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The Saturday Morning Coffee Break & Prayer Revival
Good morning boys and girls and everything in between. Before we enter the Prayer Revival just a few housekeeping matters to go over. (Rulz for those of you in Denton.) 1) This is an open thread. Feel free to lurk, opine and/or bloviate. Don't forget to say a prayer or three.
2) Be kind, be nice. Vote early and vote often.
3) Running with sharp objects is really not a good idea.
4) Have a great weekend!!!
AoSHQ Weekly Prayer List Please submit any prayer requests to me, “Annie’s Stew” at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks unless we receive an update. Prayer Requests: 9/18 – Random Dave posted an update to his job progress. He is still looking for FT work, but has accepted a substitute teacher position (more flexibility for interviews, some income to slow the bleeding). He asks for prayers that the interview results he is waiting on will get back to him soon, especially if one is the “right job”. If any are “not the right job”, they would fall away soon and get back to him, and that if all of them are “not the right job”, the ‘right job” would show itself aggressively, so he doesn’t miss it! He also thanks the Horde and the folks at church for their prayers and support.
8/14 Update – Random Dave needs continued prayers for his job situation, that God would guide him to the right one soon, and also for prayers for M’s grandmother, who fell the other day and tore a ligament.
10/22 Update – M’s grandmother is healing well. She is mostly mobile now (on crutches), and occasionally has bouts of bad pain. They praise God for the healing and humbly request additional healing. Random Dave reports no real change on his job situation. He continues to pray for God to make the path known as he applies, and periodically deal with “good” interviews that end up going nowhere. 9/18 – Brother Tim posted that he has been overnight in his car more than indoors. He is convinced that his retirement/resignation was a severe error, a result of fatigue and depression. He asks for prayers.
10/17 – Bother Tim posted that he has been in the hospital for 3 weeks. 10/10 – Just Some Guy asked for prayers for his former work colleague, who had a heart attack and stroke. 10/10 – Mile, okravangelist, requested prayers for Mama Publius, for grace and fortitude, and that she passes in her sleep. Mama Publius is in home hospice care.
10/24 Update – Mama Publius passed away this past week. 10/14 – NR Pax requested prayers for a friend, whose husband died on 10/10 after a long illness. 10/17 – Pooky’s Girl posted that she is in the hospital, because Wee Pooky is threatening to come early at 30 weeks.
10/24 Update – Pooky’s Girl’s contractions have been stopped. She is at 31 weeks along, so every week that Wee Pooky stays put is less time in the NICU. For submission guidelines and other relevant info, please contact Annie's Stew, who is managing the prayer list. You can contact her at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. If you see a prayer request posted in a thread comment, feel free to copy and paste it and e-mail it to Annie's Stew. She tries to keep up with the requests in the threads, but she's not here all of the time, so she may not see it unless you e-mail it to her. Please note: Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks or so unless we receive an update. 2 Corinthians 4:8-9
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair, persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 31, 2026 06:55 AM (3ZBdr)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 31, 2026 06:59 AM (3ZBdr)
MisHum, I don't think there are thanks enough for you for everything you've done over the years. I hope that "stepping away" doesn't include not commenting.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 31, 2026 07:06 AM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at October 31, 2026 07:06 AM (1w4xE)
g'mornin' again, 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 31, 2026 07:06 AM (AMvSw)
Proving Polish judges are as bad as our judges.
Something needs to be done about the judiciary.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 31, 2026 07:10 AM (XV/Pl)
Who made the Hollywood extravaganzas with Esther Williams and a supporting cast of women gamboling about in a swimming pool in choreographed routines that were amazing?
Why didn't they branch out and make similar films, but the lead and her supporters were swimming in a pool of coffee?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 31, 2026 07:11 AM (WI4aa)
{grammie}{TiFW}{Some Rat}
mh I have missed your voice at AoS and wish you all the best. May the road rise to meet your feet and the wind remain at your back.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 31, 2026 07:12 AM (RIvkX)
Who made the Hollywood extravaganzas with Esther Williams and a supporting cast of women gamboling about in a swimming pool in choreographed routines that were amazing?
Busby Berkeley comes to mind.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 31, 2026 07:13 AM (eRlcH)
Seriously...
Posted by: one hour sober at October 31, 2026 07:14 AM (J4Dwc)
Thank you, Mis Hum. I have always enjoyed your work. Best wishes and prayers for you and yours going forward.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 31, 2026 07:14 AM (WI4aa)
Seriously...
Posted by: one hour sober at October 31, 2026 07:14 AM (J4Dwc)
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They must mean that other Michigan
Posted by: Elissa Slut-kin at October 31, 2026 07:17 AM (SxOcO)
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Something needs to be done about the judiciary.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
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I've been yammering on about that for a while. I have a feeling it's not going to happen unless "unconventional" means are used.
Likely involving the use of lead, at high velocities.
But it most certainly will not be resolved through political means such as "voting." Because the judiciary here is squarely on the left's side.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 31, 2026 07:17 AM (RORbl)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 31, 2026 07:18 AM (2GVsD)
Seriously...
Posted by: one hour sober
That's unadulterated crap. Nice fact checkers you've got on board, DM.
Perhaps you meant Texas. But so what? This isn't an equity quest where both sides get a turn because "fair".
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 31, 2026 07:18 AM (WI4aa)
Posted by: Melissa Slotcunt at October 31, 2026 07:23 AM (0OORa)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 31, 2026 07:24 AM (VyBeY)
Thank You
Posted by: Ben Had at October 31, 2026 07:27 AM (8Uo7a)
Making apple pancakes and bacon
Posted by: Skip at October 31, 2026 07:27 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Dark Lix at October 31, 2026 07:33 AM (Fv808)
All the best to you and yours.
Lola
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 31, 2026 07:33 AM (NFX2v)
Similar one:
A man fell into an upholstery machine. But don't worry, he's totally recovered.
Posted by: Dan Patterson at October 31, 2026 07:33 AM (9f4mI)
Posted by: olddog in mo at October 31, 2026 07:34 AM (Hbeqj)
Posted by: olddog in mo at October 31, 2026 07:34 AM (Hbeqj)
Proving Polish judges are as bad as our judges.
Something needs to be done about the judiciary.
There you have it.
The correction is not more cartoon togetherness or compromise or prayerful turning of the opposition’s hearts.
There are two sides in that conflict, as there are in most any. The two sides can never live peacefully without agreement on national direction, just as America cannot remain peaceful under multiple ideologies.
Look carefully at domestic separation and see the philosophical cleaving patterned after ancient emotional (female) human failings of spite, envy, jealousy, and rage among others. Is California any different? Is New York?
The US is so far distanced from our origins of freedom and liberty, and independent thinking, that we are propped up on toothpicks.
Posted by: Dan Patterson at October 31, 2026 07:40 AM (9f4mI)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at October 31, 2026 07:44 AM (kOluj)
We are all going to miss you.
Good luck to you and prayers for the next chapter in your life's journey.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 31, 2026 07:44 AM (FZ29D)
Prayers for the Horde and their loved ones in need
1 Polish coup
2 al-Sayed telling the Dem unity people to pound rocks
3 Alaska election fraud
Let's pray that they end up in a correct way for the Free World
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 31, 2026 07:44 AM (f8snw)
MisHum, thanks for running the Prayer thread, you will be missed!
Posted by: RandomDave at October 31, 2026 07:45 AM (aJQbY)
peltola's campaign has denied involvement in the fake candidate and isn't saying a word about anything. Tuesday is the election and we still don't know what the state is going to do about this mess.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 31, 2026 07:46 AM (I43vL)
*dons Zoot Suit and Python boots*
Posted by: fd at October 31, 2026 07:46 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 31, 2026 07:48 AM (FnERZ)
So glad to have been able to meet you in person at the MoMe.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 31, 2026 07:49 AM (gA/vX)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 31, 2026 07:49 AM (xz+xK)
Gee, Decoy Dan, one may surmise from you having skipped out that nothing about your "campaign" is on the up and up.
Follow the money, folks. Where has it flowed and where has it pooled?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 31, 2026 07:50 AM (WI4aa)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 31, 2026 07:50 AM (f8snw)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 31, 2026 07:48 AM (FnERZ)
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Grammar Nazi?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 31, 2026 07:50 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 31, 2026 07:50 AM (2GVsD)
I despise bullies. I loathe cheaters.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 31, 2026 07:51 AM (WI4aa)
" 'blue tsunami' risks turning into a measly ripple"
Posted by: fd at October 31, 2026 07:51 AM (MWfyi)
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Brother Tim, I pray that you will find permanent living accommodations very soon. If I ever win the lottery, I'm buying you a home so you no longer have to struggle with such a basic necessity. I feel for your situation.
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 31, 2026 07:51 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Paul at October 31, 2026 07:51 AM (qAxSt)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 31, 2026 07:52 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 31, 2026 07:52 AM (WI4aa)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 31, 2026 07:52 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 31, 2026 07:52 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 31, 2026 07:53 AM (FnERZ)
Posted by: Dan Patterson at October 31, 2026 07:40 AM"
But we LIKE cartoon togetherness.
Posted by: Feminized Western societies at October 31, 2026 07:53 AM (gA/vX)
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Unless you take into consideration that you can finish trimming the hedges in half the usual time.
Posted by: muldoon at October 31, 2026 07:54 AM (qgHp7)
Of course they would. There is never a penalty for a Democrat to lie.
Hypothetically if they tell the truth: People see what demonic plans they have ready to foist on the world, get outraged and then sit home and do nothing.
Posted by: Community Notes at October 31, 2026 07:54 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 31, 2026 07:55 AM (2GVsD)
Ongoing prayers for all of the Horde with special prayers for those with particular need.
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 31, 2026 07:59 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Muad'dib at October 31, 2026 07:59 AM (ydbXs)
Posted by: Bud Collyer at October 31, 2026 07:59 AM (gA/vX)
Modern day Nostradamus?
If modern gamblers are so good at predictions, why do Casinos seem to be able to print money?
Why gamble a few hundred bucks on Kashi when one can place highly leveraged trades in the commodities market and reap 10x investment?
The mob is never wrong, is that the take-away here?
Posted by: Community Notes at October 31, 2026 08:00 AM (a4flb)
Daisy Ridley is going to be the lead actor for a reboot of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 31, 2026 08:01 AM (2GVsD)
So I guess I'll be the one to ask.... will this become a Dildo prayer thread?
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at October 31, 2026 08:02 AM (kOluj)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 31, 2026 08:03 AM (xz+xK)
The highly corrupt Alaskan "judges" who are in on the scam to defraud the voters should also feel compelled to high-tail it to a non extradition country.
But we honor our black-robed traitors and tyrants.
Posted by: Community Notes at October 31, 2026 08:03 AM (a4flb)
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We won't be going to see it as fast as we can.
Posted by: Most people at October 31, 2026 08:04 AM (gA/vX)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 31, 2026 08:04 AM (2GVsD)
That should be an evergreen prayer. No season for when it shouldn't be prominent in our time dedicated to God.
Posted by: Community Notes at October 31, 2026 08:05 AM (a4flb)
The betting odds are seeded heavily towards the Dems to win both the House and Senate
see, here's the problem
we've complained for years about the polls being skewed / manipulated to favor the left / suppress the right (demographic sampling / misleading questions / etc.)
it would be far easier for a campaign to manipulate the "predictions markets": throw some monies on your candidate to win, then say "look at the betting! the people are speaking with their wallets!"
I would think that, for a small fraction of a campaign's media budget, they could make a significant swing in the prediction markets
and these days, people are looking more towards the prediction markets, and dismissing the polls
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 31, 2026 08:05 AM (AMvSw)
Seen that here, Israel, South America, Europe
Posted by: Skip at October 31, 2026 08:06 AM (Ia/+0)
They have learned nothing!
Daisy Ridley is going to be the lead actor for a reboot of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.
Posted by: Anna Puma
She has all the acting chops and screen appeal of a Flat Stanley cutout doll.
Tell me she is going to command a sub whose body is composed of carbon fiber composite. Lie if you must.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 31, 2026 08:07 AM (ixS3i)
Posted by: NR Pax at October 31, 2026 08:07 AM (/k3in)
But again, as we see, time and time again, judges in Alaska, citing no law or misinterpretation of law, decided that fake Dan Sullivan could be on the ballot.
Something's got to be done about these judges.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 31, 2026 08:07 AM (XV/Pl)
As I don't currently have a gun, I will for the time being leave the shooting to others.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 31, 2026 08:03 AM
something something...sell your cloak...something something
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 31, 2026 08:08 AM (AMvSw)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 31, 2026 06:59 AM (3ZBdr)
Out house is a very, very, very fine house (fine house)
With two turds in the pit
It really smells like shit
Now it's twice as stinky thanks to you
Posted by: CSN&Y at October 31, 2026 08:08 AM (qlLNh)
The viewing was on Sunday and the funeral mass was Monday. We watched our friend's dogs until Friday. She's holding it together as best she can.
Posted by: NR Pax at October 31, 2026 08:08 AM (/k3in)
Posted by: I gotta ask at October 31, 2026 08:08 AM (gA/vX)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 31, 2026 08:09 AM (VyBeY)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 31, 2026 08:09 AM (8Uo7a)
Daisy plays Lee whose twin sister, now deceased, has discovered a strange sub trapped in Arctic ice. The sub awakens when Daisy comes aboard. And there is some lost continent tied into this mess.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 31, 2026 08:09 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Mrs. Olson at October 31, 2026 08:09 AM (vFcoN)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 31, 2026 08:10 AM (qlLNh)
A heartfelt thank you for doing this thread, all of your work on the blog, and being a presence here. You will be missed. But I'm a better person for reading your content.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 31, 2026 08:10 AM (7v6oI)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at October 31, 2026 08:11 AM (SRRAx)
Posted by: I might be interested at October 31, 2026 08:11 AM (gA/vX)
I would think that, for a small fraction of a campaign's media budget, they could make a significant swing in the prediction markets
This idea has been bandied about on several podcasts of late. It is devious, it is inexpensive, and it is right up the alley of campaigns of candidates who are long on money and short on scruples. Dims, for sure (looking at you, Alaska).
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 31, 2026 08:11 AM (ixS3i)
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I'm sorry to hear this, Mr. Hum, but I totally understand the feeling. I've had thoughts along that line myself though the reasons may be different. Your equanimity and humor will be missed.
But I intend to stick around after you leave just to see if I can trim my toenails while running with a sharp nail clipper.
Posted by: muldoon at October 31, 2026 08:12 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 31, 2026 08:09 AM (2GVsD)
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Sounds like they are using the title Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea as a skinsuit for a woke Hollywood director's *real* movie. Typical.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 31, 2026 08:12 AM (FZ29D)
The Prediction Markets, as you said, have more unearned credibility because stupid people think that there is skin in the game, whereas pollsters can flat out lie since none of their claims can be verified. We just have to trust that they took a poll, that the poll was honest, that a high integrity sample was taken, that the results were honestly tabulated, interpreted and reported. Lots of links in that chain that can/will be corrupted in a Low Trust Society.
Prediction Markets self filter to amplify the opinions of compulsive gamblers, easy money enthusiasts, youngster with little life experience, and sponsored market manipulators who see a low cost ROI propaganda engine.
These are the top people to trust!
Posted by: Community Notes at October 31, 2026 08:13 AM (a4flb)
But wait, it gets worse!
Daisy plays Lee whose twin sister, now deceased, has discovered a strange sub trapped in Arctic ice. The sub awakens when Daisy comes aboard. And there is some lost continent tied into this mess.
Posted by: Anna Puma
How do they make it gay? They have to make it gay to have a marketing hook!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 31, 2026 08:13 AM (ixS3i)
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We won't be going to see it as fast as we can.
Posted by: Most people
RICHARD BASEHART!
Even the Walter Pigeon movie version was cheesy, but it did introduce Barbara Eden to the world, which was nice.
Posted by: Auspex at October 31, 2026 08:14 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: fd at October 31, 2026 08:14 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at October 31, 2026 08:14 AM (FmxBl)
Posted by: NR Pax at October 31, 2026 08:15 AM (/k3in)
Posted by: dantesed at October 31, 2026 08:15 AM (Oy/m2)
Go ahead and spend it all on RAM and video adapters. We are all doomed anyway.
Posted by: fd at October 31, 2026 08:15 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 31, 2026 08:07 AM (ixS3i)
She was no doubt hired when the first choice (a block of wood) was unavailable.
Not even if Ridley gets naked will I go see that.
At most, I'll fast-forward through it on streaming to get to the good parts.
On second thought, an image search indicates that she's hitting The Wall early and hard.
So nah.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 31, 2026 08:15 AM (qlLNh)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 31, 2026 08:16 AM (VyBeY)
Prediction Markets self filter to amplify the opinions of compulsive gamblers, easy money enthusiasts, youngster with little life experience, and sponsored market manipulators who see a low cost ROI propaganda engine.
These are the top people to trust!
Posted by: Community Notes
Our elections are akin to playing "scratch and win" lotto tickets by "influencers", you say? Get outta town!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 31, 2026 08:16 AM (ixS3i)
Proving Polish judges are as bad as our judges.
Something needs to be done about the judiciary.
It's been a Soros family plan for several decades to take over countries via the court system. We've seen it here, in Israel, in Europe, and in Brazil, and there are probably other places its happening that just haven't made the news.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 31, 2026 08:16 AM (QZThv)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 31, 2026 08:16 AM (qlLNh)
Or hang around men who are comfortable being the well armed sheep dog.
God gave us all roles in life.
Posted by: Community Notes at October 31, 2026 08:16 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 31, 2026 08:17 AM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher
That prospect will keep me awake at night, but I guess that's still better than a Saturday "Art" Thread.
Posted by: No Ottoman Fan at October 31, 2026 08:17 AM (vFcoN)
Posted by: Caffiend at October 31, 2026 08:18 AM (vFcoN)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 31, 2026 08:13 AM (ixS3i)
The twin sister was a tranny, so the the Ridley character has to dress up as a tranny to carry out the investigation.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 31, 2026 08:18 AM (qlLNh)
As commented below, the whole Polish kerfluffle was kicked off by a magistrate judge deciding the president and vice president were no longer vice presidential president.
Oh, I can just see some traffic court judge here saying Trump was illegitimately elected.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 31, 2026 08:18 AM (eRlcH)
She was no doubt hired when the first choice (a block of wood) was unavailable.
Blocks of wood are useful. On the other hand, she...
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 31, 2026 08:18 AM (ixS3i)
Daisy Ridley is going to be the lead actor for a reboot of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 31, 2026 08:01 AM
I didn't know who that was, so I looked her up
Daisy Ridley is actually female. The word you were looking for is actress.
thank you for your attention to this matter
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 31, 2026 08:18 AM (AMvSw)
This being Hollywood, I'll place a bet on "What are you doing, twin sister?" happening.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 31, 2026 08:18 AM (QZThv)
Spotify, Apple or wherever Podcasts are
Posted by: Skip at October 31, 2026 08:19 AM (Ia/+0)
LOL, is this becoming A Thing?
I saw some bs clickbait a few days ago "AI experts so sure of cancer cure in x years, they've started smoking"
pretty sure it wasn't the Babylon Bee ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 31, 2026 08:19 AM (VyBeY)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 31, 2026 07:52 AM
I had not seen that. That seems to be the only way out of this mess the democrats made but that will generate tons of lawsuits from them.
I have read about multiple federal subpoenas for everyone involved including the missing decoy dan but my point remains, the election is Tuesday, it's way too late to do anything other than tossing out this election and having another one.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 31, 2026 08:20 AM (I43vL)
I saw some bs clickbait a few days ago "AI experts so sure of cancer cure in x years, they've started smoking"
Anthropic and OpenAI both have more debt than they can cover, so they're trying to goad DC into making their competitors illegal, in the same way that Elizabeth Warren and Barney Frank made starting a new bank all but illegal after 2008.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 31, 2026 08:20 AM (QZThv)
Execute a Spartacus remake, but with Dan Sullivan as the protagonist?
The "I am Dan Sullivan" scene will be lit!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 31, 2026 08:21 AM (ixS3i)
"AI expert who used to work at Google says he's so convinced the technology will destroy the world in the next 10 years that he has stopped saving for retirement"
I'll stop paying taxes right about... now.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 31, 2026 08:22 AM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Caffiend at October 31, 2026 08:18 AM (vFcoN)
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Everytime I see this I remember old Cuban men sitting in front of a bodega on Bergenline Ave sipping coffee.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 31, 2026 08:22 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 31, 2026 08:23 AM (eRlcH)
Posted by: 95 Theses, Nail Included at October 31, 2026 08:24 AM (vFcoN)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
Robert Dowdell, who played "Chip Morton" on the T.V. series was tagged with that title decades ago.
Did very small series work till he hung it up and moved to Coldwater Mi., 'cause the career didn't pay enough to live anywhere else.
Posted by: Auspex at October 31, 2026 08:26 AM (Y8DZL)
Since the very beginning, it was assumed that judges would rule corruptly, thus the appeals courts and in certain countries, the priests would get involved in difficult cases.
In Deuteronomy, its built right in: "You shall appoint judges and officers... and they shall judge the people with righteous judgement"
So when the fear of the LORD is absent you get:
"Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. Everyone loves a bribe and runs after gifts" - Isaiah 1:23
In fact, Isaiah 1:21-24 reads like the US since its founding is a recapitulation of Zion- a common understanding among the Founders as the New World was a recapitulation of Hebrews leaving Egypt.
Will there be a temporal recapitulation of vv 25-31?
Posted by: Community Notes at October 31, 2026 08:28 AM (a4flb)
Rethuglicans trying to make a federal case out of some lighthearted fun and games in Alaska.
HAVE YOU NO SHAME?
Posted by: Auspex at October 31, 2026 08:29 AM (Y8DZL)
Time Change Eve and Halloween?
That's an extra hour to bulldoze all the Halloween crap out of the store and get the Christmas crap set up in its place!
* takes a deep breath and pats chest *
Holiday commerce -- there's nothing like it!
Black Friday has become unmoored from being the day after Thanksgiving in online commerce space -- did you know that? Every day is now Black Friday!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 31, 2026 08:29 AM (ixS3i)
Please God,,, no!!
Posted by: TeeJ at October 31, 2026 08:30 AM (ix5nG)
Posted by: Community Notes at October 31, 2026 08:31 AM (a4flb)
Dear Polland,
Stop ruining my vacation plans with your stupid coup!
Eastern Europe is now supposed to be the rational and stable part of Europe.
Austria and Hungary consider this your warning too.
That is all!
Posted by: naturalfake at October 31, 2026 08:31 AM (YSUhf)
Posted by: Ed Sullivan at October 31, 2026 08:32 AM (vFcoN)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 31, 2026 08:32 AM (RORbl)
Posted by: Annies Stew at October 31, 2026 08:33 AM (3UA1N)
That's two of the "Fightin' Dan Sullivans". Where the other three at?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 31, 2026 08:34 AM (ixS3i)
Due to the expected demand and crowds on Election Day, Republicans are to vote on Tuesday and Democrats are to vote on Wednesday.
Which is unfair and biased against the Republicans and TRUMP!!1! because the DNC will know how many votes to overcome!
Posted by: Community Notes at October 31, 2026 08:34 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: dantesed at October 31, 2026 08:35 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: fd at October 31, 2026 08:35 AM (MWfyi)
Chicken Coop:
Nasty, dirty sinkhole that attracts rats.
Chicken Coup:
Chickens cross road to burn down KFC, Chik-Fil-A, and Popeyes.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 31, 2026 08:35 AM (YSUhf)
In Deuteronomy, its built right in: "You shall appoint judges and officers... and they shall judge the people with righteous judgement"
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Proverbs 18:5-6
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at October 31, 2026 08:35 AM (kOluj)
Posted by: Annies Stew at October 31, 2026 08:33 AM (3UA1N)
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Fabulous news! b"h for good health
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 31, 2026 08:35 AM (RIvkX)
I thought we were not doing the time change anymore. What happened?
Posted by: dantesed
The bill, which was a complete piece of crap and waste of time, left the choice whether the drop Daylight Savings Time up to each state, IIRC.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 31, 2026 08:36 AM (ixS3i)
Posted by: fd at October 31, 2026 08:37 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: naturalfake at October 31, 2026 08:37 AM (YSUhf)
Posted by: I gotta ask at October 31, 2026 08:38 AM (gA/vX)
The average IQ in the US is 100 (ignore the obvious reverse Flynn Effect)
Posted by: Community Notes at October 31, 2026 08:38 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: one hour sober at October 31, 2026 08:38 AM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 31, 2026 08:38 AM (JrHfD)
Posted by: dantesed at October 31, 2026 08:35 AM (Oy/m2)
A traffic court judge ruled that the President did not have the Constitutional authority to mandate a time change that might impact his traffic court schedule!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at October 31, 2026 08:39 AM (hOUT3)
The average IQ in the US is 100 (ignore the obvious reverse Flynn Effect)
Posted by: Community Notes
And all the IQ 50 folks are MAGAts and Trump supporters and all the IQ 150 folks are us!
-- Dims, Karens, and our "betters"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 31, 2026 08:40 AM (ixS3i)
Democrats were far more enthusiastic about taking the poll than Republicans were. Registered Democrats were more than twice as likely as registered Republicans to complete the survey after answering an interviewer’s call — 32 percent versus 12 percent — with a similar partisan gap when texting voters to complete the survey online.
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 31, 2026 08:40 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 31, 2026 08:40 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: fd
Get some Lucky Charms and see if you could trap it. You'll be rich!
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 31, 2026 08:41 AM (8B4gm)
Posted by: one hour sober
Vatican head of state casts ballot in foreign election.
Like Chicago needs another fake vote.
Posted by: Auspex at October 31, 2026 08:41 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: dantesed
House passed a bill, Senate went home, as usual.
Posted by: Lazy Spineless Grifters at October 31, 2026 08:41 AM (vFcoN)
Posted by: Community Notes at October 31, 2026 08:38 AM (a4flb)
I think it is more easily understood when you say that the statistical data shows that roughly half the entire population is below average!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at October 31, 2026 08:42 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Skip at October 31, 2026 08:43 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 31, 2026 08:43 AM (RIvkX)
Arizona and Hawaii have "opted out" of the semi-annual stupidity for almost 60 years.
I vote that the US adopts UTC as the standard and never deviate from it. So lunch in Chicago can be 1800 (AM/PM doesn't make sense under a UTC standard) year round.
And if it is too dark for children to be dropped off at the government school and the school refuses to change start/end times with the season, well, tough. Stupidity should be painful.
Posted by: Community Notes at October 31, 2026 08:44 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 31, 2026 08:32 AM (RORbl)
Remember it is ranked choice.
So do you write "1" on the Real and "2" on the fake to make sure the Real gets elected?
And then (D) get to write "1" on Petola and "2" on the fake giving them TWO votes against the Real Dan.
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 31, 2026 08:44 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 31, 2026 08:44 AM (JrHfD)
It's like a lame trick question on a test in 5th grade.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 31, 2026 08:44 AM (RORbl)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 31, 2026 08:44 AM (RIvkX)
Shenanigans Begin Again - a limerick
I just read the latest news bulletin
This election the Dems will take a Mulligan
When there guy doesn't win
They'll make us all vote again
But they're going to need a bunch of Dan Sullivans
Posted by: muldoon at October 31, 2026 08:44 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: TV Addict at October 31, 2026 08:45 AM (vFcoN)
Gee, I wonder which party's candidates got Pope Bob's vote in Illinois.
Posted by: one hour sober
I don't mine the Pope casting an absentee ballot in Illinois. I do object to the entire College of Cardinals casting absentee ballots in Illinois.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 31, 2026 08:45 AM (eRlcH)
I think it is more easily understood when you say that the statistical data shows that roughly half the entire population is below average!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar
That thumping sound you just heard was Garrison Keillor stamping his little footsies in his tar paper shack on the Island of Discarded NPR Hosts
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 31, 2026 08:45 AM (ixS3i)
MisHum, thank you for all you've done for the HQ and the Horde. You are a gentlemanly curmudgeon and only unleashed Tagaq/Ono when we deserved it.
I hope your OnlyFans venture is rewarding and lucrative.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 31, 2026 08:46 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Skip
Except for the yellow submarine.
Posted by: Fab Four at October 31, 2026 08:46 AM (gA/vX)
Posted by: Community Notes at October 31, 2026 08:44 AM (a4flb)
You need to read the DEI manual more closely!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at October 31, 2026 08:46 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 31, 2026 08:46 AM (ixS3i)
Posted by: Skip at October 31, 2026 08:43 AM (Ia/+0)
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In the TV show, the aliens were thought to be water-breathers. Their craft traversed space, atmosphere, and oceanosphere.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 31, 2026 08:47 AM (RIvkX)
A retired Navy admiral says UFOs could be hiding in our oceans...
*pats young child's head*
And that Little Billy is why America kept losing wars.
Now, let me tell you all about Barack Obama, the President who wanted to burn down America and his pet monkey, Joe Biden...
Posted by: naturalfake at October 31, 2026 08:47 AM (YSUhf)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at October 31, 2026 08:42 AM (hOUT3)
On modern IQ tests like the Wechsler scales, one standard deviation equals 15 points.
Between 1 and 2 SDs begin mild retardation.
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 31, 2026 08:48 AM (/+uur)
The Pope is a citizen, and given how enthusiastically the Democrat Party supports abortion until birth and transgenderism I would think that the Pipe might actually vote for Republicans.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 31, 2026 08:44 AM (JrHfD)
Given that both are, according to Catholic doctrine, objectively evil acts and given that both are dogma for the entire Democratic party, how could he do otherwise?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 31, 2026 08:48 AM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 31, 2026 08:48 AM (ixS3i)
Average† ≠ Median‡
† add all the values and divide by the number
‡ arrange the numbers in order and find the middle value
Posted by: Community Notes at October 31, 2026 08:49 AM (a4flb)
I was just responding to a poster who suggested Pope Leo would vote for Democrats since he's originally from Chicago.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 31, 2026 08:50 AM (JrHfD)
Requiem on an AoSH Humanitarian - a limerick
Your resignation is final I presume
And your exit leaves a sonic Ka-boom
Your nick's an oxymoron
So from all us gray-boxy Morons
We're sure gonna miss you, Mis Hum!
Posted by: muldoon at October 31, 2026 08:51 AM (qgHp7)
† add all the values and divide by the number
‡ arrange the numbers in order and find the middle value
Posted by: Community Notes at October 31, 2026 08:49 AM
Now that's just mean.
Posted by: Oops at October 31, 2026 08:51 AM (gA/vX)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 31, 2026 07:52 AM (2GVsD)
Everything is corrupt about this ballot, including the fourth candidate, Heinkes, a Republican, who was also drafted by the DSCC’s operative to run. The Peltola campaign forced the actual fourth candidate from the primary, a D, to drop out, so their other R spoiler could also muddy the water. Total corruption and a full-blown conspiracy.
Posted by: EveR at October 31, 2026 08:51 AM (rJD2P)
Posted by: Socket To Me! at October 31, 2026 08:52 AM (vFcoN)
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 31, 2026 08:52 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Socket To Me! at October 31, 2026 08:52 AM (vFcoN)
I high Somali IQ is 1 SD off 100.
ANd yet they are smarter at cheating than the average govt employee.
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 31, 2026 08:53 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 31, 2026 08:53 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Buck (Ofama) at October 31, 2026 08:54 AM (z6ONu)
Posted by: muldoon at October 31, 2026 08:55 AM (qgHp7)
Between 1 and 2 SDs begin mild retardation.
Statisticians model IQ as N(100,15²
that given, -1σ and lower represents 19% of the population.Posted by: Community Notes at October 31, 2026 08:55 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: JTB at October 31, 2026 08:55 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Dr_No at October 31, 2026 08:56 AM (ayRl+)
Posted by: naturalfake at October 31, 2026 08:57 AM (YSUhf)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 31, 2026 08:57 AM (Q/FnY)
Hasn't happened yet but sooner or later, it will.
And notice how a couple of verses in that chapter, 10 an 19, bear an incredible resemblance to Rev 6:12-17?
Or how Isaiah 13:9-13, Joel 2:31 and Matt 24:29 also speak to that same Revelation passage?
Posted by: TeeJ at October 31, 2026 08:58 AM (ix5nG)
The Papists seem absent from here today. Proverbs 3.7?
Posted by: Auspex at October 31, 2026 08:58 AM (Y8DZL)
Hail Mary, full of grace, blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
St. Marcellus the Centurion, martyr, pray for us.
***
I have prayed Rosaries for the Horde's intentions, both stated and unstated.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at October 31, 2026 08:58 AM (ksbjf)
https://tinyurl.com/ycyudz6s
Posted by: Skip at October 31, 2026 08:58 AM (Ia/+0)
Nasty, dirty sinkhole that attracts rats.
Chicken Coup:
Chickens cross road to burn down KFC, Chik-Fil-A, and Popeyes.
Posted by: naturalfake
________
Ha! Now do Chicken Coupe
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 31, 2026 08:59 AM (JzUSu)
It's Alaska. Between weed, vodka and inbreeding, it's a small miracle any elections take place at all.
Posted by: Nanookie of the North at October 31, 2026 09:00 AM (Ssbab)
I think that they are honoring the anniversary of the Protestant Reformation (October 31, 1517)
Posted by: Community Notes at October 31, 2026 09:04 AM (a4flb)
But if one or two percent make the mistake it can make the difference in a close election.
FL was a mess in 2000 because of confusing 'butterfly ballots" and "hanging chads." Compounded by having many elderly voters.
Posted by: Ignoramus at October 31, 2026 09:04 AM (dtajH)
The county Sherriff is up for reelection. He's a (D) Been Sherriff for as long as I've been here (15 years.) His opponent (R) is a newbie. He's made race something of an issue. The (D) is white, the (R) is black. Sitting Sherriff has sketchy history, but nothing definitive has been proven.
Vote or not?
I may not vote for either.... ideas?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 31, 2026 09:04 AM (RORbl)
The Pontiac Firebird Trans Am with the Screaming Chicken hood decal.
(think: Smokey and the Bandit)
Posted by: Community Notes at October 31, 2026 09:06 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 31, 2026 09:07 AM (/+uur)
Thanks from the bottom of my heart Mis Hum for all the work you have done on the blog from ONTs, Rants, Prayer threads.
Hope we hear from you occasionally in the future. Its always a sad never to run across old companions.
Posted by: Skip at October 31, 2026 09:08 AM (Ia/+0)
there guy = their guy
Posted by: muldoon at October 31, 2026 08:55 AM (qgHp7)
there
there wolf
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 31, 2026 09:09 AM (/+uur)
Tyndale- the latter the English translator of the Bible, killed by some Catholics in Europe for the reclamation of Europe. I also pray for the intercession of St Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross for Spain.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 31, 2026 09:10 AM (JrHfD)
It's another thing when he's solicited by conspirators who do the work of getting his name on the ballot.
You'd think the Alaska Supreme Court could see the difference.
Posted by: Ignoramus at October 31, 2026 09:10 AM (dtajH)
After 16,000 dead found after the 2024.
PS Dead voters arent much fun
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 31, 2026 09:11 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: A non-standard deviant at October 31, 2026 09:11 AM (gA/vX)
Posted by: fd at October 31, 2026 09:11 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Skip at October 31, 2026 09:12 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 31, 2026 09:12 AM (/+uur)
I think it is more easily understood when you say that the statistical data shows that roughly half the entire population is below average!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar
"You know, to just be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump's supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables. Right? The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic—you name it."
Deplorable, but I still would have loved to lead them into the promised land of Democracy Now!
Posted by: Hillary, older & bitterer at October 31, 2026 09:12 AM (NFX2v)
The Papists seem absent from here today. Proverbs 3.7?
Posted by: Auspex at October 31, 2026 08:58 AM (Y8DZL)
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I thought according to the AoSHQ Style Guide it was "Filthy Papists".
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 31, 2026 09:12 AM (eRlcH)
Thanks from the bottom of my heart Mis Hum for all the work you have done on the blog from ONTs, Rants, Prayer threads.
Hope we hear from you occasionally in the future. Its always a sad never to run across old companions.
Posted by: Skip at October 31, 2026 09:08 AM (Ia/+0)
Well said. I, too, had missed the farewell message.
The 24-hour news cycle is bad for your mental health. The media knows this, that's why they constantly bleat doom-and-gloom. I don't pay attention to it any more.
You have to trust in Jesus and pray.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at October 31, 2026 09:13 AM (ksbjf)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 31, 2026 08:43 AM (RIvkX)
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Thanks for the reminder! I looked this up once, but it seems my analog brain only remembers the stuff I read on paper, not what I look up on the phone/interwebz.
It's like joke telling- I only remember the ones I've repeated to someone else... never the ones I forward via email...
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at October 31, 2026 09:13 AM (kOluj)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at October 31, 2026 09:14 AM (kOluj)
Posted by: Ignoramus at October 31, 2026 09:10 AM (dtajH)
I think I see the problem, it's that the members of the Alaska Supreme Court are lawyers...
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at October 31, 2026 09:15 AM (hOUT3)
The Left is now reaching the stage of a Doomsday Cult. When the promised Big Event doesn't happen, a few will drop out and the rest will carry on with more fervor.
The current Big Event is the Blue Tsunami that will hit on Tuesday. R candidates will get washed away. Righteous candidates like Talarico, El-Sayed and Hochul will win by double digits, because the polls say so.
I call Shenanigans.
Turnout. Turnout. Turnout.
Vote early and often.
Posted by: Ignoramus at October 31, 2026 09:15 AM (dtajH)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 31, 2026 08:59 AM (JzUSu)
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Conservative rooster runs over the protester birds trying to burn down Chik-Fil-A in his two-door Thunderbird.
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at October 31, 2026 09:16 AM (kOluj)
Posted by: Marcus T at October 31, 2026 09:17 AM (gBwqC)
Biscuit Rigsby of Goochland died five years ago. Governor Spanberger just restored her voting rights anyway. There’s an official letter, the state seal, and the Governor’s signature.
Dead dog voter are not much fun
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 31, 2026 09:17 AM (/+uur)
But if one or two percent make the mistake it can make the difference in a close election.
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Plus, the conspiracy’s plot did not plan for the Court to require some “definition” between the two candidates, Fake Dan must have started to feel a bit nervous, leading to his removal of the R designation. The NYT probably contacted him for comments prior to publication, which caused him to run, imo. He has perjured himself for this farce, at a minimum.
Posted by: EveR at October 31, 2026 09:18 AM (rJD2P)
I'd vote for the Republican just because I've ceased voting for Democrats. I'm sorry if he has made the issue about race. On the other hand, he did wake up to reject the "ownership" the Democrats feel that they have on black voters.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 31, 2026 09:18 AM (JrHfD)
This is not my ancestor's Virginia!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at October 31, 2026 09:19 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 31, 2026 08:59 AM (JzUSu)
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Conservative rooster runs over the protester birds trying to burn down Chik-Fil-A in his two-door Thunderbird.
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher
+++
Stay in your lane, pal.
Posted by: Plymouth Road Runner, Ford Falcon, and Buick Skylark at October 31, 2026 09:19 AM (gA/vX)
MisHum, thank you for everything you've done to help make this crazy and fun place what it is!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 31, 2026 09:20 AM (ctC8W)
Enjoy the downtime; stop in now and then - don't be a stranger.
Bests.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 31, 2026 09:21 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 31, 2026 09:04 AM (RORbl)
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Vote for the black Republican, and PLEASE tell me his name is Bart.... lie if you must.
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at October 31, 2026 09:22 AM (kOluj)
Psalm 62:8
He is here for you today. He will be there for you after the election.
Trust in Him alone. He is the one constant across the span of time.
Blessed is the Lord our God.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 31, 2026 09:22 AM (gBwqC)
The Left is now reaching the stage of a Doomsday Cult. When the promised Big Event doesn't happen, a few will drop out and the rest will carry on with more fervor.
...
Posted by: Ignoramus at October 31, 2026 09:15 AM (dtajH)
Collectivism is an inversion of Christianity. Collectivists profess a concern for the poor, but Collectivism requires the commission of the sins of Pride, Envy, Wrath and Theft. Unconditional Love (i.e, agape') has no place in their worldview. Being materialists, they view humans as "things" to be used and discarded as necessary in the pursuit of Utopia. Instead, the path to Utopia turns to a path to Hell-on-Earth.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at October 31, 2026 09:25 AM (ksbjf)
But again, as we see, time and time again, judges in Alaska, citing no law or misinterpretation of law, decided that fake Dan Sullivan could be on the ballot.
Something's got to be done about these judges.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 31, 2026 08:07 AM (XV/Pl)
As I commented on the tech thread.....a certain movie comes to mind.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 31, 2026 09:25 AM (hmYU4)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher
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That would explain why my wife is spraying me with the garden hose.
Posted by: muldoon at October 31, 2026 09:26 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 31, 2026 09:27 AM (0sNs1)
My thinking is that at this point (post-primaries)
it's now all about numbers and leverage points.
In legislation, even the most putrid Republican is okay to vote for because, if the numbers game is won by Democrats, they will actively govern to harm you, your children, your grandchildren and the country.
Outside of legislation, a Democrat win gives them a position to foist insane Democrat damage to your community as we've seen with Soros' DAs and Police Chiefs.
So, I just vote R, assuming that we can clean up the filthy tards like Ol' Corny in the primaries.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 31, 2026 09:30 AM (YSUhf)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 31, 2026 09:30 AM (LOvBA)
Sometimes this is a tough blog to read because it’s a whole lot of ugly truth to handle at times. But knowing that I’m not alone in this fight is quite the comfort; it’s that same feeling when Kirk Douglas says I Am Spartacus. 🫡 to MisHum
Posted by: TxAnn at October 31, 2026 09:30 AM (itAg7)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 31, 2026 09:31 AM (LOvBA)
Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to heaven, especially those most in need of Thy mercy. Amen.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 31, 2026 09:31 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: muldoon at October 31, 2026 09:32 AM (qgHp7)
Just had to drill a couple pop rivets out of an S shaped connector from the straight down from the roof to just before it heads underground. Plug was just past the S into the downstream.
🙏
Posted by: TeeJ at October 31, 2026 09:34 AM (ix5nG)
Posted by: From about That Time at October 31, 2026 09:34 AM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Oddbob at October 31, 2026 09:34 AM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Joe Mama at October 31, 2026 09:35 AM (SJtb9)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 31, 2026 09:35 AM (08OqX)
Tyndale- the latter the English translator of the Bible, killed by some Catholics in Europe for the reclamation of Europe. I also pray for the intercession of St Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross for Spain.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 31, 2026 09:10 AM (JrHfD)
You're right, I am appalled. Put me in the "dubious" category concerning Luther and Tyndale. The less said of Martin Luther, the better. Tyndale was executed for blasphemy, not for translating the Bible into English.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at October 31, 2026 09:36 AM (ksbjf)
Muldoon's work is the standard displayed
His poetic fiction
Yields excessive friction
So with love (and a hose) he gets sprayed.
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at October 31, 2026 09:36 AM (kOluj)
Posted by: A non-standard deviant at October 31, 2026 09:11 AM
Never! We're working 24/7 to increase deviancy across the board. We're moving the Overton window, and having a pretty mephitic time doing it!
Posted by: Big Penguin at October 31, 2026 09:39 AM (0sNs1)
Tyndale- the latter the English translator of the Bible, killed by some Catholics in Europe for the reclamation of Europe. I also pray for the intercession of St Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross for Spain.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 31, 2026 09:10 AM (JrHfD)
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One of many English translators. Putting the Bible into the vernacular was the whole point of St. Jerome's Vulgate Bible. Surely you don't think his translation was what got him killed?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 31, 2026 09:40 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at October 31, 2026 09:40 AM (ksbjf)
Maybe if y'all adopted credo baptism wouldn't be so filthy
Posted by: Community Notes at October 31, 2026 09:40 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 31, 2026 09:40 AM (YcOeP)
Posted by: Big Penguin at October 31, 2026 09:39 AM (0sNs1)
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With that remark, you just decided the "Guilty Pleasure" I'll be featuring on tomorrow's Sunday Morning Book Thread...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 31, 2026 09:41 AM (FZ29D)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher
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My wife LOL'ed!
Posted by: muldoon at October 31, 2026 09:41 AM (qgHp7)
Song at the end of No Pasarian blog
Posted by: Skip at October 31, 2026 09:42 AM (Ia/+0)
I really wish I had a flat-earther friend so I could've woken him up and yelled "Look! One of Elon's rockets finally done blew a hole in the firmament!"
Posted by: PabloD at October 31, 2026 09:42 AM (mXZsC)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at October 31, 2026 09:36 AM (ksbjf)
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And arrested at the request of Henry VIII, friend of Catholics everywhere, but especially in England!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 31, 2026 09:42 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: M. Gaga at October 31, 2026 09:43 AM (3p/KU)
I'm not looking forward to Tuesday but I'm starting to care less. We voted R across the board. R has done jack and shit to combat what I think is some basic things to help all Americans. Here in Texas they banned porn sites and hemp products. I guess that's a good thing but lowering property taxes might have gained more votes. Priorities. Idiots.
Good luck Mis Hum.
Posted by: Billythesquid at October 31, 2026 09:44 AM (x4l2h)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 31, 2026 09:45 AM (sKqQm)
https://ibb.co/v6ZCBYHv
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 31, 2026 09:46 AM (RORbl)
Posted by: A non-standard deviant at October 31, 2026 09:11 AM
Regarding IQ tests and statistics, the Hrothgar Index (yet to be proven wrong) is that basically every other person you have to deal with is below average!
The only places where the above HI does not apply are any AoS MoMe where the inverse will be found to be true!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at October 31, 2026 09:47 AM (hOUT3)
Chemo has been halted due to side effects and the oncologist will review before moving forward. We may do it every other week. Four sessions down, eight to go. Not sure what the path is but prayers are appreciated.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 31, 2026 09:47 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 31, 2026 09:41 AM
Will the pants requirement be suspended? Because otherwise it's more difficult for us to participate.
Posted by: Big Penguin at October 31, 2026 09:49 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 31, 2026 09:51 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: Vendette at October 31, 2026 09:52 AM (ja/vV)
Posted by: Big Penguin at October 31, 2026 09:49 AM (0sNs1)
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The rules are in place for a reason!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 31, 2026 09:54 AM (FZ29D)
Now Let's See If They Have a Sense of Humor - a limerick
Roman Catholics display a great zeal
But I think we can finally reveal
That their quest for popularity
Reveals a true disparity
Their services lack a certain Mass appeal
Posted by: muldoon at October 31, 2026 09:54 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: muldoon at October 31, 2026 09:54 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 31, 2026 07:48 AM (FnERZ)
Yay!
Posted by: m at October 31, 2026 09:54 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 31, 2026 07:48 AM (FnERZ)
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Grammar Nazi?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 31, 2026 07:50 AM (RIvkX)
Ooh, I hope so!
Posted by: m at October 31, 2026 09:55 AM (odBC9)
And call no man your father upon earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
I even cringe when I see the writers in the Didache referred to as "the church fathers."
Posted by: TeeJ at October 31, 2026 09:56 AM (ix5nG)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now [/] at October 31, 2026 09:56 AM (ndZc7)
Mis Hum, sorry to see you step away from the blog. Your contributions have been invaluable and I wish you the very best in your new adventures!
May God continue to bless us all.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 31, 2026 09:57 AM (D/6p1)
Posted by: muldoon at October 31, 2026 09:57 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
"People who Practrice Popery" is also allowed.
Posted by: Auspex at October 31, 2026 09:58 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: muldoon at October 31, 2026 09:54 AM (qgHp7)
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Hey.... at least we'll say 'Hi' to you in the liquor store 😆
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at October 31, 2026 09:58 AM (kOluj)
Chickens cross road to burn down KFC, Chik-Fil-A, and Popeyes.
Posted by: naturalfake at October
Chicken coupe: the two door vehicle chickens use to cross the road.
Posted by: From about That Time at October 31, 2026 09:58 AM (sl73Y)
"People who Practrice Popery" is also allowed.
Posted by: Auspex at October 31, 2026 09:58 AM (Y8DZL)
_________
*checks Guide*
Also "Slavish Idolators of the Whore of Rome"
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 31, 2026 10:04 AM (eRlcH)
Posted by: muldoon at October 31, 2026 10:04 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now [/] at October 31, 2026 10:08 AM (ndZc7)
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God.
Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Posted by: TeeJ at October 31, 2026 10:08 AM (ix5nG)
Daily Tech News 31 October 2026
Top Story
- Binance was hacked by thieves who made off-ish with $6.3 billion. (Bleeping Computer)
I say "ish" for two reasons: First, half the funds were immediately frozen and cannot be transferred further; second, it's a bit like bank loans: When you lose $1000 in Bitcoin, you have a problem; when you lose $6.3 billion in Bitcoin the blockchain has a problem.
The attack was bootstrapped through a compromised devops laptop. The developer themselves didn't have access to do this, but they had access inside the corporate firewall so more sophisticated attacks could be launched bypassing that level of security entirely.
Tech News
- Speaking of compromised devops laptops, the Visual Studio Code extension for the Claude AI tool on the Cursor platform was backdoored for twelve hours. (The Register)
That's bad. It apparently doesn't affect the mainstream Claude Code interface, only that extension for that IDE on that particular marketplace, but that's another firewall bypass in a very widely used tool.
- Google's first datacenter in space is operational after launching on a SpaceX Falcon 9 earlier this month. (Tech Crunch)
This is a small test run - only 1000 watts of power - and is intended to examine radiation and thermal stresses in the real environment before further deployments.
- With Nvidia's RTX 5090 declared extinct in the wild, interest turned to the second-fastest model, the RTX 5080. With predictable results as the card more than doubled in price and then followed its bigger sibling across the Darwinian event horizon. (Tom's Hardware)
The 5080 was never good value, and now it's gone.
Disclaimer: Happyween!
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: m at October 31, 2026 04:01 AM (odBC9)
>>>Speaking of compromised devops laptops
"Are we not men?"
"We are devops."
Posted by: m at October 31, 2026 04:02 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: olddog in mo at October 31, 2026 04:14 AM (Hbeqj)
520 All week been up this early, no point in doing that today
Posted by: Skip at October 31, 2026 02:30 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: m at October 31, 2026 04:18 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: olddog in mo at October 31, 2026 04:24 AM (Hbeqj)
Posted by: clarence at October 31, 2026 04:27 AM (Imcic)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 31, 2026 04:27 AM (iMotb)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 31, 2026 04:28 AM (mmrXZ)
Guess he got some gas money and was able to make it home yesterday.
Posted by: olddog in mo at October 31, 2026 04:24 AM (Hbeqj)
Yes, he did! From a coworker.
Posted by: m at October 31, 2026 04:33 AM (odBC9)
AoSHq style guide
Posted by: m at October 31, 2026 04:33 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Pete Bog at October 31, 2026 04:43 AM (M4Dop)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 31, 2026 04:47 AM (L1JuH)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 31, 2026 04:47 AM (iMotb)
Posted by: m at October 31, 2026 04:48 AM (odBC9)
M you are prolific today
Posted by: Pete Bog at October 31, 2026 04:43 AM (M4Dop)
Lifics are my favorite!
Posted by: m at October 31, 2026 04:48 AM (odBC9)
There are a few more hits on news sites about it.
But not a great deal.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 31, 2026 04:56 AM (iMotb)
https://tinyurl.com/4er9muw9
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 31, 2026 04:59 AM (iMotb)
What the f*ck is happening in Poland??
1:16:15
https://tinyurl.com/wtuubvh4
Posted by: m at October 31, 2026 04:48 AM (odBC9)
At one point, somewhat near the end, he reads out a chat comment that said "Australia is in the EU."
Posted by: m at October 31, 2026 05:02 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: brass tacks at October 31, 2026 05:02 AM (5bV7D)
https://tinyurl.com/4er9muw9
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 31, 2026 04:59 AM (iMotb)
I quit reading that pretty quickly because it seems to have been written in English by a non-native English speaker and gets confusing pretty quickly!
Posted by: m at October 31, 2026 05:04 AM (odBC9)
999,971 views 7h ago
asmongold
What the f*ck is happening in Poland??
1:16:15
https://tinyurl.com/wtuubvh4
Posted by: m at October 31, 2026 05:07 AM (odBC9)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 31, 2026 05:10 AM (AMvSw)
My total weekly commute is probably less that one day of Skip’s.
Posted by: Accomack at October 31, 2026 05:15 AM (4c58h)
Posted by: Just Wondering at October 31, 2026 05:16 AM (gA/vX)
But then again, I don't know a lot of 16 year olds who are wanted on murder charges either.
https://tinyurl.com/3zzumncv
Seems to create as many questions as it answers.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 31, 2026 05:16 AM (iMotb)
Posted by: brass tacks at October 31, 2026 05:02 AM (5bV7D)
Like Meathead on All in the Family.
Posted by: m at October 31, 2026 05:16 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: m at October 31, 2026 05:18 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: No thanks at October 31, 2026 05:18 AM (gA/vX)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 31, 2026 05:19 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 31, 2026 04:47 AM (iMotb
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Mail!!! I made a couple of small political contributions and my mailbox gets a half a dozen fundraising requests a week. From a variety of individuals and groups. My name and addresser get sold and passed around.But it's wasted effort
Posted by: JM in Illinois at October 31, 2026 05:21 AM (jKSoO)
Posted by: fluffy at October 31, 2026 05:21 AM (V0/Sp)
Water relatively clean, despite the leaves.
We have been getting bluebirds since Wednesday.
Posted by: fluffy at October 31, 2026 05:26 AM (V0/Sp)
Only three more days till the political ads stop!!!
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 31, 2026 04:47 AM
Only four more days until the 2028 election campaigns start!!!
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 31, 2026 05:28 AM (AMvSw)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 31, 2026 05:28 AM (O7YUW)
I suspect that the same thing has happened at this end.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 31, 2026 05:28 AM (iMotb)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 31, 2026 05:29 AM (iMotb)
But then again, I don't know a lot of 16 year olds who are wanted on murder charges either.
https://tinyurl.com/3zzumncv
Seems to create as many questions as it answers.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at
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Flights run about $600 to $800 from Virginia to Ethiopia. Maybe mom and dad know a rich Nigerian prince
Posted by: JM in Illinois at October 31, 2026 05:30 AM (cJkCC)
Posted by: Skip at October 31, 2026 05:35 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 31, 2026 05:39 AM (aKiSo)
215 Since I won't be here for the Tech Thread: I was making sure my keyboard macros for next week were working okay. I was on my laptop, and I knew the keybinds, and so of course I opened up Notepad to check them. The first thing that popped up was a notification that Microsoft is using Notepad to train its AI. (Suspiciously, I can't find that notification back.) I tried my macros, and they would only half-work. As in, about half the time, they would only do the first of three words followed by a bunch of small o's. I have never seen anything like it. I opened a LibreOffice document, and they worked just fine.
TL,DR: Microsoft has managed to eff up Notepad.
Posted by: pookysgirl wants the degradation to stop at October 30, 2026 11:10 PM (Wt5PA)
I suggested SciTE and Notepad++ as alternatives. If someone has a better suggestion, I'm sure she'd appreciate it.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 31, 2026 05:41 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Skip at October 31, 2026 05:41 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at October 31, 2026 05:52 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 31, 2026 06:00 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 31, 2026 06:02 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 31, 2026 06:06 AM (amcLV)
Posted by: clarence at October 31, 2026 06:07 AM (Imcic)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 31, 2026 06:07 AM (amcLV)
https://tinyurl.com/yts4jc3v
55 min of absolute EU fuckery.
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 31, 2026 06:08 AM (Q/FnY)
The shortcut to Notepad in the Start > Accessories menu has this as the file's location:
%windir%\system32\notepad.exe
( So probably C:\system32\notepad.exe in most installs )
And if you don't have an old Windows 7 machine running, one of your family members or friends probably has one.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 31, 2026 06:11 AM (O7YUW)
Good Morning, goodbye, I'm wiped out and very fubared.
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 31, 2026 06:12 AM (Q/FnY)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 31, 2026 06:13 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 31, 2026 05:28 AM (O7YUW)
The President of Poland was out of the country on a trip to Africa.
The Prime Minister of Poland (Tusk) ordered police to block access to the ... Supreme Court (I think).
The President flew back.
Mostly peaceful marching in the streets.
And stay tuned.
Posted by: m at October 31, 2026 06:17 AM (odBC9)
And if you don't have an old Windows 7 machine running, one of your family members or friends probably has one.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 31, 2026 06:11 AM
raises hand
guilty as charged, Your Honor
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 31, 2026 06:17 AM (AMvSw)
I'm not sure, but I think Stirling the great black cat was exercising his Halloween cat privilege by jumping on me at his usual 3:45. The reason I'm not sure? I glanced at my watch, turned over, and the next thing I knew it was 5:00. Yet I don't think I slept another hour and more.
Had a confused dream about how a Moslem handed me an announcement to make about an upcoming bomb explosion. I was walking through an indoor mall, trying to find an attorney to represent me with the Feds once I made the public announcement, or a gun to protect myself from Moslems if I didn't make it. Something like that. I think.
What's going on for H'ween?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 31, 2026 06:18 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: m at October 31, 2026 06:17 AM (odBC9)
... because of the 24/48-hour rule.
Posted by: m at October 31, 2026 06:20 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 31, 2026 06:22 AM (iMotb)
55 min of absolute EU fuckery.
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 31, 2026 06:08 AM (Q/FnY)
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As I understand it, Poland is resisting the E. U open borders policy. Is Hungary still resisting?
Posted by: JM in Illinois at October 31, 2026 06:23 AM (qS5GK)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 31, 2026 06:24 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 31, 2026 06:24 AM (RIvkX)
Yet.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 31, 2026 06:22 AM (iMotb)
"Poland bears"
Polar bears?
Posted by: m at October 31, 2026 06:24 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 31, 2026 06:24 AM (RIvkX)
How wonderful! Congratulations.
Posted by: m at October 31, 2026 06:25 AM (odBC9)
Congratulations! Have a wonderful time and Happy Anniversary!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 31, 2026 06:27 AM (JrHfD)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at October 31, 2026 06:27 AM (qS5GK)
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They were, but this Tusk dude got elected.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 31, 2026 06:28 AM (amcLV)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 31, 2026 06:28 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 31, 2026 06:29 AM (wzUl9)
Missed the ONT last night, but the first question was asked 30 years too late. Now, I wouldn't travel to Europe even if it was all expenses paid and Sydney Sweeney as a companion. I don't go places where I'm unwelcome. The Europeans' last living act after having their throats slit by their Musloid invaders will be to sneer at Americans.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 31, 2026 06:29 AM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 31, 2026 06:32 AM (wzUl9)
Happy anniversary and many more to San Franpsycho and the Missus.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 31, 2026 06:33 AM (eRlcH)
>>If someone has a better suggestion, I'm sure she'd appreciate.
Sublime Text, only because installing Neovim on a win machine is a pain in the ass.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 31, 2026 06:35 AM (XV/Pl)
Hadrian, that was my thought as well last night. Where was box E? That's where I'm going.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 31, 2026 06:37 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 31, 2026 06:40 AM (VyBeY)
(Fortune Magazine)
So apparently the CEO of Cisco "found" a 27 year old employee by the name of "Padmanabhan Krishnamurthy" working 5 levels below him in the org chart. "Paddy" is a former founder of ... something.
And he's been given unlimited AI tokens and told to refactor Cisco's code.
Cisco, the same company that has repeatedly hard-coded root-level passwords into their router products.
This will end well. The stupid, it burns.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 31, 2026 06:42 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Mitch at October 31, 2026 06:45 AM (gA/vX)
FIFY
as far as I'm concerned, that word always gets scare quotes until further notice.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 31, 2026 06:47 AM (VyBeY)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 31, 2026 06:48 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 31, 2026 06:49 AM (2GVsD)
Donald Franciszek Tusk (born 22 April 1957) is a Polish politician and historian who has served as the prime minister of Poland since 2023, previously holding the office from 2007 to 2014.
Posted by: m at October 31, 2026 06:53 AM (odBC9)
Karol Tadeusz Nawrocki (born 3 March 1983) is a Polish historian and politician who has served as the 7th president of Poland since 2025.
Posted by: m at October 31, 2026 06:54 AM (odBC9)
Retarded me didn't even think about it when i tried opening a .py file in a new user login and autopiloted to accept the extension. Seems it was just because fedora has VSCode configs on every /home/userxx instead of in root, but i don't want to have to spend Sunday afternoon auditing vscode extensions. I guess that's the price to hand over the computer to a colleague and wait all nonchalantly for the prick to be a prick, the way pricks do when they think you trust them.
Posted by: Nato at October 31, 2026 06:55 AM (XAyZ8)
Posted by: Skip at October 31, 2026 06:56 AM (Ia/+0)
Proving Polands judicial system is as bad as our own.
Something really has to be done about judges.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 31, 2026 06:56 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 31, 2026 06:56 AM (aKiSo)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 31, 2026 06:57 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Skip at October 31, 2026 06:57 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: m at October 31, 2026 06:58 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 31, 2026 06:56 AM (XV/Pl)
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They all seem to have embraced the idea that they are "philosopher kings" dispensing wisdom and justice in equal measure as they see fit.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 31, 2026 07:00 AM (FZ29D)
Posted by: Tuna at October 31, 2026 07:03 AM (lJ0H4)
Lots of places in Europe would like to see, but won't ever happen
Posted by: Skip at October 31, 2026 06:56 AM (Ia/+0)
Same here. St. Peter's in particular. But it's too late.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 31, 2026 07:04 AM (eRlcH)
Goodbye Horde, I am stepping away from the blog. I have volunteered to fill in if needed but this is goodbye to the Coffee Thread & The ONT. Everything is fine. It's just time to walk away. I want to thank you all from the bottom of my heart for making the Prayer Thread the most uplifting Thread anywhere on the web. Be well my friends.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 06:48 AM
Posted by: m at October 31, 2026 07:08 AM (odBC9)
Proving Polands judicial system is as bad as our own.
Something really has to be done about judges.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 31, 2026 06:56 AM (XV/Pl)
A certain movie comes to mind.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 31, 2026 09:19 AM (hmYU4)
Happy Hallow-ont
Hullo, everybody! So, you win an all expense paid vacation, but you have to stay in just one box. Which do you choose? I choose D
Fido Friday: Happy Halloween!
https://t.co/NOCRIgNvf4
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) October 30, 2026
Fair
Kinda cute
Spooky
https://t.co/sXBX6FK25O
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) October 30, 2026
Why Africa is a mess
Best and worst
Peak redneck
https://t.co/2I0wfaticq
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) October 30, 2026
How many have you done?
Pun
Oopsie
https://t.co/w6GmGHg2R1
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) October 30, 2026
Halloween musical interlude
https://t.co/sc5iy90NuI
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) October 31, 2026
Fiat currency
Europe sucks
https://t.co/uffokVygL4
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) October 30, 2026
Hard times
Healthcare
Friday I'm in love
https://t.co/8xi4QA0iyE
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) October 30, 2026
Crazy
Malfoid is now jumping genres
Just deserts
https://t.co/d9xm65pXXe
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) October 30, 2026
All true
Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by Americans:
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 30, 2026 10:00 PM (+9wcF)
Posted by: 496 at October 30, 2026 10:00 PM (zcIRq)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 30, 2026 10:01 PM (NnhvP)
Posted by: tankdemon at October 30, 2026 10:02 PM (2RJDy)
Reverse cowgirl was funny.
And nice, hot asian babe.
Box A.
Iceland's supposed to be real nice.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 10:02 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: tankdemon at October 30, 2026 10:03 PM (2RJDy)
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 10:03 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Don Black at October 30, 2026 10:03 PM (ZxPkt)
I find myself wondering how effective a couple stomps could be at creating an ersatz Kathy Bates hobbling. The punk should never walk normally again.
Posted by: 496 at October 30, 2026 10:04 PM (U1y04)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at October 30, 2026 10:05 PM (kOluj)
Can I just take the cash?
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 10:06 PM (MWfyi)
Which means that Poland is absolutely under attack from a coup.
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 10:06 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: TRex - spooky dino at October 30, 2026 10:06 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 10:07 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 10:08 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 10:10 PM (qlLNh)
The only one I'm unsure of is the "offered a ride" to a drifter part. Maybe I did, if she was pretty, but I did a lot of stupid stuff when I was younger and IF I did that one, it didn't lead to a HOF outcome--perhaps I dropped her off to a 7/11?
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 10:10 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: davidt at October 30, 2026 10:11 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Joemarine at October 30, 2026 10:12 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 30, 2026 10:12 PM (pFPY8)
Posted by: Don Black at October 30, 2026 10:13 PM (ZxPkt)
@JackPosobiec 23m
BREAKING: The President of Poland has forced his way through the illegal police barricades in Poland!
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 30, 2026 10:13 PM (nEUC6)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 30, 2026 10:14 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 10:14 PM (pfXMo)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 30, 2026 10:14 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: DanMa'am at October 30, 2026 10:14 PM (8uzBS)
Posted by: Joemarine at October 30, 2026 10:15 PM (y171U)
Which means that Poland is absolutely under attack from a coup.
Posted by: Crusader
It is a coup attempt but Polish President Nawrocki is screwing up the Prime Minister and his minions attempts. Nawrocki turned around his plane from a trip to Senegal and returned to Warsaw (reportedly the military refused Tusk's attempts to block landing as the airport was military). Tusk took off to a resort and issued a claim that will haunt him, that it was all about the opposition taking Poland out of the EU. The AWFL karen fake judge that tried to kick out the top judges of the Constitutional Tribunal got shoved aside when she tried to prevent Polish President from entering the building. Police resisted the President briefly but as a former boxer, he pushed them aside.
So the Polish Constitution leaves a mess. Elections are not until 2027, the opposition is united but cannot remove the PM without 3/5 majority, the President is head of the military but the defense minister has day to day control and the President cannot remove him, etc. etc.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 10:16 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 10:16 PM (pMmVV)
We have a launch in about 90 minutes.
SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 15-18
SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: October 30, 2026 (PDT)
Launch Time: 9:02 p.m. PDT (October 31, 0402 UTC, 05:02 CET)
https://youtu.be/OVOVtaf15eY
Posted by: Joyenz at October 30, 2026 10:16 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: 496 at October 30, 2026 10:16 PM (uzg2C)
Posted by: DanMa'am at October 30, 2026 10:14 PM (8uzBS)
Same. Not sure if it was a drifter or a locally-sourced artisanal hobo.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 10:16 PM (qlLNh)
Which means that Poland is absolutely under attack from a coup.
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 10:06 PM (Cjcf6)
Believe nothing until it is categorically denied. This is as true in politics as it is in business.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 10:16 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 10:16 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 30, 2026 10:17 PM (NnhvP)
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 10:17 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 10:10 PM (Cjcf6)
Read it again. Heh.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 10:17 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: Diogenes at October 30, 2026 10:18 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: A0s dOpE at October 30, 2026 10:18 PM (88C+u)
The trick the nasty commie color revolution types use is ngos, press, security forces being split, and the veneer of legality for very illegal actions claiming to save democracy or other rubbish while killing it.
This is the globo homo WEF way. Smother republics with a pillow claiming people power.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 10:18 PM (E4rtv)
Box A.
Iceland's supposed to be real nice.
It's awesome. I'm going to guess that B doesn't get a lot of love. Well, unless you're the Wehrmacht.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 30, 2026 10:18 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Joemarine at October 30, 2026 10:15 PM (y171U)
No, it absolutely does not. Heh, again.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 10:18 PM (qlLNh)
>>@elonmusk
>>Our second product is called Blindsight and it will, as the name suggests, enable even those who are completely blind or have never seen to see.
>>It is ready from an engineering standpoint. Just waiting on regulatory approval.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 10:18 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 30, 2026 10:19 PM (NnhvP)
Gonna have to spread that to my church homies.
Posted by: GWB at October 30, 2026 10:19 PM (kU0PQ)
I've done most all the (How many have you done?) except 9. Do I win a prize?
Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 30, 2026 10:19 PM (96kpa)
Teaching was tolerable today... not great, but tolerable.
I might teach Monday, or I might not. Depends on what's available by Sunday evening.
There's a beautiful late-blooming rose on my rosebush. One of the best times I let nature take its course.
Looking forward to passing out candy tomorrow night!
Posted by: RandomDave at October 30, 2026 10:20 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: DanMa'am at October 30, 2026 10:20 PM (8uzBS)
Posted by: Diogenes at October 30, 2026 10:20 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 30, 2026 10:21 PM (wzUl9)
FWIW, All Saints Eve, Polish tradition is to visit the graves of their ancestors thus traveling days so like cowards the Tusk regime thought they could shove it through without people noticing until too late.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 10:21 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Reforger at October 30, 2026 10:22 PM (Q7jI8)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 30, 2026 10:22 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Diogenes at October 30, 2026
***
I hope by "Offed a drifter" you mean "Removed a Drifters record from the turntable"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 30, 2026 10:22 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 10:22 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: GWB at October 30, 2026 10:23 PM (kU0PQ)
She looked at me that the same way we’d look at someone casually juggling live grenades for fun.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 30, 2026 10:23 PM (pFPY8)
!0 years ago might have been a different call but today it's B.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 10:07 PM (viF8m)
Same here.
It's the least likely quadrant to get me murdered by muslims or leftists.
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at October 30, 2026 10:24 PM (vSvIl)
Youu make Friday night waaay fun!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 30, 2026 10:24 PM (96kpa)
So awefully conforming; and indeed boring.
Truely, is there any aspect of Modern Life depicted in 80's/Max Headroom that has not been fully realized?
Blanks
BlankReg
Ad Markets
Organleggers
Broadcast Hacks
Trial By TV Judge
Intelligent Avatars
Homeless with TVs
Blipverts: Dopamine sites
15Minutes into the Future
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aykTosadj-c
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at October 30, 2026 10:24 PM (DfBR0)
Posted by: DanMa'am at October 30, 2026 10:24 PM (8uzBS)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 30, 2026 10:12 PM (pFPY
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A hobo is a kind of drifter, right?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 30, 2026 10:24 PM (FZ29D)
Tomasz Rakowski
@TomaszJRakowski
·
41m
Translated from Polish
They thought he wouldn't turn the plane back.
They thought he wouldn't come to the TK.
They thought he wouldn't enter the TK.
They thought they would win.
Well, not with President
@NawrockiKn
.
He is on duty, not in a position
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TK is the Polish Constitutional Court at the center of the controversy. Tusk needs the opposition dominance of the court removed as they and the President have frustrated Brussels and the EU from shoving over 100k plus migrants into their state. EU wants the border barriers down too so illegals can enter via Belarus. All using the cover of EU law.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 10:25 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: All Cultures Are Equal at October 30, 2026 10:25 PM (vFcoN)
I'd normally choose C but would now choose A due to barbarians. Have seen the UK and would probably stay in Iceland since Trump says Norway sucks (I know it's beautiful).
I have never offed a hitchhiker. I guess that means killed. I have hitchiked one time in college, during a bad snowstorm trying to get to the hospital to work on Thanksgiving at 0630. He asked for my ID and yelled at me the entire trip (the bus wasn't running).
Roman club?
Elder son went to UF, and yes the girls looked like that. Other son went to FSU and the girls were prettier.
Thank you for this massive ONT, WD.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2026 10:25 PM (hzuYO)
So the Polish Constitution leaves a mess. Elections are not until 2027, the opposition is united but cannot remove the PM without 3/5 majority, the President is head of the military but the defense minister has day to day control and the President cannot remove him, etc. etc.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 10:16 PM (E4rtv)
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Thank you! I really appreciate your detailed report.
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 10:26 PM (Cjcf6)
The EU really has a hardon for illegals. It's amazing.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 30, 2026 10:27 PM (Riz8t)
======
Dominik Serwacki 🇵🇱 ✍️ 🌍
@DominikSerwacki
Translated from Polish
❗️🇵🇱 2:30 The spokesperson for the Constitutional Tribunal, Weronika Ścibor, announced that all actions taken by Anna Korwin-Piotrowska against the President of the CT Bogdan Święczkowski and the Vice-President Bartłomiej Sochański have no legal force.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 10:27 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Reforger at October 30, 2026 10:22 PM (Q7jI
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Yep. Freeman Dyson wrote an essay about his daughter's experience as a social worker in Africa.
Turns out villagers will petition the government for money to dig a well--a process that could take YEARS--rather than ask a nearby well-digger to do it (cheap!).
Because the well-digger is from the wrong tribe.
Dirty water from a stream far away is preferable to having easy access to clean water locally.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 30, 2026 10:28 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: Frugal Frank at October 30, 2026 10:28 PM (vFcoN)
>>It's the least likely quadrant to get me murdered by muslims or leftists.
Northern Europe is gorgeous. Finland and the whole Baltic Sea area is spectacular..
If you know you know.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 10:28 PM (viF8m)
In fact, I've come closer to "offing" a co-worker than a drifter.
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 10:29 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Archimedes
They are using them as battering rams against the native populations. Same as bankrupting themselves over Ukraine and using up military stores there that now cannot be used to restore order at home. Meanwhile mosques in Euroland are becoming arsenals and native populations have a lot of restrictions even if they are allowed to have a firearm.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 10:30 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 30, 2026 10:30 PM (xOuxV)
Posted by: Willard Delecto at October 30, 2026 10:30 PM (sdSI9)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2026 10:30 PM (6v4rH)
I've never offed a drifter, nor owned a set of encyclopedias. Solid 18.
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at October 30, 2026 10:31 PM (kOluj)
Posted by: logprof at October 30, 2026 10:31 PM (eS0lA)
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 30, 2026 10:32 PM (xOuxV)
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So does the Democratic party in the United States. I "get" why Trump campaigns in states we've already won--we need to *crush* our opponents ideology. They need to lose by 20 instead of 10.
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 10:32 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 30, 2026 10:33 PM (96kpa)
The curser is suddenly massively thick and black. wut is going on? This is new!
I also liked, of course, the Peak Redneck pick up truck. The girl's shock then laughter is familiar somehow from my distant youth. We used to "water ski" on a farm car, old Rambler station wagon, by wearing swimsuits and holding on to the luggage rack while 13yr old brother drove through woods. We'd duck under trees.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2026 10:33 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Crusader
=====
Democrats are planning on using the same techniques here from teh stash that DR has found. Same empty claims about saving democracy while violating the Constitution and its laws, crowds in the streets, illegal orders to military and police, etc. etc.
Given the recent groundswell, I think globohomo WEF types are going for broke before they lose it all. Too much is happening in too short a time now. Brazil, Israel, riots in France, now the Polish coup attempt, etc. Beware the Ides of October indeed.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 10:33 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 10:33 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 30, 2026 10:34 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: RandomDave at October 30, 2026 10:34 PM (aJQbY)
Dariusz Lasocki
@Dariusz_Lasocki
Translated from Polish
Supposedly, one of the so-called "new" Constitutional Tribunal judges, the one who hasn't been sworn in, had a heart attack.
They let the Politicians screw them over big time. They'll pay for it with their health, or maybe even their lives.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 10:34 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 10:35 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 10:35 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 10:35 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: RandomDave at October 30, 2026 10:35 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: logprof at October 30, 2026 10:36 PM (eS0lA)
That kind of crazy talk will get you branded a black piller.
Ask me how I know.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 10:36 PM (viF8m)
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 30, 2026 10:36 PM (2WIwB)
Better than "you guys" and the terribly ambiguous "you".
Posted by: GWB at October 30, 2026 10:36 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at October 30, 2026 10:37 PM (yEz+x)
Posted by: tankdemon at October 30, 2026 10:37 PM (2RJDy)
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 30, 2026 10:36 PM (2WIwB)
Sonds like the start of a bad 80's action flick.
Posted by: Reforger at October 30, 2026 10:37 PM (Q7jI8)
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 10:25 PM (E4rtv)
Nawrocki needs to shoot Donald Tusk, and a gaggle of his supporters.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2026 10:38 PM (6v4rH)
Posted by: RandomDave at October 30, 2026 10:35 PM (aJQbY)
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It's tricky fitting a MoMe in the back of a pickup truck, but somehow they make it work.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 30, 2026 10:38 PM (FZ29D)
I think I'd have to go with B, just to get high enough into the Arctic circle to see the midnight sun in summer.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 30, 2026 10:38 PM (w6EFb)
Jan Molski 🇵🇱
@JanMolski
·
39m
Translated from Polish
As Deputy Marshal of the Sejm Krzysztof Bosak reports, after entering the Tribunal grounds with President Nawrocki, a prosecutor was already waiting for his ministers, who intended to bring charges against the president's collaborators for entering the Tribunal grounds.
This is Tusk's dictatorship!
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 10:39 PM (E4rtv)
Iceland just barely touches the arctic circle, which sort of surprises me.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 30, 2026 10:39 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: GWB at October 30, 2026 10:40 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sPumpkin at October 30, 2026 10:40 PM (k5CNB)
I forgot to add that my one time hitchhiking I was picked up by an undercover cop who yelled at me the entire ride to the hospital front door. As he had my ID I thought he was going to call my parents (this was always a fear 1000mi away) and then talk to the nursing director. He did neither.
He did tell me if he saw me doing this again he'd arrest me.
I have no idea if he was a real undercover cop, but at least he was not a serial killer finding student nurses in an early snowy Thanksgiving morning. There's that.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2026 10:40 PM (hzuYO)
Genius. Thank you, this is why I stay up Friday nights.
Posted by: Auspex at October 30, 2026 10:41 PM (Y8DZL)
Oskar Szafarowicz
@Szafarowicz2001
·
1h
Translated from Polish
Police Chief Inspector Tomasz Michułka, who ordered the issuance of automatic weapons to riot squads against 🇵🇱 patriots defending the legal Constitutional Tribunal. The order, issued in writing, pertains to the period from November 2 to 8.
It's worth remembering his zeal during the Tusk regime's coup d'état.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 10:41 PM (E4rtv)
I told my family it's scarier than any horror movie because it's far, far closer to reality.
Posted by: logprof at October 30, 2026 10:41 PM (eS0lA)
Posted by: PaleRider at October 30, 2026 10:41 PM (PV+Zw)
Are Philadelphians more closely related to Bostonians or New Yorkers? And is Wisconsin really in the Pacific Northwest?
Posted by: From about That Time at October 30, 2026 10:42 PM (sl73Y)
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Dominik Serwacki 🇵🇱 ✍️ 🌍
@DominikSerwacki
Translated from Polish
❗️🇵🇱 2:30 The spokesperson for the Constitutional Tribunal, Weronika Ścibor, announced that all actions taken by Anna Korwin-Piotrowska against the President of the CT Bogdan Święczkowski and the Vice-President Bartłomiej Sochański have no legal force.
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Great update!
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 10:42 PM (Cjcf6)
I'm slow today (what else is new?), so I have to admit I don't get the pun. Anyone care to enlighten me so that I can 1) groan and 2) feel dumb. Thank ya kindly.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 30, 2026 10:43 PM (q3u5l)
In our own country post-Katrina, there were many stories of nice white churches sending money, volunteers, youth groups, etc. to help clean up. Locals did not pitch in, they sexually harassed the young ladies, sitting on porches throwing down beer cans and bottles, saying "Hey, pick that one up too". Some people deserve to suffer and are nothing but trouble and lifelong expense to the taxpayers. Let them starve and drink dirty water.
Posted by: Givers and Takers at October 30, 2026 10:43 PM (vFcoN)
Posted by: RandomDave at October 30, 2026 10:35 PM (aJQbY)
I hope they had safety straps on.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 10:43 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 30, 2026 10:43 PM (r7+Q7)
Posted by: Don Black at October 30, 2026 10:44 PM (ZxPkt)
Hitched all over New England when I was a yute. Mostly nice people. Some absolutely batshit crazies too.
Favorite was getting picked up by a guy driving a big rig during a pretty heavy snowstorm who lectured me for an hour about how dangerous it was to hitchhike in New England in the winter and then drove me right to the front door of my frat. Nice guy.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 10:45 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Dayyyum at October 30, 2026 10:45 PM (Hs1wI)
No reason for me to bring that up.
Posted by: tankdemon at October 30, 2026 10:45 PM (2RJDy)
Posted by: California Racial Type at October 30, 2026 10:45 PM (vBZcw)
I sort of like the BOLD and broken lines but not the skinny part that I have to enlarge.
I hope my laptop is not kicking the bucket.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2026 10:45 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sPumpkin at October 30, 2026 10:40 PM (k5CNB)
Punching wogs...or punching their ticket?
Not that it matters.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 30, 2026 10:45 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Guy who still uses a typewriter at October 30, 2026 10:46 PM (gA/vX)
Look up the archaic, original meaning of decimation as pertains to the Legions.
Posted by: RandomDave at October 30, 2026 10:46 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2026 10:45 PM (hzuYO)
Have you tried turning it off and on again?
Posted by: Reforger at October 30, 2026 10:47 PM (Q7jI8)
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 10:41 PM (E4rtv)
Sounds like he was going to wait until Monday to issue the weapons. You know, because everyone had gone home for the weekend.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 10:47 PM (rbvCR)
Wonder if Musk has seen the Europe Regulates vid
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 30, 2026 10:47 PM (f8snw)
Ask me how I know.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Only difference is I think Trump and his team are aware of the Democrat game plan. I think even the President of Poland and most of Tusk's party were in the dark about today's actions too. Tusk is now in a seaside resort being called a mutt German (Tusk has some German blood in him) on X. His fake judges are being brushed aside and his ministers are now struck with second doubts. Foreign Minister Sikorski is in Atlanta for G20 meetings with already several key ambassadors resigning publicly denouncing the coup. And he is likely to get serious pushback from Rubio and Trump over this.
Perhaps a failed coup in Poland gives pause to the assorted groups trying push one here for a moment. Young people are flocking to the court building now and siding against the coup and police cordon as Tusk looks like a return of Jaruzelski here.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 10:47 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Publius Quinctilius Varus at October 30, 2026 10:47 PM (vBZcw)
Allegedly.
You people are terrible at this.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 10:48 PM (viF8m)
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This seems to be where we're at globally. The most corrupt 500 people on the planet have grown impatient--they're no longer willing to wait on their grandchildren to rule us all. They are determined to over-run every government NOW with enough immigrants to create total *chaos*...so that they in turn can take totalitarian control.
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 10:48 PM (Cjcf6)
No reason for me to bring that up.
Posted by: tankdemon at October 30, 2026 10:45 PM (2RJDy)
we all know that decadent means having only ten teeth.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 10:48 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 10:36 PM (viF8m)
F*cking shark apologist.
We don't want your kind around here.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sPumpkin at October 30, 2026 10:49 PM (k5CNB)
I spent thirty five years working on the ground in the villages, in the jungle, and every third fourth and fifth world shithole on this planet.
The African pig story is not only 100% true, it is just icing on the cake of their savagery...
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at October 30, 2026 10:49 PM (fgH73)
Nice dramatic portrayal of "can't have nice things."
Posted by: logprof at October 30, 2026 10:49 PM (eS0lA)
I'm getting tired of the AI art stylings ...
I can't put my finger on it, or articulate exactly what rubs me the wrong way, but the way the characters are presented is aggravating.
I want to smack all of them !!!
Posted by: browndog says woof at October 30, 2026 10:49 PM (oCio0)
Thanks.
And yeah, maybe (just maybe, can't be sure today) I'd have gotten it if there'd been 5 more guys in the picture.
Slinks off, groaning, to feel dumb.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 30, 2026 10:50 PM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 10:50 PM (r2Icn)
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 10:10 PM (Cjcf6)
It doesn't say "Offered a ride to a drifter."
It says "Offe
Posted by: GWB at October 30, 2026 10:51 PM (kU0PQ)
This year they tackled "Thriller"
https://youtu.be/-d2NsvFU5go
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 30, 2026 10:51 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Cosda at October 30, 2026 10:51 PM (oAbBA)
Would have been A, but they're fuqed now.
Posted by: browndog says woof at October 30, 2026 10:51 PM (oCio0)
Posted by: Don Black at October 30, 2026 10:51 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 30, 2026 10:52 PM (NnhvP)
Posted by: browndog says woof at October 30, 2026 10:49 PM (oCio0)
Preach it!
They are puffed up and the colors are exaggerated.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sPumpkin at October 30, 2026 10:52 PM (k5CNB)
Attempted coup an backlash in Poland
Haley Stevens in Michigan tries a Dem unity meeting , al-Sayed shits on her. He definitely torpedoed his campaign
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 30, 2026 10:52 PM (f8snw)
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 10:47 PM (E4rtv)
Hopefully this ends with Poland leaving the EU.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2026 10:52 PM (6v4rH)
Will my clocks fall back automatically?
Will I remember which ones I have to change by hand?
Will I remember all of the timepieces I have to check?
Will I drop any while charging the time?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 30, 2026 10:53 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Don Black at October 30, 2026 10:51 PM (ZxPkt)
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"Only one in ten will get this"
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 30, 2026 10:53 PM (vBZcw)
Posted by: 496 at October 30, 2026 10:16 PM (uzg2C)
I'll allow it.
Posted by: TV Judge at October 30, 2026 10:54 PM (kU0PQ)
John Nelson
@WIgeopolitical
·
2h
🇮🇩 Mateusz Morawiecki on tonight’s events at Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal:
“A judge whose oath was never accepted by President
@NawrockiKn
has declared herself head of the
@TK_GOV_PL
and suspended its leadership, while police secured the building. This is not how the rule of law is restored.”
He warns that swapping one disputed set of rules for a more radical one only invites the next government to do the same, calls on Tusk to withdraw the police, and urges all sides to agree a lasting cross-party law on the Tribunal.
He also notes that European institutions spent years loudly criticizing Poland’s rule of law—and asks why those same voices are silent now. “Principles that apply only to one side of the political spectrum are not principles at all.”
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My comment added
And this is the whole point of lawfare, to do unto the opposition in order to take power in a coup. So it is no wonder those Euro NGOs and their precious rule of law are silent when their coup fails live on X.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 10:54 PM (E4rtv)
You're not sounding very trust-y.... you have to trust your coworkers.... (I hate trustfalls)
Posted by: RandomDave at October 30, 2026 10:54 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 10:48 PM (viF8m)
I am only allegedly terrible at this.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 10:54 PM (rbvCR)
Of course they are. They were also aware of the Russia hoax, the BLM/antifa riots and everything else.
Half the country doesn't give a shit what Trump's team knows or doesn't know. They will run with whatever lie they are told to run with.
You know what would be a really great idea for a change? If we got out in front of their lies and stopped playing defense all the time.
I like winning and going home with the prom queen a lot more than just dodging bullets all the time.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 10:55 PM (viF8m)
I said Roman club above as a guess. No idea.
I'm going to post now and see what happens with the format.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2026 10:55 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Diogenes at October 30, 2026 10:18 PM (2WIwB)
Into Viking funerals are we?
Posted by: TV Judge at October 30, 2026 10:55 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 30, 2026 10:57 PM (qqdHS)
Posted by: pookysgirl,also has pregnancy brain at October 30, 2026 10:57 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
No one should be in the EU but even in independent countries like Brazil and UK, the left is following the same gameplan--seize power using whatever pretext and rely on the media, ngos, street activists, lawyers,courts, leftist politicians in office, and destruction/defection of security forces designed to prevent such things.
Literally treasonous to the very countries and the citizens of it that they claim fake allegiance to.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 10:57 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 10:45 PM (viF8m)
Back in the college days, we'd thumb rides to get from Amherst to Smith /Holyoke. Ended up riding in the back of an Egg Truck on one visit ... the guy was a little sketchy, but the eggs were legit.
Posted by: browndog says woof at October 30, 2026 10:57 PM (oCio0)
R on Poland?Posted by: Anna Puma at October 30, 2026 10:57 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Don Black at October 30, 2026 10:51 PM (ZxPkt)
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"Only one in ten will get this"
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 30, 2026 10:53 PM (vBZcw)
*******
Nope. Still don't get it.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2026 10:58 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 30, 2026 10:58 PM (qqdHS)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 30, 2026 10:58 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 30, 2026 10:59 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 30, 2026 10:59 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 10:59 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 10:48 PM (rbvCR)
Which is why the English are always being called decadent.
Posted by: tankdemon at October 30, 2026 11:00 PM (2RJDy)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 30, 2026 11:00 PM (qqdHS)
Posted by: browndog says woof at October 30, 2026 10:57 PM (oCio0)
*****
Husband hitched across the country with a friend. A weird ride with a trucker on speed who was going way over the speedlimit was his only weird story.
I'm relieved the format is normal again. What a weird deal that was, apparently only for me.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2026 11:00 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 30, 2026 10:58 PM (2GVsD)
Lots of machines on IX
Posted by: Guildsman at October 30, 2026 11:00 PM (rbvCR)
They are puffed up and the colors are exaggerated.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sPumpkin at October 30, 2026 10:52 PM (k5CNB)
And that, good sir, is why you're in charge of the Art Thread !!!
Posted by: browndog says woof at October 30, 2026 11:00 PM (oCio0)
When a professor I had was a young (and young-looking) professor, there was a terrible snowstorm on the day of his final exam. He went in the ditch on the way to school.
The only thing moving, slowly, was a bread truck.
The driver stopped and asked what the fuck he was doing out in this weather.
"I've got a final exam."
"Jump in. I'll give you a ride. You just know that damned professor will be there."
My professor kept his mouth firmly shut.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 11:01 PM (qlLNh)
You're not sounding very trust-y.... you have to trust your coworkers.... (I hate trustfalls)
Posted by: RandomDave at October 30, 2026 10:54 PM (aJQbY)
My average is to correct time on the last clock is Wednesday or Thursday.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 30, 2026 11:01 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 30, 2026 11:01 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Dayyyum at October 30, 2026 11:02 PM (Hs1wI)
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Great. Once he's officially lost, can we deport him? Or perhaps just drop him out of a helicopter somewhere over a large body of water?
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 11:02 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 30, 2026 10:27 PM (Riz8t)
You have to break the nations before you can really get to global rule. The UN was inadequate to that, so... mass immigration.
Posted by: TV Judge at October 30, 2026 11:02 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 30, 2026 11:03 PM (qqdHS)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 11:03 PM (r2Icn)
Lot of that going on. I mean there are literally millions of people being eaten by sharks every single day!
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 11:03 PM (viF8m)
I like winning and going home with the prom queen a lot more than just dodging bullets all the time.
Posted by: JackStraw
I think like Lincoln or, like Roosevelt in WWII, Trump and his team need a casus belli. South was stupid enough to do it by shelling Ft. Sumter. Mustache Man and the Japanese were foolish enough to declare war first.
Poland's opposition was fractured but now is united due to Tusk destroying his own moral credibility. Lula hangs on but his own actions damn him as a thief, liar, traitor, and crook along with their Supreme Court. The left is destroying their own case for morality by embracing foreign criminals, endless streams of Muslims out to conquer them, making eunuchs of kids, all sorts of fraud, and killing babies up to crowning, and other vile and vicious things that appall the normies.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 11:03 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 30, 2026 11:03 PM (L1JuH)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 10:59 PM (rbvCR)
*****
Thank you. My hero.
Sounds sort of like my father's stories of Marine bootcamp at Camp Pendleton.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2026 11:04 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Dayyyum at October 30, 2026 11:02 PM (Hs1wI)
It's full of Poles.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 30, 2026 11:04 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 30, 2026 11:01 PM (qx7Zg)
Pro tip: if you put it off long enough, you won't have to do it.
Follow me for more labor-saving advice!
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 11:04 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 11:04 PM (Cjcf6)
And the Superbowl is on Valentines Day?
Serious crossing of the streams here folks.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 30, 2026 11:04 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Dayyyum at October 30, 2026 11:02 PM (Hs1wI)
It's full of Poles.
Posted by: 88C+u
Is there sort of lightbulb screwing in crisis?
Posted by: Dayyyum at October 30, 2026 11:05 PM (Hs1wI)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 30, 2026 11:05 PM (qqdHS)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 30, 2026 11:05 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 11:02 PM (Cjcf6)
Officially: "fled the country to avoid prosecution."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2026 11:06 PM (6v4rH)
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 11:04 PM (Cjcf6)
Decimate
Posted by: Dayyyum at October 30, 2026 11:06 PM (Hs1wI)
I hope my priest does not read here, but I'd tell him the same.
I ain't no unitarian.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2026 11:06 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: a.moron at October 30, 2026 11:06 PM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: Dayyyum
Coup seems to be failing. Prime Minister who started it all on the behest of the EU is in a resort town north of Warsaw, his ministers are beginning to start nervously hemming and hawing, the people in the streets are not friendly and calling in police for the regime is making the police unhappy and fidgety. All the HR groups and 'Pro Democracy' are silent, and US ambassador asks for calm and talks rather than force.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 11:06 PM (E4rtv)
Greetings fellow Hordians!
Today is my wife's birthday.
Also today, I received a text from a number I don't recognize, in the (437) area code, 847 prefix asking about my trip to Japan. Using goggle translate, I replied in Japanese 'I haven't been to Japan'.
The following exchange then occurred, in english:
437 texted: 'Are you Amy?'
Being a smart a** I replied:'Am I army? No , I've never been in the service'
437 texter: 'Are you an idiot?'
Me: 'More of a Moron, actually. '
That was several hours ago. I haven't heard anything further. I believe these people pretend to be texting a wrong number, then try to establish a dialogue which will eventually result in an exchange of money, from me to them.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 30, 2026 11:07 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 11:07 PM (r2Icn)
Posted by: Oddbob at October 30, 2026 11:07 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: National Cattlemens Beef Association at October 30, 2026 11:07 PM (vFcoN)
I said Roman club above as a guess. No idea.
I'm going to post now and see what happens with the format.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2026 10:55 PM (hzuYO)
The clue is that only one in ten will get it. The reference is to the Roman practice of decimation, where they can't lots and one i. Ten legionaires were killed for some failing of the legion.
Posted by: tankdemon at October 30, 2026 11:08 PM (2RJDy)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2026 11:06 PM (6v4rH)
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"Shot while trying to escape" had a certain neat finality to it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 30, 2026 11:08 PM (vBZcw)
The modern misinterpretation of "decimation" makes it sound as if only one-tenth of the original group would be left. But it was 90% survived, 10% died.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 30, 2026 11:08 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Fritzy at October 30, 2026 11:08 PM (2GIh1)
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The fact that she was willing to utter those lines says she's not a genius, but it proves she knew in advance what to say.
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 11:08 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 30, 2026 11:05 PM (2GVsD)
Looks like 40 now.
Classic "October Surprise". I don't much care for such "dirty tricks", even if my own side does it, but Mary asked for it by doing it first.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 11:08 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 30, 2026 11:08 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 30, 2026 11:09 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 30, 2026 11:09 PM (/+uur)
https://youtu.be/4mII44yDfJw?t=152 (meme)
The first meme in the video should be a standard Halloween decoration.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 30, 2026 11:09 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 11:10 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 11:10 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 11:03 PM (E4rtv)
Even with this overstep in Poland, the 40% who vote left will continue to vote left I fear.
It's all about the will to power ... rust never sleeps.
Posted by: browndog says woof at October 30, 2026 11:10 PM (oCio0)
TL,DR: Microsoft has managed to eff up Notepad.
Posted by: pookysgirl wants the degradation to stop at October 30, 2026 11:10 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 30, 2026 11:10 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at October 30, 2026 11:11 PM (fgH73)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 30, 2026 11:11 PM (qqdHS)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 30, 2026 11:07 PM (QGaXH)
The term is called "pig butchering" You were supposed to be the pig
Posted by: Guildsman at October 30, 2026 11:11 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: tankdemon at October 30, 2026 11:11 PM (2RJDy)
Posted by: Oddbob at October 30, 2026 11:11 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 30, 2026 11:12 PM (qqdHS)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 30, 2026 11:12 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 30, 2026 11:12 PM (mP0Kj)
She thinks a Fox poll that the district has moved from Solid Republican to Lean Republican is a win for her.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 30, 2026 11:12 PM (2GVsD)
Goes to show the war against this filth never ends.
Posted by: Dayyyum at October 30, 2026 11:12 PM (Hs1wI)
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Great--I can't wait to see the charges filed against him.
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 11:12 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2026 11:06 PM (6v4rH)
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"Shot while trying to escape" had a certain neat finality to it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 30, 2026 11:08 PM (vBZcw)
"Before turning the gun on himself." is another classic.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 11:12 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 30, 2026 11:12 PM (vBZcw)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 10:45 PM (viF8m)
That story would be perfect if he was driving a semi full of beer.
Posted by: TV Judge at October 30, 2026 11:13 PM (kU0PQ)
Well, to be fair...
Posted by: Oddbob at October 30, 2026 11:11 PM (vTZFs)
Mothers kill their children at a rate 4 times that of deaths by Rifles in the US...
Mom is more dangerous than an Assault Rifle.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 30, 2026 11:13 PM (mP0Kj)
Well, to be fair...
Posted by: Oddbob at October 30, 2026 11:11 PM (vTZFs)
Mothers kill their children at a rate 4 times that of deaths by Rifles in the US...
Mom is more dangerous than an Assault Rifle.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 30, 2026 11:13 PM (mP0Kj)
Clearly, we need common sense MOM regulation.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 30, 2026 11:14 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: browndog says woof at October 30, 2026 10:57 PM (oCio0)
I visited Amherst as a HS senior in the early 90's. No Greeks just, TAPs or some such thing which was just the college paying for keg parties.
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 30, 2026 11:14 PM (r7+Q7)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 30, 2026 11:14 PM (wzUl9)
Like building a C store and people applying for EBT.
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 30, 2026 11:14 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 11:14 PM (r2Icn)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 30, 2026 11:08 PM (vBZcw)
But "fled the country" leaves some uncertainty. Maybe Elbozo Leftard is indeed hiding out Algeria under an assumed name.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2026 11:15 PM (6v4rH)
Posted by: Burl Ives at October 30, 2026 11:15 PM (vFcoN)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 11:15 PM (pMmVV)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 30, 2026 11:03 PM (qqdHS)
I assumed it was AI just by the voices.
Posted by: tankdemon at October 30, 2026 11:15 PM (2RJDy)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 11:01 PM (qlLNh)
*****
Smart.
I just remembered one more attempt at hitch hiking. So, a total of two.
I was at my new college for the nursing skool interview. Waited and waited for a bus (it was always the fault of the bus). A straight shoot to the other part of town and I stuck my thumb out.
Picked up by a guy around my age and told him roughly where I was going (not my address). Ok. We drive about 6 blocks and he turns right. I immediately say, STOP. He does as I was possibly bigger than him. Residential neighborhood. For sure someone would have noticed me killing this guy in a car as there would be a lot of yelling (former cheerleader: I'm loud), blood and splatters flying out of that car. He would have looked similar to one of the baked pigs in a blanket above when I left. I have no doubt he would have been scarred and sorry.
Fortunately he was a rookie serial killer because there was a doorknob still on the interior car door. I got out glaring at him and caught the bus.
My guardian angels are still exhausted from me in college. Then my bf/husband took over.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2026 11:15 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 30, 2026 11:15 PM (L1JuH)
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There's nobody more deserving. Hillary would have made somebody look like a piker had she been born in time to rule Germany in the run up to WW2.
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 11:16 PM (Cjcf6)
"
Arturo Villa
@arturovilla
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4h
Translated from Spanish
The current and legitimate President of the Polish Constitutional Court is opening the gate with an angle grinder, because Tusk's and Brussels' police won't let him enter his own Tribunal.
It's the one in the cap who's cutting the metal chains himself. Epic."
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 11:16 PM (E4rtv)
https://youtu.be/4mII44yDfJw?t=152 (meme)
The first meme in the video should be a standard Halloween decoration.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 30, 2026 11:09 PM (qx7Zg)
I think the meme at 4:13 might be Bulg....
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 30, 2026 11:16 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 30, 2026 11:17 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 11:17 PM (pMmVV)
Not sure about offing a drifter. I used to drink a lot.
Did all the rest, though. And I still use paper maps.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 30, 2026 11:17 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 11:18 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 30, 2026 11:18 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 11:12 PM (qlLNh)
That's how Salvador Allende checked out. With an AK given to him by Castro.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2026 11:19 PM (6v4rH)
Not the blind kid... the one who defended him... we need MORE of good Men standing up for those who can't.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 30, 2026 11:19 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 30, 2026 11:15 PM (L1JuH)
Not Negro since 1968, Black.
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 30, 2026 11:19 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: buddhaha at October 30, 2026 11:20 PM (EuPh7)
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 30, 2026 11:20 PM (wVcYX)
I have no idea what he was hauling. It was snowing like a mofo and cold and he just lectured for over an hour about what an idiot I was to be out hitchhiking in that weather. I had no defense. He was absolutely right.
Every now and then angels come into your life. Seems like a good idea to listen to them.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 11:20 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Kindltot
Moo?
Posted by: A cow at October 30, 2026 11:20 PM (L1JuH)
Not sure about offing a drifter. I used to drink a lot.
Did all the rest, though. And I still use paper maps.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 30, 2026 11:17 PM (0aYVJ)
Never did AO Hell????
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 30, 2026 11:20 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Anna Puma
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The folks involved including some national Democrats like Marc Elias are in trouble. Plus there is a parallel state investigation into the lies that the Democrat operatives and the candidate told to courts, both the trial court and the Alaska Supreme Court to implement their scheme. Now the fake Daniel Sullivan has gone awol, the Democrat Senate Campaign Committee apparently had a political operative who told them his fake Sullivan scheme and sent him to Peltola. Peltola's former campaign staff members are singing like canaries, etc.
Giant poo bomb all over the Democrats in Alaska that probably will cost them the Senate race, the governor's mansion, and may end their ridiculous RCV voting scheme which is why the Dems did this in the first place, trying to manipulate it.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 11:20 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 30, 2026 11:20 PM (wVcYX)
Nice Panama City Beach Ass Mustache
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 30, 2026 11:22 PM (/+uur)
My professor kept his mouth firmly shut.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 11:01 PM (qlLNh)
Heh. That's a classic ...
Hitching in New England didn't seem to be too dangerous back in the day.
I wouldn't have done that in the North Country, where I went to school, though. Too sparsely populated, and the denizens were definitely kin of the "Dueling Banjos" folk.
Posted by: browndog says woof at October 30, 2026 11:22 PM (oCio0)
Off sock!
Posted by: GWB at October 30, 2026 11:22 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 11:18 PM (rbvCR)
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And their eyes. Lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll’s eyes.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 30, 2026 11:22 PM (vBZcw)
Posted by: Count de Monet
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She be, ho, ho, hoe.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 11:23 PM (pMmVV)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 30, 2026 11:23 PM (0aYVJ)
Also loved the Hertz local maps
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 30, 2026 11:23 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 11:25 PM (qlLNh)
I've read a report that Tusk ordered the Polish military not to let President Nawrocki's plane land at a military airport outside of Warsaw.
Allegedly, the Polish military refused to obey that order.
I think that Tusk did not anticipate that Nawrocki would order his plane (enroute to Senegal) turned around when he heard about the coup.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 30, 2026 11:25 PM (aD4fx)
Actually true.
But they are still fun to tip over.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 11:10 PM (viF8m)
I'd be really surprised if cows killed any sharks.
Posted by: tankdemon at October 30, 2026 11:25 PM (2RJDy)
Posted by: Kindltot
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Read the stories of the first cowboys to wrangle longhorns after them living generations in the wild. They warn't no ways domesticated.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 11:25 PM (pMmVV)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 11:26 PM (rbvCR)
Goes to show the war against this filth never ends.
Posted by: Dayyyum
I think the Polish youth are against the migrants (other than the AWFL women types) because they see how bad other countries are getting by travel. Older Poles, many of which lived in places like the UK have returned home with tales of Muslims.
I think the Tusk types of globo homo are losing the remaining youth of Europe by killing their dreams (again, not the weirdo Die Linke type females or antifa criminal males). And they are now losing the middle as the compassion has run out for the Muslim invasion in country after country. Only the oligarchs, the WEF banksta types, and politicians still want this to happen.
I hope the coming fight in Europe is peaceful but it can very easily turn into a bloodbath. The Muzzies are armed, the populace has to fight the regimes and the Muzzies right now.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 11:26 PM (E4rtv)
noun
A leather scourge used for flogging.
A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in Russia. The lash is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted with wire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh.
A leather scourge (multi-tail whip), in the severe version known as 'great knout' with metal weights on each tongue, notoriously used in imperial Russia.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 30, 2026 11:26 PM (qqdHS)
Allegedly, the Polish military refused to obey that order.
I think that Tusk did not anticipate that Nawrocki would order his plane (enroute to Senegal) turned around when he heard about the coup.
Posted by: The ARC of History!
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Yep. Several different sources for that. I think plane was over Spain at the time and reversed course.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 11:27 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2026 11:15 PM (hzuYO)
Mid 80's I finally figured out maybe something was looking out for me for some reason.
2 totaled cars. 3 totaled motorcycles... shot... cut... broken bones... 14 stitches in my head... storms at Sea... and had slept more than one night in the Marine Compound in Beirut in 83 where the barracks got blown up.... picked up hitchhikers... hitchhiked myself... Ran a van load of Coors beer to Virginia as a joke to throw a party...
Did drugs I still won't talk about...
Yet somehow... came through it... still don't know why.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 30, 2026 11:27 PM (mP0Kj)
https://tinyurl.com/3f6mwrzt
On average 10 people are killed in the entire world every year by sharks.
Statistics. How do they work?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 11:27 PM (viF8m)
Allegedly, the Polish military refused to obey that order.
I think that Tusk did not anticipate that Nawrocki would order his plane (enroute to Senegal) turned around when he heard about the coup.
Posted by: The ARC of History!
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Yep. Several different sources for that. I think plane was over Spain at the time and reversed course.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 11:27 PM (E4rtv)
So, wrong color for the revolution?
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 30, 2026 11:28 PM (mP0Kj)
@arturovilla
·
4h
Translated from Spanish
The current and legitimate President of the Polish Constitutional Court is opening the gate with an angle grinder, because Tusk's and Brussels' police won't let him enter his own Tribunal.
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Seems like "Tusk's and Brussel's police" should be placed under under arrest and do hard time.
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 11:28 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: buddhaha at October 30, 2026 11:20 PM (EuPh7)
I'm just waiting a while to respond.
Statutes of limitations can be very liberating.
Posted by: tankdemon at October 30, 2026 11:29 PM (2RJDy)
Posted by: Dayyyum at October 30, 2026 11:02 PM (Hs1wI)
It's full of Poles.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 30, 2026 11:04 PM (88C+u)
Poland is for strippers.
Posted by: GWB at October 30, 2026 11:29 PM (kU0PQ)
Thank you!
Posted by: ChrisP at October 30, 2026 11:30 PM (zXSV5)
Actually true.
But they are still fun to tip over.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 11:10 PM (viF8m)
I'd be really surprised if cows killed any sharks.
Posted by: tankdemon at October 30, 2026 11:25 PM (2RJDy)
/nods...
everyone knows that Sharks are killed by Jets!
Because when yer a Jet, yer a Jet all the way...
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 30, 2026 11:30 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
The shill's son worked for Washington House Democrat Glueskamp (sp) and apparently he had a role too along with a named operative who has went radio silent. That operative briefed the DSCC first about the plan and then persuaded the fake Sullivan and the Peltola campaign to sign on. The DSCC ran it by their legal team as well as the specific senators that run it (which is where Elias comes in).
That is why the NYT story broke blaming it on the Peltola campaign. They are setting a backfire to distract from the DSCC role.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 11:30 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 30, 2026 11:31 PM (f8snw)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 30, 2026 11:31 PM (qqdHS)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 11:27 PM (viF8m)
It appears to require parading around like a pigeon with its breast out claiming that numbers are equivalent to moral superiority.
I have a candlestick chart demonstrating this, if that will help clear up any questions.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 11:31 PM (rbvCR)
Tusk is a globohomo Eurocrat traitor to the Polish Constitution, they should airdrop him over the Alexanderplatz.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 11:32 PM (RIvkX)
https://tinyurl.com/3f6mwrzt
On average 10 people are killed in the entire world every year by sharks.
Statistics. How do they work?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 11:27 PM (viF8m)
You've never seen them rumble. Sondheim wouldn't tell you about that.
Posted by: Riff - Leader of The Jets at October 30, 2026 11:32 PM (r7+Q7)
🌍 THE WORLD IS WATCHING POLAND.
Fox News, NBC, Daily Wire, Euronews: police at Poland's Constitutional Tribunal.
U.S. Ambassador Tom Rose: "very serious indeed."
CPAC stands with President Nawrocki.
Donald Tusk's coup. Share it 🇵🇱
X - > https://tinyurl.com/3r9baxwj
X viewer - > https://tinyurl.com/yfrna4w4
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 11:32 PM (pMmVV)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 30, 2026 11:32 PM (qqdHS)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 11:27 PM (viF8m)
It appears to require parading around like a pigeon with its breast out claiming that numbers are equivalent to moral superiority.
I have a candlestick chart demonstrating this, if that will help clear up any questions.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 11:31 PM (rbvCR)
Latest stats from studies? still has to be confirmed, but one study says 17 MILLION people died worldwide due to bad reactions to the Covid Vaccine...
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 30, 2026 11:33 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 30, 2026 11:33 PM (f8snw)
I'm getting tired of the AI art stylings ...
I can't put my finger on it, or articulate exactly what rubs me the wrong way, but the way the characters are presented is aggravating.
It's like some AI music just sounds odd and I can't really describe what I'm hearing. Same with the cartoonish stuff.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 11:33 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Romeo13
I would call it the yellow revolution because it appears that Tusk and his ministers are now pissing their pants at what comes next.
Unwitting, that thick and stupid globalist has let Nawrocki become a reincarnation of Lech Walensa and instead of Gdansk ship yard, there is the Court Building surrounded by police and youthful protesters against the coup. This lets the yutes take on the role of Solidarity against Tusk who takes on the role of Jaruzelski.
Elections were in 2027 anyway but Tusk pushed the coup panic button, my guess is due to pressure from the EU.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 11:33 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 30, 2026 11:28 PM (mP0Kj)
Institute of Peace and USAID put out a pamphlet, "What Color Is Your Revolution"
Best seller, you know.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 11:34 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Don Black at October 30, 2026 11:34 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2026 11:06 PM (6v4rH)
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"Shot while trying to escape" had a certain neat finality to it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 30, 2026 11:08 PM (vBZcw)
Well, see, he was trying to flee on a helicopter out in the middle of Lake Superior. He leaned out to see if he could see the wreck, and he slipped. BTW, did you know a human will bounce when hitting the water from that high up?
Posted by: GWB at October 30, 2026 11:34 PM (kU0PQ)
TL,DR: Microsoft has managed to eff up Notepad.
Posted by: pookysgirl wants the degradation to stop at October 30, 2026 11:10 PM (Wt5PA)
If you need a simple Windows text editor, I'd get SciTE. (https://scintilla.org/SciTE.html). It's free, doesn't have AI, and I used it for text files for years.
You might also look at Notepad++. No AI crap, and it's what I use now on Windows. It has more features for programmers (like I used to be), but it's a reliable tool.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 30, 2026 11:35 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 30, 2026 11:33 PM (f8snw)
IMO? was already failing. EU was supposed to be an ECONOMIC consortium... not a political master...
And I'll note that even after all these years, countries won't put their Militaries under EU control...
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 30, 2026 11:35 PM (mP0Kj)
It was nice to get away from the computer. Just for a day.
No Halloween tomorrow. Ralphy is too much but my friends' kids and the others across the street are each getting a box of 50 KitKat , Coffee Crisp, Aero and Canadian Smarties - which are like M&Ms but thinner.
No candy corn or molasses candy at Walmart yesterday.
Oh, the Christmas tree has been up a week. My friends' kids like to decorate it so I'm keeping the Christmas in October - November thing going.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 30, 2026 11:36 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Romeo13
The really good news is I've been told by experts it can't happen here.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 11:36 PM (viF8m)
I've been using Notepad++ for years now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 30, 2026 11:37 PM (w6EFb)
You called the internet on the phone, and hoped that the internet takes your call
Posted by: Don Black at October 30, 2026 11:34 PM (ZxPkt)
And then halfway through conquering Ireland, you phone connection would die.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 30, 2026 11:37 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 11:33 PM (E4rtv)
I wonder if Christine LeGarde stepping down as President of the ECB has anything to do with this.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 11:37 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
I think it is a question of the EU disintegrating financially, just a day before the Euro Central Bank head, Ms. LaGarde appeared in a strange video with bandage stripes across her face. Her resignation was like a weird hostage video take and I doubt any woman would want to appear in public like that when a simple letter of resignation would be enough. Someone wanted her humiliated.
I keep coming back thinking perhaps a banking crisis leading to a sovereign debt crisis and the urgent need for the EU to steal Russia's 275 billion in frozen assets as a banking backstop.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 11:37 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Kindltot
See above.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 11:37 PM (E4rtv)
The big breakthrough in modern couping is the existence of X.
Tusk posted the justification for the coup on X, Nawrocki announced that he was turning the plane around on X, the Polish and Warsaw cops defended their actions on X, two Polish ambassadors announced their resignations on X, the globalist Polish Foreign Minister denounced one of the ambassadors on X, and the video of Nawrocki breaking into the court building was posted on X.
This is going to redouble governments' attempts to control on social media.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 30, 2026 11:38 PM (aD4fx)
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 30, 2026 11:27 PM (mP0Kj)
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Pure luck on my part. I worked hard, studied hard, & partied with my buddies every weekend when not skiing or hiking, or writing a paper, or having a huge exam. I knew how to balance my crazy life.
Met a bunch of non nursing friends the year I moved across the city to be near the bus route to the hospital. Second university here.
Man, we had fun! No regrets.
They all met my bf future husband at keggers. All but one liked him. The one who didn't had a chance to date me but never mustered the nerve to ask. He HATED my bf and the feeling was mutual. Otherwise I kept them as friends all through school and beyond. Two dated classmates of mine. It was all one big osmosis of two university groups. I loved them all.
In HS I was almost killed in a car crash but unscathed by a miracle. I remember thinking, as my vision blurred green (trees)/ blue (sky) in a spin, "This is it." I was calm. Nope! There was more time ahead to ski dangerously and climb dangerous slot canyons and mountains with friends. Who gave me far more credit for survival than they should have.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2026 11:39 PM (hzuYO)
Donald Tusk
@donaldtusk
Translated from Polish
I will not allow the right wing to take us out of the European Union. That’s what the game is about today.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 11:39 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 11:12 PM (qlLNh)
That's how Salvador Allende checked out. With an AK given to him by Castro.
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It always makes me laugh to remember that Castro's own Che Guevara met his death when his mentor Fidel Castro decided that he had outlived his usefulness. Castro ended this situation by ordering Che be killed by firing squad. Che had nothing to say afterwards. He just died. That's how that works.
But please, any 15-55 year olds out there shopping at the mall, buy this idiot's t-shirt. That helps us know to keep an eye on your worthless asses.
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 11:39 PM (Cjcf6)
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Atoms Not Bits
@AtomsNotBits
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7h
BREAKING: America just announced up to $70M to close its mining workforce gap with China, which graduates over 15x more mining engineers annually.
The Department of Energy will fund university training programs to double U.S. graduates in mining and critical minerals within two years, with American mining engineers earning over $100K annually in median wages.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 11:40 PM (E4rtv)
Dozens of individuals are injured and killed each year while flying kites in India, with reports indicating that incidents can lead to multiple fatalities during major kite festivals. In recent years, events like the Uttarayan festival have resulted in several deaths, including six people in January 2023 alone
.........
It probably sucks to go through the afterlife being known as a guy taken out by a kite.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 30, 2026 11:41 PM (Sco7b)
You called the internet on the phone, and hoped that the internet takes your call
Posted by: Don Black at October 30, 2026 11:34 PM (ZxPkt)
That's the reason I'm a night owl now. In a house with 5 people, it's the only safe time to dial - especially when starting with 1200 baud.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 30, 2026 11:41 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 30, 2026 11:41 PM (f8snw)
Posted by: Diogenes at October 30, 2026 11:41 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: GWB at October 30, 2026 10:23 PM (kU0PQ)
Where in the US of A are you still allowed to ride unrestrained, much less unrestrained in the back of an open pick-up??
And why would you do that on a freeway?
Sounds like your last words will be 'hey everyone, watch this....'
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 30, 2026 11:43 PM (QGaXH)
Pan Cezary Krysztopa #BabiesLivesMatter
@cezarykrysztopa
Translated from Polish
An anonymous police officer says that
@PolskaPolicja is lying and the shocking document regarding machine guns for police officers is absolutely RELATED to the situation in W-wie. He also speaks about low morale and that police officers do not want to do this.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 11:43 PM (E4rtv)
(not original with me, though I wish it was)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 11:44 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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Harry Reid's exercise bands all over again.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 11:44 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 11:45 PM (viF8m)
Dozens of individuals are injured and killed each year while flying kites in India, with reports indicating that incidents can lead to multiple fatalities during major kite festivals. In recent years, events like the Uttarayan festival have resulted in several deaths, including six people in January 2023 alone
.........
It probably sucks to go through the afterlife being known as a guy taken out by a kite.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 30, 2026 11:41 PM (Sco7b)
Who knew kite flying is more deadly than attempting to summit Everest? Only 5 died this past May on that mountain.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 30, 2026 11:46 PM (wVcYX)
During an annual spring kite festival in eastern Pakistan, eleven people were killed, and over 100 were injured. Deaths were caused by stray celebratory bullets, kite strings, electrocution from kites, and falls from rooftops while flying kites.
Many kite flyers use wire or sharp kite strings made from ground glass to cut rival kite strings, causing injuries and deaths to birds, people, and other animals. In response, Pakistani police arrested over 700 people for using dangerous kite strings or firing weapons and seized 282 illegally held weapons. A temporary ban on kite flying was imposed following a series of festival deaths and re-imposed after these fatalities
My friends' cat Snowflake is sleeping on the chair herr. She's so beautiful.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 30, 2026 11:46 PM (Sco7b)
But please, any 15-55 year olds out there shopping at the mall, buy this idiot's t-shirt. That helps us know to keep an eye on your worthless asses.
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 11:39 PM (Cjcf6)
Che was killed by the Bolivian army.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2026 11:46 PM (6v4rH)
@donaldtusk
Translated from Polish
I will not allow the right wing to take us out of the European Union. That’s what the game is about today.
That was yesterday - setting out the motivation for the coup.
Gavin Newsom and JB Pritzker must be feeling nervous - playing their assigned roles in the planned Color Revolution after the election just got more problematic.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 30, 2026 11:47 PM (aD4fx)
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 30, 2026 11:41 PM (Sco7b)
They put glass shards on the string, ostensibly to cut the strings of other kites. But sure, it could kill you.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 30, 2026 11:47 PM (qqdHS)
Posted by: Diogenes at October 30, 2026 11:47 PM (2WIwB)
Castro was tired of Che's crap, and Che was shit at any sort of governance in spite of being in charge of Cuba's central bank. Castro sent him overseas to go do revolution like he wanted to.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 11:48 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: rhomboid at October 30, 2026 11:48 PM (U/Byj)
1. Buy four pigs.
2. Paint numbers 1, 2, 3, and 5 on them.
3. Release them in Wal-Mart
4. Watch security look for #4.
Might also work at a mosque, if you dropped them off on a Saturday with enough food and water for 5 (or 6).
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 30, 2026 11:48 PM (qx7Zg)
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Here's the problem with that question: it all depends on whether the judiciary is aware that they're bound by the rule of law and acts accordingly.
Otherwise, its Judge Boasberg time after time after time.
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 11:49 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: rhomboid at October 30, 2026 11:49 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: GWB
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You can penetrate it but you can't compress it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 11:50 PM (pMmVV)
The only one I'm unsure of is the "offered a ride" to a drifter part. Maybe I did, if she was pretty, but I did a lot of stupid stuff when I was younger and IF I did that one, it didn't lead to a HOF outcome--perhaps I dropped her off to a 7/11?
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 10:10 PM (Cjcf6)
This is me as well.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 30, 2026 11:50 PM (p61JE)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 11:51 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: rhomboid at October 30, 2026 11:49 PM (U/Byj)
Yes.
Long ago, I had a very interesting chat with one of the fellows who was there.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 30, 2026 11:52 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 30, 2026 11:52 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 30, 2026 11:52 PM (f8snw)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 30, 2026 11:53 PM (qqdHS)
Posted 45 minutes ago:
The stand off around Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal is about restoring rule of law to an institution which had been politicised by the populist government which lost power in the election of 2023. Its president repeatedly broke the law by steering politically sensitive cases to hand-picked judges. It failed to pass its own budget,
Over the last three years a new majority of judges was duly elected by parliament and demanded to be able to function. The outgoing president of the tribunal kept blocking them, The most senior judge of the new majority took charge of the tribunal premises and asked the police for protection. Our populist opposition is unfortunately refusing to accept its loss of control over the Tribunal. The democratically elected government will continue to uphold the constitution.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 30, 2026 11:53 PM (aD4fx)
Posted by: rhomboid at October 30, 2026 11:53 PM (U/Byj)
Gavin Newsom and JB Pritzker must be feeling nervous - playing their assigned roles in the planned Color Revolution after the election just got more problematic.
Posted by: The ARC of History!
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History does not view losers in coups favorably. And just mebbe their masters don't either. Politicians are hirelings and expendable for whoever is driving the globo homo train.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 11:53 PM (E4rtv)
His wife, on the other hand, inserts herself (this is the second time) into the picture. They share an email because she is nuts and controlling. I am polite to her but I have never liked her nor had a cross word. The cross words would come but I love him too much.
She airs her list of crap she will and will not do for our mother. The only thing she's been asked to do was open the electronic gate to the driveway and front door so the hospital bed could be delivered 2wks ago.
I offer to pay for stuff. I have no freaking idea what she expects me to do from 1000 miles away.
My reply? He and I talk daily. All is well. I will pay for whatever.
Bite me and stay out of our bidness was not in the reply. I don't need her crap.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2026 11:53 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: lin-duh at October 30, 2026 11:53 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Piper at October 30, 2026 11:54 PM (ZdaMQ)
Ever watched how relentless water breaks down rock? Kind of fascinating.
Never stop fighting. Ever.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 11:55 PM (viF8m)
This is the guy who thanked the United States after the Nordstream pipelines were blown up.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 30, 2026 11:55 PM (aD4fx)
Posted by: The ARC of History!
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I would kick his ass out of the US (he was in Atlanta for the G20) and recall our ambassador for consultations from Poland.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 11:55 PM (E4rtv)
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Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone)
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See, that's the problematic part of what's going on in America today. Who the fuck are THEY to allow me to or not allow me to?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 11:55 PM (pMmVV)
S'up?
Posted by: Diogenes at October 30, 2026 11:55 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: The ARC of History!
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Ah, a reincarnation of von Ribbentrop.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 11:56 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 30, 2026 11:56 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: rhomboid at October 30, 2026 11:53 PM (U/Byj)
He was Argentine, but it is reported that there is no evidence that he ever went to medical school. He may may been pre-med.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 11:56 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Romeo13
The really good news is I've been told by experts it can't happen here.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 11:36 PM (viF8m)
Short memories, apparently.
The coup forces were at the gates of the White House at the end of the summer of love. And then their guy was installed.
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at October 30, 2026 11:57 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: And yet we learned NOTHING at October 30, 2026 11:57 PM (gA/vX)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 30, 2026 11:58 PM (qqdHS)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 30, 2026 11:56 PM
Not yet! But soon. I had 2 glasses of wine tonight, and I don’t drink often or much at all. Almost never. So definitely bed soon!
Posted by: Piper at October 30, 2026 11:58 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at October 30, 2026 11:57 PM (vSvIl)
You mean Nixon?!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 30, 2026 11:59 PM (qqdHS)
Posted by: Tracy at October 30, 2026 11:59 PM (xPT96)
But they screwed up. They screwed up trying to put Trump in prison, making him stronger than before. They then screwed up fighting him on immigration which was one of the reasons he was elected. So now the people do not trust the judiciary.
He gutted USAID, which meant real money, leaving the uniparty and global elite in a bit of a tough spot. It forced them to move early. But at the same time Trump kicked China out of the hemisphere (except for China and Brazil), he took out the narco state head Maduro. He took a hammer to the EU's favored tariff arrangement, creating even more problems for them financially. He's killing Canada (more accurately letting them commit suicide). Iran is about done.
So the global left knew they were out of time. They know they will not get the Senate, so if they get the House it only hurts them for 28. So the move in Brazil and Poland. Carney's continued cozying up to China even though it is killing them.
We are on offense now.
Posted by: Black JEM at October 31, 2026 12:00 AM (8uHt+)
Posted by: Piper at October 31, 2026 12:00 AM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: 496 at October 31, 2026 12:01 AM (L9C9L)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2026 11:53 PM (hzuYO
I'm glad you have a good relationship with your brother.
CBC news is covering elections in Texas.
Lol
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 31, 2026 12:01 AM (Sco7b)
Ever watched how relentless water breaks down rock? Kind of fascinating.
Never stop fighting. Ever.
Posted by: JackStraw
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I think they have sat too comfortably playing at law to actually understand they are undermining it actively by their shady word games, their ignoring traditions as a source of law, and this stupid hierarchy of litigant derived from Communism. Degrees of oppression bullshit.
Justinian, during his lifetime after he published the Justinian Codes forbade lawyers and law students from 'glossing' his code--that is writing to explain it often trying to put little twists in it to benefit their own legal positions. The penalty was death.
Napoleon, after the French Revolution and the rotten system of justice under the king, where judges were viewed as oppressors, had his own Code which has outlasted multiple French government Constitutions but under one French Code.
And law is looked as a demeaning trade in France still because of what lawyers did in the past.
This is what happens.
Posted by: whig at October 31, 2026 12:02 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 31, 2026 12:04 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 31, 2026 12:04 AM (wVcYX)
>>The coup forces were at the gates of the White House at the end of the summer of love. And then their guy was installed.
Whoa.
So if I understand what you are saying the color revolution we are currently going through is really just a continuation of the same one that has been going for over a decade?
Mind blown.
We should probably watch out for murder cows. No telling what they will do next. Statistically.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 31, 2026 12:04 AM (viF8m)
Dariusz Sobkow
@dareksobkow
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1h
Translated from Polish
Some scenes from before TK: The President and his team, including SOP security, let through the side by police, a long conversation between the head of police units and former Interior Minister M. Kamiński, the mild and passive stance of the police showed that there was a possibility of a situation extremely dangerous for the government: the possibility of FRATERNIZATION - police FRATERNIZING with the demonstrators and the President of the Republic of Poland. Hence there may be this decision to withdraw the police. Nitro the rest but one thing is certain:
THE PRESIDENT WON THIS ROUND OF THE GAME 🇵🇱
@prezydentpl
@KarolPopieramy
POLAND WON 🇵🇱🇵🇱
Posted by: whig at October 31, 2026 12:05 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 31, 2026 12:04 AM (wVcYX)
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Estes Kefauver?
Posted by: 496 at October 31, 2026 12:05 AM (Zyj/8)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 31, 2026 12:07 AM (f8snw)
Taborowski: President Karol Nawrocki has left the building of the Constitutional Tribunal. (PAP)
It's 5 AM in Warsaw.
Got to love a country who names their state news service "PAP".
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 31, 2026 12:07 AM (aD4fx)
Steady yourselves.
Ok. Ready?
The CBC is interviewing people predicting a blue wave!!
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 31, 2026 12:07 AM (Sco7b)
We are on offense now.
Posted by: Black JEM
I do agree that the people are moving against them. Ironically the citizens of the world like that dolt at UTSA have no idea nor feel for the countries they live in as rootless travelers exploiting wherever they land. These are the types of people running the NGOs, the tedious stints in office as junior briefcase holders, the thoughtless and cruel climbing the greasy poles of power and money, until they become some horrid creature like Queer Keir Starmer, Fancy Man Macron, Childless Ma Merkel who destroyed Germany, etc. etc.
Their legacy is destruction and infamy.
Posted by: whig at October 31, 2026 12:09 AM (E4rtv)
Carp
Raining and blowing stink out here in the beach. I would love to go for a walk but I have a Funk planted on my leg.
Sounds like BIG raindrops on the windows.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at October 31, 2026 12:09 AM (yEz+x)
Posted by: 496 at October 31, 2026 12:10 AM (Hu233)
Steady yourselves.
Ok. Ready?
The CBC is interviewing people predicting a blue wave!!
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 31, 2026 12:07 AM (Sco7b)
Methinks a wave of blue-haired old ladies is more likely. But, I haven't lived in Texas since I was 10, so I *could* be wrong.
Do older women still get that bluish tint from the hairdresser?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 31, 2026 12:10 AM (qx7Zg)
I agree firmly with Whig - Tusk did a half assed coup attempt without understanding at all the full implications of what he was trying. What an arrogant fool.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 31, 2026 12:11 AM (xOuxV)
Alaska is going to leave a mark. All the fraud is going to as well. The left's position is weaker unless all the EV is wrong. Even a 52-48 Senate isn't enough. Because it will be more aligned with Trump than the previous one.
Posted by: Black JEM at October 31, 2026 12:11 AM (8uHt+)
Posted by: Black JEM at October 31, 2026 12:00 AM (8uHt+)
I like the cut of your jib, sir. Do you perchance have a newsletter to which I might subscribe?
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 31, 2026 12:12 AM (r7+Q7)
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We are on offense now.
Posted by: Black JEM at October 31, 2026 12:00 AM (8uHt+)
We can haz bounties?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 31, 2026 12:12 AM (jb8Ss)
Cezary Kaźmierczak
@C_Kazmierczak
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3h
Translated from Polish
Leaving aside entirely the absurd ideas that the Minister of Justice could, with the help of a forced police entry, change the leadership of the Constitutional Tribunal, what intrigues me is what drives people who take on such dirty work from political leaders—signing off on papers, issuing orders, taking up positions and roles, acting against the law and exposing themselves to criminal liability. All just to curry favor with some party bigwig, who will later sip his wine while the justice system tears them apart. The nooks and crannies of the human mind are unfathomable.
Posted by: whig at October 31, 2026 12:12 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 31, 2026 12:13 AM (vBZcw)
Sounds like crisis averted. This time.
Head on a swivel, and have a plan.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 31, 2026 12:13 AM (u82oZ)
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TJM has been pretty damn rosy about the upcoming elections. It gives me hope, but I'm not counting any chickens until they hatch
Posted by: 496 at October 31, 2026 12:13 AM (Fgg+Q)
We need the funk.
https://tinyurl.com/atmtunt7
Posted by: JackStraw at October 31, 2026 12:13 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 31, 2026 12:13 AM (wVcYX)
And they'll do little more with it than they've done so far.
Posted by: Crusader at October 31, 2026 12:14 AM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 31, 2026 12:15 AM (f8snw)
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 31, 2026 12:15 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 31, 2026 12:13 AM (wVcYX)
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Damn! I really thought I got that one!
Posted by: 496 at October 31, 2026 12:16 AM (Zyj/8)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 31, 2026 12:16 AM (f8snw)
Posted by: rhomboid at October 31, 2026 12:16 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: 496
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I think it is like War of the Worlds broadcast by Orson Wells on Halloween.
And from what I've read on other Color Revolutions, pretty much what DR has uncovered here. Tusk was just sloppier because he already got away with illegal actions back in 2023 (shut down the public television stations guaranteed autonomy until he took over), took over the National Prosecutors office illegally, etc.
Now he just launched a giant stinkbomb that like the fake Sullivan in Alaska, is going to hurt the EU badly in other countries.
