM (7YgJX)

253
Yeah... that stuff in your "Bible" about Sodom?

We're gonna have to make some edits.

Posted by: Auspex at April 23, 2025 05:14 PM (j4U/Z)

254 My high school was about 30 minutes from some good deer hunting places. On Fridays during the season, it wasn't uncommon for students and teachers to be out in the parking lot, looking over maps, checking out different rifles, and generally talking hunting.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 23, 2025 05:10 PM (W/lyH)

Nobody worried about people breaking into their truck and stealing their rifles off the gun racks there, either. And my high school had a full rifle range in the basement where kids qualified every year. I kinda miss the 70's sometimes.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 05:14 PM (a4NoL)

255
The dispute arose in 2022 after the school board in the large and diverse jurisdiction just outside Washington decided it wanted more storybooks reflecting LGBTQ stories to better reflect the people who live there.

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"better reflect the people who live there."

Pedophiles. They mean pedophiles. They're more or less coming right out and saying it.

The gay porno in elementary school does not reflect the people, it caters to a tiny subset of perverted criminal weirdos.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 23, 2025 05:15 PM (g3j/k)

256 203 Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is so dumb ...
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CRT -

Thanks, that comment gave me a couple good snorts.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 23, 2025 05:15 PM (7YgJX)

257 Lindy Li asserted that Ketanji is a result of deal between Clyburn and Biden. Biden was sinking after some primary and Clyburn gave him a helping hand in SC. For a massive price . Ketanji was one of the installments.
Posted by: runner


Early in the 2020 campaign, Biden promised to nominate a black woman to the Supreme Court.

Checks.

Posted by: As Miklos recalls at April 23, 2025 05:15 PM (UOzvC)

258 The Supreme Court still sucks. They think they can throw me this slop to make me happy enough to forget what they did on immigration?

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at April 23, 2025 05:13 PM (GD2xa)

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Not to mention the 2020 Stolen Elections.

Posted by: ShainS --Waking Up Early is White Supremacy at April 23, 2025 05:15 PM (Rng/A)

259 Mainly, it was a long series of "culture war" hills that Republicans didn't want to die on.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at April 23, 2025 05:12 PM (DIweC)

They purposely spiked the football at every junction. Almost like this was all by design.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 05:15 PM (uCjyK)

260 What makes you think Dem voters oppose all this shit?
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Some are all for it, no doubt. But many are just not putting any thought into where we are at and the much worse that this is all leading to.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2025 05:15 PM (Dv3i1)

261 Uncle Bobby Asshoe...

Posted by: I was Gumby Damn It! at April 23, 2025 05:15 PM (r3F/z)

262 What's next Black Irish?!!

--more confused Zero Hedge tramp
Posted by: runner

Do you not get it, lads? The Irish are the blacks of Europe. And Dubliners are the blacks of Ireland. And the Northside Dubliners are the blacks of Dublin. So say it once, say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud. ~ Jimmy Rabbitte

Posted by: huerfano at April 23, 2025 05:15 PM (n2swS)

263 The new books will feature "Jane with Dick"

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 23, 2025 05:15 PM (NtVYv)

264 You should have heard our junior high school biology teacher give the mandatory single class on sex education (this was in the early 70s). He had complete distaste for the state required class, and made straight sex sound like the most loathsome act between a man and his wife (not a man and a woman) possible. I particularly remember his statement that what was then called venereal disease should still be treated with mercury compounds. Other than that, he was a pretty good biology teacher, and I think I learned a lot in that class, but not about sex.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 05:15 PM (g/Chl)

265 tcn, they fear it because as it makes their perversion stand out more.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 23, 2025 05:16 PM (yp8Vj)

266 Make it a capital offense.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
***

It is if my grandkids are victims.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 23, 2025 05:13 PM (W/lyH)
***

Just to be clear, it would be, if my grand kids are victims.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 23, 2025 05:16 PM (W/lyH)

267 I would look at this completely aside from the religious angle. It's a "loco parentis" issue. Sexually explicit material is harmful for children. They simply aren't ready to process that kind of stuff in a healthy way. The district is willfully endangering *all* the children, not just the ones whose parents aren't dipshit perverts, when they have a clear duty to stand as their protectors while forcing them into their custody for a good chunk of if not most of their waking hours in a week.

It's no different from a hungover substitute throwing on an episode of the Trailer Park Boys for a bunch of third graders and the district saying "well we can't just have you opting out, that's the curriculum." It doesn't matter who likes it or doesn't like it, it has no place in a public school setting.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 23, 2025 05:16 PM (kBh81)

268 speaking of hornets' nests, there's a yuuge wasp in this room with me now. Just chilling high on the window where I can't reach. I hope it doesn't lay eggs in my ear when I sleep or something.
I hate wasps.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2025 05:16 PM (gKWVE)

269 224 I think the real news flash here is that Nina Totenbag is STILL ALIVE!
Posted by: William F. 'Buck' Dharma at April 23, 2025 05:05 PM (Ft5W9)

Oh we can't have nice things!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 23, 2025 05:16 PM (xcxpd)

270 My faith in the Supreme Court went out with Barky's picks, it's all politics now

Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2025 05:17 PM (ypFCm)

271 Mainly, it was a long series of "culture war" hills that Republicans didn't want to die on.

Exactly. The rejection of the slippery slope on academic rhetorical grounds was idiotic. Its not a fallacy beacuse its false, its a fallacy because it fails to address the opponent's argument.

It may very well be TRUE that their argument will lead to dogs and cats living together, but that doesn't mean their argument is its self false. Applying rhetorical standards outside a debate is typically problematic at best.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 05:17 PM (2VST1)

272 Lindy Li asserted that Ketanji is a result of deal between Clyburn and Biden. Biden was sinking after some primary and Clyburn gave him a helping hand in SC. For a massive price . Ketanji was one of the installments.

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 05:10 PM (g47mK)
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My disgust knows no bounds.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 05:17 PM (YqDXo)

273 The opt-out would just consist of a librarian checking to see if the student is approved by parental consent to check out the book.


Well, there's the problem. We can't expect unionized school employees to put in any extra effort for their jobs. Expecting them to check up on whether a five year old's mom doesn't want her kid seeing porno is just crazy talk.

Posted by: nerdygirl at April 23, 2025 05:18 PM (0Htd1)

274 We need a plan to get rid of these woke librarians

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 23, 2025 05:18 PM (XkKkf)

275 our junior high school biology teacher give the mandatory single class on sex education (this was in the early 70s). He had complete distaste for the state required class, and made straight sex sound like the most loathsome act between a man and his wife (not a man and a woman) possible

I got an A in that class.

Posted by: Lindsey! at April 23, 2025 05:18 PM (gKWVE)

276 Because being in a religion is being in a gang.
If you philosophically can't stand LGBT, if you say "as a Catholic..." you have allies to call upon. Otherwise you're a homophobe on your own.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2025 05:13 PM (gKWVE)

Bullshit.

It is because the basis of Western Civilization is based upon the morality of the Judeo-Christian world, which likewise is based upon the 10 Commandments and the words of Jesus and Paul, et al.

For heaven's sake, read some Aquinas. The scientific method was developed by the Scholastics and remain the basis of logical thought today.

Intellectual reason concerning the universe does not make one part of a "gang."

And "homophobe" is a ridiculous word. Homosexuality is engaging in the culture of death. It is a miserable excuse for a "lifestyle," but to my knowledge, anyone can be a homosexual if they chose. Forcing homosexuality on children is evil. That does not make anyone fear homosexuals. It just makes us disgusted.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 05:18 PM (a4NoL)

277 My faith in the Supreme Court went out with Barky's picks, it's all politics now

Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2025 05:17 PM (ypFCm)
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And with Biden's judicial choices ... yow.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 05:18 PM (YqDXo)

278 I hate wasps.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2025 05:16 PM (gKWVE)

Nuke it from space, just to be sure.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 05:19 PM (a4NoL)

279 It seems Pete Hegseth is an infantry man.
The Generals in the oval office last month seemed very cooperative with President Trump during the F-47 unveiling.

Couple these with suspending habitus corpus and we have ourselves a real BBQ

Posted by: I was Gumby Damn It! at April 23, 2025 05:20 PM (r3F/z)

280 Previously Unreleased Document Exposes Government’s False Insurrection Narrative: Only 56 Officers Reported Minor Injuries on January 6

Posted by: SMOD at April 23, 2025 05:20 PM (cWrW3)

281 Also, a fake pubic hair on a Coke can was HORRIBLE

For kids ok

But real ones

Maybe on their little cartons of Juicy Juice, because Healthy

Posted by: Anita Hill at April 23, 2025 05:20 PM (UOzvC)

282 It doesn't matter who likes it or doesn't like it, it has no place in a public school setting.

Well that's just it. But that isn't a supreme court issue either. Its an educational philosophy and cultural issue. One we cannot solve without years of fighting and replacing people. And years of demographic shift.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 05:20 PM (2VST1)

283 Just to be clear, it would be, if my grand kids are victims.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 23, 2025 05:16 PM (W/lyH)
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When Plauche shot and killed the guy who kidnapped and molested his son, I don't recall anyone condemning him for doing that.

I know I certainly thought he'd done the right thing.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 23, 2025 05:21 PM (tT6L1)

284 And with Biden's judicial choices ... yow.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara

There are NO Trump judicial nominees lined up.

None.

Posted by: Miklos wonders at April 23, 2025 05:21 PM (UOzvC)

285 279 It seems Pete Hegseth is an infantry man.
The Generals in the oval office last month seemed very cooperative with President Trump during the F-47 unveiling.

Couple these with suspending habitus corpus and we have ourselves a real BBQ
Posted by: I was Gumby Damn It! at April 23, 2025 05:20 PM (r3F/z)

\We don't need no Steenking SCOTUS!!!

Posted by: I was Gumby Damn It! at April 23, 2025 05:21 PM (r3F/z)

286 265 tcn, they fear it because as it makes their perversion stand out more.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 23, 2025 05:16 PM (yp8Vj)

Yeah, I can see that.

What are all these perverts doing in elementary schools? Access. Pure and simple.

And they thought fag Priests were a big problem.

How many kids have been cornholed in public schools? Where's the John Jay report on that?

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 05:22 PM (a4NoL)

287 Intellectually you are right, tcn.
I was making a political point. Nothing gets done without a cadre of likeminded and organized people. One schmuck on his own saying "this rainbow flag is gay" will get shut down.
Catholicism has an organization and the organization (historically) has held the line on degeneracy. Not because they were right (although they usually were) but because they could get crews out to the streets and to the polls.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2025 05:22 PM (gKWVE)

288 274 We need a plan to get rid of these woke librarians
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 23, 2025 05:18 PM (XkKkf)

Good luck on that one.

I was at a party of librarians around Christmas Holiday Season.

It was the biggest gathering of weirdos this side of a Comic Con convention. Midget men, fat ladies in cat hair covered sweaters, people of questionable gender. It looked like a meeting of reddit moderators.

For whatever reason, it seems the people who get a masters degree in library studies (or whatever it's called) are all weirdos.

(Granted, that was a small sample size. And the host, who is a friend of a friend, is also weird. So maybe she is only friends with the weird librarians. But anyways, it was like the Star Wars Cantina scene in there.)

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 05:22 PM (uCjyK)

289 Previously Unreleased Document Exposes Government’s False Insurrection Narrative: Only 56 Officers Reported Minor Injuries on January 6

And now, for a full picture, let us compare the average day's minor injuries for police officers in the DC area. Make it a day with a political rally or protest just to give similar stats.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 05:22 PM (2VST1)

290 for what it's worth, I'm starting to believe Harriet Miers would have been a better pick than Roberts.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 23, 2025 05:22 PM (tT6L1)

291 The Scholastics did prepare the way for Bacon and the Scientific Method, but logic goes back to Aristotle.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 05:22 PM (g/Chl)

292 Now parents have to beg to the Supreme Court to opt out their three year olds from being exposed to public funded sexual deviants.

Funny old world

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 23, 2025 05:23 PM (wBaIH)

293 While anyone can claim a religious exemption even without proof I agree this is a major flaw. What if an atheist just doesn't want his daughter to study how to blow a boy or trans herself in 4th grade? He doesn't get to opt out??
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 05:07 PM (2VST1)

Exactly.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 23, 2025 05:23 PM (DKKgv)

294 To the fuckstains running the schools...
If you have that many people choosing to opt out, perhaps you should reconsider insisting that this material is necessary in the first place. Oh I know, you want it to be necessary. You want it to be mandatory. Just because you love the homo and hate religion and run the schools, you believe you have the right to force this stuff on children. It makes you feel powerful, doesn't it? You get a thrill from it, don't you?
Fun fact!
Most parents believe that any adult talking about sexual content with a child to whom they are not related is wrong and creepy. They tend to think that person is a predator and targeting those children.
Do not be surprised when a pissed off parent puts a permanent stop to the predators.
Sleep sweet!

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at April 23, 2025 05:23 PM (2J/Lj)

295 280 Previously Unreleased Document Exposes Government’s False Insurrection Narrative: Only 56 Officers Reported Minor Injuries on January 6
Posted by: SMOD
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And how many of those were from other officers by mistake? Like the self tear gassing and not ducking out of the way fast enough from your fellow officer's baton strikes while she was beating that poor woman to death?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2025 05:23 PM (Dv3i1)

296 Well that's just it. But that isn't a supreme court issue either. Its an educational philosophy and cultural issue. One we cannot solve without years of fighting and replacing people. And years of demographic shift.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 05:20 PM (2VST1)

Heck, that's basically how we got here in the first place.

"Don't be mean to people just because they're not straight" was the crowbar for "you can't stop us from brainwashing your kids into thinking they're weird sub-human freaks if they haven't sucked on a dick by the age of seven".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 23, 2025 05:23 PM (kBh81)

297 There are NO Trump judicial nominees lined up.

I am not sure what congress is actually doing right now. They have passed 5 bills in the 90 or so days of the Trump administration. What exactly would you say, you do here?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 05:24 PM (2VST1)

298 Catholicism has an organization and the organization (historically) has held the line on degeneracy. Not because they were right (although they usually were) but because they could get crews out to the streets and to the polls.
Posted by: gKWVE

I go to Mass three times a year, Carmella insists. Sometimes baptisms.

We can take care of business.

Posted by: Tony Soprano at April 23, 2025 05:24 PM (UOzvC)

299 Nina Twatenburg, Professional Hack

Posted by: Tex Lovera at April 23, 2025 05:24 PM (wtvvX)

300 Good! But is *this* the biggest issue demanding the Court's action???

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 23, 2025 05:24 PM (8BooV)

301 congress... What exactly would you say, you do here?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 05:24 PM (2VST1)

Staffers in conference rooms

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2025 05:25 PM (gKWVE)

302 "Because being in a religion is being in a gang"

It is, or was this sarcasm?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2025 05:25 PM (J1gxW)

303 Flood the boards, I guess, would be a possible solution.

Every community suffering under this shit, throw everything you got, every dollar, every free minute, at getting yourself or someone likeminded on to the school board.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 23, 2025 05:26 PM (kBh81)

304 I am not sure what congress is actually doing right now. They have passed 5 bills in the 90 or so days of the Trump administration. What exactly would you say, you do here?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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Trump admin has been working for 90 days, Congress I think has only been in session for 25 days. They have other priorities.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2025 05:26 PM (Dv3i1)

305 300 Good! But is *this* the biggest issue demanding the Court's action???
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 23, 2025 05:24 PM (8BooV)

The Issue is never the issue. The Issue is always the Revolution.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 23, 2025 05:27 PM (kBh81)

306 I would be a better pick than Roberts, and so would you whether or not you have any legal training whatsoever. It’s a very low bar.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 05:27 PM (g/Chl)

307 Persian: A thousand nations of the Persian empire will descend upon you. Our arrows will blot out the sun!
Stelios: Then we will fight in the shade.

[as arrows rain down on the Spartans, Astinos begins laughing hysterically]
Stelios: What the hell are you laughing at?
Astinos: Well, you had to say it!
Stelios: What?
Astinos: "Fight in the shade"!
[both laugh]

Posted by: SMOD at April 23, 2025 05:27 PM (cWrW3)

308 277 My faith in the Supreme Court went out with Barky's picks, it's all politics now

Posted by: Skip

Man, wait until you hear about past courts. A good place to start is FDR. Or that SOB Johnson's pick Marshall.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 23, 2025 05:27 PM (7YgJX)

309 302 "Because being in a religion is being in a gang"

It is, or was this sarcasm?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2025 05:25 PM (J1gxW)

It was a valid point being made very inelegantly.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2025 05:28 PM (4g0JA)

310 It is, or was this sarcasm?

It was perhaps a less than charitable way of describing politically the difference between being a lone wolf and being part of a group. Groups tend to have more pull and political clout than individuals.

Every community suffering under this shit, throw everything you got, every dollar, every free minute, at getting yourself or someone likeminded on to the school board.

I agree, the pressure has to be unrelenting and mind shattering for these boards. They were getting that done back when the unions begged the Biden administration to save them from enraged parents. I think the heat has backed off. It ought not. I'd be in there but I have no kids in school and have no idea what's IN the schools in my area.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 05:29 PM (2VST1)

311 Nood. Strippers.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2025 05:29 PM (ExV1e)

312 I note that the He-Man Woman Haters Club did NOT have a rainbow flag.

The were undone by the wiles of Darla and Miss Crabtree.

Posted by: Little Rascal Miklos at April 23, 2025 05:29 PM (UOzvC)

313 Most parents believe that any adult talking about sexual content with a child to whom they are not related is wrong and creepy. They tend to think that person is a predator and targeting those children.
_________________

This is intimately convolved with the predominance of women as teachers. Imagine a male teacher talking about sexual content with a child to whom he is not related. How to get on a sex offender register without even trying.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 05:29 PM (YqDXo)

314 Nina Jankowicz to the European Parliament: "Before I describe the details of Russia's recent online influence campaigns, I would like to call upon you to stand firm against another autocracy: The United States of America."

Posted by: SMOD at April 23, 2025 05:29 PM (cWrW3)

315 Afternoon, folken,

I'm trying to relax after an hour on the phone with a certain credit card company -- initials C.O. -- who somehow no longer has my current cell number for use on the website, even though I've used that number for a couple of years now to log into the website. They insist that my old cell number is the true number, that I have never updated it to the new one, and that the website has *never* asked me to verify when I logged in for the last two years. Patently absurd. The only difference is the computer and IP address I am using now (home) as opposed to a month ago (work). Yet they can only parrot their "verification" process -- which involves me sending a pic of my driver's license to them.

Crap. I don't need the website to keep up with my charges. And I will use their card as little as possible from now on.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 23, 2025 05:30 PM (omVj0)

316 280 Previously Unreleased Document Exposes Government’s False Insurrection Narrative: Only 56 Officers Reported Minor Injuries on January 6
Posted by: SMOD

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We always knew this. Pelosi and TPTB offered them bonus pay and time off for injuries, including "trauma" so they all claimed injury. It was always a known lie.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 23, 2025 05:32 PM (7YgJX)

317 >>> They are not challenging the curriculum itself, just the lack of an opt-out.

They should be demanding a life sentence in a sealed 2 x 2 x 6 ft box for the groomers.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 23, 2025 05:51 PM (/lPRQ)

318 Not feeling the transparency here

Afghan National Pleads Guilty to Obtaining Firearms in Connection with Plot to Conduct ISIS-Inspired Election Day Terrorist Attack

... no motive described.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 23, 2025 06:33 PM (mlg/3)

319 Quality articles is the main to attract the users to pay a
quick visit the site, that's what this web page is providing.

Posted by: bokep kontol at April 24, 2025 02:40 AM (OmXQX)

320 Why do I have to be religious to recognize that training children into counter-evolutionary ethics is WRONG in terms of biology, history, and fucking Morality?

There are religions that think you should be killed for not following that religion (islam) doesn't that grant those religions (really just one) a right to opt out of NORMAL LAW?

No, No matter my FAITH in a GOD, it doesn't matter, I don't want some sickly fake talking fuck talking to my child about fucking sex, either in the mouth the ass, or the Fake Vag, that a doctor says is a success, in order to influence my child to be a complete basket case for the rest of their fucking lives.

This is not a religious exclusion case, it's a decency, and Parental rights case, no matter the faith of the parents.

Posted by: Wickedpinto at April 24, 2025 04:07 AM (XKj0h)

Linda McMahon Orders the Department of Education to Begin Collecting Payments for Overdue Student Loans, Garnishing Paychecks If That's What It Takes

Oh no, anything but this.


President Trump's education boss Linda McMahon has defended the administration's decision to resume student loan debt collections -- insisting that greedy colleges have "profited massively" from Biden-era forgiveness measures.

The Department of Education announced Monday it would start recouping federal student repayments again from May 5 from the roughly 5.3 million borrowers who are currently in default on their loans.

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"Colleges and universities call themselves nonprofits, but for years they have profited massively off the federal subsidy of loans, hiking tuition and piling up multibillion-dollar endowments while students graduate six figures in the red," McMahon wrote.

"A widely cited 2015 study found that for every dollar of increased federal caps on subsidized loans, colleges raised tuition by 60 cents," she continued.

"Many of the degree-granting programs that qualify for student loans are worthless on the job market, but colleges continue to accept students to these programs and encourage them to borrow to pay for them.

"Accountability is a two-way street. As we push to hold student borrowers to account, we will also push colleges to be responsible and transparent."

McMahon insisted the administration wasn't enforcing the collections to be "unkind" -- as she blasted former President Joe Biden for dangling "the carrot of loan forgiveness in front of young voters" during his successful 2020 election campaign.


...

"On May 5, we will begin the process of moving roughly 1.8 million borrowers into repayment plans and restart collections of loans in default. Borrowers who don't make payments on time will see their credit scores go down, and in some cases, their wages automatically garnished.

"Why? Not because we want to be unkind to student borrowers. Borrowing money and failing to pay it back isn't a victimless offense. Debt doesn't go away; it gets transferred to others. If borrowers don't pay their debts to the government, taxpayers do," McMahon added.

I do feel bad for people who were swindled by the bill of goods that the Regime sold them.

But there's no way in hell we're paying trillions so that indifferent students, who really should just have begun working out of high school, can pursue meaningless degrees in fantasy fields.

Below, a lot of parasites are outraged and baffled at the concept that they might actually be forced to repay loans they took out. The first very gay gentlemen seems to believe it's somehow a contradiction for Trump to shut down the Department of Education, while also demanding that people who took out DoEd-guaranteed loans should have to pay them back.

This is just more proof that we are sending people to college who plainly will not benefit from college. And college has been dumbed-down in order to accommodate these Scholars.

In the beginning of that clip, a gay dude actually argues in favor of making people who took out loans pay them back. Plot twist! He says that he worked as a teacher in the worst schools teaching the worst kids for ten years to take advantage of a government program of partial loan forgiveness for teachers willing to work punishment details. He suggests these whiners sign up for the program and spend the ten years he did paying down his loans with sweat-equity.

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1 First!

Posted by: Michael the Texan at April 23, 2025 03:23 PM (ReTq+)

2 I nooded.

Posted by: eleven at April 23, 2025 03:25 PM (0HaGk)

3 Congress could fix this by only giving student loans to people in degree programs that have a identifiable worker shortage by the BLS.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at April 23, 2025 03:25 PM (Vh9CX)

4 Guarantee everyone here this will be halted by the courts before the end of the month and the first dollar is garnished.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 23, 2025 03:25 PM (e5NfL)

5 They got a five-year interest-free holiday from having to repay these loans.

If they had any sense, they would have used that five years to accumulate enough money to repay the loans, but I'm sure they all assumed that the loans would be completely forgiven eventually, so why bother?

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 23, 2025 03:25 PM (xTIDn)

6 THE TRUMP SCHOOL OF BIDNESS IS IN SESSION, KIDZ!!!

Posted by: Tex Lovera at April 23, 2025 03:25 PM (wtvvX)

7 Pay it back, suckers!

Posted by: Zeera at April 23, 2025 03:26 PM (0tp9l)

8 I wish they could discharge them via BK

I don't honestly care if it screws up the US we're already beyond the rubicon debt-wise

Posted by: Black Orchid at April 23, 2025 03:26 PM (Pv3Rg)

9 Guarantee everyone here this will be halted by the courts before the end of the month and the first dollar is garnished.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 23, 2025 03:25 PM (e5NfL)

I assume the injunction comes later today.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 23, 2025 03:26 PM (dGCAG)

10 Congress could fix this by only giving student loans to people in degree programs that have a identifiable worker shortage by the BLS.

Easier fix: make the colleges cosign the loans.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 23, 2025 03:26 PM (xTIDn)

11 Why does this evil biological woman hate Transgenders and children of color ??????

Posted by: Alotta Fagina at April 23, 2025 03:26 PM (Lcdqc)

12 I'll teach hot young coeds to hate men for one- third the cost of your Ivy League schools.

Posted by: Stateless.. 19% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at April 23, 2025 03:27 PM (jvJvP)

13 From the Top Rope!

Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2025 03:27 PM (F30Ty)

14 I don't feel bad in the slightest.

These scumbags with their loans are the most privileged, coddled, entitled, INSUFFERABLE leftists. I have literally not seen a SINGLE PERSON whining about their loans that I actually felt sorry for, and you know that if the left could find one they would have already been out propagandizing them.

I'm open to things like no more loans for soft nonsense degrees, or to force universities to co-sign the loans, but that doesn't matter for those with current loans.

You took out a LOAN. Pay it back. Period. End of story.

If that loan didn't translate into an education with job opportunities worth the loan, then that's your freaking problem.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at April 23, 2025 03:28 PM (lCHt6)

15 About damn time.

Posted by: Geoff Shotts at April 23, 2025 03:28 PM (13ivK)

16 5 They got a five-year interest-free holiday from having to repay these loans.

If they had any sense, they would have used that five years to accumulate enough money to repay the loans, but I'm sure they all assumed that the loans would be completely forgiven eventually, so why bother?

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 23, 2025 03:25 PM (xTIDn)

One of the added bonuses of Trump beating Joementia was seeing these illiterate "graduates" getting their dreams of debt forgiveness utterly shattered on election night.

YOU PAY NOW.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at April 23, 2025 03:28 PM (wtvvX)

17 How do I get my student loan to enroll into classes for Advanced Scotch Studies?

Posted by: Diogenes at April 23, 2025 03:28 PM (W/lyH)

18
"Sweat Equity"

Sweat Equity - ho ho ho

"Sweat.... Equity"

{tears open envelope, blows}

"What kind of equity would you find in the fat folds of your latest DEI hire?"

Posted by: Carnac the Magnificent at April 23, 2025 03:28 PM (hxILi)

19 Get the government out of the loan business, PERIOD.

Mark those loans up and give them to the banks.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at April 23, 2025 03:29 PM (g8Ew8)

20 Make student loans dischargeable in bankruptcy.

Collapse the whole corrupt system.