Posted by: whig at October 31, 2026 12:16 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 31, 2026 12:04 AM (wVcYX)
Paul Newman and Robert Redford.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 31, 2026 12:16 AM (jb8Ss)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 31, 2026 12:19 AM (qqdHS)
Posted by: scampydog at October 31, 2026 12:19 AM (T2GT8)
Posted by: Black JEM at October 31, 2026 12:00 AM (8uHt+)
I like the cut of your jib, sir. Do you perchance have a newsletter to which I might subscribe?
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 31, 2026 12:12 AM (r7+Q7)
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Haha! I do write a bit on substack for fun, but it is not on a regular schedule. I have a day job.
My latest on the election - hope the link isn't too long.
But its late enough - hopefully the mods won't mind.
https://jimsmentalgym.substack.com/p/midterm-finish-line
Posted by: Black JEM at October 31, 2026 12:19 AM (8uHt+)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 31, 2026 12:16 AM (f8snw)
392 Sundance and the Kid?
Posted by: rhomboid at October 31, 2026 12:16 AM (U/Byj)
Paul Newman and Robert Redford.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 31, 2026 12:16 AM (jb8Ss)
Bingo. Bingo. Bingo.
Let's have a round of applause for our winners. Jay, tell them what they've won . . .
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 31, 2026 12:20 AM (wVcYX)
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She was probably just on CPT.
Posted by: Crusader at October 31, 2026 12:21 AM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 31, 2026 12:22 AM (vBZcw)
And they'll do little more with it than they've done so far.
Posted by: Crusader at October 31, 2026 12:14 AM (Cjcf6)
I hope you’re right. I already voted: Republican, straight down the ballot. Had to hold my nose for some of them, because what’s the alternative?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 31, 2026 12:22 AM (qqdHS)
You mean the guy who trolled me for me for the better part of a year saying Trump was going to lose Pennsylvania because of fraud in Philly when I told him repeatedly that his RNC had it?
Trump won Pennsylvania in 2024 just as I said he would.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 31, 2026 12:23 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: 496
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I think it is like War of the Worlds broadcast by Orson Wells on Halloween.
And from what I've read on other Color Revolutions, pretty much what DR has uncovered here. Tusk was just sloppier because he already got away with illegal actions back in 2023 (shut down the public television stations guaranteed autonomy until he took over), took over the National Prosecutors office illegally, etc.
Now he just launched a giant stinkbomb that like the fake Sullivan in Alaska, is going to hurt the EU badly in other countries.
Posted by: whig at October 31, 2026 12:16 AM (E4rtv)
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This was just - sloppy. Which is why I smell panic. If I was the illegitimate leader of Brazil I would maybe be getting a bit worried. I'm certain all kinds of options are being discussed by Trump's people. And his friends don't have any power to stop what they might do.
Posted by: Black JEM at October 31, 2026 12:25 AM (8uHt+)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 31, 2026 12:23 AM (viF8m)
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So what are your thoughts on the upcoming election? MI? GA? MN?
Posted by: 496 at October 31, 2026 12:25 AM (kSATS)
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Or Hillary.
Hillary probably goes to bed every night *righteously* angry that she didn't attempt a coup.
Also, she probably goes to bed every night in a room without a husband and drunk off her ass.
Posted by: Crusader at October 31, 2026 12:25 AM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: 496
Not really. TJM thinks the GOP loses the House narrowly and keeps the Senate. Harry Enten at CNN suggested as much several days ago.
The reason is even in 2018 in a much worse midterm environment, Trump did fine in the Senate while losing the House by a huge swing. Generic vote difference seems to be firming on D+4 across the US. Given the normal historical GOP vote in places like KS, IA, TX, AK etc. those are out of reach. And states like MN, ME, MI, and even NH, would not be in play at all.
Same issue with House races. Democrats need a lot more than +3-4 generic to repeat 2018. That is not there. Instead, D House challengers had to win districts that are +3 or +4 GOP normally and after redistricting in many states that is harder to gain now. Serious analysts of the house are focusing on about a dozen or so races that will decide the House elections. So GOP can eke out a win from 218 up or lose to something like 225 to 210 depending on the swing.
Posted by: whig at October 31, 2026 12:25 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 31, 2026 12:22 AM (vBZcw)
Nah, he never could find a Bolivian hat style he liked and settled in Argentina instead.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 31, 2026 12:27 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 31, 2026 12:19 AM (qqdHS)
Yeah, I meant 2020
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at October 31, 2026 12:28 AM (vSvIl)
Pleasant Climate and far away from the European idiots...
Posted by: Jackson K. at October 31, 2026 12:28 AM (PxgV0)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 31, 2026 12:28 AM (CHHv1)
Posted by: lin-duh
IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE ONE OF THESE THINGS IS NOT LIKE THE OTHERS.
Posted by: BEN SNUFFLEUPAGUS at October 31, 2026 12:28 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Black JEM
Bessent is a stone cold killer of economies along with Trump's trade negotiators. Lula's illegallities make it easy to apply all sorts of sanctions under different laws if Trump desires. China doesn't have the money to prop up Brazil as they have a fiscal crisis going on themselves regarding debt explosion (theirs is about 300 percent of GDP or higher). The whole bankruptcy of their big real estate developer is basically like Enron, no assets worth much to recoup billions lost of government money.
Posted by: whig at October 31, 2026 12:29 AM (E4rtv)
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How about a McCulloch chainsaw
A Las Vegas wedding
A Mexican divorce
A solid-gold Kama Sutra coffee pot
Or a baby's arm holding an apple
Posted by: A new Monza! at October 31, 2026 12:29 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 31, 2026 12:28 AM (CHHv1)
Y'all come back now, ya hear?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 31, 2026 12:29 AM (qx7Zg)
What do you think? You can see what I see.
You all are at least as smart as me if not smarter. Ignore the noise, what do you think is going to happen in MI, GA and MN?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 31, 2026 12:30 AM (viF8m)
I just saw the Heroes and Icons channel will have a Chekov night Sunday evening airing some his most famous TOS episodes, and then Monday will be Picard night, airing some of his most memorable TNG episodes.
"Temba with his arms wide", "Shaka, when the walls fell" is one of them. Of course.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 31, 2026 12:30 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
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About 30-50 years of economic and social misery and authoritarianism if the left takes over. Eventually it will collapse like the PRI in Mexico or the USSR but leave a helluva lot of wreckage behind.
Posted by: whig at October 31, 2026 12:31 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 31, 2026 12:31 AM (Cqx++)
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Max Hübner
@HubnerrMax
·
24m
Translated from Polish
Historic statement by President Karol Nawrocki regarding the Tusk government's coup against the Constitutional Tribunal, read by Paweł Szefernakier:
"In connection with the THREAT TO INTERNAL SECURITY of the Republic, I am convening TODAY urgent consultations with the participation of representatives of parliamentary forces in order to bring about the stabilization of the political situation and the restoration of constitutional order."
He also stated that the President of the Supreme Court shares the President's conviction about the coup and called for the security forces to leave the Tribunal's premises and for the government to restore legal order.
This is getting serious, like never before in the Third Republic.
Posted by: whig at October 31, 2026 12:32 AM (E4rtv)
What do you think? You can see what I see.
You all are at least as smart as me if not smarter. Ignore the noise, what do you think is going to happen in MI, GA and MN?
I am confused about Georgia ??? They voted for two F**king Idiots for the Senate.
What is up with that ??
Posted by: Jackson K. at October 31, 2026 12:33 AM (PxgV0)
Posted by: whig at October 31, 2026 12:33 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: lin-duh
Thanks. I didn't want to be the one to say it.
I'd think off'd would be more common knowledge.
........
Separately, PlutoTV has a spicy channel after midnight. 'Love, Sex and Robots' is on.
Nothing too graphic.
I remember the 90's. I think CityTV in Toronto had late night pron.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 31, 2026 12:33 AM (Sco7b)
Cooper looks too strong in NC, and the dems have banked enough votes to withstand voting day. Western NC would have to have the mother of all turnouts for Whatley to win. But it is super low odds for that.
Black vote in Georgia is down, but not down enough probably to beat Ossoff.
New Hampshire will be close, but probably not enough there, but Minnesota will be interesting. They are always the tease, and I figure they are teasing again. But you have the Ilhan stuff and more and more fraud. I think Tavoya gets close, but more likely they get a GOP state legislature.
The other wild card - much like 2024 - NRC has strong field presence and the DOJ is in their hands this time. So maybe we get some surprises.
Posted by: Black JEM at October 31, 2026 12:34 AM (8uHt+)
Posted by: Jackson K. at October 31, 2026 12:35 AM (PxgV0)
I am confused about Georgia ??? They voted for two F**king Idiots for the Senate.
What is up with that ??
Posted by: Jackson K.
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Whites are almost a minority now in GA is what is up. Blacks at about 30 percent of the electorate, corporate drifter whites that vote blue add to it along with Hispanics and Asians in the Atlanta area.
Posted by: whig at October 31, 2026 12:35 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: whig at October 31, 2026 12:35 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 31, 2026 12:30 A
Michigan. Rogers.
When even MSNow is having Abdul on with Franken talking about black voters, the tent is looking like a Carnival Cruise.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 31, 2026 12:36 AM (Sco7b)
I am confused about Georgia ??? They voted for two F**king Idiots for the Senate.
What is up with that ??
Posted by: Jackson K.
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Whites are almost a minority now in GA is what is up. Blacks at about 30 percent of the electorate, corporate drifter whites that vote blue add to it along with Hispanics and Asians in the Atlanta area.
Then they should stop bitching about everything SUCKS when you elect a Retard for the Senate..
Posted by: Jackson K. at October 31, 2026 12:37 AM (PxgV0)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 31, 2026 12:38 AM (viF8m)
"
Rafał Bochenek
@RafalBochenek
·
1h
Translated from Polish
TVN24 propagandist
@sebastiantvn24
is walking among the protesters in front of the Constitutional Tribunal and insulting them on the tvn24 airwaves, claiming that the protesters reek of alcohol and that it's the crowd pressing against the police officers, while the police are restoring order❗️ Lying incitement machine❗️"
Posted by: whig at October 31, 2026 12:38 AM (E4rtv)
🇵🇱 Stańczyk
@NatConPatriot
·
2h
A brief explanation for those with no knowledge of Polish politics:
A year ago, the Polish people elected a conservative president, Karol Nawrocki.
Poland currently has a left-liberal government, which, however, does not yet control the courts.
Tusk government is attempting to take illegal control of the courts in order to undermine the election of President Nawrocki.
Only in this way can Tusk secure absolute power for himself. Tusk knows he will lose the 2027 elections, so he is attempting to undermine the state’s constitutional order and to remove a president beloved by the Polish people.
This is literally a war of cynicism and evil against sincerity, the voice of the people, and goodness.
Pray for Poland and president Nawrocki.
Posted by: whig at October 31, 2026 12:39 AM (E4rtv)
I cut up peppers for dinner. I just rubbed my eyes and discovered that I didn't wash my hands well enough.
I have just pepper sprayed myself. I wasn't doing nothing! Just sitting here reading the internet and bang, I was rolling around on the floor like a dog with a nose full of skunk.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 31, 2026 12:41 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 31, 2026 12:41 AM (viF8m)
Trump/Bibi Hammer the Ragheads in Iran......
Posted by: Jackson K. at October 31, 2026 12:42 AM (PxgV0)
Poor Snowflake threw up. I have towels on the chair for just stuff like that. I'm not a cat person, or even own cats, but I'm trainable.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 31, 2026 12:43 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Retired, thank God at October 31, 2026 12:43 AM (va0Yo)
What do you suppose that means?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 31, 2026 12:38 AM (viF8m)
Somebody told her that if he wins, they'll pass Prohibition again?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 31, 2026 12:45 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2026 11:53 PM (hzuYO)
If crosswords don't work, perhaps Scrabble?
No need to thank me. I'll show myself out....quickly....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 31, 2026 12:45 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: whig at October 31, 2026 12:46 AM (E4rtv)
Dozens of individuals are injured and killed each year while flying kites in India, with reports indicating that incidents can lead to multiple fatalities during major kite festivals. In recent years, events like the Uttarayan festival have resulted in several deaths, including six people in January 2023 alone
.........
It probably sucks to go through the afterlife being known as a guy taken out by a kite.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 30, 2026 11:41 PM (Sco7b)
Maybe somebody should tell those idiots that its a kite, not a hang glider.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 31, 2026 12:48 AM (vzuC7)
Posted by: 496 at October 31, 2026 12:01 AM (L9C9L)
So was Rambo.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 31, 2026 12:48 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 31, 2026 12:49 AM (CHHv1)
Oddly enough, that doesn't endow them with wisdom or all the answers.
I'm old enough to remember when ace yelled at us chuckleheads who supported Trump over DeSantis because only Ron could win.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 31, 2026 12:49 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: John Rambo at October 31, 2026 12:50 AM (L1JuH)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
I assumed it was AI just by the voices.
Posted by: tankdemon
If it was AI, they could have gone even further over the top.
"What's your favorite position?"
"Reverse cowgirl."
".....in volleyball?"
"I said what I said."
Posted by: mikeski at October 31, 2026 12:50 AM (VHUov)
What do you suppose that means?
Posted by: JackStraw
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Secret ban on insider trading?
Posted by: scampydog at October 31, 2026 12:50 AM (T2GT8)
Somebody told her that if he wins, they'll pass Prohibition again?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
Key Largo Nancy
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 31, 2026 12:51 AM (Cqx++)
Posted by: JackStraw
Moo??
Posted by: A cow at October 31, 2026 12:52 AM (L1JuH)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 31, 2026 12:53 AM (znREB)
I think she is genuinely afraid.
Markets don't mean much when everything implodes.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 31, 2026 12:53 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: 496
(Thousand yard stare)
Posted by: John Rambo at October 31, 2026 12:50 AM (L1JuH
I still have a couple of beers left.
I should watch 'Hobo with a Shotgun' again.
It may be Canada's greatest contribution to cinema. I don't want to spoul it, but dude just wanted to buy a lawnmower to earn some money and turn his life around.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 31, 2026 12:54 AM (Sco7b)
Markets don't mean much when everything implodes.
Posted by: JackStraw
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I agree. I was being snarky on the fastball down the middle. Seeing some fear from the old group grifter left with the hard shift of their side.
Posted by: scampydog at October 31, 2026 12:56 AM (T2GT8)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 31, 2026 12:56 AM (6v4rH)
Do older women still get that bluish tint from the hairdresser?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 31, 2026 12:10 AM (qx7Zg)
*****
Not at my salon. Mine is highlighted blonde and I pay a lot of $ for it.
Now my husband is mad at SIL for inserting her schizo nose into my brother's and my bidness about our mother.
I'll bet she emails and deletes history so he doesn't see her drivel. I wish my other brother was alive to snark, but instead I choose y'all.
In the middle of grief of what is to come I have to deal with this nutcase. I am ignoring her forever. Apparently she took the wrong pills or the dog she made insane bit her today.
I doubt she has any idea I could gut her like a deer with a few choice words. The only buffers are my beloved brother and mother.
I don't need this, I didn't ask for her opinion, & she can implode with anger as I will give her no quarter. My concise and terse reply is the last one I will give.
Please keep in mind they live 1/4 mile away on our family farm on land I agreed they could have at no cost (probably $30k). Because I love my brother and he wanted to be near our mother on the lake when they built their house.
Shoot me now.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 31, 2026 12:57 AM (hzuYO)
"So, basically, 500 million Europeans expect 300 million Americans to protect them from 120 million Russians who can’t even defeat 40 million Ukrainians while those 500 million Europeans don’t even realize they are being conquered by 2 billion Muslims who claim they are being persecuted by 8 million Israelis. Is that about right?"
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 31, 2026 12:57 AM (tcsrY)
I just saw the Heroes and Icons channel will have a Chekov night Sunday evening airing some his most famous TOS episodes, and then Monday will be Picard night, airing some of his most memorable TNG episodes.
"Temba with his arms wide", "Shaka, when the walls fell" is one of them. Of course.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
Walter Koenig's best work wasn't as Chekov, but as Alfred Bester on Babylon 5. He played a bad guy with charm, humor, and cold blooded terror. Koenig looked like he was having a blast in the role.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 31, 2026 12:58 AM (L1JuH)
My bad. I guess I'm still sensitive from that croissant eating moron trying to lecture me on statistics.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 31, 2026 12:59 AM (viF8m)
work work work...
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 31, 2026 12:53 AM (znREB)
Whar's that Eskimo woman I gotta rassel?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 31, 2026 01:00 AM (QGaXH)
No need to thank me. I'll show myself out....quickly....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 31, 2026 12:45 AM (QGaXH)
*********
Oh, I'd beat her at that as well as she claims she has dyslexia (with two masters degrees in edumacation) and why she lost her teaching license. Because...whine...she can't learn online.
I'm trying not to revert to the potato voodoo doll catharsis, but it's coming.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 31, 2026 01:01 AM (hzuYO)
Which season?
Honestly, none of the above; Europe is such an f'n mess right now, I'd end up in coups in Poland or riots in Spain, France, and Italy...and who wants to spend time in North Africa?
I'll just stay home, thank you very much. Can I get a cash equivalent?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 31, 2026 01:01 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport
Not sure about "2 billion" muslims. Can their 40 different sects and sub-sects actually agree on things long enough to work together without murdering each other?
Otherwise, this is exactly the current violent political situation in the world.
There are also 1 billion Indians and 1 billion Chinese trying to do all the same shit but without the overt genocide.
Posted by: mikeski at October 31, 2026 01:01 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: JackStraw
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All good. Wasnt poking at you. Just got home from a Halloween party - too many comments to catch up. And I hate croissants.
Posted by: scampydog at October 31, 2026 01:02 AM (T2GT8)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 31, 2026 01:02 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 31, 2026 01:03 AM (l3cgK)
Markets don't mean much when everything implodes.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 31, 2026 12:53 AM (viF8m)
Hello, world.
Posted by: Trillions of dollars burned on the pyre of AI at October 31, 2026 01:03 AM (vSvIl)
453 Well, I got the little Honda generator running again......
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 31, 2026 12:56 AM (6v4rH)
Congratulations! You, sir, are a wonder.
Are you thinking Arizona yet? Or the world around you isn't quite one total unending expanse of snow and ice just yet?
(Joking! I know it's only late October....)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 31, 2026 01:06 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 31, 2026 01:06 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 31, 2026 01:06 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 31, 2026 01:07 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: scampydog at October 31, 2026 01:08 AM (T2GT8)
Or maybe it will be looked back on as the night the EU began to die.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 31, 2026 01:08 AM (xOuxV)
Posted by: Orson at October 31, 2026 01:09 AM (dIske)
Reverse Cowgirl
In Volleyball?
Setter
Well, Setter could also work for the other kind of activity too...Is she Irish?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 31, 2026 01:11 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 30, 2026 10:1
It didn’t say boffed a drifter…
Posted by: polynikes at October 31, 2026 01:11 AM (KC5Lt)
What do you suppose that means?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 31, 2026 12:38 AM (viF8m)
He spilled the beans about her flesh stretching sessions above the planet Ba'ku.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 31, 2026 01:13 AM (vzuC7)
Thank you for putting up with my lame attempts at lighthearted humor this Halloween Eve*.
*Not Halloween yet here on the left coast....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 31, 2026 01:14 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: scampydog at October 31, 2026 01:15 AM (T2GT8)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 31, 2026 01:17 AM (l3cgK)
Actually true.
But they are still fun to tip over.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 11:10 PM (viF8m)
I'd be really surprised if cows killed any sharks.
Posted by: tankdemon at October 30, 2026 11:25 PM (2RJDy)
*********
*Lights a cigarette, takes a long draw, and contemplates explaining just what the Cow Team 6 does for the world.*
Posted by: Red, the Old Breeding Bull from the ranch down the road at October 31, 2026 01:17 AM (xScFa)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 31, 2026 01:00 AM (QGaXH)
The CBC has some show 'Nirth by North' I think and the eskimo lady is really hot.
Kind of looks like Selena Gomez.
And 'Hobo with a Shotgun' is no longer free. Crap.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 31, 2026 01:19 AM (Sco7b)
Yeah, two out of the first four times I gave my eldest a bath when he was a newborn, he gave me a shower...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 31, 2026 01:20 AM (l3cgK)
(Joking! I know it's only late October....)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 31, 2026 01:06 AM (QGaXH)
No time set yet. Still stuff to do here. Coldest day so far has been about 26 F. Last little snowfall is 90% gone.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 31, 2026 01:21 AM (6v4rH)
Pelosi has become fabulously wealthy from the system she allegedly hates. It was a great grift as long as it never really got changed. Rage against the machine and all that bullshit.
What happens when someone on your team wants to blow up the machine?
The one thing Democrats do is stick together. No matter what. Always. So why?
Why is Pelosi dissing Abdul? It's not a little thing on the eve of an election.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 31, 2026 01:21 AM (viF8m)
Actually true.
But they are still fun to tip over.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 11:10 PM (viF8m)
I'd be really surprised if cows killed any sharks.
Posted by: tankdemon at October 30, 2026 11:25 PM (2RJDy)
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*Lights a cigarette, takes a long draw, and contemplates explaining just what the Cow Team 6 does for the world.*
Posted by: Red, the Old Breeding Bull from the ranch down the road
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I was told there would be no mooing. There was much mooing after the Great Bovine Shark Culling Event of '86.
Posted by: scampydog at October 31, 2026 01:22 AM (T2GT8)
What do you suppose that means?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 31, 2026 12:38 AM (viF8m)
She’s old enough to be a cunty lefty that actually doesn’t hate America.
Posted by: polynikes at October 31, 2026 01:24 AM (KC5Lt)
Praying for Poland and praying for the USA.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 31, 2026 01:25 AM (ibDUx)
What do you suppose that means?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 31, 2026 12:38 AM (viF8m)
He spilled the beans about her flesh stretching sessions above the planet Ba'ku.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 31, 2026 01:13 AM (vzuC7)
Nancy made an appearance on Dr. Who once...
https://youtube.com/shorts/tNvtEstm0tM
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 31, 2026 01:25 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 31, 2026 01:28 AM (viF8m)
Why is Pelosi dissing Abdul? It's not a little thing on the eve of an election.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 31, 2026 01:21 AM (viF8m
Used to stick together. Or were forced to submit or die.
But at 80+, she may no longer give a damn, the party went too far left, she may realise the DSA will split the party. Carville's on the warpath too.
And Fetterman is vocal too.
I wonder if it's possible for the US to have two left wing parties like Canada. The Liberals are like the dems, and then you have the NDP for the DSA type crazies.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 31, 2026 01:28 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 31, 2026 01:21 AM (viF8m)
She got pissed when he called her auger tits.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 31, 2026 01:28 AM (vzuC7)
Posted by: polynikes at October 31, 2026 01:30 AM (KC5Lt)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 31, 2026 01:21 AM (viF8m)
She got pissed when he called her auger tits.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 31, 2026 01:28 AM (vzuC7)
I'm sure she doesn't do twirling for Paul anymore...it'd hit the ceiling fans...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 31, 2026 01:30 AM (l3cgK)
Praying for Poland and praying for the USA.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
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Always nice to see you in the comments, DDS. Yes, the missus has a Halloween Birfday! I will pass along your well wishes.
I'm too dumb or too cheap to pour it out - and it is bitter. I suspect i will need a second to cancel the first out - moron logic.
Posted by: scampydog at October 31, 2026 01:31 AM (T2GT8)
What do you suppose that means?
Posted by: JackStraw
She's retiring. She's not pleased her daughter would not be able to roam the halls of Congress with film crew & cameras at hand.
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 31, 2026 01:31 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: polynikes at October 31, 2026 01:32 AM (KC5Lt)
Posted by: JackStraw
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Helluva good thought. It is unlike the left to eat itself. Why? What is she doing? A career of graft and comes from a made family.
Posted by: scampydog at October 31, 2026 01:35 AM (T2GT8)
Posted by: polynikes at October 31, 2026 01:38 AM (KC5Lt)
She did what the people she wanted to make happy wanted her to do at a time no one really cared.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 31, 2026 01:40 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: polynikes
But the only animal that can outrun us over an arbitrarily-long distance is the American pronghorn.
Posted by: mikeski at October 31, 2026 01:42 AM (VHUov)
Her husband previously came out against hammers. But not against inviting in gay drifters for drug-fueled homo sex. Nancypants probably just does not want to see daddy thrown off a roof.
Posted by: rooftop Koreans > rooftop muslims at October 31, 2026 01:44 AM (1M0ma)
It's that people in the west pretend it isn't happening and someone else will deal with it.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 31, 2026 01:45 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old
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Maybe I am naive - happy to noodle on other ideas. Nancy has consistently been self serving, never struck me as one to make others happy. Not a big conspiracy guy but it seems there is something more to her comments.
Posted by: scampydog at October 31, 2026 01:46 AM (T2GT8)
Posted by: Reforger at October 31, 2026 01:47 AM (Ae6Br)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 31, 2026 01:49 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: frammish at October 31, 2026 01:52 AM (rcENI)
Posted by: Reforger at October 31, 2026 01:47 AM (Ae6Br)
She is but one of a legion of such politicians.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 31, 2026 01:55 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 31, 2026 01:49 AM (viF8m)
For good reason; statistics is math.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 31, 2026 01:56 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 31, 2026 01:57 AM (vzuC7)
It's that people in the west pretend it isn't happening and someone else will deal with it.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Wrote some notes today to organize my thoughts on this topic. Quickly turned into 2700+ words. Was supposed to be notes, not a manifesto.
Posted by: scampydog at October 31, 2026 01:57 AM (T2GT8)
Possibly because she was the most powerful politician in DC for decades and her insider trading made her fabulously wealthy.
Ever looked at who her father was? They aren't some protected class. Just scumbags who have been robbing us for decades. Maybe we should stop them.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 31, 2026 01:58 AM (viF8m)
What is up with that ??
Posted by: Jackson K. at October 31, 2026 12:33 AM (PxgV0)
That election was stolen the same way the 2020 election was stolen. Current (outgoing) governor threw out our newly purchased voting machines and replaced them with a different machine (name starts with a “D” ). Those were used to cheat Biden into power, then used again to flip our Senate representation to the dark side. On a personal note, I was informed at the poll on Election Day in 2021 (senatorial election) that I had already voted by mail, and could not vote again. I have never voted by mail in my life. Every election since then I have voted early, in person. Seemed to have worked for the 2024 re-election of Trump (third time! ). Hope it works again. You know they did try to halt the counting in Georgia for the 2024 presidential race, not in Fulton Co., but in an adjacent county. Stopped by on the ball Republican lawyers. I hope they are ready to go to bat again.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 31, 2026 01:58 AM (qqdHS)
I have way too many words.
If you are ever in the area I'll buy you a beer.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 31, 2026 02:02 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: JackStraw
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Deal, but rum. And bitching about the Mets. Then more rum.
Posted by: scampydog at October 31, 2026 02:05 AM (T2GT8)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 31, 2026 02:07 AM (viF8m)
Bers, those bike trips sound wonderful, it has been a very pretty autumn around here too.
JQ, wherever you are, I hope that all is well with you.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 31, 2026 02:08 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 31, 2026 02:10 AM (qqdHS)
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The Midwesterner is spot on. And spelled hotdish correctly.
Posted by: scampydog at October 31, 2026 02:13 AM (T2GT8)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 31, 2026 02:14 AM (0kX4S)
Posted by: scampydog
Ya, you betcha.
Posted by: mikeski at October 31, 2026 02:16 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: mikeski
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Adjacent...scampywife had the MN goodbye tonight at the Halloween party. Salty old guy/friend looked at her, looked at me and said, "You're not leaving for 30-45 minutes. Order another." I didn't. He was right.
Posted by: scampydog at October 31, 2026 02:22 AM (T2GT8)
Posted by: Skip at October 31, 2026 02:30 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 31, 2026 02:08 AM (ibDUx)
Seconded!
Posted by: m at October 31, 2026 02:34 AM (odBC9)
Watching a Season 2 episode of Mannix (I think S2 and S3 were the best seasons, IMO), where one of his Army buddies is trying to kill him with some elaborate scheme.
There were several such episodes over the years, where some old buddy of his would come back and try to kill. So, apparently, to know Mannix was to eventually want to kill him.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 31, 2026 02:38 AM (w6EFb)
For some reason, I never got into Babylon 5 much at all. I hear it's good, and one of these days, I might try to watch it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 31, 2026 02:39 AM (w6EFb)
For some reason, I never got into Babylon 5 much at all. I hear it's good, and one of these days, I might try to watch it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 31, 2026 02:39 AM (w6EFb)
Didn't see EVERY episode, but most of them. Was pretty good. It's amazing the graphics and special effects were done on Commidore Amigas.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 31, 2026 02:45 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 31, 2026 02:46 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Madred at October 31, 2026 02:46 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: scampydog at October 31, 2026 02:49 AM (T2GT8)
The only thing I’d truly miss out on that just misses being in that quadrant is Stonehenge. But I’d love to see Hadrian’s Wall, the Brochs of Scotland, runestones of Orkney island, Norway, and other Viking historical sites in Iceland.
Posted by: KSB at October 31, 2026 02:53 AM (ao2T5)
Biden appointed black woman “judge” of course.
So illegals just got the green light to go vote early and often nationwide.
Posted by: Dayyyum at October 31, 2026 03:03 AM (bkXXh)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 31, 2026 03:09 AM (O7YUW)
A “judge” has ordered the DOJ to stop looking into whether illegals are voting.
Biden appointed black woman “judge” of course.
So illegals just got the green light to go vote early and often nationwide.
Posted by: Dayyyum
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Fine, it'll get appealed up to SCOTUS if necessary and once it's reversed there, no "judge" will ever get to try it again.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 31, 2026 03:16 AM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 31, 2026 03:24 AM (aKiSo)
Posted by: JackStraw
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Helluva good thought. It is unlike the left to eat itself. Why? What is she doing? A career of graft and comes from a made family.
Posted by: scampydog at October 31, 2026 01:35 AM (T2GT
They've never policed themselves because they've never had to police themselves.
Then suddenly, out of nowhere, they got themselves an opposition who would no longer rubber stamp their perfidy in the name of "comity" and "bipartisanship".
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 31, 2026 03:30 AM (aKiSo)
The only reason I can imagine for Nancy Pelosi to oppose Abdul is she fears he'll cut into her daughter's grift.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 31, 2026 03:31 AM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: KSB at October 31, 2026 02:53 AM (ao2T5)
My wife and I want to do a similar kind of trip, focused mostly on the Orkneys, Shetlands, Faraoe Islands, etc. Maybe a side trip to Finland to visit some friends-in-law.
This year we're just going to some city that rhymes with Schmeckyavik.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 31, 2026 03:37 AM (aKiSo)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 31, 2026 03:24 AM (aKiSo)
cool
Posted by: m at October 31, 2026 03:46 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: m at October 31, 2026 04:01 AM (odBC9)
Halloween Cafe
Anti-oposum decorations. The obligatory dog Halloween costumes. The perfect costume for a yowly dog. A local station used to run a Halloween Dance commercial. It's not good. Coincidentally, a commenter, maybe nurse ratched, linked this in the comments today. But I had already had it in this post. (I've been collecting Halloweeney links for a few weeks.) Terrifying. Could this be real? I mean, I know it's not a ghost. But is it AI or a clever bit of crafting? De children of de night... what sweet nose-boops they give. Saturday morning commercials from October 25, 1980. Includes a commercial for Zany Zappers. Here's a direct link. I don't remember that particular ad. I think maybe I remember this one. And if you have Zany Zappers, you're gonna want to pick up Mr. Microphone too. Spooky board game commercials.
"Cry Little Sister" from The Lost Boys. Don't blame me, Garrett told me to post it. In True Stories of TikTok Witchcraft, a witch asked women (of course) to send in the names of the men who had wronged them. She intended a mass spell that would curse all of these male-factors in one fell swoop. Unfortunately, the women who submitted the names were cursed themselves -- getting fired out of the blue, having car accidents, even being diagnosed with serious maladies. Well, the real TikTok witches condemned the first witch for performing her witchcraft wrong so it Reverse Uno'd the women who wanted the men cursed. Public service announcement: Only get your curse spells from TikTok witches approved by the Better Blasphemy Bureau. Real, supposedly, and accomplished with pretty cheap materials:
Look at this Halloween costume 📹 utahstories https://t.co/UTWOtOsV0K
— Science girl (@sciencegirl) October 27, 2026
Halloween costumes. Which one's your favorite? https://t.co/zFi1whheh0
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) October 30, 2026
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Posted by: 88C+u at October 30, 2026 07:13 PM (88C+u)
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1132195055967121
If you check out their facebook page, he has a short video on how he did it. It took him years to build the electronics.
Posted by: Ann at October 30, 2026 07:16 PM (SHHm+)
Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2026 07:20 PM (Ia/+0)
I sometimes watch the videos about how to do projections and Pepper's Ghosts effects. I'd like to try it some day.
Posted by: Ace at October 30, 2026 07:20 PM (1wjle)
Maybe I'll watch "The Lost Boys" after that...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 30, 2026 07:21 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 30, 2026 07:22 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 07:22 PM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 30, 2026 07:22 PM (0sNs1)
yeah you can see one guy wire near the end
Posted by: Ace at October 30, 2026 07:24 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 30, 2026 07:22 PM
You wouldn't want to hand out untested treats to the kiddos, would you? As a Moron, Quality is Job One!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 30, 2026 07:24 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Ace at October 30, 2026 07:24 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: four seasons at October 30, 2026 07:25 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 30, 2026 07:25 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 07:25 PM (pMmVV)
Posted by: Ann at October 30, 2026 07:16 PM (SHHm+)
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All fine and dandy until the Scooby Gang comes along and ruins your masterful plan...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 30, 2026 07:25 PM (FZ29D)
Not gonna lie. That mini 100Grand bar was the shiz.
If some little freeloader gets stiffed tomorrow night because of well he should get used to disappointment.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 07:26 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2026 07:28 PM (Ia/+0)
Is it too much to hope they got turned into unemployed newts these 'witches'?
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 30, 2026 07:29 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: boo-bell at October 30, 2026 07:30 PM (uyuYG)
Posted by: Max Power at October 30, 2026 07:30 PM (SwyyQ)
Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 07:30 PM (Qugny)
TN death row inmate Christa Pike describes constant pain in first statement since failed execution.
so... a Happy Halloween story.
Posted by: Auspex at October 30, 2026 07:30 PM (Y8DZL)
Whoofreakinghooo!!!!!
What’s for dinner y’all? Cocktail of the evening?
Posted by: nurse ratched. at October 30, 2026 07:31 PM (BD9i6)
You should check out his videos. I have no talent or inclination for building electronics and I found it fascinating. The man is extremely talented.
Happy Halloween!
Posted by: Ann at October 30, 2026 07:32 PM (SHHm+)
You've got some great links for us, Ace! Many thanks.
Posted by: boo-bell at October 30, 2026 07:32 PM (uyuYG)
We haven't had a trick-or-treater in 25 years here but herself just brought 2 bags of candy back from the store and left one open on my desk.
Posted by: Auspex at October 30, 2026 07:33 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at October 30, 2026 07:35 PM (BD9i6)
That's a good one.
Posted by: Ace at October 30, 2026 07:36 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 30, 2026 07:36 PM (8Uo7a)
so... a Happy Halloween story.
Posted by: Auspex at October 30, 2026 07:30 PM (Y8DZL)
Canada has doctors that can solve her pain problem. Permanently.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2026 07:36 PM (6v4rH)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 30, 2026 07:37 PM (pFPY8)
Posted by: Ace at October 30, 2026 07:37 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: JackStraw
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Let me guess, the kid can eat licorice.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 07:37 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 30, 2026 07:39 PM (0sNs1)
My first few years here it was non-stop parade of Trick or Treaters. Then a few years ago the kids realized they could do much better closer to the town center where the houses are closer together. Now it's a small fraction of what I used to get.
But I have one little girl who comes around with her mom. She's adorable and very sweet. Her mom always has her in a great costume. Makes my night. Hope she hasn't outgrown it yet.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 07:39 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 30, 2026 07:39 PM (8Uo7a)
Posted by: JackStraw
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And you just ate her 100 Grand Bar mini.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 07:40 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 07:40 PM (pfXMo)
I'm one of those weirdos who loves licorice. He ain't getting my stash.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 07:40 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 07:42 PM (pfXMo)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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The smelly soundless fart is the most deadly of super weapons used by the Invisible Man.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 07:42 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: JackStraw
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Is that a Deadhead thing or what?
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 07:42 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: AoSHQ Cafe Custodial Engineers at October 30, 2026 07:43 PM (ACSiz)
Posted by: Ace at October 30, 2026 07:43 PM (1wjle)
As big a grinch as I am I live in fear of running out of candy on Halloween. I have way too much for just that reason.
I have plans for it if an unexpected horde doesn't show up.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 07:44 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Ben Had
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Oddly specific, can you elaborate?
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 07:45 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 07:25 PM (pMmVV)
Owwww.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 30, 2026 07:45 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: ballistic at October 30, 2026 07:46 PM (oqH4h)
Got home in time to indulge trick-or-treaters today. They always want to pet the bulldogs, who are happy to oblige.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 30, 2026 07:46 PM (CjHsb)
Posted by: JackStraw
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Hopefully not eating oneself into a diabetic coma. Our neighborhood, alas, has aged out. Only oldsters in the vicinity.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 07:46 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 07:46 PM (r2Icn)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 07:47 PM (eRlcH)
“We're like licorice. Not everybody likes licorice, but the people who like licorice really like licorice.”
― Jerry Garcia
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 07:48 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Ace
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If your speech does not imitate Claude Rains, then that costume is a no go. Course, with bandages, easy enough to convert to a mummy costume. Moaning and grunting is a bit easier to imitate for most.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 07:49 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 30, 2026 07:49 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Case at October 30, 2026 07:49 PM (fzmBj)
Posted by: Raoul Ortega at October 30, 2026 07:49 PM (j7INY)
Posted by: Ben Had
When my kids were still kids, we lived in a neighborhood where there was wine or beer on many porches. Your glass would never have been empty!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 30, 2026 07:50 PM (CjHsb)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 07:52 PM (r2Icn)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 07:52 PM (rbvCR)
In sad news for our single 'rons, Ms. Hudson already has a new man.
However, for our single 'ettes, just in time for Halloween and Holiday Season festivities, Mr. Belichick is back on the market!
Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at October 30, 2026 07:52 PM (0sNs1)
Nah. I haven't bought a candy bar for myself since I was a kid. A little treat around the holidays but what I really like is cookies.
If only I knew someone who could bake cookies.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 07:53 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 30, 2026 07:53 PM (8Uo7a)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 07:55 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 07:53 PM
It's hard to conceal a reasonably-sized shiv or hacksaw blade in a cookie.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 30, 2026 07:55 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 07:55 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: PaleRider at October 30, 2026 07:55 PM (PV+Zw)
That's what I thought. But then I don't have the mind of a master criminal.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 07:56 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 30, 2026 07:53 PM (8Uo7a)
Dad had a friend who had lived in Churchill Manitoba, and on Halloween the adults would go out and turn on all the car headlights in the neighborhood so the kids could trick-or-treat without worrying so much about being eaten by polar bears.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 07:57 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 30, 2026 07:57 PM (8Uo7a)
ULTIMATE FIST BUMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Max Power at October 30, 2026 07:58 PM (SwyyQ)
Posted by: davidt at October 30, 2026 07:59 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 30, 2026 07:59 PM (8Uo7a)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 07:53 PM (viF8m)
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Not many people bake cookies these days.
Posted by: boo-bell at October 30, 2026 08:00 PM (uyuYG)
Posted by: what the cat drug in at October 30, 2026 08:00 PM (jrgJz)
NYC has a per capita murder rate of about 10%, that of red state Mississippi.
Blue states have much lower murder rates of red states. And much lower incarceration rates.tgry spend it on education and rehabilitation to keep crime rates low.
Even you state NJ has low crime rates Ace
Posted by: Paul at October 30, 2026 08:00 PM (LqJV1)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 08:00 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 30, 2026 08:01 PM (pFPY8)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 30, 2026 07:57 PM (8Uo7a)
Our records show:
OATMEAL RAISIN
Posted by: Big Raisin at October 30, 2026 08:01 PM (oCio0)
In Shi'a Islam, they call it "mutah".
Posted by: contractual marriages aren't prostitution, infidels at October 30, 2026 08:02 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 08:00 PM (viF8m)
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I think she meant cookies, but I will gladly accept the compliment, lol!
Posted by: boo-bell at October 30, 2026 08:02 PM (uyuYG)
Posted by: Call 988 at October 30, 2026 08:02 PM (vFcoN)
Posted by: boo-bell at October 30, 2026 08:03 PM (uyuYG)
Posted by: boo-bell at October 30, 2026 08:00 PM (uyuYG)
I do! I don't like store cookies. Happily, my mama taught me to bake. I'm not an especially good cook otherwise, but cookies are my jam.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 30, 2026 08:03 PM (CjHsb)
Troll doesn't realize Mississippi is 40% black and most of the crime is in Jackson and the Delta. Because he's a stupid, ignorant troll.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 08:03 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: PaleRider at October 30, 2026 08:04 PM (PV+Zw)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 30, 2026 08:04 PM (pFPY8)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 30, 2026 08:04 PM (8Uo7a)
Doesn't really matter. When I see your name I think cookies. Same same.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 08:05 PM (viF8m)
I'm sure Mississippi has way fewer murders than the State of New York.
Posted by: Case at October 30, 2026 08:05 PM (fzmBj)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2026 08:05 PM (6v4rH)
Posted by: what the cat drug in at October 30, 2026 08:05 PM (jrgJz)
I do. I live in a city neighborhood, and get a succession of different ethnic hordes from nearby projects. I'm happy to comply with payola demands, as my neighborhood remains quite peaceful all year.
Better service than I get from my taxes.
Posted by: From about That Time at October 30, 2026 08:06 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 30, 2026 08:06 PM (pFPY8)
Posted by: boo-bell at October 30, 2026 08:06 PM (uyuYG)
Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2026 08:06 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 30, 2026 08:04 PM (8Uo7a)
*blushes, curtsies
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 30, 2026 08:07 PM (CjHsb)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2026 08:07 PM (6v4rH)
17 arrested worked at theme parks, 13 at Disney and 4 at Paramount.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 30, 2026 08:07 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 30, 2026 07:22 PM
You wouldn't want to hand out untested treats to the kiddos, would you? As a Moron, Quality is Job One!
Posted by: Duncanthrax
Had to get a 55 piece bag today to replenish the 150 piece bag I started hitting yesterday.
Posted by: From about That Time at October 30, 2026 08:08 PM (sl73Y)
I do. I live in a city neighborhood, and get a succession of different ethnic hordes from nearby projects. I'm happy to comply with payola demands, as my neighborhood remains quite peaceful all year.
Better service than I get from my taxes.
Posted by: From about That Time at October 30, 2026 08:06 PM (sl73Y)
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Me! I do. I was just thinking that for the first time in many years I will have to carve it myself tomorrow. Usually one or more of the kids come by to do it but not this year. I got my husband one too so we can carve together. He always did creative ones but I have zero artistic ability so mine will probably be the traditional three triangles and a smile.
Posted by: boo-bell at October 30, 2026 08:09 PM (uyuYG)
Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2026 08:09 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 30, 2026 08:09 PM (8Uo7a)
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 08:10 PM (pfXMo)
Posted by: Ben Had
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Heh. I never have had thought of a bottle of good stuff to pass around to the parents. I think that would be a popular add on for the parents of tricker treaters.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 08:11 PM (E4rtv)
If only I knew someone who could bake cookies.
Posted by: JackStraw
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I'm not a baker at all and I can do most cookies. But yeah, enjoying other people's cookies, I can see that.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 08:13 PM (E4rtv)
Not aggressive, 2 to 3 year lifespan
Posted by: JM in Illinois at October 30, 2026 08:13 PM (4wBV7)
It's humbling.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 08:13 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 08:13 PM (r2Icn)
I might try leaf lard, but then again I might follow the instructions because the recipe I have is good for most people.
My failures are often just self inflicted problems.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 08:13 PM (rbvCR)
You might enjoy an account I follow on YouTube, called Scarlett O Hair. ( I'm sure she's on all platforms) Extremely long red hair, which she does up in utterly insane styles, along with beautiful costumes.
The Morons in general would likely find her utterly delicious!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 30, 2026 08:13 PM (Vvh2V)
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 08:14 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
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Want to see a Greek and Turk fight, ask them who invented baklava.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 08:15 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 30, 2026 08:15 PM (8Uo7a)
You blue states lie about everything. Including crime stats. And every urban city is blue , North or South.
Commie tranny loving immoral baby killing American hating perverts like you and your brethren can continue to live in your shit holes and pretend it's a utopia.
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 08:15 PM (Ti9vn)
Not aggressive, 2 to 3 year lifespan
Posted by: JM in Illinois
They eat ticks, which is awesome.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 08:15 PM (r2Icn)
Posted by: boo-bell at October 30, 2026 08:16 PM (uyuYG)
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Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
·
8m
🚨 HOLY CRAP! Right-wing Polish President Karol Nawrocki just PERSONALLY STORMED IN to the nation's highest constitutional court after Donald Tusk's group of pro-EU flunkies tried a COUP
THIS, RIGHT HERE, IS A PATRIOT WHO LOVES POLAND 🇵🇱
Poland is erupting and it's not good for the enemies who refuse to respect their sovereignty.
America is with Poland and President Nawrocki all the way!
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 08:18 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 30, 2026 08:18 PM (8Uo7a)
My heart goes out to opossums. They look scary, but they're wonderful, eating a lot of bad stuff -- starting with roadkill.
Not aggressive, 2 to 3 year lifespan
Posted by: JM in Illinois
____________
I like vultures. Poor, ugly, unloved bastards do a very useful job.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 08:19 PM (eRlcH)
"Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son!"
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 08:20 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: boo-bell at October 30, 2026 08:21 PM (uyuYG)
I had never thought about that, you have to do that with bread dough because the gluten gets all tangled and stiff.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 08:21 PM (rbvCR)
It's humbling.
Posted by: JackStraw
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I cannot think of any since perhaps Teddy Roosevelt and he died much younger than Trump.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 08:21 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 08:22 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: boo-bell at October 30, 2026 08:23 PM (uyuYG)
Posted by: boo-bell at October 30, 2026 08:21 PM (uyuYG)
Vegetable oil and the butter being too warm and heavily worked, I am told. Especially if I get frustrated and add too much and make shortbread.
A nice shortbread crust can be nice if you are making a tarte, but not for a fruit pie.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 08:23 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 30, 2026 08:24 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: boo-bell at October 30, 2026 08:23 PM (uyuYG)
This but I overwork the dough and don't keep it cool enough. The voice in my head tells me that if I don't work the dough enough the crumb will not be fine enough. The voices don't know how to make pastry I'm afraid.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 08:25 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: boo-bell at October 30, 2026 08:25 PM (uyuYG)
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 08:15 PM (E4rtv)
Ninjas, Ninjas invented it.
Posted by: Reforger at October 30, 2026 08:26 PM (Q7jI8)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory"
I submit that they are more useful than many other creatures, such as those whose only claim to fame is "they hold hands when they sleep".
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 08:26 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 08:27 PM (rbvCR)
I have never seen a fighter like trump.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 30, 2026 08:27 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 08:27 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: boo-bell at October 30, 2026 08:28 PM (uyuYG)
Posted by: Wenda at October 30, 2026 08:28 PM (W2eM/)
Posted by: Reforger at October 30, 2026 08:28 PM (Q7jI8)
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 08:29 PM (pfXMo)
Posted by: boo-bell at October 30, 2026 08:29 PM (uyuYG)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 08:30 PM (rbvCR)
Have a good night everyone
Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2026 08:30 PM (Ia/+0)
I've never seen anything like him in all my years watching politics. He dominates and changes narratives like no person I've ever seen. Never will again.
Whatever quibbles people might have about his ego or "gauche" language he does things for a reason. He's almost singlehandedly changing the trajectory of the world not just the US.
It's an amazing time to be alive.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 08:30 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at October 30, 2026 08:31 PM (YBpBG)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 08:31 PM (rbvCR)
And I get to watch and clap.
Posted by: Wenda at October 30, 2026 08:31 PM (W2eM/)
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 08:32 PM (MWfyi)
"One thing about living in Santa Clara I never could stomach...all the damned vampires."
- Grandpa
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 30, 2026 08:34 PM (h+uWx)
And of course showed a picture of four candles.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 08:35 PM (rbvCR)
I have never seen a fighter like trump.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October
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YES!
Posted by: JM in Illinois at October 30, 2026 08:37 PM (YBpBG)
France can't finance their debt, Britain and Spanish governments are at war with their own citizens backed by muslim jihadis, Germany has no energy or industry left and Canada wants to go steady with them but gets rejected.
Whatever comes out of the woods tomorrow night will seem sane.
Posted by: Auspex at October 30, 2026 08:37 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 08:37 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 08:38 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 08:38 PM (rbvCR)
And stir the ice water in with a fork.
Posted by: boo-bell at October 30, 2026 08:39 PM (uyuYG)
Posted by: boo-bell at October 30, 2026 08:40 PM (uyuYG)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 30, 2026 08:40 PM (8Uo7a)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 08:27 PM (rbvCR)
I made a whole turkey breast in a combo toaster/convection oven one Thanksgiving when I had no choice.
I wrapped it in foil for most of the cooking cycle, then used the toaster function to toast the skin at the end.
Much to my surprise, it came out great.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 08:40 PM (qlLNh)
Wenda! Tip taken.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 30, 2026 08:41 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 08:42 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: boo-bell at October 30, 2026 08:42 PM (uyuYG)
Posted by: AOS Cope at October 30, 2026 08:42 PM (JNDIb)
Or an actual hand pastry cutter/blender if you're not looking for a new hobby to fill up your free time :-)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 08:42 PM (qlLNh)
Had never paid attention up to now, but I understand both WNBA teams left the court when the National Anthem was played. Just like the Team of Woman Soccer Players from the United States, it's a good reason to avoid watching women's sports.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 08:42 PM (eRlcH)
CFO
The Company has an IBM 360 to compute all the compute that ever needs to be computed.
Proj Mgr
I just ran our next buildout in Lotus 123 today and we do not need to wait till next week for IT.
IT
WREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 30, 2026 08:43 PM (/+uur)
Thanks for reminding me. I haven't had it out since the last years of my husband's illness.
I may get it out early, just for me!
And I will definitely run up my JOY banner up my flagpole!
Posted by: Wenda at October 30, 2026 08:43 PM (W2eM/)
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 08:42 PM (MWfyi)
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Well, I was going to say "use two shivs" but then I realized I'm probably the only one here with a shiv collection.
Posted by: boo-bell at October 30, 2026 08:43 PM (uyuYG)
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 30, 2026 08:43 PM (/+uur)
10/30/1938
Lest We Forget
Posted by: Kindltot
Thank you. Idnk it was on today's date.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 08:44 PM (r2Icn)
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 08:44 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 30, 2026 08:44 PM (8Uo7a)
Posted by: boo-bell at October 30, 2026 08:44 PM (uyuYG)
Posted by: Wenda at October 30, 2026 08:28 PM (W2eM/)
Good tip! I don't make pie crust very often, but it seems like this would work just as well with biscuit dough.
As it is, I usually wind up with a misshapen leftover lump at the end that tends to fall apart, which a roomie of long ago dubbed "Jerry's biscuit". Well, no one ever accused Al of being couth.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 08:45 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: AOS Cope at October 30, 2026 08:45 PM (AXLM8)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 08:42 PM (qlLNh)
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Yes, if he has one!
Posted by: boo-bell at October 30, 2026 08:45 PM (uyuYG)
Grovers Mill, New Jersey
10/30/1938
Lest We Forget
Posted by: Kindltot
__________
RIP Carl Phillips. That bastard Ramon Raquello skipped town ahead of the catastrophe.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 08:46 PM (eRlcH)
Maybe.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 08:46 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 30, 2026 08:46 PM (h+uWx)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 08:42 PM (qlLNh)
I just use it to make mashed potatoes.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 08:47 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 30, 2026 08:47 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: boo-bell at October 30, 2026 08:45 PM (uyuYG)
I'm not big on single-use kitchen gadgets, but that one was well worth the drawer space. I make biscuits and gravy pretty often (more often than my doctor would probably like) and that dingus not only saves time, it gives better (IMO) results.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 08:48 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 30, 2026 08:48 PM (8Uo7a)
It's also possible that your batter is too thick, so maybe add a bit more milk if that's the case.
Posted by: boo-bell at October 30, 2026 08:48 PM (uyuYG)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 30, 2026 08:46 PM (h+uWx)
I did not know you could get hassenfpheffer from lamb
or
Its ok I make you lamb
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 30, 2026 08:48 PM (/+uur)
realclearpolitics.com /articles/ 2026/…
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 08:50 PM (pMmVV)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 30, 2026 08:51 PM (8Uo7a)
Maybe.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 08:46 PM (viF8m)
***
The Queen of Cell Block D has entered the conversation...and you all know who I mean!
Posted by: Diogenes at October 30, 2026 08:52 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2026 08:53 PM (6v4rH)
Posted by: boo-bell at October 30, 2026 08:54 PM (uyuYG)
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 30, 2026 08:55 PM (xOuxV)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 30, 2026 08:55 PM (zZu0s)
Masses of police. People shout in front of the Constitutional Tribunal: Where is the army!?!?!?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 08:56 PM (pMmVV)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 30, 2026 08:56 PM (8Uo7a)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 30, 2026 08:56 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 08:57 PM (Ti9vn)
garrett?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 08:57 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 08:57 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Catupuncture
Posted by: whig
Stolen.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at October 30, 2026 08:58 PM (yEz+x)
garrett?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 08:57 PM (viF8m)
Boo (blue)bell.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 30, 2026 09:00 PM (2WIwB)
But she had so much momentum she slid right across the desk and off the other side, nearly taking out one of my monitors along the way!
Cats are so much fun.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 30, 2026 09:00 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: boo-bell at October 30, 2026 09:01 PM (uyuYG)
Some make fun of Shatner's acting style, but do remember that his character had to be "forced" by mind control to kiss the delectable Nichelle Nichols.
Given what a horndog Kirk was (even nailing an enlisted woman, Yeoman Rand -- #metoo apparently doesn't exist in the 25th Century), that was some decent acting.
Damn! These! Platonians! Sorry, Uhura. Can't. Resist. Now. Getting. Urge to. Remove Pants.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 09:03 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: H8 and Despise Marxist Rat Bastards at October 30, 2026 09:03 PM (nd4Tt)
This is over a censorship bill? Interesting.
*types* *deletes*
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 30, 2026 08:56 PM (zZu0s)
It’s been going on a long time. Poland had a pretty conservative independent government. Then the EU engineered th ed election of a pro-EU PM. But the Poles then elected a populist President, and they hate each other
So it looks like the EU PM is trying to use the State Police to stage a coup against the President, but he’s fighting back. Interesting night.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 30, 2026 09:04 PM (xOuxV)
https://tinyurl.com/44bpsy8e
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 09:05 PM (pMmVV)
Posted by: Bulg at October 30, 2026 09:05 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: H8 and Despise Marxist Rat Bastards at October 30, 2026 09:03 PM (nd4Tt)
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I feel the same! I'm looking forward to seeing all the little ones in their costumes tomorrow.
Posted by: boo-bell at October 30, 2026 09:06 PM (uyuYG)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Can I get some for under $8.99 lb?
Posted by: Auspex at October 30, 2026 09:07 PM (Y8DZL)
Well, I was going to say "use two shivs" but then I realized I'm probably the only one here with a shiv collection.
Posted by: JackStraw
Let's see....
Ww2 Japanese bayonette
Vietnam era bayonette
Modern epoch bayonette
U.S. Marine 1980s K-Bar
Double edged boot dirk
Two palm hilt skinning knives
One Damascus blade that won't hold an edge for shit
Morakniv one of the sharpest I have, took me a long time to get it there.
An antique Swiss army knife that has been out of production for 60 years
Several other EDC knives
One of Smash's cast off kitchen knives that I have almost as sharp as that Morakniv
Yeah, I got a few shivs.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at October 30, 2026 09:08 PM (QVmho)
If you can't figure it out I'll let you know.
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 09:10 PM (Ti9vn)
Lot of CA transplants to TX continue to vote Democrat . They don't see the contradiction of moving to Texas because the cost of living is so much lower and voting for the same type of people who made CA what it is today.
Posted by: polynikes
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I know someone who did that. She has relocated TWICE to flee Democrat taxation, all while voting Dem. She said all shocked, "I didn't vote for THAT."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 30, 2026 09:11 PM (mmrXZ)
> I did not know you could get hassenfpheffer from lamb
Lammpfeffer?
The IntarWebs say that's an actual known Luxembourgish dish.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 09:11 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now [/] at October 30, 2026 09:12 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 09:13 PM (r2Icn)
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 09:14 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Pazusu at October 30, 2026 09:14 PM (2RJDy)
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Well, Republicans are vampire werewolves.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now [/] at October 30, 2026 09:15 PM (ndZc7)
It's especially weird to have a Prime Minister in countries that no longer have a monarch.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 09:15 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 30, 2026 08:48 PM
The rabbit was delish with some herbed polenta. The lamb shank will be dinner on Sunday.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 30, 2026 09:16 PM (h+uWx)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 09:18 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 09:14 PM (MWfyi)
Because nobody could see it if it were placed in the basement.
Posted by: Pazusu at October 30, 2026 09:18 PM (2RJDy)
Ideally
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 09:18 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: boo-bell at October 30, 2026 09:06 PM
Awww...
The RMBS Mom and I have our last theater night of the season tomorrow...Phantom...so we'll miss the little ones for the first time in many years.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 30, 2026 09:19 PM (h+uWx)
I'm not sure why. Interracial nookie was Strom Thurmond-approved.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 09:19 PM (qlLNh)
It's especially weird to have a Prime Minister in countries that no longer have a monarch.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 09:15 PM (qlLNh)
well the PM is the head of government in a normal Parliament system like England. Well aside from the ceremonial King.
Starting to think all of these systems are totally dysfunctional.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 09:19 PM (Ai6WH)
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 09:14 PM (MWfyi)
Alternate answer (and sock removal) He was grabbing Walter White's pizza.
Posted by: tankdemon at October 30, 2026 09:19 PM (2RJDy)
Star Trek TNG is on (Heroes and Icons, which runs all 5 series starting at 8PM), and it's the episode where Data loses his memory and contaminates a village with radioactive material.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 30, 2026 09:20 PM (w6EFb)
They are fun. aren't they? It amuses me the way I will throw a little styrofoam ball for the kitten and he ( what spouse calls "revs up his engine" ) ( shakes his backside) and races off to get up. I have said before, I am glad the cat is not 200 lbs. I'd probably be dead, except for the fact that he seems to regard me as his surrogate mother.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026 09:20 PM (JrHfD)
Long story about california transplants there.
Posted by: Reforger at October 30, 2026 09:22 PM (Q7jI8)
This is what happens when you take a carnivore diet cheat weekend.
Oh boy.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 30, 2026 09:22 PM (XV/Pl)
I'm sorry, but this European business of having both a President *and* a Prime Minister has always seemed utterly retarded to me... a recipe for gridlock at best and civil war at worst.
__________
Ja
Posted by: Paul von Hindenburg at October 30, 2026 09:23 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026 09:24 PM (JrHfD)
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 09:19 PM (Ai6WH)
US Constitution: ~10 pages
Proposed EU Constitution (which was rejected): ~350 pages
Obviously theirs is 35 times better than ours, right?
Similar to the way the French are on their fifth republic while we're still on our first. They obviously have more experience, yes?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 09:24 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 30, 2026 09:25 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Polish Bullwinkle at October 30, 2026 09:25 PM (Cqx++)
A president in a parliamentary government is like a parent who has to sort out the constant arguments among all the squabbling kids.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 09:26 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 09:27 PM (qlLNh)
Similar to the way the French are on their fifth republic while we're still on our first. They obviously have more experience, yes?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 09:24 PM (qlLNh)
__________
A woman walks into a library in Paris and asks if they have a copy of the French Constitution. "Madame," the librarian sniffs, "we do not carry periodicals here."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 09:28 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 09:24 PM (qlLNh)
The French started that nonsense about having both a PM and a President. They couldn’t make up their minds what they wanted and went with one of each. Then a bunch of other Euro’s said “ooh the French did it, we want to do it too!”
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 30, 2026 09:29 PM (xOuxV)
About two hrs ago he sent out a letter via tweet denouncing AIPAC and Israel.
I think the meeting just went boink
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 30, 2026 09:29 PM (f8snw)
Didn't Poland at one time have a system that required a unanimous vote on EVERYTHING? Or am I thinking of some other European country?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 09:27 PM (qlLNh)
_________
The librum veto in the pre-partition Sejm.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 09:30 PM (eRlcH)
To answer my own question, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth had a parliament ("Sejm") in which any member could not only veto the current legislation under discussion, but could repeal any previous legislation and even dissolve parliament, just by saying Nie pozwalam!” (“I do not allow!”
.
This worked about as well as you would expect.
Now, I know perfectly well that that Poles aren't stupid, as the stereotype would have it, but sometimes it's harder to believe that than others.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 09:32 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 30, 2026 09:29 PM (xOuxV)
That's just plain goofy.
Using them as an example of what NOT to do would make way more sense.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 09:33 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory"
I submit that they are more useful than many other creatures, such as those whose only claim to fame is "they hold hands when they sleep".
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 08:26 PM (MWfyi)
Oooh! Shots fired, nurse.
I see we have at least one Moron on the payroll of Big Penguin.
!!
Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 30, 2026 09:33 PM (p61JE)
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 09:34 PM (5WPt1)
Using them as an example of what NOT to do would make way more sense.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 09:33 PM (qlLNh)
___________
Late 19th century European governments are notable for their ramshackle, inept construction.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 09:35 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 09:32 PM (qlLNh)
Well, they are one of about two countries in Europe that haven't imported the entirety of the Califate, and they are majority Catholic which precludes a lot of nonsense that is rife elsewhere on the continent.
So, there's that.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 09:35 PM (5WPt1)
True enough.
I don't think the Russians have imported many recently, but the barbarians were already inside the gates from the USSR days.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 09:37 PM (qlLNh)
Any system can be broken by people who want to break it. Even ours.
Anyone who thinks they will be satisfied with taking Europe and counties like Brazil but won't come after us is delusional. They have before, they will again.
Stay frosty. It's coming.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 09:39 PM (viF8m)
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https://tinyurl.com/u4sks5sx
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now
.......
Can't wait for the gender reveal.
Posted by: wth at October 30, 2026 09:40 PM (oq9dX)
7.
One to yell "coup" and six to...(fill in the blank)
Posted by: Dumb Polack Jokes at October 30, 2026 09:41 PM (Ssbab)
Why do the Poles bury their dead with the butts in the air?
So they have bicycle parking.
Posted by: wth at October 30, 2026 09:42 PM (oq9dX)
https://www.academia.edu/8203210/
Islam_in_the_Russian_Empire
So it goes way back.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 30, 2026 09:45 PM (3NeBC)
Trick question, they have no roads.
Posted by: wth at October 30, 2026 09:47 PM (oq9dX)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 09:51 PM (pMmVV)
Hilarous that their curses failed and spectacularly backfired! Did an attorney take their class action case? "Tic Tok Witches vs Stupid Old Witch"
I never had many boyfriends but I also never put a hex on them. We just mutually stopped dating. Or I stopped dating them and they figured it out and life went on. So weird.
Talked to youngest son and he and DIL have a cold from the baby, who is a Toddler Flamingo for Halloween. She won't give two hoots about trick or treating and will go to sleep in her stroller. She thought her 1st birthday was pretty weird until the cake part, which she ate with both fists in complete nirvana.
Based on the way she walks I think she should have been a baby Penguin.
She's so cute. Her big sister, blonde like our side of the family, was almost bald at this age. This one has a ton of hair and DIL puts two pig tails on top of her head like antenna to get the hair out of her eyes. When she naps one sticks straight up. This hairdo matches her personality. We thought she was the quiet one but she was storing all she learned til she was mobile.
Have a great weekend, Ace and all.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2026 09:52 PM (hzuYO)
254
Posted by: wth at October 30, 2026 09:47 PM
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It's not funny. Nothing against you, it just isn't.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 30, 2026 09:52 PM (azNOR)
Posted by: LASue at October 30, 2026 09:53 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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They are generally better behaved because they know Russian trials are very quick. About 2200 fps.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 09:54 PM (pMmVV)
I'm sure Mississippi has way fewer murders than the State of New York.
Posted by: Case at October 30, 2026 08:05 PM (fzmBj)
******
My crazy brother used to collect weird murder reasons in MS. One shooting over a pork chop. After Katrina a stabbing over using the last of the ice.
The last time I went trick or treating was 3yrs ago. Black velvet dress, black boots, and a vintage black hat with a veil and long black coat as it was cold. I put a ton of eyeliner on and scared my own grandchilden at first, as I don't need or wear eyeliner normally. Photo of 1st girlie on my hip looking at me and my younger brother thought I was supposed to be Stevie Nicks. Ha. I thought I was an old hag. My hair was pretty wild and free.
As I confessed in recent months, I was everyone's favorite costume at a kegger in college once as I was Bong Woman and wore a giant posterboard bong we made.* There are sadly photos somewhere out there and I have hope no one can see my face (so far). We had so much fun!
*I am now a refined Southern Nana who goes to Mass every Sunday and those daze are far behind me.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2026 10:06 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 09:54 PM (pMmVV)
There's a story that some shithole terrorist group or other once kidnapped a Russian diplomat.
The KGB promptly snatched the nephew of the terrorist leader, and started send them (e.g.) finger joints.
They do NOT fuck around.
See also: the way they deal with Somali pirates. Most countries try to capture them. The Russians just sink them, and do NOT stop pick up any survivors, and the sharks of that region are notoriously vicious.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 10:08 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 10:09 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
That is what happens when you annex Central Asia and South Central Asia, those areas were muslim. The Tsars annexed those areas.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 10:10 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: tankdemon at October 30, 2026 10:33 PM (2RJDy)
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 08:57 PM (Ti9vn)
==
Except that's not true. It's not Colorado now - it's asylum seekers. They were key when Cruz beat Beto.
Posted by: Black JEM at October 30, 2026 11:16 PM (8uHt+)
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 31, 2026 12:28 AM (NFX2v)
Case Closed: Deportations of Criminals Reduce, Get This, Crime
Update to Ada Brown story: This account, @capablanca_92, says that Ada Brown was pushed on Trump by, get this, Severely Conservative Stalwart John Cornyn.
Well whoopdefreakin'do. On to the headline story:John Lott argues that the deportation of criminal aliens and the sharp drop in crime might be somehow related. A heretical thought, but give the man a chance to make his case.
Lott notes two reasons for a decline in crime: Trump takeovers of law enforcement in two high crime cities, DC and Memphis, as well as greater prosecution of crime, even in leftwing cities like San Francisco, which replaced a Soros prosecutor who would not punish criminals with a somewhat less extreme liberal. Read the article for that. But I want to get to the deportation factor:
The U.S. has been running a real-time experiment on two approaches to criminal justice: the Biden-era emphasis on social justice versus the Trump administration's embrace of traditional law and order. The results are now in. The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reported this morning that felony violent crime fell 25% in 2025. Rape declined 13%, robbery fell 27%, and aggravated assault dropped 31%. Property crime fell 19%. Except for rape, these are the largest one-year reductions recorded since data collection began 53 years ago. The reductions followed substantial increases during the previous four years, when felony violent crime rose 59% and violent crime, including misdemeanor simple assault, increased 42%. Murder also declined sharply last year. The U.S. recorded about 4.1 murders per 100,000 people in 2025, a record low, down from roughly 5.1 per 100,000 in 2024. The murder rate has continued to drop. If preliminary FBI data showing an additional 18.4% decline during the first seven months of 2026 hold for the full year, the murder rate would fall to approximately 3.36 per 100,000. "We are witnessing a historic plunge in crime to levels never seen before in the United States," Professor Carl Moody, a crime researcher at the College of William & Mary, told RealClearInvestigations. "As a result, we are all safer in our communities than we ever have been. We should all thank our law enforcement professionals."
He also points out that law-abiding Americans are arming up, which is a huge deterrent to violent crime, at least in areas with a strong gun culture.
The crime decline has also coincided with increased immigration enforcement. While data indicate that legal immigrants commit fewer crimes than native-born citizens, illegal immigrants commit crimes at a far higher rate. The Department of Homeland Security says approximately 70% of illegal immigrants deported under the Trump administration had criminal convictions or pending criminal charges. The trend represents a reversal from the Biden years, when felony violent crime increased sharply as illegal immigration also reached record levels. During the Biden administration, at least 12.8 million illegal immigrants were encountered at the border, apprehended after illegal crossings, or classified as known gotaways. The total also excludes undetected border crossings. During some surges, officials pulled 80% or more of Border Patrol agents away from guarding the border, while 30% of the cameras in Border Patrol's main surveillance system were broken. These gaps potentially allowed millions more illegal immigrants to cross the border undetected.
State prison data also illustrate the potential relationship between illegal immigration and crime. At the end of 2025, 7,113 illegal immigrants were incarcerated in New York, accounting for 14% of the state's inmate population, at least 3.4 times illegals' share of the state population. That is the best data available, but even that data understates the total because New York does not systematically identify inmates' immigration status, and federal authorities can deport some illegal immigrants before they complete their sentences.
Researchers point out that the historic decline in crime coincided with more aggressive law enforcement, tougher prosecution policies, increased deportations of criminal illegal immigrants, and more Americans carrying firearms for self-defense. "The results are unmistakable," said professor Gary Mauser, who has extensively studied crime at Simon Fraser University in Canada. "Americans experienced unprecedented drops in crime rates in 2025, and rates are continuing to fall in 2026. The government's most comprehensive measure of crime shows that the improvement was far greater than the FBI's widely publicized figures suggested."
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 06:22 PM (r2Icn)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 30, 2026 06:23 PM (NnhvP)
Posted by: Thanatopsis at October 30, 2026 06:23 PM (hG5L0)
Posted by: Max Power at October 30, 2026 06:23 PM (SwyyQ)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 06:23 PM (r2Icn)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 30, 2026 06:24 PM (NnhvP)
Posted by: Ace at October 30, 2026 06:24 PM (1wjle)
3 noods!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 30, 2026 06:24 PM (NnhvP)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 30, 2026 06:25 PM (I43vL)
Posted by: Eddie Baby at October 30, 2026 06:25 PM (s19xO)
Posted by: Dave at October 30, 2026 06:26 PM (sbsMc)
Posted by: Fox Butterfield at October 30, 2026 06:26 PM (+UCFu)
Posted by: The Count at October 30, 2026 06:27 PM (r2Icn)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 30, 2026 06:28 PM (FZ29D)
Wierd system but the prime minister (backed by EU ), who is leader of the parliament, is attempting to remove the president who is the leader of the constitutional court which is responsible for protection of their constitution.
Cont...
Posted by: TeeJ at October 30, 2026 06:29 PM (ix5nG)
What a fucking idiot.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 06:30 PM (r2Icn)
There would be no crime if we opened the Gyms and Parks for Midnight Basketball.
Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 06:30 PM (Qugny)
To me one illegal committing a crime is too many
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 30, 2026 06:30 PM (f8snw)
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 30, 2026 06:31 PM (+UCFu)
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 06:32 PM (pfXMo)
Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2026 06:32 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
Yeah, crossing the US border.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 30, 2026 06:32 PM (NnhvP)
People taking to the streets to protest.
President has cut a trip short and is heading back.
Posted by: TeeJ at October 30, 2026 06:32 PM (ix5nG)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now [/] at October 30, 2026 06:33 PM (ndZc7)
To me one illegal committing a crime is too many
Posted by: Smell the Glove
Before him, Ron Unz created a statistical fantasy claiming the same thing awhile back. Quit reading him after that. I did US federal sentencing stat work at the time and knew he was full of shit with his alleged stats.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:33 PM (E4rtv)
Well, hope it works out for the Polish people...
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 06:34 PM (pfXMo)
Posted by: TeeJ
Already back at his offices TeeJ, meeting with others. PM Tusk has made his play and now we see what the opposition does. Depends on who the forces of law and order follow, the President or Prime Minister.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:34 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 30, 2026 06:35 PM (+UCFu)
It will come down to the Military.
Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 06:35 PM (Qugny)
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 06:35 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 06:36 PM (pfXMo)
What a fucking idiot.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
Perfect example like Charlie Crist of a Jeb! Bush Republican that are actually Democrats. Jolley won office as a GOP House member claiming to be severely conservative just like Crist did before fleeing to the Democrat party.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:36 PM (E4rtv)
Wierd system but the prime minister (backed by EU ), who is leader of the parliament, is attempting to remove the president who is the leader of the constitutional court which is responsible for protection of their constitution.
Cont...
Posted by: TeeJ at October 30, 2026 06:29 PM (ix5nG)
These ramshackle government forms drive me nuts. No excuse except to give a chance for these coups.
I still have no idea when Germany's constant rotation of local sub elections results in ....well, results.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 06:37 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 06:37 PM (pfXMo)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 30, 2026 06:37 PM (Q/FnY)
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 06:35 PM (TN0g+)
Pro EU vs Pro Poland (not even anti EU)
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 06:38 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Crusader
President Nawrocki or some such is a Polish nationalist along with his PiS party. Tusk is a Euro Commie Fascist and is prime minister of a coalition of assorted pieces of lefties that want abortion on demand and a lot of other legislation that the Constitutional Court was blocking (had a PiS majority). So Tusk tried to do an end around while Nawrocki was flying to Senegal to take out the PiS supporters on the court using a sock puppet justice as cover.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:38 PM (E4rtv)
TOUSI on Poland ...
Presently reading communiqe from US ambassador to Poland.
Posted by: you really don't want to know at October 30, 2026 06:38 PM (mtytl)
Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 06:39 PM (Qugny)
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:33 PM (E4rtv)
I'll grant that. Let them be peaceful in their home nations, often hellholes. Do you hate foreigners?
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 06:39 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 06:39 PM (pfXMo)
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 06:39 PM
There's a man with a gun over there.
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 30, 2026 06:40 PM (+UCFu)
Presently reading communiqe from US ambassador to Poland.
Posted by: you really don't want to know at October 30, 2026 06:38 PM (mtytl)
US has called for the end of the coup.
Posted by: you really don't want to know at October 30, 2026 06:40 PM (mtytl)
I still have no idea when Germany's constant rotation of local sub elections results in ....well, results.
Posted by: Oldcat
No one in post Commie and post WWI wanted a king so you get the French 5th Republic hybrid of an elected President that has separate and limited power that vary according to the country. French President has the most, the other Euro countries without kings vary.
The regular parliamentary systems are turning into mush as well and Proportional Representation makes it much worse.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:41 PM (E4rtv)
WarMonitor🇺🇦🇬🇧
@WarMonitor3
·
1h
Huge Polish police columns are seen moving on Multiple highways including the S1 towards Warsaw.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:41 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 06:42 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 30, 2026 06:42 PM (+UCFu)
Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 06:43 PM (Qugny)
Does it make you wonder why so many Democrats are taking about impeaching Hegseth almost as much as they are talking about impeaching Trump?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 06:43 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 06:43 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now [/] at October 30, 2026 06:43 PM (ndZc7)
So what it is ain't exactly clear?
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 06:39 PM (pfXMo)
Tusk was installed by the EU in a rigged election like most recent elections in EU land. Absentee ballots from other countries, missing ballots from other countries, the works.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 06:44 PM (uhVAy)
Basil the Great
@BasilTheGreat
·
1h
🚨BREAKING: Counter coup MP's and their supporters are literally cutting through the chains (preventing entrance into the Constitutional Court) put in place by Donald Tusk's Police
Things are escalating quickly
Good Luck to all Polish Patriots 🇵🇱
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:44 PM (E4rtv)
What he actually wrote: I'm looking for a tard wife.
So.... a DSA member, then?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 06:44 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 06:43 PM (Cqx++)
They'll have to order their armies from Amazon this time.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 06:44 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 06:45 PM (pfXMo)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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You left out fascism with a bureaucratic face.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:45 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 06:43 PM (viF8m)
If only he'd stop firing the traitors we've gotten to high rank. -- leftists who'll suddenly decide that refusing illegal orders ISN'T okay.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 30, 2026 06:45 PM (ExV1e)
Has BroFo Omar been frogmarched to the nearest border and kicked across it yet?
Lie if you have to.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 06:45 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 30, 2026 06:46 PM (n5tGW)
Surround it, and set it on fire. Problem solved.
Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 06:39 PM (Qugny)
hey that might be a nice building and the comfy chairs are salvagable.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 06:46 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: I gotta ask at October 30, 2026 06:46 PM (W2mvV)
Same with the crime rate; the cities Trump earmarked have dramatic drops in crime, thus effecting the average. But if you live in an other than area nothing is changed. I'm waiting for Homan to come and get my neighbors.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 06:47 PM (pMmVV)
Things are escalating quickly
Good Luck to all Polish Patriots 🇵🇱
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:44 PM
If the Army steps in it's over one way or the other. If they start rolling tanks and attack helicopters into warsaw it's going to get lit in a not good way.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 30, 2026 06:47 PM (I43vL)
call me.
Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 06:48 PM (Qugny)
Donald Tusk
@donaldtusk
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4h
Translated from Polish
Restoring the rule of law is our duty. After years of PiS-led lawlessness, this is a difficult process, sometimes painful, and it requires decisive action. There is no other way.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:48 PM (E4rtv)
Nothing will happen.
Posted by: The person who always says that at October 30, 2026 06:48 PM (W2mvV)
Surround it, and set it on fire. Problem solved.
Posted by: garrett at October 30,
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Hey, that's an idea.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 06:48 PM (pMmVV)
His lawyers say "he wuz hacked!!" and point out the account profile indicated interest in women. So maybe he was indeed hacked.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 30, 2026 06:49 PM (KCI+7)
I came in close to the end of Tousi's live stream. It was pretty short. Towards the end he also said that the US had conducted airstrikes on 4 targets in Iran yesterday that he reported yesterday.
New news to me.
Posted by: TeeJ at October 30, 2026 06:49 PM (ix5nG)
Posted by: Ace at October 30, 2026 06:50 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 06:50 PM (TN0g+)
lol, they're claiming victory?
Posted by: Ace at October 30, 2026 06:50 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 06:50 PM (pMmVV)
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:48 PM (E4rtv)
Chaining shut the government building seems a leeeeetle lawless. I mean a teeeeeny bit lawless.
Doing that to force abortion on a Catholic nation is hardly nice.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 06:51 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Fleetwood Mac at October 30, 2026 06:51 PM (W2mvV)
Posted by: NYC Voter Holding Out Gruel Bowl at October 30, 2026 06:51 PM (VFdB/)
"Well I can't believe the trans-child-obsessed Confirmed Bachelor James Talarico is into group fetish shit," said noted void phantom Doctor Nullity, The Man Who Never Existed
Posted by: Ace at October 30, 2026 06:51 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: bonhomme at October 30, 2026 06:51 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 30, 2026 06:51 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 06:51 PM (pMmVV)
Posted by: TheITGuy2 at October 30, 2026 06:51 PM (v9ncW)
Prime Minister Tusk is supposedly from a center-ish party.
But Tusk was the President of the European Council for 5 years until 2019, so that's who he is working for.
The EU despises the right in Poland because of the Law and Justice Party's policies on immigration and the like.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 06:52 PM (6ydKt)
Łukasz Kmita
@Lukasz_Kmita
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1h
Translated from Polish
👮♂️I'm receiving information from PL that the Chief Commander has ordered the mobilization of OPP
@PolskaPolicja (Police compact units) in many regions of our country.
If this is true—then @Tusk and @MKierwinski
want to take the police to the streets against Poles.
Suggests 👮♂️urgent use of L4
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(don't know what in the hell this is.)
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:52 PM (E4rtv)
is Tusk the one married to crazed leftwing neo-warmonger Anne Applebaum?
Posted by: Ace at October 30, 2026 06:50 PM (1wjle)
Donald Tusk's wife is Małgorzata Sochacka,
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 06:52 PM (uhVAy)
Leftists have been insisting that Trump is going to invoke the Insurrection Act despite Trump not talking about it at all. But as the guy with the Free Candy van noted coups succeed of fail based on what the military does.
There are coups, riots, unrest all around the world. They aren't isolated incidents, they are coordinated. Insisting it can't happen here is whistling past the graveyard. It would be a huge climb but that doesn't mean they won't try.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 06:53 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Ace
Former Foreign Minister from Tusk's Party if I recall correctly.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:53 PM (E4rtv)
Believe me.
Posted by: Mitch at October 30, 2026 06:53 PM (W2mvV)
Yeah no...Nixon loses by between 15 and 20 points...
Posted by: Boswell at October 30, 2026 06:53 PM (j10i6)
@Lukasz_Kmita
·
1h
Translated from Polish
👮♂️I'm receiving information from PL that the Chief Commander has ordered the mobilization of OPP
@PolskaPolicja (Police compact units) in many regions of our country.
If this is true—then @Tusk and @MKierwinski
want to take the police to the streets against Poles.
Suggests 👮♂️urgent use of L4
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Mr Tusk, you have an ordering problem. It should be cops first , coups second. Not the other way about!
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 06:53 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: ZZ Litella at October 30, 2026 06:54 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 06:54 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Tissue? at October 30, 2026 06:54 PM (W2mvV)
Posted by: Crusader
The cereal?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 06:54 PM
Kix are most exclusively for kids.
Posted by: Liam Neeson at October 30, 2026 06:55 PM (I43vL)
Gravitar.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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Thanks--I wasn't aware of that one BUT you might enjoy the wikipedia page. Its an interesting write up.
I did like Asteroids a lot.
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 06:55 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 30, 2026 06:56 PM (I43vL)
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:56 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Ace at October 30, 2026 06:56 PM (1wjle)
Gesundheit
Posted by: Tissue? at October 30, 2026 06:54 PM (W2mvV)
Not the kind of name to whisper in her ear, it would bust an eardrum, maybe both of them.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 06:56 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: TeeJ
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Musk shutting down the Nitter mirror put a crimp in news gathering.
I'll give Musk my telephone number when he gives me his.
He's a genius doing wonderful things for the world but he's not
a pragmatist, he's a utopian.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 06:56 PM (pMmVV)
A private company has secured approval to start testing their micro nuclear reactor. It outputs 1 megawatt of power for five years. It fits in a shipping container. It requires no maintenance for the five year span. When it's done, you ship it back and it gets recharged with all necessary consumables.
http://tiny.cc/k6xc101
Posted by: bonhomme at October 30, 2026 06:56 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Crusader
The cereal?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 06:54 PM (Cqx++)
Cereal would be Quisp, or Kix.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 06:57 PM (uhVAy)
Little Italian place on the other side of town serves that on the weekends. It's a really good dessert.
Posted by: Food nerd at October 30, 2026 06:57 PM (W2mvV)
NYT: U.S. to Send Dozens Back to Afghanistan, Despite Risk of Persecution The Trump administration plans to fly the Afghan immigrants from Louisiana to Pakistan, where they are expected to be expelled over the border to Afghanistan
US law prohibits the government from deporting people back to countries where courts have ruled they would likely face prosecution. The government circumvented this law by sending them to Pakistan, where they will then be expelled to Afghanistan.
Speedrunning how to get other countries citizens to never cooperate with us because they know we'll fuck them over. Excellent plan!
These are just dozens of people too, throwing away all this good will because you can’t have 12 people from the Middle East live here…
All it takes is an administration change and every promise or commitment made to an ally evaporates.
The DNC is ruled by people who believe in having a "strong Republican Party" to keep the left in check. Bringing back Schumer and Jeffries virtually guarantees that nothing will happen.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 30, 2026 06:58 PM (U6rW6)
A private company has secured approval to start testing their micro nuclear reactor. It outputs 1 megawatt of power for five years. It fits in a shipping container. It requires no maintenance for the five year span. When it's done, you ship it back and it gets recharged with all necessary consumables.
http://tiny.cc/k6xc101
Posted by: bonhomme at October 30, 2026 06:56 PM
So has every terrorist in the world.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 30, 2026 06:58 PM (I43vL)
I'm not even going to try to figure it out. Just wait till the dust settles.
It is, after all, more than 10 miles away.
Posted by: TeeJ at October 30, 2026 06:58 PM (ix5nG)
http://tiny.cc/k6xc101
Posted by: bonhomme at October 30, 2026 06:56 PM (mkw2N)
Finally I can have my nuclear robot soldiers 3 meters high!
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 06:59 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2026 06:59 PM (Ia/+0)
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Bartosz Pałucki
@Palucki_B
Translated from Polish
Step by step.
Ms. Anna Korwin-Piotrowska ordered the removal of the President of the Constitutional Tribunal, Bogdan Święczkowski, and the Vice-President, Bartłomiej Sochański, citing Article 12(4) of the Act on the Constitutional Tribunal and Article 130 of the Code of Common Courts Organization.
Article 12(4) allows for substituting the President in cases of IMPOSSIBILITY to grant authorization. It does not grant the right to unilaterally assume his powers.
Article 130 § 2 states that the removal of a court president is decided by the Minister of Justice. This power CANNOT be transferred to a Constitutional Tribunal judge through analogous application of provisions concerning Supreme Court judges.
Article 19 of the Act on the Status of Constitutional Tribunal Judges allows applying provisions concerning Supreme Court judges only in matters not regulated. Such issues are, after all, regulated in Chapter 3 of the Act.
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continued.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:59 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: JackStraw
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Huge and bloody.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 06:59 PM (pMmVV)
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In the background are fundamental constitutional principles:
art. 7 – the principle of legality;
art. 10 – separation and balance of powers;
art. 173 – the distinctness and independence of the Tribunal;
art. 195 – the independence of Constitutional Tribunal judges.
Added to this is the dispute over the status of Korwin-Piotrowska herself and the consequences of her failure to take the oath before the President.
It is not enough to declare the assumption of powers to legally assume them. Each of these actions requires a specific legal basis.
This is an unprecedented event. We are dealing with a coup d'état.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:59 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 30, 2026 07:00 PM (fhfS+)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 07:00 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 30, 2026 07:00 PM (8Uo7a)
Posted by: bonhomme at October 30, 2026 07:01 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Max Power at October 30, 2026 07:01 PM (SwyyQ)
Posted by: Ace at October 30, 2026 07:02 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:59 PM (E4rtv)
Coups aren't unprecedented. We practically have a Crayola box full of them by now.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 07:02 PM (uhVAy)
No! NO!! This just enables the cispsychopatriarchy!!!
IT'S BADTHINK, AND CANNOT BE ALLOWED !!!!!!!!
I DEMAND TO SPEAK TO BLÖG MÄNÄGËMÉNT !!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Kareny McKarenface at October 30, 2026 07:02 PM (0sNs1)
There has been more than one mass shooting per day in 2026 thus far.
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 07:02 PM (Ti9vn)
Yes.
Posted by: Ace at October 30, 2026 07:02 PM (1wjle)
Hot, yes, crazy...also yes.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 07:03 PM (uhVAy)
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Sounds like a great experiment--lets remove all but 11 people from the Middle East from our country and see what it does for good will.
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 07:03 PM (TN0g+)
Just had one in Brazil. It was in all the papers.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 07:03 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 07:02 PM (Ti9vn)
Do the D/A's report them?
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 07:03 PM (uhVAy)
[ South Vietnam has entered the chat ]
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 30, 2026 07:03 PM (d4hsS)
Yeah no...Nixon loses by between 15 and 20 points...
Posted by: Boswell
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See above on Fox ratings. They are sinking like a rock for the midterms. Murdoch spawn and Ryan are destroying their own media empire.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 07:04 PM (E4rtv)
Costa Rica is setting up one, and Peru is setting up 8.
Apparently there is enough evidence that jailing violent criminals as opposed to giving them minimal sentences so they can find a place in the local criminal hierarchy, helps society
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 07:04 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at October 30, 2026 07:04 PM (U6rW6)
Posted by: Oldcat
Is there a country where this doesn't apply?
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at October 30, 2026 07:04 PM
Sweden.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 30, 2026 07:05 PM (I43vL)
Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2026 07:05 PM (Ia/+0)
France will charge €0.055 per GB on all internet traffic, presumably all internet traffic which goes through France.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 30, 2026 07:05 PM (ExV1e)
http://tiny.cc/k6xc101
Posted by: bonhomme
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Yep, developers will take these and build new communities.
Selling point, virtually Free Electricity.
Heat, Cool and Cook your home for a year
at the cost of one month's bill, today.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 07:05 PM (pMmVV)
Meaning?
Are you claiming the nuclear material is easily converted to weapons use? If so, you're wrong.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 30, 2026 07:05 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 07:05 PM (viF8m)
Notice how nobody ever accuses the Trannies of not be sufficiently crazy enough to be actual women.
Of all the ways they fail to ascend to the feminine ideal...that is not one of them.
Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 07:06 PM (Qugny)
UC Merced is also 52% Hispanic, and 21% Asian...
With only 10.4% WHITE Students... by their own numbers.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 30, 2026 07:06 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Oldcat
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Well centered on the EU, I would agree. But that was in the original post, not my editorial comments. I try to put those up top or clearly demarcate them at the bottom. I don't know what the hell is L4 for example (graphic had a color graphic with that on it).
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 07:06 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 07:06 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 30, 2026 07:05 PM (I43vL)
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Fairly crazy there too, if neurotic counts.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 30, 2026 07:06 PM (fhfS+)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 07:05 PM (viF8m)
Dating a Hawt Woman, named after an Alcohol drink...
Truly a Sailors dream.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 30, 2026 07:07 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 07:06 PM (E4rtv)
Probably NOT a Lagrange point. Might be some security bureau contraction.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 07:07 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 07:08 PM (Ti9vn)
Of all the ways they fail to ascend to the feminine ideal...that is not one of them.
Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 07:06 PM (Qugny)
Well a difference between men and women is single minded focus and testosterone fuelled drive. Apply that to CRAZY TIME and you have a real problem.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 07:09 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 07:09 PM (pMmVV)
======
"
Marcin Horała
@mhorala
Translated from Polish
The current attack on the Tribunal is based on a triple unlawfulness:
1. Ms. Anna Korwin-Piotrowska is not a TK judge because she did not take the oath before the President.
2. Even if she had correctly taken the oath, she could not, as one of a dozen or so members of the Tribunal, remove the president and vice-president of the Tribunal from their duties by her decision.
3. Even if the president and vice-president had been properly removed, the judge with the longest judicial service is Judge Wojciech Sych, and he should be the acting president.
Each of these three premises is sufficient to establish the unlawfulness of the government's actions, and all three occur simultaneously‼️"
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 07:09 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 30, 2026 07:10 PM (fhfS+)
oh, wait...
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 07:09 PM (pMmVV)
/grabs his gavel...
Posted by: Judge Boasberg at October 30, 2026 07:10 PM (mP0Kj)
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Perhaps a constitutional scholar asserted that they'd have to pass the constitution to know what's in it?
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 07:10 PM (TN0g+)
>>Truly a Sailors dream.
And iff she can fly a spinnaker she's a keeper.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 07:10 PM (viF8m)
France will charge €0.055 per GB on all internet traffic, presumably all internet traffic which goes through France.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 30, 2026 07:05 PM (ExV1e)
Snicker. Buy stock in wire bypassing France.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 07:10 PM (uhVAy)
I had to take to my fainting couch with smelling salts and a fan...to think the dear illegals bring crime!
Hallelujah! Millions are waiting!
I hope millions self deport if the GOP wins the mid-terms.
Please let this be so.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2026 07:10 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Oldcat
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I'm guessing or some provision of Polish law. Good colleague and friend of mine married a Polish woman last year and retired to Poland. Hope his and she are okay.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 07:11 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Max Power at October 30, 2026 07:01 PM (SwyyQ)
DH's brother traveled the entire world playing sportsball. He claims Poland has the most beautiful women, bar none, in the world. About the crazy part? He never said out loud.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 07:11 PM (5WPt1)
Posted by: Accomack at October 30, 2026 07:12 PM (sSkke)
Posted by: Jozef Pilsudski and His Fabulous Mustache at October 30, 2026 07:12 PM (VFdB/)
France will charge €0.055 per GB on all internet traffic, presumably all internet traffic which goes through France.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 30, 2026 07:05 PM (ExV1e)
Snicker. Buy stock in wire bypassing France.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 07:10 PM (uhVAy)
So, how are they going to tax Starlink?
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 30, 2026 07:13 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2026 06:59 PM (Ia/+0)
Quake acted like he was the butch and Quisp was the bitch, but you just know that when push came to shove (uh...) it was Quisp who wore the 15" black strap-on.
> 116 The more important question: are Polish women hot? If not I might sit this one out.
Posted by: Max Power at October 30, 2026 07:01 PM (SwyyQ)
Not quite as hot as Czech women (who are the hottest white women on the planet, IMO... suck it, Sweden) but pretty damned hot.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 07:13 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 07:11 PM (E4rtv)
Google:
In Poland, L4 is the colloquial name for a sick leave certificate (zwolnienie lekarskie)
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 07:13 PM (uhVAy)
Of all the ways they fail to ascend to the feminine ideal...that is not one of them.
Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 07:06 PM (Qugny)
Well a difference between men and women is single minded focus and testosterone fuelled drive. Apply that to CRAZY TIME and you have a real problem.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 07:09 PM (uhVAy)
IT'S MA'AM!!! -- Not at all crazy dude in a dress.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 07:13 PM (5WPt1)
This is a battle, physical and mental.
The winner will make the law.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 07:13 PM (pMmVV)
"Anna Korwin-Piotrowska:
“I am the one who issued the order for the immediate suspension of official duties of Mr. Bogdan Święczkowski, as well as Mr. Bartłomiej Sochański.”
“There must be a person who must take action in this regard toward the President of the Tribunal, because no one stands above the law.”
Militant democracy, law as they understand it.
Accountability will reach everyone."
========
Translation--we must burn and destroy democracy by force to save it.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 07:14 PM (E4rtv)
Huge Polish police columns are seen moving on Multiple highways including the S1 towards Warsaw.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:41 PM (E4rtv)
Fifth columns?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2026 07:14 PM (6v4rH)
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 07:14 PM (TN0g+)
It is where I get off the train for EC. I like just about everything before it.
But, I never could really jive with Armed Forces for some reason...
Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 07:14 PM (Qugny)
Posted by: Oldcat
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Ah so. Thanks. I have to rely on X translate which it didn't for that.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 07:15 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:41 PM (E4rtv)
Fifth columns?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2026 07:14 PM (6v4rH)
That was Madrid.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 07:15 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 07:04 PM (rbvCR
Not just jailing them but not allowing 'prison ain't no big thang ' like it is here. Our prison system treats inmates like customers and strive for customer satisfaction. The only thing that makes our prisons horrible are the prisoners.
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 07:15 PM (Ti9vn)
They are not real. They only exist when words of them
pass across the screen.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 07:16 PM (pMmVV)
>>Truly a Sailors dream.
And iff she can fly a spinnaker she's a keeper.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 07:10 PM
And she would be as true as the North star.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 30, 2026 07:16 PM (I43vL)
Posted by: bonhomme at October 30, 2026 07:05 PM (mkw2N)
Well, you could make dirty bombs. Making an actual fission weapon (much less a fusion weapon) would be pretty hard.
You need to figure out a way to keep them from getting it in the first.
One suggestion I've seen is that, given that most of these are self-contained units that only really need to be accessed once every several years, is to just embed it in so much concrete that it would take days to get through. Someone's going to notice a bunch of terrorists with jackhammers long before that, and it's not a huge deal to spend a few days getting it out when you need to refuel.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 07:17 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: Accomack at October 30, 2026 07:18 PM (sSkke)
Posted by: Ann at October 30, 2026 07:18 PM (SHHm+)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Police are under the Parliament's minister of justice command but the Army is under control of President Nawrocki. We shall see what happens but this coup and making opposition illegal is what the Democrats tried here. This is a truly global conspiracy of vile WEF types.
Rolling the dice there is likely to be the same here post election day. Get your groceries, start to pray, and make your security preparations.
Normally not an alarmist but pushing these so close together, Brazil cheat and coup, this, the firing of that traitor general, and the stated plans uncovered by Data Republican of provoking widespread unrest to 'protect' the election makes me very uneasy.
7 Days in May vibes.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 07:19 PM (E4rtv)
Concrete bunker is what I was thinking.
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 07:19 PM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 30, 2026 07:20 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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That won't happen.
An armed society is a polite society.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 07:20 PM (pMmVV)
MJ
@Real_Politik101
·
56m
All four party leaders of the opposition gathered in front of the TK (R+, PiS, Konfederacja, KKP) in Warsaw. Mind you they HATE each other very much yet are being united. Tusk doing the impossible. From the centre to the radical right, a coalition government may now be possible in Poland for nationalists. (though we need exclude Braun despite cooperating for now in this crisis. He’s gonna be a HUGE liability and a boogeyman Tusk will use constantly in the election)
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 07:21 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 07:22 PM (pMmVV)
Posted by: bonhomme at October 30, 2026 07:05 PM (mkw2N)
I suppose one could make dirty bombs from the fuel, and the fission products.
Put the small reactors in an enclosure guarded by robots with shoot-to-kill orders.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2026 07:25 PM (6v4rH)
Posted by: Tommy Shanks at October 30, 2026 11:59 PM (i0jxB)
GDP Growth Surges to Strong 3.4%
There's been some good economic news lately, despite the half-as-high-as-Biden-and-therefore-apocalyptic inflation.
October 1: Unemployment applications fell to the lowest level since July.American paychecks grew faster than the rate of inflation, which was totally not the case under Biden. So obviously Trump is a disaster.
The four-week moving average was 200,000, a decrease of 2,500 from the previous week's revised average, the department also said. Unemployment claims are a proxy indicator for layoffs, and they signal to economists where the job market is headed. So far this year, claims have remained below 220,000, which is a historic low.
American households have seen the buying power of their paychecks grow under President Trump, a welcome change from years of watching real compensation fall thanks to runaway inflation. The average private-sector paycheck has grown faster than prices since President Trump took office, Bureau of Labor Statistics figures show. And in recent months, real pay is growing even faster. From January 2025, the month Trump was inaugurated, through August 2026, average weekly earnings of all employees on private payrolls rose from $1,222.14 to $1,298.94, a gain of 6.3 percent. The Consumer Price Index rose 4.8 percent over those 19 months. Adjusted for inflation, the weekly paycheck was up 1.5 percent. In January 2025 dollars, that is a gain of about $18 a week, from $1,222 to $1,240. The most recent three months were stronger. From May to August, the average paycheck rose from $1,285.91 to $1,298.94, or 1.0 percent, while prices were essentially unchanged, up 0.05 percent. Real weekly pay rose 1.0 percent in that span, about $12 a week. August is the latest month for which both earnings and prices are available. The September price index is scheduled for October 14. Over the four years of the Biden administration, the paycheck shrank after inflation. From January 2021 to January 2025, average weekly earnings rose from $1,047.55 to $1,222.14, a gain of 16.7 percent. Prices rose 21.4 percent. Real weekly pay fell 3.9 percent. In the dollars of January 2025, the paycheck went from about $1,272 at the start of that administration to $1,222 at the end, a loss of about $50 a week.
The service industry grew at its fastest pace in five years. And exports grew, and hiring accelerated.
The latest advanced estimate for the growth: a high 3.4% increase in the nation's gross domestic product.
U.S. service-sector activity expanded in September at the fastest pace in more than five years, with technology businesses leading a broad advance as stronger demand encouraged companies to increase hiring, according to a survey released Monday by S&P Global. The Services PMI Business Activity Index rose to 58.8 from 56.5 in August, marking its fourth consecutive monthly increase and the strongest expansion since July 2021. Readings above 50 indicate growth compared with the previous month. Activity increased across all five broad services sectors covered by the survey for the first time in ten months. Information and communication businesses reported by far the strongest expansion, while transportation and storage returned to growth. ...
Export orders also increased for a second consecutive month, although their growth was much slower than the rise in total new business. The pace of export-order growth matched August's 20-month high. Companies responded to rising workloads by adding workers for a third consecutive month. The pace of services job creation was the strongest since June 2022. Some businesses reported that they had been able to fill previously vacant positions.
The conventional wisdom is that voters form their opinions about the state of the economy six months before an election. They do not update their opinions with late-coming information. So this will not help us in the midterms. I guess maybe we could guess that people felt this growth before it was officially reported, but Gallup says economic confidence is low and has been for a long while.
Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 3.4 percent in the third quarter of 2026 (July, August, and September), according to the advance estimate released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). In the second quarter, real GDP increased 2.2 percent. ... Compared to the second quarter, the acceleration in real GDP in the third quarter primarily reflected an acceleration in investment and an upturn in government spending that were partly offset by a downturn in exports. Imports increased more in the third quarter than in the second quarter. ... The price index for gross domestic purchases increased 3.0 percent in the third quarter, compared with an increase of 5.6 percent in the second quarter. The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index increased 2.1 percent, compared with an increase of 5.0 percent, and the PCE price index, excluding food and energy increased 2.5 percent, compared with an increase of 3.3 percent.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: It's me donna at October 30, 2026 05:22 PM (+gK6I)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 30, 2026 05:24 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: Jackson K. at October 30, 2026 05:25 PM (ENxVw)
Willowed
The EU is looking at the reality of sponsoring the Ukraine war all by themselves.
____________
Where do they think this is going to end? Is Ukraine going to get its territory back? "On to Moscow"? A huge number of lives have been lost already. How many more are the EU willing to see die?
I don't know if Trump is right or wrong, but at least he's trying to stop two countries from grinding each other to powder. Don't see the geniuses in the EU trying out any ideas.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 05:25 PM (eRlcH)
^^ this is the key sentence
Posted by: 88C+u at October 30, 2026 05:25 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 05:27 PM (r2Icn)
^^ this is the key sentence
Posted by: 88C+u at October 30, 2026 05:25 PM (88C+u)
which equates to a single meal at McDonalds now.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 30, 2026 05:28 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 05:28 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: DanMan at October 30, 2026 05:29 PM (8uzBS)
HOPE and CHANGE People .....
This is the only thing that will save us from .......
THE EVIL TRUMP DASDARDLY POLICIES ......
REMEMBER "It's FOR THE CHILDREN" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Jackson K. at October 30, 2026 05:32 PM (ENxVw)
Posted by: DanMan at October 30, 2026 05:32 PM (8uzBS)
Where do they think this is going to end? Is Ukraine going to get its territory back? "On to Moscow"? A huge number of lives have been lost already. How many more are the EU willing to see die?
I don't know if Trump is right or wrong, but at least he's trying to stop two countries from grinding each other to powder. Don't see the geniuses in the EU trying out any ideas.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 05:25 PM (eRlcH)
I believe it's become an existential thing for the left in Europe to maintain Russia as the enemy, along with Trump.
They know they are becoming more and more unpopular because of the effects of immigration and having an external enemy to point to as a threat that only they can confront is the basis of many a political system.
Even Poland which doesn't have the immigration problem that Western Europe has is still caught up in it because their PM is a far-left EU butt-boy and will do anything he can to complete their takeover of the most important Eastern European country.
They need somebody to point to and blame and Putin and to a lesser extent, Trump, are the targets.
If that means war, so be it.
They can rule over the ashes.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 05:32 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 05:32 PM (pMmVV)
The Green Savant enters at 2:30.
Wow, letting her vote is about the same as finding the dumbest retard in the Sudan and letting him vote in American elections.
I literally could feel my brain shrinking in abject horror as she spoke.
Cute but dumb as a rock. However, you can't fuck rocks so I guess she wins that contest.
Great work Greeny McSpoinkbrain!
Posted by: naturalfake at October 30, 2026 05:33 PM (YSUhf)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 30, 2026 05:34 PM (6H1rq)
Posted by: Gref at October 30, 2026 05:34 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026 05:35 PM (JrHfD)
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 05:35 PM (Sco7b)
Please remind me. When did the Democrats predict the inevitable Trumpcession will begin?
Posted by: Gref at October 30, 2026 05:34 PM (5rh/l)
_________
January 21, 2025
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 05:35 PM (eRlcH)
or is it MI6? Tusk couldn't have pulled this off on his own.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 05:36 PM (pMmVV)
They need somebody to point to and blame and Putin and to a lesser extent, Trump, are the targets.
If that means war, so be it.
They can rule over the ashes.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 05:32 PM (6ydKt)
I see he's staged a coup in Poland and has taken over the courts and the legislature....
Posted by: It's me donna at October 30, 2026 05:36 PM (+gK6I)
in the last thread, Abdul al shithead said Hegseth's mom was the type to wear her son's jersey to a game.
I wore my son's football jersey to his games. Is that supposed to be an insult? That's kinda what moms do. At least the ones I associated with.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 30, 2026 05:37 PM (W2Pud)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 30, 2026 05:37 PM (f8snw)
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 05:37 PM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: Max Power at October 30, 2026 05:37 PM (SwyyQ)
My advice is to do a little research on your grocery providers. See who has the closest distribution center and shop there.
Posted by: Orson at October 30, 2026 05:37 PM (dIske)
Who is the Green Savant?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026 05:35 PM (JrHfD)
She's in the last video on the previous thread.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 30, 2026 05:37 PM (YSUhf)
or is it MI6? Tusk couldn't have pulled this off on his own.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 05:36 PM (pMmVV)
If we is the deep State and CIA , maybe... Trump wouldn't be happy with this left winger I don't think....
Posted by: It's me donna at October 30, 2026 05:38 PM (+gK6I)
Posted by: It's me donna at October 30, 2026 05:39 PM (+gK6I)
I believe it's become an existential thing for the left in Europe to maintain Russia as the enemy, along with Trump.
If Putin declares himself to be communist will they love Russia again?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 05:39 PM (Cqx++)
See also: Canada
Posted by: Max Power at October 30, 2026 05:39 PM (SwyyQ)
The place I work hires whomever they can find. The Navy, NASA and Virginia Space are going nutz not to mention their private partners.
Posted by: Accomack at October 30, 2026 05:39 PM (yVEo1)
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And if American commercials are to be believed, they do a lot of boating and they all own new SUVs.
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 05:40 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Max Power at October 30, 2026 05:40 PM (SwyyQ)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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They aren't putting election money out to help Trump candidates.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 05:40 PM (pMmVV)
Just like a European who watches American TV thinking the US black population is at least 40% . They would also have to think we are in an economic depression and people are all on the verge of bankruptcy and being homeless.
Posted by: polynikes
And GAY!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 05:41 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Accomack at October 30, 2026 05:41 PM (yVEo1)
Just like a European who watches American TV thinking the US black population is at least 40% . They would also have to think we are in an economic depression and people are all on the verge of bankruptcy and being homeless.
Posted by: polynikes
And GAY!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 05:41 PM (Cqx++)
And we take an awful lot of medications
Posted by: It's me donna at October 30, 2026 05:42 PM (+gK6I)
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 05:42 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 30, 2026 05:43 PM (W2Pud)
Posted by: Accomack at October 30, 2026 05:43 PM (yVEo1)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 05:39 PM (Cqx++)
It doesn't matter if he's a communist or a fascist tycoon.
He's Russian, and Europe has been playing with the Russians like this for 500 years.
They're doing a science project, and Putin is the current reason to take the experiment to the next level.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 05:43 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 05:44 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 05:40 PM (TN0g+)
And we tend to sing and dance a lot when a new weight-loss drug comes out.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 05:45 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Accomack at October 30, 2026 05:45 PM (yVEo1)
MJ
@Real_Politik101
·
1h
Coup underway as Tusk tries to remove the President and Vice President of the Constitutional Court + nullify all of PiS appointees. Sending the police to block court officials from entering as well while this process is underway.
None of Tusk’s appointees were recognized by the President which means they’re illegitimate yet the PM is trying to ram it through. Nawrocki is returning to Poland from his flight to Senegal to intervene. He’s the most popular politician in Poland. Hoping this backfires and destroys KO in the next election. Insane stuff
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 05:45 PM (E4rtv)
They're doing a science project, and Putin is the current reason to take the experiment to the next level.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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Putin is the wrong person to play, 'experiment the leader' with.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 05:45 PM (pMmVV)
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
Who is the good Pole and who is the bad Pole?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 05:46 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 05:42 PM (TN0g+)
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That and the EU has stolen (or wants to steal) all the hundreds of billions in “frozen” Russian assets. Something like $275 billion (with a ‘b’
. The end of the war will require some accounting of these assets. The EU cannot let that happen.Posted by: Elric the Blade at October 30, 2026 05:46 PM (Xr1vn)
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 05:37 PM (Ti9vn)
____________________
Oh, that's hogwash. Why...we haven't had a black person in our commercials in decades.
Sincerely,
ADT Security Systems.
Posted by: Orson at October 30, 2026 05:46 PM (dIske)
If Putin declares himself to be communist will they love Russia again?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 05:39 PM (Cqx++)
There's a rumor a major hate causer vs Putin is his cutting off child adoptions to gay parents in the west because of the abuses they suffered.
It's not just the left. Everyone in the UK's deep state has a major fascination in taking the Crimea like its the Crimean war is on again. They spent huge efforts trying to blow a bridge that barely carries any military traffic like idiots. Even sent an admiral there to coordinate efforts. No boats though, they don't have any.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 05:46 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 30, 2026 05:47 PM (u82oZ)
Sincerely,
ADT Security Systems.
Posted by: Orson at October 30, 2026 05:46 PM (dIske)
See also: COPS
Posted by: Pug Mahon at October 30, 2026 05:47 PM (PSEDc)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 05:45 PM (pMmVV)
I'm just waiting for Europe's new Napoleon to show up.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 05:48 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Richard Cranium at October 30, 2026 05:48 PM (D+4vV)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 05:39 PM (Cqx++)
Putin could be given all of Ukraine, and a Nobel Prize, simply for posting, "Dear Gays, Russian children are back on the menu."
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 30, 2026 05:48 PM (ExV1e)
That and the EU has stolen (or wants to steal) all the hundreds of billions in “frozen” Russian assets. Something like $275 billion (with a ‘b’. The end of the war will require some accounting of these assets. The EU cannot let that happen.
Posted by: Elric the Blade
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They are super jiggery about that.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 05:49 PM (pMmVV)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 05:49 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 05:48 PM (6ydKt)
Macron wanted to be, when he wasn't the new Jupiter.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 05:50 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Crusader
WWI by 1917 was at this point as well. The elites of all the warring powers had come to the end of their support from the common people and losing or even negotiating over losing would result in regime implosions.
EU is desperate to keep those hundreds of billions in Russian frozen assets and ending the war would require sending them back never to return to the EU, ditto for the UK. LaGardes strange resignation speech from teh EU Central Bank is also a tell. My guess, banks in Europe start imploding if the war ends in Ukraine and that stolen money has to be returned.
So they would gladly drag the US and their own countries into the abyss to fight a ruinous war with Russia in order to save their worthless skins.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 05:50 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Auspex at October 30, 2026 05:50 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now [/] at October 30, 2026 05:50 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 05:50 PM (Ti9vn)
There's a rumor a major hate causer vs Putin is his cutting off child adoptions to gay parents in the west because of the abuses they suffered.
It's not just the left. Everyone in the UK's deep state has a major fascination in taking the Crimea like its the Crimean war is on again. They spent huge efforts trying to blow a bridge that barely carries any military traffic like idiots. Even sent an admiral there to coordinate efforts. No boats though, they don't have any.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 05:46 PM (uhVAy)
I don't even think it's that complicated.
The EU is pissed off that Putin invaded Ukraine when they told him not to.
They are arrogant and feel insulted.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 05:50 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 30, 2026 05:50 PM (/+uur)
Putin is not your friend.
Posted by: Auspex at October 30, 2026 05:50 PM (Y8DZL)
Zelensky is a worse friend
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 05:51 PM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 30, 2026 05:51 PM (f8snw)
El Salvador had four aviation techs working with the Gang Suppression Force, which is backed by the UN. A gang ambushed them and took the techs hostage.
Bukele put thousands of soldiers on commercial flights over to Haiti. Haiti doesn't have a military, so nobody stopped this. Bukele has reassured the people of Haiti he's just there to kick some gang butt and doesn't want anything from them. Trump has given his blessing.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 30, 2026 05:51 PM (mkw2N)
Trump is the enemy. Russia will be our best buds about 30 seconds after the next dim resident is installed.
It's been June 23 again...
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 05:52 PM (pfXMo)
In the 54 year history of The Price Is Right, maybe one black person was happy they won a boat.
Posted by: Redneck Ron Cheep Thrills at October 30, 2026 05:52 PM (vFcoN)
Posted by: Accomack at October 30, 2026 05:52 PM (yVEo1)
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 30, 2026 05:52 PM (/+uur)
The EU is pissed off that Putin invaded Ukraine when they told him not to.
They are arrogant and feel insulted.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 05:50 PM (6ydKt)
it's much much older than that, a century at least. They didn't even tell him not first, he moved before they thought they would while they were moving artillery up to shell the Donbas cities.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 05:52 PM (uhVAy)
No, not really.
Do you think Putin thinks we've been friendly toward him?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 05:53 PM (viF8m)
I mean they did last time, right? The Biden years aren’t that far in the past.
Posted by: LIV at October 30, 2026 05:53 PM (pkv3v)
Posted by: Braenyard
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They are using that as a facade to hide their deteriorating banks financials. Same as City of London. Trump ending the bleeding of dollars via trade imbalances to the EU is also part of it. Thus a pivot to authoritarianism where inconvenient national politicians are dispensed with like Orban, banned from taking office like in Romania, preventing political parties from taking office like in Germany and France, and riots by Muslims in the streets are allowed so that the implicit threat is the state is the only thing preventing them from taking over.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 05:53 PM (E4rtv)
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Why won't you tell me what's going on?
Why won't you tell me who's on the phone?
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 05:54 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Accomack at October 30, 2026 05:54 PM (yVEo1)
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 05:54 PM (pfXMo)
Posted by: bonhomme at October 30, 2026 05:51 PM (mkw2N)
Now Bukele has a better rapid response army than the EU or any member state. They could only get a few dozen people into Greenland to stop us.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 05:54 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 05:55 PM (RIvkX)
revolution in Ukraine. It was a mutual effort.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 05:56 PM (pMmVV)
Can't make this shit up.
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 05:56 PM (Ti9vn)
No, not really.
Do you think Putin thinks we've been friendly toward him?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 05:53 PM (viF8m)
We have teams of people talking to the Russians daily since Trump came into office, and he speaks to Putin on the regular. Putin doesn't need friends, he needs adults on the other end of the line.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 05:56 PM (uhVAy)
" The first shipment of Russia-sourced diesel oil, all 300,000 barrels of it graded ultra-low-sulphur, will be arriving in a US port around November 7."
Posted by: mrp at October 30, 2026 05:57 PM (rj6Yv)
TOUSI on Poland ... he's been live for about 10 minutes.
Posted by: you really don't want to know at October 30, 2026 05:57 PM (mtytl)
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It has been established for some time now that polls are not to inform but to influence a position.
Posted by: Decaf at October 30, 2026 05:57 PM (vB6Pf)
Translation:
They hate the Veterans.
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 30, 2026 05:50 PM
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 30, 2026 05:57 PM (I43vL)
Read a newer novel recently where the main character is an obviously liberal woman. So she hates the New York Post, she considers them conservative, but she openly admits in the novel that they write the best newspaper headlines in the business. Like the "headless body in topless bar," or whatever the phrasing of that famous headline is.
That "bad bromance" headline deserves to go on the listing some of the best. Maybe not of all time, but the last ten years at least. Bless the New York post.
Posted by: LizLem at October 30, 2026 05:57 PM (s1aVp)
Posted by: Reddit at October 30, 2026 05:58 PM (zyHX6)
Remember when they used all that BBB money to fix all the roads and bridges and stuff....
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at October 30, 2026 05:59 PM (tB7nu)
Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 05:59 PM (Qugny)
revolution in Ukraine. It was a mutual effort.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 05:56 PM (pMmVV)
one of the celebrations was burning 25 ethnic Russians alive in Odessa.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 05:59 PM (uhVAy)
Translation:
They hate the Veterans.
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 30, 2026 05:50 PM
Ditto on the American Legion (50 year member), at least the publication anyway.
Posted by: Eromero at October 30, 2026 05:59 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 05:54 PM (uhVAy)
They sent a few dozen people as a propaganda show because they knew they didn't need them.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 30, 2026 06:00 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 06:00 PM (pfXMo)
Get your houses in order and then maybe we'll listen to you
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 30, 2026 06:00 PM (f8snw)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now [/] at October 30, 2026 06:00 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 06:00 PM (TN0g+)
The North Pacific would be run by three countries: Russia and Japan in the east and the US in the west.
California becomes the most important place in the world.
Posted by: Accomack at October 30, 2026 06:01 PM (NeFn5)
Posted by: four seasons at October 30, 2026 06:01 PM (/QHx4)
So, what have the Dems said they would do to bring prices down ? Bueller......
Posted by: It's me donna at October 30, 2026 06:01 PM (+gK6I)
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 05:54 PM (uhVAy)
They sent a few dozen people as a propaganda show because they knew they didn't need them.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 30, 2026 06:00 PM (ExV1e)
Yeah, the US is totally blocked from Greenland forever. Nice op.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 06:01 PM (uhVAy)
At the very least for businesses that rely heavily on Gas / Diesel.
It would have been such an easy W.
Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 06:01 PM (Qugny)
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Blue skies smiling at me
Nothing but blue skies do I see
Blue birds singing a song
Nothing but blue skies from now on
Never saw the sun shining so bright
Never saw things going so right
Noticing the days hurrying by
When you're in love, my how they fly
Blue days, all of them gone
Nothing but blue skies from now on
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 06:01 PM (pMmVV)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 05:53 PM (viF8m)
Putin has wanted Russia aligned with the west since he came to power but he's always been rebuffed. I wonder if he sees that as a blessing now.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 30, 2026 06:01 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 06:02 PM (pfXMo)
No, not really.
Do you think Putin thinks we've been friendly toward him?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 05:53 PM (viF8m)
_________________________
A nice little wake-up call showed itself a couple of weeks ago when Ukraine slammed some of the Russian Data Centers and took them out for a day and a half.
Remarkably, about 70% of all pro-Palestinian jabbering on "X" just disappeared for that time frame. Russia was/ is hosting that contingency or maybe even just botting the hell out of "X" on the subject.
Posted by: Orson at October 30, 2026 06:02 PM (dIske)
France prepares for very high violence as it braces for Halloween riots.
Posted by: four seasons at October 30, 2026 06:01 PM (/QHx4)
Can't wait for the Christmas riots and Hanukah riots...
Posted by: It's me donna at October 30, 2026 06:02 PM (+gK6I)
I wore my son's football jersey to his games. Is that supposed to be an insult? That's kinda what moms do. At least the ones I associated with.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 30, 2026 05:37 PM (W2Pud)
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Yes like he thinks asking him about Islamic terrorism is somehow really an attack on "the way I pray."
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 06:02 PM (RIvkX)
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I might have to join them--its been way too long since there was a new entrant to the "Halloween" movie franchise.
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 06:03 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 06:03 PM (5WPt1)
The North Pacific would be run by three countries: Russia and Japan in the east and the US in the west.
California becomes the most important place in the world.
Posted by: Accomack at October 30, 2026 06:01 PM (NeFn5)
The dumb part is it drove China and Russia together. Not a great plan. And there is nobody for them to turn to.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 06:03 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026 06:04 PM (xz+xK)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 06:02 PM (RIvkX)
To be fair, when he prays, he prays that his kinsman will obliterate the US, so there's that.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 06:04 PM (5WPt1)
Adults realize countries don't have friends. Don't have permanent allies either. They do things for their countries interests and react when other countries make moves they deem not in their countries interests.
NATO pledged to Russia over and over since it's founding it would not move further eastward. NATO lied. Repeatedly. Putin warned he viewed it as an aggressive infringement on his sphere of influence much as we did when Russia tried to put missiles in Cuba. That almost caused WWIII.
Doesn't get mentioned much because it hurts the narrative but prior to the war the Ukrainian government killed thousands of ethnic men, women and children in the Donbas region. Putin was obviously not happy about that. He became he less happy when the west ran a coup in Ukraine and took down an elected leader that favored Russia over the west and installed a puppet government. He got even angrier when the west tried the same thing in Kazakhstan. He sent in troops to stop that one.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 06:04 PM (viF8m)
Wait till those Mennonites get into the non pasteurized milk...
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 06:04 PM (pfXMo)
So all those 100,000 or more protesters carrying Pali flags are a Russian op also?
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 06:04 PM (Ti9vn)
- Whig
And they won't be able to stop them from taking over.
Posted by: Eromero at October 30, 2026 06:04 PM (LHPAg)
You forgot the 'Student'.
Almost as important as the 'Mostly Peaceful'.
Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 06:05 PM (Qugny)
Posted by: mrp at October 30, 2026 06:05 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now [/] at October 30, 2026 06:05 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 06:03 PM (5WPt1)
Repeat that line for North Sea oil, pipelines from Nigeria to the Meds, and dozens of other projects the EU has messed up.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 06:05 PM (uhVAy)
Who blew up the pipeline? Funny how that story went away.
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 06:05 PM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 06:04 PM (Ti9vn)
____________________
No, those are retarded yutes. I call them ribbon wearers.
Posted by: Orson at October 30, 2026 06:05 PM (dIske)
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 06:03 PM (5WPt1)
They don't want any gas cars and probably no electric cars.. They want no vehicles that are privately owned.. Public transit for all and public housing.. It is their ultimate plan
Posted by: It's me donna at October 30, 2026 06:05 PM (+gK6I)
That'd be sweet.
Let it be massive and bloody.
And impossible to not cover.
for the mid-terms.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 06:06 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 30, 2026 05:37 PM (W2Pud)
Hockey mom here, but yes, that's what we do. After millions of hours spent sitting on a cold bench for practice after practice, I would think it fair to get one hockey sweater to wear to games. And if people don't like it, they can self deport to somewhere they like better.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 06:06 PM (5WPt1)
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 06:06 PM (pfXMo)
Posted by: It's me donna at October 30, 2026 06:05 PM (+gK6I)
But most of them want a big car with a driver so they don't have to mix with the hoi polloi. They just want US on the bus.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 06:07 PM (5WPt1)
At the very least for businesses that rely heavily on Gas / Diesel.
It would have been such an easy W.
Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 06:01 PM
There is no way that would ever make it through the senate. The democrats would frame it as a tax credit for billionaires and big businesses and never vote for it.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 30, 2026 06:07 PM (I43vL)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 30, 2026 06:07 PM (f8snw)
So, what have the Dems said they would do to bring prices down ? Bueller......
Posted by: It's me donna
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Only time prices come down is during a depression. We don't want
that. When inflation stops or diminished, as Trump cut in half, a
new float level is created. That's a best case scenario.
Democrat remedies to 'bring down prices' can only be inflationary
hopeum.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 06:07 PM (pMmVV)
Posted by: Mister Scott
Unfortunately true, FEC reports of employers. These are not the rank and file but the hq
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:08 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 06:04 PM (Ti9vn)
I saw some crap about how the Pali flags really just signal that the flag flyers are upset about something, anything, and that is the current signal.
Bullshit, but that's what they are selling.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 06:08 PM (5WPt1)
means. It assume it means they don't identify as a male or a female. Sometimes they're one and sometimes they're the other . It's all about "feelz" whatever their sexual organs are.
And NO, I am not non binary.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026 06:08 PM (xz+xK)
It doesn't have to.
All he has to do is force the Vote on it to be seen as trying to mitigate the negative effects of the Iran actions.
Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 06:08 PM (Qugny)
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 06:09 PM (pfXMo)
Polish President Nawrocki ordered his plane to turn around and return to Poland.
Posted by: mrp
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From my understanding about thirty minutes ago on X, a post claimed Nawrocki is on the ground now in Poland but security does not want him around the Con. Court building. Who knows if it is true.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:10 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: you really don't want to know at October 30, 2026 06:10 PM (mtytl)
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:08 PM (E4rtv)
The Left love to run ' non-profits' .
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 06:10 PM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: Marcus T at October 30, 2026 06:10 PM (rxwdW)
means. It assume it means they don't identify as a male or a female. Sometimes they're one and sometimes they're the other . It's all about "feelz" whatever their sexual organs are.
And NO, I am not non binary.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026 06:08 PM (xz+xK)
As far as I can figure, "I'm non-binary" just means "You're not the boss of me!"
It is a nonsense statement, but it demands that you pay attention and give uptwinkles.
Best to be ignored.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 06:11 PM (5WPt1)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 06:04 PM (viF8m)
Plus they started a war with the dissident Donbas lands in 2014-5. Not sure what assistance Russia gave but they did not use troops. The Donbas forces surrounded the Ukraine troops and Ukraine sued for a ceasefire. Germany and France signed an agreement to guarantee for talks to settle the issues, and admitted a few years back they never intended to do so. Russia tends to be a stickler about that. These Minsk accords stalled all the way to the outbreak of the war.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 06:11 PM (uhVAy)
And Barack Obama, Joe Biden, John McCain and Lyndsey Graham.
There were other countries involved, it wasn't just the US. But our foreign policy establishment has been doing stupid shit for decades and then blaming the fallout on others, like Russia in this case. Remember, it was an internet video that caused the attack on the US embassy in Libya.
uh huh
No, Putin is not an angel. Anyone who thinks our previously permanent foreign policy establishment is blameless is smoking much better stuff than I ever could've afforded.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 06:11 PM (viF8m)
I wore my son's football jersey to his games. Is that supposed to be an insult? That's kinda what moms do. At least the ones I associated with.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 30, 2026 05:37 PM (W2Pud)
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Yes like he thinks asking him about Islamic terrorism is somehow really an attack on "the way I pray."
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 06:02 PM (RIvkX)
It's not real bright.
Abdul needs those suburban soccer moms who wear their son't jerseys to their games.
That's one of his target demos.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 06:11 PM (6ydKt)
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SCW
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This is what happens when you abandon those that made FOX number One
Fox News is suffering one of its most dramatic ratings collapses in years, losing nearly one-third of its audience in key demographics just days before the critical midterm elections.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:11 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Auspex
He’s also not my enemy. I’ve never heard Putin say he wants me in internment camps. I’ve heard many Democrats say it though.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 30, 2026 06:11 PM (zyHX6)
Who blew up the pipeline? Funny how that story went away.
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"We blew up their pipeline"
-Joe Biden
"shut the fuck up Joe"
-The Deep State
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at October 30, 2026 06:12 PM (tB7nu)
Bullshit, but that's what they are selling.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 06:08 PM (5WPt1)
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A lot of truth in that. Think about what makes up the left. They don't have the luxury of universal positions. They are a rag tag collection of "one issue" facets. That's how you end up with gays supporting Muslims despite the fact that both factions are diametrically opposed to each other. It's an unwritten agreement that this group will support the other group, because the act will be reciprocated. There is no reference to substantive quality. There is every reference to superficial quantity.
Posted by: Orson at October 30, 2026 06:12 PM (dIske)
The domestic industry was going to raise prices anyway. Supply is constrained, demand increased, and what's left of the petroleum club hates Trump. Bigly.
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 06:12 PM (pfXMo)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 30, 2026 06:12 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 06:11 PM (5WPt1)
Thankfully , I have never had anybody tell me they are non binary, but that's probably because I don't hang out in leftist circles.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026 06:12 PM (JrHfD)
Posted by: Marcus T at October 30, 2026 06:10 PM (rxwdW)
Putin is the moderate in the leadership vis a vis dealing with Europe. Much much more people want them to piss up the nearest rope.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 06:13 PM (uhVAy)
Putin has wanted Russia aligned with the west since he came to power but he's always been rebuffed. I wonder if he sees that as a blessing now.
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I watched his interview with Schmucker, (is there another one?).
What he said about Yeltsin's attempts to align Russia with the
US matched what I witnessed and thought about events at the
time. The US behaved shamefully. Putin understandably has feeling
about the way we treated Yeltsin and Russia.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 06:13 PM (pMmVV)
Posted by: polynikes
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Run them into the ground for grift which is typical of those that like to firmly plant their butts in a swivel chair and do little all day. And then whine about being underpaid.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:13 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 06:07 PM (5WPt1)
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Don't forget the restricted traffic lanes reserved for "special" vehicles.
Posted by: mrp at October 30, 2026 06:13 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 06:13 PM (pfXMo)
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 06:14 PM (5WPt1)
Sure. He reclaimed the Venezuelan Oil Fields, pretty much killed OPEC and the Petroleum Lobby now hates his guts.
You seem really informed.
Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 06:14 PM (Qugny)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026 06:12 PM (JrHfD)
A lot of it now is the youth, who use it to "join" the alphabet community without having to do anything perverted. Asexual also works if you want them to leave you alone.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 06:14 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 30, 2026 05:37 PM (W2Pud)
That's exactly what moms do.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 06:15 PM (r2Icn)
All he has to do is force the Vote on it to be seen as trying to mitigate the negative effects of the Iran actions.
Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 06:08 PM (Qugny)
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None of that "WE FORCED THEM TO VOTE AGAINST IT!!!!11" nonsense has moved the needle with normies for at least 30 years.
Nobody. Fucking. Cares.
Posted by: Johnny from Georgia at October 30, 2026 06:16 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Auspex at October 30, 2026 06:16 PM (Y8DZL)
Inevitable West
@Inevitablewest
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🚨BREAKING: President Karol Nawrocki has just ARRIVED at the Presidential Palace in Polish capital Warsaw
He has to urgently deploy the army! 🇵🇱
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:16 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 06:16 PM (MWfyi)
TOUSI on Poland ...
He's been replaying video from on the ground. He has something in English right now (about 8 minutes before the "live" point).
Posted by: you really don't want to know at October 30, 2026 06:16 PM (mtytl)
But we are talking about the Ukraine. And what Russian major military action has taken place outside of the former USSR states? Putin is no angel but i don't rank him close as our #1 adversary .
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 06:16 PM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 06:02 PM (RIvkX)
To be fair, Abdul prays that his compatriots will rise up and destroy the US, so there's that.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 06:17 PM (5WPt1)
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I'm giving those up, and bananas too...so we can keep the bombs dropping on Gaza!
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 06:17 PM (TN0g+)
And that means what to domestic production constraints?
Let me know when XOM breaks new ground for refining/supply.
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 06:17 PM (pfXMo)
Rush once talked about a survey during the Bush administration when the economy was going gangbusters. It asked people "How are you doing financially?" and "How do you think your neighbors are doing financially?"
Most people said their finances were doing great but they thought their neighbors were struggling. So, they thought the economy was in the crapper and they were just lucky.
The MSM was just that powerful.
Posted by: 29Victor at October 30, 2026 06:17 PM (0MjtC)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 30, 2026 06:18 PM (f8snw)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now [/] at October 30, 2026 06:18 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 06:14 PM (uhVAy)
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I'd love to be an observer in public schools these days when the English teacher lectures on pronouns. I'm sure it is now nuanced. Or maybe not, because I keep seeing youths claim to identify as they/them, and in the very next sentence refer to themselves with a first person singular pronoun like "I." Maybe they are skipping that curriculum altogether to avoid conflict.
Posted by: Orson at October 30, 2026 06:19 PM (dIske)
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"We blew up their pipeline"
-Joe Biden
"shut the fuck up Joe"
-The Deep State
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at October 30, 2026 06:12 PM (tB7nu)
There was even a little US naval force in the area at the time doing maneuvers. I can't see anyone else doing it. Russia could just turn off the spigot if they wanted to cut Europe off, so it was not them. Biden's boys did it, there were even several "prediction" leaks beforehand by insiders.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 06:19 PM (uhVAy)
about the way we treated Yeltsin and Russia.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 06:13 PM (pMmVV)
We could have done better by them, possibly.