Posted by: brak at April 23, 2025 03:29 PM (jGJov)

21 8 I wish they could discharge them via BK

I don't honestly care if it screws up the US we're already beyond the rubicon debt-wise

Posted by: Black Orchid at April 23, 2025 03:26 PM (Pv3Rg)

Umm, NO. I served to get free college. Then, I paid off my spouse's $93K debt. Now, my kids chose state school at home so they wouldn't be in debt.

I'm not paying some Harvard Gender studies kid $280K b/c she made bad choices...not after all I've paid.

You take on the debt, you pay it. Only way I'll see otherwise is if you want to garnish the colleges for the education the adults can't pay back...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 23, 2025 03:29 PM (tOcjL)

22 How many of these people took that 5 years to stash away a bunch of cash to repay their loans in the VERY Unlikely Event that Joe Biden lied?

Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2025 03:30 PM (F30Ty)

23 8 I wish they could discharge them via BK

I don't honestly care if it screws up the US we're already beyond the rubicon debt-wise
Posted by: Black Orchid at April 23, 2025 03:26 PM (Pv3Rg)

Yeah, seriously.

Everyone else gets a bailout. Cruise ship industry, banks, small businesses during COVID, military industrial complex. Everyone associated with DC gets rich from stealing from the taxpayers.

But, no, lets focus on going after the Gender Studies major who makes $19 an hour at Starbucks, and force her to pay back the $120,000 the government lent her for a useless degree. A debt that is, as you say, not dischargable.

That's a good way to set up the next generation for success -- make sure they have such a huge debt load at 22 years old that they'll never be able to get ahead or buy a house or anything else.

And to sweeten the pot, let's import central americans do to the book collar jobs, offshore the manufacturing jobs, and import indians and chinese to do the white collar jobs.

Definitely a recipe for a healthy society.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 03:30 PM (uCjyK)

24 What do you mean I have to pay back my student loan of $200,000 for my degree in Ancient Gay Leaders of Croatia from Harvard ????

I do not have a job because my degree is worthless, and I weigh over 300 lbs. from eating twinkies all day and have to carry a bucket with me at all times !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Lequisha Fatass at April 23, 2025 03:30 PM (Lcdqc)

25 >> I wish they could discharge them via BK

They took them out knowing they couldn't, though, so that's on them.

They got swindled, but that's no reason for me to pay for their mistakes. I honestly cannot imagine the mindset of not paying back money you borrowed.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 03:30 PM (/dDa4)

26 book = blue

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 03:30 PM (uCjyK)

27 Pre-Covid, the New York Times ran an article about a young women who was six figures in student loan debt.

Her father wanted her to go to a state school, but her mom thought that her daughter should have the Full New York Single Experience (as mom had), so she insisted that the daughter go to pricy NYU, where the daughter majored in literature or something equally unremunerative.

And we're supposed to pay that debt off for her?

Bill mom.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 23, 2025 03:30 PM (xTIDn)

28 My immodest proposal: any university getting Federal aid must assume liability for student loans. Otherwise pay for those loans out of your endowments (or States maybe).

(My more modest proposal is just Swift's. Get the Tabasco.)

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2025 03:31 PM (gKWVE)

29 RACIST !!!!!!!

Posted by: Buster Hymand at April 23, 2025 03:31 PM (Lcdqc)

30 Hooray!!!

Some of us worked manual labor over the summer to pay for an education and secured that education in a time frame dictated by the money earned.

That, alone, was a better education than anything I learned sitting in a classroom.

Posted by: Orson at April 23, 2025 03:31 PM (dIske)

31 Oh, NO! They're taking out of my paycheck. But my Escalde, I can't make the payments.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 03:32 PM (eY5jv)

32 The universities who sold these degrees should be investigated for fraud and forced to bear some of the cost of the loans. I think Glenn Reynolds has been advocating for that for years.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 03:32 PM (/dDa4)

33 Pack em off to the camps.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2025 03:32 PM (h9KKO)

34 While I agree every one should pay back their loans, just like other debts, to get a student loan discharged in bankruptcy requires huge work and is close to impossible. If you can garnish wages for the loans, it should be dischargeable or able to be included in a chapter 13 repayment plan like other debts.

That said there are a number of income driven repayment plans for student loans, too, so people should be at least attempting to pay them back.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2025 03:32 PM (pZEOD)

35 >>Her father wanted her to go to a state school, but her mom thought that her daughter should have the Full New York Single Experience (as mom had), so she insisted that the daughter go to pricy NYU

I got into NYU, Columbia and Princeton.

I went to the U of AZ.

It cost 1 year of the tuition at those other institutions for me to attend AZ.

Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2025 03:32 PM (F30Ty)

36 Let's do the same for defaulted SBA business loans and VA/FHA home loans. Make them ineligible for discharge in bankruptcy, like the student loans.

I don't see why a college student should be held to a higher moral standard than a 45-year-old trying to get rich quick by flipping houses on the basis of a cable TV show.

Nor do I see why a restaurant owner should be able to walk away, even though something like 80% of restaurants fail within the first five years.

Collateral doesn't enter into it with SBA loans. Auctioning a failed restaurant could MAYBE fetch 50% on the kitchen equipment, if you're lucking. Decor, advertising, employee salaries...all of those are a dead loss. I'd be surprised if the net recovery averaged more than 10-15%.

Houses can generally be sold for something, but typically if one house is underwater many other houses in the same area are underwater. The government is going to take a severe haircut, no matter how you slice it.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 23, 2025 03:32 PM (W5ArC)

37 But, no, lets focus on going after the Gender Studies major who makes $19 an hour at Starbucks, and force her to pay back the $120,000 the government lent her for a useless degree. A debt that is, as you say, not dischargable.

That's a good way to set up the next generation for success -- make sure they have such a huge debt load at 22 years old that they'll never be able to get ahead or buy a house or anything else.

And to sweeten the pot, let's import central americans do to the book collar jobs, offshore the manufacturing jobs, and import indians and chinese to do the white collar jobs.

Definitely a recipe for a healthy society.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 03:30 PM (uCjyK)

So.....how much do you owe, Harry?

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at April 23, 2025 03:32 PM (g8Ew8)

38 They got swindled, but that's no reason for me to pay for their mistakes. I honestly cannot imagine the mindset of not paying back money you borrowed.


logically, I agree

but I think letting them file for BK at this point is possibly the least worst option.

it will still hurt them but gives them an out

I wish it would hurt the colleges more but meh

the govt chose to take over the loans, which I hate, so, so so so SO much. the govt should get hurt. (and I guess the govt is sort of me but lately ... I'm not sure)

Posted by: Black Orchid at April 23, 2025 03:32 PM (Pv3Rg)

39 Republican's fold in 3...2...1

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 23, 2025 03:32 PM (/U5Yz)

40 I earned a Bachelor's and three Master's degrees with a total out of pocket expense of about $1200.00.
It can be done.
Pay up slackers.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 23, 2025 03:33 PM (W/lyH)

41 Definitely a recipe for a healthy society.

You need to work harder. You should have taken a summer job during college. Stop drinking those expensive coffees and paying for all those streaming services!

Posted by: Boomers at April 23, 2025 03:33 PM (jGJov)

42 the roughly 5.3 million borrowers who are currently in default on their loans.
......

Democrat loafers.

Posted by: wth at April 23, 2025 03:33 PM (v0R5T)

43 They took them out knowing they couldn't, though, so that's on them.

They got swindled, but that's no reason for me to pay for their mistakes. I honestly cannot imagine the mindset of not paying back money you borrowed.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 03:30 PM (/dDa4)

You're giving them far too much credit.

They were 17 or 18 year old kids who signed the form the nice lady at the college told them to sign so that they could go to college. Just like everyone in society told them to do.

Their teachers, guidance counselors, parent(s), college admission people, every message in the media and TV -- go to college, no matter the cost, or you'll end up a loser. And you don't want to be a loser.

Besides, college graduates make a million dollars more in their lifetime than people who only have a high school degree, so it's a wise financial decision. (at least that was what they told us when I was in high school).

Do you think these 17 or 18 year olds really read the fine print, and really looked in to whether or not these loans were dischargeable in BK?

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 03:33 PM (uCjyK)

44 Easier fix: make the colleges cosign the loans.

Retroactively. Take a close look at promises and implications, and make the colleges liable for that.

Having a little work done on the old place, Jeff? Fraud is a felony.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 23, 2025 03:34 PM (EXyHK)

45 Wait for a judge to tule against this

Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2025 03:34 PM (sEViE)

46 >> Everyone else gets a bailout. Cruise ship industry, banks, small businesses during COVID, military industrial complex. Everyone associated with DC gets rich from stealing from the taxpayers.

I'm against all of that, too. In fact, I support clawbacks.

What am I supposed to do, pay for some jackasses miseducation? Yeah, they're screwed for a bit until they pay off the debt. Not my problem.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 03:34 PM (/dDa4)

47 BK? Burger King?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2025 03:34 PM (h9KKO)

48 Her father wanted her to go to a state school, but her mom thought that her daughter should have the Full New York Single Experience (as mom had), so she insisted that the daughter go to pricy NYU, where the daughter majored in literature or something equally unremunerative.

And we're supposed to pay that debt off for her?

Bill mom.
_____

I'm sure a handsome successful man, with a well endowed bank account, will be more than happy to marry this young fertile cultured woman and pay off her debt in exchange for a housefull of children.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2025 03:34 PM (Dv3i1)

49 >> The first very gay gentlemen seems to believe it's somehow a contradiction for Trump to shut down the Department of Education, while also demanding that people who took out DoEd-guaranteed loans should have to pay them back.


You'd think he would be more excited about being in arrears?

Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2025 03:35 PM (F30Ty)

50 I'm going to start a business that sells maguffins to young people just starting out and lobby the government to hand out loans to my customers which goes directly to me while I use my business to brainwash the young people and my employees do nothing but agitate for more government while handing over those loans directly to me and when the kids can't/won't pay the loans back I'm not on the hook, the government is. I'm also going to set it up as a tax exempt entity.

Sounds like a million dollar idea to me suckers.

Posted by: CaliGirl at April 23, 2025 03:35 PM (mxvzO)

51 10 Congress could fix this by only giving student loans to people in degree programs that have a identifiable worker shortage by the BLS.

Easier fix: make the colleges cosign the loans.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 23, 2025 03:26 PM (xTIDn)

——-

That’ll work too.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at April 23, 2025 03:35 PM (Vh9CX)

52
but I think letting them file for BK at this point is possibly the least worst option.

it will still hurt them but gives them an out

I wish it would hurt the colleges more but meh

the govt chose to take over the loans, which I hate, so, so so so SO much. the govt should get hurt. (and I guess the govt is sort of me but lately ... I'm not sure)

Posted by: Black Orchid at April 23, 2025 03:32 PM (Pv3Rg)

Just b/c you file bankruptcy does NOT mean you get a loan discharged. Bankruptcy is supposed to determine how much you can pay - you don't get off scot-free.

These folks want full discharge for free...hell, no. You can pay back a ton and then eat 6 years of ruined credit. I might be okay with that option...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 23, 2025 03:35 PM (tOcjL)

53 I honestly cannot imagine the mindset of not paying back money you borrowed.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 03:30 PM (/dDa4)

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

"That's only because you identify with the oppressor and not the oppressed, h8r!"

Posted by: ShainS --Waking Up Early is White Supremacy at April 23, 2025 03:35 PM (U9Z5z)

54 Obama and the Dems created this crap when the nationalized the student loans in 2009. Since then the cost of college has skyrocketed and courses have gotten more useless. The Ed bureaucracy has gotten more powerful and more leftist. Rinse , repeat.
Get rid of the Ed Department, privatize student loans and go from there

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 23, 2025 03:35 PM (6TePA)

55 Two Fairfax County police officer shot during a traffic stop.

"A suspect is in custody."

What they DON'T say is often more valuable than what they DO say.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, still gloating at April 23, 2025 03:36 PM (oSeBJ)

56 Yet one more grift:

Almost every single "public service" job that allows you to avoid paying back your student loans is essentially a left-wing agitator position.

Don't want to pay back your law school debts? Just spend a few years doing public service law where you defend a$$hole renters for free when their landlord withholds their security deposit after they did $5,000 damages to their apartment.

There are some legit jobs. Doing a medical specialty in a rural area - yes. You took lower pay and may have lived a few years in a place less desirable (to you).

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 23, 2025 03:36 PM (HlyYF)

57 You can pay back a ton and then eat 6 years of ruined credit. I might be okay with that option...

Mitch McConnell, Joe Biden, and George W Bush said we need to protect the banks from that terrible possibility.

Posted by: brak at April 23, 2025 03:36 PM (jGJov)

58 IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE TRUMP WAS TAKEN TO COURT AND SUED FOR "OVERESTIMATING" THE VALUE OF HIS PROPERTY YEARS AFTER SECURING A LOAN.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at April 23, 2025 03:36 PM (RFhjS)

59 > to get a student loan discharged in bankruptcy requires huge work and is close to impossible.

Yes. It's more like indentured servitude than a loan. Both the government and the colleges should feel guilt for conning kids just out of high school into this, but we both know just how much of a conscience the government and universities have.

Now, I don't think the borrowers should get off scot-free, Biden-style. Make them take the serious credit hit associated with filing bankruptcy, the same as any other gummint loan.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 23, 2025 03:36 PM (W5ArC)

60 Those avocado's ain't gonna pick themselves effing slackers.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 23, 2025 03:36 PM (/U5Yz)

61 An interesting site. You have to drill down quite a ways to get all info:

Student Loan Debt by Major
https://shorturl.at/5udJP

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 23, 2025 03:36 PM (XeU6L)

62 So.....how much do you owe, Harry?
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at April 23, 2025 03:32 PM (g8Ew

Nowhere near as much as most of my peers. I went to state schools and am fortunate enough to be in a career that allows me to make enough money where I've been paying my loans down, even when they were in forbearance.

But it is not uncommon for lawyers my age to be in $200k+ in debt. Doctors are in an even worse position.

But it is still a massive financial pain in the balls. Unfortunately, I wasn't lucky enough to be born to rich parents or be born in 1954, when you could pay tuition for college with your newspaper route money or whatever it is the Boomers like to say.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 03:37 PM (uCjyK)

63 Friend of mine who's wife has something close to $300k in student debt. She's on some IDR plan where they just take a calculation from your tax return and you just pay that minimum. Balance is immaterial. After 25 years, totally forgiven.

So bottom line, she'll get like $200k in student loans forgiven. And she's a high paid attorney. So the janitor cleaning her office will pay for it.

This is the Progressive dream.

Posted by: Leupold at April 23, 2025 03:37 PM (4pwAx)

64 Those AI apps aren't going to program themselves, you know. Wait...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 23, 2025 03:37 PM (XeU6L)

65 The left:

"College age kids are too stupid to understand the deep complexities of paying back student loans and should not be held responsible"
Also the left:

"My three year old secretly wants to be a girl and should be on hormone therapy and have bits snipped off because he likes Barbie"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 03:38 PM (2VST1)

66 Having a little work done on the old place, Jeff? Fraud is a felony.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 23, 2025 03:34 PM

"A girl's gotta have standards..."

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2025 03:38 PM (LCT5p)

67 Student loans for stupid people are just like winning the lottery for stupid people.

In both cases you treat it as "found money" and celebrate far beyond your means - and end up bankrupt after a few years.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 23, 2025 03:38 PM (HlyYF)

68 Instead of womyns studies, why cant they teach them to code?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2025 03:38 PM (h9KKO)

69 Yeah. I got student loans. Even before I declared a Major in a STEM. But, seriously. You cannot lend $20,000 or more to a Senior for her last year of "Women's Grievance Studies."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 23, 2025 03:38 PM (ZmEVT)

70 29 RACIST !!!!!!!
Posted by: Buster Hymand
--------

There must be a clip with all the pink ppl. crying.
I want to see that one.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 03:38 PM (eY5jv)

71
the govt chose to take over the loans, which I hate, so, so so so SO much. the govt should get hurt. (and I guess the govt is sort of me but lately ... I'm not sure)

Posted by: Black Orchid

=====

There's certainly an option to force govt employee pension funds, as part of their portfolio, to make student loans

Posted by: 2009Refugee at April 23, 2025 03:39 PM (WfeZa)

72 I'm sure a handsome successful man, with a well endowed bank account, will be more than happy to marry this young fertile cultured woman and pay off her debt in exchange for a housefull of children.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2025 03:34 PM (Dv3i1)

So she can divorce him in ten years and walk away with half his shit and take the kids.

Posted by: Not if he wants to keep his well-endowed bank account at April 23, 2025 03:39 PM (TbWk/)

73 Two Fairfax County police officer shot during a traffic stop.

"A suspect is in custody."

What they DON'T say is often more valuable than what they DO say.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, still gloating at April 23, 2025 03:36 PM (oSeBJ)
***

Under Biden, a mass shooting is considered anything with three or more victims. So this begs the question, if the perp had shot a third cop, would it be a mass shooting, or page 7 news?

Posted by: Diogenes at April 23, 2025 03:39 PM (W/lyH)

74
Collateral doesn't enter into it with SBA loans. Auctioning a failed restaurant could MAYBE fetch 50% on the kitchen equipment, if you're lucking. Decor, advertising, employee salaries...all of those are a dead loss. I'd be surprised if the net recovery averaged more than 10-15
——
Before you can discharge an SBA loan, they take your personal property, too, not just business property. Your house goes. You do have to have collateral for an 7aSBA loan, and you have to have solid credit. SBA loans are not handed out like candy which is why I really want to see the data on the underage loans from DOGE. We had to provide 3 years of bank records, tax records and a full income / asset statement. Maybe my lender just played by the rules and others don’t, but my SBA loan was not fun to get and required so much work. Also, while you can get a loan for up to 25 years, it is generally 10 years.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2025 03:39 PM (pZEOD)

75 68 Instead of womyns studies, why cant they teach them to code?
Posted by: Boss Moss

Or a good sandwich.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 23, 2025 03:39 PM (/U5Yz)

76 There are some legit jobs. Doing a medical specialty in a rural area - yes. You took lower pay and may have lived a few years in a place less desirable (to you).
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 23, 2025 03:36 PM (HlyYF)

Doesn't that just serve to push down wages and make taxpayers make up the difference? If a job is worth doing, the market will generally pay a reasonable wage. And if it's necessary for the government to provide the service, then they can just pay a competitive wage instead of using student loan forgiveness gimmickry.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 03:39 PM (/dDa4)

77 Ha-ha! I paid off all of my debt, fuck these deadbeats!

Posted by: Rev Wishbone at April 23, 2025 03:39 PM (fY84s)

78 I'm ok with discharging through student loans bankruptcy. Plenty of kids and parents were both stupid and sold on worthless degrees. Having student loans for my STEM degrees was the only way I was going to pay for college and grad school. It helped, but I also had a little bit of common sense to know I need degrees that would give me a chance for employment. Unfortunately, kids today are still studying stupid stuff. A kid who graduated with my kids, is studying political science? How does that lead to getting work?

Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, Ltd. at April 23, 2025 03:39 PM (pZ64F)

79 I worked my ass off to pay my way through school. I resent anyone who thinks I should, through my taxes, pay for their school experience.

No. Not even a little bit.

Garnish their barista pay.

Learn to manufacture.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 23, 2025 03:39 PM (SQHBz)

80 I met a gentleman in Charleston who descended from an indentured servant originally from Scotland. It took his ancestor 17 year to pay down the debt, and when he did, he formed and led the first carpenter's union in America.

Neither debt nor servitude is a death sentence. They may not build character, but they can reveal it.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 23, 2025 03:40 PM (wBaIH)

81 "Instead of womyns studies, why cant they teach them to code?"

What really pisses me off? Too many universities limit the number a students allowed into STEM majors.

WTF?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 23, 2025 03:40 PM (ZmEVT)

82 "My three year old secretly wants to be a girl and should be on hormone therapy and have bits snipped off because he likes Barbie"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
---

Take away the doll and get him a dog.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 03:40 PM (eY5jv)

83 Unfortunately, I wasn't lucky enough to be born to rich parents or be born in 1954, when you could pay tuition for college with your newspaper route money or whatever it is the Boomers like to say.

well certainly it was not that easy but before the huge "everyone should go to college" boom of the 70s, you could actually work a job in the summer and part time while going to school and pay your own way through. It was expensive and a serious burden, but doable.

This was back before colleges though that their campus had to look like the Versailles palace and the administrative staff didn't outnumber the professors.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 03:40 PM (2VST1)

84 I'm against all of that, too. In fact, I support clawbacks.

What am I supposed to do, pay for some jackasses miseducation? Yeah, they're screwed for a bit until they pay off the debt. Not my problem.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 03:34 PM (/dDa4)

Well it is all of our problems. As I've pointed out many times.

I don't know what you expect someone to do when they barely make enough money to pay rent and owe $1200 a month in student loan payments at 8% interest on a $100k principle. A debt that is not dischargeable in bankruptcy, by the way.

So we just write off a couple of generations of kids and say "welp, let's pack it up. Looks like America is over. Everyone will rent apartments from Blackrock for the rest of their lives. Or not, who cares?"

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 03:40 PM (uCjyK)

85 I'm sure a handsome successful man, with a well endowed bank account, will be more than happy to marry this young fertile cultured woman and pay off her debt in exchange for a housefull of children.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2025 03:34 PM (Dv3i1)


Daddy! What's a Pre-nup?

Posted by: Fertile Cultured Woman at April 23, 2025 03:41 PM (W/lyH)

86 the roughly 5.3 million borrowers who are currently in default on their loans.
.....

You know how they can get out of these loans?
FLEE THE COUNTRY. I hear Ukraine is nice this time of year.

Posted by: wth at April 23, 2025 03:41 PM (v0R5T)

87 he worked as a teacher in the worst schools teaching the worst kids for ten years to take advantage of a government program of partial loan forgiveness for teachers willing to work punishment details. He suggests these whiners sign up for the program and spend the ten years he did paying down his loans with sweat-equity.
__________

There's an even better version of this for med school. Hospitals can recruit docs to "medically underserved" areas by paying back med school loans if the doc stays a minimum of like three or four years. So the loan is paid rather than forgiven, and there are at least some market forces in action.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 23, 2025 03:41 PM (UBKzV)

88 WTF? I thought the purpose of govt was to give free shit to all the deadbeats.

This a threat to democracy

Posted by: Ripley at April 23, 2025 03:41 PM (GUOwU)

89 Student loans were made non-dischargeable in 2005. I used to hear stories of successful doctors and lawyers bragging about not paying back their student loans.

I think those wankers pissed off a lot of people resulting in the current law.

Posted by: mr tmz at April 23, 2025 03:41 PM (rJ48h)

90 Why is it again that it is ok to let an 18 year old with no income or assets take a $250K loan?

If it was for anything outside of college everyone would acknowledge this was insane.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2025 03:41 PM (t0Rmr)

91 I honestly cannot imagine the mindset of not paying back money you borrowed.

yeah well you were raised with morals and a code of honor, and not to think you are a special cloud princess unique Chosen One who will Save Us All.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 03:41 PM (2VST1)

92 82 "My three year old secretly wants to be a girl and should be on hormone therapy and have bits snipped off because he likes Barbie"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
---

Take away the doll and get him a dog.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others

and a BB gun.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 23, 2025 03:41 PM (/U5Yz)

93 the whole thing was another loop in the endless USAID-like trough: the only thing the Grievance Studies degrees prepped the loan recipients for was useless jobs in government welfare programs like "education", "nonprofits", and NGOs.

Old woman living on her social security advice for these babes: stop getting your nails and eyelashes done, and do your own hair. No new ink. You'll find that payment every month.

Posted by: barbarausa at April 23, 2025 03:41 PM (enw9G)

94 Student loans should not be dischargeable under bankruptcy, because if they were, no reasonable lender would EVER make a student loan.

They are a loan with no collateral and no income stream to make up for any defaults.

Democrats in the federal government are the only people stupid enough to approve those loan terms.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 23, 2025 03:41 PM (HlyYF)

95 Make universities co-sign student loans. THEN they'll think twice about accepting shitty students, and offering bogus majors.

Ninety-percent of university/college students have no business being there.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 03:41 PM (YqDXo)

96
***ENFUEGO!!!***

Posted by: The Dude that always shouts Enfuego at April 23, 2025 03:42 PM (hrOf9)

97 "Instead of womyns studies, why cant they teach them to code?"

What really pisses me off? Too many universities limit the number a students allowed into STEM majors.

WTF?
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 23, 2025 03:40 PM (ZmEVT)

We have enough incompetent programmers as it is. I don't want these idiots learning to "code".

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 03:42 PM (/dDa4)

98 I proposed "allowing bankruptcy but requiring the bankruptee to file 'single no dependents' for the seven years following the bankruptcy and garnish any IRS tax refund during that period."

Posted by: Kindltot at April 23, 2025 03:42 PM (D7oie)

99 >>I don't know what you expect someone to do when they barely make enough money to pay rent and owe $1200 a month in student loan payments at 8% interest on a $100k principle. A debt that is not dischargeable in bankruptcy, by the way


Sure. Let's just give everyone a Platinum Card while we are at it.

It's ALL of our problem or some shit.

Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2025 03:42 PM (F30Ty)

100 I know a guy that had all of his Medical School debt discharged by working 2 years on a Reservation. 1980. $50k / year salary.

Hard lilfe.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 23, 2025 03:42 PM (ZmEVT)

101 to get a student loan discharged in bankruptcy requires huge work and is close to impossible.

Yes. It's more like indentured servitude than a loan. Both the government and the colleges should feel guilt for conning kids just out of high school into this, but we both know just how much of a conscience the government and universities have.

Now, I don't think the borrowers should get off scot-free, Biden-style. Make them take the serious credit hit associated with filing bankruptcy, the same as any other gummint loan.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 23, 2025 03:36 PM


Hold up one second, every single one of these adults were told exactly how much money they would have to repay and the time they would have to repay it in, every single one of them decided to sign the papers knowing how much they would owe to pay off their loan.


Plus they were given a five year no interest accrued hiatus period where they could have been making payments to the principle and 5.4 million of them chose not to do so. This in no way resembles indentured servitude.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 23, 2025 03:42 PM (e5NfL)

102 I paid back every penny 9% interest rate and couldn't deduct the interest like these troglodytes can.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2025 03:42 PM (RIvkX)

103 I'm ok with discharging through student loans bankruptcy.
Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators

===

This is what Biden was attempting to do with loan forgiveness.

Student loans are basically a federal program, so allowing bankruptcy would basically be "free" college tuition.

Hell no.

And there was an era where student loans could be discharged through bankruptcy, doctors would complete medical school (while they were still broke), then declare bankruptcy.

Get the feds and taxpayer out of student loans and this problem solves itself.

Posted by: Leupold at April 23, 2025 03:42 PM (4pwAx)

104 I worked my ass off to pay my way through school. I resent anyone who thinks I should, through my taxes, pay for their school experience.

No. Not even a little bit.

Garnish their barista pay.