It was a chaotic situation and nobody had ever tried to de-transition a communist economy on that scale.
But Yeltsin is not entirely blameless here, either, the big, jovial, drunk, bear got himself into his own trouble without our help.
Yeltsin essentially sold off the biggest sectors of the economy to the oligarchs, and that's probably what Putin was most angry about.
Putin wants Russia to be treated as an equal by the U.S., and the west, but Russia has been too untrustworthy too many times for that to happen immediately.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 06:19 PM (6ydKt)
He doesn't want his Mom wearing his uniform because it is a Suicide Vest.
Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 06:19 PM (Qugny)
1h
Translated from Polish
Pan_komentator
@PanP23929
Translated from Polish
The presidential convoy of Karol Nawrocki is heading to the Presidential Palace.
A meeting will take place in the Palace between the president, the president of the Constitutional Tribunal Bogdan Święczkowski, and the president of the Supreme Court Zbigniew Kapiński.
Poland is waking up.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:19 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 06:19 PM (pfXMo)
He needs to leave.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 06:19 PM (5WPt1)
Posted by: Marcus T at October 30, 2026 06:19 PM (rxwdW)
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 06:20 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 30, 2026 06:20 PM (+UCFu)
He has to urgently deploy the army! 🇵🇱
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:16 PM (E4rtv)
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Brussels ain't gonna like that - the EU's "security" depends on Tusk's control of the most powerful European conventional military force in the continent.
Posted by: mrp at October 30, 2026 06:20 PM (rj6Yv)
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I'm giving those up, and bananas too...so we can keep the bombs dropping on Gaza!
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 06:17 PM (TN0g+)
Down to about a quarter of what they were here in CA.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 06:20 PM (uhVAy)
That's a lot of consonants...
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 06:20 PM (pfXMo)
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:19 PM (E4rtv)
We have several troop emplacements and forward "bases" in Poland. Have for many years. I suspect Putin should tread lightly in that endeavor.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 06:20 PM (5WPt1)
And now they are our mortal enemy because western powers fucked around in the most corrupt country in western Europe that happens to sit on Russia's border?
Oh, ok.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 06:20 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 30, 2026 06:20 PM (+UCFu)
Not Donald Tusk. He's Grima Wormtongue.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 06:21 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 06:21 PM (pfXMo)
It's possible to dislike both Putin and Zelinsky.
Like Saddam and Khomeini.
Posted by: Auspex
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All of the above destroyed or are destroying their own countries to scratch their itches for power to the grave.
They hate their opponents because it is a reflection of themselves. See Mustache Man and Stalin as well.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:22 PM (E4rtv)
It gets things wrong, as false prophecies do. But what's fascinating is that during the period it talks about, it predicts there will be a period when the constitution will "hang by a thread," and it also says Russia will be our great enemy. This is from the 1800s.
Not exactly wrong there...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_V-669GlIY&ra=m
Posted by: LizLem at October 30, 2026 06:22 PM (9jlvI)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now [/] at October 30, 2026 06:22 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Max Power at October 30, 2026 06:22 PM (SwyyQ)
Posted by: man
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Could be worse, the crisis could have involved Wales.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:22 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 06:23 PM (r2Icn)
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 06:23 PM (MWfyi)
No China is. And a lot of people in Russia don’t like the appearance of subservience to them.
But Putins Russia is a close second. His ideological rigidity is stunning in its ignorance of the fact that people like Trump see Russia as a great country who is above a lot of this nonsense and is being dragged down by it.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 30, 2026 06:23 PM (rxwdW)
It's the lack of air conditioning.
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 06:23 PM (pfXMo)
Posted by: Marcus T at October 30, 2026 06:19 PM (rxwdW)
Who the fuck wants Europe? Putin isn't an idiot.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 06:23 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Max Power at October 30, 2026 06:23 PM (SwyyQ)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 30, 2026 06:23 PM (f8snw)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 30, 2026 06:23 PM (NnhvP)
Posted by: Auspex at October 30, 2026 06:24 PM (Y8DZL)
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they don't issue jerseys to the guy that collects the jock straps
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at October 30, 2026 06:24 PM (tB7nu)
A meeting will take place in the Palace between the president, the president of the Constitutional Tribunal Bogdan Święczkowski, and the president of the Supreme Court Zbigniew Kapiński.
Poland is waking up.
Posted by: whig
I worry instead that they'll all be arrested for the crime of being right-wing and insufficiently pro-immigrant and anti-Russia. Tusk will get full support on this from the EU.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 30, 2026 06:24 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Marcus T at October 30, 2026 06:19 PM
Fortunately for europe putin has about a -1000% chance of acting on his dreams of conquest and they know it or they should know it. His army is gone, his navy longer exists and his air force has been reduced to next to nothing in the war in ukraine.
The only thing he has left is oil and nukes. And if he starts popping off nukes in europe the fallout literally drifts back to his country. putin is being used as a boogey man to scare europe.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 30, 2026 06:25 PM (I43vL)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now [/] at October 30, 2026 06:25 PM (ndZc7)
Ranty Man
@RanTeeThree
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My Polish friend says Tusk has cancelled major infrastructure projects because they compete with Germany - New port to compete with Hamburg - cancelled. New Airport to compete with Frankfurt - cancelled. New nuclear power station - cancelled. loads of other projects cancelled.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:26 PM (E4rtv)
Gee I wonder if this is all somehow related.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 30, 2026 06:28 PM (zyHX6)
But we are talking about the Ukraine. And what Russian major military action has taken place outside of the former USSR states? Putin is no angel but i don't rank him close as our #1 adversary .
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 06:16 PM (Ti9vn)
There was a little encouragement of the locals in Niger and similar West African states to push out the French. When I heard what they were paying for Uranium from the locals shocked even my colonialist soul - pennies on the dollar when they could use every dime for infrastructure and development so we could get more resources out.
But screwing the French is just a little kidding around and teasing, not real politics.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 06:28 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Chuck Martel
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Problem for the EU is they have no army and NATO is not going to get involved as an organization and it depends on US assets for logistics.
Something is causing the whole globalist party to move into maximum overdrive NOW. Too many crises and institutions being wrecked like Canada's implosion, Brazil moving to criminal fascism, now this simultaneously.
By the pricking of my thumbs something wicked this way comes.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:29 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 30, 2026 06:24 PM (Dv3i1)
They will send in the EU Army!!!! Oh wait, there isn't one. And the US Army has a few brigades there now.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 06:30 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:29 PM (E4rtv)
Trump is close to a tipping point if you believe Tom Luongo.
Posted by: you really don't want to know at October 30, 2026 06:33 PM (mtytl)
Posted by: Marcus T at October 30, 2026 06:19 PM (rxwdW)
I've never seen Putin threaten to conquer Europe.
He's threatened the West only when we encroached on what they feel is their sphere of influence in Eastern Europe and Asia. Georgia, and Ukraine (Crimea) especially, are important to Russia's defensive strategies, and Putin does not want to give those up to US & EU adventurism.
I am not a big Putin fan, but I am a realist when it comes to world affairs. Putin warned the West for a decade that if they kept encroaching on Russia by enlarging NATO they would respond. And that's exactly what he did when Ukraine moved towards joining the EU and NATO.
Russia is in no position to invade anybody else for the foreseeable future. This was Putin's last stand, and he's going to end it when he's ready and Russia's control of, and access to, Crimea and the Donbass is guaranteed.
Why would he want to invade Europe at this point?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 06:36 PM (6ydKt)
That said, Poland is weird. I don't understand countries with a PM and a President. Pick one!
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 30, 2026 06:37 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 06:16 PM
Our number enemy is islam, no matter where.
Posted by: Eromero at October 30, 2026 06:46 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 30, 2026 06:46 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: what the cat drug in at October 30, 2026 09:30 PM (jrgJz)
Why would he want to invade Europe at this point?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 06:36 PM (6ydKt)
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He's been offered that. Wants Odessa as well. He can stop anytime. Zelenskyy knows he can't push them back, and we have no intention of doing it for him. His domestic political situation means he knows times up. Putin faces an even bigger problem. His military has been shown to be inept and no longer first world. He has spent lots of time, treasure and blood. He was supposed to get Ukraine as a buffer. He feels he can't stop.
Posted by: Black JEM at October 30, 2026 10:35 PM (8uHt+)
The Week In Woke
Via Instapundit:
AHOY! It's racist to oppose this.
Stephen L. Miller
@redsteeze So just in case you're following along, the mostly public face of The Bulwark is endorsing a Muslim Britherhood adjacent proven Anti-Semite. Ok, sure but that's not even the best part of this. He's claiming that the opposing candidate will usher in internment camps, which would be a really uncomfortable fact, if his coworker and podcast partner had not floated someone with an actual Nazi internment camp guard symbol on his chest for President in 2028 prior to that candidate dropping out.
Why are you making a big deal about that you Racists?
El-Sayed courted Muslim centers where clerics portrayed U.S as Satan, sought 'revenge' on Zionists Newly surfaced recordings show the Democratic candidate courting votes at tax-exempt Islamic centers, where clergy and Islamic scholars called America the "House of [Satan]," asked Allah to support the fight against Israel, and prayed for vengeance against Zionists and their backers.
The left has destroyed education and their next target is all of society.
Michigan Democrat Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed directly solicited support for his campaign inside Islamic centers whose imams and guest speakers called America the "the House of Shaitan [Satan]" and urged Allah to "take the worst revenge upon" Zionists, according to a review of their videotaped services. Experts said the video evidence, first uncovered by the Middle East Forum and verified by Just the News, could open the door to potential investigations into the nonprofit status of places of worship and provide a stark reminder to voters in the final days of the 2026 election about El-Sayed's ties to other controversial activists, who include Hasan Piker. El-Sayed is locked in a close contest with former Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., for Michigan's open Senate seat. The contest is expected to be one of the most competitive of the cycle. Throughout the contest, El-Sayed has taken flak for his ties to Piker, a prominent Twitch streamer who has said America "deserved" 9/11, among other sensational statements. President Donald Trump has called El-Sayed a "terrorist sympathizer." The El-Sayed campaign did not respond to a request for comment from Just the News, and has denied his familial relationships to the Muslim Brotherhood and to radical Islam in general, with supporters such as former President Obama calling the issue "Islamophobic." In March before the Democratic primary, El-Sayed visited the Islamic Center of Detroit, a nonprofit organization that offers both Muslim religious services and engages in charity work in the community. El-Sayed was welcomed to the pulpit by one of the mosque's leaders during a Ramadan prayer service, during which he solicited signatures from the congregation so that he could qualify for the Michigan Democratic primary, according to a recording reviewed by Just the News. The host introduced El-Sayed as "our beloved brother Dr. Abdulrahman," using his full first name, and El-Sayed spoke to the room in a livestreamed meeting and asked the congregation for their support. Meeting ended with call for God to take "revenge" upon the Zionists "I have to get on the ballot to be able to get your vote, inshallah [God willing]. So my team is here in the back. You'll see us on the outside [...] If you're a registered voter in the state of Michigan, we need your signature to get on the ballot, so I ask that you'll give us a signature," El-Sayed told the congregation. "Please don't leave here without doing that." Later in the same Ramadan livestream, a leader reads the closing supplication in Arabic, which called for God to take "revenge" upon the Zionists and to foil their plans. It is not clear whether El-Sayed was still in attendance when this closing prayer was sung. "O our Lord, the Zionists have spread corruption in the land. Your forbearance has deceived them, so show them Your power, O Compeller. They killed our brothers and sisters, so take the worst revenge upon them," the leader sang, according to the video. "Lie in wait for them, our Lord. Raise no banner for them in the lands of the Muslims [...] and foil their plans in every time and place," he continued. The Arabic language prayer was translated independently by the Middle East Forum and confirmed by Just the News using Google's translation application. The Islamic Center of Detroit did not respond to a message submitted to its online contact portal.
Matt Van Swol
@mattvanswol 🚨WHAT ON EARTH?!! A Nashville TEACHER OF THE YEAR walked away from her career because she says the district ORDERED HER TO FABRICATE A STUDENT'S GRADE. She refused, so they went into the system and CHANGED IT THEMSELVES. According to the teacher, a student didn't finish a project so Hardcastle (the teacher) gave the grade the student earned... a failing grade. Then a parent came in and SAT IN THE OFFICE FOR HOURS until that grade changed. Three administrators huddled up and decided the AWARD-WINNING TEACHER was the problem. She still refused to change the grade. So they overrode her and changed it ANYWAY. She quit in May and put all of it in a three-page resignation letter. It's public. Read it yourself. She calls it GRADE FABRICATION.
The leftwing Groomer Media is very, very sad that it turns out the spike in "queer identification" was a social contagion all along, just like the Bigots said, and are coping over reduced teen identification as LGBTQ.
When they say the answer to a question they want to answer "no" to is "complicated," they mean "yes" but are too cowardly to say it.
Are Fewer Teens Identifying as Gay or Bisexual? It's Complicated. New data have prompted questions about changes in teens' sexual orientations. But researchers disagree on how much the numbers can really tell us.
Some of the most notable changes between generations have involved gender and sexuality, where there has been a steady increase in young people identifying as L.G.B.T. over the decades. But as culture and attitudes evolve over time, Dr. Twenge has wondered if that trajectory will hold. Her analysis of new federal numbers on youth and sexual identity suggests there may be a change: In a recent post on her Substack, Generation Tech, Dr. Twenge argued that lesbian, gay and bisexual identification was in a "free fall" among high schoolers, with the clearest declines among ninth-grade girls. After peaking at 26 percent in 2021, the percentage of ninth-grade girls identifying as bisexual dropped to 13 percent in 2025.Did the social contagion burn itself out resulting in the number of "queer" identifying youth falling by half? Who knows, it's "complicated." So now she's going to argue against the findings:
No it's not, it's a reversal of a very suspect spike in young people -- in particular, young girls who have historically been the most susceptible to social pressure and social contagions -- suddenly deciding in 2015 that they were "queer." Anything but straight. Straight is normal and normal is boring. Yuch! This explosion in "gay" youth is ten years old. This is not a "longstanding trend," unless you're ten years old.
The change caught her eye, Dr. Twenge said, because "pretty much every other indicator for a very long time was going in the direction of more same-sex relationships, more acceptance of same-sex relationships, more identification." ... "It's a reversal of very longstanding trends," Dr. Twenge said.
... Dr. Twenge's analysis immediately prompted speculation about the forces driving the change. Conservative commentators argued the nation's rightward swing had swayed young people, suggesting that the prior rise in L.G.B.T. identities had been a product of progressive institutions promoting them. "Amazing what happens when you cut the Department of Education and USAID," Terry Schilling, the director of the American Principles Project, posted on X. Others argued that the findings reflected an increasingly hostile climate for L.G.B.T. people in the United States, making teenagers afraid to disclose their sexual identities, especially in surveys conducted by the federal government.LOL. Cope harder. Meanwhile, the longstanding trend of increasing acceptance of the gay lifestyle also reversed, which I'm sure has nothing to do with progressives brainwashing young girls into being "queer" or "trans."
U.S. Support for LGBTQ+ Issues Remains Down From Peak by Jeffrey M. Jones Story Highlights * Support for legal same-sex marriage down six points from 2022-2023 highWell, Republicans were willing -- eager, even -- to leave gays alone. But the Gay Movement did not return the favor, not even close. So here we are now. They want war.
* 62% viewing gay/lesbian relations as moral is lowest since 2016
* Perceived morality of changing one's gender down eight points since 2021 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- After two decades of rising support for LGBTQ+ issues, U.S. attitudes have plateaued and begun to slide back modestly. Approval of same-sex marriage, moral acceptance of gay and lesbian relations, and endorsement of gender changes are all down from peaks reached in the early 2020s. While most Americans still favor legal same-sex marriages, the 65% who do so today is down six percentage points from the peak in 2022 and 2023. Similarly, the percentage viewing gay or lesbian relations as morally acceptable, 62%, has not been lower since 2016. And the share of Americans who consider changing one's gender morally acceptable has declined eight points over the past five years, to 38%. These items are from Gallup's annual Values and Beliefs survey, conducted May 1-17, 2026. Between 1996 and 2022, the percentage of U.S. adults in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage increased by 44 points, from 27% to 71%. In 2024, the figure dipped to 69%, and it has shown a marginal decline each year since. Gallup first asked about the morality of same-sex relations in 2001, when 40% said they were morally acceptable. By 2022, 71% held that view, before a sharp drop to 64% in 2023, holding at about that level during the past three years. When Gallup first asked about changing one's gender in 2021, 46% found it morally acceptable, and 51% found it morally wrong. Today, those numbers stand at 38% and 57%, respectively. Most of the recent changes in LGBTQ+ attitudes have occurred among Republicans. For example, in 2021 and 2022, 55% of Republicans said they favored legal same-sex marriage, but today, the figure is 37%. Among independents, support has dropped six points, to 67%, while Democrats' views are the same as in 2022 (87% in favor). Partisans' views on the morality of gay or lesbian relations have shifted similarly. Since 2022, the high point for Republicans, the share who say such relations are morally acceptable has fallen 21 points to 35%, compared with an eight-point decline among independents to 64% and no meaningful change among Democrats (now at 81%). As a result of the recent decline, Republicans' views of the morality of same-sex relations are now similar to what they were between 2005 and 2014.
EXCLUSIVE: 'Decolonize Palestine' organizer for Michigan Dem William Lawrence claims Charlie Kirk 'got what he f*cking got' "Charlie Kirk incited a lot of violence and he encouraged a lot of violence. And sometimes you get what you f*cking get." A field organizer for Democratic Socialist of America-aligned (DSA) candidate William Lawrence in Michigan--despite saying that it was "bad" that Charlie Kirk was assassinated--justified the shooting, claiming that Kirk "incited a lot of violence, and sometimes you get what you f*cking get." Lawrence is running in Michigan's 7th Congressional District and has billed himself as an average progressive. ... "So it's like, my parents, like when I talk to them about it, it's like, 'Well violence is not good. We shouldn't be allowing it.' I'm like yes, but the violence happens. It happens. Sorry it happens. This is a world full of f*cking violence and Charlie Kirk incited a lot of violence and he encouraged a lot of violence. And sometimes you get what you f*cking get."Remember when they claimed the Joker movie would spur the right into embracing psychotic nihilistic violence? The left is quoting the line Joker says before executing a man on television: "You get what you fucking deserve."
Horrifying. I want to smack this smug murder-loving asshole and I hope someone else feels the same.
this is not a small group of people on the left anymore, but a large, dominant faction without whom democrats can’t win elections. and there is no debating them, because they aren’t interested in changing your mind. they just earnestly want you to die. https://t.co/ctYtJ8awtd
— Mike Solana (@micsolana) October 28, 2026
I think we found the most effective way to deal with protesters. https://t.co/DJllyWLOgN
— Joe Rogan Podcast News (@joeroganhq) October 28, 2026
LGBTQ activist has a deer-in-headlights moment when Piers Morgan asks her to explain what “non-binary” actually means.
When she can’t, she calls it “uncomfortably personal.” Then Riley Gaines finishes her off. PIERS MORGAN: “I just want to ask, what do you mean by non-binary?” ACTIVIST: “Um when I say I’m non-binary, I’m expressing my identity in a way that I have the right to do.” PIERS MORGAN: “What does that mean? There’s only one of you.” ACTIVIST: “Actually, they/them has been the collective they has been used to refer to individual people for centuries and still is. So, um, I mean, if you don’t understand basic grammar, that’s on you.” PIERS MORGAN: “I’ve got to be honest with you, I don’t understand the concept of what non-binary means… There’s one of you sitting here, and you look to me female. You’re a female?” ACTIVIST: “If you don’t understand what non-binary means…” PIERS MORGAN: “Are you a female?” ACTIVIST: “…then I’m not sure you’re in a position to lead a debate…” PIERS MORGAN: “But if you can’t explain it in simple language, then what’s the point?” ACTIVIST: “I don’t think that I’m here to discuss the contents of my identity.” PIERS MORGAN: “You raised this whole thing. I didn’t mention anything about what you were. You did.” ACTIVIST: “This has really become uncomfortably personal.” PIERS MORGAN: “Has it? You said it, not me…” That’s when Riley Gaines dropped the hammer. RILEY GAINES: “If you think this is uncomfortably personal, try undressing in a locker room with a 6’4 naked man.”— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) October 27, 2026
@AceofSpadesHQ
— Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper🥶 (@TobytheBeagle1) October 30, 2026
She's doing the meme https://t.co/xGPs46s9gg
NOW: Drivers REACT as Anti-ICE Protesters block ALL Entrances to the Brooklyn Bridge on Manhattan side. https://t.co/Jv3lc71oev
— Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) October 28, 2026
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 04:21 PM (Qugny)
Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2026 04:22 PM (Ia/+0)
Hi there, hope everyone's week is ending on a happy note.
Posted by: Auspex at October 30, 2026 04:22 PM (Y8DZL)
I don't support Rogers...I support the Islamist's opponent. Because Islam is incompatible with my religion, my country, my culture.
If that makes me a racist then I will proudly proclaim that I am a racist!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sPumpkin at October 30, 2026 04:23 PM (k5CNB)
Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 04:23 PM (Qugny)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at October 30, 2026 04:24 PM (ubCxQ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026 04:24 PM (JrHfD)
Well, it was DeNiro, so I'll allow it.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 30, 2026 04:25 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2026 04:25 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 30, 2026 04:25 PM (skR0U)
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i.e., the "Party of Science" can't figure out he's the same race as Europeans.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 04:25 PM (Fi81e)
That is to be laughed at.
Gen Z makes fun of it.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 30, 2026 04:26 PM (LOvBA)
People are going to totally accept violence, subversion and anarchy from the left without any retribution.
No. Really. Stop laughing.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 30, 2026 04:27 PM (A55d8)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 04:27 PM (l3cgK)
At the direction of EU-simp Prime Minister Donald Tusk, the police have taken over the Constitutional Tribunal, which has been clashing with Tusk over his interpretation of the laws.
Tusk did this while the President of Poland, Karol Nawrocki, was on his way to Senegal. Nawrocki has turned his plane around, and is heading back to Poland.
Nawrocki is supposed to be the commander of the Polish military.
Sounds like an interesting twenty-four hours ahead in Poland.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 30, 2026 04:28 PM (aD4fx)
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 30, 2026 04:28 PM (wVcYX)
That guy did himself no favors exiting his vehicle like that. A handgun in a crowd is not the weapon you want.
These types are best dealt with from 1000-1500 yards off. Protests will cease quickly when random participants heads start exploding like pumpkins on the November Range.
Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 04:29 PM (Qugny)
"It's complicated" is an appeal to stupidity. Because the answer the Commie Media is working to distract dummies from is always YES.
Posted by: Gref at October 30, 2026 04:29 PM (5rh/l)
Tallyrand has a quote on this, "I am their leader so I must follow them".
Same goes for David French, Christianity Today, and the "Anxious Bench" side of Patheos. They may have started out Christian. But it wasn't Christians signing their checks.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 30, 2026 04:30 PM (88C+u)
But rayciss
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 30, 2026 04:30 PM (f8snw)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026 04:31 PM (JrHfD)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 30, 2026 04:31 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Marcus T at October 30, 2026 04:32 PM (A55d8)
Posted by: NCKate at October 30, 2026 04:32 PM (enNUy)
Posted by: Truths at October 30, 2026 04:32 PM (zyHX6)
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It used to have a lot more cachet.
When somebody points out that "gay white men" have become the "straight white men" of the LGBT "community", you can see the fatigue sitting in.
Gays only check one box these days.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 04:32 PM (Fi81e)
In Rwanda, this would be about the time the plane suffers a tragic mechanical failure (due to a SAM hit on an engine).
Posted by: 88C+u at October 30, 2026 04:33 PM (88C+u)
Tusk, two hours ago, justifying his coup:
Restoring the rule of law is our duty. After years of PiS-led lawlessness, this is a difficult process, sometimes painful, and it requires decisive action. There is no other way.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 30, 2026 04:33 PM (aD4fx)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 04:33 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 30, 2026 04:28 PM (wVcYX)
Support has gone flaccid.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 30, 2026 04:33 PM (1Ff7Z)
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no no
nonsense
The appeal is becoming more selective
Posted by: Don Black at October 30, 2026 04:33 PM (ZxPkt)
That's racist!
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 30, 2026 04:34 PM (LOvBA)
Too bad. I wanted to write a heartleft poem about dismemberment.
Preferably remembering most faculty and staff too.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 30, 2026 04:34 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Truths at October 30, 2026 04:32 PM (zyHX6)
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Well, that's my fear too. Especially given how Trump's election seems to have gotten away from them.
But with a fair-ish election, my money is that Rogers would be the winner.
Unfortunately, I think it's a sure thing that Benson is our next governator. No conflict of interest there.
If only women ran the world!
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 04:34 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 04:34 PM (RIvkX)
Yeah, we should probably start a pool on whether President Nawrocki is still alive twenty-four hours from now.
Sometimes, "Our Democracy" requires decisive action, Citizens!
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 30, 2026 04:34 PM (aD4fx)
Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2026 04:35 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 04:29 PM (Qugny)
Heads exploding like pumpkins?
No, it's more like goo.
Posted by: Kamala at October 30, 2026 04:35 PM (1Ff7Z)
Bwahahahaha!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
I don't know, he looks pretty hot to me.
Posted by: Mayo Pete at October 30, 2026 04:35 PM (UjdFS)
You can go hide in the basement with your teddybear and a six day supply of comfort food if you like, but the rest of us have voted or plan to vote, sissy.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 30, 2026 04:35 PM (88C+u)
Every single one of our cabinet secretaries were selected because they’re the best of the best in their respective fields.
Interesting. Virginia is 19.5% black. Of the 7 people in your cabinet, all but one is black. Are you saying that blacks are the most talented and hard-working, in your words "the best of the best" by a factor of 4.4 than whites? They're just that much more talented than whites?
That's what the numbers say. You know, unless the important characteristic they possess isn't talent or work ethic, it's skin color.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 30, 2026 04:36 PM (Riz8t)
Throwing them under the bus?
Posted by: Ben Had at October 30, 2026 04:36 PM (8Uo7a)
Posted by: The ARC of History!
There's that lawlessness word again. Very popular last couple weeks.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 04:37 PM (r2Icn)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 04:37 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 30, 2026 04:37 PM (f8snw)
Throwing them under the bus?
Posted by: Ben Had at October 30, 2026 04:36 P
On a weekend.
Brave.
I hope utsa bitch can come up with a pelosi poem.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 30, 2026 04:38 PM (Sco7b)
These types are best dealt with from 1000-1500 yards off. Protests will cease quickly when random participants heads start exploding like pumpkins on the November Range.
It's hard to argue with his results.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 30, 2026 04:38 PM (Riz8t)
Throwing them under the bus?
Posted by: Ben Had at October 30, 2026 04:36 PM (8Uo7a)
Even she recognizes that you can push too far in politics.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 30, 2026 04:38 PM (mP0Kj)
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Sounds better in the original German.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 04:38 PM (RIvkX)
Virginians in 2026 -- "Look at all the black people I have working for me!"
Posted by: 29Victor at October 30, 2026 04:38 PM (0MjtC)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 30, 2026 04:39 PM (8Uo7a)
This kind of thing is why I stopped getting worked up overmuch about the culture war. I'm not going to let my blood pressure spike over all the gay groomer stuff and other LGBT+ excesses if a near supermajority still can't see the slippery slope they've been pushed down began with treating gay/lesbian relations as moral. It's not that I approve or am indifferent exactly, but you can't fix anything if people don't/won't see the problem.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at October 30, 2026 04:39 PM (1M0ma)
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*sigh
Posted by: runner at October 30, 2026 04:39 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: Truths
Well, that's it then. I had hopes for us in this election, but now that you've said what you've said, I'm just going to stay home and cry. Thanks for that, previously unknown commenter.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 30, 2026 04:39 PM (Riz8t)
https://youtu.be/CANy4LDa0mE
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 30, 2026 04:40 PM (wVcYX)
Oregon is even funnier - Oregon is 2% black, Portland is 6% black, and blacks are vastly overrepresented at the upper reaches of government in both jurisdictions.
Portland had three finalists for the newly created job of city manager.
All three finalists were black.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 30, 2026 04:40 PM (aD4fx)
Posted by: NCKate at October 30, 2026 04:40 PM (enNUy)
Even harder to argue with 3 guys brandishing knives...he was safer in the truck, driving off.
Trust me, I wanted to see him ventilate all of those thugs. It's just not a smart move from a self-defense perspective to put yourself at that risk.
Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 04:41 PM (Qugny)
Posted by: Case at October 30, 2026 04:41 PM (fzmBj)
I always laughed at the time, but dang, he was right the country is currently being destroyed by white people with too much time on their hands.
Posted by: 29Victor at October 30, 2026 04:41 PM (0MjtC)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 04:41 PM (RIvkX)
Throwing them under the bus?
Methinks something decisive has happened in the Democrat Civil War, probably a realization that the DSA lunatics are going to be annihilated in the election. The Old Guard may prevail after all.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 30, 2026 04:41 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Truths
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They probably should have done that in 2024 for the presidential election and not lost the imperial presidency and control of the DOJ.
But I guess they just lost that on purpose to throw us off the scent!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 04:41 PM (xjopy)
Posted by: Seminar Caller at October 30, 2026 04:42 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: rhomboid at October 30, 2026 04:42 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: wth at October 30, 2026 04:42 PM (UjdFS)
Throwing them under the bus?
Methinks something decisive has happened in the Democrat Civil War, probably a realization that the DSA lunatics are going to be annihilated in the election. The Old Guard may prevail after all.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 30, 2026 04:41 PM (Riz8t)
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I think Democrats have realized that MI is lost (along with a few others like TX), and the establishment is readying to blame a lot of the losses this year on the upstarts that crashed the party.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 04:42 PM (xjopy)
Posted by: DSA Supporters at October 30, 2026 04:42 PM (skR0U)
Posted by: NCKate at October 30, 2026 04:40 PM (enNUy)
You mean a radio station?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 30, 2026 04:43 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 04:41 PM (Qugny)
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They hit the truck. I was surprised he didn't.
That's impulse control.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 04:43 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 04:29 PM (Qugny)
Heads exploding like pumpkins?
No, it's more like goo.
Posted by: Kamala at October 30, 2026 04:35 PM (1Ff7Z)
Ah, yes, Scanners was a fun movie.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 30, 2026 04:43 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 30, 2026 04:39 PM (Riz8t
People on the internet often change my entire worldview too.
But somethings I stand by.
'Prometheus' and 'Freddy got Fingered' weren't THAT bad...
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 30, 2026 04:43 PM (Sco7b)
Community....
Since Trump has been POTUS these people have been ..
"TAKING IT UP ASS MORE" then when Biden or Alah-Bama were POTUS...
Posted by: Jackson K. at October 30, 2026 04:43 PM (WRN1+)
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Ahh. The Fourth Reich wing of the Democrat Party.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now [/] at October 30, 2026 04:43 PM (ndZc7)
It's like a parody film, only you leave the "performance" thinking to yourself...."there's someone that's going to lose a finger or two when they reach down into the sink drain without turning off the garbage disposal".
Posted by: Orson at October 30, 2026 04:44 PM (dIske)
America is a land of immigrants and that like makes the economy work.
How could I have been so wrong about this?
i don’t like think that’s fair.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 04:44 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: runner at October 30, 2026 04:44 PM (AKptf)
Oregon is even funnier - Oregon is 2% black, Portland is 6% black, and blacks are vastly overrepresented at the upper reaches of government in both jurisdictions.
Portland had three finalists for the newly created job of city manager.
All three finalists were black.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 30, 2026 04:40 PM (aD4fx)
I went to college in Eugene, Oregon in the early 1990s. EVERTHING in the city was about "Diversity, Inclusion and Tolerance." Signs were in multiple languages. Every store had signs telling you how much they loved minorities.
One day I was reading the "Demographics" chapter in my sociology book and came across a table listing the racial makeup of mid-sized cities in America. And, wouldn't you know, Eugene, Oregon was, by far, the whitest mid-sized city in the entire country. Well over 90% white.
Posted by: 29Victor at October 30, 2026 04:44 PM (0MjtC)
Resurrecting the historically feared Poland Senegal Axis.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 30, 2026 04:44 PM (Fv808)
America is a land of immigrants and that like makes the economy work.
How could I have been so wrong about this?
i don’t like think that’s fair.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 04:44 PM (6ydKt)
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She's wrong.
America is a white supremacist hellscape run by a fascistic oligarchical imperialistic group of heteronormative capitalists who tell their fascist police state to murder brown people for sport.
Which is why we...must bring all the brown people here?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 04:45 PM (xjopy)
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[pretends to sneeze] Bullshit!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now [/] at October 30, 2026 04:46 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: runner at October 30, 2026 04:46 PM (AKptf)
I kept hoping for her hoodie to slip a bunch further, but alas ...
Posted by: far cry at October 30, 2026 04:46 PM (wXgT/)
Posted by: rhomboid at October 30, 2026 04:46 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: wth at October 30, 2026 04:47 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 30, 2026 04:47 PM (f8snw)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 04:47 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: logprof at October 30, 2026 04:47 PM (k86l/)
Posted by: rhomboid at October 30, 2026 04:46 PM (U/Byj)
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You see, Democrats lost on purpose. They can cheat to the moon whenever and wherever. Nothing can stop them no matter what the people want.
So, when they lose, it's a choice and not the limits of their ability.
They did it on purpose, handing the DOJ off to mortal enemies, so that they could do impeachment theater a couple of years after Trump et al spent years tearing at their pillars of power like the fed grant machine which funds the Democrat Party.
It's GENIUS!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 04:48 PM (xjopy)
That doctoral thesis given by the Pink brainiac at the end was the perfect closer.
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at October 30, 2026 04:48 PM (5yDGQ)
Posted by: Logics at October 30, 2026 04:48 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: Portland Whitey [Palestinian flag/Ukraine flag/LGBTQ flag/Trans flag] at October 30, 2026 04:48 PM (Ovx+P)
They have to know that there is a dumpster fire when it comes to her citizenship. Maybe they are using that to try and distance her from the somali fraud she was engaged in, no idea but they are trying to get ahead of something.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 30, 2026 04:48 PM (I43vL)
I had a couple of friends who were there at that time...
92-96 or so?
It was a fun place to visit.
Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 04:49 PM (Qugny)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 30, 2026 04:49 PM (amcLV)
I object to this unfair characterization! Our elections are much cleaner!
Posted by: President-For-Life Alexander Lukashenko! at October 30, 2026 04:49 PM (aD4fx)
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 30, 2026 04:49 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: runner at October 30, 2026 04:49 PM (AKptf)
Throwing them under the bus?
Posted by: Ben Had at October 30, 2026 04:36 PM (8Uo7a)
Hi Ben Had!
I think Nanzi is simply pissed-off that the DSA/Islamofacist wing of the party is heading towards being able to completely take over the Division of the Loaves and Fishes from the Geriatric Wing of the Democrat Party.
Nanzi and Clyburn and the other Sixties Liberals didn't work in politics for decades to see their family members and other dependent clients be pushed off the US Treasury Gravy Train, by upstart yutes and Islamists who have a different clientele to put on that Gravy Train.
Posted by: Gref at October 30, 2026 04:50 PM (5rh/l)
h/t Spencer Pratt
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 04:50 PM (RIvkX)
Dude is like 5' 6" tall, at best.
He's like a little leprechaun.
A little Goat-Fucking leprechaun.
Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 04:50 PM (Qugny)
They have to know that there is a dumpster fire when it comes to her citizenship. Maybe they are using that to try and distance her from the somali fraud she was engaged in, no idea but they are trying to get ahead of something.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 30, 2026 04:48 PM (I43vL)
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I suspect they know how strong the case is against her and the Todd Blanche isn't going to just fold in the face of judicial resistance. The details will come out. They'll be really bad, probably extend into other members of Congress, especially in The Squad, and hurt even if Democrats don't start trying to back off from her as soon as possible.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 04:50 PM (xjopy)
Posted by: rhomboid
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Fast Talking Shorty will be spending his days at the Gay Gym and shopping for XXS t-shirts.
Posted by: wth at October 30, 2026 04:51 PM (UjdFS)
America is a white supremacist hellscape run by a fascistic oligarchical imperialistic group of heteronormative capitalists who tell their fascist police state to murder brown people for sport.
Which is why we...must bring all the brown people here?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 04:45 PM (xjopy)
But Brawndo has what plants crave.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 04:51 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Mark1971 at October 30, 2026 04:51 PM (/OKHJ)
Posted by: runner at October 30, 2026 04:52 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: Portland Whitey [Palestinian flag/Ukraine flag/LGBTQ flag/Trans flag] at October 30, 2026 04:52 PM (Ovx+P)
I kept hoping one of the enraged New Yorkers would simply run over the protesting twatters. You know they'd move if you did a slow run up to them, bumping them along. Or simply yell, "Speed bumps" out the window and hit the gas.
The dumb woman thinking this is cool, as it's soooo in-hu-mmmmmmmmaaane. What a word salad spinner dumb socialist regurgitator. Throw her off the bridge!
It's a very good thing I stay home is all I can say. I don't want to become Bertha's Prison Beetch.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2026 04:52 PM (hzuYO)
Right at the start, post-USSR, the guy was picking fights with the US, like a junior high school tough guy. Was hilarious reading the cable traffic from Minsk. Harassment of diplomats, cutting off utilities to the embassy. Non-airhead Russians regard him as sort of a buffoonish figure, though they appreciate his support of Russia in general.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 30, 2026 04:52 PM (U/Byj)
Report: Son of "Decoy Dan" works for Democrat who co-chairs House caucus with Alaskan challenger accused of fraud
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now [/] at October 30, 2026 04:53 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2026 04:54 PM (Ia/+0)
Gee you learn something new everyday ......
Posted by: Jackson K. at October 30, 2026 04:54 PM (ENxVw)
When they say the answer to a question they want to answer "no" to is "complicated," they mean "yes" but are too cowardly to say it.
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Once you say you're gay, that's it. No take backs.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 04:55 PM (eRlcH)
There are multiple nightmares, not just one!
How can I believe this nonsense film now?!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 04:55 PM (xjopy)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 30, 2026 04:55 PM (vzuC7)
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*sigh
Posted by: runner
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Decision by the Tribunal this month put Polish Constitution above the EU where the EU treaty and the Polish Constitution and laws under it conflict.
Tusk is doing this even though he didn't even get a majority vote for his own party in the past elections. Coalition of parties put him in as Prime Minister.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 04:55 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 30, 2026 04:55 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: GWB at October 30, 2026 04:56 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 30, 2026 04:56 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: GWB at October 30, 2026 04:56 PM (kU0PQ)
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The maximum diversity is 100% black women.
Maybe a couple of them are trans-women.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 04:57 PM (xjopy)
Posted by: Mark1971 at October 30, 2026 04:51 PM (/OKHJ)
Not for me on Anazon, this week.
Instead, I had YouTube insisting I login to prove I wasn’t a bot.
Because wanting to watch a music video on YouTube is highly suspicious behavior for a human.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 04:57 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 30, 2026 04:57 PM (8Uo7a)
Pity about the upcoming tragic car accident.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 30, 2026 04:57 PM (aD4fx)
Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2026 04:57 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: testy at October 30, 2026 04:58 PM (vFcoN)
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I doubt he is looked at as that by serious politicians; he was able to maintain balance between Ukraine and Russia - still has an open channel to the Ukes, while getting all the benefits of being a reliable ally of the more powerful neighbor; he is in favor with Trump administration and was able to make some deals in his country's favor, even though he is sanctioned by the clowns in Brussels.
Posted by: runner at October 30, 2026 04:58 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: Mark1971
Amazon is preemptively trying to prevent AI bots from doing shopping there for people. Amazon makes more from advertising by product placement in their searches than they do from actually selling the product in many cases. AI bots from Grok and other places mess up that revenue stream by getting people what they want rather than what Amazon presents to them.
Would not be surprised either if Amazon is using demand pricing where different people get different prices based on what the algorithm tells Amazon you are willing to pay.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 04:58 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now [/] at October 30, 2026 04:58 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Portland Whitey [Palestinian flag/Ukraine flag/LGBTQ flag/Trans flag] at October 30, 2026 04:52 PM (Ovx+P)
Nah. I'll leave them chained to a tree with no food, water, or shelter.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 04:58 PM (r2Icn)
Pity about the upcoming tragic car accident.
Posted by: The ARC of History!
His accompaniment that he took to Senegal are reportedly ex Polish special ops peeps. Tusk is probably the one in trouble here trying to serve the EU as it becomes a fascist uber state.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 04:59 PM (E4rtv)
And he's grooming his son to be his replacement.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 30, 2026 04:59 PM (aD4fx)
Piers responds he doesn't know what that means because there's only one of her.
She then goes into the retarded argument that they/them has been used to refer to singular people for centuries and Piers obviously doesn't know grammar.
I hate this argument so much. The historical usage is when you're talking about an UNKNOWN, INDEFINITE, OR GENERIC PERSON. If I say to you, "If anyone bangs on your door, tell them to go away." Yes, we're talking about a singular INDEFINITE person. That person may be a man or a woman or a child or it's possible no person comes to the door at all.
When you're talking about a specific person, using they/them is new and is not grammatically correct. "This is Sasha who goes by they/them. I met them at work." This is not centuries old and anyone who argues otherwise is an asshole.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 30, 2026 04:59 PM (mkw2N)
Here's a few Halloween movies that are great which you may not have seen:
"The Revenant" (200
- horror/comedy with a soldier mysteriously killed in Iraq and brought home to bury rises and becomes an undead vigilante with his scumbag friend. Great fun!
"Splinter" (200
- parasitic fungus animates dead victims in to herky-jerky puppets to infect others. Stand off in gas station. Very creepy and fun.
"Nightmare Detective" (2006) Oddball horror movie involving murder in dreams which affect the real world. Made by the same guy who did "Tetsuo, the Iron Man" Creepy and puzzling.
"Noroi (The Curse) (2006) Excellent found footage Japanese horror movie. Slow burn but by the end the hairs will be rising on your neck in horror.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 30, 2026 05:01 PM (YSUhf)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 30, 2026 05:01 PM (8Uo7a)
Posted by: naturalfake at October 30, 2026 05:01 PM (YSUhf)
Posted by: Skip
Democrats are giving up on native blacks and that in part is what is upsetting the applecart in Michigan and Minnesota. Everyone is most conservative about what affects them and native urban gimmedats are resenting newcomers taking their cheese.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 05:02 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Portland Whitey [Palestinian flag/Ukraine flag/LGBTQ flag/Trans flag] at October 30, 2026 04:52 PM (Ovx+P)
Nah. I'll leave them chained to a tree with no food, water, or shelter.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 04:58 PM (r2Icn)
But they are moments away from dying so I must act now and call the toll-free number or scan the code on my screen, and for just 63 cents a day I can fill their bowls.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 05:02 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: runner at October 30, 2026 05:03 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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Takes you to Actblue website to donate.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 05:03 PM (E4rtv)
Gee you learn something new everyday ......
Posted by: Jackson K. at October 30, 2026 04:54 PM (ENxVw)
I had a dream about this.
Murkowski in a schoolgirl uniform workingvto arouse me in class. And it was a FRENCH class.
So many horrors
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 30, 2026 05:03 PM (Sco7b)
But it the Most Diverse, because to them diversity means both non-white and non-Christian.
There was some town close to the Mexico border that won some "most diverse town" award, because it was like 85% "Hispanic" (not considered "white" apparently).
Posted by: illiniwek at October 30, 2026 05:04 PM (vbXSk)
Link sent!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 30, 2026 05:04 PM (1Ff7Z)
Bwahahahaha!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 04:27 PM
Rad Bromance > Bad Bromance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjwQyoeQp_s
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 30, 2026 05:05 PM (h+uWx)
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Who dream of having their pussies grabbed by Obama.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now [/] at October 30, 2026 05:05 PM (ndZc7)
I told Hubby I will be glad when election day is over. He said all we will read and hear is lots of pissing and moaning for days after.
Posted by: four seasons at October 30, 2026 05:05 PM (/QHx4)
Murkowski in a schoolgirl uniform workingvto arouse me in class. And it was a FRENCH class.
So many horrors
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 30, 2026 05:03 PM (Sco7b)
Brother you are watching way too much cable news and anime if Murkowski is showing up in your dreams in a schoolgirl outfit.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 05:06 PM (6ydKt)
In light of the events in the country, I have concluded that it is no longer possible for me to continue serving as the Ambassador of the Republic of Poland. As of today, I have submitted my resignation and a request for recall.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 30, 2026 05:06 PM (aD4fx)
"Final OSZ Midterm Forecast
Senate:
🔵 Democrats: 51
🔴 Republicans: 49
House:
🔵 Democrats: 229
🔴 Republicans: 206 "
Posted by: runner at October 30, 2026 05:06 PM (AKptf)
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It was "bad" Kirk was assassinated. What a poignant tribute to the man. Certainly not a coping mechanism to avoid being critiqued for his real view.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 05:07 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: runner at October 30, 2026 05:07 PM (AKptf)
I like Vuori shirts, but they're pricey for t-shirts. I set up a grok bot to check a dozen websites for specific sizes and colors and alert me to sales. It's not spamming those sites, it only checks twice per day. It leaves me alone unless it finds a good deal.
Amazon will ban your grok bot if you do this on their site.
If you're in the market for any big ticket item, I suggest setting this up. It's amazing. You don't have to sign up to be spammed by a dozen websites and you don't have to maintain anything. The bot doesn't sign you up for freaking "partner" spam. It doesn't bother you unless it finds something good.
I want to try doing this with airline ticket prices next time I'm going on a trip.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 30, 2026 05:08 PM (mkw2N)
WarMonitor🇺🇦🇬🇧
@WarMonitor3
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30m
Details of what is happening in Warsaw Poland right now:
A long standing power struggle between the countries two main political parties over Judges in the countries judiciary has spilled out after Judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska who is linked to the current Prime minister Tusk has suspended two other judges both sides linked to the opposing PIS Party.
This caused outrage amongst PIS supporters who flocked to the countries constitutional court, the Judge Anna Korwin then called police to protect her which have surrounded the building which is widely pictured, the police have now had clashes with protestors.
The President of Poland has turned his plane around on a diplomatic flight to Senegal calling the suspension of judges and the police presence near the courthouse a coup attempt by the Prime minister tusk and a massive overstep of Judicial power.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 05:08 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: The ARC of History!
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So, we have a coup in motion, the success of which we shall observe.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 05:08 PM (pMmVV)
Posted by: The Clancy Brothers (With Tommy Makem) at October 30, 2026 05:09 PM (vFcoN)
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 30, 2026 05:03 PM
When you're done with the rest, and ready for the best, we're here for you.
Posted by: Lena, Triggly, Stacey, Joy, & Hillary! at October 30, 2026 05:09 PM (0sNs1)
They didn't register their link, much like Geek Girls advertised here and didn't continue to register their link, so the Simpsons' link now leads to something we shouldn't link here.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 30, 2026 05:09 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 05:06 PM (6ydKt)
It's been... more than a few... years, but at one point she looked pretty damned good in a swimsuit.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 05:09 PM (qlLNh)
El-Sayed went on this bizarre rant against Pete Hegseth -- claiming that Hegseth "rode the pine" in "whatever sport he played" in high school.
He invoked Hegseth's mother (moms are fair game now, huh?), and claimed she was "the type" who would have worn her son's jersey to games.
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Bitch!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now [/] at October 30, 2026 05:10 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: bonhomme at October 30, 2026 04:59 PM (mkw2N)
They can get past all of that by turning on the arrogance and pretending you’re the stupid one for not knowing this.
Which, surprisingly, is amazingly effective to turn things to their favor, unless Riley Gaines is also in on the coversation.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 05:10 PM (6ydKt)
Amazon will ban your grok bot if you do this on their site.
If you're in the market for any big ticket item, I suggest setting this up. It's amazing. You don't have to sign up to be spammed by a dozen websites and you don't have to maintain anything. The bot doesn't sign you up for freaking "partner" spam. It doesn't bother you unless it finds something good.
I want to try doing this with airline ticket prices next time I'm going on a trip.
Posted by: bonhomme
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Yep. Seems to be a thing that the big ecommerce websites are going to hate, like Amazon. Kills their product placement revenue, their selling private info about buyers, and puts pricing pressure on them.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 05:10 PM (E4rtv)
@StanPyrzanowski
- police anti-riot units are heading to Warsaw from Kraków, Rzeszów, and Częstochowa.
Unofficially: police officers are aware that the Constitution is being violated. They are waiting for the President's move
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 30, 2026 05:10 PM (aD4fx)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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Damn, did not know you were nearly as old as Vic.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 05:11 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 05:09 PM (qlLNh)
I’m guessing that would have been around 1970?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 05:11 PM (6ydKt)
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It was "bad" Kirk was assassinated. What a poignant tribute to the man. Certainly not a coping mechanism to avoid being critiqued for
I'm across from Detroit and you know I've been reporting on commercials. There's been tons of anti-Lawrence commercials.
Don't remember many for him.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 30, 2026 05:11 PM (Sco7b)
"Final OSZ Midterm Forecast
Senate:
🔵 Democrats: 51
🔴 Republicans: 49
House:
🔵 Democrats: 229
🔴 Republicans: 206 "
Yea......
AND Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu will lose in landslide !!
Posted by: Jackson K. at October 30, 2026 05:12 PM (ENxVw)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 05:06 PM (6ydKt)
It's been... more than a few... years, but at one point she looked pretty damned good in a swimsuit.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 05:09 PM (qlLNh)
On the whole, I'd prefer the other Lisa Ann showing up in my fevered dreams provocatively dressed.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 30, 2026 05:12 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 04:41 PM (Qugny)
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I don't think he's the kind of guy who gives a shit about safety and I think we need more people with his attitude.
Posted by: Max Power at October 30, 2026 05:12 PM (SwyyQ)
Posted by: runner at October 30, 2026 04:58 PM (AKptf)
Serious enough Biden tried to color revolution him a few years ago.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 05:12 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 05:11 PM (E4rtv)
Heh. Older than dirt, not older than the Big Bang.
But seriously, Lisa had a rockin' bod in a tank suit, probably because she did a lot of swimming. I don't know if she's kept it up.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 05:12 PM (qlLNh)
Murkowski in a schoolgirl uniform workingvto arouse me in class. And it was a FRENCH class.
Try to remember what you ate and drank the evening before that dream and never do that again.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 30, 2026 05:12 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 05:13 PM (odBC9)
"Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook", and follow the news reports on X.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 30, 2026 05:14 PM (aD4fx)
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Violent crazy ass idiot. Yeah, average progressive.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now [/] at October 30, 2026 05:14 PM (ndZc7)
El-Sayed went on this bizarre rant against Pete Hegseth -- claiming that Hegseth "rode the pine" in "whatever sport he played" in high school.
He invoked Hegseth's mother (moms are fair game now, huh?), and claimed she was "the type" who would have worn her son's jersey to games.
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Bitch!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now [/] at October 30, 2026 05:10 PM (ndZc7)
Not sure where he expects to find a big anti Secretary of War faction in Michigan.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 05:14 PM (uhVAy)
If the US and Russia align, the first one shanked is the EU.
Posted by: Accomack at October 30, 2026 05:15 PM (NeFn5)
Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2026 05:15 PM (Ia/+0)
"Final OSZ Midterm Forecast
Senate:
🔵 Democrats: 51
🔴 Republicans: 49
House:
🔵 Democrats: 229
🔴 Republicans: 206 "
Posted by: runner
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Crap. Is what. Most sober analysts have it at roughly 52-54 GOP Senate and about a dozen seats as tossups in the House.
Betting markets need to be limited for elections as campaign contributions and that is what is driving a lot of this crappy and fake polling plus analysis.
OSZ was caught lying on several occasions in the recent Iran attacks and I don't really consider them to be reliable at all.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 05:15 PM (E4rtv)
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Let me 'splain something to you. Telling an individual or a group of people to go out and hurt people and break shit is inciting violence. Saying things that a certain group don't want to hear and they respond with violence is not inciting... Glad I could clear that up for you.
Not one single violent act can be traced back to CK inciting it.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at October 30, 2026 05:15 PM (tB7nu)
Then vote for all these "Mostly Jeffersonian" DSA candidates for more "GOOD TIMES"...
Posted by: Barry Soetoro at October 30, 2026 05:16 PM (Ge/3i)
Posted by: Accomack at October 30, 2026 05:16 PM (NeFn5)
That's all they do......and made it their most important takeaway from all the fraudster info talked about in the meeting:
Keith Ellison
@keithellison
This is an insult to every American taxpayer.
Trump wasted almost half a billion of our tax dollars cutting a sweetheart deal for one of his donors. Demanding an explanation for that corrupt overpayment isn't a "waste of time," it's absolutely essential.
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar
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2h
Q: If the administration has declared on waste and fraud, could you explain the $420 million overpayment for a prison in Appleton, MN, when they company offered it to the state for $75m?
BESSENT: I don't know anything about that. That's a waste of our time.
Posted by: beckster at October 30, 2026 05:16 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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Might have been the coke she snorted.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 05:16 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 05:14
I'd think downtown Detroit.
But they probably just group them together and label them as Whitey.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 30, 2026 05:17 PM (Sco7b)
Stuart Dowell
@StuartDowell_
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50m
BIG UPDATE on the events at Poland's Constitutional Tribunal tonight.
It's increasingly looking like a coordinated attempt to break the existing leadership's hold over the court.
Justice Minister and Prosecutor General Waldemar Żurek has now filed five applications to lift the immunity of the Tribunal's president and deputy, backed by 50 volumes of case files.
Both Żurek and the judge who ordered their suspension had contacted police in advance about security concerns.
All this on a Friday evening, while President Nawrocki was travelling to Senegal.
The timing and coordination are striking. The legality of the operation remains disputed.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk has defended the government's approach, saying: “Restoring the rule of law is our duty.”
But constitutional lawyer Marcin Matczak, a longstanding critic of PiS's judicial reforms, has questioned the legality of the suspension:
“I consider Bogdan Święczkowski the worst person to serve as president of the Constitutional Tribunal. But there is no legal basis for ordering a break in his duties or suspending him.”
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 05:17 PM (E4rtv)
I will not allow the right wing to take us out of the European Union. That’s what the game is about today.
So obviously the coup was necessary...
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 30, 2026 05:17 PM (aD4fx)
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These are rookie numbers. We go to get those numbers up
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at October 30, 2026 05:18 PM (tB7nu)
Collingwood 🇬🇧
@admcollingwood
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1h
If Donald Tusk was really certain that suspending the President of the Constitutional Tribunal of Poland and surrounding the building with police so judges and officers could not attend was "restoring the rule of law", he wouldn't have done it on a Friday evening or while the President of Poland was flying to Senegal.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 05:18 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now [/] at October 30, 2026 05:18 PM (ndZc7)
I will not allow the right wing to take us out of the European Union. That’s what the game is about today.
So obviously the coup was necessary...
Posted by: The ARC of History!
Court ruled this month that several of the EU Treaty provisions were in violation of Poland's Constitution and laws and therefore could not be enforced. We are seeing the EU lurch into bureaucratic Brezhnevism in real time.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 05:20 PM (E4rtv)
(Why don't you ask him what's going wrong?
Why don't you ask him the latest on his throne?)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 30, 2026 05:20 PM (88C+u)
OTOH, if left-wing organizations are putting a lot of money into betting markets to skew the odds, there is money to be made taking the other side of those bets.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 30, 2026 05:21 PM (aD4fx)
Posted by: Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely at October 30, 2026 05:21 PM (vFcoN)
Posted by: bonhomme at October 30, 2026 04:59 PM (mkw2N)
It reminds me of the Monty Python sketch about the mountain climber who saw double and was going to build a bridge between the 2 peaks of Mt Kilamanjaro
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 05:21 PM (uhVAy)
Marcin Przydacz
@marcin_przydacz
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1h
Translated from Polish
Poland's Ambassador to China, in response to the D. Tusk government's violation of the law and forceful attack on the Constitutional Tribunal, tenders his resignation.
This is an act of courage and responsibility toward Polish democracy and the Republic's image in the world.
Ambassador Kumoch is an experienced diplomat. In the past, he served as Poland's Ambassador to Switzerland and Poland's Ambassador to Turkey, as well as Head of the International Policy Office in the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 05:21 PM (E4rtv)
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Dude, Lisa Simpson is like 8 years old! Has been for like 40 years.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now [/] at October 30, 2026 05:22 PM (ndZc7)
If you have to exile your President, shut down Tribunals, and generally make yourself king, Mr Tusk; can your first edict be to make Polish names easier for us nonslavic barbarians to read and pronounce?
Posted by: 88C+u at October 30, 2026 05:22 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 30, 2026 05:22 PM (n5tGW)
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These are rookie numbers. We go to get those numbers up
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at October 30, 2026 05:18 PM (tB7nu)
Bisexual was just a way for regular people to avoid being persecuted for being normal.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 05:23 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 05:16 PM (E4rtv)
Might've had something to do with it. She didn't look skeletal, though.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 05:23 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: It's me donna at October 30, 2026 05:23 PM (+gK6I)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at October 30, 2026 05:15 PM (tB7nu)
Ace has helpfully pointed out that their violence is speech, and our speech is violence.
Many of them are now essentially making the case that our living, breathing, continued existence on the planet is white supremacist violence.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 05:24 PM (6ydKt)
The EU is looking at the reality of sponsoring the Ukraine war all by themselves.
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Where do they think this is going to end? Is Ukraine going to get its territory back? "On to Moscow"? A huge number of lives have been lost already. How many more are the EU willing to see die?
I don't know if Trump is right or wrong, but at least he's trying to stop two countries from grinding each other to powder. Don't see the geniuses in the EU trying out any ideas.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 05:24 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Lloyd Loar at October 30, 2026 05:24 PM (Mx+TJ)
Posted by: Multi-Generational Squalor and Discord at October 30, 2026 05:25 PM (vFcoN)
I will not allow the right wing to take us out of the European Union. That’s what the game is about today.
So obviously the coup was necessary...
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 30, 2026 05:17 PM (aD4fx)
the second coup. The first one put him in power in the first place. Much shadyness in that election, and every election in Europe since.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 05:25 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 30, 2026 05:22 PM (88C+u)
They could set up a trade deal with the Pacific islands -- send them surplus consonants in exchange for their extra vowels.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 05:26 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 05:26 PM (Cqx++)
I would expect the same stupid Nazi bs in Poland that happened in Ukraine.
If you found out the hijackers were going to crash into Langley, would you stop them?
Posted by: Accomack at October 30, 2026 05:27 PM (NeFn5)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now [/] at October 30, 2026 05:28 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Accomack at October 30, 2026 05:30 PM (NeFn5)
The Green Savant enters at 2:30.
Wow, letting her vote is about the same as finding the dumbest retard in the Sudan and letting him vote in American elections.
I literally could feel my brain shrinking in abject horror as she spoke.
Cute but dumb as a rock. However, you can't fuck rocks so I guess she wins that contest.
Great work Greeny McSpoinkbrain!
Posted by: naturalfake at October 30, 2026 05:31 PM (YSUhf)
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Where do they think this is going to end? Is Ukraine going to get its territory back? "On to Moscow"? A huge number of lives have been lost already. How many more are the EU willing to see die?
I don't know if Trump is right or wrong, but at least he's trying to stop two countries from grinding each other to powder. Don't see the geniuses in the EU trying out any ideas.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 05:24 PM (eRlcH)
Jesus, man. The zeroth through tenth item are NO ARMY NO WEAPONS NO INDUSTRY repeated over and over.
Even years ago the offensive ability of the Ukr army declined to very low levels. Times when the Russians were facing major defeats they withdrew and resumed offensives later. They have been tenacious at resisting offensives but this means the Russians can just rest if they get too damaged to keep going in that sector. And there are lots of sectors to cover. The prognosis is pretty clear.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 05:31 PM (uhVAy)
I wore my son's jersey to his football games.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 30, 2026 05:34 PM (W2Pud)
Posted by: Accomack at October 30, 2026 05:30 PM (NeFn5)
The original intent was to have the sanctions do all the work while EU just watched. Not a great plan, and Russia moved first and almost nabbed the leadership. When that failed, it was reset and methodical taking of the contested ground since then.
Yes lets blockade the most resource rich nation in the world.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 05:35 PM (uhVAy)
Every single one of our cabinet secretaries were selected because they’re the best of the best in their respective fields
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Are their respective fields: Lesbian theory, black studies, women's research, gender science, and queer poetry?
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at October 30, 2026 05:35 PM (tB7nu)
I wore my son's jersey to his football games.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 30, 2026 05:34 PM (W2Pud)
while he got all sunburnt?? for shame, nurse!
...yeah, not sure that was the master stroke his scriptwriter though it was.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 05:36 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Accomack at October 30, 2026 05:30 PM (NeFn5)
Even now NATO is there to keep the Europeans from wandering into traffic. And Putin is actually the moderate wing in avoiding telling the EU to screw itself. You notice they never speak to an EU official officially, just statesmen from real nations?
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 05:38 PM (uhVAy)
They could be guessing how much fraud there might be
Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2026 05:43 PM (Ia/+0)
I get that hard-core Commies don't give a rip about fair elections, but voters are going to hammer the Marxists politicians going through the motions during a NY election season.
Posted by: mrp at October 30, 2026 05:46 PM (rj6Yv)
But don't quote me...
Posted by: UncleJefe at October 30, 2026 05:49 PM (DzC+b)
Senate:
🔵 Democrats: 51
🔴 Republicans: 49
House:
🔵 Democrats: 229
🔴 Republicans: 206 "
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lol!
The dems have essentially conceded Texas as all the polls move to yeah Paxton is going to barely win.
Ohio and Iowa are gone. Michigan looks very dicey and if there is more bad news in Minnesota (I wonder who the feds are going to indict Monday) it might just finally tip the scales there.
In the House they are essentially both at 2010, and then the tossups come in.
Posted by: Black JEM at October 30, 2026 05:50 PM (7/DDO)
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Anyone remember back when we paid the Iranian terrorists 4 billion dollars in cash for nothing in return, while at the same time pimping a near trillion dollar missile defense system in Ukraine to protect Europe from Iranian long range missiles?
Putin said, look, the relationship between the US, Europe and Russia is at an all time high, why are you putting all this shit right next door in Ukraine. If it is for Iranian threats, I'll help you work out a deal to put the defense system in Azerbaijan...
But the American deep state had already set up a money laundering arrangement with Zelenski and the rest is history
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at October 30, 2026 05:52 PM (tB7nu)
Posted by: mrp at October 30, 2026 05:53 PM (rj6Yv)
Because nothing say Perfectly Normal than demanding the teenagers, who should not be having any sex whatsoever, tell the Federal Government who they want to stick it in.
/spit
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 05:57 PM (5WPt1)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 30, 2026 05:34 PM (W2Pud)
Hockey mom here, did the same. Supporting your kid's team and their sports is somehow awful? WTF?
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 05:59 PM (5WPt1)
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 06:00 PM (5WPt1)
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Anyone remember back when we paid the Iranian terrorists 4 billion dollars in cash for nothing in return, while at the same time pimping a near trillion dollar missile defense system in Ukraine to protect Europe from Iranian long range missiles?
Putin said, look, the relationship between the US, Europe and Russia is at an all time high, why are you putting all this shit right next door in Ukraine. If it is for Iranian threats, I'll help you work out a deal to put the defense system in Azerbaijan...
But the American deep state had already set up a money laundering arrangement with Zelenski and the rest is history
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at October 30, 2026 05:52 PM (tB7nu)
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You are conveniently forgetting to mention Putin's other demands, oh and I get to set security policy for all of eastern Europe. OK?
Posted by: Black JEM at October 30, 2026 07:37 PM (8uHt+)
The Spooktacular History of Halloween Traditions and Lore
Halloween in the 1930s
Why is Halloween the "spooky season" in the first place? How did this nonsense begin? Well as you've no doubt heard, supposedly this time of year is a "liminal," meaning "on the threshold." ("Subliminal" means "beneath the threshold (of conscious perception).) Supposedly, during liminal times, the "walls separating the mortal realms from the 'other worlds' (both the spirit realms and the lands of the fairies) are lower." I guess because this time is at the end of autumn -- in Germanic languages, "the fall" or "autumn" is just literally called 'harvest." Herbst in German, for example. So this time is between two seasons and therefore between two worlds. That's an idea with a lot of salience in folktales -- crossroads, for example, are also believed to be space between two worlds, which is why you might see ghosts or even the devil in a crossroads.
Crossroads are viewed in global folklore and legends as liminal "thin places" where the barrier between the living world and the spirit realm weakens. Folklore and Supernatural Beliefs * Spirits and Lost Souls: Crossroads are often said to confuse wandering or restless spirits. Historical burials of criminals or people who died by suicide at intersections led to beliefs that their spirits would face four paths and get lost. * Spectral Animals: The British Isles feature legends of spectral black dogs--such as the Black Shuck or Barghest--which are seen at crossroads as harbingers of death.Halloween is a contraction of All Hallow's Eve. The following day, November first, is All Saint's Day, so the night before is the eve of all the hallowed, the sainted. To hallow means "to set apart as holy." Are the words connected? Yes they are:
Of course, this is probably a case of early Church syncretism, or the merging of pagan traditions with Christian ones. Mostly just the dates.
The words hallow and holy share a direct and deep etymological connection, both coming from the same ancient root meaning "whole" or "healthy". Etymological Lineage * Hallow: From the Old English verb hälgian ("to make holy, consecrate") and the noun hälga ("holy person or saint"). This evolved into Middle English halwe and modern hallow. * Holy: From the Old English adjective hälig ("holy, sacred, or consecrated"), which developed directly from häl ("whole"). * Proto-Germanic Root: Both trace back to Proto-Germanic hailagaz / *hailagōn (holy, sacred, or set apart). * Proto-Indo-European Root: Going further back, they stem from the PIE root *kailo- meaning "whole, uninjured, or of good omen".
Because November 1st happens to be an ancient festival:
Samhain is an ancient Gaelic festival celebrated on November 1 that marks the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter. Meaning and Timing * Pronunciation: Commonly pronounced "sow-in" (rhyming with cow-in or sau-in). * Dates: Celebrations traditionally begin at sunset on October 31 and continue through November 1, as the Celtic day starts and ends at sunset. * New Year: It marked the Celtic New Year and the transition into the "darker half" of the year.The origin of the Jack O'Lantern is interesting and very pagan. Apparently it was a Druidic custom to light communal bonfires. I assume these bonfires had some religious/cultic purpose. Then, when the fire had died down, the embers or coals from the fire would be transported to the individual hearths of the worshippers, so that the later fires would be descended from the communal ones. These coals were carried from the communal bonfire to the home hearth in... hollowed out turnips or gourds. Faces began to be carved into these fire-transporting turnips to ward away evil spirits. I don't know when pumpkins were used for this purpose, if ever, but the pumpkin with fire inside is clearly a direct descendant of the coal-toting turnip. The actual name "Jack O'Lantern" emerged from later, Christian-age Irish folktales about someone who tried to trick the devil.
A grumpy bastard of a blacksmith by the name of Stingy Jack invites the devil for a drink but refuses to pay (hence, the "stingy" descriptor). He convinces the devil to shape-shift into a coin to cover the tab. But when the devil obliges, Jack sticks the coin in his pocket. And much to the devil-coin's dismay, there is a silver cross in that pocket, preventing him from returning to his original form. A deal is struck. Jack sets the devil free and, in return, the devil agrees A) to bar Jack from entering hell when he dies, and B) to leave Jack alone for a year. A quick aside: This seems like a bad deal. And it is a bad deal -- because guess what? A year later, the devil comes back to mess with Jack. Only Jack is ready for him. He convinces the devil to climb a tree so he might enjoy a delicious piece of fruit.Note that this tale involves fruit. As you'll see, most Halloween traditions are fruit-based.
Once the devil is up in the tree, Jack carves a cross into the trunk. The devil can't come down. Another (bad) deal is struck, although this one does have the advantage of being slightly less bad than the previous one. Jack frees the devil in exchange for ten years of peace. Jack dies. (Don't be sad. He was an asshole.) The devil, true to his word, refuses to let Jack into hell. God, meanwhile, refuses to let Jack into heaven. So, what is Jack's fate? To wander forever in eternal darkness, of course. But because the devil is not totally heartless (wait...), he tosses Jack a lump of burning coal from hell so he can have a bit of light. Jack carves out a turnip and sticks the coal inside, creating a lantern. Hence, "Jack of the Lantern," which is later shortened to "Jack O'Lantern."Kids have been dressing up in costumes for a long, long time. I don't know when this began, but an early example of it is kids going out "guising" -- wearing disguises. In the Shetland Islands, kids dressed as "skeklers," wearing dresses made of wheat stalks.
Etymology and Origins * Skekel / Skekle: The root noun in the Shetland dialect means a masked or disguised person, a guiser, or specifically someone wearing a straw dress at Halloween. * Norn Roots: The term originates from the historical Norn language (a North Germanic language spoken in Shetland and Orkney until the 18th/19th century before being replaced by Scots). * Skakling: Recorded in local almanacs to describe the start of the winter half-year around All Saints' Day (November 1st).Kids dressed up in dresses made of straw is kinda creepy!
* Costume: Made from local oat-straw woven into a skirt (gloy), a short cloak, and a tall, pointed straw mask or hat. * Tradition: Skeklers traveled from house to house (hoosamylla) in small groups between mid-October and late January, dancing and playing music in exchange for food or drink. * Leadership: The group was traditionally directed or led by a figure known as the scuddler.Apparently people used to put apples on the thresholds of their doors as an offering to evil spirits, who would be placated by the sweets and not trouble the family inside. But kids became coming by afterwards and asking for the apples which had not actually been carried off by spirits, which I would imagine was most of them. And from that: begging for candy in costume. Bobbing for apples is closely associated with Halloween. Remember, this coincides with the final harvest of the year, so apples are significant. As I mentioned, fruit was central to many Halloween traditions:
In America today, Halloween is most often associated with pumpkins and candy. For centuries in the British Isles, though, this eerie night was linked with apples, nuts, and cabbage, all of which were given secret powers... Among all the food traditions of Halloween, apples appear most often. There are loose theories for why apples are so special on this day. They've long been thought to have an uncanny magic: in Welsh folklore, for instance, they carry a whiff of immortality. In the Book of Hallowe'en, an early 20th century study of October 31 traditions, Ruth Edna Kelley writes that apples came to Halloween through the colonizing Romans, who linked their fall apple festival with the Celtic Samhain.
But the game didn't start as bobbing for apples in water. Instead, the apples were bobbed for in between fire. A stick was hanged from the ceiling by its middle so that it was suspended horizontally, and free to spin on the string holding it. On one side was stuck an apple. On the otherside, a lighted candle. Then the stick would be set to spinning and you would, without your hands, bob and bite at the apple as it spun around, trying to avoid being licked in the face by the flame or hit in the eye with hot candle-wax. This "game" was called "snap-apple," and, if I might channel the noted ethnologist Donald Trump, it's a shit-hole tradition. Oh, and winning the game -- eating the apple without taking a mouthful of flame -- would mean that you would be the first to marry or marry whatever person you liked. Another version of the game involved suspending apples on strings from the ceiling, no sticks or candles involved. This is safer, though far less Mëtäl. Another variation:
Sometimes the apples would be labeled or marked by young men and women before they were put in a tub of water: the person who caught your apple could be your mate. In another version of snap apple, a hoop is suspended from the ceiling, and different treats and tricks, including cake, candies, bread, apples, and peppers, are stationed along its rim. The one a player caught with their teeth would foretell the nature of their love--would it be sweet, spicy, too hot? Would it nourish or burn them?A lot of fruit, a lot of eating, and a lot of promise of sex. Even cabbages had sexual bend:
If none of these fortune telling methods went your way, you could still resort to cabbage. One tradition involved pulling kale stalks from a field: the nature of the stalk, its weight, length, girth, and taste, would hint at one's future spouse.I'm not going to unpack that. A lot of divinations were of the "ill fortune" type:
Some people would bake a ring and nut into the cake--the finder of the nut would be a widow or widower. In another version, the cake had a coin, a sloe berry and a bit of wood baked in. The coin meant wealth, the sloe meant you'd outlive all your friends and the wood meant you'd die within the year.Yay! This being a "liminal time" when the "walls between the worlds were lower" led to Halloween being a time for minor magics like divination of the future. And this divination usually involved predicting your future spouse. In one divination game, you would peel an apple all in one big peel, then throw the apple peel over your shoulder. When the peel landed on the floor, it would form a letter, which would be the first letter of the name of the person you would marry. This magical divination predicts a lot of spouses with names beginning with I, J, G, S, Z, and C, and maybe a D here and there, but anyone whose name began with K, X, Y, R, B or any letter formed by multiple strokes was shit out of luck and would die a lonely spinster. Another of these "see your future spouse" games involved going into a darkened, lonely room with only a candle for light and looking at a mirror. Supposedly, over your shoulder and behind you, would appear the dark, fuzzy form of the person you would wind up marrying. Obviously this just relies on darkness and unsteady light and seeing what you want to see. I read about this "candle in a mirror and your future spouse appears behind you" game in Agatha Christie's Hallowe'en Party, which also featured "snap-apple," but I'm pretty sure it was the safe version without the candle. Oh, and the victim is killed by being drowned in the tub for bobbing apples. Oh, and also, despite the book being set in the 1960s, they casually mention that the village has a "village witch" like this is a normal thing that most villages have and needs no further explanation. What? English villages all had a village witch, the same as they had a butcher or postman?
There were other variations.
In many variations, the seeker was forced to walk backward, which aided the tension. From a 1916 story in the Alaska Daily Empire out of Juneau, "Little girls duck for apples till they are wet from head to foot, walk down the cellar stairs backward, hold a candle before a mirror to see their future husbands." The opportunities for shenanigans are obvious. Friends stealthily followed behind mirror-toting players, or hid in the darkened destinations. At the right moment, they leaped from the shadows, screams stabbing the night before terror collapsed into giggles. Or, there was the potential for romantic assignations. A hopeful young man, yearning to make his feelings known, could plan to reveal himself in a mirror. As another postcard suggested, "of course this affair must be prearranged to be successful for the Witches are busy and can't tend to everybody."
This one, via Google AI (but I've read it elsewhere), is even more dangerous than snap-apple:
Walking Backwards Down Stairs: Some variations required a person to hold a hand-mirror and walk backwards down a dark flight of stairs at midnight to catch a reflection of their future mate.That is a shithole tradition way to wind up in traction. We've all noticed that Halloween has become, for older teenagers and young adults, a holiday all about sex. Girls dress like literal streetwalkers. It's a hookup holiday. But I didn't realize until writing this post... it's literally always been a holiday closely associated with sex. Even stuff like the ripe, full apples suggest sexual maturation and pregnancy. Sure, magical games to see your future spouse are the socially acceptable way to suggest sex, but it's still mostly about sex. This holiday has always had mating on its mind, from the early pagan days. So: magic, pagan traditions, "lowering the veils" between the worlds, evil spirits and the devil. And on top of it all: the suggestion of sex. No wonder religious people have such a problem with it.
Many of the ideas in this post came from this video about the folklore that may have inspired It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.
MaaikeDxSpooky Talafreako:
@RembrandtsRoom Oct 31, 2024 Taken in 1936 during a photo session at Raynham Hall in Norfolk. The photographers captured the original lady of the house, Lady Dorothy Townsend, descending the staircase. One of the most famous "ghost photograph" ever
@AceofSpadesHQ Happy Halloween https://t.co/41XXk2ODbH
— simplicissimus🇺🇸 (@DrBoecker) October 30, 2026
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: doug at October 30, 2026 03:09 PM (B1+sW)
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Posted by: nurse ratched at October 30, 2026 03:11 PM (W2Pud)
Reminds me........I need to find my "no yeet" shirt......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 03:12 PM (ccf/V)
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Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 03:15 PM (iFTx/)
(topic: young pro athletes and their money being soon parted)
"Only one data point from direct experience. Familiar with an AHL hockey player who described a complete supportive bubble within which he and the other guys lived.
Their only purpose was to practice and play hockey. Everything else - from finding a place to live, transportation if needed, even laundry service - was paid for/arranged by the team. Financial advisors (with a very aggressive conservative spiel on money management), tax preparers were provided, which addresses the main topic here.
Of course these minor league guys aren't generally pulling in the long green, but a portion of them do rotate up to the bigs and get a $$ bump and some stay there for a while or forever, at which point of course they're handed off to that team's support network. Lots of sociological and other differences with basketball and football player backgrounds, in general, but seems that pro hockey at least is taking a pro-active approach to help the young guys avoid trouble."
Posted by: rhomboid at October 30, 2026 03:15 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 03:16 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: runner at October 30, 2026 03:16 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 30, 2026 03:16 PM (skR0U)
Posted by: runner at October 30, 2026 03:16 PM (AKptf)
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller has announced that the Texas Department of Agriculture will no longer award eligible department-administered grants to businesses that employ H-1B visa holders, directing taxpayer dollars toward Texas workers instead of companies that rely on temporary foreign labor.
Miller said Texas taxpayers work hard for their money and deserve to know their tax dollars create opportunities for Texans rather than subsidize businesses that choose foreign labor while Texans are ready and willing to work.
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 03:16 PM (TN0g+)
I was almost sure you'd comment, "I'm leaving that to Garrett to explain."
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 03:16 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 03:17 PM (r2Icn)
Posted by: runner at October 30, 2026 03:16 PM (AKptf)
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The Jack Nicholson one, right? Not the Stephen Weber one?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 30, 2026 03:17 PM (skR0U)
Each with a buck and a quarter
Stingy Jack came down with two-fifty
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 03:17 PM (iFTx/)
Of course these minor league guys aren't generally pulling in the long green, but a portion of them do rotate up to the bigs and get a $$ bump and some stay there for a while or forever, at which point of course they're handed off to that team's support network. Lots of sociological and other differences with basketball and football player backgrounds, in general, but seems that pro hockey at least is taking a pro-active approach to help the young guys avoid trouble."
Posted by: rhomboid at October 30, 2026 03:15 PM (U/Byj)
Former San Jose Sharks player Evander Kane was cut from the team after they learned he was filing for bankruptcy after blowing his entire 8 figure contract on gambling.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 03:18 PM (ccf/V)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 03:18 PM (Cqx++)
That gives a different meaning to having wood...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 03:18 PM (l3cgK)
Miller said Texas taxpayers work hard for their money and deserve to know their tax dollars create opportunities for Texans rather than subsidize businesses that choose foreign labor while Texans are ready and willing to work.
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 03:16 PM (TN0g+)
Read that this morning. Go Texas!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 03:19 PM (ccf/V)
Somewhere once I read a remark that most of Crime and Punishment happens with someone standing in a threshold, so it is a liminal novel.
Posted by: frammish at October 30, 2026 03:19 PM (rcENI)
House Republicans
@RepKeithSelf
I just cosponsored the Judicial Loyalty Act to require ALL American judges to be natural-born citizens.
This is a commonsense safeguard to protect the Constitution from foreign influence and ensure those who interpret our laws have undivided loyalty to the United States.
Radical judicial activism must be stopped.
Every member of Congress should join me in supporting @RepPeteStauber’s bill.
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 03:20 PM (TN0g+)
Each with a buck and a quarter
Stingy Jack came down with two-fifty
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 03:17 PM (iFTx/)
You f*cked that up, my friend......
Posted by: Andrew Dice Clay at October 30, 2026 03:20 PM (ccf/V)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 30, 2026 03:20 PM (W2Pud)
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 03:20 PM (Fi81e)
Oct 31, 2024
Taken in 1936 during a photo session at Raynham Hall in Norfolk. The photographers captured the original lady of the house, Lady Dorothy Townsend, descending the staircase. One of the most famous "ghost photograph" ever
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There was a huge industry post WWI in England for retouching and manipulating photographs to insert fallen family members or isolate them from group photos for remembrance. Just sayin'
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 03:20 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
Dude is a scumbag.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 03:20 PM (r2Icn)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 30, 2026 03:17 PM (skR0U)
yes, Kubrick's , the one from 1980
Posted by: runner at October 30, 2026 03:20 PM (AKptf)
"Trapped in the dark, Frankie encounters the spirit of a murdered child and becomes the target of a local serial killer, unearthing dark community secrets with the help of a mysterious grieving specter"
Posted by: LizLem at October 30, 2026 03:20 PM (5aHaY)
I thought it weird.
Later on I discovered she's a witch. So....
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 30, 2026 03:20 PM (RORbl)
Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2026 03:20 PM (Ia/+0)
>>Another of these "see your future spouse" games involved going into a darkened, lonely room with only a candle for light and looking at a mirror. Supposedly, over your shoulder and behind you, would appear the dark, fuzzy form of the person you would wind up marrying.
We did this in jr high. It can produce some very weird and unpleasant visions.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 03:20 PM (viF8m)
Valero is buying LyondellBasell's shuttered Houston refinery and intends to start up 165,000 bpd of light crude refining and is looking to expand to refining heavy, sour crude in the future.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 03:21 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 03:18 PM (Cqx++)
Was out last night and they had the Packers / Panthers game on. I'll admit, it was kinda cool to see the Brewers players come out with the trophy and a couple of them do the Lambeau Leap and celebrate with fans for a moment.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 03:21 PM (ccf/V)
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Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2026 03:20 PM (Ia/+0)
Congrats!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 03:22 PM (ccf/V)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 30, 2026 03:23 PM (u82oZ)
I was there and saw it. Actually our very large group house had yuuuuge, epic Halloween parties in college, just a bit earlier than this. But by the mid 80s, Georgetown streets would spontaneously fill with adult costumed people starting just after rush hour. Like most great things, this continued for a few years, with the cops finally blocking off streets to cars for a few hours, and then was killed by the merchants and others objecting.
Still recall how topical some of the get-ups were, which was amusing. The year Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in India, there was a group of guys dressed as "Sikh bodyguards" surrounding a Rajiv figure, carrying plastic sub-machine guns and fake-menacing anyone coming close. Then there was (I think the GW football team) group, obviously all fairly worked-out and larger guys, all wearing some pink flamingo outfits. A lot of hilarious and imaginative stuff.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 30, 2026 03:23 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at October 30, 2026 03:23 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Your local ER and/or Dentist at October 30, 2026 03:23 PM (skR0U)
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And not saying "Candyman" 3 times.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 03:23 PM (Fi81e)
The actual name "Jack O'Lantern" emerged from later, Christian-age Irish folktales about someone who tried to trick the devil.
For getting the better of the devil, I prefer The Decameron and the story of how the holy hermit Rustico taught the comely young virgin princess Alibech how to Put The Devil Into Hell.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 30, 2026 03:23 PM (y9nCu)
Dude is a scumbag.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 03:20 PM (r2Icn)
I thought he was "French Canadian."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 03:23 PM (ccf/V)
Posted by: Eromero at October 30, 2026 03:23 PM (LHPAg)
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Disgusting!
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 03:20 PM (Fi81e)
Not the kind of icing I'm looking for...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 03:23 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 30, 2026 03:25 PM (VYHjw)
-- Tinder
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 03:22 PM (iFTx/)
To be fair, Tinder is not known for producing lasting relationships.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 30, 2026 03:25 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 03:18 PM (ccf/V)
Gambling is a touchy subject for organized sports. If he'd drunk it all he might still have a job.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 03:25 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 03:25 PM (ccf/V)
Shiiiiiiiit ... I woulda done that a a kid! To impress a hottie? 100% woulda done it.
I was a bit of a reckless lunatic.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 03:25 PM (iFTx/)
So they just took off their slacks and draped them neatly over the arm carrying the briefcase. All dressed up, boxers below, but a great field-expedient move to get in the spirit.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 30, 2026 03:25 PM (U/Byj)
They didn't know yet all you needed was a Honda Civic and a 6 pack of cheap beer
Posted by: 18-1 at October 30, 2026 03:25 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 03:25 PM (MWfyi)
Gambling is a touchy subject for organized sports. If he'd drunk it all he might still have a job.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 03:25 PM (uhVAy)
The league suspended him for a while, but last I heard, he came back and was playing again for one of the Canadian teams.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 03:25 PM (ccf/V)
Posted by: Eromero at October 30, 2026 03:23 PM (LHPAg)
It will cure the foot pain from the chicken bone 100 percent.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 03:26 PM (uhVAy)
George Washington Univ. does not have a football team. The basketball or baseball players, maybe?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 30, 2026 03:26 PM (u82oZ)
Good morning Mr Benson
I see you're doing well
If I had me a shotgun
I'd blow you straight to hell
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 03:26 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Hillary at October 30, 2026 03:26 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 30, 2026 03:20 PM (RORbl)
Well, at least you're not a newt anymore!*
*Wait. Are you?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 30, 2026 03:27 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 30, 2026 03:23 PM (y9nCu)
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Hold my beer.
Posted by: Johnny from Georgia at October 30, 2026 03:27 PM (oqH4h)
https://tinyurl.com/58atecwe
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 03:27 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 03:15 PM (ccf/V)
Watch who you're calling water head!
Posted by: Zombie OJ Sompson at October 30, 2026 03:27 PM (kbbUi)
All Saints Day falls on a Sunday this year. The solemnity is transferred to Monday, but not the obligation. Catholics can receive a plenary indulgence by 1) being in a state of grace, without attachment to sin, 2) going to Confession, 3) receiving Communion, 4) visiting a cemetery and praying for the dead, 5) praying for the Pope's holy intentions.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 03:28 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Hillary at October 30, 2026 03:26 PM (n5tGW)
No it doesn't...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 03:28 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Carly Brown at October 30, 2026 03:28 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 03:29 PM (Ti9vn)
All Saints Day falls on a Sunday this year. The solemnity is transferred to Monday, but not the obligation. Catholics can receive a plenary indulgence by 1) being in a state of grace, without attachment to sin, 2) going to Confession, 3) receiving Communion, 4) visiting a cemetery and praying for the dead, 5) praying for the Pope's holy intentions.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 03:28 PM (eRlcH)
And if the Pope has unholy intentions?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 03:29 PM (l3cgK)
Chew each mouthful gently and thoroughly.
Posted by: Your local ER and/or Dentist at October 30, 2026 03:23 PM (skR0U)
I think in England even now there are commercial cakes with a little figure baked into them for ...whatever uses.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 03:29 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: rhomboid at October 30, 2026 03:29 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: runner at October 30, 2026 03:29 PM (AKptf)
https://t.co/ykaSzW5EUo
You should take inspiration and buy a copy.
A thousand copies.
Each.
For posterity.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 03:29 PM (xjopy)
Posted by: Carly Brown at October 30, 2026 03:28 PM (MWfyi)
Unless you used pumice, that'll be a sunk cost.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 03:29 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Carly Brown at October 30, 2026 03:28 PM (MWfyi)
Nice link in nick
Ok....this has gone on far enough.......
Kquayperrious Renfroe
I can't come up with enough names to mash together to come up with THAT name......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 03:30 PM (ccf/V)
While it's a bridge a good bit too far for me, Randall Carlson ties in Halloween with, you guessed it, the dreaded Younger Dryas. An ancient memory of it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 30, 2026 03:30 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: scampydog at October 30, 2026 03:30 PM (2bFN5)
Egads. The ugiest and creepiest mascot of all time.
Ok, it's Friday and everyone's lazy so here's a link:
https://tinyurl.com/bdvm6fra
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 03:30 PM (iFTx/)
Rejoice, all ye spinsters.
Posted by: From about That Time at October 30, 2026 03:31 PM (RE0lB)
A thousand copies.
Each.
For posterity.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 03:29 PM (xjopy)
Become President.
Use tax dollars to by thousands of copies.
Give them to world leaders as gifts.
Profit!
Posted by: Barack Hussein Owebama at October 30, 2026 03:31 PM (ccf/V)
Posted by: Kquayperrious De-Bobbian-Aunterrio RENFROE at October 30, 2026 03:31 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: rhomboid at October 30, 2026 03:31 PM (U/Byj)
Backrooms was disappointing, in that I wanted to see more of the liminal spaces seen during the game. But the main character's acting was phenomena, and larger themes about feeling stuck, about purpose and identity, were really good and made it stand out.
But I think the Conjuring is still my fave horror series because I love spending time with the main characters. The final film in the franchise has poignant themes I also want to revisit.
Also, doing my Universal monster movie rewatch! Sometimes the classics are the best. No school like the old school.
Posted by: LizLem at October 30, 2026 03:31 PM (M6ZCM)
I've resorted to giving apples to the horse to slow him down. If it weren't for PETA, I could just take out the horse and the Headless Horseman would end up living on the streets of San Francisco with the rest of the lunatics.
Posted by: Orson at October 30, 2026 03:31 PM (dIske)
https://tinyurl.com/58atecwe
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 03:27 PM (l3cgK)
Easter, or Paschal Sunday doesn't have a fixed day, predates the calendar change, and is the earliest major Christian holiday. The term Easter comes into play much later. Basically every day is the day of some Saint(or several rather).
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at October 30, 2026 03:31 PM (okun6)
Posted by: Don Black at October 30, 2026 03:32 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 30, 2026 03:32 PM (bX16E)
Yeah, that's weird.
God's like "Yeah, but wait for November 1st! It's about SAINTS! It'll do .... something"
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 03:32 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Kquayperrious De-Bobbian-Aunterrio RENFROE at October 30, 2026 03:32 PM (MWfyi)
It was.... ugly.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 30, 2026 03:32 PM (RORbl)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 30, 2026 03:30 PM (w6EFb)
Being struck by a meteor was always part of our Halloween traditions.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 03:32 PM (uhVAy)
Egads. The ugiest and creepiest mascot of all time.
Ok, it's Friday and everyone's lazy so here's a link:
https://tinyurl.com/bdvm6fra
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 03:30 PM (iFTx/)
...
Posted by: It's Bibendum at October 30, 2026 03:32 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Wenda at October 30, 2026 03:32 PM (W2eM/)
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 03:32 PM (Ti9vn)
And if the Pope has unholy intentions?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 03:29 PM (l3cgK)
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You're not praying for those. Traditionally, the Pope's holy intentions are:
- The triumph of the Church
- Peace among leaders
- The conversion of sinners
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 03:32 PM (eRlcH)
Yeah, that's weird.
God's like "Yeah, but wait for November 1st! It's about SAINTS! It'll do .... something"
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 03:32 PM (Fi81e)
They come Marching In, of course.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 03:33 PM (uhVAy)
Nehemiah 8:10
Posted by: Marcus T at October 30, 2026 03:33 PM (dhhKu)
You're not praying for those. Traditionally, the Pope's holy intentions are:
- The triumph of the Church
- Peace among leaders
- The conversion of sinners
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 03:32 PM (eRlcH)
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And for sevens at the craps table.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 03:33 PM (xjopy)
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:20 PM
The Changeling. 1980. George C. Scott.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 30, 2026 03:33 PM (ctC8W)
I like Louise's costume one year when she went as a Dragon with a girl tattoo.
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 03:34 PM (Ti9vn)
“ Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.”
Proverbs 16:24
Posted by: Marcus T at October 30, 2026 03:34 PM (dhhKu)
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 03:34 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at October 30, 2026 03:31 PM (okun6)
Its fun when a religion splits because they don't agree on what day Easter is supposed to fall.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 03:35 PM (uhVAy)
“ Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.”
Proverbs 16:24
Posted by: Marcus T at October 30, 2026 03:34 PM (dhhKu)
...and full of stinging bees
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 03:35 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 03:21 PM (eRlcH)
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Meanwhile, the idled Benecia refinery in CA is set up to process heavy crude.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 30, 2026 03:35 PM (eGzf1)
https://tinyurl.com/58atecwe
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 03:27 PM (l3cgK)
Easter, or Paschal Sunday doesn't have a fixed day, predates the calendar change, and is the earliest major Christian holiday. The term Easter comes into play much later. Basically every day is the day of some Saint(or several rather).
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at October 30, 2026 03:31 PM (okun6)
The pagan holiday and the Christian one are both in Spring.
Look up the Festival of Ishtar (where the word Easter comes from). Bunnies and chicks aren't part of the Judeo-Christian tradition of Passover/Last Supper (but lambs are). BTW, the Last Supper was a Passover Seder...
Posted by: It's Bibendum at October 30, 2026 03:35 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 03:36 PM (1wjle)
Coolest scene of this was Disney's Fantasia. The demons go wild until the church bells sound, they slink away, and suddenly its holy choir music and a procession of lights for All Saints Day.
Something modern Disney would never touch.
Posted by: LizLem at October 30, 2026 03:36 PM (M6ZCM)
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 03:35 PM (uhVAy)
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NOT THE BEES!!
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 03:36 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Marcus T at October 30, 2026 03:36 PM (dhhKu)
Miller crapped all over Gov. Abbott about the data centers and said rural voters are pissed at Abbott for not listening to them about their concerns. They are also pissed about transmission lines according to Sid M.
Posted by: Glenn at October 30, 2026 03:36 PM (nvKZ7)
Posted by: browndog says woof at October 30, 2026 03:37 PM (oCio0)
I always start to watch that.
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 03:36 PM (1wjle)
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And then you do a George C. Scott in Hardcore?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 03:37 PM (xjopy)
It's a good movie to watch on Halloween.
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 03:37 PM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: It's Bibendum at October 30, 2026 03:35 PM (l3cgK)
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There is actually new scholarship against that origin story.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 03:38 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 03:38 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 03:37 PM (xjo
I asked before but have you seen the doc Milius ?
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 03:38 PM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: LizLem at October 30, 2026 03:31 PM (M6ZCM)
Wait....a MAN is the real villain? That NEVER happens, what a twist!
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 03:38 PM (uhVAy)
I always start to watch that.
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 03:36 PM (1wjle)
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Great movie. I like twist.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 03:39 PM (Fi81e)
the last Old School movie I watched was The Invisible Man, a couple of years ago.
Oh, I watched the remake of The Wolf Man with Benecio Del Torres. It was.... okay.
It was too gory and I don't mean that in an "oh gross" way. I mean, when there's violence, you think "Oh I hope there's no awful gore." it's the anticipation/dread of coming gore that really matters. But early in the film, it's just a goreshow of arms being bitten off, so you relax because you know every single scene with the wolf will have gore. There's no dread of it, just acceptance of it.
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 03:39 PM (1wjle)
Something modern Disney would never touch.
Posted by: LizLem
All to the strains of "Night on Bald Mountain".
Posted by: Tuna at October 30, 2026 03:39 PM (lJ0H4)
123 And then you do a George C. Scott in Hardcore?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 03:37 PM (xjo
I asked before but have you seen the doc Milius ?
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 03:38 PM (Ti9vn)
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I have not.
Though, John Milius fascinates me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 03:39 PM (xjopy)
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 03:38 PM (uhVAy)
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He's beaten by a woman assisted by a bear!
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 03:40 PM (Fi81e)
Look up the Festival of Ishtar (where the word Easter comes from). Bunnies and chicks aren't part of the Judeo-Christian tradition of Passover/Last Supper (but lambs are). BTW, the Last Supper was a Passover Seder...
Posted by: It's Bibendum at October 30, 2026 03:35 PM (l3cgK)
Let's break this down.
1. Pagans and Christians celebrate holidays in the same seasons. Well yes, we live on the same planet subject to the same seasons.
2. The Ishtar thing is made up. It is also not the traditional name as the holiday and religious tradition is related to Passover(hence Paschal).
3. Yes today stuff has arbitrarily been merged into the holiday. That is not the same as saying this was the origin of the holiday. Stuff has been added in, and varies enormously by country, it did not start that way.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at October 30, 2026 03:40 PM (okun6)
very scary and lots of suspense and dread
definitely horror
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 03:40 PM (1wjle)
One of my favorites meals is a Seder with Jewish friends and family members. It reminds me of what binds us together, instead of what separates us.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 30, 2026 03:40 PM (dhhKu)
Pascua comes from the Vulgar Latin pascua, derived from Latin pascha, which in turn comes from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha, meaning "Passover"), and is ultimately rooted in Aramaic פסחא (paskha) and Hebrew פסח (pesakh).
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 03:40 PM (l3cgK)
• The Claim: A viral internet meme claims that Easter originally celebrated Ishtar (allegedly pronounced "Easter") and that symbols like eggs and bunnies belonged to her.
• The Reality:
• In almost all non-English languages, the name for Easter is derived from the Greek and Latin Pascha (or Hebrew Pesach / Passover), such as Pâques in French or Pasqua in Italian, which have zero connection to Ishtar.
• The English word "Easter" likely derives from an old Germanic/Anglo-Saxon calendar month or spring terms rather than a Babylonian deity.
• Historical sources show that Christian celebrations of the resurrection of Jesus predate English-speaking regional terms by centuries.
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 03:41 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 03:39 PM (1wjle)
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Fun note:
The bad guy in that was heavily inspired by Dr. Mabuse, especially Fritz Lang's second film about the German super villain: The Testament of Dr. Mabuse.
Also, Christopher Nolan told his brother Jonathan to study Mabuse while writing the Joker in The Dark Knight.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 03:41 PM (xjopy)
Gourds are old world, but not any edible squashes.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 30, 2026 03:42 PM (yu2jU)
Posted by: It's Bibendum at October 30, 2026 03:35 PM (l3cgK)
So is it traditional to turn your Dad in to the cops in Jewish tradition? The ear being cut off must take a lot of squaring with the police afterward.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 03:42 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: scampydog at October 30, 2026 03:42 PM (2bFN5)
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 03:42 PM (1wjle)
Please stop being factual and challenging things people read on the internet with actual verifiable history.
Thank you. lol.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 30, 2026 03:43 PM (dhhKu)
There is an astronomical tie-in with "Samhain" and the Pleiades too. Samhain is the cross-quarter point for the Sun's ecliptic longitude (45 degrees before the winter solstice). That occurs around Nov. 7 in the Gregorian calendar. With the Julian which was the one used back then, it would've been different.
At any rate, the Pleaides would transit very close to midnight on Oct. 31 back around 500 AD. Or somewhere around there. I'd have to check to make sure of the exact dates.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 30, 2026 03:43 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 30, 2026 03:43 PM (8Uo7a)
Though, John Milius fascinates me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 03:39 PM (xjopy)
You should be watch. It's free to watch . It's a good documentary.
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 03:43 PM (Ti9vn)
Old English Easterdæg, "Easter day," from Eastre (Northumbrian Eostre), from Proto-Germanic *austron-, "dawn," also possibly the name of a goddess whose feast was celebrated in Eastermonað (the Anglo-Saxon month corresponding with April), from *aust- "east, toward the sunrise" (compare east), from PIE root *aus- (1) "to shine," especially of the dawn.
I might be wrong on the Ishtar/Easter connection, but the etymology of the word in English seems pagan.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 03:43 PM (l3cgK)
https://tinyurl.com/8zysx2kb
It caused a stir. Some people think his definition is too...restrictive.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 03:43 PM (xjopy)
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 03:44 PM (1wjle)
very scary and lots of suspense and dread
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 03:40 PM (1wjle)
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I prefer suspence and dread--especially cosmic dread.
Carpenter's Prince of Darkness is one of my favorite movies of the horror genre.
It was in Carpenter's pseudo-Christian era with They Live. (Churches, faith actually has a meaning, though "lost")
Gore is a whole different thing to me.
People described Alien's as "gory", but I basically noticed, because the story was the main thing.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 03:44 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 03:40 PM (l3cgK)
And even in English, most Churches will still refer to Holy Week and times surrounding as the Paschal season.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 30, 2026 03:44 PM (yu2jU)
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 03:41 PM (TN0g+)
Eggs and Rabbits are gonna belong to something, they were a universal food source for the populace everywhere. What they symbolize might vary, but Eggs are gonna be linked to birth for sure.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 03:45 PM (uhVAy)
It was in Carpenter's pseudo-Christian era with They Live. (Churches, faith actually has a meaning, though "lost")
everybody likes that movie except me
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 03:45 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 03:41 PM (TN0g+)
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That's what I was thinking of.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 03:46 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Tuna at October 30, 2026 03:46 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 30, 2026 03:46 PM (n5tGW)
It was in Carpenter's pseudo-Christian era with They Live. (Churches, faith actually has a meaning, though "lost")
everybody likes that movie except me
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 03:45 PM (1wjle)
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Prince of Darkness or They Live?
I suspect you are talking about They Live.
And I can tell you that you are not alone. They Live...underwhelms me, and even its most ardent defenders admit that the third act is trash.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 03:47 PM (xjopy)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov
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Really scary to kids ringing the doorbell for candy when you show up to give it to them.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 03:47 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 03:41 PM (TN0g+)
Eggs and Rabbits are gonna belong to something, they were a universal food source for the populace everywhere. What they symbolize might vary, but Eggs are gonna be linked to birth for sure.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 03:45 PM (uhVAy)
And rabbits...well, rabbits are proliferative...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 03:47 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 30, 2026 03:47 PM (W2Pud)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov
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RMBS is this you?????
Posted by: lin-duh at October 30, 2026 03:48 PM (VCgbV)
Up above, it's noted that apples were put outside homes so dangerous (presumably evil) spirits would say "oh look, an apple, I won't go inside and eat anyone!"
In the Philippines, they had a serpent-dragon god big and powerful enough to swallow the moon. Bakunawa. How did they keep this planet-destroyer away? By banging pots and pans.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 03:48 PM (iFTx/)
Prince of Darkness. never liked it. My gf at the time saw it before me and reported "It's like every John Carpenter film, great premise, great opening, goes nowhere."
I can't say she was entirely wrong. (The Thing and some others excluded.)
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 03:48 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Delurker at October 30, 2026 03:48 PM (2Drhq)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 03:43 PM (l3cgK)
Well the etymology of most familiar basic items is going to be pagany, since Christianity is a latecomer and can't replace every word. Hence the infiltration of local festival ideas into Christian festivals.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 03:48 PM (uhVAy)
It's more fan service than PoD, and PoD is the more interesting premise, IMO.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 03:48 PM (Fi81e)
Up above, it's noted that apples were put outside homes so dangerous (presumably evil) spirits would say "oh look, an apple, I won't go inside and eat anyone!"
In the Philippines, they had a serpent-dragon god big and powerful enough to swallow the moon. Bakunawa. How did they keep this planet-destroyer away? By banging pots and pans.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 03:48 PM (iFTx/)
sounds pansexual...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 03:49 PM (l3cgK)
Prince of Darkness. never liked it. My gf at the time saw it before me and reported "It's like every John Carpenter film, great premise, great opening, goes nowhere."
I can't say she was entirely wrong. (The Thing and some others excluded.)
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 03:48 PM (1wjle)
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Prince of Darkness is more nightmare logic than anything like a story. I get caught up in the images, especially that mirror, towards the end.
I like nightmare logic movies, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 03:49 PM (xjopy)
I can't say she was entirely wrong. (The Thing and some others excluded.)
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 03:48 PM (1wjle)
The central joke/plot point might seem relevant today.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 03:50 PM (uhVAy)
Based on John Steakly's novel. He only wrote two books. My favorite SciFi, Armor
and second , Vampires
I thought that was also the name of the movie.
Did Carpenter make two vampire movies?
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 03:50 PM (Ti9vn)
It was in Carpenter's pseudo-Christian era with They Live. (Churches, faith actually has a meaning, though "lost")
everybody likes that movie except me
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 03:45 PM (1wjle)
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Prince of Darkness or They Live?
I suspect you are talking about They Live.
And I can tell you that you are not alone. They Live...underwhelms me, and even its most ardent defenders admit that the third act is trash.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 03:47 PM (xjopy)
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Yea, but it has one of the greatest one-liners in all action-movie history ....
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum."
Supposely, Roddy Piper ad libbed that line.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 03:50 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: bonhomme at October 30, 2026 03:50 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 30, 2026 03:51 PM (2UnvF)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 03:48 PM (iFTx/)
Also a good treatment for eclipses of the sun or moon.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 03:51 PM (uhVAy)
Is it possible to die from too much schadenfreude?
Posted by: bonhomme at October 30, 2026 03:50 PM (mkw2N)
It has a stock ticker? What sort of idiot would buy into it?
Nevemind...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 03:51 PM (l3cgK)
It's more fan service than PoD, and PoD is the more interesting premise, IMO.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 03:48 PM (Fi81
Wasn't the book based on the movie?
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 03:51 PM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: Marcus T at October 30, 2026 03:52 PM (dhhKu)
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum."
Supposely, Roddy Piper ad libbed that line.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 03:50 PM (iFTx/)
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The first 2/3 is messy, angry, and memorable. It has real positive qualities.
But that third act, man. It's awful.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 03:52 PM (xjopy)
Posted by: DaveA at October 30, 2026 03:52 PM (FhXTo)
Is it possible to die from too much schadenfreude?
Posted by: bonhomme at October 30, 2026 03:50 PM (mkw2N)
Reddit has stock?
"Experts predict the supply of cute kittens in r/cats is going to slump in the next quarter"
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 03:52 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: bonhomme at October 30, 2026 03:50 PM (mkw2N)
Has it lasted longer than four hours?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 30, 2026 03:53 PM (1Ff7Z)
Is it possible to die from too much schadenfreude?
Posted by: bonhomme at October 30, 2026 03:50 PM (mkw2N)
Reddit has stock?
"Experts predict the supply of cute kittens in r/cats is going to slump in the next quarter"
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 03:52 PM (uhVAy)
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I saw some headline that its traffic had nosedived because people who would use it for researching things like technical/software questions are just using chatbots instead. Since, you know, chatbots were trained on Reddit and know everything written on Reddit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 03:53 PM (xjopy)
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum."
Supposely, Roddy Piper ad libbed that line.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 03:50 PM (iFTx/)
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The first 2/3 is messy, angry, and memorable. It has real positive qualities.
But that third act, man. It's awful.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 03:52 PM (xjopy)
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You mean, when Roddy is just wandering around downtown LA with a shotgun, blasting people at random? That's not a great way to deal with an alien invasion?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 03:53 PM (iFTx/)
Pick up a Johnny Human Torch costume from Mainway Toys. It's a bag full of rags and gas.
Posted by: Irwin Mainway at October 30, 2026 03:54 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2026 03:54 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 03:53 PM (iFTx/)
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When he's shooting people for "selling out", deus ex machinas his way onto an alien ship, and it's just random, lazy action filmmaking from Carpenter.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 03:54 PM (xjopy)
https://tinyurl.com/3u9y9csf
Miles Davis has come back as office building door.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 03:54 PM (ndZc7)
The prior generations of aunts, uncles, and our parents have all passed on but when alive, one woman was considered the family witch, a wise woman, in keeping with tradition. (Not at all like witches of Europe or America.). I guess the concept came from the Druids.
Interesting given they spent so much time in church tied to catholism, with one Aunt becoming a nun. Tradition!!
Thanks for the fascinating Halloween history, Ace.
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 30, 2026 03:55 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Marcus T at October 30, 2026 03:55 PM (dhhKu)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 03:53 PM (iFTx/)
Then? No. Now? ......
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 30, 2026 03:55 PM (1Ff7Z)
Vampires is a decent Vampire movie by Carpenter. Stars James Woods .
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 03:55 PM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 03:51 PM (Ti9vn)
Lovecraft's book/story is At the Mountains of Madness set in Antarctica. I like how he finds horror everywhere...central Australia, Vermont, Boston Suburbs...ok I'll give him Boston.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 03:55 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 03:48 PM (uhVAy)
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One could argue that several things in the "Patriarch era" of the Bible are "pagany".
Abram did not invent his own covenant tradition. Jacob was not told to prevent Rachel from stealing "house gods".
The traditions by which Onan owed Tamar an heir and even the double portion rule seem to come from the Levant culture itself. Not to mention the way that Judah owed Tamar an heir, either through his last son or himself.
In fact, were Abraham really the "Father of Nations" there might not be much that is specific to the Jacob strain's tradition of Abraham, not to mention a pre-Mosaic "oral tradition" which who knows how much of what the Spirit would disclose to him he already knew when writing the Pentateuch.
So there are cross strains between the Bible and levant culture.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 03:56 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: It's me donna at October 30, 2026 03:56 PM (+gK6I)
The definition of Easter (the "computus of Easter", computus paschalis) is basically this. The date of Easter will the the first Sunday *after* the first full Moon occurring *on or after* the vernal equinox.
That will get you there most of the time. Now, the equinox is the ecclesiastical equinox, defined as Mar. 21 exactly, not the actually astronomical event, and the full Moon is not the astronomical event either, but based on a lunar calendar.
During the Gregorian reform, it's well-know they "fixed" the solar calendar relative to the equinoxes, but they also fixed the lunar calendar to be more accurate as well.
The Orthodox didn't, and still use the Julian calendar, and the older lunar calendar, which has drifted about 5 days on average from the actual full Moon dates. And that is the big difference between West and East on the date of Easter.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 30, 2026 03:56 PM (w6EFb)
glad some liked!
I thought the jack o lantern origin was neat. Never heard that before.
Really makes me think Halloween III is real.
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 03:57 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: bonhomme at October 30, 2026 03:57 PM (mkw2N)
Lovecraft's book/story is At the Mountains of Madness set in Antarctica. I like how he finds horror everywhere...central Australia, Vermont, Boston Suburbs...ok I'll give him Boston.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 03:55 PM (uhVAy)
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There's a CG test of Guillermo del Toro's unmade adaptation of the film out in the wilds of Youtube. He was lining up nine figures to make it, but funding fell through (not a shock).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBA6TThb1yI
Still, I want the movie.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 03:57 PM (xjopy)
Halloween is for Diabetus.
Posted by: Wilford Brimley at October 30, 2026 03:58 PM (OkYzo)
Interesting given they spent so much time in church tied to catholism, with one Aunt becoming a nun. Tradition!!
Thanks for the fascinating Halloween history, Ace.
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 30, 2026 03:55 PM (NFX2v)
Druids were all men. Medicine from old women just evolves from child and family care and thus the elderly would have the most experience. Males in medicine are more tied to battlefield and injury treatment.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 03:58 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: wth at October 30, 2026 03:58 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Marcus T at October 30, 2026 03:58 PM (dhhKu)
RMBS is this you?????
Posted by: lin-duh at October 30, 2026 03:48 PM (VCgbV)
LMMFAO!
Well played.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 03:59 PM (ccf/V)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 30, 2026 03:56 PM (w6EFb)
Irish churches and English ones split for a while about Easter dates IIRC.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 03:59 PM (uhVAy)
It's fun to cozy up in that room and watch a scary movie. Or some really good college football is welcome, too.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at October 30, 2026 04:00 PM (ZgwKJ)
I remember actually getting homemade popcorn balls and Carmel Apples while trick or treating in the neighborhood as a kid.
Now if you saw homemade food given out, it's directly to the trash.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 30, 2026 04:00 PM (OkYzo)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 04:00 PM (xjopy)
yum.
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 04:01 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sPumpkin at October 30, 2026 04:01 PM (k5CNB)
Even when the full Moon occurs late enough to be on or after Mar. 21 in both the Julian and Gregorian, you'll still notice the Eastern Easter occurs about a week later usually. And that's the difference between the lunar calendar. The Orthodox lunar calendar will have the full Moon date about 5 days later.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 30, 2026 04:02 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov
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Really scary to kids ringing the doorbell for candy when you show up to give it to them.
Posted by: whig
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But if their Moms are with them you might get lucky.
Posted by: wth at October 30, 2026 04:02 PM (UjdFS)
well we had it tough. Every door we knocked on, the owner would kidnap us and keep us in his cellar for five years with nought to eat but the rats.
Posted by: Yorkshireman Ace at October 30, 2026 04:02 PM (1wjle)
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In Bali, spirits have to travel in straight lines, so if you put a slab out in front of the temple entry way, they can't get around it.
Straight lines.
It's kind of the theme that we resisted a kind of metaphysical hopelessness by a sort of frivolous hopium in our beliefs about the pagan spirits of old.
In a way, there was no other way to dispel the spirits pre-Christians used to believe in, but they minimized them and they only became semi-powerless tricksters.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 04:02 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 30, 2026 04:03 PM (8Uo7a)
well we had it tough. Every door we knocked on, the owner would kidnap us and keep us in his cellar for five years with nought to eat but the rats.
Posted by: Yorkshireman Ace at October 30, 2026 04:02 PM (1wjle)
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These younguns today are just soft.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 04:03 PM (xjopy)
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 03:51 PM (Ti9vn)
Lovecraft's book/story is At the Mountains of Madness set in Antarctica. I like how he finds horror everywhere...central Australia, Vermont, Boston Suburbs...ok I'll give him Boston.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 03:55 PM (uhVAy
The movie was not based on a Lovecraft story but it was more of a homage. It was an original screenplay from my understanding that a book was released after the movie by Sutter.
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 04:04 PM (Ti9vn)
I knew it was pagan connected, then All Saint's Day and All Soul's Day to cleanse.
No idea about the bobbing apples in flames, etc. Or the walking backwards with a mirror to see your future spouse. Learned a lot!
As a young girl I never worried about my future spouse as I knew he was out there somewhere.
I'd worry about the kids in straw outfits around the bonfires, but they are all dead now or ghosts.
My grandkids are a basketball player, a princess mermaid, and a toddling flamingo girlie. We don't do scary creepy stuff in our family.
Ever since I saw The Omen I've never been the same. The Shining endeth my King novels as I screamed washing my face when I didn't see my new husband walk into the loo.
Despise anything demonic and don't go there.
Creepy movies for me include Nichole Kidman's face, altho I tolerate her in Lioness.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2026 04:04 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 03:53 PM (xjopy)
There's always been lots of poison in there aside from a few places. Possibly the growth of personal Discord forums is reducing Reddit use.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 04:04 PM (uhVAy)
oh I forgot All Soul's Day.
Posted by: Ace at October 30, 2026 04:04 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 04:05 PM (Ti9vn)
Since we're talking about horror movies, which one is it with this scene: something like the entrance to a long, scary brick hallway maybe lined with prison-like cells, there's a young, terrified girl on the other side of something like a gurney or table from a guy with a weird, still smile -- he looks sort of like Jesus. The music is getting louder and louder as the girl realizes what's going on/who he is, and he's staring into her eyes with this smile, and she's looking at him horrified. She's on the side of the table that leads down the hallway.
Which one is that? It's one of the famous ones.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 30, 2026 04:05 PM (mmrXZ)
the Omen was pretty good. I should watch that again.
Posted by: Ace at October 30, 2026 04:05 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Marcus T at October 30, 2026 04:06 PM (A55d8)
I also appreciated the Halloween parades at the school and taking our son along to the local town for Halloween. Once he was dressed as an Imperial Storm Trooper and another time as a policeman . I think Halloween Trick or Treating has gone out of fashion.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026 04:06 PM (JrHfD)
Posted by: ace
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It's a terrible horror movie that I somehow enjoyed because it's such a crazy premise.
That jingle will be in my brain forever.
https://tinyurl.com/cdtcnkaz
Posted by: Sharpie at October 30, 2026 04:06 PM (BvOE+)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2026 04:04 PM (hzuYO)
My brother did a full body paper mache T Rex costume one year.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 04:06 PM (uhVAy)
the Omen was pretty good. I should watch that again.
Posted by: Ace at October 30, 2026 04:05 PM (1wjle)
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The remake from 2006 is surprisingly...okay. Best Omen movie since the original.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 04:07 PM (xjopy)
I can't totally reject that idea, even though it does not make the case "it's all made up" irresistible, even if there's a lot of man-centered imagination involved.
A trinket keeps the devil in Jack's pocket, nothing about the Will of God and God's purpose in Jack's life. Just the trappings. And the same thing with the sort of "magic" of carving a cross into a tree. The shape, not the concurrence with God's will.
We can sort of steal power from God as a sort of "religious symbol magic", because the tale tells us the Lord is not to happy with Jack at the end.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 04:07 PM (Fi81e)
That jingle will be in my brain forever.
I like it. It gets a bit slow during the investigation phase, sure, and you can see the lack of budget, but I like the weird robots and Stacy Nelkin's boobies are outstanding.
And the payoff to the premise is truly horrific.
Posted by: Ace at October 30, 2026 04:07 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Ben Had
I remember tipping off other trick or treaters as to what houses were giving full sized candy bars.
Those were the days when we went out without adult accompaniment. No all kids have mom or dad with them.
Posted by: Tuna at October 30, 2026 04:07 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 03:48 PM (iFTx/)
Also a good treatment for eclipses of the sun or moon.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 03:51 PM (uhVAy)
Also a good way to protest governmental austerity measures too.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 04:08 PM (rbvCR)
Good always overcomes evil. Always.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 30, 2026 04:08 PM (A55d8)
i heard that was good, and I heard that even the prequel was good. "The First Omen" or something. About the nun the devil impregnated to create his evil bastard.
Posted by: Ace at October 30, 2026 04:08 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026 04:06 PM (JrHfD)
The trunk or treats have put a kybosh on most of it. Can't tell for sure, just notice we have fewer and fewer each year, but there aren't that many smaller kids in the neighborhood. Might not give out candy next year. Kid will be fifteen. Sounds like a year to give it up.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 30, 2026 04:08 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Yorkshireman
You had rats?
luxury!
We had to gnaw on our arms.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 30, 2026 04:08 PM (NnhvP)
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 04:08 PM (MWfyi)
Appreciate you!
Posted by: LizLem at October 30, 2026 04:08 PM (0vz7x)
Posted by: Ace at October 30, 2026 04:09 PM (1wjle)
I also appreciated the Halloween parades at the school and taking our son along to the local town for Halloween. Once he was dressed as an Imperial Storm Trooper and another time as a policeman . I think Halloween Trick or Treating has gone out of fashion.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026 04:06 PM (JrHfD)
One year a newlywed couple made caramel apples and nobody took them and she was so sad. When we got back from round 1 the six of us kids went over in a body and ate all her apples, razor blades or no razor blades.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 04:09 PM (uhVAy)
I saw some headline that its traffic had nosedived because people who would use it for researching things like technical/software questions are just using chatbots instead. Since, you know, chatbots were trained on Reddit and know everything written on Reddit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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For sure a few of the info forums are dead or dying. It's funny though, I always think of reddit as a place to vent the sort of idiocy our moron Interceptor finds. Just a place for nonexpert chatter about movies, politics, games, etc.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 30, 2026 04:09 PM (mmrXZ)
i heard that was good, and I heard that even the prequel was good. "The First Omen" or something. About the nun the devil impregnated to create his evil bastard.
Posted by: Ace at October 30, 2026 04:08 PM (1wjle)
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Jay at RedLetterMedia gushed over it, but Jay from RedLetterMedia is a sick pervert.
Might as well watch something classy like Ken Russell's The Devils instead.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 04:09 PM (xjopy)
Posted by: Oldcat
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Discord is making all its chats other than those started as private as internet discoverable. Same as Reddit did shortly before it sold the data outright to AI companies.
Act accordingly if you need to scrub your Discord files.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 04:09 PM (E4rtv)
October 31 is also the day when Martin Luther posted his Ninety-Five Theses in Wittenberg.
So Halloween also is the anniversary of the Protestant Reformation
Posted by: Community Notes at October 30, 2026 04:10 PM (a6PrB)
Milutin Milankovitch, of Milankovitch Cycle fame and the Revised Julian calendar, attended some Eastern Synod back in the early 1920s as a astronomical delegate, and they came up with a proposal to reconcile the date of Easter across of all of Christendom.
Basically, it was to define it precisely based on the astronomical events, and use the local mean time of a meridian passing through Jerusalem for the actual calendar date and time reference to determine the first Sunday after those events.
They sort of agreed to "think about it", and have been thinking about for a little over 100 years.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 30, 2026 04:10 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: lin-duh at October 30, 2026 04:10 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: scampydog
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I'd call it spooky, especially the ending. And those veiled women.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 30, 2026 04:10 PM (JzUSu)
Posted by: Ace at October 30, 2026 04:09 PM (1wjle)
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I bought the big Arrow set of the whole series because I wanted the Blu-ray of just the first one, the remastered version only appearing in that box set.
I sold all the others individual except that first one and the remake. The only two worth ever thinking about again.
Not even Sam Neill can make the third one watchable.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 04:11 PM (xjopy)
Posted by: Bulg at October 30, 2026 04:11 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Axeman
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Pretty clear that the Bible warns against dabbling with the occult (and that includes the Torah, aka Old Testament, for those that are Jewish).
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 04:11 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 30, 2026 04:12 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 04:12 PM (I+a8W)
And better than the original, which I remember being dumb and trashy.
Posted by: Ace at October 30, 2026 04:12 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Marcus T at October 30, 2026 04:12 PM (A55d8)
Posted by: Bulg
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its disheartening, to say the least.
I wish I didnt care about it.
Posted by: Sharpie at October 30, 2026 04:12 PM (BvOE+)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 30, 2026 04:12 PM (bX16E)
Here in Oregon there is a lot of "Trunk or treat" gatherings in parking lots where you go to cars and get candy. Seems rather odd to me.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 30, 2026 04:13 PM (OkYzo)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 30, 2026 04:13 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Bulg
.......
Yeah, I can't wait for the "elections" to be over.
Posted by: wth at October 30, 2026 04:13 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 04:04 PM (Ti9vn)
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Exactly. Overall, it was a sort of Lovecraft cosmic horror, but strong Stephen King elements.
At the Mountains of Madness is still something I would like to see a faithful adaptation of.
Also, a legitimate artful expansion of Robert Chambers King in Yellow series.
But I've seen some of the expansions on KiY, and I'm not a fan--including James Blish's novella More Light. Probably one of the deftist handlings, but a lot of KiY "dogma" comes out of the way that Blish put the fragments into play.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 04:13 PM (Fi81e)
luxury!
We had to gnaw on our arms.
well when I say "rats" I mean "other children dressed as rats," of course. We would all dread the day we would be dressed as rats, which was every Friday.
Posted by: Yorkshireman Ace at October 30, 2026 04:13 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 04:13 PM (I+a8W)
I watched the new practical magic 2, and the most terrifying thing was seeing what they have done to their faces. Stockard Channing also.
(they should have let Sandra bullock keep her hubby alive and get Lee Pace for her sister, but then we can't have wimmens power I guess if we give them BOTH happy love stories. And the daughter stuff was just macguffin dumbness.)
Posted by: LizLem at October 30, 2026 04:14 PM (0vz7x)
happy to oblige. I was trying to think of posts I could write yesterday that would hold up for 24 hours and was like, Duh, Halloween.
Posted by: Ace at October 30, 2026 04:14 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 04:11 PM (xjopy)
Well, given he's mort, he won't be doing any living remakes either.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 04:14 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Bulg
.......
Yeah, I can't wait for the "elections" to be over.
Posted by: wth
Um. Y’all do know you can go for a walk, right? Bake a cake? Read a book? Go to the pound and visit the critters?
Posted by: nurse ratched. at October 30, 2026 04:15 PM (W2Pud)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 30, 2026 04:10 PM (w6EFb)
Well that's religion for you. The last "Believe it or Get out" rule was posted in 1865 or so after 1800 or so years of thinking about it...and that's just one religion.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 04:15 PM (uhVAy)
Megan Rapinoe says men can play women's sports because sports aren't fair in the first place
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now [/] at October 30, 2026 04:15 PM (ndZc7)
(they should have let Sandra bullock keep her hubby alive and get Lee Pace for her sister, but then we can't have wimmens power I guess if we give them BOTH happy love stories. And the daughter stuff was just macguffin dumbness.)
Posted by: LizLem at October 30, 2026 04:14 PM (0vz7x)
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Less terrifying Nicole Kidman is when she's trying to kill and stuff Paddington Brown in the first Paddington movie.
The Paddington movies are awesome, and I will make everyone love them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 04:15 PM (xjopy)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at October 30, 2026 04:15 PM (W2Pud)
Those poodle dogs are too leftist for me.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 04:16 PM (uhVAy)
A movie that would scare me as a kid was "Watcher in the Woods" with Bette Davis. It was a Disney movie, but really dark.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 30, 2026 04:16 PM (OkYzo)
Yeah, I can't wait for the "elections" to be over.
Posted by: wth
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I'm already looking forward to Democrat riot season beginning just in time for the holidays.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 04:16 PM (E4rtv)
I told my older kid. This is why assimilation matters. You have two community holidays each year that celebrate being American - Halloween, which celebrates coming together for the kids and giving to each other in the neighborhood and Thanksgiving, which celebrates coming together for family and friends and offering thanks.
If you don't assimilate and participate, you yourself contribute to the breakdown of societal bonds of goodwill and neighborliness...which is how communication and service are fostered.
But, now I step off my soap box as I have my full size bars at the ready (thank you Amazon for 50 cents/item), and my jack o lanterns newly carved by my kids today on my porch...
Posted by: Nova Local at October 30, 2026 04:16 PM (Gb7+b)
Posted by: M. Night Shyamalan at October 30, 2026 04:16 PM (wVcYX)
every title like that, with a vague noun and place combo, like "The Lurker on the Threshold," gets my attention.
Posted by: Ace at October 30, 2026 04:17 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: M. Night Shyamalan at October 30, 2026 04:16 PM (wVcYX)
*fistbump*
Posted by: Shirley Jackson at October 30, 2026 04:17 PM (skR0U)
Megan Rapinoe says men can play women's sports because sports aren't fair in the first place
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now [/] at October 30, 2026 04:15 PM (ndZc7)
I remember playing coed softball for PE in Jr. High...it was all fun and games until a guy hit the ball hard, and it slammed into the head of the girl who pitched it, knocking her down and out...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 04:17 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at October 30, 2026 04:15 PM (W2Pud)
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Sittin' on my porch in the rocker works for me.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 30, 2026 04:17 PM (6ZFFR)
Posted by: Marcus T at October 30, 2026 04:17 PM (A55d8)
A movie that would scare me as a kid was "Watcher in the Woods" with Bette Davis. It was a Disney movie, but really dark.
Posted by: Frank Barone
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Disney's take on Something Wicked this Way Comes is also unexpected light horror.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 04:17 PM (E4rtv)
I may be wrong.
Posted by: Ace at October 30, 2026 04:17 PM (1wjle)
And even though Repairer of Reputations is Chamber's largest story in the motif, and most quotes from the "play" come from here, it's a quaint--and funny--story that really wouldn't pay off on the horror of Yellow Sign.
And if they could figure out how to work in the tragic elements of The Mask, that's where I think the main body of the adaptation should be.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 04:17 PM (Fi81e)
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Never take the brown acid.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 04:18 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: M. Night Shyamalan at October 30, 2026 04:16 PM (wVcYX)
*fistbump*
Posted by: Shirley Jackson at October 30, 2026 04:17 PM (skR0U)
I always chuckled after that movie came out, when a commercial for the senior community "The Villages" would show up on the TV...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 04:18 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Yes. Or we can suspicously loiter at a liquor store. Or start a bar fight. Really, the options for fun don't need to be limited to clean living.
Posted by: scampydog at October 30, 2026 04:18 PM (2bFN5)
I was disappointed that it didn't scare the shit out of him, to be honest. He seemed tense, but he handled it well.
Now, if he could just keep up with his schoolwork...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 04:18 PM (xjopy)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now [/] at October 30, 2026 04:15 PM (ndZc7)
Don't you love how to these lib shits *supposedly* equity and fairness are the most important things? But then put it to something in the real world and they're like fuck your fairness.
You don't think they're bullshitting about all this equity stuff do you???
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 04:18 PM (I+a8W)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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How much did you get from the studio to shill those?
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 04:18 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: M. Night Shyamalan at October 30, 2026 04:16 PM (wVcYX)
*fistbump*
Posted by: Shirley Jackson at October 30, 2026 04:17 PM (skR0U)
Sigh.
Posted by: Number 6 at October 30, 2026 04:18 PM (1Ff7Z)
Megan Rapinoe says men can play women's sports because she's retired now.
FIFY.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 30, 2026 04:18 PM (aD4fx)
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Geez, Marty. God himself had only ten.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now [/] at October 30, 2026 04:19 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 30, 2026 04:16 PM (OkYzo)
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Yep. I love that movie. Disney made some very dark movies back in the day. "Watcher in the Woods" is a very short movie, barely an hour long.
"Something Wicked This Way Comes" is another great Disney horror flick.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 30, 2026 04:19 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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How much did you get from the studio to shill those?
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 04:18 PM (E4rtv)
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Nothing.
I do it for the love of the game.
Armando Ianucci is writing the fourth, and I'm so game.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 04:19 PM (xjopy)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 30, 2026 04:19 PM (f8snw)
Fortunately I have a good thermal scope.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 30, 2026 04:20 PM (A55d8)
Politics is poison that will steal your soul.
Posted by: Marcus T
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Both are power plays, but being shot is more honest than politics because there is no gray areas for combatants to lurk.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 04:20 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 04:11 PM (xjopy)
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Different opinion. It might just be the age at which I saw it, but Neil's "real evil" monologue is what makes it my favorite.
I haven't seen it since.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 04:20 PM (Fi81e)
I was disappointed that it didn't scare the shit out of him, to be honest. He seemed tense, but he handled it well.
Now, if he could just keep up with his schoolwork...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 04:18 PM (xjopy)
If he has a problem with math, send him to a Catholic school.
Joke punchline: "I knew they were serious when I saw the statue of a guy nailed to a plus sign."
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 04:20 PM (l3cgK)
>>>
Da fuq?
Posted by: Independence Day at October 30, 2026 04:20 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 30, 2026 04:20 PM (skR0U)
M/C Bikers in Crusader costumes
Posted by: Community Notes at October 30, 2026 04:21 PM (a3CJ+)
I haven't seen it since.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 04:20 PM (Fi81e)
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He is genuinely good in the film.
Literally everything else around him is dogshit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 04:21 PM (xjopy)
every title like that, with a vague noun and place combo, like "The Lurker on the Threshold," gets my attention.
Posted by: Ace at October 30, 2026 04:17 PM (1wjle)
glub glub..glub glub...
my favorite anecdote was the time when HP and a young fan took turns having each other murdered by unspeakable horrors in stories.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 04:21 PM (uhVAy)
Oh wait, nothing to cancel since it's been commandeered by the left a long time ago...
https://tinyurl.com/mrxydbj4
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 30, 2026 04:22 PM (6ZFFR)
I was disappointed that it didn't scare the shit out of him, to be honest. He seemed tense, but he handled it well.
Now, if he could just keep up with his schoolwork...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 04:18 PM (xjopy)
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I saw it with my dad when it came out in a dingy theater on the east side filled with pot smoke. I was already freaked out before the movie started.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 04:22 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Case at October 30, 2026 04:23 PM (fzmBj)
I was disappointed that it didn't scare the shit out of him, to be honest. He seemed tense, but he handled it well.
Now, if he could just keep up with his schoolwork...
Saw it in the theatres when it came out with a group of HS dudes. I was like that, tense, but another dude had to leave the theater and not come back.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 04:23 PM (uhVAy)
I do it for the love of the game.
Armando Ianucci is writing the fourth, and I'm so game.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Just pulling your leg but I rarely watch much anymore compared to reading. AI slop has even made me not wanting to watch many historical documentaries to unwind in the evenings on occasion anymore on YT.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 04:23 PM (E4rtv)
You don't think they're bullshitting about all this equity stuff do you???
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 04:18 PM (I+a8W)
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They like sounding high-minded. And they put themselves over you by their rhetoric.
But when it comes time to pay any opportunity cost, they're Humpty Dumpty: a word means exactly what they mean it to say, no more, no less.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 04:23 PM (Fi81e)
>>>
Da fuq?
Posted by: Independence Day at October 30, 2026 04:20 PM (wVcYX)
You aren't asked to do anything for that holiday. People do stuff for you (like governments paying for fireworks shows).