Learn to manufacture.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 23, 2025 03:39 PM (SQHBz)


This!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at April 23, 2025 03:43 PM (W/lyH)

105 you know,they won't garnishee your check if you make payments. Looks like they don't understand that.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 23, 2025 03:43 PM (cvWHI)

106 And another thing - this loan money doesn't come out of nowhere

Every dollar in loans comes out of some taxpayer's paycheck. So why do you have to pay the loans back Ms Gender Studies? Because otherwise you are stealing money from the people that didn't waste 4+ years in college on a degree that didn't make them more employable...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2025 03:43 PM (t0Rmr)

107 >>Student loans should not be dischargeable under bankruptcy, because if they were, no reasonable lender would EVER make a student loan.


Das Redlining!

Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2025 03:43 PM (F30Ty)

108 Under Biden, a mass shooting is considered anything with three or more victims. So this begs the question, if the perp had shot a third cop, would it be a mass shooting, or page 7 news?

Posted by: Diogenes at April 23, 2025 03:39 PM (W/lyH)

I think the definition is four or more, counting the shooter.

But if Biden really adjust it down, than had the cops shot this dumb dumb, it would be a mass shooting and would be added to the total that leftists shove in our faces.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, still gloating at April 23, 2025 03:43 PM (oSeBJ)

109 At least let the student take the effing Comp Sci course.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 23, 2025 03:43 PM (ZmEVT)

110 Doesn't that just serve to push down wages and make taxpayers make up the difference? If a job is worth doing, the market will generally pay a reasonable wage. And if it's necessary for the government to provide the service, then they can just pay a competitive wage instead of using student loan forgiveness gimmickry.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director
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Hello? The problem of medical care leaving smaller, rural areas without medical care has not gone unreported for the last decade or so.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 03:43 PM (eY5jv)

111 Just read the Tennessee House voted to remove residential property taxes statewide.

I'm only paying 10% of what I paid for my previous home up North.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 23, 2025 03:43 PM (vKNmo)

112 Nobody holds a gun to your head to sign the papers.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 23, 2025 03:43 PM (asR6R)

113 18 year olds can't drink or smoke or vape. They can sign loans and be drafted as sacrifices to Moloch though.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2025 03:44 PM (h9KKO)

114 I saw a video that claimed Starbucks will pay your student loans if you are working there full time.

Is that not true? or is there a limit in how much they will pay?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2025 03:44 PM (t0Rmr)

115 Providing medical care in rural areas is also a pathway to citizenship.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 03:44 PM (eY5jv)

116 that didn't waste 4+ years in college on a degree that didn't make them more employable...
Posted by: 18-1

And less enjoyable

Posted by: Bruce at April 23, 2025 03:44 PM (zMtlb)

117
Well it is all of our problems. As I've pointed out many times.

I don't know what you expect someone to do when they barely make enough money to pay rent and owe $1200 a month in student loan payments at 8% interest on a $100k principle. A debt that is not dischargeable in bankruptcy, by the way.

So we just write off a couple of generations of kids and say "welp, let's pack it up. Looks like America is over. Everyone will rent apartments from Blackrock for the rest of their lives. Or not, who cares?"

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 03:40 PM (uCjyK)

Take roommates. Work 2 jobs. Get married and have the spouse's income pay off the loan (been there, done that - imagine $2500+/month payments for 4 years TWO DECADES AGO...aka, my whole Air Force salary, for my spouse's ed - doable, but sucky)...I always said I could have bought a house for what I paid for his professional degree. And I did not get one b/c we didn't need two...it's my "I'll audit for free when I'm a senior citizen plan"...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 23, 2025 03:44 PM (tOcjL)

118 My guess is many will find some way to get out of forced payments. Many never expected to pay them kn the first place.

Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2025 03:44 PM (sEViE)

119 I don't know what you expect someone to do when they barely make enough money to pay rent and owe $1200 a month in student loan payments at 8% interest on a $100k principle. A debt that is not dischargeable in bankruptcy, by the way
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They signed the fvcking paper.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2025 03:44 PM (RIvkX)

120 Remember: This is all from another of the long stream of "fuck America" acts brought to you by W.

It was the bankruptcy reform he and Congress passed that:
1) removed student loans from bankruptcy
2) made it harder to claim bankruptcy on other debt

Obama just put the cherry on that shit sundae whipped up by W when he moved student loans into the dept. of ed.

Fuck the banksters and the universities-- make student loans dischargeable in bankruptcy again.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 23, 2025 03:44 PM (+3+7z)

121 he worked as a teacher in the worst schools teaching the worst kids for ten years
________

So basically he was a prison guard.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 03:44 PM (YqDXo)

122 I taught Network Engineering to Adults in Denver, very successfully, for a few years... Company went under.

So... out lookin for jobs, ran into an ex Student of mine, who was now a supervisor at a State IT Dept... (yeah, in a Bar)...

They had openings, and I'd put in for a couple of positions... but my Resume never made it past HR, because no Four Year Degree... even though 20 years of Military Electronics Experience, and 8 years of Civilian Experience, INCLUDING Teaching the Boss, Network Engineering.

The Degree mill is also forced by HR idiots, who don't know what a job actually entails, and so puts on un needed requirements.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 23, 2025 03:44 PM (QAkQ3)

123 Just b/c you file bankruptcy does NOT mean you get a loan discharged. Bankruptcy is supposed to determine how much you can pay - you don't get off scot-free.

These folks want full discharge for free...hell, no. You can pay back a ton and then eat 6 years of ruined credit. I might be okay with that option...
Posted by: Nova Local at April

Chapter 7 is complete discharge. Chapter 13 is a repayment plan. It depends on your income if you qualify for a 7 or 13.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2025 03:44 PM (pZEOD)

124 Yes. It's more like indentured servitude than a loan. Both the government and the colleges should feel guilt for conning kids just out of high school into this, but we both know just how much of a conscience the government and universities have.

Now, I don't think the borrowers should get off scot-free, Biden-style. Make them take the serious credit hit associated with filing bankruptcy, the same as any other gummint loan.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 23, 2025 03:36 PM (W5ArC)

That's kind of where I'm at. The government, universities, and lenders are all acting in bad faith and inducing students to take out these loans under false pretenses. However the taxpayer shouldn't get twice-fucked (having already subsidized colleges through taxpayer money in the form of grants and so forth) because of this racket. Make it dischargable in bankruptcy and the problem will largely become self-correcting.

Posted by: Don't reward the fraudsters at April 23, 2025 03:44 PM (TbWk/)

125 Neither debt nor servitude is a death sentence. They may not build character, but they can reveal it.

Yeah it sucks but you can get out from under it. I honestly and strongly believe that indentured servitude is a great system we need to return.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 03:44 PM (2VST1)

126 How much Calculus or Physics did I need in Computer Science? Zero.

How much logic?

100%

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 23, 2025 03:44 PM (ZmEVT)

127 Linda McMahon Orders the Department of Education to Begin Collecting Payments for Overdue Student Loans, Garnishing Paychecks If That's What It Takes

Warning Linda:
When it comes to PHD's in Ethnic Studies, Women's Studies and Sexuality Studies, you can't squeeze blood out of a rock.

Posted by: I KNOW MY PIGS at April 23, 2025 03:45 PM (OxX9V)

128 90 Why is it again that it is ok to let an 18 year old with no income or assets take a $250K loan?

If it was for anything outside of college everyone would acknowledge this was insane.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2025 03:41 PM (t0Rmr)

Exactly. No sane company would ever lend that kind of money to an 18 year old kid. Especially with no collateral.

And if they did, and the kid predictably had no means to pay the money back, the kid at least would have the option to negotiate some kind of relief. And if not, he would file for BK.

None of those options exist here.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 03:45 PM (uCjyK)

129 Someone has made absolute bank on these "loans". Whatever happens to them now doesn't really matter, the deed is done. Bet your fannie mae it has come straight out of the working stiff's ass.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2025 03:45 PM (hxILi)

130 104 I worked my ass off to pay my way through school. I resent anyone who thinks I should, through my taxes, pay for their school experience.

No. Not even a little bit.

Garnish their barista pay.

Learn to manufacture.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 23, 2025 03:39 PM (SQHBz)


This!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at April 23, 2025 03:43 PM (W/lyH)

I think there is a generational disconnect here. Unless you are doing community college, no one is working their way through school anymore. With today's price tags, it's not even an option.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 23, 2025 03:45 PM (V9cMX)

131
The Degree mill is also forced by HR idiots, who don't know what a job actually entails, and so puts on un needed requirements.
Posted by: Romeo13 at April

This is garbage and you cannot require a 4 year degree unless there is a true nexus between the job and the education requirement.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2025 03:45 PM (pZEOD)

132 I paid for my undergrad with the GI bill.

Well, that's not technically true. I used my GI bill money to pay for rent/groceries, and worked to pay tuition, but money's fungible, so...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, still gloating at April 23, 2025 03:45 PM (oSeBJ)

133 believe it's somehow a contradiction for Trump to shut down the Department of Education, while

I know some senior AWFLs, like superannuated.

One was REEEing about DoE being ended. I asked her what year she graduated high school. She answered: 1960. I asked if she got a good education. She said, Yes, better than a college grad today!
Me: How did that happen if the Dept. of Education didn't exist back then?

Posted by: kallisto at April 23, 2025 03:45 PM (dCxaZ)

134 Harry you make good points but they don't care. They got theirs. It's the younger generation's fault for being lazy, greedy, whatever.

Posted by: brak at April 23, 2025 03:46 PM (7YdgR)

135 >>>I'm only paying 10% of what I paid for my previous home up North.
Posted by: Tonypete
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Resistance to rape is still a thing in some parts of the country. 👍

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 03:46 PM (eY5jv)

136 Fuck the banksters and the universities-- make student loans dischargeable in bankruptcy again.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 23, 2025 03:44 PM (+3+7z)
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This, and make universities co-sign the loans, or start up their own affiliated finance companies (a la GMAC).

Bye-bye "studies" departments! Also social "science" departments!

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 03:46 PM (YqDXo)

137 >>>WTF? I thought the purpose of govt was to give free shit to all the deadbeats.

This a threat to democracy

Posted by: Ripley

>That would be threat to our Sacred Democracy.

Posted by: Rev Wishbone at April 23, 2025 03:46 PM (fY84s)

138 Repugnance

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 03:46 PM (eY5jv)

139 Take away the doll and get him a dog.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 03:40 PM (eY5jv)

Why do you hate dogs?

Posted by: BurtTC at April 23, 2025 03:46 PM (dGCAG)

140 As a side note we have to end the notion that teaching requires even an bachelors.

Perhaps for Special Ed, but a "teaching degree" should be no more then 2 years. One year in whatever you want to teach and one on year on how to teach and that is generous - corporate America assumes if you know something you can teach your coworkers and they are mostly right.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2025 03:46 PM (t0Rmr)

141 Sure. Let's just give everyone a Platinum Card while we are at it.

It's ALL of our problem or some shit.
Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2025 03:42 PM (F30Ty)

Some of us would like to live in a functional society, not a society where half the people living there are debt slaves.

We all agree that the "company stores" and "share cropping agreements" etc. etc. were usurious and morally repugnant, no?

How is this situation any different?

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 03:46 PM (uCjyK)

142 > So bottom line, she'll get like $200k in student loans forgiven. And she's a high paid attorney

This didn't pass the smell test for me. I just checked, and the current IBR payment is 15% of your "discretionary income", which the difference between your salary and the federal poverty level currently $15,650/year.

150% of that is $23,475. Median wage for an attorney is $151,160. $151,160 - 23,475 = $127,685. 15% of that is $19,152.75

Assuming she's an average paid attorney (not a "highly paid" one), she's going to be forking out nearly $20,000 per year.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 23, 2025 03:46 PM (W5ArC)

143 One more time, *sad sigh* college is NOT a glorified, super expensive trade school. The purpose of a college education is not supposed to be to get a job. Its supposed to be education that helps you be a better citizen, leader, and thinker. Its supposed to take all the things you memorized and all the things you learned in previous education and learn to use them to make new things, think new thoughts, and build a new future, understand the world better.

You CAN get a job from this but jobs like Engineering, Medicine, Law, etc should be divorced into something more like trade schools: you want to be one of these guys? Go to Law school, go to Medical school.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 03:47 PM (2VST1)

144 I went to Local State University in the late 80s early 90s and paid the tuition bill each quarter with my own money. I did kind of run out in the latter part of my 4.5 year journey to a bachelor's degree, borrowed $1800 from my Dad and paid it off by the end of the same year.

But colleges were way more affordable then and commuting saved money. I was well aware that each class cost my own money and I tried not to miss a single one, even after the occassional free time at Block 5 to go to the bar and get a pitcher of swill for $5 and trying to stay awake and take notes in Block 7 class.

Colleges got way out hand competing with others with improved dorms and rec centers, followed by exponential growth in administration. Something needs to happen to make colleges serious institutions again.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2025 03:47 PM (Dv3i1)

145 I don't know what you expect someone to do when they barely make enough money to pay rent and owe $1200 a month in student loan payments at 8% interest on a $100k principle. A debt that is not dischargeable in bankruptcy, by the way.

So we just write off a couple of generations of kids and say "welp, let's pack it up. Looks like America is over. Everyone will rent apartments from Blackrock for the rest of their lives. Or not, who cares?"

Posted by: Harry Paratestes
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Make sure other generations see this example and don't also do it?

Most of these student loans are just people that can pay them off, but don't want to. Because they eventually think a Democrat will forgive them and they think it's their entitlement.

Average student loan balance is $38k. You can knock that out with some discipline, that's like an average new car purchase.

My health insurance for my family for just one year is like $24k.

Posted by: Leupold at April 23, 2025 03:47 PM (4pwAx)

146 Do you think these 17 or 18 year olds really read the fine print, and really looked in to whether or not these loans were dischargeable in BK?
Posted by: Harry Paratestes

Now do sex change operations.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 23, 2025 03:47 PM (7hR46)

147 I think there is a generational disconnect here. Unless you are doing community college, no one is working their way through school anymore. With today's price tags, it's not even an option.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 23, 2025 03:45 PM (V9cMX)

Yep. Unless you've got a good chunk of scholarship covering your tuition etc that just isn't going to happen.

Posted by: Things have changed and not for the better at April 23, 2025 03:48 PM (TbWk/)

148 This is garbage and you cannot require a 4 year degree unless there is a true nexus between the job and the education requirement.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2025 03:45 PM (pZEOD)
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I marvel at people who say that they never use anything they learned in college. WTF did you go, then?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 03:48 PM (YqDXo)

149 >> Well it is all of our problems. As I've pointed out many times.

Not really. Not if I'm not forced to pay for it.


>> So we just write off a couple of generations of kids and say "welp, let's pack it up. Looks like America is over. Everyone will rent apartments from Blackrock for the rest of their lives. Or not, who cares?"

You act like these people are starving to death. They've been coddled for far too long. So what if they have to work shitty jobs for the rest of their lives? There are tens of millions of people who have to do that every day, many of whom never even got the chance to go to college.

Suck it up. Some will work harder or figure out a way to prosper in spite of the loans. Necessity is the mother of invention.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 03:48 PM (/dDa4)

150 Lots of smart folks have advanced theories on how to fix this. I think the top suggestions are
1. get the feral government out of the process. or
2. make the university a co-signee on every loan, and be on the hook if student fails to repay.

Then 3. allow companies to use skill testing in hiring so that they do not turn to 'did they get through a college program?' as a rough substitute.

It would probably be good for the country if the current university system collapsed, they are hot-houses for cultivating future commies, and do precious little educating in areas that will help the attendee earn a living.

Posted by: PaleRider at April 23, 2025 03:48 PM (bP/i4)

151 Really big question also... why is College so damn expensive? $100K? are these classes taught no Nobel Prize winners???

No, they are primarily taught by Graduate Teaching Assistants...

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 23, 2025 03:48 PM (QAkQ3)

152 Okay, so as a newly hired Software Engineer I am in the computer lab and the big-wigs from corporate come through and the this really old guy comes up and starts chatting with me. Eventually I ask him "Why do you hire only college grads?"

"We have a much higher rate of success with them."

My eldest son eventually got his bachelor's degree. Check that box.

GS-14.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 23, 2025 03:48 PM (ZmEVT)

153 Do you think they will be able to use the "It's too hard to read this" excuse with any other legal document they sign?

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 23, 2025 03:49 PM (cvWHI)

154 134 Harry you make good points but they don't care. They got theirs. It's the younger generation's fault for being lazy, greedy, whatever.
Posted by: brak at April 23, 2025 03:46 PM (7YdgR)

I know. It is frustrating to keep repeating the same points to people who clearly think we're still living in 1992, but I think it's worth repeating.

Maybe someone will say "hey, maybe this guy in the gray box whose nic is a juvenile joke about hairy balls has a bit of a point, and it's not just whiny liberals with nose rings who find this entire student loan fiasco to be a huge problem"

Probably not, but... I hold out hope.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 03:49 PM (uCjyK)

155 Eliminate the student loan program. Obama amped this up to destabilize and degenerate higher learning institutions.
Make the universities return to a proper management / teacher ratio.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 03:49 PM (eY5jv)

156 Make universities cosign for federal student loans their students take out.

Could this be abused somehow? Probably. But the current system is already also being abused by the universities, so I don't really give a fuck.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at April 23, 2025 03:49 PM (B9Prs)

157 Have you been swindled by overpaying for a useless education from some Big College or State University? Were you forced to take out a student loan you will never be able to repay and have had to move back in with your egg or sperm donor while working at StarChucks? If so call me! I want to get you some money!

1-800-MONEY4U

Call today!

Posted by: Alexander Shunnarah, Billboard King at April 23, 2025 03:49 PM (+8MS3)

158 >>Some of us would like to live in a functional society, not a society where half the people living there are debt slaves.


You want the entire range of Humanity to be equally responsible?

Never going to happen.
Life is a game of decisions and consequences. You made the choices that put you where you are at every single moment in time.
You are responsible.
You.
Not everyone else.

Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2025 03:49 PM (F30Ty)

159 How is this situation any different?

Well the structure of higher education needs to be reorganized, and the cost needs to be severely reduced. This isn't an issue about debt or hardship, its an issue of mismanagement and corruption. Yes, its neat to have new marble buildings every year and fifteen sub-deans in every department but its also ripping off students.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 03:49 PM (2VST1)

160 Do colleges even have work study programs anymore? Got me through the college years , along with some heavy jobs I had in the summers and during winter break. Good way to teach a work ethic

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 23, 2025 03:50 PM (6TePA)

161 Chapter 7 is complete discharge. Chapter 13 is a repayment plan. It depends on your income if you qualify for a 7 or 13.
Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2025 03:44 PM (pZEOD)

I don't know how things are now, but in 2018 everyone was filing CPT 13 because there was no additional charge. File for chapter 13 then have the trustee and judge change it to a 7.

Remember when the economy was taking a downswing in 2018-19? No one does, for some reason.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 23, 2025 03:50 PM (D7oie)

162 RFK Jr. Considers Pulling Coronavirus Vaccine from Official Childhood Vaccine Schedule

He's considering?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 23, 2025 03:50 PM (/U5Yz)

163 The Degree mill is also forced by HR idiots, who don't know what a job actually entails, and so puts on un needed requirements.
Posted by: Romeo13 at April

This is garbage and you cannot require a 4 year degree unless there is a true nexus between the job and the education requirement.
Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2025 03:45 PM (pZEOD)

I've written job descriptions for openings, and had to argue that a 2 year degree plus experience was acceptable. This is in a field where self-taught people can easily do the work, with some mentoring, but it wasn't easy to get that through to HR.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 23, 2025 03:50 PM (VNX3d)

164 134 Harry you make good points but they don't care. They got theirs. It's the younger generation's fault for being lazy, greedy, whatever.

Posted by: brak at April 23, 2025 03:46 PM (7YdgR)

No, my kids are in college NOW. They will be pissed as hell if others get loans paid off b/c they chose their school based on what they could pay. Mine could have gone higher league level (as National Merit Commended Scholars), but chose what made financial sense.

And it is hurting the one looking for jobs now not having that "it" college...but not so much she needs to panic about getting a job b/c she doesn't have loans to pay...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 23, 2025 03:50 PM (tOcjL)

165 Really big question also... why is College so damn expensive? $100K? are these classes taught no Nobel Prize winners???

1) too many administrators/bureaucrats. Professors make a decent salary but not unreasonably so

2) The colleges are often in expensive big blue shitties raising the costs of everything

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2025 03:51 PM (t0Rmr)

166 Now do sex change operations.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 23, 2025 03:47 PM (7hR46)

I agree with you 100% on that as well.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 03:51 PM (uCjyK)

167 No loans for non-STEM degrees.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 23, 2025 03:51 PM (/U5Yz)

168 Colleges got way out hand competing with others with improved dorms and rec centers, followed by exponential growth in administration. Something needs to happen to make colleges serious institutions again.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2025 03:47 PM (Dv3i1)
____________

Capping overhead on Federal grants at 15% is going to put "paid" to all that. That's how universities afford rec centers and administrators in battalion strength.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 03:51 PM (YqDXo)

169 You are too stupid for a real job.

I predict this to be the most repeated statement of the decade.

Posted by: Dreamingrobot at April 23, 2025 03:52 PM (jFSP3)

170 One of my older brothers gave me great advice back in the day.

"Education is good. Experience is great. The combination is dynamite."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 23, 2025 03:52 PM (ZmEVT)

171 I saved money so I could send my kids to college and I paid for it. My kids didn't qualify for any grants all they had was scholarships they earned and I don't think I should have to pay for kids that went to a college they couldn't afford and make up for their poor ROI.

Posted by: CaliGirl at April 23, 2025 03:52 PM (mxvzO)

172 Some of us would like to live in a functional society, not a society where half the people living there are debt slaves.

We all agree that the "company stores" and "share cropping agreements" etc. etc. were usurious and morally repugnant, no?

How is this situation any different?
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 03:46 PM (uCjyK)
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You are referring to the same zombies the left refers when complaining about voter ID. "But they caaaaaaan't get an ID."

"But they caaaan't be responsible for their own choices!"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2025 03:52 PM (RIvkX)

173 Lot of straw men getting torched in here today.

Posted by: Conditions change? Who knew. at April 23, 2025 03:52 PM (TbWk/)

174 I suspect that people are talking past each other here. I see two threads of thought:

1) College costs too much and is ruining young peoples' future! We cannot expect a new generation to function saddled with this vast debt!

2) If you sign up for something you should be responsible for paying it back, not force everyone else in the nation to do so for you.

This isn't about generational differences or spite toward young people are greed or anything. Its just two different and true ideas being expressed.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 03:52 PM (2VST1)

175 Joke will be the hundreds of thousands spent on unless degrees unless the Marxists get hold of the government again. We are seeing Cultural Marxist Commissars getting the boot.

Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2025 03:52 PM (sEViE)

176 No, my kids are in college NOW. They will be pissed as hell if others get loans paid off b/c they chose their school based on what they could pay. Mine could have gone higher league level (as National Merit Commended Scholars), but chose what made financial sense.

And it is hurting the one looking for jobs now not having that "it" college...but not so much she needs to panic about getting a job b/c she doesn't have loans to pay...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 23, 2025 03:50 PM (tOcjL)

And it's great and commendable that you were able to help your children pay for college.

But what about people who can't?

If the argument is college should only be for the children of the affluent, I find that to be less offensive than "college is for everyone, and we'll make most of them debt slaves for life."

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 03:52 PM (uCjyK)

177 No loans for non-STEM degrees.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 23, 2025 03:51 PM (/U5Yz)
______________

That will be the result of putting universities on the hook for student loans that don't perform.

Need the proviso that if you start out as a STEM major, but change to something else, the loan blows up.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 03:53 PM (YqDXo)

178 Work-study initiatives.

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 03:53 PM (g47mK)

179 How to make clouds shinier (willowed):

244 I think all you have to do is let certain aerosols back in the exhaust plume at the factories. That will make the clouds shinier and cool the Earth. This was something Sean Twomey, may he Rest In Peace, from the Atmospheric Science Dept. at the University of Arizona worked out in the 1980s. After he retired, he used to go from conference to conference arguing against the Global Warming Hypothesis. They didn’t listen. Instead they used his aerosol work explain away the lack of predicted warming. “It’s the aerosols!” they said. By now we’ve cleaned the aerosols out of the emissions, but we still don’t have the predicted warming. We never will. The hypothesis failed decades ago. But we can’t give up all this government graft, er, grants! So now climate change! As if the climate was ever unchanging. If anything the climate is getting better: ask archeologists about the various climatic optima that occurred when the climate was warmer than today

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 03:53 PM (g/Chl)

180 Banks will give a $100,000 to an 18 year old to "go to college."
But they won't give $100,000 to a 26 year old master plumber to start a plumbing business.

Because of bankruptcy laws.

End that and we end all of the bullshit "studies" degrees.

PS:
Remember--you've been paying the salaries of 90% of all these bullshit degrees since they're all education or NGO employees.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 23, 2025 03:53 PM (+3+7z)

181 Really big question also... why is College so damn expensive? $100K? are these classes taught no Nobel Prize winners???

1) too many administrators/bureaucrats. Professors make a decent salary but not unreasonably so

2) The colleges are often in expensive big blue shitties raising the costs of everything
Posted by: 18-1

And, most importantly -

3) Their exorbitant tuitions are guaranteed to be paid by kids borrowing their lives away! The schools absorb no risk.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 23, 2025 03:53 PM (vKNmo)

182 or be born in 1954, when you could pay tuition for college with your newspaper route money or whatever it is the Boomers like to say.

Born a decade later, but it was still barely possible, although you would have had to have had either a much larger route or be a much better saver than I was.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 23, 2025 03:54 PM (EXyHK)

183 I've written job descriptions for openings, and had to argue that a 2 year degree plus experience was acceptable. This is in a field where self-taught people can easily do the work, with some mentoring, but it wasn't easy to get that through to HR.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

You had garbage HR and worse employment attorneys. Or this happened more than 15 years ago before employers had the pants sued off them for arbitrary job requirements.

Sadly, bad HR is bad HR, and it’s out there for sure.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2025 03:54 PM (pZEOD)

184 Harry you make good points but they don't care. They got theirs. It's the younger generation's fault for being lazy, greedy, whatever.
Posted by: brak at April 23, 2025 03:46 PM (7YdgR)

I know. It is frustrating to keep repeating the same points to people who clearly think we're still living in 1992, but I think it's worth repeating.

Maybe someone will say "hey, maybe this guy in the gray box whose nic is a juvenile joke about hairy balls has a bit of a point, and it's not just whiny liberals with nose rings who find this entire student loan fiasco to be a huge problem"

Probably not, but... I hold out hope.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 03:49 PM (uCjyK)

All you're really doing though, is describing one aspect of the problem. Yes, "kids" took out loans they couldn't pay back, and old curmudgeons respond with "well back in my day..."

It's an op. Like every other op. The rich and powerful set up a system that is designed to fail, and designed to get ordinary people to turn on each other.

Divide and conquer. It's an Us v. Them world, the problem is, most people are quite blind to who "Them" is.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 23, 2025 03:54 PM (dGCAG)

185 Really big question also... why is College so damn expensive? $100K? are these classes taught no Nobel Prize winners???