The fall holidays require you to do something for them. Governments aren't handing middle class kids candy or middle class folks turkeys...
Posted by: Nova Local at October 30, 2026 04:25 PM (Gb7+b)
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 04:27 PM (odBC9)
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 04:27 PM (odBC9)
Posted by: nurse ratched
I do those things, too. (Well, not cake-baking.) But I like to spend time here with you all, so I appreciate it when I can do so with something to talk about other than politics.
Posted by: Bulg at October 30, 2026 04:30 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
I've been watching Rooster on Netflix. Steve Carell plays a very successful, though not terribly respected, thriller author who returns to his Alma Mater where his daughter is now an instructor because her marriage is in trouble. The college dean, played by John C. McGinley, is a crazy health nut obsessed by eliminating "brown fat", which, apparently, is worse than "white fat". Anyway, a deadpan comedy about crazy ass people I'm enjoying.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now [/] at October 30, 2026 04:30 PM (ndZc7)
the Omen was pretty good. I should watch that again.
Posted by: Ace at October 30, 2026 04:05 PM (1wjle)
*******
Nay for me. NOPE! Never again! I don't watch or read about serial killers, either, with good reason as one was lurking around when I was in college.That scared me for a lifetime.
A nursing school classmate took me to see The Omen. I don't remember what demonic scene, but I had my fist in my mouth to not scream. Until then I didn't know my fist would fit in my mouth (ok, Morons, I know what you are thinking so shut up as I get ahead of it).
For that matter, the yearly Wizard of Oz was horrific for me as well. Yet I endured it. The flying monkeys got me. And I clearly remember scooting back on the floor to sit on my mother's feet when the Wicked Witch arrived. NOPE
I have pure thoughts in my bubble when not snarking or being sarcastic. I have no room for demons.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2026 04:38 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 05:15 PM (odBC9)
The rest of the secular side of Halloween evolved in the last 500 years or so. No ancient pagan connection.
Posted by: Patti at October 30, 2026 05:27 PM (cyAnJ)
Candidate of Germany's Far-Left Party "Die Linke" Confesses that Islamists Control Her Party and That She Fears They Will Kill Her
Der Spiegel is a leftwing outlet in Germany.
Here's an example of how hard they'll lie on behalf of the Red-Green Alliance.DER SPIEGELUh huh. So it takes an awful lot for them to report that the the far left's candidate for the mayor of Berlin admits that her party is controlled by Muslim extremists and that she feels her family is "in danger" due to them. She's a candidate for "Die Linke," which just means "the Left."
@derspiegel Oct 18 Translated from German
Right-wing ideologues claim a connection between the riot over the weekend and the ancestry of many of the troublemakers. That is a racist lie that conceals French failure. Link in X-Bio.
The left's response to this is their usual response: They demand censorship of her admission of Islamist control over her party and fearing for the safety of her family,
Karina Mariani
@KarinaLMariani Translated from Spanish
🇩🇪🚨MEGA-SCANDAL: The winner of the BERLIN elections, from the far-left party Die Linke, accidentally confesses that Hamas controls her party and fears for her life💣 A mistake has just triggered an astonishing security crisis. The magazine Der Spiegel--a media outlet, it must be noted, with a marked leftist slant--has brought to light an internal document proving how Die Linke has been hijacked by Islamism. Its candidate to govern Berlin, Elif Eralp, accidentally sent the newsroom her private notes from an interview where she confesses to being coerced and terrified by Hamas operatives within her own party. It turns out that after an interview, the candidate's team reviewed the transcript. During this process, Eralp made internal comments that were meant to remain in the strictest confidentiality. However, the document with the un-erased annotations was sent back to the journalists. The content of those notes is dynamite. When Der Spiegel asked her about Ibrahim Ibrahim--a pro-Palestinian Hamas sympathizer who celebrated the October 7 massacre--the public response was going to be evasive. But in the margin of the leaked document, Eralp wrote the truth: "There is a PROBLEM. [...] my husband no, and neither do I, want to name specific names, he is afraid of these people and so am I." The leak exposes the raw reality of Islamo-leftism in Germany: Eralp even went so far as to compare the threat level of these pro-Palestinian militants to that of Organized Crime and implores to abort the publication: "I can't put myself and my family in danger for Der SPIEGEL. What do we do now? Do we scrap the whole interview?" The biggest joke of the entire situation, however, was captured in one of the phrases that Eralp did want to publish. In a display of utter disconnection, the candidate states in the interview: "What I can say with total clarity is that, as governing mayor, I will ensure the safety of all Berlin women and all Berlin men." A promise that rings utterly ridiculous coming from a leader who, in the same document, secretly admits that she can't even protect her own family from the rank-and-file of her party.
So is this real? Well, Google's leftwing propaganda AI says it is:
In the wake of the scandal, Eralp has announced that she will take legal action against Der Spiegel and file a formal complaint with the Press Council for having quoted her internal annotations. This judicial maneuver immediately reveals just how sensitive and utterly overwhelmed these leadership cadres really are when faced with crisis situations. Berlin's radical left believed it could politically capitalize on Islamic extremism; today, the documents prove that it's the extremism holding them hostage.
By the way: The lesson that Der Spiegel takes from this is that the problem is with this candidate, not the Islamists controlling the left:
The "Der Spiegel" and Die Linke Controversy (October 2026) * The Incident: In late October 2026, Der Spiegel published a report following an interview with Elif Eralp, the leader of Die Linke in Berlin who won the September 2026 Abgeordnetenhaus election. * The Leak: When Eralp's office sent back the authorized interview draft, internal notes and remarks were accidentally left in the document. * The Content: The leaked notes showed Eralp requesting to strike a question regarding Ibrahim Ibrahim, a pro-Palestinian activist who praised the October 7 Hamas attack. In her private comments, Eralp wrote that she and her husband were afraid of backlash and could not put their family in danger, stating: "I can't put myself and my family in danger for Der Spiegel" and "I should never have agreed to this interview". * The Party's Reaction: Die Linke leadership accused Der Spiegel of publishing private notes that endanger the safety of Eralp and her family. The party announced plans to file a complaint with the Deutscher Presserat (German Press Council) and considered legal action. * Political Impact: The leak has created friction during ongoing coalition negotiations in Berlin between Die Linke, the Greens, and the SPD, while drawing scrutiny over how the party handles antisemitism and radical associations within its ranks.
DER SPIEGEL
@derspiegel Translated from German Elif Eralp wants to become the governing mayor of Berlin. But in an internal memo, the Left Party politician reveals that she fears terror sympathizers with contacts to Hamas. Can such a person be responsible for security in the capital...
I mean, yes, if she's terrified pro-Hamas Islamists will kill her family she obviously will not crack down on these violent invaders, but aren't you missing the real problem here...?
🇩🇪🚨MEGA-ESCÁNDALO: La ganadora de las elecciones de BERLÍN, del partido de ultraizquierda Die Linke confiesa por error que Hamás controla su partido y teme por su vida💣
Un error acaba de generar una crisis de seguridad impresionante. La revista Der Spiegel —un medio, cabe destacar, de marcada tendencia izquierdista— ha sacado a la luz un documento interno que prueba cómo Die Linke ha sido secuestrado por el islamismo. Su candidata a gobernar Berlín, Elif Eralp, envió por accidente a la redacción las notas privadas de una entrevista donde confiesa estar coaccionada y aterrorizada por Hamás que opera dentro de su propio partido. Resulta que luego de una entrevista, el equipo de la candidata revisó la transcripción. Durante este proceso, Eralp hizo comentarios internos que debían quedar en la más estricta confidencialidad. Sin embargo, el documento con las acotaciones sin borrar fue devuelto a los periodistas. El contenido de esas notas es dinamita. Cuando Der Spiegel le preguntó por Ibrahim Ibrahim —un propalestino simpatizante de Hamás que celebró la masacre del 7 de octubre—, la respuesta pública iba a ser esquiva. Pero en el margen del documento filtrado, Eralp escribió la verdad: «Hay un PROBLEMA. [...] mi marido no, y yo tampoco, quiero nombrar nombres concretos, él tiene miedo de esta gente y yo también». La filtración expone la cruda realidad del islamoizquierdismo en Alemania: Eralp llegó a comparar el nivel de amenaza de estos militantes pro-Palestina con el del Crimen Organizado e implora abortar la publicación: «No puedo poner en peligro a mí misma y a mi familia por Der SPIEGEL. ¿Qué hacemos ahora? ¿Anulamos toda la entrevista?». El mayor chiste de toda esta situación, sin embargo, quedó plasmado en una de las frases que Eralp sí quería publicar. En un alarde de desconexión absoluta, la candidata afirma en la entrevista: «Lo que sí puedo decir con total claridad es que, como alcaldesa gobernante, velaré por la seguridad de todas las berlinesas y todos los berlineses». Una promesa que resulta irrisoria viniendo de una dirigente que, en el mismo documento, reconoce en secreto que ni siquiera puede proteger a su propia familia de las bases de su partido. Luego del escándalo, Eralp ha anunciado que procederá legalmente contra Der Spiegel y presentará una queja formal ante el Consejo de Prensa por haber citado sus anotaciones internas. Esta maniobra judicial evidencia de inmediato lo susceptibles y completamente desbordados que están en realidad estos cuadros dirigentes frente a situaciones de crisis. La izquierda radical berlinesa creyó que podía capitalizar electoralmente el extremismo islámico; hoy, los documentos demuestran que es el extremismo quien los tiene de rehenes.— Karina Mariani (@KarinaLMariani) October 29, 2026
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 02:11 PM (r2Icn)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 30, 2026 02:11 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 30, 2026 02:11 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: zombie at October 30, 2026 02:11 PM (HD2n/)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 02:11 PM (r2Icn)
Posted by: four seasons at October 30, 2026 02:12 PM (/QHx4)
See: Michigan.
Posted by: zombie at October 30, 2026 02:13 PM (HD2n/)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 02:13 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 30, 2026 02:13 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 02:13 PM (ccf/V)
This is a story as old as time...
or, at least as old as the fictitious religion known as islam.
Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 02:14 PM (Qugny)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 30, 2026 02:14 PM (W2Pud)
But she will let herself be raped to death by muslims before she'd ever support any conservative candidate or party.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 30, 2026 02:14 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 02:14 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: zombie at October 30, 2026 02:14 PM (HD2n/)
Posted by: mr tmz at October 30, 2026 02:14 PM (rJ48h)
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That coalition got a little more Green than Red....
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 02:15 PM (Fi81e)
Politician sues media for being quoted accurately.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 30, 2026 02:15 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 02:15 PM (r2Icn)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 02:15 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 02:15 PM (7LLii)
Who else is going to run down all those annoying Christmas Market Shoppers?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 30, 2026 02:16 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 02:16 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 02:16 PM (Fi81e)
This is dog bites man.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 30, 2026 02:16 PM (RDiUV)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 02:16 PM (7LLii)
Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at October 30, 2026 02:16 PM (POlRB)
She's a commie. Nothing they do is not a lie or ploy or scam of one kind or another.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 30, 2026 02:17 PM (EYPNI)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 30, 2026 02:14 PM (W2Pud)
Yes, those damnable leftists Germans.
Oh, you meant the Muzzies...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 02:17 PM (l3cgK)
Hopefully next week won't turn into a shitshow.
If you live in a big city or are adjacent, stock up with water and some food.
Ammo should be fully stocked.
Posted by: four seasons at October 30, 2026 02:17 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: wth at October 30, 2026 02:17 PM (UjdFS)
So its got that going for it.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 30, 2026 02:17 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at October 30, 2026 02:17 PM (5yDGQ)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 02:18 PM (TMNW7)
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 02:18 PM (Ti9vn)
But..they'll kill us last!
Posted by: Leftists who lay down with Jihadis at October 30, 2026 02:18 PM (OkYzo)
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 02:16 PM (1wjle)
'Make like a tree and get outta here.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 30, 2026 02:18 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 02:19 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 02:19 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 30, 2026 02:20 PM (0U5gm)
No more bullshitting around. No more waiting for the other shoe to drop. Let's get right down to the nub of the matter.
I want to see leftists killed and raped by their Muslim "comrades." There. I said it. Because that it the only way for the leftists to wake the fuck up and become unbrainwashed.
It's a harsh form of Cult Deprogramming, but in this case probably the only effective way.
And luckily, we don't have to "make it happen," because it will happen eventually in the fullness of time.
More, faster, please.
Posted by: zombie at October 30, 2026 02:20 PM (HD2n/)
From German to Spanish to English...
At least it isn't from English to Japanese back to English...
https://youtu.be/MrlvVhL35Ws
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 02:20 PM (l3cgK)
lol
you lie like a tree
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 02:19 PM (1wjle)
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Phew!
Posted by: The Rug at October 30, 2026 02:20 PM (Fi81e)
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Latinx Adjacent Doctor PhD
@TonerousHyus
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If WaPo actually did robodial 135k people to get 300 "Republicans" you may just need to torch the whole industry and ban it as campaign finance violations.
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"It's worse than that, the article states clearly they made (at least) 135,000 contact attempts, the ENTIRE Active voter pool in KS is 1,700,000. In other words to get a valid sample (ish) they had to send invitations to 10% of the entire pool."
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 02:20 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 30, 2026 02:20 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 02:21 PM (ccf/V)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 02:21 PM (7LLii)
I wonder what other demands "Ibrahim Ibrahim" had in store for her once she became mayor.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 30, 2026 02:21 PM (mmrXZ)
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Latinx Adjacent Doctor PhD
@TonerousHyus
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If WaPo actually did robodial 135k people to get 300 "Republicans" you may just need to torch the whole industry and ban it as campaign finance violations.
Quote within
"It's worse than that, the article states clearly they made (at least) 135,000 contact attempts, the ENTIRE Active voter pool in KS is 1,700,000. In other words to get a valid sample (ish) they had to send invitations to 10% of the entire pool."
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 02:20 PM (E4rtv)
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But their sample of independents is just the middle of the road voter, doesn't share any of the same issues with the GOP sample, and can't possibly be infested with Democrats saying they're independent.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 02:22 PM (xjopy)
They brag about huge numbers of new Muslims every year but they come to that number by calling every baby born a Muslim. In all likelihood they are just not going to be a major threat because young Muslims who move to Europe or born there are more European than Muslim.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 02:22 PM (TMNW7)
Is there something going on that I'm not getting? Between this and the NYT actually reporting on Ilhan Bro-fo, Sullivan in AK, and some other thing that has slipped my mind at the moment, are we being set up for something?
Posted by: Oddbob at October 30, 2026 02:22 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 30, 2026 02:22 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: SciVo at October 30, 2026 02:22 PM (ke3zm)
Latinx Adjacent Doctor PhD
@TonerousHyus
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12m
I think people who have a statistical background think Pollsters have this like way behind the scenes to work through data and then when they show you what it looks like it's like
R response rates: 0.02%
Indy response rates: 11.1%
Dem response rates: 19.2%
We got our Indies!
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 02:23 PM (E4rtv)
Will she survive?
Will the right side party take advantage of the information?
Stay tuned.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 02:23 PM (nqf1u)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 02:23 PM (r2Icn)
You probably shouldn't have flushed billions of taxpayer dollars bringing them in, dipshit.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 30, 2026 02:24 PM (jb8Ss)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Your spiel reminds me of "These are not the droids you are looking for"
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 02:24 PM (E4rtv)
There's no such thing as a 'palestinian.'
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 02:21 PM (ccf/V)
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I just saw a video "debunking" that idea.
Spoilers: people lived in British Palestine.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 02:24 PM (Fi81e)
( yes, I know X's translations can't be easily CnPed )
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 30, 2026 02:24 PM (nEUC6)
R response rates: 0.02%
Indy response rates: 11.1%
Dem response rates: 19.2%
We got our Indies!
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 02:23 PM (E4rtv)
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We have to trust polls, whig.
Harvard-Harris kind of got it right a couple of years ago, which means we have to trust Marist because they're all the same.
And, besides, there's every indication that pollsters have fixed all their issues. Just look at the MI Senate Democrat primary polling.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 02:24 PM (xjopy)
My heart bleeds, almost as much as their victims did over the last +70 years.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 02:24 PM (rbvCR)
lol
you lie like a tree
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 02:19 PM (1wjle)
It's time to go. Lettuce salad.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 02:24 PM (ccf/V)
lol
you lie like a tree
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 02:19 PM (1wjle)
It's time to go. Lettuce salad.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 02:24 PM (ccf/V)
Like wine on rice.
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 02:25 PM (Ti9vn)
( yes, I know X's translations can't be easily CnPed )
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 30, 2026 02:24 PM (nEUC6)
I remember watching news from Mexico in Spanish, where Bush II was asked a questions and said, "Why don't you ask the Press"...they translated it as "Why don't you ask the Pres(ident)"...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 02:25 PM (l3cgK)
Spoilers: people lived in British Palestine.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 02:24 PM (Fi81e)
It wasn't around long enough to be able to declare it a 'race of people' as one would, say, Jews or Arabs identifiable by DNA markers.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 02:25 PM (ccf/V)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 02:24 PM (ccf/V)
Like wine on rice.
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 02:25 PM (Ti9vn)
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For all intensive purposes, we often take this for granite.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 02:26 PM (xjopy)
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 02:26 PM (I+a8W)
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 02:26 PM (uhVAy)
Goody, Bessent is up in Minnesota. Next up: Kash.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 30, 2026 02:26 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 02:26 PM (ccf/V)
Posted by: Oddbob
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The big cheat. ... .. SURPRISE! we win!!
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 02:26 PM (nqf1u)
lol
you lie like a tree
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 02:19 PM (1wjle)
It's time to go. Lettuce salad.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 02:24 PM (ccf/V)
Like wine on rice.
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 02:25 PM (Ti9vn)
Can I hear a "ramen"?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 02:27 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: rhomboid at October 30, 2026 02:27 PM (U/Byj)
lol
you lie like a tree
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 02:19 PM (1wjle)
It's time to go. Lettuce salad.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 02:24 PM (ccf/V)
Like wine on rice.
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 02:25 PM (Ti9vn)
Make like a baby and split.
Posted by: King Solomon at October 30, 2026 02:27 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: PaleRider at October 30, 2026 02:27 PM (PV+Zw)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 02:27 PM (ccf/V)
@RepublikaTV 1h
Translated from Polish
URGENT! Tusk's services have entered the Constitutional Tribunal building and put chains on the doors
@michalrachon 1h
Deputy president of 🇵🇱 Polish constitutional court denied entrance to the building by the police force. #TuskCoupDEtat
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 30, 2026 02:28 PM (nEUC6)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 02:22 PM (TMNW7)
Here, I had AI clean it up. Dang, I'm not stalking you today. After this games for a bit.
Scientology claims to be the world's fastest-growing religion, frequently citing its expanding real estate holdings as evidence. The organization reports controlling over 18 million square feet of property worldwide, including elaborate churches and facilities. However, expanding buildings doesn't necessarily mean expanding membership. Independent census figures from Canada, Australia, and Britain show declining Scientology affiliation. Much of the construction is financed through member donations, raising questions about whether Scientology's impressive property expansion reflects genuine religious growth or simply accumulated wealth.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 02:28 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 02:28 PM (r2Icn)
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That coalition got a little more Green than Red....
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 02:15 PM (Fi81e)
probably had Communists doing the same thing 20 years ago, and Enviro nuts since then.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 02:29 PM (uhVAy)
Yea, islamists want to enslave or kill you. It's not like they are shy about it.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 02:29 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 02:29 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 02:28 PM (r2Icn)
East Germany is the only hope. That's where AfD is, the West is all Euro-fasist or Green-Communist.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 02:30 PM (uhVAy)
Because, to clarify:
Islam is not a race. There are Muslims of every race and ethnicity — white, Asian, black, Middle-Eastern, and everything in between.
Islam is also not a religion. Religions concern spiritual matters, God, the soul, etc. But religion, at least in our Western concept that invented the very notion of "religion," does not concern itself much with worldly politics. When the West encountered Islam, it did klnow how to classify this...thing...so we classified it (mistakenly) as a "religion" because we had no other word to characterize it, and because Islam did at least, in part, concern itslef with God, the afterlife, etc. But this mischaracterization was the all-time classic example of "orientalism" (see: Edward Said), in which we apply Wesdtern concept to glamorized "eastern" things we do not actually understand.
Islam is, in practical reality, an all-encompassing life-doctrine and worldview that includes politics, warfare, personal behavior, economics, social structure, morality, sexuality, the legal structure, and, yes, also spirituality.
Posted by: zombie at October 30, 2026 02:30 PM (HD2n/)
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 02:30 PM (E4rtv)
Everything from Scientology is a lie, including "the" and "and"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 02:30 PM (TMNW7)
Posted by: mr tmz at October 30, 2026 02:31 PM (rJ48h)
On close review of photos and careful review of filmed footage, I have determined that Janet Napolitano, Obama's DHS Secretary, is actually Andrew Napolitano in drag.
It is the only explanation that encompasses all the facts laid out before me. Daphne and Velma would be so proud of me!
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 02:31 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 02:31 PM (Ti9vn)
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Well what do ya know! I always wondered what happened to MTV's Martha Quinn!
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 02:31 PM (TN0g+)
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*taps pencil on teeth*
This has happened before...
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 02:32 PM (RIvkX)
And hasn't the AK court (yet another august institution, I'm sure) already ruled that the fake Dan Sullivan will stay on the ballot? At this date I don't see how the ballot could be changed, as a practical matter, anyway.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 30, 2026 02:32 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: rhomboid
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Media bleeds as much ink talking it down as the spend on Trump.
[triple metaphor]
I'll go look for that list of fda approved medical wonders plus trials.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 02:32 PM (nqf1u)
This has happened before...
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 02:32 PM (RIvkX)
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Spain? 13th century?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 02:32 PM (xjopy)
Posted by: beckster at October 30, 2026 02:32 PM (kX27y)
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Don't talk about it !! You are making more islamonazis by talking about islamonazis !
Posted by: runner at October 30, 2026 02:32 PM (AKptf)
It's like they never read the foundational religious text of the muslim death cult before letting millions of them into their country.
But, that can't be right! They're so much smarter than..well, everyone!!!!
Posted by: naturalfake at October 30, 2026 02:33 PM (YSUhf)
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 02:28 PM (Sco7b)
The cult of the Scientific Shrink was bigger in the 50s to 70s and that's the core of the 'belief'. People go to shrinks now more for medication rather than as a way to fix the world. Scientology since has been scamming money out of the rich to keep its purchasing power up.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 02:33 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 02:33 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: PaleRider
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Patrick Ruffini is noting that Rust Belt and Midwest are just not getting enough GOP respondents for polling so the ones that are are getting to answer pollsters are not necessarily a representative sample.
Pollsters seem to be having better luck in Sunbelt.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 02:33 PM (E4rtv)
Islam is also not a religion.
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Exactly.
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 02:33 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: weew at October 30, 2026 02:33 PM (9TspW)
They learned nothing from 19 muslim hijackers, most let into the US by John Brennan, flying planes into buildings and killing 3000 people 25 years ago. They idiots in NYC elected one mayor instead.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 02:33 PM (viF8m)
But, that can't be right! They're so much smarter than..well, everyone!!!!
Posted by: naturalfake at October 30, 2026 02:33 PM (YSUhf)
or read a newspaper.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 02:33 PM (uhVAy)
And hasn't the AK court (yet another august institution, I'm sure) already ruled that the fake Dan Sullivan will stay on the ballot? At this date I don't see how the ballot could be changed, as a practical matter, anyway.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 30, 2026 02:32 PM (U/Byj)
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Fake Dan is going to be on the ballot. Early voting has been going on in AK for a while.
However, I have seen it asserted that this is in violation of 18 USC 241.
And the crime was committed in Alaska, not DC.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 02:34 PM (xjopy)
Posted by: naturalfake at October 30, 2026 02:33 PM (YSUhf)
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They were being tolerant, not suspicious. Being suspicious would be racist (against another set of Caucasians).
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 02:34 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: zombie at October 30, 2026 02:30 PM (HD2n/)
______
Don't forget hygiene ... or lack thereof
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 02:34 PM (iFTx/)
I would say that it contains a religion, but its an overall cultural political system. Its all for everything, like Communism
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 02:34 PM (TMNW7)
Posted by: what the cat drug in at October 30, 2026 02:34 PM (jrgJz)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 30, 2026 02:35 PM (CWTWj)
Is there something going on that I'm not getting? Between this and the NYT actually reporting on Ilhan Bro-fo, Sullivan in AK, and some other thing that has slipped my mind at the moment, are we being set up for something?
Posted by: Oddbob at October 30, 2026 02:22 PM (vTZFs)
Interfactional Lefty conflict is brutal, since they all know exactly what they're capable of, so every move is nuclear to remove the capacity for retaliation. And, Diversity + Proximity = War, so things like that are the expected, natural result of demographic changes in their coalition. It could just be a handful of Jews and homos with bylines that don't want to be killed.
Posted by: SciVo at October 30, 2026 02:35 PM (ke3zm)
Pollsters seem to be having better luck in Sunbelt.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 02:33 PM (E4rtv)
No wonder 10 percent of the polling answers are 'Bless Your Heart'
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 02:35 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 02:30 PM (TMNW7)
Now, now, that just the Body Thetans talking.
Posted by: David Miscavige at October 30, 2026 02:35 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 02:28 PM (r2Icn)
East Germany is the only hope. That's where AfD is, the West is all Euro-fasist or Green-Communist.
Posted by: Oldcat
Merkel's old man was a bigwig in the E German govt before the wall fell. She's implemented the immigration policies that brought them to this point. See also the green energy zealotry that has been destroying manufacturing.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 02:35 PM (r2Icn)
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 02:30 PM (E4rtv)
That's Jerid Kurtz, a Democratic political operative from Ohio. He used fake names such as Zack - LEO showed one of the Alaskans he talked to a photo of Jerid and positively identified him.
Posted by: beckster at October 30, 2026 02:35 PM (kX27y)
Pollsters seem to be having better luck in Sunbelt.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 02:33 PM (E4rtv)
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I like to know that Maine has seen this issue for more than a decade.
2014, Collins won he race by 40 when polls said she'd win by 30. That 10% was the rural white vote.
In 2020, she won by 8 but lost the polling by 8. That 16% swing was...the rural white vote.
Seems like this issue is just getting...worse.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 02:35 PM (xjopy)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 30, 2026 02:36 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 02:36 PM (Ti9vn)
See: Michigan.
Posted by: zombie at October 30, 2026 02:13 PM (HD2n/)
This is not an insane conspiracy theory, this is just a conspiracy theory. Most of the entrenched political power groups in the world today are made up of insane partisan ideologues, and a larger base of people who are mostly with the program but also are terrified of reprisals if they try to either leave or argue against the core tenets of the movement.
Trump's moves to this time have been to relieve the stranglehold the lunatic core holds over the mostly normies, so the movement, or the individuals can act like rational actors, and be sane in their own interest for a change.
No one can escape the Combine, because they kill those who try to escape. Unless there is either some underground railroad, or the core madmen completely lose credibility through horrible decision making and results.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 02:36 PM (rbvCR)
Much of the construction is financed through member donations, raising questions about whether Scientology's impressive property expansion reflects genuine religious growth or simply accumulated wealth.
Posted by: Stateless
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I read something about that Scientology "growth" once. You see a lot of big study centers full of empty desks and dead monitors. Auditoriums that are never used. They spend money on fake church assets as an investment strategy or a way of convincing people that they're big and popular. The dough comes from members who drain themselves bankrupt supporting the church or work like literal slaves.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 30, 2026 02:36 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 02:31 PM (rbvCR)
You are supposed to tear off the rubber mask over the head...
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 02:37 PM (uhVAy)
Whatever.
I seems to me a number of people with more money than common sense are freely spending on creating unrest. You'd think someone would look into it and, oh, maybe black bag these people.+
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 30, 2026 02:37 PM (RORbl)
And hasn't the AK court (yet another august institution, I'm sure) already ruled that the fake Dan Sullivan will stay on the ballot? At this date I don't see how the ballot could be changed, as a practical matter, anyway.
Posted by: rhomboid
Yes. Remember back when that poor schmuck got charged and convicted for making a fake graphic telling people that Killary's election day was one day later than the real one? Election interference is a federal crime. Then you have concurrent state investigations where the early state case that threw Sullivan off the ballot and then the AK Supreme Court restored him required multiple sworn statements that Sullivan was not a Dem plant. Thus perjury before the court.
So DoJ has subpoened 30 people so far involved in the mess. Marc Elias included.
And the fecal matter has hit the DSCC as it appears the scheme came from an associated (named now) political operative for them and they are the ones that peddled the scheme to the Peltola campaign. That explains the NYT trying to shift the focus to the Peltola campaign.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 02:37 PM (E4rtv)
There's no such thing as a 'palestinian.'
Posted by: Sponge
More precisely:
"Palestinian" is an adjective, not a noun.
It was origianly used, exclusively adjectivally, to character people of various demograophics who were at the tiem living in what was called "The Holy Land," i.e. the former Roman province of Palestina (which itslef was a made-up name created by the Romans to tweak the Jews, by naming their land after a (mistranslated) tribe that had lived there thousdands of years earlier but long ago disappeared. But that's a diffierent story.)
Thus, there were "Palestinian Jews" "Palestinian Christians," "Palestinian Druze," "Palestinian Arabs," ""Palestinian Turks," etc. etc.
These labels persisted up until as late as the 1960s, when the phrase ""Palestinian Arabs" was shortened to just "Palestinians," and all the other "Palestinian" labels disappeared.
Posted by: zombie at October 30, 2026 02:37 PM (HD2n/)
There's no such thing as a 'palestinian.'
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 02:21 PM (ccf/V)
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I just saw a video "debunking" that idea.
Spoilers: people lived in British Palestine.
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Check out practically ANY Encyclopedia published prior to 1966 or so, crack open the "P" volume and look up "Palestine". You'll get one of two outcomes--there will be NO ENTRY at all for "Palestine", or you'll get a short description with ZERO politics or statehood assertions and will instead have "Palestine" described as a *region* within the country of Israel.
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 02:38 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: mrp at October 30, 2026 02:38 PM (rj6Yv)
I was polled here in Kansas on a cold call this Fall. Once. I unleashed a broadside. No more calls.
I did not say "Die, Commie Dog, ender of Western Civilization". I deny saying that.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 30, 2026 02:38 PM (u82oZ)
But they don't censor the exact same speech coming from immigrants or the left.
Funny that.
Posted by: 29Victor at October 30, 2026 02:38 PM (0MjtC)
The most right wing organization in Germany would be left wing here. They ALL are totally all in on globull warmining, they ALL are totally all in on socialist programs.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 02:38 PM (TMNW7)
Posted by: Pope Dumb Dumb XIV at October 30, 2026 02:38 PM (Ssbab)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 02:16 PM (7LLii)
Hell, Theo van Gogh would like to give a word of warning, but he is dead too.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 02:39 PM (rbvCR)
Seems like this issue is just getting...worse.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 02:35 PM (xjopy)
Polls are increasingly hardly bothering to hide the fact that they are push polling.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 02:39 PM (uhVAy)
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) on Saturday responded to the remarks President Trump made at Benedict College on Friday, telling the president that the criminal justice system is designed to "give people like you a pass" and adding, "For once in your life, you're being held accountable."
Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 30, 2026 02:39 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 02:39 PM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 02:40 PM (rbvCR)
>>>Former NBA star Paul Pierce is on the verge of bankruptcy, having squandered over $200m in earnings during his NBA career...Back before they turned into The View for sports bros, ESPN did a good documentary on how athletes end up bankrupt despite being paid so much
Larry Miller, the owner of the Utah Jazz, was famous for caring for his athletes. He made sure they understood finances. He helped set up Karl Malone with a series of auto franchises, so he would have money rolling in after he retired from basketball.
One of the Seahawks players owns a Crumbl Francise in Seattle. Finding other ways to make your money work for you is the way to go.
Sage Steele has talked about this. Throwing a kid from the street hustle culture into a multimillion sports contract... it can go south without someone helping them that actually cares about their future.
Posted by: LizLem at October 30, 2026 02:40 PM (VqqKv)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 30, 2026 02:41 PM (JNr/z)
Lying to Justices in court proceedings including Mr. Fake Sullivan and forcing AK Sup. Ct. to take the rep hit for being fooled by DSCC scamsters is likely to make them a bit irate.
Democrat son of Mr. Fake Sullivan worked as an aide for Dem House member Gluesenkamp and probably facilitated the arrangement as well.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 02:41 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: mrp at October 30, 2026 02:41 PM (rj6Yv)
So much for that case, if true.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 30, 2026 02:41 PM (aCZ8n)
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That's questionable, as a number of people talk about Marxism or even Atheism as a "religion" which also aren't religions in that sense either.
Which illustrates a major point of mine is that we need a third term for the social structure of "religion" + social enforcement of the Vision.
Atheists, in particular tend to be egregious on this vacillation. "Religion is dumb because nothing is supernatural", but enough of them--which are not also Marxists--will tell you Marxism is a "religion", if you point out how many people Marxism killed with efficiency that religious zeal could only envy.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 02:42 PM (Fi81e)
Didn't just fail lie detector tests, but admitted it.
Leftwing Butthurt goes down in flames...
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 30, 2026 02:42 PM (mP0Kj)
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TBF they're all probably afraid of being killed.
I mean that was pretty much de rigueur for people who lived in eastern bloc countries under communism. See for example The Lives of Others.
Its just another gang of assholes infiltrating the system and strong arming it.
Posted by: this is what happens when you take away peoples guns at October 30, 2026 02:42 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 02:43 PM (I+a8W)
I was polled here in Kansas on a cold call this Fall. Once. I unleashed a broadside. No more calls.
I did not say "Die, Commie Dog, ender of Western Civilization". I deny saying that.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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Heh.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 02:43 PM (E4rtv)
I'd forgotten was a raging lunatic that tranny was. Just nuts.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 02:43 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: pookysgirl misses 90s SNL at October 30, 2026 02:43 PM (Wt5PA)
The NBA at least has a program to try to teach new stars about finances but I am not convinced it sinks in
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 02:43 PM (TMNW7)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 30, 2026 02:44 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 02:38 PM (TN0g+)
No such region. The British mandate created after WWI of Palestine and Transjordan carved out of Ottoman turf was the first surfacing of it since the brief period where Rome renamed Judea because of a major Jewish revolt there. Even that didn't last long.
At independence the Brits carved the area into Arab bits and Jewish bits and left. Arabs and the neighboring nations attacked instantly and lost to the Jewish settlers and allies.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 02:44 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 02:45 PM (TMNW7)
Islam is also not a religion.
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Exactly.
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 02:33 PM (TN0g+)
The gay muzzies don't last very long...maybe a few seconds of flight.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 02:45 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 02:45 PM (RIvkX)
Well, just a thought but this is probably a good time for some self reflection about life choices. Maybe consider changing parties.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 30, 2026 02:45 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 02:45 PM (TMNW7)
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Because his German was so bad that the other guy couldn't understand it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 02:45 PM (xjopy)
So much for that case, if true.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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Unless the case is a misdemeanor, magistrate judges do not try cases. Grand jury meets with prosecutors but Boasberg is simply the conduit for legal filing matters as federal judges have little role in the Grand Jury indictment process.
Grand jury refusing to indict is the more serious problem than Boasberg at this stage.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 02:45 PM (E4rtv)
So much for that case, if true.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 30, 2026 02:41 PM (aCZ8n)
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So, it fell into the DC pit.
Do the Dems really want to give this game away, after enough of them admitting Nur Said Elmi was caught on this?
As I think DC seems to have already given her over, I'd bet this is Boasberg's chance to repair his reputation as a "partisan" label.
He'll make one little judgment that goes Trump's way (say) and then it will be "See!! He's not biased!!"
As always, I could be wrong.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 02:46 PM (Fi81e)
I would say that it contains a religion, but its an overall cultural political system. Its all for everything, like Communism
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 02:34 PM (TMNW7)
Power of AND...
It is both a religious and political system. The two aspects reinforce each other.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 02:46 PM (l3cgK)
Odd, that.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 30, 2026 02:46 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 02:46 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 30, 2026 02:46 PM (f8snw)
Give Elon Musk $200 million in early dot-com venture capital earnings, and he parlays it into a galactic empire.
Give an NBA player $200 million in salaries and bonuses, and within 5 years he has squandered it all on hookers, blow, VIP lounges at Da Club, private jet rides, and a "posse" of parasitic hangers-on and groupies.
Posted by: zombie at October 30, 2026 02:46 PM (HD2n/)
Odd, that.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 30, 2026 02:46 PM (zZu0s)
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Genocide and colonization are still bad, right?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 02:46 PM (xjopy)
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 02:46 PM (Ti9vn)
The NBA at least has a program to try to teach new stars about finances but I am not convinced it sinks in
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 02:43 PM (TMNW7)
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Huge chunks of their salaries go to taxes. They still would be very rich, but the costs of entourages and hangers-on and lamborghinis and rolls royces and and sex abuse claims and 17 baby mommas add up quick.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 02:47 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 02:45 PM (RIvkX)
I toggling back and forth watching it - Oz is now giving examples of more fraud......
Posted by: beckster at October 30, 2026 02:47 PM (kX27y)
Yeah. That sums it up...
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 02:47 PM (pfXMo)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 30, 2026 02:47 PM (bX16E)
With so much media focus on the Senate races in MI and TX they are barely mentioning the Senate race in Minnesota. Tafoya has a real shot at winning.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 02:48 PM (viF8m)
Mgoes (bio/acc 🤖💉@m_goes_distance
this might be my last normal tweet before biotech goes vertical
i'm not a whistleblower. I don't work at Lilly, Novo or any of the big labs
but there is a massive shift happening in human biology right now.
it's sitting in press releases and almost nobody reads them
the last 6 months alone:
- a once-daily pill roughly doubled median survival in metastatic pancreatic cancer (13.2 vs 6.6 months)
- a one-time gene editing infusion cut hereditary angioedema attacks 87%, and 62% of patients stayed attack-free and off all other prevention for 6 months
- a one-time gene edit for cholesterol dropped LDL up to 62%, and it held for over a year
- a personalized mrna vaccine beat keytruda alone in a 1,137 patient melanoma phase 3
- retatrutide hit ~28% weight loss in a phase 3
- an ai-designed drug entered phase 3
- a pill that regrows hair passed its second phase 3
- an immunotherapy that could let some rectal cancer patients skip surgery, chemo and radiation just got fda approved
- a man lived 271 days off dialysis on a pig kidney
- human cells were caught passing chromosome-sized chunks of DNA to their neighbors,
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 02:48 PM (nqf1u)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 02:46 PM (xjopy)
Well, iirc, the series of revolts totalled somewhere over a million people getting killed. (Note: Roman stats are odd, I am not sure how trustworthy they are.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 30, 2026 02:48 PM (zZu0s)
we are on the verge of an era where the human body is a software problem and the update cycle gets shorter everyday
stick around, it's going to get weird
bio/acc
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 02:48 PM (nqf1u)
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 02:46 PM (Ti9vn)
_______
Hell, I think they should bring back "home ec" classes in school ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 02:48 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 02:35 PM (r2Icn)
So she's a globalist, we knew that. But the globalists are currently weakest in East Germany. Not sure what AfD evolves to if they are allowed to win, which I doubt, but it won't be populist, nationalist globalism.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 02:48 PM (uhVAy)
==
Or one Kardashian.
Posted by: Lamarr O at October 30, 2026 02:49 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 30, 2026 02:49 PM (eGzf1)
The NBA at least has a program to try to teach new stars about finances but I am not convinced it sinks in
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 02:43 PM (TMNW7)
I think the NBA stared doing financial advice along with personal protection from gold diggers around the time Shaq was drafted as he was given a ridiculous amount of money as a very young man entering the league.
It really isn't the league's fault if they don't listen.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 02:49 PM (ccf/V)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 02:47 PM (iFTx/)
========
Damon Wayans Jr. was explaining how he had a real culture shock on the set of The Other Guys.
He went to a poker night arranged by Mark Whalberg and Will Farrell, and Wayans was confused.
"Where the bitches at?"
"Oh, man. I'm married," Farrell replies. "We're just here to play poker.
Wayans explains how the older Marlon would have bitches hanging on his arm at all times. That when he died, he'd bring along a couple of bitches to take him into heaven.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 02:49 PM (xjopy)
Odd, that.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 30, 2026 02:46 PM (zZu0s)
Corruption/Translation of Philistia, land of the Philistines in Canaan. Of course Arabs are NOT descended from the Philistines (one of the Sea Peoples). Or the Canaanites.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 02:49 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 02:16 PM (7LLii)
=====
What is that, like, history?
Ok, Boomer.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 02:49 PM (RIvkX)
All college and high school kids, tbh, should have to take finance classes. They will teach kids in high school how to use birth control, but not how to make credit work for them and how to boost credit their scores. So when they turn 18 they get a bunch of credit cards and royally screw up unless someone teaches them.
It is a universal problem.
Posted by: LizLem at October 30, 2026 02:50 PM (5sg/j)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 02:50 PM (viF8m)
Give Elon Musk $200 million in early dot-com venture capital earnings, and he parlays it into a galactic empire.
Give an NBA player $200 million in salaries and bonuses, and within 5 years he has squandered it all on hookers, blow, VIP lounges at Da Club, private jet rides, and a "posse" of parasitic hangers-on and groupies.
Posted by: zombie at October 30, 2026 02:46 PM (HD2n/)
Where's my Death Star?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 02:50 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 30, 2026 02:42 PM (mP0Kj)
The left never has and never will give two shits about the fate of any general.
Posted by: notalawyer at October 30, 2026 02:50 PM (fR677)
Ruffini posted an infographic on X,
https://tinyurl.com/bdxud8va
Shows response rates by propensity of voter for the parties and independents. ME is in second column but Patrick aggregates response rates from 2018-2024 which could be diluting non response effects this year.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 02:51 PM (E4rtv)
Barkley said he learned a lot. Of course Barkley is a gambler so it didn't completely take
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 30, 2026 02:51 PM (f8snw)
She's a communist.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 02:50 PM (viF8m)
The only good Communist is a - - -
Posted by: tubal at October 30, 2026 02:51 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 30, 2026 02:44 PM (zZu0s)
Tusk went to an English university for he graduate degrees, and it close besties with the Brit political class.
I am going to guess we have the next Pilsudsky
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 02:51 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 30, 2026 02:48 PM (zZu0s)
Take a look at the Roman AD timeline . Seems like the eventual assassination of the current leader was a given.
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 02:51 PM (Ti9vn)
==
Or one Kardashian.
Posted by: Lamarr O at October 30, 2026 02:49 PM (anL5R)
______
I watched the NF documentary on him. Train wreck. I think he finally cleaned up, and he's more charismatic than I thought, but bro was blowing $100k a night -- yes, a night -- at drug-and-sex clubs.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 02:51 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 30, 2026 02:48 PM (zZu0s)
And the final one, Bar Kochva, was not just in modern Israel but across a much larger region. Hence the unusual step of renaming Jerusalem and the region itself.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 02:51 PM (uhVAy)
In hindsight, tearing down the wall might not have been the best idea. We didn't let freedom in, we let communism out.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 02:53 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 02:53 PM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 02:53 PM (TMNW7)
>>Give an NBA player $200 million in salaries and bonuses, and within 5 years he has squandered it all
All it would have taken is for someone, his agent or handlers, to make him put 10 pct of that into high dividend stocks and ETF's and he would have a nice safety net.
But that's the problem, these people are dopes and they are surrounded by unscrupulous a**holes.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 30, 2026 02:53 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: 18-1
And now, the top ten anagrams for "Elif Eralp"
10. I, paler elf
9. lapel fire (usually pants, but okay)
8. fail leper
7. a free pill
6. plea filer (hopefully!)
5. paler life (after the plea is filed)
4. ape filler (Musloids are branching out)
3. I fell a rep (more gains, bro!)
2. pilfer ale (German leftists, eh?)
1. I'll pee far (because I pilfered too much ale)
Posted by: mikeski letterman at October 30, 2026 02:53 PM (VHUov)
Skydiver from a helicopter?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 02:53 PM (TMNW7)
without a parachute
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 02:53 PM (l3cgK)
She's a communist.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 02:50 PM (viF8m)
The only good Communist is a - - -
Posted by: tubal at October 30, 2026 02:51 PM
"I wouldn't know. I've only killed communists."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 02:54 PM (ccf/V)
In hindsight, tearing down the wall might not have been the best idea. We didn't let freedom in, we let communism out.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 02:53 PM (viF8m)
They are sort of like roaches, or termites. Slowly, then all at once.
Posted by: tubal at October 30, 2026 02:54 PM (Gqar8)
She looks hobbity, and a mean one.
These people tire me.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2026 02:54 PM (hzuYO)
"I, Paler Elf" was the failed fantasy version of "I, Robot"...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 02:55 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 30, 2026 02:55 PM (f8snw)
Posted by: tubal at October 30, 2026 02:51 PM
"I wouldn't know. I've only killed communists."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 02:54 PM (ccf/V)
Why risk it?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 30, 2026 02:55 PM (zZu0s)
========
Damon Wayans Jr. was explaining how he had a real culture shock on the set of The Other Guys.
He went to a poker night arranged by Mark Whalberg and Will Farrell, and Wayans was confused.
"Where the bitches at?"
"Oh, man. I'm married," Farrell replies. "We're just here to play poker.
Wayans explains how the older Marlon would have bitches hanging on his arm at all times. That when he died, he'd bring along a couple of bitches to take him into heaven.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 02:49 PM (xjopy)
________
And the Wayans are pretty tame compared to some of these hard-partying lunatics ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 02:55 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 02:46 PM (l3cgK)
---
Because one of the key elements of a "religion" is the Vision. The "authority of God" is leveraged to "his lieutenants and prophets" and is the basis of the wisdom that obeying him utterly is.
The vision is the power and uncontestable authority of God and being on the right team.
After that, it's obeying everything some people invoking that authority tell you.
Christianity has resembled this at times, but not when Jesus' example of Servant Leadership is paid more than lip service. Jesus did not tell Peter to shear his sheep, but to feed them, to serve them.
The lure to claim authority is a lure that men will always put on divine authority. And it is no surprise that the Church, composed of men, fell to that temptation.
Islam is paper thin on the spirit dimension and big on the part that any other religion can do: I am an authority, God commands you obey me.
And I would gather this explains why their religion, such that it is, is a slip cover over authority over men.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 02:56 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 02:51 PM (Ti9vn)
Not in that era - "the 5 good emperors" all had decently long rules from 90AD to maybe 140. Then the lack of formal succession rules took over when a line produced too many weak rulers. Things got really bad after 230 AD when the rulers became military and died in battle or usurped when they couldn't cover all the crises.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 02:56 PM (uhVAy)
In hindsight, tearing down the wall might not have been the best idea. We didn't let freedom in, we let communism out.
Posted by: JackStraw
Unfortunately, It got out a long time before the wall came down.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 30, 2026 02:56 PM (NnhvP)
I think this phrase will be getting some very heavy rotation in my posts from now on...
Posted by: Tex Lovera at October 30, 2026 02:56 PM (wtvvX)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 30, 2026 02:56 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: zombie at October 30, 2026 02:30 PM (HD2n/)
Just like communism...
Posted by: notalawyer at October 30, 2026 02:56 PM (fR677)
The biggest accounting firm in Manhattan moved from downtown to just across the street from the KSU campus football stadium. Helped fund the multi-story building. This happened after college students got NIL money.
Coach Snyder of blessed memory worked hard to give his players a financial education and some street smarts, before NIL.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 30, 2026 02:57 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone
Eu Commie coup, aka trans-fascist.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 30, 2026 02:57 PM (nEUC6)
Posted by: tubal at October 30, 2026 02:57 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 02:56 PM (Fi81e)
I'd call it a leaky condom...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 02:57 PM (l3cgK)
True. But back then we were fairly united in agreeing communism was evil. Today one of our 2 major political parties is being taken over by communists.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 02:57 PM (viF8m)
Which Queensryche song is that???
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 30, 2026 02:58 PM (jb8Ss)
Please don't hurt yourself Tuesday when the "minimum 55d senate" doesn't come to pass.
Posted by: Thrawn at October 30, 2026 02:58 PM (oPFtC)
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 30, 2026 02:58 PM (eGzf1)
Posted by: zombie at October 30, 2026 02:46 PM (HD2n/)
True, Zombie. It's not just the perks but what you do with them. The left screams about Trump's daddy gave him money starting out. Yeah, the real story is his dad told him to stay in Queens, NYC was a shark tank. But gave him a million dollars (a loan?) to try and make it, which in NYC even in the 70s and 80s real estate game, a million was nothing. And he made it work.
I rolled my eyes a lot during the sci-fi time movie with Justin Timberlake. But one of the most real things about that film, was he gave his friend ten years of time, and what did his friend do with that wealth? Drank himself to death. Leaving behind a wife and kid. Brutal but true.
Posted by: LizLem at October 30, 2026 02:58 PM (5sg/j)
It would seem obvious the Democrats would gravitate towards this. The coming power struggle between the Islamists in office and the DSA idiots will be something to behold.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 30, 2026 02:58 PM (RORbl)
Posted by: Please make a note of it at October 30, 2026 02:59 PM (zNSAX)
Politically incorrect too.
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 02:59 PM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 30, 2026 02:58 PM (eGzf1)
The Minors of Troll Leagues.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 30, 2026 02:59 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 30, 2026 02:55 PM (f8snw)
**********
Especially if the Eeeerallllpppp is dragged out longer. With an eeeplop at the ending.
Men are noisy harfers. Altho I have only harfed (from illness) five times since I was a child, I am quiet about it.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2026 02:59 PM (hzuYO)
Wayans explains how the older Marlon would have bitches hanging on his arm at all times. That when he died, he'd bring along a couple of bitches to take him into heaven.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 02:49 PM (xjopy)
________
Whores. They're called whores.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 02:59 PM (ccf/V)
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 02:56 PM (Fi81e)
A Roman Emperor (Tiberius?) is quoted when getting overpayment of taxes from a province saying "I want my sheep shaved, not skinned" . In the death throes of the West Empire there are edicts remitting some or most of the taxes in provinces where invasions had damaged the land and population.
It's a balance a good ruler should keep.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 02:59 PM (uhVAy)
As the best in breed of figuring out what should be done in light of "future history", and the Vision of a universal restoration of "Man's dignity".
Although it's clear that Rousseau and Owen contribute more to this vision than Marx's logistics and History which makes Owen's communes "inevitable", or at least worthwhile as "History's end".
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 02:59 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: zombie at October 30, 2026 02:30 PM (HD2n/)
Just like communism...
Posted by: notalawyer at October 30, 2026 02:56 PM (fR677)
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Islam is a political system masquerading as a religion. Communism is a religion masquerading as a political system. They both use each other for their own ends.
Posted by: ballistic at October 30, 2026 02:59 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 30, 2026 02:59 PM (CWTWj)
It isn't exactly socialist, but they are big on "entitlements" in which the government does lots of handouts
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 03:00 PM (TMNW7)
They're Mohammedans.
Posted by: Please make a note of it
They were known as Saracens before that.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 30, 2026 03:00 PM (nEUC6)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 30, 2026 03:00 PM (f8snw)
>>Give an NBA player $200 million in salaries and bonuses, and within 5 years he has squandered it all
All it would have taken is for someone, his agent or handlers, to make him put 10 pct of that into high dividend stocks and ETF's and he would have a nice safety net.
But that's the problem, these people are dopes and they are surrounded by unscrupulous a**holes.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 30, 2026 02:53 PM (XV/Pl)
_______
There's an entire cottage industry built up around pro athletes that encourages insanely lavish spending. So instead of getting real financial advice, the players get fleeced by an army of parasites. Sure, at the end of the day it's their fault, but these are usually very young guys and not too sharp to begin with. Easy marks.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 03:00 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Orson at October 30, 2026 03:00 PM (dIske)
Foreign names, America-friendly "company" names.....
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
·
25m
🚨 BREAKING: FBI Director Kash Patel just announced SEARCH WARRANTS and CRIMINAL CHARGES against the following Minnesota fraudsters
- Feisal Elmi, Aspen Associates: 11 counts, $8M intended loss
- Jama Mohamod, American Home Health Care: $3.27M intended loss, 6 counts
- Faiza Ahmed, Home Sweet Home: $10M intended loss, 8 counts
- Habiba Mohammed, Smart Therapy: conspiracy to defraud the U.S., ~$20M
Yeah, super "AMERICAN" names! 🙄
These fraudsters tried to defraud up to $41 MILLION from THOUSANDS of Americans.
THIS IS THE LAW AND ORDER I VOTED FOR!
(My spelling of their foreign names may not be right)
Posted by: beckster at October 30, 2026 03:01 PM (kX27y)
Which Queensryche song is that???
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 30, 2026 02:58 PM (jb8Ss)
SHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
You tryin'ta get me killed?!?
*panics*
*runs*
*hides*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 03:01 PM (ccf/V)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 30, 2026 03:01 PM (Q/FnY)
Posted by: Braenyard
=======
Ah yes, provides a reason for borg brains in urban areas. Good advert for living out in the country away from others.
Also if merely living around others causes that, what does promiscuity do regarding DNA transfers.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 03:01 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 02:59 PM (ccf/V)
How dare you!! Eeeee!!!
Posted by: gym thots at October 30, 2026 03:01 PM (5aHaY)
Elif Eralp is either George Lucas coming up with Sci Fi names again or someone just writing their real name backward...Life Plare
Posted by: 18-1
I wonder if she knows Wolley Segap?
https://youtu.be/EjxuwbD_G7g
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 03:02 PM (Cqx++)
Uh oh Mrs. F. just tuned into the press conference on the fraud in Minnesota. I may have to drink with lunch.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
================
These things are starting to run into each other for me. "Four individuals arrested, 26 indictments, three billion dollars, 8 months of investigating, we fear this is only the tip of the iceberg" etc.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 30, 2026 03:02 PM (mmrXZ)
Which Queensryche song is that???
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 30, 2026 02:58 PM (jb8Ss)
SHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
You tryin'ta get me killed?!?
*panics*
*runs*
*hides*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 03:01 PM (ccf/V)
Nickelback peeks in, slinks out.
Posted by: tubal at October 30, 2026 03:02 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 03:00 PM (iFTx/)
-------------------
Jack Johnson says, "Hi."
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 30, 2026 03:02 PM (eGzf1)
There is a coordinated dockworkers strike going on around Europe and beyond. The reason they give for the strike is the want to stop arms from being shipped to Israel. Uh huh.
If they can coordinate a strike in over 20 countries they can organize riots too. And they want to come here soon.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 03:03 PM (viF8m)
Beckster, As of 8am this morning, there are still 4.4 million ballots missing from Republicans in California!
Unless we boost turnout and get at least 65% of these ballots returned by Election Day, Prop 39 for Voter ID FAILS, the tax hikes PASS, and Steve Hilton LOSES!
I'm begging you to get ACTIVE this weekend to help us turnout these votes in TWO WAYS:
Posted by: beckster at October 30, 2026 03:03 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 30, 2026 02:56 PM (zZu0s)
********
For bad coup in children, use vaporizers at night.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2026 03:03 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Braenyard
=======
Ah yes, provides a reason for borg brains in urban areas. Good advert for living out in the country away from others.
Also if merely living around others causes that, what does promiscuity do regarding DNA transfers.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 03:01 PM (E4rtv)
DNA transfer happens from transplanted organs, albeit limited. Stem cells from baby to momma happen too...If your Mom is still alive, she probably has some of your stem cells...you could say you're always with her.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 03:03 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: zombie at October 30, 2026 02:46 PM (HD2n/)
Bengals star WR Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson was famous for living in the stadium for his first few years, eating team food. Coach Marvin Lewis made him rent something when he took over. Chad flew on budget airlines and had fake bling jewelry made.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 03:03 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 03:04 PM (Ti9vn)
Beckster, As of 8am this morning, there are still 4.4 million ballots missing from Republicans in California!
Unless we boost turnout and get at least 65% of these ballots returned by Election Day, Prop 39 for Voter ID FAILS, the tax hikes PASS, and Steve Hilton LOSES!
I'm begging you to get ACTIVE this weekend to help us turnout these votes in TWO WAYS:
Posted by: beckster at October 30, 2026 03:03 PM (kX27y)
And I'm one of them. Haven't voted yet, will on Monday or Tuesday.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 03:04 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Orson at October 30, 2026 03:00 PM (dIske)
Unless the AfD gets banned because they're Not-Sees or w/e. The SPD (?) party has proposed banning them a few times.
Posted by: Thrawn at October 30, 2026 03:04 PM (oPFtC)
Instead they just ignore the gap between hoping for historical outcomes and Knowledge of God.
Not to mention that finding snippets of the Bible that can be repurposed as if the God of the Universe that we believe in were telling us to do the progressive thing, fills that role when they engage in it.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 03:04 PM (Fi81e)
Hunted on a city street by an Islamic savage stabbed in chest with note attached. Broad daylight. Witnesses
That's the religion of peace.
She should move to....CUBA
Posted by: torabora at October 30, 2026 03:05 PM (Wt1Rs)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 30, 2026 03:05 PM (u82oZ)
Ok, Boomer.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 02:49 PM (RIvkX)
Dunno if I'd be so free with the insults, SF. You know what Hadrian did to Judea....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 30, 2026 03:05 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 03:05 PM (viF8m)
Easy marks.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
===============
I've heard that the pro leagues give them some counseling when they start. "You're about to have more money than God, now don't blow it, do this instead." But that advice doesn't always stick. Some YouTuber -- Spencer something-or-other -- has shown exactly how some of them have gone bankrupt on Midas salaries.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 30, 2026 03:06 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 30, 2026 03:06 PM (jb8Ss)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 03:00 PM (iFTx/)
-------------------
Jack Johnson says, "Hi."
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 30, 2026 03:02 PM (eGzf1)
__________
"Meh"
-- MC Hammer
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 03:06 PM (iFTx/)
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
🚨 BREAKING: Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent in Minnesota CONFIRMS a major investigation into Somali terror group Al-Shabaab receiving fraud dollars within the United States
SHUT IT ALL DOWN!
"FinCEN issued a geographic targeting order to trace criminal networks that divert funds overseas and ensure that taxpayer dollars go to the American people, not terror groups like Al Shabab."
"We have ongoing investigations at home and abroad into Al Shabab, its networks, and its the start of the Trump administration, FinCEN data, have also supported the law enforcement effort that led to the arrest and charging of 115 fraudsters as well as 75 convictions and nearly 3,000 subpoenas across Minnesota." 🔥
Under the targeting order, every bank and money transmitter in Hennepin and Ramsey counties has to report any overseas transfer of $3,000 or more
The scam cost Minnesota taxpayers potentially BILLIONS, and part of that money was laundered overseas. Tim Walz had YEARS to stop it!
Posted by: beckster at October 30, 2026 03:06 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: torabora at October 30, 2026 03:06 PM (Wt1Rs)
Posted by: Blake
Blame Salem Communications and Insty himself for choosing Disqus as a commenting system. They use it like X does to increase 'engagement' numbers for advert selling.
Rolling your own does far better troll control using resident blog troll hunters. At the high end, blog registration/and or fees to join get rid of the rest of trash like bots and poo flinging trolls.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 03:06 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 02:59 PM (Fi81e)
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I'm a rank amateur when it comes to Rousseau and the New Harmony v. Marx and Engles comparison, but didn't Rousseau espouse a "back to nature" and the "Natural Man" direction and M and E looked to the future for the establishment of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat.
Posted by: mrp at October 30, 2026 03:07 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Redd Foxx at October 30, 2026 03:07 PM (ccf/V)
Posted by: Vanishingly Rare Foreign Youkai at October 30, 2026 03:07 PM (dyiKR)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 03:03 PM (l3cgK)
I heard somewhere that new research is showing that gestating a baby is actually really good for most women, medically. It boost certain things in their body that makes them happier and healthier overall. Cool if true.
So much for the left's idea it's just a parasite.
Also, obgyns now will sell you plushies with the sound of the heartbeat of the baby, that they took during your exams. Cool. And a very capitalistic pro-life thing to do!
Posted by: gym thots at October 30, 2026 03:07 PM (5aHaY)
Well, I'm a Californian who voted. Sent in my mom's ballot, too.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 30, 2026 03:07 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Reforger at October 30, 2026 03:08 PM (Ae6Br)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 02:53 PM (viF8m)
They are sort of like roaches, or termites. Slowly, then all at once.
Posted by: tubal at October 30, 2026 02:54 PM (Gqar
We didn't get it from East Europe, or China. Communism started in England/Germany and was incubated in the Universities
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 03:08 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: gnats local 678
A true Renaissance Man.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 03:09 PM (r2Icn)
Posted by: NaCly Dog
Actually even in no pregnancies, some evidence has been collected that suggests DNA from male to female results in some genetic changes in the female as a result. Might be the opposite is true as well. So yeah, there may be genetic changes based on all the partners that a person has been with from the original baseline.
Mother's milk feeding babies might have similar effects.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 03:09 PM (E4rtv)
Well, I'm a Californian who voted. Sent in my mom's ballot, too.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 30, 2026 03:07 PM (mmrXZ)
I just hope the 4.4 million figure is from people who wait to vote on the actual Election Day, but????? My vote was counted 2 weeks ago.
Posted by: beckster at October 30, 2026 03:09 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: That Guy at October 30, 2026 03:09 PM (9I5W+)
Shooting and killing a woman on the way to an abortion clinic, however, is a double homicide.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 30, 2026 03:09 PM (eGzf1)
I always thought "Al-Shabaab" sounded like a middle-eastern BBQ place...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 03:10 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 30, 2026 03:06 PM
You really think so?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 30, 2026 03:10 PM (ctC8W)
Posted by: mrp at October 30, 2026 03:07 PM (rj6Yv)
Rousseau's nature was the kind you find in student bars near a university.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 03:10 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 03:10 PM (I+a8W)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 03:11 PM (l3cgK)
Their only purpose was to practice and play hockey. Everything else - from finding a place to live, transportation if needed, even laundry service - was paid for/arranged by the team. Financial advisors (with a very aggressive conservative spiel on money management), tax preparers.
Of course these guys aren't generally pulling in the long green, but a portion of them do rotate up to the bigs and some stay there for a while or forever, at which point of course they're handed off to that team's support network. Lots of sociological and other differences with basketball and football player backgrounds, in general, but seems that hockey at least is taking a pro-active approach to help the young guys avoid trouble.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 30, 2026 03:11 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: ballistic at October 30, 2026 02:59 PM (oqH4h)
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It's hijacked Abrahamism, with some of the same inspirations, but corrupted in service to political power.
Somewhat like the Divine Right of Kings, which Samuel Rutherford had to fight against as a default assumption among Christians.
And definitely this is what Locke fought against in his writings against the Crown scholar Filmer, who argued that people belonged to the King.
Despite Deuteronomy, God's will was kings and enveloping authority.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 03:11 PM (Fi81e)
Shooting and killing a woman on the way to an abortion clinic, however, is a double homicide.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 30, 2026 03:09 PM (eGzf1)
Yeah....tell me about it.......
Posted by: Scott Peterson at October 30, 2026 03:11 PM (ccf/V)
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 03:10 PM (uhVAy)
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You mean to say he was an alcoholic with poor personal hygiene?
Posted by: mrp at October 30, 2026 03:12 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Brian H at October 30, 2026 03:14 PM (fH69W)
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 03:06 PM (E4rtv)
That's what's good about this place. Nearly every other site I visit requires a Digust sign up. If this place ever went to that or a subscription to comment, I'd just disappear. Don't have the money, and my comments aren't of any value.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 30, 2026 03:16 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 30, 2026 03:18 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 02:22 PM (TMNW7)
When the shooting starts, they will be shooting at you. Blood is thicker than water.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2026 03:19 PM (6v4rH)
Posted by: LizLem at October 30, 2026 02:40 PM (VqqKv)
Look. If one of those dumfuck athletes wants to piss away his dough buying million-dollar Panhards, why should I be so churlish as to dissuade him?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2026 03:37 PM (6v4rH)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 02:43 PM (iFTx/)
All trannies are raging lunatics, in some aspects at least.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2026 03:41 PM (6v4rH)
Posted by: Pooklord at October 30, 2026 07:50 PM (9MAOs)
A Stronk and Empowered Black Female Democrat Judge Routinely Makes Racist Screeds Against Attorneys Before Her, Because She's So Anti-Racist
Another DEI clown put into a position of authority by the left, and one that seems to have genuine mental health struggles on top of it.
By the way: This isn't new. Josh Blackmun wrote an article, which I'll link later, in which he reports that he has heard all about this nasty racist mentally-ill woman for a long time but didn't say anything, because no one made it official by filing a complaint. Well now a complaint has been filed."Judicial notice" is when a judge enters a fact into the record without evidence or testimony. It's for simple matters of fact that can be found in, say, a dictionary or a calendar, like "I'm taking judicial notice that July the 25th was a Sunday." This Nobel Prize Finalist takes "judicial notice" of her own background and the Racial Expertise it gives her in all things, especially in knowing Which Other Races Are Stupid and Evil. She would have failed out of the Charlie Kelly School of Bird Law. Filibuster!
A lawyer's misconduct complaint against US District Judge Ada Brown stemmed from a hearing during which she repeatedly directed racial insults at him, according to documents reviewed by Bloomberg Law. Attorney Ezra Young, who has represented a Black woman professor suing over a tenure denial, filed a complaint against Brown following the April 2026 hearing in Dallas, he confirmed in an interview with Bloomberg Law... Throughout the hearing, the judge, a Black woman with Native American ancestry, accused Young of mistreating Black attorney took "judicial notice" of her own background in making findings against Young, and repeatedly referred to Young, who is Latino, as being White. Brown called the hearing months after she revoked Young's ability to practice in her courtroom to weigh whether the lawyer should face sanctions.
He's intimidated by Black Excellence? Where might that be, DEI hire? "Black excellence" is often -- but not always -- a racist meme asserting black supremacy and, here, people's discomfort with seeing the full power of black supremacy. It doesn't have to mean that. It could just be a little racial boosting, talking up "black excellence." But here it's plainly an assertion that she is superior due to her melanin ratio.
"I think what's happening here, quite candidly, is you are very intimidated for some reason, Mr. Young, with Black excellence, in light of your White mediocrity. Yeah. Right?," Brown said, according to the transcript. "You should write that down. I mean, you -- I'm -- you look like a White man, right?"
"I'm not White, Your Honor," Young replied, adding that he's Latino. "Well, you are White-presenting; is that fair to say?" Brown said, according to the transcript. Young said that he's "fair-skinned," and Brown said that Young had "White privilege" when he argued his client didn't receive key evidence in the case.I'm so glad that the black leftist political class, full of Black Excellence of the kind you see here, is on the job and ready to instruct us in aggressive anti-racism.
Well you are in fact a stupid black lawyer who should be disbarred, and it does appear you need help -- both for your job performance and for your obvious mental illness -- so you should accept whatever help this White Latino Savior can offer.
"You're the White savior, come to save all the stupid Black lawyers in Texas who need your help, from New York," Brown later said, according to the transcript.
During the hearing, Brown also implied that Young fabricated a quote in the case and indicated she'd gone through Young's public social media profiles before suggesting that the attorney may be tracking her on social media.I wasn't kidding about the mental illness.
Yeah, forced on him by Democrats. I don't know why we allow that still. Oh yeah I do -- because Nostalgia Republicans still think it's 1997.
Young said he was "disgusted and mortified" by the suggestion of him having an anti-Black animus, and told Brown that he was concerned about her conduct during the hearing, according to the transcript. Soon after, Young filed a formal complaint against Brown, saying he believed the judge may be suffering from a mental health condition. The complaint helped launch a judicial investigation that resulted in her temporarily losing her docket earlier this month. A special judicial committee has ordered Brown to undergo a psychiatric examination as part of that investigation. Brown, a Donald Trump appointee who joined the court in 2019, didn't return requests for comment.
Brown has said she won't participate in proceedings tied to complaints by Young and Chief Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod of the Fifth Circuit. Brown earlier defended her conduct toward Young in a 76-page written response viewed by Bloomberg Law. Brown in that response denied having a mental health issue, as raised by Young in his complaint, and denied that any of her actions were inappropriate.I'd like to have an undelicate conversation with this racist cow about how some extremely uneducated and unfit people get Socially Promoted into jobs they are completely unqualified for.
Andre Davis, a former Fourth Circuit judge who previously served as a federal trial judge in Baltimore, said the purported conduct -- at the hearing and since -- shows "a clear pattern of inappropriate and abusive behavior by Judge Brown that reflects violations of numerous provisions of the Code of Conduct for Federal Judges." "If the investigation of the matters at issue were to conclude on the current facts, without consideration of any potential information bearing on mitigation, the case for removal of a judge, at the state or federal level, would be compelling," Davis said.In an unexpected twist, this angry and stupid black racist is "triggered" by any word she thinks gives her Special Racial Rights to lash out at other people for their racial make-up:
Braced for Conflict Young, a Columbia Law School graduate and solo-practitioner who's litigated for over a decade, had tense interactions with Brown in the past. She issued two earlier orders raising whether he should face penalties in her court. In an interview with Bloomberg Law, Young said he was prepared for the April hearing to be "bizarre," but that he found his experience with Brown to be "wildly disturbing." "This was a degree of conflict and what seemed like a judge using her position of power on top of what I've come to believe is an obvious disability that I think is disqualifying, trying to go out of her way, in my belief, to prevent a civil rights litigant and her lawyer from using the civil rights laws to do what they're supposed to do," Young said. ... During the April 24, 2026 hearing, Brown accused Young of "racial bullying" toward Black attorneys in the case. Brown also said that Young was acting like a "Chad," a term Young wasn't familiar with. The judge said it was the male version of a "Karen." "It's someone who calls the manager when they don't get their way. They stomp their foot when the rules are supposed to apply to them, right?" Brown said, according to the transcript.
So she sees the word "lynching" in an article submitted as evidence and she decides this is a coded dog-whistle against her so now she gets to freak out and scream at people:
During the April hearing, Brown took issue with an article headline describing the case when it went before the Supreme Court of Texas. The article quoted a brief filed by Young that referenced another law professor apparently comparing what happened in the tenure denial to a "lynching."
This White Latino continued attempting to pound it into the thick head-bone of this bison-skulled woman that he is not in fact caucasian. But she didn't understand.
The judge accused Young of making up that quote to "get a headline." "And so when I read a headline -- a sensationalized, very racialized headline that says, 'it's like I've been lynched,' and it's literally got no connection to this case, I have to ask you, Mr. Social Media, Main Character Chad, White Hero, Savior, Loves to Help Black People Be An Ally, where the lynching in this case came from?" Brown said, according to the transcript. She also apparently gave Young a copy of a 1920 newspaper article that described a lynching. "So we don't find lynching jokes funny down here, sir," Brown said, according to the transcript.
Toward the end of the hearing, Young said that Brown seemed to be "using vicious stereotypes about White people, when I've repeatedly disclosed to this Court I am Latino." He said that it appeared that Brown "is trying to tar and feather me for anti-Black animus, that has never been raised by anyone but this Court," according to the transcript. "This Black woman?" Brown replied. "No, Your Honor. This Court," Young responded.He tried to tell her he has no anti-black animus and in fact, as a civil rights lawyer, has worked to vindicate the rights of many black people. This racist lunatic was offended at that:
"Can I pause and just tell you, I appreciate, on behalf of Black people, your White saviordom," Brown said. "Your Honor, again, I'm not White," Young replied.
Josh Blackmun:
Oh, she doesn't even bother doing her job? Plot twist. Next thing you'll say something Kah-razy like "she also created a fake charity and collected hundreds of thousand of dollars that she spent on trips and jewelry." And she's also apparently refusing to participate in the disciplinary hearing over her action. I guess she's just relying on her Black Excellence to carry the day.
The Bigger Problem With Judge Ada Brown's Woke Tirade: She Said The Quiet Part Out Loud About "White Saviors" Many lawyers and judges harbor the "anti-racist" views that Judge Brown spewed, but have the mental faculties to keep it private. For some time, I've heard rumors about unusual behavior from Judge Ada Brown in the Northern District of Texas. I was hesitant to write about the situation, because my information was incomplete and some of it was revealed in confidence. Now, the accusations are public, in part, because Judge Brown personally disclosed items to the press and others. ... Now, onto the substance. There seems to be something seriously wrong with Judge Brown. Her behavior in court that has been reported in the press is extremely troubling. Her refusal to decide cases seems to be an abdication of her responsibility as a federal judge.
And her unwillingness to participate in any disciplinary proceedings suggests something is amiss. I will hold off on opining on these issues in more depth, as I suspect more facts will come out.Here's the real scandal, as they say: What Brown is saying is not aberrant among the black leftist class. It is their foundational ideology:
Some people may be shocked at what Judge Ada Brown said in court, but the truth is that she is parroting standard dogma from Anti-Racists and Critical Racial Theorists. The charges may be completely absurd for someone like Ezra Young, but imagine the black plaintiff was represented by a white lawyer. Would that person be a "White Savior"? Think of the most famous white lawyer in American literature. Could even Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird be derided as a "White Savior"? Yes. Welcome to the world of academia.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Thanatopsis at October 30, 2026 01:10 PM (hG5L0)
Posted by: Thanatopsis at October 30, 2026 01:11 PM (hG5L0)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 01:12 PM (ccf/V)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 01:12 PM (ccf/V)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 01:12 PM (xjopy)
Posted by: Thanatopsis at October 30, 2026 01:12 PM (hG5L0)
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 01:12 PM (1wjle)
Ok, that's funny. And most Latino I've met are whiter than me...
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 01:13 PM (ADOtk)
Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 01:13 PM (Qugny)
it's about you being a Racist who needs to #DoBetter
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 01:12 PM (1wjle)
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Oh, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
That's a show, ace.
#BeBetter
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 01:14 PM (xjopy)
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 01:14 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 30, 2026 01:14 PM (RDiUV)
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 01:15 PM (ADOtk)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 01:15 PM (ccf/V)
White and Autistic, if we are to believe him.
Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 01:15 PM (Qugny)
Posted by: NCKate at October 30, 2026 01:15 PM (enNUy)
He's intimidated by Black Excellence? Where might that be, DEI hire?
Wakandan justice is amazing.
Beautiful society.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 01:15 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 01:15 PM (I+a8W)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 01:16 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 01:16 PM (Qugny)
Posted by: It's me donna at October 30, 2026 01:16 PM (4WM7K)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 01:16 PM (RIvkX)
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"That's OREO talk from Uncle Toms, cracker."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 01:16 PM (xjopy)
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 01:16 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 01:17 PM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 01:17 PM (ccf/V)
nah, Josh Blackmun says he's heard of this behavior from other lawyers and judges for a spell.
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 01:18 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 01:18 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 01:16 PM (RIvkX)
And her blackened soul.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 30, 2026 01:18 PM (RDiUV)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 30, 2026 01:14 PM (RDiUV)
What is?
One Pickle
Two Pickle
My "Wife" Has a
Blue Pickle
?
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 01:18 PM (I+a8W)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 30, 2026 01:19 PM (RDiUV)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 30, 2026 01:19 PM (RDiUV)
I was just setting up my own "joke".
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 01:20 PM (I+a8W)
Don't go out of your way to help black people ... RACIST!
Do go out of your way to help black people ... RACIST White Savior!
Either action makes you a racist.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 30, 2026 01:20 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 01:18 PM (iFTx/)
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In Texas...so blue slip policy meant that this lady passed both Cornyn and Cruz's vetting.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 01:20 PM (xjopy)
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 01:18 PM (1wjle)
Do we know she's Democrat? I can't see Trump nominating a lefty black woman.
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 01:20 PM (Ti9vn)
EricLDaugh/status/2116189296893808825
Allison Albro reportedly posted a selfie with the caption: "Going to the trump rally in my city tmr so I can shoot him with my glock! wish me luck guys!!"
By "reportedly" we mean Albro reported it, in a caption.
The link has her in some of the goofiest makeup I've ever seen on a woman, and then the mugshot where the makeup is all streaked with her tears.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 30, 2026 01:20 PM (88C+u)
I did call the UTSA where that bitch was celebrating Kirk's murder.
The guy, who sounded Indian, said he hadn't received any calls about this after a student publicly celebrated a political killing. The Mom's real estate office didn't pick up. And her phone from the website - no answer either.
I really want bad things to happen to that bitch.
Back to stoicism and things I can control tomorrow.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 01:21 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 01:22 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 01:22 PM (r2Icn)
If you're talking about that smug blonde See You Next Cunt, she's infuriating. I have her for the Week In Woke.
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 01:23 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 30, 2026 01:23 PM (Idsil)
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 01:20 PM (I+a8W)
Be better. Or get me more coffee.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 30, 2026 01:23 PM (RDiUV)
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 30, 2026 01:23 PM (w0BVu)
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 01:22 PM (1wjle)
Don't forget staying in a neighborhood
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 01:23 PM (I+a8W)
Posted by: one hour sober at October 30, 2026 01:23 PM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 30, 2026 01:23 PM (RDiUV)
I can do both. It's Friday. One lump or two.
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 01:24 PM (I+a8W)
Wound still looks bad, but so much better than it was a week ago.
He's happy to be home, but is rubbing it on everything at the moment.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 01:24 PM (ccf/V)
It happens. I think maybe deals are made.
And also: He has not had good advisors in the past. Especially in the first term, when he had the whole GOPe Establishment advising him.
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 01:24 PM (1wjle)
To say that would be RAYCISS!!
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 01:24 PM (TMNW7)
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 01:24 PM (I+a8W)
Black, like I like my racist judges.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 30, 2026 01:24 PM (RDiUV)
That's a big tell. The other thing going on here is that states are very protective of their state bars and local lawyers. They resent and often despise big-city lawyers coming into "their" fiefdoms and taking business away from local lawyers.
I experienced this first-hand when defending nationwide class action and products liability cases. Many of those cases are brought in courts in the south where the plaintiffs' bar rules. Texas is (or was) a big one. Lotsa class action and injury cases brought there.
We always had to make sure we had a local lawyer involved and billing nice fat fees to smooth over the friction of being "a yankee lawyer come all the day down here to tell us dumb rednecks how to lawyer."
I even wrote a song about it, called ... Yankee Boy. LOL.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 01:25 PM (iFTx/)
If you're talking about that smug blonde See You Next Cunt, she's infuriating. I have her for the Week In Woke.
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 01:23 PM (1wjle)
Someone put up this website in her honor if you missed it.
https://isacasahuga.com/
Have a good weekend ace.
Rest up.
And thank youl
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 01:25 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 30, 2026 01:25 PM (Idsil)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 01:25 PM (qlLNh)
same with move out of/move into a neighborhood.
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 01:22 PM
Yep, they have many "rules" that work that way.
I wish I had similar rules for me in Vegas. Whatever hand PI is showing wins in blackjack.
After a month or two of those rules, Jeff Bezos would be washing my car.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 30, 2026 01:25 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 01:25 PM (RIvkX)
I don't think you understand how the see you next Tuesday thing is supposed to be used
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 01:25 PM (TMNW7)
If you're talking about that smug blonde See You Next Cunt, she's infuriating. I have her for the Week In Woke.
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 01:23 PM (1wjle)
Like they say at Texas State:
You can't spell NUTSACK without UTSA.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 01:25 PM (ccf/V)
That bloated sack is basically white.
Too funny.
I was expecting Aunt Esther or Flip Wilson black. She's a faint cappucino.
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at October 30, 2026 01:26 PM (VuTBl)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 01:24 PM (ccf/V)
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He's been gone for a while.
He has to get his scent back on everything or his whole world will remain out of whack.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 30, 2026 01:26 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 01:20 PM (xjopy)
Cornyn. Spit.
Posted by: LASue at October 30, 2026 01:26 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 30, 2026 01:26 PM (mP0Kj)
Sorry. We don’t have the votes for impeachment. Bag of Dicks at the door should have told you.
Posted by: John Thunes Gay Box of Excuses at October 30, 2026 01:27 PM (egaJw)
She is on The Federalist Society's website under "speaker and author bios" with this disclaimer:
A person listed on this page has spoken or otherwise participated in Federalist Society events, publications, or multimedia presentations. A person's appearance on this list does not imply any other endorsement or relationship between the person and the Federalist Society.
Posted by: Mark1971 at October 30, 2026 01:27 PM (/OKHJ)
Posted by: Pudinhead at October 30, 2026 01:27 PM (Wp1X1)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 01:25 PM (TMNW7)
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I honestly struggle with that.
I teach a Tues/Thurs class, so it's always tempting to tell my students "See you next Tuesday!" at the end of Thursday's class.
I have to keep reminding myself not to do that.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 30, 2026 01:28 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 30, 2026 01:24 PM (RDiUV)
And Kenyan
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 01:28 PM (I+a8W)
Either action makes you a racist.
same with move out of/move into a neighborhood.
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 01:22 PM (1wjle)
Or building highways/tearing down highways.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 30, 2026 01:28 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 30, 2026 01:28 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 30, 2026 01:26 PM (mP0Kj)
Profit-taking before the much-(liberal press)-ballyhooed blue wave that is to come next week. That's my guess.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 30, 2026 01:28 PM (RDiUV)
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 30, 2026 01:26 PM (mP0Kj)
If I told you it was purposeful manipulation to try to get a few last undecideds to vote Dem, would that seem crazy to you?
At this point, would you highly doubt it?
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 01:28 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 30, 2026 01:26 PM (mP0Kj)
Could be the Binance hack and other security failures have people spooked. Also the election season leads to uncertainly, and those longshoremen in Europe decided it was a fine time to launch a strike
Posted by: 88C+u at October 30, 2026 01:28 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: It's me donna at October 30, 2026 01:16 PM (4WM7K)
Oh yes. She's right up there with a few other female justices...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 01:29 PM (l3cgK)
Opening/closing a new grocery store...
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 30, 2026 01:29 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 30, 2026 01:29 PM (RDiUV)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 30, 2026 01:29 PM (8Uo7a)
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oh boy, so those Rock-Ribbed True Conservatives may have recommended her to Trump, huh?
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 01:30 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 30, 2026 01:26 PM (mP0Kj)
If I told you it was purposeful manipulation to try to get a few last undecideds to vote Dem, would that seem crazy to you?
At this point, would you highly doubt it?
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 01:28 PM (Sco7b)
3% of Nasdaq gets into the real money category... may be a Lemming thing... because I sure don't see anything in the news...
But then, its the news... so...
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 30, 2026 01:30 PM (mP0Kj)
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That's just too much Black excellence for me at one go.
It looks ad hoc, but you really have to think "Black excellence".
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 01:30 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 30, 2026 01:26 PM (mP0Kj)
Could be the Binance hack and other security failures have people spooked. Also the election season leads to uncertainly, and those longshoremen in Europe decided it was a fine time to launch a strike
Posted by: 88C+u at October 30, 2026 01:28 PM (88C+u)
AI sez: "The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.73% to 51,961.23 on October 30, 2026, as weak earnings from Intel and Amazon, along with concerns about AI spending returns, weighed on tech-heavy stocks."
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 01:30 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 01:31 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 01:22 PM
Consider the way that "women's healthcare" is supposedly "ignored", yet somehow women live, on average, 5 years longer than men.
Imagine the screeching that would ensue if men lived 5 years longer than women.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 01:31 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 30, 2026 01:26 PM (mP0Kj)
______
Earnings quarter has not been great for a lot of companies (mostly in tech), there's an election next week, and the markets have been on fire all year.
NASDAQ took a shit this last month. It's still up almost 10% for the year ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 01:31 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 01:30 PM (l3cgK)
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This is the worst day in the stock market since 1929.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 01:31 PM (xjopy)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 30, 2026 01:32 PM (n5tGW)
Friday before elections?
For effect. mostly.
Though there might be spots where people are looking to take gains out of the market before a major news week?
Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 01:32 PM (Qugny)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 01:24 PM (ccf/V)
Very good.
Oh, new update at Gateway on UTSA bitch.
There will be reviews.
“The sentiments expressed do not reflect the values of our university,” Izbrand stated. “The university is reviewing the circumstances through its established student conduct processes, consistent with applicable state and federal law and university policies.”
Citing FERPA privacy protections, the school declined further comment on any specific disciplinary action.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 01:32 PM (Sco7b)
Suddenly out of seemingly nowhere they decided that someone's blackness must be acknowledged every yoctosecond of the day and that was the only way to know that you aren't racist.
Essentially this is what you get when the scorpion arrives at its destination. How did they know they had arrived? Honestly probably the double election of the dog eater meant they knew they had us by the hairy marbles.
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 01:32 PM (I+a8W)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 30, 2026 01:32 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 01:33 PM (qlLNh)
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That's just too much Black excellence for me at one go.
It looks ad hoc, but you really have to think "Black excellence".
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 01:30 PM (Fi81e)
Black Lives Matter is a prime example of "Black excellence."
::: waits for Libs' heads exploding :::
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 01:33 PM (l3cgK)
Mad Cow Disease is my diagnosis.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 30, 2026 01:32 PM (n5tGW)
For the stock market tanking, or for the behavior of this judge?
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 30, 2026 01:33 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 30, 2026 01:26 PM (mP0Kj)
Moneychanger op?
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 01:33 PM (I+a8W)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 30, 2026 01:32 PM (n5tGW)
Guessing you haven't watched Peaky Blinders yet.
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 01:34 PM (I+a8W)
"She had TWO white women, I'll have you know! A full 25% of the image!"
--Virginia leftist
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 01:34 PM (TMNW7)
::: waits for Libs' heads exploding :::
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 01:33 PM (l3cgK)
They are remarkably good at killing each other.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 30, 2026 01:34 PM (RDiUV)
Bloomberg would never have covered this story if Brown want appointed under Trump. If they can't find some way to tie this to Trump - no matter how tenuous - they ignore it.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 30, 2026 01:34 PM (p61JE)
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I think that's because of the "blue slip courtesy" bullshit I've complained about for the last couple of days.
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 01:34 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 01:34 PM (TMNW7)
Posted by: polynikes
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She wasn't. There have been a long line anecdotes of this judge being an incompetent nutjob.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 01:34 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at October 30, 2026 01:26 PM (VuTBl)
She's part Native American IIRC.
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 01:35 PM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 01:35 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 01:34 PM (I+a8W)
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I tried, but I don't like watching shows where I have to read the subtitles to understand spoken English.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 30, 2026 01:35 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 01:35 PM (Fi81e)
Somehow never seems to work in the favor of conservatives in judges
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 01:36 PM (TMNW7)
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at October 30, 2026 01:26 PM (VuTBl)
She's part Native American IIRC.
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 01:35 PM (Ti9vn)
"How", you say?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 01:36 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Pudinhead at October 30, 2026 01:36 PM (Wp1X1)
Judge Brown may be a kook, but she also may be getting targeted since she is a black woman appointed by Trump.
Posted by: Virginia SoCon at October 30, 2026 01:36 PM (P9Ea3)
Posted by: scruboak at October 30, 2026 01:36 PM (pcWkN)
Looks like a troll as much as anything else, could be "white" or "hispanic" so I understand the judge not being sure...but what a stupid time we live in.
I guess I'm "rayciss" because I don't want to have to assess the race of everyone I interact with before deciding how to interact with them
Posted by: 18-1 at October 30, 2026 01:36 PM (sKqQm)
Her name Ada kept reminding me of Ava from Justified for some reason.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 30, 2026 01:32 PM (n5tGW)
That evil succubus Ava would leave you roofied in a tub full of ice with a fresh set of sutures over where your kidney would be. But it'd be worth it.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 30, 2026 01:36 PM (y9nCu)
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I think that's because of the "blue slip courtesy" bullshit I've complained about for the last couple of days.
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 01:34 PM (TN0g+)
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She's part of the district court in Texas.
The blue slip policy means that both Cornyn and Cruz signed off on her.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 01:36 PM (xjopy)
They do find their way into our hearts.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 01:33 PM (qlLNh)
Thanks.
Even the cat seemed half-assed glad to see him.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 01:36 PM (ccf/V)
But of course, that would be rayciss.
Posted by: Low 80's at October 30, 2026 01:36 PM (Ssbab)
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 01:34 PM (E4rtv)
When I was watching PotentiallyCriminal go through the transcripts he mentioned that she was nominated under the Trump Admin 1.0...
I didn't fact check that, though.
Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 01:36 PM (Qugny)
Blaxcellence.
It needs it's own word.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 01:35 PM (Fi81e)
Ghettocracy
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 01:37 PM (l3cgK)
On X they said she was recommended to him by Cornyn, which sounds about right.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 30, 2026 01:37 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 30, 2026 01:33 PM (y9nCu)
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Panic over a possible Democrat victory?
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 01:37 PM (Fi81e)
So zer is a woman that will bang other chicks and/or guys.
Which is pretty much every leftwing woman nowadays
Posted by: 18-1 at October 30, 2026 01:37 PM (sKqQm)
That's a big tell. The other thing going on here is that states are very protective of their state bars and local lawyers. They resent and often despise big-city lawyers coming into "their" fiefdoms and taking business away from local lawyers.
I experienced this first-hand when defending nationwide class action and products liability cases. Many of those cases are brought in courts in the south where the plaintiffs' bar rules. Texas is (or was) a big one. Lotsa class action and injury cases brought there.
We always had to make sure we had a local lawyer involved and billing nice fat fees to smooth over the friction of being "a yankee lawyer come all the day down here to tell us dumb rednecks how to lawyer."
I even wrote a song about it, called ... Yankee Boy. LOL.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 01:25 PM (iFTx/)
Judge Ada Brown is no Judge Chamberlain Haller.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 30, 2026 01:37 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Reforger at October 30, 2026 01:37 PM (Ae6Br)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 30, 2026 01:37 PM (88C+u)
"would you say it's time for our viewers to crack each other's heads open and feast on the goo inside?"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 01:37 PM (TMNW7)
Posted by: Crusader
Yep. Cornynhole and Cruz had to issue the blue slips for this nutjob. Probably involved in a trade for another nominee in another state where Dems refused to seat a presidential nominee without some sort of quid pro quo.
Blue slips are an anachronism dating back from WWI seg era Democrats using it to formally block any GOP race mixing nominee from getting a vote to put an integrationist judge in those states.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 01:37 PM (E4rtv)
Me either, I'm Germanic.
Posted by: scruboak at October 30, 2026 01:36 PM (pcWkN)
I'm white. Lily f*cking white. "Your honor, your direct implication of racism into this court case is embarrassing for you and this court."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 01:38 PM (ccf/V)
"would you say it's time for our viewers to crack each other's heads open and feast on the goo inside?"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 01:37 PM (TMNW7)
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Why...yes. Yes, I would.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 01:38 PM (xjopy)
On X they said she was recommended to him by Cornyn, which sounds about right.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 30, 2026 01:37 PM (2ocoG)
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Cornyn's final turd in the punch bowl.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 01:38 PM (Fi81e)
Young's defense? "I have autism and can't understand a basic court order."
So again, not defending Brown, and she may be a bad judge. But let's not assume Young is a noble knight in shining armor.
Posted by: Virginia SoCon at October 30, 2026 01:38 PM (P9Ea3)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 01:39 PM (r2Icn)
Posted by: PaleRider at October 30, 2026 01:39 PM (PV+Zw)
She'd shotgun your knee off and then go sleep with the guy who used to beat her regularly.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 01:39 PM (TMNW7)
huh. For some reason Bloomberg chose to hide that from us.
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 01:39 PM (1wjle)
"would you say it's time for our viewers to crack each other's heads open and feast on the goo inside?"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 01:37 PM (TMNW7)
Wait. Were we supposed to wait to say grace or something?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 30, 2026 01:39 PM (RDiUV)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 01:38 PM (ccf/V)
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Irish?
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 01:39 PM (Fi81e)
::: waits for Libs' heads exploding :::
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 01:33 PM (l3cgK)
They are remarkably good at killing each other.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 30, 2026 01:34 PM (RDiUV)
I'm working on my project and one of the topics is important or pivotal moments in the history of various cities.
I mentioned Detroit to the AIs and they kept trying to focus on 'the great rebirth.' AI is trained on all social media (some aren't) and any criticism of Dem cities is muted compared to rebirth lies, so that was understandable.
I did explain that, NO - sometimes decline into being a thrid world shit hole has no happy ending. I hope Coleman Young is suffering right now. Asshole..
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 01:39 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Diogenes at October 30, 2026 01:40 PM (2WIwB)
Wiki says she was appointed by OrangeManBad in 2019. To 5th court of appeals in Texas by Rick Perry in 2013.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 01:40 PM (l3cgK)
Has gone off the deep end. If she refuses to resign, impeach her or put her in a "rubber room" with no duties until mandatory retirement
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 30, 2026 01:40 PM (f8snw)
Young's defense? "I have autism and can't understand a basic court order."
I did not know that. Thanks.
to be honest, I'm not really focused on this autistic tranny. I just don't want judges telling me I'm inferior because I'm white (or "white presenting").
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 01:40 PM (1wjle)
He doesn't really act like he cares about the judiciary one way or the other. Judicial appointments are just more fodder for Making A Deal to him.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 30, 2026 01:40 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 30, 2026 01:40 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 30, 2026 01:32 PM (n5tGW)
*fistbump*
Posted by: Denny Crane! at October 30, 2026 01:41 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Diogenes at October 30, 2026 01:40 PM (2WIwB)
She'll use her army to enforce it?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 01:41 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 01:41 PM (I+a8W)
* duh dink*
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 30, 2026 01:42 PM (n5tGW)
As a matter of fact, that's the *exact* reason Mukilteo, WA (and others) removed that book from it's school curriculum. Specifically stated as the reason.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at October 30, 2026 01:42 PM (gUs21)
Posted by: Diogenes at October 30, 2026 01:40 PM (2WIwB)
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Kinda like the SCOTUS and circuit court judges on immigration?
In the end, not good things.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 01:42 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 01:42 PM (1wjle)
I didn't fact check that, though.
Posted by: garrett
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She was and fwiw, Cornyn and Cruz were both on the Senate Judiciary committee in 2019. Lady Lindsay Graham was chair. So my guess is some sort of swap versus a blue state nominee was involved but that is only a guess. Both Cornyn and Cruz though had to return blue slips for this nominee and could have tanked her being on the court.
Trump, at least in term one, due to senatorial courtesy, would have consulted the home state senators for any district court appointment so as to not get blindsided by a rejection. So either Cornyn or Cruz had to promote this incompetent boob as a potential nominee, again, I am guessing in return for a competent judge in another state. Or because Cornynhole was in fact a Democrat.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 01:42 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 30, 2026 01:43 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 01:43 PM (I+a8W)
He's one senator out of a hundred. What has he not done that you expected him to do or vice versa?
Posted by: Oddbob at October 30, 2026 01:43 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 30, 2026 01:43 PM (hxMfc)
Mayflower Society? Ya mean dem whiteys dat came on da boat from England?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 01:43 PM (l3cgK)
How you like them ladyballs?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 30, 2026 01:44 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 01:42 PM (1wjle)
Twist my arm
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 01:44 PM (I+a8W)
154 So...hey black voters, note trannies are above you in the Dem oppression stack order.
How you like them ladyballs?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 30, 2026 01:44 PM (sKqQm)
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"i don't like it at all!"
-Dave Chappelle
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 01:44 PM (xjopy)
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 01:40 PM (1wjle)
I understand. It seems like Brown has really gone off the dead end and not just in this case. She should probably be removed. However, her behavior in this case may be in part due to frustration to an out of state lawyer who bashes black lawyers online. Again, from Legal Insurrection's comments:
"Young was in Texas helping on a case (several cases actually) where he was working under “pro hoc vice,” which is where he is not a member of the local bar, but was working under the supervision of a lawyer who was.
The ability for Young to work in that manner was pulled after he continually made complaints about black lawyers in writing and also posting attorney-client privileged information."
Posted by: Virginia SoCon at October 30, 2026 01:44 PM (P9Ea3)
Most black people in the US have white ancestors so its not that surprising
Posted by: 18-1 at October 30, 2026 01:45 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Oddbob at October 30, 2026 01:43 PM (vTZFs)
Be better than Reagan. The Reagan who wasn't shot the second month of his first term
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 01:45 PM (rbvCR)
She's great, but the Person of Interest I come back to most often is the one where Amy Acker is dual-wielding. 10/10 no notes.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 30, 2026 01:45 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 01:42 PM (1wjle)
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Heh.
I started a rewatch of that series last night...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 30, 2026 01:45 PM (FZ29D)
How you like them ladyballs?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 30, 2026 01:44 PM (sKqQm)
With Illegals above both and Muslims above all. For now.
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 01:45 PM (I+a8W)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 01:45 PM (r2Icn)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 30, 2026 01:45 PM (hxMfc)
Posted by: Virginia SoCon at October 30, 2026 01:44 PM (P9Ea3)
Shit can both.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 30, 2026 01:45 PM (RDiUV)
but you're allowed to complain about black lawyers
it's not illegal
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 01:45 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Diogenes
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It's coming. Lawyers and judges have no one to blame but themselves for making courts a laughingstock worldwide. And the result will be no judicial independence which bites everyone in the ass too.
Judges and lawyers are essentially bureaucrats in dispute resolution and the same incentives for employees at the DMV are in operation there.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 01:45 PM (E4rtv)
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Okay. She's clearly a corner case.
Maybe this is a development against being called a "House N-----" for her career.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 01:46 PM (Fi81e)
Most black people in the US have white ancestors so its not that surprising
Posted by: 18-1 at October 30, 2026 01:45 PM (sKqQm)
She has white privilege...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 01:46 PM (l3cgK)
BBC is telling people to eat garbage scraps.
This is a real article in the BBC.
Eating fruit and vegetable scraps such as peels and stalks could provide a health boost that most of us are missing, say UK researchers.
They say scraps are an overlooked source of dietary fibre and are encouraging people to try "root-to-tip" eating, including watermelon rind, pineapple core and butternut squash seeds.
http://tiny.cc/yuwc101
Posted by: bonhomme at October 30, 2026 01:47 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 01:47 PM (I+a8W)
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 01:47 PM (Ti9vn)
She'd shotgun your knee off and then go sleep with the guy who used to beat her regularly.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 01:39 PM (TMNW7)
Amateur.
Posted by: Beth Dutton at October 30, 2026 01:47 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: That Guy who shouts "En fuego!" at October 30, 2026 01:47 PM (0sNs1)
U.S. stocks are falling mainly because disappointing results and outlooks from Amazon and Intel have intensified a sell-off in technology and AI-related shares. Investors are also questioning whether heavy AI spending will pay off; Intel was especially weak, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq fell more than the Dow.
There’s another concern adding pressure: two Federal Reserve officials said inflation may require higher interest rates, after a recent inflation reading strengthened expectations of a possible December rate hike.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 30, 2026 01:47 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 01:47 PM (ccf/V)
Judges and lawyers are essentially bureaucrats in dispute resolution and the same incentives for employees at the DMV are in operation there.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 01:45 PM (E4rtv)
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It might be the dinner bell for the Gods of the Copybook Headings.
Although, they might be a ways off yet.
Very few people understand how a cluster of venial decisions can create a pile of rubble.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 01:48 PM (Fi81e)
BBC is telling people to eat garbage scraps.
This is a real article in the BBC.
Eating fruit and vegetable scraps such as peels and stalks could provide a health boost that most of us are missing, say UK researchers.
They say scraps are an overlooked source of dietary fibre and are encouraging people to try "root-to-tip" eating, including watermelon rind, pineapple core and butternut squash seeds.
http://tiny.cc/yuwc101
Posted by: bonhomme at October 30, 2026 01:47 PM (mkw2N)
Tree bark and grass too.
Posted by: NORK peasant at October 30, 2026 01:48 PM (l3cgK)
Just saying it wouldn't be the first time.
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 01:48 PM (I+a8W)
As is so often the case, there is no good guy in this scenario, but one of them has more power and thus leverage to do damage to society than the other.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 01:48 PM (TMNW7)
This is a real article in the BBC.
Eating fruit and vegetable scraps such as peels and stalks could provide a health boost that most of us are missing, say UK researchers.
They say scraps are an overlooked source of dietary fibre and are encouraging people to try "root-to-tip" eating, including watermelon rind, pineapple core and butternut squash seeds.
http://tiny.cc/yuwc101
Posted by: bonhomme at October 30, 2026 01:47 PM (mkw2N)
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Hey! They're gonna be grateful for this information when the government initiates a famine! (For the children, of course!)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 30, 2026 01:48 PM (FZ29D)
Intel fucked up and is missing the AI boat. Again.
Also they had an explosion at their foundry in Israel. Not caused by Muslims, it was a fuckup.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 30, 2026 01:48 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 30, 2026 01:48 PM (n5tGW)
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That's partisan bullshit. 10 OTHER Federal Reserve officials said the opposite.
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 01:49 PM (TN0g+)
That is more evidence of my theory.
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 01:49 PM (Ti9vn)
Intel fucked up and is missing the AI boat. Again.
Also they had an explosion at their foundry in Israel. Not caused by Muslims, it was a fuckup.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 30, 2026 01:48 PM (2ocoG)
Yeah, and thinkin on it... NVIDIA CEO literally in bed with Chi Com spy? not a good look.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 30, 2026 01:49 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 30, 2026 01:47 PM (sKqQm)
There's that word again. Why December? Because by December you will forget this announcement.
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 01:49 PM (I+a8W)
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 30, 2026 01:50 PM (wVcYX)
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Ah, so this could be the drying off period for AI hype.
If that is the case, it's needed.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 01:50 PM (Fi81e)
Slay you black queen!
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 30, 2026 01:50 PM (OkYzo)
The lawless, power-mad, unhinged usurpation of political power by courts, their erasure of the constitution and its replacement by this gigantic absurd edifice of judge-made "law", the delusional imitation of some kind of Revolutionary Command Council in issuing cultural ukazes far outside any imaginable purview they might have - this is the important issue.
Had a few SCOTUS clerk acquaintances in DC days. Was fun to torment them about the most ridiculous cases. O'Connor's idiotic affirmative action ruling was a favorite. In each case they had no defense, really nothing to say. The whole system, culturally, rests on a lazy ignorant deference to an unexamined emperor with no clothes.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 30, 2026 01:51 PM (U/Byj)
Tree bark and grass too.
Posted by: NORK peasant at October 30, 2026 01:48 PM (l3cgK)
Many parts are edible...
Posted by: Euell Gibbons at October 30, 2026 01:51 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 30, 2026 01:51 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 30, 2026 01:48 PM (2ocoG)
Q: Whats the difference between an explosion caused by Muslims and an explosion caused by a fuckup
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 01:51 PM (I+a8W)
OK story time:
When my mom was a teenager, they were so poor after medical bills to help with grandma's brain tumor that they had too little to eat. The stores would let them go into the dumpster and find edible but expired foods to take home. They would eat a can of soup for dinner, between the six of them.
I grew up less poor than that but... very poor.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 01:51 PM (TMNW7)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 01:48 PM (TMNW7)
Can't and won't argue with that.
Remove the judge and see if Mr./Ms./Mx./whatever-the-hell-it-is Young's license can be revoked for violating clear court orders.
Posted by: Virginia SoCon at October 30, 2026 01:51 PM (P9Ea3)
If that is the case, it's needed.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 01:50 PM (Fi81e)
The Friday before the election? Yeah nope
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 01:52 PM (I+a8W)
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 01:52 PM (Ti9vn)
Hey AI, could you make a movie where a woman jumps off a tall cliff hits a trampoline at the bottom and then summer saults back up--almost gaining energy?
So that I can show this fake video to everybody for engagement?
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 01:52 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Finch - Lynch it rhymes don't it at October 30, 2026 01:52 PM (anL5R)
PUT DOWN THE CHICKEN NUGGIES
Posted by: 18-1 at October 30, 2026 01:52 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 01:52 PM (r2Icn)
He doesn't really act like he cares about the judiciary one way or the other. Judicial appointments are just more fodder for Making A Deal to him.
Posted by: Oddbob
Trump is a realist. Senatorial courtesy on judicial nominations extends way back to the nation's founding on district court nominations. Used to also apply to circuit court nominations with specific state 'seats' on each circuit but that norm has been weakened a lot.
Trump has complained repeatedly and publicly that the blue slip policy (not a Senate rule btw) of the judiciary committee should be ended so that his nominees can come to a vote. Grassley, as one of the oldest senators with the most seniority among the GOP, as chair of the Judiciary Cmte, refuses to do that but is due to be rotated out of the position next Congress anyway I think.
The blue slip policy has made a mess though of district attorney nominations (mebbe US marshals as well but dunno about that), because of blue state Democrats blocking all of those using blue slips which never was an issue before Trump.
Time for that policy to die for the GOP.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 01:53 PM (E4rtv)
"he" (or whatever it is) can be denied all future pro hac vice requests, at least.
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 01:53 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Klaus at October 30, 2026 01:53 PM (Fi81e)
For example: Pumpkin seeds: yum
Apple seeds: potentially dangerous
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 01:53 PM (TMNW7)
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Yes, I practically drown mine in butter and do the same thing.
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 01:53 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Dave at October 30, 2026 01:53 PM (sbsMc)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 30, 2026 01:48 PM (FZ29D)
LUXURY
Posted by: the Past and Future Yorkshire Men at October 30, 2026 01:53 PM (rbvCR)
Phrasing?
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 30, 2026 01:50 PM (wVcYX)
From the rooter to the tooter!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 01:54 PM (ccf/V)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 30, 2026 01:48 PM (2ocoG)
Q: Whats the difference between an explosion caused by Muslims and an explosion caused by a fuckup
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 01:51 PM (I+a8W)
The "Alah snackbar" before and the ululating after?
Posted by: NORK peasant at October 30, 2026 01:54 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 01:54 PM (Qugny)
Months ago I saw a very incompetent they/them lawyer embarrassing theyself at a hearing...
and i think he/she/they was berated by a black female judge....
Is this pyrsyn heavy, by any chance?
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 01:54 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 01:53 PM (E4rtv)
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A foolish consistency is still a foolish consistency.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 01:54 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: rhomboid at October 30, 2026 01:54 PM (U/Byj)
I suspect the only think stopping them is the Russians noting they will nuke the rich neighborhoods in London...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 30, 2026 01:54 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 01:54 PM (I+a8W)
Posted by: That Guy at October 30, 2026 01:55 PM (Fi81e)
Intel fucked up and is missing the AI boat. Again.
Also they had an explosion at their foundry in Israel. Not caused by Muslims, it was a fuckup.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 30, 2026 01:48 PM (2ocoG)
Yeah, and thinkin on it... NVIDIA CEO literally in bed with Chi Com spy? not a good look.
Posted by: Romeo13
Neither would replacing the courts and lawyers with AI/arbiters who would actually evaluate the case on the documented facts rather than hear-say argument of the very people who are setting fire to the world and gunning your children down: Lawyers (no, not cTHIEL, he's the one selling the AI/Judiciary, imagine that!)
That day has to come, just not right now, and certainly NOT under the perview of the LIBs.
This is Normal.
LET'S GO BRANDON!
End LIB Strategic Insanity Forever.
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at October 30, 2026 01:55 PM (M58G6)
Posted by: Maroon at October 30, 2026 01:55 PM (CIoEY)
Save your scraps and make veggie stock or gravy out of them.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 01:56 PM (TMNW7)
I suspect the only think stopping them is the Russians noting they will nuke the rich neighborhoods in London...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 30, 2026 01:54 PM (sKqQm)
That and the lack of an army, or guns, or trucks to send bangers and mash and tea to the front lines.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 01:56 PM (uhVAy)
Racism is about power.
Rape is about power.
Is there anything leftists don't think is about power?
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 01:56 PM (I+a8W)
Like an Indian eats a Buffalo Penis.
Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 01:54 PM (Qugny)
That's hot!
Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at October 30, 2026 01:56 PM (ccf/V)
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 01:57 PM (1wjle)
Unfortunately. It's a way that the legislative has secured in stealing a power away from the executive.
Posted by: That Guy at October 30, 2026 01:57 PM (Fi81e)
Racism is about power.
Rape is about power.
Is there anything leftists don't think is about power?
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 01:56 PM (I+a8W)
The dead ones.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 01:57 PM (l3cgK)
Months ago I saw a very incompetent they/them lawyer embarrassing theyself at a hearing...
and i think he/she/they was berated by a black female judge....
Is this pyrsyn heavy, by any chance?
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 01:54 PM (1wjle)
From a quick Google photo search, yeah, Young could use skipping a few desserts (and breakfasts, lunches, and dinners, for that matter)...
Posted by: Virginia SoCon at October 30, 2026 01:57 PM (P9Ea3)
Posted by: lin-duh at October 30, 2026 01:57 PM (9AdGW)
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 01:57 PM (Ti9vn)
Like an Indian eats a Buffalo Penis.
Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 01:54 PM (Qugny)
That's hot!
Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at October 30, 2026 01:56 PM (ccf/V)
It's not a popsicle...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 01:57 PM (l3cgK)
I remember the line from Enemy at the Gates: "Every soldier has been issued 5 bullets. If you weren't given a rifle when the soldier in front of you falls take his"
I suspect modern Britain would have no problem with the same
Posted by: 18-1 at October 30, 2026 01:57 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Maroon at October 30, 2026 01:55 PM (CIoEY)
Market is up and down all the time.. It's schizophrenic ..
Posted by: It's me donna at October 30, 2026 01:57 PM (+gK6I)
Britain has been pretty clear they want to start a war to kill off a non-trivial percent of their white population.
They are running military recruitment ads with white men in them, never a good sign for peace.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 01:58 PM (TMNW7)
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 01:56 PM (I+a8W)
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The only thing that progs are not "transactional" about is money.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 01:58 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 30, 2026 01:58 PM (Q/FnY)
Unfortunately. It's a way that the legislative has secured in stealing a power away from the executive.
Posted by: That Guy at October 30, 2026 01:57 PM (Fi81e)
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It's my understanding that it's only held up because of leadership of the Judiciary Committee.
Which is, essentially, Chuck Grassley.
It's just a courtesy, not even a rule.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 01:58 PM (xjopy)
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 30, 2026 01:58 PM (wVcYX)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdEGjU928rc
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 01:58 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 30, 2026 01:58 PM (sKqQm)
The outside observer is left to choose between characteristic low quality and safety standards in such a country, and deliberate sabotage by ..... well, you-know-who.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 30, 2026 01:58 PM (U/Byj)
Time for that policy to die for the GOP.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 01:53 PM (E4rtv)
In theory no reason a Dem judge could follow the law and not be political. If they proposed one, I could consider it.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 01:59 PM (uhVAy)
Although, they might be a ways off yet.
Very few people understand how a cluster of venial decisions can create a pile of rubble.
Posted by: Axeman
Don't discount the fact that encrustation of laws eventually destroy liberty as it gives the tools for power mad despots to give the veneer of legality for their actions. This judge made a public ass of herself but there are a lot of equally insane hacks in black that are clever enough not to show their diseased and twisted contents of their brains by restraining themselves from public utterances and public behavior.
Boasberg, among others, is just as cracked and power mad as she is for example. Judge Sullivan pursuing a white whale is another hack in black doing evil under the name of 'justice'.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 01:59 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Maroon at October 30, 2026 01:55 PM (CIoEY)
Market is up and down all the time.. It's schizophrenic ..
Posted by: It's me donna at October 30, 2026 01:57 PM (+gK6I)
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We could hope that some prog investors are betting against the market in trying to create a market slump before the elections.
Especially if they pay for it.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 01:59 PM (Fi81e)
Slop the hogs!
(This Venn Diagram is a single circle)
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 30, 2026 01:58 PM (wVcYX)
Pigs will eat people...Soylent Green...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 01:59 PM (l3cgK)
I am not watching the numbers...but a Crash is unlikely. The market corrects itself all the time...and people also manipulate the Market for affect all the time.
I wouldn't worry much at all.
Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 01:59 PM (Qugny)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 01:59 PM (TMNW7)
https://www.ezrayoung.com/bio
Posted by: Lurkyloo at October 30, 2026 01:59 PM (PZ7h8)
$20, same as in town.
I just thought it was a useful detail since it was in Israel and explosions there are usually of the Aloha Snackbar kind.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 30, 2026 02:00 PM (2ocoG)
Oh what a tangled web we weave...
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 30, 2026 02:00 PM (f8snw)
Posted by: Jim Cramer - Investment Pro and Media Personality at October 30, 2026 02:00 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 02:00 PM (Ti9vn)
Nope. Nothing whatsoever. As I write that, I realize that it could sound like sarcasm but it isn't. I mean it 100% sincerely. Every issue -- from big things like who should be President to small things like where to meet your LGBT friend for dinner during the World Series -- begins with the question of Who/What/Whom.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 30, 2026 02:00 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: lin-duh at October 30, 2026 01:57 PM (9AdGW)
Liberal dipshittery and inclusivity will be the destruction of the west and the imminent takeover of the world by islham.
The United States will be the last battlefront mainly because we still have our guns, for now.
In the immortal words of Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo. We're gonna need it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 02:00 PM (ccf/V)
Posted by: Reforger at October 30, 2026 02:00 PM (Ae6Br)
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 01:57 PM (1wjle)
___________
Ask, and The Blade delivers! Not the same "guy" ....
https://tinyurl.com/yt3s9ek8
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 02:00 PM (iFTx/)
Racism is about power.
Rape is about power.
Is there anything leftists don't think is about power?
Posted by: ...
Explains it all: pearl-clutching LIBs and people who want-to-believe
https://tinyurl.com/EvilsAdvantageOverConscience
...has discovered, as Shakespeare understood, that the more brazen and relentless one’s acts of brutality, the more likely it is that one will be allowed a second chance, and find even powerful men of conscience coming to one’s door offering to forget, to forgive, and to give forgiveness a bad name.
What FOOL These Mortals Be?
Let's GO BRANDON!
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at October 30, 2026 02:00 PM (M58G6)
Its one of those Gentlemen's Agreements in an era with no gentlemen.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 02:01 PM (TMNW7)
Posted by: Reforger at October 30, 2026 02:01 PM (Ae6Br)
I remember the line from Enemy at the Gates: "Every soldier has been issued 5 bullets. If you weren't given a rifle when the soldier in front of you falls take his"
I suspect modern Britain would have no problem with the same
Posted by: 18-1 at October 30, 2026 01:57 PM (sKqQm)
their army could probably cover 4 km of front line if they were lucky. And that isn't considering drones, which they probably don't have.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 02:01 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 02:01 PM (ccf/V)
Da Fuq!
Posted by: Delurker at October 30, 2026 02:01 PM (2Drhq)
Zee/Zem says they's name is like "Rob Hopkins" or something.
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 02:02 PM (1wjle)
I hate losing money more than I like making it.
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 02:02 PM (Ti9vn)
The Justice Department plans to put about 1,000 of its own employees in polling places across the country on Election Day, Nov. 3, and has not yet said where.
Civil Rights Division chief Harmeet Dhillon announced the figure Aug. 17, and by Sept. 22 she said the department was "pretty close" to it, calling it "the biggest DOJ election observer effort in history," according to the NAACP's federal complaint.
The complaint says DOJ has never deployed more than 600 monitors in a prior election. Department spokeswoman Kiersten Pels told USA Today the full county list will come early next week.
Anywhere not having votes counted by midnight should have a mob of armed people in and surrounding the building protecting the vote. For the children....
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 02:02 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: four seasons at October 30, 2026 02:02 PM (/QHx4)
"Everything is politial"
--V. Lenin
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 01:59 PM (TMNW7)
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If that quote is real, it's amazing how close the modern form "the personal is political" comes to that.
And a lot of people prattle that (and then wonder why the country has become "so divided"--TRUMP!!) these days.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 02:02 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Oldcat
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Legal profession has become rotten from law school onwards. Time to make it an undergraduate degree like in UK and elsewhere by restoring the bachelor of laws degree as prerequisites for the bar and remove the idiotic cachet of Doctor of Laws.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 02:02 PM (E4rtv)
Nope. Nothing whatsoever. As I write that, I realize that it could sound like sarcasm but it isn't. I mean it 100% sincerely. Every issue -- from big things like who should be President to small things like where to meet your LGBT friend for dinner during the World Series -- begins with the question of Who/What/Whom.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 30, 2026 02:00 PM (vTZFs)
that isn't an opinion, it is leftist doctrine and always has been.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 02:02 PM (uhVAy)
Worked for the Russians during World War Eleven.
Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 02:02 PM (Qugny)
Can I haz hair lighter fluid?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 02:01 PM (ccf/V)
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While many may understand that I'm not prone to panic, but in this case...
I'm shirtless, have a tie wrapped around my forehead, have killed my neighbors, and am dancing on top of a car in preparation for the ongoing apocalypse.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 02:03 PM (xjopy)
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 02:03 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Maroon at October 30, 2026 01:55 PM (CIoEY)
_______
Indexes are still up big for the year and near all-time highs
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 02:03 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: four seasons at October 30, 2026 02:02 PM (/QHx4)
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We shoze ze wronk religion, anyvays.
Posted by: Guess Who? at October 30, 2026 02:03 PM (Fi81e)
Extra protein!
Posted by: wth at October 30, 2026 02:03 PM (UjdFS)
Might I suggest:
Any jurisdiction not counted by midnight has its votes discarded
And every election official hung within 24 hours.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 30, 2026 02:03 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Virginia SoCon at October 30, 2026 02:03 PM (P9Ea3)
Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 02:03 PM (Qugny)
Posted by: Reforger
Yep. The Golden rule of politics, use raw government power to grab the gold of others.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 02:03 PM (E4rtv)
The Justice Department plans to put about 1,000 of its own employees in polling places across the country on Election Day, Nov. 3, and has not yet said where.
Civil Rights Division chief Harmeet Dhillon announced the figure Aug. 17, and by Sept. 22 she said the department was "pretty close" to it, calling it "the biggest DOJ election observer effort in history," according to the NAACP's federal complaint.
The complaint says DOJ has never deployed more than 600 monitors in a prior election. Department spokeswoman Kiersten Pels told USA Today the full county list will come early next week.
Anywhere not having votes counted by midnight should have a mob of armed people in and surrounding the building protecting the vote. For the children....
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 02:02 PM (Sco7b)
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I bet Biden's DOJ sent them into Philadelphia and not, like, small town Florida.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 02:04 PM (xjopy)
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 02:04 PM (I+a8W)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 02:04 PM (7LLii)
I love how "his" voice changes to become female halfway through LOL
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 02:04 PM (TMNW7)
Can I haz hair lighter fluid?
I recall during Obama days, plus or minus 2% days were not uncommon.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 30, 2026 02:04 PM (vTZFs)
And the daily price changes in enormous companies such as the big tech behemoths can be radical, compared to the industrial stalwarts that dominated the exchanges decades ago.
Take those imbalances and combine with one of the (potential) periodic paradigm-shifting real trends (AI-related infrastructure spending), and voila.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 30, 2026 02:04 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Reforger at October 30, 2026 02:00 PM (Ae6Br)
That's not how banking works. That money is already gone. The question is will they print more when you want it back.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 02:05 PM (uhVAy)
Was that BroFo or Rancid Taliban?
Either way I suspect this only worked because the Germans were pretty clear they wanted to massacre the slavic people if they won.
So follow shithead Stalin's orders and probably die or run away and even if the NKVD doesn't torture you to death the Germans will...and your family.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 30, 2026 02:05 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Virginia SoCon at October 30, 2026 02:05 PM (P9Ea3)
Pics or it didn't happen.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 30, 2026 02:06 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Oddbob at October 30, 2026 02:00 PM (vTZFs)
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It's an extension of Foucault's main premise.
Every exchange of words is about *power*.
In other words, they convinced themselves that all exchanges of words are only about what progressives wanted to do with words.
And since it was inevitable, they were on Team Progress. And you're not.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 02:06 PM (Fi81e)
Every fiscal decision made by the Obama Administration was in service to this very notion.
Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 02:06 PM (Qugny)
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So its Friday and 5 o'clock somewhere!
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 02:06 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Stateless
I would make every damn one of them a temporary US marshal. That means they could immediately arrest any state or local pollworkers when they see fraud in their observations. Exception to requiring a warrant before arrest. Hacks in black interfere, arrest them too for obstruction of justice among other things.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 02:06 PM (E4rtv)
"I FREAKING TOLD YOU"
--Margaret Thatcher
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 02:06 PM (TMNW7)
And every election official hung within 24 hours.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 30, 2026 02:03 PM (sKqQm)
I'm taking care of an elderly dog loyal to my late mother.
After this, axe executioner would be cool. It's not like they're human. Entire bloodlines.
Hmmm. Maybe I am angry enough to be here...
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 02:06 PM (Sco7b)
I'm shirtless, have a tie wrapped around my forehead, have killed my neighbors, and am dancing on top of a car in preparation for the ongoing apocalypse.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 02:03 PM (xjopy)
look, you aren't going to win "Mother of the Year" so quit trying.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 02:06 PM (uhVAy)
>Every exchange of words is about *power*.
The Argument of Utility is pure evil.
Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 02:06 PM (Qugny)
Pics or it didn't happen.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 30, 2026 02:06 PM (vTZFs)
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https://tinyurl.com/msu92ey2
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 02:06 PM (xjopy)
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Have you saved them in a chest freezer?
Neighbors go bad after a while.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 02:07 PM (Fi81e)
yeah I saw that by now. Being from Oklahoma City doesn't mean much because Ezra Young is shimself an out of state lawyer permitted to argue in texas via pro hac vice leave of the court.
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 02:07 PM (1wjle)
When he says Latino, does he mean he's from Latin America, he may have meant Hispanic as a signifier he's from Hispanola.
Or maybe he's just reaching for a bullsh*t term to make the lunatic, racist twat bag stop humiliating him.
Regardless, all of these people are f****g nuts.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 30, 2026 02:07 PM (XV/Pl)
All Russian outfits hand minders that made sure you never retreated . Go backwards and get shot.
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 02:07 PM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 30, 2026 02:07 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Sponge
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Buy and learn to shoot a firearm is first. Ammo comes next.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 02:08 PM (E4rtv)
I'm shirtless, have a tie wrapped around my forehead, have killed my neighbors, and am dancing on top of a car in preparation for the ongoing apocalypse.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at
*pulls pin*
*aims at TJM*
*squeezes handle*
*sweeps side to side*
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 30, 2026 02:08 PM (W2Pud)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 30, 2026 01:28 PM (2ocoG)
I did some quick research and found that the most diverse country in the world is Tuvalu, a South Pacific nation of about 12,000 people and zero whites. Nauru (with 200 whites) and Honduras (1% white) are also up on the list, since 'diverse' = 'non-white' in Lefty.
Posted by: SciVo at October 30, 2026 02:08 PM (ke3zm)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 30, 2026 02:07 PM (XV/Pl)
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The funny thing about both those terms is that they both refer to regions in Europe.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 02:08 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: beckster at October 30, 2026 02:09 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 30, 2026 02:09 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 02:03 PM (xjopy)
Is that your Shaun of the Dead Halloween costume for Tricks-or-Treats? Remember the "spot of red" on you for the full effect.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 30, 2026 02:09 PM (wVcYX)
So like polynikes, when I have a baked potato, I tend to eat the whole thing. Besides which the skin is pretty good, especially when things like sauces or bacon etc are in the picture.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 30, 2026 02:09 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 30, 2026 02:07 PM (XV/Pl)
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The funny thing about both those terms is that they both refer to regions in Europe.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 02:08 PM (Fi81e)
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What do you mean that Hispaniola and Latin languages refer to the land of Cortez and not the land of the Aztec?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 02:09 PM (xjopy)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdEGjU928rc
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No if you watch it he identifies himself as Rob Thomas an attorney from Oklahoma City.
Posted by: Crazy as a bedbug at October 30, 2026 02:09 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 02:09 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 02:03 PM (xjopy)
Is that your Shaun of the Dead Halloween costume for Tricks-or-Treats? Remember the "spot of red" on you for the full effect.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 30, 2026 02:09 PM (wVcYX)
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Not nearly enough of you have seen Black Books, and it shows.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 02:10 PM (xjopy)
Posted by: Oddbob at October 30, 2026 02:10 PM (vTZFs)
But they were all dudes, and the ladies were all natives.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 02:10 PM (TMNW7)
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 02:09 PM (Fi81e)
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I have met the enemy, and they are me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 02:10 PM (xjopy)
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 02:05 PM (uhVAy)
Which is why the government wants them to die.
Posted by: Reforger at October 30, 2026 02:10 PM (Ae6Br)
"Everything is politial"
--V. Lenin
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
If that quote is real, it's amazing how close the modern form "the personal is political" comes to that.
And a lot of people prattle that (and then wonder why the country has become "so divided"--TRUMP!!) these days.
Posted by: Axeman
267 Is there anything leftists don't think is about power?
"Everything is politial"
--V. Lenin
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
If that quote is real, it's amazing how close the modern form "the personal is political" comes to that.
And a lot of people prattle that (and then wonder why the country has become "so divided"--TRUMP!!) these days.
Posted by: Axeman
Remember who did this:
“Iran is the only country in the world that has now had six elections since the first election of President Khatami (in 1997). (It is) the only one with elections, including the United States, including Israel, including you name it, where the liberals, or the progressives, have won two-thirds to 70 percent of the vote
There is no other country in the world I can say that about, certainly not my own.” -- Bill Clinton'05, BFF/fenz w/Epstein
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at October 30, 2026 02:10 PM (M58G6)
Waiting for Bessent to come on the stage in St. Cloud. Seems they're running late.
Posted by: beckster
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That appearance was on, then off, now on again. I haven't been around much. Have we armchair quarterbacked it?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 30, 2026 02:10 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 02:08 PM (E4rtv)
Wait. Everyone doesn't already have a firearm?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 02:11 PM (ccf/V)
You ever seen the Meme of the S. American Native Chick and the mock Columbus Quote - "Burn the boats".
Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 02:11 PM (Qugny)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 02:09 PM (xjopy)
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Actually, one is a more direct reference to the language the Roman empire spoke.
No history of colonizing there.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 02:11 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 02:11 PM (r2Icn)
She's super, super cute but I think she was like 12 in that image
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 02:12 PM (TMNW7)
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 02:09 PM (Fi81e)
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I have met the enemy, and they are me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 02:10 PM (xjopy)
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So you have them facing inward?
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 02:13 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: beckster
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That appearance was on, then off, now on again.
Sometimes service at Cheesecake Factory can be slow.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 30, 2026 02:13 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 02:14 PM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: rhomboid at October 30, 2026 02:14 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at October 30, 2026 02:15 PM (wGerL)
Worked for the Russians during World War Eleven.
Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 02:02 PM (Qugny)
There was plenty of ammo and crap lying around their side of Stalingrad in the battle. Live men and real estate was the problem. For all practical purposes except morale the Germans took Stalingrad in the fall of 42. It was the counterattack on the flanks and rear that did the damage. Even when surrendering months later the Germans held the city, 62nd army was too weak to push them out.
The problem for the Germans was that Stalingrad was a pretty worthless objective aside from a place to shelter from the winter once the factories were destroyed. And the open flanks on both sides held with inferior troops was a giant "Surround Me!" sign on their asses.
great courage from the Russian troops both in and out of the city and a great job by the counterattack planners. Russia did a second offensive at the same time nearer Moscow called Mars that had more men that the Germans were able to defeat at a huge cost.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 02:15 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: rhomboid at October 30, 2026 02:14 PM (U/Byj)
it also was pretty much ignored by the men facing Operation Blau, and presumably the army brass afterward. It was notable that often units dissolved and moved to the rear in a semi formed state, sometimes crossing the paths of the Germans moving south and west going north and east to shelter behind the Don river where they were reorganized.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 02:19 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Halfhand at October 30, 2026 02:20 PM (ln9iG)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 01:18 PM (iFTx/)
Presumably from a list given to him by traitors in the GOPe.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2026 02:20 PM (6v4rH)
“Iran is the only country in the world that has now had six elections since the first election of President Khatami (in 1997). (It is) the only one with elections, including the United States, including Israel, including you name it, where the liberals, or the progressives, have won two-thirds to 70 percent of the vote
There is no other country in the world I can say that about, certainly not my own.” -- Bill Clinton'05, BFF/fenz w/Epstein
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at October 30, 2026 02:10 PM (M58G6)
First time I've heard religious hardliners and terrorists being called 'progressive'
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 02:21 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Crazy as a bedbug at October 30, 2026 02:21 PM (anL5R)
Chad is the apex of manliness, not a genderbent Karen meme. Disgusting.
Posted by: Sjg at October 30, 2026 02:22 PM (i8HNq)
Posted by: rhomboid at October 30, 2026 02:09 PM (U/Byj)
The eyes or green bits are the danger areas. If there's much there cut them out.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 02:23 PM (uhVAy)
For reference, here's his bio.
https://www.ezrayoung.com/bio
Posted by: Lurkyloo at October 30, 2026 02:30 PM (PZ7h8)
Legal profession has become rotten from law school onwards. Time to make it an undergraduate degree like in UK and elsewhere by restoring the bachelor of laws degree as prerequisites for the bar and remove the idiotic cachet of Doctor of Laws.
Posted by: whig
Solicitors and Barristers with white wigs.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 02:32 PM (Cqx++)
Looks like a troll as much as anything else, could be "white" or "hispanic" so I understand the judge not being sure...but what a stupid time we live in.
I guess I'm "rayciss" because I don't want to have to assess the race of everyone I interact with before deciding how to interact with them
Posted by: 18-1 at October 30, 2026 01:36 PM (sKqQm)
Tranny vs rayciss? All I can do is root for casualties. Could we convince them to settle this in a duel with hand grenades?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2026 02:32 PM (6v4rH)
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Wash the skin, cut out eyes and green bits. Dry skin. Olive oil, then kosher salt on skin. Poke holes with fork all about. Slice 2 inch long cut in skin of potato. Wrap in tin foil, but leave the 2 inch long cut open to air, foil like a chimney. Bake 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes at 425. Apply desired condiments. Inside will be fluffy. Yes, you will eat the skin.
Posted by: potato land potato land potato land at October 30, 2026 02:34 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 01:42 PM (E4rtv)
But was her raving racism in evidence at the time of the appointment? Maybe the cheese slipped off her cracker a little later?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2026 02:39 PM (6v4rH)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 01:24 PM (ccf/V)
We're talking about the wound, right? Right?
Glad your furry friend is home. We've been through that as well, only with our cats over the years. They are part of the family, for sure.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 30, 2026 02:45 PM (hmYU4)
Sometimes I think we are in a Mad Magazine endless SNL skit.
Will it ever stop? What happened to whirrled peas?
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2026 02:52 PM (hzuYO)
Well, I'll accept the first one. But the second is patently, facially, false, as she's a racist and in violation of judicial ethics, labor law, and the 14th Amendment.
Posted by: GWB at October 30, 2026 02:53 PM (kU0PQ)
Huh. Wouldn't that be a deprivation of rights under color of authority charge?