In addition to what 18-1 said:

3) because the government throws billions at them in grants and loans for students so they spend like crazy
4) because every college has to look like its a mad monarch's secret garden with massive towering marble structures and incredible sculpture and landscaping
5) because there's no competition to drive the cost cutting.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 03:54 PM (2VST1)

186 > I think there is a generational disconnect here. Unless you are doing community college, no one is working their way through school anymore.

Correct.

When I started college (mumble) years ago, tuition was $240/semester at my "poor people" state university for 12 credits or more (i.e., $20/credit... less, if you wanted to carry a higher load).


Now it's over $300 *per credit*.

I had a typical college-student minimum wage job making $2.30/hour, so I could pay for a credit in about 7 hours of work.

Current minimum wage is $7.25/hour. You'd have to work for 41 hours to pay for that same credit, nearly 6 times longer.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 23, 2025 03:54 PM (W5ArC)

187 *shines bright light into high-school senior's eyes

Sign ze papers!
Ze papers!!!!

Posted by: Monocled Admissions Officer with a long scar across his cheek, wearing a full-length black leather c at April 23, 2025 03:54 PM (w9Wax)

188 One more time, *sad sigh* college is NOT a glorified, super expensive trade school. The purpose of a college education is not supposed to be to get a job. Its supposed to be education that helps you be a better citizen, leader, and thinker. Its supposed to take all the things you memorized and all the things you learned in previous education and learn to use them to make new things, think new thoughts, and build a new future, understand the world better.

You CAN get a job from this but jobs like Engineering, Medicine, Law, etc should be divorced into something more like trade schools: you want to be one of these guys? Go to Law school, go to Medical school.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 03:47 PM (2VST1)

It sounds like we don't need college at all, then. At the very least it's a luxury good.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 03:54 PM (/dDa4)

189 "No loans for non-STEM degrees."

For Junior and Senior years.

There are other non-STEM disciplines that are of value. Business. History, English. But you better be at the top of your class.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 23, 2025 03:55 PM (ZmEVT)

190
He ought to pull the corona virus vaccine off the market.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 03:55 PM (eY5jv)

191 There's nothing wrong with my corona.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 03:55 PM (eY5jv)

192 You took out the loan.

Some were co-signed.

You KNEW you had to pay it back with the earnings you would receive after graduation.

Be it ditch digging or as a USAID hire.

Again. You KNEW this.

It's hard work.

BTW. You KNEW this.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at April 23, 2025 03:55 PM (FxH7T)

193 >>Current minimum wage is $7.25/hour. You'd have to work for 41 hours to pay for that same credit, nearly 6 times longer.

McDonalds here starts at 17.95/hr.

Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2025 03:55 PM (F30Ty)

194 176 No, my kids are in college NOW. They will be pissed as hell if others get loans paid off b/c they chose their school based on what they could pay. Mine could have gone higher league level (as National Merit Commended Scholars), but chose what made financial sense.

And it is hurting the one looking for jobs now not having that "it" college...but not so much she needs to panic about getting a job b/c she doesn't have loans to pay...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 23, 2025 03:50 PM (tOcjL)

And it's great and commendable that you were able to help your children pay for college.

But what about people who can't?

If the argument is college should only be for the children of the affluent, I find that to be less offensive than "college is for everyone, and we'll make most of them debt slaves for life."

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 03:52 PM (uCjyK)

No, my kids went state school living at home and got some scholarships b/c it's not a "great" school. They literally paid out less than what Catholic high school would cost me per year. THAT's what they got. Their degrees cost less than a new normal car. That's making a good financial call.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 23, 2025 03:56 PM (tOcjL)

195 You are referring to the same zombies the left refers when complaining about voter ID. "But they caaaaaaan't get an ID."

"But they caaaan't be responsible for their own choices!"
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2025 03:52 PM (RIvkX)

No, I'm not. I'm referring to every day normal kids who grew up in the middle class and tried to do what they thought was the right thing and make something of themselves.

And instead, they get mocked for going to college in the first place and told that it is all their fault because at 18 years old, they weren't smart enough to realize that college was a scam.

I look at people's financial data all the time as part of my job. Your doctor, your lawyer, your accountant, etc. etc. etc. all likely have a shit ton of debt that's a huge burden on their lives.

But fine, they make decent money and will likely pay it off before it's time to take out more loans to send their kids to college.

But you know who will have a much harder time paying it off? Everyone else who didn't end up becoming a lawyer or doctor.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 03:56 PM (uCjyK)

196 Education is fucking dumb because the Left runs it.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2025 03:56 PM (hxILi)

197 This is garbage and you cannot require a 4 year degree unless there is a true nexus between the job and the education requirement.
Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2025 03:45 PM (pZEOD)

It is not unusual, the Oregon Department of Human Services requires that all Child Welfare Caseworkers (all levels) have at the minimum a BA though equivalent job or educational experience might have worked.

I qualified with my Spanish degree, but I never applied and refused any offer to be hired to one of the positions.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 23, 2025 03:56 PM (D7oie)

198 Really big question also... why is College so damn expensive? $100K? are these classes taught no Nobel Prize winners???

----------

Because DogEater federalized/nationalized the post-secondary student loan business (1) doling out loans to any grifter for any reason and amount; and (2) the colleges recognized a racket when they saw one (inducing pulling out of their CRT/DEI/Victim Aggrievement asses literally hundreds of worthless areas of "study" and "degrees").

Posted by: ShainS --Waking Up Early is White Supremacy at April 23, 2025 03:56 PM (f3noK)

199 Really big question also... why is College so damn expensive? $100K? are these classes taught no Nobel Prize winners???
______________

Nobel Laureates generally do not teach undergraduate courses. (Although some choose to do so.)

Also, it's a fallacy to think pimply freshmen would benefit from instruction by a Nobel Laureate, who may or may not be any good at teaching.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 03:57 PM (YqDXo)

200 One of my older brothers gave me great advice back in the day.

"Education is good. Experience is great. The combination is dynamite."
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 23, 2025 03:52 PM (ZmEVT)

That's why when I go to the whorehouse, I look for the old gal with no teeth.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 23, 2025 03:57 PM (dGCAG)

201 >>I look at people's financial data all the time as part of my job. Your doctor, your lawyer, your accountant, etc. etc. etc. all likely have a shit ton of debt that's a huge burden on their lives.


Now do their $90k Imported Sedan.

Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2025 03:57 PM (F30Ty)

202 It sounds like we don't need college at all, then. At the very least it's a luxury good.

It IS a luxury good. Its not worthless, but its not critical for the general functioning of the nation. Its necessary for a future, for innovation, for thought and culture and progress, but its not needed to keep the lights on.

The idea of "everyone should go to college" must end. Its something special for the best and brightest and future leaders to be in, to become even better and brighter. But the entire system has to be gutted and rebuilt back the way it used to be when places like Princeton Harvard produced men who built America and the future we now enjoy and live in.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 03:57 PM (2VST1)

203 Another ramification of the student loan fiasco: the cost of textbooks.

There is

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 03:57 PM (YqDXo)

204 I've written job descriptions for openings, and had to argue that a 2 year degree plus experience was acceptable. This is in a field where self-taught people can easily do the work, with some mentoring, but it wasn't easy to get that through to HR.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

You had garbage HR and worse employment attorneys. Or this happened more than 15 years ago before employers had the pants sued off them for arbitrary job requirements.

Sadly, bad HR is bad HR, and it’s out there for sure.
Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2025 03:54 PM (pZEOD)

It was only a few years ago, but it was hard to convince them that a 4 year degree wasn't required. It was one of the few departments in the company that expected 4 year degrees, so I caught them by surprise.

Since I was self-taught in that field, I knew it could be done.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 23, 2025 03:57 PM (VNX3d)

205 > 180 Banks will give a $100,000 to an 18 year old to "go to college."
But they won't give $100,000 to a 26 year old master plumber to start a plumbing business.

"Banks" don't enter into it. Obama nationalized the student loans over a decade ago, meaning that the banksters got paid in full, and the burden got shifted to the taxpayers.

That plumber can certainly get an SBA loan, which is the same thing... except he's allowed to discharge it in bankruptcy if he goes belly-up.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 23, 2025 03:57 PM (W5ArC)

206 Another part of the problem is that the K-12 education that society pays for so we can have a functional society down the road has become so badly broken. If getting your HS diploma meant you know as much math, history, english and civics as it did 40-50 years ago, then people who aren't wanting to become a doctor, lawyer, engineer would have no need to be spending 2-4 years and thousands of dollars to get a degree. They could get a decent job at 18 right out of HS. In some fields they still do apprenticeships, but I don't think that is offered if you want to be an accountant.

Posted by: PaleRider at April 23, 2025 03:58 PM (bP/i4)

207 All you're really doing though, is describing one aspect of the problem. Yes, "kids" took out loans they couldn't pay back, and old curmudgeons respond with "well back in my day..."

It's an op. Like every other op. The rich and powerful set up a system that is designed to fail, and designed to get ordinary people to turn on each other.

Divide and conquer. It's an Us v. Them world, the problem is, most people are quite blind to who "Them" is.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 23, 2025 03:54 PM (dGCAG)

I agree, this was all by design.

I think it's helpful for people to see the other side of the equation, and its not helpful for them to gloat about how they graduated college with no debt due to hard work, grit, and the fact that college cost about 10% (inflation adjusted) of what it costs now.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 03:58 PM (uCjyK)

208 Totally OT

Black Stabber from Frisco. The stabbing happened in Frisco, TX which is in Collin County, not Dallas County. Collin County is a lot richer and historically more conservative than Dallas County.

Probably the best way to know what's really going on is info from that area.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 03:59 PM (eY5jv)

209 2) If you sign up for something you should be responsible for paying it back, not force everyone else in the nation to do so for you.

This isn't about generational differences or spite toward young people are greed or anything. Its just two different and true ideas being expressed.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 03:52 PM (2VST1)

The problem with Idea #2, is that people are trying to sell it in a welfare state, post-TARP, where pretty much all debts other than intentional tort damage awards are dischargeable, which makes it just sound more like "fuck you, that's why."

I don't favor debt relief for student loans. But I don't think people who oppose it understand how unpersuasive a lot of their explanations are.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 23, 2025 03:59 PM (V9cMX)

210 I am at the age that a lot of people I know have kids going to college.

Plenty of them are still going to expensive schools and getting worthless degrees that have no use

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 23, 2025 03:59 PM (NtVYv)

211 Let's say they do cancel student loan debt. Typically, debt forgiveness results in taxable income. $100,000 in debt turns into "income" for the IRS. Now they owe taxes on that. Shoots these idiots into pretty much the highest tax bracket immediately. They will have to pay the taxes on that by April 15th... extension is only for filing, you still have to pay what is owed by 4/15. If they can't, BOOM, penalties and interest start accruing. Then maybe jail. [Rubs hands together] maybe we do cancel student loan debt?

Posted by: mishdog at April 23, 2025 03:59 PM (m0jmC)

212 Christopher R Taylor, my dad was such an idealist. Went to Berkeley in the 1930s. Didn't graduate. Was a bit of an efftard all his life. The Liberal Arts education was for its own sake.

Yeah. That is if you are born a gentleman and don't actually have to work for a living.

I went to UCSD looking at it as "high-tech trade school." Okay, I graduated from Revelle College, so I must be a Renaissance Man.

21st century universities are high-tech trade schools.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 23, 2025 03:59 PM (ZmEVT)

213 > BTW. You KNEW this.
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at April 23, 2025 03:55 PM (FxH7T)

So did VA/FHA home buyers. So did SBA borrowers.

And?

Why do they get to file bankruptcy?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 23, 2025 03:59 PM (W5ArC)

214 Oops.

There is ZERO need for new math textbooks, for example. Math courses teach math that has been known for at least a century.

This is also true - to a lesser extent - for undergraduate courses in physics and chemistry. Graduate courses often don't have textbooks.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 03:59 PM (YqDXo)

215 How is this situation any different?
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 03:46 PM (uCjyK)

only garbage people sharecrop or have to shop at the company store. We are talking about cultured people who went to college like me! How dare they let our class down like common spendthrifts.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 23, 2025 03:59 PM (D7oie)

216 Someone has made absolute bank on these "loans". Whatever happens to them now doesn't really matter, the deed is done. Bet your fannie mae it has come straight out of the working stiff's ass.
Posted by: ... at

Yes. The admin group at colleges

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at April 23, 2025 03:59 PM (FxH7T)

217
If the argument is college should only be for the children of the affluent, I find that to be less offensive than "college is for everyone, and we'll make most of them debt slaves for life."
Posted by: Harry Paratestes

For the record, I think your points are extremely valid and while those with underwater basket weaving degrees are ridiculous, there is so much more to this than people paying debts. School is way more expensive, good jobs are far more difficult to get, when you are registering for school you get inundated with messaging about doing what you love, and frankly, some schools advertise job placement stats that are padded at best. Schools aren’t super upfront about loans and repayment, plus interest on these loans are variable. It’s a lot and if this was just so darn easy, we would have a few people with this problem, not the numbers that exist now.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2025 03:59 PM (pZEOD)

218 I think there is a generational disconnect here. Unless you are doing community college, no one is working their way through school anymore.
===

Then let's address that. Harvard has enough in their endowment to give free tuition for like 100 years.

Why has tuition skyrocketed?

Even if you did student loan forgiveness, what does that solve for the person that's entering college as a freshman next year?

Loan forgiveness/bankruptcy is like thinking amnesty solves illegal immigration.

Posted by: Leupold at April 23, 2025 04:00 PM (4pwAx)

219 > Now they owe taxes on that.

Nah, any such forgiveness would almost certainly be prevented from being taxable income.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 23, 2025 04:00 PM (W5ArC)

220 Jeb! got a degree in Latin American Affairs.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2025 04:00 PM (h9KKO)

221 Really big question also... why is College so damn expensive? $100K? are these classes taught no Nobel Prize winners???

No. Think Office Space. The ratio of administrators to instructors even in private colleges today is insane.

A lot of the money probably really does go the way of fraud, but a lot goes to administration, and a lot goes to treating very expensive construction as if it were disposable and redoing it regularly.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 23, 2025 04:00 PM (EXyHK)

222 Some of us would like to live in a functional society, not a society where half the people living there are debt slaves.
I would like to live in a society where there are no libs.
I would like to have judges that follow the Constitution not make up their own version.
But I will not get that.

Posted by: MAC V SOG at April 23, 2025 04:01 PM (P4Pk9)

223 I agree, this was all by design.

I think it's helpful for people to see the other side of the equation, and its not helpful for them to gloat about how they graduated college with no debt due to hard work, grit, and the fact that college cost about 10% (inflation adjusted) of what it costs now.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 03:58 PM (uCjyK)

Not unlike every other social ill in this country. Race, drugs, the gay stuff... all of it, they wanted us at each other's throats.

And here we are.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 23, 2025 04:01 PM (dGCAG)

224 Not sure that remarking one worked his way through college is gloating. However, complaining that one must pay a debt agreed to is whining.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 04:02 PM (eY5jv)

225 I do wonder how many of those yowling the most about "I paid off my student loans, so should everyone else!" know how much student loan you can rack up now for the same degree they got?

All this about bs studies degrees should also note at a full-freight STEM degree is going to cost just as much.

So, it's not just idiots rolling out of college with $100k in debt--it's nearly everyone now.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 23, 2025 04:02 PM (+3+7z)

226 There is ZERO need for new math textbooks, for example. Math courses teach math that has been known for at least a century.

This is also true - to a lesser extent - for undergraduate courses in physics and chemistry. Graduate courses often don't have textbooks.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 03:59 PM (YqDXo)
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Most textbooks, particularly in upper-level STEM courses aren't even written with the student in mind. They are written BY academics FOR academics. I hated my upper-level physics courses for that reason.

There was no attempt to explain the concepts and formulas in language that a newbie could understand.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 23, 2025 04:02 PM (7fElN)

227 >> And instead, they get mocked for going to college in the first place and told that it is all their fault because at 18 years old, they weren't smart enough to realize that college was a scam.

Funny, when I was 18 I got mocked for telling everyone college was a scam. Everyone told me I had to go, was making a huge mistake by dropping out, etc.

I told them I wasn't going to take on about $10k /year in debt for a degree that was being handed to complete morons. I saw the quality of the people going to college. I told everyone that the mindset of "Everyone needs to go to college" will just devalue a degree to worthlessness. It's just basic economics.

So I worked my ass off while they partied. And now, everyone pretty much agrees with me that college is a scam, etc. I'm glad I was vindicated, but I'm not paying for their four years of getting drunk. Screw them.

I'd rather fight a civil war than pay their loans.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 04:02 PM (/dDa4)

228 First problem is these are the same jerks that called us names and sneer at working in manufacturing. Second problem is that many of us saw the cost of college and decided to do something else. I went to community college, got a crappy paying job and it took decades to pay off the $6k I owed. No one shed a tear for how hard that was for me. I would be okay with discharging in bankruptcy as most of these people would be Chapter13 and have to pay part of it off. But that's it. No freebies.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 23, 2025 04:02 PM (cvWHI)

229
Most of these student loans are little more than end runs into Universal Basic Income so that the students can spend 7-8 years living in dorms smoking dope while doing butt stuff with a new herd of doe-eyed young freshman coeds coming in every school year.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 23, 2025 04:03 PM (y9nCu)

230 I’m thinking of the Holocene climactic optimum that occurred roughly 9,500 to 5,500 years before the present. This was a time of the invention and spread of agriculture, pottery, settled towns and villages, and many other cultural innovations fostered by a warmer climate. Warmer is better (and greener, too)!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 04:03 PM (g/Chl)

231 In addition to what 18-1 said:

3) because the government throws billions at them in grants and loans for students so they spend like crazy
4) because every college has to look like its a mad monarch's secret garden with massive towering marble structures and incredible sculpture and landscaping
5) because there's no competition to drive the cost cutting.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 03:54 PM (2VST1)

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

6) also, as VDH pointed out a year or two ago -- the faculty and staff at Stanford University exceeds the number of students.

Posted by: ShainS --Waking Up Early is White Supremacy at April 23, 2025 04:03 PM (Rng/A)

232 Didn't Trump U get sued for supposedly marketing something which had no real world value?

Seems to me there's precedent for students to sue Universities.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 23, 2025 04:03 PM (tT6L1)

233 I went to UCSD looking at it as "high-tech trade school." Okay, I graduated from Revelle College, so I must be a Renaissance Man.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 23, 2025 03:59 PM (ZmEVT)
________________

Me too. I loved the curriculum as it was then (no idea about now). Two years of humanities (history, literature, philosophy all gemisched), a foreign language requirement, a math requirement, a physical science requirement. It was great!

Years later arts dons were pontificating about books any educated person needed to have read. I'd read every one of them, and enjoyed doing so. I added the Feynmann Lectures of Physics, which of course none of them had read.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 04:03 PM (YqDXo)

234 So we just write off a couple of generations of kids and say "welp, let's pack it up. Looks like America is over. Everyone will rent apartments from Blackrock for the rest of their lives. Or not, who cares?"
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 03:40 PM (uCjyK)

Or they could learn to weld, fix plumbing, build a house (even cabinet making), work on engines, operate heavy machinery, etc. Those skills are where the money is right now. But I guess that's the kind of work "Americans" don't want to do.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at April 23, 2025 04:03 PM (g8Ew8)

235 I have no moral obligation to pay back loans that I was tricked into by adults and a system pretending to be looking out for my best interest while doing everything else but.

I am 35. I was reading this blog when I was 20 and in college. I have never made enough money to be required to make payments on my loans. If that changes today, I wont shed any tears. I also wont shed any tears when the pendulum swings back the other way in another term or two and the "janitors" have to pay back my loans.

I guess I should add that I have ever intention of paying them back on my own before I die, but that is because I will succeed regardless of all of the poison both democrats and republicans filled my mind with. No one who has ever claimed to be looking out for me in the realm of politics has ever given me what I needed to succeed. I have had to take that all for myself.

Posted by: Jojo at April 23, 2025 04:03 PM (jNdjL)

236 Christopher R Taylor, my dad was such an idealist. Went to Berkeley in the 1930s. Didn't graduate. Was a bit of an efftard all his life. The Liberal Arts education was for its own sake.

Its not idealism, that's the entire POINT of Liberal Arts Education. I didn't make this up, and neither did your dad. That was the system for centuries up until around 1950, that was the way college worked. It was designed for special people to become even more special, and there were ways for poor people to get in and make it happen, if they demonstrated the natural ability and gifts that made it worth while.

This is not a new idea, its just been so stomped on and trampled and destroyed for nearly a century now that people think its shocking and weird.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 04:03 PM (2VST1)

237 That plumber can certainly get an SBA loan, which is the same thing... except he's allowed to discharge it in bankruptcy if he goes belly-up.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
The SBA does not lend money directly. It’s a guarantee. But your point is valid.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2025 04:04 PM (pZEOD)

238 while doing butt stuff with a new herd of doe-eyed young freshman coeds coming in every school year.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 23, 2025 04:03 PM (y9nCu)

Go on

Posted by: Leo Dicraprio at April 23, 2025 04:04 PM (NtVYv)

239 BTW, that $10k /year degree I turned down about 20 years ago is now $14k /year. Meanwhile minimum wage has more than doubled. And even McD's pays more than minimum wage.

Cope and seethe, debties.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 04:04 PM (/dDa4)

240 Eliminate the student loan program. Obama amped this up to destabilize and degenerate higher learning institutions.
Make the universities return to a proper management / teacher ratio.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 03:49 PM (eY5jv)

He did it to protect the universities, like he pushed obamacare to protect the insurance companies

Posted by: Kindltot at April 23, 2025 04:04 PM (D7oie)

241 The problem with Idea #2, is that people are trying to sell it in a welfare state, post-TARP, where pretty much all debts other than intentional tort damage awards are dischargeable, which makes it just sound more like "fuck you, that's why."

I don't favor debt relief for student loans. But I don't think people who oppose it understand how unpersuasive a lot of their explanations are.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 23, 2025 03:59 PM (V9cMX)


Well put. After we bailed out the banks with TARP or the car manufacturers or the all-important Cruise Line industry during COVID, and everyone with a tax ID got PPP loans that they were never going to repay, and every illegal who walks across the border gets 3 meals a day, a cell phone and a roof over their head (plus free medical care)....

Well, let's just say the arguments against fixing this problem sound a bit less convincing.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 04:04 PM (uCjyK)

242 Probably 15-20 years ago I spoke with a young woman, music major, that was convinced college should be free. Music majors (and others) make society so much better for others, so they should get the free ride.

Yes, that is how communism works, in La La Land.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 23, 2025 04:05 PM (Cus5s)

243 Most textbooks, particularly in upper-level STEM courses aren't even written with the student in mind. They are written BY academics FOR academics. I hated my upper-level physics courses for that reason.

There was no attempt to explain the concepts and formulas in language that a newbie could understand.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 23, 2025 04:02 PM (7fElN)
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Write a textbook for the class one teaches. Make the textbook required for the course one teaches. Profit!

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 23, 2025 04:05 PM (tT6L1)

244 That plumber can certainly get an SBA loan, which is the same thing... except he's allowed to discharge it in bankruptcy if he goes belly-up.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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I had a friend that got an SBA loan. Was a successful business owner nearly his entire career, but the industry he was in had a major upheaval close to his retirement.

They garnished the remaining amount of his SBA loan from his Social Security.

Posted by: Leupold at April 23, 2025 04:05 PM (4pwAx)

245 6) also, as VDH pointed out a year or two ago -- the faculty and staff at Stanford University exceeds the number of students.

Yeah that was one of 18-1's points. But here's the worse part: its not just Stanford. Its not just colleges. Look up your local high school's faculty. Count how many administrators, counselors, secretaries, assistants, and so on are in the staff, vs teachers. Its the same there, too.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 04:05 PM (2VST1)

246 LOL. When I graduated, (197 I owed less that $3,000. The payment was not nothing but it was not horrible.

For years I read stories of Democrat politicians that defaulted on their loans. LOL WTF?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 23, 2025 04:05 PM (ZmEVT)

247 >>>No. Think Office Space. The ratio of administrators to instructors even in private colleges today is insane.

A lot of the money probably really does go the way of fraud, but a lot goes to administration, and a lot goes to treating very expensive construction as if it were disposable and redoing it regularly.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair
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Is not the absurd administrator/instructor ratio fraud?
What about that new athletic stadium for the football team?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 04:05 PM (eY5jv)

248 Most of these student loans are little more than end runs into Universal Basic Income so that the students can spend 7-8 years living in dorms smoking dope while doing butt stuff with a new herd of doe-eyed young freshman coeds coming in every school year.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 23, 2025 04:03 PM (y9nCu)

Remember this gem from 15 years ago? Butt chugging isn't gay - Some Frat Bros attorney.

Posted by: mishdog at April 23, 2025 04:05 PM (m0jmC)

249 > McDonalds here starts at 17.95/hr.
Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2025 03:55 PM (F30Ty)

And I'll bet the local university charges more than the $300/credit hour of my "poor people" university, too.

The public R1 where I did my graduate degree is now charging $800/credit hour.



Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 23, 2025 04:05 PM (W5ArC)

250 There was a time when the best financial aid package in town was the GI Bill you got after serving 2 years to earn it. Note the "earn it" part.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at April 23, 2025 04:06 PM (r5tfK)

251 > They garnished the remaining amount of his SBA loan from his Social Security.
Posted by: Leupold at April 23, 2025 04:05 PM (4pwAx)

Did he file bankruptcy?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 23, 2025 04:06 PM (W5ArC)

252 Or they could learn to weld, fix plumbing, build a house (even cabinet making), work on engines, operate heavy machinery, etc. Those skills are where the money is right now. But I guess that's the kind of work "Americans" don't want to do.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at April 23, 2025 04:03 PM (g8Ew

Shit, man, people make $50 /hour mowing lawns around here. This is a poor, rural area.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 04:06 PM (/dDa4)

253 Most textbooks, particularly in upper-level STEM courses aren't even written with the student in mind. They are written BY academics FOR academics. I hated my upper-level physics courses for that reason.

There was no attempt to explain the concepts and formulas in language that a newbie could understand.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 23, 2025 04:02 PM (7fElN)
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Pure intellectual pretension. I wrote a post here on the HQ about just this problem. Math textbooks tend to be especially bad about this in their pursuit of "rigor."

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 04:06 PM (YqDXo)

254 But now I can’t buy a $8 cup of Sugar water, err I mean coffee every morning. Trump is a monster.
- Millenials

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 23, 2025 04:06 PM (DKKgv)

255 Write a textbook for the class one teaches. Make the textbook required for the course one teaches. Profit!

To be honest, I generally found these courses better taught. There weren’t that many. It’s hard work to write a textbook, even a bad one! Or it used to be, anyway. Nowadays I suppose you tell an AI to write your textbook for you and force the students to buy that.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 23, 2025 04:07 PM (EXyHK)

256 The "conservatives" advocating student loan forgiveness or bankruptcy (which is the same thing), what happens after loan forgiveness?

Do universities then just magically lower their tuition?