Posted by: GWB at October 30, 2026 02:56 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: Daniel Ream at October 30, 2026 03:00 PM (LgYtf)
Posted by: sidney at October 30, 2026 03:04 PM (V8nDf)
I smell a rat. I think we’re being played. Just sayin’…
Posted by: FOMSG at October 30, 2026 04:14 PM (jtjbl)
Posted by: FOMSG at October 30, 2026 04:17 PM (jtjbl)
Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at October 30, 2026 06:14 PM (OGFx7)
We can't blame this one on the Democrats
Posted by: Kevin at October 30, 2026 08:46 PM (h5uyd)
Feds Raid Multiple Fraudulent "Autism Services Centers" in, Get This, Minnesota
It's the same scam we've seen before: essentially fake "health care providers" bill the federal government for "services" they never provide to "patients" who don't exist or don't even have the ailments they're supposedly being treated for. This could quickly be stopped by the most basic of verification protocols, but the Democrats always turn those all the way off. And, as usual, they find a liberal criminal, in this case a 70-year-old Karen, who has some certification which allows her to sign off on the completely-fake billing. And no further questions are asked.Federal agents raided multiple Minnesota autism service providers Thursday in the latest law enforcement action involving a state already under intense scrutiny over allegations of widespread fraud in taxpayer-funded programs. The FBI confirmed that federal and state agencies were conducting "court-authorized investigative activity" at multiple locations across Minnesota, including sites in the Twin Cities and Rochester, according to MPR News. ... Iska Inc. received more than $16.7 million in Medicaid payments between 2018 and 2025, according to state data reviewed by the Minnesota Star Tribune. The business participated in Minnesota's Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention program, which provides services to children and young people with autism and has faced increasing scrutiny over fraud allegations. ... The Justice Department also announced charges against 15 defendants in May in connection with alleged health care fraud schemes involving more than $90 million in intended losses. The cases included an alleged $46.6 million scheme targeting Minnesota's autism intervention program, which DOJ said saw Medicaid claims surge from more than $600,000 in 2018 to more than $400 million by 2025.Meanwhile: Greasy Gavin Newsom is spending millions of taxpayer dollars to provide luxury gourmet food to welfare lifers.
California Sends Luxury Foods to Welfare Recipients As middle-class families struggle to afford groceries, the state delivers organic produce, salmon, and more to Medi-Cal members.
Salmon, beef, organic produce, and Amy's Kitchen meals: these are just some of the luxury foods that California welfare recipients can get delivered to their homes each week, for free. Californians like TikTok user "Lupita" are taking full advantage. Earlier this year, she posted a video of herself opening a taxpayer-funded grocery box, apologizing to her manicurist as she unboxed it by hand. Inside, she found carrots, heads of broccoli, apples, oranges, celery, rice, lettuce, and more. "Yesterday, I was like, 'I need some lettuce,' but the lettuce was like five dollars," she said. "And look at this. Fresh lettuce! Thank you, God." She can also thank Governor Gavin Newsom. As part of his nearly $12 billion Medicaid reform package, welfare recipients--including illegal immigrants--can receive free, "medically tailored" meals and groceries, delivered straight to their door. They can get foods for free that would cost ordinary people a small fortune. The food service is part of CalAIM, Newsom's multibillion-dollar Medi-Cal reform package. Signed into law in 2021, CalAIM directs Medicaid dollars to social programs like transitional rent payments and housing deposits. Newsom called it a "once-in-a-generation opportunity to completely transform the Medicaid system in California." The transformation is working. The most popular of CalAIM's "Community Supports," by far, is "medically tailored meals." That program and a related offering send prepared meals or "tailored" grocery items to qualified Medi-Cal recipients' homes. The state makes eligibility easy. Applicants need a qualifying Medi-Cal card, a provider's recommendation, and an eligible condition. In a 2024 presentation to a Los Angeles nonprofit, Andrew Barrier, a former executive of a California medically tailored food contractor, told his audience how easy it was to enroll. "They're not looking to push people away from the program, they're really looking for people to be on it," he said. "Step one is that chronic condition. This is really how most people come in, and they could have diabetes, pre-diabetes, cardiovascular, mental- and behavioral-health disorders--we've seen anxiety, PTSD, depression, ADHD. Again, the list is very, very long." From there, the food shows up at recipients' doorsteps. Medi-Cal pays contractors to deliver the food for up to 12 weeks, after which eligible recipients can re-enroll. And it's not cheap: across 24 weeks, between food and delivery, a single "medically tailored meals" recipient costs taxpayers more than $1,500.
Here's the Corrupt Karen who signed off on fake billing for fake patients suffering from fake autism and even warned her co-conspirators that they had to CALM DOWN on the truly massive fraud or else "the feds will come in."
🚨 HOLY SMOKES. HHS is now launching a wide-scale AUDIT of all 50 states' taxpayer AUTISM programs due to rampant fraud
North Carolina data just dropped: +11,000% PERCENT SURGE IN AUTISM BILLING 🤯 It was NOT just Minnesota! PRESIDENT TRUMP ON FRAUD: "You haven't seen anything yet." This is being called a "GOLD RUSH" of fraud, hundreds of millions and even BILLIONS are being found. More data confirmed autism spending is surging in every other state with public data.— MAGA NEWS 🇺🇲🗞️ (@MAGAlwr5) October 24, 2026
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Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 12:16 PM (xjopy)
Midnight, darkness all around.
You better beware, you better take care.
Be prepared for the shock.
The time has come and he's the one
Who's breathing down your neck.
Coming from behind, now it's your time,
A loser will die.
Fast as a shark, he'll cut out of the dark.
He's a killer, he'll rip out your heart.
On a one way, track and you're not coming back.
Because the killer's on the attack ...
FOR FIRST!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 12:17 PM (iFTx/)
Just curious...
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 12:17 PM (Sco7b)
North Carolina data just dropped: +11,000% PERCENT SURGE IN AUTISM BILLING 🤯
It was NOT just Minnesota!
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There's an entire economy being attacked right now by the powers that be.
It's diffused across the nation. It's rich. It's connected.
But it doesn't seem to be racking up much in the way of wins.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 12:17 PM (xjopy)
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 12:18 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 30, 2026 12:18 PM (JnkZq)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 12:18 PM (ccf/V)
Posted by: Pug Mahon at October 30, 2026 12:18 PM (PSEDc)
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 12:18 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: The person who always says that at October 30, 2026 12:19 PM (aDmlG)
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Note well. She is worried about the Feds, not the State's authorities -- because the state authorities are in on it.
Posted by: Captn Obvs at October 30, 2026 12:19 PM (anL5R)
--Minnesota government
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 12:19 PM (TMNW7)
Posted by: Nazdar at October 30, 2026 12:19 PM (NcvvS)
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Who them, gratefully fill Dem coffers.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 12:20 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: gp at October 30, 2026 12:20 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 30, 2026 12:20 PM (RDiUV)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at October 30, 2026 12:20 PM (aCs4e)
Guarantee you that will be the spin. From all the news organizations.
Just like "no we will not give free food to illegals and people who can work any longer" is being spun as "they are starving 900 trillion children in Alaska alone!!!"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 12:21 PM (TMNW7)
She gets the first shot at cutting a deal to name names, though.
Posted by: Nazdar at October 30, 2026 12:21 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: I gotta ask at October 30, 2026 12:21 PM (aDmlG)
Posted by: LASue at October 30, 2026 12:21 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: M. Gaga at October 30, 2026 12:21 PM (3p/KU)
Total healthcare spending could be cut in 24 hours to 25% of what it is right now, and not one actual human with any real sickness or need of care will be affected. Not a one.
Nobody will ever be able to convince me of anything different. Not even if you try to use shark attack and car accident statistics!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 12:21 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 30, 2026 12:22 PM (M+uMR)
Posted by: I'm Korva Coleman, and this is NPR News at October 30, 2026 12:22 PM (XE5AP)
Posted by: weew at October 30, 2026 12:22 PM (9TspW)
Posted by: M. Gaga at October 30, 2026 12:21 PM (3p/KU)
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Everyone has AIDS
AIDS, AIDS, AIDS
AIDS, AIDS, AIDS, AIDS, AIDS, AIDS
Everyone has AIDS
My father (AIDS)
My sister (AIDS)
My uncle and my cousin and her best friend (AIDS, AIDS, AIDS)
The gays and the straights
And the white and the spades
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 12:22 PM (xjopy)
Posted by: Therapists everywhere at October 30, 2026 12:22 PM (aDmlG)
Posted by: Reforger at October 30, 2026 12:22 PM (Ae6Br)
Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2026 12:22 PM (2rrwR)
Posted by: I'm Korva Coleman, and this is NPR News at October 30, 2026 12:22 PM (XE5AP)
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Wait. You skipped the "It's not happening" phase.
We have to have a round of "It's not happening".
We gaslit know our gaslighting.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 12:23 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: toothless worthless gutless dickless GOP asshats at October 30, 2026 12:23 PM (aDmlG)
Posted by: gp at October 30, 2026 12:20 PM (Jr5Lq)
Secondary take - real service providers should welcome a 50 state audit. B/c they will realize there will ultimately be more money for them when the 90% fake places are shut down...
Posted by: Nova Local at October 30, 2026 12:23 PM (Gb7+b)
It appears as if all the fraud can be stopped, we might not need a national income tax.
Posted by: Mudshark at October 30, 2026 12:24 PM (ZdCWL)
Nope. However, if you or yours might be able to use some assistance...
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 12:24 PM (ADOtk)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 12:21 PM (iFTx/)
Assume a spherical hippo.
Posted by: far cry at October 30, 2026 12:24 PM (wXgT/)
Autism became "not a dull, obedient, ordinary child who does well in school" rather than a mental illness. Any child who is slightly different than their baseline lab model? Austistic or ADHD! That boy who gets bored in school? ADHD! That girl who doesn't break down crying when teased? Autistic!
Thar's big money in them hills.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 12:24 PM (TMNW7)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 12:21 PM (iFTx/)
Assume a spherical hippo.
Posted by: far cry at October 30, 2026 12:24 PM (wXgT/)
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Think I can apply my model for a spherical chicken?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 12:24 PM (xjopy)
Posted by: weew at October 30, 2026 12:22 PM (9TspW)
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The only limit to hating the Republicans enough is how much you hate the Democrat/Media/DC complex.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 12:24 PM (Fi81e)
I guess Islam is the green part of the Red/Green Alliance. Red is for commies, though the Greens are also commies with their fake Green New Deal and all.
Posted by: illiniwek at October 30, 2026 12:24 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: bonhomme at October 30, 2026 12:25 PM (mkw2N)
good point.
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 12:25 PM (1wjle)
It's beyond frustrating when you can see the fraud coming from a million miles away.
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 12:25 PM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 30, 2026 12:25 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 12:25 PM (I+a8W)
another good point.
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 12:25 PM (1wjle)
It's a genocide. (Except if we abort them because they have genetic markers for autism, were that a thing.)
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 12:26 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: mr tmz at October 30, 2026 12:26 PM (rJ48h)
Posted by: illiniwek at October 30, 2026 12:24 PM (vbXSk)
I'd like to think old fashioned and believe some of it goes to hookers, cocaine and booze.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 12:26 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 12:26 PM (1wjle)
"My opponent agrees with Trump, slashing much needed services to immigrants with autistic children!!!!!
Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 30, 2026 12:26 PM (f0Zj2)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 12:26 PM (TMNW7)
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 30, 2026 12:27 PM (qBdHI)
Only half?
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 12:27 PM (ADOtk)
Posted by: weew at October 30, 2026 12:22 PM (9TspW)
This! Starting to think that maybe decades of failed oversight wasn't accidental.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 30, 2026 12:27 PM (lFFaq)
https://tinyurl.com/4whwbftk
Posted by: JM in Illinois at October 30, 2026 12:28 PM (myTpx)
Posted by: ace at October 30, 2026 12:26 PM (1wjle)
But they found that steak and lobster make for lower hospital admissions.
Posted by: Reforger at October 30, 2026 12:28 PM (Ae6Br)
As usual, something I posted with 700 words is better stated by someone else using fewer than 20
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 12:28 PM (TMNW7)
Posted by: weew at October 30, 2026 12:22 PM (9TspW)
This! Starting to think that maybe decades of failed oversight wasn't accidental.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 30, 2026 12:27 PM (lFFaq)
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All real power at the federal level is in the executive. It's the only prize that really matters.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 12:28 PM (xjopy)
How would you tell if a Somali is autistic? Less of a lightbulb head?
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 30, 2026 12:28 PM (f8snw)
Posted by: zombie at October 30, 2026 12:28 PM (HD2n/)
Thar's big money in them hills.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 12:24 PM (TMNW7)
That was the scam of calling it a spectrum, rather than a proper diagnosis.
Any parent who is not immediately skeptical of such spectrum "diagnoses" should have their head examined.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 30, 2026 12:29 PM (RDiUV)
Posted by: weew at October 30, 2026 12:22 PM (9TspW)
This! Starting to think that maybe decades of failed oversight wasn't accidental.
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Just because we are fat and dumb, doesn't mean we aren't also greedy.
Posted by: The Uniparty at October 30, 2026 12:29 PM (anL5R)
This isn’t hyperbole. It’s a partial list of what they have actually said is the agenda.
Posted by: Vengeance at October 30, 2026 12:29 PM (oAqqA)
(Hint: if you make more than 125K a year in Portland, you are "rich".)
The county pays daycare providers, not on the number of preschoolers they take, but on the number of spaces they have "available", used or not.
Can't imagine a bigger invitation for fraud.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 30, 2026 12:29 PM (aD4fx)
Feds: " What is it you would say you do here , karen?"
Karen: " I write the QPS reports. "
Feds: " as a matter of fact , that 's why we're here , because apparently you don't."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 30, 2026 12:29 PM (mmrXZ)
As usual, something I posted with 700 words is better stated by someone else using fewer than 20
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 12:28 PM (TMNW7)
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But, nah, it's much easier to piggyback on a growing problem and siphon off money going to that than to invent the whole explosion yourself for fraud.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 12:30 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 30, 2026 12:29 PM (RDiUV)
To get on the spectrum.
Posted by: Reforger at October 30, 2026 12:30 PM (Ae6Br)
Yeah good luck in court, DA. Not only is this notoriously difficult to win against an investigative reporter, but most of those charges are utterly without a shred of support.
He didn't vote. He didn't even register to vote. He didn't sign anything.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 12:30 PM (TMNW7)
Duh - nothing would happen
Posted by: weew at October 30, 2026 12:30 PM (9TspW)
Posted by: It's me donna at October 30, 2026 12:30 PM (4WM7K)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 30, 2026 12:31 PM (Q/FnY)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 12:26 PM (TMNW7)
They may just be "neurodivergent."
It's all part of the hip trend to have a many self-diagnosed afflictions as possible. Collect them all. Trade them with your friends.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 30, 2026 12:31 PM (RDiUV)
But my mom told me you either "have autism" or you don't.
That predated by decades the first time I heard about the "Autism spectrum".
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 12:31 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: It's me donna at October 30, 2026 12:30 PM (4WM7K)
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1. It's their livelihoods.
2. Stopping now doesn't erase the records of what they've done in the past.
3. These people largely seem retarded.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 12:31 PM (xjopy)
Duh - nothing would happen
Posted by: weew at October 30, 2026 12:30 PM (9TspW)
Double secret nothing will happen?
Posted by: It's me donna at October 30, 2026 12:31 PM (4WM7K)
If you are a gun owner and value your 2A right, there is zero reason to sit home.
Posted by: Vengeance at October 30, 2026 12:32 PM (oAqqA)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 12:26 PM (TMNW7)
Yes, my niece (and nephew to a lesser degree) are that category. Think nonverbals and intellects below the age of 6 - that's severe autism.
It pisses me off that their needed services get skimmed by the introverted kid or energetic boy. B/c those kids will have advancement and "show the treatment is working" b/c it was never needed in the 1st place...
Posted by: Nova Local at October 30, 2026 12:32 PM (Gb7+b)
2. Stopping now doesn't erase the records of what they've done in the past.
3. These people largely seem retarded.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 12:31 PM (xjopy)
I'm going with 3
Posted by: It's me donna at October 30, 2026 12:32 PM (4WM7K)
Gunther Eagleman™
@GuntherEagleman
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4h
🚨 SHE'S BACK: Maria Bartiromo just landed her first big hosting gig since leaving Fox News.
She'll host the America Business Forum in Miami on December 16 and 17, the same event that brought out President Trump, Jeff Bezos, and Lionel Messi last year.
President Trump is cheering her on.
Fox let her walk out the door, and Maria landed on her feet.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 12:32 PM (E4rtv)
Yeah that was the first sign of a scam. I will buy that there is a range of human behavior and emotional response, we all learn that by the age of 5. What I won't buy is that there isn't a bright line between normal range of human behavior and mental illness.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 12:32 PM (TMNW7)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 12:31 PM (xjopy)
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Which makes me feel retarded.
A reasonably clever person should be able to exploit this forever if they don't get too greedy.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 30, 2026 12:33 PM (FZ29D)
A reasonably clever person should be able to exploit this forever if they don't get too greedy.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 30, 2026 12:33 PM (FZ29D)
And there is the answer.... reasonably clever
Posted by: It's me donna at October 30, 2026 12:34 PM (4WM7K)
I think that's just another scam. The taxpayers are billed, but the meals are never delivered. Just another type of fraudulent "phantom" economy.
I think the phantom economy is nearly as big as the real economy.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 12:34 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: NCKate at October 30, 2026 12:34 PM (enNUy)
I don't think there is a single girl under the age of 25 in America that doesn't claim at least one. And they have been in therapy their entire life so they are great at faking it on demand.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 12:34 PM (TMNW7)
- News Bimbo from KARE 11
Did the Autism hunt them down and beat them to within an inch of their lives or something?
Do they need PTSD treatment now, too?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 12:35 PM (6ydKt)
— MAGA NEWS 🇺🇲🗞️ (@MAGAlwr5) October 24, 2026
How much will the medical community be held responsible for diagnosing every kid with some kind of hyperactivity as autistic instead of those with ACTUAL autism?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 12:35 PM (ccf/V)
Yeah, this all makes me feel warm all over.
Like someone pissed on me.
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 12:35 PM (ADOtk)
There are levels to everything. Some autistic people are basically non-functional. They can't take care of themselves. They don't excel in engineering or math or any of the stereotypical fields you find autistic people in. On a completely different level, go deep into SpaceX, or Microsoft 25 years ago, and basically everyone is autistic.
My main complaint with the label is it far too broad. If a non-functional person and a high-achiever both have the same diagnosis, it's not a useful diagnosis.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 30, 2026 12:35 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 12:35 PM (TMNW7)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 30, 2026 12:36 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 12:36 PM (q921n)
As a Catholic, I have to say this is totally inappropriate; namely, he's a foreign sovereign and his realm is supposed to be spiritual, not on a tax increase for the forest preserve (which I'm sure he voted for).
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 30, 2026 12:36 PM (qwx/I)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 30, 2026 12:31 PM (Q/FnY)
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Especially because it established all that many taxpayers are now trying to vote against.
They say you have to pay taxes for your child's "education", but in our schools they "know" that schools are NOT a "educational institution" but a "socializing institution" (My ex-teacher wife, had her principle say that square to her face.)
So every time you want to cut the sum: "But don't you WANT your children EDUCATED?!" "What do you have against EDUCATION?!"
But, NEA doesn't want schools for education, it wants to serve the needs of all the parents who say "You know what my child needs more of? Socializing. I'm worried that playing with the neighbor kids, they are not getting the right kind of socializing!"
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 12:36 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 12:31 PM (xjopy)
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Which makes me feel retarded.
A reasonably clever person should be able to exploit this forever if they don't get too greedy.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 30, 2026 12:33 PM (FZ29D)
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These people aren't coming up with anything. They're being handheld and instructed by a combination of NGO employees and government employees. They're pawns, at best.
It's government power specifically designed to steal from you and give to invaders.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 12:36 PM (xjopy)
It's just not the government being defrauded.
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 12:36 PM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: Vengeance at October 30, 2026 12:37 PM (oAqqA)
And this is why I've lost faith in "Our Democracy".
And yeah, I know it's a Constitutional Republic.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at October 30, 2026 12:37 PM (bQDOK)
Posted by: bonhomme at October 30, 2026 12:35 PM (mkw2N)
One is a disability, one is not. When you are an adult with the intellect of a 3 year old and are nonverbal and need a daily caregiver, you are autistic.
When you are an engineer with a 6 figure salary who just struggles in talking to girls and not saying weird things, you are not.
Posted by: Nova Local at October 30, 2026 12:37 PM (Gb7+b)
But that's my argument: they aren't. They aren't autistic, they are just weird or antisocial. Being awkward and nerdy is not a mental illness. Like NCKate noted.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 12:37 PM (TMNW7)
As a Catholic, I have to say this is totally inappropriate; namely, he's a foreign sovereign and his realm is supposed to be spiritual, not on a tax increase for the forest preserve (which I'm sure he voted for).
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 30, 2026 12:36 PM (qwx/I)
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We're not supposed to have dual citizenship.
If the Pope can't respect that standard, I shake my head.
Really? Can we have a spiritual pope saying "But everybody else is doing it!"
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 12:37 PM (Fi81e)
Everyone has AIDS
AIDS, AIDS, AIDS
AIDS, AIDS, AIDS, AIDS, AIDS, AIDS
Everyone has AIDS
My father (AIDS)
My sister (AIDS)
My uncle and my cousin and her best friend (AIDS, AIDS, AIDS)
The gays and the straights
And the white and the spades
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 12:22 PM (xjopy)
You asked for it.......
https://youtu.be/aLLeQQBk2pk
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 12:37 PM (ccf/V)
So, that UTSA bitch Isa Casahuga. For some reason, this pissed me off. Maybe because she's cute and reminds me of Kat from Gutfeld.
But since it's a beer day, I have found her mom's office phone number, agency, etc and was just calling out of curiosity. No-one's answering anywhere.
I guess SOME publicity is bad publicity...
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 12:37 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 12:32 PM (TMNW7)
I would concede that there is a spectrum of people/behaviors/disabilities that could be called autism, and that is just normal animal trait variability. But it is very narrow to the point of being essentially a bright line, as we once knew it to be - you are, or you aren't.
The abuse of the spectrum idea is purely financially motivated and leads to widespread child abuse or neglect of a child's actual needs (such as "fresh air," exercise, being forced from one's comfort zone, etc.).
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 30, 2026 12:37 PM (RDiUV)
'Will never happen' - the never will happen people.
Posted by: gp at October 30, 2026 12:38 PM (Jr5Lq)
There are levels to everything. Some autistic people are basically non-functional. They can't take care of themselves. They don't excel in engineering or math or any of the stereotypical fields you find autistic people in. On a completely different level, go deep into SpaceX, or Microsoft 25 years ago, and basically everyone is autistic.
My main complaint with the label is it far too broad. If a non-functional person and a high-achiever both have the same diagnosis, it's not a useful diagnosis.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 30, 2026 12:35 PM (mkw2N)
Aspergers used to describe the functional ones.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at October 30, 2026 12:38 PM (okun6)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 12:38 PM (Cqx++)
But I must have that designo paint on my Mercedes!
(Yeah, it's "Manufaktur" now)
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 12:38 PM (ADOtk)
Children's Prevalence: Rates among 8-year-olds have climbed steadily from roughly 1 in 150 (2000) to 1 in 36 (2020), and most recently to 1 in 31 (2022 data).
and...
Prevalence: Estimates in the 1960s suggested that autism affected only about 2 to 4 children per 10,000 (e.g., Lotter's 1966 study estimated roughly 4 in 10,000).
Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 30, 2026 12:38 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 12:38 PM (rbvCR)
As a Catholic, I have to say this is totally inappropriate; namely, he's a foreign sovereign and his realm is supposed to be spiritual, not on a tax increase for the forest preserve (which I'm sure he voted for).
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 30, 2026 12:36 PM (qwx/I)
Send that exact sentiment to him (he has contact ability) - popes can make mistakes and should be told when they are doing so.
I've never made it to pope level, but I have made it to bishop level for telling them when they are wrong...
Posted by: Nova Local at October 30, 2026 12:39 PM (Gb7+b)
Posted by: Oprahpottamus at October 30, 2026 12:39 PM (q921n)
Sure, but the other side of that coin is a concerned parent who wants to get their kid all the help they can. They want to know so they can learn how to accommodate their kid(s) and help them thrive. For those parents, it's not so they can throw their hands up and quit, it's a guide for what they need to do to help.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 30, 2026 12:39 PM (mkw2N)
Yeah it means you don't have to teach, shape, and build a child: Its out of my hands they are (insert therapyspeak term). Now give me that sweet SSI money.
Speaking of fraud, Pope Bob cast an absentee vote in Illinois
I don't want to push this too far but if you're the literal head of a foreign country, maybe you shouldn't be able to vote in the USA.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 12:40 PM (TMNW7)
Posted by: weew at October 30, 2026 12:40 PM (9TspW)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 12:40 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: AVS at October 30, 2026 12:41 PM (5PF8b)
But that's my argument: they aren't. They aren't autistic, they are just weird or antisocial. Being awkward and nerdy is not a mental illness. Like NCKate noted.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 12:37 PM (TMNW7)
An inability to grasp social norms(at least through the intuitive means the rest of us rely on) isn't quite the same as being awkward or nerdy.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at October 30, 2026 12:41 PM (okun6)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 12:30 PM (TMNW7)
I bet the DA loves those people who try to get Gun Show vendors to sell a gun to unqualified buyers.
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 12:41 PM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: gp at October 30, 2026 12:41 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 12:41 PM (ADOtk)
I'd like to think old fashioned and believe some of it goes to hookers, cocaine and booze.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 12:26 PM (Sco7b)
Jihadists love them some good old fashioned American excess, so yeah, there's that too.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 12:41 PM (ccf/V)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 12:40 PM (rbvCR)
The saying in the military is, I think, "hours of boredom with moments of terror"
Posted by: 88C+u at October 30, 2026 12:41 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: It's me donna at October 30, 2026 12:30 PM (4WM7K)
Next time the Democrats have both houses of Congress and the Presidency they'll enact a law making it a capital offense for any FedGov employee to indict any Fed funded 'health provider' for fraud, or submit a whistleblower complaint about health provider fraud.
Posted by: Gref at October 30, 2026 12:41 PM (5rh/l)
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They would argue about what's not happening.
The Nothing Will Happen faction will argue that prosecutions and convictions and sentences aren't going to happen.
The Nothing IS Happening will argue that prosecution is a odd step since corruption doesn't happen (unless it's the other guy, who's 100% corrupt with power!).
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 12:41 PM (Fi81e)
When I mean uncoordinated communities, as a child of the 70s, I had cousins and friends close by that gave social cues that were informal and not threatening. With widely separated blood families, this feedback loop allowed more vulnerable types to descend into the self.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 30, 2026 12:42 PM (qwx/I)
Posted by: AVS at October 30, 2026 12:41 PM (5PF8b)
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We've spent less than $50 billion on the Iran action, and most of that is just operating costs of the military that would be incurred whether the ships were in port or in combat.
Also, it's like a couple of days worth of Medicaid spending.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 12:42 PM (xjopy)
"There is no bribery and pressure applied by the pharmaceutical industry in congress and regulatory industries, and by none, I mean 'very little'"
--Big Pharma
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 12:42 PM (TMNW7)
Shark attacks would be far worse if Officer Krupke wasn't on the beat.
Posted by: Kindltot
Watch out for Jabberjaw!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 12:42 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Kindltot
Frog suits. It's not a raid without frog suits.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 12:42 PM (q921n)
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at October 30, 2026 12:41 PM (okun6)
They grasp them - they don't care about exercising them b/c no one makes them do so. There's a difference.
Anything can be memorized, and they are the masters of memorization.
Posted by: Nova Local at October 30, 2026 12:43 PM (Gb7+b)
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 12:43 PM (ADOtk)
Posted by: Sonny Corleone at October 30, 2026 12:43 PM (Ovx+P)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 12:40 PM (rbv
Same basis of the saying ' better to carry a gun and not need it to not carrying and needing it'
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 12:43 PM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: Max Power at October 30, 2026 12:43 PM (SwyyQ)
Posted by: Gref at October 30, 2026 12:41 PM (5rh/l)
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Do you want to kill your fellow American so much that you would bring down health PROVIDERS!!
They PROVIDE!! It's in the NAME!! (Antifa argument recycled.)
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 12:43 PM (Fi81e)
That's a good argument to change the criteria for diagnosis. But the plain fact is that according to the current guidelines, they are autistic.
I think we basically agree with each other. I'm saying the label is too broad and needs to be narrowed. You're saying the label is misapplied. Both positions get you to essentially the same conclusion.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 30, 2026 12:43 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 30, 2026 12:44 PM (qwx/I)
If the Pope can't respect that standard, I shake my head.
Really? Can we have a spiritual pope saying "But everybody else is doing it!"
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 12:37 PM (Fi81e)
The pope is a fraud.
He's as bibilcal as Nancy Pelosi or Joe Biden.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 12:44 PM (ccf/V)
Posted by: Max Power at October 30, 2026 12:43 PM (SwyyQ)
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Billionaire donors to the GOP are like 3x the amount to the Democrat Party this cycle, and it's far from just Musk.
Democrats are probably going to have money problems for a few years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 12:44 PM (xjopy)
Posted by: Max Power at October 30, 2026 12:44 PM (SwyyQ)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 30, 2026 12:44 PM (qwx/I)
Just don't say it too loudly........
Posted by: Alex Jones at October 30, 2026 12:44 PM (ccf/V)
Posted by: NCKate at October 30, 2026 12:44 PM (enNUy)
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 12:44 PM (ADOtk)
Posted by: Sonny Corleone at October 30, 2026 12:43 PM (Ovx+P)
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I love retards.
Posted by: Pat Healy (Picture Matt Dillon in a Mustache) at October 30, 2026 12:45 PM (Fi81e)
Also, it's like a couple of days worth of Medicaid spending.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 12:42 PM (xjop
We've given Ukraine almost 200 billion for their war interest.
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 12:45 PM (Ti9vn)
But they get the coin so totes cool.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 12:45 PM (q921n)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 30, 2026 12:44 PM (qwx/I)
I would expect someone with such up close, intimate experience to be the most discriminant.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 30, 2026 12:45 PM (RDiUV)
Posted by: Max Power at October 30, 2026 12:46 PM (SwyyQ)
Posted by: Pat Healy (Picture Matt Dillon in a Mustache) at October 30, 2026 12:45 PM (Fi81e)
Um. Isn't that politically incorrect?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 30, 2026 12:46 PM (RDiUV)
But a lot of this money is sliding into the hands of terrorists and hostile nations like China. China especially benefits from the Asian senior scam.
Posted by: LizLem at October 30, 2026 12:46 PM (Toos7)
Honestly, you’re an idiot if you believe that voting for Democrats is going to be a step in the right direction. Do you need them to carve it on your forehead?
Posted by: Vengeance at October 30, 2026 12:46 PM (oAqqA)
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 12:46 PM (ADOtk)
We've given Ukraine almost 200 billion for their war interest.
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 12:45 PM (Ti9vn)
=
But, you see, that's a war for democracy. Zelensky will march on Moscow and depose Putin. Easy.
The war in Iran is for oil and Trump's ego since he doesn't have a plan to replace the mullahs.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 12:46 PM (xjopy)
I used to be terrible at it. You know why? It wasn't that I could not, it was because I didn't. I was too busy doing other things, learning other things, thinking about other things. These guys are light years ahead of other people when it comes to nuclear physics and engineering, but terrible at personal interaction.
That's not a disability, its different priorities. When you were learning how to flirt with Lisa in the desk next to you, they were figuring out how their pen worked.
My firsthand view of autism and the spectrum is that it's a byproduct of smaller families and uncoordinated communities
I think that plays a big role: disconnected parents and no extended family to teach and demonstrate proper behavior and cultural roles.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 12:47 PM (TMNW7)
It's just not the government being defrauded.
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 12:36 PM (Ti9vn)
True medical insurance reform would have allowed for armed auditors and black ops teams for fraud resolution.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 12:47 PM (rbvCR)
We are being forced to pay for our own demise.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 12:47 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Max Power at October 30, 2026 12:46 PM (SwyyQ)
Red Baron was backing the employee, and people are rewarding them with a buycott.
Everyone's sick of Karen's shit.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 30, 2026 12:47 PM (RDiUV)
Posted by: Max Power at October 30, 2026 12:46 PM (SwyyQ)
And if it's not fraud, the dude will be a millionaire by next week.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 12:47 PM (ccf/V)
But I must have that designo paint on my Mercedes!
(Yeah, it's "Manufaktur" now)
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 12:38 PM (ADOtk)
________
"Meh"
-- Iridescente Metallizzato
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 12:47 PM (iFTx/)
Anyway , the feds are finally getting to the rubber stampers. That's encouraging.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 30, 2026 12:47 PM (mmrXZ)
That's an oversimplification. A lot of the traits that make a good engineer are because of autism. Over-fixation on details. Extreme interest in things over people. Extreme retention of technical information.
Talking with an engineer who can recall all the details how a barely used function works based on their cursory review of it three years ago will lead you to quickly realize they're not like other people.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 30, 2026 12:47 PM (mkw2N)
This.
Posted by: man
Eunice Shriver had to scrap the Retarded Olympics.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 12:48 PM (q921n)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 12:47 PM (viF8m)
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Yes. Yes you are....
Posted by: Cloward and Piven at October 30, 2026 12:48 PM (Fi81e)
Those "influencers" need to be punched in the face. Hard. Repeatedly.
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 12:48 PM (ADOtk)
Everyone's sick of Karen's shit.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder,
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That one had nothing to do with karen. In fact , we probably need to get a nickname for these mulatto social media pranksters who get clicks off other people's distress.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 30, 2026 12:49 PM (mmrXZ)
Also, it's like a couple of days worth of Medicaid spending.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 12:42 PM (xjop
We've given Ukraine almost 200 billion for their war interest.
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 12:45 PM (Ti9vn)
Whatever we spend on taking down the Iranian IRGC Caliphate will be worth it.
Posted by: Gref at October 30, 2026 12:49 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Reforger at October 30, 2026 12:49 PM (Ae6Br)
Posted by: Dave at October 30, 2026 12:50 PM (JsnYl)
How big was this cat?? That's like one step down from morphine in terms of pain management
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 12:50 PM (TMNW7)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 30, 2026 12:50 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 30, 2026 12:49 PM (mmrXZ)
I was waiting for the crackhead buddy to touch Pizza Guy and get a good "don't touch me" across the face.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 12:50 PM (ccf/V)
I'm a skeptic generally but it seemed real .
And I already thought Red Barron pizza was the best for the price.
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 12:50 PM (Ti9vn)
Does the Hasan Piker lawsuit against Scott Jennings for like $70M+ have legs, or is it a nothing burger? Apparently it's connected to a clip he ran that might have been doctored.
I'd hate for Piker to get one penny, when all he does all day is spew vile, treasonous, violent hate and lies on Twitch, and shock his dog on camera and then lie about it. If he's ever slandered anyone in the right, they need to sue him right back.
Posted by: LizLem at October 30, 2026 12:50 PM (Toos7)
Posted by: Dwarves of Khazad-dûm at October 30, 2026 12:51 PM (Fi81e)
I used to be terrible at it. You know why? It wasn't that I could not, it was because I didn't. I was too busy doing other things, learning other things, thinking about other things. These guys are light years ahead of other people when it comes to nuclear physics and engineering, but terrible at personal interaction.
That's not a disability, its different priorities. When you were learning how to flirt with Lisa in the desk next to you, they were figuring out how their pen worked.
I think that plays a big role: disconnected parents and no extended family to teach and demonstrate proper behavior and cultural roles.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 12:47 PM (TMNW7)
I believe it goes farther than that, one of the common experiences in dealing with autistic people is that they are frustrated with difficulty in communication and understanding, which certainly doesn't suggest contentedness. Roundabout explanations are often needed to explain things that are intuitive to most.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at October 30, 2026 12:51 PM (okun6)
How big was this cat?? That's like one step down from morphine in terms of pain management
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 12:50 PM (TMNW7)
Amoxicillin is an antibiotic. I practically grew up taking that shit for bronchitis as a yute.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 12:51 PM (ccf/V)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at October 30, 2026 12:51 PM (tB7nu)
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 12:51 PM (Ti9vn)
I think at least half of the people that are diagnosed as autism are just slightly, socially awkward with absolutely nothing remotely wrong with their brain. Not everybody can be class president.
Posted by: Sharpie at October 30, 2026 12:52 PM (IRNAh)
Wait, no I was thinking of like hydrocodone. Amoxicillin is for infections. Tough for me to keep these pharmacy invented names straight.
There was a funny bit on Babylon Bee about a woman reading off a list of prescriptions and accidentally summoning Cthulhu
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 12:52 PM (TMNW7)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder,
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That one had nothing to do with karen. In fact , we probably need to get a nickname for these mulatto social media pranksters who get clicks off other people's distress.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 30, 2026 12:49 PM (mmrXZ)
It's in the same realm.
MYOFB, whether its some lonely cat-abusing Karen or some IRL ragebait "influencer." Just leave people alone.
Everyone's had enough of your shit.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 30, 2026 12:52 PM (RDiUV)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 12:47 PM (viF8m)
Out: "the capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them"
In: "the taxpayers will subsidize through taxation the rope with which we will hang them, and then they will give us more money to ease the pressure on their throats a little"
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 12:53 PM (rbvCR)
And I already thought Red Barron pizza was the best for the price.
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 12:50 PM (Ti9vn)
I'll have to wait as I think EVERYTHING I could cook with is packed, so no pizza tray OR cutter.
Otherwise, I'd be eating pizza all weekend.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 12:53 PM (ccf/V)
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Californians like TikTok user "Lupita" are taking full advantage. Earlier this year, she posted a video of herself opening a taxpayer-funded grocery box, apologizing to her manicurist as she unboxed it by hand. Inside, she found carrots, heads of broccoli, apples, oranges, celery, rice, lettuce, and more.
"Yesterday, I was like, 'I need some lettuce,' but the lettuce was like five dollars," she said. "And look at this. Fresh lettuce! Thank you, God."
Posted by: beckster at October 30, 2026 12:53 PM (kX27y)
Also, it's like a couple of days worth of Medicaid spending.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 12:42 PM (xjop
that's a good point. It would be interesting to see the amount attributable solely to the Iran "war" effort (which I fully support).
Posted by: LASue at October 30, 2026 12:53 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 12:53 PM (Ti9vn)
No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.
Pope is both a Title, and an Office, of a foreign State. Did Congress approve of this?
Or am I just too tired, and I've missed something obvious?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 30, 2026 12:53 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 12:51 PM (ccf/V)
It's generic too. Over the counter south of the border.
Pisses me off that I have to go to a doctor to get it.
Posted by: Reforger at October 30, 2026 12:54 PM (Ae6Br)
MYOFB, whether its some lonely cat-abusing Karen or some IRL ragebait "influencer." Just leave people alone.
Everyone's had enough of your shit.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 30, 2026 12:52 PM (RDiUV)
This.
I quite enjoy the videos out there with the dipshit 'influencers' f*cking with people and getting the FAFO treatment.
It soothes me........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 12:54 PM (ccf/V)
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 12:54 PM (ADOtk)
As middle-class families struggle to afford groceries, the state delivers organic produce, salmon, and more to Medi-Cal members.
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What's the matter racist. Don't you want people on government assistance to have better shit that you.. Raycissssss
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at October 30, 2026 12:54 PM (tB7nu)
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“I've got no option but to sell you all for scientific experiments.” -- RFKJr.
Posted by: Cloward and Piven at October 30, 2026 12:54 PM (Fi81e)
I don't think the video in question is doctored and Hasan has no shot here. Given all the horrendous stuff he's said in the past, the last thing he should want is to go to court and air them all out.
The worst part? He's worth tens of millions of dollars and is begging his viewers for donations to pay for legal fees.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 12:54 PM (TMNW7)
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Californians like TikTok user "Lupita" are taking full advantage. Earlier this year, she posted a video of herself opening a taxpayer-funded grocery box, apologizing to her manicurist as she unboxed it by hand. Inside, she found carrots, heads of broccoli, apples, oranges, celery, rice, lettuce, and more.
"Yesterday, I was like, 'I need some lettuce,' but the lettuce was like five dollars," she said. "And look at this. Fresh lettuce! Thank you, God."
Posted by: beckster at October 30, 2026 12:53 PM (kX27y)
Because the lettuce is now freeeeee!!!!
Posted by: LASue at October 30, 2026 12:54 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 30, 2026 12:55 PM (u82oZ)
You're kidding, right?
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 12:55 PM (ADOtk)
all the kids. damn, adults fucking wrecked them with their isolation and fear mongering and threats. no wonder they are all so freaky weird, tattooed, pierced, hormone raging, cross hormone taking, mentally deranged, socially inept and violent.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 30, 2026 12:55 PM (W2Pud)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 12:47 PM (ccf/V)
Hope so! And that he gets a good financial advisor so he can just bank it all and live off the interest. Get to be with his kids every night!
The part of the vid where his voice breaks as he talks about how he couldn't tuck his kids in at night, and then has to go back out at 5 am and do it all again... that's the part that got me. I think it's resonating for a lot of people.
Demonize the rich, dumb but I get it. But sucker punch and punch down on the little guy just making a living for his kids? There will be blood. Glad the Red Baron PR team read the actual mood of their audience and are boosting him, not firing him.
He's made enough money in pizza sales for them this week, I hope they give him a huge Christmas bonus check!
Posted by: LizLem at October 30, 2026 12:56 PM (Toos7)
I thin they are concerned that the bacteria will become resistant if its overused, but they hand that stuff out like Tic Tacs at the hospital so I dunno.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 12:56 PM (TMNW7)
I don't think the video in question is doctored and Hasan has no shot here. Given all the horrendous stuff he's said in the past, the last thing he should want is to go to court and air them all out.
The worst part? He's worth tens of millions of dollars and is begging his viewers for donations to pay for legal fees.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 12:54 PM (TMNW7)
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I think the lawsuit is a giant attention-whoring and grifting operation. Piker is scum, lower than an earthworm's dick.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 12:56 PM (iFTx/)
The '60s rate of 0.04% of chiren? There is more than ample treatment available. For everyone else, there's parenting.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 30, 2026 12:57 PM (RDiUV)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 12:57 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 12:54 PM (TMNW7)
His 'fans' are mental retards, so......
A fool and their money are soon parted, n' shit.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 12:58 PM (ccf/V)
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 12:58 PM (MWfyi)
Unless it's tried in DC, that is.
The Scott is toast.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 12:58 PM (Fi81e)
Wasn't enough funding for oversight. Now funding that would normally go to care is going to oversight because no one wants to increase funding for disabled people
She was the safeguard and she deliberately allowed millions if not billions in theft. Find out who she works for and where that money went and I 100% guarantee you it leads right back to the CIA and American government funding proxy wars in other countries
Republicans voted against the oversight the Dems wanted more of. They win on pretending to care about fraud and pretending they are fiscally responsible because idiots don't pay attention
MN has an annual Medicaid spend of 23B. 7M is .03% of that. It's a rounding error for most people. If you spend 1M for your company it's like losing 300. You're not getting questioned on that amount.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 30, 2026 12:58 PM (nW0Hp)
Yeah he sounded and acted like most dads out there. Busting their ass at a job that feels demeaning, doesn't ever seem to earn enough, and keeps you from your family, and now he has to put up with THIS?
Inside, she found carrots, heads of broccoli, apples, oranges, celery, rice, lettuce, and more.
You know what? Putting aside the dubious need and questionable funding of this all... That's the kind of stuff I want sent out for the poor. Here's raw materials, here's fruit and healthy stuff.
She says "Thank God" but I bet she was seething inside "where's my wagyu and lobster???"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 12:58 PM (TMNW7)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 12:57 PM (rbvCR)
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How is Ukraine our war?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 12:59 PM (xjopy)
At least they're not Methodists...
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 12:59 PM (ADOtk)
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 12:59 PM (MWfyi)
"Our studies have found a strong correlation between eating more lobster and using less meth."
-- Gov't statisticians
Posted by: Oddbob at October 30, 2026 12:59 PM (vTZFs)
It is a hard one to ignore.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 01:00 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 30, 2026 01:00 PM (f8snw)
90% of parents in this area claim to have kids with autism or ADHD.
1. Everyone is making money on it. The parents get social capital.
2. 50% 0f the kids are simply average, and their parents can't handle it.
3. 40% of the kids are just weird, mostly because their parents let them play vidya games all day.
4. <1% are actually autistic
Posted by: MJ at October 30, 2026 01:00 PM (XOmY9)
Yeah I suspect that his numbers have been trending downward and he needs publicity.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 01:00 PM (TMNW7)
David Burge
@iowahawkblog
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Please support my legislative proposal for nationally televised woodchipper shredding of Tik Tok pranksters
Colin Dunlap
@colin_dunlap
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Oct 29
Real people have real emotions.
Real people need to stop being f’ed with for your social media pranks and content. Not everyone is living in your fake world.
Good on the Red Baron Pizza guy.
The world was better when kids had a healthy fear of all adults.
Posted by: beckster at October 30, 2026 01:00 PM (kX27y)
I find this particularly amusing:
Obama Calls for End to Political Anger at Atlanta Rally
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 30, 2026 01:00 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 30, 2026 12:58 PM (nW0Hp)
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CIA had USAID for a slush fund.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 01:00 PM (xjopy)
Posted by: Oddbob at October 30, 2026 01:00 PM (vTZFs)
They weren't afraid of being called racists. They were in on it.
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 01:01 PM (I+a8W)
I really hope so. Some news channel posted on YouTube a panel of "experts" and had this lawyer on that was all "Scott is cooked!" And the others on the panel were practically clapping over it, and all the comments on the vid were joyful that Scott would lose and probably lose his show and spot in CNN and be forced to stop telling his "lies."
Hope the piker gets his butt handed to him. But I didn't see the details of the video Scott posted, and why or why not it might be doctored.
Posted by: LizLem at October 30, 2026 01:01 PM (Toos7)
"Ha!"
--Hunter Biden
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 01:01 PM (TMNW7)
Former NBA star Paul Pierce is on the verge of bankruptcy, having squandered over $200m in earnings during his NBA career.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 01:01 PM (ccf/V)
I find this particularly amusing:
Obama Calls for End to Political Anger at Atlanta Rally
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 30, 2026 01:00 PM (qBdHI)
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I brought my gun to my knife fight, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 01:01 PM (xjopy)
Pootin Man Bad.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 30, 2026 01:00 PM (vTZFs)
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Gayatollah Man Not Bad?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 01:01 PM (xjopy)
How did he not spontaneously combust over that statement is beyond me.
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 30, 2026 01:01 PM (qBdHI)
I'm surprised that the Media and the Democrats aren't calling for his removal since they "were not too high." It was only fraud making it look that way. The TRUMP CABINET IS A BUNCH OF LIARS!!!!
Posted by: Orson at October 30, 2026 01:01 PM (dIske)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 12:59 PM (xjopy)
Besides the politicians making bank off of kickbacks? Good question.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 01:01 PM (rbvCR)
Wasn't enough funding for oversight. Now funding that would normally go to care is going to oversight because no one wants to increase funding for disabled people
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit
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There was plenty of funding for it , but who could keep up with this level of fraud? And there might have been funding , but there wasn't enough nerve for oversight. People curled up in a ball and died if a somali fraudster threatened to call them a racist
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 30, 2026 01:01 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: bonhomme at October 30, 2026 12:25 PM (mkw2N)
Time to ask the same question about trans.
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 01:02 PM (I+a8W)
Posted by: DaveA at October 30, 2026 01:02 PM (FhXTo)
Quick - without looking it up, who won the 1968 Super Bowl and what was the spread?
Ask your wife or girlfriend - what was the most expensive Kate Spade handbag in 2018, and what's the current resale value?
Engineers are no more prone to autism than the general population. They're just interested in things that society doesn't value. Anyone who thinks they're "not like other people" has never had to sit through twenty minutes of a sports fan telling you in detail what his team's chances are this year and why.
Posted by: Daniel Ream at October 30, 2026 01:02 PM (LgYtf)
Internet sleuths also said Mr. Clancy murdered his 3 children........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 01:02 PM (ccf/V)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 12:59 PM (xjopy)
Besides the politicians making bank off of kickbacks? Good question.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 01:01 PM (rbvCR)
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"You are opposing Ukraine! That's treason!"
"So, Ukraine is our vassal state and must do what we say?"
"No! The US is Ukraine's vassal state and must do what it says!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 01:02 PM (xjopy)
Depending on specifics, we used to call this learning disabled. Which goes back to the point they’ve vastly over expanded the definition and diagnosis of who is actually autistic. It’s moved well away from a clinical definition and more neatly into one that meets certain legislative and ultimately benefits driven definitions. That encompasses much more than a clinical diagnosis which at one time was directly tied to the physical genesis of autism itself. Notwithstanding that a direct cause for most autism has not been discovered, that allows the continued expansion of what falls into this category. If you go back to the earlier days of autism and look at the clinical definition it’s easy to see why it has grown over the years. I would argue it’s mostly what they include in that category under an ever expanding definition, and the growth of benefits provided for it.
Posted by: Marcus t at October 30, 2026 01:03 PM (egaJw)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 01:00 PM (xjopy)
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Most of the D-Development when to develop footholds for the CIA.
Trump said they weren't cutting any man-critical programs. Musk said they weren't cutting any man-critical programs.
But apparently the death toll from stopping the "Agency for International Development" is killing thousands upon thousands, because people are dying in Africa of something.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 01:03 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Dr_No at October 30, 2026 01:03 PM (ayRl+)
IF its the video I am thinking of, is the one where Piker says basically "F black people, we need to go back to the days of lynching"
Its worth remembering that before he hooked into the Champagne Socialist persona, he used to be a red pill frat bro guy saying outrageous stuff about women and minorities.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 01:03 PM (TMNW7)
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 01:03 PM (I+a8W)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 01:01 PM (xjopy)
Obama never carried a gun to a knife fight, he had the CIA and the USAF kill all his opponents via drone strike.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 01:03 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 01:03 PM (Fi81e)
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They're as real as the Claude created Republicans that NYT/Siena now use in their polling.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 01:04 PM (xjopy)
"So, Ukraine is our vassal state and must do what we say?"
"No! The US is Ukraine's vassal state and must do what it says!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 01:02 PM (xjopy)
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Right they didn't care how many groceries you had to put back as long as Zelenskyy (and DC) got his money!!
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 01:04 PM (Fi81e)
Been that way for 20 years now. Everyone wants special consideration...
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 01:04 PM (ADOtk)
My mom also has her story . She worked for 35 years for Walgreens as a pharmacist tech and for the first 30 she waited on and got to know customers who were on Medicaid or some type of government assistance and had empathy for them.
Then the drive thru window became a thing and her empathy was reduced when she noted almost all had a brand new expensive model car .
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 01:04 PM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 01:01 PM (xjopy)
Obama never carried a gun to a knife fight, he had the CIA and the USAF kill all his opponents via drone strike.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 01:03 PM (rbvCR)
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"I didn't use missiles. I used diplomacy."
-Obama, like, 2 days ago
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 01:04 PM (xjopy)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 01:01 PM (xjopy)
Doof hardest hit.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 01:04 PM (ccf/V)
Back before they turned into The View for sports bros, ESPN did a good documentary on how athletes end up bankrupt despite being paid so much.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 01:04 PM (TMNW7)
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 01:04 PM (Fi81e)
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I couldn't buy those bananas because $21 went to Ukraine.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 01:05 PM (xjopy)
90% of parents in this area claim to have kids with autism or ADHD.
1. Everyone is making money on it. The parents get social capital.
2. 50% 0f the kids are simply average, and their parents can't handle it.
3. 40% of the kids are just weird, mostly because their parents let them play vidya games all day.
4.
Posted by: MJ at October 30, 2026 01:00 PM (XOmY9)
I have had two young kids. I currently deal with other people's kids in Boy Scouts, children's theater, home school group, and coaching little league. The predominance of kids having real issues with attention and focus or reading social cues or whatever have been less than probably 1%, and many of those are a result of neglect or medicating their kids instead of parenting.
The people I know who do have genuinely weird or asocial kids who could be considered "on spectrum" are not actually medicated, and the parents do all they can to expose them to social situations, encourage social interaction in Scouts and home school group, and bust their asses to make sure that they can experience normal human relations.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 30, 2026 01:05 PM (RDiUV)
Been that way for 20 years now. Everyone wants special consideration...
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 01:04 PM (ADOtk)
Isn't some obnoxiously large percentage of Harvard students have some sort of 'disability' now?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 01:05 PM (ccf/V)
-Obama, like, 2 days ago
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 01:04 PM (xjopy)
And a pallet of cash
Posted by: It's me donna at October 30, 2026 01:06 PM (4WM7K)
Posted by: Dave at October 30, 2026 12:50 PM (JsnYl)
In retrospect I am certain to that Walz is a doofus that the Democrats spotted as an easy mark. They made him an offer to get to be Gov, if he swore to do exactly as instructed by whatever DFL Party cabal pulls the strings in MN. He, and his social-climber wife, said, "YES!!"
He's a beta-male copy of Hochul in New York. A moderate track record elected Democrat nebbish who who instantly becomes a Radical Leftist when installed in a executive elected office.
Same thing with Biden. Who will the DNC select as its totally controllable or at least very steerable cypher, to run for Prez in 2028?
Posted by: Gref at October 30, 2026 01:06 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 01:01 PM (xjopy)
Doof hardest hit.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 01:04 PM (ccf/V)
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Doof and I are gentleman scholars who only duel with the finest of folded steel rapiers.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 01:06 PM (xjopy)
Their methodology for that number is basically "add up all the people who died since it was announced USAID was being cut"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 01:06 PM (TMNW7)
Obviously a thousand wheels turning here, but the main drivers are state and federal mis-regulation and captured regulation, and oligopoly or even de facto cartel situations at all levels both on the medical and financial sides of the picture.
And things were made much worse, every flaw and rent-seeking outrage was compounded, by "reform" in 2013. To its almost puzzling credit, the electorate fought against it (including the greatest partisan bloodbath in modern history, 2010). But the inertia and lack of an opposition party prevailed. So a sector that should be about 10% of the economy (even with the aging demo) instead is .... 3 to 4 times that.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 30, 2026 01:06 PM (U/Byj)
That description fits the perfect description for model citizen in the DSA's reformulation of the former United States.
Posted by: Community Notes at October 30, 2026 01:06 PM (a3CJ+)
-Obama, like, 2 days ago
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 01:04 PM (xjopy)
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Drones aren't missiles, so as long as he can classify them as "diplomacy", he's set.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 01:07 PM (Fi81e)
I couldn't buy those bananas because $21 went to Ukraine.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 01:05 PM (xjopy)
You can't perform The Bagels classic "Eat Like a Somali Citizen" with only rice......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 01:07 PM (ccf/V)
If it's fresh wild-caught reds, yeah, luxury food.
If it's canned pinks or even farmed trash fish? Not so much.
I'm thinking probably canned, if only because I find it hard to believe that a bureaucracy could be efficient enough to deliver fresh salmon before it goes bad.
Canned pinks are currently going for a little more than the crap tier ground beef at the local Walmart. The good ground beef is quite a bit more.
Most Alaskans consider pinks just marginally edible even when fresh. They're the next step above chum salmon, which the marketroids have been foisting off on Lower 48ers who don't know any better as "keta" or "silverbrite".
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 01:07 PM (qlLNh)
-Obama, like, 2 days ago
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 01:04 PM (xjopy)
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Drones aren't missiles, so as long as he can classify them as "diplomacy", he's set.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 01:07 PM (Fi81e)
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I don't think the drones we used to bomb that wedding procession was a kamikaze drone. Pretty sure it used...missiles.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 01:07 PM (xjopy)
The primary one being "attending Harvard"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 01:07 PM (TMNW7)
Mrs. F. has had this as a full time job since 2003. I foreshortened my career because she was exhausted.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 01:07 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 30, 2026 01:07 PM (RDiUV)
-Obama, like, 2 days ago
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 01:04 PM (xjopy)
The No Agenda Show has ended production, so I was listening to shows from 2012. Curry and Dvorak mentioned that during the one month they were tracking in 2012, Obama had killed over 35 people overseas via drones, as it was reported in the MFM
I am glad the archive is there, I am reminded a of a lot of things that I forgot about that time because I got busy
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 01:08 PM (rbvCR)
The primary one being "attending Harvard"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 01:07 PM (TMNW7)
HEY!!!!!!
Posted by: David Hogg - Scholar at October 30, 2026 01:08 PM (ccf/V)
"I didn't use missiles. I used diplomacy."
-Obama, like, 2 days ago
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 01:04 PM (xjopy)
You used pallets full of untraceable cash, shit-for-brains.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 01:08 PM (qlLNh)
Former NBA star Paul Pierce is on the verge of bankruptcy, having squandered over $200m in earnings during his NBA career.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 01:01 PM (ccf/V)
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I'm sure Pierce blew piles of that money during his career, but keep in mind that this is coming out of court proceedings over child support for this 751st baby momma. Everyone claims poverty in divorce and child support cases. Everyone.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 01:08 PM (iFTx/)
Mrs. F. has had this as a full time job since 2003. I foreshortened my career because she was exhausted.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 01:07 PM (RIvkX)
So sorry....
Posted by: It's me donna at October 30, 2026 01:08 PM (4WM7K)
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 01:09 PM (I+a8W)
"I didn't use missiles. I used diplomacy."
-Obama, like, 2 days ago
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 01:04 PM (xjopy)
You used pallets full of untraceable cash, shit-for-brains.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 01:08 PM (qlLNh)
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He mostly used surrender.
Remember the US Navy ship being taken by Iranian pirates?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 01:09 PM (xjopy)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 01:07 PM (qlLNh)
We smoked them. For canning, I go with Coho.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 30, 2026 01:09 PM (RDiUV)
http://tiny.cc/gtwc101
It's probably doomed to failure. But what if it doesn't fail? Cisco's code is infamously hard to update. It would be good to have a more flexible, modern code base.
I see lots of people saying the new code won't be tested or is un-testable. That's silly. You have the old code. Cisco has a bazillion unit tests and extensive test suites. They can run those tests against both and compare results. You can fuzz test against both and compare results. There are lots of ways to ensure parity.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 30, 2026 01:09 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 01:07 PM (xjopy)
Dude didn't know his own state of Illinois bordered Kentucky. I guarantee you he doesn't know how our drones work. You say drone to him today he's not thinking Predator.
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 01:09 PM (Ti9vn)
One of the more amusing things to do is ask a young person who prefers socialism to define socialism. They either disappear, give up quickly, or get very angry and accuse you of being a bot. They almost never even get close.
Mostly they think socialism is "I won't have to work and can play video games all day as food is delivered to my free apartment"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 01:09 PM (TMNW7)
-Obama, like, 2 days ago
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 01:04 PM (xjopy)
From the UTSA school of diplomacy.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 01:10 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Barky O'Liar at October 30, 2026 01:10 PM (I+a8W)
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 01:07 PM (Fi81e)
No, those were drones that fired missiles, not the ones being used in Ukraine today
Global Hawks, Predators and Reapers. And other less known ones
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 01:10 PM (rbvCR)
She was the safeguard and she deliberately allowed millions if not billions in theft. Find out who she works for and where that money went and I 100% guarantee you it leads right back to the CIA and American government funding proxy wars in other countries
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit
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Holy carp are they talking about ilhan
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 30, 2026 01:10 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 01:09 PM (xjopy)
I'd been trying to forget.
I hope Jimmy Carter died in peace, knowing that he was no longer the worst President in history.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 01:10 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: Thanatopsis at October 30, 2026 01:11 PM (hG5L0)
Depending on reports... about a third.
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 01:11 PM (ADOtk)
From the UTSA school of diplomacy.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 01:10 PM (Sco7b)
As they say at Texas State, you can't spell NUTSACK without UTSA.
Posted by: David Hogg - Scholar at October 30, 2026 01:11 PM (ccf/V)
Posted by: David Hogg
Don't take it personally, you were retarded before you left high school.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 01:11 PM (TMNW7)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 01:11 PM (ccf/V)
I hope Jimmy Carter died in peace, knowing that he was no longer the worst President in history.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 01:10 PM (qlLNh)
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And every day Martin Van Buren thanks God that no one remembers him at all.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 01:11 PM (xjopy)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 01:09 PM (TMNW7)
Actually I think a lot of them believe it's punish the wealthy. And they're right.
A lot of them just don't know that even impoverished students are considered the wealthy.
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 01:12 PM (I+a8W)
Depending on reports... about a third.
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 01:11 PM (ADOtk)
Liberalism.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 30, 2026 01:12 PM (RDiUV)
Someone has been reading and heeding the HordeSource advice given here.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 30, 2026 01:12 PM (0sNs1)
Total healthcare spending could be cut in 24 hours to 25% of what it is right now, and not one actual human with any real sickness or need of care will be affected. Not a one.
Posted by: Elric The Blade "
A good start would be the end of most health insurance and govt. programs as it now structured and go to fee-for-services. End that and prices would drop 50% overnight. They would then drop 50% again over the next year or so as demand and prices came into line and there would be no need for most insurance
Health insurance should only be for truly catastrophic events. It has completely distorted by the entire price/demand system.
Posted by: Ripley at October 30, 2026 01:14 PM (GUOwU)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 30, 2026 01:09 PM (RDiUV)
You mean silvers. :-)
For those in non-PNW areas, every species of salmon but pink and chum has a different name in Washington State than it does in most of Alaska. Parts of extreme SE Alaska use the Washington names. I think British Columbia also uses the Washington names.
Washington/Alaska
Chinook/king
Sockeye/red
Coho/silver
Pink/pink
Chums are also known as "dog salmon", but I don't think those names are as highly localized. I've heard both in both places.
Why the names are different, I don't know, but there's always good natured "correcting" going on whenever someone uses the "wrong" name.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 01:17 PM (qlLNh)
Yeah that was the first sign of a scam. I will buy that there is a range of human behavior and emotional response, we all learn that by the age of 5. What I won't buy is that there isn't a bright line between normal range of human behavior and mental illness.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 12:32 PM (TMNW7)
IANAMHP, but my understanding is that the only "bright line" is whether someone is unable to perform a normal function, like initiating a romantic relationship or maintaining gainful employment. Otherwise, the difference between a disorder (you have it or you don't) and a trait (on a 100-point scale) is not as big as it seems, since diagnosing a disorder involves counting up the number of 'tells'.
Without that singular objective measure, the diagnostic criteria for a disorder is hiding a spectrum by using a threshold to collapse it into a step function. And even so, you can speak intelligibly of sub-clinical "shadow syndromes" that mimic the real deal, but without the crippling disability.
But I think this is because the field is post-Christian and PoMo, so ungrounded.
Posted by: SciVo at October 30, 2026 01:18 PM (ke3zm)
Determinant doesn't mean repeatable.
Posted by: DaveA at October 30, 2026 01:20 PM (FhXTo)
Back before they turned into The View for sports bros, ESPN did a good documentary on how athletes end up bankrupt despite being paid so much.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 01:04 PM (TMNW7)
More than a few of those extremely high-paid but now bankrupt athletes went bankrupt because one of their highly-trusted relatives, often an uncle, acted as their agent and robbed them blind.
For me one of the saddest parts of too many of these athlete rags-to-riches-to-rags stories is the end result of the lavish homes they bought for their Moms. Even if the athlete paid cash up-front for the property rather than paying the mortgage payments. The athletes don't always fund a trust fund to pay the property taxes and upkeep costs on the property, or didn't fund it enough to keep-up with inflation and the inevitable property tax increases. In those cases, eventually Mom and all the relatives who moved-in to take advantage of free housing with Athletes Mom get thrown out after the athlete goes bust.
Posted by: Gref at October 30, 2026 01:20 PM (5rh/l)
Look at the growth of healthcare administration. Just like the growth of administration in schools, it has very little purpose as comprised and adds significant cost. Then take a deeper look at some of the healthcare positions that are unionized. You’ll notice they too have been expanded, with much of it due to contractual concessions.
Posted by: Marcus t at October 30, 2026 01:21 PM (egaJw)
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It's a good thing Obama put the fix in.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 01:23 PM (Fi81e)
Someone has been reading and heeding the HordeSource advice given here.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 30, 2026 01:12 PM (0sNs1)
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It's no "cool your tits", though.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 01:24 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 01:26 PM (Cqx++)
I really hope so. Some news channel posted on YouTube a panel of "experts" and had this lawyer on that was all "Scott is cooked!" And the others on the panel were practically clapping over it, and all the comments on the vid were joyful that Scott would lose and probably lose his show and spot in CNN and be forced to stop telling his "lies."
Hope the piker gets his butt handed to him. But I didn't see the details of the video Scott posted, and why or why not it might be doctored.
Posted by: LizLem
Good tell for infotainment is when a lawyer is practicing on tv rather than in a court room. Nancy Grace comes to mind and she nearly got disbarred for misconduct as a prosecutor before becoming a fake and gay legal commentator.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 01:28 PM (E4rtv)
Or a million billion frauds.
The fraud has no end at this point in MN, does it?
Wow.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2026 02:48 PM (hzuYO)
THE MORNING RANT: Public Radio is Being Squeezed Thanks to Trump Defunding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
in July 2025, Republicans had long argued for doing just that. Most of them were lying to get our votes, of course, and given the chance to do so, they never did. Republican Representative Paul Ryan famously advocated for gutting CPB funding…until Ryan became Speaker of the House and had control of the purse strings. Suddenly he determined that defunding CPB represented only negligible federal spending, or that it would consume too much political capital, or some other lie as he rubbed his betrayal in our faces.
Defunding public broadcasting is yet another of the innumerable acts that Donald Trump did after decades of surrender-cons (e.g. the legacy GOP) claiming it couldn’t be done.
NPR has long argued that it only gets a nominal amount of its funding from taxpayers. In this NPR from April 2023, in which it was reporting on itself, NPR falsely claimed that less than 1% of its funding comes federal sources. But as The Hill reported in a piece a few weeks later, a great deal of NPR’s funding comes from local public stations, who historically received much of their funding from federal spending.
In other words, the money flow was: Taxpayers → Federal Government → CPB → local stations → NPR.
More specifically, the money that flows from local public radio stations to NPR buys I am not going to do a grave dance, because I am still greatly saddened by the loss of what public radio once was in the days before it sold its soul (and much of its programming time) to NPR. After I graduated from college in the 1980s, the local public radio station was probably my most-listened to station. It was a companion that provided locally-produced shows featuring music that none of the commercial stations played. There were local DJs who hosted eclectic shows full of new-to-me music, especially acoustic, folk, bluegrass, classical and blues. Some DJs would have music from all those genres in the same show! I was a loyal donor for many years, but the expanding NPR lineup and its left-wing programming was like a cancer chewing up the station’s airtime. My last check payable to the local public radio station was in the late 1990s, shortly before my favorite Saturday morning acoustic music show was replaced by a smug, know-it-all, NPR show titled “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me.” Around the same time, I tuned in one July 4th morning, only to hear NPR airing a show about how awful and racist the U.S. is, and how July 4 is such a difficult day for enlightened Americans. I don’t know if public radio could have survived long-term in the internet era, but by attaching itself to the radical leftists at NPR, it certainly hastened its own demise. Thanks again to Donald Trump and the current Republican Congress for defunding NPR by defunding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Chattanooga’s public radio station is looking to make up an approximately $89,000 shortfall or it will have to potentially consider cutting programming or other services, according to station leadership.------------------------------------------------ “I would say funding is what keeps me up at night,” general manager Susan Lazenby said Thursday. “I think we have a lot of positive things going on at the station, but without the federal support, it makes it really complicated to pay bills.” The financial pressures date to July 2025, when Congress approved President Donald Trump’s request to cut $1.1 billion in previously approved funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which distributed federal funds to public radio and broadcasting stations nationwide. For the local affiliate, this amounts to approximately $126,000 in annual revenue that is gone, Lazenby said, and it’s not clear if or when it’s coming back. That equates to 20% of the organization’s total annual budget, she said.
It was a privilege joining Melissa Mackenzie & Scott McKay on The Continuing Crisis (American Spectator) podcast today. We discussed how prediction markets are being used to influence voter sentiment rather than to gauge it, along with other election-related topics. @MelissaTweets @TheHayride
— Buck Throckmorton (@BuckThrockmort) October 29, 2026
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:00 AM (ccf/V)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:00 AM (ccf/V)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:00 AM (ccf/V)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:00 AM (xjopy)
Posted by: Nazdar at October 30, 2026 11:01 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:02 AM (ccf/V)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 30, 2026 11:02 AM (4Je4D)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 30, 2026 11:02 AM (88C+u)
Posted by: Reforger at October 30, 2026 11:02 AM (Ae6Br)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:02 AM (ccf/V)
Instead PBS and NPR took all of our tax money to promote progressive worldview and politics.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 11:02 AM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 30, 2026 11:03 AM (RORbl)
And it wasn't even close.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:00 AM (xjopy)
Great. Now we can count on more angry trolls.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 30, 2026 11:03 AM (88C+u)
Posted by: I'm Korva Coleman, and this is NPR News at October 30, 2026 11:03 AM (brIJB)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 11:03 AM (ndZc7)
And it wasn't even close.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:00 AM (xjopy)
Great. Now we can count on more angry trolls.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 30, 2026 11:03 AM (88C+u)
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I've never denied the charge of being one myself.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:03 AM (xjopy)
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 11:03 AM (Sco7b)
Make do with the pile of money you are sitting on, NPR!
Posted by: Lizzy at October 30, 2026 11:03 AM (rOKnE)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 11:03 AM (ndZc7)
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"Why do you even care about cutting the funding it won't do anything. Also, we will murder you if you try to cut the funding."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:04 AM (xjopy)
Posted by: Nazdar at October 30, 2026 11:04 AM (NcvvS)
If the people won't directly fund you, you're likely not worth squat, so piss off.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:04 AM (ccf/V)
https://x.com/Breaking911/status/2116182644035625124
Posted by: Mark1971 at October 30, 2026 11:04 AM (/OKHJ)
Posted by: Sally Struthers at October 30, 2026 11:05 AM (4Je4D)
Old and busted: You're silly to suggest defunding PBS/NPR, as federal funding is, like, 2% of it's budget!
New Hotness: We cannot survive without it!!
Posted by: Lizzy at October 30, 2026 11:05 AM (rOKnE)
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Almost anybody could have felt that in the wind.
Progressives use words and communication to make you do something.
Others you words and communication to report state.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 11:05 AM (Fi81e)
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 11:05 AM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 11:05 AM (iFTx/)
Exactly. It's campaign advertising in a different format.
Governments around the world have been using psyops for decades to influence outcomes. Because it works.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 11:06 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 30, 2026 11:06 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: tubal at October 30, 2026 11:07 AM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Elric The Blade
Touching from a distance, further all the time.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 30, 2026 11:07 AM (88C+u)
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 11:07 AM (ADOtk)
https://x.com/Breaking911/status/2116182644035625124
Posted by: Mark1971 at October 30, 2026 11:04 AM (/OKHJ)
Kayak fishing in the ocean = Future Darwin Award winner
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:07 AM (ccf/V)
That's RINO talk, right there. I don't usually say this to another guy, but please come join me on the dance floor.
Seriously, the local NPR station is classical, and it's excellent, and if they hadn't lied to me about their funding, and if they had something, ANYTHING, that remotely resembled something that wasn't far left (see, we can play that game too), I might have supported them. They didn't, so I don't.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 30, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t)
Progressives use words and communication to make you do something.
Others you words and communication to report state.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 11:05 AM (Fi81e)
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I still maintain it's just about making money, that no one in power thinks these things actually influence people anymore.
Fundraising from polls and odds. And then just direct gambling manipulation on the odds.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:08 AM (xjopy)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 11:08 AM (8B4gm)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 30, 2026 11:02 AM (4Je4D)
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Once they clear out the rainbow Che Guevara batch.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 11:08 AM (Fi81e)
I love that Howard Stern shat on podcasting when it first started and said it was a passing fad with no money potential.
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 11:08 AM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 11:08 AM (ADOtk)
It's a mystery.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:08 AM (ccf/V)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 11:05 AM (iFTx/)
It does. But the kind of radio I listen to is my local station, when I drive around. It is shamelessly profit driven, as it should be.
Posted by: tubal at October 30, 2026 11:08 AM (Gqar8)
Hillary Clinton Joins Push for Investigations Targeting Trump and His Supporters
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 11:09 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 11:08 AM (Ti9vn)
Well, he's a mentally retarded vaxxed and boosted asshole, so.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:09 AM (ccf/V)
https://x.com/Breaking911/status/2116182644035625124
Posted by: Mark1971 at October 30, 2026 11:04 AM (/OKHJ)
Always have orcas on speed-dial.
Posted by: far cry at October 30, 2026 11:09 AM (wXgT/)
Posted by: Don Black at October 30, 2026 11:09 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:08 AM (xjopy)
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It keeps their ideological captives captive.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 11:10 AM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 30, 2026 11:10 AM (r7+Q7)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at October 30, 2026 11:10 AM (ubCxQ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 30, 2026 11:02 AM (4Je4D)
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Once they clear out the rainbow Che Guevara batch.
I've heard they have a big delivery of tranny Muslim bags coming in.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 30, 2026 11:10 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:08 AM (xjopy)
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It keeps their ideological captives captive.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 11:10 AM (Fi81e)
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And then, when the polling fails, the ideological captives do their own work to justify it. Because ideological captives do their own work to justify clinging to their ideologies.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:10 AM (xjopy)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 30, 2026 11:06 AM (g8Ew
Sadly, we went limp quickly..
It's not radio, but public television does occasionally have stuff I like. My Mom did buy a few things from the Detroit station.
I still get the occasional fundraising mail. In Canada!!??
I have a video of Tom Lehrer in concert on the DVR. I should watch that today. Break day....
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 11:10 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 11:08 AM (Ti9vn)
Well, he's a mentally retarded vaxxed and boosted asshole, so.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:09 AM (ccf/V)
Always an unappealing creature, he has now morphed into a freakish thing, barely holding on to human status.
Posted by: tubal at October 30, 2026 11:11 AM (Gqar8)
Quite popular around here.
Fun fact. Sharks don't actually jump into your boat to eat you. Often.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 11:11 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 11:03 AM (ndZc7)
Huh. That's what the commentary stated.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 30, 2026 11:12 AM (hmYU4)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 11:08 AM (8B4gm)
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Henson's CTW was a whole different deal. Children's Television Workshop made beaucoup on merch.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 11:12 AM (Fi81e)
Hillary Clinton Joins Push for Investigations Targeting Trump and His Supporters
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 11:09 AM (ndZc7)
That UTSA bitch has evolved my thinking on political killings.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 11:12 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 11:12 AM (ADOtk)
They should Consider This, especially with the negative Throughline, but. . Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me -- they refuse to change!
Posted by: Lizzy at October 30, 2026 11:13 AM (rOKnE)
Every culture does...
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 11:12 AM (ADOtk)
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Vatican rednecks, man.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:13 AM (xjopy)
Posted by: far cry at October 30, 2026 11:13 AM (wXgT/)
Fundraising from polls and odds. And then just direct gambling manipulation on the odds.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:08 AM (xjopy)
Except they do influence people. You see it here. It's a demoralization game. And it has gone on for months. Russia was similar. They need narrative and they needed us to be fearful rather than celebratory that Trump had beat their ass. That's why when Mueller finally "came" it was a big nothing that didn't matter. Because it didn't matter. The op did a lot of its job.
That is influence even if it doesn't impact voting (although logically it would). Even demoralizing their own people is useful "influence" too, even if it's not GOTV. Keeping their people spun up further demoralizes the country. As we see daily.
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 11:13 AM (I+a8W)
Posted by: tubal at October 30, 2026 11:13 AM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 30, 2026 11:13 AM (Riz8t)
I want NPR to get hit hard, unless they back off all the commie woke stuff and just get back to neutral reporting. I hate that state public radio channels are probably suffering for the sins of NPR. But it is what it is.
Posted by: LizLem at October 30, 2026 11:13 AM (tn9Xx)
https://x.com/Breaking911/status/2116182644035625124
Posted by: Mark1971 at October 30, 2026 11:04 AM (/OKHJ)
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Sharks and other dangerous ocean predators are all around out there. You rarely see them. But they are there. I saw a documentary on sharks that had overhead video of numerous beaches filled with people, and sharks were circling underneath or alongside. Scary, but that's the nature of the beast.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 11:13 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Eromero at October 30, 2026 11:14 AM (1Zpx7)
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Dependent, of course, on whether the Democrats win the midterms.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 11:14 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 11:14 AM (I+a8W)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 30, 2026 11:14 AM (LOvBA)
"publicly joins," right?
I'd imagine she's up to her eyeballs in all this coup stuff behind the scenes.
Posted by: Lizzy at October 30, 2026 11:14 AM (rOKnE)
Dot com if you want to see the website.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 11:15 AM (Sco7b)
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Is there a reason you crossed out the more correct word?
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 11:15 AM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Mark1971 at October 30, 2026 11:15 AM (/OKHJ)
BINGO
Posted by: Lizzy at October 30, 2026 11:15 AM (rOKnE)
Not a day has gone by since they started publishing midterm polls that there hasn't been dozens of discussions here about them. Some insist they portend the end of the world. Some argue they are meaningless.
Saying they have no impact is silly. They continue to publish them because they work on a lot of people. Not everyone cares about politics like we do.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 11:15 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 11:03 AM (ndZc7)
Huh. That's what the commentary stated.
Your point?
Posted by: Archimedes at October 30, 2026 11:15 AM (Riz8t)
Except they do influence people. You see it here. It's a demoralization game. And it has gone on for months. Russia was similar. They need narrative and they needed us to be fearful rather than celebratory that Trump had beat their ass. That's why when Mueller finally "came" it was a big nothing that didn't matter. Because it didn't matter. The op did a lot of its job.
That is influence even if it doesn't impact voting (although logically it would). Even demoralizing their own people is useful "influence" too, even if it's not GOTV. Keeping their people spun up further demoralizes the country. As we see daily.
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 11:13 AM (I+a8W)
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"I'm nervous about the election," is one thing.
"It's lost, I'm not even going to vote," is another. That's the manipulation that matters. And if this stuff worked, Trump wouldn't have won Iowa by 13 points in 2024. Selzer said Kamala was winning.
In fact, I bet there's more evidence that bad polling actually motivates in the wrong direction than the "depress the other side" thing people assume.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:15 AM (xjopy)
Posted by: I'm Korva Coleman, and this is NPR News at October 30, 2026 11:03 AM (brIJB)
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Been doin' just fine not even knowing who you are, much less listen to your propaganda.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 30, 2026 11:16 AM (6ZFFR)
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 11:16 AM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 11:09 AM (ndZc7)
This is a projection of strength. From a party that once again, got its ass beat.
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 11:16 AM (I+a8W)
Truly awful.
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 11:16 AM (odBC9)
When appealing to the public, NPR says federal funding is negligible.
When appealing to Congress, NPR says public contributions are negligible.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 11:17 AM (eRlcH)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:13 AM (xjopy)
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One Crazy Summer had Nantucket Island rednecks.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 30, 2026 11:17 AM (brIJB)
Yesss. Yesssssssss! Do it!
Posted by: Sharks in the Taiwan Strait at October 30, 2026 11:18 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: tubal at October 30, 2026 11:18 AM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 11:18 AM (8B4gm)
Posted by: tubal at October 30, 2026 11:18 AM (Gqar
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We will lose everything because the Senate didn't pass the SAVE Act.
435 Democrats in the House.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:19 AM (xjopy)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 30, 2026 11:19 AM (Riz8t)
I actually did contribute to WGUC in Cincinnati after they offloaded all the dreary NPR stuff onto the Xavier University station and went full classical music.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 11:19 AM (eRlcH)
https://x.com/Breaking911/status/2116182644035625124
Posted by: Mark1971 at October 30, 2026 11:04 AM (/OKHJ)
Kayak fishing in the ocean = Future Darwin Award winner
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:07 AM (ccf/V)
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It's a real thing. Not really a "kayak" (you can see it's pedal-powered in the vid) but more like a small personal boat. Wouldn't be my thing because (i) I'm not a fishing guy and (ii) when I do fish, I need space to drink beer and smoke cigars.
But I do kayak whenever I have a chance. It's fun and a good workout.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 11:19 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 11:19 AM (odBC9)
They had this story about a "smart bomb" dropped on Iraq, only the ending of this story was it was a REAL "smart bomb" and after landing in Iraq didn't want to kill anybody.
Can you really say that wasn't claptrap for the left?
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 11:20 AM (Fi81e)
Always an unappealing creature, he has now morphed into a freakish thing, barely holding on to human status.
Posted by: tubal at October 30, 2026 11:11 AM
Has he completed the Maddow transition yet?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:20 AM (ccf/V)
Posted by: Oddbob at October 30, 2026 11:20 AM (vTZFs)
Guy is not only NOT going to be fired by Red Baron, as I feared, but they implied on social media he is a lock for employee of the month.
Love to see it! Might have to buy some red baron, even though I actually like making my own pizza dough and making pizza at home now. Want to support a company that actually read the room correctly. Loyalty to your employees, not the influencer scum! It's a nice white pill to start the weekend.
https://tinyurl.com/4ken
Posted by: LizLem at October 30, 2026 11:20 AM (tn9Xx)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 11:18 AM (8B4gm)
What if you're in an Ohio-class boomer?
Posted by: far cry at October 30, 2026 11:20 AM (wXgT/)
After Jaws was released beaches around here were very quiet. It was stunning how many people refused to go in the water because a shark might eat them at any moment.
Sharks aren't that scary when you don't do stupid things. So don't do stupid things.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 11:21 AM (viF8m)
First Point: "Hope" is not a plan.
Second Point: Under DSA, there is no such thing as "high dollar donors" because all will be subject to incarceration, underwriting their perpetual criminal defense costs, and outright theft through newly imposed "Wealth Taxes". (formerly known as "Plunder")
Third Point: OTA is dead. Investment in controlling the algorithms to point to obscure influencers who shape their opinions and principals from who is the highest bidder, that is where the money is.
FUD has been fully monetized and runs on cruise control due to amoral people who will slit their own throat for clicks and quick monetization and izzat.
Posted by: Community Notes at October 30, 2026 11:21 AM (9Hs2w)
Posted by: tubal at October 30, 2026 11:18 AM (Gqar
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I didn't get a Harumph out that guy!
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 11:21 AM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Sharpie at October 30, 2026 11:21 AM (OUr07)
James people aren't just "nervous about the election", they are making themselves sick over it. Over something that HAS NOT happened.
Yes we care a lot but we are the warriors and passionate recruiters. It helps the Left to fuck our heads over. To keep us from sounding happy and like the side that should be joined. Hell, to keep us arguing rather than coming together.
Things are a lot more complicated than "this doesn't make more people vote differently". The war we are in is mental, physical, electoral and spiritual.
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 11:21 AM (I+a8W)
Fundraising from polls and odds. And then just direct gambling manipulation on the odds.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Grifters that are political consultants nowadays benefit from what you said but also they have no problem demoralizing the electorate too. GOPe long used negative ads to basically repulse less partisan people from voting with the idea of reducing elections to base voters only.
GOPe has lost power to MAGA which emphasizes voter mobilization but has a higher number of low propensity voters since Trump won the first time in 2016. So now the Democrat strategy has become trying to keep the unwashed low propensity masses discouraged from voting. Democrats are relying on their increasingly radical base voters and gimmedat coalition rather than trying to broaden their appeal anymore.
GOP has become the big tent party instead to the dismay of GOPe pols longing for the good ole bygone days of Bushworld.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 11:22 AM (E4rtv)
Nicki Minaj Calls NY Gov. Kathy Hochul “Evil Woman” Who “Will Not Escape God’s Wrath”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 11:22 AM (ndZc7)
I'm not entirely sure how much of that actually goes to any given candidate. If any at all.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 30, 2026 11:22 AM (RORbl)
Posted by: Clay at October 30, 2026 11:22 AM (QNt1k)
Posted by: Sharpie at October 30, 2026 11:21 AM (OUr07)
In case they cheat. Which they do.
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 11:22 AM (I+a8W)
Posted by: tubal
WMAL in DC has waaaaay too many ads. A lot of conservative talk-radio stations do. I've read that's because Rush used to charge a lot for his show.
Turn on WMAL at any random moment, and chances are you'll get an ad.
Posted by: Bulg at October 30, 2026 11:22 AM (77rzZ)
I'm not entirely sure how much of that actually goes to any given candidate. If any at all.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 30, 2026 11:22 AM (RORbl)
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Kalshi's bettors are 70% European.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:22 AM (xjopy)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 30, 2026 11:22 AM (JnkZq)
Are you suggesting my "Looks like a seal" wetsuit idea won't pan out?
Posted by: Archimedes at October 30, 2026 11:22 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 11:13 AM (I+a8W)
I like to use AI and find out ratings for a lot of these 'influential' broadcasters and news organizations.
Yeah, we watch. But I think it was ABC Nightly News was the largest with about 9 million viewers - out of 340 million. 60 Minutes - 6 to 10 million. CNN - 700,000. MSNow - 1,700,000.
And Neilson doesn't care if you fell asleep after the ballgame or left the room.
So obviously, the big value in appearing on these programs is that the blogs will carry your talking points. But, that really may just be the same 20 million or so people that REALLY follow politics.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 11:22 AM (Sco7b)
But we're the Nazis........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:23 AM (ccf/V)
Posted by: Oddbob at October 30, 2026 11:23 AM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:23 AM (ccf/V)
Guy is not only NOT going to be fired by Red Baron, as I feared, but they implied on social media he is a lock for employee of the month.
Love to see it! Might have to buy some red baron, even though I actually like making my own pizza dough and making pizza at home now. Want to support a company that actually read the room correctly. Loyalty to your employees, not the influencer scum! It's a nice white pill to start the weekend.
https://tinyurl.com/4ken
Posted by: LizLem at October 30, 2026 11:20 AM (tn9Xx)
asmongold has a good 3-minute summary
https://tinyurl.com/hnttaku
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 11:23 AM (odBC9)
Since getting SiriusXM (we travel a lot, both for pleasure and business, and some of the areas we cross through have crappy reception - particularly the more mountainous areas), I've gotten used to starting with the subscription service for both symphony and jazz.
Those selections have come to form so little of the NPR selections that it's mostly not worth trying to find them.
I'd like to go back to hobbyists on free radio - people with opinions, NOT sponsored by the major parties/NGOs, people talking about local events and public interest news, people lending their expertise in cars, homemaking, gardening, small projects around the house, ham radio/computer/other tech subjects.
Pay those guys for their time, but NOT a full-time salary. The only people who should get paid standard full time money would be the techs that actually run the hardware/software for the station.
Posted by: Linda S Fox at October 30, 2026 11:23 AM (7Rs+y)
Are you suggesting my "Looks like a seal" wetsuit idea won't pan out?
Posted by: Archimedes at October 30, 2026 11:22 AM (Riz8t)
...specifically marketed to women on their cycle......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:24 AM (ccf/V)
After Jaws was released beaches around here were very quiet. It was stunning how many people refused to go in the water because a shark might eat them at any moment.
Sharks aren't that scary when you don't do stupid things. So don't do stupid things.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 11:21 AM (viF8m)
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Yea, sharks don't care about humans and will ignore them unless you provoke them. I swam with sharks in Hawaii. Was a shark-swimming tour. All of us got into the water with dozens of sharks. I got some pics where I was close enough to touch them (which I didn't).
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 11:24 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Last Steward of Gondor at October 30, 2026 11:24 AM (epXJE)
*snaps fingers *
You know, that would have gone well in the coffee shop scenes of So I Married an Axe Murderer.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 30, 2026 11:24 AM (JnkZq)
Posted by: tubal
WMAL in DC has waaaaay too many ads. A lot of conservative talk-radio stations do. I've read that's because Rush used to charge a lot for his show.
Turn on WMAL at any random moment, and chances are you'll get an ad.
Posted by: Bulg at October 30, 2026 11:22 AM (77rzZ)
On the plus side, with November arriving, the ads can be drowned out by Christmas music....
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 11:24 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 30, 2026 11:25 AM (brIJB)
Even worse than NPR's commie cocksucking, they should be defunded for infecting the nation with that pretentious whispering NPR Voice.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 30, 2026 11:25 AM (iqcvy)
https://tinyurl.com/4ken
Posted by: LizLem at October 30, 2026 11:20 AM (tn9Xx)
That link doesn't work for me, LizLem.
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 11:25 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 30, 2026 11:17 AM (brIJB)
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Boscoe!
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at October 30, 2026 11:25 AM (0bjKf)
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 11:25 AM (I+a8W)
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 11:26 AM (I+a8W)
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 11:25 AM (I+a8W)
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I remember when the Selzer poll came out in 2024.
She'd never been wrong! Sure, it made no fucking sense, but she'd never been wrong! She was the gold standard!
And then she was very wrong, and everyone forgot.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:26 AM (xjopy)
OK, Some RINOs Got Booted, but the Fight Isn't Over
https://tinyurl.com/52y5xz6t
The gist is that the GOPe will be with us always; it's a matter of squashing them like bugs when they lift up their insectoid heads.
Schlichter also had an excellent column on the impending election, which will be either extremely or not at all important.
https://tinyurl.com/4rcds59k
Posted by: Archimedes at October 30, 2026 11:27 AM (Riz8t)
U.S. Army Pacific Preparing for China to Attempt Military Invasion of Taiwan Next Year
What's their hurry? I thought China always planned 500 years into the future?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 11:27 AM (Cqx++)
Right at the elbow of Cape Cod are North and South Monomoy Islands. Very popular spot for seals. Not surprisingly, very popular spot for sharks.
Not a great idea to swim with the seals no matter how cute they look.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 11:27 AM (viF8m)
Pay those guys for their time, but NOT a full-time salary.
Posted by: Linda S Fox at October 30, 2026 11:23 AM (7Rs+y)
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You just said "podcasts". Because that's what that is.
That's why everybody is complaining about people with audience and no affiliation having such a "reach".
I don't like either of them, but this includes Tucker and Fuentes. They have to be controlled, they have to be brought in line with some larger political effort. (And I think Tucker is crazy, and Fuentes is either that or a troll/scammer).
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 11:27 AM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 11:27 AM (iFTx/)
Vampires. Like former managers in Federal agencies, they'll always come back.
However, locally I see no effect on NPR radio in the Philly/Delaware/S. Jersey region.
There's still the flagship NPR news and talk station in Philadelphia which I avoid, and a station licensed to the University of Pennsylvania featuring adult alternative music, World Cafe, that I do listen to while driving.
On the other hand, the TV programming has been truly awful, taking even a more boring, complaining Leftist approach for current programs along with ancient, often repeated concerts & occasional mini British series occupying several evenings a week.
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 30, 2026 11:28 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 11:26 AM (I+a8W)
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Brat Summer.
"Our internals never showed us up. Only fucking retards thought we were."
-Kamala's pollsters
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:28 AM (xjopy)
Posted by: tubal at October 30, 2026 11:28 AM (Gqar8)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:26 AM (xjopy)
The Left relies heavily on the forgetting.
People forgot about the Mueller is Coming crap that kept their people going through the first two years of Trump. It doesn't matter it was bullshit and he actually had dementia and nothing in his case. But people forgot how much narrative that controlled at a time when Trump himself would have been setting it like he has during Trump II.
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 11:28 AM (I+a8W)
https://tinyurl.com/hnttaku
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 11:23 AM (odBC9)
Not trying to be judgmental, but bro....use that sweet internet money and see a dentist.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:29 AM (ccf/V)
Posted by: a shark at October 30, 2026 11:29 AM (ZxPkt)
-Kamala's pollsters
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:28 AM (xjopy)
I don't get it.
Posted by: A Fucking Retard at October 30, 2026 11:29 AM (I+a8W)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Very true with partisans. Motivational. But I also think part of it is that GOP campaign consultants actually like the rigged polling because it allows them get donors to pony up for emergency tv ads to 'respond' and those consultants get a fat ad placement commission.
GOP campaign consultants hate hate hate GOTV operations due to its low paying nature. But that is what is more important than adverts, mailers, and robocalls. Volunteers getting out the vote and this is especially true when MAGA relies on big turnout including lower propensity voters. High propensity voters turn themselves out by crawling over broken glass to vote.
From all appearances, Charlie Kirk's revenge in AZ is Turning Point really getting out the vote there and in some particular other states where TP is operating.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 11:30 AM (E4rtv)
Jon Lovitz Responds to Claim He Was “One of the Biggest Pervs” at the Playboy Mansion
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 11:30 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: tubal at October 30, 2026 11:30 AM (Gqar8)
GOP campaign consultants hate hate hate GOTV operations due to its low paying nature. But that is what is more important than adverts, mailers, and robocalls. Volunteers getting out the vote and this is especially true when MAGA relies on big turnout including lower propensity voters. High propensity voters turn themselves out by crawling over broken glass to vote.
From all appearances, Charlie Kirk's revenge in AZ is Turning Point really getting out the vote there and in some particular other states where TP is operating.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 11:30 AM (E4rtv)
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Blexas will never die because both parties raise too much money on it.
Both parties spent $200 million in 2024 on the senate race alone.
Cruz won by 9.
We're going to get "Kamala up by 3 over Vance in Texas" in June of 2028. Book it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:31 AM (xjopy)
Leo, who has been critical of the Trump administration, becomes the first pope to vote in a U.S. election.
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 30, 2026 11:31 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 11:30 AM (ndZc7)
I'm betting no way, simply because Bill Maher was a frequent guest there.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:31 AM (ccf/V)
Leo, who has been critical of the Trump administration, becomes the first pope to vote in a U.S. election.
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 30, 2026 11:31 AM (NFX2v)
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He's technically head of another state.
As a Catholic myself, I object to the two masters argument against people of my faith, but...seriously...he's head of state of another country. He probably shouldn't be allowed to vote.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:32 AM (xjopy)
Posted by: tubal at October 30, 2026 11:18 AM (Gqar
When I notice myself worrying about tomorrow things I may never live for and which will never happen.
tubal - what are you going to do if alien invaders attack?
What if Batman goes evil?
What if Superman sues you?
How will you handle the mermaid invasion?
How are you going to kill the evil tubal from the alternate dimension here to destroy you?
If we're going to worry about crazy shit out of our control, and entertain all the worst scenarios, we may as well entertain them all.
We take care of what we control. Today. Yes, we watch the rest, but we can't control it. Today matters most.
That being said....I really hope bad things happen to that UTSA bitch.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 11:32 AM (Sco7b)
I would, but since she won't be the candidate, I won't.
*chums water*
Posted by: Archimedes at October 30, 2026 11:32 AM (Riz8t)
Leo, who has been critical of the Trump administration, becomes the first pope to vote in a U.S. election.
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 30, 2026 11:31 AM (NFX2v)
Is Jabba running for re-election there?
Posted by: tubal at October 30, 2026 11:32 AM (Gqar8)
Used to be a regular patron of "Car Talk." My goodness they were funny.
Science Fridays were informative.
Didn't Garrison Keillor have a show? Back in the 80s or so, before he was a raging lunatic?
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 30, 2026 11:33 AM (W2Pud)
I would, but since she won't be the candidate, I won't.
*chums water*
Posted by: Archimedes at October 30, 2026 11:32 AM (Riz8t)
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[replace candidates with candidates of your choice]
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:33 AM (xjopy)
It's nice to see a company not doing the knee-jerk firing of an employee after being in a viral video. The whole cycle of viral video--> loses job, apartment, friends, etc. is incredibly toxic.
Posted by: Lizzy at October 30, 2026 11:33 AM (rOKnE)
She'd never been wrong! Sure, it made no fucking sense, but she'd never been wrong! She was the gold standard!
And then she was very wrong, and everyone forgot.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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I can be more dismissive of polling than I can some of the betting odds.Especially since I'm not totally convinced betting odds influences voter behavior. It would seem an expensive way to lose money.
Just like there's people that bet on their favorite sports team, but usually those spreads end up being accurate.
I remember Trump was the favored in betting in the 2024 election and the media dismissed it as "crypto bros" gaming things. What changed with who bets in these markets?
I think I'm open to just banning a lot of prediction market gambling.
Posted by: Sharpie at October 30, 2026 11:33 AM (eXAiG)
Didn't Garrison Keillor have a show? Back in the 80s or so, before he was a raging lunatic?
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 30, 2026 11:33 AM (W2Pud)
Prairie Home Companion.
My parents used to listen to him a lot back in the day.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:33 AM (ccf/V)
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So what did the turd do with his phone that he got $20 out it (same as in town).
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 11:34 AM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 30, 2026 11:22 AM
You know why sharks don't bite lawyers? Professional courtesy.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 30, 2026 11:34 AM (JnkZq)
Pay those guys for their time, but NOT a full-time salary.
Posted by: Linda S Fox at October 30, 2026 11:23 AM (7Rs+y)
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You just said "podcasts". Because that's what that is.
That's why everybody is complaining about people with audience and no affiliation having such a "reach".
I don't like either of them, but this includes Tucker and Fuentes. They have to be controlled, they have to be brought in line with some larger political effort. (And I think Tucker is crazy, and Fuentes is either that or a troll/scammer).
Posted by: Axeman
Yep. But true local radio/tv can have a role by covering local concerns and interests. Local papers are now just a memory in most places and that lets the corrupt local pols do as they like as podcasts rarely work on a local level, nor does places filled with insane Karens like Nextdoor substitute. Public access radio/tv model.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 11:34 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Don Black at October 30, 2026 11:34 AM (ZxPkt)
Used to be a regular patron of "Car Talk." My goodness they were funny
___________
I never found them all that funny. A lot of cackling doesn't mean it's humorous.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 11:34 AM (eRlcH)
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And here we are without Art Bell and Casey Kasem!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 11:34 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Bulg at October 30, 2026 11:34 AM (77rzZ)
She'd never been wrong! Sure, it made no fucking sense, but she'd never been wrong! She was the gold standard!
And then she was very wrong, and everyone forgot.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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She got paid. Was retiring anyway and jumped into a lucrative consulting job.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 11:35 AM (E4rtv)
It's nice to see a company not doing the knee-jerk firing of an employee after being in a viral video. The whole cycle of viral video--> loses job, apartment, friends, etc. is incredibly toxic.
Posted by: Lizzy at October 30, 2026 11:33 AM (rOKnE)
GFM's are over 1/2 a million now. I certainly hope he actually gets that money and it's not just another f*cking scam because humanity sucks hind tit now.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:35 AM (ccf/V)
Guy is not only NOT going to be fired by Red Baron, as I feared, but they implied on social media he is a lock for employee of the month.
Love to see it! Might have to buy some red baron, even though I actually like making my own pizza dough and making pizza at home now. Want to support a company that actually read the room correctly. Loyalty to your employees, not the influencer scum! It's a nice white pill to start the weekend.
https://tinyurl.com/4ken
Posted by: LizLem at October 30, 2026 11:20 AM (tn9Xx)
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Red Baron was my dad's favorite frozen pizza.
The guy in the vid was much nicer to that little shitfuck punk than I would have been. He mostly kept his cool. I have anger management issues.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 11:35 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 11:30 AM (ndZc7)
I'm betting no way, simply because Bill Maher was a frequent guest there.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:31 AM (ccf/V)
What would it even mean to be a perv at the Playboy Mansion? The place was a fancy fuck tent for the rich and famous. No one who went there was under any illusions. "I went to the Playboy Mansion and no one wanted me for my mind."
Posted by: Okay at October 30, 2026 11:35 AM (epXJE)
Just like there's people that bet on their favorite sports team, but usually those spreads end up being accurate.
I remember Trump was the favored in betting in the 2024 election and the media dismissed it as "crypto bros" gaming things. What changed with who bets in these markets?
I think I'm open to just banning a lot of prediction market gambling.
Posted by: Sharpie at October 30, 2026 11:33 AM (eXAiG)
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The entire market for the Texas senate race on Polymarket is $8 million.
To move that, you need the equivalent of a handful of ads in the Dallas market.
Manipulating betting markets is comically cheap from a campaign perspective.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:35 AM (xjopy)
I don't mind Leo casting an absentee ballot in Illinois, it's the whole College of Cardinals casting absentee ballots in Illinois that I object to.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 11:36 AM (eRlcH)
Posted by: nurse ratched
Contemporary with him being a raging lunatic.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 11:36 AM (ndZc7)
But the right thing is the right thing regardless of how you got there. In this day and age NOT using AI along the way might be the bigger PR risk.
But either way it was quality work and I have to admit I do buy their frozen pizza at Costco sometimes under the label "Sabatasso's".
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 11:36 AM (I+a8W)
Respect is different from fear.
Far more people are injured and die in car accidents every year than get bit by sharks.
Sharks aren't mindless. They are singleminded. You aren't on their menu unless you put yourself there.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 11:36 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Yes, that was my thought exactly.
Posted by: Bulg at October 30, 2026 11:36 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Oddbob at October 30, 2026 11:37 AM (vTZFs)
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 11:37 AM (I+a8W)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 11:34 AM (eRlcH)
You didn't like their Russian Cab Driver: Peekup Andropov?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 30, 2026 11:37 AM (brIJB)
Love to see it! Might have to buy some red baron, even though I actually like making my own pizza dough and making pizza at home now. Want to support a company that actually read the room correctly. Loyalty to your employees, not the influencer scum! It's a nice white pill to start the weekend.
https://tinyurl.com/4ken
Posted by: LizLem at October 30, 2026 11:20 AM (tn9Xx)
There's also a fundraising site and people donated $300,000 to him.
GatewayPundit.
So good for him.
And I hope the asshole channel dies.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 11:37 AM (Sco7b)
WKRC
https://local12.com
6 hours ago — A GoFundMe campaign for a Michigan Red Baron employee identified as Walt Z had raised more than $446000 after influencers harassed him in a ...
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 11:37 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: nurse ratched
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The MeToo Brigade took him out back and shot him.
Posted by: Vilano Man at October 30, 2026 11:37 AM (Ovx+P)
Posted by: Bulg at October 30, 2026 11:34 AM
We should invent kelpie suits for divers.
Posted by: Eromero at October 30, 2026 11:37 AM (szrhY)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Where it hurts is it dries up fundraising. I know someone that owned a GOP fundraising type firm, and when they are trying to raise money for a candidate that looks like a lost cause, the rich donors close up their pocketbooks.
And then what ends up happening is the race is far closer than people realize and had that candidate been better funded, they might have won.
Conservatives need their own "fake polls" type propaganda.
Posted by: Sharpie at October 30, 2026 11:37 AM (eXAiG)
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 11:34 AM (E4rtv)
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Almost nobody wants to be "locally famous" though. Not when there is web stardom to be pursued.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 11:37 AM (Fi81e)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 11:36 AM
I always make sure to have a little briefcase on my BCD, just in case.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 30, 2026 11:38 AM (JnkZq)
Sharks aren't mindless. They are singleminded. You aren't on their menu unless you put yourself there.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 11:36 AM (viF8m)
It the water then. I’m just riffing here, Jack. Some of my best friends are sharks.
Posted by: tubal at October 30, 2026 11:38 AM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Lizzy
The whole scam jerk frontation video shorts need to be demonetized by social media. No reason for dumbasses to be able to be assholes to others on screen.
Under the radar, the guy that shot some noxious scamfrontation piece of human excrement trying to provoke a fight on screen was acquitted by a jury this week I think.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 11:38 AM (E4rtv)
Far more people are injured and die in car accidents every year than get bit by sharks.
This is a completely useless comparison.
Billions drive cars. > 1% swim in the ocean.
Be better.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:38 AM (ccf/V)
Not a great idea to swim with the seals no matter how cute they look.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 11:27 AM (viF8m)
So you're saying that it won't work to wear a black wetsuit with "NOT A SEAL" printed on the chest in International Orange?
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 30, 2026 11:39 AM (iqcvy)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 30, 2026 11:37 AM
And the head of their shrimp huffed, Sheldon Devaned.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 30, 2026 11:39 AM (JnkZq)
Be better.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:38 AM (ccf/V)
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How many people die from watching Pometheus, huh?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:39 AM (xjopy)
I SCUBA dive as a hobby. Sharks are everywhere and they mostly just ignore us idiots with all the tanks and hoses and shit hanging off of us.
Posted by: ballistic at October 30, 2026 11:39 AM (oqH4h)
THIS
Posted by: Lizzy at October 30, 2026 11:39 AM (rOKnE)
No it's not if you can do the maths.
Statistically, more people are hurt or injured in car accidents than shark attacks.
Learn math better.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 11:40 AM (viF8m)
She's horrible, and the bad part of me kinda hopes this stalks her forever. Mommy and daddy are rich, she'll be just fine.
Connected to that: I checked yesterday about the Kirkiversary cake incident at U of U, where that horrible girl brought the "Happy Kirkiversary" cake to the college republicans booth on the anniversary of Charlie's death.
Who got in trouble? Not cake girl! It's a liberal school, that'd be crazy. The college republicans were threatened with expulsion, because they took video of the incident and posted it. (Someone told one of them they would "Kirk them" at a previous event. Prob filmed for proof.) Sleuths figured out who cake girl was and doxxed her, but the repubs got in trouble.
Good news: the school dropped all charges and the college repub kids won't be expelled. I suspect public pressure was too great.
Bad news: other than shame on socials, cake girl will have no repercussions. She's working on a medical degree to work with kids. I wouldn't want my kids within 100 yards of her.
What happened to "hate has no home here?" College liberals are chock full of hate.
Posted by: LizLem at October 30, 2026 11:40 AM (XZKia)
Posted by: Vilano Man at October 30, 2026 11:37 AM (Ovx+P)
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That was after he ran for some office as a Dem.
On that radio show, there was always a soft push for rural communities should vote Democrat. More overtly with his book. Was it "Tales from Lake Woebegone"?
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 11:40 AM (Fi81e)
My response the first time I heard it was, "You know, they have free apps that will do that, right there on the internet. No intervention by public do-gooders necessary. Also, what does that have to do with broadcasting?"
Posted by: GWB at October 30, 2026 11:40 AM (kU0PQ)
How many people die from watching Pometheus, huh?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:39 AM (xjopy)
#BraincellLivesMatter
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:40 AM (ccf/V)
Judge Weighs Removing Letitia James From Cornell 7 Investigation Over Her Social Media Posts
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 11:40 AM (ndZc7)
And then what ends up happening is the race is far closer than people realize and had that candidate been better funded, they might have won.
Conservatives need their own "fake polls" type propaganda.
Posted by: Sharpie at October 30, 2026 11:37 AM (eXAiG)
That's a great point.
There were stories about the fake websites - which I approve of - where the polling numbers did dry up donations.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 11:40 AM (Sco7b)
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So what did the turd do with his phone that he got $20 out it (same as in town).
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 11:34 AM (Fi81e)
The prankster was lying; he made his phone make a little sound, maybe a little icon, too, and then SAID he had successfully transferred the money (I think $10).
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 11:40 AM (odBC9)
Far more people are injured and die in car accidents every year than get bit by sharks.
This is a completely useless comparison.
Billions drive cars. > 1% swim in the ocean.
Be better.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:38 AM (ccf/V)
The guys on the Indianapolis were crybabies.
Posted by: Definitely Not a Shark at October 30, 2026 11:40 AM (6qJsB)
It's been said that every New Yorker cartoon could have as its caption, "I think I'm going to kill myself." To me, that's NPR humor.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 11:41 AM (eRlcH)
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Contemporary with him being a raging lunatic.
He was always a raging lunatic personally but Prairie Home Companion was, at worst, only softly leftist. He only let his freak flag fly after getting #metoo-ed.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 30, 2026 11:41 AM (vTZFs)
Judge Weighs Removing Letitia James From Cornell 7 Investigation Over Her Social Media Posts
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 11:40 AM (ndZc7)
Cranes - R - Us says “ Call Me” !!!!
Posted by: tubal at October 30, 2026 11:41 AM (Gqar8)
Zero Tolerance unfortunately meant zero tolerance for fighting back against bullies. I went through it before that stupid shit even had a name. And I would do it again.
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 11:42 AM (I+a8W)
But part of me wonders if he doesn't have time for this guy, why he took up more of his night with it?
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 11:42 AM (Fi81e)
There were stories about the fake websites - which I approve of - where the polling numbers did dry up donations.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart!
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You'll notice Republicans have been struggling with raising money for about the last 15+ years. And that's just about the time media organizations dropped all pretense of making polls scientific and accurate and just decided to make it propaganda.
Posted by: Sharpie at October 30, 2026 11:42 AM (eXAiG)
Good point. Jokes with an obvious punchline and humor you can understand are for the plebs.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 30, 2026 11:42 AM (Riz8t)
https://tinyurl.com/4ken
Posted by: LizLem at October 30, 2026 11:20 AM (tn9Xx)
That link doesn't work for me, LizLem.
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 11:25 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 11:42 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 30, 2026 11:42 AM (FZ29D)
Good.
Social media needs to do a much better job policing the assholes that do harm to society with their product.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:43 AM (ccf/V)
She's horrible, and the bad part of me kinda hopes this stalks her forever. Mommy and daddy are rich, she'll be just fine.
She went to a public event with a prepared poem and stepped up to the mic to read it.
That's completely different scenario than pizza guy, or the nurse trying to get the "youths" to give her the scooter she had just paid for, or the NYC dog lady vs. birdwatcher. These are random encounters, where one side films with the intention of destroying them.
Posted by: Lizzy at October 30, 2026 11:43 AM (rOKnE)
Posted by: Axeman
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Far too many yutes think being an internet influencer is a golden path to fame. Like OnlyFans, a few get the golden ticket and the rest simply degrade and debase themselves.
But, useful in the real world to the rest of us sane individuals. Our current radio and tv ecosystem is dying as ad money goes to the net and like newspapers, means more and more national cheap news coverage using godawful AP crap.
But broadcasting did have one virtue, it was free, it homogenized and united a local area over local concerns and news, and built a community. The internet does no such thing--it doesn't build squat on the local level and actually makes IRL community building worse by heightening national divisions and shoving those into local communities. Like the whole eunuch movement aka transing kids.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 11:43 AM (E4rtv)
You'll notice Republicans have been struggling with raising money for about the last 15+ years. And that's just about the time media organizations dropped all pretense of making polls scientific and accurate and just decided to make it propaganda.
Posted by: Sharpie at October 30, 2026 11:42 AM (eXAiG)
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Weird cycle to assert that when the GOP has more money than Democrats.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:43 AM (xjopy)
Posted by: far cry at October 30, 2026 11:43 AM (wXgT/)
FOAD you worthless pieces of shit.
Posted by: Whatevs at October 30, 2026 11:43 AM (w0BVu)
Oh you mean a different Cake girl.
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 11:44 AM (I+a8W)
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 11:42 AM (I+a8W)
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Zero tolerance meant zero brainwork.
I do think that the flood of "zero tolerance" practice is what made progs such double-thinkers these days.
And if it was intentional, it was brilliant.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 11:44 AM (Fi81e)
Once upon a time (decades ago!!!)
PBS could be a pretty good watch...though admittedly most of the pretty good watching came from the BBC.
Things like "I, Claudius", "Civilization", Masterpiece Theater, "Connections", David Attenborough nature series, British comedies, etc.
The, of course, the BBC jumped headfirst into the leftard toilet, so that ended the quality.
Politically, PBS always sucked ass and the American stuff was sadly antipathetic to the US.
In any event, they dug their own grave, and should now lay in it quietly while the dirt of irrelevance covers them.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 30, 2026 11:44 AM (YSUhf)
Posted by: Lizzy
The whole scam jerk frontation video shorts need to be demonetized by social media. No reason for dumbasses to be able to be assholes to others on screen.
Under the radar, the guy that shot some noxious scamfrontation piece of human excrement trying to provoke a fight on screen was acquitted by a jury this week I think.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 11:38 AM (E4rtv)
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Agree. I'm amazed that more of these punks don't get shot or beaten. Some of the confrontations are just asking for violence, and they are usually frail little dingleberries of dorkness.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 11:44 AM (iFTx/)
Things like "I, Claudius", "Civilization", Masterpiece Theater, "Connections", David Attenborough nature series, British comedies, etc.
The, of course, the BBC jumped headfirst into the leftard toilet, so that ended the quality.
Politically, PBS always sucked ass and the American stuff was sadly antipathetic to the US.
In any event, they dug their own grave, and should now lay in it quietly while the dirt of irrelevance covers them.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 30, 2026 11:44 AM (YSUhf)
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"We need more money to license cheap content from another country. Donate today."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:45 AM (xjopy)
That's completely different scenario than pizza guy, or the nurse trying to get the "youths" to give her the scooter she had just paid for, or the NYC dog lady vs. birdwatcher. These are random encounters, where one side films with the intention of destroying them.
Posted by: Lizzy
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The poem was a lame redo of the Night Before Christmas. Perfect example of how the left turns everything into excrement and cannot create to save their own miserable lives. They turn wholesome into disgusting and vile.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 11:45 AM (E4rtv)
Statistically, more people are hurt or injured in car accidents than shark attacks.
Learn math better.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 11:40 AM (viF8m)
No. It's an asinine comparison.
Math has very little to do with it at this point.
You're giving statistics a bad name with it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:45 AM (ccf/V)
It is not funny.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 30, 2026 11:45 AM (W2Pud)
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 11:42 AM (Fi81e)
Adrenaline is no joke.
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 11:45 AM (I+a8W)
I taught and did commercial diving in Puerto Rico. Sharks were always around, particularly on night dives. One of the alternate license plates in RI features a Mako because we have more sharks than human units around here.
This place is about 15 minutes from my house.
https://www.atlanticsharkinstitute.org
Sharks don't hunt people no matter what the movies say. They do just fine on their normal diet.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 11:45 AM (viF8m)
https://oneoceandiving.com/
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 11:27 AM (iFTx/)
I've dived with sharks around many times. Sometimes they get curious but never threatening. The only time I became anxious of them is when a bunch of hammerhead sharks showed up once. The dive master called the dive and we went back up to the boat. Hammerheads are extremely moody.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 30, 2026 11:45 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 11:40 AM (viF8m)
That's not a statistic, that is a comparison of raw numbers.
A statistic would be comparing deaths/million miles driven and deaths/million hours in the water...or something like that.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 30, 2026 11:45 AM (k5CNB)
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FWIW, she will stand for judgment before G*d one day.
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 30, 2026 11:46 AM (qBdHI)
That a no-buy for me. A lot of sympathy. A lot of kudos for them backing their employee who had an emotional episode.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 11:46 AM (Fi81e)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 11:46 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 11:44 AM (iFTx/)
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Since these little dweebs are recording everything, no doubt the object of their pranks don't want to get arrested for assault (even if the punks deserve it).
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 30, 2026 11:46 AM (FZ29D)
The dirt of irrelevance is very nice phrasing.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 30, 2026 11:46 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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Yes, you had that black idiot purposefully insulting and demeaning Japanese and then Koreans. He finally FAFOed too much and got sent to big boy prison for his vile monkey poo flinging content.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 11:46 AM (E4rtv)
But yeah, even back in the 80s, All Things Considered was pretty leftist (I recall Christiane Amanpour being a reporter for them back then and she hated America then, too). And it just got worse.
The purpose of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting was to fill a perceived gap in public entertainment on radio and television. That gap has long since been overfilled by cable, streaming, youtube, and more. Its time was over in the 1990s.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 11:46 AM (TMNW7)
That a no-buy for me. A lot of sympathy. A lot of kudos for them backing their employee who had an emotional episode.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 11:46 AM (Fi81e)
No one said you had to eat the pizza........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:47 AM (ccf/V)
Broadcasting already IS a news reading service for the blind.
Posted by: t-bird at October 30, 2026 11:47 AM (cb6Hl)
It came to them very late
With long arrears to make good,
When the English began to hate.
They were not easily moved,
They were icy-willing to wait
Till every count should be proved,
Ere the English began to hate.
Their voices were even and low,
Their eyes were level and straight.
There was neither sign nor show,
When the English began to hate.
It was not preached to the crowd,
It was not taught by the State.
No man spoke it aloud,
When the English began to hate.
It was not suddenly bred,
It will not swiftly abate,
Through the chill years ahead,
When Time shall count from the date
That the English began to hate.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 11:47 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 11:47 AM (Fi81e)
Posted by: far cry at October 30, 2026 11:43 AM (wXgT/)
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My dad's fav frozen pizza. It was launched in the 1970s at a time when "red baron" symbolized daredevil coolness rather than a german war ace. Snoopy from peanuts had a long-running gag on it.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 11:48 AM (iFTx/)
We mostly liked the animation. But, it taught me how to appreciate British humor and now I own the DVD set. My boys love it.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 30, 2026 11:48 AM (W2Pud)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 11:48 AM (TMNW7)
I accept your surrender.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 11:46 AM (viF8m)
Wow. This explains why you're such a rabid Grateful Dead fan.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:48 AM (ccf/V)
https://x.com/redbaronpizza/
@redbaronpizza
He’s still here. He’s got a fan club.
Including us.
And then the image says "employee of the month nominations are closed. You know why."
Posted by: LizLem at October 30, 2026 11:48 AM (XZKia)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Directed EMP devices for people would be nice to fry the antisocial influencer electronics when they start that crap.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 11:48 AM (E4rtv)
In the case of public radio it is mostly listened to by "the rich". They can afford to pay for it if they want it.
But leftists are very stingy. Having a latin American nanny and paying to abort your offspring with her without your Karen wife finding out really adds up you know?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 30, 2026 11:48 AM (sKqQm)
For the house they’re selling dollars for 5 cents.
Best buy right now is South Carolina. It’s around 70-75 R. The blue wave would have to be Thailand tsunami level for SC to fall. Could it happen? Anything’s possible. But the odds are not 25% not even close.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 30, 2026 11:48 AM (w0BVu)
The nature of news has changed along with society.
In the 30's a local paper covered local events; a ladies' garden club meeting reporter misreported the name of the chairwoman.
The city editor told him to go to her house and personally apologize, he did, and when he got back was promptly fired.
Standards of the day.
Posted by: Auspex at October 30, 2026 11:48 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 11:48 AM (TMNW7)
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Her Diablo IV cake was live service and needed a constant internet connection to be eaten.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:48 AM (xjopy)
Conservatives need their own "fake polls" type propaganda.
Posted by: Sharpie
We need to find another Bernie Sanders to run against the real Bernie Sanders. And another AOC to run against the real AOC etc. They tell me it's not illegal.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 11:48 AM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 11:47 AM (Fi81e)
200 158 Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 11:23 AM (odBC9)
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So what did the turd do with his phone that he got $20 out it (same as in town).
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 11:34 AM (Fi81e)
The prankster was lying; he made his phone make a little sound, maybe a little icon, too, and then SAID he had successfully transferred the money (I think $10).
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 11:40 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 11:49 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 30, 2026 11:49 AM (sKqQm)
FIFY
Posted by: Archimedes at October 30, 2026 11:49 AM (Riz8t)
>>A statistic would be comparing deaths/million miles driven and deaths/million hours in the water...or something like that.
No shit, really?
How many people go in the water around the world? How many shark attacks are there?
How many people drive in a car around the world? How many people are injured in car accidents?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 11:49 AM (viF8m)
https://x.com/redbaronpizza/
@redbaronpizza
He’s still here. He’s got a fan club.
Including us.
And then the image says "employee of the month nominations are closed. You know why."
Posted by: LizLem at October 30, 2026 11:48 AM (XZKia)
Thanks, LizLem!
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 11:49 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 30, 2026 11:50 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 30, 2026 11:49 AM (sKqQm)
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I used to really like Digiorno's, but they did something to the recipe of their crust and now it's not nearly as good as it used to be.
I have several Red Baron pizzas in my freezer right now because their crust quality hasn't degraded as much.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 30, 2026 11:50 AM (FZ29D)
Monty Python's Flying Circus first aired in the US from a Public Television Station in Dallas in the 1970s. I used to watch it with my parents and little brother.
Yep. First place I saw Monty Python. First place I saw Black Adder, Are You Being Served, Keeping Up Appearances, UXB, and a host of other stuff. They would do lots of BBC's best stuff where I got to see actors such as Patrick Stewart before he was Somebody. It was a valid cultural service to the USA, back before there were 15 other places to get that stuff.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 11:50 AM (TMNW7)
FIFY
Posted by: Archimedes at October 30, 2026 11:49 AM (Riz8t)
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This was in the early stages of publicly funding Democrap.
Fraud, money laundering, and USAID long ago left NPR in the dust.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 11:51 AM (Fi81e)
On top of red baron backing the employee and him getting all that money raised, Instagram shut down the asshole’s page as well.
We need so much more of this. All these “content creator” clowns need to be shut down.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 30, 2026 11:51 AM (w0BVu)
The Revenge of the MBAs.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 30, 2026 11:51 AM (Riz8t)
She was going to release it on phones only but got too much pushback from fans
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 11:51 AM (TMNW7)
Good news: the school dropped all charges and the college repub kids won't be expelled. I suspect public pressure was too great.
Bad news: other than shame on socials, cake girl will have no repercussions. She's working on a medical degree to work with kids. I wouldn't want my kids within 100 yards of her.
What happened to "hate has no home here?" College liberals are chock full of hate.
Posted by: LizLem at October 30, 2026 11:40 AM (XZKia)
You reminded me of that poem.
I've REALLY learned to hate these sub-human things this year. And I got my late Mother through Canadian Covid unvaxxed.
There's the thought that 'Oh, we can't descend to their level or we'll become monsters too.'
No, eventually we descend to their level, destroy them mercilessly and then return to being good people that just wanted to be left alone.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 11:52 AM (Sco7b)
We mostly liked the animation. But, it taught me how to appreciate British humor and now I own the DVD set. My boys love it.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 30, 2026 11:48 AM (W2Pud)
Heh. The UHF channels days. Fun times they were.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 30, 2026 11:52 AM (g8Ew8)
forty-two!
How many shark attacks are there?
forty-two!
How many people drive in a car around the world?
forty-two!
How many people are injured in car accidents?
forty-two!
Posted by: deep thought at October 30, 2026 11:52 AM (oY6Yp)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 11:48 AM (Cqx++)
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1. Say "Oligachy" a lot.
2. Glare a lot.
3. Fly first-class to all events.
4. Profit!
Posted by: The AoSHQ Bernie Sanders Doppelganger Tutorial at October 30, 2026 11:52 AM (brIJB)
Analysis of Senate Races
Cheesecake Factory eaters are White Supremacists
Trump is a bad Orangeman
Something about North Korea
Nothing about BroFo or the O'Keefe arrest which are the two biggest news items right now after election news
Posted by: 18-1 at October 30, 2026 11:52 AM (sKqQm)
She was going to release it on phones only but got too much pushback from fans
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 11:51 AM (TMNW7)
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She's trying to figure out how to make the Diablo V cake inside out but tasting just as good as the Diablo II cupcake she made him when they were children.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:52 AM (xjopy)
Digiorno's is basically a bad loaf of bread with whatever cheap toppings everyone else uses. Almost all pizza places put sugar in their sauce which is an abomination before the Lord (and makes their pizza essentially inedible for me).
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 11:53 AM (TMNW7)
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 30, 2026 11:53 AM (w0BVu)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 11:48 AM (Cqx++)
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1. Say "Oligachy" a lot.
2. Glare a lot.
3. Fly first-class to all events.
4. Profit!
Bernie is especially bad about bird-hands.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 30, 2026 11:53 AM (Riz8t)
https://oneoceandiving.com/
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 11:27 AM (iFTx/)
I've dived with sharks around many times. Sometimes they get curious but never threatening. The only time I became anxious of them is when a bunch of hammerhead sharks showed up once. The dive master called the dive and we went back up to the boat. Hammerheads are extremely moody.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 30, 2026 11:45 AM (g8Ew
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There was a hammerhead in the water with us, but sadly I didn't see it. Only a few of the divers saw it, so it must have only came into view for a short time and then swam away.
There's a tiger shark dive that's a much longer tour and much much more expensive. I would do that ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 11:53 AM (iFTx/)
"We need more money to license cheap content from another country. Donate today."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:45 AM (xjopy)
"Shut-up!!!! That's our trade secret!!!"
-Netflix
Posted by: naturalfake at October 30, 2026 11:53 AM (YSUhf)
Embrace it. Stop making stupid comparisons that have no basis in reality.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:53 AM (ccf/V)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
I donate to my local classical music station because there is no political crap on it. I'm sure the hosts are as leftie as all get out but they keep their mouths shut and only talk about music.
Posted by: Tuna at October 30, 2026 11:54 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: 18-1
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The fake scammer dude was purposefully being a jackass for a hideous audience that eats up vile content on social media. Whole genre needs to be demonetized by social media. No money for it, you will get less of it.
Social media is in the process of proving Gresham's Law. Content dives the lowest possible level so addlepated morons with iqs of a burned out light bulb can click like and subscribe worldwide. Given IQ distributions, we have a lot of smooth brained apes in the world with smartphones and they all click on idiotic content apparently.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 11:54 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 11:54 AM (Sco7b)
Too lazy to make it in a commune he got into politics. Where he has since spent his time writing rape-fanfic and getting rich and...that's it.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 30, 2026 11:55 AM (sKqQm)
yeah. and you would *expect* bbc america to play that sort of stuff, but it mostly seems to be st:tng reruns whenever i look at what's playing.
Posted by: anachronda at October 30, 2026 11:55 AM (oY6Yp)
Posted by: Don Black at October 30, 2026 11:55 AM (ZxPkt)
Agree. I'm amazed that more of these punks don't get shot or beaten. Some of the confrontations are just asking for violence, and they are usually frail little dingleberries of dorkness.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 11:44 AM (iFTx/)
What you don't usually see is the hulking 6'5" bodyguard just off-screen with a fanny pack that holds something suspiciously dense and heavy. A LOT of these influencer pansies have bodyguards on hand to keep them from getting shivved, despite the fact that the video footage would make BANK.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 30, 2026 11:55 AM (iqcvy)
"Shut-up!!!! That's our trade secret!!!"
-Netflix
TBF, much of their best content was made in other countries, especially Korea and Japan.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 30, 2026 11:55 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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I guarantee you, more "liberal" dollars were spent in this cycle than "conservative" dollars. I bet it's easy 2:1.
Something like the RNC might have money than the DNC this cycle, but what really matters is what all these individual campaigns raise, plus outside interest groups.
We've been getting stomped in fundraising for a while now.
Posted by: Sharpie at October 30, 2026 11:55 AM (eXAiG)
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 11:40 AM (odBC9)
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Yeah, apparently it's a "fake Apple pay scam". It just uses Apple Pay's screen and tone to fake a pay scam.
And people would watch this on Instagram?
A real scam is to fake pay somebody and then say you overpaid and they have to send you some money back, apparently.
But why would that ever look like you holding up a pizza box and somebody scanning it?
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 11:55 AM (Fi81e)
We've been getting stomped in fundraising for a while now.
Posted by: Sharpie at October 30, 2026 11:55 AM (eXAiG)
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It's outside groups, too. Republicans have more money than Democrats.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:55 AM (xjopy)
He described himself as a “dark-skinned Latino performance artist.”
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at October 30, 2026 11:56 AM (dk1uA)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 30, 2026 11:56 AM (brIJB)
Do you know how mirrors work?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 11:56 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 11:56 AM (TMNW7)
I've seen funny prank videos but this guy was bringing no energy or thought to it.
Like...show up in a Red Baron costume and try to convince the guy you are the official company mascot...at least that could be funny.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 30, 2026 11:56 AM (sKqQm)
Funny that.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 30, 2026 11:56 AM (w0BVu)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 11:56 AM (viF8m)
Pass the dutchie, bro. You've had enough.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:57 AM (ccf/V)
A significant portion of lefty political dollars come directly or indirectly from the taxpayers.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 30, 2026 11:57 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 30, 2026 11:58 AM (FZ29D)
BBC has changed since back then, they consider all their old stuff too white and male and British and are horrified by it. Besides, John Cleese keeps criticizing Muslims and this Must Not Be Tolerated
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 11:58 AM (TMNW7)
A significant portion of lefty political dollars come directly or indirectly from the taxpayers.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 30, 2026 11:57 AM (sKqQm)
Decreased dramatically with the destruction of USAID.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:58 AM (ccf/V)
Digiorno's is basically a bad loaf of bread with whatever cheap toppings everyone else uses. Almost all pizza places put sugar in their sauce which is an abomination before the Lord (and makes their pizza essentially inedible for me).
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
DiGiornos got cheapened after a forced sale from Kraft to Nestles in 2010 due to antitrust reasons. Nestles immediately set about cheapening the brand ingredients in order to meet revenue and profit marks while claiming it was promoting health.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 11:58 AM (E4rtv)
I'm not. I'm just right a lot and smart and funny and devilishly charming and handsome. But not perfect.
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 11:58 AM (I+a8W)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 30, 2026 11:57 AM (sKqQm)
Ahem
Posted by: Soros Family at October 30, 2026 11:58 AM (w0BVu)
It's outside groups, too. Republicans have more money than Democrats.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Honestly, show your math on this because I just dont believe it.
Talarico raised like $146 million to Paxton's like $23 million over he same period. That's just one example, but you can find all sorts of examples like this.
It's really astonishing just how much more money Dems have been able to raise.
Posted by: Sharpie at October 30, 2026 11:59 AM (eXAiG)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 30, 2026 11:57 AM (sKqQm)
Ahem
Posted by: Soros Family at October 30, 2026 11:58 AM (w0BVu)
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We found out when USAID came into the news early in Trump 2.0 that Soros funded surprisingly little.
He provided seed money for NGOs, but the NGOs were then funded by fed grants exclusively.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 12:00 PM (xjopy)
My biggest concern is that if there is a clean sweep by Democrats of the House, Senate and Presidency in 2028, they will:
1. Make DC and Puerto Rico states to gain a strong majority in the Senate.
2. Open the borders and legalize everyone living in America illegally to cement a permanent majority.
3. Increase the size of the Supreme Court to gain an immediate majority.
This would result in America becoming a permanent one-party state and the end of democracy in any meaningful sense of the word.
https://tinyurl.com/mrawcd5h
Posted by: Archimedes at October 30, 2026 12:00 PM (Riz8t)
And I still remember that the show was made possible by a grant from the Mobil Corporation. So that worked.
Posted by: far cry at October 30, 2026 12:00 PM (wXgT/)
The left has gotten very very good about coming up with nominal public interest NGOs and government organizations that just exist to pay leftwing activists and oligarchs
Posted by: 18-1 at October 30, 2026 12:00 PM (sKqQm)
One of the most powerful and freeing things you can say is "I don't know" but its scary: it feels like you are admitting defeat and simply handing your foe ammunition. Its hard to do. I am not very good at it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 12:00 PM (TMNW7)
Posted by: Bernie at October 30, 2026 12:00 PM (I+a8W)
1. Starts fuming about Musk's money in politics
2. You tell about Zuckerberg spending 400 million dollars to make sure Trump does not get back into office.
3. Says "Yeah, but he was right" OR walks off OR changes the topic.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 12:00 PM (Fi81e)
A lot more in the mailbox and on TV from dems this year than republicans.
And, no, I don't answer phone calls from anonymous sources anymore but it doesn't stop the scammers from trying.
Posted by: Auspex at October 30, 2026 12:01 PM (Y8DZL)
Honestly, show your math on this because I just dont believe it.
Posted by: Sharpie at October 30, 2026 11:59 AM (eXAiG)
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Party Committees: As of late September 2026, the six official national and Hill party committees (DNC, DSCC, DCCC, RNC, NRSC, NRCC) raised a combined $1.5 billion.• Democratic Party committees (DNC, DSCC, DCCC) raised $680 million.
• Republican Party committees (RNC, NRSC, NRCC) raised $812 million.
Outside Groups & Super PACs: Outside spending, super PACs, and dark money groups have broken previous midterm records, surpassing $2 billion in super PAC spending and $1 billion in dark money.• Right-leaning or Republican-aligned super PACs and outside groups have held a significant financial advantage, with top groups like the Senate Leadership Fund and individual megadonors (such as Elon Musk) outraising and outpacing Democratic-aligned counterparts (such as the Senate Majority PAC) by roughly a 2-to-1 ratio in major independent expenditure and super PAC tallies.