You would just have to make college "free" for this to work long term.

Everyone forever gets free college.

Posted by: Leupold at April 23, 2025 04:07 PM (4pwAx)

257 Check out your local elementary school.

I was recalling mine. No parking lot. The teachers parked on the street. One principal, 2 clerks, 1 nurse, 1 janitor, 1 custodian.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 23, 2025 04:07 PM (ZmEVT)

258 I was recalling mine. No parking lot. The teachers parked on the street. One principal, 2 clerks, 1 nurse, 1 janitor, 1 custodian.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 23, 2025 04:07 PM (ZmEVT)
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And the teachers all drove older cars.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 23, 2025 04:08 PM (tT6L1)

259 They garnished the remaining amount of his SBA loan from his Social Security.
Posted by: Leupold at April 23, 2025 04:05 PM (4pwAx)

Did he file bankruptcy?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

==

yes, and he had a bk lawyer.

even got a fake divorce in order to shield wife from the debts owed.

Posted by: Leupold at April 23, 2025 04:08 PM (4pwAx)

260 > I added the Feynmann Lectures of Physics, which of course none of them had read.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 04:03 PM (YqDXo)

You mentioned earlier that just because someone is a Nobel Laureate doesn't necessarily make him good at teaching.

Feynman was the exception that proves the rule.

I wish I'd had the Feyman lectures as a text in undergrad. As it was, I had to check them out much later in life, on my own.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 23, 2025 04:08 PM (W5ArC)

261 Oh, I forgot the cafeteria staff. 2 or 3 .

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 23, 2025 04:08 PM (ZmEVT)

262 It actually has surprised me how much Cultural Marxist Seminaries are raking off taxpayers yet getting students to pay out their noses.

Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2025 04:08 PM (sEViE)

263 Pure intellectual pretension. I wrote a post here on the HQ about just this problem. Math textbooks tend to be especially bad about this in their pursuit of "rigor."
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 04:06 PM (YqDXo)

It's almost as if the Textbook Industrial Complex is all about getting rich, and not about educating students.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 23, 2025 04:09 PM (dGCAG)

264 Well put. After we bailed out the banks with TARP or the car manufacturers or the all-important Cruise Line industry during COVID, and everyone with a tax ID got PPP loans that they were never going to repay, and every illegal who walks across the border gets 3 meals a day, a cell phone and a roof over their head (plus free medical care)....

Well, let's just say the arguments against fixing this problem sound a bit less convincing.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 04:04 PM (uCjyK)

Let's keep doing all of those thing and never fix any problems! Free money canon! 🥳

Honestly, I have a lot of gold, so print away.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 04:09 PM (/dDa4)

265 Any degree received is revoked if you default on your loan.

Posted by: Darth_Randall at April 23, 2025 04:10 PM (f1kZG)

266 > yes, and he had a bk lawyer.

even got a fake divorce in order to shield wife from the debts owed.
Posted by: Leupold at April 23, 2025 04:08 PM (4pwAx)

"In general, a determination of non-dischargeability under § 523(a)(2)(B) requires proof that the Plaintiff (SBA 7(a) Lender, CDC or the SBA) loaned money after it reasonably relied upon false financial documents concerning the SBA debtor and/or an insider, provided to it by the SBA debtor either directly or indirectly, and that the SBA debtor intended to deceive the Plaintiff when doing so."

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 23, 2025 04:10 PM (W5ArC)

267
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at April 23, 2025 04:03 PM (g8Ew

They COULD, except most of those kinds of jobs are being done by illegals and/or being offshored to the extent they can be.

And let's take your plumber example -- okay, so I'm a 25 year old kid making $50k a year with $100k in debt.

I'm supposed to quit my job and take out more loans to go to trade school. My loans can go in to forbearance at that time, but unless Mommy and Daddy let me crash in my childhood bedroom, I'm also going to need to take out loans for living expenses.

Okay, so I'm now 26 and have graduated with more debt and my plumbing degree. Now I have to beg and plead and hope to find someone to hire me as an apprentice.

Again, I'm making slightly more than minimum wage at this point, and my loans are no longer in forbearance. My entire paycheck is going to service these loans, and Mommy and Daddy are getting pretty sick of me living there.

Finally, after 1.5 years, I graduate and find a job making... what? $60k a year? Am I really ahead here?

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 04:10 PM (uCjyK)

268 Write a textbook for the class one teaches. Make the textbook required for the course one teaches. Profit!
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 23, 2025 04:05 PM (tT6L1)
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Yep. That happens too. Although I will admit that one textbook written by the prof who taught the course has been an extremely valuable resource ever since. I have it sitting on my shelf in my office because it's a handy reference guide.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 23, 2025 04:11 PM (7fElN)

269 He's considering?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 23, 2025 03:50 PM (/U5Yz)

hey, serious question, can the Secretary of Health and Human Services be impeached? I wonder how many people Bobby Kennedy Jr has pissed off in the last 30 years, think they might be in Congress holding in some lightly concealed resentment?

Nah, maybe Bobby should just Leroy Jenkins it, the children will understand. those that are still alive.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 23, 2025 04:11 PM (D7oie)

270 Pure intellectual pretension. I wrote a post here on the HQ about just this problem. Math textbooks tend to be especially bad about this in their pursuit of "rigor."
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 04:06 PM (YqDXo)

It's almost as if the Textbook Industrial Complex is all about getting rich, and not about educating students.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 23, 2025 04:09 PM (dGCAG)

Was always fun being required to buy a $150 textbook that the professor wrote, then have them issue new edition at the end of the year that just added a new preface or some bullshit, rendering the resale value of your book as used a pittance.

Posted by: Greedy bastards at April 23, 2025 04:11 PM (TbWk/)

271 Any degree received is revoked if you default on your loan.
Posted by: Darth_Randall at April 23, 2025 04:10 PM (f1kZG)

I'm guessing a goodly portion of those defaulters are not graduates.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 23, 2025 04:11 PM (dGCAG)

272 Upper level physics are written for those who survived the introductory courses. That winnowing usually means you can teach at a higher level and expect most students to be able to keep up. I agree that the concepts are poorly explained, however, since physicists themselves don’t understand them! Feynman said you’ll never understand quantum mechanics so stop trying and just do the calculations. I confess I don’t think I really understood qm until after I got out of grad school and encountered Cramer’s Transactional Interpretation.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 04:12 PM (g/Chl)

273 Oh, I forgot the cafeteria staff. 2 or 3 .
Posted by: no one of any consequence
__________

Pizza day! Those 70s pizza rectangles were great.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 23, 2025 04:12 PM (UBKzV)

274 Jeb! got a degree in Latin American Affairs.
Posted by: Boss Moss
.....

Then he married a Mexican midget.

Posted by: wth at April 23, 2025 04:12 PM (v0R5T)

275 "And the teachers all drove older cars."

Mr. Lopez did. Most of the women were married. Mrs Snyder had a husband and a very nice house on the bay.

Miss Qualiato. She was fresh out of college. Her family was not poor and she was married within few years.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 23, 2025 04:12 PM (ZmEVT)

276 Would you rather owe DOGE or Fat Tony?

Posted by: DaveA at April 23, 2025 04:12 PM (FhXTo)

277 > Was always fun being required to buy a $150 textbook that the professor wrote,

You'd be surprised at how little of that $150 the professor actually gets.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 23, 2025 04:12 PM (W5ArC)

278 "In general, a determination of non-dischargeability under § 523(a)(2)(B) requires proof that the Plaintiff (SBA 7(a) Lender, CDC or the SBA) loaned money after it reasonably relied upon false financial documents concerning the SBA debtor and/or an insider, provided to it by the SBA debtor either directly or indirectly, and that the SBA debtor intended to deceive the Plaintiff when doing so."
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
==

No idea of the details, he was never charged with any sort of fraud to my knowledge. He had an legitimate, successful business.

He said even his lawyer was surprised it happened.

Frankly, I'm glad they garnished it.

Posted by: Leupold at April 23, 2025 04:12 PM (4pwAx)

279 LOL. When I graduated, (1978 I owed less that $3,000. The payment was not nothing but it was not horrible.
________________

When I attended UCSD tuition was (IIRC) $250/quarter. UC then was fulfilling its intended purpose: to provide quality education at low cost to California residents.

That, of course, is long gone now. UC only grudgingly takes the kids of California taxpayers (no $$$ there), preferring to take in foreign students ($$$$$$$$$$) and DEI types with IQs ~ room temperature (0 $).

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 04:12 PM (YqDXo)

280 this is just a whole mess

1 - too many kids are going to college
2 - colleges have way, way WAY too much staff
3 - Obama ruined everything
4 - Biden somehow made it even worse

the colleges are screwed too btw loads are going to go under, and soon. that part I'll enjoy. it will basically force fewer kids to go, and hopefully the idea that you have to go will end. Griggs wasn't on my list but also THAT

I have three in college right now and it's painful. one about to graduate and start working, thank God. it's been a lot of insanity just getting here. be happy when they're all done with it.

Posted by: Black Orchid at April 23, 2025 04:13 PM (Pv3Rg)

281 Let's keep doing all of those thing and never fix any problems! Free money canon! 🥳

Honestly, I have a lot of gold, so print away.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 04:09 PM (/dDa4)

And that's why I'm against it.

But trying to insist that student loan debtors - uniquely of all debtors - must be principled in a world without principles is, well, unconvincing.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 23, 2025 04:13 PM (V9cMX)

282 Hello? The problem of medical care leaving smaller, rural areas without medical care has not gone unreported for the last decade or so.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 03:43 PM (eY5jv)

So we need Federal subsidies? How about just full socialized medicine, comrade?

Those people can drive or move. I say that as someone who lives 30 minutes from the nearest medical facility in a poor, rural area.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 04:13 PM (/dDa4)

283 I worked private student loan fraud for many years. The stories I could tell you. Most depressing job I ever had.

Posted by: Tuna at April 23, 2025 04:13 PM (lJ0H4)

284 Check out your local elementary school.

I was recalling mine. No parking lot. The teachers parked on the street. One principal, 2 clerks, 1 nurse, 1 janitor, 1 custodian.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 23, 2025 04:07 PM (ZmEVT)

Pretty much that way in my time in school too.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at April 23, 2025 04:13 PM (g8Ew8)

285 Big Richard Feynman here.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 23, 2025 04:14 PM (XeU6L)

286 Was always fun being required to buy a $150 textbook that the professor wrote, then have them issue new edition at the end of the year that just added a new preface or some bullshit, rendering the resale value of your book as used a pittance.
Posted by: Greedy bastards at April 23, 2025 04:11 PM (TbWk/)

Yep, search online for a used copy before the semester... they only have the 14th edition, the perfesser demands you get the 15th edition.

Thanks, perfesser, guess I'll eat next year. Maybe.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 23, 2025 04:14 PM (dGCAG)

287 Was always fun being required to buy a $150 textbook that the professor wrote,

You'd be surprised at how little of that $150 the professor actually gets.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 23, 2025 04:12 PM (W5ArC)
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Yep. There's no need for four-color textbooks, replete with marginal bon mots about the first black female astronaut to take a shit in space. Gotta be relevant, doncha know?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 04:14 PM (YqDXo)

288 No one is above the debt repayment law.

Posted by: Gref at April 23, 2025 04:15 PM (aBgBM)

289 I didn't go to college, I make $10000000000 working from home 2 hours a week.

Machines For Sale !

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 23, 2025 04:15 PM (NtVYv)

290 Pure intellectual pretension. I wrote a post here on the HQ about just this problem. Math textbooks tend to be especially bad about this in their pursuit of "rigor."
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 04:06 PM (YqDXo)
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Math professors (and physics professors) are very difficult to convince to change their pedagogy, because they will claim "rigor."

However, in 99% of cases (on my campus), they are NOT teaching the next generation of mathematicians/physicists, but engineers, who need to solve problems from an engineering perspective and NOT from a mathematician's perspective.

Engineers even get their own sections of math/physics, but they are still taught by mathematicians/physicists, rather than by engineers who can better identify when and how that knowledge will be used.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 23, 2025 04:15 PM (7fElN)

291 If you just got the feds out of the student loan business, most of this would take care of itself.

Tuition has gone up like triple the inflation rate because "ability to pay" has become unlimited thanks to Obama.

If your customer can just print money, of course you can jack up tuition to whatever you want.

Posted by: Leupold at April 23, 2025 04:15 PM (4pwAx)

292 Was always fun being required to buy a $150 textbook that the professor wrote,

You'd be surprised at how little of that $150 the professor actually gets.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 23, 2025 04:12 PM (W5ArC)

Maybe, maybe not. Doesnt make it less of a racket.

Posted by: Universities and academic publishers are fraudsters at April 23, 2025 04:15 PM (TbWk/)

293 Mrs Scheidel in school had a golden firebird just like Rockford. She was a hot hippie chick.

Pizza day! Those 70s pizza rectangles were great.

Tasting History with Max Miller remade that recipe! You can too:

https://youtu.be/40MvjFaTVzE

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 04:15 PM (2VST1)

294 How come nobody ever wants to forgive trade school debt?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 23, 2025 04:15 PM (DKKgv)

295 >
No idea of the details, he was never charged with any sort of fraud to my knowledge. He had an legitimate, successful business.

He said even his lawyer was surprised it happened.

Frankly, I'm glad they garnished it.
Posted by: Leupold at April 23, 2025 04:12 PM (4pwAx)

I'm thinking that there's gotta be more to the story.

The "fake divorce" thing makes me suspect that your friend isn't totally averse to "coloring outside the lines".

Heh.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 23, 2025 04:15 PM (W5ArC)

296 Garnishing paychecks?! Paying back loans??!!

We must eliminate the Dept of Education!

Posted by: Libs at April 23, 2025 04:16 PM (4Nep/)

297 Yep, search online for a used copy before the semester... they only have the 14th edition, the perfesser demands you get the 15th edition.
_______________

If I were still teaching I'd use an ancient textbook (e.g., from the 70s or 80s) that would be available for a song.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 04:16 PM (YqDXo)

298 I was recalling mine. No parking lot. The teachers parked on the street. One principal, 2 clerks, 1 nurse, 1 janitor, 1 custodian.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 23, 2025 04:07 PM (ZmEVT)

Pretty much that way in my time in school too.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons
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85 students, 1st thru 12th grade, in one building. In 1968, six seniors, 4 girls, 2 boys.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 23, 2025 04:16 PM (XeU6L)

299 Deplorable Jay Guevara,

We lived in the Golden Age of California.

Back then, UC denied me Davis but HAD to take me in San Diego because I met the requirement and lived there.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 23, 2025 04:16 PM (ZmEVT)

300 But they need the college experience!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Chemist at April 23, 2025 04:16 PM (HJMJw)

301 I can't even type as fast as that Harry Balls guy. He just put out a small novella in this thread.

Posted by: Max Power at April 23, 2025 04:16 PM (q177U)

302 252 Or they could learn to weld, fix plumbing, build a house (even cabinet making), work on engines, operate heavy machinery, etc. Those skills are where the money is right now. But I guess that's the kind of work "Americans" don't want to do.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons
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And they start making a paycheck the day they go to work vs paying $300 a credit hour. The negative is lack of exposure to money discipline and knowledge of how to make that money work for them.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 04:16 PM (eY5jv)

303 > 294 How come nobody ever wants to forgive trade school debt?
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 23, 2025 04:15 PM (DKKgv)

In fact, student loans for quite a few predatory "trade schools" have been completely discharged.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 23, 2025 04:17 PM (W5ArC)

304 You'd be surprised at how little of that $150 the professor actually gets.

Yeah he doesn't get 150 from the book, its more like 30, but still. Its a scam.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 04:17 PM (2VST1)

305 301 I can't even type as fast as that Harry Balls guy. He just put out a small novella in this thread.
Posted by: Max Power at April 23, 2025 04:16 PM (q177U)

Thank you. 87 WPM at 97% accuracy when I last tested 10 or so years ago. (cracks knuckles).

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 04:17 PM (uCjyK)

306 I don't understand why some subjects even have text books. My wife studied math and economics in Russia 20 years ago. They did not have textbooks for math. It was all lecture. The professor would hand out a sheet at the end of class that had all the math problems on it for homework.

Posted by: mishdog at April 23, 2025 04:18 PM (m0jmC)

307 63 Friend of mine who's wife has something close to $300k in student debt. She's on some IDR plan where they just take a calculation from your tax return and you just pay that minimum. Balance is immaterial. After 25 years, totally forgiven.

So bottom line, she'll get like $200k in student loans forgiven. And she's a high paid attorney. So the janitor cleaning her office will pay for it.

This is the Progressive dream.
Posted by: Leupold at April 23, 2025 03:37 PM (4pwAx)

If your friend's wife is a "high paid attorney" still paying the minimum on her student loans she's either not that well-paid or the payment levels on that IDR plan are way out of whack.

Posted by: Octochicken at April 23, 2025 04:18 PM (oCS0o)

308 274 Jeb! got a degree in Latin American Affairs.
Posted by: Boss Moss
.....

Then he married a Mexican midget.
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She must have a flat head.

Posted by: Pudinhead at April 23, 2025 04:18 PM (pZ64F)

309 It's amusing seeing the different opinions on this subject here. I don't have any skin in this game (other than being a tax payer) since I used the GI bill to finish my degree, but I do want to remind those who demand that these loans be repaid: This is just going to lead to more defaults on other debts a person has if wages are garnished or some other mechanism is used. It's obvious many of you old farts have no idea how it is these days for young people just from what you've been posting on this subject and related subjects, or just lack basic empathy. Demanding the creation of more debt slaves (which your demands will lead to) so you can morally preen about your superiority is not a good thing.

Posted by: Farquad at April 23, 2025 04:18 PM (bwvMs)

310 I'd rather fight a civil war than pay their loans.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 04:02 PM (/dDa4)

too late! you already are, Suckah!

Posted by: Kindltot at April 23, 2025 04:18 PM (D7oie)

311 294 How come nobody ever wants to forgive trade school debt?
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 23, 2025 04:15 PM (DKKgv)

Because, as near as I can tell, trade school works.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 23, 2025 04:18 PM (V9cMX)

312 Oh yes, UC relies on "out of state" tuition.

Spreadsheets.

Trump's cancellation of Chinese student visas will hit UC hard, but USC harder.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 23, 2025 04:19 PM (ZmEVT)

313 The "fake divorce" thing makes me suspect that your friend isn't totally averse to "coloring outside the lines".

Heh.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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I'm not saying he's pure as driven snow, but it wasn't say a "fake business". He had done really well for decades.

I don't blame him for getting a divorce, he remarried late in life and not really fair for his wife who had her own business to be punished and lose everything.

Bottom line, they can go after SBA loans.

Posted by: Leupold at April 23, 2025 04:19 PM (4pwAx)

314 Gunmen Execute 26 Tourists In Indian-Controlled Kashmir

Posted by: SMOD at April 23, 2025 04:19 PM (RHGPo)

315 306 I don't understand why some subjects even have text books. My wife studied math and economics in Russia 20 years ago. They did not have textbooks for math. It was all lecture. The professor would hand out a sheet at the end of class that had all the math problems on it for homework.
Posted by: mishdog at April 23, 2025 04:18 PM (m0jmC)

Because the Textbook Industrial Complex has to get paid.

Interestingly, you can buy the same books they sell here from India for like 10% of the price.

But what the textbook companies are now doing is convincing professors to do all their quizzes / tests online through the textbook's software. And to get access to that software, you need to buy the book with a unique code on it.

So if you want to pass the class, you need to pay the $200 for the book.

It's a great racket.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 04:19 PM (uCjyK)

316 Maybe the best thing to do, as others suggested, is to allow student debt to be discharged through bankruptcy. That would be punitive enough through credit scores, but would enable them to live off their own wages.

THEN you showcase the destructiveness of the existing system, demonize the administrative bloat in colleges, and put student loans back into the hands of banks. Accountability must be restored, and we need to save some of these young idiots from themselves.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 23, 2025 04:19 PM (w6EFb)

317 Engineers even get their own sections of math/physics, but they are still taught by mathematicians/physicists, rather than by engineers who can better identify when and how that knowledge will be used.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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A standard observation among my engineering student peers, 'Those who can, do, those who can't, teach'.

Best professors were adjuncts out of industry. One of my best was a Lockheed engineer.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 23, 2025 04:20 PM (XeU6L)

318 Things are so good-- what's a conservative to complain about?

I'm starting to get how Jonah Goldberg and Bill Kristol must feel.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at April 23, 2025 04:20 PM (GD2xa)

319 > Maybe, maybe not. Doesnt make it less of a racket.
Posted by: Universities and academic publishers are fraudsters at April 23, 2025 04:15 PM (TbWk/)

Trust me, unless your textbook is one of the rare ones that gets adopted nationwide for large freshman classes, you're not going to get a significant ROI on writing textbooks.

Maybe nowadays when you can publish it yourself.

The one I worked on back in ancient times paid me around $1.50/copy (on a $75 book).

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 23, 2025 04:20 PM (W5ArC)

320 The left is fueling a cascade of hatred for Legacy America.

I would not be surprised with a very large attack on the White House from Trans, AntiFa, BLM, and the CIA / FBI doing drone and comms support.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2025 04:20 PM (u82oZ)

321 Math professors (and physics professors) are very difficult to convince to change their pedagogy, because they will claim "rigor."

However, in 99% of cases (on my campus), they are NOT teaching the next generation of mathematicians/physicists, but engineers, who need to solve problems from an engineering perspective and NOT from a mathematician's perspective.
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I think it's generally true that "rigor" is not needed. Teach the concepts, and how to use them, and then later (if necessary) make them "rigorous."

Reading the history of math makes clear that most math was invented to solve a problem, and only later was cleaned up to become rigorous. My favorite story: no less a mathematician that Fred Gauss thought that the series (-1)^n would converge.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 04:21 PM (YqDXo)

322 85 students, 1st thru 12th grade, in one building. In 1968, six seniors, 4 girls, 2 boys.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 23, 2025 04:16 PM (XeU6L)

I was writing about an elementary with 450 students.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 23, 2025 04:21 PM (ZmEVT)

323 And they start making a paycheck the day they go to work vs paying $300 a credit hour. The negative is lack of exposure to money discipline and knowledge of how to make that money work for them.
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Yeah, that $70k pickup truck is a blinking light on self restraint.

Posted by: Pudinhead at April 23, 2025 04:21 PM (pZ64F)

324 Looking at the comments brings back an old movie quote: "He chose.....poorly".

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at April 23, 2025 04:21 PM (g8Ew8)

325 US International Trade Court Denies Companies' Bid To Block Trump's Tariffs

... the plaintiffs said Trump’s sweeping tariffs would harm their ‘reputation and goodwill to customers’ because they would need to raise prices

Posted by: SMOD at April 23, 2025 04:21 PM (RHGPo)

326 I think that all that work by Mike Rowe is working, more and more young people are going into to trades. They graduate with a valuable skill, a ready job, no huge debt, and a promising future.

We just gotta convince those dumb thots that a plumber can make as much as a lawyer, but with less stress.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 04:21 PM (2VST1)

327 > Because, as near as I can tell, trade school works.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 23, 2025 04:18 PM (V9cMX)

Oh, there are a WHOLE BUNCH of useless "trade schools" out there that exist solely to suck up student loan money.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 23, 2025 04:21 PM (W5ArC)

328 If your friend's wife is a "high paid attorney" still paying the minimum on her student loans she's either not that well-paid or the payment levels on that IDR plan are way out of whack.
Posted by: Octochicken
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Thats just it, even with a relatively higher salary, the terms come out to her getting like $200k in loan forgiveness.

Say it's $500 a month she legally owes, and she has like 10 years left until forgiveness. Then the remaining balance goes away.

It's a backdoor loan amnesty.

Posted by: Leupold at April 23, 2025 04:21 PM (4pwAx)

329 It's obvious many of you old farts…
Posted by: Farquad

As a reminder, we are all 29.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2025 04:22 PM (pZEOD)

330 Rigor is important in math. Just look at Euler chasing his own tail with divergent sums because he wasn’t being rigorous. However as a physicist (retired) I confess we do a lot of theory that’s often not rigorous but still works. Look at the difficulties getting rigorous results in quantum electrodynamics! And the best results often involve intuitive leaps that are definitely non-rigorous. So I come out firmly on both sides! Is a cow a sphere?Yes, in some approximations a cow is a sphere!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 04:22 PM (g/Chl)

331
Those people can drive or move. I say that as someone who lives 30 minutes from the nearest medical facility in a poor, rural area.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director
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If so, federal/state incentive is the only reason that facility has a doctor.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 04:22 PM (eY5jv)

332 He's the type of guy who would put a mickey in a girl's drink but ends up picking another victim.

Posted by: Dreamingrobot at April 23, 2025 04:22 PM (jFSP3)

333 If any of you have ever watched Goodfellas, I think this is the part where we start to say to these grifting imbecile children:: FU Pay me.

Posted by: Key West Reader at April 23, 2025 04:23 PM (NKIAw)

334 The Ivy League colleges are now much like the Swiss finishing schools were for the daughters of the rich. At those schools the girls were taught manners, the fine art of hosting dinner parties and running a home of a CEO or a company director. The Ivies don't even teach that, they instruct the students in how to condescend to the rest of the world, how to offend everyone else.

Posted by: Decaf at April 23, 2025 04:23 PM (unUNN)

335 "I'm starting to get how Jonah Goldberg and Bill Kristol must feel."

Not me. I find myself quite joyful.

Yes. We won the culture war. The apostate, heretic Anti-pope is dead. Trump is POTUS. Hegseth, and the rest are kicking ass.

Seriously, these are the best of times.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 23, 2025 04:23 PM (ZmEVT)

336 Math professors (and physics professors) are very difficult to convince to change their pedagogy, because they will claim "rigor."

However, in 99% of cases (on my campus), they are NOT teaching the next generation of mathematicians/physicists, but engineers, who need to solve problems from an engineering perspective and NOT from a mathematician's perspective.
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Shoot .. when I was in high school, they taught the fundamentals of mathematical proofs in the 10th grade Geometry course .. now no proofs.

Posted by: SMOD at April 23, 2025 04:23 PM (RHGPo)

337 But what the textbook companies are now doing is convincing professors to do all their quizzes / tests online through the textbook's software.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 04:19 PM (uCjyK)
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That's outrageous. I wrote my own tests throughout my career.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 04:24 PM (YqDXo)

338 If your friend's wife is a "high paid attorney" still paying the minimum on her student loans she's either not that well-paid or the payment levels on that IDR plan are way out of whack.
Posted by: Octochicken at April 23, 2025 04:18 PM (oCS0o)

One of my good friends / former co-workers has $350k in student loan debts. He makes $180k + bonuses a year as a lawyer. He's around 40, so that's with 15ish years experience. Obviously when he graduated law school he made much less money.

He's been on an income based repayment plan since he graduated. The principal has only gone up in that time.

He and his wife will never buy a house, and frankly at this point, I doubt they'll ever have kids. They rent an apartment and share a 10 year old Subaru (granted, they live in Brooklyn, so you don't really NEED a car)

She's also a lawyer with student loan debts, presumably makes around the same amount of money.

I think that story is true of way more "high-paid" professionals than most people realize.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 04:24 PM (uCjyK)

339 Thank you. 87 WPM at 97% accuracy when I last tested 10 or so years ago. (cracks knuckles).

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 04:17 PM (uCjyK)

Pathetic.

Posted by: Mavis Beacon, typing genius at April 23, 2025 04:24 PM (/dDa4)

340 Babylon Bee, Paper of Record:

White House Tells Americans To Reply ‘STOP’ If They No Longer Wish To Receive Hegseth’s Texts About Upcoming Military Strikes

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 23, 2025 04:24 PM (VNX3d)

341 We just gotta convince those dumb thots that a plumber can make as much as a lawyer, but with less stress.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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Plus: plumber's crack, amirite ladies?!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2025 04:24 PM (Dv3i1)

342 That's outrageous. I wrote my own tests throughout my career.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 04:24 PM (YqDXo)

Yep.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 04:24 PM (uCjyK)

343 Worked with an idiot who was all about Biden paying his student loans. When I told him, "I paid mine, and now you want me to pay yours too? How is that fair?" he was gobsmacked. These idiots believe in free money. They should move to Sweden if they think others paying for their shit is a good idea. See that tax bill and wonder why you work at all.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 04:24 PM (a4NoL)

344 335 Seriously, these are the best of times.

Posted by: no one of any consequence

... most people can never see the best of times until the worst of times show up to replace them

Posted by: SMOD at April 23, 2025 04:24 PM (RHGPo)

345 Interestingly, you can buy the same books they sell here from India for like 10% of the price.

But what the textbook companies are now doing is convincing professors to do all their quizzes / tests online through the textbook's software. And to get access to that software, you need to buy the book with a unique code on it.

So if you want to pass the class, you need to pay the $200 for the book.

It's a great racket.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 04:19 PM (uCjyK)
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That's not quite true. Textbook companies have adopted a digital rental model, which gives students access to the textbooks digitally for a limited period of time, for less cost than a printed textbook. They often offer a "printable version" for a nominal fee (much less than $200). One company gives students access to all course materials for multiple courses per semester for a flat fee. Unfortunately, it's rarely the case students use textbooks from just one company, so they end up paying for multiple services, but it's still much, much less than what I paid when I was in college. The downside is they don't get to keep all the resources when the course is over.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 23, 2025 04:25 PM (7fElN)

346 >>>The left is fueling a cascade of hatred for Legacy America.

I think we all sense something is coming this summer. How big will it go? Will it fizzle out or is this The Big One?

Posted by: Max Power at April 23, 2025 04:25 PM (q177U)

347 LOL. The older I get, the more spherical I become.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 23, 2025 04:25 PM (ZmEVT)

348 Plus: plumber's crack, amirite ladies?!
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2025 04:24 PM (Dv3i1)

OOOH baby, plug my leak.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 04:25 PM (a4NoL)

349 NOOD SCOTUS (Ugly Photo!)

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 23, 2025 04:25 PM (VNX3d)

350 326 I think that all that work by Mike Rowe is working, more and more young people are going into to trades. They graduate with a valuable skill, a ready job, no huge debt, and a promising future.

We just gotta convince those dumb thots that a plumber can make as much as a lawyer, but with less stress.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 04:21 PM (2VST1)

My brother in law, a master plumber with his own business, makes more than me, a lawyer, and has for a very long time, including back when I was in private practice. I was born an asshole. So lawyer was a natural fit for me. But if you are bright and hardworking, you can have a better life financially as a plumber than most lawyers (not the super successful ones, but they're not as prevalent as commonly believed).

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 23, 2025 04:25 PM (V9cMX)

351 NOOD - The Supremes.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at April 23, 2025 04:25 PM (4a0nD)

352 I lived over thirty minutes from the nearest medical facility and the town/it wasn't big enough to qualify as a hospital. But it did have a doctor on duty. He was there because it was a pathway to citizenship. Stitched me up pretty good too.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 04:26 PM (eY5jv)

353 Shoot .. when I was in high school, they taught the fundamentals of mathematical proofs in the 10th grade Geometry course .. now no proofs.

Posted by: SMOD at April 23, 2025 04:23 PM (RHGPo)
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Geometry is a little different, I would say.

If I were teaching now I'd rely heavily on Khan Academy and essentially use my lectures as a Baedeker's guide to the subject.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 04:26 PM (YqDXo)

354 The downside is they don't get to keep all the resources when the course is over.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 23, 2025 04:25 PM (7fElN)

2/3 of the text books I bought were crap anyway. Sold 'em to the used book store.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 04:26 PM (a4NoL)

355 I would not be surprised with a very large attack on the White House from Trans, AntiFa, BLM, and the CIA / FBI doing drone and comms support.
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I thought Ratcliffe and Patel were going to put a stop to these types of traitorous shenanigans?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2025 04:26 PM (Dv3i1)

356 I don't understand why some subjects even have text books. My wife studied math and economics in Russia 20 years ago. They did not have textbooks for math. It was all lecture. The professor would hand out a sheet at the end of class that had all the math problems on it for homework.
Posted by: mishdog at April 23, 2025 04:18 PM (m0jmC)


You shut your dirty whore mouth.
- McGraw Hill

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 23, 2025 04:26 PM (DKKgv)

357 If so, federal/state incentive is the only reason that facility has a doctor.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2025 04:22 PM (eY5jv)

I mean, it's got a fair number of medical facilities. It's not like a single doctor, but I live far outside the town.

Regardless, either people pay the market rate for services or they don't get them. Trying to obscure what things actually cost by running taxpayer money through the D.C. laundromat is why we're in this mess.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 04:27 PM (/dDa4)

358 I think that story is true of way more "high-paid" professionals than most people realize.

It sounds like a lot of high-paid professionals need to listen to Dave Ramsey. Nearly half a million a year is a lot of money even for an expensive location if you’re economizing as they are. Where does their money go?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 23, 2025 04:27 PM (EXyHK)

359 But what the textbook companies are now doing is convincing professors to do all their quizzes / tests online through the textbook's software. And to get access to that software, you need to buy the book with a unique code on it.

So if you want to pass the class, you need to pay the $200 for the book.

It's a great racket.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 04:19 PM (uCjyK)

Oh one of the fun things they're doing now is you don't even get a book, you have to pay the $150 or $200 or more for a limited online license to the materials which expires at the end of the semester. So you don't even get something you could prop a door or trim your card table with.

Posted by: Even scammier at April 23, 2025 04:27 PM (TbWk/)

360 Toward the end, (of my undergraduate studies) I would go to the library and get the reference textbook and read it.

I didn't want to spend the money to own it after already owning textbooks never to be opened again.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 23, 2025 04:28 PM (ZmEVT)

361 Democrat loafers.
Posted by: wth at April 23, 2025 03:33 PM (v0R5T)

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Every single one, and on top of that they are the keffiyehs wearing protesters who are on the same wavelength as Hamas.

If they were not Dems they would have a job and be paying back the loan.

Posted by: Decaf at April 23, 2025 04:28 PM (unUNN)

362 We lived in the Golden Age of California.

Back then, UC denied me Davis but HAD to take me in San Diego because I met the requirement and lived there.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 23, 2025 04:16 PM (ZmEVT)

The greatest public university on earth.

I got in to UC Berkeley, as an out-of-state student, by a program called "Admission By Examination Alone." SAT plus three achievement tests.

Once they realized who they had admitted they canceled the program.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2025 04:28 PM (mWSu4)

363 Question: Can a poor student go to a University library and get access to the textbook?

I was that poor student and I am grateful for access.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 23, 2025 04:29 PM (ZmEVT)

364 I graduated 3rd from the bottom of my HS class of 68 students back in '86. But since my 6 siblings were all honor roll students, it's was believed I was "not applying myself". And despite being having my application denied by all three state universities, my dad and the HS principal really believed I needed a college education and enrolled me in a community college. How do you think that turned out.

Posted by: Turn 2 at April 23, 2025 04:30 PM (/TgW4)

365 Nobody holds a gun to your head to sign the papers.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 23, 2025 03:43 PM (asR6R)

I can't speak to many other experiences, but in my case, there's wasn't any real discussion about how loan repayment worked until the week before graduation, and that's when the documents got signed, 100 of my classmates at a time.

Posted by: Methos at April 23, 2025 04:31 PM (Dnobf)

366 Do you think these 17 or 18 year olds really read the fine print, and really looked in to whether or not these loans were dischargeable in BK?
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 03:33 PM (uCjyK)

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Where were their parents? Why didn't they say something? So now the parents can help them out.

Posted by: Decaf at April 23, 2025 04:31 PM (unUNN)

367 Once they realized who they had admitted they canceled the program.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at

You sure? If you read Andrew Klavan's "The Great Good Thing," he writes about being a bad student in HS and getting into Berkeley. WTF? Was out of state tuition the ticket?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 23, 2025 04:32 PM (ZmEVT)

368 "How do you think that turned out."

Regression to the mean.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 23, 2025 04:33 PM (ZmEVT)

369 WTF? Was out of state tuition the ticket?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 23, 2025 04:32 PM (ZmEVT)

Maybe they brought the program back. And Klavan is way older than I am!

And I understood the system. I got CA residency damned quickly. I had no desire to pay out-of-state tuition.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2025 04:34 PM (mWSu4)

370 Nood Montgomery county hijinks

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 23, 2025 04:35 PM (ZmEVT)

371 CA residency took 1 year. Exactly one year.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 23, 2025 04:36 PM (ZmEVT)

372 As to the quality of the Feynman lectures, yes they were very good, and I would recommend the bound editions to a dedicated student. But as was pointed out to me by a colleague in my department the number of freshmen in Feynman’s class kept dropping over the term, but the number in attendance never went down. The graduate students filled in the empty seats to “sit in,” and finally understand how that concept works! These were Caltech undergrads mind you, they would probably be at the top of the class at any Cow College you care to name. But they still had trouble keeping up with Feynman.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 04:38 PM (g/Chl)

373 well certainly it was not that easy but before the huge "everyone should go to college" boom of the 70s, you could actually work a job in the summer and part time while going to school and pay your own way through. It was expensive and a serious burden, but doable.

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Those jobs are now given to the millions of illegals because they work for even less than you.

Posted by: Decaf at April 23, 2025 04:40 PM (unUNN)

374 If there is threat of bankruptcy, feds should just forgive the debt which then becomes taxable and get something back.

IRS (.gov)
https://www.irs.gov › taxtopics
Sep 26, 2024 — In general, if your debt is canceled, forgiven, or discharged for less than the amount owed, the amount of the canceled debt is taxable.

Put the IRS on their asses

Posted by: Barney Rubble at April 23, 2025 04:42 PM (qOA4b)

375 Reminder that "everyone should go to college" is a side effect of a SCOTUS decision that it's racist to use any proxy other than a college degree for "is a functioning adult who can hold down a job".

Posted by: Ian S. at April 23, 2025 04:46 PM (2ocoG)

376 In general, if your debt is canceled, forgiven, or discharged for less than the amount owed, the amount of the canceled debt is taxable.
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Bankruptcy doesn't put money in your pocket, so that doesn't make it any more possible for the government's loan to be repaid.

I get that people here really like the idea of sticking it to people they largely don't like, but that doesn't make the plan workable.

Posted by: Methos at April 23, 2025 04:51 PM (Dnobf)

377 blackconservativeperspective

He's an easy watch!

Posted by: m at April 23, 2025 05:14 PM (CQE5S)

378 Have a class-action lawsuit against the colleges and universities that jacked up the tuition for do-nothing degrees. Get assistance from one of those 'eeeeevil' millionaires who pays for the lawyers so it is pro-bono. Don't make our taxpayers bail out the student loans - make the colleges eat the loss. Go after that sweetheart cutout that prevented discharge of student loans, make the colleges responsible for it.

If it bankrupts the so-called higher-learning institutions, have another one swoop in, buy it up, decontaminate it, then repurpose the buildings. Maybe as a new college. Or a trade school, with Mike Rowe providing advice.

Posted by: Another Anon at April 23, 2025 06:15 PM (4h45B)

379 Wait a second....that first guy from the clip was gay?

Posted by: SMEDLEY BUTLER at April 23, 2025 06:41 PM (xJzol)

380 I have zero debt, and can't get a lone, because I maintain zero debt. I'm fine with that.

to "build my credit" as a late teen," I took an 1800 dollar debt. . .For a KICKASS stereo system. I payed it off in 3 months. I was in a very hard time in my life and I applied for SNAP, and got it, after 6 weeks of begging from my mother and brother, and received 3 months of snap payments (the 2008 crash ruined my easy work opportunities) As soon as I got back to work, I payed the government back.

I payed my debts, even to the government, I don't anyone a fucking thing.

Posted by: Wickedpinto at April 24, 2025 04:13 AM (XKj0h)

60 Minutes Producer Responsible for the Kamala Harris Propaganda Edit Resigns

CBS wanted some oversight over his partisan propaganda decisions, and he demanded a free "independent" hand to propagandize for the Democrat/globalist party as he saw fit.

And CBS wanted to exercise oversight because it desperately needs to be bought out, and they have to clear the decks of all the legal liabilities they have looming over them.


Top Producer of '60 Minutes' Quits, Saying He Lost Independence

The news program has faced mounting pressure from both President Trump and its corporate ownership at Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.


CBS News entered a new period of turmoil on Tuesday after the executive producer of "60 Minutes," Bill Owens, said that he would resign from the long-running Sunday news program because he had lost his journalistic independence.

In an extraordinary declaration, Mr. Owens -- only the third person to run the program in its 57-year history -- told his staff in a memo that "over the past months, it has become clear that I would not be allowed to run the show as I have always run it, to make independent decisions based on what was right for '60 Minutes,' right for the audience."

"So, having defended this show -- and what we stand for -- from every angle, over time with everything I could, I am stepping aside so the show can move forward," he wrote in the memo, which was obtained by The New York Times.

"60 Minutes" has faced mounting pressure in recent months from both President Trump, who sued CBS for $10 billion and has accused the program of "unlawful and illegal behavior," and its own corporate ownership at Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.

Paramount's controlling shareholder, Shari Redstone, is eager to secure the Trump administration's approval for a multibillion-dollar sale of her company to Skydance, a company run by the son of the tech billionaire Larry Ellison. She has expressed a desire to settle Mr. Trump's case, which stems from what the president has called a deceptively edited interview in October with Vice President Kamala Harris that aired on "60 Minutes."

Legal experts have dismissed that suit as baseless and far-fetched, and Mr. Owens said in February that he would not apologize as part of any prospective settlement.

Many journalists at CBS News -- the former home of Walter Cronkite and Mike Wallace -- believe that a settlement would amount to a capitulation to Mr. Trump over what they consider standard-issue gripes about editorial judgment.

In his memo on Tuesday, Mr. Owens pledged that "'60 Minutes' will continue to cover the new administration, as we will report on future administrations." He added: "The show is too important to the country. It has to continue, just not with me as the executive producer."

Perpetually moralizing woke scold Jake Tapper rushed to offer more sanctimonious preening.

"And it seems as if Shari Redstone is likely to bend the knee to Trump and settle this allegedly frivolous lawsuit," Tapper said, noting Paramount is currently trying to push through a merger with fellow Hollywood giant Skydance, which will need approval from Trump's government regulators to go through.

"And that is the context of Shari Redstone's likely bending of the knee. Hope the money's worth it, Shari," Tapper quipped in comments first highlighted by Mediaite.

He's such a dismal faggot. I can't wait until he's fired.

CBS did some more lawsuit-clearing work. A writer, you may remember, was rejected for a full-time staff position on the CBS show SEAL Team, even though he was considered a good writer who had written well-received scripts for the show as a freelancer. He was rejected because, get this, he was white, and the show decided to hire and promote less-qualified DEI "writers" with little or no writing experience.

CBS has now settled that lawsuit for an undisclosed sum-- and has agreed to end its illegal racial discrimination practices.

America First Legal has achieved another significant milestone in its fight to dismantle unlawful diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies across corporate America. Paramount Global has reversed course and terminated its DEI initiatives following AFL's lawsuits challenging discriminatory employment practices at Paramount and its subsidiary, CBS.

Following Paramount's change to DEI policies, AFL has also secured the amicable resolution of a discrimination claim against Paramount and CBS on behalf of its client, former "SEAL Team" script coordinator and writer Brian Beneker. AFL filed the lawsuit against Paramount Global, CBS Entertainment, and CBS Studios on February 29, 2024, alleging that the companies engaged in unlawful discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by denying Mr. Beneker employment and career opportunities based on his race, sex, and sexual orientation.

Mr. Beneker alleged that Paramount and CBS had imposed racial quotas in their writers' rooms. In 2020, George Cheeks, then-President and CEO of CBS and now co-CEO of CBS and Paramount Global, publicly stated that he "set a goal that all writers' rooms on the network's primetime series be staffed 40 percent BIPOC in the 2021-22 season; 17 out of 21 shows hit or exceeded that target." CBS also set a target that "half of all writers will be nonwhite" by "the 2022-2023 broadcast season."

Paramount has now reversed course on these targets. Specifically, it has:


Stopped setting numerical goals related to race, ethnicity, sex, or gender.
Stopped collecting data on the race, ethnicity, sex, or gender of applicants.
Removed a five percent funding bonus for programs advancing DEI goals.

As alleged in Mr. Beneker's complaint, he began as a script coordinator for SEAL Team during its first season in 2017. Mr. Beneker wrote a freelance script for its second season and continued to write freelance scripts with co-writers for four episodes across four separate seasons of the show. Despite this substantial writing experience, he was repeatedly denied promotions to a full-time SEAL Team staff writer. During his time as script coordinator across six seasons of SEAL Team, at least six minority writers -- black, female, or gay -- were hired, many of whom had no writing credits and limited experience. Mr. Beneker asked the showrunner, who generally has the authority to hire writers, why he wasn't hired for open writing positions, and the showrunner stated that he did not "check any diversity boxes." Through his lawsuit, Mr. Beneker sought to draw attention to the invidious DEI hiring practices he and many other white, male, heterosexual writers have encountered over the past several years.

Now that Paramount and CBS have publicly announced the termination of DEI policies, Mr. Beneker has agreed to voluntarily dismiss his claims following an amicable resolution with the companies.

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1 67tj8im7m7i

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 23, 2025 02:21 PM (1LbhO)

2 There is not edit that could make Kalama look smart. Only less dumb.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 23, 2025 02:23 PM (IifOV)

3 I'm so old I remember when election interference like this was an actual crime.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2025 02:23 PM (t0Rmr)

4 ?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2025 02:23 PM (h9KKO)

5 "Lost Independence" is a prerequisite for MSM.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 23, 2025 02:23 PM (Cus5s)

6 Previous thread I know but that cocksucker Durbin needs to be forced to disclose everything about his connections to and communication with the congressional baseball shooter.

Posted by: All at April 23, 2025 02:24 PM (TbWk/)

7 "hat I would not be allowed to run the show as I have always run it, to make independent decisions based on what was right for '60 Minutes,' right for the audience."

Read the last four words above.

"Independent decisions"

Yeah. Right.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at April 23, 2025 02:24 PM (JkCto)

8 Hollywood has been openly anti-white for decades. Both in their product and in their hiring practices. I had studio execs tell me they never wanted to hire a white male again.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 02:24 PM (/dDa4)

9 Top 10!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2025 02:25 PM (LCT5p)

10
Has anyone got Weird Savs's email address. I may have some contrnt

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 23, 2025 02:25 PM (Yv9jh)

11 One thing I like about Tapper is that he's abandoned all pretense of objectivity. He's still doing "I lurve the military" posts to offset his worst offenses, but he just doesn't even pretend any longer.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 02:26 PM (2VST1)

12 Top Producer of '60 Minutes' Quits, Saying He Lost Independence

Always nice to see someone who deserves to be punched in the dick get punched in the dick.

Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2025 02:26 PM (uuhLD)

13 Fascinating! I heard a top of the hour newscast, and you would have thought this guy was resigning because CBS was too anti-Trump!

I swear, that's the way they presented it. Or they presented it in a way that any normal person would assume, he's the pro-Trump fella, and CBS are the bad guys here.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 23, 2025 02:26 PM (dGCAG)

14
Always nice to see someone who deserves to be punched in the dick get punched in the dick.

Um...the word you are looking for is mangina

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2025 02:27 PM (t0Rmr)

15 Fake, but accurate.

Posted by: Dan Blather at April 23, 2025 02:27 PM (94e6x)

16 I think 60 minutes has always sucked.

Posted by: mr tmz at April 23, 2025 02:27 PM (rJ48h)

17 and the showrunner stated that he did not "check any diversity boxes

And you wonder why young people are so pro-Trump.

Racial quotas rarely hit senior management or tenured faculty - it's younger people who bear the brunt of all the DEI racial quotas.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 23, 2025 02:27 PM (xTIDn)

18 >>> over the past months, it has become clear that I would not be allowed to run the show as I have always run it, to make independent decisions based on what was right for '60 Minutes,' right for the audience."

Oh please.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 02:27 PM (uCjyK)

19 Big Bang is to millenials what Seinfeld is to GenX

The big difference is that Seinfeld is funny and clever and Big Bang Theory is awful and stupid, a Hollywood interpretation of geek culture without humor or cleverness. Its insultingly bad. I think a better comparison is Friends and Big Bang: both are lousy and hugely overrated, made huge money, and are beloved by generations for no reason other than nostalgia.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 02:28 PM (2VST1)

20 Tapper should play for the laughs. Ratings would improve. Enough with Mr. Furrowed Brow.

Posted by: Francis at April 23, 2025 02:28 PM (bbuBP)

21 Shorter Bill Owens "WHAAAAAH THEY WON'T LET ME RUN MALICIOUS LIBELOUS PROPAGANDA ANYMORE WHAAAAAH!"

Posted by: Just shut up and die Bill at April 23, 2025 02:28 PM (TbWk/)

22 One thing I like about Tapper is that he's abandoned all pretense of objectivity. He's still doing "I lurve the military" posts to offset his worst offenses, but he just doesn't even pretend any longer.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 02:26 PM (2VST1)

I don't pay any attention to the guy, but I assume when you say "love the military" you mean he's all for sending them all over the globe to fight and die for the uniparty.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 23, 2025 02:28 PM (dGCAG)

23 Jake Tapper is going to wish he had a job on the alphabets. They are probably the last of TV news as we know it to go under.

Tapper will end up in a SNL skit like the one where Star Trek was cancelled.

https://tinyurl.com/3ssrwsn5

Scene: Tapper manning the empty studio while the techies dismantle the set for his show while uttering platitudes about how great he was to an empty room.

Posted by: whig at April 23, 2025 02:28 PM (ctrM5)

24 I can't wait until Skydance takes over Paramount Global, and we start seeing mass firings (including in non-"news"; Star Trek has been a woke disaster for years on Paramount+).

That's been the frustrating thing about the last few months. We know change is coming. We even know pretty clearly what the change will look like in broad outlines. And yet the "dismal faggots" are there propagandizing night after night, and trying their usual techniques (see all the Hegseth hitpieces for an example).

Posted by: The Lower Depths at April 23, 2025 02:28 PM (Dg7ng)

25 "the showrunner stated that he did not "check any diversity boxes."

white male ... that is a "diversity group". Add in Christian, or "German heritage, or straight conservative ... and we are at maybe 15% of the population. Gotta have all those small groups to maintain "Diversity".

What percent of their writers are conservative, if they really care about "diversity"?

Posted by: illiniwek at April 23, 2025 02:29 PM (Cus5s)

26 After blatant election interference, the guy STILL HAD A JOB???

WTF?

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 23, 2025 02:29 PM (QAkQ3)

27 6 Previous thread I know but that cocksucker Durbin needs to be forced to disclose everything about his connections to and communication with the congressional baseball shooter.

Posted by: All at April 23, 2025 02:24 PM
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Proposed topic for later: Judge Hannah Dugan sure seems like she harbored and concealed an illegal alien. FBI is investigating.

Posted by: 496 at April 23, 2025 02:29 PM (BEnIM)

28 It's serious schadenfreude to watch the propaganda ministries disintegrate. Watching them be sued , fired and/or publicly humiliated is a beautiful thing given what they've done to this natio in general. Suffer bitches

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 23, 2025 02:29 PM (6TePA)

29 I think 60 minutes has always sucked.
Posted by: mr tmz at April 23, 2025 02:27 PM (rJ48h)

60 Minutes was always 55 minutes too long - 60 when Andy Rooney stopped appearing on the show.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 23, 2025 02:29 PM (VNX3d)

30 Did the let Rob Reiner out of the looney bin, yet?

Posted by: Pudinhead at April 23, 2025 02:29 PM (pZ64F)

31 The Silent Generation: Born 1928–1945
Baby Boomers: Born 1946–1964
Generation X: Born 1965–1980
Millennials (Gen Y): Born 1981–1996
Generation Z: Born 1997–2012
Generation Alpha: Born 2013–2024
Generation Beta: Born 2025–2039

I don't know how they come up with this crap. Culturally, there was a huge shift between 1961 and 1962, you could see it like a sharp dividing line in high school freshmen when that 1962 generation got there.

Disco was out. Dressing like trash was out. Being a leftist rebel was out. That was ground zero of the yuppie generation, the preppies.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 02:29 PM (2VST1)

32 and the showrunner stated that he did not "check any diversity boxes

And you wonder why young people are so pro-Trump.

Racial quotas rarely hit senior management or tenured faculty - it's younger people who bear the brunt of all the DEI racial quotas.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 23, 2025 02:27 PM (xTIDn)

Sure, they already got theirs. They aren't going to jeopardize that for anything.

Posted by: Climb the ladder, pull it up at April 23, 2025 02:29 PM (TbWk/)

33 I had studio execs tell me they never wanted to hire a white male again.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 02:24 PM (/dDa4)

What did they identify as?
What did they look like to you?

Posted by: OneEyedJack at April 23, 2025 02:29 PM (FCbAQ)

34 Racial quotas rarely hit senior management or tenured faculty - it's younger people who bear the brunt of all the DEI racial quotas.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 23, 2025 02:27 PM (xTIDn)

Yep. I had plenty of small to medium business clients who went all in on racial preferences in hiring a few years ago.

Not for themselves or their kids, of course, but for everyone else.

And most of those jobs didn't go to poor black kids from the ghetto, they went to rich Indian and Chinese kids.

And all of that despite me, their lawyer, telling them racial quotas in hiring were illegal. They just ignored me and did what they were going to do anyways.

The insidious part is that it's very hard for Candidate X to prove he did not get the job because he was white. Unless someone was stupid enough to say it out loud during the hiring process.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 02:30 PM (uCjyK)

35
"I heard a top of the hour newscast..."

Why would anybody still listen to those?