• Top left-leaning/Democratic super PACs collected around $877 million compared to over $1.6 billion for top right-leaning/GOP-aligned super PACs in leading analyses reported by The NYT
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 12:01 PM (xjopy)
1. Starts fuming about Musk's money in politics
2. You tell about Zuckerberg spending 400 million dollars to make sure Trump does not get back into office.
3. Says "Yeah, but he was right" OR walks off OR changes the topic.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 12:00 PM (Fi81e)
Because it's OK when THEY do it, you see, because THEIR way is the BEST way and you're a bigot Nazi for thinking otherwise.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 12:01 PM (ccf/V)
It's good to know that our government is on the job, keeping a close eye on the big issues.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 30, 2026 12:01 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: paulnjax at October 30, 2026 12:02 PM (PPnyU)
Posted by: Auspex
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It's like 10:1 in tv ads favoring Democrats in my area.
Posted by: Sharpie at October 30, 2026 12:02 PM (eXAiG)
This would result in America becoming a permanent one-party state and the end of democracy in any meaningful sense of the word.
++++
Its the end of the world as we know it
Its the end of the world as we know it
I feel fine.
Posted by: REM at October 30, 2026 12:02 PM (anL5R)
Soros was good at scamming the government to appear generous. He'd donate 100k to an organization and get back 150k from government grants, matching funds, etc.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 12:02 PM (TMNW7)
He'd be out in a field arguing with a fence post if he didn't have internet access.
Posted by: site needs an ignore toggle at October 30, 2026 12:02 PM (nVDlP)
https://tinyurl.com/rjjpt8zd
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 12:02 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Doomer McBlackPill at October 30, 2026 12:02 PM (anL5R)
I don't usually wish ill , but that Katherine Maher the president of NPR is such an arrogant AWFL that I hope she catches the blame for it's demise
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 30, 2026 12:03 PM (f8snw)
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 12:03 PM (ADOtk)
I say (don't ask why I bother), what about Gates, Zuck, Bezos etc.
"That's different."
Well.... that settles THAT!!!!
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 12:03 PM (I+a8W)
Posted by: Doomer McBlackPill at October 30, 2026 12:02 PM (anL5R)
Point to the false statement in his post.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 12:03 PM (ccf/V)
Posted by: torabora at October 30, 2026 12:03 PM (Wt1Rs)
Posted by: Doomer McBlackPill
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Even if Dems captured Congress with some bare majority, they wouldn't be able to accomplish what he outlined.
Posted by: Sharpie at October 30, 2026 12:03 PM (eXAiG)
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 12:03 PM (I+a8W)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 12:00 PM (TMNW7)
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I do both to those quite freely.
In fact, I have a whole spiel about how people need to get more comfortable with ignorance.
Our baseline is ignorance. It's why we use heuristic models. To get closer to what will likely be more consistent with outcomes, if we prostrated ourselves before the process.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 12:04 PM (Fi81e)
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He left out that the New World Order under Democrat control will seize all of his Starlink satellites and reprogram them to broadcast Commie propaganda 24/7 around the world.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 30, 2026 12:04 PM (FZ29D)
A lot more in the mailbox and on TV from dems this year than republicans.
And, no, I don't answer phone calls from anonymous sources anymore but it doesn't stop the scammers from trying.
Posted by: Auspex at October 30, 2026 12:01 PM (Y8DZL)
Not in Michigan TV.
Wow, tons of anti-dem ads everywhere.
And one liberal bitch JUST started airing ads this week and she was up for something bigger.
CNN and MSNow were whining about how much Musk was putting into the races. I think it was over $400 million.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 12:04 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
He played Sejanus in I, Claudius. He had hair for that role. Don't know if it was a wig or natural, but he had hair.
Posted by: Bulg at October 30, 2026 12:04 PM (77rzZ)
https://tinyurl.com/rjjpt8zd
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Kiss my stump.
Posted by: Bethany Hamilton at October 30, 2026 12:04 PM (anL5R)
Nice looking, though.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 30, 2026 12:04 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: anachronda at October 30, 2026 12:04 PM (oY6Yp)
Have some of the posters from various shows...
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 12:05 PM (ADOtk)
Kiss my stump.
Posted by: Bethany Hamilton at October 30, 2026 12:04 PM (anL5R)
Statistics say you'd have been better off dying in a car crash.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 12:05 PM (ccf/V)
Posted by: Auspex
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It's like 10:1 in tv ads favoring Democrats in my area.
Posted by: Sharpie
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Good, the Democrats are burning money to make political consultants rich. Mailers and adverts do little to change races nowadays.
GOTV is the biggest bang per buck but commissions for managing volunteers are the least. And that has been validated by controlled field studies back in the 00's and subsequently.
Turns out, people like to be asked for their vote and Trump's rallies have a bigger effect on GOTV than a host of ads.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 12:05 PM (E4rtv)
See the Schlichter link I posted earlier in the thread.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 30, 2026 12:06 PM (Riz8t)
Chicago public TV ran it at 10 PM Sunday nights, then Dave Allen's show, then OG Doctor Who. Monday mornings were difficult.
Posted by: Nazdar at October 30, 2026 12:06 PM (NcvvS)
Turns out, people like to be asked for their vote and Trump's rallies have a bigger effect on GOTV than a host of ads.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 12:05 PM (E4rtv)
Any reasons given for why Trump canceled the live appearance in Kansas for online streaming?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 12:06 PM (ccf/V)
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 11:34 AM (E4rtv)
There is such a thing as hyper-local podcasts, which are pretty much just community round ups by a couple people nattering on - often on a potato-equivalent audio set up - and funded by donations. There is also the Godcaster group that allows churches to put their services out on podcast as well.
Adam Curry has had a major hand in developing the software for both of those
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 12:06 PM (rbvCR)
Would have if I were still in office!
/Woodrow Wilson...
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 12:07 PM (ADOtk)
Why didn't you just DVR it?
Posted by: That guy who has no knowledge of when various technologies were developed at October 30, 2026 12:07 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 12:01 PM (ccf/V)
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It's full-blown double think.
Plus Democrat language is primed with slogans, and they become second nature to Democrat voters. Those slogans can't contain that much, and so one can easily expect a qualification, but they qualify them ad hoc.
And then they will repeat the simple slogan to you as an exercise of what, in the course of a discussion, they had to qualify.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 12:07 PM (Fi81e)
British TV farts in your general direction.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 12:07 PM (ccf/V)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 12:06 PM (ccf/V)
The word is it is due to imminent attacks on Iran.
I wonder if it is not due to intel on assassination attempts since he apparently will do virtual events
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 12:08 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 12:08 PM (ADOtk)
I say (don't ask why I bother), what about Gates, Zuck, Bezos etc.
"That's different."
Well.... that settles THAT!!!!
Posted by: ...
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Tribalism. Smart and good people are Democrats therefore Elon supporting the GOP must mean he is not smart or good.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 12:08 PM (E4rtv)
Lefties are getting more clever. There's a video going around of a college girl reading a horrific sadistic poem all about how great it was that Charlie Kirk was killed and it should happen to all non-leftists.
She looks perfectly normal, no nose ring, no green hair, she's fit and has no visible tattoos. She could be reading something at church.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 12:08 PM (TMNW7)
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 12:05 PM (E4rtv)
Obama's Georgia speech.
I looked it up. The place could hold 8000 people.
That happened with Hillary too. Every speech was at a university with adoring fans crowded into a small area.
President Trump - massive rallies. People waiting hours. Including my friend across the street who went to one in Michigan. Canada has a few good ones...
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 12:09 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: far cry at October 30, 2026 12:09 PM (wXgT/)
She looks perfectly normal, no nose ring, no green hair, she's fit and has no visible tattoos. She could be reading something at church.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 12:08 PM (TMNW7)
She's an immigrant that is likely to have her visa revoked, I'm told.
I don't believe it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 12:09 PM (ccf/V)
Posted by: far cry at October 30, 2026 12:09 PM (wXgT/)
Jet Li is getting old, I guess. Maybe he's just slowing down.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 12:10 PM (ccf/V)
Posted by: Sponge
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More to do with Kansas Senate race is going to be won by Marshall (see EV now favors GOP there and Election Day is going to be a deluge of red votes) and Iowa rally cancelled because again EV and the Senate race is moving to Hinson and the GOP nominee for governor whose name I've forgotten.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 12:10 PM (E4rtv)
345 Nice looking, though.
Lefties are getting more clever. There's a video going around of a college girl reading a horrific sadistic poem all about how great it was that Charlie Kirk was killed and it should happen to all non-leftists.
She looks perfectly normal, no nose ring, no green hair, she's fit and has no visible tattoos. She could be reading something at church.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 12:08 PM (TMNW7)
https://isacasahuga.com/
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 12:10 PM (Sco7b)
She's an immigrant that is likely to have her visa revoked, I'm told.
I don't believe it.
Marco Rubio, who some here like for the presidency, says she's gonzer.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 30, 2026 12:10 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Bulg at October 30, 2026 12:04 PM (77rzZ)
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I watched I, Claudius, and I'm still blown away that Sejanus was Patrick Stewart.
But of course, it's the same thing when I see Ted Levine as Buffalo Bill.. "No--really"
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 12:10 PM (Fi81e)
1975, the year Jaws was released. Some people from my high school were in the movie.
It's where lots of people got all their learning about sharks.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 12:10 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 12:10 PM (ADOtk)
Posted by: Sponge
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More to do with Kansas Senate race is going to be won by Marshall (see EV now favors GOP there and Election Day is going to be a deluge of red votes) and Iowa rally cancelled because again EV and the Senate race is moving to Hinson and the GOP nominee for governor whose name I've forgotten.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 12:10 PM (E4rtv)
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The KS EV data is so obviously signaling that Republicans are winning easily that not even GOPe consultants can convince anyone except doomers and leftists X accounts who need engagement that it's going to be close.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 12:11 PM (xjopy)
Is there an upright bass on it?
Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 30, 2026 12:11 PM (p61JE)
https://tinyurl.com/rjjpt8zd
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 12:02 PM (viF8m)
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You will never get people over their fear of sharks because it's something ingrained to fear the giant predators, even if they statistically there's very little to fear.
The most dangerous animal in Africa ain't the lion. It's the hippo. By far. But ask people what they're afraid of, and they'll say "lion" 1000x more times than "hippo."
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 12:11 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 30, 2026 12:10 PM (Riz8t)
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Yeah, but did Rubio run that by the nothing is happening guy?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 12:11 PM (xjopy)
I think political mailers and door hangers do nothing but annoy postal carriers who have to lug 150% more weight around this time of year.
They're like "Book trailers" that feel like you are Doing Something and appeals to fans that already were going to buy your book but never sell to anyone else.
Its like most advertising, it just keeps advertisers in business.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 12:11 PM (TMNW7)
And then they got corporate advertising anyway.
They wanted to be just like any other TV or radio station, so let them live and die on advertising revenue, just like any other TV or radio station.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 30, 2026 12:12 PM (PLy7M)
It's honey badgers for me.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 30, 2026 12:12 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Nazdar at October 30, 2026 12:12 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 12:12 PM (ADOtk)
She looks perfectly normal, no nose ring, no green hair, she's fit and has no visible tattoos. She could be reading something at church.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
She redid Night before Christmas and put vile words to it. Typical AWFL that turned something nice into something vile and disgusting.
Won't advance the leftist cause one bit but social virtue signalling by leftists are done by tone deaf idiots enmeshed in their hideous bubbles with likeminded dolts. Professing allegiance to evil in public is not the win that a leftist thinks it is and that is due to the existence of social media bubbles.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 12:13 PM (E4rtv)
Me too.
/Dolph Lundgren
I'll save you some time. Were they in an Expendables movie? Yes? They're old.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 30, 2026 12:14 PM (Riz8t)
The GOP refusal to end public broadcasting funding has always baffled me. They never had sufficient budget to be a real force in lobbying, it was never a massive part of the public that consumed any of that media.
They just refused to do it, no atter how horrific and blatant the bias was. I could never understand why. If a Democrat gets into the oval office, I would wager my kidneys that the GOP votes to bring back the funding.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 12:14 PM (TMNW7)
Very true.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 12:14 PM (viF8m)
Red Barber's quintessential American voice reading the part with worst of the King of Englands transgression always made me grin.
And, then... sometime in the 2000's some NPR Morning Sedition jerk-hole told me they could no longer in good conscience read such an distressing document.
That was it. Deleted the button on the radio.
Not another dime or time.
Now I listen to K-BACH (KBAQ) exclusively.
It's all classical all-the-time. No NPR news.
Posted by: retropox at October 30, 2026 12:14 PM (PMboN)
There's a shadowy right-leaning group convincing leftist immigrants to make asses of themselves about Charlie Kirk on video while on revokable visas in order to get their visas revoked and the individuals deported.
Discuss.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 12:14 PM (xjopy)
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 12:08 PM (E4rtv)
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Yep. Growing up the people most likely to use the word "tribalism" were leftish. However, I think they have become the most tribal.
I also feel that way about "globalists" who invented the word it seems, and how they just became a "global tribe".
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 12:14 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 12:14 PM (ADOtk)
Posted by: one hour sober at October 30, 2026 12:14 PM (J4Dwc)
I think political mailers and door hangers do nothing but annoy postal carriers who have to lug 150% more weight around this time of year.
They're like "Book trailers" that feel like you are Doing Something and appeals to fans that already were going to buy your book but never sell to anyone else.
Its like most advertising, it just keeps advertisers in business.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 12:11 PM (TMNW7)
Don't even bring them in.. Right into the garbage can
Posted by: It's me donna at October 30, 2026 12:15 PM (4WM7K)
They're like "Book trailers" that feel like you are Doing Something and appeals to fans that already were going to buy your book but never sell to anyone else.
Its like most advertising, it just keeps advertisers in business.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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Commissions run 20-30 percent on those along with ad placement in media. Lots of candidates have made bank from donors via setting up companies run by relatives that 'create' the content and then hire a printing company to do them.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 12:15 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: one hour sober at October 30, 2026 12:14 PM (J4Dwc)
Good or bad ?
Posted by: It's me donna at October 30, 2026 12:15 PM (4WM7K)
They just refused to do it, no atter how horrific and blatant the bias was. I could never understand why. If a Democrat gets into the oval office, I would wager my kidneys that the GOP votes to bring back the funding.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 12:14 PM (TMNW7)
And the CBC lives on....
I don't vote anymore.
Do something first.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 12:15 PM (Sco7b)
Yeah that always annoyed me. They said "no ads" then ran ads before every show. I get it, the donors want to be known but its still an ad if you flash their logo and give them credit.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 12:16 PM (TMNW7)
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 12:16 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 30, 2026 12:16 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Nazdar at October 30, 2026 12:16 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Trump voters everywhere at October 30, 2026 12:16 PM (aDmlG)
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Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 12:14 PM (TMNW7)
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I think that once CTW jumped to paid cable with shows like "Play With Me, Sesame" it was an easier argument that defunding PBS is not "killing Big Bird".
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 12:17 PM (Fi81e)
Well, now that Winnie isn't necklacing....
Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 12:17 PM (ADOtk)
I think there is something to that, although the left STILL CLAIMED IT
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 12:18 PM (TMNW7)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 12:18 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Axeman
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The noxious empty headed poem reciter comes from just such a background and the mother that spawned that creature had global citizens unironically in her realtor bio.
Friedman's The World is Flat is exactly how it appears to that class and sort of person--they are only in a country to extract resources and when those dry up, they float away to another country to do the same damn thing. Rootless drifters where driftwood has more intellect and practical use to people actually living real lives in countries these people infest.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 12:18 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: far cry at October 30, 2026 12:09 PM (wXgT/)
Shark attacks would be far worse if Officer Krupke wasn't on the beat.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 12:34 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 30, 2026 12:10 PM (Riz8t)
Marco Rubio is a leg-breaker.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 12:35 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 01:49 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Axeman
They aren't a tribe. They are a cult.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 01:50 PM (uhVAy)
I also feel that way about "globalists" who invented the word it seems, and how they just became a "global tribe".
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 12:14 PM (Fi81e)
the real tell is the derision for "populists". What, appealing to what the populace in a democracy? Dangerous Madness!
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 01:52 PM (uhVAy)
Very true.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 12:14 PM (viF8m)
And crocs are up there too. You can avoid walking by the lion's dens, but the hippos and crocs live where the water is, for drinking or fishing.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 01:54 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: waelse1 at October 30, 2026 03:16 PM (oOSlr)
Posted by: MikeN at October 30, 2026 04:35 PM (QpB3j)
To add to the irritation, She took money from the Kroc foundation and created "The Joan B. Kroc Foundation", in 1983, while Ray was still alive. Just a few months before his death. So he was likely in failing health if not on his deathbed. I don't pretend to know the ins and outs of their marriage. I don't know if the original Kroc foundation was dissolved or it's still out there somewhere. I just know the medium is the message. She wanted him to know she was doing this. A middle finger to the husband who broke his ass to fund her lifestyle? Hmmm. [Scratches head]
Posted by: Phil Christensen at October 30, 2026 05:15 PM (gxAox)
Mid-Morning Art Thread
Paul Wiesenfeld
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NYT Crossword Puzzle.
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With no pants?
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Did she steal rickb223's "pants rule exemption" card?
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I was in the pool!!
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Did she steal rickb223's "pants rule exemption" card?
Posted by: Doof at October 30, 2026 09:35 AM (h4J+2)
Why would there be a rule preventing women from removing their pants?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 09:38 AM (ccf/V)
and she should put the lid back on that "locker room" jar.
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Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 09:40 AM (ccf/V)
Posted by: I gotta ask at October 30, 2026 09:40 AM (aDmlG)
--> i have a theory.
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Posted by: gp at October 30, 2026 09:42 AM (Jr5Lq)
Her Secret: She has a tramp stamp tattoo.
Her Shame: It's a tattoo of Pee Wee Herman.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 30, 2026 09:41 AM (YSUhf)
https://shorturl.fm/jvFL7
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 09:43 AM (ccf/V)
"I wonder what my guys at the frat are up for this evening?" she mused. "Better replenish my stock of Vitamin K!"
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Posted by: cmeat at October 30, 2026 09:43 AM (Bep7s)
There's not a pants verification.
Posted by: Lizzy at October 30, 2026 09:37 AM (rOKnE)
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That's not what bob from the nsa tells me..
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 30, 2026 09:43 AM (FZ29D)
Don't bother knockin'
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Posted by: cmeat at October 30, 2026 09:41 AM (Bep7s)
Point taken.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 09:43 AM (ccf/V)
$20, same as in town
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 30, 2026 09:44 AM (ixS3i)
That's not what bob from the nsa tells me..
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 30, 2026 09:43 AM (FZ29D)
Bobs and vagene!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 09:44 AM (ccf/V)
Her Shame: It's a tattoo of Pee Wee Herman.
Her other secret: she's a he, just waiting for you to figure it out.
Posted by: Lizzy at October 30, 2026 09:44 AM (rOKnE)
Posted by: Stanley Steemer at October 30, 2026 09:44 AM (EdP2u)
Can verify......
Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at October 30, 2026 09:45 AM (ccf/V)
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Posted by: JTB at October 30, 2026 09:46 AM (yTvNw)
Can verify......
Posted by: Pete Buttigieg
I think you meant to say "attest", numb nuts
We all know you'd be champing at the bit to "verify".
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 30, 2026 09:46 AM (ixS3i)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at October 30, 2026 09:46 AM (WXuyH)
Not a western bar nekkid lady painting hung over the bourbon bottles, fer shur.
Posted by: Auspex at October 30, 2026 09:46 AM (Y8DZL)
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Her other secret: she's a he, just waiting for you to figure it out.
Posted by: Lizzy at October 30, 2026 09:44 AM (rOKnE)
Laces out! LACES OUT!!!
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Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 09:44 AM (ccf/V)
I was always a little suspicious of you!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 30, 2026 09:48 AM (k5CNB)
Posted by: gp at October 30, 2026 09:49 AM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: JTB at October 30, 2026 09:46 AM (yTvNw)
Go ahead - say it. I give you permission to use THE word that means exactly that!
Posted by: Doof at October 30, 2026 09:49 AM (h4J+2)
Posted by: nurse ratched
Appalled she'd risk get crackers in her crevices. That would be about as bad as sand in your crack.
Posted by: She Hobbit at October 30, 2026 09:49 AM (ftFVW)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 09:38 AM
Dude, have you seen the average Austin feminist?
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Posted by: Wormword at October 30, 2026 09:50 AM (yOcCL)
Posted by: nurse ratched
Appalled she'd risk get crackers in her crevices. That would be about as bad as sand in your crack.
Posted by: She Hobbit at October 30, 2026 09:49 AM (ftFVW)
I hate sand!
Posted by: Anakin S. at October 30, 2026 09:50 AM (jb8Ss)
This is from the "Fuzzificated Pointillism" school of art, which came into being when a Pointillist accidentally smeared a portion of his work when he tripped while stepping back to admire it.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 30, 2026 09:50 AM (ixS3i)
I was always a little suspicious of you!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 30, 2026 09:48 AM (k5CNB)
You know you like it......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 09:50 AM (ccf/V)
Posted by: gp
There's a mirror?!
*trots back to look again*
Posted by: She Hobbit at October 30, 2026 09:51 AM (ftFVW)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 09:38 AM
Dude, have you seen the average Austin feminist?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 30, 2026 09:49 AM (ctC8W)
So we don't have to hear/read Jeff Spicoli exclaim, "Gnarly!"
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 30, 2026 09:51 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: nurse ratched
Anytime!
https://youtu.be/FVfL9xZ7GXo
Posted by: Barbara Mandrell at October 30, 2026 09:51 AM (aDmlG)
"Sand in the Vag" would be a perfect name for a consultancy staffed exclusively by Karens.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 30, 2026 09:51 AM (ixS3i)
Dude, have you seen the average Austin feminist?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 30, 2026 09:49 AM (ctC8W)
Valid.......
However, in my defense, I would highly doubt they would be perusing the world famous AoS Book Thread.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 09:52 AM (ccf/V)
100 comment rule
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 30, 2026 09:53 AM (ixS3i)
However, in my defense, I would highly doubt they would be perusing the world famous AoS Book Thread.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 09:52 AM
Your point is also valid.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 30, 2026 09:53 AM (ctC8W)
Whoa! Major jackpot!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 30, 2026 09:53 AM (ixS3i)
She's gonna wind up with a terrible stiff neck or tweaked-out back if she holds that position for very long. We won't even go into the likely consequences of anything more lively.
I suggest that they adjourn to the bedroom for investigation of further secrets.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 09:53 AM (qlLNh)
Posted by: Sponge
The Vibrant Hot Air Art Thread is more their speed.
Posted by: Bulg at October 30, 2026 09:53 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 30, 2026 09:53 AM (uIP5r)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 30, 2026 09:51 AM (ixS3i)
And a Greenfield, MA lesbian bar.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 30, 2026 09:53 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: She Hobbit at October 30, 2026 09:53 AM (ftFVW)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 09:54 AM (ccf/V)
Her Shame: It's a tattoo of Pee Wee Herman.
Her other secret: she's a he, just waiting for you to figure it out.
Posted by: Lizzy at October 30, 2026 09:44 AM (rOKnE)
Her Other Other Secret:
She's a Woman Pretending To Be a Man Pretending to Be a Woman.*
*Blake Edward's Pitch Meeting
Posted by: naturalfake at October 30, 2026 09:54 AM (YSUhf)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
Wait, you and Sponge are valid now, too? Doof is gonna be pissed.
Posted by: Bulg at October 30, 2026 09:54 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Kosciuszko at October 30, 2026 09:55 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 30, 2026 09:55 AM (eEW2s)
Your point is also valid.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 30, 2026 09:53 AM (ctC8W)
*fistbump*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 09:55 AM (ccf/V)
Posted by: Rinshot at October 30, 2026 09:55 AM (aDmlG)
Posted by: Bulg at October 30, 2026 09:54 AM (77rzZ)
How obtuse......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 09:55 AM (ccf/V)
Posted by: cmeat at October 30, 2026 09:55 AM (Bep7s)
However, in my defense, I would highly doubt they would be perusing the world famous AoS Book Thread.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 09:52 AM
Your point is also valid.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 30, 2026 09:53 AM (ctC8W)
But not INCREDIBLY valid
Posted by: Doof at October 30, 2026 09:55 AM (h4J+2)
Posted by: Rinshot at October 30, 2026 09:55 AM (aDmlG)
Some found the dialogue abrasive, though.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 09:56 AM (qlLNh)
Posted by: Bulg at October 30, 2026 09:54 AM
But I'm not whelmed, yet.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 30, 2026 09:56 AM (ctC8W)
Posted by: cmeat at October 30, 2026 09:56 AM (Bep7s)
Posted by: Music critic at October 30, 2026 09:57 AM (aDmlG)
"Jane Doe" of Cornell Seven fame is acting out IRL the role of Alex Forrest, the bunny boiler, from "Fatal Attraction".
It is easy to see her, enraged, and speaking out, "I will not be ignored, boys!" when she was disinvited from that frat's Halloween party.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 30, 2026 09:57 AM (ixS3i)
Posted by: Unkaren at October 30, 2026 09:57 AM (m6fGY)
Posted by: let's express positive things negatively at October 30, 2026 09:57 AM (epXJE)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 30, 2026 09:58 AM (88C+u)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 09:58 AM (ccf/V)
Uncomfortable furniture corrects posture and insures that the callers' stay will be brief.
Posted by: Auspex at October 30, 2026 09:58 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: let's express positive things negatively at October 30, 2026 09:57 AM (epXJE)
Seems you should check out the Hot Air Art Thread, or start your OWN Art Thread......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 09:58 AM (ccf/V)
Posted by: let's express positive things negatively at October 30, 2026 09:57 AM
I can't not not like it.
Posted by: Triple negative! at October 30, 2026 09:59 AM (aDmlG)
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 09:59 AM (Ti9vn)
x.com neorevolt/status/2116015926927880488
eMudhra login to download customer's certs can be cracked
Their 1FA login generates a OTP & sends it. It also sends a RSA public key to front end
They haven't rate limited checks, so you can offline brute force 0 to 9999 encrypted with public key & find the OTP
Posted by: 88C+u at October 30, 2026 09:59 AM (88C+u)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 09:59 AM (ccf/V)
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 09:59 AM (Ti9vn)
Seems Hannibal made a visit.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 10:00 AM (ccf/V)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 30, 2026 09:58 AM
It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.
Posted by: Kramer at October 30, 2026 10:00 AM (aDmlG)
Posted by: JTB at October 30, 2026 10:00 AM (yTvNw)
If you can spare a prayer for my friend Fred, I would appreciate it. I'm here for a little while, then will be back over there to keep his wife company. They're both long-time friends, who have seen me through hospitalizations.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 30, 2026 10:00 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 30, 2026 09:55 AM (eEW2s)
I would 100% agree with you but I do have an example of a French woman that did do personal grooming. Our CEO's admin assistant had taken boudoir photos and printed them at our office on the nice color printer we have. When she left the company, she left the photos behind in a folder. Left no doubt on grooming. She calls herself a True Renaissance Woman.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 30, 2026 10:01 AM (N39Ws)
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 09:59 AM
I see the problem. With no mouth, the nood can't eat the sammiches she clearly needs.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 30, 2026 10:01 AM (ctC8W)
Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at October 30, 2026 10:01 AM (v6HTt)
My abstract nood painting. See nic.
Posted by: polynikes
Ehhh, it's a passable semi nude portrait of Elliott Page.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 30, 2026 10:02 AM (ixS3i)
Posted by: Bulg at October 30, 2026 10:02 AM (77rzZ)
If you can spare a prayer for my friend Fred, I would appreciate it. I'm here for a little while, then will be back over there to keep his wife company. They're both long-time friends, who have seen me through hospitalizations.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 30, 2026 10:00 AM (XeU6L)
Godspeed.
May the doctors have steady hands, steel nerves and positive results.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 10:02 AM (ccf/V)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 10:02 AM (+iKN/)
x.com QuantusInsights/status/2116138064481226940
Posted by: must be 30 October at October 30, 2026 10:02 AM (88C+u)
Posted by: Han Solo at October 30, 2026 10:03 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 30, 2026 10:01 AM (N39Ws)
"You photocopied your ass, didn't you......."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 10:03 AM (ccf/V)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 10:03 AM (l3cgK)
"Greg Price
@greg_price11
🚨 Pelosi rips Abdul El-Sayed, says his views on Israel are "more than concerning":
“This new person in Michigan, we’ll see if he gets elected.”"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 10:03 AM (xjopy)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 30, 2026 10:02 AM (ixS3
Tell me what other dude you imagine in that faceless nude.
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 10:04 AM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: cmeat at October 30, 2026 10:04 AM (Bep7s)
Posted by: Person who checks out titles at October 30, 2026 10:05 AM (aDmlG)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 30, 2026 10:05 AM (qwx/I)
Posted by: Bulg at October 30, 2026 10:05 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 30, 2026 10:05 AM (Sco7b)
x.com QuantusInsights/status/2116138064481226940
Posted by: must be 30 October at October 30, 2026 10:02 AM (88C+u)
I'm not buying that shit one bit.
No one really knows Hinojosa is even running.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 10:05 AM (ccf/V)
x.com QuantusInsights/status/2116138064481226940
Posted by: must be 30 October at October 30, 2026 10:02 AM (88C+u)
=======
Quantus seems to be one of the pollsters who does try to get things right.
And they're herding to slight favorite Republican in a deeply Republican state, but still within the margin of error so if Paxton wins by 5 they're still right.
Also, this:
https://x.com/sfcpoll/status/
2116140097846345979
"@sfcpoll
We polled Kansas. Democrats wanted to talk. Republicans, not so much. "
This has been a known issue with pollsters for literally years, and more pollsters are coming out in the final weeks of the election season to admit it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 10:05 AM (xjopy)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 09:31 AM (eRlcH)
She's reading the paper.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 30, 2026 10:06 AM (Y/06r)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 30, 2026 10:06 AM (SgdqL)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 09:31 AM (eRlcH)
She's reading the paper.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 30, 2026 10:06 AM (Y/06r)
=======
Instruction manual for the dildo.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 10:06 AM (xjopy)
I like this still life he did.
https://tinyurl.com/4y3m5ekj
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
That's the painting that he was executing when, on a whim, he looked over his shoulder and saw that there was a naked woman on the couch behind him.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 30, 2026 10:06 AM (ixS3i)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 30, 2026 10:00 AM (XeU6L)
You got it. Your being there for them is a huge comfort.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 30, 2026 10:06 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 10:06 AM (ccf/V)
Posted by: gp at October 30, 2026 09:37 AM
She's airing out her cooter. The French hadn't invented the douche yet.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 30, 2026 10:07 AM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 10:07 AM (8B4gm)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026 10:07 AM (JrHfD)
(and yes, the number of s's does reflect women's hair care)
Posted by: cmeat at October 30, 2026 10:07 AM (Bep7s)
Instruction manual for the dildo.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 10:06 AM (xjopy)
---
Translated from Chinese...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 30, 2026 10:07 AM (FZ29D)
Andrew Kolvet
@AndrewKolvet
Kara Swisher: "They could just pick a few people. To me, that's the way you go. You pick like a Hegseth, a Musk, and I don't know, Big Balls."
"Rather than go for Trump, go for everybody. Make it so broad that it'll exhaust people who just do want to move on."
The left is already celebrating, and they're telling us exactly what they plan to do after the midterms. GET OUT AND VOTE!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 10:07 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 10:08 AM (l3cgK)
Mike Hammer,
Prayers started for your friend and his family. I've spent enough time in hospital waiting areas to know they can help.
Posted by: JTB at October 30, 2026 10:08 AM (yTvNw)
Yes, it's wonderful to have friends who are a caring presence at difficult times.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026 10:08 AM (JrHfD)
Posted by: GWB at October 30, 2026 10:08 AM (kU0PQ)
My abstract nood painting. See nic.
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 09:59 AM (Ti9vn)
...
Why do you hate boobs?
Posted by: naturalfake at October 30, 2026 10:08 AM (YSUhf)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 10:07 AM (ndZc7)
Anyone who votes Dem, or doesn't vote at all, is asshoe.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 10:08 AM (ccf/V)
Andrew Kolvet
@AndrewKolvet
Kara Swisher: "They could just pick a few people. To me, that's the way you go. You pick like a Hegseth, a Musk, and I don't know, Big Balls."
"Rather than go for Trump, go for everybody. Make it so broad that it'll exhaust people who just do want to move on."
The left is already celebrating, and they're telling us exactly what they plan to do after the midterms. GET OUT AND VOTE!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 10:07 AM (ndZc7)
=======
Congress is going to send criminal referrals of Trump administration officials to the Trump DOJ?
I've seen this movie before, but it starred John Boehner, Barack Obama, and Eric Holder.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 10:09 AM (xjopy)
Posted by: Eromero at October 30, 2026 10:09 AM (kpy6d)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 10:08 AM (l3cgK)
I hope they weren't naked on the sofa.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 10:09 AM (ccf/V)
Tell me what other dude you imagine in that faceless nude.
Posted by: polynikes
I based my attaching the Elliott Page name to that on the shirtless post-op photo that we all just had to see (it insisted on itself), scars and all.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 30, 2026 10:10 AM (ixS3i)
Posted by: Abdul E Sayed at October 30, 2026 10:10 AM (88C+u)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 10:06 AM (xjopy)
CBD has a user's manual!?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 30, 2026 10:11 AM (Y/06r)
I know. I was just playfully snarking back.
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 10:11 AM (Ti9vn)
There's not a pants verification.
Posted by: Lizzy at October 30, 2026 09:37 AM
That's not true, as thousands of Permanent Record entries will attest.
All Hail Eris' is now over 400 pages!
Posted by: Bob from NSA at October 30, 2026 10:12 AM (0sNs1)
"Please to use artificial penis..."
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 30, 2026 10:12 AM (ixS3i)
Posted by: cmeat at October 30, 2026 10:12 AM (Bep7s)
Posted by: Doof at October 30, 2026 09:32 AM (h4J+2)
Now I'm picturing a bunch of guys and girls plotting a visit to her house in Vegas....
Posted by: GWB at October 30, 2026 10:13 AM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 10:06 AM (xjopy)
CBD has a user's manual!?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 30, 2026 10:11 AM (Y/06r)
=======
His wife lost it years ago, and it's been a source of contention ever since.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 10:13 AM (xjopy)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 30, 2026 10:13 AM (ixS3i)
https://tinyurl.com/e93f883d
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 10:14 AM (ndZc7)
'Pologies. No cofeve yet.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 30, 2026 10:13 AM (ixS3i)
"Funny....he never has a second cup at home."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 10:14 AM (ccf/V)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 10:08 AM (l3cgK)
I hope they weren't naked on the sofa.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 10:09 AM (ccf/V)
Doesn't seem so.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 10:16 AM (l3cgK)
"surname affect memory complaint delicacy lantern"
maybe dirk gently had his iching calculator repaired.
i replied:
"yes, yes i know! intersection privilege remove border elevator moistness"
Posted by: cmeat at October 30, 2026 10:16 AM (Bep7s)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 10:16 AM (ccf/V)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 30, 2026 10:17 AM (0sNs1)
Just heard from Martha's Vineyard that Barky and Big Mike reported having a "very satisfying buckeye night in the sack -- milk chocolate this time!"
No word on which one of them supplied the balls.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 30, 2026 10:17 AM (ixS3i)
Just heard from Martha's Vineyard that Barky and Big Mike reported having a "very satisfying buckeye night in the sack -- milk chocolate this time!"
No word on which one of them supplied the balls.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 30, 2026 10:17 AM (ixS3i)
or the chocolate...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 10:18 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 30, 2026 10:11 AM
It's actually the manual for his sous vide machine.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 30, 2026 10:18 AM (2ocoG)
I'm excited. Poor guy.....we'll still have work to do with his ongoing care, but it will be good to have him back.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 10:18 AM (ccf/V)
... sure sounds like they expect a "cyber war"
Posted by: SMOD at October 30, 2026 10:18 AM (gWCxi)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 30, 2026 10:17 AM (0sNs1)
No need. There's no happy little bush there to comment on.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 10:19 AM (ccf/V)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 10:19 AM (+iKN/)
"surname affect memory complaint delicacy lantern"
maybe dirk gently had his iching calculator repaired.
i replied:
"yes, yes i know! intersection privilege remove border elevator moistness"
Posted by: cmeat at October 30, 2026 10:16 AM (Bep7s)
-------
I have to confess that, while I've read it numerous times, I'm still not quite sure how the ending of Holistic Detective Agency worked out.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 30, 2026 10:19 AM (SgdqL)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 10:06 AM (xjopy)
---
Translated from Chinese...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 30, 2026 10:07 AM
By a Dutch speaker. Into French.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 30, 2026 10:19 AM (ctC8W)
Posted by: SMOD at October 30, 2026 10:18 AM (gWCxi)
The NORKS have been very busy lately.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 10:19 AM (ccf/V)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 10:06 AM (xjopy)
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Translated from Chinese...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 30, 2026 10:07 AM
By a Dutch speaker. Into French.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 30, 2026 10:19 AM (ctC8W)
====
Who was Joseph Conrad, so it's better French than any Frenchman could come up with.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 10:20 AM (xjopy)
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 10:20 AM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 10:06 AM (xjopy)
---
Translated from Chinese...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 30, 2026 10:07 AM
By a Dutch speaker. Into French.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 30, 2026 10:19 AM (ctC8W)
*shits bed*
*resets*
*smoke arises*
Posted by: Google Translate at October 30, 2026 10:20 AM (ccf/V)
I am glad for all of you to have your furry family member back. Hope he makes a full recovery.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026 10:21 AM (JrHfD)
Posted by: cmeat at October 30, 2026 10:21 AM (Bep7s)
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 10:20 AM (Ti9vn)
Salty......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 10:21 AM (ccf/V)
@joeradinovich
Democrats should understand that the allegation is almost certainly true—whatever conclusion they draw from that point could vary—and her denials calling it a right-wing, Islamophobic or racist conspiracy are almost certainly not.
-
Damn racist right wing extremist!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 10:21 AM (ndZc7)
If they seriously expect that, should someone be going around to utility companies and unplugging the Ethernet cables?
Posted by: Ian S. at October 30, 2026 10:21 AM (2ocoG)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026 10:21 AM (JrHfD)
Thanks!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 10:21 AM (ccf/V)
I'm excited. Poor guy.....we'll still have work to do with his ongoing care, but it will be good to have him back.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 10:18 AM (ccf/V)
___
Congrats on the move, and the pup will be just as happy to be back with y'all!
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 30, 2026 10:21 AM (6ZFFR)
Your paintings are lovely. How long have you been painting?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026 10:22 AM (JrHfD)
Posted by: cmeat at October 30, 2026 10:22 AM (Bep7s)
@joeradinovich
Democrats should understand that the allegation is almost certainly true—whatever conclusion they draw from that point could vary—and her denials calling it a right-wing, Islamophobic or racist conspiracy are almost certainly not.
-
Damn racist right wing extremist!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 10:21 AM (ndZc7)
====
It's unusual to see a prominent Democrat cast off because of the actions of Republicans and not purely internal politics.
Savor it, boys.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 10:22 AM (xjopy)
The Gaza Chamber of Commerce reports that visitors for this fall's tourist season have been "...way, way below past years' numbers".
This is both a major disappointment and financial disaster as "we had taken great pains to have our rubble sprayed with Pumpkin Spice scents."
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 30, 2026 10:22 AM (ixS3i)
I've always been of the mindset that connecting every f*cking thing on Earth to the internet was a bad idea.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 10:23 AM (ccf/V)
Good morning, fellow blue city dweller! I got dark and rain and three freaking people on a large boat and they have to sit wothing six feet of me.
There’s 350 seats. And they have to be within smelling distance.
Wtf
Posted by: nurse ratched. at October 30, 2026 10:23 AM (bR0BQ)
I've seen people say the NYT admitting Obama found her guilty and shoved it under the rug means the DNC's burn noticing her (and willing to take the collateral damage to Obama). Certainly someone in power thinks she's a liability.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 30, 2026 10:23 AM (2ocoG)
This is both a major disappointment and financial disaster as "we had taken great pains to have our rubble sprayed with Pumpkin Spice scents."
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 30, 2026 10:22 AM (ixS3i)
This is what happens when the filthy Jews ruthlessly and brutally murder 3.4 million innocent children.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 10:24 AM (ccf/V)
There’s 350 seats. And they have to be within smelling distance.
Wtf
Posted by: nurse ratched. at October 30, 2026 10:23 AM (bR0BQ)
"Brains.......Moar Brains!!!"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 10:24 AM (ccf/V)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 30, 2026 10:23 AM (2ocoG)
=======
I suspect Democrats have known how solid the case against her is for years, and were happy to ignore it because nothing ever happens.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 10:24 AM (xjopy)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 30, 2026 10:24 AM (6ZFFR)
Western Lensman
@WesternLensman
This is how Dana Bash led off her 'reporting' today on the Democrats' 'Dan Sullivan' election scheme in Alaska.
"Unsurprisingly, [Trump] seized on the new reporting."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 10:24 AM (ndZc7)
"a suffusion of yellow" is not a bad takeaway.
Posted by: cmeat
"Hey! Who put a suffusion of yellow in my pants?"
-- Slow Joe Biden
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 30, 2026 10:25 AM (ixS3i)
Posted by: cmeat at October 30, 2026 10:26 AM (Bep7s)
You know, the white stuff that looks as if the dog ate cement?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 10:26 AM (ccf/V)
I suspect Democrats have known how solid the case against her is for years, and were happy to ignore it because nothing ever happens.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson
But could this equally well be a case of "...no matter how attractive she may have been, sooner or later someone got tired of all her shit"?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 30, 2026 10:27 AM (ixS3i)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at October 30, 2026 10:27 AM (bR0BQ)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 30, 2026 10:27 AM (SgdqL)
I still wish he would've beat the living shit out of the two punks that thought it would be funny to ruin someone's day.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 10:27 AM (ccf/V)
>>Dockworkers at more than 100 ports worldwide strike against arms shipments
>>Oct 29 (Reuters) - Dockworkers in 22 countries will strike on Friday, protesting against war and the use of ports for arms exports in action organisers say could disrupt over 40% of Mediterranean cargo and snarl over $2 billion worth of freight.
https://tinyurl.com/499zpxur
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 10:28 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at October 30, 2026 10:28 AM (bR0BQ)
But could this equally well be a case of "...no matter how attractive she may have been, sooner or later someone got tired of all her shit"?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 30, 2026 10:27 AM (ixS3i)
"Attractive" and 11han 0mar should never enter the same thought space, ever.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 10:28 AM (ccf/V)
Wtf
Posted by: nurse ratched. at October 30, 2026 10:23 AM (bR0BQ)
"Brains.......Moar Brains!!!"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 10:24 AM (ccf/V)
Hey nurse!
Some people just have to be next to others.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 30, 2026 10:24 AM (6ZFFR)
They long to be
Close to you!
Posted by: The Carpenters at October 30, 2026 10:29 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 30, 2026 10:23 AM (2ocoG)
======
The civil war within the Dem Party occasionally makes an appearance within sight of the public eye.
Posted by: mrp at October 30, 2026 10:29 AM (rj6Yv)
---
Hey, Dems! You're going to give your whole game away!
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 10:29 AM (Fi81e)
They long to be
Close to you!
Posted by: The Carpenters at October 30, 2026 10:29 AM (wVcYX)
Taking my life in my hands, I know........
https://youtu.be/PZZNezLHynM
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 10:30 AM (ccf/V)
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 10:30 AM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 10:31 AM (8B4gm)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 10:32 AM (ndZc7)
I suspect the union is made up of a bunch of Muslims.
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 10:32 AM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 30, 2026 10:27 AM (SgdqL)
========
There's this:
https://link.amazon/B09dRnMwK
But, it's not Region A, so I probably wouldn't invest in it.
There's also this:
https://www.ebay.com/p/24051086174
It may be Australian, which may mean it's compatible with US players. I can't remember the DVD region rules off the top of my head.
Then there's just this:
https://ok.ru/video/3050574187230
Which is just the video itself.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 10:32 AM (xjopy)
"Attractive" in the sense that she was a big time agitator for ideas near and der to their hearts, not "attractive" appearance-wise.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 30, 2026 10:33 AM (ixS3i)
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Posted by: cmeat at October 30, 2026 10:16 AM (Bep7s)
Got a text from a "woman" in the summer of 2025...Said I didn't know her.
Sent her "name" and a pic of a beautiful asian woman as well. Said I didn't know her.
Said she went to xxx's birthday party (first name of my wife). I replied "She passed away last year. Sorry, don't remember you."
She replied back, I'm confused...isn't this yyy's contact? I replied, "well, if it's my wife's aunt yyy, she's passed away too."
She says, "Oh, I'm sorry". I write back, "That's okay. Have a nice day."
Then, tried to befriend me. "You are a funny and kind person...My name is zzz. What's your name?"
I reply, "That's okay, I'm old and sick and don't need anymore friends."
She continued, "I think age is just a number...", keeps trying to "befriend" me. I replied, "No, that's okay. Have a nice day".
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 10:33 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 10:30 AM (Ti9vn)
He is a f*cking liar and should be prosecuted for election interference.
"I've SEEN the evidence!"
Uh, then why didn't you give it to the FBI before the trial where they said "we found no evidence of corruption whatsoever" in the Paxton impeachment trial.
F*cking asshole.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 10:33 AM (ccf/V)
Dimensions: Overall: 63 × 66 3/4 in.
Paul Wiesenfeld, 1942-1990, an American realist painter who created comprehensive interior scenes and portraits.
His son wrote, "In my memory I see my father, Paul Wiesenfeld (1942 – 1990), sitting at the edge of one room on a block of wood no more than 20 cm off the floor with a palette in one hand and several brushes in the other and studying intently the interior of another room. This room is in stark contrast to the rest of the apartment with its varying degrees of chaos and dishevelment. It is impeccable, if one overlooks the fine layer of dust, everything in it is there for a purpose, participating in a web of complex visual relationships, set up to create an image of beauty."
Everything in this painting was exactly placed to tell the story. Note the Secrets magazine on the table.
Reportedly, Secrets was a long-running true confession, romance, and narrative pulp magazine (such as the March 1960 and May 1960 issues) that featured first-person relationship stories and dramatic tales.
Interesting, but would pass hanging it.
(Cafe's beaver tale, and now this. Some will be off the chain all day. 😏 )
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 30, 2026 10:33 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 10:30 AM (Ti9vn)
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Roy Moore got 92% of the Republican vote.
Beto got 6% of the Republican vote in 2018.
Crossovers don't really exist in huge numbers.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 10:34 AM (xjopy)
Roy Moore got 92% of the Republican vote.
Beto got 6% of the Republican vote in 2018.
Crossovers don't really exist in huge numbers.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 10:34 AM (xjopy)
Texas doesn't register parties. How do they know 6% of Republicans voted Beto? They took a poll?
HA!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 10:35 AM (ccf/V)
https://tinyurl.com/3fth6v8b
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 10:32 AM (ndZc7)
She gives bosses BJs?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 10:35 AM (l3cgK)
White Kamala.
https://tinyurl.com/3fth6v8b
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now
She needs to get her Venn Diagrams and Coconut Tree upgrades installed.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 30, 2026 10:36 AM (ixS3i)
HA!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 10:35 AM (ccf/V)
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It's exit polling, and it's the only measure we have despite all the issues with exit polling.
Roughly 5% is pretty standard, and it always goes both ways. There will be crossover from Democrats voting for Paxton. No candidate gets 100% of their own party's vote.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 10:37 AM (xjopy)
https://tinyurl.com/3fth6v8b
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 10:32 AM (ndZc7)
Are they still THAT confident in their ability to cheat?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 10:37 AM (ccf/V)
She continued, "I think age is just a number...", keeps trying to "befriend" me. I replied, "No, that's okay. Have a nice day".
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia
You’re way nicer than I am.
I text. Sorry wrong number. And block contact.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at October 30, 2026 10:37 AM (bR0BQ)
https://tinyurl.com/39jyz6fm
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And Talarico is a powerhouse!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 10:37 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: DaveA at October 30, 2026 10:37 AM (FhXTo)
Probably no union in the world further left than dock workers.
25 unions in 113 countries just decided to strike on Friday over a war that is basically over?
I suspect a different reason.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 10:38 AM (viF8m)
https://tinyurl.com/39jyz6fm
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And Talarico is a powerhouse!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 10:37 AM (ndZc7)
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"8 states that went double digits for Trump in 2024 will go Democrat for Senate in 2026. It has happened one time in this century, but it will happen 8 times this year."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 10:38 AM (xjopy)
Crossovers don't really exist in huge numbers.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson
Doubt not the weight and intellectual pull that the Bushies still think that they exert in Texas.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 30, 2026 10:38 AM (ixS3i)
It's exit polling, and it's the only measure we have despite all the issues with exit polling.
Roughly 5% is pretty standard, and it always goes both ways. There will be crossover from Democrats voting for Paxton. No candidate gets 100% of their own party's vote.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 10:37 AM (xjopy)
Ah yes.....Exit polling.
Besides something that Pete Buttigieg does on the regular, that's the same thing that said John Kerry was kicking the holy hell out of GWB in 2004.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 10:38 AM (ccf/V)
Outside of my subscriptions, I did buy $300 dollars worth of data from AI, been going through that and my head hurts.
Instead of a beer day, I'm going to think of this as me pre-maturely celebrating the blue wave hopelessly crashing into an unmovable red wall.
And also, she's burning off Halloween calories through self-pleasure.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 30, 2026 10:39 AM (Sco7b)
They call her... Pumpkin Spice!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 30, 2026 10:40 AM (ixS3i)
Again those crossovers aren't Republicans. They are infiltrators. The ones we know of should be kicked out of the Party . Looking at Karl Rove.
You can disagree internally but you shouldn't be able to publicly go against your Party and support the opposition without consequences.
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 10:40 AM (Ti9vn)
"You just do the alphabet! A.....B......C......."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 10:41 AM (ccf/V)
frasier much less often referenced, but far nmore consistently watchable.
Posted by: cmeat at October 30, 2026 10:41 AM (Bep7s)
She continued, "I think age is just a number...", keeps trying to "befriend" me. I replied, "No, that's okay. Have a nice day".
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia
You’re way nicer than I am.
I text. Sorry wrong number. And block contact.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at October 30, 2026 10:37 AM (bR0BQ)
Normally, I would have, but once my wife's name came up, I couldn't pass the opportunity to see how the scammer would react. I do believe it was a scam call.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 10:42 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: DaveA at October 30, 2026 10:37 AM (FhXTo)
Are we talking Jada Pinkett Smith again?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 10:42 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at October 30, 2026 10:42 AM (hsR1H)
You can disagree internally but you shouldn't be able to publicly go against your Party and support the opposition without consequences.
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 10:40 AM (Ti9vn)
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Sure, but my point is that it goes both ways. And they pretty much always cancel each other out. And it's standard behavior we see in every election.
Pollsters asserting 15% of Republicans not voting for Paxton are huffing paint.
The way partisans object to their party's candidate they don't want to vote for is that they don't vote. This is how the "independent" vote shifts most. There are immaterial numbers of people who actually change their party vote every other race.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 10:43 AM (xjopy)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 10:42 AM (l3cgK)
I've seen the funny videos where the caller is AI and you can trick it up by asking it for a Custard Pie recipe.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 10:43 AM (ccf/V)
She continued, "I think age is just a number...", keeps trying to "befriend" me. I replied, "No, that's okay. Have a nice day".
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia
You’re way nicer than I am.
I text. Sorry wrong number. And block contact.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at October 30, 2026 10:37 AM (bR0BQ)
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Classic con.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 10:43 AM (RIvkX)
We flushed our turd Stan Kitzman out of the house in the primary and expect the new guy to be much more to our liking. Stan was so proud of his vote and was so pleased to sing about it.
The Texas house is 150 members. 85 R, 65 D was the breakdown. There were 20+ Rs that would rotate 11 members to kill conservative initiatives. That impeachment had those shitbags all voting to impeach. Almost all of them lost their primaries.
Posted by: DanMan at October 30, 2026 10:43 AM (8uzBS)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 10:42 AM (l3cgK)
*swings a sucker punch*
Posted by: Will Smith at October 30, 2026 10:43 AM (88C+u)
Well, got to head out to the bank and then distribute some discounted admission flyers for next weekend's gem and mineral show. Chester, Bucks and Montgomery counties, here I come!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 30, 2026 10:44 AM (ixS3i)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 30, 2026 08:48 AM (Ttn/0)
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Canada is completely fucked. And we are going to have to deal with their demise.I have no interest in adding any of their "states". The strong provinces perhaps become their own countries. The others may have to become US territories that we manage to keep the Chinese out.
Posted by: Black JEM at October 30, 2026 10:44 AM (7/DDO)
>>Oct 29 (Reuters) - Dockworkers in 22 countries will strike on Friday, protesting against war and the use of ports for arms exports in action organisers say could disrupt over 40% of Mediterranean cargo and snarl over $2 billion worth of freight.
https://tinyurl.com/499zpxur
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 10:28 AM (viF8m)
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There are over 7000 ports in the world. To get a bunch of leftist unions to strike over ... something ... is not hard. Only 100 this time? Weak.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 10:44 AM (iFTx/)
>>Oct 29 (Reuters) - Dockworkers in 22 countries will strike on Friday, protesting against war and the use of ports for arms exports in action organisers say could disrupt over 40% of Mediterranean cargo and snarl over $2 billion worth of freight.
https://tinyurl.com/499zpxur
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 10:28 AM (viF8m)
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There are over 7000 ports in the world. To get a bunch of leftist unions to strike over ... something ... is not hard. Only 100 this time? Weak.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 10:44 AM (iFTx/)
I think the term is "Rookie Numbers"...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 10:45 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: DanMan at October 30, 2026 10:46 AM (8uzBS)
"No ma'am, you may not deliver an envelope of $5,000 cash to the stranger in the car parked out front."
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 10:46 AM (RIvkX)
It's like a Catholic priest supporting a Satan Worshipper over another Priest because he doesn't like the other Priest because of scandal. You don't have to support that priest but you shouldn't support the Satan worshipper.
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 10:46 AM (Ti9vn)
i rec'd a photo from the 801 area code of three burly shirtless men, waist up and bathed in blue light.
i replied "all i learned is blueman group is gay.
that returned "tom ravn?"
i countered "he's probably a faggot"
to which they replied "hahahah. yes"
Posted by: cmeat at October 30, 2026 10:46 AM (Bep7s)
Posted by: Lizzy at October 30, 2026 09:44 AM (rOKnE)
You are such a buzzkill!
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 10:47 AM (I+a8W)
"No ma'am, you may not deliver an envelope of $5,000 cash to the stranger in the car parked out front."
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 10:46 AM (RIvkX)
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Well, since data privacy is a myth and has been for decades...
I've heard of a tactic where scammers can actually manipulate the screens of people they're interacting with, giving the scammers remote access, the scammers changing values on the screen, and then convincing the targets, usually old people, to take out tens of thousands of dollars and mailing it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 10:47 AM (xjopy)
I don't even answer texts that say "____( my first name) is this still your number?" If you know my first name, I think, how come you don't give me yours? Click and block.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026 10:48 AM (xz+xK)
She continued, "I think age is just a number...", keeps trying to "befriend" me. I replied, "No, that's okay. Have a nice day".
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia
You’re way nicer than I am.
I text. Sorry wrong number. And block contact.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at October 30, 2026 10:37 AM (bR0BQ)
Normally, I would have, but once my wife's name came up, I couldn't pass the opportunity to see how the scammer would react. I do believe it was a scam call.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 10:42 AM (l3cgK)
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All I get are fake crypto, real estate, and fintech phishing scams. Which is kinda odd, as I am single and would expect more sex scams.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 10:48 AM (iFTx/)
Not the Bee
@Not_the_Bee
No joke, Ted Bundy just got connected to another murder
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Murdered in 1974. DNA was just a twinkle in science' eye in those days.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 10:48 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 10:48 AM (RIvkX)
"No ma'am, you may not deliver an envelope of $5,000 cash to the stranger in the car parked out front."
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 10:46 AM (RIvkX)
Got a FB message "from" a co-worker (many years ago, when I still used FB), claiming to have been brutally robbed in the UK and needing cash.
Told him to go to the Police, then the US embassy. I mean, he did have access to a computer or phone after all...
Yeah, a scam, through and through. So many confidence and other scams.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 10:49 AM (l3cgK)
Yea, you're probably right. It doesn't mean anything that the communists are flexing right after they took down Brazil and are now flexing with their dock worker unions around the world right before extremely consequential election in the US.
I have fond memories of dock workers organizing to send care packages to the orphans in Gaza said nobody. Ever.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 10:49 AM (viF8m)
Dockworkers in 22 countries will strike on Friday, protesting against war and the use of ports for arms exports
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Including Ukraine?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 10:49 AM (eRlcH)
I suspect a different reason.
Posted by: JackStraw
AA com tr, 'We don't work for war': Dockworkers strike at 113 ports across 5 continents, October 30, 2026
Strikes take place in countries including Greece, France, Italy, India, Türkiye, Germany, opposing arms transfers to Israel
In part, BRÜKSEL
Dockworkers in 21 countries staged strikes and demonstrations on Friday at 113 ports across five continents, protesting the use of commercial ports for military purposes.
Under the slogan "We don't work for war," more than 25 dockworkers' trade unions took part in the International Day of Action, demanding that ports serve people's needs rather than military operations, according to 902, the Communist Party of Greece's news portal."
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AA is a state-run[1][2] news agency headquartered in Ankara, Turkey.[3] It operates in 13 languages in over 100 countries.[4]
Reportedly, it has the largest broadcaster of Arabic news in the Middle East and produces 70 percent of all news content in Turkey. (See Wikipedia)
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 30, 2026 10:49 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 30, 2026 08:48 AM (Ttn/0)
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Canada is completely fucked. And we are going to have to deal with their demise.I have no interest in adding any of their "states". The strong provinces perhaps become their own countries. The others may have to become US territories that we manage to keep the Chinese out.
Posted by: Black JEM at October 30, 2026 10:44 AM (7/DDO)
I live here, taking care of one elderly dog, and I approve this message.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 10:50 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: tubal at October 30, 2026 10:51 AM (Gqar8)
I'm not talking statistics. I'm talking beyond the results of an election. You can't let political member leaders of your party support the other party without consequences.
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 10:52 AM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 30, 2026 08:48 AM (Ttn/0)
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Canada is completely fucked. And we are going to have to deal with their demise.I have no interest in adding any of their "states". The strong provinces perhaps become their own countries. The others may have to become US territories that we manage to keep the Chinese out.
Posted by: Black JEM at October 30, 2026 10:44 AM (7/DDO)
I live here, taking care of one elderly dog, and I approve this message.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 10:50 AM (Sco7b)
advancing towards total control by China, perhaps.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 10:52 AM (l3cgK)
2. I am too old to even understand their technological capabilities
3. It pays off bigtime
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 10:52 AM (RIvkX)
Pollsters asserting 15% of Republicans not voting for Paxton are huffing paint.
The way partisans object to their party's candidate they don't want to vote for is that they don't vote. This is how the "independent" vote shifts most. There are immaterial numbers of people who actually change their party vote every other race.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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TJM is correctly summarizing decades of research. Partisans just don't vote when they don't like their party's candidate. Sometimes, they vote third party or writein for a race. True independents that do not have a partisan lean are roughly 5-8 percent of the voters, mebbe less nowadays due to party polarization but they are also less likely to vote in midterms.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 10:52 AM (E4rtv)
I'm not talking statistics. I'm talking beyond the results of an election. You can't let political member leaders of your party support the other party without consequences.
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 10:52 AM (Ti9vn)
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I don't think the Bushes have much of a future in Republlican politics.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 10:52 AM (xjopy)
WaPo’s KS Poll Blows Up: Dems Twice As Likely to Answer As Republicans — and They’re Admitting It
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 10:37 AM (ndZc7)
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The press made their war against us a long time ago.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 10:52 AM (Fi81e)
Collin Rugg
@CollinRugg
NEW: Robert Reich calls for the "defunding" of Elon Musk, calls for Democrats to go after Musk's companies.
"Democrats ought to [start] laying the groundwork for nationalizing Starlink & SpaceX... It should be a public corporation."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 10:53 AM (ndZc7)
Sadly, Canada can't or won't identify itself as anything except Not The US. It serves no purpose or ideals. It embraces nothing that makes it a distinctive country. Why bother existing?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 10:53 AM (eRlcH)
Sadly, Canada can't or won't identify itself as anything except Not The US. It serves no purpose or ideals. It embraces nothing that makes it a distinctive country. Why bother existing?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 10:53 AM (eRlcH)
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I identify it as Reddit made flesh.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 10:53 AM (xjopy)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 10:53 AM (eRlcH)
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I identify it as Reddit made flesh.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 10:53 AM (xjopy)
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Or whatever "reddit" is in Chinese ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 10:54 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: tubal at October 30, 2026 10:51 AM (Gqar
If I pick up a phone call from a number I don't know, I only wait 4 or 5 seconds for the other side to say something...if not, I hang up.
Scammers and spammers have made the old friendly routine of saying "Hello, who's this" so much less polite and friendly. I don't want any recordings of my voice that AI can use to fake me in a spoofed call...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 10:54 AM (l3cgK)
WaPo’s KS Poll Blows Up: Dems Twice As Likely to Answer As Republicans — and They’re Admitting It
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 10:37 AM (ndZc7)
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The press made their war against us a long time ago.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 10:52 AM (Fi81e)
The description of me is included in the comments here. I never respond to pollsters. Ever.
Posted by: tubal at October 30, 2026 10:54 AM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 10:53 AM (ndZc7)
So those smooth-brained fuckwits can run that into the ground, too.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 10:55 AM (8B4gm)
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. I missed a good thread this morning.
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 30, 2026 10:55 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 10:55 AM (rbvCR)
https://tinyurl.com/yp3se5hc
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 30, 2026 10:55 AM (UnTkV)
Collin Rugg
@CollinRugg
NEW: Robert Reich calls for the "defunding" of Elon Musk, calls for Democrats to go after Musk's companies.
"Democrats ought to [start] laying the groundwork for nationalizing Starlink & SpaceX... It should be a public corporation."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 10:53 AM (ndZc7)
Jailing and confiscating the assets of all the traitorous politicians and judges would be a good start...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 10:55 AM (l3cgK)
A bit more real than media polls.
https://tinyurl.com/yje5k3tp
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 10:56 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 10:56 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: DaveA at October 30, 2026 10:37 AM (FhXTo)
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Well, it is still morning.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 10:56 AM (Fi81e)
Haley Stevens
@HaleyforMI
On the eve of the eve of the eve of our BIG and important election, a unifying moment has arrived, our democratic nominee for U.S Senate [El-Sayed] disavows the Rebellion PAC ad made by Hasan Piker’s uncle that claims Jews are responsible for America’s economic woes.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 10:56 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 10:31 AM (8B4gm)
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That is the correct answer.
Posted by: Lilith Sternin, M.D., Ph.D., Ed.D, A.P.A at October 30, 2026 10:56 AM (brIJB)
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. I missed a good thread this morning.
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 30, 2026 10:55 AM (2WIwB)
If you give us your personal information we would be happy to send you reminders, or wake up calls. Trust us.
Posted by: tubal at October 30, 2026 10:56 AM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Trigglypuff at October 30, 2026 10:56 AM (NdCPY)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 10:53 AM (ndZc7)
The 4 foot Reich
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 10:56 AM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: tubal
Long time ago I did it for professional interest. Nowadays, I get silence. Helps to have a privacy dataservice that kills my info on databrokers and being retired so no need to put my name out for professional reasons. Helps to not have social media accounts at all nowadays.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 10:57 AM (E4rtv)
"Democrats ought to [start] laying the groundwork for nationalizing Starlink & SpaceX... It should be a public corporation."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 10:53 AM (ndZc7)
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This is precisely why they wanted Trump's tax records, IMO.
Brownshirts will brownshirt.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 10:57 AM (Fi81e)
@CollinRugg
NEW: Robert Reich calls for the "defunding" of Elon Musk, calls for Democrats to go after Musk's companies.
"Democrats ought to [start] laying the groundwork for nationalizing Starlink & SpaceX... It should be a public corporation."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 10:53 AM (ndZc7)
And they call us Nazis........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 10:57 AM (ccf/V)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 10:52 AM (l3cgK)
Again, being rejected by the Donald, Canada has decided to go the disease-ridden, drunken, flabby, scraggly-toothed, peeling flesh Detroit $5 Canadian whore route with the EU.
Good luck with that.
Hadrian...you're not wrong...
Oh, the lady at the beer store LOVES my monkey statue outside - aceCorp and Big Monkey are responsible. My project is moving along. Pictures will be up on the website shortly.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 10:57 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: tubal at October 30, 2026 10:54 AM (Gqar
I worked on a Gov't project once...the recommendation in the training was to never respond to pollsters...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 10:57 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: cmeat at October 30, 2026 10:57 AM (Bep7s)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 30, 2026 10:57 AM (gTNVu)
https://tinyurl.com/yp3se5hc
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 30, 2026 10:55 AM (UnTkV)
Monica swallowed my brother.
--Chelsea Clinton
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 30, 2026 10:57 AM (N39Ws)
Posted by: Don Black at October 30, 2026 10:58 AM (ZxPkt)
https://tinyurl.com/yp3se5hc
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 30, 2026 10:55 AM (UnTkV)
Monica swallowed my brother.
--Chelsea Clinton
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 30, 2026 10:57 AM (N39Ws)
Now THAT is harsh!
Posted by: tubal at October 30, 2026 10:58 AM (Gqar8)
Most sober Ohioan this weekend.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 30, 2026 10:58 AM (88C+u)
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 10:59 AM (I+a8W)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 10:53 AM (ndZc7)
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Maybe they could call the public SpaceX.... something like the National Aeronautics and Space Administration!
Umm... There's a reason why SpaceX exists and all the progress into space is in a private company, bonehead.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 10:59 AM (Fi81e)
https://tinyurl.com/yp3se5hc
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 30, 2026 10:55 AM (UnTkV)
"Monica swallowed my brother."
BWWWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 10:59 AM (ccf/V)
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 10:59 AM (I+a8W)
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Except the French. They can just keep it until we demand they surrender it.
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 11:00 AM (Fi81e)
Posted by: cmeat at October 30, 2026 11:00 AM (Bep7s)
Posted by: Nazdar at October 30, 2026 11:00 AM (NcvvS)
One is they will get a better job with benefits instead of a laptop and promises, the second is that I hate their employers like poison and this is the only way I can damage them, by recruiting away their best employees.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 11:00 AM (rbvCR)
Scammers and spammers have made the old friendly routine of saying "Hello, who's this" so much less polite and friendly. I don't want any recordings of my voice that AI can use to fake me in a spoofed call...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
Smart. The 4-5 seconds of silence affects scammer software which dial multiple phone numbers at the same time to get the 'hit'. Silence means that some other poor sucker got 'hit' rather than you and you did not confirm to the scammers that they got a live number.
Another way, dunno if they still make it, was a fax tone generator used to answer the phone to ward off scammers.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 11:00 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: tubal at October 30, 2026 11:00 AM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:00 AM (ccf/V)
i rec'd a photo from the 801 area code of three burly shirtless men, waist up and bathed in blue light.
salt lick city?
Posted by: anachronda at October 30, 2026 11:01 AM (oY6Yp)
I put my name on the internet to associate with forum or media account ONCE. In like 1999. Then I learned my lesson. I am a quick learner. Slow at anything else.
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 11:01 AM (I+a8W)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 11:01 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 11:00 AM (Fi81e)
LOL exactly
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 11:02 AM (I+a8W)
Posted by: cmeat at October 30, 2026 11:02 AM (Bep7s)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 11:01 AM (viF8m)
Then we must deal with it swiftly
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 11:03 AM (I+a8W)
https://tinyurl.com/yp3se5hc
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 30, 2026 10:55 AM (UnTkV)
Monica swallowed my brother.
--Chelsea Clinton
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed
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The scuttlebutt of Arkansan inside politicos for a long time during Clinton era of being governor was that Bill was sterile, supposedly from a bad case of mumps as a kid, Webb was the unlucky donor to Killary, and thus Bill could spread his seed broadly without fear of consequences.
He preferred women with husbands at first for his affairs but then moved on to attempting to screw anything not nailed down by the end of his terms as governor.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 11:04 AM (E4rtv)
A column by (lunatic) Trudy Rubin published on October 28, 2026, focusing on Chrystia Freeland, Canada's former Deputy Prime Minister and Member of Parliament, and her newly released book, 'Unreliable Boyfriend: An Insider’s View of Dealing with a Chaotic Superpower, Plutocrats, and Other Complicated People.'
AI Overview: Freeland’s firsthand experience negotiating trade relations with the U.S. (specifically the USMCA). It details the shift of long-time allies into adversaries, the impact of sweeping U.S. tariffs, and the rising power of American billionaire oligarchs like Elon Musk compared to Russian oligarchs under Vladimir Putin.
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2022 she was photographed helping to hold a red-and-black scarf printed with the patriotic slogans "Slava Ukraini" (Glory to Ukraine) and "Heroyam Slava" (Glory to the Heroes). She posted the photo on her official social media page.
The red-and-black colors and specific phrasing historically belonged to far-right paramilitary groups that collaborated with Nazi Germany during World War II and were involved in massacres of Poles & Jews.
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 30, 2026 11:06 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 30, 2026 10:33 AM (NFX2v)
So, all the letters started out, "I never believed the letters in your magazine until this happened to me..."?
Posted by: GWB at October 30, 2026 11:09 AM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: cmeat at October 30, 2026 11:12 AM (Bep7s)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 30, 2026 11:40 AM (TMNW7)
Posted by: GWB
Surely, it did. And I guess from there it got even crazier by Hustler some years later.
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 30, 2026 11:44 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: The Dog at October 30, 2026 01:46 PM (XodLO)
I flew home to MS every summer but still paid rent and had no idea what went on while I was 1000mi away.
Mary said she went into the back door to get to the laundry in the basement one morning, and N. was buck nekkid on the red velvet couch (which was hers), talking to a mystery male. She said she pretended she wasn't there and backed slowly out the door.
Granted, we all never knew who would come out of N's bedroom door (my bf and I discussed this).
However this was new. I said, "I used to SIT on that couch!" yug
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2026 03:08 PM (hzuYO)
The Morning Report — 10/30 /26
But my first recollection of seeing him was in the visually stunning John Boorman film of the Arthurian legend Excalibur. But Stewart's talents encompassed so many genres and he was terrific in every one. One of his most memorable performances for me was his portrayal of a gay opera star in an episode of Frasier where his romantic advances on the good doctor are totally misinterpreted by Frasier as merely a budding friendship. As a huge fan of the series in general that episode is in my top 5 or so. Hilarious. In any case, thanks for the memories and RIP. And now on to the news of the day which as we all know is generally chock full o' gloom and doom and straight up insanity. And with the midterm elections appropriately enough just a couple of days past Halloween coming up tomorrow, we have this trick being perpetrated on the good folk of Alaska.
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R) revealed more about “Decoy Dan” J. Sullivan, including that he wanted to fake his middle initial. Incumbent Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan (R) has the middle name Scott. So the ballot lists him as Dan S. Sullivan. “Decoy Dan” attempted to use S as his middle initial instead of J. . . . . .Remember, the Alaska Board of Elections kicked “Decoy Dan” off the ballot over the summer because officials could tell he is a fake. The Alaska Supreme Court put him back on the ballot. But despite the evidence discovered during that investigation, Dunleavy announced a new investigation into whether members of Democrat Mary Peltola’s Senate campaign should face charges for possible election manipulation regarding “Decoy Dan.”
Ah yes, the courts. Where would we be were it not for our Judiciary? Probably a much freer and more prosperous society, that's not on the brink of national suicide. But hey, why exaggerate, eh?!
The Wisconsin Supreme Court opened an investigation into a judge who helped an illegal immigrant evade capture by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a probe that could lead to her disbarment, according to a letter issued by the court and obtained by The Daily Wire... “I am pleased to find out that the Supreme Court of Wisconsin has taken the step to investigate Hannah Dugan as a result of CASA’s grievance. Not only did her actions make her unfit to be a judge, but they also call into question her fitness as an attorney,” Schube said in a statement shared with The Daily Wire.Considering the Wisconsin Supreme Court is entirely hardcore Leftist and come this Tuesday there is a chance that this David Crowley commie criminal might very well be the next governor and turn us into the Fromunda Cheese state, I have serious doubts that this Dugan scum will face more than the teensiest of wrist slaps, if that. Elsewhere, no my inclusion of RFK's remarks vis a vis Islam in the lead is no mistake. I highlight it not because of its veracity but that someone high up and in the public eye has the stones to state it loudly and plainly. Good for him for doing so, and as such opening himself up for rhetorical and real slings arrows bullets and suicide Islamikaze belts.
Democrat media cronies and supporters are frothing at the mouth and fighting back hard, pulling out their tired old smears of “racist.” Even the World Socialist website fulminated against “Trump and Kennedy’s racist tirades against Muslims and Arabs.”Well you do indeed take the most flak when you're directly over the target. Sadly we go from a hero to an abject piece of dog-turd that's less than a zero!
On the 25th anniversary of the worst attack on America since Pearl Harbor, I watched the somber recollections without seeing the same emotion I have felt since that day -- absolute fury. I’m not sure what made President George Bush say that Islam is a religion of peace on 9/11, but he certainly did not know what he was talking about. Islam has never been a religion of peace. It was founded in violence and continues to this day to wage war against perceived “infidels.” Instead of recognizing the true meaning behind the attack, many community leaders seemed to bend over backward to placate the Muslim community. After 9/11, more than 300 mosques were added in various states, and school boards were adding foot-washing stations and other Muslim accommodations. Here in New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who was elected to that position shortly after the attack, had no problem allowing a Muslim community center to be located near Ground Zero. While I thought the proposed Arab school was a good idea, did it have to be headed by a radical Islamist connected to the Muslim Brotherhood?Meh look who's Mayor of NYC now! Or for that matter, Pope!!
Just seven months ago Pope Leo XIV declared in a Palm Sunday homily that God “does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them.” I wrote then that this was not only demonstrably and biblically false, but the wrong message to be sending in a climate of intensifying persecution of Christians and a war being waged against Christendom by the unholy Red-Green alliance. Apparently Leo ignored me, because earlier this week, in a video message to an interfaith gathering of religious leaders, the American Pope stated, “There is no such thing as a holy war,” adding, “Only peace is holy.”
And on these and all the other links du jour, I nevertheless bid you all to have a great weekend, a safe and fun Halloween if you are partaking of any events and as always please get out and VOTE EARLY and OFTEN!!!
- ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
- Fierce blowback from the Red-Green Alliance.
RFK Jr. Video: ‘Muslim Brotherhood Wants to Install Sharia Law’
- CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
- Uploaded to a database called Icepick, the tranche included the details of 21,000 CBP staff, 6,600 ICE workers as well Homeland Security Investigations, Federal Protective Service and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency personnel. The data also contained the names of dozens of the agency’s operations, including undercover missions, which agents were in charge or worked on them, and the type and provider of tech utilized, with Cellbrite and Palantir mentioned by name.
Work details of more than 41,000 DHS staff hacked, published online
- “You’re the White savior, come to save all the stupid Black lawyers in Texas who need your help, from New York.”
Texas Judge to Lawyer: Your ‘White Mediocrity’ Can’t Handle ‘Black Excellence’
- Margot Cleveland: A free society cannot survive unless terrorists, supporters of terrorists, and apologists for terrorists are driven from polite society and politics.
Democrats Care Too Much About Power To Distance Themselves From Terrorism Apologists
- It will be our own fault if we allow our constitutional republic to be transformed by the Left into the kind of government our ancestors broke away from.
Give Me Liberty Or Give Me…?
- No, not the E.T. kind. These are uncomfortably closer to home.
Aliens Among Us
- No, America is not (yet) Brazil, but the growing power within the Democratic Party of progressives who’ve for decades cheering a long string of anti-democratic Latin leftists suggests it can happen here. Add in Dems’ obsessive lawfare against Trump & Co. — with not a hint of regret even now — and everyone who threatens to get in the hard left’s way has serious reason to fear.
Lefties’ cheers for Lula’s Brazil victory should leave US citizens very worried "DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY - Republicans have to decide whether they will be the party that fights to preserve America or go along with the party trying to destroy it.
America’s Future Is Either Mass Immigration Or Mass Deportations
- During her July sentencing hearing, the judge said she hoped to one day return to public service.
EXCLUSIVE: New Probe Opens Into Judge Who Helped Illegal Immigrant Evade ICE OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS - In her remarks at last night’s Women’s International Zionist Organization gala, she called campus attacks on Jews a “canary in the coal mine for anti-Americanism.”
Elise Stefanik Honored for Her Leadership in Confronting Anti-Semitism
- Board members are partial to discussing Israel with Quranic lines such as ‘Allah loves the drop of blood that is for his sake’
‘May Allah Curse the Jews’: El-Sayed and Father Have Close Ties to Mosque Whose Board Is Packed With Extremists Slinging Bloodthirsty Lines From Quran
- Both are anti-Israel and pro-Muslim Brotherhood.
El-Sayed and Obama – Perfect Together WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM - Islam a religion of peace? Nothing in its works would suggest that.
George Bush Was Wrong On 9/11 And Still Is
- At this point, would anything stop them from doing so?
Are the Italian Bishops Promoting the Qur’an as the ‘Revealed Word of God’?
- Tell that to the jihadists.
Pope: ‘There is No Such Thing as Holy War’ THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE - Salim Said, who operated Safari Restaurant in Minneapolis, received the sentence Wednesday after being convicted in March 2025 of exploiting a federally funded child nutrition program during the COVID-19 pandemic. (SAID, He Said She Said Nur Said?! - jjs)
Minnesota Fraud Ringleader Gets 30 Years in Prison for $44 Million Scheme DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE - The incident happened at the Savannah River Site’s (SRS) Savannah River National Laboratory, and Fox News reported SRS placed restrictions on rail, river, and air traffic in the area for a time.
South Carolina: Fire at DOE Nuclear Site Laboratory Prompts Emergency Declaration
- The allocation was intended to fund care for more than 1,000 children across 10 counties but the nonprofit has only its Bakersfield facility which provides care for no more than six children. (the youngest in his mid-30s?! - jjs)
California Nonprofit With 39 Nonexistent Daycares Awarded $18.2 Million in State Grants - The Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel writes rules that bind the executive branch without court review. Conservatives should demand those rules be published before Democrats take power.
Washington’s Secret Legal Advisory Office FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH - Math is hard for hopelessly biased journalists (not math, truth! - jjs)
Don’t Buy The Media Lie: Gas Prices Are Not Higher Under Trump Than Biden
- Democrats promise to lower costs, but journalists rarely ask them to explain their policies—or account for the soaring prices under Biden.
Questions The Media Should Be Asking Democrats About Affordability
- Another editorial this week was titled, "Europe is running out of other people's money," which made me do a double-take. I don't think WaPo channeling Margaret Thatcher has ever been on anybody's bingo card.
Trying to Ignore France's Muslim Problem, WaPo Stumbles Onto Truth About Socialism* * * * * - They’ve pledged most of their equity to philanthropy. That could transform the funding landscape for the AI doomer movement—and its political ambitions.
Anthropic’s IPO Will Make Its Effective Altruist-Aligned Founders Worth Hundreds of Billions
- ...the right policy, give or take a few caveats, is simple: build, baby, build. To see my reasoning, come to the nation of my birth. The UK. Terrific place. Big Ben. Impressive universities like Oxford and Cambridge. The nation that incubated the Industrial Revolution. What’s not to like?
Shunning AI data centers will cost the US far more than embracing them. Just look at the UK. THE ECONOMY, STUPID - "Let's party like it's 2008!" said no one ever, but that's only because the SoCal real estate scene is even worse today than it was during the Great Recession. That's according to Johnathan Lansner, columnist at the Los Angeles Daily News.
L.A. Real Estate Is Partying Like It's 2008
- Governor Hochul promises a workaround for a provision in state law that mandates freezing the wage amid job losses.
Even a Downturn Won’t Stop New York’s Minimum-Wage Hike
- ‘Guaranteed Minimum Income’ means guaranteed maximum tax hikes.
First City to Pass Reparations Raises Property Taxes 9% CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY - Two concealed carriers in a Polk County, Florida, Dollar General Store, pulled their firearms and held a knife-wielding woman for police, Sheriff Grady Judd said on Wednesday.
Concealed Carriers Stop Alleged Knife Rampage in Dollar General
- Ismael Pinedalopez, 34, is accused of killing Nicholas Garcia, 28, at his Anaheim home after allegedly catching him in his underwear in his bed with their two children, aged two and four.
EXCLUSIVE' Get out' Moment dad is arrested after allegedly killing wife’s lover when he caught them in bed with his two kids — as new details emerge EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT - . . .as you can see from this guy's sign, which invoked the assassination of Charlie Kirk to dispirit TPUSA supporters and make himself look completely deplorable. Mission Accomplished, dillweed. Hope you don't have kids, but if you do, I hope they get a look at this sign and take the full measure of your character.
Clash at U of Oregon Turning Point Event Looked Like the Protest 101 Class Was Let Out for Recess ABORTION - ‘The primary objective of this proposed amendment is to codify “abortion on demand” for any reason and at any time during a woman’s pregnancy.’
Doctor: Serial Baby Murderer Kermit Gosnell ‘Could Not Have Been Prosecuted’ Under Virginia’s Abortion Amendment (He should've been executed - jjs) SECOND AMENDMENT - In the letter, Dhillon noted that the city of Glendale “recently increased the initial application fee for a license to carry a firearm…from $100 $1,078.” The fee for renewing a license was increased from $50 to $826.
Trump DOJ to Glendale, CA: Lawsuit Coming If the City Doesn’t Immediately Halt $2,000 Concealed Carry License Fees DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY - They also apparently don’t know where he is!
Alaska Gov. Dunleavy: ‘Decoy Dan’ Tried to Use Sen. Dan Sullivan’s Middle Initial on Ballot
- Less than a week before the election, you guys. This should have been done back in June.
Alaska Governor Orders Probe Into Peltola Campaign’s Alleged ‘Decoy Dan’ Scheme
- You know the old saying, “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire?” That has to be on your mind as you learn more about this. The number of well-known factions within the Democrat party and certain individuals who appear to be implicated in this scandal is growing.
Will the Stench of Alaska's Peltola Scandal Spread to Marc Elias?* * * * * - Records and recollections from the time dispute Talarico's class-size claims.
Talarico’s Classroom Claim Is Strangely Similar To Obama Story From 2012
- The 'working class' Maine Senate hopeful used Jackson Associates, his 'logging and forestry' business, to take consulting fees from a Maryland union
Troy Jackson's 'Logging' Company Is Actually a Consulting Firm, Records Show* * * * * - “The F.B.I. and Department of Homeland Security investigated the marriage in summer 2016, during the Obama administration, and found some evidence that it was fraudulent, current and former officials said,” reports the Times. Allow me to pause here to highlight Barry’s inability to feel shame. Even though this investigation started during his failed administration, Barry recently described the Omar investigation as “appalling.”
NY Times Admits Obama DOJ Found Evidence of BRO-FO Omar’s Suspected ‘Sham Marriage’ POLITICS - Blue Wave may – or may not – be swelling next week. Nevertheless, crisscrossing the country to stave it off is President Donald J. Trump – who, like all incumbents, in a very real way is on the ballot, and dominates headlines like no other political figure before him.
The 5 ‘I’s Trump Must Stress In The Midterm’s Final Stretch FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL - “Qatar and Turkey … funneled money into Israel to influence voting in Arab communities.”
Israel Investigates Suspected Election Interference by Turkey and Qatar
- In addition to Netanyahu’s record in government, the longstanding dispute over military service exemptions for ultra-orthodox Jews also became a particularly important dividing line, given manpower shortages and repeated reserve mobilizations. Netanyahu has defended the religious exemption system, while opposition leader and former Israel Defense Forces (IDF) chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot has promised broader conscription.
Israel Elections: Bibi’s Coalition is Projected to Lose Its Majority. What Happens Next?
- "They also tried to cut off his genitals, but luckily a worker showed up, and these two pig offspring then made their getaway"
White South African farmer's ears hacked off during heist
- . . .Argentina has continued to assert its claim, using diplomatic, economic, and legal pressure rather than military force in recent decades. For instance, earlier this year, Argentina announced its opposition to the Sea Lion Field, an oil drilling project off the coast of the Falklands. The Argentine government, led by President Javier Milei, has threatened companies involved in the project, while Britain maintains that the Falkland Islanders have the right to make use of their natural resources.
Britain’s EU ‘Partners’ Want to Build Attack Submarines for Argentina.
- Chinese technology and commercial ties are helping the Houthis and Russia challenge U.S. interests, raising questions about Beijing’s strategic intentions.
Is China Indirectly Enabling America’s Adversaries? FRANCE IS BURNING, And Europe With It - Fred FLeitz: Europe is in deep trouble because socialist and globalist policies are destroying European civilization.
Europe’s Riots Are the Bill Coming Due for Socialism and Globalism
- The Brave New World were the police are the useless. (they'll be arresting the shopkeepers - jjs)
In France, Shopkeepers Arming Themselves THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT" - It is a question a close friend and former student of mine in Ukraine would despise.
Are Ukrainians Really Just Russians? DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS - "Urgent action was needed and could not wait another second."
Hegseth Fires Top Pentagon Planner After Leaks, Failed Polygraphs HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE - . . .emphasizing the importance of the state’s agricultural economy, concerns about cancer rates, and Republican gubernatorial candidate Zach Lahn’s willingness to address difficult questions surrounding food and health policy.
Exclusive: Former HHS Senior Adviser Calley Means Calls Iowa ‘Ground Zero’ for MAHA Movement ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY - Astronomers will use these images to analyze gravitational distortions to learn more about dark matter in the foreground galaxies and to lay the groundwork for future Roman observations. Images like this offer a glimpse of how Hubble and Roman will work together to build an even more comprehensive picture of the cosmos.
Galaxies galore from Hubble
- It shows what appears to be a satellite with solar panels docked to the spaceplane’s aft. According to the report, this was during the third Chinese spaceplane mission of 268 days, during which it “released and interacted with an object.” (Looks kind of like a BSG viper - jjs)
New War Department report on the global state of military space includes first high resolution image of China’s spaceplane FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY - The driver, identified only by the initials L.Z., lodged the complaint on March 16 at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, according to Reduxx. He alleges discrimination in employment over ethnic origin, gender identity, and sex.
Transgender Man Sues to Regain Job as ‘Lolita’ School Bus Driver CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE - Clooney, who has never been too shy to push his far-left politics, is helping to sponsor a table reading of a political comedy play entitled, Smear, written by Marvel super hero film actor Clark Gregg.
Midterms: George Clooney Headlines Star-Studded Last Minute Fundraiser for Progressive Groups
- If language corruption continues unchecked, the term “university educated” may soon signify useful idiot.
The Left’s Dumbed Down Tower Of Babel
- Gen X is the only thing standing between this country and communism — the break-glass-in-case-of-emergency generation.
Slackers to saviors Gen X resists the left — and our skepticism can save America
- Christian Toto: Same industry screaming 'Free Palestine' goes quiet over new injustice.
Hollywood Vet Calls Out Silence Over Iranian Director’s Sentence HITHER & YON - Sir Patrick Stewart, the incomparable actor who died Wednesday at age 86 after a brief battle with Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy Body dementia, had an Alpha Quadrant-sized task ahead of him back in 1987.
R.I.P. PATRICK STEWART 1940-2026
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 30, 2026 07:39 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 30, 2026 07:39 AM (I43vL)
Posted by: Nazdar at October 30, 2026 07:40 AM (NcvvS)
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Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 07:40 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Ignoramus at October 30, 2026 07:40 AM (dtajH)
TGIF
Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2026 07:41 AM (qomx6)
Posted by: NR Pax at October 30, 2026 07:42 AM (lXoJ5)
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 07:42 AM (MWfyi)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 30, 2026 07:42 AM (AMvSw)
Jesus ain't no pacifist.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 30, 2026 07:44 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 30, 2026 07:44 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 30, 2026 07:45 AM (RORbl)
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Wrong.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 07:47 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 30, 2026 07:44 AM (u82oZ)
Well I was going for Trenchcoat commentary but hey, there's always next week!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 30, 2026 07:47 AM (x0n13)
So much for "Onward Christian Soldiers". Did anybody ask the Pope about Jihad?
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 07:48 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Buck at October 30, 2026 07:49 AM (z6ONu)
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Sounds like a plan.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 30, 2026 07:49 AM (1KK9q)
Preschool 25 years ago was a huge after-tax financial expense.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 07:49 AM (RIvkX)
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But...but...wasn't Prolapse Paul just in here a mere few days ago saying that muslims are required to follow our laws?
What Prolapse Paul conveniently left out was that they do so up until the point where they start changing them as their numbers increase and they increasingly get elected to office.
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 30, 2026 07:49 AM (qBdHI)
Pope Leo XIV is mistaken, again. On day, there may be a Pope that is actually Catholic. I remember John Paul II. Now that was a Pope.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 30, 2026 07:49 AM (u82oZ)
I don't think The Pope is Catholic.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 30, 2026 07:50 AM (XV/Pl)
Let’s just get these miserable midterms over with. It’s like I’m bipolar, back and forth between expecting disaster then the next day confident of a win. I’m tired of this roller coaster
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 30, 2026 07:50 AM (M+uMR)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 30, 2026 07:47 AM
JJ is a flasher?
Posted by: Ian S. at October 30, 2026 07:50 AM (sabhw)
She's a big government Lefty but on Ilam and the mongrelization/desruction of French culture she is dead right!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 30, 2026 07:50 AM (x0n13)
The Left is now reaching the stage of a Doomsday Cult. When the promised Big Event doesn't happen, a few will drop out and the rest will carry on with more fervor.
The current Big Event is the Blue Tsunami that will hit on Tuesday. R candidates will get washed away. Righteous candidates like Talarico, El-Sayed and Hochul will win by double digits, because the polls say so.
Turnout. Turnout. Turnout.
Vote eraly and often.
Posted by: Ignoramus at October 30, 2026 07:51 AM (dtajH)
Off to teach Math to middle schoolers for the day, and praying for one of these jobs to come through.... Dunno what God's got planned but the sheer number of weird things like 'client goes completely silent on the recruiter' tells me (in my more positive moods) that there's something being moved into place, but it's taking time.
Posted by: RandomDave at October 30, 2026 07:51 AM (aJQbY)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 30, 2026 07:52 AM (8Uo7a)
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 07:52 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Oglebay at October 30, 2026 07:53 AM (2ap+5)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 30, 2026 07:53 AM (ExV1e)
So there!
So, she's being investigated by the DOJ for no good reason that anyone at CBS can even think of...
Posted by: Boswell at October 30, 2026 07:53 AM (j10i6)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 30, 2026 07:49 AM (u82oZ)
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Just seeing his name brings up such a well of emotion in me.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 07:53 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Buck at October 30, 2026 07:54 AM (z6ONu)
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 07:55 AM (MWfyi)
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Gee whiz, they fired this guy? I wonder why....
https://tinyurl.com/ahudmkdv
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 30, 2026 07:55 AM (8zt2q)
Posted by: Ignoramus at October 30, 2026 07:55 AM (dtajH)
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Elon Musk had a very chilling take on X this morning on what's coming once the D's retake all branches. There isn't one thing he said I don't agree with, and it parallels my exact thoughts over the past years. Now so more than ever.
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 30, 2026 07:55 AM (qBdHI)
That is military tradition.
Hanging is a dishonorable death. A firing squad is an honorable death.
This was active as recent as WWII.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 30, 2026 07:56 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 30, 2026 07:57 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 30, 2026 07:57 AM (u82oZ)
Fight me.
Posted by: Ignoramus at October 30, 2026 07:55 AM (dtajH)
So I assume we are in the midst of WW IV???
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 30, 2026 07:57 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: Ignoramus at October 30, 2026 07:58 AM (dtajH)
I've started reading the Bible, four chapters every day. Just finished Leviticus. I felt sorry for Moses trying to take all that stuff down. "Wait a minute, what was that again?.."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 07:58 AM (eRlcH)
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Slaughtered and murdered Christians all over Nigeria by muslims? What's that all about?
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 30, 2026 07:58 AM (qBdHI)
Obviously it's way too late to remove his name from the ballot and they can't just say, give all of his votes to the real dan.
It's gonna be weeks maybe months before they can sort all of that out.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 30, 2026 07:59 AM (I43vL)
Posted by: RandomDave at October 30, 2026 07:59 AM (aJQbY)
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 08:00 AM (MWfyi)
For me I wonder if what the author really hates is that the control once hoped for and wielded by the Left to control and manipulate is being slowly eroded for a shitty but fractured and more free thinking and feeling experience for people.
I don't know if it's the case, it's just a gut feeling. The Left really loved the internet for a time.
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 08:00 AM (I+a8W)
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 08:00 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 30, 2026 08:01 AM (M+uMR)
WWIII ended with the collapse of the Soviet Union.
IMHO we mismanaged what came after. Our Deep State exploited it for fun and profit. Ukraine especially.
Posted by: Ignoramus at October 30, 2026 08:01 AM (dtajH)
There are 10 conditions under which God doesn't hear prayers:
• Cherished or unrepented sin
• Deliberate refusal to obey God
• Hypocrisy and false worship
• Prayers motivated by selfish desires (so much for Name it And Claim it "prayers")
• Lack of faith
• Refusal to forgive others
• Mistreatment of one's spouse
• Whoever "closes their ear to the poor"
• Idolatry
• Persistent rebellion and hardness of heart.
I'm not seeing War in here. The Pope needs to explain why war-makers like David, Joshua and Gideon worked out strategery with God in terms of exacting war.
Posted by: Community Notes at October 30, 2026 08:01 AM (BvPIe)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 08:01 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 30, 2026 08:02 AM (fF9ID)
Posted by: Hans O'Lo at October 30, 2026 08:02 AM (Gq9/0)
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
CSL
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 30, 2026 08:02 AM (/+uur)
Politics. The demonic Globalists control everything, they even decide who is going to be the Pontifex Maximus
Posted by: Community Notes at October 30, 2026 08:04 AM (BvPIe)
Lots of blue voters out when I went, so if you're in VA and looking to vote R, get out today or tomorrow.
Posted by: Nova Local at October 30, 2026 08:05 AM (Gb7+b)
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 30, 2026 08:05 AM (qBdHI)
No.
George W. Bush was a good President. If you can't recognize all the great stuff he did, you're an isolationist and Code Pinker.
All the best Presidents are universally reviled by everyone in the country, including those who voted for him. Because of Code Pink, you see.
I have it on good authority.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 30, 2026 08:05 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Oglebay at October 30, 2026 08:06 AM (2ap+5)
His tombstone reads:
"That's all folks"
Posted by: Ignoramus at October 30, 2026 08:07 AM (dtajH)
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We already did.
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 08:07 AM (I+a8W)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 30, 2026 08:07 AM (M+uMR)
Most likely outcome - neither side forms a government, Bibi leads a caretaker government for 6 months, and then a do-over election next year.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 30, 2026 08:07 AM (xOuxV)
He's in a war. The muslims are waging war on the west and Christians, so he best leave the kids and climate change alone and get to it.
Posted by: Arrest Father Pfleger at October 30, 2026 08:08 AM (Ssbab)
Posted by: rickb223 at October 30, 2026 08:09 AM (yKqEx)
I have seen it reported, on X, that he admitted to giving the information to reporters. I don't know if those reports will be borne out.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 30, 2026 08:10 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 08:10 AM (l3cgK)
How can people who are supposedly so smart design a system that bad? It’s designed to produce chaos.
Yoo hoo!
Posted by: The Weimar Republic at October 30, 2026 08:10 AM (eRlcH)
Today's "cathedrals" are tilt-wall construction which includes gymnasiums, concert halls and a coffee café .
Maranatha
Posted by: Community Notes at October 30, 2026 08:11 AM (+4Cf6)
Posted by: Bulg at October 30, 2026 08:11 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: David Peel and the Lower East Side at October 30, 2026 08:11 AM (EdP2u)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 08:11 AM (ccf/V)
Is the Pope going to say we should no longer fight against Satan in our lives, as war is bad?...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 08:10 AM (l3cgK)
Old: The Church Militant
In: The Church Nice Guys
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 08:11 AM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Pope fd at October 30, 2026 08:12 AM (MWfyi)
That was maybe in 2011 when I decided that for certain. For the previous years, especially watching what they used Obama for, had only suspected it.
Many of these people are just diabolical, obsessed with themselves and with multiplying their inner misery to soothe their own egos or at least make everyone feel worse than they do every day.
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 08:12 AM (I+a8W)
Posted by: Doof at October 30, 2026 08:12 AM (h4J+2)
Posted by: Delurker at October 30, 2026 08:12 AM (2Drhq)
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Gee, you think?
The "axis of evil" hasn't changed much since Shrub first used the term in 2002.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 30, 2026 08:12 AM (1ZMia)
Posted by: Buck at October 30, 2026 07:54 AM (z6ONu)
There is another way. -- Vlad III
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 30, 2026 08:12 AM (ExV1e)
New Jack Chick tract Incoming!
Posted by: Community Notes at October 30, 2026 08:13 AM (+4Cf6)
11 US coffee brands to avoid and the 4 which are safe
YouTube - 29 minutes:
https://tinyurl.com/3v9pdna3
Posted by: rickb223 at October 30, 2026 08:13 AM (yKqEx)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 30, 2026 08:13 AM (LOvBA)
What law did the Alaska SC site to allow for the fake candidate to remain on the ballot? What Constitutional amendment? Or are we just legislating from the bench, yet again?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 08:13 AM (ccf/V)
Looking at the LA real estate article shows that they didn't learn from 2008. The City of Philadelphia didn't either as they are now setting up some kind of public run mortgage program for low income people with bad credit. The City is working with Citizens Bank. I'd get my money and investments out of Citizens
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 30, 2026 08:13 AM (f8snw)
It's still playing out with Trump, with the Establishment aligning with elements of the Left to lord it over us Freedom Lovers.
Posted by: Ignoramus at October 30, 2026 08:13 AM (dtajH)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 30, 2026 08:14 AM (pFPY8)
-Perpetual criminals
-Judges and DAs who release perpetual criminals
-Muslims, Communists, Socialists (basically anyone with the ideology that is designed to subvert, remove and destroy the Constitution)
-Government and Non-Government officials who enabled, benefited, or had knowledge of tax payer fraud.
-Defenders of illegal aliens
I hope I'm on the nice list.
Posted by: Cray Cray at October 30, 2026 08:14 AM (nCTkv)
Posted by: David Peel and the Lower East Side at October 30, 2026 08:11 AM (EdP2u)
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Pope-a-Dope!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 30, 2026 08:14 AM (1ZMia)
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 30, 2026 07:58 AM (qBdHI)
African bishops have embraced neither Islam nor homosexuality so Leo don't care.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 30, 2026 08:14 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: NR Pax at October 30, 2026 08:15 AM (lXoJ5)
Meh look who's Mayor of NYC now!
"What weren't we supposed to ever forget again?"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 08:15 AM (ccf/V)
-Judges and DAs who release perpetual criminals
-Muslims, Communists, Socialists (basically anyone with the ideology that is designed to subvert, remove and destroy the Constitution)
-Government and Non-Government officials who enabled, benefited, or had knowledge of tax payer fraud.
-Defenders of illegal aliens
Posted by: Cray Cray
Good as far as it goes but let's add:
Folks that put beans in chili, ketchup on hotdogs, and those that like and eat marshmallow peeps and circus peanuts.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 30, 2026 08:16 AM (pFPY8)
It'll be interesting to see how they treat any write-in responses. Back when the Murk ran as a sore loser write in candidate, judges ruled that any entry which contained something which might be an M meant her.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 30, 2026 08:16 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Jack Benny at October 30, 2026 08:16 AM (EdP2u)
Made me feel good.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 08:17 AM (ccf/V)
It's another thing when he's solicited by conspirators who do the work of getting his name on the ballot.
You'd think the Alaska Supreme Court would see the difference.
Posted by: Ignoramus at October 30, 2026 08:17 AM (dtajH)
That they both have a favorite Drag Queen
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 30, 2026 08:18 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 08:18 AM (I+a8W)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 30, 2026 08:18 AM (M+uMR)
-Judges and DAs who release perpetual criminals
-Muslims, Communists, Socialists (basically anyone with the ideology that is designed to subvert, remove and destroy the Constitution)
-Government and Non-Government officials who enabled, benefited, or had knowledge of tax payer fraud.
-Defenders of illegal aliens
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-Pedestrians who instead of crossing at the green light stand there at the crosswalk looking at their phone
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 08:19 AM (RIvkX)
The US started out as an escape from Catholicism's oppression against the growing Reformation.
Then Europe followed the Puritans into the New Land and corrupted it with Enlightenment and secular humanism.
The Remnant still remains, but the larger replacement theology is best understood as The American Religion which does fit the post-modern culture.
A form of DIY salvation where God is your personal concierge and mental health coach. Where when things totally go to shit you can rely on "Jesus" swooping you up and letting the reprobates remaining on Earth eat each other.
Posted by: Community Notes at October 30, 2026 08:19 AM (+4Cf6)
>>What law did the Alaska SC site to allow for the fake candidate to remain on the ballot? What Constitutional amendment?
They didn't cite any law, they said their was no basis in law to remove the fake Dan Sullivan, which is bullsh*t because when he was removed, the BOE literally stated the provisions in law that were being violated.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 30, 2026 08:19 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 30, 2026 08:19 AM (f8snw)
George W Bush let the regulatory state run wild. Gave good performances as a conservative, but as deep state as his pappy.
Posted by: Auspex at October 30, 2026 08:19 AM (Y8DZL)
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I've never done that kind of thing, but whenever we pass some dimwit with any kind of Leftist candidate or drivel sticker on their car, Mr. Black will glare over at them with an undeniable, "you're an idiot" look.
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 30, 2026 08:19 AM (qBdHI)
But, given what's happened in the past re: Murky, who knows what shenanigans may be in store.
Posted by: Delurker at October 30, 2026 08:19 AM (2Drhq)
I saw a vid the other day on EweToob where Parliament in UK borrowed money in 1833 to pay off slaveholders for the loss of their "property" due to the abolishment of slavery there...that bill was not fully paid back until 2015...
So the English were paying taxes to pay reparations to slaveholders for over 180 years...
https://youtube.com/shorts/dgEMhofsf5s
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 08:20 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 30, 2026 08:20 AM (M+uMR)
Maranatha
Posted by: Community Notes at October 30, 2026 08:11 AM (+4Cf6)
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The old contrast was between "God is right here" and "God is way out there". I'm not sure how to describe the current environment.
Posted by: Oglebay at October 30, 2026 08:21 AM (2ap+5)
appellee Sullivan as a candidate for United States Senator on the primary election ballot
is AFFIRMED. This matter is remanded for the Division of Elections to determine, in
the first instance, how appellee Sullivan shall be listed as a candidate within the confines
of existing Alaska ballot design law.
A full opinion will be issued at a later date.
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 30, 2026 08:21 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
Examples need to be made of these assholes.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 08:21 AM (wOO3z)
The John Birch Society has been saying it for over 60 years.
Posted by: Community Notes at October 30, 2026 08:22 AM (a3CJ+)
It's another thing when he's solicited by conspirators who do the work of getting his name on the ballot.
You'd think the Alaska Supreme Court would see the difference.
This. Perfectly stated.
Posted by: Delurker at October 30, 2026 08:22 AM (2Drhq)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 30, 2026 08:13 AM (LOvBA)
"Golden Rain! A blessing!"
/sarc
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 08:23 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 30, 2026 08:16 AM (pFPY
People that put carrots in chili are right out!
Posted by: Polka will never die at October 30, 2026 08:23 AM (zuZpx)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 30, 2026 08:18 AM (M+uMR)
If I had to guess, all state governments are deeply corrupt. Blue/red only, possibly, indicates variations in the style of corruption.
I'd go further and guess that all county/city governments are deeply corrupt. HOAs too.
Comes from being able to take other people's money and spend it as you please.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 30, 2026 08:23 AM (ExV1e)
Good morning, Horde.
Posted by: Inogame at October 30, 2026 08:23 AM (VA8wq)
Posted by: Just Wondering at October 30, 2026 08:24 AM (aDmlG)
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 30, 2026 08:24 AM (/+uur)
Let’s hope the senate and house don’t come down to those two states
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 30, 2026 08:24 AM (M+uMR)
Eric Bauza, who took over the Mel Blanc voice roles, died last week. He was only 46.
I did not see his passing mentioned here. That's dethpicable.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 30, 2026 08:24 AM (zdLoL)
The treatment of Joe Miller was the reveal. I've met him. Awesome dude.
His late father, Rex Miller, was in the local T.E.A. Party group. We ran a Constitution Bee, and he excelled in that endeavor.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 30, 2026 08:25 AM (u82oZ)
Eric Bauza, who took over the Mel Blanc voice roles, died last week. He was only 46.
I did not see his passing mentioned here. That's dethpicable.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 30, 2026 08:24 AM (zdLoL)
Ya don't know what ya don't know.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 08:25 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 30, 2026 07:50 AM (M+uMR)
Next time this comes around step off the merry go round. Don't try to assess what is coming, there are too many lies to do so. Plus the election itself will be full of lies.
Just torturing yourself by ignoring those two things. Like deciding to pan for gold in a pile of shit knowing that a liar told you the gold was there. The whole thing is intentionally obscured before and after the event.
It's nerve wracking because you have to wait for the outcome but if you just stick to waiting patiently rather than trying to figure it out, you will deal with it a lot easier. At least your brain will know it's just a waiting game.
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 08:25 AM (I+a8W)
Eastern Orthodox, curators of the Hagia Sophia until the Muslims became the new land lord, is an odd duck when compared to all the other Christian denominations.
Posted by: Community Notes at October 30, 2026 08:26 AM (a3CJ+)
for he satisfies the thirsty
and fills the hungry with good things.”
Psalm 107:8-9
Posted by: Marcus T at October 30, 2026 08:26 AM (vbdXu)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 30, 2026 08:24 AM (zdLoL
We're not good people.
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 08:26 AM (I+a8W)
Posted by: Lizzy at October 30, 2026 08:27 AM (rOKnE)
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This bitch is doing all she can to elect el Sayed. Jews can be very stupid for being smart people.
Posted by: Weird at October 30, 2026 08:27 AM (uVhzg)
Perhaps it’s no surprise that when he went to occupied Berlin, General Patton was quoted in The National Guardsman as remarking: “I think we’ve been fighting the wrong people all this time...”
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Russia has a smaller economy than Italy, and yet devotes a huge percentage of it's fruits to their military and the war in Ukraine. It's always something with Russia.
Bewildering.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 30, 2026 08:27 AM (I4gbT)
Posted by: gp at October 30, 2026 08:27 AM (Jr5Lq)
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This bitch is doing all she can to elect el Sayed. Jews can be very stupid for being smart people.
Posted by: Weird at October 30, 2026 08:27 AM (uVhzg)
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Being charitable, I think you must mean someone else, and not Elise Stefanik.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 30, 2026 08:28 AM (I4gbT)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 30, 2026 08:20 AM (M+uMR)
The little Ranger isn't really capable of running anything off the road.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 08:29 AM (ccf/V)
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This bitch is doing all she can to elect el Sayed. Jews can be very stupid for being smart people.
Elise Stefanik is Catholic.
Posted by: Delurker at October 30, 2026 08:29 AM (2Drhq)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
Was that wrong?
If I had known that was wrong. . . .
Posted by: Tonypete at October 30, 2026 08:29 AM (pFPY8)
Posted by: Bulg at October 30, 2026 08:29 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 30, 2026 08:29 AM (M+uMR)
free stuff is NOT
freedom
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 30, 2026 08:30 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Bulg at October 30, 2026 08:29 AM (77rzZ)'
not now Kato
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 30, 2026 08:30 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Community Notes at October 30, 2026 08:26 AM (a3CJ+)
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I think it is important that there was no such thing as Eastern Orthodox when Roman emperor Justinian I rebuilt it from somewhat humble beginnings into a temple so grand, Julian believed he had outdone Solomon.
Posted by: Oglebay at October 30, 2026 08:30 AM (2ap+5)
I see Russia's actions as ethnic cleansing of the unwashed, non-Slavs. The ones on the front lines are mostly non-Slavs. Who last only for a short time.
Plus, wartime control. Putin likes control.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 30, 2026 08:30 AM (u82oZ)
Wow.
Shocking!
Not
Posted by: Theo Van Gogh at October 30, 2026 08:31 AM (rOKnE)
Posted by: Weird
Reasoning and common sense don't exist for %40+ of society.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 08:31 AM (8B4gm)
On the one hand, this place goes back to normal and gets fun again.
On the other - no more political ads. I love the ads.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 30, 2026 08:31 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Oglebay at October 30, 2026 08:31 AM (2ap+5)
Posted by: Bulg at October 30, 2026 08:31 AM (77rzZ)
Bewildering.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 30, 2026 08:27 AM (I4gbT)
Russia has always thought that killing their own was a great way to increase the Per Capita GDP
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 30, 2026 08:32 AM (/+uur)
The names are similar!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 30, 2026 08:32 AM (M+uMR)
Posted by: Weird at October 30, 2026 08:27 AM (uVhzg)
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You're a little confused. I know, they all look alike.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 08:32 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Buck (Ofama) at October 30, 2026 08:32 AM (z6ONu)
HOA residents are learning that HOA's are in no way regulated and their charging families $90,000 a year in fees is perfectly legal and there's nothing you can do about it.
ENJOY!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 08:33 AM (ccf/V)
Perhaps it’s no surprise that when he went to occupied Berlin, General Patton was quoted in The National Guardsman as remarking: “I think we’ve been fighting the wrong people all this time...”
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who wrote this ?
Posted by: runner at October 30, 2026 08:33 AM (AKptf)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 30, 2026 08:28 AM (I4gbT)
Fuck me.
Too early in the morning. I read that as Elissa Slotkin.
Posted by: Weird at October 30, 2026 08:33 AM (uVhzg)
...
“Violence is never the answer, and it is truly heartbreaking that these young children had to witness their father commit such a horrific act of brutality in their own home,” Spitzer [ Orange County DA ] said.
This is so f'd up. If I found a random man in underwear sleeping with my kids I might do something violent too.
And YES, violence IS the answer sometimes, otherwise you have no right to defend yourself, you asshole. I hate this stupid, so-called aphorism: "Violence is never the answer". Sounds too close to the current Pope.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 08:33 AM (l3cgK)
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Growing up in the blood red part of Colorado, I grew accustomed to Democrat campaigners at the stoplight in our town being constantly berated by passers-by. People would even chuck trash at them. I always laughed at this, because fuck them.
Where I live now, in another blood red place, nobody really bothers them.
It's a big cultural difference.
In Colorado, they were so hated because their giant tumor-city in the middle of the State ran everything and did so with sneering contempt for everyone else.
Here, they are an angry but powerless minority and that won't be changing any time soon. So everyone just drives past them rolling their eyes. I love it.
Once Democrats are powerful enough to anger the normies, you already have a problem.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 30, 2026 08:33 AM (BI5O2)
I did not see his passing mentioned here. That's dethpicable.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 30, 2026 08:24 AM (zdLoL)
He sounds vaccinated.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 08:34 AM (ccf/V)
Yes. And directly, too. Well, what do you expect? China IS an adversary.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 08:35 AM (l3cgK)
Russia has a smaller economy than Italy, and yet devotes a huge percentage of it's fruits to their military and the war in Ukraine. It's always something with Russia.
Bewildering.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 30, 2026 08:27 AM (I4gbT)
The only conclusion that makes sense is that both Putin and Zelensky are certain they’ll lose power and be replaced if the war ends, so they’l do anything and sacrifice endless lives to keep it going no matter what.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 30, 2026 08:35 AM (xOuxV)
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This bitch is doing all she can to elect el Sayed. Jews can be very stupid for being smart people.
Elise Stefanik is Catholic.
Posted by: Delurker at October 30, 2026 08:29 AM (2Drhq)
don't be too harsh on the inbred, it's the nose that got him confused
Posted by: runner at October 30, 2026 08:35 AM (AKptf)
Yes. And directly, too. Well, what do you expect? China IS an adversary.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 08:35 AM (l3cgK)
The enemy of my enemy is still an enemy.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 08:35 AM (ccf/V)
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 08:36 AM (MWfyi)
that picture made my fuckin day
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 30, 2026 08:36 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Bulg at October 30, 2026 08:31 AM (77rzZ)
I refused to do the Nessel run.
Posted by: Han Solo at October 30, 2026 08:37 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 08:36 AM (MWfyi)
you first
Posted by: runner at October 30, 2026 08:37 AM (AKptf)
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 08:36 AM (MWfyi)
After all the 'hair on fire' polls released this election cycle, I'm afraid I've no hair left to burn, sir.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 08:37 AM (ccf/V)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 08:33 AM (l3cgK)
What if the question is ¿Hitler?
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 30, 2026 08:38 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: runner"
I'm just an idea man. It will take someone really stupid to put it into action.
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 08:38 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Shatner! at October 30, 2026 08:39 AM (RIvkX)
You have to vote for us to find out what our ideas are.
Posted by: NR Pax at October 30, 2026 08:39 AM (lXoJ5)
Posted by: Semper Paratus!! at October 30, 2026 08:40 AM (EdP2u)
160 Is China Indirectly Enabling America’s Adversaries?”
China is the primary backer of Neville Roy Singham. In fact he’s mainly just a proxy for the CCP. He’s one of the primary financial backers of the DSA which is taking over the dying Democrat party.
He also was the biggest financial backers of the BLM riots, and if course he financed the group his wife founded, Code Pink.
It’s gotten common to rail about George Soros - of course he’s evil. But these days Singham is far more active, and far more destructive.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 30, 2026 08:40 AM (xOuxV)
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 08:36 AM (MWfyi)
I shaved my head bald for cancer in February 2014 (my wife had lost her hair again to chemo). The company said they would donate $100 per employee who did that...they didn't expect over 100 of us to go through with it, including a few women.
Posted by: Han Solo at October 30, 2026 08:40 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 30, 2026 08:40 AM (u82oZ)
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I stole that quote from Nellie Bowles this morning, and it is true, Europe is not only being left behind in every sense, but they seem to revel in their decline. Just weird.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 30, 2026 08:42 AM (Ttn/0)
Posted by: redridinghood at October 30, 2026 08:42 AM (wzaBj)
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Good thing they always tell the truth. That kind of promise from someone who always lies would be scary.
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 08:42 AM (I+a8W)
Posted by: Han Solo "
That's awesome. I've never shaved my head. If trends continue, I may not need to.
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 08:43 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 08:44 AM (MWfyi)
I like the gravitational lensing at the bottom right. Some nice red-shifting on some of the galaxies, along with some nice spiral galaxies.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 08:44 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 30, 2026 08:42 AM (Ttn/0
There is a lot to loot in a civilization.
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 08:44 AM (I+a8W)
Nasdaq futures down 2.5% overall.
Posted by: End of AI Bubble? at October 30, 2026 08:44 AM (uVhzg)
He's about as important as Hill-Dawg these days.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 30, 2026 08:44 AM (BI5O2)
Russia has spent a significant portion of its history being invaded. Now, with Ukraine, NATO has advanced to its border. Their response is entirely predictable.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 30, 2026 08:44 AM (ExV1e)
National Candy Corn Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at October 30, 2026 08:45 AM (wzaBj)
Posted by: ...
Only once. Then "Bad Luck" hits.
Islam, like Evil, can no longer create.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 30, 2026 08:45 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 08:38 AM (MWfyi)
I wonder if one could do it with a power washer.
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 08:45 AM (I+a8W)
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 30, 2026 08:32 AM (/+uur)
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I laughed. Was that wrong?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 30, 2026 08:45 AM (Ttn/0)
Posted by: Oglebay at October 30, 2026 08:46 AM (2ap+5)
Posted by: Bulg at October 30, 2026 08:46 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog
And communists have killed more communists than anyone else.
Posted by: NR Pax at October 30, 2026 08:46 AM (lXoJ5)
He's about as important as Hill-Dawg these days.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 30, 2026 08:44 AM (BI5O2)
One devil goes down and is quickly forgotten, his purpose having been accomplished. A hundred new devils spring up to take his place.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 30, 2026 08:47 AM (xOuxV)
Posted by: NaCly Dog
And communists have killed more communists than anyone else.
Posted by: NR Pax at October 30, 2026 08:46 AM (lXoJ5)
That's how you get a Pol in every Pot...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 08:47 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Joe at October 30, 2026 08:47 AM (Uy/WF)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 30, 2026 08:48 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 30, 2026 08:48 AM (Ttn/0)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 30, 2026 08:48 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Always follow the money at October 30, 2026 08:48 AM (uVhzg)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 30, 2026 08:27 AM (I4gbT)
And then, they killed him.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 30, 2026 08:48 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: redridinghood"
*lights thumb on fire*
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 08:44 AM (MWfyi)
Cries out, "Putting on the ritz!"
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 30, 2026 08:49 AM (wVcYX)
Let’s hope the senate and house don’t come down to those two states
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 30, 2026 08:24 AM (M+uMR)
Might be Michigan.
I predict courts run by Hawaiian judges will suddenly determine every Tom, Dick, and Harry anywhere in the US, has standing to challenge results in any state. Chief Justice Joanie Roberts may agree this time around.
Posted by: Gref at October 30, 2026 08:49 AM (5rh/l)
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 08:36 AM (MWfyi)
Jessica Tarlov says "Trump thinks Alaskans are too stupid to read a ballot and see "Republican incumbent" and mark the correct name."
Because canvassing for another person of the same name to run in an election is totes cool, you guys.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 08:50 AM (ccf/V)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 30, 2026 08:48 AM (BI5O2)
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Say, what?
Posted by: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania at October 30, 2026 08:50 AM (RIvkX)
Cries out, "Putting on the ritz!"
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 30, 2026 08:49 AM (wVcYX)
A cinematic masterpiece......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 08:51 AM (ccf/V)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 30, 2026 08:51 AM (BI5O2)
Say, what?
Posted by: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania at October 30, 2026 08:50 AM (RIvkX)
Who's house? RUN'S house!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 08:51 AM (ccf/V)
Russia has always thought that killing their own was a great way to increase the Per Capita GDP
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 30, 2026 08:32 AM (/+uur)
In Russia, you live essentially at the whim of the government. If you have to be disposed of, that's it. Individual families may care about their sons and daughters, but the Tsarist, Communist and Putinist governments don't.
Helps explain the tolerance for monstrous casualties in war. It also helps explain why in recent hostage situations (Moscow theater, Beslan school), there was such a death toll among the hostages. Because the forces storming the building were set on killing the terrorists, not saving the hostages. Tough luck for you if you were in the way.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 08:52 AM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 30, 2026 08:40 AM (xOuxV)
George Soros is 96. I doubt he has much of a functioning brain. His son, Alex, is the one running the "destroy the world foundation" now.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 30, 2026 08:52 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 30, 2026 08:51 AM (BI5O2)
Nepo babies are never required to really get educated.
Plus, he's sucking Huma's cock on the daily.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 08:52 AM (ccf/V)
Not sure if it’s because I’m optimistic or because I’ve accepted that it will be a disaster. Either way I am enjoying my zen.
Posted by: Always follow the money at October 30, 2026 08:52 AM (uVhzg)
Anybody here ever listen to Alex Soros speak at any length? He makes AOC sound like Winston Churchill.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 30, 2026 08:51 AM (BI5O2)
Saw a picture of him and his bride. They look like characters in a novel by the Marquis de Sade.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 08:53 AM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 30, 2026 08:53 AM (Ttn/0)
I was hoping Omar would be arrested today.
Posted by: old chick at October 30, 2026 08:54 AM (F3Dlr)
Hopefully the last significant load is Sunday, then we wait for closing.
I've likely spent over $1000 in diesel the last couple weeks.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 08:54 AM (ccf/V)
Not sure if it’s because I’m optimistic or because I’ve accepted that it will be a disaster. Either way I am enjoying my zen.
Posted by: Always follow the money at October 30, 2026 08:52 AM (uVhzg)
Worry killed the cat. I voted. What else am I going to do? Whatever happens is going to happen.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 08:54 AM (eRlcH)
I remember her stopping the bus once because somebody lit a cigarette in the way back. She walked back and pointed to the kid and said in her thick accent, "Enjoy! And kill yourself!"
Also remember her doing a quick knock on the door in the English class I was in, walking across the front of the room by the teacher, opening a window, and jumping, stepping out on the roof to look at something out there. A real character, I would guess Russian by her accent.
Posted by: High School Drama at October 30, 2026 08:55 AM (EdP2u)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 30, 2026 08:53 AM (Ttn/0)
Why basing a currency entirely on the internet was a f*cking moronic retard idea.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 08:55 AM (ccf/V)
Posted by: Charlie, Mr. Magoo's Lackey at October 30, 2026 08:55 AM (2ap+5)
Hopefully the last significant load is Sunday, then we wait for closing.
I've likely spent over $1000 in diesel the last couple weeks.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 08:54 AM (ccf/V)
Best of luck and spicy noodles.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 30, 2026 08:56 AM (wVcYX)
Perfect.
Posted by: Always follow the money at October 30, 2026 08:56 AM (uVhzg)
Vance isn't doing anything as far as I can see that looks toward 2028. My gut feeling is that his heart isn't in it and he'll step aside for Rubio.
Posted by: Delurker at October 30, 2026 08:56 AM (2Drhq)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 30, 2026 08:56 AM (BI5O2)
"Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
·
28m
🚨 JUST IN: FINAL TEXAS SENATE poll
🔴 Ken Paxton: 49.4% (+1)
🔵 James Talarico: 48.4%
Quantus | 10/26-28 | N=1,221LV"
LV = Live Voters.....
Posted by: runner at October 30, 2026 08:56 AM (AKptf)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 08:56 AM (ccf/V)
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 08:57 AM (MWfyi)
"Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
·
28m
🚨 JUST IN: FINAL TEXAS SENATE poll
🔴 Ken Paxton: 49.4% (+1)
🔵 James Talarico: 48.4%
Quantus | 10/26-28 | N=1,221LV"
LV = Live Voters.....
Posted by: runner at October 30, 2026 08:56 AM (AKptf)
I weep for humanity if that's actually true.
There's no way in any universe Talarico should be garnishing that kind of support in a civil society.
That dude has 666 above his ear.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 08:57 AM (ccf/V)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 30, 2026 08:48 AM (BI5O2)
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Say, what?
Posted by: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania at October 30, 2026 08:50 AM (RIvkX)
While Lithuania is now a great deal smaller than it once was, it does have a history of rampaging through Russia.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at October 30, 2026 08:58 AM (okun6)
He created many an NGO with a little seed money and then leveraged it x100 with federal grants.
And then he had his gay son marry Huma to expand the network.
And then there's his backstory as a youth selling out fellow Jews to the Nazis.
If you're looking for a real-life Bond villain, there he is.
Posted by: Ignoramus at October 30, 2026 08:58 AM (dtajH)
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 08:57 AM (MWfyi)
You asked for it.........
https://youtu.be/VDTwL15ZHZs
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 08:58 AM (ccf/V)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 30, 2026 08:58 AM (M+uMR)
Yes, Russia is an enormous country beset on all sides by rapacious enemies who've made a hobby of invading it. It's hardly surprising that their leaders have a bunker mentality and care for little in life besides military strength.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 30, 2026 08:48 AM (BI5O2)
Poland would like a word.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 08:59 AM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Always follow the money at October 30, 2026 08:59 AM (uVhzg)
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I can't get agitated either. I would rather have a political party behind me that's motivated and aligned with my values, but no such thing exists.
People in general are not uncomfortable enough to demand political change. Some of us got motivated and voted for Trump multiple times. But until we're truly uncomfortable, miserable and desperate... not a damn thing's going to change.
The left can whip up its base with most any horseshit. The rest of us are not quite that simplistic.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 30, 2026 08:59 AM (RORbl)
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 09:00 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at October 30, 2026 08:58 AM (okun6)
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Well, you know, have that sixth vodka and you're likely to start rampaging....
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 30, 2026 09:00 AM (Ttn/0)
I've been decluttering this year. It really helps with that kind of dread. Surprisingly, it feels as good to get rid of stuff as it did to acquire it in the first place. It satisfies.
Posted by: gp at October 30, 2026 09:00 AM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Dr. Lecter at October 30, 2026 09:00 AM (QaH55)
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 30, 2026 08:56 AM (wVcYX)
Thank you VERY much.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 09:00 AM (ccf/V)
Europe is full of people who hate their neighbors because of what happened 300 years ago.
Irish Alzheimer's: You forget everything except the grudges.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 09:00 AM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 09:00 AM (ccf/V)
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 30, 2026 09:00 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Kosciuszko at October 30, 2026 09:00 AM (RIvkX)
National Candy Corn Day.
Posted by: redridinghood
And who doesn't enjoy Cerumen and HFCS?
Posted by: Kornfield Kounty Ken at October 30, 2026 09:01 AM (EdP2u)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 08:59 AM (eRlcH)
Pretty much everyone in Europe has been invaded by everyone else in Europe but Poland never had to deal with the Huns.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 30, 2026 09:01 AM (ExV1e)
It takes an immense ego to run for President. JD Vance strikes me as more of a talented guy, enjoying his family as his first priority.
He may be right. The good news is the Rep bench is deep.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 30, 2026 09:01 AM (u82oZ)
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Florida.
Besides, he wasn't behind the first Trump impeachment, that was Hillzabub, Obama, and MI6 (with an assist from the Aussies and Halper).
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 30, 2026 09:02 AM (Ttn/0)
Irish Alzheimer's: You forget everything except the grudges.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 09:00 AM (eRlcH)
Saw a video of an Irish guy telling why Ireland sucks.....because Irish men consider themselves Europeans now. And European men are sissy fags......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 09:02 AM (ccf/V)
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 09:03 AM (MWfyi)
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Russia already won, Ukraine is never getting the land it lost back (minor adjustments at village level not withstanding), everything else now is just needless slaughter, European intransigence, and waste. Ukraine lost half its population since 2022, it was 40M people, now it is in the 20s. Dead, wounded, cripples. No economy to speak of, no port to move the remaining grain and a few other exports, and no functioning government.
Posted by: runner at October 30, 2026 09:04 AM (AKptf)
Posted by: gp
You'll be sorry! That widget and doodad will be just the thing you need as soon as it's gone. Along with the IKEA allen wrenches.
Posted by: Junk Drawer Johnny at October 30, 2026 09:04 AM (EdP2u)
Posted by: tubal at October 30, 2026 09:04 AM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Flakey Foont at October 30, 2026 09:06 AM (C+ms+)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 30, 2026 09:06 AM (f8snw)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 30, 2026 09:06 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Charlie, Mr. Magoo's Lackey at October 30, 2026 09:07 AM (2ap+5)
Posted by: Always follow the money at October 30, 2026 09:07 AM (uVhzg)
Posted by: Delurker
I think that, also.
I'm just letting Vance cancelling the announcement and Trump cancelling a couple of rallies this weekend worry me. In Trump's case more so for his overall health.
Posted by: old chick at October 30, 2026 09:07 AM (F3Dlr)
Posted by: tubal
___________
Slavophiles vs. Westernizers. It goes back a ways in Russia.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 30, 2026 09:08 AM (JzUSu)
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 30, 2026 09:00 AM (wVcYX)
So is this a bad sign for Paxton? Harris county is Dem correct?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 30, 2026 09:08 AM (M+uMR)
National Candy Corn Day.
Posted by: redridinghood
And who doesn't enjoy Cerumen and HFCS?
Posted by: Kornfield Kounty Ken at October 30, 2026 09:01 AM (EdP2u)
Cerumen was quite the villan in "Lord of the Rings"...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 09:08 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 30, 2026 09:06 AM (u82oZ)
Well, with those cold Scandi winters, what else is there to do?
Posted by: Lars, IKEA allen wrench at October 30, 2026 09:09 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Lizzy at October 30, 2026 09:09 AM (rOKnE)
I come from a mixed family of Spartans and Wolverines who are always fighting and hating on each other, interesting, since in a couple cases I have to switch sides politically to be in alignment.
Posted by: Auspex at October 30, 2026 09:09 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: tubal at October 30, 2026 09:04 AM (Gqar
yeah, they always looked at themselves as a bridge and a shield, even their coat of arms reflects it , two headed eagle, looking west and east
Posted by: runner at October 30, 2026 09:10 AM (AKptf)
Just as an example of mostly clean living, the energy of Trump at 80 years old is amazing. All his Cabinet Officers remark on it.
You would think that with a trophy wife like Melania, he would spend more time in bed. But he has Western Civilization to save.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 30, 2026 09:10 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Auspex at October 30, 2026 09:09 AM (Y8DZL)
Everybody went to those two Michigan universities?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 09:10 AM (ccf/V)
National Candy Corn Day.
A classic!
Posted by: Lizzy at October 30, 2026 09:09 AM (rOKnE)
Used to eat quite a bit of that...because Dad bought it...
Thought it was tasty enough.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 09:10 AM (l3cgK)
A classic!
Posted by: Lizzy at October 30, 2026 09:09 AM (rOKnE)
Tell the boys to eat them for the Gipper, Rock.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 30, 2026 09:12 AM (1Ff7Z)
Which part of the candy corn kernel is tastiest? The Yellow 5 dye base, the Yellow 6 dye center, or the TiO2 tip?
Posted by: gp at October 30, 2026 09:12 AM (Jr5Lq)
I’ve seen an equal number of pontifications about early voting to prove both sides are winning. It’s just noise now for me.
Posted by: Always follow the money at October 30, 2026 09:12 AM (uVhzg)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 09:12 AM (ccf/V)
40% of 65+ eligible voters have voted
8% of under 29s have voted
(similar numbers for the under 50 sets - only 50-64 is more, and they are still less than half the 65+ by their age group registration)...
I guess we'll see how liberal the older age group has gone this election, since they may end up as almost 50% of the electoral group.
Posted by: Nova Local at October 30, 2026 09:12 AM (Gb7+b)
Decoy Dan be MIA
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 30, 2026 09:13 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Oglebay at October 30, 2026 09:13 AM (2ap+5)
40% of 65+ eligible voters have voted
8% of under 29s have voted
(similar numbers for the under 50 sets - only 50-64 is more, and they are still less than half the 65+ by their age group registration)...
I guess we'll see how liberal the older age group has gone this election, since they may end up as almost 50% of the electoral group.
Posted by: Nova Local at October 30, 2026 09:12 AM (Gb7+b)
I got a text message from some Abbott PAC the other day.
"You voted, but your neighbors didn't! Click here to see who hasn't voted in your neighborhood."
That seems pretty invasive to me.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 09:13 AM (ccf/V)
Posted by: Oglebay at October 30, 2026 09:13 AM (2ap+5)
*cough*it'sacult*cough*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 09:14 AM (ccf/V)
Posted by: Don Pardo at October 30, 2026 09:14 AM (aDmlG)
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Let's see if ef bee 👁️🗨️ can!
Posted by: runner at October 30, 2026 09:15 AM (AKptf)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 30, 2026 09:15 AM (sKFJy)
Decoy Dan be MIA
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 30, 2026 09:13 AM (/+uur)
Well, he does live in a rural area only reachable by plane......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 09:15 AM (ccf/V)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 30, 2026 09:15 AM (8Uo7a)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 09:15 AM (8B4gm)
Posted by: Nova Local at October 30, 2026 09:15 AM (Gb7+b)
253 My view of Russia is that it is not “ European” in essence. They have a unique psychology that fits neither Asia nor Europe. The West has never understood Russia, always trying to use Western measurements when judging them. White skins do not make a European necessarily.