Posted by: I gotta ask at April 23, 2025 02:30 PM (94e6x)

36 Does Jake Tapper have his own jet airplane? Is he a millionaire?

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at April 23, 2025 02:30 PM (w9Wax)

37 Ace is all over the good news today...

Posted by: Inogame at April 23, 2025 02:30 PM (53oGX)

38 Showrunner. Gay

Posted by: Francis at April 23, 2025 02:31 PM (bbuBP)

39 Proposed topic for later: Judge Hannah Dugan sure seems like she harbored and concealed an illegal alien. FBI is investigating.

Yeah that and harbored his illegal weapons. She's in serious trouble.

I don't pay any attention to the guy, but I assume when you say "love the military" you mean he's all for sending them all over the globe to fight and die for the uniparty.

No, its more "look at this guy and how great he is, aren't we all patriotic, what a hero, see I like heroes like him too!"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 02:31 PM (2VST1)

40 18 >>> over the past months, it has become clear that I would not be allowed to run the show as I have always run it, to make independent decisions based on what was right for '60 Minutes,' right for the audience."
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Oh please.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 02:27 PM (uCjyK)

"Over the past months, it has become clear that I would not be allowed to run the country as I have always run it, to make independent decisions based on what was right for the Third Reich, right for the German people."

-- Adolph H., April 1945

Posted by: BurtTC at April 23, 2025 02:31 PM (dGCAG)

41 So many heads are rolling it's like the Sunday Bowling League around here!

Posted by: zombie at April 23, 2025 02:31 PM (pMi6S)

42 The only time 60 Minutes has any cultural relevance is during football season when Jim Nantz has to tell the six people tuning in to see it that they'll have to wait until the conclusion of the game.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 23, 2025 02:32 PM (KbCG3)

43 Fake, but accurate.
Posted by: Dan Blather
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Okay, okay...so we faked the Audi 'sudden acceleration' segment. So what?

Same with the GM truck fires, but, man our ratings soared, and that's what it is all about, right?

Posted by: Three-letter network at April 23, 2025 02:32 PM (XeU6L)

44 And all of that despite me, their lawyer, telling them racial quotas in hiring were illegal. They just ignored me and did what they were going to do anyways.

The insidious part is that it's very hard for Candidate X to prove he did not get the job because he was white. Unless someone was stupid enough to say it out loud during the hiring process.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 02:30 PM (uCjyK)

"We've gone in another direction." "You have impressive qualifications but we don't feel you're a good fit." And so on.

Posted by: *insert corporate bullshit here* at April 23, 2025 02:32 PM (TbWk/)

45 No, its more "look at this guy and how great he is, aren't we all patriotic, what a hero, see I like heroes like him too!"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 02:31 PM (2VST1)

But to what purpose? You can love a man in uniform, but what do you want to do with him?

F**k him or have him go to die in some shithole third world country?

Posted by: BurtTC at April 23, 2025 02:33 PM (dGCAG)

46 36 Does Jake Tapper have his own jet airplane? Is he a millionaire?
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at April 23, 2025 02:30 PM (w9Wax)

It's mostly his own hair but he's had autologous grafting.

Posted by: No earring, plenty of makeup at April 23, 2025 02:33 PM (TbWk/)

47 Is Mike Wallachinski still dead?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2025 02:33 PM (h9KKO)

48
tick tick tick tick tick tick.

60 minute intro is bad.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 23, 2025 02:34 PM (IifOV)

49 8 Hollywood has been openly anti-white for decades. Both in their product and in their hiring practices. I had studio execs tell me they never wanted to hire a white male again.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director

Robin Hood always had a black sidekick. It's science history.

Medieval Europe was 40% black.

Posted by: Auspex at April 23, 2025 02:34 PM (j4U/Z)

50 The insidious part is that it's very hard for Candidate X to prove he did not get the job because he was white. Unless someone was stupid enough to say it out loud during the hiring process.

I don't know if they still do this, but in Oregon in the 80s, they used to have a system where they added up points for prospective employees in which you got points for experience, skill, interview, etc. Then on top of that, you got extra points for being a woman, being a minority, etc.

I think that's just openly illegal now, but they might still do it because what is anyone gonna do about it??

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 02:34 PM (2VST1)

51 Hello friends...

Posted by: Jim Nantz at April 23, 2025 02:35 PM (94e6x)

52 Judge Hannah Dugan sure seems like she harbored and concealed an illegal alien.
Posted by: 496

Illegal alien's ginormous wang....

Posted by: Elderly Git at April 23, 2025 02:35 PM (txVB8)

53 "I heard a top of the hour newscast..."
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Why would anybody still listen to those?
Posted by: I gotta ask at April 23, 2025 02:30 PM (94e6x)

I had the radio on in the company car, I was listening to Vince Bolognaise.

Colander?

Posted by: BurtTC at April 23, 2025 02:35 PM (dGCAG)

54
Robin Hood always had a black sidekick. It's science history.

Medieval Europe was 40% black.
Posted by: Auspex at April 23, 2025 02:34 PM (j4U/Z)

And 50% gay

Posted by: It's a mystery at April 23, 2025 02:36 PM (TbWk/)

55 Does Jake Tapper have his own jet airplane? Is he a millionaire?
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at April 23, 2025 02:30 PM (w9Wax)

Jake's the dismal faggot.
The millionaire with his own jet airplane is the little faggot.

Posted by: Dire Straits at April 23, 2025 02:36 PM (FCbAQ)

56
CBS is an oceangoing cargo container vessel that is shedding container after container, and at an increasing rate, every week that staggers across its broadcast schedule.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 23, 2025 02:36 PM (Yv9jh)

57 I don't know any millennials who watched Big Bang Theory. I sure didn't. It was very bad.

It's worth noting it was on during an era when broadcast television was in steep decline. I don't know anyone my age who had cable TV or satellite. That was always an old person thing. It was streaming or piracy.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 02:36 PM (/dDa4)

58 Okay, okay...so we faked the Audi 'sudden acceleration' segment. So what?

Same with the GM truck fires, but, man our ratings soared, and that's what it is all about, right?

OK fine, we also put a freaking bottle rocket in the side saddle gas tank because it wouldn't blow up the way we claimed it would with impact. But OTHER THAN THAT...

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 02:36 PM (2VST1)

59 Top Producer of '60 Minutes' Quits, Saying He Lost Independence
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Always nice to see someone who deserves to be punched in the dick get punched in the dick.
Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2025 02:26 PM (uuhLD)

This is more a case of CBS saying "we'd like you to email us a list of five things you accomplished last week" and him acting like a two year old.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2025 02:36 PM (ExV1e)

60 60 Minutes has been coasting on its unearned reuptation for FIFTY YEARS. They had one or two attention-grabbing episodes BACK IN THE 1970S wich in retrospect were just the usual crypto-propaganda, but the audience nwas too naive to realize it at the time.

And they've been coasting on their cred ever since, with an ever-escalating cringe factor of softball interviews with leftist and globalist, heavy-handed attempted hit pieces against any conservatives, and retarded sob-story "human interest" pieces.

It's a format from a previous epoch in human history. Time to shut it down.

Posted by: zombie at April 23, 2025 02:37 PM (pMi6S)

61 I don't know any millennials who watched Big Bang Theory. I sure didn't. It was very bad.

same, but had plenty of millennial friends who were into "How I Met your mother" for some reason

Posted by: brak at April 23, 2025 02:37 PM (jGJov)

62 You know what I miss? CNN Headline News. The segments were so short they didn't have time to spin and they were so dead on factual: event, time, location ok next story.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 02:37 PM (2VST1)

63 Racking up the bodies

Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2025 02:37 PM (ypFCm)

64 Robin Hood always had a black sidekick. It's science history.

Medieval Europe was 40% black.
Posted by: Auspex at April 23, 2025 02:34 PM (j4U/Z)

Yeah, we all heard about the Black Irish... but didn't know there were a bunch of Black Viking Womenz Kings!

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 23, 2025 02:37 PM (QAkQ3)

65 Robin Hood always had a black sidekick. It's science history.

Medieval Europe was 40% black.
Posted by: Auspex

Sicily is all black.
-- per Zombie Dennis Hopper

Posted by: Tonypete at April 23, 2025 02:38 PM (vKNmo)

66 Lost Independence > Vicious Lies

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2025 02:38 PM (RIvkX)

67 Racial quotas rarely hit senior management or tenured faculty - it's younger people who bear the brunt of all the DEI racial quotas.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 23, 2025 02:27 PM (xTIDn)

And the older folks who're good enough to keep their jobs have to spend extra time cleaning up the mess because the qualified applicants don't have the correct appearance.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2025 02:38 PM (ExV1e)

68 Kenneth has finally responded:

:"The frequency is GET THE FUCK OFF THE AIR."

Posted by: zombie at April 23, 2025 02:38 PM (pMi6S)

69 It's a format from a previous epoch in human history. Time to shut it down.

Like SNL and Late Night Talk Shows, which are the same category, what else are they gonna run in that slot? More reality shows? Yet another Law and Order or NCIS spinoff?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 02:39 PM (2VST1)

70
The Babylon Bee
@TheBabylonBee
CNN: Behind Closed Doors, Pope Is Still Focused, Sharp, And Energetic

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 23, 2025 02:39 PM (gbOdA)

71 60 Minutes was always 55 minutes too long - 60 when Andy Rooney stopped appearing on the show.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 23, 2025 02:29 PM (VNX3d)

"You know what irritates me? Edible underwear. It's a snack at best, and I always get impatient and eat it before the missus can. It simultaneously makes me too full for lovin' and spoils my dinner."

Posted by: andy rooney, still kvetching in hell at April 23, 2025 02:39 PM (V9cMX)

72 >>>22 One thing I like about Tapper is that he's abandoned all pretense of objectivity. He's still doing "I lurve the military" posts to offset his worst offenses, but he just doesn't even pretend any longer.

Disagree in major part. While you're right that he no longer bothers keeping up appearances, he continues to insist, in his nasty hissing tone, that he's totally objective. Just last week he barked at some one that "I'm not part of the left." I can't tell you how many times this former Democrat staffer and former Handgun Control, Inc. spokesman (that's the real name of the gun control group) hissed at me in a DM that "You don't know what my politics are."

Sure, Jake. Sure.

Posted by: ace at April 23, 2025 02:39 PM (KRtlO)

73 It's a format from a previous epoch in human history. Time to shut it down.

Like SNL and Late Night Talk Shows, which are the same category, what else are they gonna run in that slot? More reality shows? Yet another Law and Order or NCIS spinoff?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 02:39 PM (2VST1)

Another FBI Ham 'n' Egger show!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 23, 2025 02:40 PM (VNX3d)

74 CBS should've advertised their programs better:

Like so:

"This is CBS News.
Presented in Libelvision!


That probably would've solved all of their problems.

Truth in advertising, you know.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 23, 2025 02:40 PM (iJfKG)

75 60 60 Minutes has been coasting on its unearned reuptation for FIFTY YEARS. They had one or two attention-grabbing episodes BACK IN THE 1970S wich in retrospect were just the usual crypto-propaganda, but the audience nwas too naive to realize it at the time.

And they've been coasting on their cred ever since, with an ever-escalating cringe factor of softball interviews with leftist and globalist, heavy-handed attempted hit pieces against any conservatives, and retarded sob-story "human interest" pieces.

It's a format from a previous epoch in human history. Time to shut it down.
Posted by: zombie at April 23, 2025 02:37 PM (pMi6S)

They blew up truck gas tanks with model rocket engines.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 23, 2025 02:40 PM (gbOdA)

76 Another FBI Ham 'n' Egger show!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

"A Very Special Cosby Show"

Posted by: Tonypete at April 23, 2025 02:40 PM (vKNmo)

77 >You know what I miss? CNN Headline News. The segments were so short they didn't have time to spin and they were so dead on factual: event, time, location ok next story.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 02:37 PM (2VST1)


Sachi Koto and Lynne Russell

Posted by: mr tmz at April 23, 2025 02:40 PM (rJ48h)

78 Easter Bunny dead after meeting with JD Vance.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2025 02:41 PM (h9KKO)

79 Andy Rooney stopped appearing on the show.

he seemed to be the show's target demographic

Posted by: brak at April 23, 2025 02:41 PM (jGJov)

80 I think 60 minutes has always sucked.
Posted by: mr tmz

Did you ever notice how I'll be kicking your ass in the octagon?

Posted by: Zombie Andy Rooney at April 23, 2025 02:41 PM (SC9Yh)

81 "kamala would have been a great president" - vladimir putitin

Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 23, 2025 02:42 PM (CWTWj)

82
I think that's just openly illegal now, but they might still do it because what is anyone gonna do about it??
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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I have a work-around.

Posted by: [a]Rachel Dolezal Nkechi Amare Diallo, at April 23, 2025 02:42 PM (XeU6L)

83 CBS is an oceangoing cargo container vessel that is shedding container after container, and at an increasing rate, every week that staggers across its broadcast schedule.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 23, 2025 02:36 PM (Yv9jh)

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Obama 2028 -- Stop The Oceans From Rising Again!

Posted by: ShainS --Waking Up Early is White Supremacy at April 23, 2025 02:43 PM (ISYdD)

84 Disagree in major part. While you're right that he no longer bothers keeping up appearances, he continues to insist, in his nasty hissing tone, that he's totally objective

Yeah its true, he claims objectivity, but he doesn't even act like it any more, there's not even a gesture toward it. He doesn't even do one of those "both sides" segments any more.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 02:43 PM (2VST1)

85 Trump curse strikes again.

Posted by: torabora at April 23, 2025 02:44 PM (wHFr2)

86 The insidious part is that it's very hard for Candidate X to prove he did not get the job because he was white. Unless someone was stupid enough to say it out loud during the hiring process.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at April 23, 2025 02:30 PM (uCjyK)

It's interesting how some demographics can say "we comprise 10% of the population but only 2% of your workforce" and judges will eat that up while other demographics can't. Pure coincidence, I'm sure.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2025 02:44 PM (ExV1e)

87 I remember the 60 Minutes segment on the Audi 5000 Death Car back in the 70s. It was a.total.fabrication.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 23, 2025 02:44 PM (ktdw6)

88 67tj8im7m7i
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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wadji go an do that fer-WADJI GO AN DO THAT FER!11?/!/?

Posted by: Karl Childers at April 23, 2025 02:44 PM (5hfjS)

89 Hello friends...

Posted by: Jim Nantz

Hello Jim...

Posted by: Darkness, wielding a golf club at April 23, 2025 02:44 PM (4DY5T)

90 "kamala would have been a great president" - vladimir putitin
Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 23, 2025 02:42 PM (CWTWj)

Something tells me Pooty doesn't rate American presidents on the same scale as the rest of us.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 23, 2025 02:45 PM (dGCAG)

91 When 60 Minutes aired Ed Bradley's BS about apples and alar, you knew the program had jumped the shark. You'd have to eat ten thousand apples a year to get close to any cancer "danger" , but old earring Ed had a story

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 23, 2025 02:45 PM (6TePA)

92 lol, that list from yesterday has to be updated again!

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 02:45 PM (g47mK)

93 Robin Hood always had a black sidekick. It's science history.

It's because he's a Moor, who returned with Robin during the Crusades and no one thought anything of it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2025 02:46 PM (ExV1e)

94 Robin Hood always had a black sidekick. It's science history.

Medieval Europe was 40% black.
Posted by: Auspex

And they had a Trans priest...
Friar Tuck

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at April 23, 2025 02:46 PM (w9Wax)

95 57 I don't know any millennials who watched Big Bang Theory. I sure didn't. It was very bad.

It's worth noting it was on during an era when broadcast television was in steep decline. I don't know anyone my age who had cable TV or satellite. That was always an old person thing. It was streaming or piracy.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 02:36 PM (/dDa4)


I liked big bang for a while. Then Bernadette got an executive suite job right out of college in the big pharma company and gave penny a sales job making jillions and then they started writing scripts where the two brow beat their husband's about making more money than them and they should shut up and clean the house some more. Really gross stuff played for wokenscold yuks.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at April 23, 2025 02:46 PM (UcBcn)

96 Lord knows a white male is totally unqualified to write for an action show about Navy SEALS while the BIPOC lesbian so obviously knows how to tell that story.

This kind of discrimination has been glaringly obvious for a while now by the painfully poor quality of entertainment writing.

Posted by: UGAdawg at April 23, 2025 02:47 PM (se/Tc)

97 Robin ...is a girl's name. Just saying...

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2025 02:47 PM (g47mK)

98 60 Minutes isn't an important show. Its garbage. They fake shit to get the narrative they are pushing. And they have done it since the beginning. I haven't watched that crap in well over 30 years.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at April 23, 2025 02:47 PM (pohLc)

99 It's because he's a Moor, who returned with Robin during the Crusades and no one thought anything of it.

One of the pinnacle examples of The Magic Negro. A better fighter leader, and moral example who knew everything and was smarter than everyone else, but for some reason was the sidekick who assisted the hero be better.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 02:48 PM (2VST1)

100 Robin ...is a girl's name. Just saying...

"Hey, (&#$ you too, man"
--Dick Grayson

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 02:49 PM (2VST1)

101 Blinken?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2025 02:49 PM (h9KKO)

102 Ahem, that’s allegedly dismal faggot. We don’t know what kind of fag he is. He could be a perfectly cheerful faggot behind closed doors.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at April 23, 2025 02:49 PM (puHA/)

103 Lost Hos Independence = No More Thumb On The Scale

Posted by: jsg at April 23, 2025 02:49 PM (XC1iS)

104
My wife is fond of pointing out that ALL CBS news programming, especially the morning and Sunday shows, are minor league farm teams in form and content for THE 60 MINUTES show.

Posted by: Auspex at April 23, 2025 02:49 PM (j4U/Z)

105 It's because he's a Moor, who returned with Robin during the Crusades and no one thought anything of it.

One of the pinnacle examples of The Magic Negro. A better fighter leader, and moral example who knew everything and was smarter than everyone else, but for some reason was the sidekick who assisted the hero be better.

Worked for me!

Posted by: Conan, the Barbarian at April 23, 2025 02:49 PM (w9Wax)

106 "kamala would have been a great president" - vladimir putitin
Posted by: gnats local 678

Well he did vote for her.

Several times.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at April 23, 2025 02:49 PM (SC9Yh)

107 So, Paramount+ is just a streaming platform of CBS shows?

Posted by: dantesed at April 23, 2025 02:50 PM (Oy/m2)

108 >>Okay, okay...so we faked the Audi 'sudden acceleration' segment. So what?


Turns out: The harder you step on the pedal, the more sudden the acceleration.

Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2025 02:50 PM (F30Ty)

109 91 When 60 Minutes aired Ed Bradley's BS about apples and alar, you knew the program had jumped the shark. You'd have to eat ten thousand apples a year to get close to any cancer "danger" , but old earring Ed had a story
Posted by: Smell the Glove

I seem to remember a similar episode about lead paint which chips off houses in poor neighborhoods and which is then eaten by black babies who all have "pica" (an uncontrollable urge to eat inedible substances), and that THIS explains the "achievement gap" in education, because black kids all have brain damage from eating lead when they were babies.

Uhhhh, yeah. Sounds legit.

(As absurd and racist as this theory was, it actually was the main reason why lead paint was banned.)

Posted by: zombie at April 23, 2025 02:50 PM (pMi6S)

110
You know what I miss? CNN Headline News. The segments were so short they didn't have time to spin and they were so dead on factual: event, time, location ok next story.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 02:37 PM (2VST1)


Then CNNHN fired a bunch of people in 2001 and hired actress Andrea Thompson and her Ilsa, She-Wolf of CNN rack to be a newsreader.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 23, 2025 02:51 PM (y9nCu)

111 Like SNL and Late Night Talk Shows, which are the same category, what else are they gonna run in that slot? More reality shows? Yet another Law and Order or NCIS spinoff?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
==========
I got an idea, make 60 minutes into a sitcom like the Mary Tyler Moore show. Leslie Stahl as the title lead can dance in wonder around times square, Pelley can play Ted Knight's role, and so on.

Think CBS even has access to those rights to do a reboot as well.

Posted by: whig at April 23, 2025 02:51 PM (ctrM5)

112 Lead paint is sweet. That’s why kids eat it.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at April 23, 2025 02:51 PM (puHA/)

113 FWIW, we LOVED BBT; then again, we both have an engineering background and all of our friends and coworkers are engineering types. We KNEW all of the characters on BBT, and we always appreciated the humor. 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 23, 2025 02:51 PM (SRRAx)

114 Achoo.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2025 02:51 PM (h9KKO)

115 Someone put up a Big Bang Theory scene sans laugh track, replacing the track with a sardonic braying laugh from some video game character. Each laugh pitilessly reminding you of how lame the humor was.

It was the most brutal send up of that show imaginable.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 23, 2025 02:51 PM (wBaIH)

116 >>It's because he's a Moor, who returned with Robin during the Crusades and no one thought anything of it.


Many Bulls were collected that Crusade.

Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2025 02:52 PM (F30Ty)

117 Maybe National Review can hire him.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 23, 2025 02:52 PM (/U5Yz)

118 >>It's because he's a Moor, who returned with Robin during the Crusades and no one thought anything of it.


Many Bulls were collected that Crusade.
Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2025 02:52 PM (F30Ty)

I thought Many Bulls was a leader at Little Big Horn.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 23, 2025 02:53 PM (VNX3d)

119 Probably the last time 60 Minutes had on anything truly significant was the 80s, when it noticed the plaintiff's bar had basically bought the Texas Supreme Court. Of course, everyone had already noticed. But it was significant that even the bleeding hearts at 60 Minutes were willing to say so. I can't think of anything else memorable they did (other than the fakery that got them in trouble), other than give Andy Rooney as office so he didn't have to be homeless.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 23, 2025 02:54 PM (V9cMX)

120 Sitting Bull was a blackjack dealer.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2025 02:54 PM (h9KKO)

121 60 Minutes has always seemed to be about lawyers trolling for class action lawsuits. Remember Audi? Alar?

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 23, 2025 02:54 PM (wBaIH)

122 And they had a Trans priest...
Friar Tuck
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks
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Well played Sir Mick.

Posted by: whig at April 23, 2025 02:55 PM (ctrM5)

123 115 Someone put up a Big Bang Theory Kaley Cuoco scene ...

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 23, 2025 02:55 PM (/U5Yz)

124 Robin Hood always had a black sidekick. It's science history.

It's because he's a Moor, who returned with Robin during the Crusades and no one thought anything of it.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2025 02:46 PM

Achoo. Son of Asneeze.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2025 02:55 PM (LCT5p)

125 Lost independence means their own Cultural Marxists views

Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2025 02:56 PM (j9CiB)

126 Lost continence.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2025 02:57 PM (h9KKO)

127 Does Paramount even have anything worth watching? I mean, NCIS was a thing but it's been crap for awhile, and the NCIS Origins series is pretty weak. They tried Star Trek as their draw for Paramount+ but that crashed and burned.

I can't think of anything on that network that's worth watching or indeed what they would be known for right now.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at April 23, 2025 02:58 PM (bxySM)

128 Dirty Dick Durbin Announces Retirement, Will Not Seek Re-Election in 2026

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 23, 2025 03:00 PM (/U5Yz)

129 who on earth would buy CBS?

Posted by: Black Orchid at April 23, 2025 03:00 PM (Pv3Rg)

130
I remember Harry Reasoner interviewing someone about something or another on 60 Minutes and he referred to the guy as "... you're not just some nut from Idaho who ..."

... and in the following week's "letters from viewers" segment all of Idaho unloaded on him.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 23, 2025 03:00 PM (Yv9jh)

131 the show decided to hire and promote less-qualified DEI "writers" with little or no writing experience.
__

So this must be why current TV shows are unameatchable.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2025 03:00 PM (Dv3i1)

132 Easter Bunny dead after meeting with JD Vance.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2025 02:41 PM (h9KKO)

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

Can we get a meeting between Vance and the Z-Dog?

Posted by: ShainS --Waking Up Early is White Supremacy at April 23, 2025 03:00 PM (a+Zua)

133 The best thing that 60 Minutes ever spawned was the SNL skit with "Jane, you ignorant slut"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 23, 2025 03:01 PM (6TePA)

134 Can we get a meeting between Vance and the Z-Dog?
Posted by: ShainS --Waking Up Early is White Supremacy at April 23, 2025 03:00 PM (a+Zua)

In their last meeting Zelenskyyyy slit his own throat in front of the cameras.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 23, 2025 03:01 PM (/dDa4)

135 I can't think of anything on that network that's worth watching or indeed what they would be known for right now.

I think they had Penguin? And that was supposed to be good. 1883 (Yellowstone prequel) is supposed to be good.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 03:02 PM (2VST1)

136 I also thought it funny that when the writers went on strike....no one noticed.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at April 23, 2025 03:02 PM (bxySM)

137 Robin Hood's black sidekick was a Moop

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 23, 2025 03:02 PM (6TePA)

138 I think they had Penguin? And that was supposed to be good. 1883 (Yellowstone prequel) is supposed to be good.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 03:02 PM (2VST1)

I thought The Penguin is on Max, or HBOMax, or wtf they call themselves.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at April 23, 2025 03:02 PM (bxySM)

139 I don't know where they came from. I watch everything on free streamers.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2025 03:04 PM (h9KKO)

140 [O/T -- cue Don Felder's seven-chord "Mexican Reggae" intro:]

Secretary Doug Burgum
@SecretaryBurgum

The Endangered Species Act has become like the Hotel California: once a species enters, they never leave!

https://is.gd/uhR1p9

Posted by: ShainS --Waking Up Early is White Supremacy at April 23, 2025 03:04 PM (a+Zua)

141 Robin Hood's black sidekick was a Moop
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 23, 2025 03:02 PM

At least he wasn't confused about where Morocco actually is, unlike our homegrown Moops.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2025 03:04 PM (LCT5p)

142 I thought The Penguin is on Max, or HBOMax, or wtf they call themselves.

Yeah you are probably right, it was a Warner Brothers joint.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 03:04 PM (2VST1)

143 Easter Bunny dead after meeting with JD Vance.

Posted by: Boss Moss



The Dali Lama canceled his meeting with Vance.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2025 03:05 PM (5Mo7q)

144 31
I grew up with the concept of a generation being 25 years.

Posted by: Ciampino - da da da at April 23, 2025 03:05 PM (sPQoU)

145 I would make fun of dismal faggots, but I'm a Raider fan.

So I can't.

Posted by: eleven at April 23, 2025 03:05 PM (0HaGk)

146 Standing up the continual false narrative to sway the unwashed masses toward their own perversion is a tool of Satan. He will never have the fullness of creation because he tried to bugger the Father’s plan of happiness for His children. Ergo, Satan wants us to be eternally miserable as he is.

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at April 23, 2025 03:05 PM (VJc7E)

147 That was the Eagle with actual talent.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2025 03:05 PM (h9KKO)

148 137 Robin Hood's black sidekick was a Moop

I watched that episode realtime and was sure i was laughing hard enough to trigger an aneurysm. One of my favorite episodes.

Moooors...saaaay Moooorsss! 'MOOPS!'

One of the pinnacle examples of The Magic Negro. A better fighter leader, and moral example who knew everything and was smarter than everyone else, but for some reason was the sidekick who assisted the hero be better.