Posted by: tubal at October 30, 2026 09:04 AM (Gqar
I have always felt great admiration and great pity for the Russian people. More artistic, intellectual and passionate than most Europeans be far. And throughout history they appear more locked onto seeking and causing their own self destruction more than any other people in history.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 30, 2026 09:16 AM (xOuxV)
Posted by: Oglebay at October 30, 2026 09:13 AM
Imagine that.
Posted by: Alabamians at October 30, 2026 09:16 AM (aDmlG)
Posted by: Sponge
A lot of Walmart Wolverines; the most ferocious variety.
I always bring up tuition costs and alumni association membership which infuriates them even more.
Posted by: Auspex at October 30, 2026 09:16 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Delurker at October 30, 2026 09:17 AM (2Drhq)
The polls are either all right or all wrong. I can’t see it being 1/2 right.
Posted by: Always follow the money at October 30, 2026 09:17 AM (uVhzg)
Posted by: Delurker at October 30, 2026 09:17 AM (2Drhq)
But Rubio drank water from a plastic bottle! DURING an INTERVIEW!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 09:18 AM (ccf/V)
That is more than double the anemic 1.6% in poor beleaguered Australia, and well above Europe (2.4%) and the UK (2%).
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 30, 2026 09:18 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 30, 2026 09:00 AM (wVcYX)
Interesting. I early voted yesterday in far, far south Harris County. No line at that location when I arrived at 10:30. No iine when I left 10-22 minutes later. Looong ballot. All politics (and voting) is local! Voted for Paxton and every other Republican. I fond it troubling that four or five family court judge positions had a Democrat running unopposed.
Posted by: Gref at October 30, 2026 09:18 AM (5rh/l)
Posted by: old chick at October 30, 2026 09:07 AM (F3Dlr)
I’ve read that Trump has decided hat in these last days, his time will be better spent doing 31 virtual online rallies, rather than a much smaller number of in person rallies.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 30, 2026 09:18 AM (xOuxV)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 30, 2026 09:08 AM (M+uMR)
Gotta read the chicken entrails and consult the Magic 8 Ball to make heads or tails of it. I'm wishcasting that it's the county's Republican voters surging here at the end of Early Voting.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 30, 2026 09:18 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 09:15 AM
Better than reconstituted wallpaper paste set between two discs of charcoal.
Posted by: Oreos at October 30, 2026 09:19 AM (aDmlG)
That is more than double the anemic 1.6% in poor beleaguered Australia, and well above Europe (2.4%) and the UK (2%).
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 30, 2026 09:18 AM (/+uur)
I'm starting to thing whomever sets the expectations is a f*cking imbecile.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 09:19 AM (ccf/V)
youtube.com/watch?v=uPfhXubEwPM
Posted by: gp at October 30, 2026 09:20 AM (Jr5Lq)
Buckeyes are nuts. Don't wear visiting team colors game day in Columbus.
Posted by: Auspex at October 30, 2026 09:20 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Gref at October 30, 2026 09:20 AM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Always follow the money at October 30, 2026 09:17 AM (uVhzg)
Same here. If Talarico wins then everything I know about Texas is wrong, but not going to accept that unless it actually happens.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 30, 2026 09:20 AM (xOuxV)
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 30, 2026 09:18 AM (wVcYX)
I've always heard the theory as "heavy early voting means higher Republican turnout."
I'm sticking with that.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 09:20 AM (ccf/V)
Posted by: Gref at October 30, 2026 09:18 AM (5rh/l)
More souther than Seabrook?
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 30, 2026 09:21 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 08:50 AM (ccf/V)
Isn't this projection again. Ain't this what the people who set the op up were banking on? They're infuriating.
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 09:21 AM (I+a8W)
That is more than double the anemic 1.6% in poor beleaguered Australia, and well above Europe (2.4%) and the UK (2%).
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 30, 2026 09:18 AM (/+uur)
I'm starting to thing whomever sets the expectations is a f*cking imbecile.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 09:19 AM (ccf/V)
It's some sort of average from surveys.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at October 30, 2026 09:21 AM (okun6)
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 30, 2026 09:21 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: NaCly Dog
This country needs PDT more than ever for the next 2 years. It's truly mind boggling just how much the world depends on him, whether they admit it or not.
Posted by: old chick at October 30, 2026 09:22 AM (F3Dlr)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 09:19 AM (ccf/V)
*gasps* But they are EXPERTS!
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 30, 2026 09:22 AM (wVcYX)
youtube.com/watch?v=uPfhXubEwPM
Posted by: gp at October 30, 2026 09:20 AM (Jr5Lq)
10 minutes of No Eggs......
https://youtu.be/L2W8A942JWQ
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 09:22 AM (ccf/V)
Posted by: ...
Tarlov is in on the op. Makes sense.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 09:22 AM (8B4gm)
Posted by: tubal
I think lot of Russian psychology can be explained by the fact that, after the fall of Byzantium, they were the only remaining independent Orthodox state (well, more or less independent -- still technically a vassal of the Tatars, but that yoke was much lighter than in the past, and would go away entirely in 1480). There was no other country that shared their theology, and the general worldview that went with it. They were alone, and felt it.
Posted by: Bulg at October 30, 2026 09:22 AM (77rzZ)
Buckeyes are nuts. Don't wear visiting team colors game day in Columbus.
Posted by: Auspex at October 30, 2026 09:20 AM (Y8DZL)
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If I showed up in my Ohio University green and white (I own precisely none), they would probably just laugh at how much better their team is, and how that makes them much better people.
Posted by: Oglebay at October 30, 2026 09:22 AM (2ap+5)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 09:15 AM
Better than reconstituted wallpaper paste set between two discs of charcoal.
Posted by: Oreos at October 30, 2026 09:19 AM (aDmlG)
I can't cry anymore
While you run around, while you run around
Break away
Just when it seems so clear
That it's over now
Drink your big black cow
And get out of here
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 30, 2026 09:22 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 30, 2026 09:22 AM (sKFJy)
Posted by: Oglebay at October 30, 2026 09:13 AM
I get a lot of people are into the team. But do they really care THAT much other than as a silly distraction on Saturdays?
Posted by: Always follow the money at October 30, 2026 09:23 AM (uVhzg)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 30, 2026 09:23 AM (M+uMR)
I'm sticking with that.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 09:20 AM (ccf/V)
Perhaps. But it also means more time for the cheat machine to know how much it needs to produce.
Posted by: Doof at October 30, 2026 09:23 AM (h4J+2)
Posted by: Gref at October 30, 2026 09:18 AM (5rh/l)
More souther than Seabrook?
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 30, 2026 09:21 AM (/+uur)
Almost. Farther south than northern Seabrook.
Posted by: Gref at October 30, 2026 09:24 AM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Auspex at October 30, 2026 09:09 AM (Y8DZL)
Half my family went to Michigan and half to Michigan State. But since we all hated Ohio State and Notre Dame, it was all good.
Posted by: Bulg at October 30, 2026 09:24 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Always follow the money at October 30, 2026 09:24 AM (uVhzg)
Posted by: Always follow the money
They have nothing to look forward to on Sundays.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 09:25 AM (8B4gm)
Perhaps. But it also means more time for the cheat machine to know how much it needs to produce.
Posted by: Doof at October 30, 2026 09:23 AM (h4J+2)
Incredibly valid.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 09:25 AM (ccf/V)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 30, 2026 09:23 AM (M+uMR)
I think she's a plant. An op. She gives people a reason to watch. She makes the others look better than they really are just by comparison. And she's probably paid well to do what she does.
Posted by: Doof at October 30, 2026 09:25 AM (h4J+2)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 30, 2026 09:26 AM (M+uMR)
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 30, 2026 09:26 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Tom Servo
Good to read, thank you for that information.
Posted by: old chick at October 30, 2026 09:26 AM (F3Dlr)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 09:25 AM (ccf/V)
Nicest thing someone has said about me in quite a while!
I hope that's how I'm remembered around here when I assume room temperature -- "He was incredibly valid"
Posted by: Doof at October 30, 2026 09:27 AM (h4J+2)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 09:25 AM (8B4gm)
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*AHEM*
Posted by: Sunday Morning Book Thread at October 30, 2026 09:27 AM (FZ29D)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 30, 2026 09:26 AM"
Hahaha hahaha hahaha!
Posted by: Francesca Hong at October 30, 2026 09:28 AM (aDmlG)
I never forgot opening my eyes from that and realizing that commercial hadn't just been on (because the movie does not exist).
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 09:28 AM (I+a8W)
I hope that's how I'm remembered around here when I assume room temperature -- "He was incredibly valid"
Posted by: Doof at October 30, 2026 09:27 AM (h4J+2)
I got you, bro....
*fistbump*
"I miss Doof, the valid......."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 09:28 AM (ccf/V)
Money. Bushies are part of a neocon faction all buddy buddy with specific arab factions. Same neocon fuckers that were in bed with some of the terrorist groups in Iraq/Syria (who were at odds with other, Dem backed terror groups)
All of them were a fucking embarrassment.
Posted by: heya at October 30, 2026 09:29 AM (M476G)
Posted by: Doof's epitaph at October 30, 2026 09:29 AM (aDmlG)
Posted by: Gref at October 30, 2026 09:29 AM (5rh/l)
Posted by: AnnaS at October 30, 2026 09:29 AM (WdMlw)
youtube.com/watch?v=eMjUKsi2evg
Posted by: gp at October 30, 2026 09:29 AM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Bulg at October 30, 2026 09:29 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 09:28 AM (ccf/V)
Whelmingly valid!
Posted by: Doof at October 30, 2026 09:29 AM (h4J+2)
And whelming.
Posted by: Doof's epitaph at October 30, 2026 09:29 AM (aDmlG)
That's what she said.
Posted by: Michael Scott at October 30, 2026 09:30 AM (wVcYX)
Thank you, Fox News, for giving us this stupid hack a national audience.
Really, this level of insight is critical! No way that lame talking point wasn't mapped out while they hatched their plan to get Decoy Dan on the ballot.
Rivals the valuable insight of Maria Harf.
Posted by: Lizzy at October 30, 2026 09:30 AM (rOKnE)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 09:22 AM (8B4gm)
Definitely. So many are.
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 09:30 AM (I+a8W)
Posted by: Nazdar at October 30, 2026 09:30 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 30, 2026 09:26 AM (M+uMR)
That’s what I mean when I think it’s all or nothing. If sc and Kansas are truly competitive then the blue wave is real and spectacular. But if these end up being easy wins then everything ends up being an easy win as well. Texas, Maine, Alaska.
It’s going to be all or nothing for one side, no squeakers.
Also Minnesota is always “close” until Election Day when it isn’t. It’s the Republican version of turn Texas blue.
Posted by: Always follow the money at October 30, 2026 09:30 AM (uVhzg)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 09:31 AM (ccf/V)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 09:28 AM (ccf/V)
Whelmingly valid!
Posted by: Doof at October 30, 2026 09:29 AM (h4J+2)
Who would want a fake Doof? No one can come close to successfully being a fake Doof!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Gref at October 30, 2026 09:31 AM (5rh/l)
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I stole that quote from Nellie Bowles this morning, and it is true, Europe is not only being left behind in every sense, but they seem to revel in their decline. Just weird.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 30, 2026 08:42 AM (Ttn/0)
For the sin of enjoying a comfortable and good life,
they must die.
Sackcloth, ashes, and rape all round, if you please gentle barbarians.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 30, 2026 09:31 AM (YSUhf)
Posted by: Bulg at October 30, 2026 09:31 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 09:31 AM (I+a8W)
Posted by: AnnaS at October 30, 2026 09:29 AM (WdMlw)
I have no valid idea. Others on here are far more astute in diving meaning from current trends and historical patterns.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 30, 2026 09:32 AM (wVcYX)
We praise You and give You all honor and glory. We ask You to put a hedge of protection about our leaders, guide them and remove them if they will not follow Your statutes. We ask that You give a clear mind to voters in this election and block any demonic influence from their hearts.
in the holy name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Amen
Posted by: Eromero at October 30, 2026 09:33 AM (LHPAg)
This is spot on, and they keep telling the west and nobody listens
What they themselves don't really understand is that filtering this through 70+ years of soviet brutality just dials it up to 11. I have made this point here many times over the years: there is an event horizon for societal depravity that you cannot recover from.
Posted by: heya at October 30, 2026 09:33 AM (M476G)
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 30, 2026 09:33 AM (wVcYX)
I think Sen. Marshall ekes out a win. I will vote for him on Election Day.
He is a better Senator than Senator Moran, for sure. I've met both. Talked with Se. Moran 4 times. He blew my concerns off each time.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 30, 2026 09:34 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 30, 2026 09:34 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: old chick at October 30, 2026 09:22 AM (F3Dlr)
___
This nation, the world needs Jesus.
Yes, Trump has done a lot, but even he needs Christ.
Don't get it twisted.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 30, 2026 09:34 AM (6ZFFR)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 30, 2026 09:35 AM (6ZFFR)
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 30, 2026 09:35 AM (wVcYX)
We praise You and give You all honor and glory. We ask You to put a hedge of protection about our leaders, guide them and remove them if they will not follow Your statutes. We ask that You give a clear mind to voters in this election and block any demonic influence from their hearts.
in the holy name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Amen
Posted by: Eromero at October 30, 2026 09:33 AM (LHPAg)
___
Amen.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 30, 2026 09:35 AM (6ZFFR)
...they would probably just laugh at how much better their team is, and how that makes them much better people.
Posted by: Oglebay
Why, that sounds exactly how anti-Trumpers see themselves and Trump supporters.
An opinion offered without any evidence, of course.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 30, 2026 09:36 AM (ixS3i)
Yes, Trump has done a lot, but even he needs Christ.
Don't get it twisted.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 30, 2026 09:34 AM (6ZFFR)
Well Jesus will be with us forever. Trump will not.
Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 09:37 AM (I+a8W)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 30, 2026 09:41 AM (u82oZ)
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Sounds like a plan.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 30, 2026 07:49 AM (1KK9q)
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May can we has this here too?
Posted by: Bonecrusher at October 30, 2026 09:45 AM (JNTt1)
From above, "Work details of more than 41,000 DHS staff hacked, published online."
From the BB article, "The data also contained the names of dozens of the agency’s operations, including undercover missions, which agents were in charge or worked on them, and the type and provider of tech utilized, with Cellbrite and Palantir mentioned by name."
Interesting the mentioning by names and the timing.
Palantir was co-founded by Peter Thiel. It has been a critical software contractor for the U.S. government for 21 years, heavily anchoring federal operations since 2005. It's a primary software contractor for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).
UK Guardian, 22 Sep 2025, 'Documents offer rare insight on Ice’s close relationship with Palantir' For years, little was known about the multibillion-dollar company that handles data for the US immigration enforcement agency. Now, a cache of emails, training documents and reports sheds light on how Palantir helps Ice with investigations and on-the-ground enforcement
The documents, noted above, spanned the period of 2014 to 2022.
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 30, 2026 09:58 AM (NFX2v)
Reportedly, it has been heavily utilized by U.S. law enforcement and federal agencies for approximately 19 years, first becoming a visible staple in Federal tech stacks around 2007.
It's use goes well beyond government to private sector corporations, non-profits and also for humanitarian causes.
>The Intercept, February 8, 2022, 'Use of Controversial Phone Cracking Tool is Spreading Across Federal Government' Cellebrite's extensive Federal sales come as another Israeli phone spying firm, NSO Group, falls under federal sanctions.
This data hacking isn't a "Trump issue" but an issue involving the whole of our government beyond ICE, beyond DHS, and our political parties should be alarmed at the ongoing, frequent hacks & together commit to stopping them.
Give our European 'partners' a very strong warning, followed by appropriate consequences, too.
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 30, 2026 09:58 AM (NFX2v)
https://tinyurl.com/4y3m5ekj
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 30, 2026 10:03 AM (l3cgK)
Vance isn't doing anything as far as I can see that looks toward 2028. My gut feeling is that his heart isn't in it and he'll step aside for Rubio.
Posted by: Delurker at October 30, 2026 08:56 AM (2Drhq)
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Can you imagine Ron DeSantis as AG?
Posted by: Bonecrusher at October 30, 2026 10:21 AM (JNTt1)
Posted by: SMOD at October 30, 2026 10:30 AM (gWCxi)
This data hacking isn't a "Trump issue" but an issue involving the whole of our government beyond ICE, beyond DHS, and our political parties should be alarmed at the ongoing, frequent hacks & together commit to stopping them.
Give our European 'partners' a very strong warning, followed by appropriate consequences, too.
Posted by: L - No Nic.
...like the scene from terrible Digger Movie...All DARVO.
You wanted them to do this; You made them do this...
People won't lose their Privacy and Freedom until we demand they take it from us, and charge for the benefit; that's the point.
cTHIEL's fallen angels (Palantir, Anduril, Quantum-Systems, STARK Defence, Shield AI, Ayer Labs, Covenant, SpaceX, Epirus, Helsing, Seronic, Verde Space Industries) will rise again to make of this world, a Paradise for his kind.
of course they were forWAR'd before they were against it; of course they hate doing the necessary for the proper compensation -- because you need it.
Remember who did this, the shameless retail Politico Thugs who got away with it all and blame you for being Normal -- rather than like them, and spsonsoring them.
TRUMP: YOU ARE THE STORM
TIME TO MAKE IT RAIN.
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at October 30, 2026 10:32 AM (wmxGu)
I dunno. I wanted to like Frasier, the writing was clever and erudite, but as the writers explicitly said every episode was "Frasier's pomposity gets him into trouble, and then we watch him twist for 22 minutes".
A lot of sitcoms from the 80s and 90s - especially once Chuck Lorre becomes a phenomenon - are really quite mean-spirited when you look at them closely.
Posted by: Daniel Ream at October 30, 2026 11:34 AM (LgYtf)
Daily Tech News 30 October 2026
Top Story
- The internet may or may not be on fire again and there's not enough information available to determine which: There's a severity 9.8 flaw in the Linux kernel's networking stack which may (or may not) give everyone on the planet root access to every server. (The Hacker News)
The cheerily blasé Anthropic post on the subject indicates that it may be connected specifically to multipath TCP rather than the ordinary variety which may be why East German sources only score it as a 5.9. I just ran around scanning my servers for multipath TCP listeners and that came up clean, but whether that means I am actually safe remains unknown.
And if you're running Ubuntu or RedHat Linux, there is no patch out yet, so all you can really do is panic. Or not panic; RedHat rates it at 5.9, and Amazon who do have a patch out for their home brand Linux rate it at 7.0.
Tech News
- Reddit is getting a "For You" feed. (The Verge)
Reddit but somehow worse.
- Speaking of Reddit but somehow worse the site will now require you to log in to read anything. (The Verge)
There has never been a better opportunity for Digg to return.
- Please let Wired die. (Wired) (archive site)
You know it's the right thing to do.
- Anthropic only spends one third of its money directly on providing services to customers. (Tom's Hardware)
The other two thirds is spent on generating maliciously unhelpful bug reports involving the Linux networking stack.
Oops, wrong song.
Disclaimer: B-b-b-b-b-ungood.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 04:00 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2026 04:01 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2026 04:01 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2026 04:01 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 04:02 AM (odBC9)
Hahahahaha this is all hilarious.
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 04:03 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2026 04:03 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 04:04 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2026 04:04 AM (rdVOm)
I like George Thorogood
Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2026 04:05 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 30, 2026 04:05 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2026 04:05 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 30, 2026 04:06 AM (i2Ycu)
Please Let the Internet Die
Online spaces are captured by oligarchs and saturated with slop—and they’re exacerbating humanity’s worst impulses. It’s time to start over.
"exacerbating"
That's a ten-dollar word. Has a sort of ... AI ring to it.
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 04:07 AM (odBC9)
Cost about $7 each delivered, but they are much bigger than I was expecting - I was expecting seedlings a few inches tall, and what I got was plants already two feet tall, one of them in flower.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 30, 2026 04:08 AM (BLOW1)
"You know, this mountain of cow manure is nice, but what it really needs is an algorithm to actively inject the bullshit straight into their stupid head holes."
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 30, 2026 04:10 AM (aKiSo)
I get some helpful technical information every now and then by doing a search and some Reddit post comes up with an answer or solution.
That's about the only time I ever land on Reddit, and apparently I won't even be able to do that now.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 04:10 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2026 04:11 AM (rdVOm)
wikipedia ... Melaleuca_pachyphylla
It is a medium-sized shrub with a straggling habit and red, or sometimes greenish, bottlebrush flowers in summer.
Straggling habit: many such cases.
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 04:12 AM (odBC9)
What they need is some kind of apparatus to blow the hay directly at them, constantly, to help them forget all this silliness about "needles". You don't need a needle, Zek. You need hay. Glorious, stupid hay.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 30, 2026 04:14 AM (aKiSo)
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Miles Klee is a senior writer at WIRED covering digital culture in all its forms. He was previously a reporter at Rolling Stone and Mel magazine. ...
Wired's first mistake was hiring a writer from Rolling Stone.
Got no clue what 'Mel' is but I know to avoid it now.
The internet was filled with scams, hackers, and trolls way before Elon bought Twitter.
He doesn't want the internet to die.
He wants it to be turned over to the socialists so they censor it and tax it in order to protect us from ourselves and protect them from ourselves.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 04:16 AM (6ydKt)
He wants it to be turned over to the socialists so they censor it and tax it in order to protect us from ourselves and protect them from ourselves.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 04:16 AM (6ydKt)
Yet another glaring case of "thee and not me".
Our righteous anger over legitimate concerns is "rage bait". Their Rage Baiting over manufactured lies is "community engagement".
Brownshirts existed long before TCP/IP.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 30, 2026 04:19 AM (aKiSo)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026 04:23 AM (JrHfD)
from the Wired article:
Zeitgeist-defining platforms like Vine can be vaporized in an instant, a fact reinforced in January 2025, when Americans posted farewell TikTok videos ahead of an expected US ban on the app.
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 04:25 AM (odBC9)
This big, fancy worded, high-minded, I have all the answers stemwinder, and it all boils down to "They're dumb and wrong and we should shut them up".
Yeah, well, your mom's dumb and wrong and we should shut her up. Mnyeah.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 30, 2026 04:27 AM (aKiSo)
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2026 04:29 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026 04:30 AM (JrHfD)
The internet doesn’t really have winners, unless you count the few without the sense to stop chasing relevance at any cost.
How many negatives can you safely set inside a sentence before it loses the ability to be read?
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 04:30 AM (odBC9)
There’s no reason to assume that the present tech empire will rule the century to come; the organic and anarchic web stands to mount a triumphant renaissance if (or when) it falls.
wut
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 04:31 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 04:30 AM (odBC9)
"The internet doesn't have winners", says the enterprise that basically only exists to gossip about the internet on the internet, and still somehow has generated an income for enough people such that they still manage to exist....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 30, 2026 04:32 AM (aKiSo)
https://tinyurl.com/r7wkfdp9
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026 04:35 AM (JrHfD)
Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2026 04:35 AM (Ia/+0)
They're all like the Statler and Waldorfs of Technology, except not charming or funnny.
Looking at you, too, there, Arse Technica.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 30, 2026 04:35 AM (aKiSo)
Please Let the Internet Die
Online spaces are captured by oligarchs and saturated with slop—and they’re exacerbating humanity’s worst impulses. It’s time to start over.
"It's time to start over."
What exactly is your plan, here, Miles Klee?
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 04:35 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 04:35 AM (odBC9)
From the sounds of it, the plan is more oligarchs and more slop.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 30, 2026 04:36 AM (aKiSo)
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 04:30 AM (odBC9)
His entire job depends on the internet, but it's so negative, towards him in particular, that he'd rather kill it than let anybody else have it.
He sounds like a failed influencer.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 04:36 AM (6ydKt)
You know it's the right thing to do.
Do you think maybe this could happen?
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 04:36 AM (odBC9)
They're all like the Statler and Waldorfs of Technology, except not charming or funnny.
Looking at you, too, there, Arse Technica.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 30, 2026 04:35 AM (aKiSo)
And, generally speaking, they had writing talent. Which ....
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 04:37 AM (odBC9)
wut
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 04:31 AM (odBC9)
He mentioned Tumblr as a good thing in the article somewhere, so you know he's full of crap and estrogen pills.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 04:38 AM (6ydKt)
This is your pigpen, idiots. You raised the hogs. You fostered the slop. You cheered for the slop and browbeat anyone who cautioned against it decades ago. So now we're out here yukking it up on a homebrew comments section about how bad you suck, and loving it, and you're bitching about your own stink and expecting anyone else to care.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 30, 2026 04:39 AM (aKiSo)
https://tinyurl.com/26nfs5fd
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026 04:39 AM (JrHfD)
Looking at you, too, there, Arse Technica.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 30, 2026 04:35 AM (aKiSo)
They are all clustered in the Bay Area and Brookyln.
Their zip codes, alone, tell them they are better than the rest of us.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 04:40 AM (6ydKt)
Psalm 73:26—“My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever."
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026 04:43 AM (JrHfD)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 04:47 AM (6ydKt)
https://tinyurl.com/udhjfys2
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026 04:48 AM (JrHfD)
François Fénelon, The Complete Fenelon
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026 04:59 AM (JrHfD)
Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2026 05:01 AM (Ia/+0)
People lie? No shit. Who knew. People con each other out of their money? Wow. Amazing. People push farcical political philosophies and drum up anger over bullshit to draw the masses to their cause? There are many, many headless Kings in hell who are hardly rolling over about your precious insight. The majority of whom don't even speak French or English, neither.
Bitching about clickbait and ragebait as your chosen form of clickbaiting and ragebaiting in order to try to make a living is.... well, i mean, it's a choice, I guess.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 30, 2026 05:09 AM (aKiSo)
Posted by: colin at October 30, 2026 05:14 AM (CiQE7)
Posted by: fluffy at October 30, 2026 05:14 AM (V0/Sp)
Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2026 05:01 AM (Ia/+0)
You're not the boss of me.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 30, 2026 05:15 AM (km/UM)
I hope you have a great day too, Skip, and everyone else here.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026 05:19 AM (JrHfD)
My brain is infected with slop. My first thought was "Are these new Wojaks?", but memory kicked in.
Posted by: fluffy at October 30, 2026 05:24 AM (V0/Sp)
Yup, and this will be their downfall. Imagined income doesn't pay actual debts when the butcher's bill comes due.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 30, 2026 05:26 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026 05:26 AM (JrHfD)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026 05:27 AM (JrHfD)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026 05:27 AM (JrHfD)
You have a bone to pick?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 30, 2026 05:28 AM (km/UM)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026 05:27 AM (JrHfD)
You have a bone to pick?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 30, 2026 05:28 AM (km/UM)
This is no time to be humerus.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 30, 2026 05:31 AM (aKiSo)
57 degrees out, and the sky is clear for one more day.
After taking the Volvo in for the new windshield, and being told that the new windshield has disappeared and the need to reschedule we re-stained the back yard fence that I power-washed last week.
Time for a short PSA about handheld paint sprayers.
Harbor Freight sells this nifty little unit that holds 48 ounces of stain at a whack. And it just works. Less than four hours to do the actual spraying, and the results are better than I expected.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 30, 2026 05:33 AM (iMotb)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 30, 2026 05:28 AM (km/UM)
This is no time to be humerus.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 30, 2026 05:31 AM (aKiSo)
I'm ulnable to comply.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 30, 2026 05:33 AM (km/UM)
Posted by: fluffy at October 30, 2026 05:35 AM (V0/Sp)
-"Jane" "Doe" of Ithaca, NY
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 30, 2026 05:37 AM (aKiSo)
Posted by: fluffy at October 30, 2026 05:35 AM (V0/Sp)
Most don't have the spine for it.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 30, 2026 05:38 AM (km/UM)
But if we let you choose, you could make the wrong choice comrade. And then where would we be?
Posted by: NR Pax at October 30, 2026 05:41 AM (lXoJ5)
But if we let you choose, you could make the wrong choice comrade. And then where would we be?
Posted by: NR Pax at October 30, 2026 05:41 AM (lXoJ5)
Commies to the last.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 30, 2026 05:44 AM (km/UM)
--Wired
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 04:16 AM (6ydKt)
For sure, one reason that this sounds like utter dreck to some of us is that Pixy threads have given us some defenses against such blah and banality.
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 05:47 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 30, 2026 05:48 AM (aKiSo)
Reddit but somehow worse.
This pithy snarkiness is truly a knee-slapper.
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 05:52 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon
Funny thing is that I broke out that quote on another forum and people took me seriously and had no idea where it originated from.
We really need better education in this country.
Posted by: NR Pax at October 30, 2026 05:53 AM (lXoJ5)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 30, 2026 05:48 AM (aKiSo)
Both net takers in any community.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 30, 2026 05:54 AM (km/UM)
I'm up to work out, but the will is lacking. We'll see if coffee washes out some of the usual morning aches and pains. I've gone three times this week, and there is still tomorrow. At my usual time, too, starting this Sunday, it will be light or almost so; a nice change.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 30, 2026 05:54 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 30, 2026 04:27 AM (aKiSo)
When it should be "more cowbell."
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 05:56 AM (odBC9)
A while back someone mentioned a site to buy refurbished Macs for decent prices. It might be time for me to get at least a new laptop and maybe a desktop. What was that site?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 30, 2026 05:57 AM (wzUl9)
I'll have to use the other, older bridge for a while even in the middle of the day, I guess.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 30, 2026 06:00 AM (wzUl9)
I am really out of gas and forgot my wallet.
Hope my co-worker who is supposed to be hete has $5 to lone me
Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2026 06:03 AM (qomx6)
Posted by: fluffy at October 30, 2026 05:35 AM (V0/Sp)
*
Most don't have the spine for it.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 30, 2026
***
When you hurl the grenade, make sure you're outside the blast radius.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 30, 2026 06:03 AM (wzUl9)
I am really out of gas and forgot my wallet.
Hope my co-worker who is supposed to be hete has $5 to lone me
Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2026 06:03 AM (qomx6)
Fingers crossed!
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 06:04 AM (odBC9)
"I bookmarked your link about the good and bad modem/routers and will check it when the Spectrum box arrives, which could be tomorrow. "
There you go. Intel Puma 5 and 6 are proven bad eggs. I had three in a row, they were absolute turds, and my provider (at the time) had NOTHING else that didn't have that chipset. The symptoms I'd experience: 50 to 60 percent packet loss that would just show up somewhere between 24 and 36 hours since the last time the modem was power-cycled.
The solution was to:
a) Live with power cycling the modem once every 24 hours
b) Use a different modem we owned that had a Broadcom chipset, and go with the provider it came from.
Our family chose (b) and it has worked out marvelously. We're definitely not as fast as the 1 gig connections, but the firewall is 100Mbps, so whatever. I don't care, it works, it's reliable, and THAT is what is king above speed for us.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 30, 2026 06:06 AM (O7YUW)
Im not on twitter or TikTok, I've never stepped foot on Reddit, I quit Facebook about half a decade ago.
So, my internet experience is pretty good.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 30, 2026 06:07 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: sock_rat_eezo at October 30, 2026 06:07 AM (VyBeY)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 30, 2026 06:08 AM (O7YUW)
Im not on twitter or TikTok, I've never stepped foot on Reddit, I quit Facebook about half a decade ago.
So, my internet experience is pretty good.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 30, 2026 06:07 AM (XV/Pl)
Sounds good!
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 06:09 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 30, 2026
***
I've never had them do that, but they will replace your battery. The service call and installation is free. You pay for the battery, which is usually a bit higher in price than if you bought it yourself . . . but there's the convenience factor.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 30, 2026 06:10 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: olddog in mo at October 30, 2026 06:11 AM (Hbeqj)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 30, 2026 06:08 AM (O7YUW)
And check your pockets! I found a twenty in my pocket the other day. Surprised the heck out of me.
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 06:11 AM (odBC9)
I can still read Reddit without issue (without an account there.) Maybe it's my configuration, maybe it's Reddit doing the "lockout without an account" in a specific geographic area, say the United States (I'm in Canada.) If the latter, they'll likely extend that to "worldwide" shortly and then I'll be locked out unless I find a reflector that lets me read (sort of like Nitter to X.)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 30, 2026 06:14 AM (O7YUW)
Crypto firm Binance finds multiple 'points of breach' in $6.3bn hack thought to be largest ever
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 06:15 AM (odBC9)
I'm saving $40/month, so there's that too.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 30, 2026 06:15 AM (wzUl9)
The teserract in the clothes-dryer giveth, and it taketh away.
Posted by: The sock of disappearing at October 30, 2026 06:15 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 30, 2026 06:17 AM (amcLV)
Rejoinder: I need your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 30, 2026 06:17 AM (amcLV)
Did you see that Patrick Stewart has died.
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 06:17 AM (odBC9)
The "We come to you!" Open-Heart surgeon has arrived.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 30, 2026 06:18 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 06:17 AM (odBC9)
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It's kinda all over the place, now. So, yes.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 30, 2026 06:18 AM (amcLV)
I'll light five candles in his memory.
O O O O
Posted by: Madred at October 30, 2026 06:20 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: NR Pax at October 30, 2026 06:21 AM (lXoJ5)
I met Patrick Stewart before he was PATRICK STEWART. It was 1980 and he and his then-wife were giving lectures around CSUN, where I was a theater student. I had a lot of free time that day, so I followed him around from venue to venue. At the last venue, a seminar room, we found it was locked and someone had to get the key. So he and I were sitting on the hallway floor waiting, and he asked me if I was an actor. I shrugged and said, "Such as I am.". He smiled and said, " Such as any of us are."
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 30, 2026 06:21 AM (amcLV)
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 06:23 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at October 30, 2026 06:24 AM (NZIuw)
Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at October 30, 2026
***
Making pa(t)ella for dinner tonight?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 30, 2026 06:32 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 06:32 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 06:35 AM (MWfyi)
At the end of his last episode, Sejanus has been revealed as plotting against Tiberius and has been arrested. As he is about to be marched off to execution, Stewart's Sejanus gives a little smile, as if thinking, "Well, it was a good run and I gave it all I had."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 30, 2026 06:37 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 30, 2026 06:15 AM (wzUl9)
I’d make sure that isn’t a time-limited deal.
They love to give it to you for half price for six months or a year and then jack the price up 50 - 100%.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 06:37 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2026 06:38 AM (qomx6)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 30, 2026 06:37 AM (wzUl9)
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And then he was brutally informed of the murder of his beloved children.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 30, 2026 06:38 AM (amcLV)
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 06:39 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 30, 2026 06:40 AM (amcLV)
“In your careers, there will probably be many moments when you are in a room where you are the only person like you. The only person who looks like you, the only person who has had your life experience, but one of the things I require you to remember when you walk in that room: I require you to be you"
At this very moment I am in a room where I am the only person like me. There was someone else like me here but he left.
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 06:41 AM (MWfyi)
They love to give it to you for half price for six months or a year and then jack the price up 50 - 100%.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026
***
It is a year. But they were upfront about it. The rep told me I can call when I get the renewal notice, and they may have new packages then. I don't plan to be living here by that time anyway.
Cox started me at $75 in 2020, and somehow in only six years it's crept up to $110. There were no alternatives -- Starlink wasn't available at my location until recently -- so I had to go with it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 30, 2026 06:41 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at October 30, 2026 06:42 AM (D7VIl)
His Picard, especially at first, was very much the kind of tough but fair captain a big vessel like the Enterprise-D would require -- old-line Navy for sure. You could see him on the bridge of a nuclear carrier in our century, or on a carrier at Guadalcanal in the twentieth.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 30, 2026 06:47 AM (wzUl9)
"We have a moment now to say that we see you, neighbor, and we know you can't afford the price of gas or food or housing or childcare or healthcare, and we intend, with your help, to do something about that,” Harris said.
Neighbor? She lives in a 8 million dollar mansion in California. Vapid does not begin describe the windmills of her mind.
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 06:47 AM (MWfyi)
Nice story. As a fellow former actor, I appreciate that.
Wolfus , I think I missed the sex scenes in "I, Claudius" but he was certainly a very good actor and "I, Claudius" was a great series.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026 06:48 AM (xz+xK)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 30, 2026 06:48 AM (8Uo7a)
Posted by: Croaker at October 30, 2026 06:50 AM (Aem5b)
Good morning, Hordians. Up, dressed, morning prayers said, dogs taken care of. Now sitting in the Command Center at Schloss Hadrian with a big double cup of French-roast coffee. Today being Friday, no music, so I can't work on my playlist.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 06:52 AM (eRlcH)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026
***
It was not really a sex scene per se, Fen. He and the actress are on a bed and mostly clothed. It's what they are talking about to excite each other that forms the sensuality.
I, Claudius was filmed on a shoestring, as a lot of BBC productions were. So the directors had to get creative and use a lot of closeups and two-shots, focusing on the actors. It worked so well that other series followed suit.
To this day I picture the actors who played Livia, Tiberius, Claudius, and Sejanus when I read about that period of Roman history. Brian Blessed's Augustus too, but as an older man, not as the youth Octavian whom no one around Caesar and Antony took seriously (to their detriment).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 30, 2026 06:53 AM (wzUl9)
https://tinyurl.com/kzekku42
I am supposed to have lunch today with a dear friend who is a Democrat. We assiduously avoid talking about politics. I may send it to her after lunch.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026 06:53 AM (xz+xK)
>>Hell, I might just park everything in a 3.5% high yield savings account for the next year.
I'd recommend an etf like schd or jepi, you'd get a better roi than a "savings" instrument.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 30, 2026 06:54 AM (XV/Pl)
Then I do remember it. 🙂
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026 06:56 AM (xz+xK)
Posted by: Croaker at October 30, 2026 06:58 AM (Aem5b)
--
Oh, how I hate those things. We have a guy in our neighborhood with half a humongous skeleton looking like it's crawling out of the ground. It's nearly 1/3 the size of his house. Down the road is another house with about 4 or 5 skeletons that, I swear, are 16 ft tall. It looks abominable. I don't mind some cute Halloween decor, but there's a lot of unappealing, kinda demonic-looking stuff out in front of people's houses now...along with the gigantic skeletons. It's a bit ridiculous.
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 30, 2026 07:02 AM (qBdHI)
Later I'll hit Walmart for some more dry chow for the furry thugs (who have had their breakfast).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 30, 2026 07:03 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 07:04 AM (MWfyi)
Gashadokuro: A yokai from Japanese mythology. A large skeleton made from the bones of those who died in battle or from starvation.
So we're committing cultural appropriation!
Posted by: NR Pax at October 30, 2026 07:07 AM (lXoJ5)
>>But, if I really need to dodge out of the AI rollercoaster you have given good advice.
There are only a handful of sectors that appreciate measurably, tech has been the hot sector for going on 30 years.
As much as I loathe them, Msft has been one of the best stocks to own, and at 500+, it may be undervalued. Eli Lilly is another stock that’s had a good run and may have significant more loft.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 30, 2026 07:07 AM (XV/Pl)
Just about everyone in my neighborhood has those 12 ft skeletons lurking on their lawns...
Am I the only one who thinks there's something wrong with adults being that interested about Halloween? Or cartoons?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 07:08 AM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 30, 2026 07:08 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Sure at October 30, 2026 07:09 AM (fS43b)
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 07:11 AM (MWfyi)
This particular span is only forty years old. The older one, which used to be the only bridge, dates to 1959.
The state did, however, improve and widen the older bridge upriver, which dates to the 1930s. It's a superhighway now, as it should always have been. No doubt with the jams on the newer bridge, that one will often be clogged too as people divert to it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 30, 2026 07:13 AM (wzUl9)
Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 30, 2026 07:13 AM (u82oZ)
Grok claims streaming apps generally do not use MPTCP to do multipath failover. They typically implement their own failover at the app level, using things like Android's ConnectivityManager.
Phew.
Posted by: WillowViney at October 30, 2026 07:15 AM (gYAkw)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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There's an exception for classic Looney Tunes, though?
Posted by: Hamas at October 30, 2026 07:16 AM (4HoLg)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at October 30, 2026 07:17 AM (4HoLg)
Breakfast buffets, oh yum. Rubbery scrambled eggs, cold sausages, toast either raw or burned. Sustains life without adding in any way to its beauty.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 07:17 AM (eRlcH)
Posted by: sock_rat_eezo at October 30, 2026 07:18 AM (VyBeY)
Sure that stuff can be fun but it’s for the kiddos.
The only thing worse than a grown woman with a doll collection is a grown man with a doll collection.
Posted by: MJ at October 30, 2026 07:18 AM (noEKK)
A Great Dane service dog? For diabetes? Why didn't he get an elephant?
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 07:18 AM (MWfyi)
There's an exception for classic Looney Tunes, though?
Of course. It's people who watch The Simpsons or Family Guy.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 07:18 AM (eRlcH)
Posted by: sock_rat_eezo at October 30, 2026 07:19 AM (VyBeY)
>>3.5% is “high yield”?
For a generic savings instrument, sure.
An etf like schd, jepi or will have a significantly greater yield.
SCHD has returned 31pct ytd.
So a 50k investment would have yielded 16k so far.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 30, 2026 07:22 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 30, 2026 07:24 AM (VyBeY)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026 06:53 AM (xz+xK)
I bookmarked it yesterday for the same type of friend. I’ve known her since 1st grade, she’s a brainwashed retired teacher who hates what happened to the school system but can’t connect the dots. We never talk politics either but damn I sure do want to plant that mustard seed.
Posted by: TxAnn at October 30, 2026 07:24 AM (itAg7)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 30, 2026 07:27 AM (1Ff7Z)
MAID will be able to decide for you. Sorry Grandma.
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 07:29 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Oglebay at October 30, 2026 07:30 AM (2ap+5)
since willow left us, we all have been taking turns, trying to fill her shoes ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 30, 2026 07:31 AM (VyBeY)
Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 07:29 AM (MWfyi)
Schisse! Vhy didn't ve zink of zat!
Posted by: You Know Who at October 30, 2026 07:32 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 30, 2026 07:33 AM (VyBeY)
*grabs the Norelco, starts shaving*
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 30, 2026 07:33 AM (VyBeY)
Relax, it's only 4:30.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 30, 2026 07:34 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 30, 2026 07:34 AM (VyBeY)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 30, 2026 07:38 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Nazdar at October 30, 2026 07:39 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 30, 2026 07:40 AM (u82oZ)
You've probably gone to the new thread, but thanks for your reply , TxAnn. My friend is a retired teacher as well. I haven't known her that long, but I have known her from church and that's a good phrase you used- to "plant the seed."
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026 07:51 AM (xz+xK)
The drop comes after Google told investors that the quarterly results of Alphabet showed profits at the company fell by a notable 25% in the third quarter.
Posted by: SMOD at October 30, 2026 10:22 AM (gWCxi)
Thursday Overnight Open Thread - October 29, 2026
From Aesthetic vibes - near Silverton, Colorado
Howdy Hordelings! Welcome to the Thursday ONT! Mixed bag of content for those who care. Open thread, as always. On time, as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?
Congrats to the Brewers on winning their first World Series. Milwaukee celebrates in true Milwaukee style
Do know how much legendary status you need to have for fans who’ve never experienced a World Series win to take the time from their celebrations to leave over 100 Miller Lite cans beside Bob Uecker’s statue last night.
Glad to see Brewers fans treated him right last night and gave him his flowers while celebrating— BaseballHistoryNut (@nut_history) October 29, 2026
JUST IN: Miller Lite says it took beer that was on the line at 10:13 pm CT, when the Brewers won it all, and put it special "Clinch Cans."
4,400 cans will be available online starting 11/2. https://t.co/ZsllSOtE1r— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) October 29, 2026
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So this guy (Walt) had the interwebs abuzz today.
This broke me.
Find this man. Find him and I will personally fundraise for him. https://t.co/hwdHT8hJvI— Sarah Fields (@SarahisCensored) October 28, 2026
He was concerned he might get fired. Nope! Red Baron has his back.
He’s still here. He’s got a fan club.
— Red Baron Pizza (@redbaronpizza) October 29, 2026
Including us. https://t.co/7oppfnDUfx
Dude stuck a nerve and America responded
🔥 JUST IN: THOUSANDS of Americans are now saying they will be buying Red Baron pizzas and supporting the business after the company PUBLICLY BACKED the hardworking patriot instigated in a now-viral video
"He’s still here. He’s got a fan club. Including us." HUNDREDS of thousands of dollars have now been raised for him as well 🙏🏻 This is America! 🇺🇸— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 29, 2026
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Speaking of responding -- I think I know how most of you would answer this
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From one of my favorite X accounts Terrible Maps The dessert each state brings to a cookout
How'd they do for your state?
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Wonder what our resident pinball junkie garrett thinks of this 10 Greatest '80s Pinball Machines, Ranked
The 1980s marked an exciting period for games and pinball, as manufacturers experimented with new gameplay mechanics, increasingly elaborate playfields, and creative themes that gave each machine its own personality. From multiball mayhem to unusual playfield designs, the decade delivered plenty of machines that challenged players to sharpen their reflexes and chase increasingly high scores. Ranking the greatest pinball machines of the '80s means looking beyond flashy artwork and memorable themes to consider gameplay, mechanical innovation, and lasting influence on the hobby. Whether a machine changed how people played pinball or simply delivered an unforgettable arcade experience, these 10 classics represent some of the best the decade had to offer.You here tonight, garrett??
Tonight's ONT brought to you by elusive targets
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: RandomDave (who, me, cynical?) at October 29, 2026 10:00 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: Just FYI at October 29, 2026 09:50 PM (1Ff7Z)
This was the argument of Athanasius II of Balad when he was patriarch of the Oriental Church of Antioch and Syria in the AD 680s
Posted by: 88C+u at October 29, 2026 10:01 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 29, 2026 10:01 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Crusader at October 29, 2026 10:02 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at October 29, 2026 10:02 PM (K3aCg)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 29, 2026 10:02 PM (SaoqG)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 29, 2026 10:03 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: LRob in OK at October 29, 2026 10:03 PM (47diA)
Thanks for the ONTs.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 29, 2026 10:04 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: From about That Time at October 29, 2026 10:04 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Sheriff Bart at October 29, 2026 10:04 PM (vBZcw)
Posted by: LRob in OK at October 29, 2026 10:04 PM (47diA)
Posted by: RandomDave at October 29, 2026 10:05 PM (aJQbY)
And here’s Bill Shatner, 100 years old and still going strong!
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 29, 2026 10:05 PM (xOuxV)
Nobody really talks like this.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 29, 2026 10:05 PM (88C+u)
Danke!
Posted by: Diogenes at October 29, 2026 10:06 PM (2WIwB)
Queers that want to socialize in a queer environment because they hate baseball and America (and probably Trump) and want to gloat about their intolerance and use it to "virtue" signal how wonderful they are... well, if they found a spot I hope it didn't close down because it catered to only an incredibly small niche of insane clients.
And someone already started a GoFundMe (or whichever flavor of that) for RedBaron man. (I already buy Red Baron pizzas almost exclusively, so I can't buycott.)
(I could have been first, but I read the content.)
Posted by: GWB at October 29, 2026 10:06 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: davidt at October 29, 2026 10:06 PM (Q+gd/)
I know Leadville has Silverton beat in elevation by nearly a thousand feet.
Posted by: Flatlander, Myself at October 29, 2026 10:07 PM (EdP2u)
My whole life, I assumed he was gay. British actor. I never even thought of the possibility he was hetero.
Sorry, Patrick!
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 29, 2026 10:07 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: LRob in OK at October 29, 2026 10:07 PM (47diA)
Hell, I'll drive!
Posted by: Diogenes at October 29, 2026 10:08 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 29, 2026 10:01 PM (88C+u)
And he was and is correct.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 29, 2026 10:08 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 29, 2026 10:08 PM (b99Hl)
Posted by: LRob in OK at October 29, 2026 10:08 PM (47diA)
Posted by: Odd Fra Oslo at October 29, 2026 10:08 PM (EdP2u)
Posted by: Doof at October 29, 2026 10:09 PM (QMAsf)
We'll see what tomorrow brings.... I'll be teaching middle-school math. We'll see how much I've forgotten!
Posted by: RandomDave at October 29, 2026 10:09 PM (aJQbY)
And here’s Bill Shatner, 100 years old and still going strong!
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 29, 2026 10:05 PM (xOuxV)
I thought the Shat was 95...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 10:09 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: davidt at October 29, 2026 10:09 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: RandomDave at October 29, 2026 10:05 PM (aJQbY)
Maybe I just didn't hear the first part of the vid clearly. What was the Red Baron guy mad about?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 29, 2026 10:10 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Odd Fra Oslo
Is it grown in North Dakota by Norwegian bachelor farmers?
Posted by: Tonypete at October 29, 2026 10:10 PM (SaoqG)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 29, 2026 10:10 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Dandalo at October 29, 2026 10:10 PM (tmYdE)
Got dusty in here all of a sudden.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 29, 2026 10:10 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: LASue at October 29, 2026 10:11 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 10:11 PM (l3cgK)
Leadville has the mining museum. Although the city was probably better back when YD was living in the state and everything wasn't as publicly gay. When I went, the main street was as publicly gay as every other mountain town main street.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 29, 2026 10:11 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: clarence at October 29, 2026 10:11 PM (P6Eyu)
Posted by: jim
BOOB THREAD!!
Posted by: Tonypete at October 29, 2026 10:12 PM (SaoqG)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 29, 2026 10:10 PM (1Ff7Z)
Some influencer type tried to prank him and was recording it. Dude wasn't having it.
Posted by: Doof at October 29, 2026 10:12 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: jim
BOOB THREAD!!
Posted by: Tonypete at October 29, 2026 10:12 PM (SaoqG)
Just doing my part.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 10:12 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 29, 2026 10:10 PM (1Ff7Z)
Some influencer type tried to prank him and was recording it. Dude wasn't having it.
Posted by: Doof at October 29, 2026 10:12 PM (QMAsf)
What was the prank?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 10:13 PM (l3cgK)
Beautiful scenery out there, especially when the aspen trees are shining in the sun.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at October 29, 2026 10:13 PM (Lo97M)
r/DoorCounty
Looking for a low-key restaurant that will NOT be playing the World Series
Wow, that was really gay.
Posted by: Elton John french-kissing Richard Simmons at October 29, 2026 10:13 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: RIP Dear at October 29, 2026 10:13 PM (EdP2u)
Posted by: RandomDave at October 29, 2026 10:13 PM (aJQbY)
Thanks for the ONT Disco.
Posted by: scampydog at October 29, 2026 10:14 PM (u6hXB)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 29, 2026 10:14 PM (b99Hl)
Posted by: Doof at October 29, 2026 10:12 PM (QMAsf)
About what? I didn't understand it. Seems like the vid guy was trying to give the RB guy money?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 29, 2026 10:14 PM (1Ff7Z)
My whole life, I assumed he was gay. British actor. I never even thought of the possibility he was hetero.
Sorry, Patrick!
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 29, 2026 10:07 PM (BI5O2)
Even had two bio-children, but was a complete lefty and atheist...well, perhaps not anymore.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 10:14 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Don Black at October 29, 2026 10:14 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 29, 2026 10:12 PM (SaoqG)
Wheeeeeeeee!
https://tinyurl.com/4w48e7zs
Posted by: Kindltot at October 29, 2026 10:15 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
I think I first heard it here, actually.
Posted by: mikeski at October 29, 2026 10:15 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at October 29, 2026 10:15 PM (K3aCg)
Posted by: RandomDave at October 29, 2026 10:05 PM (aJQbY)
I'm still praying for you.
Also, today, I got a pleasant email telling me a job I recently applied for was filled by someone else.
Well, I've been in my new job for two months now, so I asked myself, "Recent?" I searched through my emails for something about when I submitted for that job.
It was at the end of July. A month before I started my new job. THREE MONTHS ago I submitted for that, and they just now said, "Oh, hey, we picked someone else, thanks for your time." I applied for, was interviewed for, pre-screened for (I-9, checking my clearance), started work, and am 4 paychecks into a job, between my application and my rejection for that other job.
So keep your head up, man!
Posted by: GWB at October 29, 2026 10:15 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: Doof at October 29, 2026 10:16 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: RandomDave at October 29, 2026 10:13 PM (aJQbY)
I saw the phone being pointed at the guy, but too much crosstalk. Wasn't funny.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 29, 2026 10:16 PM (1Ff7Z)
I was in a store today and heard that Nick Gilder song, for the first time in at least two decades.
It got me remembering when I first heard it when I was a kid: Certain it was a chick singing it. Then I saw a pic of Nick, and was pretty sure he was a chick.
then I recalled our alternate lyrics:
Fat fuck in the city
Poppin' zits and lookin' shitty
Oh, and I friggin' loathe that song.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 29, 2026 10:16 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at October 29, 2026 10:15 PM (K3aCg)
I've never had an açaí bowl...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 10:16 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Don Black at October 29, 2026 10:14 PM (ZxPkt)
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Kool-Aid was invented here, in my wife's hometown. But we don't bring it as a dessert... see my previous comment.
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at October 29, 2026 10:17 PM (K3aCg)
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did it on a large American-made motorcycle in a hard rain all the way
Posted by: Don Black at October 29, 2026 10:17 PM (ZxPkt)
Hell, I'll drive!
Posted by: Diogenes at October 29, 2026 10:08 PM (2WIwB)
"Lots more room for ammo, morons, and 'ettes in my deuce and a half. Wanna switch vehicles?"
Posted by: GWB at October 29, 2026 10:18 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 10:18 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 29, 2026 10:10 PM (1Ff7Z)
Some influencer type tried to prank him and was recording it. Dude wasn't having it.
Posted by: Doof at October 29, 2026 10:12 PM (QMAsf)
What was the prank?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 10:13 PM (l3cgK)
From what I gathered passing through on a busy day, the 'influencer' said he took money from the guy through his phone.
He now has an extra $300,000 bucks. Cool. Dude shouldn't have to put up with crap lie that. I hope the influencer channel dies.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 29, 2026 10:18 PM (Sco7b)
Sometimes the train ride is accompanied by small forest fires! Sometimes large forest fires!
Posted by: LRob in OK at October 29, 2026 10:18 PM (47diA)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 29, 2026 10:19 PM (b99Hl)
"Bars" for MN is absolutely correct.
It's also the best choice, because, like, 20 people can bring "bars" and you won't have two alike. It's like saying "cookies."
And, LOL @ Colorado. "Trail Mix." Bunch of hippies!
Posted by: mikeski at October 29, 2026 10:19 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Emmie at October 29, 2026 10:20 PM (OlzlW)
I have faith that *something* will change for the positive soon.
Posted by: RandomDave at October 29, 2026 10:20 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: Oddbob at October 29, 2026 10:20 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Don Black at October 29, 2026 10:17 PM (ZxPkt)
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Pffft. Piker.
I did it on a on a Yamaha 1st-gen jetski in cabbage-sized hail.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 29, 2026 10:21 PM (vBZcw)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
Never get involved in a land war in Asia?
Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line?
Posted by: Tonypete at October 29, 2026 10:21 PM (SaoqG)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 29, 2026 10:21 PM (0aYVJ)
Including us.
Possibly the best thing I've seen a company do for one its employees in a very long time.
I'm not a fan of frozen pizza in general but I'll be buying a Red Barron pizza next time I go grocery shopping.
Good on all.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2026 10:21 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Emmie
That post brought to us by the letters A-V-E-R-G and J-O.
Posted by: and there's something he does with roosters at October 29, 2026 10:21 PM (88C+u)
Nebraska finds soybeans an exciting change of pace from corn.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 29, 2026 10:20 PM (vTZFs)
So from corn huskers to soy packers?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 10:21 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Doof at October 29, 2026 10:12 PM (QMAsf)
About what? I didn't understand it. Seems like the vid guy was trying to give the RB guy money?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 29, 2026 10:14 PM (1Ff7Z)
Other way around. He was pretending to have stolen money from him.
And, RandomDave, the pranksters have already shut down their TikTok or whatever it was because the internet basically erupted over it.
Posted by: GWB at October 29, 2026 10:22 PM (kU0PQ)
it is fake
If someone gets within arms reach of you in mall store walmart etc
you are on film
If someone approaches you at gas station
you are a target
If someone ask for help getting something off shelf bin display
your are a target
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 29, 2026 10:22 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 29, 2026 10:23 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: TRex - city wok dino at October 29, 2026 10:23 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 29, 2026 10:12 PM (SaoqG)
Wheeeeeeeee!
https://tinyurl.com/4w48e7zs
Posted by: Kindltot at October 29, 2026 10:15 PM (rbvCR)
Boobs hardly in evidence there. I'm not complaining. Just saying that was an anatomy misdirect.
Posted by: GWB at October 29, 2026 10:23 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 29, 2026 10:14 PM (b99Hl)
Funny you should ask.
I'm still the underdog here in this race. That said, my opponent finally responded to all the Tax My People signs I've had put up all over the district by posting a video saying my accusation was 'misinformation', even though she said it on tape. What's better is that she started the video with her standing...in front of one of my signs(!!). Then her people started taking all of my signs from front yards in the district. Then her people posted that I'm anti-gay, anti etc etc. (my response would be that if that were the case, the town DEI group that I co-chair would have no members because they would have all resigned, but still). The DEI group is a long story, BTW.
TL;DR - I'm definitely getting in their OODA loop. I'm focusing on parts of the district that she's not showing up in, so I think I'm making a good impression. I just came from a gathering at a local country club, and that went very well. While they try to make me look like a MAGA Trumper (guilty, but that's not how I'm running my race), I'm hitting her with silly quotes she's recently said -cont-
Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 29, 2026 10:24 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: LASue at October 29, 2026 10:24 PM (lCppi)
Wow. Some alphabet person needs to take a chill pill.
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Just going out on a limb here, but perhaps its been too long since reality punched him in the face.
Posted by: Crusader at October 29, 2026 10:24 PM (Cjcf6)
Glorious top photo and song by Mark Knopfler. Man, he is Celtic at times. It's in the blood of my ancestors to me. I do wish I had chosen to play the violin vs the piano. My aunt had a friend who taught violin at a college and was in the symphony. A regret in life, which are thankfully few.
The photo of the orange tipped aspens...that's their color at the very top of some mountains and we know fall has arrived with that color. The golds are far more common but no less gorgeous. Beautiful trees waiting for snow.
Question: The Red Baron guy, and I'm glad he's going to be ok...how did that punk steal $10 from him? I watched it twice. Felt really badly for him.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 29, 2026 10:25 PM (hzuYO)
I have faith that *something* will change for the positive soon.
Posted by: RandomDave at October 29, 2026 10:20 PM (aJQbY)
Occasionally pass my mind and send good thoughts.
Like many of us do. For many.
So many stories.
Many of us could think of our own, read someone else's and go "Damn..."
I have....
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 29, 2026 10:25 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 29, 2026 10:26 PM (vzuC7)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at October 29, 2026 10:26 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 29, 2026 10:26 PM (sAmhv)
it is fake
If someone gets within arms reach of you in mall store walmart etc
you are on film
If someone approaches you at gas station
you are a target
If someone ask for help getting something off shelf bin display
your are a target
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 29, 2026 10:22 PM (/+uur)
I have helped get stuff off high shelves before...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 10:26 PM (l3cgK)
He now has an extra $300,000 bucks. Cool. Dude shouldn't have to put up with crap lie that. I hope the influencer channel dies.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 29, 2026 10:18 PM (Sco7b)
So, I guess the loser posted the prank even though it went badly? I could see him being that clueless. Not obscuring the mark's face could land him in deep shit..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 29, 2026 10:26 PM (08OqX)
your are a target
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 29, 2026 10:22 PM (/+uur)
oR tHeY tHiNk YoU aRe MiChElLe ObAmA
Posted by: Kindltot at October 29, 2026 10:26 PM (rbvCR)
If someone gets within arms...you are on film
If someone approaches... you are a target
If someone ask for help... your are a target
This is how a high trust society turns into Somalia. Or France.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 29, 2026 10:26 PM (vTZFs)
Alaska Supremes says he stays on the ballot and we will render our exact decision in about 16 months.
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 29, 2026 10:27 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 29, 2026 10:26 PM (vzuC7)
"...to explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations." Never expected it to be strange life...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 10:28 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 29, 2026 10:28 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Oddbob at October 29, 2026 10:26 PM (vTZFs)
See DHS at Airport
Same as it ever was National Police
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 29, 2026 10:28 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Piper at October 29, 2026 10:28 PM (ZdaMQ)
If someone gets within arms...you are on film
If someone approaches... you are a target
If someone ask for help... your are a target
Been operating on those assumptions since at least 5th grade.
Posted by: 88C+u knows it's no way to live, but is alive at October 29, 2026 10:28 PM (88C+u)
...and taxes she's raised and promises she hasn't kept. I've got more coming out tomorrow and Saturday. My third mailer just hit, and that should get Weston to give me some serious consideration on Tuesday. My race will be won or lost in Weston. Meanwhile, she and her team are focused on getting their state senate candidate over the line, so she's occupied in my town, where most of the votes *aren't*.
The next four or five days will be the hardest. If Fazio does better than expected, his coattails should help me - even if he ultimately doesn't win as CT governor. I'd say my chances now are about 50-50. Now I need to make lots and lots of phone calls to get people to the polls on Tuesday, as the people who want to early vote have probably done so already. Most Republicans will wait until Election Day to cast ballots. Time to pray.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 29, 2026 10:29 PM (0CU3H)
He didn't. He pretended to in order to make the guy feel victimized. Just to be an ass.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 29, 2026 10:29 PM (vTZFs)
If someone gets within arms...you are on film
If someone approaches... you are a target
If someone ask for help... your are a target
This is how a high trust society turns into Somalia. Or France.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 29, 2026 10:26 PM (vTZFs)
I will say I no longer answer first when I pick up the phone. I've gotten so many spam/scam calls...
I wouldn't mind if more than a few cruise missiles were sent to some of their call centers in Pok-ee-stan and India...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 10:29 PM (l3cgK)
I'm late.
That goofy moose out front kept tripping me, so I couldn't get in....
Anyways, I'll use one of tankdemon's excuses...🤪
Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 29, 2026 10:30 PM (96kpa)
Huckleberry pie is really a "thing" in Montana. Bears love the huckleberries so you have to be careful while harvesting.
Bravo to the Patriot Gang! Ooh rah!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 29, 2026 10:30 PM (D/6p1)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
I've never asked someone for help at the store, but a few times tall men have offered when they saw me struggling. I appreciated it, but am also not averse to climbing the shelves get things out of reach.
Posted by: She Hobbit at October 29, 2026 10:30 PM (ftFVW)
Not sure how useful I'd be, but I'm pretty calm in an emergency and could learn.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 29, 2026 10:30 PM (hzuYO)
They're all a bunch of godless assholes.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 10:31 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Oddbob at October 29, 2026 10:29 PM (vTZFs)
It was a black kid wiff a white dude also filming
You could be called a racist and fired
That is the plan
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 29, 2026 10:31 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 29, 2026 10:25 PM (hzuYO)
He didn't really steal money from him. He pretended to by getting his phone close and having it make a sound that made it seem like something happened. RB guy just wasn't in the mood for his little game.
Posted by: Doof at October 29, 2026 10:31 PM (QMAsf)
Hanging in there -
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at October 29, 2026 10:26 PM (SRRAx)
YES! So glad you are, TiFW.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 29, 2026 10:31 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 29, 2026 10:31 PM (SaoqG)
I wouldn't mind if more than a few cruise missiles were sent to some of their call centers in Pok-ee-stan and India...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 10:29 PM (l3cgK)
Landline has an answering machine on it. I can screen calls. Cell only gets answered if it comes up a number already in my contact list. If it's real, they'll leave a message.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 29, 2026 10:32 PM (1Ff7Z)
Baseball is "hate shoved in our faces"?
Wow. Some alphabet person needs to take a chill pill.
Posted by: Emmie
They should go to The Last Ditch.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 29, 2026 10:32 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at October
He didn’t steal anything, that was the prank, he faked it, but never got any money.
Posted by: Piper at October 29, 2026 10:32 PM (ZdaMQ)
Hanging in there -
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at October 29, 2026 10:26 PM (SRRAx)
You could probably use a wonderful hello from another country which is for some crazy reason is a sure to fail trade war with the US.
I hope you are well today from Canada (big sigh).
MSNow had Talarico up by 5 or 7. It's been a busy day.
Texans will love watching soccer eating tofu hotdogs, I'm sure.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 29, 2026 10:32 PM (Sco7b)
it is fake
If someone gets within arms reach of you in mall store walmart etc
you are on film
If someone approaches you at gas station
you are a target
If someone ask for help getting something off shelf bin display
your are a target
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 29, 2026 10:22 PM (/+uur)
I might not go that far on everything, but I will say...
A "tap" pay device can grab your card info from further away than you think; keep your card behind an RFID blocker until it's time to pay, and put it back promptly after.
The same goes for your phones NFC and Bluetooth. Unless you are actively using the Bluetooth for headphones or something, turn it off. And lock it down if you do need it on.
And, in general, keep your head on a swivel and know where your phone and wallet (and sidearm, if appropriate) are at all times.
RFID blocking cards and sleeves can be found on Amazon and at other sellers.
Posted by: GWB at October 29, 2026 10:32 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: LRob in OK at October 29, 2026 10:32 PM (47diA)
Posted by: Doof at October 29, 2026 10:31 PM (QMAsf)
This is why I have NFC turned OFF on my cell phone, and Bluetooth only turned on when I'm driving (off otherwise). Don't use WiFi with my cell phone ever (also off).
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 10:33 PM (l3cgK)
Now that the World Series is over I can go back to massaging my Seattle Mariners sore spot: The team started in 1977 and I have spent the last 50 seasons suffering the team never making it to the World Series let alone winning one.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at October 29, 2026 10:33 PM (wcyKn)
Posted by: Oddbob at October 29, 2026 10:29 PM (vTZFs)
*****
Ok. They looked like scrawny punks. I hope they get some meth that doesn't agree with them.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 29, 2026 10:33 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 29, 2026 10:30 PM (hzuYO)
"Dude, you know I would take a bullet for you! Honestly, though, I would probably be the reason they were shooting at us in the first place, but balance is important in life"
Posted by: Kindltot at October 29, 2026 10:33 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Piper at October 29, 2026 10:28 PM (ZdaMQ)
I had to look it up. I see it's made with bourbon. How did I not know of its existence??
Posted by: Doof at October 29, 2026 10:33 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: LASue at October 29, 2026 10:24 PM (lCppi)
SHOULD be huckleberry.
Posted by: GWB at October 29, 2026 10:34 PM (kU0PQ)
I don't answer at all unless it comes up with a name I recognize. If it's real and it's important, they can leave a message. They never do.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 29, 2026 10:34 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: She Hobbit
"Nice Beaver!"
Posted by: Leslie Nielsen at October 29, 2026 10:34 PM (SaoqG)
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No. There's no "reasonable expectation to privacy" in public.
Posted by: Crusader at October 29, 2026 10:34 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at October 29, 2026 10:34 PM (ZKtCv)
Posted by: Piper at October 29, 2026 10:28 PM (ZdaMQ)
I had to look it up. I see it's made with bourbon. How did I not know of its existence??
Posted by: Doof at October 29, 2026 10:33 PM (QMAsf)
Sounds like a cousin of fruit cake...I do like fruit cake...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 10:35 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: TRex - city wok dino at October 29, 2026 10:23 PM (cCn4/)
Howdy, Dino!
Posted by: Doof at October 29, 2026 10:35 PM (QMAsf)
x.com AO3_Status/status/2115982211765748184
and otwstatus.org/incidents/g12jnxck9g6h
Posted by: 88C+u at October 29, 2026 10:35 PM (88C+u)
Was texting with a friend, an old guy like me, from Wisconsin last night after the Brewers won. All he could say was "What a night!". He was so happy he didn't know what else to say.
People will come, Ray. People will most definitely come.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2026 10:35 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: LASue at October 29, 2026 10:24 PM (lCppi)
SHOULD be huckleberry.
AGREED!
Posted by: Hal Dall MD at October 29, 2026 10:35 PM (+OqQR)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at October 29, 2026 10:34 PM (ZKtCv)
They do a pledge of allegiance to the Flag at the start of games...and there are a bunch of white guys with bats?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 10:36 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: ballistic at October 29, 2026 10:36 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Doof
Influencers are pretty much universally hated. The female ones are about the most annoying people you can imagine. They seem to be untalented people who don't want to get a real job.
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 29, 2026 10:36 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Hal Dall MD at October 29, 2026 10:36 PM (+OqQR)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at October 29, 2026 10:36 PM (DK5Sh)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 29, 2026 10:36 PM (fzlJX)
Posted by: Hal Dall MD at October 29, 2026 10:36 PM (+OqQR)
I was just right for DC too!
Posted by: Marion Barry at October 29, 2026 10:37 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: LRob in OK at October 29, 2026 10:37 PM (47diA)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 10:18 PM (l3cgK)
No fear! Cowboy cookies are chocolate chip/oatmeal/pecan/pretzel/dried fruit of choice cookies, and possum pie is that chocolate pudding/cream cheese/graham cracker/whipped cream layer dessert. The former was kitchen sink cookies to me, while the latter was simply chocolate layer dessert. It's like Hollywood remaking movies - but with food. Each generation changes the name or the actors or the ingredients slightly, making a whole new dish!
Posted by: moki at October 29, 2026 10:37 PM (wLjpr)
Bonus tracks!
Triumph - Hot Time (In This City Tonight)
https://youtu.be/tAoFb6MexlY
Glenn Frey - You Belong to the City
https://youtu.be/8TToLgW7zuc
Ghostly Kisses - The City Holds My Heart
https://youtu.be/_FYaoKdRZeg
Amon Düül II - Wolf City
https://youtu.be/h2iQCEL7-ak
"Spinsrÿche" - Motor City Woman
https://youtu.be/Xt59gvjjJu4
Posted by: mikeski at October 29, 2026 10:37 PM (VHUov)
He’s just some punk who should be picking his teeth up like Chiclets out of the gutter. But ya can’t do that these days. I didn’t grok what he did to set him off, thanks for the ‘splain. “I just stole $10 from you” ??
Posted by: Common Tater at October 29, 2026 10:38 PM (RdGct)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 29, 2026 10:38 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: LASue
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I could go for a slice of huckleberry pie.
Posted by: scampydog at October 29, 2026 10:38 PM (u6hXB)
Four Marxists are on a boat as a storm rolls in. The first Marxist says, "I'm not afraid. We have nothing to lose but our chains. I will live to see our Great Revolution come to be!" Second Marxist says, "Comrade, I believe in Equity and Diversity even more than you. I will outlive you and the Capitalist pigs!" The third Marxist says, "Comrades, the power of the people can never be defeated. I will outlive you both and celebrate our Great Revolution each year!"
Just as the fourth Marxist begins to speak, a huge wave capsizes the boat and all four drown.
Who won?
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 29, 2026 10:38 PM (r7+Q7)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 29, 2026 10:31 PM (SaoqG)
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One is all you need.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 29, 2026 10:38 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: Flatlander, Myself at October 29, 2026 10:07 PM (EdP2u)
Plutoniumville is much warmer, though.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 29, 2026 10:39 PM (fzlJX)
Posted by: mikeski at October 29, 2026 10:39 PM (VHUov)
Bonus tracks!
Triumph - Hot Time (In This City Tonight)
https://youtu.be/tAoFb6MexlY
Glenn Frey - You Belong to the City
https://youtu.be/8TToLgW7zuc
Ghostly Kisses - The City Holds My Heart
https://youtu.be/_FYaoKdRZeg
Amon Düül II - Wolf City
https://youtu.be/h2iQCEL7-ak
"Spinsrÿche" - Motor City Woman
https://youtu.be/Xt59gvjjJu4
Posted by: mikeski at October 29, 2026 10:37 PM (VHUov)
"We Built This City"?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 10:39 PM (l3cgK)
Never, ever, have heard of them ...
Former NEOhioan here, enlighten me pleaze
Posted by: browndog head cocked to the side at October 29, 2026 10:39 PM (oCio0)
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 29, 2026 10:38 PM (r7+Q7)
Four dead marxists? We did.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 29, 2026 10:39 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 29, 2026 10:30 PM (D/6p1)
My mom worried when we would go huckleberry picking when I was a kid. (Aside from the fact my bucket was often empty while my face was covered in huckleberry juice.) But she was honestly torn over whether I would be unwilling to back off from my huckleberries or whether I'd sit down with the bear and share them.
Posted by: GWB at October 29, 2026 10:40 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 29, 2026 10:36 PM (fzlJX)
A tiktoker fuckface cocksucking ne er do well walked up on him and did a fake I stole your money
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 29, 2026 10:40 PM (/+uur)
There used to be a town "Tungsten" just below Nederland, though. And "Telluride" still exists.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 29, 2026 10:40 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 29, 2026 10:41 PM (/+uur)
It's some kind of tree nut, like an acorn, innit? I didn't think they were edible.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 29, 2026 10:41 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: browndog
Those are the chocolate and peanut butter candies that look like buckeyes.
No one takes buckeyes to a cookout btw.
Posted by: Leslie Nielsen at October 29, 2026 10:41 PM (SaoqG)
We're both LGBTQ and would really like a place where we could feel safe and not have to deal with the usual cishet energy or usual Christian-nationalism vibe that tends to come with baseball around here.
Hey shit birds, I hope that you were not able to have your petty and bitchy wish fulfilled and instead you wound up in a raucous pub where the game's volume was turned up to eleven and boisterous fans were in your face all through your meal. Bonus points if one of them threw up all over you and your meal.
You see those emboldened words up there? Those noisome turds are the contributions from you and yours to the culture and you simply CANNOT SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT THEM. You are the Canada Geese of our times. You waddle about, hocking your linguistic loogies throughout our public discourse, and leave your very own greasy green turds of restricted speech and meddlesome rules throughout our physical and cultural worlds.
You are the unwelcome guests here, not the other way around. Find yourselves a place more suited to your refined sensibilities. I hear that Gaza is nice this time of year and its aerial views are stunning for the likes of you.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 29, 2026 10:41 PM (ixS3i)
Posted by: Orson at October 29, 2026 10:41 PM (dIske)
Posted by: RandomDave
On that note, I have small Faraday pouches for my key fob and credit cards. I read somewhere that people can get a device where they can scan your cards and key fob as they walk past you. This may be paranoia on my part, but it makes me feel safer.
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 29, 2026 10:41 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: LRob in OK at October 29, 2026 10:42 PM (47diA)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at October 29, 2026 10:42 PM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 29, 2026 10:38 PM (r7+Q7)
Four dead marxists? We did.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 29, 2026 10:39 PM (1Ff7Z)
Ding! Ding! Ding!
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 29, 2026 10:42 PM (r7+Q7)
Never, ever, have heard of them ...
Former NEOhioan here, enlighten me pleaze
Posted by: browndog head cocked to the side at October 29, 2026 10:39 PM (oCio0)
I don't know, but some Brits made them:
https://tinyurl.com/ypfe5mcx
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 29, 2026 10:42 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 29, 2026 10:26 PM (vzuC7)
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That's a pretty strong contender for Comment of the Week right there...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 29, 2026 10:42 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 29, 2026 10:43 PM (rbvCR)
Never, ever, have heard of them ...
Former NEOhioan here, enlighten me pleaze
Posted by: browndog head cocked to the side at October 29, 2026 10:39 PM (oCio0)
Peanut butter balls covered in chocolate with a little circle of peanut butter left uncovered. They're quite tasty!
Posted by: Doof at October 29, 2026 10:43 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 29, 2026 10:18 PM (Sco7b)
Sounds like a good thrashing would be in order. And destroy the fucker's phone.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 29, 2026 10:44 PM (fzlJX)
However, it is New Jersey, so I guess we should just be happy if they don't bring anything, and don't steal anything before they leave.
For Morons in the Garden State...learn to pump your own gas.
Posted by: Orson at October 29, 2026 10:45 PM (dIske)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 29, 2026 10:41 PM (0Htd1)
Nothing wrong with that. Too many unsavory types in the country now.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 29, 2026 10:46 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Leslie Nielsen
LadyL brought buckeyes to the TXMoMe.
Posted by: She Hobbit at October 29, 2026 10:46 PM (ftFVW)
Posted by: Oddbob at October 29, 2026 10:34 PM (vTZFs)
They do with me. I've been getting spam for something like 18 months or more, sometimes 5+ a day, about some loan application I supposedly made (but didn't). They always leave a message, because it's a pre-recorded AI script. Fortunately my voice mail (on my cell) turns a voicemail into a text and sends it to me (sometimes with hilarious typos) immediately. A quick glance tells me whether I should call back. Very few require it.
(Oh, and all of those spammers are from separate phone numbers. I don't think I've gotten a repeat yet, even with the 8xx numbers. Just one and gone on to another number - with the same script, an hour apart.)
Posted by: GWB at October 29, 2026 10:46 PM (kU0PQ)
Peanut butter balls covered in chocolate with a little circle of peanut butter left uncovered. They're quite tasty!
Posted by: Doof
Round his parts, with Big Mike, Barky calls that "chocolate fondue".
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 29, 2026 10:46 PM (ixS3i)
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at October 29, 2026 10:33 PM (wcyKn)\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
but at least you enjoyed the Western Canadians coming over and making the stadium feel like a home game.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 29, 2026 10:46 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at October 29, 2026 10:46 PM (wcyKn)
Posted by: RandomDave at October 29, 2026 10:47 PM (aJQbY)
Copied from last night's ONT; commenter "m" had the answer to your question about who the similar-nicknamed person was..... though he hasn't been around for a while.
Are you they guy who used to add stuff to your nic to make me laugh? Or am I finally losing it?
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
Might be miklos?
Posted by: m
Posted by: mikeski at October 29, 2026 10:47 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: PaleRider at October 29, 2026 10:47 PM (PV+Zw)
Posted by: Doof at October 29, 2026 10:43 PM (QMAsf)
and they look like buckeye nuts from the tree of that name....
Posted by: Iris at October 29, 2026 10:48 PM (286+n)
It's some kind of tree nut, like an acorn, innit? I didn't think they were edible.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 29, 2026 10:41 PM (vTZFs)
Child pleaze ... I know what a real buckeye is O H ... I O
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Those are the chocolate and peanut butter candies that look like buckeyes.
No one takes buckeyes to a cookout btw.
Posted by: Leslie Nielsen at October 29, 2026 10:41 PM (SaoqG)
Good lord ... who came up with that lame ass idea?
Posted by: browndog head cocked to the side at October 29, 2026 10:48 PM (oCio0)
Posted by: a.moron at October 29, 2026 10:49 PM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: Stateless
I made the mistake to go to a Toronto game one time.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at October 29, 2026 10:49 PM (wcyKn)
Posted by: GWB at October 29, 2026 10:49 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: Iris at October 29, 2026 10:49 PM (286+n)
I guess he'll be voting Democrat from now on?
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 29, 2026 10:50 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at October 29, 2026 10:50 PM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: RandomDave at October 29, 2026 10:50 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: RandomDave
Back when the world was still landlines and answering machines, but robo-dialers existed, I changed my message to a very fast "hi. message. now!" So the message would be over by the time the robo-dialer connected to a real human.
Posted by: mikeski at October 29, 2026 10:50 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Doof at October 29, 2026 10:43 PM (QMAsf)
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So if I took a Reese's Mini Peanut Butter Cup and carved a small divot in the top, that would count?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 29, 2026 10:50 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 10:39 PM (l3cgK)
Oh, you goin' to hay-ull for THAT one, mister!
Posted by: GWB at October 29, 2026 10:51 PM (kU0PQ)
Yeah, the caller IDs are all spoofed. That's why blocking them is useless.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 29, 2026 10:51 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: She Hobbit at October 29, 2026 10:46 PM (ftFVW)
Must be a Columbus / Cincinnati thing then ...
And if LadyL brought them, I withdraw my objections to the confection.
Posted by: browndog head cocked to the side at October 29, 2026 10:51 PM (oCio0)
My wife gave out my number to "roofing contractors" at the state fair this year, and I have been hammered by spam calls again ever since then. I am thinking about suspending my phone service again.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 29, 2026 10:51 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Iris
See 155
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at October 29, 2026 10:52 PM (wcyKn)
Posted by: LRob in OK at October 29, 2026 10:52 PM (47diA)
Posted by: AOS cope at October 29, 2026 10:52 PM (G9O61)
Posted by: RandomDave at October 29, 2026 10:53 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: Piper at October 29, 2026 10:28 PM (ZdaMQ)
Lane cake is my favorite cake of all time - but - with the filling also as the frosting, instead of seven minute frosting. So so so rich and delicious!!!!!
Now i need to make one this year!!
Posted by: moki at October 29, 2026 10:53 PM (wLjpr)
Butt boy! Slow night at your glory hole?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 29, 2026 10:54 PM (ixS3i)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at October 29, 2026 10:54 PM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 29, 2026 10:54 PM (ZHIH/)
One guy throws a ball, you have no idea how fast or slow, with a curve or just gas, rising or sinking and you have to hit it with a round stick and your brain and body have less than a second to react. It's incredibly difficult. You either can or you cannot and no DEI is going to save you.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2026 10:54 PM (viF8m)
Bonus tracks!
Posted by: mikeski
"We Built This City"?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
I would rickroll you before I'd stoop to that.
Posted by: mikeski at October 29, 2026 10:54 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at October 29, 2026 10:50 PM (2NHgQ)
Hey there! Haven't seen you on here in a while.
Posted by: Doof at October 29, 2026 10:55 PM (QMAsf)
Hanging in there -
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at October 29, 2026 10:26 PM (SRRAx)
*******
You keep hanging in there! Praying every night for you.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 29, 2026 10:55 PM (hzuYO)
I'm working on stuff. Haven't reached crazy shut-in status, but have zombie apocalypse supplies. I just like to let you know what things are like here.160 One dollar Canadian is about 0.72 US today. Make it $0.70.
Walmart
1.75 kg frozen broccoli - $6.97
Chicken Burgers - great buy - 8 to a pack - 20 grams of protein - $12.98
Frozen Blueberries - 1.75 kg - $16.48
Gatorade powder - $7.98
50 Halloween Chocolate mini bars for the neighbours kids - $8.97
100 - Halloween Chocloate mini bars for me $12.77
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 29, 2026 10:55 PM (Sco7b)
No Frills
Activia Yogurt - 650 ml - $3.87
Frozen pizzas - $3.47
Avocados - about 10 small ones to a bag - $5.00
Eggs - 12 large - $3.37
Meats
Swedish Meatballs - $10 a bag. 11 grams of protein per 3 I think.
Halal Chicken - lean - yeah but $10 for about a buck per 25 grams of protein.
Chicken Legs, thighs and backs were $0.99 a pound. We'll see how that goes.
12 mangoes - $8.88
Gas station ahs apples at 6 bucks a bag, grapefruit at $1.29 and 3 or 4 peppers for a buck.
Just so you know.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 29, 2026 10:55 PM (Sco7b)
And Patrick Stewart is gone? Damn.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 29, 2026 10:55 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: AOS cope at October 29, 2026 10:57 PM (G9O61)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at October 29, 2026 10:57 PM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 29, 2026 10:57 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: NCKate at October 29, 2026 10:57 PM (enNUy)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 29, 2026 10:58 PM (wzUl9)
https://youtu.be/Xt59gvjjJu4
Posted by: mikeski at October 29, 2026 10:37 PM (VHUov)
Back to the City, Guess Who:
https://youtu.be/bn_L08c97a8
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 29, 2026 10:58 PM (fzlJX)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 29, 2026 10:59 PM (ZHIH/)
Posted by: RandomDave at October 29, 2026 10:59 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at October 29, 2026 10:57 PM (2NHgQ)
Good to see you - good luck with all of that life stuff!
Posted by: Doof at October 29, 2026 10:59 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 29, 2026 11:00 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 29, 2026 10:31 PM (SaoqG)
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There are only three, Gul Madred. You've been here so long...and obsessed with power so intensely...that you lost your grip on...what's going on around you. Go ahead...take a look...there are three.
Posted by: Captain James T. Kirk at October 29, 2026 04:24 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Crusader at October 29, 2026 11:00 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: m
Posted by: mikeski at October 29, 2026 10:47 PM (VHUov)
*******
Yes! I apparently have some sort of dyslexia for names.
He could send me into snort giggles. Even somehow had accents. I hope he returns.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 29, 2026 11:00 PM (hzuYO)
Uranium was considered a waste product, mostly. Was found to make a nice yellow glaze for pottery, but once Radium was discovered, that took center stage. With mostly very, very tragic results.
By some strange geological quirk, the Shinkolobwe mine in the Congo has the richest concentration ever found. About 60% uranium ores were found. In most places, if you find 1% it was considered profitable to mine. Several thousand tons of the Shinkolobwe ore were stored in NYC at a warehouse long before anyone thought much about making bombs, Once the war department realized they needed it, they went looking for the owner. “I was wondering when you’d show up”.
After the war, the AEC offered high prices for ore in the U.S. plus a $10k bonus for new mines, setting off a uranium exploration bonanza in the 4 Corners region of the Colorado Plateau. Charlie Steen was one such beneficiary. You can still see his house at the north end of Moab, currently the Sunset Grill on the side of a cliff.
The Soviets took a completely different tack, using slave laborers in gulags. Wtetched conditions.
Posted by: Common Tater at October 29, 2026 11:01 PM (gzzK/)
Posted by: davidt at October 29, 2026 10:09
I'd rate that as true davidt.
I'm headed back up there to Point next week. We finally have the stock from the antique business in an online auction. Too bad the cut glass and flow blue that she liked is out of fashion. If you know anyone who might be interested shoot me an email.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at October 29, 2026 11:01 PM (4Qj8V)
My friend and I were making our way towards the exit and decided we would go sit behind home plate in the TV seats and watch a couple outs. We weren't there 5 minutes and some nasty-faced usher came down and said we leave now or I'm getting the King county sheriff's. The guy in front of us said these guys are my friends and he whipped out seven season tickets. So we went and sat with him.
Minutes later three King county Sheriff showed up and gave us the choice of going to jail or to leave the stadium. It was the only time I've been physically perp walked out of a place by the cops and then tossed on to the sidewalk.
My 2nd favorite memory of the Mariners was harassing Darryl Strawberry from the left field bleacher seats with all the other drunk fools during his early cocaine period.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at October 29, 2026 11:02 PM (wcyKn)
I know Leadville has Silverton beat in elevation by nearly a thousand feet.
Posted by: Flatlander, Myself at October 29, 2026
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I drove up to Leadville 2x when I lived in Denver. Every side street seemed to dead end in a mountain. On the other hand, I recall a bar with a sign in its window: "High Altitude Recovery Station."
Never got to Silverton that I recall.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 29, 2026 11:02 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: GWB at October 29, 2026 11:03 PM (kU0PQ)
One guy throws a ball, you have no idea how fast or slow, with a curve or just gas, rising or sinking and you have to hit it with a round stick and your brain and body have less than a second to react. It's incredibly difficult. You either can or you cannot and no DEI is going to save you.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2026 10:54 PM (viF8m)
Good to see the Brewers overpower with baseball rather than budget.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 29, 2026 11:03 PM (ZHIH/)
Beignets are only good warm and fresh for the powdered sugar explosion, with chicory coffee at Cafe du Monde. Have been there many times since I could walk.
There are boxed mixes and all sorts of attempts, but they don't come close. All of them from NOLA to Baton Rouge could cook (aunts), and I don't recall beignets. They are also all crazy.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 29, 2026 11:04 PM (hzuYO)
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Summer of '81 every available quarter got sunk into Black Knight 2000
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 29, 2026 11:05 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: RandomDave at October 29, 2026
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I've never understood the employers' thinking, where it's easier to get a job when you have one already. Sure, it shows you have drive and persistence, but if you're recently out of work, you can start *tomorrow*! None of that "giving two weeks' notice."
Drive and persistence are clearly something you have in spades. Keep it up!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 29, 2026 11:05 PM (wzUl9)
Nothing in that post actually happened. That was simply a virtue signal. I doubt the poster even leaves its tiny apartment. The fresh air would be terrifying.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 29, 2026 11:05 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 29, 2026 11:02 PM (wzUl9)
Dude, it's just off Blue Diamond Road and the I-15.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 29, 2026 11:06 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: GWB at October 29, 2026 11:03 PM (kU0PQ)
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Even the telemarketing scammers don't want to be associated with him. They have standards.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 29, 2026 11:06 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 29, 2026 11:08 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
You have to mash it into a ball.
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 29, 2026 11:08 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 29, 2026 11:08 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at October 29, 2026 11:09 PM (2NHgQ)
I love it. I read the Brewers manager was talking smack about the Yankees playing for themselves instead of playing for each other after the win.
It's a simple game. Incredibly hard to master and even harder to understand how to win.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2026 11:09 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 29, 2026 11:09 PM (sAmhv)
Nothing in that post actually happened. That was simply a virtue signal. I doubt the poster even leaves its tiny apartment. The fresh air would be terrifying.
Posted by: Puddleglum
It was too over-the-top, really. All it was missing was a reference to "my wife's boyfriend." It had to be sarcasm.
So fess up, Morons, which of you was it?
Posted by: mikeski at October 29, 2026 11:10 PM (VHUov)
Baseball is probably the most equitable sport in the world. It makes no difference what color you are, how big or strong you are, where you came from, how many chromosomes you have.
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I love that guys like John Kruk and Daniel Vogelbach who look like a sack of potatoes can become stars.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 29, 2026 11:11 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: AOS cope at October 29, 2026 11:11 PM (6KUwx)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 29, 2026 11:13 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2026 11:09 PM (viF8m)
Very humble set of guys, giving thanks to the lord.
An even better story is how Brewers coach Pat Murphy got his start in baseball. Talked his way onto a college squad in a Florida men's restroom.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 29, 2026 11:13 PM (ZHIH/)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at October 29, 2026 10:54 PM (2NHgQ)
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There is a paki poll troll who mentions TheJamesMadison often.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 29, 2026 11:13 PM (RIvkX)
Texas should be cobbler
Red Baron is the best pizza for the price
And I would not get in
Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2026 11:14 PM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
You have to watch out for those 'sack of potatoes' guys. I work with one and he runs all the time. Marathons, 10ks, 3ks, whatever. He runs. In his late 40s too.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 29, 2026 11:15 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 29, 2026 11:13 PM (ZHIH/)
er....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 29, 2026 11:15 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at October 29, 2026 11:16 PM (wcyKn)
I dunno about that. I suspect that elite baseball players are genetic freaks just like elite basketball and football players, just in ways that are not as outwardly obvious. The best baseball players are way out on the right-hand tail of the bell curve for things like visual acuity, eye-hand coordination, and reaction speed.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 29, 2026 11:16 PM (vTZFs)
Nice ONT, Doof! Except, I think that map was filled in by someone what doesn't get out much.
Spud bars? For cookout dessert? No. Just no...
****obviously, Idaho has nothing but potatoes (/sarc) and so *anything spud* was the go-to.****
Posted by: JQ at October 29, 2026 11:16 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at October 29, 2026 11:19 PM (rdVOm)
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I know we're not supposed to engage with the troll, but I have to ask:
IF the Republicans (at least by name) manage to hang on to the House and the Senate, could you bother to step up and give us a simple post like "Gee, I guess I was wrong"?
Because otherwise, that doesn't seem very courageous of you. I know you want to be strong in your convictions. Could you humor us here with a simple promise?
Posted by: Crusader at October 29, 2026 11:19 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Chrissy Hynde at October 29, 2026 11:19 PM (dX+L6)
Posted by: Puddleglum
And, as most things in life, wet bottom is much better than dry bottom (shoefly pie).
Posted by: Tonypete at October 29, 2026 11:20 PM (SaoqG)
Posted by: Lemon bars at October 29, 2026 11:21 PM (dX+L6)
Our first baseman in high school looked like the Michelin tire guy. Only chubbier. Somehow he was also a twitchy mofo. Some of the moonshots he hit are probably still orbiting the earth.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2026 11:22 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 29, 2026 11:22 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: GWB at October 29, 2026 11:03 PM (kU0PQ)
AOS Cope is a disgruntled "regular." He has a monomaniacal fixation on TJM, commenting about him even when he isn't present; that's personal, not random. He's a he. Little dick energy. Feels unappreciated. Resents the goodwill TJM has; thinks that esteem should be his instead.
Posted by: HQ Profiler at October 29, 2026 11:22 PM (pe2q3)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 29, 2026 11:22 PM (sAmhv)
https://tinyurl.com/5nkpan8u
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 29, 2026 11:23 PM (qx7Zg)
There are some tiny, trace amounts of natural plutonium isotopes produced on earth. Uranium decay is one route, and then there are extraterrestrial sources, but I'm not sure of the details. I'll look it up.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 29, 2026 11:23 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JQ at October 29, 2026 11:23 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Puddleglum
I once bought a gallon of molasses, and then I had to find something to do with it.
Shoofly Pie was one of the things.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 29, 2026 11:23 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Lemon bars at October 29, 2026 11:21 PM (dX+L6)
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I've *never* understood how lemons became so popular. IF there was a "vote one off the island" moment, I'd vote lemon off the island over lime. There's very little that lemon makes better. And with most dishes, there's no reason to involve lemon or lime.
Posted by: Crusader at October 29, 2026 11:24 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 29, 2026 11:22 PM (RIvkX)
This should help:
BE A MAN AND COME BACK AND SAY YOU WERE WRONG AFTER THE REPUBLICANS KEEP THE HOUSE AND SENATE!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 29, 2026 11:24 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Oddbob
My late uncle, a former pitcher for the Yankees (and others) would say that even among ball players, Ted Williams was a freak of nature. He captured and mentally stored all aspects of every pitch he was ever thrown. Wind, sunlight, weather, how old the ball itself was, the pitch, who was catching, the health of the pitcher, age, etc. EVERYTHING.
Just like pro golfers can recall every hole they've played, Williams could do that regarding every pitch.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 29, 2026 11:25 PM (SaoqG)
Posted by: Chrissy Hynde at October 29, 2026 11:19 PM (dX+L6)
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We built this city.
Posted by: J. Starship at October 29, 2026 11:25 PM (vBZcw)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 29, 2026 11:25 PM (qx7Zg)
https://tinyurl.com/ms2y9nuz
(Sorry, forgot the link.)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 29, 2026 11:26 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Piper at October 29, 2026 10:28 PM (ZdaMQ)
I had to look it up. I see it's made with bourbon. How did I not know of its existence??
Posted by: Doof at October 29, 2026 10
Because you don’t live in Alabama? 😂
Posted by: Piper at October 29, 2026 11:27 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 29, 2026 11:27 PM (qx7Zg)
I've *never* understood how lemons became so popular. IF there was a "vote one off the island" moment, I'd vote lemon off the island over lime. There's very little that lemon makes better. And with most dishes, there's no reason to involve lemon or lime.
Posted by: Crusader
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You sound damaged. You've met the wrong lemons.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 29, 2026 11:27 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Doof at October 29, 2026 11:28 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Crusader at October 29, 2026 11:24 PM (Cjcf6)
[ahem]
"Scurvy is what happens when life does not hand you lemons"
Posted by: Kindltot at October 29, 2026 11:29 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Crusader at October 29, 2026 11:2
While I generally don't like fruits lemon is a necessity to drizzle on seafood. Also vodka martinis need a lemon twist, and pickled mushrooms if available.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at October 29, 2026 11:29 PM (4Qj8V)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 29, 2026 11:31 PM (RIvkX)
I love that guys like John Kruk and Daniel Vogelbach who look like a sack of potatoes can become stars.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 29, 2026 11:11 PM (eRlcH)
Babe Ruth has entered the chat.
Posted by: GWB at October 29, 2026 11:32 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 29, 2026 11:29 PM (rbvCR)
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I understand sodomy is a poor substitute.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 29, 2026 11:32 PM (vBZcw)
I've *never* understood how lemons became so popular. IF there was a "vote one off the island" moment, I'd vote lemon off the island over lime. There's very little that lemon makes better. And with most dishes, there's no reason to involve lemon or lime.
Posted by: Crusader
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You sound damaged. You've met the wrong lemons.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 29, 2026 11:27 PM (mmrXZ)
A lemon once hurt Crusader deeply.
Posted by: HQ Profiler at October 29, 2026 11:32 PM (pe2q3)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 29, 2026 11:32 PM (88C+u)
https://youtu.be/PLqP9cqdPK0
Posted by: Bebop a rebop at October 29, 2026 11:32 PM (dX+L6)
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at October 29, 2026 11:32 PM (wcyKn)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 29, 2026 11:33 PM (96kpa)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 29, 2026 11:34 PM (vBZcw)
Posted by: Overpriced therapist at October 29, 2026 11:34 PM (dX+L6)
Posted by: Oddbob at October 29, 2026 11:16 PM (vTZFs)
A lot of that can be trained. A lot is just hard work and dedication, genetic freaks notwithstanding.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 29, 2026 11:35 PM (ZHIH/)
Just like pro golfers can recall every hole they've played, Williams could do that regarding every pitch.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 29, 2026 11:25 PM (SaoqG)
__________
A conductor was once approached by an clarinetist before a performance of Götterdämmerung who told him a stuck key wouldn't let him play a certain note. The conductor thought for a few seconds and replied that it was all right, that note wasn't in the clarinets thet evening.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 29, 2026 11:35 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: COMountainMarie
A hell of a party that a mention of is STILL of limits during HS reunions.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 29, 2026 11:35 PM (SaoqG)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 29, 2026 11:31 PM (RIvkX)
Lemming meringue pie was just nasty. Little fuckers are teeming with fleas.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 29, 2026 11:36 PM (fzlJX)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 29, 2026 11:26 PM (qx7Zg)
Very nice. I remember that story.
Posted by: GWB at October 29, 2026 11:37 PM (kU0PQ)
A lot of that can be trained. A lot is just hard work and dedication, genetic freaks notwithstanding.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 29, 2026 11:35 PM (ZHIH/)
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Larry Bird shot hundreds of free throws every day.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 29, 2026 11:37 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Peter, Paul and Mary at October 29, 2026 11:37 PM (dX+L6)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 29, 2026 11:36 PM (fzlJX)
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Try squirting some lemon on it!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 29, 2026 11:38 PM (RIvkX)
https://youtu.be/pZ6xV72oxo0
Deep cut. Underrated!
Posted by: Doof at October 29, 2026 11:28 PM (QMAsf)
Holy Lamb is another great.
https://youtu.be/Tno-uymF-9c
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 29, 2026 11:38 PM (ZHIH/)
Umlauts, baby!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 29, 2026 11:39 PM (vBZcw)
Exactly. I don't think they are freaks, they are just phenomenal athletes.
When I was in high school we did a lot of dual sport scheduling, probably to help offset the costs. My high school baseball team traveled a lot with our cross country team. Sometimes there would be multiple schools playing in a tournament over a weekend.
I will never forget one time we had a multiple school tournament weekend and the buzz was all about this one kid who was supposed to be really good at cross country. We were like, who gives a shit, like being really good at jerking off.
Turns out he was really, really good at running long distance. He beat everyone and then sat in the stands to cheer on his high school baseball team before the 2nd place finisher even came out of the woods.
Alberto Salazar. You might have heard of him.
We won the baseball game. 2nd in the tournament.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2026 11:39 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 29, 2026 11:05 PM (RIvkX)
Fireball. After dinner at the commissary, every night, until the quarter was done. Prevented having to study, often for more than an hour. It was my sanity and salvation.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 29, 2026 11:39 PM (5WPt1)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 29, 2026 11:39 PM (SaoqG)
"Hey, I think it’s easy for guys to hit .300 and stay in the big leagues. Hit .200 and try to stick around as long as I did; I think it’s a much greater accomplishment."
"I knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture."
"I think my top salary was maybe in 1966. I made $17,000 and 11 of that came from selling other players’ equipment."
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at October 29, 2026 11:40 PM (wcyKn)
Perhaps Crusader will accept this complementary glass of turnip juice.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 29, 2026 11:40 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: Badgergal at October 29, 2026 11:40 PM (Vvx5H)
I don't think anyone on the Brewers team has slept. Parade in downtown Milwaukee tomorrow, the route has been published. I don't think anyone in Milwaukee will be at work, and I doubt many of them were today, either.
DH is over the moon.
And the Uecker memes are just wonderful.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 29, 2026 11:41 PM (5WPt1)
Shoofly Pie was one of the things.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 29, 2026 11:23 PM (rbvCR)
______________________________
Should have held Boston hostage.
Reference: https://tinyurl.com/yfn4tnav
Posted by: Orson at October 29, 2026 11:42 PM (dIske)
You've met the wrong lemons.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone
All his lemons skip school and smoke cigarettes.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 29, 2026 11:42 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 29, 2026 11:37 PM (eRlcH)
A lot of coach counsel is just stay in the pool. Many quit, get distracted by drugs and alcohol, girls, etc. Stay in the pool. And be willing to work harder than the next guy. It's how my non-genetic freak 9th grader is playing/running varsity. admittedly small school though.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 29, 2026 11:43 PM (ZHIH/)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 29, 2026 11:42 PM (Cqx++)
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I know the type.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 29, 2026 11:44 PM (vBZcw)
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I did! I was pulling for the Brewers!
And I have a crush on Front-row Amy! She's a hottie!
Posted by: Crusader at October 29, 2026 11:44 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 29, 2026 11:45 PM (1paM0)
UT student, St. Agnes Academy graduate, go Texas:
103 https://isacasahuga.com/
That's gonna leave a mark. Can't wait for the liberal tears.
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 29, 2026 11:45 PM (Pee1E)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 29, 2026 10:58 PM (wzUl9)
One of my 10 best Texas movies- glad you liked it! Chris Cooper is an underrated actor, imo- he's good in everything.
Posted by: sal at October 29, 2026 11:45 PM (f+FmA)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
My potential coaches always counseled me to just stay in the hot tub.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at October 29, 2026 11:46 PM (wcyKn)
No?
Huh.
How could that be?
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 29, 2026 11:46 PM (5WPt1)
______________________
I remember seeing Bob Uecker on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. He told Johnny that he had taken up fishing, but it was boring. So he decided to fish using dynamite.
Got 250 on his first cast.
Posted by: Orson at October 29, 2026 11:46 PM (dIske)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 29, 2026 11:47 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 29, 2026 11:48 PM (5WPt1)
Posted by: pookysgirl could go for a apple right now at October 29, 2026 11:49 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at October 29, 2026 11:49 PM (vTuB/)
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 29, 2026 11:49 PM (5WPt1)
I've *never* understood how lemons became so popular. IF there was a "vote one off the island" moment, I'd vote lemon off the island over lime. There's very little that lemon makes better. And with most dishes, there's no reason to involve lemon or lime.
Posted by: Crusader
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You sound damaged. You've met the wrong lemons.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 29, 2026 11:27 PM (mmrXZ)
Pink lemons. Very good.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 11:49 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Badgergal at October 29, 2026 11:50 PM (Vvx5H)
"Hey, I think it’s easy for guys to hit .300 and stay in the big leagues. Hit .200 and try to stick around as long as I did; I think it’s a much greater accomplishment."
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Actually, Uecker played during a time when pitchers dominated and batting averages were low across the board. Also, a team often trades batting average for defensive skills in its middle infielders. Martin Maldonado had a 12-year career despite batting .203 because he was an excellent handler of pitchers.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 29, 2026 11:50 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 29, 2026 11:31 PM (RIvkX)
Lemming meringue pie was just nasty. Little fuckers are teeming with fleas.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 29, 2026 11:36 PM (fzlJX)
Howza bout some Stargazy pie?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 11:51 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 29, 2026 11:52 PM (1paM0)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 29, 2026 11:23 PM (rbvCR
Miklos...is that you!!???
Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 29, 2026 11:52 PM (96kpa)
Posted by: Badgergal at October 29, 2026 11:52 PM (Vvx5H)
When I was living in Boston the Patriots, Sox, Bruins and Celtics all won championships. Multiple in some cases.
Surprisingly little rioting.
Not really surprising,
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2026 11:53 PM (viF8m)
I went to school with a couple kids whose dad was one of the owners of the Pilots. They were self entitled shits and I secretly celebrated when the team folded.
I used to go to the Rainier's games at Sick Stadium. It was a good day when you didn't get a splinter in your butt from the wooden bleachers. For years I had a color picture of the team I got at one of the games.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at October 29, 2026 11:53 PM (wcyKn)
Posted by: ... at October 29, 2026 11:54 PM (vE0+H)
Yes, I would.
That post reminded me there's a recent Yarnhub drop on youtube of the Doolittle Raiders- (they all 'got in' no questions asked) I started watching it last night but was overwhelmed with commercials. Good luck. Maybe tonight will have less interrutions.
https://youtu.be/2ZKANCH80-M?
Posted by: Rex B at October 29, 2026 11:57 PM (sdSI9)
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 29, 2026 11:57 PM (5WPt1)
Re plutonium. Pu-244 has a half-life of around 81 million years, long enough to be primordial. That is, it was present in the material that formed the solar system, and should still be in here in some small amounts, but it's current a little below the threshold of detection.
They've found its decay signature in meteorites, confirming it was present primordially. They have discovered some relatively high concentrations of it in Pacific seafloor samples, and it's origin is interstellar, and the age is about 100 million years. 100 million years ago, the solar system passed through some dust cloud containing it.
Pu-244 is about the heaviest element that can last enough to stick around. Heavier elements can be produced by astrophysical processes, but their half-lives are so small, they don't last long.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 29, 2026 11:57 PM (w6EFb)
My sister is an emergency room nurse and likes to tell stories about one of her coworkers who always has a smart answer ready for any situation.
A notorious problem in the ER is people who come in for things that are not actually emergencies and then complain when they're put at a low priority.
During a very busy day, this nurse is hurrying through the waiting room and is stopped by a man.
Man: "Hello, nurse? This is taking too long! I've been waiting for almost two hours!"
Nurse: "Congratulations! Good for you!"
Man: "What's that supposed to mean?"
Nurse: It means you're not in danger of dying any time soon. See you in another couple of hours!"
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 29, 2026 11:58 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Funsize at October 29, 2026 11:58 PM (3j87q)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 29, 2026 10:16 PM (0aYVJ
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I never loved it either, but nowadays it does bring back memories of my youth like few others do.
Posted by: 496 at October 29, 2026 11:58 PM (mK9pP)
Posted by: Funsize at October 30, 2026 12:00 AM (3j87q)
Posted by: Piper at October 30, 2026 12:00 AM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 12:01 AM (Pee1E)
I don't believe you. You will have to send me a cheesecake to prove it.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 12:01 AM (viF8m)
Getting closer to aprox. 500 comments.
Will we ever make a grand again?
Oh, for those heady nites 🥺...
Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 30, 2026 12:01 AM (96kpa)
Man: "Hello, nurse? This is taking too long! I've been waiting for almost two hours!"
Nurse: "Congratulations! Good for you!"
Man: "What's that supposed to mean?"
Nurse: It means you're not in danger of dying any time soon. See you in another couple of hours!"
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 29, 2026 11:58 PM (qx7Zg)
These are the same assholes that don't pull over for an ambulance with lights and siren.
I went to the ER this summer, in an ambulance, because I split my head open in a fall and really needed someone else to drive while I bled. I specifically asked to not use the siren, because it wasn't going to get worse, and why piss off all the neighbors if I don't have to?
But if an ambulance has sirens and lights, get the fuck off the road. Seconds matter.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 12:01 AM (5WPt1)
Posted by: Funsize at October 30, 2026 12:03 AM (3j87q)
Posted by: Piper at October 30, 2026 12:00 AM (ZdaMQ)
Squirt bottle, stat.
Do not allow them to get the upper paw. They will use it, mercilessly.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 12:03 AM (5WPt1)
Posted by: Braenyard
Retrocomputing is a thing. It's antiquing for nerds.
Posted by: mikeski at October 30, 2026 12:04 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 12:04 AM (5WPt1)
That would have been when they were in the Pacific Coast League which at one time was thought of a near third major league. The PCL eventually ended up being a minor league beginning around 1958. Joe DiMaggio played for the Pacific Coast League’s San Francisco Seals from 1932 through 1935
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at October 30, 2026 12:05 AM (wcyKn)
Posted by: raimondo at October 30, 2026 12:08 AM (h4U0y)
Do not allow them to get the upper paw. They will use it, mercilessly.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 12:03 AM (5WPt1
I wish that would work, but Savannahs like water! He would think it was a game. I pulled him out and told him it was time to simmer down. He will mope for awhile and then settle in bed with the rest of my creatures. I hope. 😂. Good night everyone!
Posted by: Piper at October 30, 2026 12:09 AM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 29, 2026 11:52 PM (96kpa)
I can't make a decent crust to save my life. My sister laughs at me, but she can't make bread worth a damn.
So I make cobblers and crisps, and wet bottomed Shoo fly pies.
I will make a rough pastry crust when I make a pot-pie, but a crust isn't as important, and I have the dodge of putting anise flavored rum when I try to make a fruit pie, but they always seem to turn out with the texture of butter and anise flavored sand.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 12:09 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: tcn in AK
And the first few words to the National Anthem are:
"Jose can you seeeeeeeeeee. . . . ?"
Posted by: Tonypete at October 30, 2026 12:09 AM (SaoqG)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 30, 2026 12:10 AM (vBZcw)
We aren't doing this trickster stuff.
You put that lemon curd cheesecake stuff in the mail and if it's as good as you say I will return lobsters.
If it's only ok you might just get a claw but you've entered a dangerous game when you start taunting me with cheesecake.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 12:10 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 30, 2026 12:10 AM (88C+u)
Hey!
Getting closer to aprox. 500 comments.
Will we ever make a grand again?
Oh, for those heady nites 🥺...
Posted by: COMountainMarie
Wait until Tuesday.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 12:14 AM (Cqx++)
Amazon wants $400. for a twenty three year old Apple computer.
Posted by: Braenyard
Retrocomputing is a thing. It's antiquing for nerds.
Posted by: mikeski
An old car can go fast. An old computer, not so much.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 12:17 AM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2026 12:18 AM (fzlJX)
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2026 12:18 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Lord Percy at October 30, 2026 12:20 AM (eb1bp)
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2026 12:18 AM (rdVOm)
In that case, it will be time to make moonshine as an alternative fuel.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 30, 2026 12:21 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: RandomDave at October 30, 2026 12:21 AM (aJQbY)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 30, 2026 12:21 AM (qx7Zg)
Trannypyrolysis. Make combustible gas in big retorts.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2026 12:24 AM (fzlJX)
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2026 12:25 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Doof at October 29, 2026 10:31 PM (QMAsf)
******
Ah. Thanks for explaining. What little jerks they were.
It made me sad he was working 4 jobs or something to pay the mortgage.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2026 12:29 AM (hzuYO)
No kidding. I think Raimo is here for entertainment purposely only...🤪
Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 30, 2026 12:29 AM (96kpa)
Thanks love!!!!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 30, 2026 12:33 AM (96kpa)
Thanks love!!!!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 30, 2026 12:33 AM (96kpa)
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I assume you meant Doof, not Door.
But that triggered me.
Is JQ here? Can I get a shot of Knob Creek, please?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 30, 2026 12:36 AM (fDryU)
So I make cobblers and crisps, and wet bottomed Shoo fly pies.
I will make a rough pastry crust when I make a pot-pie, but a crust isn't as important, and I have the dodge of putting anise flavored rum when I try to make a fruit pie, but they always seem to turn out with the texture of butter and anise flavored sand.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 30, 2026 12:09 AM (rbvCR)
I got the following tip from Cooks Illustrated.
Replace the cold water with frozen vodka. Much less water, and it's excess water you want to avoid in piecrust. I can use 7+ tbsp for a double crust. Try it sometime and tell me what you think.
I haven't had a shoofly pie in decades.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 30, 2026 12:36 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2026 12:38 AM (rdVOm)
Well, looky here...
An assortment of hot snacks!
Rumaki, jalapeno poppers, egg rolls...
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2026 12:41 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 30, 2026 12:42 AM (96kpa)
Posted by: Funsize at October 30, 2026 12:03 AM (3j87q)
I need to have this recipe. Please. Help.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 30, 2026 12:42 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 30, 2026 12:46 AM (96kpa)
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2026 12:46 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 29, 2026 11:00 PM (hzuYO
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Miklos is hilarious
Posted by: 496 at October 30, 2026 12:48 AM (uDka+)
They are popular in the Lowcountry of SC, mainly.
Had them a few times, and they aren’t terrible, but you’re more likely to see somebody here with a pecan pie than benne wafers to he honest.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 12:49 AM (6ydKt)
I was working at a rent house by myself a few years back when a ladder collapsed under me and I fell about 8 feet to the floor. Laying on my back, I checked my fingers and limbs and was relieved that everything worked - but my hair felt wet and a found that my head was resting in a big puddle of blood.
Didn’t realize it at the time but I learned that a nail sticking out of the wall had ripped my scalp on the way down, so it was a bloody mess but my head wasn’t cracked open.
Anyway I had to get home (about 10 minutes away) to see if I needed a hospital and time was of the essence, so I remember how surreal it was to be driving with one hand while with the other i had a towel and was applying pressure to cut down in the bleeding from my head.
I didn’t get stitches after all. I probably still got a scar there but it’s under my hair so who cares.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 30, 2026 12:51 AM (xOuxV)
1) If they would drive by my place so I could pick up certain . . . "implements" that would make me fit in with the group, and
2) WOLVERINES.
Subotai Bahadur
Posted by: Subotai Bahadur at October 30, 2026 12:52 AM (eN4xb)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 30, 2026 12:52 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 30, 2026 12:52 AM (CHHv1)
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2026 12:53 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2026 12:53 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 30, 2026 12:51 AM (xOuxV)
It might show if you go bald in old age, but you can always wear hats.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 30, 2026 12:54 AM (1paM0)
Posted by: Tom Servo
It might show if you go bald in old age, but you can always wear hats.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
Chicks dig scars.
Posted by: mikeski at October 30, 2026 01:03 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 30, 2026 12:51 AM (xOuxV)
It might show if you go bald in old age, but you can always wear hats.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 30, 2026 12:54 AM (1paM0)
Or a helmet.
Posted by: knightlife at October 30, 2026 01:04 AM (qi2kW)
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2026 01:08 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2026 01:09 AM (fzlJX)
Posted by: JQ
That, or they got two patriots each from the east side and the west side, and one of the east-siders is dyslexic.
Posted by: mikeski at October 30, 2026 01:09 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2026 01:10 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Pod Hamp at October 30, 2026 01:13 AM (vYek6)
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2026 01:15 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 30, 2026 01:19 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 30, 2026 01:33 AM (ibDUx)
I'll give him a call. It's been too long.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 30, 2026 01:35 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 30, 2026 01:35 AM (w6EFb)
"instigated"?
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 01:35 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: 496 at October 30, 2026 01:37 AM (ZF01D)
What's wrong with Nebraska? Y'all don't allow posts long enough to list them. I will note that we moved to Hastings, Nebraska in early 1968. As in during lunar New Years. Called Tet in Vietnam, and it was . . . Offensive. In the high school there they had a special, mandatory, pep rally to dedicate one day a week in PE classes as Vietnam Day to "toughen you up to go kill Cong". The fact that I was a straight-A student whose career desire was to be a naval officer did not matter. I am Chinese in ancestry, and y'all cannot tell us slant-eyes apart. A bunch of these cornhuskers decided that I was VC.
The first [and far from the last] time I had to regularly carry a gun was in high school in Nebraska. After I convinced a bunch of them that 7 fewer would reach me than started out, the attacks and threats stopped.
Subotai Bahadur
Posted by: Subotai Bahadur at October 30, 2026 01:39 AM (eN4xb)
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 01:39 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 01:40 AM (odBC9)
I also have a huge cat patio I made for the involuntarily indoor cat. I took the door off to finish it and left it on the sawhorses while I went to work. Tonight when I got home I went looking for the babies and found them all, moma included, bedded down in the cat patio. As long as their heads won't go through the wire I might be able to catch them all at once. Not sure how I get them into the cages to be fixed but...
Posted by: Reforger at October 30, 2026 01:40 AM (Ae6Br)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2026 01:09 AM (fzlJX)
*****
I asked about him earlier as I got him & mikeski mixed up like a loon.
I miss him as well as a couple of times he had me near hysterical with laughter.
Which I could use right now as my mother is not doing well in MS & coming home from rehab next week. I am weighing flying for a few days. Not that I can do anything to help at this point (she has full time sitters).
Will weigh this after the midterms & hope she perks up a bit. Apparently the food stinks, she told my brother today. I'm sure she's exhausted at 95yrs old having to deal with all this (she had a repair of a lumbar vertebrae with glue).
I saw her mother do this same downward spiral at 95 like her & die promptly the day she turned 96yrs a month later. Mother will be 96 in early December. It's like a really bad rerun. Both were lucid and bossy.
I need to get it together after my stress-induced (from all this and a husband's MRI) insomnia illnesses.
So miklos needs to come back for us all, but especially for me and speak fake German in his nic.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2026 01:40 AM (hzuYO)
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2026 01:42 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2026 01:42 AM (rdVOm)
If someone gets within arms...you are on film
If someone approaches... you are a target
If someone ask for help... your are a target
Been operating on those assumptions since at least 5th grade.
Posted by: 88C+u knows it's no way to live, but is alive at October 29, 2026 10:28 PM (88C+u)
Sorry, man.
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 01:46 AM (odBC9)
Yes, institutional food *sucks*-- it's not just "old people being picky"-- the slop they serve is the cheapest of the cheap!
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2026 01:46 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 01:46 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 30, 2026 01:35 AM (w6EFb)
Please give him my regards, Miley. And all my best to you and Publius, and condolences, of course.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2026 01:50 AM (fzlJX)
Please convey to Miklos that he is missed here.
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2026 01:55 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 01:55 AM (odBC9)
Yes, institutional food *sucks*-- it's not just "old people being picky"-- the slop they serve is the cheapest of the cheap!
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2026 01:46 AM (rdVOm)
********
Thank you, sweetie.
Living to be this old, I'm seeing with my grandmothers (both 90 and 96) and now Mama is both a blessing and not so good. She's outlived all of her peers, and family of her youth, my father and one brother. Only in back pain for six weeks
On the plus side she's met her greatgrandchildren, something I doubt I will do as they are 8,5 and 1yrs old. She's seen her children and grandsons (our boys) thrive and marry happily. She lived totally independently and sharp til almost 96yrs, computer savvy, etc, and is much beloved. My prayer in God's will is she goes to heaven in her sleep without pain, fear or suffering. I've prayed this for a few years when she was healthy.
So, yeah, she could use some prayers as could her family. I hesistate to ask when others are going through so much worse than this. We'll be fine and she has a very strong faith. She taught me that all will be well.
Need to get some hopeful sleep! My motto for six weeks!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2026 01:56 AM (hzuYO)
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2026 01:58 AM (rdVOm)
Coat in the morning, t-shirt in the afternoon, sweatshirt in the evening...
At least it's not sub-freezing out there! (yet)
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2026 02:04 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
1981 for me was Defender, Tempest, and Mars God of War.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 30, 2026 02:07 AM (Fv808)
We lost a legend today
17:48
https://tinyurl.com/2ex2pzpw
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 01:55 AM (odBC9)
from the comments:
When they do their job so well you forget they're mortal.
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 02:09 AM (odBC9)
I wheeled him to his room & got him calmed down. Put his coat on because he was chilled... and talked him into going back to dining room because I'd brought him a treat: fried chicken thigh and homemade gravy! He chowed down on that!
Then I looked at what they'd served: some diced meat (white meat chicken?) a lump of rice (he hates rice) and a lump of mushy green stuff (mixed "oriental" veggies) that tasted awful.
Yeesh! And we're PAYING THOUSANDS PER MONTH for this??!!?! ^%*&)(^(*^^%###
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2026 02:11 AM (rdVOm)
I also have a huge cat patio I made for...
Posted by: Reforger at October 30, 2026 01:40
You are a kind soul Reforger. We went through the same almost 20 yrs ago.
Neighbor girls played w/ stray cat. Named her Butterscotch as they were eating butterscotch cookies the day she appeared.
Of course she had kittens in the neighbor's woodpile. We had to take them in, it was fall and they needed protection.
Butterscotch moved them a couple of times in the house but we eventually got them settled in a box in the dining room.
Found homes for all the kittens, kept Butterscotch and she ruled the roost when we got dogs again. We just lost Butterscotch last month at the age of 19. RIP our accidental cat.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at October 30, 2026 02:18 AM (4Qj8V)
Posted by: now that you've found me at October 30, 2026 02:19 AM (VHUov)
Yeesh! And we're PAYING THOUSANDS PER MONTH for this??!!?!
Posted by: JQ
Because pre-digested food doesn't keep long?
Posted by: mikeski at October 30, 2026 02:20 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Reforger
You are a kind soul Reforger.
We just lost Butterscotch last month at the age of 19. RIP our accidental cat.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take
You're a kind soul as well, Farmer.
Posted by: mikeski at October 30, 2026 02:22 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2026 02:24 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at October 30, 2026 02:18 AM (4Qj8V)
Good kitty!
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 02:27 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: mikeski
Not that.. hubby has issues with chewing & swallowing, but doesn't need anything pureed. They used to have steamed/ formerly frozen veggies on the side (which taste much better than canned!) but now? Canned cheap crap.
They serve mostly the cheap, starchy, cheap carb crap-- did I mention cheap? Crap that doesn't cost them much.
Something changed since mid-summer. Many regular employees now gone, fewer replacements. The meal menus went from 'meh' to garbage at the same time.
Corporate bean-counters turning the screws tighter, I'd imagine...
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2026 02:31 AM (rdVOm)
Christy Blinky, very similar situation although Mama wasn't in as much pain. Her quality of life was pretty good up to 96. A few months after her birthday she was in the hospital, then institutionalized for a month or so. Thank God we got her home for the last two. I guess you could say that she died in her sleep, because with the morphine and all, she wasn't quite conscious.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 30, 2026 02:32 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 02:33 AM (odBC9)
Of course, Miley. It's an abrupt change in your daily routine & will take time to adjust to the *new reality*
Bless you both for caring for Mama in her final weeks. Takes a heart of gold!
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2026 02:37 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2026 02:44 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 29, 2026 10:58 PM (wzUl9)
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One of my 10 best Texas movies- glad you liked it! Chris Cooper is an underrated actor, imo- he's good in everything.
Posted by: sal
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Just finished, good movie.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 02:47 AM (Pee1E)
Corporate bean-counters turning the screws tighter, I'd imagine...
Posted by: JQ at October
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New owner or management. Are there other options in your area?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 02:50 AM (Pee1E)
Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2026 02:44 AM (Ia/+0)
Hope your biking went great yesterday, Skip.
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 02:52 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2026 02:55 AM (fzlJX)
I have never had one fail.
Use more water if your flour is dry, and less if it is fresher. You will know by feel after a couple of tries which way to go.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 02:56 AM (5WPt1)
I don't think I've ever seen a baked Alaska here.
Come to think of it, I don't think I've seen one anywhere in many decades. Do people even still make those?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 02:58 AM (qlLNh)
Posted by: Braenyard
The place is corporate-owned. Said corporation has bought up most of the local care facilities in this region! I'm thinking they had a change at corporate level. New bean-counter, trying to squeeze out more profits for stockholders?
Agency on Aging is closed on Fridays, but I'll be reaching out next week. There's got to be a better place!
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2026 02:59 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 12:04 AM (5WPt1)
If this were some years ago, I'd say one of Peggy's pies.
If it were even further back, and I wanted to be morbid, I'd say something from Hansen's Bakery.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 03:04 AM (qlLNh)
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 12:04 AM (5WPt1)
If this were some years ago, I'd say one of Peggy's pies.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 03:04 AM (qlLNh)
Twinkies.
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 03:05 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2026 02:31 AM (rdVOm)
Can't help that billions in "health care funding" are being wired to Somalia.
Even with private insurance, the ripple effect makes a big difference.
I know that the health care system I use has recently had to seek funding to pay for their "nurse line"... a deal where a nurse calls you after you've been discharged from the hospital just to make sure you're still breathing and answer any questions that have come up. Apparently that's been unfunded until now. Because of course it isn't. Because it's something that's actually useful and serves a legitimate healthcare purpose.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 03:11 AM (qlLNh)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 03:04 AM (qlLNh)
Ew.
I was that age when Robert Hansen was hunting women. Not cool.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 03:12 AM (5WPt1)
Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2026 03:14 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2026 03:14 AM (Ia/+0)
Super cool. Really great.
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 03:17 AM (odBC9)
Would *make my day* if our military had... a small mishap... and "accidentally" vaporized Somalia. Heh.
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2026 03:25 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 03:12 AM (5WPt1)
You're right, and my apologies.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 03:28 AM (qlLNh)
Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2026 03:30 AM (Ia/+0)
Looks like billions of $ are available.
Posted by: Reforger at October 30, 2026 03:30 AM (Ae6Br)
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2026 03:25 AM (rdVOm)
You know, I can't think of a single positive thing that's ever come from there.
Even other shithole countries usually have SOME redeeming features. Iran and Iraq have some cool art and lots of interesting historical sites. Mexico has good food. Hell, even Ethiopia has ancient monasteries with some of the oldest Christian texts known.
The only other country I can think of that's down in Somalia territory is Haiti.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 03:32 AM (qlLNh)
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2026 03:32 AM (rdVOm)
Good night, all.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 30, 2026 03:35 AM (qlLNh)
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2026 03:36 AM (rdVOm)
...
..
.
There is one nice little slice of beach near the airport.
Posted by: Reforger at October 30, 2026 03:38 AM (Ae6Br)
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2026 03:39 AM (rdVOm)
...
..
.
There is one nice little slice of beach near the airport.
Posted by: Reforger at October 30, 2026 03:38 AM (Ae6Br)
Could you come up with a bigger list? Like, seriously, top ten? I know nothing about Somalia.
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 03:39 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2026 03:40 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 03:41 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2026 03:40 AM (rdVOm)
We might if miklos would show up!
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 03:42 AM (odBC9)
3:36
https://tinyurl.com/hnttaku
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 03:41 AM (odBC9)
from the comments:
Walt singlehandedly just raise Red Baron's sales by millions of dollars by being a freaking Epic Dad
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 03:46 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2026 03:47 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2026 03:53 AM (rdVOm)
I want to show that standing up to these shitheads is rewarded.
It's on the menu for quite a while at this point.
Posted by: Reforger at October 30, 2026 03:54 AM (Ae6Br)
Just updated my shopping list!
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2026 03:56 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 04:00 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: raimondo at October 30, 2026 06:05 AM (h4U0y)
I was sad when Limbaugh died. But in his case, his listeners at least "knew" him, listening to him daily for decades, along for his ride through his triumphs and struggles. And, he led a political movement that affected all of them personally. So it was kind of like losing a "friend."
But, I'll never understand the mass outpouring of grief for celebrities, as a general rule. These aren't people who people actually know - even in a "parasocial" way. They only know the characters they played on TV.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 30, 2026 07:41 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Hadsil at October 30, 2026 12:17 PM (/4OWh)
Christy Blinky, very similar situation although Mama wasn't in as much pain. Her quality of life was pretty good up to 96. A few months after her birthday she was in the hospital, then institutionalized for a month or so. Thank God we got her home for the last two. I guess you could say that she died in her sleep, because with the morphine and all, she wasn't quite conscious.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 30, 2026 02:32 AM (w6EFb)
*****
Thanks, Miley. I know about your mother and prayed for you all.
Mine is still mentally normal from what I can tell, her body is just not going to get stronger,no matter the OT and PT care post procedure.
I know, too, these weeks have taken a toll on her. Once she's home I hope she'll adjust to her new normal after days of rest.
As of today my brother reports she's got a real life soap opera at night to entertain her. A bossy sitter is bossing the acute rehab staff around. Home Tuesday and she will have sitters 24/7 the rest of her life.
My brother lives 1/4mi down the road on the farm and sees her daily. I live 1000mi away and she tells me to stay home (I'm a bossy nurse, but would not be in this case). I'll go as soon as needed.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2026 03:15 PM (hzuYO)
Beaver AMSR Cafe
Edinburgh Castle as seen from Greyfriar's Cemetery
by Dan Dunlop
Dog raised by bunnies develops some bunny-like behaviors. He likes lettuce. Yuch. Golden retriever is best friends with bunny. Poor little dog chases car praying to be adopted. Baby elephant thinks he's a big man. The Michael Scofield of hounds. This weisenheimer's Halloween costume is P. Diddy and a little friend. Every Tarantino movie explained by the Always Sunny cast.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at October 29, 2026 07:40 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: rhomboid at October 29, 2026 07:41 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: garrett at October 29, 2026 07:42 PM (Qugny)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 29, 2026 07:42 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 29, 2026 07:44 PM (eRlcH)
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I'm willing to bet it didn't cost billions of $$$ to do that.
I'm also willing to bet the humans involved in the original project are upset because they didn't get any kickbacks from the beavers.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 29, 2026 07:44 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: garrett at October 29, 2026 07:42 PM (Qugny)
Hmmm... /taps pipe...
/scratches garrett off the potential baby sitter list...
Posted by: Ward Cleaver at October 29, 2026 07:45 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: garrett at October 29, 2026 07:42 PM (Qugny)
Chat and I....
Beaver - national animal of Canada?
Yes! The beaver is Canada's official national animal and one of its most recognizable symbols.
It was officially designated a national symbol on March 24, 1975, through the National Symbol of Canada Act.
The North American beaver (Castor canadensis) has been important to Canadian history, particularly through the fur trade.
And here's an interesting distinction: Canada has two official national symbols commonly associated with its identity—the beaver as its national animal and the maple leaf as its national floral emblem.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 29, 2026 07:45 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: mrp at October 29, 2026 07:45 PM (rj6Yv)
"
Gunther Eagleman™
@GuntherEagleman
·
1h
BREAKING: Axios reports the Army general Pete Hegseth fired this week admitted to leaking classified Iran and Ukraine intel to reporters at two different outlets.
The critics who cried political purge owe Hegseth an apology tonight.
Leaking secrets in wartime is not whistleblowing.
It is betrayal. Treason."
Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 07:46 PM (E4rtv)
The castle looks just like the Dracula set! Bela Lugosi, no one else did Dracula quite like he did. But I do love Gary Oldman's take.
Posted by: LizLem at October 29, 2026 07:46 PM (Toos7)
Posted by: Skip at October 29, 2026 07:46 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2026 07:47 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 29, 2026 07:47 PM (mP0Kj)
They didn't ...
until the Zookeeper drilled a hole in it and threw it in the microwave.
Posted by: garrett at October 29, 2026 07:47 PM (Qugny)
Posted by: June at October 29, 2026 07:49 PM (dX+L6)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 29, 2026 07:49 PM (zYpTz)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at October 29, 2026 07:49 PM (eelaG)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 29, 2026 07:50 PM (B0NCh)
Posted by: Skip at October 29, 2026 07:50 PM (Ia/+0)
I'd love to have an afternoon to wander that cemetery.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 29, 2026 07:49 PM (zYpTz)
Me too. My clan was from Edinburgh. Even had an ancestor who was constable of the castle.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 29, 2026 07:51 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Buc-ee's at October 29, 2026 07:51 PM (dX+L6)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 29, 2026 07:51 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: the last ditch at October 29, 2026 07:52 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: Romeo13
This is a bit different. Earlier post did not claim Sylvia admitted making the leaks. Axios is claiming he did. Apparently DoW procedures during polygraph require the subject to make an admission before they technically fail. Sylvia failed three times apparently and this means leaks to two reporters--one of which is supposedly Jenn Griffin of Faux News who hates Hegseth and Trump with a thousand burning suns passion.
Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 07:53 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 29, 2026 07:56 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: what the cat drug in at October 29, 2026 07:56 PM (jrgJz)
A group of beavers built a dam in almost the exact spot the human dam had been planned in a couple of weeks.
That's not the link I'm getting.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 29, 2026 07:56 PM (Cqx++)
We got the sleigh bells to hang on the door and taught the dogs to ring them when they needed to go out. One doesn't use them at all. The other one? Guess what he uses them for??
He bats at them when he wants a snack, which is ALL THE DAMN TIME! Something's cooking in the oven? That little bastage is banging those bells until it cools enough for him to have a taste of whatever it is. We created a monster.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 29, 2026 07:57 PM (zYpTz)
The link about the Czech dam ain't right.
Unless people saying "Damn!" when they find a human head is what was intended.
Posted by: buddhaha at October 29, 2026 07:57 PM (EuPh7)
Posted by: Pug Mahon
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My surname is from the Scottish Highlands, Clan Chattan, MacPherson. Thought now and again about joining the clan group but health has not been kind to me enough to travel. Just trying to make a MoMeet in the last several years has been beyond me.
Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 07:57 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: grass monkey at October 29, 2026 07:58 PM (EH7ZV)
Bad link ace. Morbid, but interesting.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 29, 2026 07:58 PM (rbvCR)
He bats at them when he wants a snack, which is ALL THE DAMN TIME! Something's cooking in the oven? That little bastage is banging those bells until it cools enough for him to have a taste of whatever it is. We created a monster.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 29, 2026 07:57 PM (zYpTz)
__________
Your life is busy. They have all the time in the world to learn how to do this.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 29, 2026 07:59 PM (eRlcH)
Have a good night everyone
And lots of cute videos tonight
Posted by: Skip at October 29, 2026 07:59 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Winona at October 29, 2026 07:59 PM (0sNs1)
Not a beaver vid. Probably not a vide you want to watch.
Why is Ace even having a link to that?
Posted by: SimoHayha at October 29, 2026 08:00 PM (IeYnM)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 29, 2026 07:57 PM (zYpTz)
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Heh.
I have bell-in-a-ball dangling from the doorknob that leads out to the sunroom. It's just a cat toy attached to a string.
Hexie has learned to pat it when she wants to go out into the sunroom. Fortunately, she only does that if she knows I'm nearby and will let her out. I don't get woken up in the middle of the night.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 29, 2026 08:00 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 29, 2026 08:01 PM (d7pTx)
Posted by: mea culpa at October 29, 2026 08:01 PM (iN6fC)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 29, 2026 07:42 PM
I'm sorry, Monsieur, but we are out.
May I interest you in an MRE, or we have some exceptional vintage C-Rations, in particular a "Ham and Lima Beans", which was even more regarded than creamed chipped beef en pointe.
Posted by: Cafe Garcon at October 29, 2026 08:02 PM (0sNs1)
I'd love to have an afternoon to wander that cemetery.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 29, 2026 07:49 PM (zYpTz)
I look at that picture and I can hear the plaintive, spine-chilling call of the werebeaver.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 29, 2026 08:03 PM (wVcYX)
By the way...worry about something that may happen 3 months from now and what you'll have to do. That may NEVER happen. So ask yourself what will you do about an alien attack. Aquaman turning evil. Cats and dogs on the rampage.
Equal odds of happening. That shut up an anxiety part of my brain pretty effectively.
But that UTSA student, that's just a bitch I want to suffer. Entire bloodline. Isa Casahuga.
During the last year or so, bullets being fired at President Trump left and right, leftists celebrating murder. I'm not longer considering a lot of things human. And I'm from Canada and somehow got my elderly mother through Covid.
My hatred already ran pretty deep.
But I want this bitch and her family to suffer.
And I'd like it to spread.
Oh, I have a happier thing later.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 29, 2026 08:03 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2026 08:04 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: fd at October 29, 2026 08:05 PM (MWfyi)
(not really, but enough of them to fit into 2 minutes run-time)
youtu.be/C0imE4vozDM
Posted by: Kindltot at October 29, 2026 08:06 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Accomack at October 29, 2026 08:06 PM (dJCmT)
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 29, 2026 08:03 PM
Where beaver?
There beaver.
There castle.
Posted by: Marty Feldman at October 29, 2026 08:06 PM (dX+L6)
Posted by: fd at October 29, 2026 08:05 PM (MWfyi)
As you're opening the door for them again, amirite?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 29, 2026 08:07 PM (zYpTz)
I look at that picture and I can hear the plaintive, spine-chilling call of the werebeaver.
Posted by: Count de Monet
He were beaver now he's lumpy.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 29, 2026 08:08 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 29, 2026 08:09 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: NCKate at October 29, 2026 08:09 PM (enNUy)
"It licks the beaver or it gets the hose again..."
-- background dialogue from the Cornell 7 sessions
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 29, 2026 08:09 PM (ixS3i)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!"
No. I only do it if it is convenient. They are not the boss of me.
Besides, Mrs fd will do it.
Posted by: fd at October 29, 2026 08:09 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Oh, no... at October 29, 2026 08:10 PM (dX+L6)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 29, 2026 08:10 PM (zYpTz)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 29, 2026 08:10 PM (8Uo7a)
Posted by: Case at October 29, 2026 08:11 PM (fzmBj)
Posted by: NCKate at October 29, 2026 08:11 PM (enNUy)
"It licks the beaver or it gets the hose again..."
-- background dialogue from the Cornell 7 sessions
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
========
Coming soon on the Netflix Documentary.
Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 08:12 PM (E4rtv)
51 Doorman is an excellent career choice. There are a lot of openings in the field.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 29, 2026 08:09 PM
That's a-door-able!
Posted by: Groan at October 29, 2026 08:13 PM (dX+L6)
I find cat parts down at the creek on our property from house cats the coyotes kill. It's pretty gross. One still had its air tag collar.
Posted by: NCKate
I am reasonably certain that our last cat, who may well have been ill at the time, was dispatched ten years ago and consumed by a family of foxes who resided in this area at the time.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 29, 2026 08:13 PM (ixS3i)
*raises glass
Having a nice Bordeaux Clairet, which is my new favorite, but I'm questioning my life choices, because it seems my favorite wines come from communist countries.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 29, 2026 08:13 PM (zYpTz)
Posted by: fd at October 29, 2026 08:13 PM (MWfyi)
No instruments. Beautiful voice. She just finished a tour and got 48 notice asking if she wanted to sing.
https://tinyurl.com/yuxymr23
She was on a great DisneyChannel sci-fi show "Gabby Duran and the Unsittables.' Cute, funny inventive show. Never political. I still follow her.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 29, 2026 08:14 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: runner at October 29, 2026 08:15 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: NCKate at October 29, 2026 08:16 PM (enNUy)
My hatred already ran pretty deep.
But I want this bitch and her family to suffer.
And I'd like it to spread.
Oh, I have a happier thing later.
Posted by: Stateless
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If it makes you happy, other students on visas have been deported for making remarks like hers.
And realtor mom is probably going to take a hit in her day job as people, especially of the CEO class buying expensive homes right now, are not exactly the people that are favoring talk of assassinations.
Mom, as a self proclaimed activist is probably what created this disgusting mess of a daughter's thinking. And it would serve her right that her daughter is deported to the tender mercies of Lula's Brazil. Hope she follows with hubbie too.
Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 08:16 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Same as in town at October 29, 2026 08:16 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 29, 2026 08:17 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Make it stop... at October 29, 2026 08:17 PM (dX+L6)
She’s used to being inside. I do wish I could build a catio for her, but the landlady would never allow.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at October 29, 2026 08:18 PM (+8HoB)
I took Elvis up to see my mom at the retirement home yesterday. The wheelchair army came out in force once they heard Elvis was in the house. Next couple of hours was Elvis getting loved up by the residents and staff.
I was asked over and over "When is Elvis coming back?".
Apparently, I have graduated to my dog's chauffeur. A mans got to know his limitations.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2026 08:18 PM (viF8m)
AMSR- no
Posted by: runner at October 29, 2026 08:18 PM (AKptf)
but that's not important right now.
Posted by: Victor Vector at October 29, 2026 08:19 PM (dX+L6)
Posted by: fd at October 29, 2026 08:05 PM (MWfyi)
My friends' cat Snowflake has this as her base of operations.
They have a full house of kids. I have a big house she's welcome in. And she and Ralphy are friends.
Do you get flea protection for the cats? I do for Snowflake since she stays here. Just the Advantage stuff. If they're going outside.
Snowflake waits until my sleep cycle is over and I'm kind of awake and she'll jump from the chair to the bed, purr and let me know she wants to go out. It's really cute. Ralphy continues to sleep.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 29, 2026 08:19 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: fd
I can't exactly recall where I saw that show: Tijuana, Olongapo, or Pattaya.
Everyone tells me I had a pretty good time..
Posted by: Colossus at October 29, 2026 08:20 PM (SaoqG)
Posted by: Max Power at October 29, 2026 08:21 PM (SwyyQ)
Posted by: NCKate
Then NextDoor has the missing cat notices.
Posted by: NCKate
"Hi, is this Susan? I found your cat. Well, I found about a quarter of your cat."
Posted by: mikeski at October 29, 2026 08:22 PM (VHUov)
I was asked over and over "When is Elvis coming back?".
Apparently, I have graduated to my dog's chauffeur. A mans got to know his limitations.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Animals make life happier for residents. May the Lord bless your endeavors as chauffeur to your service dog.
Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 08:22 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2026 08:18 PM (viF8m)
We're all just staff.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 29, 2026 08:22 PM (zYpTz)
There is a "wilderness area" up in the Poconos, designated as the Thunder Swamp, with a series of hiking trails around and within it. It was really a lovely place. Our troop had hiked there two different times over the span from 2000 to 2009. One spot, near to a stream, was a perfect place to camp out overnight. We used it on both trips.
About a decade ago we returned for another camping weekend, but now beavers had dammed that stream. A vast area, including our idyllic camping site, was under water. We had to settle. We've not been back there since.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 29, 2026 08:23 PM (ixS3i)
Posted by: NCKate at October 29, 2026 08:24 PM (enNUy)
Posted by: Max Power at October 29, 2026 08:25 PM (SwyyQ)
Inside always
Inside mostly
Inside sometimes
Inside rarely
Inside never
We've had all varieties. The ones who spend much time at all inside get flea medicine. Except Spooky. She gets phenobarbital.
Posted by: fd at October 29, 2026 08:25 PM (MWfyi)
Thank you.
I saw things here in Canada get pretty extreme. I'll never forget that. And I'm still fine with about 66.6% of the population dropping dead from the shots.
But the US, wow, that's a group that needs a few punches, and massive defunding.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 29, 2026 08:27 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 29, 2026 08:28 PM (8Uo7a)
“This has not been an easy decision, as leading the Authority has been one of the most meaningful and rewarding chapters of my professional life." Mr. Choudri wrote in his resignation letter.
Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at October 29, 2026 08:28 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: NCKate at October 29, 2026 08:29 PM (enNUy)
AMSR- no
Posted by: runner
Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response...
but that's not important right now.
Posted by: Victor Vector
I had to check, because I assume every 3- and 4-letter acronym must mean something.
"Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk."
So, reading the Cafe would help!
.....
Obligatory:
"Suicide hotline."
"Hi, this is Hillary Clinton. I'd like to place an order."
Posted by: mikeski at October 29, 2026 08:29 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: That's more like it at October 29, 2026 08:29 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 29, 2026 08:29 PM (ixS3i)
Posted by: Geezer Karen McAwfl at October 29, 2026 08:29 PM (dX+L6)
Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at October 29, 2026 08:28 PM (0sNs1)
Grifting can be rewarding. But meaningful? GTFO.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 29, 2026 08:30 PM (ZHIH/)
Elvis let them love on him and he shows them happiness and gratitude.
Which is more than I can say for some relatives I bet.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at October 29, 2026 08:30 PM (mZLuT)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 29, 2026 08:23 PM
At least you didn't die from dysentery.
Posted by: The Oregon Trail at October 29, 2026 08:31 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
You watch your phraseology!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 29, 2026 08:29 PM (ixS3i)
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It does sound a bit like something you'd say to attract mephitic waterfowl.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 29, 2026 08:31 PM (FZ29D)
So we packed the deer to the greenway for the stroller moms to find next morning.
Posted by: NCKate
Let it never be said here that NCKate was not a giver!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 29, 2026 08:31 PM (ixS3i)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 29, 2026 08:30 PM (ZHIH/)
I'll be helping the children.
Whether or not they exist.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 29, 2026 08:31 PM (Sco7b)
It's very true. Elvis went and sat with one elderly lady for a while. She suffers from dementia. She's very anxious and sad. But she got noticeably calmer and communicative just by petting Elvis for a few minutes. Told me all about her Dalmatian she probably had decades ago.
Elvis isn't a service dog, just a goofy mutt who is very gentle. It's honestly fun for me. Some lovely people with lots of stories to tell. People don't stop being people just cause they get old and infirm.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2026 08:31 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: NCKate at October 29, 2026 08:29 PM
It's always cute to get one of those Mylar Get Well Soon! balloons and tie it to the antler.
Posted by: Or so I've heard at October 29, 2026 08:32 PM (dX+L6)
https://tinyurl.com/zczha4fh
Observers welcomed a new participant in the tourney, but some said Armenia had to build for the future, as its effort was not in the same class as Taiwan or South Korea.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 29, 2026 08:32 PM (U/Byj)
I saw things here in Canada get pretty extreme. I'll never forget that. And I'm still fine with about 66.6% of the population dropping dead from the shots.
But the US, wow, that's a group that needs a few punches, and massive defunding.
Posted by: Stateless
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Some positive signs for Canada with the BC elections, Quebec's Premier publicly humiliating Carney, and even the Alberta Referendum though it failed, indicates increasing support for fundamentally redoing Canada. Wish everyone there well except for the non-human goblin folks of the left.
Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 08:32 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: NCKate at October 29, 2026 08:33 PM (enNUy)
Posted by: runner
It's why the dyslexic girl falls for you when you whisper in her ear.
Posted by: mikeski at October 29, 2026 08:34 PM (VHUov)
At least you didn't die from dysentery.
Posted by: The Oregon Trail
Our kids had that game on our desktop computer way back in the day. I am sad to report that I never took it out for a spin.
SimCity, on the other hand, I did. I used to take fiendish delight in bulldozing into rubble their housing whenever the SimCity denizens began demanding more high speed rail.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 29, 2026 08:34 PM (ixS3i)
Northern Italy anyway. If they'd been Sicilians . . .
Posted by: 88C+u at October 29, 2026 08:35 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: Piper at October 29, 2026 08:35 PM (ZdaMQ)
Elvis isn't a service dog, just a goofy mutt who is very gentle. It's honestly fun for me. Some lovely people with lots of stories to tell. People don't stop being people just cause they get old and infirm.
Posted by: JackStraw
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My Mom is in memory care from vascular dementia. They allowed her to keep her elderly cat as she was getting worse which is why we picked the place and the cat passed eventually before Mom got too bad to take care of it. They also have a Great Dane service dog that visits the residents who love him.
Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 08:35 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Cheap Skates at October 29, 2026 08:35 PM (EdP2u)
Animals make life happier for residents. May the Lord bless your endeavors as chauffeur to your service dog.
Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 08:22 PM (E4rtv)
___________
Many, many years ago, Her Majesty took Johnny to visit an old-time famous Borzoi breeder who was in a nursing home. His wife was dead and he was just waiting to die too.
When he saw Gentleman John he burst into tears, hugged him and wouldn't let go; I'm sure Johnny behaved with his usual aplomb. Russ took Johnny around to show the other residents the kind of dog he once had. And so for a short time, his purpose and love returned.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 29, 2026 08:36 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2026 08:31 PM (viF8m)
I take Ralphy to one of my late mother's friends who is in her 90s but still at home. She loves Ralphy.
I'll bring her a Tim's muffin and timbits for her to give to Ralphy. My ONLY connection is she was Mom's friend, who I knew. I try to go as much as I can, but I'm still rebuilding.
And Ralphy, almost 106.5 in dog years. We celebrate every morning when he wakes up.
May all of us get to that age.
I've checked so many times to make sure Mom and Dad were breathing.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 29, 2026 08:36 PM (Sco7b)
"Suicide hotline."
"Hi, this is Hillary Clinton. I'd like to place an order."
Posted by: mikeski at October 29, 2026 08:29 PM (VHUov)
"Suicide hotline, please hold..."
Posted by: runner at October 29, 2026 08:36 PM (AKptf)
https://tinyurl.com/zczha4fh
+++
A brouhaha.
A melee.
A scuffle.
Posted by: A real dust up at October 29, 2026 08:36 PM (dX+L6)
Posted by: Piper at October 29, 2026 08:35 PM (ZdaMQ)
Better and better. Because in 2 days I will get my stolen hour back!
Posted by: runner at October 29, 2026 08:37 PM (AKptf)
Elvis isn't a service dog, just a goofy mutt who is very gentle. It's honestly fun for me. Some lovely people with lots of stories to tell. People don't stop being people just cause they get old and infirm.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2026
This is really a beautiful thing you do.
Posted by: Piper at October 29, 2026 08:37 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: runner at October 29, 2026 08:37 PM (AKptf)
Cats are going to wonder why I am sleeping in an extra hour.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 29, 2026 08:38 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: JackStraw
Moose the lab made trips to the MiL's assisted living place. The olds loved him. He just wants to be everybody's friend.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 29, 2026 08:38 PM (b99Hl)
Posted by: rhomboid at October 29, 2026 08:40 PM (U/Byj)
It's very true. Elvis went and sat with one elderly lady for a while. She suffers from dementia. She's very anxious and sad. But she got noticeably calmer and communicative just by petting Elvis for a few minutes.
____________
We were once at a show in Indiana when a group of profoundly retarded people were brought in for an outing. All the dogs realized, "Whoa, special handling required." They behaved impeccably. It was touching to see the way the eyes of these unfortunates lit up when they were visited.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 29, 2026 08:40 PM (eRlcH)
Better and better. Because in 2 days I will get my stolen hour back!
Posted by: runner at October 29, 2026 08:37 PM
Do we get to stop changing after this?
Posted by: Piper at October 29, 2026 08:41 PM (ZdaMQ)
-- background dialogue from the Cornell 7 sessions
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 29, 2026 08:09 PM (ixS3i)
I looked up your handle again just for fun and found this darkly amusing item:
“After deliberating for just over 5 1/2 hours, the jury of 5 women and 7 men found Samantha Krebs guilty of first-degree intentional homicide in the stabbing death of Joey Carnot. The judge scheduled sentencing for the morning of November 25, 2025.”
Looks like it was an epic battle, alright.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 29, 2026 08:41 PM (xOuxV)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 29, 2026 08:38 PM (rbvCR)
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More importantly, they are going to wonder where their food is...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 29, 2026 08:42 PM (FZ29D)
Do we get to stop changing after this?
Posted by: Piper at October 29, 2026 08:41 PM (ZdaMQ)
_________
Let us pray.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 29, 2026 08:42 PM (eRlcH)
Me: I wish for a world without lawyers.
Genie: Done, you have no more wishes.
Me: But you said 3.
Genie: Sue me.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 29, 2026 08:42 PM (zjffd)
I'll bring her a Tim's muffin and timbits for her to give to Ralphy. My ONLY connection is she was Mom's friend, who I knew. I try to go as much as I can, but I'm still rebuilding.
And Ralphy, almost 106.5 in dog years. We celebrate every morning when he wakes up.
May all of us get to that age.
I've checked so many times to make sure Mom and Dad were breathing.
Posted by: Stateless
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May Ralph continue enjoying his treats everyday and may others get to love on him as much as he gives back to them.
Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 08:42 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Piper at October 29, 2026 08:35 PM (ZdaMQ)
Better and better. Because in 2 days I will get my stolen hour back!
Posted by: runner at October 29, 2026 08:37 PM (AKptf)
Thank God!
Also, hi, Piper!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 29, 2026 08:43 PM (zYpTz)
Posted by: Piper at October 29, 2026 08:41 PM (ZdaMQ)
~~~~~
Just read today that the Senate is holding it up.
Again.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 29, 2026 08:43 PM (3ImbR)
Posted by: Piper at October 29, 2026 08:41 PM (ZdaMQ)
If it was up to me, yes. But it is not up to me.
Posted by: runner at October 29, 2026 08:43 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 29, 2026 08:43 PM (bk5Wq)
Posted by: Piper at October 29, 2026 08:44 PM (ZdaMQ)
And Ralphy, almost 106.5 in dog years. We celebrate every morning when he wakes up.
_________
Every day with our old friends is a day of grace.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 29, 2026 08:45 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at October 29, 2026 08:45 PM (ftFVW)
Again.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 29, 2026 08:43 PM (3ImbR)
The golfing lobby is powerful.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 29, 2026 08:46 PM (zYpTz)
youtu.be/0Ftp7ppbFUY
"a remote attacker with no credentials [can] run commands as root on Linux servers with a multipath TCP listener". Looks like it's a classic multithreading problem, two processes trying to hit the same resource at the same time.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 29, 2026 08:47 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: Beaver preparation tips at October 29, 2026 08:48 PM (MWfyi)
I'm not really doing anything other than visiting my mom. I was just blessed to have a great one.
She raised horses, dogs and a variety of other critters and one half bubble off center son. I started bringing Elvis because I know how much she loves animals and it turns out many people do. Somehow it's turned into "When is Elvis coming back?". Even my mom asks when is the mutt coming back. Women.
I'm not kidding when I say it's as much fun for me as it is for them.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2026 08:48 PM (viF8m)
Again.
Posted by: IrishEi
Oh good, so I get to spend the next week feeling like I'm late for work.
Posted by: She Hobbit at October 29, 2026 08:49 PM (ftFVW)
She would sit next to me. And even lean against my leg. She knew.
Now she will sit on my lap. Kind of. And perch on my chest in bed.
Her purrs are magic.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at October 29, 2026 08:50 PM (mwI9z)
Exactly.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2026 08:50 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Bulg at October 29, 2026 08:51 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Piper at October 29, 2026 08:35 PM (ZdaMQ)
Hoping you're well.
So I did exit the house today and went grocery shopping. I'm stocked until January. I'll just need to get milk for coffee, bananas and oranges once in a while. There's a gas station where the guy gets local greenhouse produce, most of the time great quality and cheaper than the stores aside from bananas.
Other than that, I can work on my projects.
So Walmart and NoFrills in Canada so you can compare. I just like letting all of you know. And I'm thrifty. BUT I spent over $300 at Walmart today and over $200 at NoFrills.
Of course, I haven't been big grocery shopping for about 6 weeks. Projects. - just wait.
And I'm still in the habit of being prepared for zombie apocalypse. Prices below if you want to see what the greener pastures are like.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 29, 2026 08:52 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
Retrieving and herding breeds all want to be everybody's friend, in my experience.
Possible exception for herders who actually have a herd. They can get testy.
Posted by: mikeski at October 29, 2026 08:53 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 29, 2026 08:53 PM (D7fKa)
Posted by: runner at October 29, 2026 08:54 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 29, 2026 08:52 PM
If that's going to hold you into next year, it's nowhere near excessive.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 29, 2026 08:57 PM (zYpTz)
wait, Senate is holding up a bill to make DST permanent. NO BUENO!!
Posted by: runner at October 29, 2026 08:54 PM (AKptf)
__________
They should be passing a bill to make Standard Time permanent. DST is an abomination in the eyes of the Lord.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 29, 2026 08:57 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 29, 2026 08:58 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 29, 2026 08:57 PM (eRlcH)
^^^^^This^^^^^
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 29, 2026 08:59 PM (zYpTz)
There's some magic that happens between dogs and humans in need of compassion I won't even pretend to understand but I've seen it too many times to ignore. It's real.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2026 08:59 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 29, 2026 08:57 PM (eRlcH)
A-men!
Posted by: runner at October 29, 2026 09:02 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: Slugabed Johnny at October 29, 2026 09:02 PM (EdP2u)
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October
I am not even telling you what we spend. It’s embarrassing after this post!
Posted by: Piper at October 29, 2026 09:02 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2026 09:02 PM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: Drebin at October 29, 2026 09:04 PM (Q+gd/)
JD Vance crushed the town hall in texas. He'll make a great president in 2036.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 29, 2026 09:05 PM (mmrXZ)
Maybe then they'll be happy, but I doubt it.
Posted by: Slugabed Johnny at October 29, 2026 09:02 PM (EdP2u)
__________
Time for school, Johnny! Wakey-wakey!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 29, 2026 09:05 PM (eRlcH)
Again, if they pass permanent DST, it will be repealed after the first winter, just like it was back in the early '70s when they tried this before. Current generation has just forgot about that.
In the latter latitudes in the western most parts of time zones that are already too far west, sunrise will push 10AM around the winter solstice, and that will be the end of it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 29, 2026 09:06 PM (w6EFb)
How is that? We have different time zones. Sunrise time should be the same across time zones.
Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2026 09:08 PM (Ti9vn)
Walmart
1.75 kg frozen broccoli - $6.97
Chicken Burgers - great buy - 8 to a pack - 20 grams of protein - $12.98
Frozen Blueberries - 1.75 kg - $16.48
Gatorade powder - $7.98
50 Halloween Chocolate mini bars for the neighbours kids - $8.97
100 - Halloween Chocloate mini bars for me $12.77
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 29, 2026 09:10 PM (Sco7b)
No Frills
Activia Yogurt - 650 ml - $3.87
Frozen pizzas - $3.47
Avocados - about 10 small ones to a bag - $5.00
Eggs - 12 large - $3.37
Meats
Swedish Meatballs - $10 a bag. 11 grams of protein per 3 I think.
Halal Chicken - lean - yeah but $10 for about a buck per 25 grams of protein.
Chicken Legs, thighs and backs were $0.99 a pound. We'll see how that goes.
12 mangoes - $8.88
Gas station ahs apples at 6 bucks a bag, grapefruit at $1.29 and 3 or 4 peppers for a buck.
Just so you know.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 29, 2026 09:10 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 29, 2026 09:12 PM (cZ6oU)
Posted by: Slugabed Johnny at October 29, 2026 09:02 PM (EdP2u)
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Morning people are the idiots pushing for Translight Saving Time over Biological Time.
Posted by: Math! at October 29, 2026 09:12 PM (PXtw/)
Schools? We'll start at x time starting x.
We've been shifting our starting times for years, according to available daylight. Only problem is guys with kids who go to school.
Why is it so hard? We're Murcans. Free to make our very own mistakes.
Posted by: Elias Cheatum and Howe at October 29, 2026 09:13 PM (ik4bQ)
Posted by: runner at October 29, 2026 09:13 PM (AKptf)
Sunrise time is a function of longitude. In fact the definition of local mean solar time is a strong function of longitude. Our hourly time zones correspond to 15 degrees of longitude, centered on certain meridian (and should be 15W, but that varies greatly cause of all the political factors0. Eastern time zone is centered on the 75W meridian.
If you're to the east of that central meridian, sunrise/set and solar noon occur *earlier* per the clock time. If you're to the west of the central meridian, those times occur later.
So, too far west, sunrise comes especially late in winter at high latitudes. Conversely sunset comes too early if you're too far east.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 29, 2026 09:13 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: davidt at October 29, 2026 09:13 PM (Q+gd/)
12 boxes of Royale 3 ply facial tissue - $18.48.
Those are the highlights.
Sorry.
I just think people kind of like to know what things cost where 'the grass is greener.'
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 29, 2026 09:13 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Math! at October 29, 2026 09:12 PM (PXtw/)
Whatever. It's currently dark until 8 am.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 29, 2026 09:14 PM (zYpTz)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at October 29, 2026 09:15 PM (FGA9/)
The wheat will grow faster.
We'll be able to harvest longer each day.
The kids will do better in school.
It's safer.
Posted by: And other feeble reasons at October 29, 2026 09:15 PM (dX+L6)
Posted by: Math! at October 29, 2026 09:12 PM (PXtw/)
I misunderstood your position. Disregard previous post. Carry on.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 29, 2026 09:15 PM (zYpTz)
If you want more daylight, then get up earlier.
Posted by: davidt at October 29, 2026 09:13 PM (Q+gd/)
_________
No, they're neurodivergents with chronic fatigue syndrome who are whining for a 32-hour week.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 29, 2026 09:16 PM (eRlcH)
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👀
throw it out, trust me on this...or feed it to racoons
Posted by: runner at October 29, 2026 09:13 PM (AKptf)
I've had it before.
Again, my fussiness level is near zero.
Food Basics - I stopped off in there. Wow. A lot of the stuff was Halal and expensive as hell.
The city isn't heavily muslim like windsoristan. So I wondered if that was a corporate decision. Seriously, I just ran in and out and so much of the stuff was halal.
And expensive as crap.
Creepy.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 29, 2026 09:17 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 29, 2026 09:18 PM (b99Hl)
— Buc-ee’s litigation department
Posted by: Bulg at October 29, 2026 09:18 PM (77rzZ)
Our cats just stand at the door and yowl when they want out. I keep telling them I'm not a f'n doorman.
Posted by: fd
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Surrender. Do as they say. I've doubled my productivity since I adopted this simple life hack.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone-definitely not get cat - Blonde is fine at October 29, 2026 09:18 PM (mmrXZ)
Jeez autocorrect in my SOCK ruined my joke.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 29, 2026 09:19 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
I'm the designated doorman. What I hate is that one of our cats can't exit the front or side door. Only the back door will do.
Bitch
Posted by: MkY at October 29, 2026 09:21 PM (ik4bQ)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 29, 2026 09:21 PM (0aYVJ)
Our cats just stand at the door and yowl when they want out. I keep telling them I'm not a f'n doorman.
Posted by: fd
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Surrender. Do as they say. I've doubled my productivity since I adopted this simple life hack.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone-definitely not get cat - Blonde is fine at October 29, 2026 09:18 PM (mmrXZ)
Or, as last year, have the outdoor temperature about -20 Celcius. Very rare for my area.
Snowflake and her Mom Starry had no desire to leave the house. And Ralphy, old as he is, would still try to chase Starry.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 29, 2026 09:22 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Pug Mahon
No more fuckery of the clocks.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 29, 2026 09:23 PM (b99Hl)
Posted by: LASue at October 29, 2026 09:23 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: Case at October 29, 2026 09:24 PM (fzmBj)
Posted by: Slugabeds United For DST at October 29, 2026 09:24 PM (EdP2u)
Running a huge Nation by trying to please Skip and Hadrian is folly in the extreme
________
Au contraire, running a huge nation to please Skip and me will lead us all to the sunny uplands of peace and prosperity.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 29, 2026 09:27 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Bulg at October 29, 2026 09:28 PM (77rzZ)
I had a uncle who was quite the curmudgeon and sort of conspiracy minded. "They" were trying to fool him with the DST change into coming to work one hour earlier and quitting one hour earlier.
He would never change his watch or clocks. So during DST, he was always doing 7AM - 4PM and having to mentally adjust any appointment times and all that. And he'd get mixed up occasionally, especially right after the changeovers.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 29, 2026 09:30 PM (w6EFb)
I recognize your posts from the first sentence, which is often the only one I understand. But I love them. Keep 'em coming.
Posted by: Wenda at October 29, 2026 09:30 PM (W2eM/)
Posted by: Bulg at October 29, 2026 09:31 PM (77rzZ)
Anyway, he would die before he would change his clocks. That was his hill to die on.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 29, 2026 09:31 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Wenda at October 29, 2026 09:32 PM (W2eM/)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and
Oh no! I am sorry. Glad you are okay, though.
Posted by: Piper at October 29, 2026 09:33 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2026 09:34 PM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: Bulg at October 29, 2026 09:34 PM (77rzZ)
Here in Idaho, on the other side of the time zone, it sets a little after 5 (I think), but does not rise until well after 9 am, and with the foothills it's closer to 10 am before we see the sun.
None of it has ever really affected how I sleep, or how my day goes. As I said, just pick one and stick with it.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 29, 2026 09:35 PM (0aYVJ)
I think it's because she's pretty cute and reminds me of Kat from Gutfeld.
But also, that was pretty vile. And I hang around here. I'm used to the vile. This election cycle, assassination attempts, everything, I was already thinking of these things as sub-human.
Can't talk or negotiate. One of us can only survive. I'm coming to reality with those terms.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 29, 2026 09:37 PM (Sco7b)
See time.gov for the current time zone boundaries (which are a bit odd, and that's politics and local economic ties). In the original scheme, with 15 degree wide zones, standard time would differ from local mean time by no more than +/- 30 minutes. Now, the way it worked out (looking at you Michigan and Indiana) we're a bit wider than 15 degrees, especially with Eastern.
In fact, IIRC, and look at timezone map with the meridians compared, and I think the US scheme is just slightly shifted west too much on average, maybe 15 to 20 minutes for what the ideal would be.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 29, 2026 09:38 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: polynike
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I'm about as far west as can be in EST. For NW Indiana counties that are on CST, which are due south of me, they'd get sunrise around 9AM.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at October 29, 2026 09:38 PM (4HoLg)
Go to timeandate.com, which is the most reliable sunrise/set/moon, etc, etc, astronomical etc, etc site there is. Plug in locations and see the sunrise and set times for any of those far western boundaries in Michigan and Indiana.
Look at the latest sunrise time (which will occur in late Dec to early Jan depending on latitude) and you can see how late it can get in those locations per standard zone time.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 29, 2026 09:40 PM (w6EFb)
When working, I hated DST. My shift was 5am (sometimes 4am) to 5pm (sometimes 4pm)-- and the sun would be blazing until nearly 10pm.
Blackout curtains. But-- now can't open the windows.
Don't want to open windows anyway, because neighborhood kids out of school & outside playing all evening. Noisy!
So, my own fault for having a shift-job, but everyone needs to earn a living *somehow* right?
Posted by: JQ at October 29, 2026 09:41 PM (rdVOm)
Sweet goldens befriend any person or animal. Shelby and a squirrel played for years on the back porch. We had a pool screen and the squirrel messed with him and it was a game. When our sweet Shelby died the squirrel kept looking for him when I went outside to swim laps. He missed our boy, too. Shel-bear was so loved.
That baby boy elephant charging is so cute.
Again, to understand how elephants think and admire their intelligence and loyalty, read "The Elephant Whisperer" by Lawrence Anthony. I was amazed.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 29, 2026 09:42 PM (hzuYO)
Permanent change from Daylight Standard Time (DST) to DST + 30 minutes?
Posted by: Gref at October 29, 2026 09:43 PM (5rh/l)
Right now sunrise is about 7:30 am and sunset 6:30 pm.
Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2026 09:44 PM (Ti9vn)
“Michigan time” v. “Indiana time” in the summer.
Arghh…
Posted by: Bulg at October 29, 2026 09:44 PM (77rzZ)
I have told myself to love the grey and the dark. The rain and wind and empty beach, save me and the ducks and the seagulls. I actually do love it.
Summers are hot and bright and loud and crowded. And they smell.
I love the gentle quacking of the buffleheads. And the hoots of the owls. I wear my old sailing gear and wander out into the gale and enjoy my bourbon and the storm. It’s beautiful and powerful.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at October 29, 2026 09:46 PM (ySK8l)
If you want maximum daylight all year, move to the equator.
Posted by: JQ at October 29, 2026 09:47 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at October 29, 2026 09:49 PM (ySK8l)
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 29, 2026 09:10 PM (Sco7b)
Tired of YouTube so I happened to be reading the cafe which I usually skip.
But, I'd never buy Halal meat because it's a sacrifice to someone I don't worship.
Posted by: Just FYI at October 29, 2026 09:50 PM (1Ff7Z)
It is against nature to get up at dark unless you are on a farm and have to milk cows or similar.
This is the final word on this matter. Pick something where it's not dark at dawn. That's all I ask. And then leave it alone. Make up a new time zone if you have to.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 29, 2026 09:50 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 29, 2026 09:51 PM (Cqx++)
What to do? Rub it with butter AND bacon fat! Put cut-up bacon in the breast cavity along with the onion, apple, and garlic. End of "halal"!
Posted by: JQ at October 29, 2026 09:52 PM (rdVOm)
Arghh…
Posted by: Bulg
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Been here since 2009, and I still mess up. Case in point, a comment upthread about sunrise on day with latest sunrise.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at October 29, 2026 09:53 PM (4HoLg)
The trouble is the US is just too big, two wide in latitude and longitude for a one-size fits all DST scheme. But, a mishmash of different schemes varying all over the country would be big nightmare as well.
So here we are.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 29, 2026 09:54 PM (w6EFb)
Whichever you prefer.
Posted by: wth at October 29, 2026 09:54 PM (oq9dX)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 29, 2026 09:54 PM (b99Hl)
THIS!^
Let businesses, schools, whatever, choose their hours according to local preferences.
Posted by: JQ at October 29, 2026 09:56 PM (rdVOm)
I'm good. It's been an up and down year. Last week was my birthday--tough because it used to be OUR birthday, but my twin brother is gone now. So it's full of memories instead.
Posted by: Wenda at October 29, 2026 09:58 PM (W2eM/)
My preference would be go back to Standard Time, which Means Something astronomically and historically, and then every locality can adjust their hours as they like.
You want more time in the evening after work, well, 7-4, or 6-3 hours, whatever you want.
But let mean solar time mean mean solar time (with the time zones, which are necessary, as the railroads discovered).
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 29, 2026 09:59 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2026 08:59 PM (viF8m)
*******
Growing up, a friend's baby sister was born profoundly deaf from her mother having rubella in her 3rd month of pregnancy. Advised to abort she refused.
She appeared beautiful, bright, and normal til she didn't talk much at 15mo, or respond to her name. Was already lip reading.
She attended a rare (at the time) school for the deaf and learned to lip read. People from other states brought their children to this school in MS. She entered regular school in 3rd grade and led a very normal life. Deafness in childhood does not have to be a handicap.
She was uncanny with animals from toddlerhood. An equestrian. She was once missing at 3yrs and her mother (frantic) found her milking a cow, with the cow patiently letting her.
Our entire community embraced this beautiful child and no one felt she was different. If anything her Southern accent sounds Scandinavian. Her daughter would inform people, as if we didn't know, that her mother's ears were broken.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 29, 2026 10:04 PM (hzuYO)
“After deliberating for just over 5 1/2 hours, the jury of 5 women and 7 men found Samantha Krebs guilty of first-degree intentional homicide in the stabbing death of Joey Carnot. The judge scheduled sentencing for the morning of November 25, 2025.”
Looks like it was an epic battle, alright.
Posted by: Tom Servo
W0w, I am impressed that there is something in the real world with which my nickname matches. However...
My Krebs is Sir Hans Adolf Krebs, elucidator of the citric acid cycle in biochemistry, the principal source of energy for cells and thus an important part of cellular respiration.
My Carnot is Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, whose Carnot Cycle was the first successful theory of the maximum efficiency of heat engines.
Biochemistry and physics were two areas in which I made my bones during my scientific career in academia and industry.
The "Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars" is a snarky salute to the series that ran on ABC, "Battle of the Network Stars" between 1976 and 1988. "Epic" attests to the fact that ABC's "battle" involved mere entertainers and my mock "battle" was between two highly regarded scientists.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 29, 2026 10:12 PM (ixS3i)
Sunrise on the winter solstice in my AO would be 8:22am if we stayed on DST. Kind of a pain in the ass to be dark that late, but I'm willing to make the sacrifice.
Posted by: ballistic at October 29, 2026 10:13 PM (oqH4h)
My preference would be go back to Standard Time, which Means Something astronomically and historically, and then every locality can adjust their hours as they like.
You want more time in the evening after work, well, 7-4, or 6-3 hours, whatever you want.
But let mean solar time mean mean solar time (with the time zones, which are necessary, as the railroads discovered).
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb)
This. Pick one, dammit, and enough of this foolish devilry.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 29, 2026 10:15 PM (ixS3i)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 29, 2026 10:16 PM (ixS3i)
30 Uhhhh.....
The link about the Czech dam ain't right.
Unless people saying "Damn!" when they find a human head is what was intended.
Posted by: buddhaha
Thank heavens someone else commented about the link with half an hour of police, a killer, a human head...!!!
So, either two of us saw the same link and many others simply commented about beaver without watching, OR the link was 'broken' for only two of several readers. 🤷🏼♀️
I suspect not much content reading for the 'rons once beaver - like boobs - burned into their brains.
I do love the opening picture! Thanks.
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 29, 2026 10:39 PM (NFX2v)
High-Speed Train Crash Kills At Least 68 People In Spain
I'm pretty sure that Rome, as it crumbled, experienced many accidents such as this.
Dying nations like dying people experience a lot of injuries before they pass.Kangmin Lee
@kangminlee 10m Absolutely horrifying footage coming out of Spain. A Rente high-speed train carrying 397 passengers rear-ended a stationary Iryo train carrying 147, with the death toll currently at 64 and rising and injuring dozens more among the 544 passengers aboard. This tragedy marks the second major crash on the corridor this year, following a January collision at Adamuz that killed 46. Accidents like this are easily preventable and utterly unacceptable in the first world. What is going on in Spain? Pray for the victims and their families.
A high-speed train slammed into the rear of another train that had stopped in central Spain, derailing two cars and killing at least 68 people Wednesday morning. https://t.co/i9vGczB1tt https://t.co/t1dKdYp18g
— CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil (@CBSEveningNews) October 28, 2026
An Iryo train carrying 146 people and a Renfe train carrying 397 people, have collided near Toledo, Spain.
This is the second catastrophic high-speed rail accident on the Madrid-Seville line to occur this year. https://t.co/RGTDgpCusY— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) October 28, 2026
Video shows the immediate aftermath of a deadly high-speed train collision in central Spain on Wednesday that killed at least 64 people and injured 80 others, authorities said.
The crash occurred in the province of Toledo when a high-speed train slammed into the back of another train that had stopped, derailing two cars. Both trains were traveling from Madrid to Seville, carrying a combined 544 passengers. The cause of the crash remains unknown.— CBS News (@CBSNews) October 28, 2026
You know who's to blame? Foreign accounts already know who arranged this collision: Jews. And the terrorist propaganda network Reuters tries to link the collision -- which occurred under a Socialist PM who's not spending enough on maintenance so that he can give freebies to nomads -- on "far right" groups. Far right groups who think the government in power is responsible for what happens under its maladministration. What racist crazies. Look at them, "clashing" with police even during this tragedy! The left would never exploit a tragedy like this for political purposes.
Far-right groups clashed with Spanish police in Madrid during a protest demanding the government's resignation following a high-speed train crash that killed at least 68 people https://t.co/QGmB3qDJa2 https://t.co/HyKXPgFyaq
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 29, 2026
Protests erupt in Spain after train crash kills dozensOh right, I forgot, Spain as endured three weeks of violent rioting, looting, and arson at the hands of the Islamocommunists, but now "far right" groups protest in a perfectly appropriate place -- outside the offices of a government official credibly accused of deadly incompetence -- and all of a sudden protesting is Treason.
Far-right demonstrators clashed with police outside the country's transport ministry where they had gathered to call for the prime minister's resignation. Spain began three days of mourning Thursday after at least 69 people were killed and dozens more injured in the country's deadliest train crash in decades. But anger is mounting about the alleged incompetence that allowed the accident to happen and protesters clashed with police overnight outside the country's transport ministry. Once considered one of the country's crowning achievements, Spain's high-speed rail network had not endured a deadly crash since it came into service over 30 years ago. After the second train accident in less than a year, the tragedy has deepened the feeling among many that there is something broken in Spanish society. The crash follows weeks of protests.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: National Guard Fashion Advisor at October 29, 2026 07:12 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: notalawyer at October 29, 2026 07:13 PM (fR677)
Posted by: fd at October 29, 2026 07:14 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 29, 2026 07:14 PM (r7+Q7)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 29, 2026 07:15 PM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 07:15 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 29, 2026 07:16 PM (XMwZJ)
You have to expect this kind of thing every now and then in the interest of diversity and inclusion.
Posted by: fd at October 29, 2026 07:16 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 07:16 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: rhomboid at October 29, 2026 07:17 PM (U/Byj)
I'm not suggesting mistakes never get made. I'm just saying that "three days of mourning" is practically the chef's kiss to not taking something seriously. There will stuffed animals and candles and drawings on the sidewalks...and nothing of significance will change.
Posted by: Crusader at October 29, 2026 07:17 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: rhomboid at October 29, 2026 07:18 PM (U/Byj)
Nobody else does either.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2026 07:18 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 29, 2026 07:18 PM (SaoqG)
I'm pretty sure that Rome, as it crumbled, experienced many accidents such as this.
VDH, fervent admirer of the plucky cruelty on regular display here, has said that the fall of a great civilization was not due to one or two great battles or upheavals as much as it was due to a prolonged decline in competence and knowledge, and erosion of the element of trust in interpersonal dealings.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 29, 2026 07:18 PM (ixS3i)
Or do they already have it and it failed?
Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2026 07:18 PM (Ti9vn)
Be more like Europe, they said.
They're so much more advanced than us, they said.
It'll be so much better, they said.
Posted by: They don't even have Ranch dressing at October 29, 2026 07:18 PM (dX+L6)
Even after Beau died that way...
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 29, 2026 07:19 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at October 29, 2026 07:19 PM (ilf0f)
High on Cocaine!
Posted by: Engineer Casey Jones at October 29, 2026 07:19 PM (EdP2u)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 29, 2026 07:19 PM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: Bosk at October 29, 2026 07:19 PM (VMFAF)
Posted by: rhomboid at October 29, 2026 07:18 PM (U/Byj)
And that's for a very good reason.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 07:19 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: BruceWayne at October 29, 2026 07:20 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 29, 2026 07:20 PM (B0NCh)
Posted by: Bosk at October 29, 2026 07:19 PM (VMFAF)
In his S&M dungeon...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 07:20 PM (l3cgK)
Idiocracy
Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2026 07:20 PM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 29, 2026 07:21 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent
The sandals of the Hector of Afghanistan are hard to fill...
Posted by: Auspex at October 29, 2026 07:21 PM (Y8DZL)
It's called America sauce.
Posted by: BruceWayne at October 29, 2026 07:20 PM (YZ0Fo)
"He covered the salad with his America sauce" just doesn't sound right...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 07:21 PM (l3cgK)
I've ridden high speed trains in Europe and I do have a nanosecond of thought of a wreck, then have another glass of wine. We've always arrived alive and enjoyed the ride. Now? I don't think so! Not because of this crash but because of barbarians.
Other than the obvious physical injuries, other things occur to human bodies when hit from behind with force and are often fatal quickly. These poor people.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 29, 2026 07:21 PM (hzuYO)
Or do they already have it and it failed?
Posted by: polynikes"
Old Charlie stole the handle.
Posted by: fd at October 29, 2026 07:22 PM (MWfyi)
It's unseemly! It fails to seem! It's completely lacking in seem!
It is bereft of seem.
Posted by: Archimedes
"Tell me about it -- I was bereft of seam"
-- R.M.S. Titanic
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 29, 2026 07:22 PM (ixS3i)
The axles creak, and the couplings strain.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 29, 2026 07:22 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: Skip at October 29, 2026 07:22 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: rhomboid at October 29, 2026 07:22 PM (U/Byj)
It is bereft of seem.
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It goes without saying that there is NOT a plethora of seem.
Posted by: Crusader at October 29, 2026 07:22 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 29, 2026 07:23 PM (XeU6L)
Be more like Europe, they said.
They're so much more advanced than us, they said.
It'll be so much better, they said.
Posted by: They don't even have Ranch dressing at October 29, 2026 07:18 PM (dX+L6)
Since Canada feels snubbed by America and President Trump, we've been trying to cozy up to Europe - out new lover.
It's going great. Carbon taxes on Canadian goods maybe. No word if we'll get the amusement of foreigners destroying crap. We probably brought in the laziest.
But aside from this, love can pull us through this..
The school beauty queen rejected us but there's always disease-ridden prostitutes.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 29, 2026 07:23 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 29, 2026 07:23 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: fd at October 29, 2026 07:22 PM
He's the Man Who Will Never Return.
Posted by: The Kingston Trio at October 29, 2026 07:23 PM (dX+L6)
Posted by: Bosk at October 29, 2026 07:19 PM (VMFAF)
Yes! that's exactly what happened.
Posted by: Gomez Adams, Renfe/Iryo trainee at October 29, 2026 07:23 PM (r7+Q7)
Took a high speed train from Shanghai to Beijing. Pretty nice. But I was a bit uneasy cause China.
Took a couple in Japan. No such concerns.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2026 07:24 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 29, 2026 07:23 PM (XeU6L)
Indeed. See #12 & #23
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 07:24 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 29, 2026 07:25 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: HAL 9000 at October 29, 2026 07:25 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Crusader at October 29, 2026 07:25 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 29, 2026 07:25 PM (ixS3i)
Posted by: My Kingdom for a seem! at October 29, 2026 07:25 PM (dX+L6)
It's unseemly! It fails to seem! It's completely lacking in seem!
It is bereft of seem.
Posted by: Archimedes
"Tell me about it -- I was bereft of seam"
-- R.M.S. Titanic
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 29, 2026 07:22 PM (ixS3i)
Silence! I keel you!
Posted by: Achmed being fisted at October 29, 2026 07:26 PM (r7+Q7)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 29, 2026 07:26 PM (B0NCh)
Posted by: Colossus at October 29, 2026 07:26 PM (SaoqG)
I'm a bit surprised Gov Brylcreem isn't out touting this very obvious fact...
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 29, 2026 07:27 PM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: HAL 9000 at October 29, 2026 07:27 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: fd at October 29, 2026 07:27 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: fd at October 29, 2026 07:14 PM (MWfyi)
Nope, I can comfortably predict there will NEVAH be a HIGH SPEED Rail crash here in California!
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 29, 2026 07:27 PM (mP0Kj)
Lieutenant General Brett Sylvia was involved in the strategic planning of national security policies during the Afghanistan drawdown while serving as Vice Director for Strategy, Plans, and Policy (J5) on the Joint Staff from 2021 to 2023.
That should have had him led out to pasture before his leaking.
Posted by: Orson at October 29, 2026 07:27 PM (dIske)
Posted by: fd at October 29, 2026 07:27 PM (MWfyi)
To actual customers, not so much.
And remember this atrocity was yet another one demanded by the voters.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 29, 2026 07:28 PM (U/Byj)
But if there is, it'll be Trump's fault.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 29, 2026 07:28 PM (Riz8t)
JUST IN: California’s High-Speed Rail to Nowhere Chief Abruptly Resigns Amid Questions About Multi-Billion Dollar Boondoggle
Ian Choudri, the CEO of California’s high-speed rail to nowhere abruptly resigned late Wednesday night amid questions about the multi-billion-dollar boondoggle.
Originally greenlit by the voters with the promise of linking Los Angeles to San Francisco in a modern, efficient bullet train system for a mere $33 billion with a completion date set for four years ago, the project has ballooned to an eyewatering $128 bilion to $130 billion, with no clear completion date in sight, according to abc30.
Ian Choudri, who came on board in summer 2024, claimed last year that the high speed train might be finished in twenty years. That would be the year 2045.
LOL.
Twenty year.
Powered by cold fusion.
What an amazing world that will be.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 29, 2026 07:28 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Angzarr
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Action through inaction!
Posted by: Newsome at October 29, 2026 07:28 PM (XeU6L)
To actual customers, not so much.
And remember this atrocity was yet another one demanded by the voters.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 29, 2026 07:28 PM (U/Byj)
Sooo... just before the election, the Governor is trying to lock in a TEN YEAR contract, from 2030 to 2040, to BUY and maintain 3 High Speed Trains from Siemons.
The graft, must flow....
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 29, 2026 07:29 PM (mP0Kj)
To actual customers, not so much.
And remember this atrocity was yet another one demanded by the voters.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 29, 2026 07:28 PM (U/Byj)
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Considering the voting irregularities in CA, I suspect the atrocity was demanded by the "ballots" rather than the voters.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 29, 2026 07:29 PM (FZ29D)
Ian Choudri, the CEO of California’s high-speed rail to nowhere abruptly resigned late Wednesday night amid questions about the multi-billion-dollar boondoggle.
Ian Choudri. Why am I not surprised.
Posted by: LASue at October 29, 2026 07:30 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 29, 2026 07:30 PM (TMNW7)
Well done, Gavinsville!
At least two cases of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, have been confirmed in Stanislaus County, according to health officials.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 29, 2026 07:30 PM (ixS3i)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 29, 2026 07:19 PM (XMwZJ)
I agree that it's odd. Further, I wonder what constitutes "far right" and what makes it extreme, because I never hear specifically what makes the far right bad except perhaps for made-up smears.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at October 29, 2026 07:30 PM (OlzlW)
Posted by: B.O. at October 29, 2026 07:31 PM (dX+L6)
LOL.
Twenty year.
Powered by cold fusion.
What an amazing world that will be.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 29, 2026 07:28 PM (Sco7b)
By which time he will be dead. So suck it, suckers!! (See also, King County.)
Posted by: LASue at October 29, 2026 07:31 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Ran into an interesting Saul Bellow quote today:
"In Los Angeles all the loose objects in the country were collected, as if America had been tilted and everything that wasn't tightly screwed down had slid into Southern California"
Saul Bellow
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 29, 2026 07:32 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: rhomboid
*snort
Posted by: nurse ratched. at October 29, 2026 07:32 PM (mZLuT)
Ian Choudri, who came on board in summer 2024, claimed last year that the high speed train might be finished in twenty years. That would be the year 2045.
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IF...the next governor of California, regardless of party, wanted any of us normies to ever take California seriously again, they could do one simple thing upon taking office: simply announce that the high-speed-rail experiment was over and no more money would be allocated to it.
They could then go right back to grifting, but for at least 30 minutes the rest of us would be left wondering "What the hell got into California?".
Posted by: Crusader at October 29, 2026 07:32 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: From Botswana at October 29, 2026 07:32 PM (dX+L6)
Well by '76, we'll be A-OK...
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 29, 2026 07:33 PM (B0NCh)
The graft, must flow....
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 29, 2026 07:29 PM (mP0Kj)
He thought they meant semen and he wants a lot
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 29, 2026 07:33 PM (NtVYv)
Posted by: LASue at October 29, 2026 07:33 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: ballistic at October 29, 2026 07:34 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: garrett at October 29, 2026 07:35 PM (Qugny)
Well by '76, we'll be A-OK...
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I was still in my hard-rock period of music appreciation circa 1983 when a friend put that album on the turn table. Its brilliant--there's not a clunker anywhere on that one.
Posted by: Crusader at October 29, 2026 07:35 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Skip at October 29, 2026 07:35 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 29, 2026 07:35 PM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: Newsome at October 29, 2026 07:28 PM
Leading from behind!
Posted by: B.O.
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Unburdened by what has been!
Posted by: Kamala at October 29, 2026 07:35 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Skip at October 29, 2026 07:36 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
The last words many will hear will be "Allahu Akbar", as the terrorists try to obtain their 64 virgin (goats). Unfortunately USA has also incentivized thousands of such crazy Islamic terrorists, as even "clever" Ilhan revealed in her terrorist song.
Posted by: illiniwek at October 29, 2026 07:36 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 29, 2026 07:36 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 29, 2026 07:36 PM (eRlcH)
But, operators in Madrid, overrode that automatic system and restarted the state-owned train and sent on down at full speed. The other train was still sitting there stopped.
Why the hell they did that, there is no clue. Mistakes were made.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 29, 2026 07:36 PM (w6EFb)
The idea that I will somehow drive to Merced (7 miles from me), and get on a train to go to Bakersfield, where I will then have to rent a car to do anything...
Instead of driving the 2.5 hour down 99 Highway to get to Bakersfield, in my own damn truck?
We left Realityville a loonnnggg time ago.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 29, 2026 07:37 PM (mP0Kj)
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No. I think the freaks will continue to be freaks and all of the money spent on Freak0's campaign will have ended up in all of the right pockets and those pulling the strings will move quickly to pretend none of that campaign ever really took place.
Posted by: Crusader at October 29, 2026 07:37 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Newsome at October 29, 2026 07:28 PM
Leading from behind!
Posted by: B.O.
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Unburdened by what has been!
You know...the thing!
Posted by: Joseph R. Biden at October 29, 2026 07:37 PM (XMwZJ)
When Paxton wins, do you think a lot of the Freak0 supporters will finally leave this great state of Texas?
Posted by: LASue
Nah, they'll spend a year wandering aimlessly on the Llano Estacado, and then emerge to proclaim the Crazy, Crazy Crockett will be the One to Lead Them Out of Their Wilderness
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 29, 2026 07:37 PM (ixS3i)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 29, 2026 07:37 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Newsome at October 29, 2026 07:28 PM
Leading from behind!
Posted by: B.O.
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Unburdened by what has been!
I got my butt wiped!
Autopen
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2026 07:38 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: PaleRider at October 29, 2026 07:38 PM (PV+Zw)
Posted by: Newsome at October 29, 2026 07:28 PM
Leading from behind!
Posted by: B.O.
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Unburdened by what has been!
You know...the thing!
Si, Se Puede!
Posted by: garrett at October 29, 2026 07:39 PM (Qugny)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 29, 2026 07:39 PM (h86Sx)
His uncle was listening to a soccer match while manning the tower at Tenerefe...
Posted by: man at October 29, 2026 07:39 PM (pfXMo)
Posted by: Skip at October 29, 2026 07:35 PM (Ia/+0)
My Older Brother was an accountant for KPMG on that project...
Yeah, his retirement account if substantial.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 29, 2026 07:39 PM (mP0Kj)
Joe Biden
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 29, 2026 07:39 PM (XeU6L)
Why the hell they did that, there is no clue. Mistakes were made.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 29, 2026 07:36 PM (w6EFb)
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So, Chernobyl but with a train.
Good to see the layabout lazy-assed Spaniards learned from the layabout lazy-assed Soviets.
Posted by: ballistic at October 29, 2026 07:40 PM (oqH4h)
His uncle was listening to a soccer match while manning the tower at Tenerefe...
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"He passes it...passes it...HE PASSES IT..."
Posted by: Crusader at October 29, 2026 07:40 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Skip at October 29, 2026 07:41 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Hunter Biden at October 29, 2026 07:41 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Max Power at October 29, 2026 07:42 PM (SwyyQ)
Posted by: rhomboid
To read/watch the MSM is to be misinformed. Not to read it means one is uninformed. Easier on digestive system to simply be uninformed. X has better and faster coverage than the dying fake and gay media with its endless dog and pony narrative crap.
Even in Europe, which is why the Eurotrash hates Elon, X is now the trusted source for news worldwide rather than the old decaying standards of the MSM. And smart bloggers and substackers recognize that and use links with summaries of their stories on X so you can go more into detail.
Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 07:43 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 29, 2026 07:43 PM (XMwZJ)
I checked on updates for the "kirkiversary cake" story from the University of Utah (not the school Charlie was murdered at), about the horrible girl that marched up to the college republicans table on the one year anniversary of his death, with a "happy kirkiversary" cake.
It will surprise no one, since this is a very liberal school, that the only students that went through disciplinary measures was the college republicans. Because they posted video of it and it went viral.
Luckily it sounds like the school dismissed all allegations against them. But they could have been expelled. I think public pressure forced the school to halt going any further.
Also, one of the college republican kids present at the cake incident had previously been threatened. Someone has told them at a previous event they were going to "Kirk them." So IMO they have every right to expose anyone promoting violence.
The girl that baked the cake is apparently the daughter of a tech bigwig, and is going into medicine for kids. I wouldn't want her anywhere near kids of mine.
Posted by: LizLem at October 29, 2026 07:44 PM (Toos7)
That was the Houston Dallas fantasy...
An hour drive, park, 30 minute wait, 90 minutes ride, 30 minutes to uber or rental, 45 minutes to wherever...
For a 3 hour and change drive.
Posted by: man at October 29, 2026 07:45 PM (pfXMo)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at October 29, 2026 07:46 PM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 29, 2026 07:46 PM (vzuC7)
Now we're lucky if the train even shows up, doesn't get stranded in the middle of the railways, doesn't catch fire, and we survive, all while paying through the wazoo for the privilege.
For some reason Spain has a unusual amount of very bad train crash fatalities, look up incidents between 2000 till now. It's unnerving.
Human error, underpaid and overexerted workers, no one complaining when one is fired and their work has to be done by the rest.
Kind of amazing that this happened today when there was already a strike called for tomorrow because of safety issues.
There is simply too many people visiting Spain and too little money invested on renovating aging infrastructures. Either we tax tourists more to pay for it or set a maximum number of tourists so there is less deterioration (and less chances for a disaster to happen).
On the face of it, it seems that the privatization of trains still is a flawed idea. what we saved on budget cuts we are now paying in lives
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 29, 2026 07:48 PM (6nZo9)
Posted by: Keyser at October 29, 2026 07:48 PM (BSkyy)
Posted by: Skip
The Front Range used to be hip and happenin'. 23 skidoo between Colorado Springs and Fort Collins.
That was before the Blueprint drove out everybody productive.
I suspect the new train job will go down in flames because the survivors see the Californication and want none of it.
Posted by: vote against NN at October 29, 2026 07:50 PM (88C+u)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcB43bQl5gI&
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads
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The train to Grinder's Switch is running right on time.
Posted by: Charlie at October 29, 2026 07:51 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine "
Maybe even subhuman error.
Posted by: fd at October 29, 2026 07:55 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: mea culpa at October 29, 2026 07:59 PM (iN6fC)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 29, 2026 08:03 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: torabora at October 29, 2026 08:11 PM (Wt1Rs)
Posted by: RandomDave (who, me, cynical?) at October 29, 2026 08:14 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: MLCross at October 30, 2026 05:42 AM (kV8re)
Trump Fires Three-Star General for Leaking to Press, Lying In Three Failed Polygraph Tests
Alexandra Ingersoll
@AlexIngersoll NEW: On background from a War Department official: Army Lieutenant General Brett Sylvia, who was part of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was fired by Secretary Hegseth for severe misconduct. Although Sylvia's title was director of the Directorate for Strategy, Plans, and Policy at the Joint Chiefs of Staff, known inside the military as the J5, he was NOT a central planner for the Iran War. That is the responsibility of CENTCOM and its commander Admiral Cooper. Sylvia is the subject of an investigation for leaking classified information about the Iran War, the war between Russia and Ukraine, and more. Due to the Pentagon's media policy requiring journalists to have escorts in the building, Sylvia began meeting with journalists outside of the Pentagon in order to leak classified information. Sylvia failed three polygraphs which questioned him about leaking classified information. The investigation into him remains ongoing and has been referred to the Department of Justice for further action. The extent of his leaking became so critical that Secretary Hegseth took immediate action and fired Sylvia in order to protect national security. Urgent action was needed and could not wait another second.
Beege Wellborne saysthis comes after a story leaked to Steve Jobs' Widow's Vanity Magazine The Atlantic, claiming that Pete Hegseth is incompetent. Fox News:
War Secretary Pete Hegseth fired one of the Pentagon's senior strategic planners amid an investigation into allegations he leaked classified information to journalists about the Iran war, Russia's war in Ukraine and other sensitive matters, a Department of War official told Fox News. The official said Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia failed three polygraph examinations related to alleged disclosures of classified information. The investigation has been referred to the Justice Department. Sylvia is also accused of meeting journalists outside the Pentagon with the alleged intention of leaking classified material after Hegseth imposed new media restrictions requiring reporters to be escorted inside the building. Fox News Digital has reached out to Sylvia for comment but did not hear back at time of publication. The Justice Department declined to comment specifically on Sylvia but said it has "ongoing investigations related to possible leaks of classified information" and works closely with the Department of War. Pentagon chief spokesman Sean Parnell said the personnel action followed "an extensive Air Force OSI investigation," though he did not identify Sylvia by name in his statement or provide further details about the investigation. Parnell issued a pointed warning to those suspected of leaking classified information: "Our commitment was not an empty promise. We vowed to find you, and we meant it." ...
The official stressed that Sylvia was not a central planner of the Iran war, which falls under U.S. Central Command and its commander, Adm. Brad Cooper. ... Sylvia is the second officer leading the J5 to be removed under Hegseth, following Lt. Gen. Joseph McGee. Hegseth also removed Lt. Gen. Douglas Sims, then director of the Joint Staff, earlier this year. President Donald Trump told reporters Sylvia is going to have "big problems, long term problems" on Thursday.
From a commenter: the terrorist-aligned propaganda corporation Reuters escalates its SAVE IRAN campaign.
Brewers start to feel the costs of prolonged war in Iran https://t.co/pAuwbIGsMw
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 29, 2026
If I worked at The New York Times after the paper got a Pulitzer for Russia collusion reporting, I would be too ashamed talk about “decisively forfeit[ing] any presumption of honesty.”
— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) October 29, 2026
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 29, 2026 06:22 PM (vJrRc)
I have a theory about that.
Most uniformed, sane and unpartisan officers wouldn't do that. It's against the code. But leftists in uniform will.
The Pentagon needs a massive enema.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 29, 2026 06:24 PM (RORbl)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 29, 2026 06:25 PM (b99Hl)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 29, 2026 06:25 PM (88C+u)
I know this is beside the point, but the General has pedo lips. Yuck!
GET THEM OUT!
I wish we hung traitors like the olden days.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 29, 2026 06:25 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Thanatopsis at October 29, 2026 06:25 PM (hG5L0)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 29, 2026 06:27 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 29, 2026 06:28 PM (f8snw)
Due to the Pentagon's media policy requiring journalists to have escorts in the building, Sylvia began meeting with journalists outside of the Pentagon in order to leak classified information.
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Amazing how that works.
And I remember when the MSM went ballistic over it. FIRST AMENDMENT, CENSURESHIP, FREEDOM OF THE PRESS!1!1lll
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 29, 2026 06:28 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2026 06:28 PM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: rhomboid at October 29, 2026 06:28 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 29, 2026 06:28 PM (f8snw)
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What about Sylvia's Mother?
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at October 29, 2026 06:29 PM (0bjKf)
Keelhauling?
Please tell me it is Keelhauling.
Posted by: garrett at October 29, 2026 06:29 PM (Qugny)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 29, 2026 06:29 PM (b99Hl)
Heh, I'd like to know how the Pentagon got wise to Sylvia.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 29, 2026 06:30 PM (mmrXZ)
When it’s a Democrat lies are simply unpossible.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 29, 2026 06:30 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 29, 2026 06:30 PM (97NWC)
Posted by: rhomboid at October 29, 2026 06:31 PM (U/Byj)
The rot runs deep. Too deep. I'm sure this fucking communist matriculated under Obama.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at October 29, 2026 06:32 PM (SpZgP)
The only one who notices David French is Ace.
He has no pull, leverage or believably on any point of the political spectrum, and the tired "I'm a conservative, but" shit he has peddled leftist crack for 20 years is an act that died with David Brooks.
Posted by: Auspex at October 29, 2026 06:32 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 29, 2026 06:30 PM (6ydKt)
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Exactly, nobody actually knows how Hunter's coke got into the White House.
Posted by: Axeman at October 29, 2026 06:32 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2026 06:32 PM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: rhomboid at October 29, 2026 06:33 PM (U/Byj)
Is it along the lines of, if you like your doctor you can keep your doctor?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 29, 2026 06:33 PM (XV/Pl)
He has trouble performing when David is watching.
Posted by: Mrs David French at October 29, 2026 06:33 PM (Qugny)
As for raising beer prices, good luck brother. Kids aren't drinking anymore and demand is down so econ 101 to ya.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 29, 2026 06:33 PM (n5tGW)
Trump lies . Google it !
Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2026 06:28 PM (Ti9vn)
Have you seen the videos of "man-on-the-street" interviews where the interviewer invites a leftist to give specific examples of Trump doing something bad and the leftist invariably says, "There's so many examples; it's hard to think of just one!"
Posted by: Emmie at October 29, 2026 06:33 PM (OlzlW)
As an example, if for no other reason.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at October 29, 2026 06:34 PM (SpZgP)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 29, 2026 06:34 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 29, 2026 06:34 PM (f8snw)
Well, it did get them a World Series Title, so there's that.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at October 29, 2026 06:34 PM (GICSx)
It's true. They are having a real hard time with the decrease in demand in that industry.
Posted by: garrett at October 29, 2026 06:35 PM (Qugny)
Better yet, hand him over to the Green Berets. I happen to know one high up the food chain.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 29, 2026 06:35 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: ballistic at October 29, 2026 06:36 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at October 29, 2026 06:29 PM (0bjKf)
Sylvia mother says - David French is a twit!
Posted by: Boswell at October 29, 2026 06:36 PM (j10i6)
( wanted to say that out loud since maybe the opposite will happen like my sports betting)
Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2026 06:37 PM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: Emmie at October 29, 2026 06:33 PM (OlzlW)
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That's because they don't engage their brain when somebody said Trump lied, and simply nod along to confirmation bias.
I saw a video about how you remember better when stress is involved, and that's really how you learn things. There has to be effort, and a modicum of stress.
If somebody is just feeding into the belief structure they planted in you. You're just nodding along, "Yeah, Trump lies--all the time." And the specifics pass them by.
Posted by: Axeman at October 29, 2026 06:37 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at October 29, 2026 06:37 PM (SpZgP)
When it’s a Democrat lies are simply unpossible.
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Democrats only care about "affordability" when a Republican is in the White House. They're hell-bent on $8 a gallon gas when THEY are in the White House.
Posted by: Crusader at October 29, 2026 06:37 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 29, 2026 06:37 PM (8Uo7a)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 29, 2026 06:37 PM (b99Hl)
Posted by: NCKate at October 29, 2026 06:38 PM (enNUy)
Posted by: Axeman at October 29, 2026 06:38 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: zombie at October 29, 2026 06:38 PM (HD2n/)
First of all, Sylvia is no name for a general
b) I'm sure the Pentagon has been leaking to the press since the building's cornerstone was laid
3) I wonder if any of these leaks, past or present, resulted in US casualties
Posted by: Don Black at October 29, 2026 06:38 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Stu Podaso at October 29, 2026 06:38 PM (GICSx)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 29, 2026 06:39 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Emmie at October 29, 2026 06:33 PM (OlzlW)
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Yes, that guy on Watters called Jonny has done some.
Such a non sequitur.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 29, 2026 06:39 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Crusader at October 29, 2026 06:37 PM (TN0g+)
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They told you 20% inflation over 4 years was not happening.
That's what I say to anybody who starts that "Affordability" crap with me.
Are you Pavlov's dog? Do you salivate just because they rang a bell?
Posted by: Axeman at October 29, 2026 06:40 PM (Fi81e)
Retro topic:
I thought this girl said she was worried about here reputation which is why she called the cops and waiting a few years before she filed the suit.
I'm no expert but doing a Netflix documentary about your gangbang would only enhance the reputation of a pornstar, and not by much.
Is she going to be on OnlyFans next after just saying "Screw it" and becoming her reputation?
Posted by: SpeakingOf
There are selfie videos of this trollop speaking of her fashion sense (very loose paraphrasing here): "... girls say I am pretty ... I wear large silver hoops and a nose piercing and that always gets their attention ... I suffered with cankles for years ... now I have them under control and so I exercise in public and have returned to wearing shorts ..."
She's a dim 304. If all the Cornell sturm und drang was a teaser for something straight out of Netflix, there'll be lawsuits aplenty and, one hopes, arrests and trials for the "masterminds".
Posted by: Dan Sullivan... not that Dan Sullivan, the other one at October 29, 2026 06:40 PM (ixS3i)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 29, 2026 06:25 PM
How would we tell the difference?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 29, 2026 06:40 PM (JnkZq)
The Pentagon Papers help lose a war and killed many.
Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2026 06:40 PM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: NCKate at October 29, 2026 06:38 PM (enNUy)
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Unironically, no doubt.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 29, 2026 06:40 PM (RIvkX)
True literacy.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 29, 2026 06:39 PM (n5tGW)
*********
Was someone else occupying her oven?
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 29, 2026 06:40 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at October 29, 2026 06:29 PM (0bjKf)
Made a mistake marrying a man whose last name was "Sylvia". I bet li'l Brett got teased hard in school.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 29, 2026 06:40 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 29, 2026 06:40 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: Crusader at October 29, 2026 06:37 PM (TN0g+)
You're right of course, but the fact that this election is even close is what makes me lose confidence in the very concept of 'democracy'. People need to grow the fuck up.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at October 29, 2026 06:40 PM (SpZgP)
3,2.....
Posted by: Skip at October 29, 2026 06:41 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Dan Sullivan... not that Dan Sullivan, the other one at October 29, 2026 06:41 PM (ixS3i)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 29, 2026 06:40 PM (88C+u)
Well, if you want to talk her out of it, the operator says it's another 10 cents for the next three minutes....
Posted by: Boswell at October 29, 2026 06:42 PM (j10i6)
Demonic cutie-pie who read aloud a poem about getting sexually aroused by Charlie Kirk's murder and then basically threatening the death of the TPUSA guy debating her, gets INCINERATED online for her smug death-porn by having the domain for her full name turned into a forever-record of her evil:
https://isacasahuga.com/
Posted by: zombie at October 29, 2026 06:42 PM (HD2n/)
Adios to everything gained over all those years of service.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 29, 2026 06:42 PM (vbdXu)
Sylvia failed three polygraphs which questioned him about leaking classified information.
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and it's up against the wall you sorry mother
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 29, 2026 06:42 PM (Pee1E)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 29, 2026 06:42 PM (2GVsD)
Supposedly played soccer...
And yeah, got promotions during the 3rd O'bumble's reign of error...
Posted by: man at October 29, 2026 06:42 PM (pfXMo)
One wonders (okay, that was bullshit) if David French still gets calls from young dimbulbs who think that he is David Lee Roth.
Posted by: Dan Sullivan... not that Dan Sullivan, the other one at October 29, 2026 06:42 PM (ixS3i)
@GovernorVA
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I’m proud to have the most talented, hardest-working cabinet in Virginia’s history. They are also the most diverse cabinet Virginia has ever seen.
6 outta 8 being black is not diverse
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 29, 2026 06:43 PM (/+uur)
In those days, there was no king in America, and everyone did what was right in their own eyes.
Posted by: Axeman at October 29, 2026 06:43 PM (Fi81e)
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For months, DFL candidate Abdi Daisane has been busy running for a seat in the Minnesota House of Representatives. On paper, his St. Cloud daycare has been pretty busy, too.
Blooming Kids Child Care Center was first opened in 2018. The facility is licensed to serve up to 113 children and is scheduled for a license renewal in December.
According to records from the Minnesota House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee, Blooming Kids Child Care Center has received just over $7.29 million in Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) payments since 2018.
CCAP is a state-run program that subsidizes child care for low-income families. The program is one of several programs at the center of Minnesota’s ongoing fraud scandals.
Alpha News recently spoke with a former employee of a neighboring business of Blooming Kids Child Care Center. The worker told Alpha News, “I do not recall ever seeing children entering or leaving the facility.”
Posted by: beckster at October 29, 2026 06:43 PM (kX27y)
This is how to fight...
Posted by: man at October 29, 2026 06:43 PM (pfXMo)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 29, 2026 06:40 PM (FZ29D)
*********
His flappy lips look like he had Suri tribe plate lips that were sold to journalists.
Or his filler went flat during a lie.
Nasty looking traitor. I hit the auto "I hate him" button immediately.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 29, 2026 06:44 PM (hzuYO)
@GovernorVA
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I’m proud to have the most talented, hardest-working cabinet in Virginia’s history. They are also the most diverse cabinet Virginia has ever seen.
6 outta 8 being black is not diverse
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 29, 2026 06:43 PM (/+uur)
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In their mind, you might be correct.
It should be 8 out of 8.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 29, 2026 06:44 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2026 06:40 PM (Ti9vn)
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True, but that leak came from an employee of the Rand Corporation, Daniel Ellsberg
Posted by: Don Black at October 29, 2026 06:44 PM (ZxPkt)
My preferred headline.
Posted by: illiniwek at October 29, 2026 06:45 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Auspex at October 29, 2026 06:32 PM
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Piker.
Posted by: LIFELONG Republican who's voted GOP since 1948 but just can't anymore at October 29, 2026 06:46 PM (NYInA)
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 29, 2026 06:46 PM (5WPt1)
May his name live in infamy.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at October 29, 2026 06:46 PM (SpZgP)
Posted by: your fix of gay harry-potter pr0n at October 29, 2026 06:46 PM (88C+u)
Too busy to come to the phone"
And the operator says, "Forty cents more
For the next three minutes"
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2026 06:46 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Skip at October 29, 2026 06:46 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: beckster at October 29, 2026 06:47 PM (kX27y)
https://isacasahuga.com/
Wasn't the chant "Casahuga, casahuga, casa, casa, casahuga" the lead-in chant for "Hooked on a Feeling"?
Posted by: Dan Sullivan... not that Dan Sullivan, the other one at October 29, 2026 06:47 PM (ixS3i)
This is much worse than "inadvertently" having loose lips (or pillow talk). This is deliberate leaking to undermine the chain of command.
Posted by: illiniwek at October 29, 2026 06:47 PM (vbXSk)
This is how to fight...
Posted by: man
Unfortunately she's the typical wealthy nepo-baby communist, living in a $2 million house, which both parents pulling in major $$$ -- her mother in particular made a fortune in Soros cash being the lawyer for Occupy Wall Street. So, sadly, she's unlikely to suffer too much.
Posted by: zombie at October 29, 2026 06:47 PM (HD2n/)
Posted by: Rep. Andrew J. May (D-KY) at October 29, 2026 06:48 PM (oQ+MP)
For the next three minutes"
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2026 06:46 PM (viF8m)
Well, getting Mrs. Avery to get that bitch back on the phone is worth it....
Posted by: Boswell at October 29, 2026 06:48 PM (j10i6)
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 29, 2026 06:48 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Don Black at October 29, 2026 06:44 PM (ZxPkt)
He copied them someone ? Another Rand employee?
What's mind blowing is the SC allowed it to be published by a 6-3 vote. Stolen classified papers .
Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2026 06:48 PM (Ti9vn)
She's in Texas. She's not going to get a lot of applause...
Posted by: man at October 29, 2026 06:49 PM (pfXMo)
She's starting a new live without you, dammit!
Move on.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2026 06:49 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at October 29, 2026 06:49 PM (SpZgP)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at October 29, 2026 06:50 PM (U4vOu)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2026 06:49 PM (viF8m)
I'll only keep her awhile! Come on!
Posted by: Boswell at October 29, 2026 06:50 PM (j10i6)
Put this flappy lipped traitor in panty hose, nude, with nipple tassles, high heels, and march him on the field at West Point for the half time show.
Then hang him by his lips to see how long they'll stretch before snapping like an old rubber band.
Tell the men to bring the rotten vegetable of their choice to see him off properly.
Of course, the old fashioned gallows would work for me.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 29, 2026 06:51 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: RandomDave (who, me, cynical?) at October 29, 2026 06:51 PM (aJQbY)
Raises the price of beer? Now Ukraine? Where they grow lots of grain? That I can see... but... Iran?
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 29, 2026 06:51 PM (mP0Kj)
"WHOF ARTED"....... Get it.. Reminds me of my situation
"WHOF ARTED"....... I got to be the funniest POTUS ever !!
Posted by: Blo Jiden at October 29, 2026 06:52 PM (To0UR)
This is why she left you.
Forty cents. You buy the ticket or you get off the ride.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2026 06:52 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: man at October 29, 2026 06:49 PM (pfXMo)
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Still plenty of leftoid retardation to go around on any university campus, even in Texas.
Posted by: ballistic at October 29, 2026 06:52 PM (oqH4h)
Isn't passing secure information to adversaries treason?
When did we stop hanging traitors?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 29, 2026 06:52 PM (Pee1E)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2026 06:52 PM (viF8m)
Damn operator - *fishes into pocket*
Posted by: Boswell at October 29, 2026 06:53 PM (j10i6)
Egypt says wut?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2026 06:54 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 29, 2026 06:54 PM (NtVYv)
Posted by: Bulg at October 29, 2026 06:55 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Don Black
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Rand Corp. is a government operation.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 29, 2026 06:55 PM (Pee1E)
When did we stop hanging traitors?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 29, 2026 06:52 PM (Pee1E)
I expect this is still on the table.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 29, 2026 06:55 PM (5WPt1)
Posted by: Crusader at October 29, 2026 06:37 PM (TN0g+)
You're right of course, but the fact that this election is even close is what makes me lose confidence in the very concept of 'democracy'. People need to grow the fuck up.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at October 29, 2026 06:40 PM (SpZgP)
Yeah, I like checking out the crazy on CNN and MSNow.
It hasn't been as much as it was, but a few months ago, it was all cost of gas, cost of diesel. But no rending of clothes.
And no inconvenient historical comparisons.
340 million people in the US. CNN can only muster 700,000 and MSNow - 1.7 million. Fox isn't much better.
I think trust in the media is so low, most ignore it. AI did tell me that ratings for shows as 60 minutes will include people who fell asleep or left the room with the tv on.
I ask about ratings and subscribers. The NYT i think had 12 million and that's probably world wide since they are 'gold-standard.'
I'm thinking a lot of people are just trying to live their lives.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 29, 2026 06:56 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: man at October 29, 2026 06:49 PM (pfXMo)
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Still plenty of leftoid retardation to go around on any university campus, even in Texas.
Posted by: ballistic
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Yep! Been by UT Austin lately? Or the thing that just happened at UTSA in San Antonio with the open mic chick?
You would think San Antonio would be more conservative with all the military bases... but nope!
Posted by: lin-duh at October 29, 2026 06:57 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Auspex at October 29, 2026 06:57 PM (Y8DZL)
That's gonna leave a mark. Can't wait for the liberal tears.
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 29, 2026 06:54 PM (NtVYv)
Gonna get interesting when she decides she would like to apply for a job.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 29, 2026 06:57 PM (5WPt1)
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 29, 2026 06:57 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Bulg at October 29, 2026 06:57 PM (77rzZ)
One of the worst characteristics of the US military officer corps is that so many of them think that once they get a star on their shoulder, they can pick and choose which orders they obey. That shit's been going on since the Conway Cabal against George Washington (although George, being a total badass, put an end to that shit). Ripley and McClellan during the Civil War, MacArthur in WWII and Korea, Thoroughly Modern Milley etc.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 29, 2026 06:58 PM (y9nCu)
I'd pretend to be surprised this was the sort of family that raised a kid like this but I've never been a theater kid.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 29, 2026 06:58 PM (88C+u)
I think trust in the media is so low, most ignore it. AI did tell me that ratings for shows as 60 minutes will include people who fell asleep or left the room with the tv on.
It wasn't me. I mean, sure, I fall asleep in front of the television rather often after a long day of yard work, but I do not fall asleep in front of a television tuned to 60 Minutes.
Posted by: Dan Sullivan... not that Dan Sullivan, the other one at October 29, 2026 06:59 PM (ixS3i)
Posted by: Don Black at October 29, 2026 06:59 PM (ZxPkt)
Egypt says wut?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2026 06:54 PM (viF8m)
Egypt in a War? missed that one.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 29, 2026 06:59 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 29, 2026 07:00 PM (88C+u)
I'd like to see her with a chinese audience.
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
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🤣 LMAO! Kamala Harris just went cringe accent mode to black voters and it's worse than ever:
"Election tahm is a tahm to let 'em know — we too busy watchin' whatchu doin', to listen to whatchu' sayin!"
💀💀
It's just another sign she plans to run in 2028. Trying to get the perfect accent down hoping her gullible base will fall for it!
Posted by: beckster at October 29, 2026 07:00 PM (kX27y)
Well he was 6'8" and weighed a fucking ton.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2026 07:00 PM (viF8m)
When did we stop hanging traitors?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 29, 2026 06:52 PM (Pee1E)
I expect this is still on the table.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 29, 2026 06:55 PM (5WPt1)
Then at least half of Congress and quite a good percentage of judges need to be lined up in front of a wall and shot...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 07:00 PM (l3cgK)
My, my, would you look for the sock before setting out!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 29, 2026 07:01 PM (ixS3i)
Posted by: zombie
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Don't think they are citizens and thus can be deported. Reports are that daughter is on a visa here which implies neither father nor mother are either (they call themselves world citizens in Mom's realtor page).
Reportedly Mom is now a realtor and is likely to get blowback for her side gig.
Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 07:01 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Beltway Elite at October 29, 2026 07:02 PM (hjsbd)
Well he was 6'8" and weighed a fucking ton.
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George Washington could throw a boat over a hedge
and shoot lightning bolts out of his arse
Posted by: Don Black at October 29, 2026 07:02 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Skip at October 29, 2026 07:02 PM (Ia/+0)
Well he was 6'8" and weighed a fucking ton.
Posted by: JackStraw
He saved the children, but not the British children.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 29, 2026 07:02 PM (ixS3i)
look up 'pedant' in the dictionary
Posted by: Don Black at October 29, 2026 07:02 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 07:00 PM (l3cgK)
That has always been the case.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 29, 2026 07:03 PM (5WPt1)
Posted by: 88C+u
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Mom lists background as activist and her rotten fruit of the loin doesn't fall far from the tree. Send them back to Lula's Brazil.
Let them enjoy the fruits of communism up close.
Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 07:03 PM (E4rtv)
Don't think they are citizens and thus can be deported. Reports are that daughter is on a visa here which implies neither father nor mother are either (they call themselves world citizens in Mom's realtor page).
Point Nemo Needs Women!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 29, 2026 07:03 PM (ixS3i)
Posted by: garrett at October 29, 2026 07:03 PM (Qugny)
Reportedly Mom is now a realtor and is likely to get blowback for her side gig.
Posted by: whig
Yep. This could get funny.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 29, 2026 07:04 PM (b99Hl)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 29, 2026 07:04 PM (hzuYO)
That's gonna leave a mark. Can't wait for the liberal tears.
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway
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They're multi-millionaires.
When mom or dad sees this it will be pulled.
It should be saved and presented as often as possible.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 29, 2026 07:04 PM (Pee1E)
Posted by: Blo Jiden at October 29, 2026 07:04 PM (pL0ET)
Posted by: Don Black at October 29, 2026 07:04 PM (ZxPkt)
Egypt has been making beer forever and been in or behind a number of wars. Egypt is the home of the Muslim Brotherhood that spawned most Islamic terrorist groups.
There was that unfortunate business with Israel where Egypt got their shit pushed in.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2026 07:05 PM (viF8m)
"The essence of the whole will be that Dr. Franklin's electrical rod smote the earth and out sprung General Washington. That Franklin electrified him with his rod—and henceforth these two conducted all the policy, negotiation, legislation and war."
Posted by: John Adams at October 29, 2026 07:05 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Crusader at October 29, 2026 07:05 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 29, 2026 07:05 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 29, 2026 07:06 PM (88C+u)
Reportedly Mom is now a realtor and is likely to get blowback for her side gig.
Posted by: whig
Yep. This could get funny.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
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Send it to Homan
Send it to Musk
Send it to Homeland Security
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 29, 2026 07:06 PM (Pee1E)
5 more days until Armageddon for maga
lol
Sad!
Posted by: AOS cope at October 29, 2026 07:06 PM (NFh5a)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2026 07:06 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 07:06 PM (l3cgK)
Well he was 6'8" and weighed a fucking ton.
Posted by: JackStraw at
He also saved the children. But not the British children.
Posted by: BruceWayne at October 29, 2026 07:06 PM (YZ0Fo)
Oh, look! A butt buddy!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 29, 2026 07:07 PM (ixS3i)
Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2026 07:07 PM (Ti9vn)
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The funny part is she has pictures and post saying she was going to UT Austin, hook 'em horns, but is going to UTSA instead. Lololol!!!🤣😂
Posted by: lin-duh at October 29, 2026 07:07 PM (VCgbV)
When mom or dad sees this it will be pulled.
It should be saved and presented as often as possible.
Posted by: Braenyard
Can't. Internet domain is bought, lot harder to remove than a simple request. And daughter unwittingly made herself into a public person under libel and slander laws. Sucks to be an idiot nepot spoiled 'world citizen' brat. And it will likely suck to be her parents in Texas shortly.
Posted by: John Adams at October 29, 2026 07:07 PM (E4rtv)
Not you, BruceWayne
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 29, 2026 07:07 PM (ixS3i)
@EricLDaugh
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1h
🤣 LMAO! Kamala Harris just went cringe accent mode to black voters and it's worse than ever:
"Election tahm is a tahm to let 'em know — we too busy watchin' whatchu doin', to listen to whatchu' sayin!"
💀💀
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She should train with Hillary (who will never be President).
Oh wait. Training would require *work* and Kamala is too much of a layabout drunk to actually *work*.
Posted by: Crusader at October 29, 2026 07:07 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: PaleRider at October 29, 2026 07:07 PM (PV+Zw)
Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 07:08 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: 88C+u at
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Fine, let them slide like shit down a commode to Brazil.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 29, 2026 07:08 PM (Pee1E)
OK, article was behind a paywall... so can someone tell me how a war in the Mid East, where they neither drink beer, nor export stuff to make beer...
Egypt says wut?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2026 06:54 PM (viF8m)
Stella.... Ugh. We used to drink that piss when I was stationed there. The export stuff tasted a lot like Heineken, and was okay. The domestic though...
They'd reuse the big bottles, and if you could still read the paper label, they'd just leave it on. If you needed a new label, they'd just slap it on over the old ones. Getting a bottle with three stacked labels was common. When the chain of command finally cut us off from drinking the domestic, they claimed that it'd been fortified with formaldehyde. Don't know about that, but the hangover from that shit was absolutely shattering.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 29, 2026 07:08 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: tubal at October 29, 2026 07:08 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Crusader at October 29, 2026 07:07 PM (TN0g+)
I don't know what you mean...she was always willing to get down on her knees to get the job done. Coordinating the mayoral staff of Willie Brown took time and effort.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 07:08 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: BruceWayne at October 29, 2026 07:08 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 29, 2026 07:09 PM (sAmhv)
This week, from Netflix:
"Brett Sylvia, Talking Courage", starring MATT DAMON as 3 Star General Brett Silva, a man, a victim, a hero..."
"Nah. Put a chick in the role, make it lame, and make it gay."
Posted by: Auspex at October 29, 2026 07:09 PM (Y8DZL)
That's gonna leave a mark. Can't wait for the liberal tears.
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway
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They're multi-millionaires.
When mom or dad sees this it will be pulled.
It should be saved and presented as often as possible.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 29, 2026 07:04 PM (Pee1E)
Good, all of you found it.
Nice web-page.
So, how can the parents sue? And if it's an anonymous page owner and this is truthfully what the sub-human cunt said, what's the case.
And what about all the other pop-up pages. I'm guessing
https://isacasahuga69.com/ is still available. Will they have a new hobby?
Despite the stoicism lectures and this being out of my control, yeah I want this bitch to suffer.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 29, 2026 07:09 PM (Sco7b)
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Price of diesel is too damn high because of Wee Willy Clinton and his infernal refining regulations.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 29, 2026 07:09 PM (Pee1E)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 29, 2026 07:10 PM (f8snw)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 29, 2026 07:10 PM (88C+u)
55 banked
Maybe 260 house seats
250 banked
Bloodbath incoming
Tmj soiling himself in fear
lol
Sad!
Posted by: AOS cope at October 29, 2026 07:10 PM (p4hAl)
Posted by: PaleRider
Likely being bid up and will drop once market manipulations stop. Not a scarcity of oil, not really of refined goods. But I suspect some of it is due to the disruption abroad of oil for several months from the Persian Gulf, that disruption created a backlog demand to catch up for refined products.
Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 07:10 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
Yup. Pretty much my go to beer anymore.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 29, 2026 07:10 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
Yup. Pretty much my go to beer anymore.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 29, 2026 07:10 PM (sAmhv)
Didn't the Germans found Yuengling?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 07:11 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 29, 2026 07:11 PM (ndZc7)
Kind of interesting that the DOJ is investigating Sylvia not the Pentagon.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2026 07:11 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: John Adams at October 29, 2026 07:07 PM (E4rtv)
Thanks for the answer ahead of time.
Got Friday's Canadian LottoMax numbers?
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 29, 2026 07:11 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 07:12 PM (E4rtv)
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Same. I just wanted a quiet country where my economic prospects were reasonable, my constitutional rights absolute, and whatever taxes were taken from me were used for more or less what they said they were going to be used for. The other side basically said "Screw that--war!". So war it is. That little bitch wanted to be on the front lines--I hope she enjoys it.
Posted by: Crusader at October 29, 2026 07:12 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 29, 2026 07:12 PM (XMwZJ)
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So, Dave, it should be very easy to offer up many examples, right?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 29, 2026 07:13 PM (XeU6L)
Got Friday's Canadian LottoMax numbers?
Posted by: Stateless
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Don't bet, all fixed. House always wins.
Lotteries are taxes based on intelligence.
Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 07:13 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: fd at October 29, 2026 07:13 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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I think she was trained for this as a child, so much so that it's a natural reflexive response. There is no thought to it, there is no effort.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 29, 2026 07:13 PM (Pee1E)
They'd reuse the big bottles, and if you could still read the paper label, they'd just leave it on. If you needed a new label, they'd just slap it on over the old ones. Getting a bottle with three stacked labels was common.
More than once I have been in the presence of someone who was chugging Co'Cola from its iconic glass bottle and discovered the cigarette filter and fag end tobacky droppings from its previous user, who used it for a makeshift ashtray.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 29, 2026 07:13 PM (ixS3i)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 29, 2026 07:13 PM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 29, 2026 07:12 PM (XMwZJ)
He wore a mask and a face shield at the same time. What a pussy. .
Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2026 07:14 PM (Ti9vn)
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I say that we go for a twofer at Hasan's event. I mean, we already have the troops formed up, right?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 29, 2026 07:15 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
German immigrants who came to this country in the 19th Century. Unlike the current bunch of immigrants (mostly), they became part of the nation instead of apart of it. Yuengling is a fine beer. It's not the best but for the price, it's pretty good.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 29, 2026 07:15 PM (sAmhv)
And too busy to come to the phone...
Posted by: Dr. Hook at October 29, 2026 07:16 PM (EdP2u)
Kind of interesting that the DOJ is investigating Sylvia not the Pentagon.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Espionage Act investigation is my guess. They are going after the rest of the pool and scuttlebutt on X is that includes Ms. Jennifer Griffin of Faux News. Some of the information included in leaks involved active operations in Iran which kicks it up a notch in seriousness. Iran is an enemy of the US now in open combat. Thus, death penalty for Espionage Act violations in War Time could apply.
Summary from Brave AI
"Criminal Penalties: Violations can result in heavy fines and imprisonment, with sentences ranging up to 20 years for obstructing military operations or causing insubordination, and the death penalty for conveying information to the enemy during wartime. "
Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 07:16 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: PaleRider at October 29, 2026 07:18 PM (PV+Zw)
"Criminal Penalties: Violations can result in heavy fines and imprisonment, with sentences ranging up to 20 years for obstructing military operations or causing insubordination, and the death penalty for conveying information to the enemy during wartime. "
Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 07:16 PM (E4rtv)
And this is the technicality. What's happening WRT Iran is not a war in the legal sense as Congress has not declared it so.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 07:18 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: PaleRider at October 29, 2026 07:18 PM (PV+Zw)
Gee, I wonder why diesel refineries haven't been built...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 07:19 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Skip at October 29, 2026 07:21 PM (Ia/+0)
The New York Times
@nytimes
Breaking News: President Trump and his aides helped the Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro, who faces multiple criminal investigations, enter the U.S., officials said.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 29, 2026 07:22 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: PaleRider at October 29, 2026 07:24 PM (PV+Zw)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
Nope, read up on the Prize Cases, all that is necessary is for hostilities to exist which dealt with the undeclared Civil War actions of President Lincoln.
Justice Grier for the majority,
"Let us enquire whether, at the time this blockade was instituted, a state of war existed which would justify a resort to these means of subduing the hostile force.
War has been well defined to be, "That state in which a nation prosecutes its right by force."
The parties belligerent in a public war are independent nations. But it is not necessary, to constitute war, that both parties should be acknowledged as independent nations or sovereign States. "
Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 07:25 PM (E4rtv)
The Washington Post
@washingtonpost
In Dearborn, Michigan, many Trump 2024 voters describe Abdul El-Sayed as an “America First” Senate candidate due to his opposition to unconditional military aid to Israel and focus on the domestic economy.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 29, 2026 07:28 PM (ndZc7)
Scotus precedent that war exists when hostile actions exist is pretty settled, it has not been applied AFAIK to the Espionage Act but has been to other actions of war such as blockades, lawsuits (force majeure clauses), detention and removal of aliens from nations where we are engaged in hostilities with, etc. etc.
So the fact that active hostilities existed when he leaked would be enough to put a noose around his neck. Whether they would do it or not, is another question.
Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 07:29 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: PaleRider at October 29, 2026 07:07 PM (PV+Zw)
I think the most recent Presidential EO on petroleum production and the defense production act indicates that Trump may be trying to force California to allow Valero to re-open their facilities.
He has done pretty much everything else, including Jones act waivers.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 29, 2026 07:29 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: NickM at October 29, 2026 07:35 PM (kSXpG)
Posted by: wferrin at October 29, 2026 07:36 PM (lCdHU)
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The Kobeissi Letter
@KobeissiLetter
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1h
BREAKING: Binance has been hacked with wallets across the Ethereum, Bitcoin, and TRON networks seeing outflows of -$5.7 billion.
The hack includes $1.45 billion worth of Bitcoin and $875 million worth of ETH.
Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 07:37 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 07:39 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 07:10 PM (E4rtv)
I am told that crude oil and diesel are priced at the commodity market level, not on the consumer level pricing, and a lot of the issues we are seeing now are reflecting both of the commodity traders owning the market and the Euros being really short of heating oil for the coming winter.
Supposedly the waiver on Russian oil and diesel is going to directly affect both markets, since it will kick some of the props out from under the commodity pricing and give additional supply to the consumers to modify the demand.
Venezuela ramping up production is going to be another disruptor for the pricing.
I am going to guess the waiver is calculated to last just as long as it takes Venezuela to meet and exceed that same volume for export allowed for the Russians.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 29, 2026 07:39 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: NickM at October 29, 2026 07:35 PM (kSXpG)
You need to see a shrink about your sever TDS. A by the way, GFY.
Posted by: BillB at October 29, 2026 07:55 PM (Gz/2A)
Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 07:39 PM (E4rtv)
he's larping, sometimes he forgets which canned phrase he's supposed to use next.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 29, 2026 08:34 PM (uhVAy)
So the fact that active hostilities existed when he leaked would be enough to put a noose around his neck. Whether they would do it or not, is another question.
Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 07:29 PM (E4rtv)
The whole War Powers act is build around war-ish activities that aren't declarations of war. Can't see wiggling past that actual law.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 29, 2026 08:36 PM (uhVAy)
The Washington Post
@washingtonpost
In Dearborn, Michigan, many Trump 2024 voters describe Abdul El-Sayed as an “America First” Senate candidate due to his opposition to unconditional military aid to Israel and focus on the domestic economy.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 29, 2026 07:28 PM (ndZc7)
Tons of MAGA rallies in blue-est Dearbornistan.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 29, 2026 08:38 PM (uhVAy)
Feds Raid "Adult Day Care" Centers In New York That Are Almost Entirely Fraudulent and Used to Steal Money from the American Taxpayer and Send It Back to... the Chinese Communist Party
NYC's biggest fraud scheme? Feds RAID adult day cares across the cityOh sure I'm certain she's right on top of widespread immigrant looting of the American taxpayer. Video report here.
The feds raided at least two Brooklyn adult day cares on Oct. 20 as part of a sweeping probe into more than 100 sites suspected of Medicaid fraud involving everything from money laundering to kickbacks, officials said. The crackdown is part of a monthslong "massive effort to combat fraud and abuse" involving taxpayer dollars and some of the state's most vulnerable people, Gov. Kathy Hochul said.
Audit: New York State is permitting B I L L I O N S in Democrat constituency groups' theft of taxpayer funds.
Wall Street Apes
@WallStreetApes INSANE 🚨 100% of New York adult daycares that were audited WERE FRAUD "We audited 15 of these -- There's no record of a single meal, activity, single hour of supervision" ILLEGAL KICKBACKS were also reported with these adult daycares. How the scam works is the daycares will sign people up and offer them $1,000 per month cash The adult daycare can bill about $120 per day to taxpayers. So they make about $3,600 per person and give the person $1,000 of it per month back as a kickback So they pocket $2,600. The person with the Medicaid insurance gets $1,000 Taxpayers are being robbed blind
Oh, you mean exactly the credit card zip code checker that could immediately block foreigners from donating to Democrats which ActBlue specifically disabled so that all the illegal money would flow in? Isn't that odd that the same things keep happening, and it's all part of what prosecutors will one cay call "a common scheme or plan." Let foreigners loot the taxpayers, then take kickbacks from those same foreigners illegally donating to the very politicians who enabled their plunder.
A new report examining New York state audits found billions of dollars in Medicaid payments lacking required verification, an estimated $11 billion in improper unemployment payments and widespread failures to enforce financial safeguards. The report, produced by the State Financial Officers Foundation and OpenTheBooks.com, reviewed findings from the New York State Comptroller's Office between 2018 and mid-2026, identifying oversight problems involving Medicaid, unemployment insurance, local governments and affordable housing. Among the largest findings, New York paid approximately $31.5 billion for Medicaid personal-care services between January 2021 and March 2023, but $14.5 billion -- roughly 46% -- lacked matching electronic records verifying when services occurred or how long they lasted. A 2024 Comptroller audit found that the state had a system capable of blocking certain payments without the required Electronic Visit Verification records, but the feature was not activated.
... Auditors separately flagged $21.3 million in potentially improper Medicaid payments, including visits billed while patients were hospitalized or lasting too briefly to qualify for reimbursement. "This audit found a disturbing lack of oversight and failure to comply with the required service verifications," New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said in the 2024 audit. "The state Department of Health needs to do a better job of protecting the integrity of these services and safeguard Medicaid funds."Meanwhile, Democrat judges are absolutely insistent that illegal aliens' illegal votes for Democrats be counted. Jennifer Van Laar:
Judge David Carter of the Central District of California ruled against the Department of Justice's emergency motion to require California and Los Angeles County election officials to sequester ballots returned by those on a list of 20,000 people the federal government had determined to be "likely noncitizens." In a scathing 26-page order, Carter likened the federal government's effort to prevent illegal aliens from voting to efforts to keep black Americans or women from voting, and to Jim Crow-era laws like "poll taxes, literary tests, and other obstacles to prevent people from casting their vote." In the introduction, he wrote:Now the woke judges are all about States' Rights. Sure.
Never before in American history has the federal government, on the eve of an election, sought to coerce a state and local government to abandon their own Constitutional elections procedures and bend to the will of the Executive Branch. In bringing this lawsuit, the Executive would have this Court believe that it reigns as a sole sovereign. But California and its people are sovereign, too.
INSANE 🚨 100% of New York adult daycares that were audited WERE FRAUD
“We audited 15 of these — There's no record of a single meal, activity, single hour of supervision” ILLEGAL KICKBACKS were also reported with these adult daycares. How the scam works is the daycares will sign people up and offer them $1,000 per month cash The adult daycare can bill about $120 per day to taxpayers. So they make about $3,600 per person and give the person $1,000 of it per month back as a kickback So they pocket $2,600. The person with the Medicaid insurance gets $1,000 Taxpayers are being robbed blind— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) October 21, 2026
"Ma'am, this is fraud."
Dr. Oz confronts a New York City senior day care director during a surprise visit, questioning Medicaid billing records that appear to show more seniors receiving services than are actually present. Dr. Oz presses the director over the discrepancies as federal investigators expand their crackdown on suspected fraud at senior care facilities across the city. The director disputes the concerns, but Oz isn't finished asking questions. See what else investigators uncover during the surprise inspections: https://t.co/XXBgS4qi5W @foxnewspolitics— Fox News (@FoxNews) October 20, 2026
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Thanatopsis at October 29, 2026 05:35 PM (hG5L0)
@LeadingReport 3m
DHS confirmed 4,170 arrests of illegal immigrants across Texas in a 10-day statewide operation.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 29, 2026 05:35 PM (nEUC6)
Federal $$$$ has no business being spent on this kind of stuff.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 29, 2026 05:35 PM (I43vL)
Posted by: Axeman at October 29, 2026 05:39 PM (Fi81e)
Because they showed up that voting there is fraudable.
And have further shown up that it's illegal to prove it.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 29, 2026 05:39 PM (88C+u)
>>Judge David Carter of the Central District of California ruled against the Department of Justice's emergency motion to require California and Los Angeles County election officials to sequester ballots returned by those on a list of 20,000 people the federal government had determined to be "likely noncitizens."
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Back to the Ninth Circuit.
btw, another judge has disqualified the prosecuting attorney on that case, but the order is stayed -- for now.
Absolute war on the republic, on democracy, on justice.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 29, 2026 05:39 PM (mmrXZ)
oh right I meant to cover that.
my brain is bad.
Posted by: ace at October 29, 2026 05:40 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 29, 2026 05:40 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 29, 2026 05:35 PM (I43vL)
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One word: Democrats.
Even if we are talking about accomplices with an "R" next to their name.
The Graft MUST FLOW!
Posted by: Axeman at October 29, 2026 05:40 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 29, 2026 05:40 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at October 29, 2026 05:40 PM (Q8pAC)
Posted by: Axeman at October 29, 2026 05:41 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: four seasons at October 29, 2026 05:41 PM (/QHx4)
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Nice!!!
I knew they'd crack down on these Universities eventually. High damn time, if you ask me.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 29, 2026 05:41 PM (BI5O2)
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There is one key difference in Carter's attempt at argument by analogy. The examples he cites are where the federal government was interfering with the ability of AMERICAN CITIZENS to vote.
Illegal aliens have ZERO right to vote in ANY election in the borders of the United States.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 29, 2026 05:42 PM (FZ29D)
People would imagine huge riots, but there's probably 12 people legitimately on any government program
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 29, 2026 05:42 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Axeman at October 29, 2026 05:42 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 29, 2026 05:43 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Axeman at October 29, 2026 05:43 PM (Fi81e)
None of their representative should be seated in the new Congress.
The entire state is nothing but Fraud.
Posted by: Community Notes at October 29, 2026 05:43 PM (+4Cf6)
Posted by: Axeman at October 29, 2026 05:43 PM (Fi81e)
By now he would have read Bastiat
Posted by: Kindltot at October 29, 2026 05:44 PM (rbvCR)
If that illegal kickback scheme was your house, the doors and windows would stand open all day and looters would be swarming it.
If it was an operating system, every penny in your bank account would be sucked out and your neighbor could cruise your hard drive from the comfort of their living room.
If it was your body, you'd be using Handi-Wrap to keep your organs from falling out.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 29, 2026 05:44 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Max Power at October 29, 2026 05:45 PM (SwyyQ)
Defrauding the federal government for medical supplies was central to the plot.
It's a good thing Obama put in the fix for Healthcare.
Posted by: Axeman at October 29, 2026 05:45 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Part-time Thinker at October 29, 2026 05:45 PM (+W+Ln)
Lessons to be learned:
If you are white, steal a car, 20 years in prison
If you are non-white, steal a car, instantly back on the streets
If you are a foreigner, steal an entire dealership, and nothing happens.
Posted by: Community Notes at October 29, 2026 05:45 PM (+4Cf6)
Posted by: DeToqueville 2026 at October 29, 2026 05:47 PM (Fi81e)
Texas Secretary of State declares by fiat that every race in this election was won by a Republican. No election necessary.
Posted by: Community Notes at October 29, 2026 05:47 PM (+4Cf6)
Man I hated my job .
Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2026 05:47 PM (Ti9vn)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 29, 2026 05:47 PM (f8snw)
Well, someone that is related to or works for TRUMP !!!!!!!!
Posted by: Jackson K. at October 29, 2026 05:47 PM (jGtoG)
Posted by: DeToqueville 2026 at October 29, 2026 05:47 PM (Fi81e)
Defrauding the federal government for medical supplies was central to the plot.
It's a good thing Obama put in the fix for Healthcare.
Posted by: Axeman at October 29, 2026 05:45 PM (Fi81e)
That was a good one.
Posted by: Tribble Monger at October 29, 2026 05:48 PM (pe2q3)
Again, as is my annoying habit only because it is obviously the larger key point - imagine the degradation of the electorate, civic culture, judiciary etc that would treat this judge's absurd statement as anything other than the spittle-flecked rantings of a homeless addict on the street corner.
Oh yeah yeah process will give another bite at the apple. We're far past where that is any solace. The damage done to the country and society by unaccountable lawless power mad racist and totalitarian judges has long since passed the point where undergraduate awe and worship of the process is anything but pathetic.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 29, 2026 05:48 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at October 29, 2026 05:40 PM (Q8pAC)
Is the popularity real? It feels astroturfed. Here in Northern California the WNBA is getting tons of hype. Way more than men's basketball.
Posted by: Max Power at October 29, 2026 05:48 PM (SwyyQ)
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Funny how there are not enough bureaucrats for any function but verifying fraud is fine, no need for more staff.
Posted by: Decaf at October 29, 2026 05:48 PM (ZNpJk)
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 29, 2026 05:49 PM (NtVYv)
Posted by: fd at October 29, 2026 05:49 PM (MWfyi)
Sounds like aiding and abetting election fraud, and accessory to commit election fraud before, during and after the fact. Arrest that man in the black dress.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at October 29, 2026 05:50 PM (ZW710)
I wonder how de Tocqueville would write of America nowadays?
Posted by: Axeman at October 29, 2026 05:43 PM (Fi81e)
By now he would have read Bastiat
Posted by: Kindltot at October 29, 2026 05:44 PM (rbvCR)
he'd be riding one of Bastiat's "Negative Railroads". Bastiat was one of the original anti-Socialists. He fought the idea that adding stops on a railroad improves it by conceiving a railroad that is all stations and no rail which must be the bestest ever.
De Toqueville did wonder what would happen when American institutions started granting themselves money...
Posted by: Oldcat at October 29, 2026 05:50 PM (uhVAy)
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What a perfect self-sustaining economy.
If all the fraud were eliminated the budget could be halved and the national debt paid off in a couple of years. Why don't we try that?
Posted by: Decaf at October 29, 2026 05:51 PM (ZNpJk)
Posted by: Elric the Blade
Night of the Flying Green Dildo
Posted by: Stu Podaso at October 29, 2026 05:51 PM (ZW710)
Fraud, grift and outright theft of taxpayer $$$ and I think, why does the federal government get to skim the top 32% off of all my income to hand it to these somaliis and other people stealing our money.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 29, 2026 05:51 PM (I43vL)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at October 29, 2026 05:40 PM (Q8pAC)
Is the popularity real? It feels astroturfed. Here in Northern California the WNBA is getting tons of hype. Way more than men's basketball.
Posted by: Max Power at October 29, 2026 05:48 PM (SwyyQ)
There is no popularity for it. It's all a scam. When Clarke isn't playing interest is less than nothing.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 29, 2026 05:51 PM (uhVAy)
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It's not like a neon green dildo can come flying out of the screen.
Posted by: Axeman at October 29, 2026 05:51 PM (Fi81e)
>>A 2024 Comptroller audit found that the state had a system capable of blocking certain payments without the required Electronic Visit Verification records, but the feature was not activated.
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That requirement was an outlier. Ignore it.
Posted by: Sunny Balwani, cybersecurity czar at October 29, 2026 05:52 PM (mmrXZ)
'Home Care firm tied to ex-Upper Darby Treasure drew about $85.million from Medicaid plans.' The township can't find its business registration.
Oh these PA businesses and their fathom registrations! 😂
And that's SO Delco!
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 29, 2026 05:52 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 29, 2026 05:52 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Stu Podaso at October 29, 2026 05:50 PM (ZW710)
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Judges SHOULD be arrested for aiding and abetting criminal activity based on their own actions.
They let murderers wander freely in the streets.
By any reasonable standard, the judge is responsible for the criminal actions of that individual if the judge was in a position to prevent it from happening.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 29, 2026 05:52 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: Oldcat at October 29, 2026 05:50 PM (uhVAy)
And my point was that Bastiat sort of answered that question answered that question, so De Toqueville could move on to other questions.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 29, 2026 05:52 PM (rbvCR)
If all the fraud were eliminated the budget could be halved and the national debt paid off in a couple of years. Why don't we try that?
Posted by: Decaf
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It just kills me to think of the prosperity and freedom we've missed out on thanks to this evil grift.
Posted by: Sunny Balwani, cybersecurity czar at October 29, 2026 05:53 PM (mmrXZ)
And fraudsters immediately took it and made it work for themselves.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 29, 2026 05:53 PM (TMNW7)
They let murderers wander freely in the streets.
By any reasonable standard, the judge is responsible for the criminal actions of that individual if the judge was in a position to prevent it from happening.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 29, 2026 05:52 PM (FZ29D)
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This is all part of "Bright Ideas" governance.
Posted by: Axeman at October 29, 2026 05:53 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 29, 2026 05:53 PM (f8snw)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 29, 2026 05:51 PM (I43vL)
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And then government has the gall to demand more and more money for essential services like schools, first responders, and healthcare, even as they shovel that money out the back door to these fraudsters.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 29, 2026 05:54 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: Axeman"
Dildovision. Perfect format for a jump scare.
Posted by: fd at October 29, 2026 05:54 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: DC at October 29, 2026 05:54 PM (Fi81e)
And then Ed Asner killing the stories because they hurt the Dems.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 29, 2026 05:54 PM (Sco7b)
In addition, all three shareholders New Hope Home Care lists in its application to the state — Sayduzzaman, Kutubul Alam and Mst Hosneara — are named in federal tax liens totaling about $357,000.
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 29, 2026 05:55 PM (NFX2v)
x.com WesternLensman/status/2115894434336313569
Posted by: 88C+u at October 29, 2026 05:55 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at October 29, 2026 05:40 PM (Q8pAC)
Is the popularity real? It feels astroturfed. Here in Northern California the WNBA is getting tons of hype. Way more than men's basketball.
Posted by: Max Power at October 29, 2026 05:48 PM (SwyyQ)
There is no popularity for it. It's all a scam. When Clarke isn't playing interest is less than nothing.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 29, 2026 05:51 PM
When we lived in connecticut the mohegan sun casino sponsored a wnba team, IIRC they were called the connecticut suns. They had a big arena in the casino where they would play.
Other than playoffs they never filled half of the seats they put out, plus they were handing out free tickets like mad. If you were at the casino when they were playing a game you would be handed free tickets if you wanted them and still over half of the seats were empty.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 29, 2026 05:56 PM (I43vL)
Posted by: Saleman for Dildovision at October 29, 2026 05:56 PM (MWfyi)
Now the woke judges are all about States' Rights. Sure.
Look how quick they react when a state wants to lock up illegals or limit abortion or trans surgeries. Then States Rights are dead
Posted by: Oldcat at October 29, 2026 05:56 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Crusader at October 29, 2026 05:56 PM (TN0g+)
How long before Letitia James, Kathy Hochul, and Zohran claim credit for these busts? I just can't hate these bastards enough.
Posted by: Sunny Balwani, cybersecurity czar at October 29, 2026 05:56 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2026 05:56 PM (viF8m)
If Leftists cared about the poor like they say they do, they'd be the first and loudest ones to denounce this theft. That they're not tells you everything you need to know about their "compassion".
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 29, 2026 05:57 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 29, 2026 05:57 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at October 29, 2026 05:58 PM (PKL0q)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 29, 2026 05:52 PM (n5tGW)
the judge would just order them to resume payments by fiat.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 29, 2026 05:58 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Axeman at October 29, 2026 05:58 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 29, 2026 05:58 PM (b99Hl)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
They do care about the poor...just not the poor of this country.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at October 29, 2026 05:59 PM (ZW710)
Posted by: Crusader at October 29, 2026 05:56 PM (TN0g+)
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Indeed, that was a custom for a simpler time.
Now it just perpetuates an ideology.
Posted by: Axeman at October 29, 2026 05:59 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 29, 2026 06:00 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
They do care about the poor...just not the poor of this country.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at October 29, 2026 05:59 PM (ZW710)
No, they care about their poor cousins or selfs who get jobs and kickbacks aplenty. Plus jobs 'monitoring' the system so that nobody else does.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 29, 2026 06:00 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 29, 2026 06:01 PM (n5tGW)
>>Sources told ABC News that DOJ prosecutors are probing "whether the behind-the-scenes maneuvering to include Dan J. Sullivan's name on the ballot could violate potential federal conspiracy statutes."
https://tinyurl.com/64x7rdjw
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2026 06:01 PM (viF8m)
In: Government Fraud? That's where the moneys at.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 29, 2026 06:01 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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They have some sympathy for the poor--but most of it is performative.
The "poor" is a weapon to wield against people who blink on "helping the poor".
Just like when Republicans would not turn racial advocacy into blanket pandering, the Democrats gained control of the minorities.
Posted by: Axeman at October 29, 2026 06:02 PM (Fi81e)
the judge would just order them to resume payments by fiat.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 29, 2026 05:58 PM (uhVAy)
Fuck you, your honor. You can't force them to sign a check. And no one in their right mind wants a little shitbox car made by Italian Commies.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 29, 2026 06:03 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Horrible Hanibal at October 29, 2026 06:03 PM (lTjTD)
Posted by: Axeman at October 29, 2026 06:02 PM (Fi81e)
Then started manufacturing even more minority minorities to exploit.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 29, 2026 06:03 PM (uhVAy)
https://tinyurl.com/ppws29vb
Sure, Barry. *rolls eyes*
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 29, 2026 06:04 PM (B0NCh)
Yeah, who CARES if we have non-citizens voting, right? Right?
Posted by: Apocalypto at October 29, 2026 06:04 PM (l3cgK)
Things like this widespread fraud really bug me in the way they don't attack it. Cut off all of the adult daycares in NYC. Just don't pay. Make them sue to get it back on, and then make them bring receipts to court. It just doesn't make sense to go after one by one. But that's the govt for you.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
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Trump should set up Entitlement Courts like Immigration Courts that answer to him -- or HHS or whoever.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 29, 2026 06:04 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 06:05 PM (l3cgK)
So many
...maybe we can send all the thieves stealing from the American taxpayers to the Sudan for life.
That seems fair.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 29, 2026 06:05 PM (YSUhf)
Yeah, who CARES if we have non-citizens voting, right? Right?
Posted by: Apocalypto at October 29, 2026 06:04 PM (l3cgK)
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This is that expanding brain death that they have been successful and spreading. Yeah, it could be LIKE that, it could have ELEMENTS of that effort.
But from the time that the Democrats started that shit, blacks WERE AMERICAN CITIZENS!
It affirms why there should have been no barriers for black people to vote!
It can't be leveraged on to non-citizens!!
Posted by: Axeman at October 29, 2026 06:07 PM (Fi81e)
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Judges don't live in their court rooms.
They go home at night, wherever home might be...
Posted by: Crusader at October 29, 2026 06:07 PM (TN0g+)
Does California have a fine for false accusations of this nature?
Non-citizens can't vote. This is just more of him setting the stage to claim "election fraud" and usher in J6 around the country.
When you have zero shame, you keep going with this nonsense in the hopes of eventually getting a favorable/incompetent judge to side with you. All it takes is one to open the floodgates.
Who could have imagined the party of pedophiles and rapists, would not understand the word no.
Its a republican practice to cheat elections. Never forget Jeb Bush disenfranchised black voters in Florida for his brother George against Al Gore.
Despite that, Al Gore still won and the election was stolen.
And trump and Republicans set up a fake elector scheme in 2020 to rig the elections. They also allow musk to make up fake lotterys to buy votes for trump. Cheaters gotta cheat
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 29, 2026 06:07 PM (6nZo9)
Kathy Barnett ran against US Rep Madeleine Dean years ago - during the 1st Trump Administration & she couldn't get the high level political endorsements.
John Allante McAuley continuously steps up in Philly & is working with Flip Philly Red.
Btw, all parties are Black & all are worth listening to.
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 29, 2026 06:07 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Horrible Hanibal at October 29, 2026 06:07 PM (lTjTD)
Yeah, who CARES if we have non-citizens voting, right? Right?
Posted by: Apocalypto at October 29, 2026 06:04 PM (l3cgK)
So, at the Founding of this country, our Founding Father's put limits on who could vote... Poll taxes... the works.
But the Jim Crow era is from 1867 to the 1960's...
/looks confused
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 29, 2026 06:07 PM (mP0Kj)
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2h
>>SCOOP: Trump DOJ has directed California's US attorneys to start criminally subpoenaing state & local officials over their roles facilitating allegedly unlawful voting. Prosecutors in LA & elsewhere expected to start issuing grand jury subpoenas today
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2026 06:08 PM (viF8m)
A system where petty black-robed tyrants exercise ideological control based on their own whims and imagined moral superiority cannot last.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 29, 2026 06:08 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 29, 2026 06:04 PM (mmrXZ)
Trump should hire a few thousand independent investigators and keep generating evidence for future fraud charges, and prosecute the state workers who are supposed to be doing that job.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 29, 2026 06:08 PM (uhVAy)
Non-citizens can't vote. This is just more of him setting the stage to claim "election fraud" and usher in J6 around the country.
Sure Trump wants another Jan 6th...
Posted by: It's me donna at October 29, 2026 06:08 PM (+gK6I)
Autism.Child Day Care. Adult DayCare. Medicare. Clinic Billings.
Schools. Our national debt could be eliminated if we cut off all the grifters/theft.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 29, 2026 06:09 PM (OkYzo)
Guess I will never get a chance to ask him how he felt about the movie Life Force.
Gurney Halleck he will always be.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 29, 2026 06:09 PM (2GVsD)
They go home at night, wherever home might be...
Posted by: Crusader at October 29, 2026 06:07 PM (TN0g+)
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What a fucking moron, though.
Posted by: Axeman at October 29, 2026 06:10 PM (Fi81e)
Things like this widespread fraud really bug me in the way they don't attack it. Cut off all of the adult daycares in NYC. Just don't pay. Make them sue to get it back on, and then make them bring receipts to court. It just doesn't make sense to go after one by one. But that's the govt for you.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
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Okay, I have another idea. Cut off the daycares and tell them to go to their elected state officials for their money. State officials, those nonpareils of efficiency and responsiveness, must forward their requests to HHS officials. HHS officials will audit the requests on a quarterly basis and if irregularity exceeds 4%, the whole budget is denied. Lather rinse repeat until your state officials learn how to submit a proper request.
Just spitballin' here, that's how it would go in the real world.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 29, 2026 06:10 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Don Black at October 29, 2026 06:10 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Apocalypto at October 29, 2026 06:04 PM (l3cgK)
If fraud starts flipping Blue states, suddenly they will be *very* interested in stopping it.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 29, 2026 06:11 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: It's me donna
Pelosi and Schumer certainly do.
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 29, 2026 06:11 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 29, 2026 06:12 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: It's me donna
Pelosi and Schumer certainly do.
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 29, 2026 06:11 PM (NFX2v)
Pelosi just wants vodka pudding these days.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 29, 2026 06:12 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 29, 2026 06:13 PM (NFX2v)
A system where petty black-robed tyrants exercise ideological control based on their own whims and imagined moral superiority cannot last.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 29, 2026 06:08 PM (6ydKt)
This is all Congresses fault. They have the Constitutional DUTY to write rules for the Courts, but delegated that authority to the Supreme Court, via law, in 1934... they have the authority to fix all this shit...
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 29, 2026 06:14 PM (mP0Kj)
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We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Posted by: Don Black at October 29, 2026 06:14 PM (ZxPkt)
Where do I sign up? Cripes, I feel like such a chump missing out on all these in-plain-sight fraud opportunities.
Posted by: gp at October 29, 2026 06:14 PM (Jr5Lq)
Just spitballin' here, that's how it would go in the real world.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 29, 2026 06:10 PM (mmrXZ)
Daily biometric scans and a ton of other crap tough to fake done daily. Iris scans. Fingerprints. Daily.
Don't want to do it. Don't take government dollars.
On a student visa and not showing up in class. Your neck collar explodes with what few brains you had...
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 29, 2026 06:14 PM (Sco7b)
SCOOP: Trump DOJ has directed California's US attorneys to start criminally subpoenaing state & local officials over their roles facilitating allegedly unlawful voting. Prosecutors in LA & elsewhere expected to start issuing grand jury subpoenas today
Posted by: JackStraw
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The pizza delivery metric should be studied. Lotta people staying late tonight to see what they can delete and to coordinate their responses as to ignorance, innocence, etc.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 29, 2026 06:15 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: garrett at October 29, 2026 06:15 PM (Qugny)
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Posted by: Don Black
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PROMOTE the general welfare, not PROVIDE it.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 29, 2026 06:16 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: bonhomme at October 29, 2026 06:16 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 29, 2026 06:14 PM (mP0Kj)
I won’t hold my breath for Congress to fix anything anytime soon.
We are at the Judges Gone Wild part of the show because that’s all the Dems have left to exercise power nationally.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 29, 2026 06:17 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Racially Ambiguous Honky at October 29, 2026 06:18 PM (ZsOeQ)
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Love AJW.
Tell me the CCP is not involved. Go ahead and try.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 29, 2026 06:18 PM (RIvkX)
There's a reason I don't comment much on these threads.
Has something to do with spending down my retirement to cover additional costs of elderly parents (one disabled retired Veteran), both having been diagnosed with severe dementia...
And a wife with cancer. But I stupidly worked, built up reserves and such. F.... me.
$11 Billion Dollars.
Posted by: man at October 29, 2026 06:18 PM (pfXMo)
http://tiny.cc/6bvc101"
Bears: please don't give the corvids any similar ideas.
Posted by: gp at October 29, 2026 06:19 PM (Jr5Lq)
Daily biometric scans and a ton of other crap tough to fake done daily. Iris scans. Fingerprints. Daily.
Don't want to do it. Don't take government dollars.
Posted by: Stateless
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I was thinking along those lines, actually. We've got the technology. Violations would ping in real time, generate a Notification to rectify the situation within X minutes/hours, if that's not satisfied, the fines (extracted directly from your operating budget) begin. Further failure gets you a court summons.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 29, 2026 06:20 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Everything The Government Touches at October 29, 2026 06:20 PM (CHst0)
Posted by: garrett at October 29, 2026 06:15 PM (Qugny)
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But too few pudding cups.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 29, 2026 06:20 PM (RIvkX)
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No, they didn't indoctrinating the marks while they were at it.
.
Fucking Chinese
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 29, 2026 06:20 PM (Pee1E)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 29, 2026 06:21 PM (b99Hl)
Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 29, 2026 06:22 PM (vJrRc)
Sounds like the DOJ is going all in.
Best way to fight against the coming color revolution is to attack them first.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2026 06:22 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Racially Ambiguous Honky at October 29, 2026 06:18 PM (ZsOeQ)
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David French, is that you?!
Posted by: Axeman at October 29, 2026 06:23 PM (Fi81e)
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The new requirements are that individuals aged 19 to 64 must work, volunteer, or train for at least 80 hours each month, or attend school, to receive Medicaid coverage. Exceptions beyond being medically frail include being pregnant and being parents of children of certain ages.
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Fucking Obama
Fucking, Obama
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 29, 2026 06:23 PM (Pee1E)
This is pretty much what Ace provides, here at the HQ.
Posted by: garrett at October 29, 2026 06:15 PM (Qugny)
I must admit I’m highly disappointed in the tv channel selection and the snacks.
Watching Columbo all day and eating handfuls out of a box of Kaboom is not how I wanted to spend my afternoons.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 29, 2026 06:23 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Orson at October 29, 2026 06:24 PM (dIske)
It's that immigrants and foreign adversaries are the main players these days.
Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2026 06:24 PM (Ti9vn)
https://tinyurl.com/4ntsk7vc
Posted by: rhomboid at October 29, 2026 06:24 PM (U/Byj)
Tell me the CCP is not involved. Go ahead and try.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Huh. You think those fucking ayis and ges would give a dime to the CCP now that they're citizens? That's what's cool about America! You don hav peh chy-na now, you ameriken. Ameriken giv you money, you keep.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 29, 2026 06:24 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Racially Ambiguous Honky at October 29, 2026 06:18 PM (ZsOeQ)
I know people who are influenced by their desire to not be bothered with annoying stuff like that, so they vote D. They never take a step back and analyze what they are reacting to.
Posted by: Emmie at October 29, 2026 06:25 PM (OlzlW)
We are at the Judges Gone Wild part of the show because that’s all the Dems have left to exercise power nationally.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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Fucking, Judges
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 29, 2026 06:26 PM (Pee1E)
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
🚨 BREAKING: US GDP growth just BEAT the experts' expectations at +3.4% in the 3rd quarter, right before the midterms
IT'S HAPPENING! 🇺🇸
President Trump's major investment wins will start to show results and it only gets better from here.
Vote red to keep it going, the socialists will reverse all of it!
Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 06:26 PM (E4rtv)
In more cheerful news, the prestigious Wall Street law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges is going out of business after partners flee for other firms.
https://tinyurl.com/2ycnsua6
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 29, 2026 06:27 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 29, 2026 06:27 PM (Pee1E)
Posted by: Orson
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I think the Feds have already opened investigations--ActBlue is now a honey trap I suspect.
Same as the general that got canned, you put out juicy info that is provably false and see who leaks it.
Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 06:28 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 06:26 PM (E4rtv)
So, the eventual revised figure.....5%.
You know it may be...
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 29, 2026 06:28 PM (Sco7b)
I went to the polling place at 10:30. No line. I've been early-voting around 10:30 am Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday for several cycles now. Always no line or a short line. My reasoning: The people who vote after dropping kids off at school along with people getting there early hoping to beat the lines are done and gone. People sneaking away from work to vote then go to lunch haven't started arriving yet.
A commenter said yesterday early voting in my county, Harris (Houston) is down compared to 2022. Maybe that was more of factor producing no line today than my time of day reasoning. Go Paxton! Go TRUMP!!!!
Posted by: Gref at October 29, 2026 06:28 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Emmie at October 29, 2026 06:25 PM (OlzlW)
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They fit in pretty well with most Democrat voters then.
Posted by: Axeman at October 29, 2026 06:28 PM (Fi81e)
Don't want to do it. Don't take government dollars.
On a student visa and not showing up in class. Your neck collar explodes with what few brains you had...
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 29, 2026 06:14 PM (Sco7b)
You hardly need to do that with the mountains of obvious fraud. By the time you get to needing daily checkups the Democrats will be dead from lack of funding.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 29, 2026 06:30 PM (uhVAy)
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Seth Keshel
@RealSKeshel
Red counties in Texas are slowly and steadily on track to almost unanimously clear their 2022 midterm turnout, some by 30% or more or up to presidential.
None of the big four blue counties appear to be on track to hit their presidential counts, which is where I factored them during my worst case analysis. Travis needs to hang 200k votes in the last two days of EV + ED to get there. And they had 103% of previous presidential turnout in 2018.
Talarico still on pace to lose 40k or more of O’Rourke margin in El Paso.
Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 06:33 PM (E4rtv)
Harris County voter turnout is more like normal midterm elections as one of the 4 counties mentioned above. Why I posted.
Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 06:35 PM (E4rtv)
Follow the link for the best part.
>>@redbaronpizza
>>He’s still here. He’s got a fan club.
Including us.
https://tinyurl.com/b9xdryef
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2026 06:35 PM (viF8m)
GatewayPundit.
Good for him.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 29, 2026 06:38 PM (Sco7b)
General
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 29, 2026 06:40 PM (Sco7b)
https://youtu.be/LQCU36pkH7c
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