I agree with you and I agree that Kevin Costner was awful as Robin Hood. That said, I watch this movie every time it comes on and I love it because Alan Rickman absolutely steals the show everytime he is on screen.

Posted by: Nelly at April 23, 2025 03:05 PM (pSknm)

149 DEI was a cover for hiring foreign workers and eliminating any competition from the bottom. Jokes on them. As soon as the management is infested with Indians, the whole shop will be Indian. Looks like we might need that affirmative action after all.

Posted by: resist_we_much at April 23, 2025 03:06 PM (cpys8)

150
Pencil in a meeting between JD and Xi the Pooh, stat!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 23, 2025 03:06 PM (Yv9jh)

151 to make independent decisions based on what was right for '60 Minutes,' right for the audience."

It's cute that he believes 60 Minutes has an audience

Posted by: kallisto at April 23, 2025 03:06 PM (dCxaZ)

152 Hollywood, the land of dismal faggots.

Posted by: eleven at April 23, 2025 03:06 PM (0HaGk)

153 That was the Eagle with actual talent.

Oh, all the Eagles were tremendously talented, its just a couple of them were Galactus-level jerks. Beyond just ego and drugs.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 03:06 PM (2VST1)

154 I can't think of anything on that network that's worth watching or indeed what they would be known for right now.
Posted by: WitchDoktor
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That is exactly why Shari Redstone wants to sell right now and is willing to dump on legacy shows.

The price Shari gets is likely to be the highest now that she is ever going to get so that means dumping the 'talent' that she was fine with all those years.

So she is willing to settle, fire, etc. in order to get the buyers to pay her billions to last the rest of her life. The era of big tv is ending along with its audience.

Posted by: whig at April 23, 2025 03:07 PM (ctrM5)

155 Did the unedited interview with Kamala ever get released in its entirety? I know some snippets did. But I lost interest in the whole thing as it was a pretty stupid stunt on 60 Minutes part.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 23, 2025 03:07 PM (Q4IgG)

156 Was 60 Minutes the one they did the fake 'something bad' with a pickup?

Posted by: Ciampino - da da da - early German rap at April 23, 2025 03:07 PM (sPQoU)

157 149 DEI was a cover for hiring foreign workers and eliminating any competition from the bottom. Jokes on them. As soon as the management is infested with Indians, the whole shop will be Indian. Looks like we might need that affirmative action after all.
Posted by: resist_we_much
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A big Indian tech worker sourcing firm is now being investigated for discrimination. I expect they will find it.

Posted by: whig at April 23, 2025 03:08 PM (ctrM5)

158 That said, I watch this movie every time it comes on and I love it because Alan Rickman absolutely steals the show everytime he is on screen.

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio was really nice to watch too, even if she can't really act.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 03:08 PM (2VST1)

159 147 That was the Eagle with actual talent.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2025 03:05 PM (h9KKO)

***coughnottheonlyone ***

Posted by: Bernie Leadon at April 23, 2025 03:08 PM (TTAGa)

160 Quick, set up a meeting for Vance and The View!

Posted by: dantesed at April 23, 2025 03:08 PM (Oy/m2)

161 156 Was 60 Minutes the one they did the fake 'something bad' with a pickup?
Posted by: Ciampino

AFAIK, that was Dateline on NBC.

Posted by: whig at April 23, 2025 03:08 PM (ctrM5)

162 60 Minutes is every bit as vital to our nation as 20/20, Firing Line, The Huntley–Brinkley Report, Bosom Buddies, Mork and Mindy, and Different Strokes.

Posted by: Nobody Watches TeeVee Idiot at April 23, 2025 03:08 PM (N0np3)

163 @127

>>I can't think of anything on that network that's worth watching or indeed what they would be known for right now.

Survivor is still on but it's mostly police procedural's/dramas, Lady Equalizer, a couple of Dr. Dramas, one or two unfunny comedies and news magazines.

So pretty much the standard network fare of the last 50 years except all of the writing is sh*t.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 23, 2025 03:08 PM (XV/Pl)

164 "We've gone in another direction." "You have impressive qualifications but we don't feel you're a good fit." And so on.
Posted by: *insert corporate bullshit here* at April 23, 2025 02:32 PM (TbWk/)

Yeah, I got fired from a job making boutique soap, because the owner was a dyed in the wool lefty freak. I didn't say one word about politics, religion, or anything else until one day she pointedly asked, probably because I was not all rah-rah about her latest leftist crap. Turned out that I was a great worker, worked really hard, followed all the rules, did all the extra work she needed, but I was "not a good fit."

Didn't realize she had a dick to measure such things with.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 03:09 PM (a4NoL)

165 New Doctor Bionic LP comes out this week.

Super excited to get that one.

Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2025 03:09 PM (F30Ty)

166 Looks like we might need that affirmative action after all.
Posted by: resist_we_much

Or, you know, we could have the EEOC do their fucking jobs. Either or.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 23, 2025 03:09 PM (mlg/3)

167 A bit OT but...
"California is set to release from prison a twice-deported illegal alien who was convicted of killing two American teenagers, 19-year-olds Anna Varfolomeeva and Nicholay Osokin, in a 2021 drunk driving crash."

So...3 1/2 years for killing two teens. Ya know, I'm good with this. With victim names like those, the rooskie mob will disappear this asshole in a very painful way.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 23, 2025 03:09 PM (W/lyH)

168 Was 60 Minutes the one they did the fake 'something bad' with a pickup?

I think that was Dateline NBC. It was my intro drug to not trusting the news on anything ever.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 03:09 PM (2VST1)

169 156 Was 60 Minutes the one they did the fake 'something bad' with a pickup?
Posted by: Ciampino - da da da - early German rap

NBC Dateline - 1993

I wonder if GM sued them?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 23, 2025 03:09 PM (/U5Yz)

170 Was 60 Minutes the one they did the fake 'something bad' with a pickup?
Posted by: Ciampino - da da da - early German rap at April 23, 2025 03:07 PM (sPQoU)

Dateline

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 23, 2025 03:09 PM (asR6R)

171 60 Minutes is every bit as vital to our nation as 20/20, Firing Line, The Huntley–Brinkley Report, Bosom Buddies, Mork and Mindy, and Different Strokes.

Hey Bosom Buddies had that cute blonde with the huge tracts of land, she was a national treasure.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 03:10 PM (2VST1)

172 Looks like his 60 minutes was up.

They're ALL "dismal faggots".

Posted by: Tex Lovera at April 23, 2025 03:11 PM (wtvvX)

173 California is set to release from prison a twice-deported illegal alien who was convicted of killing two American teenagers, 19-year-olds Anna Varfolomeeva and Nicholay Osokin, in a 2021 drunk driving crash.

The feds have already announced that they are going to bust him on reentering the country illegally. 20 year sentence.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 03:12 PM (2VST1)

174 One of the excellent films of 1939 was Errol Flynn in Robin Hood.

Still watchable today as Errol struts on the screen.

The guy playing the villain in it was serviceable enough but not a match for the funny Rickman in Costner's Robin Hood.

Posted by: whig at April 23, 2025 03:12 PM (ctrM5)

175 I still miss the McLaughlin Report.

Every Sunday.

Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2025 03:12 PM (F30Ty)

176 Was 60 Minutes the one they did the fake 'something bad' with a pickup?
Posted by: Ciampino

AFAIK, that was Dateline on NBC.
Posted by: whig
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It's almost as if fake sensationalism drives the media.

Posted by: [a]Rachel Dolezal Nkechi Amare Diallo, at April 23, 2025 03:12 PM (XeU6L)

177 I remember as a kid my grandfather was a diehard 60 Minutes viewer.

Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2025 03:12 PM (sEViE)

178 133 The best thing that 60 Minutes ever spawned was the SNL skit with "Jane, you ignorant slut"
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 23, 2025 03:01 PM (6TePA)

My favorite was when they started Weekend Update with Jane Curtin leaning forward and quietly saying, "I'm wearing black lace panties." A short pause followed by, "And now the news."

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 03:13 PM (a4NoL)

179 I still miss the McLaughlin Report.

Every Sunday.
Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2025 03:12 PM

WRONG!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2025 03:13 PM (LCT5p)

180 141 Robin Hood's black sidekick was a Moop
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 23, 2025 03:02 PM

At least he wasn't confused about where Morocco actually is, unlike our homegrown Moops.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2025 03:04 PM (LCT5p)
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United States of America Republic, right?

Posted by: Moornish Sovereign Citizen Bey at April 23, 2025 03:13 PM (sPQoU)

181 Oops. /fake NACCP person

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 23, 2025 03:13 PM (XeU6L)

182 I wonder if GM sued them?
Posted by: Maj. Healey

From what I recall, GM did something worse to NBC, they pulled all their ads from that network until NBC did something about that fake story.

Posted by: whig at April 23, 2025 03:13 PM (ctrM5)

183 Yea but, Trump combs his hair funny, and his makeup makes him look orange.


So, take that !!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Dweasal Gregorian at April 23, 2025 03:14 PM (A2iSa)

184 I redid the calculation I talked about a couple of nights ago with the latest silver spot price. At the current some $33 USD per Troy ounce value for silver you would have to pay $30 USD, current fiat currency, to buy the silver in five 90% silver quarters. That’s $1.25 in 1962 silver quarters, the last year we had “full” (90%) silver coinage _and_ the minimum wage in that year. Wages have not kept up with inflation.

We was robbed!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 03:14 PM (g/Chl)

185 California is set to release from prison a twice-deported illegal alien who was convicted of killing two American teenagers, 19-year-olds Anna Varfolomeeva and Nicholay Osokin, in a 2021 drunk driving crash.

The feds have already announced that they are going to bust him on reentering the country illegally. 20 year sentence.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 03:12 PM (2VST1)


That's good to hear, but yet I find myself rooting for the Russian mob.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 23, 2025 03:14 PM (W/lyH)

186 California is set to release from prison a twice-deported illegal alien who was convicted of killing two American teenagers, 19-year-olds Anna Varfolomeeva and Nicholay Osokin, in a 2021 drunk driving crash.

The feds have already announced that they are going to bust him on reentering the country illegally. 20 year sentence.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor


That's good to hear, but yet I find myself rooting for the Russian mob.
Posted by: Diogenes


Fist bump.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2025 03:15 PM (5Mo7q)

187 United States of America Republic, right?
Posted by: Moornish Sovereign Citizen Bey at April 23, 2025 03:13 PM

Crazy, but entertaining in a "can't tear my eyes away from this train wreck" sort of way.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2025 03:15 PM (LCT5p)

188 182 I wonder if GM sued them?
Posted by: Maj. Healey

From what I recall, GM did something worse to NBC, they pulled all their ads from that network until NBC did something about that fake story.
Posted by: whig

Nice.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 23, 2025 03:15 PM (/U5Yz)

189 That's good to hear, but yet I find myself rooting for the Russian mob.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 23, 2025 03:14 PM

Someone call The Machine. I hear he has connections.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2025 03:15 PM (LCT5p)

190 That's good to hear, but yet I find myself rooting for the Russian mob.
Posted by: Diogenes

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Or something like that.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 23, 2025 03:15 PM (vKNmo)

191 The British have a bold new plan to... make clouds shinier so they reflect more of the sun, to combat global warming.

I'm not joking.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 03:16 PM (2VST1)

192 The feds have already announced that they are going to bust him on reentering the country illegally. 20 year sentence.
______

I guess we'll see how far California is willing to go to release this scumbag without giving the ICE the correct time and location details.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2025 03:16 PM (Dv3i1)

193 The British have a bold new plan to... make clouds shinier so they reflect more of the sun, to combat global warming.
-----

What could go wrong?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 23, 2025 03:16 PM (XeU6L)

194 Hollywood, the land of dismal faggots.

Posted by: eleven

Ahem.

Posted by: Great Dismal Swamp at April 23, 2025 03:16 PM (4DY5T)

195 191 The British have a bold new plan to... make clouds shinier so they reflect more of the sun, to combat global warming.

I'm not joking.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 03:16 PM (2VST1)

Probably just some undergraduate teaching them how to polish a turd.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 03:17 PM (a4NoL)

196 175 I still miss the McLaughlin Report.

Every Sunday.
Posted by: garrett
=====
There was an interview with Jack Germond after the show ended. He mentioned the only reason he did the show was to pay for his kids going to college which it did. He clearly loathed his 'costars' particularly McLaughlin.

Had to give the guy major props, listening to Eleanor Clift shriek nonsense on and on every week would inspire many to commit homicide just to shut her nasty ass up.

Posted by: whig at April 23, 2025 03:17 PM (ctrM5)

197 I remember as a kid my grandfather was a diehard 60 Minutes viewer.
Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2025 03:12 PM (sEViE)


Me 'ol man hated the news but watched it every night. His favorite off-shoot was That Was The Week That Was. Even young Diogenes was able to understand some of the jokes.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 23, 2025 03:17 PM (W/lyH)

198 I guess we'll see how far California is willing to go to release this scumbag without giving the ICE the correct time and location details.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2025 03:16 PM

If they do, hit everyone involved with federal charges. No mercy.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2025 03:17 PM (LCT5p)

199 Is that where the ROUS are?

Posted by: eleven at April 23, 2025 03:17 PM (0HaGk)

200 I redid the calculation I talked about a couple of nights ago with the latest silver spot price. At the current some $33 USD per Troy ounce value for silver you would have to pay $30 USD, current fiat currency, to buy the silver in five 90% silver quarters. That’s $1.25 in 1962 silver quarters, the last year we had “full” (90%) silver coinage _and_ the minimum wage in that year. Wages have not kept up with inflation.

We was robbed!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit


Spot is $33.89
Purchase of one ounce silver round is $37.88.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2025 03:17 PM (5Mo7q)

201 Cali illegal alien killer of teenagers meet John Wick

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 23, 2025 03:17 PM (6TePA)

202 My idea some years back for a site cataloging (and warning about) "woke" programming was going to be called checkboxtv or checkboxcinema dot com.

I thought it was a good idea.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2025 03:18 PM (hxILi)

203 191 The British have a bold new plan to... make clouds shinier so they reflect more of the sun, to combat global warming.

I'm not joking.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
_____

Trump ought to throw that in the conditions for a trade deal with the UK: restore free speech, release the political prisoners, turn over the nukes to the US before the muzzies get control of them, and stop poisoning the enviroment.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2025 03:18 PM (Dv3i1)

204 Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio was really nice to watch too, even if she can't really act.

She was lovely in this movie; and there was one scene where she called out to Robin; well, screams his name actually while in the clutches of the Sherriff and to this day it gives me chills down my spine to hear it. Probably my 2nd favorite movie scream after Arnold's challenge to the alien in 'Predator'.

Posted by: Nelly at April 23, 2025 03:19 PM (pSknm)

205 201 Cali illegal alien killer of teenagers meet John Wick
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 23, 2025 03:17 PM (6TePA)

It's not like he killed a dog.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2025 03:19 PM (a4NoL)

206 Their "independence" is like Bob's Country Bunker having both kinds of music:

They have progressive and liberal views.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 23, 2025 03:19 PM (+3+7z)

207 BREAKING: A mysterious air quality emergency has broken out in Chicago, as the city has reportedly been blanketed with toxic chemicals Wednesday.

Trump gassed Chicago!

Posted by: CBS at April 23, 2025 03:20 PM (/U5Yz)

208 How exactly do you make clouds shinier? Throw tin foil on them or what??

Posted by: dantesed at April 23, 2025 03:20 PM (Oy/m2)

209 193 The British have a bold new plan to... make clouds shinier so they reflect more of the sun, to combat global warming.
-----

What could go wrong?

I have a better idea... Let's launch all the world's Nuclear Weapons at the Sun and see if we can destroy it to slow down Global Warming....

Posted by: Dweasal Gregorian at April 23, 2025 03:20 PM (A2iSa)

210 201 Cali illegal alien killer of teenagers meet John Wick
Posted by: Smell the Glove
========
He can be the crash test dummy in Dateline's new story about burning EVs.

Posted by: whig at April 23, 2025 03:21 PM (ctrM5)

211 Is that where the ROUS are?
Posted by: eleven at April 23, 2025 03:17 PM

I don't think they exist.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2025 03:21 PM (LCT5p)

212 >>There was an interview with Jack Germond after the show ended. He mentioned the only reason he did the show was to pay for his kids going to college which it did. He clearly loathed his 'costars' particularly McLaughlin.


The whole premise of the Show was just awesome. A roundtable where the entire point of any discussion was John McLaughlin getting to vent his sheer frustration at the world.

Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2025 03:21 PM (F30Ty)

213 Toxic air in Chicago? Pritzker had a Mexican food truck lunch

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 23, 2025 03:21 PM (6TePA)

214 You can't polish a cloud.

Posted by: eleven at April 23, 2025 03:21 PM (0HaGk)

215 They're going to, get this, spray aerosols into the air to Protect Earf.

Yep. After all their bullshit on the ozone layer they really do have the brass fucking nerve to do it.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2025 03:22 PM (hxILi)

216 I thought it was Cow Farts destroying the Atmosphere and causing Global Warming ???

Posted by: Alotta Fagina at April 23, 2025 03:22 PM (Lcdqc)

217 Less Sunlight will certainly cure England of its ills.

Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2025 03:23 PM (F30Ty)

218 "I don't think they exist.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState"

You say that at your peril.

Posted by: eleven at April 23, 2025 03:23 PM (0HaGk)

219
60 Minutes isn't an important show. Its garbage. They fake shit to get the narrative they are pushing. And they have done it since the beginning. I haven't watched that crap in well over 30 years.
Posted by: Xipe Totec

I happened to catch the intro to "60 Minutes" a couple of weeks back. They ran through something like two dozen folks as correspondents, including Anderson Cooper.

What is it now, the Island of Misfit Urinalists?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 23, 2025 03:23 PM (Yv9jh)

220 California is set to release from prison a twice-deported illegal alien who was convicted of killing two American teenagers, 19-year-olds Anna Varfolomeeva and Nicholay Osokin, in a 2021 drunk driving crash.

They informed the parents of the kids, who burned alive trapped in their car, that he was going to be released early on Easter Sunday.

California is a special kind of fucked.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 23, 2025 03:23 PM (2ocoG)

221 nood morans.

Posted by: eleven at April 23, 2025 03:24 PM (0HaGk)

222 Jake Tapper is NOT a "dismal faggot"!!

He's a dismally retarded faggot!!!

Posted by: Tex Lovera at April 23, 2025 03:24 PM (wtvvX)

223 The big difference is that Seinfeld is funny and clever and Big Bang Theory is awful and stupid, a Hollywood interpretation of geek culture without humor or cleverness. Its insultingly bad. I think a better comparison is Friends and Big Bang: both are lousy and hugely overrated, made huge money, and are beloved by generations for no reason other than nostalgia.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2025 02:28 PM (2VST1)

I don't agree. Both Friends and Big Bang were good sitcoms for their first few seasons. I enjoyed them.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at April 23, 2025 03:24 PM (g8Ew8)

224 Congratulations! This was linked on https://thelibertydaily.com/!!

Posted by: MJR at April 23, 2025 03:24 PM (jzUH3)

225 Fools think they can do better than God

Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2025 03:24 PM (sEViE)

226 Oh bummer....I missed the earlier Herr Klaus Schwab thread earlier.

Surprised there was no highlight of the last WEF in Davos. Switzerland allows prostitution, and the WEF contingency flew in over 300 prostitutes/escorts for the event. There are interviews with the owners of the escort services, and this past year they were requiring Non-disclosure Agreements.

One interview with the most prevalent of the escort owners (aka a Pimp) he answered the question of what is most requested from his clientele. The answer? (drum roll)....that would be "anal".

Posted by: Orson at April 23, 2025 03:24 PM (dIske)

227 "I don't think they exist.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState"

You say that at your peril.
Posted by: eleven at April 23, 2025 03:23 PM

*racks slide*

Bring it, bitchez.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2025 03:25 PM (LCT5p)

228 The whole premise of the Show was just awesome. A roundtable where the entire point of any discussion was John McLaughlin getting to vent his sheer frustration at the world.
Posted by: garrett

My dad liked the show, I preferred Jack Germond to the exclusion of the rest of them. Mort Kondrake was simply the dunce male version of Eleanor Clift--both of them gave journalism a bad name.

Novak played the same role on Crossfire. Both Germond and Novak had the advantage of being actual journalists instead of mere opinion mouthpieces.

Posted by: whig at April 23, 2025 03:25 PM (ctrM5)

229 This proves Trump is Hitler's Love Child and he is rebuilding the Holocaust Gas Chambers to Gas Democrat-Socialists in Shit-Cago !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IMPEACHMENT NOW FOR WAR CRIMES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Alotta Fagina at April 23, 2025 03:25 PM (Lcdqc)

230 The British have a bold new plan to... make clouds shinier so they reflect more of the sun, to combat global warming.


Bill Gates had approval from the Biden administration to launch a giant sunshade into orbit for the same reason. But nobody who would agree to launch it (NASA/Boeing, Jeff Bezos) could. Only SpaceX had the capability and Elon wanted no part of that.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 23, 2025 03:25 PM (2ocoG)

231 the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by denying Mr. Beneker employment and career opportunities based on his race, sex, and sexual orientation.
_________________

Why is that crap in there? And why didn't the Feds go after Karen Bass after she hired THREE dykes in a row for the top three fire department jobs? What are the odds of that happening by chance?

Lessee ... I'm guessing dykes are 2% of the population (although it seems closer to 50% sometimes). (2 x 10E-2)^3 = 8 x 10E-6, or one chance in 125,000. Sure, it was just good luck, right, Karen?

Posted by: Karnak, holding an envelope to his head at April 23, 2025 03:25 PM (YqDXo)

232 rickb223:

I used the actual spot price from an app I have for junk silver. My point stands. Minimum wage in 1962 would be $30 today (or more)!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 03:26 PM (g/Chl)

233 Congratulations! "Ancient Evil Reptiloid Dick Durbin, Get This, Won't Seek Reelection in 2026, Ending a Thirty-Plus Year Reign of Graft and Demoralization" was linked on https://thelibertydaily.com/!!

Posted by: MJR at April 23, 2025 03:26 PM (jzUH3)

234 I don't agree. Both Friends and Big Bang were good sitcoms for their first few seasons. I enjoyed them.

I never watched Friends. Big Bang, what little I saw, I agreed with people who called it a "nerd minstrel show". Very few actual engineering types actually tolerated it; it was more for people like Wil Wheaton who fancied themselves smart but were actually Democrats.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 23, 2025 03:27 PM (2ocoG)

235 The British have a bold new plan to... make clouds shinier so they reflect more of the sun, to combat global warming.

What could go wrong?
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Ssshhhhh.

Posted by: Penguin Liberation Front at April 23, 2025 03:27 PM (DgGvY)

236 The British have a bold new plan to... make clouds shinier so they reflect more of the sun, to combat global warming.

Bill Gates had approval from the Biden administration to launch a giant sunshade into orbit for the same reason. But nobody who would agree to launch it (NASA/Boeing, Jeff Bezos) could. Only SpaceX had the capability and Elon wanted no part of that.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 23, 2025 03:25 PM (2ocoG)
________________

Two incredibly stupid ideas. Right after they do these things they'll find out that there was a critical flaw in the models, and they've screwed up the atmosphere to no purpose.

Posted by: Karnak, holding an envelope to his head at April 23, 2025 03:27 PM (YqDXo)

237 One interview with the most prevalent of the escort owners (aka a Pimp) he answered the question of what is most requested from his clientele. The answer? (drum roll)....that would be "anal".
Posted by: Orson
========
I would think attendee's biggest preference would be children.

Posted by: whig at April 23, 2025 03:27 PM (ctrM5)

238 The British have a bold new plan to... make clouds shinier so they reflect more of the sun, to combat global warming.
_________________

Yeah, because Britain has a problem with too much sunshine. Too many dentists, also.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 03:28 PM (YqDXo)

239 I used the actual spot price from an app I have for junk silver. My point stands. Minimum wage in 1962 would be $30 today (or more)!
___

Minimum wage is always $0.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2025 03:29 PM (Dv3i1)

240 Two incredibly stupid ideas. Right after they do these things they'll find out that there was a critical flaw in the models, and they've screwed up the atmosphere to no purpose.
Posted by: Karnak, holding an envelope to his head at April 23, 2025 03:27 PM

Didn't Highlander II and the Matrix already eff up that plot line?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2025 03:30 PM (LCT5p)

241 One interview with the most prevalent of the escort owners (aka a Pimp) he answered the question of what is most requested from his clientele. The answer? (drum roll)....that would be "anal".

Posted by: Orson at April 23, 2025 03:24 PM (dIske)
_________________

Something I never have understood.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 03:35 PM (YqDXo)

242 It's a format from a previous epoch in human history. Time to shut it down.
Posted by: zombie at April 23, 2025 02:37 PM (pMi6S)

They blew up truck gas tanks with model rocket engines.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 23, 2025 02:40 PM (gbOdA)
==
Wrong network - Dateline on NBC. GM found the truck in an Indianapolis area junkyard and found the explosion marks.

Posted by: Black JEM at April 23, 2025 03:37 PM (GZYu7)

243 One interview with the most prevalent of the escort owners (aka a Pimp) he answered the question of what is most requested from his clientele. The answer? (drum roll)....that would be "anal".

Posted by: Orson at April 23, 2025 03:24 PM (dIske)
_________________

Something I never have understood.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 23, 2025 03:35 PM (YqDXo)

The usual explanation is that it means you're secretly gay (as opposed to a dismal faggot).

Posted by: Ian S. at April 23, 2025 03:38 PM (2ocoG)

244 I think all you have to do is let certain aerosols back in the exhaust plume at the factories. That will make the clouds shinier and cool the Earth. This was something Sean Twomey, may he Rest In Peace, from the Atmospheric Science Dept. at the University of Arizona worked out in the 1980s. After he retired, he used to go from conference to conference arguing against the Global Warming Hypothesis. They didn’t listen. Instead they used his aerosol work explain away the lack of predicted warming. “It’s the aerosols!” they said. By now we’ve cleaned the aerosols out of the emissions, but we still don’t have the predicted warming. We never will. The hypothesis failed decades ago. But we can’t give up all this government graft, er, grants! So now climate change! As if the climate was ever unchanging. If anything the climate is getting better: ask archeologists about the various climatic optima that occurred when the climate was warmer than today.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2025 03:44 PM (g/Chl)

245 60 Minutes is just like the rest of the CBS Fake News like Sunday Morning and Eye of America Totally leftists propaganda

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at April 23, 2025 04:36 PM (wGqjj)

246 Jake tappers affect of "indifference"isn't that. He's a mental deficient. It's a common thing that people who are intellectually disabled show. He's slack jawed, and without affect, and eyes always away from the target of the response. All while at the same time have a slack jawed, palsy like inability to emote.

Jake is an intellectual defect, who has only succeeded in the only way that people like that do. Parroting the things that they were told were good, in an overconfident and emotionless mannor.

1/3 of democrats.

Posted by: Wickedpinto at April 24, 2025 04:38 AM (XKj0h)

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